welcome to the programme. a smaller workforce represents a serious economic challenge. it makes it harder for employers to filljobs. it adds to wage pressures that drive inflation. it holds back growth. it reduces the tax revenues available to fund public services. there is an imperative in helping people back to work. the trouble is many parents in this country can t afford to because many would see their take home pay wiped out by the £15,000 average annual cost of full time childcare for a two year old. right now, uk childcare costs are double the 0ecd average. the only two countries where parents spend a higher percentage on childcare are switzerland and new zealand. when i had my daughter, who s five, i had to quit myjob because we couldn t afford childcare. i look forward to going back to nursing. my plan is to go back to nursing. if there d been more options and if childcare had been either cheaper or there was more flexibility, that would ve definitely been something
hearing and mark green on the border hearings that he is promises. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. busy news day and maybe some progress at the border. we don t know the details. let s get the latest from peter doocy at the white house. i notice looking through the list that the things that leaders are trying to highlight, a list that they sent us, things that they want us to see. electric vehicle charging stations at the border is listed anything above migration. there s a thing about a virtual platform. that says this will give migrants the information they need to come from mexico, the united states and canada and less likely to rely on smugglers that put their lives at risk. president biden s border trip has been overshadowed by allegations that he mishandled classified documents and accusations from the republicans that the itiniary in texas was lacking. what he did not do is he didn t meet with the border patrol union. you re talking the most
looming large over this summit is the role of cartels pushing migrants and drugs into the u.s. and the question of whether mexico truly controls its own border. biden s dhs secretary admits the vast majority of migrants who crossed into the u.s. illegally go through smuggling rings. and mexico tried to show strength with that high profile arrest. it s been described as a gift to biden and a message that mexico s approach to cartels called hugs, not bullets, prevents blood shed. tonight, president biden receives a dignified reception in mexico city for the summit with his north american counterpart to talk immigration and drug trafficking. but just days before. [gunfire] it took three it thousand 586 mexican soldiers descending on sinaloa to capture drug king pin son of chapo. cartels forced down two air force planes and shot up a commercial airliner. and authorities confiscated 26 barrett rifles, six machine guns, 26 long arms. nearly 600 magazines. bullet proof vests and
i m here to tell you guys, republicans will not impact defense spending aside from efficiencies, waste. it s the domestic spending that we re going to go after. neil: all right. back to business or are we back to business? you re looking live at the capitol where the next big vote is about to go down on a lot of those promises that kevin mccarthy made as lawmakers set the rules for the new congress. we re all over it with aishah hasnie on what s at stake and bob good who helped lead the fight against kevin mccarthy to get the kind of relief that he wants to see right now. the only question is, will he see it? he s coming up. delighted to have him. welcome. delighted to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it. aishah hasnie on promises made and now whether they can be delivered, i guess, right, aishah? right. hey, good afternoon to you, kneel. i just caught up with representative nancy mace who you know just yesterday was still on the fence on this house rules package
are lost. fbi needs to find them. we need to have an investigation by the fbi into the homeland security department into hhs to figure out who is helping these smuggling rings, are they deliberately not doing their jobs for turning these kids over to smugglers and the fine needs to launch a full scale investigation and we are looking at the biggest child labor ring in american history and this administration is responsible for it. senator have you seen any efforts by the other side as these hearings come out, there was a new york times expose on not from a conservative outlet from the new york times showing these kids working in slaughter houses, the fear they re under the cartels want their money any democrats saying signs of saying we are going to work with you guys, we can t have this?