i am joined by dennis reid, director of - by dennis reid, director of silver voices, which campaignsff arejoining us, that keir starmer said yesterday in the interview with the bbc that actually, the rise in what pensioners get because of the triple lock here will more than cover the loss for anything that they lose with these fuel duty cuts?— that they lose with these fuel duty cuts? well, yes, but the trile duty cuts? well, yes, but the triple lock — duty cuts? well, yes, but the triple lock is _ duty cuts? well, yes, but the triple lock is supposed - duty cuts? well, yes, but the triple lock is supposed to - triple lock is supposed to cover inflation generally, not just energy prices, and in any event, the rise that he is talking about does not come in until next april so that does not help us with this winter at all. i think the government has picked an unnecessary battle here with older people, and both the right and left of politics seem united against it. so i think they are going to have to rethink at some stage, even if they get the regulation through tomorrow. keir starmer

it is a really worrying situation. cut—off point dennis reid from the silver voices pensioners group.ncerning the possible negligence of a former doctor. yaserjabaar worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the specialist centre, from 2017 to 2022. the hospital says its taking the matter "incredibly seriously". my colleague nickjohnson has been following the latest. great 0rmond street asked the royal college of surgeons to carry out a wider review into its orthopaedic practices following concerns from families and staff members, that was back in 2022. as a result of that review, concerns were raised about a doctor, that led the hospital to get in touch with the families of 721 patients. all of had been treated by yaserjabbar. now, he was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon here at great 0rmond street between 2017 and 2022. the hospital says of the 39 cases it has reviewed so far, 22 children have come to harm, 13 of them, it says, severely. lawyers representing some of those treated by yaserjabbar say some children as young as four months were subject to unnecessary surgery and suf