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Martin Lewis after his meeting with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

After he warned the Government last year of a potential mortgage crisis, Martin Lewis met with the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to discuss what can be done as people struggle to meet mortgage repayments.

He told 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake he urges banks to increase savings rates to reduce their margins.

“By increasing savings, that’s another way of encouraging saving, getting people to take money out of the economy which helps inflation”.

Martin added, “it’s unlikely to see much political pressure saying ‘let’s bring mortgage rates down- because that defeats what the Bank of England is trying to do’.

Interest rates are expected to rise again after UK inflation remained much higher than expected for the fourth month in a row.

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