hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and writerjemma forte and the journalist and broadcaster caroline frost. hello to both of you. quick look at some of those front pages. the chaos surrounding liverpool s champions league final is the splash for the metro, which references the team s colours to sum up fans fury. the i newspaper says the pm is planning to axe eu laws, to try to win over his own mps in the wake of the partygate report. brexit also features in the main story in the daily telegraph, which outlines a post brexit visa scheme for foreign graduates. the ft has a picture ofjoe biden laying flowers at the texas school where 21 people were shot dead. its lead report focuses on the international fight against inflation. there s a striking portrait on the front of the guardian of the jockey lester piggott, whose death was announced today. lester piggott also features on the front page of the
plus, coming to a car park near you: cheap solar charging for your electric vehicle. but does northern europe have the weather for it? we start with the cost of living here in the uk because, as we were anticipating this time yesterday, the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a financial support package to help people with soaring bills. the 15 billion pound plan will be funded, in part, by what he called a temporary, targeted energy profits levy. in other words, a windfall tax on the energy companies, a policy the opposition labour party have been calling for, but the government has resisted, until now. all households, regardless of income, will receive a grant of £400 towards their energy bills, which won t have to be paid back. on top of that, those on the lowest incomes, around eight million households, will receive a one off payment of £650. and pensioners receiving the winter fuel allowance will also get an extra one off payment of £300. those receiving disability b
care of, for a change. i the chancellor is rasing some of the cash from a one off tax on oil and gas companies. we ll have their reaction, too. also tonight. the texas primary school mass shooting questions about how long it took for police to challenge the gunman. up to an hour, some say. the actor kevin spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk. abba as you ve never seen them before. a0 years after they last toured, digital technology takes them on the road again. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rhys mcclenaghan is told he won t be allowed to defend his gold medal at the commonwealth games in a move that s been described as reprehensible. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. timely, targeted and temporary the three words chancellor rishi sunak used this afternoon to sum up a £15 billion package to help millions of households across the country through the cost of l
The bill has passed. Oh, one voting present. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 billion package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. Joining me live from washington is our correspondent helena humphrey. Shes on capitol hill following the vote. It is six months since President Biden first sought approval for this aid package, there has been a bitter row over it over it ever since, what got it over the line today . figs what got it over the line today . Sis you what got it over the line today . Is you say, this is long awaited, high stakes, and what this finally got this over the line was that rare display of bipartisanship which we sell. What you will see w
in in october this year. now, some groups have suggested that it could be, in fact, next summer by the time the app is up and running and that s really adding to this concern over the risk of queues and disruption. and, in fact, a director of p80 ferries has recently said that he d like to see that date, that delayed date of october 2024, pushed back even further. the chief executive of eurostar told us that while the app would certainly help make things smoother, they were already putting in kiosks, 49 kiosks at their terminus at london st pancras to deal with these extra checks, and making sure that they have additional staff to help people through those changes initially. we know eurotunnel owner getlink is building new processing areas in folkestone and calais to deal with the changes, but the port of dover is expected to face some particular challenges because of the constrained area there and because they have so many cars, lorries and coaches going through every day,