to do anything. right now, the cuts are so much that if we cut any more there will be nothing left really to cut. so what s really important is we start to get a bit savvier and plant stuff and i speak to clients we talk about what can we do? yes, you might be able to get rid of a subscription here or there but the reality is look at where we are spending the money. where is the money going and how can we spend that money in a better way.- that money in a better way. talking about planning. that money in a better way. talking about planning. i that money in a better way. talking about planning, i think that money in a better way. talking about planning, i think that s - that money in a better way. talking about planning, i think that s a - that money in a better way. talking about planning, i think that s a key| about planning, i think that s a key you are mentioning there, is that particularly helpful with day to day things, like groceries, that sort of things, like groceries, tha
what can we all do to try to mitigate against the rising cost of living? what changes can people make? let s ask a financial adviser. joining me now to talk about how we cut everyday costs is emmanuel asuquo, a financial adviser and media personality. good evening. thanks for being with us. some of the figures today are even more eye watering, they must create much demand for someone like you. what would be your headline thoughts as to how on earth people can cope with this given there are certain things i don t have a lot of control over? control over? you are right and i think now control over? you are right and i think now is control over? you are right and i think now is the control over? you are right and i think now is the time control over? you are right and i think now is the time where - control over? you are right and i i think now is the time where people have made cuts and we have talked about it for so long, people have made cuts. now was a time that we have to be
after featuring in the netflix drama stranger things. speaking to woman s hour on radio 4, kate bush said she had been shocked by the response. is this something that you can kind of get your head round? it s just extraordinary. it s such a great series i thought that the track would get some attention, but ijust never imagined it would be anything like this. it s. well, it is so exciting. it is quite shocking, really, isn t it? the whole world s gone mad. 37 years is the longest time a song has taken to get to number one and it s also in america, your first ever top ten hit in the us, which i didn t know. yeah, yeah, it is really a wonderful, i think is that this is a whole new audience. who, in a lot of cases, they had never heard of me and i love that. the thought of all these really
course what s happening on the railways this week. the rmt has confirmed that tomorrow s rail strike across england, scotland and wales will go ahead after new talks broke down without agreement. the union has accused the transport secretary, grant shapps, of wrecking the negotiations by not allowing network rail to withdraw their letter threatening redundancy for 2900 of its members. millions of people were affected yesterday after workers walked out in the last hour or two, the department for transport has responded to the claimant saying it was a total lie. millions of people were affected yesterday after workers walked out in a dispute about pay, job losses and conditions. earlier, our business correspondent ben king gave us this update. things were a bit more positive this morning. we had a statement from network rail saying that the two sides got close to an agreement yesterday. they ve been in talks for much of the day, and it looked like, you know, the longer the talks went o
that it could reach 11% this year. our first report is from our business correspondent emma simpson. if i haven t got the money, i can t eat. you see lots of things that are on cheap. we buy them and freeze them. definitely shopping around, looking for what s cheaper and where. - it s here in the supermarket aisles you get a taste of how the rising cost of living is starting to bite. we buy less and we buy cheaper products, unfortunately. we can t usually afford to buy all the named product staff, so we have to go and buy the essential stuff. if they re not going to give us the wage rises, we can t compete with inflation, we re suffering. at britain s third biggest grocer, they know their customers are feeling the pain, too. people are trading back. they re worried about spending. they ve got a limit i that they set out to. they say, £30 is my limit, and if they get to more . than £30, that s it, stop. and it s the same with petrol.