it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case ofew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength and breadth of their criticisms are striking. the mps say that the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. the mps also said the bbc should compensate those presenters who were told to set up personal service companies but now face huge bills of unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions. one of the biggest concerns we have had is notjust the fact that there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it has been a tortuous process and a long process, and some feel there is no end in sight to that. that is what we have said throughout our report. the commitment the bbc should give now is to say that for th

the culture select committee says in a report released today, that the corporation is guilty of "opaqueequally, while proposed reforms don't go far enough. the corporation said much of the report was out of date but there is "more to do". the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in fiji's western coastal town of nadi, as their official royal tour of australia and the south—pacific continues. prince harry unveiled a statue commemorating a british—fijian soldier who died in the 1972 battle of mirbat, at an event attended by the country's president and members of the armed forces. if you gaze up at the stars you may be able to recognise the odd constellation. the great bear, 0rion‘s belt, or maybe the plough. i have never been able to grasp them. you must have heard of the plough? i love looking at the sky. people say, can you see the...? in the end, normally i say yes because thatis the end, normally i say yes because that is year. 0rion ‘s belt, i look for a little line of five or six stars. you know the moon, obviously? nasa has come up with new — unofficial — constellations based on

the culture select committee said the corporation was guilty of "opaque decision—making" and unequalosed reforms to pay don't do enough to address underlying problems. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case of carrie gracie, the corporation's former china editor, drew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength of the breadth of the criticisms are striking. the mps say the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the top salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. one of the biggest concerns we've had is, not just the fact there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it's been a tortuous process and a long process, and some feel there is no end in sight to that. what we've said through our report is the commi

it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case ofrew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength and breadth of their criticisms are striking. the mps say that the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. the mps also said the bbc should compensate those presenters who were told to set up personal service companies but now face huge bills of unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions. one of the biggest concerns we have had is notjust the fact that there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it has been a tortuous process and a long process, and some feel there is no end in sight to that. that is what we have said throughout our report. the commitment the bbc should give now is to say that for t

it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year when the case ofe, the corporation's former china editor, drew widespread condemnation. while their conclusions carry no legislative weight, the strength and breadth of the criticisms are striking. the mps say the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. one of the biggest concerns we've had is not just the fact there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it's been a tortuous process and a long process and some feel there is no end in sight to that. what we've said through our report is the commitment the bbc should give now is to say that for the current complaints lodged with the bbc, they should now be resolved and settled within the next six months. the bbc says these findings are well out of date, that while there i

it was the culture select committee that grilled bbc bosses at the start of the year, when the case ofght, the strength of the breadth of the criticisms are striking. the mps say the bbc‘s grievance procedures have been poor. they say there is still a shocking bias towards men when it comes to top pay. and they say the bbc should publish the top salaries of those paid out of its commercial arm, bbc studios. one of the biggest concerns we've had is, the bbc says these findings are well out of date, one of the biggest concerns we've had is, not just the fact there is this discrepancy in pay, but that many women have found it incredibly frustrating and difficult to take these grievances up with the bbc. it's been a tortuous process and a long process, and some feel there is no end in sight to that. what we've said through our report is the commitment the bbc should give now is to say that, for the current complaints lodged with the bbc, they should now be resolved and settled within the next six months. the bbc says these findings are well out of date, that while there is still work to do

the digital, culture, media and sport select committee said women at the corporation were earning "farhe bbc director—general, tony hall, says he's committed to closing the gender pay gap by 2020. when it comes to home care for someone who is elderly and disabled, it should cost councils at least £18 an hour to provide it. but most aren't paying even the bare minimum according to the body which represents care companies. only one in seven councils in the uk is paying enough to cover care workers' salaries and travel time. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt has spent time with one care company in the north—east of england. how are you doing? all right? lisa and lynne have arrived to review the care that 88—year—old doreen is receiving from their company. i'm just checking through your plan. the council, which pays one of the lowest hourly rates in the country according to today's report, wants 13—minute calls. shall we make you a nice cup of tea? i'll have a cup of tea. but it's a struggle for the care staff to do her meal, give her medication and hoist her to and from the bat

it from the point of view of cheering that select committee and how can parliament turnaround to other organisations and say you've got to look at the culturepany and change the way you treat people when actually there are all sorts of allegations going on right here. ministers have responded to pressure and they're planning a further delay in the rollout of the flagship welfare reform, universal credit. the system, which merges six benefits into one payment, has been beset with problems. leaked documents seen by the bbc reveal plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to prevent claimants from suffering hardship as they make the switch. ministers say they always intended to introduce the benefit slowly. labour say the roll—out should be stopped. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. universal credit is a new service that helps ensure you're better off in work than you are on benefits... it was meant to make things easier, bringing six different benefits into one monthly payment. but for too many people, universal credit has made life more complicated. single mum mischa has struggled with the benefit for three