About moving on from the emergency and saying, look, this is what the economy is going to be like. there are huge challenges, and it s about translating that into real life. before we pick up on that, there is also the backdrop of the cost of living concerns that people are having. we have seen soaring energy bills, rising petrol prices and fears of inflation? bills, rising petrol prices and fears of inflation? ~ ., ., fears of inflation? think of some of the warm up fears of inflation? think of some of the warm up announcements, - fears of inflation? think of some of. the warm up announcements, bigger national minimum wage, pay rises coming for public sector workers, except that could quite easily albeit not inflation. what ends up feeling in your pocket is not the same as what chancellors can talk about and big statements of the dispatch box. this about and big statements of the dispatch bom about and big statements of the disatch box. , , ., ., ., ., , dispatch box. this tension
Last 11 years and exactly as one of the people you interviewed said, where are the staff to operate these new machines, the scanners? there are 100,000 vacancies, part of that vacancy problem is recruitment retention because wages have been frozen, effectively for about 10 years, what we need is a government that really does look at a long term plan for the economy, invests in both people, skills and also in the capital infrastructure, that we need. we haven t had that for 11 years and from what i have seen so far it is nothing on scale that is needed. in fact it is trivial in comparison with the cuts made. laura. ~ :, comparison with the cuts made. laura. ~ . ., comparison with the cuts made. laura. . . ., ., laura. we have heard that the prime minister made laura. we have heard that the prime minister made clear laura. we have heard that the prime minister made clear the laura. we have heard that the prime minister made clear the priorities - minister made clear the priorities o
£6.9 billion for england s transport network, again, a pretty significant amount. as we understand it, i think it is £1.5 billion that is actually new money. this will be for the transport network in cities outside london. the wage increases that laura talked about, the national living wage is to rise to £9.50 an hour, for workers over 23. there is also an increase in the national minimum wage for those younger than that. and perhaps the most recent announcement in the long string of pre announcements, a freeze on public sector pay to end. we don t know the details of that. inflation may eat into some of that. what is left, simon? from a business perspective, what would they like to see? , ,, perspective, what would they like to see? , , , , perspective, what would they like to see? , ,, , , , perspective, what would they like to see? business feels pretty bruised, the low point see? business feels pretty bruised, the low point was see? business feels pretty bruised, the low