, had a chat with a dwp staff there.ey told me that over 40% of young people who are on unemployment benefits at the moment are frankly not playing ball with a system . they refuse ball with a system. they refuse to turn up to interviews . they to turn up to interviews. they don't answer the phone and they will not engage at all. and the dwp staff there who have been given millions of pounds by the government for work coaches all the support, tailor made support people need to get these young people need to get these young people into work. they are so frustrated and they tell me they haven't got the tools to sanction people who can work but who clearly, for whatever reason , don't want. >> i made the point that actually, whilst benefits are there, if you look at the wages that are being offered, given the labour shortages , as you the labour shortages, as you know, in the north—west, actually only people can go out and get really quite well paid jobs. youngsters jobs. this 40% of youngsters would be better off in work.

, had a chat with a dwp staff there. told me that over 40% of young people who are on unemployment benefits at the moment are frankly not playing ball with a system . they refuse ball with a system. they refuse to turn up to interviews . they to turn up to interviews. they don't answer the phone and they will not engage at all. and the dwp staff there who have been given millions of pounds by the government for work coaches all the support, tailor made support people need to get these young people need to get these young people into work. they are so frustrated and they tell me they haven't got the tools to sanction people who can work but who clearly, for whatever reason , don't want. >> i made the point that actually, whilst benefits are there, if you look at the wages that are being offered, given the labour shortages , as you the labour shortages, as you know, in the north—west, actually only people can go out and get really quite well paid jobs. youngsters jobs. this 40% of youngsters would be better off in work. so

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and out in the pacific right now, a pattern that could dwp our first rain of the season.details in that microclimate forecast. we'll start it off as you roll through tomorrow morning. the fog is back with us. with some widespread clouds to start. all that will clear to allow sunshine through tomorrow afternoon. morning temperatures will be chilly to start. 57 in the south bay. and upper 50s. san francisco, 56. and it's 53 in the north bay. temperatures tomorrow, staying below average. check this out, across south bay. 80 in san jose. 79 in gilroy. 82 in antioch. 79 danville. and 73 in hayward. out to half moon bay, will be at 6. san francisco, 67 and youp town. and let's move it to the north bay aeroin a. 80 in sonoma. 77 in santa rosa. comfortable weather to tomorrow's forecast. let's show you something in the trends right now. that's a storm system that could be developing to the north and also to the west of the bay area. this is on sunday. we see the fog by sunday morning. look how things would develop for us by monday. we could get a storm system developing out here.

. >> hm well, prior to the dwp actually did work for the tax office for about two years and they went working and the more old school way to like a newer, more google way of working to try and be a bit more modern and it did have an effect on the service. >> the level of equipment seemed to have kind of gone down the pan . um, not to have kind of gone down the pan. um, not as much to have kind of gone down the pan . um, not as much space, a pan. um, not as much space, a lot of desk hopping and it did create a lot of tension with like the lower end civil servants like myself and the service did start to kind of go down a bit . i service did start to kind of go down a bit. i don't think the pandemic helped working from home. >> and this is the sort of quid pro quo that there was an efficiency drive to get people out of offices and then the pandemic hit. and you had pandemic hit. and so you had nobody in offices and now you have acres of desk space just completely . completely empty. >> yeah. so they definitely need to get people back into the office. i think there's a definite decline i

and the dwp, which is the department of work and pension stops, women's benefits after she said she worked lie by the guardian because? because the rules state you can't work for over for 16 hours or more . so they made it or more. so they made it actually confusing . and what actually confusing. and what they meant was you can't work if you work for 16. you can't get it. if you work for 15 hours, 950, nine, 59 and 59, then you can get it. so it's bad communication. i thought the engush communication. i thought the english people were good at communication, but this is this is this woman on is screwing this woman on a technicality. yeah it's very unfortunate. there's sort of unfortunate. there's a sort of byzantine complexity the byzantine complexity to the benefit system it punishes benefit system and it punishes people try and work. people when they try and work. that's the stupid thing about people when they try and work. thieveryone:upid thing about people when they try and work. thieveryone should ing about people when they try and work. thieveryone should ing rewarded it. everyone sh

done everything, i took time out to bring up the kids, but i'm sitting here and i have dealt with the dwp- all our lives.- i want to do all our lives. exactly. i want to do some texts- _ all our lives. exactly. i want to do some texts. stewart, _ all our lives. exactly. i want to do some texts. stewart, in - all our lives. exactly. i want to do some texts. stewart, in my - all our lives. exactly. i want to do some texts. stewart, in my 70s. | all our lives. exactly. i want to do i some texts. stewart, in my 70s. to buy a house we sacrificed holidays, lived modestly, had sensible weddings in this country. is there such a thing as a sensible wedding? i know what you mean. this doesn't appear to be something the young are willing to do. lots of stuff being chucked around here. louise, i appreciate what some of the older generation have done but when i stand behind people buying lottery tickets and cigarettes you want a house strapped for cash they are. strapped for cash, quite extrapolation. simon, young people have everything now, new cars, ipads, netflix and everything. all they had to cro

. >> before he was a dwp. right. >> okay . so that's a big job. >> okay.h. so he had a he had a he was very down, down, down and out. >> well, not really. >> well, not really. >> i think that jonathan being jonathan, he will do what he does best, back on the media does best, go back on the media round, promoting labour round, keep promoting the labour party, for party, trying to fight for a labour so he won't labour government. so he won't be distracted this . rosena be distracted by this. rosena allin—khan. i think was an unfortunate she was she had the mental health brief. >> she's a she's, she's a doctor who in her spare time does shifts. >> that's right. she she worked all the way through covid working as a hospital doctor, but he sacked her. well no, he didn't sack her. what in fact, happened there was that he was going to demote her from cabinet level. right. and in her resignation letter, what she said was, i'm really disappointed that you don't feel mental health should be a cabinet position in. and i think she's right that that mental health is so

i've at a jobs fair the dwp, the council , the citizens advice, council, the citizens advice, all workingy and support people as best we can. so i'd say don't lose hope. there is a lot still going on and hopefully those people taking over the stores, they'll see what great staff there wilkos and they'll there are at wilkos and they'll be take those be able to take some of those on. but there a wider on. but is there a wider question about britain's high streets? because, course, streets? because, of course, we've lewis going we've had john lewis going pubuc we've had john lewis going public saying, you know, things we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you know, things we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you've ow, things we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you've gotthings we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you've got issues are tough and you've got issues such as very high business rates . and clearly people are still being how they're being careful how they're spending money. should the government be a bit more government be doing a bit more for retail sector , for.

i spoke about the dwp earlier. the department for education is key. it is making are not only providing mental health support but by raising awareness of what good mental health is like and asking for help if you are coming to a point of crisis or a period of challenge in your life and teaching young people how to cope is fundamental going forward in terms of reducing that suicide rate.— forward in terms of reducing that suicide rate. three dads and other campaigners _ suicide rate. three dads and other campaigners were _ suicide rate. three dads and other campaigners were welcome - suicide rate. three dads and other campaigners were welcome that. l suicide rate. three dads and other- campaigners were welcome that. there is a bigger picture, people are worried about the cost of living and health concerns and education pressures and the government should be tackling the causes, the root causes, and notjust the endgame. i have met with three dads walking in parliament and heard from them first hand about the changes they feel would make a difference. th