Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she believed the spike was "transitory". Biden called it "temporary". Some outside the administration, most notably Obama's economy adviser Larry Summers, thought otherwise.
But he says local farmers are being offered a lot more for hosting solar panels than they could earn growing crops in their fields."Generally on corn arable land, you'd expect a return of maybe £200 an acre," William explains. "And they're being offered £1,000 an acre a year, index linked for 50 years."
But he says this comes at a different cost. "What they're doing is consigning the countryside to this industrial wasteland of solar panels."Ed Miliband says the changes would benefit businesses and families across the UK who have been affected by the cost of living crisis - which he says was caused by dependency on fossil fuel markets "controlled by dictators and petrostates".But is that worth the impact on local communities and landscapes?
"I'll have a profound sense of sadness that there would be the desecration of this part of England when there is a better alternative," Ralph Fiennes says.Ed Miliband now has the tricky task of striking a balance between those kind of local concerns and his big national target.
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Flights at Manchester Airport have resumed after a power cut caused a day of chaos."If people want to get in touch with us, it would be great to go and visit them," said Sabina Yakub, from the NHS Wellbeing Line.
The Hug in a Mug van, kitted out with a coffee machine and oven, has been touring the county.Ellie Marsh, an assistant psychologist from the NHS trust, said the purpose of the programme is to "unlock conversations about mental health and well-being" among health and social care staff as well as serve them drinks and food.
"We recognise there is a cost to caring and we want to help people access the right support for them if they are struggling," she said.The initiative also offers support to people in leadership roles.