The new pm sets out bIg reforms to energy, water and the lords, but Is the lesson Of hIs predecessors that he needs more VIsIon And Hope and less paIn . And as thIs generatIon Of students prepare to head Off to unIversIty, wIll some fInd theIr college has gone bust before they even get there . Good evenIng. Welcome to newsnIght InsIght, IntervIews and more Into the storIes Of the day. Later, the crIsIs In our unIversItIes, wIth calls for a massIve rIse In TuItIon Fees as students head back to campus. But before that, a scholarly panel Of PrIme MInIsterIal BIographer SIr Anthony seldon, former tory Mp And Mep VIcky Ford and Baroness Helena Kennedy kc wIll consIder where we are wIth the new Government And Pm two months on from the electIon, wIth a blIzzard Of legIslatIon but a certaIn lack Of Post LandslIde EuphorIa and promIses Of a couple Of months at least Of paIn. Lets brIng In our own prOfessor Of polItIcs, nIck watt. An Important day for the pm . RemovIng saId, Gb Energy and removI
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [cheers and applause] pete: if your photos, our nation s anthem on the final day of august, august 31st, year of our lord, 2024, and here we are at 6 a. M. We re ready. I think we re ready. Maybe. Rachel or, good to see you. Rachel: i m ready, but i m not ready. By the way, good morning, joey. I m not ready for summer to be over. I notice people had all these photos of their boats and water skiing and feel taking kids tubing. My kids start school next week, and i m just not ready. I love summer so much, joey. Joey: down south we start early, andin know i didn t know that until i started coming up here. August 6th is when we start, i had at least five things we didn t do this her rachel: like what is? joey: i wanted to do a weekend trip to the beach, just stuff like that, fun things i wanted to do with my kids in between my son being a fanatic about his running and going to the the running camp and stuff like that. We didn
And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don
For the games. Its always important. We are here an elite sport, winning medals is what we are about, but we are part of an incredible No One movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off The Field of play once disabled people to be recognised wholly in society, and those performances on The Field of play can only help us in that cause. To the Us Open where Britain Harriet Dart will begin her second Round Match against Marta Kostyuk in the next hour or so, novak Djokovic And Coco gauff will also be on court later but no such luck for former Champion Emma Raducanu who lost her first round to sofia kenin despite winning the second set. Raducanu was knocked out by the 2020 Australian Open champion. Kenin plays fellow american and sixth seed Jessica Pegula tomorrow. England and Sri Lanka are making their final preparations ahead of the second test at lords tomorrow. England beat The Visitors by five wickets in the opener at Old Trafford last week, chasing down a fourth Innings Target