Finances were in a dire state. Hang on. There was this 22 Billion black hole. We spend 1200 Billion billion black hole. We spend i200 billion pounds every year in this 22 Billion so called black hole, a mere accounting device. In this whole debate, what the Labour Government are trying to do was to make the political point that the Conservative Party ran the country into the ground and therefore weve got to punish therefore weve got to punish the pensioners. It is absolute and complete rubbish. And what those we represent cant understand, these people who worked hard all their lives, have done their bit for the country, their total package is perhaps 13 or 14,000 a year. What they cant understand is that this so called saving of public money is actually going to go to Train Drivers who own 70,000 a year. Theyjust dont understand it. So for god sake, lets have a serious debate. Lets try to unite on this issue and lets not keep taking away benefits from people just above the Pension Cred
and nasa has moved its giant moon rocket to the launchpad in preparation for its first ever flight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me, writer and broadcaster jenny kleeman, and martin bentham from the evening standard. tomorrow s front pages. the i warns that after the latest rise in the cost of living, we should now brace ourselves for an interest rate hike. a living nightmare is the independent s take on the cost of living and warns that 13 million people face being pushed into debt by october s energy bills. britain has the worst inflation in the g7 group of nations is the lead in the telegraph, which says consumers are under pressure as shopping bills rise and rail fares are set to increase. soaring inflation rises above 10% for the first time in a0 years is the lead in the ft, which also reports onjapan s latest advice on alcohol to its younger generation. that is please drink more! ahead of a level results,
struggling with these really high bills, so we thought this was the fairest and easiest way to distribute the money. however welcome, with energy prices rising again at the start of october, that money will drain even faster. coletta smith, bbc news, in manchester. i m nowjoined by caroline flint, who is the chair of the committee on fuel poverty. she s a former labour mp who was shadow energy and climate change secretary. you know your stuff, but can you explain what this committee does and what the goals of the committee are for us? . ., ., for us? the committee on fuel ove for us? the committee on fuel poverty has for us? the committee on fuel poverty has been for us? the committee on fuel poverty has been around i for us? the committee on fuel poverty has been around in i for us? the committee on fuel. poverty has been around in some for us? the committee on fuel- poverty has been around in some form for some time under different governments, labourand governments, labour and