it is beautiful here on the cape and sunny, crews are making good progress. arthel: as you know residents, parents, prepare for the work week and school week. you will say everyone will have power by the end of the day tomorrow which is monday, that what you re telling us? yes that is correct. we work closely with public safety officials and school officials to make sure schools are on if we have any schools without power. to clear tree damage and communities are safe and roads are open. arthel: you have still a lot of snow on the ground. with about the roads in terms of, it seems like monday will be a wash in terms of leaving to go anywhere? what about tuesday? i think we ll be in pretty good shape by tuesday. yesterday was a pretty tough day. road conditions and made travel extremely slow for the crews. today is a clear, sunny day. we ll make very good progress.
sunak faces growing calls to offer more support as household budgets are squeezed. so, what new measures might he consider? let s ta ke let s take a look. there is speculation the chancellor could cut fuel duty by 5p per litre. there have been calls for him to delay a planned rise in national insurance payments, or scrap it altogether. but it s possible that he might instead raise the threshold at which people start paying. next month, the government will increase benefits, including universal credit by 3.1%, but dozens of charities want the chancellor to go further. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has this report. the chancellor has been rehearsing, but the audience that really matters are a long way from westminster. he s under pressure to announce something to help shade us from the scorching cost of every bill at the moment. it s a gorgeous day, and everyone s making the most of the sunshine. this is my little boy, tiger. ah, hello. we re just trying to do more
good morning. it s wednesday the 23rd of march. our main story a cut in fuel duty could be on the cards when the chancellor, rishi sunak, delivers his spring statement in the commons later today. he ll promise more help with the rising cost of living, while stressing the need to shore up public finances. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has this report. the chancellor has been rehearsing, but the audience that really matters are a long way from westminster. he s under pressure to announce something to help shade us from the scorching cost of every bill at the moment. it s a gorgeous day, and everyone s making the most of the sunshine. this is my little boy, tiger. 0h, hello. we rejust trying to do more like this. like go out on days out like this. i used to love going to the beach, but i can t even afford that in fuel now. because i ve got a car to run as well. so we just do little things like this now.
he s under pressure to announce something to help shade us from the scorching cost of every bill at the moment. it s a gorgeous day, and everyone s making the most of the sunshine. this is my little boy, tiger. ah, hello. we re just trying to do more like this, like go out on days out like this. i used to love going to the beach, but i can t even afford that in fuel now. because i ve got a car to run as well. so we just do little things like this now. sometimes we ll even get the bus, won t we, instead? stevie s rent went up by £200 last month, and she s already behind on the gas and electricity bills. we re just trying to get by. just try and keep upbeat about it, anyway. paul and charlotte have been feeling the bite of energy bills this winter, too. if the gas goes on, it, you know, it takes a while to kind of kick in. and perhaps back in the day when we were students, we would have just not put
or scrap it altogether. but it s possible that he might instead raise the threshold at which people start paying. next month, the government will increase benefits, including universal credit, by 3.1%, but dozens of charities want the chancellor to go further. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has this report. the chancellor has been rehearsing, but the audience that really matters are a long way from westminster. he s under pressure to announce something to help shade us from the scorching cost of every bill at the moment. it s a gorgeous day, and everyone s making the most of the sunshine. this is my little boy, tiger. ah, hello. we re just trying to do more like this, like go out on days out like this. i used to love going to the beach, but i can t even afford that in fuel now. because i ve got a car to run as well. so we just do little things like this now. sometimes we ll even get the bus, won t we, instead?