labour says the conservatives are out of ideas, regardless of who s prime minister. after 12 years of a tory government, what are we to show for it? people are not able to pay their bills and the nhs and law and order have completely broken down. priti patel has announced she will retire as soon as a new home secretary has been appointed. she was said will continue as a backbencher. from the war in ukraine to spiralling inflation liz truss is facing issues at home and abroad. we ll be speaking to a former cabinet secretary who was the top civil servant for three different british prime ministers about how she might approach the challenge. welcome to the programme. if you have questions about liz truss being set to become the next uk prime minister, send them our way and will be speaking to a range of experts through the next two hours and we ll do our best to give you some answers. you can reach me on twitter. and of course, the centre of our coverage will be britain s
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Initial impression. we haven t been told the details of the scheme yet. most of us have been quite lucky with a fairly mild winter so far. it could ve been a lot worse. just look at the whole system. the price cap system that was set up to households, is that working? because a lot of smaller energy companies, obviously not yours, came unstuck on thatjust obviously not yours, came unstuck on that just a few obviously not yours, came unstuck on thatjust a few months ago. you know, thatjust a few months ago. you know. love. thatjust a few months ago. you know, love, there thatjust a few months ago. you know, love, there are that just a few months ago. wi, know, love, there are some genuine flaws in the price capping mechanism. i don t think it s working the way that people expect it to. first of all, it s not actually designed to prevent high wholesale prices from hitting consumer bills, so these costs will be passed through eventually. i think actually price capping has caused the
Was his unanimous victory, so that means we might not see that, and again, it could be another brit that tyson fury faces. so we will wait and see, but tyson fury, the wbc champion, he has retained his belt. it hasn t ha confirmed the rematch against oleksandr usyk? yes. so we will see how against oleksandr usyk? yes. so we will see how that goes, and then maybe it will happen. jane, thanks very much indeed. we will be talking about that fight all morning, it has just finished. but the beta still continuing between the two of them, because deontay wilder wouldn t speak to tyson fury afterwards. maybe he couldn t speak. right, as counsellors, we will talk more about that during the course of the programme. that move away from boxing for now. business secretary kwasi kwarteng has defended the government s handling of the energy crisis after several suppliers described the price system for regulating household bills as not fit for purpose. price cap system. writing on a sunday expres
Increases over christmas. it comes after suppliers criticised the price cap system as being not fit for purpose. energy experts say that while it does provide reassurance for customers worried about paying their household bills, the protection won t last forever. the price actually won t move until the beginning of april. so that period, i think, it is helpful, it gives people peace of mind, and we need to, you know, we need to lock that in. i think then it does create uncertainty going into april. all of the forecasts suggest there will be quite a significant increase to the price cap at that time. so we need to be very mindful of that, and need to budget accordingly. for businesses, though, there is no price cap, and mr kwarteng gives no indication of how government might seek to ease pressure for those unable to scale back their usage. some already warning higher energy bills will mean increases in the price customers pay for goods. talks with energy intensive industries are expecte