and it s half time for the last round of premier league games manchester city trail aston villa and liverpool equalise against wolves if it stays like that city will be champions. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes, a deadline has passed for civil servants who want to object to being named in sue gray s partygate report to respond a move which could delay publication. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondentjonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime m
territory, in an apparent hardening of its position. more than 300 scotrail services have been cancelled for the third sunday in a row it comes on the eve of major timetable cuts across the country. manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. we will have all the latest in sportsday, coming up at 6:30pm. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the full report into gatherings in and around downing street while covid restrictions were in place is expected in the next few days with the senior civil servant sue gray set to publish herfindings. there was deadline earlier this afternoon for anyone due to be named in her report to lodge any objections and questions have been raised over the nature of a meeting she had with borisjohnson about the report a few weeks ago. ministers say she has full control over the details she releases. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findin
Comes from the top. the most senior civil servant cabinet secretary simon case had to step back from leading the government inquiry after reports of a christmas party in his office. a deadline for officials expected to be named in the report to challenge its findings have been passed. if there are no objections, it will be released within days. jonathan blake, bbc news. the boss of one of the uk s biggest energy companies, e.on, has called on the government to take very substantial action to help households struggling with bills after revealing that 20 percent of its customers are now in fuel poverty. michael lewis told the bbc s sunday morning programme that recent price increases had led to one million of the firms accounts being in arrears. what we know is there are around about one million of our eight million accounts that are already in some kind of arrears.
This is bbc news. the headlines at six: the deadline has just passed for officials named in sue gray s report to respond or object, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company e.on is warning that unless the government intervenes, the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40 percent by the autumn. it s percent by the autumn. a very, very significant impact, it s a very, very significant impact, and that s why we ve called upon government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october, and it has to be substantial. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up
This is bbc news. the headlines at six: the deadline has just passed for officials named in sue gray s report to respond or object, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company e.on is warning that unless the government intervenes, the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach a0 percent by the autumn. it s percent by the autumn. a very, very significant impact, it s a very, very significant impact, and that s why we ve called upon government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october, and it has to be substantial. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up