to do what i wanted to do, which is to add the other bit to uc, which is universal support — universal creditiversal credit identifies whole household income means now we know who are really coping and not coping. so what we can put alongside that is ways of getting those families that don't cope into remedial help, sorting them out, whether it's debt, drugs, whatever, and then getting them back into the work process. so uc is flexible in that regard. how the government sets the table is important because if you drop it down, which is what they've now done, it means more people keep more of their income on the way through the the benefit system. and, of course, it proved itself working during covid because without that, many people would have died because they'd have been queuing up injob centres catching covid. so, it was very flexible. over a million people were taken on in about three weeks in covid. you couldn't have done that with the old legacy systems. so, obviously keeping going and changing it is absolutely key. but when it comes to inflation, again, i saw america's put up their inte

people on universal credit and income support, around | credit and income support, around four timese that will obviously include people who do not have a job, it will include a lot of people as well who do have a job. about 40% of people on universal credit, for instance, are in work. the data show is about 4.2 million children in the uk in the year to march 2022 were living in poverty, that's up about 8% and includes around 800,000 children who were living in households that needed a food bank. now, what you said at the outset it clear, it does not include the impact of the past year's soaring prices, the impact that has had on family budgets on the main food bank providers are all saying they are seeing increases in demand over the past 12 months, so the expectation is that in the year's time these figures will be higher than they are now. michael, thank ou higher than they are now. michael, thank you very _ higher than they are now. michael, thank you very much _ higher than they are now. michael, thank you very much indeed. - the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has promised to

if of the universal credit.ast, there was a mistake in the past, are liable for paying that are you liable for paying that back? if the bank makes a back? well, if the bank makes a mistake and puts money into your account that doesn't belong to you, expect the bank to you, you'd expect the bank to take the fact is, take it out again. the fact is, it isn't. it was never your money weren't entitled money and you weren't entitled to it's an to it. benefit it's an entitlement. they engage people who to them. you who are entitled to them. if you get more it, you're not get more than it, you're not entitled to it. now course, entitled to it. now of course, it seems unfair and of course it can be very difficult for people who are on universal credit or other benefits to have less money than they expect because of repayment . it is required and of repayment. it is required and that's why i think the repayment provision should be as gentle and manageable as possible . but and manageable as possible. but the that it's not

trite will you help them, i do only those on universal credit?— on universal credit?ndering whether they should retire early, its people looking for work. we have 1.5 million of those. we could feel every vacancy just from that group. thenifs every vacancy just from that group. then it's also the long—term sick and disabled, more than 2 million people. we should not be a society that forgets those people. they have an enormous contribution to make with the potential to work from home, with zoom and teams and the way you can do jobs without leaving your house. we can revolutionise the opportunities for a group of people who have a real contribution to make. 50 who have a real contribution to make. , . . ,, ., make. so it will be a get back to work budget _ make. so it will be a get back to work budget that _ make. so it will be a get back to work budget that you _ make. so it will be a get back to work budget that you will - make. so it will be a get back to work budget that you will be i make. so it will be a get back to i work budget that you will be saying on wednes

universal credit furlough income families -- universal credit for low income families take up rates ofs than one quarter amongst the schoolers. only four in 10 preschool parents have even heard of t program. when you look at the entitlement awareness of some of extended hours, it is also much lower than the universal entitlement. it is really hard for a parent to fure out what to do with childcare. ben: the managing director of someey care. she says while -- daycare. she says the government is providing help which still is not enough. >> had to worry the last three yee can i make cuts. there are a lot of hidden costs that parents do not see. we would not be charging as much as now if we wereetting much from theent or the bits that are supposed to be for you. doing wh>> rachel is the a director for work in the welfare state of the institute for public policy research, which is a progressive think tank. ben: what we are seeing requested country, not just children sing on vital education but therets being put on financial strain and for rising childcare fees. this year we are expecting to

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he's also expected to announce the parents on universal credit can receive childcare funding upfrontd of having claim it back. he could also the expansion of free childcare funding a plan that would provide 30 hours of childcare a week to parents for children aged one and two. now a us military i representative has said a russian jet has collided with a us drone over the black sea, forcing the us to bring down unmanned aircraft. it says the us reaper drone was on a routine surveillance mission in international airspace when two russian jets tried to intercept it, according to the us military, the incident resulted the complete loss of the us drone. the white house has commented. the incident was unsafe , unprofessional and unsafe, unprofessional and reckless . five members of an reckless. five members of an organised criminal group have been convicted of smuggling migrants into the uk in the back , a refrigerated lorry through portsmouth port. the truck being dnven portsmouth port. the truck being driven by a romanian and was at least three people from iraq who'd been brought into th

you do sign _ universal credit? that is sensible. you do sign up — universal credit?r a day or two. that might be a little bit of a get out, people - little bit of a get out, people might say, but there are left. let�*s look at the overall tax burden. we heard keir starmer yet again say that he uses this phrase doom loop, high tax, low growth. from that, can we assume that labour will commit to lower taxes? you we assume that labour will commit to lower taxes?— lower taxes? you can assume we will to for lower taxes? you can assume we will go for growth- _ lower taxes? you can assume we will go for growth. that _ lower taxes? you can assume we will go for growth. that is _ lower taxes? you can assume we will go for growth. that is not _ lower taxes? you can assume we will go for growth. that is not what - lower taxes? you can assume we will go for growth. that is not what i - go for growth. that is not what i asked, go for growth. that is not what i asked. to _ go for growth. that is not what i asked. to be _ go for growth. that is not what i asked, to be fair. _ go fo

the 700,000 families on universal credit will get childcare support paid upfront, instead of claimingg into work or increasing their hours. the government also said they'd work with local councils to ensure all schools in england will offer wraparound care between 8am and 6pm by september 2026. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been meeting parents in the west midlands to see what they think of the announcement. few parents would have been jumping forjoy over the cost of childcare of late. so, at this baby sensory group in west bromwich, today's announcement was broadly welcomed. # say hello... many here who want to work know the struggle ofjuggling that with childcare costs. i worked out that to go back three days i couldn't actually afford the childcare for three days, so i had to go back four to be able to put her in nursery forfour, but then i had that mum guilt of, "but i'm leaving her." so hopefully, it will actually help. but sarah, a teacher keen to return to herjob, is frustrated that she will have to wait until next september before she sees any benefit. in that y

childcare costs for those claiming universal credit - very much, too.ut the plans in wednesday's budget with the aim of getting more people into work. support will also focus on people with disabilities and those with long—term health conditions, as our business correspondent as marc ashdown explains. whenjeremy when jeremy hunt brandishes whenjeremy hunt brandishes the famous red box on wednesday, he will be something of a rarity amongst recent uk chancellors, just one of his passport predecessors actually made it to a budget day. with party squabbles in a hangoverfrom liz truss' disastrous mini budget lingering, the message will be stability. expect further energy support. promises to solve the long—running series of strikes. and slipping policies to get people back to work. unemployment might be at historic lows over 10 million people, a quarter of the working age population, don't have a job. no wonder the chancellor has labelled this his back to work budget. take childcare costs. those at universal credit are entitled to claim 85% of their costs ba

today ahead of his announcement on wednesday is a scheme that would say for those receiving universal creditup front and getting some of that refund it to them, they will help by paying that money over early. that should help people get into work but the problem is as was pointed out, that does not help those who do not get benefits, like the family sent most of the £20,000 income on child care butjeremy hunt said they were looking to try and help in a number of ways but it it still could be limited. here is a taste. irate of ways but it it still could be limited. here is a taste. we can make a big _ limited. here is a taste. we can make a big difference _ limited. here is a taste. we can make a big difference on - limited. here is a taste. we can . make a big difference on childcare, for example, by paying people sell for example, by paying people sell for child _ for example, by paying people sell for child care if you are on benefit upfront _ for child care if you are on benefit upfront rather than in arrears. there — upfront rather than in arrears. there is— upfront rather than in arrear

typescript tax is universal credit. work credit. this made going to work . make you impoverished.tually a very good way of making that list. a lot of people far worse off if they went into a hole, not much better, which is why universal credit came along. universal credit, then impoverished people took on tax credits. it took a cut on tax credits. it was a cut for working people. it cut for people not working as it may. families into may. it pushed families into poverty. we've poverty. that's why we've got such a of child poverty such a crisis of child poverty in uk is nonsense . you don't in the uk is nonsense. you don't think it reduced the wages of british workers? you know, fields a one oh, well i i've fields a one at. oh, well i i've let me ask you there's no evidence there's absolutely no evidence there's absolutely no evidence as wages increasing what what's been cutting wages in the uk has actually been a tory government. right. wonderful viewers and listeners of gb news do you work in, for example? i don't know the trade or something like that. let's talk about 2004 when

focusing on those at low income working families accessing support through universal credit.entially is quite a big deal because at the moment, families have to pay for their childcare costs upfront and then move into work and then wait about a month for the government to reimburse them at 85% of the expense they incur. that leaves some families are losing out quite a bit of income in that first month of moving into work because they are paying for something without yet having the paycheque to back that up. so changing the timing of that could be a big support for those families. ., _, , ., , could be a big support for those families. ., _, , .,, i. families. how complicated, as you would describe _ families. how complicated, as you would describe it, _ families. how complicated, as you would describe it, is _ families. how complicated, as you would describe it, is the _ families. how complicated, as you would describe it, is the system i families. how complicated, as you i would describe it, is the system and how is that stopping people from getting the support they need? th

the 700,000 families on universal credit will get childcare support paid upfront instead of claimingrs. the government also said they'd work with local councils to ensure all schools in england will offer wraparound care between 08:00 and 18:00 by september 2026. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been meeting parents in the west midlands to see what they think of the announcement. few parents would have been jumping forjoy over the cost of childcare of late. so, at this baby sensory group in west bromwich, today's announcement was broadly welcomed. # say hello... many women here who want to work know the struggle ofjuggling that with childcare costs. i worked out that to go back three days i couldn't actually afford the childcare for three days, so i had to go back four to put her in nursery forfour, but then i had that mum guilt of leaving her. so hopefully, it will actually help. but sarah, a teacher keen to return to herjob, is frustrated that she will have to wait until next september before she sees any benefit. in that year, however we going to afford to be able to p

that would ensure that the basic rates of universal credit would be calculated in such a way that it the cost of essentials, things like food, basic toiletries, utility bills, and so on. at the moment, for a single person in receipt of universal credit, the amount that they are receiving falls £35 per week short of the amount that we think is needed to afford those very basic essentials, that we all need to get by. is essentials, that we all need to get b . , ., essentials, that we all need to get by. is there a reason you are callin: by. is there a reason you are calling for— by. is there a reason you are calling for this. .. _ by. is there a reason you are calling for this. .. are - by. is there a reason you are calling for this. .. are people i by. is there a reason you are i calling for this. .. are people in calling for this... are people in state credit more likely to be using food banks than other people. yes, that is evident _ food banks than other people. yes, that is evident in _ food banks than other people. yes, that is evident in data, _ food banks than other people. yes

while the man universal credit. was the key aka act of universal credit and secretary of state for work and pensions, who in introduced welfare who in introduced that welfare reform is iain duncan smith. reform act is iain duncan smith. he's us now and it a big he's with us now and it a big anniversary. i know we're tight for time and there's a couple of things you want to ask but if you were looking back and give us a brief answer as possible is there anything you would have done differently? any done differently? is there any changes you have done, though? i have say it was a jobs revolution that you did create and got unemployment down from 8% to just over or nearly 4. yeah well, morning. morning by itself is a funny anniversary really because the job is still not completely done . there are not completely done. there are tax credits are meant be completely in universal credit and.the completely in universal credit and. the sickness benefit isa is but about half of those , a large but about half of those, a large

and so without even reading report without knowing very universal very much about universal credit, i't ring true to me. okay. so, jonathan, how did you come up figures? what led up with the figures? what led you think that to what extent you to think that to what extent we were influenced by not liking the scheme ? well, this i mean, the scheme? well, this i mean, our model is simply a spreadsheet fed numbers and assumptions , the spreadsheet. so assumptions, the spreadsheet. so the extent of the forecast was wrong. it's because the that we fed were in were wrong so i mean as and chris say this at the time so i think we give him credit he didn't say indeed say growth in average earnings is going to be significantly slower than is in your in the model in the forecasts and therefore the extent to which people whose benefits are frozen fall behind what will will not be nearly as much as you saying. and that was basically right either thing that happened, i think, was that some of the benefit cuts were planned then didn't happen or didn't happen in the way that they were planned. so for

in particular the introduction of the universal credit the benefit freeze , the credit the benefit freezeon incomes and poverty . and we forecast at time poverty. and we forecast at time based on what the opr and others predicted for the economy and the government planned in policy terms that child poverty would rise very sharply and. chris said no , that's not going to said no, that's not going to happen. it's not going to rise anything like that much. and we set it we set a time which was actually for 21, 22, but latest figures only just came out last week. and as you say , week. and as you say, christopher was right . week. and as you say, christopher was right. i was wrong. child poverty did not rise . as it happens. it pretty rise. as it happens. it pretty much at the same level, depending on exactly how you measure it. but we can talk about what the reasons are, but basically our forecast and i'm going to give christopher the first say, what are the first option, say, what are the reasons you the reasons that you thought the bill was useless and didn't take any notice of its forecas

nikki rogers works around 20 hours a week as a carer and gets £10.50 per hour, she also receives universal creditws from friends — but it's not enough. she lives with her daughter leah and son archie. it's really sad that we struggle just so we can have a roof over our head. with a light bulb gone, they say they can't even afford to buy a new one until the next payday. i pay for my own petrol to get to work and leah pays for her own petrol to get to work, so that is over £100 a week, and i don't get no extras, no mileage or anything, which is a pig. so i'll get paid weekly with work, so that's what holds us over for the week. i got paid on friday and it was gone saturday morning. if i moved out mum wouldn't be able to survive. even worse than she already does. because it is my money that we live off. archie goes to school to be fed, basically. he doesn't care about school like you should. it's the norm now. i think it is reasonable for all of us to have a better standard of living, because at the moment we are not, we'rejust muddling through. this isn't normal, is it? this isn't normal. and in a

we've got universal credit we're subsidising people be in employment and it's for employerse wages of the government's having to subsidise in—work benefits. what is what you're talking about. yeah exactly and we be moving away from that as a nation we should have a vision for increasing manufacturing more high tech. yes we good on life sciences we good on creative industry trees but there's nothing really there really going to stimulate our economy . going to stimulate our economy. and so i think is made a mistake is missed opportunities. do you think that keir starmer and rachel reeves have the right vision? no i'm not convinced that they are. rachel is extremely competent , there's no extremely competent, there's no doubt about it. she knows it delivers messages that clear. absolutely. she and she knows she knows economics very well well. that makes the change for westminster . probably. does your westminster. probably. does your absolutely right so i think she's very competent. but what we don't see from labour either is a vision where will they where are they suggesting

universal credit for low—income families, take—up rates of less than a quarter among preschool childrenment awareness of some of the extended funded hours, also much lower than universal entitlement, really hard if you are a parent to figure out what to do about childcare. figure out what to do about childcare-— figure out what to do about childcare. . childcare. even with the help, if --eole childcare. even with the help, if people were — childcare. even with the help, if people were accessing - childcare. even with the help, if people were accessing it, - childcare. even with the help, if people were accessing it, the i people were accessing it, the problems have clearly been compounded by inflation and also by wage increases which means the costs for providers are going up, clearly thatis for providers are going up, clearly that is passed on to parents. tell us more about how the uk, we touched on this in the introduction, how the uk compares to other countries because the prices are pretty high relative to a number of other european nations.— relative to a number of other european n

we've got universal credit we're subsidising people be in employment and it's for employerse wages of the government's having to subsidise in—work benefits. what is what you're talking about. yeah exactly and we be moving away from that as a nation we should have a vision for increasing manufacturing more high tech. yes we good on life sciences we good on creative industry trees but there's nothing really there really going to stimulate our economy . going to stimulate our economy. and so i think is made a mistake is missed opportunities. do you think that keir starmer and rachel reeves have the right vision? no i'm not convinced that they are. rachel is extremely competent , there's no extremely competent, there's no doubt about it. she knows it delivers messages that clear. absolutely. she and she knows she knows economics very well well. that makes the change for westminster . probably. does your westminster. probably. does your absolutely right so i think she's very competent. but what we don't see from labour either is a vision where will they where are they suggesting

there�*ll be help with the cost of childcare for those on universal credit, and those with disabilities. just 20 weeks ago, a new chancellor at a time of crisis. a central responsibility for any government is to do what�*s necessary for economic stability. remember them — liz truss and what became known as the kami—kwasi budget? jeremy hunt was brought in to clear up the mess. now he and rishi sunak have stabilised things, this week sees his first budget. mr hunt�*sjob has been to inspire and restore confidence, reputations and, hopefully, growth. to do that, he says he needs to get more people back into the workforce. we can make a big difference on childcare, for example, by paying people�*s help for childcare if you are on benefit upfront rather than in arrears. there�*s lots we can do but it isn�*t just parents, by the way. it�*s also older people, wondering whether they should retire early or not. it�*s people looking for work — we�*ve got 1.5 million of those — we could actually fill every single vacancyjust from that group. but the scope of childcare help may not grow. asked if i

there is support to universal credit. 15—33 hours but it's simply not enough and it's very expensive for private nurseries. also families being imaginative and looking at other ways to look up looking at other ways to look up with friends to offer childcare but if you can get greater participation, it doesn't just greater participation, it doesn'tjust have the potential to help inflation, because it reduces this tight labour force, but it helps women at every point in their careers, it will help bridge the pay gap, the investment gap in the pensions because it means that if women are able to continue their careers, they will be paid more and they will be more financially resilient, all the way through their lives. that's it. the long-term _ way through their lives. that's it. the long-term effect - way through their lives. that's it. the long-term effect to - it. the long—term effect to pensions and savings. it is also a demographic aspect of this as well. is it possible to rest reverse the effect the funnelling of a smal

help more people get back into work — and offer more help with childcare costs for those on universal creditnalysis from our correspondents — dojoin us for that. karthi has all the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us..... we start with the english premier league where leaders arsenal have made an emphatic statement, restoring their five—point lead at the top of the table with a 3—0 win over fulham at craven cottage. all of arsenal�*s goals came during an impressive first—half performance. gabriel scored arsenal�*s first, followed by gabriel martinelli and martin odegaard as aresnal continue to edge towards a first possible league title in 19 years. really happy. it�*s a tough place to come. a well organised team and i think we dominated the game. we created many chances. we kept a clean sheet which was important and we won the game in a convincing way. so, very happy. elsewhere in the premier league — manchester united drew 0—0 with bottom side southampton — united played over an hour with ten men after casemiro was sent off. newcastle have got their champions league ambitions back on trac

there's an issue within universal credit where parents who are on universal credit and hoping to moveport with the childcare costs. but you have to pay those fees upfront, which means that before you've even started working, before you've got your salary, you're expected to pay a month of childcare fees . i don't month of childcare fees. i don't know why you have do magic know why you have to do magic that from. so something that money from. so something we'd like to see is we'd like to see the upfront cost issue within sorted within universal credit sorted out at the spring statement next week . but out at the spring statement next week. but we'd like to out at the spring statement next week . but we'd like to see week. but we'd also like to see the hours that are funded by the government. we'd like to see those hours funded properly because provide because you know, that provide is just as much is a struggling just as much as parents struggling. then parents are struggling. and then we'd like to see an we'd also like to see an extension those hours . extension of those free hours. f

with people with problems in the constituency, you're very critical of the benefits system, universal creditor? yes, it keeps generation after generation poor and it stifles aspiration and it ruins children's outcomes, educational outcomes, expectations. i saw a family when i was working for gloria, it was a man and a oman, they had never worked, they had five children, i think three of the children was on disability living allowance foradhd, behavioural problems, they were getting £53,000 a year net. now, to get that sort of wage, you have got to be earning over 70k, we know that. but the worst thing for me with that was not the actual amount of money they were getting, it was their children were labelled as disabled so when they left school they were going to be having the same problems as their parents, and we are not breaking the poverty cycle, it's cruel because we are ruining people's lives. but are you telling your party? yes, of course i am, and they are listening to me. so, they're changing? you worried me then because you became all diplomatic and gave me a party line. i thought th

introduced universal credit, where you get 85% of your childcare back, and also tax credits as well.we want to make childcare affordable and flexible for parents. and we want to make sure it's a really good offer for kids as well, you know, to really help them to be ready when they get to school, to be able to hit the ground running, etc. so, we are always looking to see what more we need to do. but we have done, probably more than any government ever, actually, in childcare. but we are very serious. the thing we are actually rolling out at the moment is family hubs. so that was really looking at the first thousand days, although it does go up to 19. it was making sure that kids have the best start for life, then we have these hubs that are there to support families. because it's a very difficult time when you become a new parent. and very different from the sure start, we often get the sure start comparison. sure start went up to the age of about four or five. these go up to the age of 19. sure start were for deprived families, or people who met some disadvantage. these are for ever

announced today, but it is quite clear that for many workers in our sector, childcare rules, universal creditd we want to make sure we can support people to take on extra shifts without losing out on their benefits as they go forward and to have major flexibility. government has been talking about restart schemes and kick—start schemes. both were used very successfully in the pandemic to create many, manyjobs and we look forward to playing out part in doing that. grating many newjobs in the last year alone, and we do hope that that will be something we can play our part in to get the economy moving again so we are that those schemes will be particularly effective. ok. we will leave _ particularly effective. ok. we will leave it _ particularly effective. ok. we will leave it there. _ particularly effective. ok. we will leave it there. thank i particularly effective. ok. we will leave it there. thank you | will leave it there. thank you so much. we will speak to you again soon. let us bring you some other business stories quickly before we wrap up the programme. a technology start—up has raised

to help more people get back into work, and offer more help with childcare costs for those on universal credit the age of 65 in the uk who are not in employment. much more about that on our website — and we will of course bring it to you live, this coming wednesday, with our team of experts breaking down exactly what it means. led to's move back to the silicon valley bank. that is having a big impact on many start—up space in the uk and us. i'm joined now byjames mishreki, founder of two uk—based start—ups — skin + me and life supplies — who is an svb client. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. let me ask you first for your reaction to what has happened with svb. ., reaction to what has happened with svs, ., ., f~ reaction to what has happened with svb. ., ., i~ ., , reaction to what has happened with svs. ,, ., :~ ., , svb. quite a 48 hours, you never imaaine svb. quite a 48 hours, you never imagine something _ svb. quite a 48 hours, you never imagine something like _ svb. quite a 48 hours, you never imagine something like this - svb. quite a 48 hours, you neverj imagine something like this

we have already seen the chancellor is going to do something on child care for people on universal credite with young children. but will the plan helped end the strikes of public sector workers such asjodie, a nurse who's struggling with wage rises well below the high rate of inflation. being quite strict with the timer on the heating and only occasionally, if the house is really cold just putting it on for an extra hour. i'm just genuinely really looking forward to the warmer weather, not only because that will be lovely, but also because it means i don't have to worry about my bills as much. but there will be further help with energy bills, the main driver of high inflation. you can see here where energy bills would have gone with no help — in the lighter shade. the government has spent tens of billionsjust to keep bills at £2,500 for a typical household. you can see that in october and january. while that was due to rise to £3,000 in a few weeks' time, we understand that will be postponed, effectively cancelling the further rise. eventually those prices will fall. what in the autumn wa

science bar based on the new approval of the consolidation commission, five percent of the university credits will be spent on cultural affairs. mr. zulfiqar also informed about the allocation of researchers to modern science. in the new year , we will allocate funds to equip the laboratories of universities and research centers . we are glad that the students who perform effective activities in the political, cultural, social and scientific fields and are selected based on this instruction will get benefits. imran khan, who was one of the domestic opponents of america regarding pakistan , has been accused of financial abuse. pakistan was dragged to islamabad, the capital of this country, during the summoning of the former prime minister of this country, abraham, to the court after lahore . in such a situation, the enemy seeks to attack the country's security, so the islamabad police tries to avoid chaos and dangers. of actions to prevent a possible terrorist, while imran khan came to the islamabad court today to answer after a week after the issuance of the arrest warrant in the case of misu

and to the university's credit some of the officials at the university acknowledged this was not thego. but it underscores the amount of attention, the amount of money these universities have put into getting pei officers like ide id who ever thought we need a de -ite dean at any university let alone a law school like this, they carry considerable sway. and of course, have no desire whatsoever to stand up to the pure lunacy. i suspect a lot of the lunacy is instigated by the kids. that is the reason why kids go to law school or go to school and that is why you have professors. the students have professors that are terrified by their own students what even stand up to them. i've gave me two ears and one mouth so you can sit here and learn something for this guy. we do not have to agree with them but you have to learn something that's whole point of the exercise. >> i was delighted from you i appreciate being here. wonderful to see you. molly: spring may start to marvel at old bent winter is not yet done with us. take a look at these cars completely encased in ice in new york. fox mete

so universal credit for low income families, take up rates of less than a quarter amongst preschoolers of those extended funded hours, it is also much lower than the universal entitlement. it is really hard if you are a parent to figure out what you should do about childcare. kirsty lester is the managing director of sunbeams day care in dorset. she says while the government is providing more help than ever before it still isn�*t enough. it has been a worry for the last three years. where can i make cuts and we have gone to a point where there is nowhere else to make cuts. there are a lot of hidden costs that parents do not see and to provide a quality childcare service we would not be charging as much now if we were getting more for the government for the bits that are supposed to be free. good quality childcare cost money so if we want quality and of care for our lives or childcare service. rachel statham is the associate director for work and the welfare state at institute for public policy research which is a progessive think tank. shejoins me now. we have been hearing some of the

is going i already seen the chancellor is going to do something on child care for people on universal creditpport their move back into work. we might also see some additional support for everyone with young children. but will the plan helped end the strikes of public sector workers such as jodie? a nurse who's struggling with wage rises well below the high rate of inflation. being quite strict with the timer on the heating and only occasionally, if the house is really cold just putting it on for an extra hour. i'm just genuinely really looking forward to the warmer weather, not only because that will be lovely, but also because it means i don't have to worry about my bills as much. but there will be further help with energy bills, the main driver of high inflation. you can see here where energy bills would have gone with no help — in the lighter shade. the government has spent tens of billionsjust to keep bills at £2,500 for a typical household. you can see that in october and january. while that was due to rise to £3,000 in a few weeks' time, we understand that will be postponed, effectivel

nikki rogers' works around 20 hours a week as a carer and gets £10.50 per hour, she has universal credittruggle just so we can have a roof over our head.— roof over our head. with a li . ht roof over our head. with a light bulb _ roof over our head. with a light bulb gone, _ roof over our head. with a light bulb gone, they i roof over our head. with a light bulb gone, they say. roof over our head. with a i light bulb gone, they say they can't even afford to buy a new one until the next payday. i pay for my own petrol to get to work and leah pays for her own battle to get to work, so that is over £100 a week, and i don't get no extras, no milage or anything, which is a pig. so i'll net oranything, which is a pig. so i'll get paid weekly with work, so thrat's— i'll get paid weekly with work, so that's what holds us over for the _ so that's what holds us over for the week. i got paid on friday— for the week. i got paid on friday and it was gone saturday morning — friday and it was gone saturday morning. if i moved out mum wouldn't _ morning. if i moved out mum wouldn't be able to survive. b

there'll be help with the cost of childcare for those on universal credit, and those with disabilitiesnment is to do what's necessary for economic stability. remember them — liz truss and what became known as the kami—kwasi budget? jeremy hunt was brought in to clear up the mess. now he and rishi sunak have stabilised things, this week sees his first budget. mr hunt'sjob has been to inspire and restore confidence, reputations and, hopefully, growth. to do that, he says he needs to get more people back into the workforce. we can make a big difference on childcare, for example, by paying people's help for childcare if you are on benefit upfront rather than in arrears. there's lots we can do but it isn't just parents, by the way. it's also older people, wondering whether they should retire early or not. it's people looking for work — we've got 1.5 million of those — we could actually fill every single vacancyjust from that group. but the scope of childcare help may not grow. asked if it would be extended to families not on benefits, mr hunt said that would be expensive. the prime minister

the universal credit system.mania. tate and his brother tristan are being held over alleged sex trafficking and are under criminal investigation . no, criminal investigation. no, i don't know if you're a fan or you watch the series ted lasso , you watch the series ted lasso, which is on what channels at all? i think it's on apple tv series , back on apple tv today. series, back on apple tv today. it is emmy award winning. okay. so the actor jason sudeikis plays a very lovable american football coach who's hard to manage an english football team in the london borough of richmond and two people who know the area very well are the owners of real comedy sharia , owners of real comedy sharia, which is an embroidery shop located opposite ted lasso's apartment and we can speak to christina and claudio remotely this morning. did i get that right in the. good morning. good morning. good morning. good morning. good morning. good morning. so you are regularly pumping into the cast and now bumping into tourists as well. is i

>> the universal tax credit approach. >> of.--oh. >> i like the affordable care act, i am proud of the work i did on it, i think it made the world a better place. is there something even better than the affordable care act? of course, it was partly based on the conservative principle if you like your planned you can keep it was overstated. it was 99% true, not a lot of people whose plans were disrupted. the president felt more bad about it than i did. some of it also does get to how conservative are you? a lot of health plans have floundered on the crosby's, stills, nash, issue. i think one needs to respect that and take that into account if you want to effectively reform a health system. >> we are down to our last-minute reset. there -- or so. there are different ideas on where we should go over the long-term. most of the panelist agree there is problems with the exclusion that would be good for. palsy to address. do you want to finish with maybe one policy thought or recommendation done to be -- to be done in the short term to

he's also expected to announce that parents on universal credit can receive childcare upfront insteadback . he having to claim it back. he could also unveil the expansion of free childcare funding, a multi—billion plan that would provide hours of childcare per week to parents of children under years old. to romania now, where the controversial social media personality , andrew tate media personality, andrew tate has had his request denied by a court in the country. tate and, his brother tristan, are being held over alleged sex trafficking , which is under trafficking, which is under a criminal investor gation. that now means he'll remain in custody until at march the 29th. the pair were taken into custody in december and still haven't been formally charged . the rock been formally charged. the rock guitarist, sir brian , has guitarist, sir brian, has suggested he could go on tour again this year as much as he was being awarded a knighthood by the king lead guitarist in the world famous group queen, known for some of the most iconic riffs, of course, in popular music, as well as for hi

there are barriers to parents moving into work because of the way universal credit operates.t work as well. so we've got detail welfare reform proposals . it's new thinking, new reforms from labour, which if the government don't introduce and copy my reforms , then the labour copy my reforms, then the labour government will let speak about somebody who is certainly in work. she's in a new job. she's going to be keir starmer as a new chief of staff. how well does keir starmer know sue gray personally and how long do you think they've been negotiating for this position for her to take this position after leaving service after leaving the civil service 7 after leaving the civil service ? well, i mean, sue gray is a woman of exceptional, exceptional talent and ability and i think it shows in the same way that senior business people are now supporting labour. how seriously people are taking the prospect of keir starmer as prime minister and a labour government and an intern? it shows how seriously keir starmer is taking preparing for government . if the british government. if the

added to that is welfare system that we revealed on this programme recently pays universal credit tog up to £125,000. and this was something that the coalition government tried to stop in 2010. how can it of crap back? isn't that just a waste of your money and that's one of the absolutely key points that it one of the absolutely key points thatitis one of the absolutely key points that it is your money that has been for too long the notion of the government's. but there's no such thing . it is taxpayers such thing. it is taxpayers money. it is your money and it is your money that you ought to keep. because fundamentally you spend it better and that's what we need it from the budget. we need a smaller state doing less better and allowing people to keep their own money, which will ensure that the economy grows. now, i always want your views. you probably know the email off by heart, by now. if you are doing better than me, i've got to read it from the screen. but it is mail, mortgage. i'm actually thrilled to be joined by the former leader of the liberal democrats , vince cable. libera