they say 82% of universal credit.small, number of people? absolutely not, we shouldn't forget when universal credit was voted for by the coalition and designed by iain duncan smith it was designed to cut support, to change the payment system, to a delayed approach. maria got her payment within six weeks. it's faster than average. the average the department for work and pensions talk about is 12 weeks. in the test area, we've had extra support wrapping around. we've seen delays of 12 weeks. why do you think these delays are so long? partly a deliberate system to pay four weeks in arrears rather than upfront which isn't what most people need. four weeks in arrears, but in some situations... 12 weeks. if you're renting privately, with many housing associations, that will automatically trigger your eviction notification because you're not paying rent on time. is its teething problems with the system? the four weeks will be built into the system. if it is a system in arrears. the intention with the introduction, the govern

so, this is you making a universal credit claim?ople claim universal credit. so you're not getting an awful lot, are you? it's disgraceful. 0nce someone claims it, any other benefits immediately stop and you typically wait six weeks before receiving any money. i think at the moment it's probably not fit for purpose. nobody can survive with without any income for six weeks. we have people getting into rent arrears, can't pay their electric, can't pay their gas, haven't got money for food. at the local food bank, they say they're seeing the consequences of those difficulties. figures they've gathered indicate problems associated with benefit changes and delays have increased by more than 60% in the past year. louise summer—hayes has been here several times over the past few months. her first visit, she says, was due to troubles caused by universal credit. it was a nightmare. we had to borrow money off of friends, family, come to the food bank because benefits are late or in the very beginning, we had to wait those six to eight weeks.

universal credit has been ruled out across —— rolled out across britain, six household payments beinga survey conducted by citizens advice of those people it's helped found over one third of claimants are waiting longer than the six weeks a should for a payment. 0ne the six weeks a should for a payment. one in ten people have to wait over ten weeks for universal credit, more than half have had to borrow money while waiting for their benefit. we are seeing thousands of people who are seriously worried about their personal situations and cannot fix it because the administration of universal credit is not helping them and the support is not helping them and the support is not helping them and the support is not there for them to see their way out of it. ministers insist that universal credit is a success and say most claimants are satisfied with the benefit and how it is available. for is available. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: tight security is in place in the german city of hamburg for the start of the g20 summit, after a night of violent clashes between police and anti—capi

universal credit has been rolled out across britain.as housing benefit and tax credits, combine into one monthly sum. but problems are emerging. a survey conducted by citizens advice of those people it has helped found more than one third of claimants are waiting longer than the six weeks they should for payment. 0ne the six weeks they should for payment. one in ten people have to wait over ten weeks for universal credit. more than half have had to borrow money by waiting for the benefit. we are seeing at the moment thousands of people who are seriously worried about their personal situations and can't fix it because the administration of universal credit is not helping them and the support is not there for them to see their way out of it. ministers insist that universal credit is a success and say most claimers are satisfied with the benefits. the world's first whisky— powered car has had a successful debutjourney. scottish scientists have developed a way to turn leftover residue from the distillation process into fuel that can be used

one in ten people have had to wait over ten weeks for universal credit.ting for their benefit. we are seeing at the moment thousands of people who are seriously worried about their personal situations and cannot fix it because the administration of universal credit is not helping them and the support is not there for them to see their way out of it. ministers insist that universal credit is a success and say most claimants are satisfied with the benefit and that help is available for those with problems. michael buchanan, bbc news. mental health services in england are being overwhelmed by a combination of rising demand and staff shortages — that's according to a survey by nhs providers. there are also concerns that extra government money, designed to improve access for patients needing help, is failing to reach front line services. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. two years ago alice victor was struggling with an eating disorder, but her gp told her it would take at least a year before she was referred for nhs treatment. in the end, alice

has decided that clearly doesn't understand either universal credit or what happens when we're in class communities over christmas you spend money it's a quiet time you have nice food you get your family some gifts or whatever and to have universal credit rolling now in december means that they are consigning many does that mean it's just a left right and well it's a system where all of your benefits will be paid on a monthly payment included housing benefit book importantly there's must've problems with this system so sometimes people are the payments are in a real in a reality so sometimes a way in a week so that means this government is prepared for people with no money in january and february and i'm going to try and use up place to stop that happening again well arguably would you say it's not quite as intimidating given that you have appeared in both of them and just as a deal involving a hundred million pounds limpy has come to light so it's not quite as intimidating doing that actually. it's about money to an extent well i think what be in there that dispels this myth actually y

one in ten people have had to wait over ten weeks for universal credit.uations and cannot fix it because the administration of universal credit is not helping them and the support is not there for them to see their way out of it. ministers insist that universal credit is a success and say most claimants are satisfied with the benefit and that help is available for those with problems. michael buchanan, bbc news. studio: a hundred years ago today women were allowed to join the armed forces in the uk. the women's army auxilliary corps began with women working as cooks, drivers and telephonists. commemorations are taking place at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. from there sima kotecha reports. voiceover: it happened in the midst of the great war. women were able to join the army. in 1917 on this very day, the first all—women unit was created, the women's army auxilliary corps. it meant they could work as cooks and drivers, freeing up men to go into battle. the unit disbanded in 1921 but its birth paved the way for other military services to

one in ten people have to wait over ten weeks for universal credit.f have had to borrow money while waiting for their benefit. we are seeing at the moment thousands of people who are seriously worried about their personal situations and cannot fix it because the administration of universal credit is not helping them and the support is not there for them to see their way out of it. ministers insist that universal credit is a success and say most claimants are satisfied with the benefit and that help it is available for those with problems. michael buchanan, bbc news. a former manager of the car manufacturer audi has been charged in the united states for ordering staff to cheat emissions tests. the usjustice department accused giovanni pamio of conspiracy to defraud the united states and violating the clean air act. audi's parent company, volkswagen, has already admitted to cheating on vehicle emission tests in the us and fined nearly $3 billion. a gallery will open in david hockney‘s hometown of bradford today to coincide with his 80th birthday this we

claim working tax credits by working 16 hours a week for lone parents or earning £520 a month on universal creditge of course that there are for some people the move into workjust is not appropriate, which is why there is a range of exemptions for vulnerable groups, including households with most of disability benefits, carer's allowance, the equivalent universal credit care is evidence, and the guardian 's allowance. this government has done very little to tackle pay inequality, a living wage is being brought forward that does not seek to support under 25s. i'm afraid he is wrong, 1.3 million people on the lowest incomes will have been taken out of income tax altogether since 2015, april 2017 we increased the national living wage to £7.50, that will benefit 12 million workers directly this year, we will see full—time workers on that rate increase in pay £500. you are watching a round—up of the day in the commons and the lords, still to come, more maiden speeches from the newest members of the commons. seven people made speeches immediately before me, they were funny, they were erudite, they were

one in ten people have to wait over ten weeks for universal credit.ing for their benefit. we are seeing at the moment thousands of people who are seriously worried about their personal situations and cannot fix it because the administration of universal credit is not helping them and the support is not there for them to see their way out of it. ministers insist that universal credit is a success and say most claimants are satisfied with the benefit and that help is available for those with problems. the headlines now. donald trump meets world leaders at the g20's summit in germany, including for the first time russia's vladimir putin, with whom he will hold talks today. police have clashed with protesters at the summit after violence overnight. water cannon was used to disperse some residents. g re nfell tower disperse some residents. grenfell tower residents say they still lack confidence in the inquiry into the disaster. sir martin moore—bick was tackled last night. and joe root‘s first innings at ending captain is over, after a spectacular first da

ministers say that universal credit is a success, that it's moving people into work. they say that it's moving people into work. they say most claimants are satisfied with the benefit and that help is available for those with problems. but the increasing demands on a small office, tell a very different story. michael buchanan, bbc news, bridgwater in somerset. at wimbledon today, despite a shaky start, third seed roger federer is through to the last 32 after beating serbian dusan lajovic. earlier in the day on centre court, britain's kyle edmund failed to become the fifth british singles player to reach the third round. he lost in straight sets to frenchman gael monfils. cricket now — and on his first appearance as england test captain, joe root has scored a century against south africa. england ended the day 357—5. our sports correspondent andy swiss was watching the action. the first test of the summer and of an era. joe root arrived all smiles and promptly won the toss. tails, england. easy, this captaincy, isn't it? but as his predecessor helped prove, it's anythi

making sure we have got the right resources in the job centre plus for the expanded role of universal credit my honourable friend hits the nail on the head, that is exactly right. it is very important that we have got job centres that are able to deal with the new and important role in terms of providing the support that claimants need, having worked coaches in place, having those facilities and sometimes that requires new estate, new improve estates. we shouldn't be stuck on where the footprint that we happen to have a few years ago. david gauke. the class of 2017 continues to make itself known. brand—new mps have been making their maiden speeches in the commons. here are a few of the latest. i'm also thankful for my honourable friends for gathering around me like a protective huddle of penguins, i very much appreciate it. we must be realistic, pragmatic and determined about how we best shape this country as we leave the european union. but too often debate on how we do this is infected by corrosive pessimism that betrays a lack of confidence in our nation and what we can offer the world. a

citizens advice say the roll—out of universal credit, the new system by which all benefits are combined

it is all happening the same week as we have got universal credits being brought in, being enrolled intoring the summer holidays, they are going to be facing huge problems. so, do you think children around here are going to go hungry over the summer? i can see that happening, yes. i think a lot of people would not want to admit they can't feed their children. it's notjust families on benefits. it will be the working poor that suffer too. but it is just so hard and so gut wrenching and stressful, extra worries put on top of extra worries, and this is what we are seeing so often. there's so little support for so many. with these guys, they don't obviously see the... i don't want them to see the panic of how desperate we are for the food. it's not as some politicians will say, to buy a new widescreen tv. we are not saving pennies for anything like that. we are saving to buy butter, milk and bread, and it is literally as tight as that. that was from the victoria derbyshire, earlier. snow, driving winds and plunging temperatures might not conjure up images of your perfect wedding day. but for

imagine her father who may have given up on finding a job due to the tailored support of universal credity and the whole country. that is the value of work. we should never lose sight of it. enterprisings back small and medium-sized business owners, to help people take risk with their economic security to start and grow a business and contribute to our national success and provide employment to other people. they don't play it safe. guy: theresa may speaking on the issue of employment in the united kingdom and what her government is going to be doing next. you can continue to follow that. i suggest you do so on live go on your bloomberg. we will take a break. we will carry on the conversation when we continue. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> with almost three quarters of the rise -- guy: the british prime minister speaking on employment and worse once or government to go next. i am guy johnson in london. tom keene in new york. golf tripson's continues. we continue to monitor his progress in terms of the story surrounding the dispute between qatar and many others in the gcc. the issue is becoming

it's all happening the same week as we've got universal credits being brought in, being enroled into, needs to make a fresh claim during the summer holidays, they are going to be facing huge problems. so, do you think children around here are going to go hungry over the summer? i can see that happening, yes. i think a lot of people wouldn't want to admit they can't feed their children. it's notjust families on benefits. it will be the working poor that suffer too. but it is just so hard and so gut wrenching and stressful, extra worries put on top of extra worries, and this is what we're seeing so often. there's so little support for so many. with these guys, they don't obviously see the... i don't want them to see the panic of how desperate we are for the food. it's not as some politicians will say, to buy a new widescreen tv. we're not saving pennies for anything like that. we are saving to buy butter, milk and bread, and it is literally as tight as that. let's talk to frank field a labour mp who chairs the all party parliamentary group on hunger. he wants councils to be made respon

the government can do a lot of childcare support available through universal credit or tax credits cannothildcare is an important infrastructure as roads and rail. we want parents to bea roads and rail. we want parents to be a reliable workforce, children to access opportunities so their social mobility is boosted across their lifetime. childcare is crucial. mobility is boosted across their lifetime. childcare is crucialm is crucial. absolutely, the government has recognised how crucial it is to us as a society and the economy. they have invested lots over the last few years in childcare for younger children, however, children of school age need more priority and we need more action in terms of what we can support parents with four school—age children. terms of what we can support parents with four school-age children. where are you from originally? sweden. they have more childcare available at more affordable prices, so it is less of a struggle. but you pay higher taxes? childcare is being recognised as part of a modern infrastructure with parents needing to go to work to pay for mortgag

might have given up all hope of working again, getting a job thanks to the tailored support of universal creditown economic security in order to start and grow a business contribute to our national success and provide employment to other people. the do not play it safe, they do not put faith in their talent —— they put faith in their talent —— they put faith in their talent —— they put faith in their talent and take a chance. when they succeed we all benefit. as an aspiration comes reality, as an idea comes an invoice, we will back those who dare to dream and dare to think big. and my message to them is clear and unequivocal, we respect the work you do and will always be on your side when you do the right thing. and our task informed by the work of matthew and his team is to make sure the high standards of our best employers become the benchmark against all employees. as the world of work changes, our practices and laws must properly reflects and accommodate the changes. because good work is in the changes. because good work is in the interest of good business. we know that flexible working opp

every move outside of credit and the debtwithin universe, emerging market debt is also an interestingrea. year have seen drop the spread to have narrowed and valuations are not as attractive as they have been. it is still an interesting thing. nejra: when you look at european equities and you take into account the stronger euro that we have seen, how does that affect your positioning within the european equity space? >> we have to take that into consideration because this will impact earnings. we are starting this earnings season rather optimistic -- the consensus is optimistic for european earnings and a lot of that is impacted. we have be cautious. with regards to what the impact of a stronger euro would be for european equities because we have a lot of exporters and we have to consider what it means for the dax index for example. this look more broadly, improvement in european growth is very good for domestic orientated earnings. we struggle to find a positive case for domestic euro. think perhaps, maybe i'm being too optimistic, but perhaps finally, domestic europe can outperform.

and give you a photograph, graduating class, tuskegee university, 1912. you get the credithat photograph. it's up to you to write a paper on that subject. and i tell you, you, young charlie rose, you're going to be the leading expert in the country on the graduating class of tuskegee university in 1912. and it happens. they did it. the sinking of american oil tanker off the coast of florida by german submarine in 1942. terrific subject. and they get into it. and they really care about it. and i had a fellow, gave him a picture of sergeant york, the famous hero of world war i. and he -- i asked him, he was very befuddled about it , he had never heard of this man. and i said, how much do you know about world war i? he said, i know nothing about world war i. i know there had to have been a world war i because there's a world war ii. he got to work and he wrote a superb paper on sergeant york. and 10, 20 years later, i ran into him on the street in washington, he's a lawyer. he said, i was in your class at cornell. i said what photograph did you get? he said i got sergeant york

30 yea rs, loans written off entirely after 30 years, a financial product that is made universally without any creditncial record, this is a unique financial product. we are making no money on this. it is making a substantial investment in it and thatis substantial investment in it and that is a conscious investment to get more people to go to university, more people from disadvantaged university that run bat —— allowing those of a disadvantaged background to go to university. labour's policy of abolishing tuition fees would jeopardise the financial sustainability of our university system, forced the weaned deduction of student number controls and through social mobility that is been moving so strongly in the right direction sadly into reverse. what you're saying seems to be that the current is going to continue and yet we we re current is going to continue and yet we were told by damian green there will be some great national debate in the conservative party because of the progress thatjeremy corbyn seemed to be making to attract students. we always want to expose the shortcomings of labour's polici

credit card firm. his annual salary is around $100,000. both parents graduated from top universities.ays, kim is focussed on looking after the children. when the family moved to the area in 2005, kim was combining child care with a full-time job at an internet company. the main factor in their decision to relocate was the child care center. >> translator: i had my first child in 2002. three years before we moved here. i wanted to deep working, so i left my baby with a regular day care provider. when i went to pick him up one day, he was being fed instant noodles instead of baby food. he'd always had allergies and was constantly scratching at his neck and other places. there's a strong link between that and diet, so you felt i couldn't leave him at day care anymore. it was around then that we heard about the cooperative child care center. where parents are involved in management. that's why we decided to move here. >> the son kim was so concerned about is now 13 and in junior high school. his two sisters also went to the child care center as their mother continued to work. >> translato

at the moment, much of the holiday childcare you cannot use things like tax credits or universal childcarebe used her parents. and i suppose part of the issue, as has been highlighted, is that council run options tend to be cheaper, but they are under pressure. places are scarce, it is ha rd to pressure. places are scarce, it is hard to get onto those facilities. but cancelled to have their own pressures , but cancelled to have their own pressures, and they cannot be expected to suddenly find a whole new raft of places. agreed, that is while called partnerships are very important. the government introduced quite recently a new policy called the right to request, the right to request holiday childcare from the school. some local authorities have done really amazing work in terms of collaborating with private or volu nta ry collaborating with private or voluntary providers, schools, and local authorities to make sure that there is available childcare is in that area. only 4% of local authorities had that. the right to request has increased holiday childcare provision. the government needs to

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university in maryland. >> ♪ >> now an "action news" exclusive. philadelphia police k-9s are creditedh leading investigators to the bodies of three of the four young men who went missing in bucks county. well today we got a look at those dogs in action and spoke to their handlers. "action news" reporter gray hall with that story. >> he knows that it's time to go to work. >> reporter: you may not know hank the golden retriever or storm the german shepherd but these philadelphia police cadaver dogs were a huge reason a recent murder mystery were solved. the dogs were instrumental in locating the bodies of the men found on the farm in solebury township. police say the k-9s are a important part of the force. >> we have our bomb dogs who work every event in the city and we also have our cadaver dogs which sometimes their finds are bittersweet. >> reporter: the dog's handlers officer alvin outlaw who works with storm and officer richard preston paired with hank say it was the weeks of training and guidance that prepared them for the heavily wooded conditions in bucks county. hank sniffed ou

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novelist, at the age of six, seven and eight, was to learn the university of that and not worry about anything else. i have to say, all credito my mother and father, they didn't bat an eyelid. maybe they weren't paying a huge amount of attention, but no—one ever mentioned dyslexia or anything like that. when i went back to ireland, i suddenly learned to read. well, god intervened, didn't he? god, that catholic irish god, very pagan. in the irish schools, i was... i went to an lcc school in london. i don't know if anybody went to such a school, but i don't think they exist any more. for some reason, i hope it wasn't something as blatant as because i was a poor irish child, i couldn't learn to read in england, that would be too horribly historically apt. but when we went back, they presented me in this frightening school, i have to say, because i now had an english accent, cockney accent: i was talking like that, you know. if you want to get beaten have to death in an irish schoolyard, go and try that accent. so i was learning to be irish game, which is a very strange experience for a child because i was irish. but they also h

universally recognised currency. other foreign funds may be regarded with suspicion. whether you're travelling on a shoestring or a gold—plated credite—mail your question to thetravelshow@bbc.co.uk and i'll do my very best to find you an answer. from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. and to finish this week's programme, we're off to canada and the magdalen islands in the gulf of saint lawrence. the waters can be treacherous and many ships have run aground on the rocks here, meaning that lots of people who live in the area now are descendants of shipwrecked sailors, who were washed ashore when their ships went down, giving them a unique respect for the sea. ethereal music. my name's nancy clark. i was born and raised on this island. as an islander, when we say "home", it's something very strong and something very rooted, because our ancestry is like all in one island, so our sense of belonging is very strong. most island families have.. it affects them in some way or another. my uncle, her brother, drowned and my father's brother also drowned, so i've two uncles that have drowned. my father's broth

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