hello there. we start with the cost of living. we are expecting to hear in the next few hours what the uk government plans to do to help consumers with soaring energy bills. they could see hundreds of pounds knocked off bills this winter, as part of a package of support worth at least £10 billion, largely funded by a one off windfall tax on energy companies. annual household energy bills here in the ukjumped by an average of £700 in april when the uk regulator ofgem raised the cap on what suppliers can charge. and ofgem has warned they will have to rise by a further £800 in october. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been to warrington in the north of england, asking people what one thing the government could do to help their household. the one thing that would help with help with energy bills, £100 on last year. if the government could assist with that, that would be great. the thing that that, that would be great. the thing that would that, that w
that the deal could be moving forward after musk said it was on hold over his concerns about the number of users twitter actually has. mike proulx is vice president and research director at the tech consultants forrester. he s in boston, massachusetts. even with the rise in shares after hours, the market still thinks this deal isn t going to go through. what do you think? it depends on the week. what do you think? it depends on the week, really. what do you think? it depends on the week, really. every - what do you think? it depends on the week, really. every dayj on the week, really. every day there is something that happens that really affects whether or not this will go through, and there is a lot of time between now and october when this deal is supposedly going to close. but what has been interesting is the fact that this whole thing is playing out on twitter, which makes it pretty matter. . , twitter, which makes it pretty matter. ., , ., investors have ousted one of elon mus
jamilsaid. twitterfounderjack jamilsaid. twitter founderjack dorsey voiced his support for musk, in principle. london mayor sadiq khan warned. so it sets the news agenda for both the big issues in small issues, and i think the concern might be that it generally is the quieter voices, the minority voices, the voices who don t have the strength, who suffer when twitter is a little bit and policed. elon musk s £3a billion offer came as a bit of a surprise to many, including twitter itself. it may be influential, but it s nowhere near the size of, say, facebook or tiktok. downing street and the eu have already reminded musk there are already reminded musk there are already strict rules around what is not allowed online in europe. he wants to move the firm away from its
but both elon musk and twitter founderjack dorsey have said they believe that advertising on twitter is a mistake. here s our business correspondent michelle fleury on that. elon musk has been very clear what he would like to see twitter do in terms of return to this idea of a pure service, at town square he calls it, where free speech is allowed, but what is he going to do to improve the business? that is where many questions are left unanswered. currently, it makes all of its money through selling advertisement, but the question is how could you increase that. as a private company, you don t have to report as much detail as you do when you are a publicly listed company, but you do still have to pay off those loans you are taking to acquire the company, so he will have to generate more revenue. how can
the twitter community is divided, as usual. musk tonight described the response of his critics as an extreme antibody reaction from those who fear free speech. actress mia farrow said. london mayor sadiq khan warned social media companies must do more, not less, to protect their communities. twitter founderjack dorsey voiced his support for musk. in principle, don t believe anyone should own or run twitter. elon is the singular solution i trust. it sets the news agenda for both big issues and small issues. and i think the concern might be that it generally is the quieter voices, the minority voices, the voices who don t have the strength, who suffer when twitter is a little bit un policed. elon musk s £3a billion offer came as a bit of a surprise to many, including twitter itself.