even more discouraging there it turns out that world war 2 was started by germany and the soviet union it wasn't russia but france that took the brunt of it and in fact the u.s.s.r. didn't liberate the europe from hitler but occupied it it feels like the author either knows nothing about history or he does and wants to rewrite it all that makes those old how would movies that were made during the war seem even more remarkable american audience was presented with a totally different picture of the world and the soviet union back that in the next 30 minutes we'll learn how history has been written and rewritten through american cinema. in 1903 at the high profile world war 2 the united states released mission to moscow a film about a visit to the u.s.s.r. by american ambassador joseph davis who was splayed by actor walter houston. your excellency now welcome you to the soviet union in the name of my government

thank you. the u.s. ambassador arrives in the u.s. sorry harboring a degree of skepticism but on the whole what he sees there and what millions of american movie goers saw along with them breaks all the stereotypes about the soviet government of those times we keep experimenting to find ways to increase our efficiency what kind of effect is this that looks different from the rest yesterday even though. it can usually be compared to. the american film might even make the u.s.s.r. look better than soviet propaganda pictures or books and we see modern army work in factories and friendly people who speak fluent english. oh how proud i would be if i could do that well it's russian perhaps someday we shall all speak the same language if the wood producer even flirted with the idea of making a film like this they'd probably be branded as crazy but it was still possible back in the 940 s.

this is one of my favorite parts an aide tells of the american ambassador mr davis we need to check your office and this is why the higher rank an american diplomat tells us and stop gossiping and stop listening to it we're here in a sense as guests of the soviet government not going to believe that they trust the united states to find until a prove otherwise and mazing. in fact the film a semi documentary it was based on a book written by a master davis himself so we're not talking about a fictional diplomat here but a very real one who was so impressed with the soviet government that it seems he was ready to forgive a lot. of water source i q do. you wish to figure. out a time to folks. you know thank you. thank you. c.e.o. who do plenty of i believe said that history will record you as

a great builder for the benefit of mankind it is not my mr davies a 5 year plans were conceived and carried out by the people themselves again this is how we would this isn't soviet propaganda the movie itself. is the purge trials that were taking place in the soviet union it's really apologies for the stalin this government but that was acceptable in 1943 you could do that another hollywood film from the time the north star depicts liason a soviet collective farm on the eve of the war the american audience doesn't hear a word about collectivization or the dispossession of independent farmers. the soviet thousands look well fat and are so happy they sing at the end of their work day. was the filmmakers even went to the trouble of translating the lyrics of a famous salvias song why it is my motherland and made american children learned by

heart. i. was. the north star it was produced by samuel goldwyn co-founder of one of hollywood's most successful film companies goldman mayer. but understand why a famous american producer shot such a blatantly propagandistic picture we need to go to the archives of the library of congress where a document from the so-called office of for information of the united states is still stored. more information was established in 1942 by the roosevelt administration was basically a propaganda effort. limited time to get its legal residents

a new sense in it and they did it because you split it into. franklin roosevelt knew that if he wanted to actually turn american public opinion into supporting the war and even more so in supporting our soviet allies during the war he was going to need to use hollywood. live a little because going to davis cup water that passes. for family always. in profile down the door they need to. do is cheat is a new feeling. and. i think. sometimes the officer for information commission how they would musical comedies like this is the army which were intended to increase the prestige of military

service and raise the morale of soldiers fighting overseas one of the roles in that film was played by a young actor named ronald reagan the future president of the united states. i've missed you too plenty. of thing i'd like to explain. that there were other orders that weren't so benevolent in 1942 after pearl harbor president roosevelt ordered the forced relocation of 120000 japanese people from the west coast of the united states is hard to believe but in those years japanese americans were simply put in buses and sent to specially created internment camps in u.s. territory the office of for information was staffed with providing media to support this monstrous initiative. japanese fishermen had every opportunity to

watch the movement of our ships. japanese farmers were living close to. the propaganda that the japanese really are going to be act on behalf of the japanese government has sabotaged the war effort and put arsenic in american food and blow up the defense so that it was none of that with you after the war information produced various documentaries defending this practice. but the office issued very different instructions concerning the u.s.s.r. the soviet union was to be portrayed as a friend of them. in distress. in the north star in the soviet presence peaceful life is interrupted by the not seen beijing.

after the germans captured the village they begin taking the children's blood for transfusions for their wounded soldiers. the north star was nominated for 6 academy awards and 944 according to declassified documents the office so for information and that its contribution to building a positive image of russia. in this presentation of the suffering and courage of the russians will shown that the strength of russia lies in its people who are willing to give their lives to keep their countrymen from fascist slavery and to ensure a free world football man. nonetheless the office did ask hollywood to make if he edits to the script 1st to emphasize that the ideologies of the u.s.s.r. and germany were completely different and this is why the conflict broke out and

secondly show through the young characteristics that the u.s. and russia can work together when peace comes. it was not an accurate portrayal of pain even if you've the imagination or however they did follow the day of washington and. propaganda of propaganda bill including major hollywood of the time. another pro soviet film released by hollywood during the war years called days of glory tells the story of a detachment of soviet partisans the group's leader was played by biting. nollywood actor gregory peck. gregory pack was the brad pitt of the 19 fifties and sixties he starred alongside our do we have burning roman holidays in 1953 and in 1962 pack won an oscar for his

performance as atticus finch in the adaptation of the cult american novel to kill a mockingbird but the sex symbol and a least star was still an unknown actor back in the 940 s. he's debut rolled in hollywood was as a solvent partisan later named lattimer or a surrogate are you a guy. thank you next stop on the spot west new diminished of gold the better man i will run leave then it would be less than that sell a syria bus with a propagandist you cross that it's got to you know. your your part not really with the serious we had to change america thinking about the soviets and we did so successfully it wasn't only hollywood that participated in the campaign to improve the soviet union's image leading newspapers and magazines were also involved here for example is what the american media wrote about lattimer lenin in those years

well below doesn't buy chortle to the greatest level of more than a time. somebody's mere lists you want spaza still sort of mean all of. a book timely in you can be too many laws to suit but instead it will buy gold and there are no been the suited me alone. new york times and that was the sentiment during the war that the soviets were brave her roic in resisting the nazis and so we downplayed the crimes of stalin and the repressive aspects in all of american writing or propaganda during the war including in the hollywood films that's going to change of course after the war once the cold war begins with the onset of the cold war the task became more difficult now they needed to find a way to explain to americans that our soviet friends were friends no more and in fact they were now animists they also have to imply that some of the things that

had been shown about them previously were not entirely true. no proof. no shots. actually. well stress no arrests. quench your thirst for action. is fair to say many of the protesters on the streets of america want social justice nominally speaking that's a positive message the problem is how that message is translated into concrete political demands and when it happens if you don't agree with those call it in its

. nuclear become a battleground in the us in vermont people are demanding the shutdown of a local plant from my yankee is right now my focus because it's a very dangerous oh no claire power plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on where's the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is or how or lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in very real ways our struggle on r.t. . for a merger would. not mean. order

. for your. entry control of ski was the 1st soviet filmmaker to leave for. wow that would be for the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . in 989 to the next comedy starring sylvester stallone and kurt russell called tango and cash by that time he'd already realized that hollywood wasn't the place he'd originally imagined. more. bridges ignition.

lead you could drop in. for new years in america because your home. your former produce officials go for doing research. despite making a serious of successful films in the us including tango and cash runaway train and maria's lovers and reconsider lost his dad to return to russia in the early nineties as he'd already become entirely disenchanted with the american film industry. who were stronger would you. 'd

more would i started. hollywood was. all in portraying the soviet union in a positive light during world war 2 at the new us president harry truman began to quickly regret it after the surrender. of the cordula. would be didn't. know should it be able to bless the city of. the world in a 1000000 users you. need to realize that is the closest good we are at the school to the use of. the british in those little. in the $930.00 s. the communist party in the united states is pretty strong. and i say that is

a good thing you were critical in fighting early fighters for civil rights in the united states hollywood has attracted all these creative artists writers directors producers actors and actresses and intellectuals were the ones who are most attracted to the communist ideal and they wanted to see the soviet union is representing something better than the sword and materialism of american capitalism so in 947 the house un-american activities committee or down on hollywood it was this committee that introduced this so-called how the would blacklist which included people should be excluded from working in the us film industry due to their alleged political convictions. the u.s. government had to affirmatively go after leftists in hollywood and destroy their careers and make them testify in congress put people in jail drive people

in don employment sometimes into suicide so many. c.d.'s hollywood back on board on the anti soviet train. among those given testimony to the house un-american activities committee or to put it simply ratting out their colleagues was an actor named ronald reagan the future u.s. president was already actively participating in civic life even in those days. the north star a film about soviet collective farmers that was hailed by the academy just a couple of years earlier was now deemed anime propaganda and it screenplay writer lillian hellman was accused of being a communist sympathizer and damning label in those years suddenly all of those. film the propaganda films that were made during world war 2 well brought into question and hollywood got scared. the north star was eventually released under the

name armored attack in the new version the title comrade was removed and narration comparing the nazis to this soviet soldiers who suppressed the hunger in uprising in 1956 was at it i. how what is considered to be an independent private sector of economy a group of private companies and yet it seems like the government finds ways to influence the movie make an industry and i just can wrap my head around how they actually pull this off by these complicity trials is show trials stalin understood how to do that hitler understood how to do that well the united states under truman and eisenhower also understood added to that. untrained and intimidating hollywood begins to promote an entirely different image of the soviet

union. let's be honest have we anything like it in russia now can you imagine what the brits would be to tell like that but ninotchka a film that pokes fun at the behavior of so you're very cross abroad was shot in 1939 but it turned out to be most useful but the onset of the cold war. no matter why it was there were no more new original comedic made it actually just because a lot of us who know the little garbled. somebody really really would so the little famous well could go to the most. ok. the americans actually distributed and promoted new niche going postwar europe especially in italy where the communist party's position was strong there was never

stated in the film that communism and the u.s.s.r. back it went without saying. nearly so and i was not going to say let's go to the most. serious case broke american realize it many people say real 2 thirds as well if you're going to be too limited on the upheaval but used to every school. when. we have the high ideals but have the clout not. the hollywood began producing a spate of. anti communist films during this time oh it's the same propaganda images nobody ever is idealistic about anything the women were ugly or they were 'd beautiful if they were beautiful they were nymphomaniacs now my students find them laughable but are the time they were taken seriously movies like i was a communist for the ya i married a communist i've read moscow how guilty of treason the red menace this was

a terrible time in america in 1954 the united states and great britain released an animated film called animal farm which is based on a novel of the same name by george orwell its production was sponsored by the cia which was very interested in the anti soviet subtext of the story which is about a farm and the big 3 seized power there i manage i am. actually am how many. traders among us. but by the sixty's and seventy's relations within the us and the us ceasar had already reached the point of detachment and this was immediately reflected in the hollywood pictures the soviet union was really not presented as a friend of the united states but he was presented as an enemy so it was more like

the united states than the soviet union could cooperate against the bad guy look at the train bombing that left a classic although stronger would always be a russian agent who would be a little bound and the cia people would be wary even visions of him but they will always cooperate and again the real enemy. the relations between the countries began to deteriorate again in the eighty's after ronald reagan who had been actively anticommunist even when he was a hollywood actor became president of the. united states even legendary movie boxer rocky billboard played by sylvester stallone entered the fray by taking on the daunting doped up soviet fighter ivan drago and they. follow the capital with capital mobility that are both it's seen that done that. alone with a boy who started with the money from a collector on the 2nd beagle said it's to say this because there's been no good

work just. not because there was still to come there's the mysterious. you put your parents in the boardroom widely follow the policies of the state department the pentagon well they get a lot of money from the state department and the pentagon the best they found the pentagon to have a lot of say in in works of hollywood ya know so somewhere drew scrooge i'm sure. i mean years ago i do. in fact go in with your desired should you. should die or should. come sort of here is very emotional issues you're not bored you. meet the parents was the stiller funny movie love it right. so you find out that deniro was

a cia operative at one point ben stiller goes into his layer in the basement and he sees photos of deniro with clinton with what looks like maybe a bent a lot in type figure a originally stiller found a cia. on deniro suggests this cia itself reviewed the script and said then then. you're not going to bring up cia torture do they watch every single movie that is about to be produced in our wood in any film that has any military hardware in it an obvious example top gun you've got it asked for permission you don't just walk on to the air force base and start flying jets around. so if you get their permission. they get the right.

to look at what you're saying about. the officer for information which was responsible for propaganda during world war 2 was officially closed in 1945 but the relationship that developed between al the wood and the us government in those years seems to have grown only stronger a since staff at different times american rulers have needed different myths including some the directly contradicted earlier ones as in the case of russia 'd but no matter how difficult the order this factory has always do deflate delivered . hollywood had always been afraid of government censorship so what they did was that they censored themselves. even the fiction. believe it. was not a conspiracy. it wasn't created for propaganda purposes but hollywood certainly is

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moon the apostle opinio more than like it on the shore stuck in the summer washing or experienced course. welcoming our viewers from around the world live from central london this is r.t. u.k. . given. the significant force in the prevalence of the virus we can change the 2 meter social distancing route from the 4th of july. the u.k. prime minister cut social distancing from 2 meters to one meter plus as he announces the return of pubs and restaurants 10 dresses. it's 4 years to the day since the u.k. voted to leave the european union trade discussions are still ongoing but what is

actually changed since the referendum will be passing that question up for discussion. the u.k. government faces calls to scrap a rule banning certain immigrants from receiving benefits which could many at risk of poverty during the pandemic. and the opposition demands the u.k. government reestablishes the scrutiny committee on arms exports amid concerns that deals are going on and checked to speak to a disarmament campaigner. boris johnson has announced a further easing of the lockdown restrictions in england from july the 4th including a reduction in social distancing guidelines both conditional on the subject to change the prime minister said the new rules would help the country emerge from 3

months of national iben the nation well more on this i'm not sure but i'll tell you case. i like very says i tell us about that critical social distance. absolutely so 3 months to the day since the lockdown started across the united kingdom the prime minister has announced that you're critical that distance that lock down distance that you've been cheating to sit is those measures began 3 months ago out of 2 metres and now to be brought down to one metre where possible and where there is no alternative for example in places like cheryl public transport and so on now trying as a making the announcement today that the judge will be looking to juice that distance but also stressing that it is conditional and reversible of course the u.k. is seeing a dip in the numbers of cases and of deaths but in the event that the scientific advice shows that's all the rise again these types of measures could be asked and

mr johnson was abortions and was in parliament to update the house on the latest measures. given the significant form in the prevalence of the virus we can change the 2 metre social distancing rule from the 4th of july. i know this rule effectively makes life impossible for large parts of our economy even without other restrictions for example it prevents will but a fraction of our hospitality industry from operating. that's why we most 2 weeks ago i asked our experts to conduct a review and i will place a summary of their conclusions in the libraries of both houses this week where it is possible to keep 2 metres apart people should but where it is not we will advise people to keep a social distance of one meter plus meaning they should remain one metre apart

while taking mitigations to reduce the risk of transmission. not important that this only applies to the other parts of the house of the all sorts he under the public health. devolved to them to choose when they want to make these types of changes and as far as the scottish 1st minister it is sturgeon is concerned the country will be sticking to 2 metres until other wise advice nazi and scottish government is clear that the advice and evidence we have right now you supports physical distancing at 2 metres in order to reduce the risk of virus transmission but we have us in what settings what circumstances and with what additional mitigations it might be possible to exit the risk of people not keeping to timmy to desist that advice will be available by the 2nd of july ahead

of our decisions on moving from face to face that he until then the position he does scotland remains the same we have advising people to maintain 2 metres physical distance and so any changes and ends to date for other parts of the u.k. where we will look at the evidence underpinning was very carefully will not apply here. so that he said in england at least july the 4th is the day so who can open it who can't. but we've heard of course is that the prime minister sharon to the hospitality sector and restaurants and bars and pubs has been those establishment which has been the hardest hit now those. areas of the economy will be a lot of them that will be a lawsuit and hit to a table service for example where possible contact between start and customers have to be limited if that can't be a meter plus a 2 meter distance that helps perspex glass will be implemented between different

tables and patients and so on but one interesting aspect is that anyone who does visit these astonishment will be told to leave their contact details with the restaurant or the park in order for the government to help with this test and trace program should that be another spike and again mr johnson was the prime minister was outlining at these latest testing of restrictions i miss it because i can tell the house that we were also reopen restaurants and pubs there are. all hospitality indoors will be limited to table service and our guidance would encourage minimal staff and customer contact we will ask business is to help n.h.s. test increase responds to any local outbreaks by collecting contact details from customers as happens in other countries and we will work with the sector to make

this manageable. so which institutions or establishment will be allowed to ease their restrictions on the 4th of july well head dresses and barbers they'll be able to open of course with precautions like zizou in place nail was will also be allowed to open if it's safe to do so those who are looking to visit families and friends you can visit while the household with as many people inside and if you stay overnight that is only one household visit hotels they'll also be able to reopen as long as facilities can be shown to be safe clean self-contained libraries as well as playgrounds can be opened places of worship because churches temples mosques synagogues have all been closed throughout this period but but allowed to open nightclubs water parks and intuitive as well as soft play areas

as many areas of the economy and of the country are reopening there will still be some who have to adhere to the measures and to the lock down but what support will the government give for those types of businesses we'll have to see it is already you had me a hairdresser thank you very much indeed well and in the next hour i'll be discussing the changes to the social distancing rules and the available evidence to back it up with a medical expert and a liberal democrat politician. at a pace shadow health secretary as his head at the government's development of a contacts tracing app which has seen repeated delays does or says the scheme has wasted taxpayers' money. on the up mr speaker the secretary of state told us it was crucial and would be ready by mid may experts warned him it wouldn't work he spent 3 months wasted $12000000.00 pounds and he's got nothing to show for it he's likely

eric morcombe of the comedy he's been playing all the right notes just not necessarily in the right order to speak out now on just in trace local areas like lester the father of other spike still haven't got local data g.p.s. still can't refer people for testing and it just stuff still not tested regularly and he spent 100000000 on a circle in settle call center with a trace is saying they've got nothing to do this isn't a world beating system it's more like a wing and a prayer well this follows a u. turn by the government on the outs development number 10 originally wanted to create a bespoke version of the application that centrally stored all patient data and didn't use the d. centralized template created by tech giants apple and google but it was revealed that patient data could have been stored for up to 20 years while also if the government opted to use the apple google model instead saying it had always intended to work with them which the tech company denied health secretary matt

hancock has defended the government's position. making sure that we use technology to its best possible effects is incredibly important and i would have thought that the shadow sectors would want to side with and support the efforts of all those including in the n.h.s. who are doing the work on this. now it's 4 years to the day since the u.k. voted to leave the european union in the 2016 referendum prime minister boris johnson had previously claimed there's no reason why the line of a break seat deal cannot be completed by july that leaves downing street in brussels with just over a week to finalize any preliminary agreements the so-called level playing field of trade rules and standards as well as fishing quotas are still points of contention in the negotiations or on june the 23rd 2016 britain voted to leave the e.u.

a result that shocked political experts in the 4 years that have followed the u.k. has had 3 different prime ministers 2 general elections and a plethora of brussels based discussions but some would contend that not much has actually changed so 4 years on from brics it what's the state of play well to discuss this and i'm joined by former independent m.e.p. group and directed expert professor john ryan gentlemen thank you very much indeed for joining us but i could start with you we were told this was the easiest trade deal in the world rex it hasn't gone to plan has it. no it hasn't it's created a lot of political turmoil it's paralyze parliament in the context of a lot of guy who destroyed disruption ukase being weakened globally and we're split culturally because people still feel even after the brics it's happened and i still feel. aligned to some of them there are previous positions and lot of people are

still kind of morale remain or in it mentality in action. and we've just been prime minister is we've got boris johnson who kind of. capitalized on what the brics a party did and actually start part of the tide of the mcbride was successful in the end to naturally becoming prime minister. it's it has been a very very difficult process and this trade issue has always been a bit of a misnomer because any of the trade deals that you look tat have not been really appropriate for war actually breaks it is been asking for oh let's tend to that and to what do you think to that. well i think john's quite right it has been difficult but you know if it was one company and you were going to take over another company and then you found some you'll keep loizzo directors have gone behind your back and look trying to stop it we had

a prime minister the initial inmate who was not in favor of the bricks we had a pro remain civil service and we had an ex prime ministers getting behind our back trying to encourage the e.u. not to give anyway it's not surprising we've had her renders time when some would respect the democratic position but on the other hand in orphans we do have the e.u. who are desperately worried that if the if the u.k. does well others will follow so the e.u. are going to be thought in for its survival but you know i don't. thank you so one judy difficult if there's a purely economic argument it would not be on duty difficult because you have a canada style trade deal already done with the e.u. but the real reason the e.u. don't want to let's have that is a trying to claim that we're too closed rather than counted it doesn't stack up i think it's in reality that the real problem is the e.u. are desperately worried the others will follow if the e.u.

kate does well or john how do you respond to that. yeah i mean there was this idea in the past because of older technologies and everything else there was the death of distance and that you know distance in terms of trading but that's not true really if you look at you know asia and you look at how you can improve to export to anywhere. the distance still matters where the you transport by sea and or rail so i suppose the problem it is i think it is important to separate the economic from the politico this is being driven a lot to us and as a certain extent in the united kingdom by political dialogue and political debate where is that is excitement in europe but they are really sticking by what they see is their own interests and i think it's always a problem when you don't see the other sides perspective in terms of where they are

standing in that deal i have no doubt that that and the european union have some problems that these are quite transparent for anyone who follows these things and sums of congress power and accept and what might happen in the future with it today . but i think in the trading side and the trade deal that they would like they've got their position and that the moment they're sticking to it but i think it was the real problem that a very complex issue was actually wrapped up in an oversimplified yes all night question well no i think in fairness you have to have the fundamental question was rightly put do we stay will do we leave and if you leave it means you coming away from the european union's regulations and political. alignment i mean that's a fundamental question and and i don't think we know don't get me wrong i'm not anti your opinion i'm very pro european i've been

a trading in europe for many years and have a great deal. act but i am very very anti the use of anti democratic e.u. but i don't think it raises was not as difficult and should not have been as difficult as people have made it and but you always knew right from the day one and never for the e.u. will roll over and give us a fair trade deal straight away reality they've never done that in the past not like you do now with one of the major contributors to their budget leaving so no but it's really i mean the problem is we do see even disagreements in the e.u. parliament when i was there there were a lot of foreign enemy piece wanting to replace daniel because they thought he wasn't doing a good job and he's making unduly difficult but if i could just cut it there john is it possible that to find a compromise that doesn't involve then looking at the bigger picture a hard border northern island does have a sector by sector level playing field alun also means that this fish for all this

is a lot of debate or rand is there a compromise. no i mean i think at the moment i think. some people in here are looking at this and some people and you're going to get this and thinking that i might be a i seen least sort of. sort of based trait you know i've always so from as you know being on the program from september own words that we were looking at that time either we were going to have another deal or possibly a reverse of the. off the decision because it became very very complicated in parliament last year as you remember since we had the election in. 57 i felt that we got into the no break say because of the people who are in government to feel that that probably is the best option look to.

discuss stuff what they said 4 years ago or 3 and a half years ago to 3 is ago that is not really the reality today they are looking at at trying to move this towards a no bret's it and i think that's where we're going i know as far as i'm concerned about bonnie i think bonnie is as it is called back to some of the national governments in the parliament and other institutions to try and get a bit of flexibility but they've said no. sorry however i've got to tell you i'm very brainy to think a compromise a people can't be absolutely number one there's no intention of ever at your heart will get in. between. that's no question there's no need whatsoever that we have common standards already we're trading some so we could have mutual respect so those that's not a problem it is not difficult we just need a little bit of common sense maybe send it was a business woman and. i want to fight again i have to leave it that way for

a matter of time but thank you for joining me professor john wright. thank you no dr katz like you very much indeed. so look out the south. the u.k. government faces calls to scrap an immigration bill that's left migrant workers without access to many social security benefits during the time to make. his repeal the government's all the scrutiny watchdog hasn't met since people the last election amid concerns that deals are going to be checked we talked to we just saw moments campaign.

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we go to work so we stay home. a group of crossed party m.p.'s have recommended scrapping a rule banning certain migrants from claiming benefits which has left some at risk of poverty too in the coronavirus pandemic a report by the work and pensions committee has recommended suspending the no recourse to public funds rule the law introduced in 2012 stops migrant workers with leave to remain in the u.k. from claiming many social security payments were earlier the prime minister appeared unaware of its existence when questioned by m.p.'s in front of the liaison committee. isn't that wrong but a hardworking law abiding family that is being for what are the current arrangements into destitution. stephen why don't they

why don't we have to do further if the universal credit to all boats would allow and so many of the other it's a tricky question because they have no recourse to public funds that's a condition that is attached to their leave to remain. well the committee also raised other issues with the system including tens of thousands of claimants who lost out on a 20 pound a week rise in universal credit due to the existing cap on benefits that's 20 pound increase was not offered to hundreds of thousands of claimants on legacy benefits such as job seekers allowance or ministers claimed operational difficulties are to blame. while self employed tax credit claimants were wrongly advised to apply for universal credit and as a result were left worse off a home office spokesperson said that the government supports those who are unable to access many parts of the benefits system we have taken extensive action to

support those with no recourse to public funds the government's measures including rent protections also apply to those with these conditions and we've allocated more than $3200000000.00 pounds to local authorities and 750000000 pounds to charities to reach out and support the most vulnerable or to discuss this are we joined later by a universal credit campaigner. now the u.k. government is facing calls to reform its watchdog in charge of scrutinizing q.k. arms exports after it emerged the committee has been out of action for 6 months parliament's committee on arms export control is responsible for monitoring the u.k.'s arms exports but it's yet to be established after dissolving before last year's general election and many m.p.'s are concerned the public of being kept in the dark about u.k. arms trading while it remains the world's 2nd biggest arms exporter the shadow minister for peace and just thought a moment has urged the commons leader to call for the committee to reform as soon

as possible there are currently many complex being balls around the world in which britain sells arms to one or more of the warring parties including the ongoing conflict in yemen there is mounting and legitimate concern over a number of existing licenses that would allow the potential use of british equipment such as rubber bullets for example in places like hong kong the united states and other destinations of concern the committee on arms export countries needs to be allowed to scrutinise these licenses at the earliest opportunity. or figures revealed by the campaign against arms trade show that last year britain sold 1300000000 pounds worth of arms to 26 of the 48 countries categorized as not free by the u.s. pro-democracy institution freedom house the u.k. was also found to have licensed at least 5300000000 pounds worth of arms to saudi arabia since 2015 when it began bombing yemen the u.k. government has faced sharp criticism over its arms sales to countries like saudi

arabia last year a court ruling declared it unlawful and a supreme court case is pending while politicians and human rights groups are now calling for ministers to end the tear gas and rubber bullets exports the u.k. delivers to the u.s. . we've approached the government for comment on reestablishing the scrutiny committee and we'll let you know if they come back to us it's previously told us that the u.k. is has among the toughest arms export controls in the world. or to discuss this in more detail we're now joined by on the sperms policy advisor arms and conflict as martin butcher martin thank you for joining us how important is this scrutiny committee. oh it's extremely important the high court in 2017 noted that it was a crucial part of the machinery for making sure the parliament had oversight of government policy in practice and it has indeed proved that time and again over the

years this is a vital committee where even when it was functioning we know it's been out of action for 6 months i mean the u.k. sold to many controversial countries involved in serious conflicts didn't it. it did and the committee won't ever have the power to stop that but for example after the arab spring when the committee examined licenses for supply to countries that were committing human rights abuses the government ended up canceling $150.00 of those licenses so it can name and shame and that pressure has an effect and that that happened with a conservative chair of the committee said john stanley under a conservative government so it's not a party political issue it's a scrutiny of government by parliament issue well looking at saudi arabia in particular me arms exports they're happy ruled unlawful but then they haven't stopped altogether that. well that's right the judgment allowed. transfers

under existing licenses to continue with the proviso that the government would go back review those licenses and come to a new decision about whether exports could continue and it seems that in the past year that hasn't actually happened this underlines the importance of m.p.'s being able to hold the government to account for its actions and also about public pressure as well i mean despite the absence of the watch so there has been pressure from the public for the u.k. to end its export to the us for example. oh absolutely there's public pressure there's also private advocacy you know oxfam with others is a member of a group called the u.k. working group. which writes regularly to parliamentary leaders how hoping to get this committee reestablished indeed we'd like to see it established as

a full select committee with more resources and more legal powers to enable it to do its job better but yes it's there is a lot of pressure a lot in to what extent do you think the public is aware of the range of u.k. arms deals around the world. oh i i think generally not much at all and. people will probably be aware of arms exports to saudi arabia because that is and the conflict in yemen have brain so much in the news for 5 years now is that war has gone on but in general i think that most people won't have much idea about where arms are sold to funny not in very briefly if you wouldn't mind what do you think is the best way to regulate the u.k.'s arms exports. well i the legislation we have all my paper is good i think there are improvements that could be made and we need to stick robustly to that legislation and to agreements like the arms trade treaty

and clearly having a parliamentary forum to debate these issues and to put pressure on the government will be very important in making that happen wanting but i thank you very much indeed for joining us thank you what about with more news at the top of the hour. international memorial awards has extended its deadline for submissions. all media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist work for alternative media of a global news platform you can submit to your published works in a video format go to award go to. know.

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