also tonight: a promise to appoint 20,000 extra police in england and wales has been delivered, say ministers while labour says it s simply making up for the job cuts of the past. two former senior managers at the private health care firm the priory group, say they had concerns about the safety of patients and staff. and manchester city welcomed arsenal this evening for a top of the table clash in the premier league. and coming up on bbc news. luca brecel shocks ronnie o sullivan winning 7 frames in a row to reach the semi finals of the world snooker championships in sheffield. good evening. the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of sudan has made progress today. the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. two flights landed at stansted airport in essex today. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. a ceasefire declared
welcome to world business report, i m ben thompson. we start in the us where the white house has denied starting a subsidy war following criticism of its massive support for green investments. president biden s administration is spending billions to help electric car firms, chip makers and the green energy industry with loans and tax breaks. one uk manufacturer has told the bbc it s worried britain can t compete on a level playing field and warns that companies are considering moving their investment to the united states. our economics editor faisal islam reports. british industry is facing a new dilemma when deciding where to invest to build key components for future green technology. massive hand outs from the us government has changed the game. morning, guys, how are you? this isjohn neil, he runs unapart which makes parts for every major uk car manufacturer, and he is worried. the americans are redefining the free enterprise system. and i m genuinely very, very worried
Although it was opened by then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher way back in 1986, Nissan’s Sunderland plant in England’s north-east is the flexible, environmentally-focused manufacturing model to help accommodate the company’s global shift towards electrified and pure-EV production.
the kind of investment we have made in clean energy in their countries as well. i think we all fundamentally know that in order to for us to deal with the existential threat of climate change, we need to change the way that the economy is run and make it run more on renewable energy. the chancellor says the uk is planning to invest and has already done so. big investors are saying to the government, hang on, you re going to give us hundreds of millions, a billion. europe going to give us hundreds of millions, a billion. america are offering a billion. but it s not pretty. i know you would rather this isn t happening but this is the reality of the world right now, aren t we going to have to pay up to keep these industries in the future in the united kingdom? well, we recognise that there is a role for subsidies, that s why we have got a £1 billion automated transformation fund, we are supporting. but they are giving 1 billion per plant in the usa. i mean, we are supporting, let me fini
the chancellor says the uk is planning to invest and has already done so. big investors are saying to the government, well, hang on, europe s willing to give us hundreds of millions, a billion. america, they are offering a billion. you know, it s not pretty, i know you d rather this wasn t happening, but this is the reality of the world right now. aren t we going to have to pay up to keep these industries of the future in the united kingdom? well, we recognise that there is a role for subsidies and that s why we ve got a £1 billion automotive transportation fund, we are supporting. they re giving 1 billion per plant in the usa. i mean, we are supporting. let me finish, we are supporting the nissan gigafactory, we are in discussion with a number of other manufacturers. what america is doing is playing catch up with the uk. the chancellor confirmed that the uk would wait to see how the eu responds, but following the us push, nations such as spain are already trying even harder to tempt