After Rishi Sunak led the conservatives to their worst performance at a general election, who will succeed him as Tory Leader . The race officially began at 7pm tonight. Plus, shoplifting has hit a record high, with 50 offences recorded by police every hour in england and wales an increase of 30 in one year. Why is shoplifting as widespread and how do we stop it . Good evening, welCome to newsnight, live each weeknight, bringing you interviews and insight. Your Panel Tonight former Conservative Deputy to theresa may, Damian Green. Defeated at the election, hes now backing Tom Tugendhat. Theo bertram, former number 10 adviser to prime Ministers Blair and brown, now director at the social Market Foundation think tank. And kevin foster, former tory mp who was Migration Minister between 2019 and 2022 and wants his old Boss Priti Patel to stand for Tory Leader. Two conservatives are sitting on our sofa, we had to labour members last night. It evens Out over the series. And just before we ge
let s now get down to business. we start with energy as more eu caps on russian oil have come into effect. the price of premium products, primarily diesel, is being capped at $100 a barrel, while low end products, including fuel oil, will be capped at $45. other oil product imports are banned completely from today. the price cap is designed to limit moscow s ability to fund its war in ukraine. enforcement relies on prohibiting insurance and shipping companies from dealing with russian cargo, unless it was bought at or below the set price. i have not got viyella davis to talk about this instead i do have another guest. joining me now is spencer welch, oil analyst with s&p global. we have been talking about eu caps and bounce, what has changed today? changed today? there is essentially changed today? there is essentially three - changed today? there is. essentially three different mechanisms that have been put in place in the last two months. on the fifth of december, the eu
offences. police in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft, the official inspectorate has warned. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. and the bbc finds that more than 16 local swimming. closed across the uk in the past three years. 16 local swimming pools have closed. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ministers are holding talks with energy bosses this morning, amid fears over soaring bills. there are concerns households will fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity but ministers have said that no extra support will be announced until a new prime minister takes office next month. at the moment, annual energy bills for the average household arejust under £2,000. but bills are predicted to soar to about £3,500 in october. it and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,000 injanuary. our business correspondent, caroline dav
places staying dry with a bit of sunshine. very high for the time of year. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two. on bbc one, it s time tojoin our under way on bbc two. colleagues for the news where you are goodnight. a wave of mental health illness has hit the workforce now the single biggest reason among the under 44s for not seeking work. it s now become an economic problem, but is this here to stay? on the day that the economy showed again its inability to grow, a key problem remains the size of the workforce. i m in bed most of the day, because i m in bed most of the day, because i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, iwould say i have nothing to do, nothing to achieve. so, yes, i would say the employment side is much better, if i was in it. we have an exclusive investigation from ben and talk to the experts. also tonight. the un children s boss who hasjust returned from gaza on the day rains turn palestinian tent citi
The Conservatives have pledged to reduce national insurance contributions if they are re-elected, however they have failed to commit to increasing early years funding or tackling child povetry.