competition from spain. the factory, forjaguar land rover, is expected to create thousands of new jobs. our business correspondent theo leggettjoins me now. this would be the first of its kind in the uk? it will be a new giger factory, a giant factory that produces thousands and thousands of batteries. it is extremely significant. we do have one under construction up in sunderland, next door, but the uk has very few of these, other countries have more. why is it significant? if we don t have batteries, batteries are the biggest, most expensive part of an electric car, so as the automotive industry is transforming away from petrol and diesel diesel, it was electric cars, if you want to produce electric cars, you need battery factories. this one in bridgwater in somerset is expected to create 9000 jobs, but it also sends out a powerful signal. the government has worked very hard to
the announcement by russia s energy giant gazprom late on friday that a crucial gas pipeline to germany would not be reopening as expected. our business correspondent theo leggettjoins me now. notwithstanding what the next uk prime minister will do and what other governments might do about energy bills, what does this increase in wholesale gas prices mean for consumers? if wholesale gas prices remain high transmit through to the bills of customers and businesses. what we have seen recently,