and electricity that you use, and applies only to standard and default tariffs. the increase in the autumn would push more than 10 million households into fuel poverty. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has asked people in warrington for one thing that the government could do to help them. |the one thing that would help me| most, ithink, would be some help with the energy bills. i m £100 up on last year, a month, so if the government could assist with that, that would be great. i the thing that would help me most is if the government made some impact a freeze or reduction in fuel prices that would be immense for me. help with food bills. i come here to get what i need if i ve got no money. rising prices are the talk of the town. from food banks. three boys carter,
for most households came in april. there is a suggestion another rebate could be possible. there s also expected to be targeted financial support for the most vulnerable households on a fixed income, including bringing forward an increase in benefits and the state pension to reflect inflation. this £10 billion package of support is expected to be mostly paid for by a one off windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas firms. so a number of options available to the government. we re expecting to get all the details from the chancellor later this morning. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith asked people in warrington for one thing that the government could do to help them. the one thing that would help me most, i think, would be some help with the energy bills. i m £100 up on last year, a month, so if the government could assist with that, that would be great. the thing that would help me most is if the government made some impact a freeze or reduction in fuel prices t
hello there. we start with the cost of living. we are expecting to hear in the next few hours what the uk government plans to do to help consumers with soaring energy bills. they could see hundreds of pounds knocked off bills this winter, as part of a package of support worth at least £10 billion, largely funded by a one off windfall tax on energy companies. annual household energy bills here in the ukjumped by an average of £700 in april when the uk regulator ofgem raised the cap on what suppliers can charge. and ofgem has warned they will have to rise by a further £800 in october. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been to warrington in the north of england, asking people what one thing the government could do to help their household.
we were anticipating in the spring statement. so, 8 million households will get £650 each to help with bills, that s more generous than expected, pensioner households will also get £300 which is also more generous than expected.- also get £300 which is also more generous than expected. and you can find more information about these measures over on the bbc news website at bbc.co.uk/news. now we will turn to the rest of the day s news. it s emerged that the teenager who killed 19 children and two teachers at a primary school in texas on tuesday wrote messages about the attack on facebook moments earlier. salvador ramos was shot dead by police after he barricaded himself inside a classroom. president biden is expected travel to the town of uvalde in the next few days, to meet the families of those killed. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from there. they came for the thoughts and prayers. families held each other tightly
feel that the rise will not help offsetting. we will be answering your questions on the cost of living just after 330 this afternoon. if there is something you would like to ask us or you are wondering about regarding today then reply to our hashtag or e mail us your questions to our e mail address. it s emerged that the teenager who killed 19 children and 2 teachers at a primary school in texas on tuesday wrote messages about the attack on facebook moments earlier. salvador ramos was shot dead by police after he barricaded himself inside a classroom. president biden is expected travel to the town of uvalde in the next few days, to meet the families of those killed. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from there. they came for the thoughts and prayers. families held each other tightly to try and make sense of the unimaginable. they sang and prayed. the mood was sombre,