:00:11. > :00:14.Increases to the national living wage could lead to a shortage
:00:15. > :00:16.of people willing to work in the fields of Lincolnshire.
:00:17. > :00:19.That's according to a major producer of vegetables in the county.
:00:20. > :00:22.From April, workers over 25 will be paid at least ?7.50 an hour.
:00:23. > :00:25.But as the rate increases, some farmers are warning that people
:00:26. > :00:26.will turn their back on the agricultural
:00:27. > :00:42.On this farm, workers earn up to ?15 an hour for harvesting leaks.
:00:43. > :00:45.On this farm, workers earn up to ?15 an hour for harvesting leeks.
:00:46. > :00:48.A pay rate nearly double the Government's national living wage -
:00:49. > :00:50.but as the gap between the two narrows - one employer
:00:51. > :00:53.says his workers will have less incentive to do
:00:54. > :00:56.We need to increase rates to keep the differential
:00:57. > :00:58.because we want to remain an attractive place to work
:00:59. > :01:03.It is hard work and if things carry on as they are,
:01:04. > :01:10.what we will find is that we just stop doing it.
:01:11. > :01:13.From April - low paid workers will see an extra 30p per hour
:01:14. > :01:18.In Lincoln, this coffee shop has plans to increase trade,
:01:19. > :01:24.so its owner can afford the increase in wages.
:01:25. > :01:27.I need to increase the amount of sales we have and if we grow
:01:28. > :01:33.It has an impact but part of planning as they make sure
:01:34. > :01:37.the impact is mitigated and so it would have an immediate
:01:38. > :01:42.At 20 years old, Matthew Smith could be paid the minimum wage
:01:43. > :01:46.but receives the same pay as his older colleagues.
:01:47. > :01:50.I do think it is unfair that people don't get the same
:01:51. > :01:58.I live on my own and the extra ?40 a month goes that bit further.
:01:59. > :02:01.Knowing I have that little extra disposable cash than I had
:02:02. > :02:04.in the past in previous jobs makes life easier.
:02:05. > :02:06.Ruddocks design and print is one of nearly 30 companies in Lincoln
:02:07. > :02:11.volunteering to pay what campaigners call the 'real living wage'
:02:12. > :02:21.If you can't afford that you can't afford it and I don't think it's
:02:22. > :02:24.fair to think that it's just across the board everybody should
:02:25. > :02:26.just pay it, but I certainly think if you can afford
:02:27. > :02:30.that it is the right thing to do and it'll only makes for better
:02:31. > :02:34.It's expected minimum hourly rates will reach ?9 by 2020 -
:02:35. > :02:39.whilst thousands of workers will benefit - it's feared it
:02:40. > :02:41.could lead to a shortfall of those willing to work
:02:42. > :02:51.An East Yorkshire MP has defended proposed changes to the way
:02:52. > :02:54.education is funded amid claims that many schools could be worse-off.
:02:55. > :02:56.Some Conservative MPs say they won't support changes
:02:57. > :02:58.to the school funding formula, which one study claimed could see
:02:59. > :03:01.the average secondary school lose the equivalent of six teachers.
:03:02. > :03:03.But the Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart insists many
:03:04. > :03:15.At a time of constraint, it's very difficult to do redistribution
:03:16. > :03:18.but that is going ahead and I certainly expect
:03:19. > :03:20.the government to go through with that, ensuring those
:03:21. > :03:21.areas that have historically been underfunded get
:03:22. > :03:28.My area, one of the lowest funded in the whole country,
:03:29. > :03:30.40 out of 50 schools will see an improvement.
:03:31. > :03:33.?7 million a year extra will go to local schools
:03:34. > :03:36.in Beverley and Holderness and across the East Riding
:03:37. > :03:44.Work is under way to remove the 75 foot wind turbine blade
:03:45. > :03:47.The blade, which has been there since January,
:03:48. > :03:49.will be transported back to the Siemens factory
:03:50. > :04:05.Some say it will be missed once it's gone.
:04:06. > :04:10.There are huge amount of people that don't want to see yet gone and a
:04:11. > :04:15.movement to keep it in the city centre but we have to keep moving
:04:16. > :04:16.forward than the blade is out and poppies will be coming in so plenty
:04:17. > :04:27.more from that came from. Hope you've had a good weekend but
:04:28. > :04:31.there is only one way the temperature is going for the next
:04:32. > :04:35.few days and that is down. A couple of showers across the East Yorkshire
:04:36. > :04:40.and Lincolnshire, quite blustery with south-westerly winds. A dry
:04:41. > :04:46.start tomorrow morning but doesn't last, further outbreaks of rain,
:04:47. > :04:50.some heavy. The air behind is a lot colder but brightening up lately.
:04:51. > :04:51.Very cold and turning chilly on Tuesday and Wednesday with someone
:04:52. > :04:52.wintry showers. That's all from us for now,
:04:53. > :04:55.but we'll be back on the air first thing with your first bulletin
:04:56. > :04:58.of week at 6.25 in the morning. Until then, enjoy the
:04:59. > :05:13.rest of your evening. Good evening. There is some rain
:05:14. > :05:17.coming into the southern half of the UK as we speak. I think by the end
:05:18. > :05:21.of the night it will have got into the Midlands and much of East Anglia
:05:22. > :05:26.as well. A bit of a breeze here as well. Some gusty winds and snow on
:05:27. > :05:28.the hills of Scotland. With all of that going