the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
nothing is impossible in this feel. the fundamental reason employers are facing shortages at the moment in low wage jobs facing shortages at the moment in low wagejobs is a combination of some specific features of the post pandemic labour murky, lots of countries are experiencing, nothing to do with immigration policy, plus the end of free movement has exacerbated the difficulty of recruiting people because eu workers were overrepresented in many low wagejobs. even though were overrepresented in many low wage jobs. even though we have quite a lot of people coming in from non eu countries did do skilled work, thejobs are not non eu countries did do skilled work, the jobs are not the same ones. we have this challenge. the government, a couple of different options, one is to say we will stick to the current system, we recognise there are shortages numbered in the long run the labour will adjust, so those vacancy levels will not always be so high. that is coherent. the
professionals who enjoy their work. we want people who are motivated with experience and are skilled at their work. we don t want those people to go and it would put more pressure on the rail network at a time when we have unprecedented vacancy levels, a recruitment crisis stretching the public services to breaking point. these are key workers for our country and economy. all they re asking for is a fairer deal and we think that s absolutely right and unions are trying to support them in getting that. we can t afford to lose these workers whether they are in rail or anywhere else and we think employers want to be able to reward them fairly but that government are prolonging the dispute and making deliberate decisions to hold down the pay of rail workers and other members of the public sector.
let s speak to vic rayner, executive of the national care forum. grim, difficult and relentless is how it is being described. what does this mean for care workers and the people looking after them? it is mean for care workers and the people looking after them? looking after them? it is usually challenging- looking after them? it is usually challenging. this looking after them? it is usually challenging. this survey - looking after them? it is usually challenging. this survey shows. looking after them? it is usually i challenging. this survey shows the vacancy levels, the roles that people cannot currently fill, standing at around 18% and on top of that an additional 14% of absences from covid, so this is enormous pressure on the people still able to deliver care, so we have got staff delivering an enormous amount of additional overtime, and extra working shifts, but we have staff who don t normally deliver front line care, being trained up and supporting them to be able to do that