to the outside world. talks to pass the un high seas treaty to protect the world s oceans and marine life in new york have failed to reach an agreement for the fifth time as governments could not agree on the terms. and liverpool hit nine past bournemouth to equal a record in the premier league reaction to that and rest of the day s sport news in sportsday at 7.30pm. good evening. the chancellor nadhim zahawi says middle income earners as well as low earners will need government help to pay energy bills this winter. it comes as another minister defended the decision to wait until a new prime minister is in place before any announcement on further support is made. yesterday, the regulator ofgem confirmed a dramatic 80% rise in the energy price cap from october, taking the average annual household bill to more than £3,500. here s marc ashdown. help is coming. that s the message from the chancellor on rocketing energy bills. but when, how and who will receive it remains dif
the messages, along with diaries and notebooks, be handed over by thursday at 4pm local time. the cabinet office has argued some of the material is not releva nt. mrjohnson appears to have added pressure on ministers by stating he d already given the cabinet office all relevant material. our political correspondent ben wrightjoins me now. i ben wrightjoins me now. suppose the critical ques right i suppose the critical question right from the start is to ask you, have all the documents, messages, whatsapp messages are being handed over as the inquiry wanted? it is over as the inquiry wanted? it is the critical overas the inquiry wanted? it 3 the critical question, but right now we don t know. the later is a steep disease marker inquiry doesn t have anything to say. i am checking my messages covid inquiry. we don t know what the accountant office has decided to do in response to this
the inquiry that it set up, that borisjohnson created to try to go to the bottom of what happened in government during the pandemic, but you re absolutely right, the legislation of both sides now is being cited and contested, but we have seen over the last few weeks that the baroness is certainly ready for a fight on this one. she is not going to concede. she feels the laws on her side. there clearly are government lawyers who feel that the argument, once it is before the courts, will go down in their favour, and like i said, from the government perspective, even though they are getting political flack from the opposition parties, they feel there is a prince that is important to defendant. a principle here that is important to defend. ., ~ , ., defend. ben, thank you. our olitical defend. ben, thank you. our political correspondent - defend. ben, thank you. our political correspondent at. political correspondent at westminster. for more, i mjoined now by elkan abrahamson, director