good evening. brighter news, then, for the british economy. inflation fell more than expected last month. so what will that mean for the british economy and our mortgages, which are getting ever more expensive? also tonight, the owner ofjaguar land rover, tata, confirms it will build its flagship battery plant here in the uk, but in return for some huge government hand outs. the government s critics say it is no substitute for a proper industrial strategy. and the heatwave in europe intensifies get used to it. the world health organization warns this is the new normal. so, it might taste ghastly, but the medicine does appears to be working. across the board, inflation was down today. the headline figure that s the consumer prices index fell injune to 7.9%,
of the headline figure, you see the main actors, you see the big name writers, there are thousands and thousands of other people behind that who are actually just thousands of other people behind that who are actuallyjust on minimum wage and we are talking about freelancers, people who don t have the guarantees of income. so because we have a freelance workforce who are transient, they move around so they don t stick in one particular place, they have to work, they have to follow the particular work, so there needs to be some sort of safety net, some sort of safeguards for those individuals and we have got a really precarious industry where there does need to be more of a focus in terms of making sure we have fair and reasonable terms and conditions for all those workers. haifa reasonable terms and conditions for all those workers. all those workers. how worried are ou b all those workers. how worried are you by things all those workers. how worried are you by things like all thos
rest of it, so i think broadly there is a lot of support for the nhs. whether people think that 35% headline figure that they are hearing is too much, because in other areas we have seen sectors are settling for much, much less than that. but i think the main point is that. but i think the main point is that we are nowhere near a resolution, it would seem, to this industrial dispute, there is the possibility i think of further strikes throughout the summer. you talked earlier strikes throughout the summer. you talked earlier about the pressures facing the nhs. given the warm weather, the kind of hangoverfrom the pandemic, how are these shifts, this work that still needs to be done, people will be worried if their appointments will be cancelled, how are the health authority is planning to cover the work? i authority is planning to cover the work? ., ., authority is planning to cover the work? ~ ., ., ., , .,, work? i think a lot of people will robabl work? i think a lot of people will
relined, whereas in the eu they have got 35. bear in mind, the us is busy pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into subsidies with people who want to produce in their subsidies and supply chains there. so a key battle and a key moment. i mention in the introduction that it could create up to 9000 jobs. that is a huge headline figure, do we know much of the detail about what it was in the end if it turns out to be what you just described, what has encourage them to make the call to come to the uk? what got over the line? it come to the uk? what got over the line? . ., come to the uk? what got over the line? , . .,, ., .,, line? it didn t come cheap and was not easily won line? it didn t come cheap and was not easily won this line? it didn t come cheap and was not easily won this negotiation. . line? it didn t come cheap and was| not easily won this negotiation. we are expecting them to confirm this in the next few days. if you put together a roughly 45 billion net £1 millio
to the uk in the 1980s. and some in the industry hope that this will be a momentum shift, a sort of tipping point that will give others confidence to come into an industry because you ll need a lot of this capacity. the uk currently only has one working battery factory, it s got one very much on the drawing board. this one, which looks set to get the green light, whereas in the eu they ve got 35 and bear in mind, the us is busy pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into subsidies for people who want to move production in their supply chains over there. so a key battle in a key moment. and, simon, i mentioned there in the introduction that it could create up to 9,000 jobs that s a huge headline figure. do we know much about the detail of what it was in the end, if it turns out to be what you just described, what has encouraged them to make the call to come to the uk? what got it over the line? it didn t come cheap and was not easily won, this negotiation, which we re expecting the