prepayment customers go unused. i ll have the details. in sport, how manchester city face more than 100 charges of breaching of financial rules, which could see them fined, docked points or even relegated from the premier league. good morning. it isa it is a gold and a frosty start to the day in the southern half of the country. some mist and fog patches, some of which will be slow to clear. then we will see some sunshine. in the north, a milder start, cloudier with patchy rain in the west. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, 7th february. more than 4,000 people have died after two major earthquakes hit southern turkey and northern syria. the rescue effort has continued throughout the night, although freezing temperatures, snow and rain have hampered the search for survivors. dozens of countries, including the uk, have promised to send help. azadeh moshiri reports. it s a race to save lives that includes the smallest ones. syria s voluntary civil defen
the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. he s appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee he s likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. let s listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what i ve read, there were three people involved, sam blythe, borisjohnson and you. who started the whole procedure, who approached herfirst? weill. who started the whole procedure, who approached her first? approached her first? well, first of all, thank approached her first? well, first of all. thank you approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much for - approached her f
more than double the amount the year before, and the doubling is over the same period. the average household has doubled their energy bills, and that s when you incorporate government support into that. that contrast between how much they re making and how much more we are paying seems to many people unfair. huge caveats within that, these are global profits, not all of that money is taxable in the uk. on top of that, big energy firms need to make money, they need to reinvest and be profitable for pension schemes, for example, and in order to invest in green energy. but still questions around fairness. labour this morning saying the system of a windfall tax, an extra levy that the government is imposing on energy companies for this unprotected extraordinary profit they re making, they say the system is not working, that more should be generated from that revenue. so bp estimate that, for 2022, 678 million or so will be put
have household bills. we have seen our household bills doubled in the same period, and that is with government support. what is the government support. what is the government done about it? then put in place this went full tax, an extra tax for these unexpected, extraordinary profits. and today, we learned that bp paid, they think, the latest estimate, i m sorry, is they paid around £678 million in windfall tax. that s not a lot of money when you compare it to the billions in profit. this will raise questions again about whether that system is working, especially when you look at shell last week announcing their biggest profits in their 115 year history. 111 million in windfall tax. it is important to remember these profits are for global companies. this is money they make globally. not all the money is made in the uk. and they are profitable in order to reinvest.
million in 2022 in terms of windfall taxes. that makes up less than 3% of their overall profits. last week we learnt about shell. their profits for the biggest in their history. just 111 million in windfall tax being paid from 32 billion profit. the tuc have said this morning they think it will make hard pressed families feel like cash machines. labour says a proper windfall system now needs to be introduced. things are not as simple as they seem. full stubble, these are global businesses. first of all. and secondly, they need to make money to reinvest in green energy. but when we are talking, every week, to families having to sit in the dark and thecolds together the winter, the juxtaposition of these billions coming through the covers is very unsettling for lots of people. thank you for now. detectives investigating the disappearance of nicola bulley, are focusing their efforts on a river path as they continue the search.