may not be sue gray who has the final say on party gate. there was another call today for more action to protect the lowest income households from the rising cost of living. the boss of one of the uk s biggest energy companies, e.0n, said 40% of customers could by october be in fuel poverty that s when more than a tenth of disposable income is spent on energy. our business editor simonjack is here. simon this is not the first energy company to speak in these terms where s this heading? i think we are heading for what is already a cost of living crisis and what energy bosses have described horrific this october, we have already had the £700 rise in april. but the sun is out and people aren t yuzing their heating and there is another £700 rise in october and that could hit hen the nights are getting longer and cold ir. the
had to step back from leading the government inquiry after reports of a christmas party in his office. a deadline for officials expected to be named in the report to challenge its findings has passed. if there are no objections it will be released within days. jonathan blake, bbc news. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guestsjoining me tonight are kevin schofield, politics editor at huffpost uk and john stevens, deputy political editor at the mail. the boss of one of the uk s biggest energy companies, e.0n, has called on the government to take very substantial action to help households struggling with bills after revealing that 20 percent of its customers are now in fuel poverty. michael lewis told the bbc s sunday morning programme, that recent price increases had led to one million of the firms accounts, being in arrears. what we know is there are around about1 million
disgruntled employees, you have a sense of, will things leak in the future that could be damaging to the government? if you attended something thinking it was ok because senior people were there and they haven t been fined, that does raise questions, but at the same time, there was personal responsibility as well. i m sure there will have been people who were perhaps invited, no matter howjunior or senior, and matter how junior or senior, and they matter howjunior or senior, and they didn t go because they didn t think it was the right thing to do. i don t think it is quite as clear cut. the boss of one of the uk s biggest energy companies, e.0n, has called on the government to take very substantial action to help households struggling with bills after revealing that 20 percent of its customers are now in fuel poverty. michael lewis told the bbc s sunday morning programme that recent price increases had led to one million of the firms accounts being in arrears. what we know is ther
fuel duty are a bit peripheral, you have to attack the issue. mot. there is only so long, particularly foreign owned companies, edf, scottishpower and e.0n, owned by spanish company can only so long they will see money being tipped into the uk retail market before they think this is a money pit we don t want to be in any more and they say it essential to maintain a stable and sustainable market come this winter. ,, ., . ., . ~ stable and sustainable market come this winter. ,, ., ., ~ stable and sustainable market come this winter. ,, ., . ., . ~ ., ~ , ., this winter. simon jack, thank you. the time is this winter. simon jack, thank you. the time is 1:22pm. our top story this lunchtime. at a major address in moscow vladimir putin claims his invasion was to protect russia and nato and the west, had been preparing, to invade russian lands. the deal to buy convenience store mccoll s, morrisons could be set to clinch control. coming up on the bbc news channel: welcome to miami, as
that is why we should be prepared for different kinds of scenarios in this case. britain s four biggest energy suppliers say the government needs to take drastic action to ensure that millions of households don t fall into fuel poverty in the coming months. speaking to mps, the bosses of e 0n, edf, centrica and scottish power say they re already seeing the effect of an unprecedented rise in bills, with customers on pre paid meters missing their payments in particular. it comes as the energy regulator 0fgem announced it s investigating claims that energy companies are increasing payments by more than necessary and directing customers to tariffs that are not in their interests.