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Today's panellists are Lee Hurst and Janet Ellis, Kevin O'Sullivan delivers his weekly TV review, and special guest, actress/singer Jodie Prenger chats about her straight play debut as the curvaceous tart Dolly in One Man, Two Guvnors.
Today's panellists are Lee Hurst and Janet Ellis, Kevin O'Sullivan delivers his weekly TV review, and special guest, actress/singer Jodie Prenger chats about her straight play debut as the curvaceous tart Dolly in One Man, Two Guvnors.
Keith Allen is in the studio to promote his Official Fit Les Olympics Anthem. Today's panellists are Lee Hurst and Katharine Merry.
Presented by Matthew Wright who is joined today by author, Jenny Colgan.
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6 days ago
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10 months ago
Michael
Its easier say to get a volunteer job or getting some form of benefit than actually getting paid work which cannot be right, but thats not the fault of the people doing those things its the fault of employment and the difficulty of getting work as most people need money quickly and most who are limited anyway will go for the things that are easier to get, but no-one can blame them and also they see a system where employers are harsh, ask to do too much for their roles and think well hold on I have other problems/commitments and think they will be working for not much money. Also my parents generation didn't care much for careers and getting ahead, they just wanted work for money which they could use, most jobs now are career orientated, there are a lot of people uninterested in careers and just want a job, but they cannot get most work unless they are career orientated so its a vicious circle
10 months ago
Michael
Problem is now, people have to have qualifications even to get a basic job, plus employers are much more picky and choosy who they employ, so even if someone has qualifications and experiences they might not be employed this is stopping people actually just going and doing some form of work and therefore stopping flow of labour and getting the jobs actually done, most of which aren't all complicated, they are some of the most basic menial jobs, its also stopping people contributing in their own way and creating stress for the people who are employed who now have to do more
10 months ago
Michael
I personally wdon't think all kids should have flu vaccines, my mother stopped me having it as I had immune and neurological problems so it depends on the child and if they can cope with the flaccine, I had tonsilitis and chickenbox as well as a child and am glad my mom stopped me having flu and other vaccines, I have never had flu
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10 months ago
Michael
The reality is Osborne is not really in touch with the real world and comes from a sort of class of people in a bubble who have never started at the bottom to work up and so have not been through what many of had to go through. But even more of a problem is the way Britain has stiffled itself. Before somebody could work at the bottom and if they wished worked up, but now many people miss that part out and so have no real loyalty to the places they are at, equally employers have no loyalty to workers. Before even people with disabilities could do something and find suitable work but now the expectations of employers has meant many struggle to even get a basic job. Basically before you did less and got more, now you have to do more to get even less, there's no fluidity in employment. My aprents in the 50's did not very much to get a basic job, in todays climate at the age of 15 they would not have worked at all, but in the 50s they worked full time for a standard living wage in a factory. Their money also stretched further and so were able to even buy a house. Obviously the wage structure is different but even compared to then, people money now doesn't stretch far. It means people work longer and harder to maintain a standard of living. But also people are forced to do more for their money per hour whereas before you were often trained on the job, but this did not stop productivity or cost huge amounts, obviously too there were loads of semi-skilled and unskilled jobs too which people didn't need much qualifications for and it was also more manufacturing. manufacturing as with many jobs now are done by machines, saving labour costs, many employers save on labour as in reality there is less jobs now than ever in the past, yet it is made out we need more and more jobs. The jobs that are available are combined, in the past everyone did a certain job but now receptionist, data entry, admin etc are all combined in one role therefore saving money, which has meant many disabled for example are shoved out of the labour markets as they can only do certain jobs, same with all people who are limited in time or ability. This has meant less contributing to the economy and therefore less productivity, less employed and also the country has economically suffered too. Also the focus has been on academia and service sectors which again only makes so much money when really products need to be sold. So really I cannot udnerstand where people keep saying we need more jobs, this will only happen if there are changes in flexibilty of employers and work in general and looking at what roles are created, because in reality most jobs have been swolled up by the need to save money and machinery, in the past manufacturing used to have loads of people to work machines, loads of jobs which machines weren't used, looking at most shops they have self-checkouts (saving money but actually not saving time!) and yet we talk about creating jobs, equally we create jobs that don't need creating, we have fruit picking jobs yet we throw tonnes of good fruit away, none of it makes ay sense at all to me. The inefficiencies and underuse of labour is shocking, there are plenty of ways to do work and business differently to create better flexibility and more efficiency but most running the country haven't a clue!
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10 months ago
Denise Atkinson
Talking about economics - has anyone heard of Professor Steve Keene - he has the answer !!!
10 months ago
George, Glasgow
This man has presided over half of the longest period of "DEPRESSION" in over 100 years, of course he should go!! Since the 1930's it has been apparent that the ONLY way to get yourself out of resession is to grow your way out, not give the bankers all the more cash to hide away in hedge funds!! I would be MORE than happy to participate in a growth program having been unemployed for over 2 years now