around 3,500 people are now on universal credit.we have been following their experiences to see how it's working. flint food bank. since last year, the number of people on benefits asking for their help has doubled. good morning. you all right? one is single parentjames mcdaid. he had to give up work to look after his two—year—old son. it is just me and the baby. what is your working situation? i'm a full—time dad. i come out of work to do this. james is claiming universal credit. he is entitled to roughly £1,000 a month. but that's not what he is getting. i only get £579 a month. my rent is £550. because i had to take... your rent has to be paid out of that? yes. we don't have a lot to live on. it is less than £30 a month. without places like this you would be in trouble. how are you manage something you just struggle on. don't you? there has been a mistake with his claim and he has been left with almost nothing to live on. but he can't find out why. because i questioned it and questioned it. you're just waiting? yes it is a patien

when i worked on universal credit, the proposals we re on universal credit, the proposals were more generousm and replacedlj were more generous than the legacy system and replaced. i am asking about the waiting, irrespective of the first payment. payment in arrears is... the resolution put in place on monday is exactly what i would have in place at the outset when people transition onto universal credit. the idea behind it being in arrears is to ensure that what we found with the legacy system is that when many people are waiting for this payment, when they moved into work they would have to weight... i know the rationale, to try to replicate how a salary is paid, but did someone like you say thatis paid, but did someone like you say that is too long to wait for the first payment? campaigners and the trussell trust have argued for a long time to put more money into the welfare system, including dealing with the five—week wait and a number of other administrative issues. that weight was designed as an intentional measure to make it mimic work, and in hastings coastal town, people are not paid

our look at the best of the day and the commons the battle continues for universal credit.ow that the roll—out of benefits is leading to personal debt, and they are being forced to turn to food banks throughout. how to bring about a change in culture. mps after a bullying issue. so we don't end up in a situation where we all knew, everyone knew he was a bit like that. and those fixed odds betting terminals. the chancellor says the government is in a difficult position. we are looking at the measure that would have a very significant impact on the industry, the industries own estimate is between 15,000 and 21,000 jobs will be lost. but first, the government has been given more details of its plan to use the introduction of universal credit following red to ease the introduction of universal credit following red spread criticism of the new system that merges six benefits into one single payment. in the future, claiments will have to wait as long, and benefits will take longer to switch to. also, debt repayment will be reduced, and work and pensions secretary told mps, ministe

anthony smith lost his job a year ago and had to claim universal credit.benefits for missing job centre appointments. i have just explained to you... he owes £4000 in rent to the council and is facing eviction. i've even looked for somewhere to live, and i've found a bridge. the only thing i'm not playing ball with is i can't work the computer. i'm left behind. under the old system, housing benefit was paid directly to the council, but now it's paid direct to claimants like anthony as part of one single benefit, universal credit. anthony should then pay rent to the county council, but he's way behind, and so are others. we had a rent arrears position last year of 1.6 million. it's now £450,000 worse than it was then, and a large proportion of that is attributable to universal credit. panorama has discovered that across the uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind with their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that's more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the o

anthony smith lost his job a year ago and had to claim universal credit.i have just explained to you... he owes £4000 in rent to the council and is facing eviction. i've even looked for somewhere to live, and i've found a bridge. the only thing i'm not playing ball with is i can't work the computer. we're left behind, i'm left behind. under the old system, housing benefit was paid directly to the council, but now it's paid direct to claimants like anthony as part of one single benefit, universal credit. anthony should then pay rent to the county council, but he's way behind, and so are others. we had a rent arrears position last year of 1.6 million. it's now £450,000 worse than it was then, and a large proportion of that is solely attributable to universal credit. panorama has discovered across the uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind on their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that's more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the old system, paying rent dire

i know that there are problems of universal credit despite its good intentions.m for myself and i will be listening and learning from the expert groups in this area who do such good work. i know it can be better. i will make it my role to ensure that we deliver that to our discussions, with in this and be discussions with treasury. we will have a fair, compassionate and benefits system. i added my congratulations to her on her return to the front bench. and unlike her predecessor, who was described as almost entirely dismissive of criticisms of welfare changes and universal credit, will she take seriously these reports on poverty in the uk and heed these calls for changes to universal credit? does no credit to the report by making personal comments about the former secretary of this department who did a fantasticjob. having said that, i have already acknowledged that he can make changes to the system despite a tremendous good that it does, i know that there are problems with it does, i know that there are problems with it and we will be focused on fixing it. can

this is for universal credit.ys, but need a rethink. what time is it on tonight? 7:30pm. thanks very much. this text says, it is time for clarity, we don't require permission from the eu to leave, we can just leave and keep the money. we will trade with europe just like we do perfectly well with the rest of the world. andy says if mr starmer stops brexit, what labour get wiped out in the midlands and north of england. the labour party is in london, you know? this text says mr starmer is a traitor to labour supporters who voted to leave the eu. let's hope they don't do well in the next general election. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. he may have had to do some shower dodging this morning. as we go through into the afternoon, more showers to dodge. that is the theme for today, sunny spells and showers. this was the scene early on the isle of wight, showers looking threatening. bolts of the showers towards the south—east of england and through southern counties

council tenants on universal credit are struggling to pay rent. a bbc investigation finds arrears are two—and—a—half times higher than tenants still receiving the old housing benefit. a former fruit farm supervisor appears in court in australia accused of starting a nationwide food scare by placing needles in strawberries. a bbc investigation to expose fake news uncovers disinformation by russia that could increase tensions with the united states. in sport: city looked like they enjoyed the manchester derby. the premier league leaders beat united 3—1. their third looked like a stroll in the park. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. our main story is the intense pressure on the prime minister to come forward with a brexit withdrawal deal within days. this morning labour confirmed it could seek to block brexit by holding another referendum. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, said the party would push for a general election if parliament rejected a brexit deal, but if that failed, another vote would be on the table. theresa

anthony smith lost his job a year ago and had to claim universal credit.i'm left behind. under the old system, housing benefit was paid directly to the council, but now it's paid direct to claimants like anthony as part of one single benefit, universal credit. anthony should then pay rent to the county council, but he's way behind, and so are others. we had a rent arrears position last year of 1.6 million. it's now £450,000 worse than it was then, and a large proportion of that is attributable to universal credit. panorama has discovered that across the uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind with their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that's more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the old system, paying rent direct to councils. the key point here is to make sure that people get support in terms of funding, and that is why earlier this year we introduced a package worth £1.5 billion, which means anyone coming on to universal credit who is currently receivin

personally, i would put it down to universal credit.it's usually benefit sanctions, benefit delays. it's usually when you get the crunch of it, what they're saying is it's universal credit, we're not getting our money for five to six weeks. it's the same old story every time they're coming in now. we used to do on an average 20 to 22 parcels a day. now we can reach anywhere over 30 to 40 in a day, which has happened today. it is busy! we will deliver the food directly to the client's house. it will be in an unmarked van and they will get their food in supermarket carrier bags just like you would get from a supermarket delivery. and we want to offer the highest level of dignity we can to that individual. makes me sad, yeah. when i was made redundant after 36 years of being a service engineer, i started to volunteer doing the work. they ended up taking me on as a driver. i'm lucky. but unfortunately most our clients aren't in that fortunate position. the driver then will come back to us and they'll say the state of some of the houses he's

do you think universal credit is going well when you see the rollout, when you go around?”en you go around? i have seen somewhere it works, some people say, but i have to say on the other hand people do not understand, they feel that it people do not understand, they feel thatitis people do not understand, they feel that it is not seamless, and i am working class myself. when they go to the job centres, it is not what they portray sometimes, they feel that, they feel worthless. it is about getting that reality check in, processes have a place but we have to understand these people that are trying to do the best they can, then all scavengers and we have have some educated people who need that help as well. helen, let's move on actually to the mirror, this is just an appalling story, isn't it, about this 98—year—old war hero who was battered in his own home by i think they were burglars, and the mirror, frankly its headline does raise a question i think a lot of people will agree with, what have we become? this brings me back to losing my husband and is not nice for the famil

a lot of people who are on universal credit, who need the money that universal credit provides, don‘tle a claim, and when they get the benefits. yes, and so, there have been adjustments made to make sure that people can get that cash early. david gauke introduced some changes on housing benefit that meant there was a kind of access when you moved to your last two weeks of housing benefit. but, critically, there‘s also an allowance now for people to get a loan, a 100% loan, or the first month up front as soon as they apply. now, i know some people are concerned about that. they think, oh, my gosh i don‘t want to go into debt, they might already have debt. but i‘m going to make sure that we do a betterjob of making it clear to people that they can get that money up front as soon as they apply. then they pay it back over, like, a 30—month period. and there‘s been reaction to that interview on social media. the labour mp david lammy has tweeted that "women fleeing abusive "partners could see a sudden cut in their benefits after "the universal credit roll—out. "this could endanger and trap

>> him as he knows with the exta money into universal credit in the budget. what we see is universal credit being about performed that ensures that people are encouraged to into the workplace and where they are there they earn more. it's interesting the right honorable gentleman chose to raise the question of tax cuts. on monday, on monday he said putting come he said that cutting taxes to 32 million people was frittering money away and ideological tax. yesterday the shadow chancellor said labour would support a tax cut. [shouting] on monday, on monday the right honorable gentleman from the leader of the opposition, talked about tax cuts for the rich. yesterday his chatter chancellor set what we have always known, that the tax cuts were for middle earners, had teachers and people like that. so when the right honorable gentleman stanza prep secant allows whether he will back the tax cuts and vote for the budget. [shouting] >> jeremy corbyn. [shouting] >> are you done here? mr. speaker, mr. speaker -- >> order. it doesn't matter after all the time in the world.

i think the main message i want to give is that universal credit is a tremendous force for good.inst terror today. they are saying that british victims of terror attacks abroad get hardly any help from the foreign office or from british consciousness. —— consulates. let's talk to charlotte dixon—sutcliffe, her husband david was killed in the brussels terror attack in 2016. she is also a member of survivors against terror. will pike, who broke his back trying to escape the mumbai terror attacks ten year ago. and dr sarah parry, a clinical psychologist who provided to support to people caught up in the manchester terror attacks. thank you very much for talking to us. charlotte, iwonder, when did it begin to dawn on you that david might have been caught up in that attack two years ago? immediately, because i knew that he was in the metro because i knew that he was in the m etro syste m because i knew that he was in the metro system at that time. i wasn't able to get in contact with him. i think i had asked him if the trains we re think i had asked him if the trains were still runnin

you've had problems with universal credit add up one point you and your son we re add up one point youery well at first, if i'm completely honest, it was like that for about a year. because i took the advance which is the department for work and pensions, they always give that is the answer to helping out for the waiting period. then they decided to ta ke waiting period. then they decided to take back £125 a month from my standard 317. i have £190 a month for food and bills. and my two children who i take every friday— sunday. food banks came into play pretty quickly. yes. it will make no difference to you but the government says they are putting much more money into universal credit from next year, reducing the time you wait for your first payment. i next year, reducing the time you wait for yourfirst payment. i mean, when someone like this man from the un comes will it help you in anyway, what the point of that? well, that's yet to be seen, after last year the un says they were creating a human catastrophe for the disabled, the government took over a year to respond. i'm not hopeful

he called for immediate changes to universal credit, the main welfare reform, and deplored the disproportionatefit changes. if you had got a group of misogynists in a room and said, "guys, how can we make this system work for men and not for women?"... they would not have come up with too many other ideas than what is already in place. as you would expect, ministers have hit back, saying they completely disagree with the un's analysis. they say that household incomes have never been higher, there are 1 million fewer people living in absolute poverty than in 2010, and they are committed to providing the right supposed to those in need. the un's criticisms will not quickly improve the lot of the poor, in jaywick or elsewhere, but they may focus more minds on the daily struggles for millions of britons. we'll we can speak now to niall cooper, who's the director of church action on poverty. he joins us live from manchester. thank you very much forjoining us this evening, what did you make of this evening, what did you make of this un envoy assessment? i'm delighted that he's coming to the uk and he

government says it's putting survivors on the controversial universal credit scheme we have award winning poet so if you have the core performing the poem grand. that's how does it say i'm going to tell you tourism is twenty twenty seven plan for the homeless and their opposition to a cease fire in yemen at pm queues goal is simple coming up a day's show but first prince charles and his wife could have gone it's a day the west african nation in the news in spring of this year. a controversial military cooperation deal was approved by parliament last week some of its members walked out in disapproval the u.s. will invest twenty million dollars in equipment and training for the country's army to deal also includes joint exercises and the right to use the nation's radio frequencies and runways and for those who think the u.s. military doesn't usually pour into a developing country without there being oil here's what happened in the capital in the past few days. oh revenues at could typically distributed to the people and not ending up in the pockets of. the most important resource for the na

well, part of the answer, actually, is intended to be universal credit. e tax credit system is very much susceptible to errors and fraud and infact much susceptible to errors and fraud and in fact in his evidence to the committee, the chief executive of hmrc said that it is a problem inherent in the design of tax credits. it's to be hoped that universal credit, which is designed to be more reflective of the way people actually earn and spend money, will help to eliminate those and infact money, will help to eliminate those and in fact the tax credit system is intended to be phased out, which is pa rt intended to be phased out, which is part of the reason why, u nfortu nately, part of the reason why, unfortunately, the resources being dedicated to sort of getting rid of errors and fraud in tax credits has been de—prioritised. errors and fraud in tax credits has been de-prioritised. ok, victoria, we will leave it there if we can. i just want to share one more story with you. paddy power profits are slipping on us fantasy sports. plenty more on that story and

ina is attributable to universal credit. uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind on their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that is more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the old system, paying rent direct to councils. the key point here is to make sure that people get support in terms of funding and that is why earlier this year we introduced a package worth 1.5 billion pounds which means anyone coming on to universal credit who is currently receiving housing benefit will get two weeks of extra money. critics argue much bigger changes are still needed. the universal credit crisis is on bbc one tonight. the details for each region are on your screen now and it will also be available on bbc iplayer. a veterinary campaign group has accused the government of telling bare—faced lies about the effectiveness of the ongoing badger cull in south—west england. the prion interest group said that government claims of a reduced number of

or he could focus on universal credit after the new work and pensions secretary hailed universal creditrbyn could go on. again we will be looking to see whether some of theresa may ‘s brexiteers get up to publicly challenge her over her deal. last week we had peter bone warning how she would lose the support of the house of commons and millions of voters and it is interesting to see how the mood is amongst tory mps as we reach the sort of finishing line of the negotiation. theresa may will presumably have a sandwich and a cup of tea and then she is pretty much off to brussels to try and nail down the last bits of this political declaration, which is a document setting out our future long—term political and trading relationship and that is what she hopes will be the real selling point for tory mps because they say that does deliver on many other things contained in the referendum. here we blast off time. who is with our dear departed colleague jo cox when she died is in the gallery today. we welcome you. questions to the prime minister,. thank you, mr speaker, today is the centenary of t

been affected by scandal and this someone is on universal credit or receiving state pension was administered by the the e.p.a. obviously under rudd been the central state will have some degree of influence and responsibility i believe the compensation scheme if someone who has been affected by when a scandal who was refused benefits or they state pension because of their not proving that they were british and that's been sorted out they should be given the full compensation for the financial loss the loss in the loss in terms of benefits accrue to them clothes nor whereby underwrote who would oversee in the hostile environment in a new job such a state could turn round say to the home office or to the treasury actually i'm not in the i will make sure that people still being penalized for. receiving benefits because the because work up after what you want is justice they want to be firstly to sort out those people who are british so the kind of their status sorts that the ones of or in my petition i did six months ago it was an automatic status because as a explain the state has everything on

with political will we could make sure the people got the resources that they need but listen universal credit in my opinion needs to be completely scrapped we need a root and branch revision of our social security system in this country is no longer fit for purpose it's completely broken it doesn't prada say anymore and it's frankly shames shames britain it further compounds the shame that britain is facing as a consequence of the report that was just produced by the un highlighting the terrible situation in relation to poverty in britain the government stands up for the good thing because it isn't thank you very much and that's it for the show will be back on saturday if a cop twenty four with former chief climate change negotiate a nobel peace laureate ranked one job until then people got social media see on world aids day as estimates of those killed by ohmss and used by the disease reached fifty million and as a federal lawsuit is filed over the edge withholding of say for a child need drugs in the usa from black and. us senators. military support for saudi arabia in the long running war

but a lot of people are in work and having to claim benefits, and the universal credit rollout has causet mean you're not in poverty, and that is the issue the government has to address. amber rudd has been brought back as work and pensions secretary into cabinet, she will have to use at —— have to look at universal credit, because alongside brexit is one of the most politically toxic debates going on at the moment. why shouldn't the un look at this country. we are not exempt from... look at the economic situation all over the world, why shouldn't britain be an exception —— why should britain be an exception? let's look at cats. page three of the times. why pet lovers always use a copycat. this is a story based on some academic research, all of which has been done at liverpool university, or a big chunk, has been done at liverpool university, ora big chunk, does your cat like to terrorise the neighbourhood, prowling the streets, intimidating new arrivals, looking for romantic conquests, that is likely what you are like two. in other words your cat is like you. if you are soft and cuddly

of course we've got the situation where there's a whole underclass appearing in this country universal credit forces moments of prostitution to make. the children's. sensational headline but of course it's actually accurate and this is what's happening i've been to food banks and my own area which is the rich middle class louis. people many people using food banks some of those in food banks are in employment they are not out of work they're actually earning but they don't get enough money to make things work and universal credit is a good concept the odd you bring your benefits together to try to make sure people are better off in work that out of work i support those things but the difficulty is people being used to getting a payment every week and there's a delay of one to three months on getting payments through and people are left with no money so what do they do this is what they do it seems you see i'm tempted to use the new the new d.w.p. secretary's words and say what you're saying is inappropriate and frankly you're using extraordinary political the political nature of your language

out of work they're actually earning but they don't get enough money to make things work and universal credit is a good concept the audio bring your benefits together to try to make sure people are better off in work that out of work i support those things but the difficulty is people being used to getting a payment every week and there's a delay of one to three months on getting payments through and people are left with no money so what do they do this is what they do it seems you see i'm tempted to use the new the new d.w.p. secretary's words and say what you're saying is inappropriate and frankly you're using extraordinary political the political nature of your language is discrediting yourself because that's what amber road said about the united nations special report. well i stream both of the t. for the bells what i'm saying is that there are people who are in this country weekly and one of millionaire destitute home which is up sixty percent since two thousand and ten staggering jump over the and fourteen million. population in poverty well i mean there's a question of how you define p

catrin nye reports: anthony smith lost his job a year ago and had to claim universal credit.wes £4000 in rent to the council and is facing eviction. i've even looked for somewhere to live, and i've found a bridge. the only thing i'm not playing ball with is i can't work the computer. i'm left behind. under the old system, housing benefit was paid directly to the council, but now it's paid direct to claimants like anthony as part of one single benefit, universal credit. anthony should then pay rent to the county council, but he's way behind, and so are others. we had a rent arrears position last year of 1.6 million. it's now £450,000 worse than it was then, and a large proportion of that is attributable to universal credit. panorama has discovered that across the uk council tenants on universal credit are falling behind with their rent, owing on average £663, compared to £263 for those still on housing benefit. that's more than double the debt. the government has rejected calls to return to the old system, paying rent direct to councils. the key point here is to make sure that

i expect we will hear something from the chancellor about universal credit.hould go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the past few months and some feel more should be done to prevent them from getting their message on screen and one asked: we put that to bbc news and they told us: when it came to that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed crunching the numbers for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts.

i expect we will hear something from the chancellor about universal credit. should go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the past few months and some feel more should be done to prevent them from getting their message on screen and one asked: we put that to bbc news and they told us: when it came to that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed crunching the numbers for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year he said the government would spend £2.3 billion on public services. that figure would rise to 30.6 billion by 2024. but some viewers have taken exception to the bbc‘s reporting of economics. one wrote: this week's budget was the last for kamal ahmed as the bbc‘s economics editor. on thursday he started

the mirror leads with a girl of nine who tried to get a job after her mother's universal credit money didn't come through. and the times claims that the engineering firm which tested the cladding on grenfell tower after the fire had to sign an agreement not to criticise the prime minister. so those are the front pages — let's take a look at some of those stories in a bit more detail. given that we have two american journalists with us, we cannot not start with the american elections. polls of course close in kentucky at about 11am. greg, let's start with the guardian. there is a picture of a polling station in the brooklyn borough of new york. it is fair to say, above everything else, they are not voting for president that they may as well be. this is very unusual for a mid—term and that it is seen asa for a mid—term and that it is seen as a referendum on donald trump. he has been the most controversial and divisive and the most unusual president of my lifetime and really he has been so front and centre the republican campaign it is almost as if the election is completely about him an

the i has mp‘s warning universal credit is imposing arbitrarily punitive penalties on people who breachand jeered in a video that surfaced online as they burned a model of grenfell tower, are being investigated by police. the daily express leads with prince charles urging the world to halt plastic pollution and protect our planet for children like his daughter—in—law meghan‘s unborn baby. and according to the daily mail, grieving families will be hit with bills of up to £6,000 under a stealth death tax. and they also feature the spice girls — most of whom are getting together to tour again. posh was too posh that this reunion, by all accounts. we are going to start with the independent. big elections in the united states tomorrow. tom waits boaters‘ verdict, in the first major poll and —— trump awaits voter‘s verdict. verdict, in the first major poll and —— trump awaits voter's verdictm will be in testing to see what happens. i think it may be closer than people expect. i think some democrats are getting a little too cocky. the big worry is that a lot of people who did support trump hav

the mirror leads with a girl of nine who tried to get a job after her mother‘s universal credit moneysted the cladding on grenfell tower after the fire had to sign an agreement not to criticise the prime minister. so those are the front pages — let‘s take a look at some of those stories in a bit more detail. given that we have two american journalists with us, we cannot not start with the american elections. polls of course close in kentucky at about 11am. greg, let‘s start with the guardian. there is a picture of a polling station in the brooklyn borough of new york.

that is the impact of universal credit. >> thank you, mr. speaker. a university phd student was arrested when he was leaving the uae, having completed his research into the arab spring and foreign policy. he has now been sentenced to life imprisonment for spying for the united kingdom. a number of us know the irony of a former mi six officer that worked in the office of the hasctive ruler of the uae organized many of the excellent visits from this house to the uae. this is inconsistent with a nation with whom we have a mutual defense accord. will the honorable lady give and if he is not released, i don't see why we should be committed to their defense. >> i thank you my honorable friend. we are deeply disappointed in the state verdict. i understand how difficult this is for matthew hedges and for his family. we are raising it at the highest level. honorable friend is urgently seeking a court with the foreign minister during his visit to the uae on november 12, he raised the issue with the crown prince, and we -- and the foreign minister. i can assure

stop it and referring to other things, fine, but they want to do things that will you —— role universal creditn to stop it it won't happen. alessio potato government, you cannot have a general election and the whole idea that brexit itself is under threat, i don't think it's as strong a card to play to the heart brexiteers as bait thinks it is. i think what she's tried to do is scare true —— the two extreme and the debate by telling brexiteers that if they hold out for the diaper brexit they want, the deal brexit, you might end up with no brexit and telling the remainders to one second referendum, if you try to one second referendum, if you try to do be did and get second referendum you made and of inflicting a no deal. not out referring to geoffrey boycott. she's not someone who's over thinking on her feet, but to do not someone who's over thinking on herfeet, but to do —— to be paired to question put to her today said you like cricket, how many more wickets have to file from your cabinet and she said well, good thing you mentioned it, my hero is jeffrey, what he did and he stayed until he go

weekly, universal credit, some would say that's a bit of poisoned chalice?that's a bit of poisoned chalice? i have seen universal credit do some fantastic things in my constituency in hastings, it has transformed lives. but i also recognise that there have been some issues and problems with it and been some issues and problems with itandi been some issues and problems with it and i see you very much as my, who is my role to make sure that i can iron out those difficulties so that it becomes a force for good completely. amber rudd, the the new work and pensions secretary, underlining what she has been brought in to do? yes, very much loyalist first and perhaps work and pensions secretary second. you saw amber rudd's skills on display, she isa amber rudd's skills on display, she is a very good frontwoman, that's why some people think she might even go for the leadership in the event that there is a vacancy, perhaps even she thinks she might go for the leadership. that is one interesting thing about this reshuffle, she has brought back two people who might actu

he called for immediate changes to universal credit, the main welfare reform, and deplored the disproportionateect on women of benefit changes. if you had got a group of misogynists in a room and said, "guys, how can we make this system work for men and not for women?" they wouldn't have come up with too many other ideas than what's already in place. as you'd expect, ministers have hit back, saying they completely disagree with the un's analysis. they say that household incomes have never been higher, there are one million fewer people living in absolute poverty than in 2010, and that they're committed to providing the right support to those in need. the un's criticisms won't quickly improve the lot of the poor, in jaywick or elsewhere, but they may focus more minds on the daily struggles of millions of britons. michael buchanan, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world looks at whether the murderers of pakistan's social media star, qandeel, have been brought tojustice. a warning that there are adult themes and descriptions of violence which some viewers may find upsetting. this is a story aboutjus

government says it's putting survivors on the controversial universal credit scheme we have award winning poet so if you have a core performing have a poem grand was that's how does it say i'm going to tell you to raise a maze twenty thirty seven plan for the homeless and their opposition to a cease fire in yemen at p. and q. whose goal is simple coming up a day's show but first prince charles and his wife go to gonna today the west african nation in the news in spring of this year. a controversial military cooperation deal was approved by parliament last week some of its members walked out in disapproval the u.s. will invest twenty million dollars in equipment and training for the country's army to deal also includes joint exercises and the right to use the nation's radio frequencies and runways for those who think the u.s. military doesn't usually poor into a developing country without that being oil here's what happened in the capital in the past few days. oh revenues equitably distributed to the people and not ending up in the pockets of. the most important resource for any nation its

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childishly believe that one of the main reasons for the huge increase is the posh introduction of universal credit to any hostile environment towards the poor can i ask the prime minister why she believes the number of rough sleepers has shot up by two hundred sixty eight percent on her watch here. well it may not be enough for the frozen on the street near to raise a maze house tonight but she does have a plan we have a commitment to harper are seeking by trying to twenty two to end just keeping by twenty twenty seven that's why we have already published a strategy to deal with this yes the strategy involves something by the year twenty twenty seven that won't help the average estimated death that will occur today amongst the u.k.'s homeless population at. don't officially calculators in the world's sixth largest economy and now to more of those written by u.k. authorities in the week of the apparent last budget before break that invisible britain portraits of hope and resilience is a new book describe director ken loach is a truth we can't ignore it eligibles joins me now for welcome back to goi

and the impact of universal credit. thank you mister speaker. arrested when he was leaving the uae. in completing the research into the arab spring on the foreign policy. now been sentenced to life imprisonment. they will know the irony who works in the outer office many of the excellent visits to the uae. with the behavior of the nation. and if he's not released i don't think we should be committed to that defense. i say to my honorable friend. we are deeply disappointed and concerned. also for his family. we are raising it with the authorities at the highest level. during the visit to the uae. he raised the issue with the crown prince. and i can assure. it will remain in close contact we will continue to do all we can to support them. and we will continue to press this matter at their higher -- at the highest level. i'm sure they recognize it. there are issues that we need to be dealing with. can i ask the prime minister on behalf of my constituents on the statute before the end. >> can i first of all send my deepest condolences and the honorable lady constituent. with the fantast