well king eric schmidt chairman of alphabet appears now to come to his senses and instead of being named in wiki leaks as an anti trump conspirator now ailes to the chief about opportunities for those who create huge very large new business opportunities for which he entrepreneurs technical talent immigration and so forth to understand he can drive america theory very positively forward it's going to happen soon during your leadership it seems that only the donald and not the e.u. can win google's sycophancy however the multinational technology company is ranked among the best for employee benefits in the united states joining me now amidst a noisy and windy british parliament is the u.k. government pensions minister baroness ross alterman after this week's big decision on pensions. thanks for well we're here in the green the bells here presumably because of the pensions announcement. surprise announcement which was so important was made just as newsrooms are talking about b.b.c.

salaries well. the announcement was due anyway it was actually supposed to happen in may but it was delayed because of the election clearly the government didn't want to announce that during the election campaign it would have been i think very wrong to hold this back in the summer because it's already said. but the fact that the government has made the decision to accept the recommendation that john kryten made to accelerate the rise in state pension age probably isn't a surprise ok so juggling the c.b.i. . had you you were the u.k.'s pension minister do you think that. david they've modeled who this is affecting demographically and depending on life expectancy so they know that basically they me they make a scottish man eligible for a pension for ten years. before he dies twelve years for

a scottish woman if you stayed with the one age approach which is based on the average life expectancy then by definition you're going to disadvantage any groups that have much lower than average life expectancy themselves and that is people who live in certain regions of the country such as parts of scotland and also people who've had certain areas where you jobs my own view is that we should be able to be more flexible in the state pension and it would be healthy for both the state pension system and for retirement itself to get away from the idea that there is one single age that you will know whether that vox that you should aim at to suddenly stop working but isn't the problem with the flexibility you're advocating that it'll cost more to work out which age group. in which region of britain should be eligible for this age old that age would pensions

a parable i'm certainly not talking about means testing the state pension or individually applying depending on your particular personal circumstances for a different type of pension there are certainly ways in which we could manage payment of state pension more flexibly than having just one minimum age indeed we already do that you can get a higher state pension if you are healthy and wealthy enough to wait longer before you start it. however that flexibility doesn't work the other way if you are certainly not healthy and you can't afford to wait until you start getting your state pension or you may die before you get it it's tough luck you can't get a penny so you could have a system where you can take a reduced pension sooner so that some fairness already. built into the system for

richer people in this country as regards today the flexibility is already built into the system for those that are healthy and wealthy enough another way in which you could manage the state pension differently and have this if you like a band of ages over which you might be able to take the pension rather than aiming for just one a each. is if you base it on the number of years of your working life for example if you've contributed to national insurance for fifty years maybe you left work at left school at sixteen maybe you should be able to get your pension at sixty six it gives them more options of course it's important to control the costs of state pension and i'm not disputing the fact that there's great news out there most people will be able to live longer and generally can stay healthy. i mean i'm not sure why you can reach and the former head of the c.b.i. to do that it was

a legal requirement from the twenty fourteen pension funds that would be why then ok so why are we even talking about raising pension ages because of life expectancy given up until quite recently we were told we should be reducing the pension age because of the high tech economy that was the issue what happened to all of the idea that people should aspire to early retirement actually is something that i think led us in very much the wrong direction because if people stop work and if you've got an aging population as we do with fewer people in the younger generations coming behind them in the context of a play as you go state pension system where the young people of today pay for the old people of today then you will make the system on affordable again or that that seems sensible but gary coleman's people are already looking into this idea of universal basic income stopping pensions perhaps completely. that's where the real

thinking is should be being done not this idea that we have to work out different areas and different ages for pension eligibility and as you say the demographic time bomb i'm absolutely not in favor of working out different types of pension depending on where you live or depending on your cooking is demographic time i'm talking about giving people a choice to take that pension early. or later it was a real choice they only have a choice to take it later the other thing i think it's important to say is that. generally called in and the labor party's manifesto for this election was that we should never increase the state pension age beyond sixty six now labor introduced the age of sixty eight in its legislation in two thousand and seven we can all be full cauldron of course correct and we can't expect younger generations to be able

to fund here extra costs that we will be talking about one hundred fifty billion also ok i mean obviously you are tory benj the minister but on a bipartisan matter all the compass is a left leaning thank you also a political statement but it is a pensions policy state which is it called the compass think things as a transitional system and universal basic income will read eight billion pounds a year plus existing means tested benefits is no warmer than that side of politics so what are the new liberal politics thinking about this means of pension provision rather than. the way that you were thinking about all of them and the flat rate state pension was originally conceived as the idea of some kind of citizens' pension so as of right every person beyond a particular age would be entitled to a particular basic level of income flat rate and not that it wouldn't be a means tested top. we're told it would be the income that you would receive by

virtue of reaching a particular age now the universe is basically income extends that concept to everyone of the working age all together as well nevertheless i still think that this whole idea of people having a particular level of income. related only to age or to some kind of contribution is probably going to be a more sustainable way of running the economy the problem very often with the sort of universal basic income i'm not ruling it out and i think it's definitely worth exploring but it wouldn't be i think a sustainable system is that there will always be people who will come along as a special case and they'll need a bit extra for this and they'll need a bit extra for that and so the concept of the basic income starts very well and

then gradually over time you end up getting back to the situation we're trying to get away from right now so i'm not saying the current system is ideal and it may be worth looking at possible alternatives but one needs to be very careful about being seduced into thinking this is all very simple and that's it what you've done that the whole system will be sorted and then disappointed that the report that you commission didn't look into these aspects of a future won't you most we have another review next parliament the law says that it is every politician at least every five years state pension policy needs to be reviewed i do hope that in the next review these issues will be looked at more seriously and i'm particularly believe that that's going to be essential because what i'll state pension system still doesn't do and we haven't really talked about this at all. is cater for. supporting millions of people as

they get older in the twenty first century we have a welfare state and a welfare system which was designed by beveridge in the 1940's and at that time they believed and that was the case that in general when you reached retirement you needed some kind of basic income to help you through the years when you're not working in the twenty first century now retirement is likely to be very different for a big section of the population so our national insurance system needs to take account of social care the fact that at the end very end of their lives a number of older people a significant proportion and it could even get to one in two of all the people i'm older wanted to of women who are going to be unable to live independently and other banks need more income to support themselves in their advanced old the state

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welcome back with the mainstream really brought to a standstill over state mandated salaries of the b.b.c. where an actor playing in the skin and up to three hundred thousand pounds more than a nurse on the n.h.s. has strike action in the past twenty four hours being purposely squashed under the weight of celebrity paychecks well here is going underground senior producer pete bennett reporting on some of the week's news. on the sunscreen and come and join us by the political poolside with a cocktail cherry pick stories to quench your thirst for the truth but well not all of us can kick back on vacation this summer british politicians have jet set it on forty eight of one hundred twenty days off leaving the how did halls of westminster and the naughty bits raise inmates manifesto promises so in the spirit escaping the desktop of foreign shores here at the diplomatic and don'ts of travel to so. at

this year's most controversial destinations stop one and all tours the creator of the european union headquarters of nato military alliance brussels where based on the case head rep for brics it's david davis you probably spend more than an hour run the go sheet and table if you're looking for a bargain down the market and a quick one to travel advice or is remember to pack your notes especially there might be a language barrier or a couple of trade barriers oh and don't get caught out like prime minister netanyahu forgot to turn off his might when criticizing the one stop suit the revolutionary cityscape of paris where the newly elected muck wrong and big on general dva have clashed in a public gridlock over stairs he calls the france's nato affiliated army a seasoned traveler himself the now former head of the east second largest armed forces so it matters into his own hands resigning in a flurry of criticism directed directly at the french president mind this french so if it rains on your parade makes you all thick skinned as even the don't know now

thinks nato is becoming obsolete next a slight detour routes a capsule hill washington d.c. so brace yourself we saw three storm dong a disorderly swirl of hot air said to be threatening the united states of america yet as president trump sets off a seismic shift and in the covert cia program anti assad rebels in syria signs of a sneaky undercurrent of multibillion dollar defense contracts being pushed through u.s. congress may go unnoticed so have your wits about you when abroad as you might run into characters like this one this is spending baltimore police officer who's caught in his own body camera planting drugs that led to an eventual arrest. number four on the whistle stop tour is a country where allegedly fourteen process the space execution saudi arabia so what you'll step is even the u.k. foreign office is a voice against travel within ten kilometers of the yemeni. borda no mention there

of the u.k. de facto about conflicts into tens of thousands of civilians contracting cholera although they do state yemeni passengers flying to jordan have to provide disease free certificates so make sure you carry your credentials or you might not even get off the ground like a flight containing british journalist who allegedly stalked by the saudi that coalition from entering yemen now on to the travel update sure to be full of delays and disputes in the case of british airways versus the cabin crew is it business over economy as five thousand workers go and strike of what they've called poverty pay an average of sixty thousand pounds a year which is around five first class flights and british airways luxury dreamliner yet despite the cabin pressure rising being a of said they've made an offer which was rejected by their employees maybe it's on the airline was once again you nationalized next up on the gender gap chancellor philip hammond versus trains the public backlash over the tory m.p. saying even a woman can drive a train like the controversial eight just to line faces similar criticism for

a lack of common sense was spiralling cost to the taxpayer of two point three billion pounds around the same as the n.h.s. deficit before any troops have been laid people's homes and communities are in the threat of being torn down so that the high speed rail way can get you from birmingham manchester quicker i'm finally drivers versus parliament with a shocking report insisting london bus drivers can work sixteen hours straight so despite twenty five boss related deaths in the past two years is it time they joined hundreds of moped drivers who left the vehicles in the road being trafficked to a standstill to protest the government's handling of the recent attacks in london all the disabled protesters denouncing brutal tourist areas he calls to clash with police outside the houses of parliament well with progress in like a runaway train will make sure to catch it all by going on the ground. see the british would be better that their report. in this week's buried news today

the president of india pranab mukherjee steps down from the role he's held since twenty twelve one m.p. who has just begun his role in the british parliament is damage eating desks and he's calling for an inquiry into a british back to trustee of the golden temple in india or at least its alleged he is the first turban seeking in the european parliament these maidens we just smashed through what he called a glass ceiling in british politics. going on the show congratulations reception your maiden speech got a lot of coverage you said that your constituency is one of the highest rates of homelessness male nutrition in the country how do you think that squares with dres amazing we've never had more people and we're. very vibrant very diverse. is just west of london close to heathrow it is a major business hub with several corporate and start up headquarters there however as you rightly pointed out it is juxtaposed next to issues about malnutrition about

child nutrition in the twenty first century yes and that is something that as you said it doesn't quite square up with the theresa may and her statements and that's why you know there are so many people who are all having to go to food banks in order to ensure that they actually feed their children that they lead adequate lives so i don't think the conservative government dealing with just about managing some might argue that your party or it's not me people who didn't vote for you or maybe for any party the general election would have said that your party is the one synonymous with privatisation hospitals you have a schools cozying up with the rich in the city of london and that alone the killing when you go displacing of tens of millions of people because they are. fully agree with that presentation in terms of privatisation you know our party. propose.

privatization if anything it is labor that is actually fighting off in the continued backdoor privatisation of the n.h.s. or of our public service we know that historically under blair and brown it was and if we look at under the last labor government. millions and billions were invested into the public services to ensure that we had the shortest waiting lists ever on our energy and so forth you know you were driving contractors into hospitals you were at p.f. i contracted it costing the taxpayer always bringing private capital out of the n.h.s. it wasn't meant as it is being used today in terms of you know a wholesale privatisation you know bit by bit you know where huge contracts million pound contracts are going to huge private medical health care companies who by the action many of whom just happen to be lodged tory party donors but if one believes that some say that blair and brown were as to fat sure tell me about this

independent inquiry you are calling for over sounds like a mad conspiracy. maybe the s.a.'s operation blue star is right for many of the views they may not be aware that in one thousand nine hundred four there was an attack on the golden temple in amritsar in the punjab state in india we were never aware of any involvement of the british government or any advisory capacity except it was only after the thirty year rule when documents became apparent it was a lot of good work done by a journey such as film a film and a lot of good work done by the labor m.p. tom watson another is to actually bring this out into the wider to maine and since then seek organizations and british sikhs in particular have been demanding an independent inquiry to establish the extent of the then thatcher government's involvement. in that attack in amritsar so that the likes of myself also been calling for it and i was very very pleased that jeremy corbyn tom watson. and the

labor party actually included that within the manifesto within the labor party manifesto in the twenty seventeen election we were very happy with and juxtapose next to that action is the fact that the conservatives whether it was under the cameron government whether it's under the current to raise them a government they are simply brushing it under the carpet because they don't want to uncover the extent of that by having full disclosure on the issues well i mean that's your allegation angelina jolie's great friend the former you gave foreign secretary william a is on the record for saying that u.k. assistance for the attack or massacre at the golden temple in a murder was just in a purely advisory or if it was in a purely advisory capacity then why don't we have full disclosure you know that that will establish the extent of that because you know there are thousands of people victims who would want to know the truth you know there are millions of seats around the world thousands because the initial death number was five seven five understand then the hague said three thousand court in the crossfire of what

actually happened in the golden temple and pursuant to that as well there were thousands killed on that occasion but if you look at the programs you know in the genocide there after which by the way is genocide is not my word even the indian home minister has used the fact that it was a genocide and we need a separate issue altogether and that's something you know what what i am concentrating on is to try to get an independent inquiry as the labor party has demanded as well that the government needs to come clean the only way that we can deliver justice to the affected and also to the millions of sikhs and the hundreds of thousands of sikhs within britain who are think very much in support of that the moment genocide it's quite a big word it comes to you. regulators anyone who disagrees welcome to send an email to this said action that was the word used by the indian home minister as well as of a later government you said in your maiden speech that you took this job with humility you were proud to be elected to the british parliament. it feel like to be

in a parliament where the government is in power because it gave a billion pounds to one section of the country proud to be in the parliament very very proud to be in the british parliament which is the most diverse parliament ever we're in more women more thick minorities more and more people with disabilities have been elected than ever before but as you very rightly pointed out if one billion pounds can be found from the magic money tree to help out the good people of northern ireland that is not fair on the people of people in other parts of the u.k. where this all sterile these cuts are having a devastating impact on local communities and that is why food bank usage not just in our but in other parts of the country has increased from a forty one thousand during the labor government to now it is over more than one million people are dependent on food banks and having volunteered in food banks i know just just how important a role that they're playing in today's modern britain and that is why you know if

funds can be found for northern ireland that i'm sure that is faced with more than fifty four million pounds worth of cuts to its own council its own public service is more than twelve million pound cuts to our schools then we need some of that money as well thank you very much because you know the government says we have to pay off a lot of the bank bankers in the city of london that's why your in other places have to rely on action or i would strongly. condemn such statements because the austerity is ideologically driven it is not a necessity it is tory ideology coming to the fore so you know for the last seven years we were told by now that they know the deficit would be eliminated would be coming down etc etc the government has failed on its very own parameters and the parameters that were set up in order to be an economically very well managed government and it's failed on that so that is why i think it needs a labor. to bring hope and prosperity for everybody shared for everybody and that's

why all the mantra during the election was for the many not just a few. thank you for the show we're back on wednesday when we go to the a role and they place exhibition in london this week and activists in the privatization of public. buildings the pressures of media if you will just sixty four years to the day of the beginning of the cuban revolution the failed. attack but by fidel and raul castro and against the u.s. backed dictatorship. you can revolt against the dictator but what about the day after i think we as libyan people did not give much thought about facts and so they waged. the resolution does not build nations. and certainly does not build states.

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