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It says it will use 10% of british gas profits to "help customers who need it the most". and that it's "making long—term investments "to support the uk's energy security and resilience". there is a limit on the amount energy suppliers in great britain can charge customers. the regulator 0fgem sets a maximum price for each unit of gas and electricity. accompany but the price cap keeps going up. 0fgem says it has to allow energy suppliers to put up their bills in line with the rising cost of gas. if it doesn't raise the price cap, suppliers will go bust. 29 of them have already gone under sinc...

Of solutions in order to protect consumers and, in my view, only government can actually provide those solutions. 0fgem says it's working with the government and industry to find solutions, and is doing everything possible to protect customers. ten days ago, another rise in the price cap was announced. millions of households in england, scotland and wales will see their energy bills soar by 80% after the regulator... shocking. ..raised its price cap. liz is still on a variable rate, so her bills are going up again. now in october, that willjump to £3549 a year.

As well, if i had to. i'd have a tin of soup and a roll. and, you know, hopefully, that would warm you up. today's rise is the largest single increase in the price cap, but most experts predict another is on the way injanuary. frances reed, bbc news. i'm joined now by the consumer financial specialist sarah pennells. sarah, good morning. ithink people need help and advice more than ever with this news today, i am sure you have been receiving so many questions from the public. just remind everyone why prices are so high. we know the global price of gas is at a record high, but why are the energ...

You can see how the cloud breaks up. still one or two showers but, under clear skies, we'll see again some mist and fog patches forming and we've got some rain just skirting past the west of northern ireland. temperatures between seven and about 15 degrees, as our overnight lows. so tomorrow, we pick up that rain. you can see itjust clips the west of northern ireland, moving up towards the northern isles. a lot of dry weather around. a few showers through the central spine of england. we could see a few coming in on thicker cloud across the east coast at times, with a top temperature of 25. he...

And personal finance commentator. welcome to both of you. on the front pages... the observer leads on the impacts of severe heat in the uk. the papers call it "britain's long, parched summer." the sunday express says it's backing liz truss to become the next prime minister. her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph — urging sanctions for iran, following the stabbing of salman rushdie. the sunday times chooses to focus on reports the treasury is developing a plan to hand out more money to cope with energy costs. and finally, the mirror shows the human impact of the cost of...