:00:49. > :00:52.And The Politics Show in the South, are you positive and focused or
:00:52. > :00:56.cannot do it and a soggy? The Government wants more
:00:56. > :01:06.entrepreneurial spirit to grade the economy by starting new businesses.
:01:06. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :25:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1481 seconds
:25:48. > :25:52.Are they doing enough to give us a Hello and welcome to the part of
:25:52. > :25:55.the show especially for us here in the South. My name's Peter Henley.
:25:55. > :25:58.Are you guilty of "can't do sogginess" or are you "sharp,
:25:58. > :26:01.focused and can-do"? Those are the options for the country's future,
:26:01. > :26:04.according to the Prime Minister. No prizes for guessing which one he
:26:04. > :26:08.would prefer. He also suggested that if you lose your job in the
:26:08. > :26:12.recession, why not start your own business? Well, one of the groups
:26:12. > :26:14.hardest hit by job losses is women and Emma Vardy has been to meet a
:26:14. > :26:18.group of so-called "mumpreneurs". They have proved their can-do get
:26:18. > :26:28.up and go attitude, so what do they make of the Prime Minister's
:26:28. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:43.Twinkle twinkle Little Star. How I wonder what you are. I have decided
:26:43. > :26:46.to start my business because I was made redundant. I have previously
:26:46. > :26:51.been headhunted all my life from position to position and could not
:26:51. > :26:58.get another job at all because of my situation. It was quite
:26:58. > :27:04.difficult and at the time I did not have any other option. She runs her
:27:04. > :27:07.own company providing baby signing classes. It is something she was
:27:07. > :27:14.interested in to help their children develop communication
:27:14. > :27:19.skills. A couple of years later, she manages 18 teachers and has
:27:19. > :27:23.expanded her club across nine counties. How do you juggle the
:27:23. > :27:30.demands of a growing business with being a match that at the same
:27:30. > :27:35.time? Can anybody really do that?! You have got to be very organised.
:27:35. > :27:39.It can be difficult to separate your working life and you are
:27:39. > :27:45.passionate and when you see an opportunity and you want to take
:27:45. > :27:52.that opportunity and actually your child needs a couple, that can
:27:52. > :27:58.actually be very hard juggling act. For you, what was the key to making
:27:58. > :28:03.it successful? Probably the fact that I was in a fortunate position
:28:03. > :28:09.because I have a lot of professional friends and we Skill
:28:09. > :28:14.Swap different professions. For me, sales and marketing. We helped each
:28:14. > :28:18.other to build our businesses. Something that I think a lot of
:28:19. > :28:24.mothers in businesses would really like to have would be affordable
:28:24. > :28:33.mentoring and taking that next step. We cannot all be to the Dragons Den
:28:33. > :28:37.but we have got a contribution we If you think starting alone sounds
:28:37. > :28:47.daunting, we are meeting a group of women that have done just that and
:28:47. > :28:52.
:28:52. > :29:02.support each other with a business MUSIC for people striking out as
:29:02. > :29:08.solo entrepreneurs, they can be This is the network of bringing
:29:08. > :29:12.self-made business women together to share ideas and experiences. The
:29:12. > :29:17.Government wants more people to start working on that business idea
:29:17. > :29:23.that they have dreamed of. What do these women think the politicians
:29:23. > :29:28.can do to inspire others to take that step? They need to go out into
:29:28. > :29:32.the business community and in two areas where people are being made
:29:32. > :29:36.redundant and at a stage when they are making choices. I was made
:29:36. > :29:40.redundant four years ago and have not got children at the time and
:29:40. > :29:46.started on my aid which was fantastic for flexibility it. Give
:29:46. > :29:51.as much support as you can. Make the money available for people that
:29:51. > :29:56.need financial support which is small compared to Waco operation.
:29:56. > :30:00.They are on the right track but they need support in the early days
:30:00. > :30:07.because that is when things can get that. What do you think you are
:30:07. > :30:15.giving back in return? I keep 35 people employed and I do that from
:30:15. > :30:23.a box room in at my house. I work many hours. Private sector great,
:30:23. > :30:30.says the Government, will help the economic recovery. -- grave. --
:30:31. > :30:36.prosperity. Penny says society will benefit as a result. Getting people
:30:36. > :30:44.out there and employing other people is creating extra jobs and
:30:45. > :30:49.making the economy by Brent and it is very important. -- vibrant.
:30:49. > :30:54.would you say to other people thinking of giving it a go? Go for
:30:54. > :30:59.it. But you have got to be committed and you have got to
:30:59. > :31:05.realise that these days, you have got to work very hard. It is not as
:31:05. > :31:11.easy as it used to be. By the time the children Shelly is teaching
:31:11. > :31:18.have grown up, will be economy then be more friendly towards
:31:18. > :31:22.The sound of Make It On My Own at the end of Emma's report there. A
:31:22. > :31:25.bit of an 80s disco throwback. But in the business world of 2011 no-
:31:25. > :31:28.one does seem to be actually making very much - it's all services and
:31:28. > :31:30.creative industries. Earlier this week, I spoke to the newly
:31:30. > :31:33.appointed minister for Creative Industries, Oxfordshire's Ed Vaizey,
:31:33. > :31:43.and put it to him that his fluffy, flashy end of the business world
:31:43. > :31:46.
:31:46. > :31:52.was less likely to produce the hard You sound like my bank manager. I
:31:52. > :31:58.think that is the main problem. A lot of people think that the
:31:58. > :32:03.creative industries are frivolous and not serious. People are
:32:03. > :32:06.producing chunky goods that you can physically see but actually visual
:32:06. > :32:09.effects for example, they are leading the world and employing
:32:09. > :32:15.hundreds of people, science graduates and computer science
:32:15. > :32:19.graduates. The report is pointing out that in government we have got
:32:20. > :32:26.advisers for the chemical industry but for the creative industries,
:32:26. > :32:31.just a handful. The Government has got to work at how the economy is
:32:31. > :32:36.changing and what the teacher holds. Ireland has published a strategy
:32:36. > :32:42.for video-games and I think we have got to do the same. When I compared
:32:42. > :32:47.due to my bank manager, we have got a big gap in knowledge with the
:32:47. > :32:55.financial services. A lot of big investment organisations do not
:32:55. > :32:58.understand created industries and think they are dangerous instead of
:32:58. > :33:03.actually backing highly skilled individuals making great products.
:33:04. > :33:08.I will be the bank manager again at! Way is the Government money?
:33:08. > :33:13.Look at the tax breaks in Canada. People are flocking from across the
:33:13. > :33:19.world to produce video games. has been a slow burner. We are
:33:19. > :33:24.putting a lot of money into film production. What about video-games?
:33:24. > :33:30.We did not take them away. But he removed something proposed by the
:33:30. > :33:36.Labour Party and took the tax break away. They made a lot of promises.
:33:36. > :33:39.What we have done is put money into film tax credit and helped created
:33:39. > :33:45.industries and brought them together. We have got a lot of
:33:45. > :33:51.money going in there. Is it going to work? That is the question of
:33:51. > :33:55.the economic strategy. It is right to reduce the deficit. Is it right
:33:55. > :34:00.to target tax relief to help business? Yes, we are doing that by
:34:00. > :34:05.reducing corporation tax but increasing tax incentives like
:34:05. > :34:12.enterprise and investment, targeted towards small starting businesses.
:34:12. > :34:19.Have we seen improvements, yes we have? I think we are on course.
:34:20. > :34:25.course, says Ed Vaizey are. I am joined by two people looking at
:34:25. > :34:35.where new jobs might come from. Will it come from the engineers or
:34:35. > :34:44.will it come from the media? He was talking up new things but can a
:34:45. > :34:50.great come from older industries as well? -- prosperity. Absolutely.
:34:50. > :34:55.But it is falling away and we need new ideas. The majority of exports
:34:55. > :35:01.are still from manufacturing and they have got a big part to play.
:35:01. > :35:07.We can always do with more skills and the creative industries are
:35:07. > :35:13.part of encouraging creativity among students. But in the end it
:35:13. > :35:16.is about making things that will help the economy. But you have also
:35:16. > :35:23.got to have designers and services and look at the disposal of
:35:23. > :35:28.products. It is creating a numerous amount of jobs. Are you getting
:35:28. > :35:31.people trained properly? We are in some respects but we must go a lot
:35:31. > :35:37.further. Industry and government must work closer with education
:35:37. > :35:43.providers. Lots of people doing media courses. How many applicants
:35:43. > :35:48.on your television calls? About 900 applications for 70 places.
:35:48. > :35:57.they enough jobs as part in content production but they might not all
:35:57. > :36:01.work for BBC One. They might have to broaden aspirations. What about
:36:01. > :36:06.the film production side of things? They are saying they have not got
:36:06. > :36:11.enough finance. Could they work for themselves? They definitely can and
:36:11. > :36:15.we are doing much more helping people start businesses. We have
:36:15. > :36:21.got an entrepreneur scheme starting next year. We are looking at
:36:21. > :36:26.broadening horizons poor people. Are they going abroad as bar a knot
:36:27. > :36:32.of them are working in America and Australia. -- abroad? A lot of them
:36:32. > :36:39.are working in America and Australia. One of the things we are
:36:39. > :36:44.doing in Bournemouth is helping creative industries and stop
:36:44. > :36:49.sending work abroad and getting people to Bournemouth to work with
:36:49. > :36:55.us and identify top talent. With manufacturing, are we buying
:36:55. > :36:59.British properly and exploiting the skills we have got? Probably not
:36:59. > :37:06.enough. One of the things we have got at the institution for
:37:06. > :37:09.Mechanical Engineers is a charter. One of the principles is getting
:37:09. > :37:16.right education skills and tax incentives and encouraging people
:37:16. > :37:22.to do well and be innovative. The Government are doing well with the
:37:22. > :37:28.high value manufacturing technology with a centre that has been formed.
:37:28. > :37:30.They are looking at failing that gap between research and
:37:30. > :37:39.development and commercial products which is where a lot of companies
:37:39. > :37:43.failed. But is it not cheaper to produce costs abroad?
:37:43. > :37:53.necessarily. Much manufacturing is coming back to Britain because we
:37:53. > :37:56.have got innovation and quality and we have got more agility. Financial
:37:56. > :38:01.services has taken priority and the Government has not invested but
:38:01. > :38:09.actually we are very competitive. It is about reputation as well,
:38:09. > :38:13.isn't it? Made in Britain. In terms of fashion, film and computer games,
:38:13. > :38:21.ranges of clothing being British based. We have got to keep top
:38:21. > :38:31.talent in the UK and incentive eyes empty state. But can -- and
:38:31. > :38:37.encourage them to stay. Can this be result? I think we can get there.
:38:37. > :38:44.And you are going to keep them here. We are encouraging them to get a
:38:44. > :38:49.job and start their businesses. you are wandering through Oxford on
:38:49. > :38:54.Tuesday you might be surprised to see women in cages. They are
:38:54. > :38:59.marking anti-slavery day which might seem like it happened in
:38:59. > :39:07.companies and countries faraway. But it is actually closer to home.
:39:07. > :39:13.I am joined by a member of the Liberal Democrat in Oxford. It is
:39:13. > :39:18.actually on the doorstep, isn't it? It is the biggest market in Europe,
:39:18. > :39:24.the UK, for trafficked people in Europe. It is happening where we
:39:24. > :39:32.live in Oxford, Reading, Portsmouth, Southampton. It is happening
:39:32. > :39:40.everywhere. Young women are being trafficked, kept and sold as pieces
:39:40. > :39:45.of Trade and just used and abused. This is not just smuggling people
:39:45. > :39:52.across borders. They are keeping them in slavery in our communities
:39:52. > :39:56.are. It is completely different from immigration and illegal
:39:56. > :40:03.immigration and people wanting to come here for work. These people
:40:03. > :40:08.are encouraged to work in hotels and restaurants but when they come
:40:08. > :40:13.here they are often raped and beaten up and their passports are
:40:13. > :40:19.confiscated and they are held against their will and they are
:40:19. > :40:25.sold to people using them in the sex trade. They are sold for
:40:25. > :40:31.benefit fraud. They are used as pickpockets and shoplifters. The
:40:31. > :40:37.sale of human beings is a horrible trade and it is happening in these
:40:37. > :40:42.communities. And presumably people must report what they think is
:40:42. > :40:48.suspicious but it is also getting people to testify. When the police
:40:48. > :40:54.get involved, people must have the courage to come forward.
:40:54. > :40:59.Historically when people have been arrested for prostitution, they
:40:59. > :41:05.have managed to break down the gangs and the women they have
:41:05. > :41:10.rescued have been sent back. They have not testified and they are
:41:10. > :41:14.traumatised and not able to testify. If you look after them well and
:41:15. > :41:21.give them psychiatric attention, they are much more likely to stay
:41:21. > :41:25.and give evidence. It is a benefit that way but it is these human
:41:25. > :41:30.thing to do. These young people have been abused in awful ways and
:41:30. > :41:35.held against their will and traumatised. We should look after
:41:35. > :41:43.them. That is what a civilised society must be doing. We had
:41:43. > :41:52.signed up to a preventative measure against traffic in and we are
:41:52. > :41:58.obliged to look after victims and not illegal immigrants will stop --.
:41:58. > :42:04.Recent proposed boundary changes to reduce the number of MPs have been
:42:04. > :42:11.pretty controversial. In Hampshire, almost no changes in constituencies
:42:11. > :42:15.and two completely abolished. Consultation starts in Reading on
:42:15. > :42:21.Thursday and Caroline Nokes is in a constituency slated to go. Did you
:42:21. > :42:25.get much warning? We understood this was going to happen and it is
:42:25. > :42:29.difficult to predict exactly what the Boundary Commission were
:42:30. > :42:34.proposing. But I had not anticipated that this historic
:42:34. > :42:39.constituency would disappear completely. Will you fight, you
:42:39. > :42:44.could take over from Julian Lewis. You could compete with him to be
:42:44. > :42:49.the Conservative candidate. That is possible but I was clear from the
:42:49. > :42:54.outset. He is a colleague and a good friend and I do not intend to
:42:54. > :43:01.force a contest in any areas where I could do said. I do not think
:43:01. > :43:08.that is morally right. You have been given assurances. I believe I
:43:08. > :43:13.heard, no colleague left behind was a phrase? I want to do the best job
:43:13. > :43:18.I can. Have you not been promised an alternative? I have not been
:43:18. > :43:22.promised an alternative. The selection procedures in the
:43:23. > :43:28.Conservative Party are very clear. It is up to individuals to choose
:43:28. > :43:33.who they wish and not have things imposed from up above. It is not
:43:33. > :43:36.just you. People are in a difficult situation across the country are.
:43:36. > :43:43.You do not have to toe the party line because your constituency is
:43:43. > :43:46.going. I want to make sure people in my constituency have got the
:43:46. > :43:54.boys and they want. I was elected as a Conservative Member of
:43:54. > :43:58.Parliament. But when it comes to expressing the views of the people
:43:58. > :44:06.in my constituency, I am in a position where I can say what they
:44:06. > :44:12.think and make sure the Government listens. On planning guidelines,
:44:12. > :44:17.might you go against the Government line? It has upset a lot of people,
:44:17. > :44:22.particularly in rural areas of the constituency. People are concerned
:44:22. > :44:26.about what that means for the ordinary countryside. But actually
:44:26. > :44:31.it is far from ordinary and it is exceptional and beautiful. It is
:44:31. > :44:37.not protected by the green belt and national park areas and people are
:44:37. > :44:40.concerned. I will be making these points to Greg Clarke when he comes
:44:40. > :44:47.before the Select Committee and that is something I will carry on
:44:47. > :44:52.doing. Will this actually go ahead? It is a very long process and we
:44:52. > :44:58.have only seen the first draft at what they are trying to achieve.
:44:58. > :45:05.Every individual, authority and party has an opportunity to comment
:45:05. > :45:09.in the process. This might end up not being the final outcome.
:45:09. > :45:18.will you be lobbying at the meeting on Thursday and St this is not
:45:18. > :45:23.right? We have got a public inquiry in Reading and Portsmouth. It is
:45:23. > :45:29.important, particularly in the case of Romsey. They have been cleaned
:45:29. > :45:33.with the New Forest in the past. -- linked. But every single village