afford to work, but cannot afford not to work because the cost of nursery means it is not viable so they are completely trapped in this poverty cycle. again, i don t have the answer for that one. another thing the government refuses to change their mind on is the free school meals for all children. i think personally this is such an obvious thing to do, because if children are hungry they are not learning. there is no point in pushing all this money into education if people are starving and they are not concentrating. it doesn t make sense to me. i met with the local mp to try and push it again but the government will not review it and it is such a shame. grace mortimer, thank you for joining us today. joanna, grace s
some welcome ambitions, around energy security and efficiency. what we are missing is detailed around delivery and we are also quite concerned that the money that has been talked about won t come in until after the next election in 2025. but we need to be investing now in energy efficiency to deal with the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis. i with the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis. with the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis. i am having some real difficulty the climate crisis. i am having some real difficulty hearing the climate crisis. i am having some real difficulty hearing you. the climate crisis. i am having some real difficulty hearing you. i - the climate crisis. i am having some real difficulty hearing you. i think i real difficulty hearing you. i think we will have to leave it but thank you very much forjoining us. my colleague annita mcveigh in is gloucester to find out what people in the city are wanting to hear from the chancellor
there much in that that you think is positive, or is your reaction leaning towards the negative? tia. positive, or is your reaction leaning towards the negative? no, i do t leaning towards the negative? no, i dot to leaning towards the negative? no, i do try to look leaning towards the negative? no, i do try to look to leaning towards the negative? no, i do try to look to the leaning towards the negative? no, i do try to look to the positive - do try to look to the positive because we have to do that. it is an increase. if what he says is correct then that is a massive, massively positive thing for our industry. i am interested to see how it pans out on a local authority level because the cost of caring gloucester is very different from the cost of caring london. it is very different to the cost of care in manchester. i would be really interested to see how it affects different local authorities really. find how it affects different local authorities really. how it affects diff
of a system. what we have is logjams in the nhs, because it is difficult to get those people out of beds when they are ready to go if they need any sort of care within the community because of the capacity problems. what we are hoping to see here is the money that will support the nhs and the money that will support social care will work together to help unblock some of those logjams and get the system moving a bit more than it has been. thank you very much. let s go to annita mcveigh in gloucester to find out what people there have been thinking about what they have heard from the chancellor. we were looking ahead earlier today to what the chancellor might say, what people want to do here and this portion of the date we are getting reaction from the autumn statement. i will get straight into some reaction with grace mortimer who is a cook and food writer from
doing to get through. i heard from a lady yesterday who said that she is going to terminate her next pregnancy. she is pregnant now, but she cannot afford the baby. i mean, thatis she cannot afford the baby. i mean, that is utterly shocking. it is utterly shocking, that is utterly shocking. it is utterly shocking, what - that is utterly shocking. it is utterly shocking, what words would you have in response to something like that? ., , , , . like that? honestly, it is so much bi aer like that? honestly, it is so much bigger than like that? honestly, it is so much bigger than anything like that? honestly, it is so much bigger than anything i like that? honestly, it is so much bigger than anything i can - like that? honestly, it is so much i bigger than anything i can comment on. but it is just so sad and bigger than anything i can comment on. but it isjust so sad and i don t see a way out of it. you don t see a way don t see a way out of it. you don t see a way out. don t se