but the story remains the same. and there is a new warning today that more than 75,000 businesses could fold in the face of unmanageable utility bills. we will have more on that. also this lunchtime. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a re trial, on domestic violence charges. free meals are being introduced for the youngest pupils at primary schools in wales it s planned that all primaries will offer them by 202a. and, chelsea have sacked their head coach, thomas tuchel, after their third defeat of the new season. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a devastated nick kyrgios exits the us open after karen khachanov edges out the australian after five sets at flushing meadows. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, liz truss has faced the labour leader sir keir starmer for her first prime minister s questions and confirmed that she will announce proposals tomorrow to tackle the soaring cost of energy. pressed on ho
somewhere, and she knows that every single somewhere, and she knows that every single pounding excess profits she chooses single pounding excess profits she chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing chooses not to tax is an extra pound on borrowing that working people will be on borrowing that working people will be forced to pay back for decades will be forced to pay back for decades to come. the first cabinet meeting of the truss premiership took place earlier. it s said to be the most diverse cabinet on record. we ll have more on the new cabinet and on the cost of living crisis, as another warning comes on the state of the economy. as business struggles, little can be done to stop the uk falling into recession that the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation caused by the recent floods. and chelsea football club have sacked th
little can be done to stop the uk falling into a recession, that s the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation cause by the recent floods. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. and chelsea football club have sacked their manager thomas tuchel, prompting anger from many of the fans. welcome to the programme. liz truss has spent her first full day as prime minister appointing more of her front bench team and clashing with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, over her plans to cut taxes and cap gas and electricity bills for households and businesses. details of the scheme to control the cost of energy will be announced tomorrow. it s understood it ll be funded by government borrowing. sir keir told the commons that a windfall tax on energy companies would have been a fairer way of funding
minister in six years. the face at the top may change, but the story remains the same. and before that prime minister held her first cabinet meeting of the truss era this morning after a reshuffle of senior positions. and i m rebecca jones in the studio our other headlines this afternoon. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. chelsea have sacked manager thomas tuchel following a poor start to the season and a 1 0 champions league defeat to dinamo zagreb last night. hello and if you re just joining us welcome to bbc news. we are at joining us welcome to bbc news. we are at westminster on this most dramatic are at westminster on this most dramatic of days. the are at westminster on this most dramatic of days. are at westminster on this most dramatic of days. the day that the liz truss held dramatic of days. the day that the liz truss held her dramatic of days. the day that the liz truss held her first
the conservatives say they want to update equality laws to define sex as someone s biological sex. they say current confusion over definitions cannot be allowed to continue, and updating the law would make biological sex a protected characteristic. that means it would be easier to create protected spaces for women and girls. labour say they wouldn t amend the law, and accuse the conservatives of stoking a culture war. here s alex forsyth. flanked by young footballers, the prime minister claimed today he was tackling an issue to improve the safety of women and girls. the conservatives want to change the equality act so sex would mean biological sex. they say that would make it clearer that single sex spaces, from public toilets to refuges, can be for biological women and girls only, not those born male, even they have legally changed their sex on their birth certificate. the equalities minister claims this is necessary because there has been confusion and legal challenges over