this is bbc news, i m ben brown. the headlines. avro energy and green become the latest energy suppliers to go out of business because of the spike in gas prices. it comes just hours after the energy regulator ofgem warned that hundreds of thousands of customers will have to move suppliers. this is a significant impact on the sector. it is something that we are breaking with government on, but we cannot make predictions about how that will play out. no trade deal in sight with the us but the prime minister says america will lift its ban on british lamb, for the first time in decades. the kebabs, the lamb burger is, the people the kebabs, the lamb burger is, the people of the kebabs, the lamb burger is, the people of the united states will be supplied people of the united states will be supplied at last by britain, and
mrjohnson said the us decision to import british lamb showed washington was keen to strike a trade deal with the uk. what we are going to get from the united states now is a lifting of the ban, the decades old ban, totally unjustified, discriminating against british farmers, the ban on british lamb. we are going to be able to export british lamb to the united states for the first time in decades. it will be, the kebabs, the koftas, the lamb burgers of the people of the united states will be supplied, at last, by britain and fantasticjuicy cuts of welsh lamb and everything else. it s about time, too. and what we are wanting to do is make solid incremental steps on trade. the biden administration is not
pause since the biden administration came in and there s nothing coming out at the moment to suggest it has been moved over the line. it does matter, £1 in every six we trade around the world is with america. let s talk about that global trade deal that the prime minister has been talking about so much. one of the challenges you have highlighted as far as lamb is concerned is it is notoriously complicated and difficult to get these deals across the line so we are seeing downing street rowing back from the idea we would have a bespoke deal and we can join another existing deal that s in place. it s an interesting one and a suggestion that perhaps we are examining joining north american trade pact. it takes in the us, america and canada. t5 it trade pact. it takes in the us, america and canada. is it feasible and desirable america and canada. is it feasible and desirable if america and canada. is it feasible and desirable if you re america and canada. is it feasible and desirable
this is bbc news. the headlines. the government faces calls from labour to guarantee no one will lose their energy supply or be pushed into fuel poverty this winter. working people will have to choose whether to feed their kids or heat their homes. the choice for the deputy prime minister is will he make their lives easier or harder? we are the ones taking the difficult decisions, we are the ones taking the difficult decisions, getting on with the job and our decisions, getting on with the job and our plan is working. no decisions, getting on with the “ob and our plan is workingi and our plan is working. no trade deal with the and our plan is working. no trade deal with the us and our plan is working. no trade deal with the us but and our plan is working. no trade deal with the us but the prime i deal with the us but the prime minister will announce that america will lift its ban on british lamb for the first time in decades. the kebabs, for the first time in decades. the ke
kebabs, the lamb for the first time in decades. tte: kebabs, the lamb burgers, the koftas of the people of the united states will be supplied at last by britain and a fantasticjuicy cuts of welsh bmb and a fantasticjuicy cuts of welsh lamb and everything else. a high court injunction to stop the protestors who ve been causing chaos on the m25 they could now face imprisonment. in deep water a warning many of our swimming pools could close by the end of the decade without urgent modernisation. hello and welcome to bbc news. the government is warning that hype gas prices will be here for some time to come. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, said today we have to prepare for longer term high prices . only a few days ago, the prime minister said the current crisis caused by the rising cost of wholesale gas was temporary . meanwhile, it s been revealed