after 19 children are killed in a school shooting as the debate over gun control intensifies. the king of clay, rafael nadal, cruises through round three at the french open, while emma radacanu is now focusing on wimbledon as she reflects on her defeat, ending british interest in the women s singles. it s in the women s singles. a bit windy today across th uk, it s a bit windy today across the uk, especially illinois. some rain at times in the west but as we head towards that weekend things are looking drier. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 26th may. our main story. every household in britain is set to receive hundreds of pounds in additional support from the government to ease the cost of living crisis this winter. the £200 loan on energy bills, announced in february, could now be doubled and replaced with a grant that will not have to be paid back with further measures expected for those on low and fixed incomes. the £10 billion package is
2.6 billion by the end of the next parliament. then, by giving hmrc more money and cracking down on tax that should be paid, but isn t, they think they would raise this 5 billion a year within the next few years. there is a question of ambition here, about how much labour wants to do if it wins power, and what we are hearing is here is a few billion. small change in big government terms, is that it? £5 billion is not small change. it is in terms of government spending. well, £5 billion will mean that we can have two million additional appointments in the nhs, so to clear the. let me tell you about the ambition because it is huge. at the moment there are more than seven million on nhs waiting lists. this will mean that every year an additional two million appointments can take place. it means for people who can t get a dentist on the nhs, 700,000 additional appointments, and for every primary school child, a free breakfast club. conservative ministers say they are workin