up to a million households in england, scotland and wales could be paid to use less electricity this evening, as part of a scheme to avoid blackouts. would you switch off your oven or avoid using the washing machine to get a discount? get in touch with me. california police say the gunman suspected of killing ten people near los angeles was a 72 year old man, who shot himself dead as they tried to apprehend him. former employees of the welsh rugby union have told the bbc about a toxic culture of sexism at the organisation. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is facing growing pressure today, over allegations about the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi, as well as a separate row about the appointment of the bbc s chairman. it s emerged that former chancellor mr zahawi paid a penalty to hm revenue & customs of around £5 million, to settle a dispute over his tax affairs. he says the error that caused it was careless and not deliberate
Southern england, sunny spells developing but still some heavy showers later in the day. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its monday the 1st of april. Our main story. Energy prices in england, wales and scotland have fallen to their lowest level for two years today, as the regulator ofgems new quarterly price cap Comes Into Force. A household using a typical amount of energy will see their bills fall to £1,690 the lowest its been for two years. Charities say customers still owe billions of pounds to suppliers in unpaid bills. With more, heres our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. Spring has arrived in the gardens of this east Kent Community centre, promising warmer months ahead. I love the daffodils. But locals are still feeling the chilling Impact Winter Bills had on their finances and lifestyle. Its been quite a harsh winter and i havent been able to afford to have the Central Heating on. So its been rather challenging. And so ive been using hot water
that we there are many elements in the deal that we don t like. we would have liked that we don t like. we would have liked it that we don t like. we would have liked it to that we don t like. we would have liked it to have gone further and we would liked it to have gone further and we would have liked it to have gone further and we would have liked there to be all parties would have liked there to be all parties agreeing to absolute economy wide targets when they next do the next set wide targets when they next do the next set of wide targets when they next do the next set of targets. but they are economy next set of targets. but they are economy wide, that is agreed in the text economy wide, that is agreed in the text 15 economy wide, that is agreed in the text. 1.5 degrees is held as a north star, text. 1.5 degrees is held as a north star, exactly as the president of the cop star, exactly as the president of the cop said it needed to be in for this
let s take a look at the key features of this deal. it calls on all countries to transition away from the use of fossil fuels. but some governments feel this wording isn t strong enough. there is a recognition that global emissions will likely peak before 2025 and that for developing nations this may be later. but elsewhere, language appears to have been weakened, with the text reiterating rather than requesting developed countries give support to vulnerable nations facing climate change. sultan ahmed al jaber went on to praise the deal as an historic package . applause many said this could not be done. but when i spoke to you at the very start of this cop, i promised a different sort of cop, a cop that brought everyone together. private and public sectors, civilsociety, ngos, faith leaders, youth, and indigenous peoples. everyone came together from day one. everyone united, everyone acted, and everyone delivered. we operationalised loss and damage and started to fill
to vote and then flew back to dubai to vote and then flew back to dubai to speak at the end of the summit. that is how worried the government was yesterday. in the end, they actually won by a fairly comfortable majority. but at what price?, that is the key question today. some of those conservatives who might have rebelled think that rishi sunak and his team might be willing to entertain concessions, toughen up the legislation and we heard on the bbc earlier from james cleverly, the home secretary about that. the bbc earlier from james cleverly, the home secretary about that.- home secretary about that. the bill has not to home secretary about that. the bill has got to work. home secretary about that. the bill has got to work. it s home secretary about that. the bill has got to work. it s got home secretary about that. the bill has got to work. it s got to - home secretary about that. the bill has got to work. it s got to be - has got to work. it s got to be legally ha