00:00 Welcome to the Verdict on the Street, the show that listens to its audience.
00:06 We're going to take some of the hottest topics out onto the streets of Britain
00:10 to ask you what you think of them.
00:13 In a world that seems full of experts,
00:15 sometimes it's the opinions of the people on the street that really matter.
00:19 So, Great British Public, it's over to you.
00:22 We send our reporters out into a number of cities across the UK
00:26 armed only with a camera and a microphone to ask simply
00:29 what do you think?
00:31 This week, we ask you.
00:34 This week, we ask you.
00:37 Do we value teachers enough?
00:40 What are the worst places to park in your city?
00:44 And should supermarkets be forced to publish their profit margins for fuel sales?
00:50 The latest official data has revealed that the number of teaching positions
00:54 going unfilled has more than doubled in the last three years.
00:58 As many leave the position for good.
01:01 What do you think? Do we value teachers enough?
01:05 I think someone's teachers are leaving their profession
01:10 because sometimes they've been students themselves.
01:14 Sometimes they can be disrespectful.
01:17 And some teachers do want their students to learn.
01:20 And sometimes they don't show, like, what would I say?
01:26 They don't show any interest in what they want to do.
01:29 And sometimes it's how much they're being paid,
01:32 the workload can be the issue.
01:35 Well, probably pay and workload.
01:41 It's just a classic problem.
01:43 It's teachers don't really get paid enough for what they do.
01:47 I don't think any profession really does in Britain
01:49 just because we've had such bad productivity growth
01:53 over the past 10 years.
01:55 So it's the tricky ones at best,
01:57 because obviously that means more tax.
01:59 But I think in the end, it's got to have to be higher wages.
02:02 I know particularly of one teacher who had a child threatening to kill her.
02:10 This is in a primary school.
02:11 And she called the parents in, and the parents' response was,
02:15 "Well, you shouldn't have wound him up."
02:17 So based on that sort of information,
02:20 I'm not surprised that they are leaving and not wanting to stay.
02:24 And I don't think it's the money particularly.
02:27 I think it's the conditions that they've got to work under.
02:30 Children come to school and they're not toilet trained,
02:33 they can't eat properly.
02:35 I think teachers have got it, just in my opinion,
02:38 in relatively quite-- not easy per se,
02:41 because there are definitely challenging aspects of the job.
02:45 There is no way that I could deal with, like, 30, 40 kids
02:50 if I got across multiple classrooms.
02:52 But when you think about it, they do have October half-terms,
02:58 there's the Easter half-term, obviously there's the six weeks of summer,
03:01 which you don't get in most other professions, really.
03:04 I actually have a couple of friends who are teachers.
03:07 I'm only 22, so quite a few of them are just getting into teaching.
03:11 And they really enjoy it, but they are very stressed out.
03:16 It takes a lot out of them, both emotionally and physically.
03:19 Especially one of them, she's an SEN department head,
03:22 so she's really going through it at the moment.
03:25 One of the things my parents say is, "Oh, they get so many holidays,"
03:28 but at the end of the day, it is such an emotionally draining role.
03:33 So yeah, I think they are valued, but they could always use more appreciation.
03:36 There's a school that they're shutting at 140 on Fridays
03:40 to try and give teachers a bit more time.
03:42 Do you think something like that would be a good idea?
03:45 No.
03:46 Why not?
03:47 Because kids need to be at school until at least five
03:51 so that parents can equally work hard and then pick up their kids.
03:56 That's what I think.
03:58 And then, sorry, just quickly again,
04:00 do you think teachers are valued enough in our society?
04:03 They are not valued enough.
04:05 To give them the right amount of money that they deserve
04:08 and the hours that they work,
04:10 because teachers don't always stop at three o'clock.
04:13 They have to carry on and plan the next day or plan the next week.
04:18 And especially if they're in senior schools,
04:21 it's living up to the curriculum that they put forward.
04:25 Well, to be honest with you, the society is made of children.
04:29 They're all out of hand, there's no discipline.
04:31 They've got a hard job.
04:33 I'm not saying they came back or, you know, this, that and the other.
04:36 Pay them a decent living wage, basically,
04:40 and give them more incentives.
04:43 It pays to be educated, we all know that, right?
04:46 But also, you've got to put a bit of discipline into the kids
04:50 by taking away the things that they want,
04:52 like, you know, their mobile phones in class and this, that and the other.
04:56 Bring your uniforms back.
04:57 Let's not make it Americanised, where everyone's going, like, you know,
05:01 with big eyelashes and earrings and, you know, doing all this sort of things.
05:05 The issue of bad parking on streets and pavements in the UK
05:09 is becoming increasingly problematic,
05:11 prompting various cities to take action.
05:14 It does beg the question,
05:16 what is the most difficult place to park in your part of the world?
05:20 I think parking in Leeds is becoming a nightmare.
05:23 I, today, would come by train or I would come by bus
05:26 with the two-pound singles that are now involved.
05:30 No-go areas, I would say, one thing that has massively changed
05:34 is the entrance in from Bridgewater Place off the M621.
05:37 I think people are so used to coming in from the city centre
05:40 and going under the train station, and you just can't do that anymore,
05:43 so people are getting there and kind of going, "Ah, where do I go?"
05:46 And you've got to end up going round the whole ring road.
05:49 So I think that can be a nightmare.
05:51 But parking, generally, I think it is just harder
05:53 cos a lot of the big flatbed car parks have all gone.
05:56 Some people who are disabled or some people who are heavy or carrying
06:00 should not be able to pass through, you know, to move freely.
06:03 So, I think it's a bit of a no-go.
06:05 But parking, like Burley, Kirkstow, and if you're willing to get a bus,
06:09 which only costs £2, you'll still save you money that way.
06:12 But there are some free parking spots in Sunday, I know that,
06:15 cos some areas of Leeds are free.
06:17 But, yeah, parking in the city centre is a nightmare sometimes.
06:20 There are spaces, it's just a bit expensive.
06:22 Around Chinatown...
06:25 ..because the policing is not as it should be...
06:29 Well, first of all, I'm going to tell you about the road.
06:32 A lot of them really have to go back and take the test.
06:35 First of all, during parking time.
06:38 A lot of them have to go back and take the test
06:40 to find if they can really drive.
06:42 Parking around, by me, has been quite...
06:44 I live in an area called Bearwood, it's quite densely populated.
06:48 So if we're not kind of based on permit parking,
06:51 there's a lot of crowded roads,
06:53 which is not great for kids' safety going to school.
06:56 But I also know now there's an increase in houses
06:59 of multiple occupancy with multiple cars.
07:02 So it is a challenge, kind of,
07:04 being able to park your car in the residential areas,
07:06 but also the challenges of coming into the city centre to park
07:09 and the options and the cost are increasingly encouraging me to,
07:13 yeah, use public transport, think differently,
07:15 but when I've got people that need that assistive way of working,
07:18 it becomes quite a costly affair to park in the city.
07:21 Worst place to park?
07:23 I don't drive, so I don't know, really, but I...
07:27 I have no idea, really.
07:29 When I'm with my daughter, we drive round and round and round
07:32 looking for parking spaces, yes, so it's a nightmare.
07:36 Westbury-on-Trim is my worst one.
07:40 And now it's...
07:44 ..Stoke Lane in...
07:51 ..towards Falkingdale Road is bad.
07:57 Can you tell me why they're bad?
07:59 There's insufficient areas for people to park
08:05 for the number of shops.
08:07 I think it would kill this village.
08:09 I think it would kill the village.
08:11 I think that... I think part of the thing that people have got,
08:14 it's free parking here and they can go and shop and things,
08:18 I think it would kill the village.
08:20 Concerns over rising petrol prices at UK supermarkets
08:25 have intensified, with motorists feeling the financial strain.
08:29 Supermarkets, traditionally known for competitive fuel prices,
08:34 now average around £1.50 per litre for unleaded petrol.
08:39 Should supermarkets be forced to publish their profit margins
08:42 for fuel sales?
08:44 Should supermarkets be forced to publish their profit margins
08:48 for fuel sales? Of course they should.
08:50 Yeah, yeah. I think everyone should, you know, like...
08:53 I don't... I really agree with that.
08:56 I think everyone should reduce what they're making, you know,
09:01 profit-wise, because...
09:03 And they should be able to give something back
09:05 to the customer that's using it every day.
09:08 Especially, like, companies who give people...
09:11 ..fuel cards in order to run their business.
09:16 I think something should come back out of that.
09:19 You've got fuel prices that are...
09:21 Puts the prices of everything else up, doesn't it?
09:24 So, yeah, the lower they can get them,
09:27 the lower the cost of living will be.
09:30 Have you had to change your driving, or, you know, drive less,
09:33 or filling up habits amidst the rising cost of petrol?
09:36 No, me, personally, I don't, no, no.
09:39 When you go from A to B, you know,
09:41 it's not going to go any journeys, really.
09:43 Can I go to B and Q?
09:45 I believe that they should produce their project markets,
09:49 because then it would help people to understand, like,
09:52 why...why the gas is going up so high,
09:56 or what's the reason for the high prices as well.
10:00 People who own cars tend to be...
10:04 There's exceptions, but they tend to be better off
10:06 than people who don't drive.
10:08 To be honest, I don't count myself in the category of, like, you know,
10:11 people who are actually struggling,
10:13 but lots of people who rely on public transport are,
10:16 and they haven't benefited from, like, freezing fuel duty
10:19 in the way that drivers have for a long time.
10:21 There's one where, to be honest, it's not...
10:23 I don't think it's the most important issue
10:26 in terms of transport costs.
10:28 No, not really, because, like,
10:32 not everything that you buy is publicised,
10:34 so I don't think that Asda should oversize their profit margins.
10:37 Like, there are other options other than Asda
10:39 that you can buy from if you don't like how expensive they are,
10:42 so...
10:43 Yes, but not just for fuel sales, for everything.
10:46 You know, we're in a cost-of-living crisis,
10:49 and the supermarkets are making larger profits
10:52 than they've ever done before. That doesn't make sense.
10:54 Why don't you think it makes sense?
10:56 Because we're all paying more,
10:59 and the supermarkets are making more profit
11:02 than they've ever done before.
11:04 That shouldn't be happening.
11:06 Yeah, yeah.
11:07 Shouldn't be any secrecy or anything.
11:11 Can you tell me why?
11:13 Well, um...
11:15 Yeah.
11:16 When things are heading like that,
11:19 we're not living in a proper democracy.
11:21 Have you had to change your driving or filling up habits
11:24 because of the increase in fuel?
11:26 Um...
11:28 Let's say I'm more aware of, um...
11:31 ..of where I'm driving and how much fuel I'm...
11:35 ..how much a tank of fuel is costing.
11:38 I'm doing much less driving than I used to.
11:41 I don't need to go long distances or anything.
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