how one woman turned freebies for the famous into a multimillion dollar branding business. hello there. we start here in the uk where the government is under pressure to tackle a chronic shortage of workers when it publishes its budget next week. it is adding to wage pressures pushing up inflation and holding back economic growth. soaring childcare costs have priced many people, usually women, out of the workforce. post brexit restrictions on foreign workers have added to the problem. and many older people have simply decided they can afford to retire early. our economics editor faisal islam has the story. get back to work the economy needs you. not to be taking walks on a monday morning, but to be at work. that s one government message to people such as mike, who retired at 5a during the pandemic from managing software programmers in cambridgeshire. let s go for a walk! it s wonderful. i can t believe it s two years already, to be honest. it s absolutely flown by.
for the uk in this year s eurovision song contest mae muller will be heading to liverpool in may. on bbc london: more than 200 people arrested by the met police and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. four days after their 7 0 thrashing at anfield, how will manchester united respond in europe? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the cost of childcare is rising making it increasingly difficult for many parents to go to work. one children s charity found the average cost of childcare for under twos in britain is almost 15,000 pounds a year though that varies greatly depending on where you are. (ani look at the difference in the amount of your wages you ll spend roughly 44% for full time workers on average pay but in scotland it s around 35% and more than 50% in london. the government says its invested £20 billion over five years to help families with childcare. labour says it would completely overhaul childcare calling the current sys
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