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Dr Jenny Harries says unlike most years, we could see more than one strain of flu dominating this winter. 

Four strains have been included in the vaccine that is currently being rolled out to deal with a potential "multi strain of flu". 

Dr Harries also warns we have had a "skipped year" of flu thanks to COVID lockdowns and hygiene measures, so people have less immunity. 

Dr Jenny Harries, chief executive of UK Health Security Agency, says that this winter we are likely to see large numbers of flu and COVID co-circulating for the first time.

She warns flu can be deadly - with around 11,000 people dying with flu on average each year - and those who catch COVID and flu at the same time are thought to be twice as likely to die.

Fewer people have immunity to flu because it has circulated much less during the pandemic, she says, meaning there is an "uncertain winter ahead". 

Ed Davey, a former energy and climate change secretary, says millions of people on low incomes are facing a "real cost-of-living crisis".

He says the business secretary earlier failed to "engage" with this issue and suggests how he would deal with the energy crisis.

Mr Davey says he would double or triple the current Warm Homes Discount, which would take 拢140 off people's bills, and extend this to more households.

He argues that after Universal Credit was cut by 拢20 a week for the poorest households, it would be "the very least" the government could do. 

Lord Heseltine has hit out at Michael Gove's speech at the Tory party conference, saying there were "no plans, no action, no detail" on levelling up the country. 

Asked why he was disappointed in what Mr Gove said, he chuckles and says the minister "didn't say anything". 

He describes himself as an optimist but says "I can't pretend there's an optimistic assessment for anything that's happened so far". 

Lord Heseltine has a grim warning that the UK is "heading to a significant increase in inflation".

He says crises in industries are going to "come in fast and thick", adding he would be "extremely worried" if he were in Chancellor Rishi Sunak's position.

Rises in inflation will hit "very large numbers of people", he says, particularly those with mortgages.

The shadow work and pensions secretary says Labour would not want to put further pressure on households across the UK by removing or raising the price cap.

Sky's Trevor Phillips pushes further on this, asking whether the Labour Party would be happy for more energy companies to go bust if the price cap is not raised.

But Jonathan Reynolds insists costs should not be pushed onto individual households, saying "anyone trying to suggest [the price cap] should go... is fundamentally wrong". 

He accuses the government of trying to "masquerade" the problems the UK is experiencing as "some sort of transition plan to a better future".

Mr Reynolds also says if his government were in power, the uplift on Universal Credit would not have been removed and struggling families would not have been hit with further costs. 

Jonathan Reynolds says that while public ownership is part of some of Labour's plans, it is "not the solution" for the current issues in the energy industry.

He argues the problem has come from the government's "complacency", pointing to the stalling of wind and nuclear programmes.

The issue is "down to government policy and poor decisions being made", he says. 

Energy UK chief executive Emma Pinchbeck says members of the energy industry are "increasingly worried" about their business customers, who range from large companies to small grocery shops.

She says there are a "range of options on the table" to help retailers who might struggle, adding there "may need to be an intervention". 

Emma Pinchbeck agrees with the business secretary's earlier comments that there should be uninterrupted energy supply this winter, despite rising costs for customers.

She says the UK has a "diverse range" of energy supply, although she admits the margin is "tighter than in previous years".