sur eric pickles. that smacks eric pickles. for england says the vast majority of young carers receive no support from local authority social services. anne longfield says four out of five young carers are under the radar. the local government association says funding cuts mean councils are being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he's ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main carer at home. when he's not at school, he helps around the house, but he constantly worries about his mum when he isn't there. i started becoming more responsible and i started doing the cleaning. started doing cooking better. i started paying more attention to what my mum was doing. then, because i wasn't around, i was always worried about how she was. today's report by the children's commissioner found, of the 160,000 young carers in england, just over 128,000 children aged five to 17 may not be known to local authorities. and counci

earlier we spoke to sir eric pickles, who wrote the report which recommended the changes, and i asked concerns that these proposals might put people off voting, and whether we should be encouraging people to take part in the democratic process instead. we want to avoid people impersonating others. and we want to avoid elections being taken by the use of fraud. now all i'm really suggesting is exactly the same kind of proof that you would have if you want to wander down to the post office to pick up a parcel. i'm asking nothing more onerous than that. we will be speaking to labour's cat smith later in the programme. the children's commissioner for england says the vast majority of young carers receive no support from local authority social services. anne longfield says four out of five young carers are under the radar. the local government association says funding cuts mean councils are being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he's ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is he

sir eric pickles, thank you. you're thank you. —— thank you.overnment's often criticised anti—extremism programme known as prevent. leicestershire chief constable, simon cole, who is one of those in charge of implementing the strategy, said prevent was "absolutely fundamental" to britain's counter—terrorism efforts. the national union of teachers called for it to be scrapped. but mr cole says prevent is succeeding with vulnerable people. what it's about is putting an arm around people who might otherwise some difficult choices. the kind of cases that prevent teams are dealing with, and we are talking about 20 referrals a day, are things like a young man from the midlands who is thinking he might travel to fight in syria, people become concerned about him. there are referring to prevent. prevent works with that individual and he chooses not to travel. the people he was travelling to meet, we believe, are dead. this is very real stuff. with me is miqdaad versi, assistant secretary general for the muslim council of britain, which is setting up its

was asked by then sir eric pickles was asked by the government to look into this whole issue of electroraud. he found that there were in his view people who were turning a blind eye to this, that they were worried about being accused of discrimination because some of this was happening in pakistani and bangladeshi communities, and he recommended voter id being shown in polling booths, and this morning the government has accepted most of those recommendations, and in a couple of years, at the local elections in 2018, it will trial some of this. you might have to show a passport or driving licence or even a bus pass a passport or driving licence or even a bus pass 01’ a passport or driving licence or even a bus pass or bank card and sign something to prove who you are. labour, for their part, say they accept anything to crack down on fraud, but they are worried that the bigger issue is about voter registration, that many of us are not registered to vote, and that affects labour voters in particular, they are not getting to the polling booths. so we expect is debate to go on, but more anno

earlier we spoke to sir eric pickles and asked him to outline why he thinks the proposals are neededo avoid people voting on your behalf, we want to avoid people impersonating others. and we want to avoid elections being taken by the use of fraud. now all i'm really suggesting is exactly the same kind of proof that you would have if you want to wander down to the post office to pick up a parcel. i'm asking nothing more onerous than that. earlier i spoke to labour's cat smith, the shadow minister for voter engagement. labour's thoughts are that, while we do need to crack down on electoral fraud where it takes place, this is somewhat taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut. the numbers of insta nces crack a nut. the numbers of instances of impersonation at polling stations are very low, but this would disenfranchise or make it a lot more difficult for millions of voters to cast a vote. 3.5 million people do not have the required forms of id that will be trialled by this government. it's notjust that. if you were to be on your way home from work, for instance, and you remembered there is a

it follows a review of election rules by the former cabinet minister sir eric pickles.rning a blind eye to corruption and the worrying and covert spread of electoral fraud. he accused some authorities of a state of denial, the government has accepted many of the report's recommendations and says it wants to protect anyone who is at risk of being tricked or bullied out of their democratic rights. though the case here in tower hamlets captured the headlines, there were fewer than 700 allegations of electoral fraud in 2015 — a year in which more than 51 million votes were cast. and just a handful of people were actually convicted. critics say the government's response is disproportionate and could deter some people from voting. some labour mps believe the government has a hidden agenda. it is a generalisation, but if you accept that more people who do not have a passport, or a driving licence, are likely to be from poorer communities and that people from those communities are more likely to vote labour, then absolutely i think it does disproportionately affect potential la

hundreds, but and allegations in the hundreds, but a report commissioned earlier this year by sir eric pickles kill only at this case in tower hamlets and others, and said we have a trust —based system, particularly in england, and that is open to abuse, and even if those cases we hear about are potentially the tip of the iceberg, there may be more going on, so he made these recommendations, particularly this idea of voters having to show id at polling stations, and trying to crack down on the rigging of postal votes as well. so if there is the potential for there to be a serious issue, why is this being done on a trial basis? because it would be a radical change for voters to have to turn up with ide, that could be anything like a passport, driving licence or utilities bill, i think the government is keen that this should be trialled first so they can iron out any difficulties. it is important to say in northern ireland this has been happening for years without any problems. voters are quite used to it, the government says it doesn't have any noticeable effect on turnout. but despite all of t

as a response to that, the government asked the former communities secretary, eric pickles, to look at and he came up to look at this issue, and he came up with a raft of recommendations such as voters showing ide in polling booths in england, and measures to crack down on the vote rigging, the four gelant filling in of postal ballots. then the government came up with this recommendation, which has backed virtually all of them, particularly theissue virtually all of them, particularly the issue of people showing ide in -- id in the issue of people showing ide in —— id in polling booths. the issue of people showing ide in -- id in polling booths. but it isn't uncontroversial? labour say they would support anything that would crack down on voter fraud, but former merit london ken livingstone this morning said this isn't a huge issue, there are really a tiny number of cases, that it is being given too much emphasis by the government. and he says it is a bit like if you have a problem with shoplifting, this is like searching everybody as they come out of the store, it is disproportionate.

the former conservative minister, sir eric pickles, was asked by the government to look into this, andthere should be some sweeping changes to the law around voting in england. one of the things he is recommending or has recommended is that voters should show some sort of identification when they are on their way into the polling booths. that could include things like a passport or driving licence, but also perhaps a bus pass or even a bank statement or your bank card. the government this morning has said it is accepting the majority of those recommendations. in 2018 at the local elections in england, it will trial some of these ideas, especially those around having to show identification. we do not know the exact areas that will take place, but certainly, it will be piloted. the labour party say they welcome ideas such as these, but are accusing the government of trying to break the system, saying business more about getting votes for the conservatives than anything else, and they want the government to look at the issue of how we registered to vote in the first place. thank you very

the government as the former security secretary eric pickles to this issue, and he came up with severalndations, such as showing id when they go into the polling both. he was worried about the post of rights and opportunities for people to fill those in four other people, and forfraud to fill those in four other people, and for fraud to take place there —— polling booth. the government says it will trial voters in england at the local elections in 2018 having to show some sort of idea. this will only happen in a few areas, and it might be things like passport or driving licence, or perhaps a bus pass or driving licence, or perhaps a bus pass 01’ even a driving licence, or perhaps a bus pass or even a bankcard. something like that. the government said it is determined to try to crack down on this. there are people in the labour party who say, this is not really as big an issue as the government is making out. it is potentially trying to rig the system to help people very conservative. they say in much bigger issue is how we registered to vote. they worried that lots of people have fallen

it prompted a wider view of election practice, carried out by sir eric pickles.day, the government backed his proposals. it undermines electoral systems. which is why we need to make sure when it comes to vulnerable individuals inserting communities who want to exercise their individual right to vote, they are given the opportunity of doing so without intimidation. the report said authorities were turning a blind eye to corruption, what he called the worrying and covert spread of electoral fraud. called the worrying and covert spread of electoralfraud. he accused some bodies of denial and failing to challenge electoral rigging because of the threat of violence. some people vote to the will of elders in some pakistani and bangladeshi backgrounds. some voters will have to bring proof of identity, a passport or with photo photo id. but changes to the voting register had already harmed the party and some claimed this would make things worse. the people most likely not to have a passport or driving licence are going to be the poorest. like the decision last year to kn

set eric's perfect hair on fire, i have arranged dinner with this man, go sa, who runs the sichuan cuisine museum here. he takes us to a neighborhood favorite for some typical local dishes, like pickledus little bits of gnawable goodness. >> eric: how do you eat this one? >> go: just bite it and don't eat the bone, though. >> eric: no, no. oh, it's good. >> anthony: it's delicious. >> eric: it's spicy also, yeah. >> go: yeah. very spicy. have some beer. >> eric: but the food is really good, but the spice is a little bit of a challenge, i have to say. >> anthony: oh yeah. now we're talking. you're gonna love this dish, my friend. >> go: yeah, that's a -- find the chicken in the pile of chili. >> anthony: lao sze chi literally means "spicy chicken," but the dish, in practical terms, is a game of finding the bits of chicken in the mountain of ass-burning goodness. c'mon, it's fun for the whole family. "is that a tiny nubbit of hacked chicken? or a nuclear cluster of chili seeds?" the sichuan peppers are the, for me, like, the really, super addictive. >> eric: oh yeah, i feel them now. it's all tingling. >> anthony: yeah. >> eric: like that. right? >> anthony: there's a scientific name f