the bulk of that increase is down to two things. one of those is the fact that as economies have reopened rather rapidly after coronavirus, that has put pressure on global supply chains. and then, the other part of the increase is very much just down to energy prices. both of those factors are global factors. we re not alone in experiencing those problems. you know, i don t have a magic wand that can make either of those things disappear. labour says there is action the government could take. when we pay our gas and electricity bills, 5% of that money goes automatically to the taxman. there s something very simple the government could do. it would be immediate and it would be felt automatically on people s bills next month, and that is to cut that rate of vat from 5% to 0%. with one week to go until the climate conference in glasgow, the government needs a long term energy fix, which helps move the uk to a zero carbon economy. that ll mean a population with the skills to do
one of those is the fact that as economies have reopened rather rapidly after coronavirus, that has put pressure on global supply chains. and then, the other part of the increase is very much just down to energy prices. both of those factors are global factors. we re not alone in experiencing those problems. you know, i don t have a magic wand that can make either of those things disappear. labour says there is action the government could take. when we pay our gas and electricity bills, 5% of that money goes automatically to the taxman. there s something very simple the government could do. it would be immediate and it would be felt automatically on people s bills next month, and that is to cut that rate of vat from 5% to 0%. with one week to go until the climate conference in glasgow, the government needs a long term energy fix which helps move the uk to a zero carbon economy. that ll mean a population with the skills to do the work, but also you guessed it quite a lot of cash. ch
one of those is the fact that as economies have reopened rather rapidly after coronavirus, that has put pressure on global supply chains. and then, the other part of the increase is very much just down to energy prices. both of those factors are global factors. we re not alone in experiencing those problems. you know, i don t have a magic wand that can make either of those things disappear. labour says there is action the government could take. when we pay our gas and electricity bills, 5% of that money goes automatically to the taxman. there s something very simple the government could do. it would be immediate and it would be felt automatically on people s bills next month, and that is to cut that rate of vat from 5% to 0%. with one week to go until the climate conference in glasgow, the government needs a long term energy fix which helps move the uk to a zero carbon economy. that ll mean a population with the skills to do the work, but also you guessed it
mitt romney is in maryland today fresh off his decisive win in the illinois primary. halfway to the delegate finish line. hundreds of french police surround an apartment where a gunman remains holed up. he s accused of killing seven people in a series of shootings. authorities say they expect him to give up soon. another strong aftershock in mexico. it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. it s the latest of several aftershocks to follow yesterday s 7.4 magnitude earthquake. 500 homes were damaged and 11 people injured. you won t be able to find that so-called pink slime at safeway anymore. the grocery store chain says it won t sell anymore ground beef made with it. safeway says customer concern drove its decision. you re looking at a picture of atlanta under all that pollen. this is what you need to know about pollen counts. a reading of 120 is considered extremely high. levels above 5,000 have been registered in many parts of the southeast this week and no relief is ex
colder air begins to come in and low begins to get wound up, 5-10 inches of snow north of new york city and 10-15 across portions of northern new england. how about that for snow totals. this will cause travel delays across parts of new york. we will see breezy conditions. it will be wet, of course. opening day for yankee stadium. sounds like the after christmas sales. like january. the hits that keep on giving or gift that keeps on giving. we get blizzards in march. april, we re pushing the envelope. almost in the middle of april, 18 inches of snow around here. it does happen. be thankful it s a cold rain with wet snow. it can be negative 300 if we re on mercury, trying to look at the bright side. thanks. the top story minutes away including gas prices surging and unrest in the arab world and president obama coming out with his energy fix. how hooked are we on oil and