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