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flanders and claire barrett. we have got stephanie flanders from bloomberg economics on the podcast. hello. hello, hello. and another friend of the podcast, claer barrett, from the financial times. thank you for having me. i'm glad you're here, so, interest rates at 3%, stephanie. gives a sense of how that feeds into real lives. in gives a sense of how that feeds into real lives.— into real lives. in terms of money that _ into real lives. in terms of money that is _ into real lives. in terms of money that is about - into real lives. in terms of money that is about 2 - into real liv...

2 million people in this country who are on a variable rate mortgage who will immediately see the impact of that 0.75% rise we have had today. the biggest since the '80s or '90s depending on who you believe. and for somebody with the average size mortgage, just from today's rise, but of course, that's the eighth rise we have had in succession from the bank of england. there's more pain to come for around 2 million people you roll off their mortgage fixed rates next year. they might see an even bigger rise because they're on a really low rate now and it'll probably be higher than it i...

Most people get it automatically. you pay by direct debit. people who have got smart meters but are on a prepayment meter, they also get it automatically, and the people who need to do something are those who take their prepayment card to the shop to be topped up. now, you will get a voucher for £66 for the post. lots and lots of people haven't cashed in those vouchers, which is a really big worry because they are the people who need this money more than anyone. is it because landlords of properties have got the meters registered to their home addresses, and not where the tenant lives, so the...