Good morning. For too many people, this just doesn’t feel like breathing room(喘息的空间；缓冲余地). Andy Burnham entered Downing Street in July pledging(承诺；保证) to give consumers respite(缓解；暂时的休息) from the cost of living crisis. A day later he announced a VAT(增值税) cut on domestic electricity from 5% to zero due later this year, saving the average household about £45 a year.
早上好。对太多人来说，这并不像是喘息的空间。安迪·伯纳姆在七月入主唐宁街时承诺让消费者从生活成本危机中得到缓解。一天后，他宣布将家庭电力的增值税从5%降至零，该政策将于今年晚些时候生效，平均每户每年可节省约45英镑。
But this pales against(相形见绌；黯然失色) yesterday’s announcement that the energy price cap(价格上限) is rising another 4% from 1 October, the second jump in three months. The typical annual bill for household gas and electricity use will soon be a wallet-straining(使钱包吃紧的) £1,723.
但这与昨天的公告相比相形见绌：能源价格上限将从10月1日起再上涨4%，这是三个月内的第二次上涨。家庭燃气和电力的典型年度账单很快将达到令人钱包吃紧的1723英镑。
Miatta Fahnbulleh, net zero secretary, worked valiantly(英勇地；奋力地) during a media blitz(媒体闪电战；密集宣传) yesterday to repeat early promises to help families out – the £2 cap on bus fares, action on free school meals – but the evidence is inarguable(无可辩驳的): British households are still paying more for power than many other European nations.
净零事务大臣米亚塔·法恩布尔昨天在媒体闪电战中奋力重申早先帮助家庭的承诺——公交票价2英镑上限、免费校餐行动——但证据无可辩驳：英国家庭的电力支出仍高于许多其他欧洲国家。
Five big stories
五大要闻
In depth: ‘No single lever can be pulled to bring down prices without consequence’
深度报道：“没有任何单一杠杆可以在不产生后果的情况下降低价格”
Have your say
发表你的意见
What else we’ve been enjoying
我们还在享受什么
Sport
体育
The front pages
头版
The Latest
最新消息
Cartoon of the day | Rebecca Hendin
每日漫画 | 丽贝卡·亨丁
The Upside
积极面
Bored at work?
工作无聊吗？