Did Liz Truss Really Screw Your Mortgage?
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Mortgage costs went up after Liz Truss' mini-budget in 2022, and are yet to come down. As new analysis of the local election results suggests that support for the Conservatives dropped more sharply in areas where there are more mortgage holders, Matt tries to get to the bottom of who is really to blame.
PLUS: As the Liberal Democrats table another motion of no-confidence in the government to try and trigger an election, Matt asks The Times' Tom Peck - what's the point?
No-confidence (08:31)
Did Liz Truss Really Screw Your Mortgage? (14:52)
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| 1:15.0 | Hello, I'm Matt Jolly and this is Politics Without the Boring But it's coming up on today's episode. |
| 1:23.8 | Did Liz Trust really screw your mortgage? |
| 1:26.8 | Some new research from U-Gov suggests that the Tories suffered more in the local elections in areas where more people have a mortgage. |
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