To save money on your energy bill, other help with the cost of living advice you can go to, there is a particular section of the bbc news website and it is called tackling it together. all sorts of advice and tips on how to deal with it. it is 9:30am. it is time we got the news. thank you, chris. the energy regulator, 0fgem, has announced it s lowering the energy price cap for the three months from october. it means a typical household bill not including standing charges in england, scotland and wales will fall and wales will fall by around £150
Hello to all of you thanks for getting it. we have also got richard layne with us. he is director of external affairs at step change, the debt charity. richard, good morning to you as well. let s start very quickly with one to you, richard. what are you making of all of this today? how do you think it all balances out for the typical consumer? balances out for the typical consumer? ~ ., ., consumer? we have to welcome ositive consumer? we have to welcome positive news consumer? we have to welcome positive news when consumer? we have to welcome positive news when we - consumer? we have to welcome positive news when we have i consumer? we have to welcome positive news when we have it, i consumer? we have to welcome i positive news when we have it, don t we? and this is some good news that the charges will be going down but as you have just alluded to for most households it will be pretty marginal as government support has come to an end already and at step change we have put in the