good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i love t
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
looking into the bullying allegations which have been levelled against him. dominic raab s spokesman says this morning that he intends to see the process through. he wants a chance to set out his position in a formal setting, and thatis position in a formal setting, and that is why he called for the investigation in the first place. but i ve got to say, chatting to people around westminster, the mood music for dominic rab is not great at all. senior ministers have told us that i think it would be hard for rishi sunak to ignore the number of people who have now been involved in these complaints about mr raab. we were told yesterday by a union representative that dozens of people are involved in the eight formal complaints, basically more than one person is involved in a few of those complaints, and we think it amounts to more than 2a now. there is a lot of pressure. 100 days today that rishi sunak has been in number 10.