Jeremy Vine is among the several concerned about an update regarding Michael Mosley, as the health guru and familiar face of The One Show and This Morning mysteriously disappeared during a holiday on the Greek island of Symi.
22.05.2024 - 13:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Martin Lewis has grilled chancellor Jeremy Hunt over high interest rates, energy prices, and this morning's inflation figures, which showed the rate at which prices are increasing has fallen to 2.3 per cent.
During Wednesday's episode of ITV's Good Morning Britain, much to the finance guru's embarrassment, presenter Susanna Reid repeatedly called her co-host "the people's chancellor" ahead of his interview with Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt.
The interview did not get off to a smooth start. After being asked about the inflation figures, Mr Hunt started to say: "It's obviously going in the right direction and that is very encouraging, and when the Bank of England, sorry excuse me a moment..." At this, his phone started to ring, causing the Chancellor to reach into his pocket. Quickly, Martin jumped in: "Is that the Prime Minister?"
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Switching his phone off, Mr Hunt replied: "I probably said the wrong thing there didn't I? That was the Prime Minister on the phone trying to correct me."
He went on to say: "The Bank of England will start to cut interest rates, as you know they decide that independently, when they are confident that it is sustainably at its target. So today is good news for mortgage holders because it does give people more confidence that inflation is returning to more normal levels.
"Precisely when it happens, obviously, I don't know. But the Governor of the Bank of England has been very clear that the next move in interest rates will be down and he doesn't expect it to be too far away."
However, prices on supermarket shelves are not set to decrease, meaning shoppers across the country will continue to
Jeremy Vine is among the several concerned about an update regarding Michael Mosley, as the health guru and familiar face of The One Show and This Morning mysteriously disappeared during a holiday on the Greek island of Symi.
Good Morning Britain presenters have spoken around the disappearance of Dr Michael Mosley.
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Martin Lewis has reacted to Michael Mosley's shocking disappearance as fans wait for an update on the beloved TV doctor. The popular Good Morning Britain host took to X on Thursday, June 6, expressing his thoughts on the troubling news about Michael, 67, who disappeared during a trip to Greece. He admitted he was "disturbed" as he sent his well-wishes.
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