the works and pensions secretary amber rudd acknowledged thatjobs could be lost if the uk leaves theour economics editor faisal islam reports. on the bank of the thames, the construction work to build a 16—mile sewage tunnel underneath the river and that means jobs, increasingly forwomen. the work and pensions secretary amber rudd, loading record women's employment and good numbers onjobs generally and wages. the unemployment rate did rise a little. i am delighted to see these strong numbers and also growing levels of wages over inflation for the 17th month running. the unemployment rate has gone up for the first time in a couple of years? i looked at that, it is a very small increase and it means more people will be looking for work. she kept herjob last month after signing up to the prime minister's no—deal brexit if necessary policy. she cautions her cabinet colleagues about a rumoured plan to set an election date so parliament is not sitting until after we leave the eu. i will play my part in cabinet and privately with the prime minister and ministers, in arguing strongly for res

has made to the changes amber rudd has made to the universal credit are perhaps overstated by hermade it, you know, the kafkaesque system that was designed to discourage people from... it might mean you have some people not in work but are just deciding it was easier to be miserable doing piecework than it was to go into a job centre. they might have started to come online, as it were, so there's lots going on. could be a transition in lots of ways. let's go inside the mail, a fun ways. let's go inside the mail, a fu n story ways. let's go inside the mail, a fun story but it points to more serious questions, which is, lucy, about advertising and new powers that have come into effect to try to deal with adverts people think are basically sexist. yes. this is interesting. we hear so much about regulators who are toothless and can't take action, but since the new rules for adverts avoiding gender stereotyping were put into place, we've had two adverts found to have fallen foul of this. interestingly, one of them only faced one complaint from the public but nonetheless the investigati

the work and pensions secretary amber rudd, loading record women's employment and good numbers onjobsnumbers on jobs generally and wages. the unemployment rate did rise a little. iam unemployment rate did rise a little. i am delighted to see these strong numbers and also growing levels of wages over inflation for the 17th month running. the unemployment rate has gone up for the first time in a couple of years? i looked at that, it isa couple of years? i looked at that, it is a very small increase and it means more people will be looking for work. she kept herjob last month after signing up to the prime minister's no—deal brexit if necessary policy. she cautions her cabinet colleagues about a rumoured plan to set an election date so parliament is not sitting until after we leave the eu. are you saying you can back a situation where an election is held on purpose so that parliament doesn't have its say are no deal? i will play my part in cabinetand say are no deal? i will play my part in cabinet and privately with the prime minister and ministers, in cabinet and privately with the prime

a special adviser to amber rudd when she was home secretary. a tumultuous day. the pound has fallen. i will say only relatively modestly so. i could see it was $1 21 and three quarters cents. that is about 0.7% lower on the day. but keep in mind at various other points in recent history, back when investors were fretting more about the prospect of a no—deal brexit, went down to $120. investors will be thinking does this raise the chances of no deal actually happening? or might indeed strengthen the hand of borisjohnson and his negotiations with brussels? thejury and his negotiations with brussels? the jury still out and his negotiations with brussels? thejury still out on and his negotiations with brussels? the jury still out on that. at one point today, the ftse 100 the jury still out on that. at one point today, the ftse100 actually gained. that is when the pound went we weaker. the 100 biggest countries are treated on the index, the ftse most of the profits are generated overseas. there is an inverse relationship with those. the much broader

to those on the other end of the government, ruth davidson possibly stepping down, amber rudd said bys decision to suspend, the longest suspension sent 1945. suspend, the longest suspension sent 19115. how people like matt hancock, who have been very keen, how are they going to square it? they are a little bit concerned about this but, at this stage, i think it will put some pressure 011 at this stage, i think it will put some pressure on the eu if it shows there is no way that mps can stop brexit. does anyone believe a real negotiation is going on?” brexit. does anyone believe a real negotiation is going on? i think there is something going on because of the eu, in the end, germany needs us of the eu, in the end, germany needs us and to appoint france needs us and other countries need us. who can tell but the photographs of them with boris johnson tell but the photographs of them with borisjohnson seemed to be rather more friendly than the ones with theresa may and maybe they would like to settle this in a civilised way. it's going to be yea rs, yea rs of civilised way. it's going to

the serious ministers in his government have said about prorogation, matt hancock, amber rudd, nickyajidjavid, michael gove, have all said that prorogation was the wrong thing to do and even borisjohnson has said it was an arcane procedure, he didn't believe in it and he believed in seeking consensus. well, i'm not sure how they can explain now what they were saying literally a few weeks ago. you've queued up very nicely something, because we've got a montage of some footage of what members of the government have previously said and other conservative politicians about the issue of suspending parliament, so let's ta ke issue of suspending parliament, so let's take a look. there is this idea from some people that to deliver brexit we should suspend our parliamentary democracy. that we should prorogue parliament. but that goes against everything that those men who waded onto those peaches fought and died for. and i will not have it. suspending, or as the constitutional experts call it, proroguing parliament in order to get no deal through i think would be wrong. proroguing parliament i

meanhwile, amber rudd, the work and pensions secretary, this week marks 50 years since the beginning thousands of lives. for different reasons, south africa lived through its own bloody divisions, and like northern ireland, went through its own journey of reconciliation. our correspondent pumza fihlani has travelled from johannesburg and gives this personal assessment of northern ireland's peace process. it's home to a people haunted by the past, ghosts that simply will not let go. like south africa, northern ireland has an emotive connection to its violent history. for 30 years, this community was the scene of bloodshed, thousands were killed in sectarian violence. these gates are going to close soon for the night, it's to help the communities living on either side feel safer. but as a south african who lived under apartheid, i've come to find out why now more than 20 years after the peace agreement with these divisions still exist here. # and blood red lines lie where you fell...# my father's name is trevor bracknell. in the play blood red lines, cast members all have personal stor

the work and pensions secretary amber rudd telling the bbc that she did fear that unemployment couldhey cannot bypass parliament. jobs numbers, they will take, but other clouds, potentially. our top story this evening. police warn of vulnerable children — some in care — being targeted by criminals to become drug dealers and coming up, climate change campaigner greta thunberg prepares to set sail to new york to address the un. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, reaching for the top. there's a first world championship medal for great britain's shauna coxsey, but she hasn't qualified for the tokyo 0lympics yet. a group of mps has suggested that drivers should be banned they said that current laws give the "misleading impression" that hands—free options are safe. it's been illegal to use a hand—held phone at the wheel since 2003 but the commons transport committee says using a hands—free device creates "the same risks of collision". 0ur transport correspondent, tom burridge, has more. talking... 0n the move, hands—free is, for many, second nature. talking... 0n th

amber rudd who is now sitting in the cabinet backing up a position which i'm fully well know she doesn'tdid come of crashing out of the eu without agreements on security cooperation, the potential collapse of criminal trials and sharing of information for our national security and safety. we are out of time, i'm afraid. thank you for joining us. no doubt we will talk about this again before the 31st of 0ctober comes around. thank you. still to come. the weight—loss app for children as young as eight — some critics say it's dangerous, but could it help combat childhood obesity? in 2017, singerjessie ware — who's an ambassador for unicef — visited this refugee camp in bangladesh for rohingya muslims who'd fled across the borderfrom myanmar. two years on, the refugees are still there — and jessie's here to tell us about the campaign to allow them to return home. prince andrew has said he is "appalled" by the sex abuse claims surrounding his former friend, the american financierjeffrey epstein. epstein killed himself in his prison celljust over a week ago. he was awaiting trial on sex traffi

amber rudd says it is a ridiculous suggestion to suspend parliament. is politics. john major did the long prorogation in 1997 and it happen before that. if we really are in the biggest crisis since the war, again, it takes a big thing to deal with it. we were speaking to barry gardiner a moment ago. those who are opposed to this are coming in for a bit of flak right now for being, if you like, outsmarted. they said we will pick our moment and we will choose when we will make the big move and challenge the government, and then this happens. i can't remember who said yesterday that you do not bring a rule book to a gunfight, and that's effectively what has happened. boris johnson is that's effectively what has happened. borisjohnson is working within the law but perhaps not the spirit of it, and they have been outsmarted. they have had enough time, effectively. this has been in the running for a long time. there is now a very short period of time when parliament comes back in order to try and get some emergency legislation through, highly reliant on the

mo used to work as a special adviser to amber rudd during her time as home secretary.nality but i think you then also have to look at credibility. anyone who is prime minister, and this applies to the current prime minister boris johnson, still needs to command the confidence of the majority in the house. ifjeremy corbyn were to become the pm in a national unity or ca reta ker become the pm in a national unity or caretaker government, whatever you wa nt to caretaker government, whatever you want to call it, he still has to appeal to the 11 labour mp5 who have left the party to sit as independent mp5. otherwise, wavering conservative mp5, it would be highly questionable they would support him. and we have heard from the lib dems leader today. there is a question over whether he can be the person to do this. the word caretaker, does it suggest stability? it is meant to suggest stability? it is meant to suggest stability. whether it does, i‘m not sure. i think the optics of mp5, and! i‘m not sure. i think the optics of mp5, and ifully appreciate i‘m not sure. i think the