Help! We Need a Builder: Britain's Skills Shortage
It's estimated the UK needs nearly a million new recruits in trades and construction over the next decade. At the same time demand is soaring, creating a perfect storm which threatens homeowners, businesses and the national economy. So why are we in this situation and what can be done about it? Reporter Michelle Ackerley has been finding out.
More from Season 26
Episode 1
Can Your Diet Defeat Ageing?
As we live longer than ever before, Hayley Hassall reports on what we should consume to age well and head into our later years looking and feeling as good as possible.
Episode 2
Pharmacies: The New NHS Frontline?
Pharmacies see around 1.6 million people a day, but it is estimated that an average of eight are closing a week and they are at their lowest number since 2015. Meanwhile, demand is rising and they are being asked to do more by the Government to take pressure off a stretched NHS. So is the pharmacy sector in crisis, and what does the future hold for these cornerstones of the community? Paul Brand reports.
Episode 3
Keir Starmer: Up Close
In the first of two programmes about the leaders of the UK's two largest political parties - the men most likely to be Prime Minister after a probable election later this year, Anushka Asthana follows Labour's Keir Starmer. Asthana finds out what drives him, what his vision for Britain is and what keeps him awake at night.
Episode 4
Mr Bates vs the Post Office: The Drama That Shocked Britain
Paul Brand reports on the impact of the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office and asks why justice for postal workers affected has taken so long.
Episode 5
Who Cares for Our Carers?
With unpaid carers in England and Wales are providing care worth an estimated 162 billion pounds a year - the equivalent of a second NHS - Lindsey Burrow, who is an unpaid carer, finds out what the cost is to those who take on the responsibility.
Episode 6
Rishi Sunak: Up Close
ITV's Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana follows Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. Tonight's cameras are given exclusive behind-the-scenes access inside Downing Street capturing him at work and at home.
