Bristolians Discuss:The National Living Wage is going up, but is it enough?

Should the National Living Wage be tied more closely to the actual cost of living? Do you think it needs to be higher to better support workers?

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00:00Probably not but for small businesses it's not affordable. I do accounts for a

00:07preschool and with that and the National Insurance it's not affordable.

00:13I feel really privileged that I'm not in a position to think about that because I can't

00:18imagine how people afford to live nowadays. You know I think so many people

00:22spend over half their income on rent or mortgage or whatever. I think it's

00:27really really challenging to be able to look after yourself, your family well. I

00:32mean I think for me like eating well is such an important thing and I really

00:36value having the money to be able to do that. I know loads of people can't do that.

00:41If you are under zero line of course you are struggling.

00:47Yeah lots of people can't give their loan or if they are renting

00:55you know electric this sort of things yeah of course.