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good afternoon. the front runner in the contest for the conservative party leadership, liz truss, says she will act on energy bills within a week if she becomes prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak, says he cannot rule out blackouts this winter, if he becomes pm. the uk is facing a genuine emergency on energy, he said. which of the two has won will be announced tomorrow. on tuesday, the queen will invite the winner to form a government. our political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. whoever wins the leadership race and becomes the next prime minister will becomes the next prime minister will be walking straight into an economic storm. they face one urgent question before all others, what to do about soaring energy bills. rishi sunak has long promised some financial support for everyone, with more on top for especially the most vulnerable. today, liz truss promised if she wins, help is on the way. i promised if she wins, help is on the wa . , ., ., promised if ....
At at key Government Bond we are talking about tomorrow, and that is the spanish twoyear yield. One of the concerns post brexit or post the vote is there is going to be for the political contagion. There is an election counting underway right now in spain. You can see an increase upward in the yields from negative territory back to positive territory. If anything happens politically where people start to doubt whether the government and the eurozone countries are committed the existing path, existed committed to being in the eu are the eurozone, you might see pressure on these clinical sovereign yields. On the spanish twoyear yield, there is a lot of concern. That is way lower than it was a you years ago in 2011 are 2012. Keep an eye on that tomorrow. Matt i want to look at currency markets right now. The pound is excellent trading down this afternoon, just a little bit. Look at the chart, you can see a 134. 96. Ading at 184. 97. ....
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They can spend Time Outdoors for leisure purposes but only with members of their own households. And there could be a phased reopening of schools in england starting with Primary School pupils, beginning on ijune at the earliest. Also today the call to stay at home is replaced with stay alert but leaders in scotland, wales and Northern Ireland say they wont be adopting it, and labour call it confusing. What the country wanted tonight was clarity and consensus. And im afraid we got neither. This statement raises as many questions as it answers. And we see the prospect of england, scotland, and wales pulling in different directions. Two of the countries that had begun easing their restrictions germany and south korea have reported an increase in new infections. Good evening. Borisjohnson has set out what he described as t ....