19/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

Increases to the national living wage could lead to a shortage

of people willing to work in the fields of Lincolnshire.

That's according to a major producer of vegetables in the county.

From April, workers over 25 will be paid at least ?7.50 an hour.

But as the rate increases, some farmers are warning that people

will turn their back on the agricultural

On this farm, workers earn up to ?15 an hour for harvesting leaks.

On this farm, workers earn up to ?15 an hour for harvesting leeks.

A pay rate nearly double the Government's national living wage -

but as the gap between the two narrows - one employer

says his workers will have less incentive to do

We need to increase rates to keep the differential

because we want to remain an attractive place to work

It is hard work and if things carry on as they are,

what we will find is that we just stop doing it.

From April - low paid workers will see an extra 30p per hour

In Lincoln, this coffee shop has plans to increase trade,

so its owner can afford the increase in wages.

I need to increase the amount of sales we have and if we grow

It has an impact but part of planning as they make sure

the impact is mitigated and so it would have an immediate

At 20 years old, Matthew Smith could be paid the minimum wage

but receives the same pay as his older colleagues.

I do think it is unfair that people don't get the same

I live on my own and the extra ?40 a month goes that bit further.

Knowing I have that little extra disposable cash than I had

in the past in previous jobs makes life easier.

Ruddocks design and print is one of nearly 30 companies in Lincoln

volunteering to pay what campaigners call the 'real living wage'

If you can't afford that you can't afford it and I don't think it's

fair to think that it's just across the board everybody should

just pay it, but I certainly think if you can afford

that it is the right thing to do and it'll only makes for better

It's expected minimum hourly rates will reach ?9 by 2020 -

whilst thousands of workers will benefit - it's feared it

could lead to a shortfall of those willing to work

An East Yorkshire MP has defended proposed changes to the way

education is funded amid claims that many schools could be worse-off.

Some Conservative MPs say they won't support changes

to the school funding formula, which one study claimed could see

the average secondary school lose the equivalent of six teachers.

But the Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart insists many

At a time of constraint, it's very difficult to do redistribution

but that is going ahead and I certainly expect

the government to go through with that, ensuring those

areas that have historically been underfunded get

My area, one of the lowest funded in the whole country,

40 out of 50 schools will see an improvement.

?7 million a year extra will go to local schools

in Beverley and Holderness and across the East Riding

Work is under way to remove the 75 foot wind turbine blade

The blade, which has been there since January,

will be transported back to the Siemens factory

Some say it will be missed once it's gone.

There are huge amount of people that don't want to see yet gone and a

movement to keep it in the city centre but we have to keep moving

forward than the blade is out and poppies will be coming in so plenty

more from that came from. Hope you've had a good weekend but

there is only one way the temperature is going for the next

few days and that is down. A couple of showers across the East Yorkshire

and Lincolnshire, quite blustery with south-westerly winds. A dry

start tomorrow morning but doesn't last, further outbreaks of rain,

some heavy. The air behind is a lot colder but brightening up lately.

Very cold and turning chilly on Tuesday and Wednesday with someone

wintry showers. That's all from us for now,

but we'll be back on the air first thing with your first bulletin

of week at 6.25 in the morning. Until then, enjoy the

rest of your evening. Good evening. There is some rain

coming into the southern half of the UK as we speak. I think by the end

of the night it will have got into the Midlands and much of East Anglia

as well. A bit of a breeze here as well. Some gusty winds and snow on

the hills of Scotland. With all of that going