Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is driving this. What is driving it is the transport and Distribution Costs, the costs of getting the electricity to your home and Government Environmental and policy costs. When you add those two together it has gone up by approaching £100 and that is what is driving the increase. I should finally say that even after these increases, british gas Electricity Prices will be 10 cheaper than other Gas Suppliers by some distance. Our business presenter ben thompson is with me. Variously centrica explanation but this already is controversial. Yes, its always controversial when prices go up for supplies particularly because this will affect people on the lowest incomes, the standard variable tariff, the bog standard one, if youve not paid attention to fixing your tariff or choosing a better deal. Its the most one people will revert to and it will add £76 to an average bill. That means bills will be significantly higher, of course, as we approach winter. Theres always questions over the timing of this because this price rise will come into force Mid September so with people approach winter they will turn on the heating and the electricity and thats when they made the most. Of course other are 110w made the most. Of course other are now calls for the government to get involved. We heard a lot of campaign pledges during the General Election about whether politicians could enforce a cap on energy price rises. But did not happen. Theres a concern it will not happen given the latest results of a General Election, but many people are now calling for rapid progress for the regulators plans for a reform of the market. How does this compare with what other companies have done 01 with what other companies have done or might be about to do . British gas is the last one to raise prices. Last year we saw the other big firms raise their prices significantly. British gas has try out for doing that as long as possible and normally when you talk about rises like theres been talk about the wholesale price, the price they buy gas and electricity on the open market to them provided to us. Those prices are becoming down quite significantly, so this time british gas and you heard from the Jib Executive saying not to do with wholesale price but to do with the cost of getting electricity to houses, the pipes, pylons, that sort of thing and the cables, but also Government Regulation and theres been a lot of regulation issued by government on the energy firms for things like clean energy, Renewable Energy initiatives which makes up a proportion of our bill. We paid to the energy firms but they then pass it onto the government. They say thatis it onto the government. They say that is behind these increases, they are paying more and passing the cost onto us. The government says its a small proportion of the bill and would account for a big like this. Gas prices are staying the same. Yes, this just gas prices are staying the same. Yes, thisjust a gas prices are staying the same. Yes, this just a fact an atrocity on the dualfuel yes, this just a fact an atrocity on the dual fuel tariffs. Many people getting both gas and Anna Christie from a provider like british gas, so, yes, they will keep gas prices on hold. Some welcome relief as bigoted towards winter, turning on boilers, that sort of thing, but nonetheless, a significant rise, 12. 5 in electricity which will affect just over 3 12. 5 in electricity which will affectjust over 3 million customers. The worst affected british gas says will get a Small Re Bate british gas says will get a small rebate but nonetheless, politically contentious but also raising tariffs like this always of course an important issue and we should just say this announcement comes as british gas issued its results, the figures were pretty good but the crucial thing, 377,000 customer cou nts crucial thing, 377,000 Customer Counts people walked away. They lost 377,000 so people are Getting Better at moving around but its the same message, move and then switch with a provide you do like. Then, thank you very much. And whats the political reaction been . Lets speak to our assistant Political Editor norman smith. What are politician saying all about this, norman . Its striking the government are saying they are not ruling out the option of legislation to impose an Energy Price Cap. That will surprise many people because we know in the queens speech when theresa may set out her legislative agenda, there was no mention of that price cap which she talked about before the election this morning, though, the government said it is still an option. It tells us that they know there is going to be public anger at the scale of these Price Increases at a time when peoples wages are falling behind inflation, after years of austerity. They know they are under pressure from labour who have committed that if they were in government they would introduce a price cap and i suspect they know that theresa may made central to their whole strategy trying to help the just about managing, those struggling families for whom Energy Prices are a huge pa rt of for whom Energy Prices are a huge part of the costs they face. All of which said, i would because us about the government actually delivering ona the government actually delivering on a price cap. The reason for that is they want to do it, they couldve announced it in the queens speech and they chose not to, added to which, its a very controversial move in tory circles. Many conservative mps view the idea of a price cap as under tory. So for that reason, although the government is talking about it, i think a wider price cap is pretty remote albeit thatis price cap is pretty remote albeit that is whatjohn price cap is pretty remote albeit that is what John Mcdonnell from labour confirmed labour are still committed to. I think this is extortionate at this point in time when peoples wages are being cut orfrozen and people are struggling at the moment. We said from the labour party we would introduce a price cap initially, but also wed develop alternative Energy Supplies so that this cartel that we have now cant control Pricing Levels and hold us over a barrel ever again in future. I think theyre exploiting their customers. What we may still see is when ofgem, the regulator, reports. They could recommend a much more limited cap which could only extend to much poorer families. That might perhaps include an additional 2 million families, so it is still possible that some of the poorest families, in time, could get a cap on energy bills, but as far as the much broader cap which was first mooted by theresa may before the election, i think that is still pretty unlikely. 0k, norman, thank you very much at westminster. The White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired less than two weeks after his appointment. Mr scaramucci was dismissed last night just hours after the appointment of Generaljohn Kelly for what officials described as his inappropriate comments in a magazine interview. Hes the third trump appointee to leave his role in recent days. Suzanne kianpour reports. Tonight, breaking news forced out afterjust 11 days on the job at the white house. Game of thrones, House Of Cards pick your political drama. Washington thrown into a frenzy after the newly minted, smooth talking Communications Director is sacked. Anthony scaramucci took to the podium ten days ago for the first and last time. He came in guns blazing, promising to flip the script and shake up the white house. And he did. Although his eye was on getting rid of then Chief Of StaffReince Priebus, it was press Secretary Sean Spicer who was the first to go, resigning in protest at the man called mooch. But then a bit of foreshadowing. You know, one of the things i cant stand about this town is the backstabbing. Where i grew up, in the neighbourhood i was in, we were frontstabbers. The self proclaimed outsider took it too far, launching into a tirade of obscenities to a journalist, accidentally on the record, forgetting the rules of reporting. Scaramucci seemed to have won when Reince Priebus resigned, reporting directly to the president. But a new new sheriff was in town, Generaljohn Kelly, the secretary of homeland security. His request, a source tells me, was that scaramucci had to go. Kellys wish, the president s command. After the swearing in ceremony, the mooch was escorted off the premises. Donald trump has been in office for nearly six months, but his presidency has been plagued by chaos and controversy. From multiple investigations into his campaigns contacts with russia, to Constant Staffing shake ups at the white house. But, with a Four Star General at the helm now, the administration is hoping that it will be smoother sailing going forward. Suzanne kianpour, bbc news, washington. Reports have emerged that President Donald Trump personally dictated the statement his son gave on his talks with a russian lawyer during the election campaign. The Washington Post says some of the president s advisers fear the extent of the president s intervention could place him and some of his inner circle in legaljeopardy. The former foreign secretary William Hague has revealed that Business Leaders and politicians abroad asked him how the uk would get round the Eu Referendum result. Writing in the daily telegraph, lord hague said he was asked for months whether the uk would lose heart about leaving. But he said that globally the message has now got through. Lord hague, who campaigned for a remain vote, said he backed the chancellor Philip Hammonds call for a transitional withdrawal. The Home Secretary is challenging the likes of facebook, twitter and google to do more to remove Extremist Content online. Amber rudd has been attending a Technology Summit in san francisco. Shes told the firms they need to Work Together to protect the public by stopping the spread of terror related material. Our north America Technology reporter, dave lee reports. Terror of the streets of the uk. Organised police say with the help of social media. So companies here in Silicon Valley are being told they must do more to prevent the spread of Extremist Content online. What i need them to acknowledge is that the enemy, who is really trying to move swiftly online, to radicalise people in their own homes, are really stepping their game up and we need our response stepped up as well. And there is also a concern that new measures might mean a loss of privacy for all of us. Its not possible to say were going to monitor all communications on our platforms, but still preserve users privacy. They may attempt to minimise the impact on users privacy. They have to face up, people who might oppose this, to what our enemy is trying to do. Theyre trying to weaponise people at home. When this material goes online, it is circulated really fast. When this material goes online, it is circulated really fast. Another worry as Security Experts will tell you is that terrorists could simply move to harder to reach parts of the internet. A man has been left with facial injuries after two people on a moped threw an unknown liquid at him in Londons Knightsbridge police say he was taken to hospital but has since been discharged. A spokesperson said it was not yet known if the liquid thrown was a corrosive substance. Greater Manchester Police is facing new investigations by the Police Watchdog over three separate fatal firearms incidents. The Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned that the independent Police Complaints commission is examining new evidence in the cases, which date from 2008 to 2013. Simon cox has this exclusive report. My life is on hold. Its been on hold, and its still on hold now. The police have determined what is happening with anthonys life and they are dictating what is happening in my life. Anthony grainger was 36, a father of two young children. He was shot dead in the Sleepy Village Of Culcheth in march 2012. I didnt believe it, even. Even up until i seen his body in the morgue. Police believed he was planning an armed robbery. There were known violent criminals with him. But there was no gun in the car. There was a Public Inquiry into his death earlier this year. It was argued there were mistakes in the police intelligence, some of the armed officers had failed Training Courses and the most Senior Officer had changed his notes on the operation. Youve got quite a number of separate fails which then brings is that big picture of an organisation that is questionable. It looks farfrom good. During the inquiry, greater Manchester Police said it was committed to Learning Lessons from the case and that no Firearms Officer goes to work wishing to injure or kill. The inquiry hasnt reported yet and will have to decide whether anthony graingers death could have been avoided. This isnt the first time, though, questions have been asked about the forces armed police. Ian terry was devoted to his family and his job as a Firearms Officer with greater Manchester Police. We were told that hed been involved in an accident at work and that everyone had done all they could but they couldnt save him. Ian terry was killed on a Training Exercise at this disused factory in 2008. An inquestjury ruled he would have been saved if the training had been properly prepared. John foxcroft ran the Firearms Training unit at greater manchester, but left over Safety Concerns in 2006. I thought we were getting a little bit too much into the aggressive tactics. The more aggressive you get, the more likely you are to have people shot. There were no criminal charges brought, but greater Manchester Police was fined for health and safety offences. And theres another controversial case, that ofjordan begley. I need the police here as quick as i can. Well, ill get an officer there as soon as weve got one. Jordan, just stay there, youre not going out this was the call his mum made to police after a drunken row with neighbours. He was tasered and punched while he was on the ground. He later died from heart failure. An inquestjury found that Police Failings played a part in his death and that he was unlawfully killed. Someone actually believes is and someone will do something about it. We can go somewhere now, we can do something about it. Someones got to say sorry. Theyve got to. Weve discovered that all of these cases are now facing new investigations from the Police Watchdog. With many of the officers still serving, it poses tough questions for greater