hello and welcome to our digest of the global week seen through the eyes of leading journalists from the uk and the foreign correspondents based here who podcast, broadcast, blog and, yes, even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline, london. confidence it s the magic ingredient which makes us all believe that notes or coins in themselves worth next to nothing do have value and will be accepted as payment. governments need the confidence of the money markets who do the lending if they want to borrow money at affordable rates. over the last week, liz truss and herfinance minister have struggled to create confidence in their economic strategy and to sustain it in the british currency. to discuss the uk s dash for growth and the border war between russia and ukraine isabel hilton, a distinguished foreign correspondent who founded china dialogue, an independent body which explores the environmental challenges for that country and how that affects the re
it was sweet success for phil salt against pakistan. the batter helps england to victory in lahore to make the final t20 series match on sunday a decider. after the wind and rain yesterday, a lot more after the wind and rain yesterday, a lot more sunshine but they will be some lot more sunshine but they will be some showers to dodge. the full forecast some showers to dodge. the full forecast coming up on breakfast. it s saturday, the first of october. our main story: a new energy price cap has come into effect in england, wales and scotland, meaning higher bills for millions of people on standard and default tariffs. the annual bill for a typical household will rise to 2,500 pounds, double what it was last winter. that s despite a government cap on the price per unit of energy. our business correspondent, theo leggett, reports. maxine is deeply worried. her husband has a serious lung condition and she needs to keep him warm but she husband has a serious lung condition a
to discuss meaningful reform. we want to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to be self funding from within the industry, because we can t afford to keep taking more taxpayers money. as conservatives gather in birmingham for their annual conference, for the first time, prime minister liz truss admits there has been disruption in the uk economy following last friday s mini budget. a man held in iran for nearly five years on spying charges before being released alongside nazanin zaghari ratcliffe says he s dedicating his london marathon run to the people of iran and its prisoners. hello, and a warm welcome if you have justjoined hello, and a warm welcome if you havejustjoined us. more than 50,000 rail workers are taking industrial action today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will only recover slowly on sunday morning. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. se