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Rates have gone up again, for the 14th time in a row. The Bank Of England has put up its main rate from 5 to 5. 25 . That will mean higher mortgages for some people, but its also good news for savers. The Bank Of England is using Interest Rate rises to fight inflation, which has slowed recently, but which is still nearly 8 . Our economics correspondent andy verity reports the father of two, peter, keeping up the payments for his familys mortgages looking like anything but childs play. They bought their home under the governments help to buy scheme, but since then Interest Rates have risen 1a times. When his fixed rate deal expires early next year, the payments willjump. Somehow we are supposed to spend less and find an extra £750 per month to pay for that. For many ....
are products already there but they come and go and we want to make sure there is a ready stream of such products for the people who need them. as well as all the other initiatives i mentioned just now. on what rishi sunak and myself are talking about on fiscal measures, i m sorry to say that you are going to have to contain your impatience and reducing income tax to 2p, not even on the back benches of the tory party, nobody has yet proposed that to me, but we, i know and i think everyone knows, that because of covid we had a massive fiscal shock and it was because of the strength of the economy that we were able to look after people and we still are. we just want to make sure that as we come out of it, we keep things strong and take sensible steps but of course as i think i said a couple of course as i think i said a couple of times, we are strongly inclined to stimulate further growth and productivity with tax cuts as and when they become sensible. mason boycott of the dail ....
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Benefits support people for their rented costs but they give little support to those who are homeowners. the government will now give benefits to support to those who are first time buyers but not to those who are currently on benefits and who are currently on benefits and who are currently on benefits and who are homeowners and that will be very problematic in terms of practicalities. it depends on whether the government takes a generous interpretation or not. the oint i ut generous interpretation or not. the point i put to kevin, and in a slightly different way, you can t claim universal credit if you have more than £16,000 in savings so how will people be able to afford a deposit? will people be able to afford a de osit? , will people be able to afford a deosit? , . ., deposit? very challenging. the avera . e deposit? very challenging. the average first-time deposit? very challenging. the average first-time buyer - deposit? very challenging. the | average first-time buyer deposit ....
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