in energy bills from tomorrow, despite government help to limit price rises. plus: auto austerity! citroen s answer to the energy crisis a cheap electric car made of recycled plastics and cardboard! hi, there. prime minister liz truss and chancellor of the exchequer kwasi kwarteng will be trying to rebuild the confidence of financial markets today after a week of turmoil sparked by their economic plans last friday. they are to meet with the head of the uk s government spending watchdog, the office for budget responsibility. the obr s role is to give independent oversight of borrowing and spending plans. critics say it should have been involved from the start. the pound hasjumped the most against the dollar in over two years, erasing all its losses over the past week. this, after the bank of england continued to pump money into the bond markets to prop up the value of uk debt. the prime minister though is still insisting her tax cutting plans are right for the british econ
it is a bank holiday for some others, not in scotland, but england, wales and northern ireland. it will be mostly dry and with that, we will see spells of sunshine. there is the chance of one or two showers, but they are the exception rather than the rule. you will notice an increasingly brisk breeze in eastern and southern parts into sunday and monday. this afternoon, we have got showers, heavy once in south west scotland. some of the parts of northern ireland, wales, the south west. elsewhere, mainly fine, some spells of sunshine, fresher than earlier in the week. temperatures between 16 and 2a degrees. quite a cool fresh night tonight. one or two mist and fog patches. showers continuing through parts of north wales into northern england. most places dry, 8 or 9 degrees in glasgow, belfast. there could be the odd mist patch to start tomorrow morning but, for the most part, decent start to the day with spells of sunshine. through the day, we see some showers are popping up,
but when you come off that, - you will go on the standard variable tariff most likely and that is where the price cap kicks in. you will be on that. those rights that are regular to buy the price caps. - yes, you will be ok until that date, but you will find - yourself potentially - on the price cap afterwards. thank you for that clear answer. phoebe in manchester has a question, will there be any support from the government for students, such as her, receiving maintenance loans that have not been adjusted in accordance with the increased cost of living? there is a lot on the news about how low income houses will come £400 but as a student, we do not necessarily count as low income households. what will the situation for students be? i can offer some
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