identity cards issued by kosovo. kosovo has an ethnic albanian majority and has declared independence from serbia. the chancellor nadim zahawi says middle income earners, as well as low earners, will need government help to pay energy bills this winter. it comes as another minister defended the decision to wait until a new prime minister is in place before any announcement on further support is made. on friday, the regulator 0fgem confirmed a dramatic 80 percent rise in the energy price cap from october for england, wales and scotland, taking the average annual household bill to more than three and a half thousand pounds. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. help is coming. that s the message from the chancellor on rocketing energy bills. but when, how and who will receive it remains difficult to tell. in an interview with the daily telegraph, nadim zahawi warns high bills could be here to stay for the next two years, and says while he s concerned about helping peo
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips, and the political editor of the sunday people and the sunday mirror, nigel nelson. good evening to you both. thank you for being with us. let s have a quick look at some of the papers. the sunday telegraph leads with plans of liz truss who is said to be thinking about what s decribed as a nuclear option of a 5% cut in vat. in the express borisjohnson says a huge package of measures is on the way to protect people from the cost of living crisis. the observer leads on trade union plans to join forces for a wave of strikes in the autumn. the devastating floods in pakistan is on the front of the independent. the mirror leads on allegations of bullying on the x factor. and finally the sunday times leads on polling on the nhs which says the majority now expect delays in treatment. let us begin and jo phillips, let me start with you. the su
middle income earners as well as low earners will need government help to pay energy bills this winter. it comes as another minister defended the decision to wait until a new prime minister is in place before any announcement on further support is made. yesterday, the regulator ofgem confirmed a dramatic 80% rise in the energy price cap from october, taking the average annual household bill to more than £3,500. earlier, i spoke to lisa rodgers who s a teacher she told me about how she ll be impacted by the energy price rise. i have two children, i am a single parent and, yeah, this is really scary. the moneyjust isn t there, and i am classed as one of these middle earners. just tell me about what your energy bills are at the moment. how much are they now? how much will they go up by? do you have any idea? well, i was paying £88 a month but that was on a fixed rate. that is now coming to an end and there are no deals i can get so i have to go onto the price cap. it was est
clout england and wales with more clout and little rain across northern ireland and scotland, a great and murky start here, some splashes of rain, increasingly confined to northern scotland by the afternoon, southern scotland should brighten up. in england and wales, a day at sunny spells and a few isolated showers, top temperatures in the south, 23 or 2a degrees, cooler further north and i7 south, 23 or 2a degrees, cooler further north and 17 for aberdeen. rain could develop in northern ireland in the afternoon and is set to expand into isle of man, south west scotland and at the same time cloud will topple into north eastern parts and as the breeze strengthens, temperatures will hold up in double digits for many. monday will be breezy, cool and cloudy on the east coast, further west we will see sunshine and warm.