as veteran broadcaster ken bruce prepares for his last show on radio 2. it s entirely within the bbc s right to ask me to step away a little early and gardening leave is a known concept in broadcasting and in many other areas. good morning. the bbc understands that some energy firms are expecting the government to keep support at, or near, current levels and they are amending their bills with that expectation in mind. the typical energy bill for a household in the uk is set to rise to £3,000 a year from april, but there are calls for the government to keep its current level of support. that support currently means the government is limiting the typical bill to £2,500 a year, plus a £400 winter discount. that support is due to end in april and fuel poverty campaigners say that means the number of households struggling to afford bills could rise from 6.7 million to 8.4 million. a treasury source said it wouldn t comment on speculation, but the chancellorjeremy hunt told the
the telegraph newspaper was given the messages by isabel 0akeshott. she says publishing them is in the national interest, claiming the lockdowns and quarantines were catastrophic. she was handed the messages by matt hancock when she helped him write a book about his experience of the pandemic. mr hancock says the messages are being published piecemeal as part of a biased campaign to discredit government policies. and last night, a former colleague came to his defence. there s three st james bibles worth of messages from one man who was working 18 hours a day, seven days a week. he will have made mistakes, as well as other things. what i think you would get if you were fair and you weren t selectively splashing in a newspaper, you would get the impression of people who were working absolutely flat out and determinedly to save lives. ms 0akeshott has said the telegraph has more revelations to come. mr hancock has said the right place to investigate how the pandemic