the charity commission has given 0xfa m the charity commission has given 0xfam an official warning about it handled allegations that staff use prostitutes as they worked in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in haiti. 0ur correspondent has been gathering reaction to the comments. he goes on to say it is very important to work together in restoring trust. this incident has pushed haitian authorities to open their eyes wider by having to look over the functioning of aid workers. i thought that it was interesting in the sense that it still underlines the sense that it still underlines the key importance of the aid sector to the haitian government and to haiti more generally. that is will grant reporting. we can talk now about this to the aid worker and former un spokesperson. image and, thanks for being with us. what do you make of this report? content —wise there is not a lot that is new. i think what is significant is the charity commission has really made it very clear that they are going to take their watchdog role in this area very seriously and they do acknowledge that these allegat

i've come out from the charity commission behind me having read the report which has dropped on the internetes and it makes for really quite terrible reading for 0xfam. this is a charity with a budget of £400 million. and yet it's now been given an official warning by the charity commission. amongst the details, there was a culture of tolerating bad behaviour, which individuals like the team in haiti were able to exploit. there we re haiti were able to exploit. there were early warnings and tip—offs which were cast aside, including two e—mails from children saying that they had been abused in haiti. 0xfam did not act on those, it believed that they were not genuine e—mails. even when 0xfam did undertake a full internal review, the charity commission says it was not full and frank with it and with the uk authorities and with the haitian authorities and with the haitian authorities about the serious nature of these allegations. so it makes a terrible reading for a charity that in the last year, has been trying to resurrect its public image. and the charity commission is demanding that more ref

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some breaking news from the last half hour — 0xfam has been given an official warning by the charity commissionns of sexual misconduct by its former staff in haiti. the charity watchdog described a ‘culture of poor behaviour‘ among 0xfam workers sent to help victims of the 2010 haiti earthquake. in response, the charity has said it is "deeply sorry" for its failure to prevent sexual abuse by its staff in haiti. baroness stowell chairs the charity commission. well, i think that the incidents in haiti were very dismaying. i think, more broadly, because what we have done is looked into 0xfam more broadly, and what i feel, and what i think everyone feels, is we were very let down by 0xfam. this is one of our best—known charities in the uk, it is there to put people first. and it failed to live up to people's expectations. stephen twigg is an mp and chair of the international development committee. hejoins me now from westminster. thank you for being here. a lot of ground is covered in this report, what strikes you as being of the most importance? good afternoon. i haven't yet had a chance to read t

the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled allegations of sexual misconduct by some staff in haiti. heavy downpours across england cause transport disruption, with some southern rail services cancelled because of flooded tracks. wages rose faster than expected in the three months to april. how electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. and the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how she's still working as she turns 100. well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. and an outlook of... a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the country's next prime minister. the initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. the final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. we should know t

i believe the charity commission needs more resources. d cut and cut and to hold charities to account and to give the public confidence that their money is being well spent, the charity commission needs more resources. 0xfa m commission needs more resources. oxfam have put out a lengthy response, once again apologising for what happened. it is a long list of measures they say they have taken, tripled money for safeguarding, created a director of safeguarding, trained staff to investigate allegations. they have asked for more survivors to come forward. that is just more survivors to come forward. that isjust a more survivors to come forward. that is just a handful of many proposals was is that anything they can say that goes far enough to perhaps suggest they can go forward with not a clean bill of health, because they haven't got that, but they intend to tackle this question mug it is deeds, not words will stop we can have fine words, set up a hotline, but proof of the change will be in the actions taken. that is what we have got to wait a

the charity commission has now issued an official warning to oxfam and says it will monitor the charityments significant cultural changes. 0xfam may have hoped this report would reduce the scrutiny it's been under. but it's the beginning, rather than the end of the process of rebuilding trust. manveen rana, bbc news. 0ur correspondent will grant joins me from the haitian capital, port—au—prince, now. a highly critical report, what has been the reaction there? yes, if there has been criticism in the uk, sophie, you can imagine the rebuke here in the host nation was far stronger. i spoke to the foreign minister who said the aid sector had been tarnished by what he called a shameful group of sexual predators and even paedophiles. so, little wonder he was so scathing when this is what haitians consider to be an ongoing problem, western, privileged men taking advantage of the most vulnerable people, they are ostensibly here to help in the wake of that 2010 earthquake, including underage girls, allegedly, and with impunity. nevertheless, the government here has a tough balancing act to strike

oxfam has been severely criticised by the uk charity commission for its handling of allegations that commission has given oxfam an official warning — and says it failed to investigate allegations that children were being abused, and that it failed to report the allegations. here's the chair of the charity commission. the incidents in haiti were very dismaying. i think more broadly because what we have done is looked into oxfam more broadly in what i feel and what everybody feels is very let down by oxfam. this is one of our best—known charities in the united kingdom. it is there to put people first and it failed to live up people first and it failed to live up peoples expectations. the trigger of the report dates back to this article in the times from february last year. it said that senior staff in oxfam's haiti earthquake relief programme were paying locals for sex. that relates to this man, roland van hauwermeiren, who used to be oxfam's director of operations in haiti. he is alleged to have used prostitutes at a villa rented for him by the charity. he was allowed to resign, along

and it seems like there was a certain amount of frustration within the charity commission in the waye allegations historically and how they have treated whistle—blowers and how they have treated whistle— blowers for example, there is an e—mail that sounds very bad to better from two young girls who rode saying we have been treated badly, but the 0xfam high apps decided it was a failure and didn't look into it properly, so all these things are sort of publish now. fair to say stomach problem in the age —— 80 sector not only 0xfam. but it's also a lesson surely for some of us who are brought up by 0xfam are that the perception was that it was one of the world great charities, and that perception can be destroyed with one event, yes a culture of over a period of time which none of us knew about, certainly none of the outside this industry knew about, to be billed at the perception of 0xfam. that's the task now. the male talking about the bbc licence fee, and the fact that it's being removed asa and the fact that it's being removed as a free ride for over 75 pensioners. they will go to p

reporter: the charity commission has issued an official warning to oxfam and said that it needs to let changes.nt cultural it will be directing and closely monitoring the chand the -- the charity until those changes are in place. laura: sudan's oosition leaders have called off a campaign of civil disobedience which brought the country to a standstill for past three days. they were trying to put pressure on the mitary to hand over power to civilians after longtime dictator omar al-bashir was ousted in april. more than 100 people have been killed in a violent crackdown by security forces in the past week. africa editor fergal keane is in cartoon. -- khartoum. fergal: people have been drifting back to work, pushed by economic necessity in one of the worlr's poorest cou. however much they may loathe gime. still, tonight's announcement came as a surprise. >> talks will resume soon in good fai on outstanding points including the civilian counsel, the transitional military council has agreed to take confidence-building measures, including the release of political prisoners. ey have agreed to

the charity commission has now issued an official warning to oxfam and says it will monitor the charitygnificant cultural changes. 0xfam may have hoped this report would reduce the scrutiny it's been under. but it's the beginning, rather than the end of the process of rebuilding trust. manveen rana, bbc news. three more conservative candidates have launched their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next prime minister. rory stewart, andrea leadsom and mark harper unveiled their bids today with brexit remaining the defining issue. tonight labour said it would table a motion in parliament to try and prevent a future prime ministerfrom pushing through a no—deal brexit, as our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. reporter: planning on keeping your head down again today, sir? no time to talk, no time to comb his hair, either. the silence and that look are still working. boris johnson's front runnerfor tory leader, and the others are having to catch up. so it's show time. time for big promises, the bigger the better, especially brexiteers' promising we wil

the charity commission has issued an official warning to oxfam. closely monitoring the charity until those changes are in place. 0ur correspondent will grant joins me from the haitian capital, port—au—prince, now. iimagine i imagine this is very difficult reading for people, what is the reaction? i have been speaking to the country's foreign minister and he said the report unfortunately confirmed the country's aid sector had been tarnished by what he called a shameful group of sexual predators and paedophiles. ithink a shameful group of sexual predators and paedophiles. i think it is worth bearing in mindjust and paedophiles. i think it is worth bearing in mind just how big the scandal was here when it broke. because essentially it seemed to typify two people, something they had suspected for a long time, that people, people in positions of privilege, foreigners, coming in and abusing the people that were here to help. the foreign minister said it is time to move on. they said they need to rebuild trust with the aid sector and have more scrutiny on

the charity commission has issued an official warning to oxfam. ring the charity until those changes are in place. our correspondent will grant joins me from the haitian capital, the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal has heard evidence from a man who's five haemophiliac siblings were infected. four ofjohn cornes' brothers have died. they were among thousands of nhs patients who were given blood infected with hepatitis c or hiv in the 1970s and 80s. the inquiry has now moved to leeds — from where our health editor, hugh pym, reports. i cry when i think of me nephews and me nieces that haven't got dads. luckily, i'm still here. i don't know how long i'm going to be here for. john was one of six brothers with haemophilia. three died because they were infected with hiv through blood products provided by the nhs. one of his brothers infected a girlfriend and the family was hounded by reporters, even at one of the funerals in the early 1990s, as he explained to the enquiry. we had them hiding in the bushes, there was lots, at least 50 reporters

today the charity commission heavily criticised oxfam for the way it dealt with claims of serious sexualhat the bbc‘s decision to remove free tv licences for up to 3.7 million pensioners and only offer them to low—income households where one person receives pension credit has sparked a full scale rebellion. and the uk is heading for its wettestjune on record with up to double the average rainfall for the month to fall tomorrow and thursday — that's according to the metro. we will talk about the weather at a moment if you can bear it, so while david lets kick off the prime minister in waiting, is that how you see boris johnson? if you read it, you can be excused into thinking the tory leadership title is already over, prime minister and waiting,. it says, but of course it says that brave orfull heidi it says, but of course it says that brave or full heidi tactic of gagging borisjohnson brave or full heidi tactic of gagging boris johnson for the brave or full heidi tactic of gagging borisjohnson for the past few days i mean yes he has gagged himself or well, that's question because there a

i think it's shameful and the charity commission report is long overdue.arfor long overdue. it's taken more than a year for the report to come out. it is damning, what it's saying, that the governance structures of an institution, a great british institution, a great british institution, have failed and there's no accountability for the failures. this isn't just about no accountability for the failures. this isn'tjust about 0xfam, it's important to understand this. there isa important to understand this. there is a culture cutting through the aid sector and it must be held to account. in the last year since these allegations have surfaced the likes of save the children for example have also had allegations that they've had to respond to. what we're seeing is a of accountability. if the trustees, the people who are supposed to do theirjob, not listening to victims and survivors, not holding management to account, this is unacceptable. —— we are seeing a lack of accountability. these ngos have a lot of power, large amounts of money goes into these organisati

criticized for failing to disclose our geishas of child abuse by its workers a report by the charity commission says that oxfam g.b. has a culture of tolerating poor behavior oxfam aid workers were alleged to have used prostitutes as young as 12 but never posted to haiti after the devastating earthquake 2010 but the report says the charity did not do enough to investigate the claims oxfam has apologized for its quote shameful actions 2 this is an organization that has lost sight to some extent to what it stands for and the people that are existent oxfam is an organization which is about relieving poverty and. supporting people anywhere in there in the world and in their response to events in haiti what we saw from their reporting to the commission and other or thought is was a lack of full and frank disclosure and therefore we see and take the view that they were putting their own corporate reputation 1st instead of the people who had come to harm. and it's been 20 years since nigeria's return to democracy but since a better suite anniversary for many with the economy in bad shape and unemploym

i think it's as far as the charity commission could go.ccount because back in 2002, this happened and here we are again, what is going to change? lots of things to talk to you about, but donors are giving their money and they assume that somebody else probably is in charge of safeguarding. do you see what i mean? it is trust that has broken down now. ultimately, money talks and the people best placed to hold the aid agencies to account are the donors because as we have seen here when they withdraw funding it puts a lot of pressure on the aid agencies to ta ke lot of pressure on the aid agencies to take action, so donors need to ta ke to take action, so donors need to take responsibility for this. looking at the figures in terms of what 0xfam have lost, 7000 regular donors worth £40 million, almost £20 million in government funding over the last 18 months, so as you say, it has had a huge effect on the income that 0xfam has. it has had a huge effect on the income that oxfam has. absolutely, trust ta kes income that oxfam has. absolutely, tr

a damming report by the charity commission says that oxfam had a culture of tolerating poor behavior.kers were allegedly using prostitutes in haiti after the earthquake in 2010. there were claims that some of the prostitutes were as young as 12 or 13. the report says the charity did not do enough to investigate the allegations. oxfam has apologized for what it has called shameful action. >> this is an organization that has lost sight, to some extent, to what it has stood for and the people it serves. oxfam is an organization about helpingg poverty and phone will people -- helping vulnerable people anywhere in the world. in response to haiti, what we saw from the reporting to the commission and authorities was a lack of full and frank disclosure. and take the see view that they were putting their own corporate reputation first instead of the people who had come to harm. anchor: botswana's high court has ruled in favor of the criminalizing homosexuality. [applause] anchor: there were scenes of jubilation inside the courthouse in the capital. a 1965 lawruled that that made homosexuality

. >> in the light of yesterday's charity commission. does the prime minister agree with me that there is a role for government and other major data in ensuring and enabling a strong ethical structure. in to ensure that as well as doing good they do no harm. he has raised a very important issue. and this is one when the former secretary. took action immediately. they have led the way on this. it is looking very closely at this report. in the action that we have taken. we have brought the international community together. the prime minister said she wanted a speedy resolution and and know that the prime minister is aware of my 17-year-old constituent. why am i still waiting. i need these medicines before i get too sick. to discuss what she can do personally so that always they can live long and healthy lives. he has indeed raised this issue with me previously. i understand that they have risen to the honorable gentlemen about this issue. we have the process whereby they look at these issues. i understand. the two verdicts on this. i belie

charity commission over its poor handling of allegations that staff exploited victims of haiti's earthquake. reporter: amid scenes of catastrophic damage, the earthquake in haitin 2010 left hundreds of thousands dead, and 1.5 million people with t but as today's report shows, oxfam, one of the biggest charitiethat went into haiti to help, allowed its staff to sexually exploit desperate and foldable women and young girls. the report said there was a culture of poor behavior, and rather than helping victims, oxfam was driven by a desire to protect thety ch's reputation and a donor relationships. as a result,a victims, was lowers, and staff who ying to -- whistleblowers come and staff who tried to raise concerns were voted down. he should have been keeping people safe, but he used his position to sexually exploit women. he was allowed to resign rather than being sacked so he could carry on working with his reputation intact. >> t agonizingly dreadful thing about this that these people were desperate.fo they came to u safety, for clean water, for real health. they were betrayed. report: when th

today the charity commission heavily criticised oxfam for the way it dealt with claims of serious sexual its staff in haiti in 2010. the mail reports that the bbc‘s decision to remove free tv licences for up to 3.7 million pensioners and only offer them to low—income households where one person receives pension credit has sparked a full scale rebellion. the removal of free tv licenses for most pensioners is also the main story in tomorrow's sun, with the paper reporting that over 180,000 people have signed a petition to get the bbc to reverse its decision. prince harry plans to visit angola to help rid the country of landmines, following in the footsteps of his mother princess diana who started the mission before her death in 1997 — that's according to the mirror. and the uk is heading for its wettestjune on record with up to double the average rainfall for the month to fall tomorrow and thursday — that's according to the metro. it will be wet. let's talk about the prime minister in waiting. he is clearly the favourite and the frontrunner, albeit a somewhat gagged one up to this point. m

criticised for failing to disclose allegations of child abuse by its workers a damning report by the charity commission says that oxfam g.b. had a culture of tolerating poor behavior oxfam aid workers were alleged to have used prostitutes in haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010 there were claims that some of the prostitutes were as young as 12 or 13 the report says the charity did not do enough to investigate the allegations oxfam has apologized for what it called shameful actions. this is an organization that has lost sight to some extent to what it stands for and the people that it exists to serve oxfam is an organization which is about relieving poverty in. front of people anywhere in the in the world and in their response to events in haiti what we saw from their reporting to the commission and to other or thought is was a lack of full and frank disclosure and therefore we see in and take the view that they were putting their own corporate reputation 1st instead of the people who had come to harm what's one as high court has ruled in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality. there were scen

the charity commission will publish its report into how oxfam handled allegations of sexual misconductclosure because of a shortfall in government funding. the scenting went ten and yet costs have all increased —— the funding went down. the national living wage are minimum wages going appear early, it is getting tighter and tighter. the actressjune spencer — who plays peggy in long—running bbc radio drama the archers — talks to us about still

criticised for failing to disclose allegations of child abuse by its workers a damning report by the charity commission says that oxfam g.b. had a culture of tolerating poor behavior oxfam aid workers were alleged to have used prostitutes in haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010 there were claims that some of the prostitutes were as young as 12 or 13 the report says the charity did not do enough to investigate the allegations oxfam has apologized for its quote shameful actions this is an organization that has lost sight to some extent to what it stands for and the people that it exists to serve oxfam an organization which is about relieving poverty in. people anywhere in the in the world and in their response to events in haiti what we saw from their reporting to the commission and to other or thought is was a lack of full and frank disclosure and therefore we see in and take the view that they were putting their own corporate reputation 1st instead of the people who had come to harm. more from europe. now though let's go back to. our birth thank you all plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera mea

but today it was handed an ‘official warning' by the british charities commission, for a disastrous failurey director had paid for young. —— paid for young prostitutes. the report says that the charity had failed to investigate fully the allegations despite receiving emails from two children who claimed to have been beaten and abused. 0xfam has repeatedly apologised and today its chair of trustees described the episode as shameful. let‘s go live to haiti and our correspondent will grant. of course they would have been familiar with some of the allegations and what are they making out today‘s report? allegations and what are they making out today's report? if the rebuke from the terry commission was strongly worded as you can imagine it was an even stronger words from the haitian government. i have spoken to the foreign minister who said that it showed that the charity sector in this country had been tarnished by what he had called a shameful group of sexual predators and even paedophiles. really strong words and it is hardly a surprise when you think exactly what took place in the abuse has

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charity care in the era of health reform, and it also showcases how trends are experienced differently by hospitals. we engaged representatives from all eight hospitals to discuss the draft prior to presenting to the commission. now this slide highlights the three charity care trends that we found this year. many of them are related to the affordable care act, and i will go through each trend and provide data for each of these. so the first trend, as expected, with continued implementation of the affordable care act, charity care has clients in san francisco. and the figure to the left, you will see the number of unduplicated patients from the last five years. we have been seeing a significant decline in charity care patients. the figure to the right provides an overview of charity care utilization by type, emergency services, outpatient and inpatient services. there has been a decrease in emergency and outpatient services by volume between fiscal year 2016 and 2017, and a slight increase in inpatient utilization. continuing with the first citywide trend, charity care expenditures declined significantly in fiscal year 2015 and have now stabilized around 89 million in fiscal year 2017. there is a slight incre

of speaker: in the likes yesterday's charity reports and today's reports by the independent commission, does the prime minister agree with me that there is a role for government and other major ensuring a donors in strong ethical structure, good governance, and to ensure that as well as doing good, these important bodies do no harm? rightay: can i say to my honorable friend, he has raised an important issue. where he took action on immediately when it first .ecame public there were concerns about the actions of ngos. she and the u.k. led the way. i know the current international development secretary is looking very closely at this report, and the action that we have taken is not just about our reaction, we have the international community together to look at that issue. the prime minister said she wanted a speedy resolution to englande between nhs for the treatment. know that the prime minister is aware of my seven-year-old constituent, oliver world. he pleaded with the prime minister saying, why am i still waiting? i need these medicines before i .et too sick will the prime minister

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here is a stat from the australian university of newcastle commissioned by wwf charity. we ingest five grams a week. do you know what five grams amounts to? a credit card. so every week we digest as much plastic as they put into a credit card. isn't that incredible? disgusting. that is the way to make this realfor disgusting. that is the way to make this real for people. disgusting. that is the way to make this realfor people. that disgusting. that is the way to make this real for people. that is what is happening to you if you don't do something. and yet we have enough headlines the other day, canada is one of the only countries that has banned single use plastic by 2021. where are all the other countries following suit? that is an incredible statistic and it affects us all. in the coming weeks, several democratic—run states in the us will introduce new gun control laws. the problem is, many local police forces are refusing to enforce them on the grounds that they violate gun—owners' rights. one state is colorado, where there's resistance to a new, so—called "red flag l

charity. top professions in the uk are still unduly dominated by people who have gone through private schools and oxford and cambridge universities. how dominated? the sutton trust and social mobility commissionying that needs to change. yes, they are, but why, if the top job has gone to the top person? you could argue that's how it should be. let's talk to the founder of the sutton trust. what's wrong with this position? well, there is something right and something wrong. the facts are that the elite, oxford and cambridge and some people from independent schools, are going to the top. the problem is, if the base of people that get into those places that is the problem. let's take oxford and cambridge first. as you said, less than 1% of people go to oxford and cambridge, so they are highly selective, they are two of the greatest universities in the world, when people go there, generally something good happens to them and when they come out they actually qualify for those top jobs. let's talk about who gets in. they have done a good job for the last few years against what most people think. the numbers of kids from state schools, disadvantaged backgrounds, has gone up. they have got ambitious