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Mark ashdown, bbc news. a group of backbench conservative mps has warned the government it could lose public trust if it doesn't cut net migration, which currently stands at 606,000 people each year. let's get the latest now from our chief political correspondent nick eardley. what do these conservative mps want? they want the government to go a lot further when it comes to introducing measures that they believe would bring down immigration to the uk. so, for example, they want to increase the amount of money you have to learn before you can get a skilled worker's visa. they want stricter rule...

Ban by union training drivers and it will affect 15 rail companies and signals at the start of more disruption in a long—running dispute over pay. mark ashdown has more. this industrial _ mark ashdown has more. this industrial action _ mark ashdown has more. this industrial action is _ mark ashdown has more. in 3 industrial action is short of a strike day but drivers will not work overtime from first thing tomorrow until saturday night so six full days in total. that is important because most train companies rely on drivers working that overtime in order to run their full schedules. so this ...

Rejected a similar pay offer. it has three 2a hour walk—outs planned for later in the month. mark ashdown, bbc news. a group of conservative backbenchers has warned the government it needs to take urgent action to cut immigration, or lose public trust. the group — called the new conservatives — wants to bring annual net migration down from around 600,000 tojust over 200,000. they'll outline their plans later today. former civil servant sue gray — who led the report into partygate last year — faces claims by the conservatives that she may have broken ministerial rules. it's after she ...

For energy on the global stage is going to continue. and energy bills are still nearly double what they were before the covid pandemic. the charity, citizen's advice, says it helping more people with their energy bills than any other cost—of—living topic. we know that people are still really struggling at the moment. at citizen's advice, we're helping nearly three people a minute with crisis support, and we're continuing to break really unwelcome records when it comes to helping people with energy debts. there are warnings, too, that six million households are now in fuel poverty. 0fgem sa...

The charity, citizen's advice, says it helped 237,000 people with advice on their energy bills last year, more than any other cost—of—living topic. we know people are still really struggling at the moment. at citizen's advice we're helping nearly three people a minute with crisis support, and we are continuing to break really unwelcome records when it comes to helping people with energy debts. another charity, national energy action, says more than six million households are still in fuel poverty, meaning that after housing costs, they spend more than 10% of their income on energy. ofgem s...