dominic casciani, thank _ policing their culture?land, scotland and wales are to face higher energy bills, as the biggest ever increase in the energy price cap comes into effect today. a typical bill for customers on a standard tariff will rise by about £140 a year, with those on prepayment meters expected to pay even more. our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey reports as the temperature dips, so our energy bills rise. the cost of heating and lighting our homes is limited by the price cap, but this is the biggest ever increase at a time when many household budgets are being squeezed. a major shock. because we are on a static income, any form of major increase like this, you konw, our energy bill is probably our most significant cost every month in outgoings, and therefore when that happens it will have a tremendous effect. the new cap means they will now pay £1,277 a year if they use an average amount of gas and electricity — that's £139 a year more on their bill than under the previous cap. prepayment—meter customers face

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is at leigh—on—sea.ing local people here have been coming up to this police cordon surrounding the church where sir david amess was stabbed and died. they have been laying flower, all ages, all backgrounds, have seen the very old to young school—children who met him in their schools and it a genuine outpouring of community grief but led by the nation's political leaders who were here first thick this morning. a moment of unity across the divide. two leaders representing a shocked nation. this morning boris johnson nation. this morning borisjohnson and the labour leader keir starmer stood together on a quiet road in leigh—on—sea where sir david amess lost his life. the committed constituency mp who at the age of 69 showed no sign of giving up his work for his community. campaigning on every issue that mattered, climate change, cycling, veterans and even local dogs. less than 24—hours ago, david was in his own constituency doing an advice surgery, which all mps do week in, week out. david as i knew him and

thank you, dominic casciani.and says the country cannot go back to relying on foreign workers. borisjohnson has denied the uk is facing a crisis as shortages of workers and problems with fuel and food deliveries continue to affect the country. 0ur correspondent chris mason is at the conference. good afternoon from manchester where the prime minister has been doing around 12 interviews, he turned to the studios at breakfast time and since then has been sitting down. he appears very sanguine about these bumps that the economy is facing up a moment, whether queues are perpetual stations, the supply problems, unanswered questions about how christmas might be —— whether queues at the petrol stations. he says it is up to the private sector to adjust and it is not government responsibility to try to solve every problem. let's show you the highlights of the interview laura kuenssberg has had with the prime minister this morning. kuenssberg has had with the prime ministerthis morning. prime minister, why wasn't the govern

that is from dominic casciani.year—old man held on suspicion of killing sir david amess this lunchtime is a british national, though he may be of some only heritage. —— of somali heritage. the lib dem peer lord nigeljones was attacked in his constituency in cheltenham injanuary 2000. he was attacked by a man with a japanese sword. his assistant andrew pennington died in the attack. lord jones perceived 57 stitches to a wound to his hand, which happened when he tried to grapple the sword away from the man attacking him and andrew pennington. and he spoke to the bbc this evening. i'm horrified by it. he was a lovely man, he did the job to the best of his ability. he was a pal and i'm just devastated that we will never see him again. over 20 years on from the attack in your constituency office on yourself, do you feel more needs to be done to protect mps in these types of situations? well, you can make a case for mp5 because they are in the public eye but it's notjust mps, it's everybody else. shop workers and anybody

that is from dominic casciani. japanese sword. his assistant andrew pennington died in the attack. lord jones perceived 57 stitches to a wound to his hand, which happened

our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports.cal divide. two leaders representing a shocked nation. this morning, borisjohnson and the labour leader keir starmer stood together on a quiet road in leigh—on—sea, where sir david amess lost his life. the committed constituency mp who, at the age of 69, showed no sign of giving up his work or his community. campaigning on every issue that mattered — climate change, cycling, veterans and even local dogs. less than 24—hours ago, david was in his own constituency doing a local advice surgery, which is somthing all mps do, week in, week out. of course david, as i knew him and we all knew him, was a passionate advocate and champion for southend, this wonderful town, and with that, of course, he was a man of the people. the community has been hit sideways by this, it is notjust a member of parliament, notjust the local member of parliament, but he did really touch people's lives, in a way that most mps don't manage to do. today the belfairs methodist church remains behind a cordon, detectiv

our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani is here. how significant could this be? of caveats around that. going back, virginia guiffre, when she sued jeffrey epstein for sexual abuse, he settled that in 2009. we know from the documents in the prince andrew case that pass that settlement included some kind of language which is confidential at the moment, under which virginia guiffre promise not to sue other people connected to the allegations. this is where it gets interesting. the duke of york was a lawyers say we need to see that settlement because if that wedding is true, she can't take the duke of york to court for a similar case because she has already given away her rights. virginia guiffre's lawyers don't seem to be bothered by this. they have said, have a look at the document and that is because whatever the wording is, it covered events involving jeffrey epstein in one part of the us but not the places where virginia guiffre is making allegations against the prince, mainly manhunt and, of london and the us virgin islands. the duke of york and his lawyers wi

our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani is with me now.known about this whatsapp group that wayne couzens is thought to have been part of? this is under thought to have been part of? ti 3 is under investigation by the police watchdog, it is quite a serious incident because there are five officers who are under investigation as part of this. not all of them are in the metropolitan police. our understanding is the content was misogynist in nature so i think you can draw your own conclusions about the types of messages or images being shared. this is being characterised as potential gross misconduct, so it could be a very serious incident, but it will take time before we get an announcement from the watchdog about whether or not this will lead to disciplinary proceedings here. it is worth stressing that couzens will not face any kind of investigation in relation to that, it is a waste of time given he is in prison for life. the interesting thing about that is while senior police chiefs are in a complete state of existential angst at the momen

with more here's our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani.. ail visit prison in surrey. dominic raab's firstjail visit since prison in surrey. dominic raab's first jail visit since taking prison in surrey. dominic raab's firstjail visit since taking on one of the toughestjobs in government, seen criminals locked up and keeping the public safe. figures today show body scanners have identified 10,000 attempts to smuggle drugs and phones into jails in england and wales in the last year, a trail of organised crime behind bars. mr; the last year, a trail of organised crime behind bars.— the last year, a trail of organised crime behind bars. my name is john security aimed _ crime behind bars. my name is john security aimed at _ crime behind bars. my name is john security aimed at rehabilitating - security aimed at rehabilitating offenders, this call handling centre a chance to give inmates hope that they can change their lives. i think a lot of people struggle to think about the future when they are released, i know it is difficult to get work and th

our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani is here. how important is this?e have a situation here where the duke of york, prince andrew, has accepted that he has to engage in this case, he has to basically say why he denies all of these allegations virginia giuffre has made against him. virginia giuffre's core allegation is that she was a victim of sexual trafficking controlled by the sxxx offender jeffrey epstein. in 2009, she settled a case she brought against him in florida. that bit is really important. that is a settlement that included some kind of language that is currently confidential, in which lawyers say she promise not to sue anybody else in similar circumstances. the duke of york's lawyers clearly want to see this document. here is the twist, that action was all about events in florida, and the allegations virginia giuffre is making about the duke of york in london, in manhattan, the us virgin islands, all of which the prince denies. we have a situation here where they want to see this document which they may use to make an argument to court to

correspondent peter saull, who is in downing street, but first to our home affairs correspondent dominic cascianinow actually bring n they have done already, just enormous resources from the counter terrorism policing network to drive this investigation to try to get to the heart of what they know about this citizen, who we understand is a british national, try to track his movements, understand exactly what led him to this point yesterday. thank you. our political correspondent peter saull is in downing street for us this morning. peter, sir david's death will no doubt raise concerns for the safety of mps. that's right, i think all politicians will be having this at the forefront of their mind, not just because they have lost a colleague and friend, david amess was a very popular figures in the house of commons, but many politicians would have been doing the same yesterday, meeting staff and constituents. the prime minister borisjohnson was asked about this yesterday. it was put to him the that this was an attack on our democracy and it raises questions about mps' security. he didn't want to eng