how one woman turned freebies for the famous into a multimillion dollar branding business. hello there. we start here in the uk where the government is under pressure to tackle a chronic shortage of workers when it publishes its budget next week. it is adding to wage pressures pushing up inflation and holding back economic growth. soaring childcare costs have priced many people, usually women, out of the workforce. post brexit restrictions on foreign workers have added to the problem. and many older people have simply decided they can afford to retire early. our economics editor faisal islam has the story. get back to work the economy needs you. not to be taking walks on a monday morning, but to be at work. that s one government message to people such as mike, who retired at 5a during the pandemic from managing software programmers in cambridgeshire. let s go for a walk! it s wonderful. i can t believe it s two years already, to be honest. it s absolutely flown by.