henry mance.pt up the pressure on the government all week over the welfare payment universal credit. it merges half a dozen working age benefits into one. it's being rolled out across the country with the aim of simplifying the system and making it easierfor claimants to move into work. but critics say the six—week wait before the first payment is made is leading to debt and rent arrears. at prime minister's questions jeremy corbyn read out a letter sent by one lettings agency. the agency is issuing all of its tenants with a pre—emptive notice of eviction, because universal credit has driven up arrears where it has been rolled out. will the prime minister pause universal credit so it can be fixed? or does she think it is right to put thousands of families through christmas in the trauma of knowing they are about to be evicted because they are in rent arrears, because of universal credit? after four months, the number of people on universal credit in arrears has fallen by a third. it is important t

with me are henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times and claire cohen, editor of telegraphimes says europe's banks have removed more than £350 billion worth of assets from the uk in the last 12 months, after the vote to leave the eu. the times claims a defence minister is threatening to quit if the military is forced to impose more cost cutting measures — including reducing the army to below 70,000 soldiers. the mail headlines movement in the brexit negotiations — with the eu signalling it is willing to start talks on a possible trade—deal after the latest talks with theresa may. the telegraph cites a new report that says one in five women won't become a mother, as childlessness has doubled within a generation. the express writes that winds from the arctic will descent on the uk this weekend — with temperatures hitting as low as minus 6. we will begin with the guardian, which is reporting on its front page the appalling atrocities that have happened in egypt and the sinai peninsula. hundreds of worshippers killed in sinai mosque attack. there is so much attention in the mid

tomorrow's front pages at 10.a0pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are henry manceical correspondent at the financial times, and claire cohen, editor of telegraph women. zimbabwe has a new president, only its second in 37 years. thousands of people celebrated in harare today as emmerson menangagwa was sworn in. it has been an extraordinary fortnight for the man who was, until a fortnight ago, zimbabwe's vice—president. he had to flee the country after robert mugabe abruptly sacked him — a decision that led to his own downfall. 0ur zimbabwe correspondent shingai nyoka reports. the changing of the guard in zimbabwe. and long—time leader robert mugabe was not there to witness it. but newly—elected president emmerson mnangagwa doesn't need his blessing. i, emmerson mnangagwa. .. the moment zimbabweans have been waiting for, the swearing in of this country's second leader in nearly a0 years. this is zimbabwe's new president, not through an election but with the help of the military. it caps the most dramatic two weeks in zimba bwe's history, and a surprise comeback from

henry mance is the political correspondent for the financial times, and joins us from our london newsroom political correspondent earlier and this is the weekend when the leaks started to come out ahead of the budget. anything surprise you? we have seen philip hammond talk positive about housing. it is not really surprising because we know the conservatives and labour leave this is an area where young people are being squeezed out of the housing market. homes costing too much. he is trying to be as bold as he can be without annoying traditional conservative voters who don't want homes built on the green belt. how positive is this budget going to be? we were saying with brexit negotiations going on, he is determined to give a positive outlook for the uk post brexit?” remember the time when budgetss were giveaways. at the moment that is not possible. there is still a budget deficit. we are spending more than we are bringing in. philip hammond doesn't think you can keep doing that forever. the labour party wa nted that forever. the labour party wanted to loosen the purse strings of it. i thi

thank you, ian birrell, and henry mance, thank you for coming on the programme.rooms in england and wales are struggling to cope with the number of calls theyr‘e getting — according to the official police watchdog. the report was carried out by her majesty's inspector of constabulary mike cunningham. we're more calls to 999 and 101 which means some calls don't get a response. that is not good. we are looking at how police use the money and staff that they have, how well they understand the demand for their services, and we found that overall police forces are performing pretty well in terms of efficiency, but in this area of control rooms where the calls coming, we found in some cases forces are struggling. and that is two areas, firstly the sheer volume of calls coming in and how they prioritise those, and secondly around staff who work in those control rooms, retaining them, giving them the skills they need to make an assessment of the calls, so a couple of issues are going on here that we are urging constables to have a closer look at. white the outcome of tha