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In the year tojuly. Competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. Data shows there was a 5. 5 increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and thats despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. In scotland the average rent was up 5. 7 ina year. And there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales up 6. 5 . Ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. Thank you for coming on the programme. What do you make of those numbers . , ,. ,. , numbers . Sadly, its not a huge Surrise Numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are seeing numbers . Sadly, its not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up ....
materially, that didn t happen. nobody came to me and said, you know, if that said agreed to restart work on independence, that would mean something much more than that it does. there was not a process of consideration of that then saw somebody come to me with a proposal to restart work on independence. i m sorry, i am genuinely sorry if it sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i sounds like i m dancing on the head ofa pin, i don t sounds like i m dancing on the head of a pin, i don t mean to. but the key point here is that we did not restart work on independence at that point, oranywhere restart work on independence at that point, or anywhere near that point. if it were to be decided on the basis if it were to be decided on the basis of if it were to be decided on the basis of the evidence before this inquiry basis of the evidence before this inquiry that there was a politicisation of the pandemic, and that you politicisation of the pandemic, and that you ....
is joining with radio 5 live to host a special edition of your questions answered, with the labour leader sir keir starmer. you re listening to and watching your questions answered: sir keir starmer, labour leader with nicky campbell on bbc 5 live and the news channel until 9:1i5 this morning. welcome. a word on the very sad news of bill turnbull, who has died. a great broadcaster, a great person as well. as well as a broadcaster he was effortlessly worn and he made it look so easy. it is was effortlessly worn and he made it look so easy- look so easy. it is very sad news, i “ust saw look so easy. it is very sad news, i just saw it look so easy. it is very sad news, i just saw it coming look so easy. it is very sad news, i just saw it coming through - look so easy. it is very sad news, i just saw it coming through now. i just saw it coming through now. that s a warm description you have just given is exactly what many people will be thinking. i think everybody listenin ....
giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i want - giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i want to - giving. yes, no doubt about that. that was inevitable. i want to be | that was inevitable. i want to be clear about this. principal decision makers in government, prime minister, the then secretary of state for health, duchy of lancaster, for example, nor in my view did that apply to the majority of political leaders, but there were some who chose their sites they wanted to hear, put it that way, and there were optical commentators whose view of the site started with what was my political position and then derive from that. in terms of decision makers in the decisions taken during covid in the uk, my view is, they were not intending to cherry pick, they may have done so by accident, it was not by design. you obviously spent a great deal of time in you obviously spent a great deal o ....
With a very large emotional scar because of this. and want to move and want to move on and be able to sell. there is potential that they may be stopped from doing that. itruiith may be stopped from doing that. with resect, i may be stopped from doing that. ti respect, i don t think there will be very many people that will want to sell. the area has in unusually large number of folks with long roots in the area. especially those that are part hawaiian. interview after interview has demonstrated here in hawaii and across the united states, these folks simply want to return to thialand as soon as possible. they have no intentions of leaving and they want to rebuild. i think the number will be relatively small that want to sell. that raises the question small that want to sell. that raises the question of small that want to sell. that raises the question of why small that want to sell. that raises the question of why draughty - the question of why draughty proclamation, why come up wi ....