his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
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