Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than Three Million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £67. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simonjack. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. Its the same wherever, or whomever, you buy from. If you buy it from british gas, it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september as the uks largest supplier hiked prices for the first time in four years. Given wholesale costs have come down over that period, why raise prices now . We do agree that, over the last few years, since we dropped Electricity Prices the last time, wholesale costs have indeed fallen by about £36 on a typical bill but we
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. More than Three Million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £67. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simonjack. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. Its the same wherever, or whomever, you buy from. If you buy it from british gas, it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september as the uks largest supplier hiked prices for the first time in four years. Given wholesale costs have come down over that period, why raise prices now . We do agree that, over the last few years, since we dropped Electricity Prices the last time, wholesale costs have indeed fallen by about £36 on a typical bill but we
The full report. Well hearfrom usain bolt, who is looking ahead to his final races as a professional athlete. Lots of ways you could have described monday in the white house. Trump took to twitter to tell us it was a great day. One way of putting it. Another is it was the day where the new director of Communications Left ten days after being hired, several days before he actually had taken up the job formally. The New York Post put it this way, drawing comparisons with the Survivor Television programme. Making the general point that this perhaps is a chaotic situation. We can speak to a conservative political commentator from dallas, host on the Digital Tv Network the blaze. Great to have you on the programme. Thank you for having me. When you look at what happened yesterday in the white house and over the last week, is that what you voted for . Difficult to say. Part of me wants to trust what trump says over twitter. When he said it was a great day in the white house. Part of me also
The full report. Well hearfrom usain bolt, who is looking ahead to his final races as a professional athlete. Lots of ways you could have described monday in the white house. Trump took to twitter to tell us it was a great day. One way of putting it. Another is it was the day where the new director of Communications Left ten days after being hired, several days before he actually had taken up the job formally. The New York Post put it this way, drawing comparisons with the Survivor Television programme. Making the general point that this perhaps is a chaotic situation. We can speak to a conservative political commentator from dallas, host on the Digital Tv Network the blaze. Great to have you on the programme. Thank you for having me. When you look at what happened yesterday in the white house and over the last week, is that what you voted for . Difficult to say. Part of me wants to trust what trump says over twitter. When he said it was a great day in the white house. Part of me also
Coming up in sportsday on bbc news. England womens goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has been ruled out of the rest of euro 2017 after breaking her leg in the Quarterfinal Win over france. Good evening. More than 3 million british gas customers are facing a big rise in their electricity bills. From september, the company will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. It means a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £76. British gas says its putting up prices for the first time in nearly four years because its own costs have risen. But the government and Consumer Groups have condemned the move. Heres our business editor, simonjack. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. Its the same wherever, or whomever, you buy from. If you buy it from british gas, it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september, as the uks largest supplier hiked prices for the first time in four years. Given wholesale costs have come down over that period, why raise prices now . We do agree