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People are facing huge hikes in their direct debits to energy companies amid claims of an epidemic of "inaccurate" smart meter readings.

Energy bills are showing no sign of decreasing as the UK battles to cope with the cost of living crisis. Inflation has skyrocketed to a record seven percent following the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

A government minister said people should consider taking on more hours at work or moving to a better-paid job to combat the rise in the cost of living.

The winner of Eurovision 2022 was last night revealed as Ukraine. Sam Ryder represented the United Kingdom, and it was clear from the off that he was going to score big as twelves were awarded continuously to the UK by countries across Europe. An elated Sam could be seen smiling as at the half way point of voting the UK were still leading with 195 points, but after all the votes were cast it was Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra who scooped the top prize.This has led many to question where the 2023 Eurovision will take place, giving Ukraine's ongoing war with Russia.

Morrisons is to rescue collapsed retailer McColl's after the supermarket giant beat a rival bid from the billionaire owners of Asda, BusinessLive understands.

Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert website plans to release the results of a huge survey after energy companies were accused of taking more money than they need from customers. It comes as energy regulator Ofgem revealed it had issued 'Compliance Reviews' to several energy firms.

Some 2.5 million workers across Scotland and the rest of the UK will receive a pay rise from April 1 as the National Living Wage rates increase comes into force.

P&O bosses have been issued with a deadline to come up with answers – as they faced fresh claims some foreign workers are paid less than £2 an hour.

P&O Ferries has been blasted in an scathing letter by the UK Business Secretary who has warned the company they could be facing "criminal" offences and an unlimited fine for laying off hundreds of workers.

BBC News presenter Victoria Derbyshire has admitted that she was forced to delete a tweet for breaking BBC guidance on impartiality.The newsreader, 53, took to Twitter to confirm that she had removed the tweet as it didn't meet the BBC's standards.In view of her 163,300 followers, the host announced the reason behind her deleted post.Victoria wrote: "Hi hve deleted a tweet abt crime figs/fraud/computer misuse etc because it didn’t properly meet the BBC’s guidance on impartiality." (sic)Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for the BBC for comment.Earlier in the week, Victoria slammed an MP over crime statistics provided by Boris Johnson.Watching her colleague Sophie Raworth's interview with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Victoria didn't hold back as she blasted the Government for "insulting voters".The Business minister insisted Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn't lie about the percentage of national crime figures that had been tackled by the Tories.It comes after the official Twitter account for BBC Politics shared a clip from the interview, showing the "selective" response to the question regarding crime rates.The tweet read: "Why did PM Boris Johnson tell Parliament that Government is cutting crime by 14 per cent when that’s not true?"Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng: 'All I know is that certainly on the doorstep people are saying that there is progress being made.'"Clearly a little confused by Kwarteng's reply, Victoria hit out: "Errrr crime is down if you take out certain crimes??!!"Time to stop insulting voters’ intelligence?" she raged.In the interview, the Business Secretary told Raworth he "didn't know why" she said the statistics were "untrue".He said: "I don't know what the evidence is for it not

As gas prices soar to an all-time high Perthshire politicians are calling for vulnerable citizens to get support.

Boris Johnson didn't lie about the percentage of national crime figures that had been tackled by the Tories.It comes after the official Twitter account for BBC Politics shared a clip from the interview, showing the "selective" response to the question regarding crime rates.The tweet read: "Why did PM Boris Johnson tell Parliament that Government is cutting crime by 14 per cent when that’s not true?"Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng: 'All I know is that certainly on the doorstep people are saying that there is progress being made.'"Clearly a little confused by Kwarteng's reply, Victoria snapped: "Errrr crime is down if you take out certain crimes??!!"Time to stop insulting voters’ intelligence?"In the interview, the Business Secretary told Raworth he "didn't know why" she said the statistics were "untrue".He said: "I don't know what the evidence is for it not being true."All I know is that certainly on the doorstep, people are saying that there is progress being made."Raworth replied: "It isn't true because he hadn't included in that figure, and this is the Chair of the Statistics Authority who said that he had not included in that figure, fraud and computer misuse."The UK Chair of the Statistics Authority said that if fraud and computer misuse had counted in total crime, as they should be, total crime in fact increased NOT decreased by 14 percent."She added: "It's reasonable for people to expect the Prime Minister is accurate in what he says about an issue as important as crime in The Commons?"Kwarteng was quick to respond: "So when people talk about crime..." he began, before stressing how important he thinks fraud is."People are talking particularly about burglaries and personal injury and physical crimes."I think in

The predicted 50 per cent rise in energy bills from April could trigger a national emergency for millions of older people, a charity has warned.

Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray raged at Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on Monday's show over the government's delay in putting India on the red list for travel, pointing out the delay was likely due to a recent £1bn trade deal.

A top Tory has claimed England is "very likely" to completely abandon lockdown rules on June 21 despite the Indian variant.

direct to your inboxThe government is facing a furious backlash after calling for an NHS staff pay rise in England to be restricted to just one per cent.Ministers have defended the proposal at a time when the economy is under 'huge pressure' as a result of the pandemic.But health service unions have condemned the proposed award as a 'kick in the teeth' and an 'insult' for staff who had given 'absolutely everything' over the past year to keep the public safe.Appearing on BBC Question Time on Thursday night, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said while the performance of the NHS had been “first-class”, many people in the private sector faced losing their jobs.“No one is doubting the NHS has been absolutely first class in this whole pandemic.

The government has denied claims that some employment rights could be scrapped in the UK following the decision to exit the EU.