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it s wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning, as more than 12,000 train drivers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. it s the start of several days of industrial action on the rail network, which will affect people travelling to this weekend s epsom derby and the fa cup final. here s our transport correspondent, katy austin. once again, train services have come to a stop in many parts of the country. this music bar in london thinks punters staying away during rail strikes has already cost it about three quarters of a million pounds. it s another blow on top of the pandemic and cost of living pressures. nothing has hit us harder than the train strikes. the train strikes are crippling to the business, and we re in a time when we re already seeing so many businesses on a knife edge and up against the wall. we need a period of stability. today s action by train drivers in the aslef union is the first of three strike days this week. aro ....
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the latest figures suggest the annual fuel bill for an average household is set to rise to more than £3,500 in october and thenjump to more than £11,600 injanuary. these are predictions, and changes in the markets can affect these numbers. some economists are also forecasting that inflation, which is nowjust over 10%, could reach as high as 18% which will hit household budgets even harder. the economy will be a huge challenge for whoever becomes the country s new prime minister, two weeks today. here s our business correspondent caroline davies. pulling pints is no longer enough to pay the bills for karen. she works full time in a pub. she lives alone in a one bedroom bungalow. she is already £1000 in debt because of energy costs. it terrifies me. you cannot find extra money. you haven t got it so i don t know what happens. i don t know where to go and what to do. someone who was working a0 hours a week shouldn t be able to not turn the heating on. energy bills a ....
were having to do things that in future ought to be done by other departments or at the centre because it should have been a whole government response earlier. that is my reflection. and what about after the end of february when the cross government machine ramps up on the scale of the crisis is understood and steps have to be taken? to what extent had the department for health and social are got on top of promoting or suggesting the sort of countermeasures and infection control that ultimately were at the heart of the government response? from the end of february when the prime minister took the chair of cobra which was symbolically very important, when the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster got stuck in and you heard from him how he came to a cobra, was alarmed, asked some very good questions, followed that “p very good questions, followed that up with me and from. you might thinki up with me and from. you might think i was unhappy to receive that e mail on those ....