the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of the school year. module to be of the covid i9 uk inquiry will happen in wales during february and march. module 28. and of course a budget to february and march. module 2b. and of course a budget to pass through the senedd. there will be plenty of time for political obituaries and retrospection once i ceased to be first minister. but not before. in a five year period, which has seen wales deal with astarte, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east and four different prime ministers so far, there will b
conservative mps to back him. if he d lost tonight it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote for the government. to give you an example, the climate minister who was at the climate talks in the middle east, flew all the way back so that he could vote. that is how nervous the government was, despite the result when we finally got it. quite an evening then after quite a day. quite an evening then after quite a da . . , . , ., day. excuse me,
good morning. we could well see some rain interruption at the oval, especially this afternoon. most of us are starting with a cloudy, damp start to the day, the rain persisting across northern scotland and the english channel, but in between it should brighten up with some sunny spells and showers. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday 27th july. our top story. injust under an hour, two major energy companies will be announcing their latest profits shell and centrica, which owns british gas. it comes as people struggle with high household energy bills. hannah miller reports. injanuary, i paid £341 for gas. and if you go to electricity, that s11i5. i mean, that s almost £600 on your fuel bill injanuary. yeah. over the past two years, haj has seen her monthly energy bill go up dramatically. when i first had my old company before british gas came in, i was paying something £128 a month.