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The treasury is collating cost of living policy options for the next prime minister to consider. rishi sunak has said he will provide more direct support to vulnerable households. liz truss has not ruled out more support but prefers the idea of tax cuts. one of her key supporters, the chief secretary to the treasury, simon clark, has questioned the universal nature of some of the support offered so far, suggesting a preference for more targeted intervention. the new prime minister will take office on the 5th of september, just a month shy of another rise in bills an immediate challenge for a new leader. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and has spoken for the first time since he was stabbed several times on stage at a literary event in the united states on friday. nomia iqbal is at the hospital where the satanic verses author is being treated and gave us this update. there s been no comment yet from the hospital treating salman rushd ....
On the southern brave in men s and women s matches at the oval later. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will use a speech tomorrow to call for the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales to be frozen. analysts believe the cap is on course to rise to about £3,500 in october. sir keir says it should stay at the current level, ofjust under £2,000 for the average household. earlier i spoke with the energy minister greg hands. he gave me his reaction to labour s plan. i think the government has to look at all the options that are available. that is what we are doing at the moment. rishi sunak has been clear that if he becomes prime minister after the 5th of september, he will be wanting to take direct, immediate action to help people this ....
Analysts believe the cap will rise to around £3,500 in october sir keir wants to keep the current price cap atjust under £2,000 for the average household. earlier i spoke with the energy minister greg hands.. i think the government has to look at all the options are available. that is what we are doing at the moment. rishi sunak has been clear that if he becomes prime minister after the 5th of september, he will be wanting to take direct, immediate action to help people this coming winter pay those bills. particularly their most vulnerable, particularly pensioners and so on. in terms of their specifics, a little too early to say. i think the idea from labour of abolishing price rises in energy. energy price rises are set globally, driven by the invasion by vladimir putin in ukraine. we would have to find a way to compensate people by effectively trying to abolish the price rise and that would inevitably lead to higher taxes. we had to be a little bit careful ....
In october. sir keir wants to keep the current price cap atjust under £2,000 for the average household. earlier energy minister greg hands gave me his reaction to labour s plan. i think the government has to look at all the options that are available. that is what we are doing at the moment. rishi sunak has been clear that if he becomes prime minister after the 5th of september, he will be wanting to take direct, immediate action to help people this coming winter pay those bills. particularly the most vulnerable, particularly pensioners and so on. in terms of their specifics, a little too early to say. i think the idea from labour of abolishing price rises in energy. energy price rises are set globally, driven by the invasion by vladimir putin of ukraine. ....
Secretary to the treasury, simon clark, has questioned the universal nature of some of the support offered so far, suggesting a preference for more targeted added if the intervention. the new prime minister will take office on the 5th of september, just a month shy of another rise in bills, an immediate challenge for a new leader. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and has spoken for the first time since he was stabbed several times on stage at a literary event in the united states on friday. nomia iqbal is at the hospital where the satanic verses author is being treated. nomia. there has been no comment yet from the hospital treating sir salman rushdie but his agent confirmed to us media that he is breathing unaided and speaking. in terms of the suspect, 24 year old hadi matar has appeared in court and pleaded not guilty so all of the charges that he is facing. more reports are coming out about him, including claims he had a fake dr ....