will rise by 6.a% in april, under regulator ofgem's new cap and electricity will see the cap puts a limit on the amount suppliers can charge for each unit of energy, and affects the bills we're nowjoined by jess ralston, who's good to have you. if anything this proves that this gas this rovesthat this �*as 5 is this prgvss'thst this gas is not we this pravas'that this gas is not we are crisis is not over. we are still feeling the effects through higher bills. yes, the

as rice through higher bills. yes, the gas price in — through higher bills. yes, the l gas price in _ a gas price in febmary reached a in gas price in february reached a in the gas price in feprdary reached a in the uk, but two—year high in the uk, but also across europe. what to the gas price affects europe internationally affects europe and the in particular. it and the e!“ id'eefti'eetars'tt ” the uk ehd the e'i�* ih'eefti’eeteh'tt ” the uk in particular we are reliant on gas, because we are reliant on gas, the international monetary fund said our dependency on has said our dependency on gas has made the worst hit in made us the worst hit in western europe by the gas crisis. that is why the government is targeting clean deernment'is targeting ctean phasing out gas power, phasing out gas generation for power and our z 7 heating, around % heating, around of use gas for heating and homes dse gas for heating and they are feeling the effects price goes up too? 77 if 7” gas price goes up too. governments have said that we gas price goes up too. gove to 1ents have said that we gas price goes up too. gove to diversify 'e said that we gas price goes up too. gove to diversify our|id that we gas price goes up too. gove to diversify our source we gas price goes up too. gove to diversify our source of: need to diversify our source of energy and that might be more renewables, that takes time. is your assessment that we are mm enouh to reduce moving quickly enough to reduce our on fuels, our dependence on fossil fuels, to get renewables as bigger to get renewables as a bigger proportion of what we use? et

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feels like this is a oldest. it feels like this is a multipronged using multipronged approach, using less gas and getting more supply but also alternative supply but also making homes are better making sdrethomesrere better we just interrelated. we are just out of winter, do get a coming out of winter, do get a sense we are ready for next winter? that we are making the moves now prepare ourselves? moves now to prepare ourselves? it is a by the ” tnejsiry, " ' ” tnejsiry, why " ' ” tnejsey, whyaren't ' industry, why aren't we energy industry, why aren't we fixing the roof when it is sunny outside? in slating an" “stride? !’t f'atnc “my . —— summer for = -:: that is something winter. that is something that the energy crisis commission made up the energy which is made up of the energy industry business groups and �*advice 7'a’in’c’e’ 77 they consdmer—advicegradps, they that we get on all recommended that we get on with reducing demand for gas through insulation, moving away throdgh insdlation, moving—away gas boilers to electric from gas boilers to electric heat pumps and reducing demand that power sector by more renewables. building out more renewables. the of whether we are :-= fast enough remains to be going fast enough remains to be seen. the new government has long a warm homes plan,

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whenwe eemete dsethngs liise there whenwe eemete dsethngs iiise there was replacing too. thank you very much. the next four years — ahead of its annual shareholder the move comes as trump's tariffs loom over the tech michelle fleury has the details. meeting, as the company seeks to navigate the trump which could push up the cost of iphones. in houston in 2026. it is set to produce servers for apple intelligence — its ai—powered features. thousands of jobs. the move comes after apple ceo tim cook met with president donald trump last week. following that meeting,

the president said apple here instead because they don't want to pay the tariffs. to america a top priority, and apple's announcement in a statement, apple , , . it all follows a trend of similar promises made previous pledges. now at midnight in washington dc, a deadline passed for us federal employees to respond to an email by elon musk. the email — sent over the weekend — was headlined

and asked recipients to reply with approximately five bullet points outlining their accomplishments mr musk, who heads the department of government efficiency — or doge as it's known — has since admitted that the email "was basically a check to see if the employee had a pulse and was capable of replying to an email". president trump defended the email as a way of weeding we have people that don't show up to work and nobody even knows that they work for the government. actually working?" or you're fired because a lot of people are not answering because they don't even exist. they're trying to find... of fraud so far.

not sure what happens on but that aside... that the idea of improving federal worker efficiency is popular across the board but may not have the desired impact. this is hugely politically popular — the idea of ringing efficiencies from the government. with trump voters, puts democrats on the back foot. beyond that, though, we're in a situation where it that they make huge amounts of difference to the federal debt and deficit, which was climbing. at that as well as promised

defense department cuts more those stories, the bbc website. that is business today, see you soon.

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