has announced it s lowering the energy price cap for the three months from october. it means a typical household bill, not including standing charges, in england, scotland and wales will fall by around £150 tojust over £1,900. the fall has been driven by a reduction in wholesale gas prices. donald trump has been formally charged with election interference in the us state of georgia. it makes him the first former president to have his mugshot taken. he denies 13 charges. the national crime agency is investigating the deaths of 88 people in the uk who bought a poisonous substance from a man in canada. kenneth law, who was arrested near toronto in may, has been charged in canada with assisting suicide. the head of spain s governing body for football is expected to step down today. luis rubiales was heavily criticised after he kissed a player on the mouth during the trophy presentation for spain s women s world cup final win on sunday.
at the same time, pipeline breakdowns, infrastructure issues, that initially push the prices up. and then the war started and made things worse. i think it is really difficult. i do not think there is an easy solution. i have so much sympathy with customers who do not know whether they are coming or going, frankly, on energy prices. especially with the price cap changing four times a year as opposed to twice a year. lets talk to richard- opposed to twice a year. lets talk to richard. you opposed to twice a year. lets talk to richard. you wanted opposed to twice a year. lets talk to richard. you wanted to - opposed to twice a year. lets talk to richard. you wanted to talk- opposed to twice a year. lets talk i to richard. you wanted to talk about the price cap. it might have been something we discussed, but maybe this is one for kevin. what you want to say? this is one for kevin. what you want to sa ? , , , , ., to say? it s rubbish, giving an ener: to say? it s rubbish, giving a
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to save money on your energy bill, other help with the cost of living advice you can go to, there is a particular section of the bbc news website and it is called tackling it together. all sorts of advice and tips on how to deal with it. it is 9:30am. it is time we got the news. thank you, chris. the energy regulator, 0fgem, has announced it s lowering the energy price cap for the three months from october. it means a typical household bill not including standing charges in england, scotland and wales will fall and wales will fall by around £150
hello to all of you thanks for getting it. we have also got richard layne with us. he is director of external affairs at step change, the debt charity. richard, good morning to you as well. let s start very quickly with one to you, richard. what are you making of all of this today? how do you think it all balances out for the typical consumer? balances out for the typical consumer? ~ ., ., consumer? we have to welcome ositive consumer? we have to welcome positive news consumer? we have to welcome positive news when consumer? we have to welcome positive news when we - consumer? we have to welcome positive news when we have i consumer? we have to welcome positive news when we have it, i consumer? we have to welcome i positive news when we have it, don t we? and this is some good news that the charges will be going down but as you have just alluded to for most households it will be pretty marginal as government support has come to an end already and at step change we have put in the