Newscast - Down Grade
GCSE grades are out and they show a growing regional divide in England. Adam is joined by BBC Education correspondent Hazel Shearing, and Sam Freedman, senior fellow at the Institute for Government, to chew over the results.
UK households will soon find out how much their bills will rise when the new energy price cap is announced on Friday. Claer Barrett, the consumer editor at the Financial Times, answers your questions on energy costs.
And presenter Scott Mills hangs up his Radio 1 headphones for the last time.
Today’s episode was produced by Clare Williamson with Natalie Ktena and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
Published on Thursday, 25th August 2022.
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