ofgem are saying if you switch you could _ ofgem are saying if you switch you could save — ofgem ares that the possibility?— the possibility? my fuelwas switched very _ the possibility? my fuel was i switched very unprofessionally during lockdown and now i am with, my gas with one place and my electricity with another place. the electricity with another place. the electricity is ok but the gas is under dispute, it is almost next to impossible to be able to successfully switch. impossible to be able to successfull switch. . ., ., successfully switch. showed more --eole be successfully switch. showed more people be switching? _ successfully switch. showed more people be switching? that - successfully switch. showed more people be switching? that is - successfully switch. showed more people be switching? that is what ofgem are saying, they could save £200 a year. ofgem are saying, they could save £200 a year-— ofgem are saying, they could save £200 a year. there are a number of reasons why — £200 a year. there are a number of reasons why low — £200 a year. there are a number of reasons

— reflected by ofgem. what you make at this price hike? the _ reflected by ofgem.s is going to come into effect as people are putting their heating up. we effect as people are putting their heating up-_ effect as people are putting their heatin: u. ~ _, ., ., heating up. we will come to what eo - le heating up. we will come to what people should — heating up. we will come to what people should be _ heating up. we will come to what people should be doing _ heating up. we will come to what people should be doing betweenl heating up. we will come to what i people should be doing between now and october in a moment. when the last price rise came in april, did you see a spike in the number of people looking to switch? there's alwa s people looking to switch? there's always people _ people looking to switch? there's always people looking _ people looking to switch? there's always people looking around i people looking to switch? there's always people looking around to i always people looking around to switch, and that's exactly what we encourage everyone to do, just as t

gas and electricity bills will increase for millions of people in october, after the regulator ofgem household on a standard tariff will pay an extra £139 a year, while those on prepayment meters face an increase of £153. charities have warned that the timing will hit struggling families hard. colletta smith reports. summer holiday thrills don't come cheap, so the thought of an increase in energy bills in the autumn is a worrying one. but that is what will be happening from the 1st of october. i know a lot of families are strictly on the line, so even £20 is a lot of money, isn't it? it's food for the week. it will impact everyone on prepayment metres or the default standard variable tariff. that is half of all the households in britain. ofgem insists the changes are necessary because of the rising in wholesale energy.— wholesale energy. we've seen an increase in _ wholesale energy. we've seen an increase in not _ wholesale energy. we've seen an increase in notjust _ wholesale energy. we've seen an increase in notjust gas _ wholesale energy. we've seen an increase in notjust gas and

ofgem insists the changes are necessary because of the rising wholesale costs of energy.el. we've had to feed that through to the calculation and into the price cap. now, what the price cap does is it makes sure we don't go back to the bad old days where companies charged unfair profits on top of the amount that you pay, but, clearly, when input costs change that limit needs to change. the autumn is when we stick on our heating and electricity so much more, but it's also a moment that furlough comes to an end and universal credit is being cut. debt charities say this increase could not have come at a worse time and it'll hit families who are struggling the most. we are faced with a bit - of a conundrum, which is going to end up being food versus fuel, i believe — how are the poorest of societyj going to be able to suck it up? you know, we're already on the breadline, - working on the closest balance| of finance in a long, long time. with another two months to go until prices go up, there's still time to shop around for a better deal. colletta smith, bbc news, in warringto

we've been very clear with ofgem we think vulnerable consumers in particular, prepayment metres, needtly protected by the default tariffs are a mix of households that are either the type of household we represent, those on the lowest incomes in the most vulnerable, or people who have a better deal. i think the contention is that we've got to disaggregate those two groups and provide much better support. peter smith, thank you very much for joining us on the programme this evening. a woman who left her daughter alone for six days resulting in her starving to death has been jailed for nine years. she admitted to the manslaughter of her 20—month—old daughter, who she left alone in herflat in brighton in order she could go out and celebrate her 18th birthday. the taliban has captured its first capital and afghanistan for five years. an official said the province, close to our ron and the south, fell because of a lack of government reinforcements from kabul. —— close to iran. it previously failed to see any urban centre. they killed the head of the afghan government's media centre. the un

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the energy regulator ofgem said businesses should develop big, bold and ambitious ideas. carole. hello again. high pressure remains with us for the next couple of days, meaning a lot of us will have a lot of cloud thick enough for patchy, light rain and drizzle but there will be some sunshine around, very similar to today's forecast, actually. here's that high pressure, the breeze coming in from the north sea, picking up moisture, feeling cool on the north sea coastline but also fairly breezy through the english channel today. still some murkiness around, some dampness in the air. the best chance you have of seeing some brighter breaks are over parts of central and western scotland, northern ireland and at times, parts of northern england. moving to the south east, we could see some sunshine but generally speaking for most, it is going to be fairly cloudy and don't forget, that patchy, light rain and drizzle mainly, but not exclusively, in the east. temperatures down the north sea coastline around 13—17 degrees but feeling chilly in the breeze. up to about 20 in the sunsh