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The cost of food is soaring, the bills are coming in and there could be another toddler in Jo's group at nursery. Ten little hands for her two. Has any of these government-types ever tried looking after five young children, all in nappies, for twelve hours straight?

Writer and comedian Amy Mason creates a fictional response to a story in this week's news.

This week, despite the upheaval in Whitehall, the cost of living crisis continues. The government has outlined new proposals to bring down the cost of childcare, one of which is to increase the ratios of children to staff. Latest UN reports on food prices and food security, out this week, suggest it's all going in the wrong direction. How does all this translate into life on the ground for a nursery nurse?

Amy Mason is an award-winning playwright and performer based in Bristol. Her five-star-reviewed autobiographical show 'The Islanders' won the 2013 Ideas Tap/Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe Fund and was lauded as a 'must see' show in The Stage. Amy also writes for television, is an award-winning novelist and a stand-up comedian, putting outsider women at the centre of her stories.

"Tonight we discovered a genius called Amy Mason….Find her. Watch her." Dawn O’Porter

Producer Mary Ward-Lowery