Britain in crisis as energy price cap to climb to £3,549 on 1 October

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [View online]( August 26, 2022 [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [Ofgem confirms energy price cap will rise to £3,549 from October]( The UK’s energy regulator has set the new price cap at £3,549 from October. The energy price cap is the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers per unit of energy. Ofgem decides the price cap by observing what wholesale energy prices do over several months. The chief executive of Ofgem has urged the incoming prime minister to do more to deal with the impact of energy price rises as the cap on energy bills soared 80 per cent. Jonathan Brearley said the government would need to add to the support it announced in May when bills were only expected to jump to £2,800. "The government support package is delivering help right now, but it's clear the new prime minister will need to act further to tackle the impact of the price rises that are coming in October and next year," Mr Brearley said. "The response will need to match the scale of the crisis we have before us. With the right support in place and with regulator, government, industry and consumers working together, we can find a way through this."   2 / [‘It is not about being a snitch’: Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s family plea for information after shooting]( ‘If anyone knows anything, now is the time to speak up,’ says family of nine-year-old girl 3 / [Help with exams should remain next year, unions say]( ‘We must turn our attention to next year’s cohort who have also suffered significant disruption,’ union leader says 4 / [Liz Truss says ‘jury’s out’ on whether Macron is ‘friend or foe’]( The Foreign Secretary and her rival candidate Rishi Sunak were asked a series of quickfire questions at the Norwich hustings 5 / [Judge orders release of redacted affidavit in FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home]( The Department of Justice now has until noon Friday to file the redacted affidavit on the public docket     The Big Question Who is Joseph Nee, the target of the Liverpool shooting? The intended target of the shooting that killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool has been named as Joseph Nee, a 35-year-old burglar. The girl and her mother Cheryl Korbel, 46, were both shot by an assailant in a black balaclava on Monday night when a man forced his way into their home on Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash, as he desperately attempted to escape the unidentified attacker. Ms Korbel and the fugitive sustained only minor wounds but the child died of her injuries while the target called friends to deliver him to hospital in an Audi rather than seek help. So who is he and what do we know about his past criminal record? [For the full story click here >](   Watch/ [Health secretary Steve Barclay confronted by angry woman over ambulance delays](   NUMBER OF THE DAY 10% – The extent of its profits British Gas says it will [donate to help people with their energy bills]( this winter.   QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s normal for government spin doctors to vocalise their displeasure to journalists. What was not foreseen was the speed with which the BBC sought to pacify the complainant. Within hours, a very public apology was made, the programme was accused of a failure of impartiality, the recording disappeared from the iPlayer and there were paparazzi outside my front door.” – Emily Maitlis denounces the BBC’s capitulation to an ‘active agent of the Tory Party’ over her Newsnight attack on Dominic Cummings in 2020 during the annual MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.       Other stories you might like   [Woman who survived fatal A40 Range Rover crash ‘begged driver to slow down’](   [Isle of Man to freeze electricity prices until next year](   [Police watchdog rules out investigating armed stop of Portuguese sprinter](       Articles available exclusively to subscribers Sean O’Grady, The Independent - [Questions on nuclear weapon use are tricky for any prime minister](   Other newsletters you might like [The Race Report] The Race Report Fortnightly, 7am (UK time) Written by Nadine White [Sign up]( [Inside Politics] Inside Politics Weekdays, 8am (UK time) Written by Matt Mathers [Sign up](   If you can spare a minute we’d love your [feedback]( on our newsletters. [The Independent]( Join the conversation or follow us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Please do not reply directly to this email You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter. Add us to your safe list of senders. If you do not want to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter, please [unsubscribe](list_name=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP). If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe [here](. This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our [privacy notice]( and [cookie policy](.