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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowers
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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowers
Homeowners are facing a brutal blow as mortgage costs spiral – yet anyone hoping Jeremy Hunt will ride to the rescue as the Government did during the pandemic is in for a nasty shock.
The Bank is expected to put up rates for the 13th time in a row on Thursday and the higher cost of borrowing would hit more than a million home loan holders whose fixed-rate deals are ending soon.
Calls for a £3bn mortgage protection fund have been branded “terrible economics and bad politics” as lenders continue to raise interest rates
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