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 weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
Formalized a deal that cements their control of the United States senate. President biden and his colleagues have made it clear that on covid relief, they have zero interest in waiting on republicans. Yesterday democrats pushed forward with a motion to pass bidens 1. 9 trillion covid package with or without republican support. Mitch mcconnell called the move totally partisan. Which is rich coming from a guy who used the exact same tool to pass a 1. 5 trillion tax cut for the rich. Youll notice that republicans love to wave the word unity like a bloody shirt when they criticize democrats. You know whats better than fake unity, action, action that helps people. Thats the job of governing. In many ways, were now down to just one governing party. This morning speak nancy pelosi and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer led a congressional tribute to Brian Sicknick who died during the insurrection last month. Each day when members enter the capitol hill, this temple of democracy, we will rem
Bombardment of ukrainian ports. Michael bossicue is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Councils eurasia centre. I asked him whether nato could be drawn into a wider conflict with russia. If that is what it takes to stop mr putin form organising food mr putin form weaponising food and hijacking millions of tonnes of grain to go to many poor countries, the egypts, the yemens and iraqs of the world i say lets do it and get armed escorts for carrier ships across the black sea because mr putin and the kremlin cannot get away with this. I just crossed the area across the danube that the russians have been striking and you can see what is happening. The infrastructure and road is packed with trucks because it is affecting neighbouring countries such as moldova. You say its unsustainable, what is the solution . The solution is for ukraine to go ahead with the unilateral humanitarian corridor supported by Surveillance Planes from nato and Western Allies or friendly neighbouring countries and armed