richard neudegg of— possible of that increase._ possible of that increase. richard neudegg of uswitch, thank - possible of that increase. richard neudegg of uswitch, thank you . possible of that increase. richard | neudegg of uswitch, thank you for your time. neudegg of uswitch, thank you for yourtime. our neudegg of uswitch, thank you for your time. our business reporter joins me now. lovely to see you, it is a really worrying time, and we haven't even got to the announcement and winter yet. it is haven't even got to the announcement and winter yet-— and winter yet. it is a really worrying — and winter yet. it is a really worrying time _ and winter yet. it is a really worrying time for _ and winter yet. it is a really i worrying time for households, particularly after the prediction we had yesterday talking about energy bills potentially hitting more than £4000 a year from january, that's double from where they are currently. and today we're hearing that many households are falling behind on their energy payments before the huge

with me to answer your energy questions is richard neudegg, head of regulation at uswitch and kevin peachey finance correspondent. also i'm joined by laura mcgadie, group head of energy at the energy saving trust. we have quite a lot of questions from our audience that we really want to get stuck in with. we will begin with a question for you, from michael in glasgow, and hopefully some of these questions will be coming up on the screen for those who want to follow them. can you clarify typical household energy bill and price cap, surely not everyone will pay the cap price as they should be the maximum? yes, really important place to start. is quite complicated often the price cap and what it means for your bill. means for your bill. this is as simple as i can make it, if you like. the cap limits the price for each unit of energy. the regulator sets that and it is illustrated with a typical household bill. if you use a typical amount of gas and electricity than what they have said today is your bill will be £3400 from october. clearly if you are living in a large poorly and slated house, th

personal finance correspondent kevin peachey, laura mcgadie from the energy saving trust and richard neudegge, this is from sean, who says i feel so ill. 0ur edf energy bill currently stands at £700 a month before another rise. i am self—employed, earning around 25,000 a year and live with my disabled wife and disabled mother—in—law and two kids aged nine and 18. thank you for getting in touch with us. throughout the day we will try to pull together the best advice and ask questions about what is going to be done to help people with their bills. britney spears has released herfirst new music since 2016 — a duet with sir eltonjohn. # hold me closer, tiny dancer. # whoo—oo. the new song hold me closer incorporates three of sir elton's classic hits — tiny dancer, the one and don't go breaking my heart. it's britney's first step back into the music industry after her release from a conservatorship that controlled almost every aspect of her life. joining me now is professor jennifer 0tter bickerdike, a cultural historian, author and professor of popular music at the bimm institute. her latest boo

that was richard neudegg of uswitch. joining me now is our business reporter noor nanji.ders, tell us more about it. it is tell us more about it. it is worrying. _ tell us more about it. it is worrying, especially - tell us more about it. it is worrying, especially after| tell us more about it. it 3 worrying, especially after that forecast yesterday talking about how energy bills could hit £4000 a year from the start of january. has come from the start of january. has come from cornwall insights and today as we're hearing from there there is a warning that some households are already falling behind on energy payments, even the huge rise comes in, and the government for its part has said it does continually take action to try and support households with these rising energy bills, including a £400 discount on household energy bills for england, scotland and wales which starts from this autumn. but it is coming under increasing pressure to do more. so the consumer champion martin lewis, for instance, has called it a zombie government, he says they need to do more and take ac

personal finance correspondent kevin peachey, laura mcgadie from the energy saving trust, and richard neudeggo.uk, or get in touch on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. more on this story coming up, now some other news. merseyside police in north west england have arrested a 36 year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. the man was also arrested on two counts of attempted murder. the arrest came after an operation involving armed officers in the merseyside area last night. 0ur correspondent alison freeman has the latest from liverpool. well, there was a statement from merseyside police in the past few moments saying they have arrested a 36—year—old man on suspicion of the murder of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel. they say the man is from the huyton area and he was arrested on two counts of attempted murder. they say the arrest comes after an operation involving armed officers in merseyside last night. also in the last few moments, we have had footballers ian rush and ian is not an arrive on scene and deliver floral tributes to 0livia —— ——

adam scorer from national energy action and richard neudegg from the comparison site uswitch. thursday, _ tantalising test match. at the oval. knot next thursday, the _ tantalising test match. at the oval. knot next thursday, the thursday i knot next thursday, the thursday after. that will be the decider. england's cricketers have levelled the test series against south africa at 1—1. the captain ben stokes was player of the match and described their victory by an innings and 85 runs as "amazing". they now head to the oval for the deciding test a week on thursday. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was at old trafford. just three days at old trafford but for england they were almost perfect. james anderson defeated south africa's captain like that and the course seemed set. but aggressive and it doesn't matter defiantly with an injured finger. and between lunch and tea, no wickets fell. now this was a challenge. when england were overwhelmed in the first test match of this series, ben stokes said don't worry, we willjust win the next two matches. but to make this victory happen