makes a loss with most of the children here using the government s funded hours. as part of a social enterprise, it s subsidised by nurseries in more affluent areas, a successful model but staffing is one of its biggest obstacles. we would love to expand and open new nurseries, but until the workforce problem is resolved, there s no hope. what is this going to look like in two years time? it worries me because there s an awful lot of women who won t be able to get back into the workforce after they ve taken maternity leave because there won t be the places available. the government says it s rolling out the single biggest investment in childcare to help working parents and will be investing hundreds of millions of pounds each year to increase the amounts they pay providers. vanessa clarke, bbc news, milton keynes. twitter s logo might change as early as later today that s if we are to belive the platform s current owner, elon musk. mr musk says that soon we shall bid adieu to the t
in a childminder setting will no longer have that. and that s an awful shame. and we ll look back in 20, 30 years and see the damage that caused. overall, the number of early years workers are falling. there is a big one! these children are on a mission to find some minibeasts and guiding their hands are dedicated staff. isa, have you got a worm? ..like cheryl. 0bviously, a pay rise. everyone would love that. but it s not. it s not even about that. it s about being recognised more. the staff here have a wealth of knowledge, but the nursery itself makes a loss with most of the children here using the government s funded hours. as part of a social enterprise, it s subsidised by nurseries in more affluent areas, a successful model but staffing is one of its biggest obstacles. we would love to expand and open new nurseries, but until the workforce problem is resolved, there s no hope. what is this going to look like in two years time? it worries me because there s an awful lot of women wh
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official target is 18, they are not even aiming for the official target by next year and given the age of the population don t we need a rethink on how the nhs is funded? i don t believe me do because the key don t believe me do because the key challenge we are facing is that we do not have enough staff across the health and care system and that s been the result of 13 years of funding below the historic levels that the health and care system needs so year after year that has meant health care has been squeezed and we have not been able to recruit and we have not been able to recruit and retain the start that we need. there is nothing to say a different way of funding health care service would be private insurance in america across europe, that does not solve the workforce problem and if we want to spend more money on health care and in europe they spent more than us, we can spend more on a tax funded system but they key is we need to recognise when you reach a point that capacity on t
committed to addressing the workforce issue. unless we do, however good the announcements we have heard today will be, unless we address that workforce problem and fully fund that workforce challenge, we are not going to be able to get out of crisis mode and create the health service we need fit for the 20th century the 21st century. thank you very much. the ban on fracking has been suspended. it was suspended in 2019 after concern about earthquakes. this is still controversial subject and that has not gone away, the government is doing this to try to make a difference to energy supplies but what difference will it make, and will it make bills cheaper? the answer to