unions involved in today s industrial action are demanding pay increases of 10.5% and i2% for their members. they are high demands but actually if you look back at the last few weeks and months, you can see that postal workers and metalworkers, who also went out on strike, were able eventually to secure fairly substantial increases in wages as a result of the industrial action they took, so it will be very interesting to see what comes out of today s action. jenna; comes out of today s action. jenny hill, comes out of today s action. jenny hill. thank comes out of today s action. jenny hill. thank you comes out of today s action. jenny hill, thank you very comes out of today s action. jenny hill, thank you very much, - comes out of today s action. jenny hill, thank you very much, in - hill, thank you very much, in berlin. i m joined now by vendeline von bredow, a senior germany correspondent from the economist in berlin. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. tell us, how do c
the uk really has not got out of the starting blocks when it comes to building battery car capacity analytically battery manufacturing. there is a huge like what we need to do to remain competitive and protect an industry that employs around three quarters of a million people in the uk. three quarters of a million people in the uk. let s talk about vw people in the uk. let s talk about vw and people in the uk. let s talk about vw and how - people in the uk. let s talk about vw and how it s - people in the uk. let s talk l about vw and how it s doing, results are out soon for the full year. how do you think it did in 2022? hi full year. how do you think it did in 2022? did in 2022? all signs are extremely did in 2022? all signs are extremely positive - did in 2022? all signs are | extremely positive despite did in 2022? all signs are - extremely positive despite the many challenges the industry is under because of the semiconductor shortage, restricting the number of cars that ca
radical. isn t the difficulty thou~h, radical. isn t the difficulty though. the radical. isn t the difficulty though, the one - radical. isn t the difficulty though, the one that i radical. isn t the difficulty i though, the one that would still persist even if it does get this law through parliament, that it doesn t have the places or the process at the moment to be able to remove people speedily, hence why there are such an enormous backlog running into the tens of thousands? yes. into the tens of thousands? yes, some real into the tens of thousands? yes, some real questions into the tens of thousands? yes, some real questions about i into the tens of thousands? i2: some real questions about how this would work in reality, even if it makes its way through parliament and does become law perhaps by the summer or at the latest by the autumn. if you are talking about detaining people, 115,000 people arriving across the channel last year so you re going to need a lot of detention pl
for this transition. let me end on this, even if every country were to cease using oil as a fossil fuel tomorrow, it will still be needed for petrochemical production, for the likes of insulation, pharmaceuticals, plastics etc. the international energy agency says about i2% of oil demand is driven by petrochemical production. that percentage is only going to grow. do you see that ongoing demand is a problem? when your document at petrochemicals you are talking that some things that are real staple, but you re also talking growing a demand for petrochemicals that go into single use plastics, or throwaway water bottles, or increasing unnecessary plastic packaging for our household goods. i don t think that s a smart choice economically orfor our communities, or water, air, or climate.
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