faisal islam, bbc news.ls to scrap the £20 a week increase to universal credit — introduced last march — to help during the pandemic. ministers say the increase was always going to temporary — but labour says it should stay. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. £20 a week is a fortune for those on low income, like caroline rice. a childminderfrom county fermanagh, says there is little left for her to cut from her weekly outgoings. i'm just living from one payment to the next payment. if my washing machine breaks down, i have nothing to repair it. if my car breaks down, i have nothing to repair it. potentially i could run out of oil and i don't have a surplus. i have no savings. the mother of one says she cannot earn more — the law limits how many children she can care for — and she cannot make the parents she works with pay for hours they don't need. the reality is that it is a lifeline for so many people and there is quite a high proportion of us who are working people, you know, and i

faisal islam, bbc news.nd agricultural products, arriving in england, scotland and wales, from the european union. ministers have blamed disruption caused by the pandemic. the checks were due to start next month. the eu has implemented full checks on goods coming from the uk since the start of the year. china's ambassador to the uk has been told he cannot enter parliament in afghanistan, where the taliban seized control of government over three weeks ago, thousands of women are still unsure whether they'll be allowed to return to work. new rules are announced every day, including restrictions on women's role in society. during the past 20 years of international engagement, women were able to assume new roles, some of them with the country's national carrier, ariana afghan airlines. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet went to meet members of the airline's female cabin crew who remain fearful about the future. somewhere in kabul, down a back alley, swiftly up the stairs. we've come to this abando

our economics editor faisal islam is with me. what is the bank saying?y bills and also ports, farms and some shopping shelves and it's a combination of the rebound post lockdown that we've seen globally with prices going up, but also some uk specific factors including the post—brexit immigration rules, and you put those together and what the bank of england have said is that you can see it's notjust a series of localised anecdotes, you can sing a material impact on the big numbers across the economy. most obviously in the inflation number. we thought this was going to go pretty high, over 4% is double the target we seek to get in the economy, but they thought that would come down rapidly, there would be a temporary rise in inflation. now they are saying there are some reasons why that might persist for longer. and secondly the bank of england citing these shortages of both materials and workers in the number of sectors for why internally they've downgraded their predictions of growth. so affecting the recovery from the pandemic, increasing the dilemma of

faisal islam, bbc news, hertfordshire. our business editor simonjack is here.this, of course. what is your take on where we are? we have heard conflicting claims. ~ , ., , claims. mixed signals. on the ositive claims. mixed signals. on the positive side, _ claims. mixed signals. on the positive side, government - claims. mixed signals. on the - positive side, government figures say the number of fully stocked petrol stations has increased a bit and industry figures show the number of empty petrol stations are going down so they are both moving in the right direction but we have the flip—flopping approach as to whether the army will get involved. yesterday morning, we don't think we will need them, tonight, they might be involved as soon as this weekend, so do people think in the crucial battle for consumer confidence, yes, the army is on standby, or by me, how has it come to this? and the hgv driver shortage, some signs there are specific uk problems, grant shapps said brexit was undoubtedly a factor in the uk shortage, so you haveissues factor in the uk shorta

faisal islam, bbc news, liverpool.es for the uk, show there were nearly 3a and a half thousand new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means in the past week, there was an average of 31,635 new cases per day. there were just over 7,500 people in hospital with covid, according to the latest data. another 166 deaths have been recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test, taking the average number per day in the last week, to 139. 0n vaccinations, just under 90% people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while 82% are now double vaccinated. president biden is asking world leaders to pledge to vaccinate 70% of the world's population against covid—19 by september next year. during a virtual meeting, he said the us would buy an additional 500 million doses of the pfizer vaccine to donate to less wealthy countries. but the latest research shows that richer nations still have a surplus of vaccines, some of which will soon be out of date. 0ur health editor hugh pym has more

faisal islam, bbc news. from the european union. ministers have blamed disruption caused by the pandemic. they were due to start next month. 0ur political correpsondent damian grammatics is in westminster. explain the delay and what it will mean. , . . . ., ., mean. these are the checks that are meant to be — mean. these are the checks that are meant to be happening _ mean. these are the checks that are meant to be happening at _ mean. these are the checks that are meant to be happening at our- mean. these are the checks that are l meant to be happening at our borders following on from brexit on items being moved into the uk. they were originally due to be happening after january, following brexit and the completion of all of that. they were delayed at that point as the government were worried about disruption and giving people time to prepare, about having enough customs agents and border post. they are now going to be delayed again as some work due at the beginning of october and now will be pushed back to

faisal islam, bbc news.£20 a week increase to universal credit that was introduced last march to help during the pandemic, even though they can't halt the move. ministers say the benefit increase was only ever temporary, but labour says it should stay, arguing that those in employment could face working up to nine hours extra per week to make up for the shortfall. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. i've only had the heating on in my flat three times since august 2016. i won't be able to get my son on the bus to school every single day. low anyway, it feels like a betrayal. - a child minderfrom county fermanagh, she says there is little if my washing machine breaks down, i have repair it. surplus, i have no savings. the mother of one says she can't earn more. and it keeps me going, it keeps my child fed. i'd like to see the government live, you know, the life that we live. to strengthen the safety net, said the chancellor, an extra £20 a week was added to universal credit in march 2020

faisal islam, bbc news.ld hundreds of young climate campaigners that they have every right to be angry about the lack of action on climate change. addressing a meeting in milan, borisjohnson said he hoped the un climate change conference in glasgow in november — called cop26 — could mark the beginning of the end of climate change. here's our science correspondent victoria gill — her report contains flashing images. leaders came here to talk. but the criticism ringing in their ears is that when it comes to climate change, we've had far too much talk and nowhere near enough action. throughout this week's event, young climate activists — spearheaded by greta thunberg — moved from street protests to sharing the same room and the same stage with world leaders. there is no planet b, there is no planet blah. blah, blah, blah! today, they handed their proposals to those leaders, including a request to phase out fossil fuels entirely by 2030. in a couple of years, if this has to continue, if this chaotic approach to

faisal islam, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... first cabinet reshuffle since the general election — he becomesjustice secretary , lord chancellor and deputy prime minister. mr raab is replaced as foreign secretary by liz truss — a promotion from her previous role as trade secretary. earlier, gavin williamson was sacked as education secretary while robert buckland and robertjenrick lost their posts asjustice and housing secretary. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good, evening. its another busy night of champions league ties with two english clubs amongst the 16 in action. here are all those latest scores. both the english teams have goals and matches. liveable and city are a goal up. liverpool goal inside the first ten minute but most all i had a penalty save so they could been you up there. manchester city goal up you up there. manchester city goal up at leipzig for the burner make his first darfur city. a score for them, they are one go to the good. lionel messi is making his first champions league start

year, government income from taxes will reach the highest level in a0 years. 0ur economic editor faisal islamy packets we havent seen in years. so, who pays the bill? you can get a picture here of how all workers above the ni threshold pay. they will see it listed on their pay slips. from 20,000 — about £100 a year, to 100,000 — over £1100 a year. the highest paid pay the most. this is just employees' national insurance though. taking into account £5 billion of employers' national insurance also going up — the tax on pay packets overall is nearly double that — could be seen in form of squeezed wages or higher prices. national insurance will also be applied to earnings from the over 66s, to try to address concerns that younger workers are funding older homeowners. unlike for income tax, national insurance is not levied on savings, property or pension income. for the same reason, the dividend tax paid by shareholders was also increased. these last two will raise a relatively modest sums — about £600 million for dividends. the big picture here is that the pandemic has increased how much governme

here's our economics editor faisal islam. is that the reopening of the economy has brought demand back, all thejobs back and the need to hire, to harvest the wheat and the barley from the ground. so, this should have left the farm injuly and be in a pint glass. arable farmer dan wallis sold this 300—tonne consignment to a brewer weeks ago. but due to shortages, there's no transport for it. the situation not a great deal better for wheat. whether it be soft fruit or wheat for bread, there is a finite window. if it's not harvested in that time, it will spoil and it won't make the grade. but finding enough people to drive kit, tractors, harvesting, whatever it might be, it's very, very hard. all this is a consequence of a jobs market doing much better than anyone forecast or dared to hope during lockdown. the tax authorities counted 1 million fewer people registered on payrolls less than a year ago during the pandemic, but that has now fully recovered. i would say there's a lot of reasons for optimism aboutjobs. whether it's ent

with me now is our economics editor, faisal islam.difference on thejobs it is a big change today, big difference on the jobs market but this is an economy in a country not back to where we were pre—pandemic. it is worth reflecting on what the scheme has done. we haven't had anything like this in the country before. it was put together quite quickly by the hmrc officials and it succeeded in keeping unemployment down, below half what reasonable expectations were given the economic shock we had supporting millions of people. now there is a real test. we don't know what will happen with the million or so workers who are still connected to the scheme as it ends. the chancellor has been out and about this morning talking about, he thinks it is the right time to end the scheme and he references the fact that in other parts of the economy, we have labour shortages and there are a million vacancies. those two things won't fit together like a jigsaw puzzle but there is evidence in areas such as the airport towns crawley, slough, the south of ma

here's our economics editor faisal islam.nternational travel, eating out all closed down, the fellow scheme, designed to bridge the economy and millions of workers through unprecedented uncertainty. towns around airports like raleigh have been most hit by lockdowns are the longest periods. at peak over a fifth year were on furlough and i about ten. 0ne fifth year were on furlough and i about ten. one a ground handler still on part—time fellow describes the impact of the scheme. it still on part-time fellow describes the impact of the scheme.- the impact of the scheme. it has been a life-saver. _ the impact of the scheme. it has been a life-saver. otherwise it l been a life—saver. otherwise it would have been another maskell all—star. the hotel is ideal, the car it has become a ghost town. if we look at unemployment figures over this time, you can see that an invite relatively low. factored in the 11 millionjobs invite relatively low. factored in the 11 million jobs supported invite relatively low. factored in the 11 millionjo

our economics editor faisal islam is here. rise like this on pay packets for several years. but if you take a step back. — for several years. but if you take a step back. you _ for several years. but if you take a step back, you can _ for several years. but if you take a step back, you can see _ for several years. but if you take a step back, you can see that - step back, you can see that fundamental change that the pandemic has done for the share of taxation on the economy and what government does and it is suspending some of those things at the highest levels we have seen over a sustained basis, and if you take a step back from that, the question is, who is going to pay for all of that? and we can see, cross workers at different wage levels, £20,000 is about £230 per year and this is the employee national insurance, 50,000 at £500 and six figure salaries will be over and six figure salaries will be over a thousand. broadly speaking those that own the most will pay the most. it is progressive but that's half the story in term

our economics editor faisal islam told us the furlough scheme's end coincides with strong demand in partshone. before the pandemic, about 80% of appointments were carried out in person but figures out today show that is now only 58%. gps say they're struggling with rising demand and staff shortages. jim reed reports. my day—to—day medicine cabinet will have multiple painkillers in it, nsaids, anti—inflammatories. through the pandemic, katie has been living with endometriosis — a painful, chronic condition. it was the most difficult time of my life. she needs check—ups as her symptoms change. she's happy with her gp in manchester but says she's struggled with telephone appointments. i haven't seen a gp face—to—face since before the pandemic. everything went to become on the phone in terms of appointments, which is really difficult to say, "i have this pain and it's here." you can't show somebody where "here" is over the phone. before the pandemic, gps in england were seeing 83% of patients face—to—face. the first lockdown saw that figure fall sharply. since then, it has climbed back to 57%