you can get involved in this year s national bird counting survey, which gets under way today. binge? where sean connery puts his rubbish. remembering a life in comedy we ll have tributes to the late, great barry cryer, who has died at the age of 86. step back and admire. and we ll be joined by the queen of colour, sophie robinson, to discuss her new interior design show, dream home makeovers. living independently into old age is the hope for many of us. but if often relies on a service that is increasingly under threat home care. that s because a staffing crisis in the sector means it is being rationed, and the regulator has told breakfast the vacancy rate is continuing to rise. jayne mccubbin has been to meet people on both sides of the crisis those unable to deliver
bird counting survey. we are showing you this and waiting for the bed to appear. and those birds are probably hiding from the chill this morning because it is a frosty site for some but will ten milder later. with it, more cloud around and this weekend, pretty windy. your full forecast here on breakfast. it s friday 28th january. our main story. there s increasing pressure on the government to delay a planned rise in national insurance. a number of backbench conservative mp5 have joined calls to put off the increase for a year to help relieve the cost of living crisis. one minister has admitted the plan is unpopular, and says the government is in listening mode as our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. welcome to question time. speaking on the bbc s question time programme, the armed forces ministerjames heappey appeared to concede that raising national insurance from april to pay for the covid backlog in social care, was unpopular, describing opposition among the audi