Later today, chinese president xijinping will make the keynote address to open a virtual davos organised by the World Economic forum. The week of online discussions will focus on the economic, environmental and technological challenges facing the world amid the pandemic. One thing is already clear the crisis has worsened inequality. Today oxfam launches a report, the inequality virus, that says it could take the worlds poorest over a decade to recover. It states that half a billion more people could be living in poverty on less than 5. 50 a day in 2030, compared to the start of the pandemic. 0xfam also highlighted the worlds ten richest men have seen their combined wealth increase by 540 billion during the pandemic. Danny sriskandarajah is the chief executive of oxfam gb. Good to have you on the program. Youve also surveyed nearly 300 economists around the world what did you find . And what they say to you about the widening gap between the rich and poor . Rich and poor . Their message was very rich and poor . Their message was very clear, rich and poor . Their message was very clear, sally. Rich and poor . Their message was very clear, sally. Nine i rich and poor . Their message| was very clear, sally. Nine out of 10 of them thought inequality was going to rise in the country and that is the reality of this pandemic. We seen it accelerating any trends across society and our economies but one trends that it seems to be exhilarating is inequality. Just as it is time when so many people around the world are feeling insecure about theirjobs, lives and livelihoods, the richest in our society seem to be making windfall profits from this pandemic and that is a tragedy that needs to be addressed urgently by governments around the world. The urgently by governments around the world. ,. , the world. The question is, will it really the world. The question is, will it really be the world. The question is, i will it really be addressed . Because we were having this conversation of the lack of Global Financial crisis in 2008 and 2009 where we saw people camping out outside Central Banks around the world talking about the haves and the have not. Its getting worse isnt it . It not. Its getting worse isnt it . ,. A, a, it . It is certainly true that the story it . It is certainly true that the story of it . It is certainly true that the story of the it . It is certainly true that the story of the last it . It is certainly true that i the story of the last decade has been of rising inequality but there is this opportunity at the moment for something radical to be done. This not forget that across the world, governments have thrown at the rule books out in the way that they have approached spending as a result of this pandemic. So we think this is also an opportunity to do something radical about Building Back fairer, to think about wealth taxes, corporation taxes, to think about increasing the basic social floor for every citizen. And so, yes, you are right. This has been an issue for many years but this is exactly the moment when governments should act to build back fairer. D0 governments should act to build back fairer back fairer. Do you think that governments back fairer. Do you think that governments will governments will do that though, given that, for example, im imagining many of those 10 richest men are in the United States and may be tech bosses. The likes of elon musk, mark zuckerberg, geoffjesus perhaps. Will it really takes significantly those men in the way that you are suggesting . Jeff bezos. Way that you are suggesting . Jeff sena jeff bezos. Yes, i am confident because were jeff bezos. Yes, i am confident because were starting jeff bezos. Yes, i am confident because were starting to jeff bezos. Yes, i am confident because were starting to see l because were starting to see examples across the World Governments who have to raise hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars worth of extra fiscal income to pay for that extra spending they have made in recent months and there is a must to go in terms of traditional forms is a must to go in terms of traditionalforms of is a must to go in terms of traditional forms of income tax and we know that in areas such as wealth tax, they have been relatively untapped by major governments. 0nly relatively untapped by major governments. Only 4 of all taxes collected around the world are collected from a wealth taxes and yet we know thatis wealth taxes and yet we know that is an area which could raise huge revenue for governments that need that revenue, but also help to make our societies fairer. In the uk, it was only last month that the Wealth Tax Commission estimated that a one of 1 tax on households with more than £1 million worth of 12 could raise Something Like £260 billion extra revenue for the government over the next few years. And so governments desperate for that sort of extra revenue would do well to look at these sorts of mechanisms. Look at these sorts of mechanisms. ,. , ~ mechanisms. 0k, danny, thank ou for mechanisms. 0k, danny, thank you for being mechanisms. 0k, danny, thank you for being on mechanisms. 0k, danny, thank you for being on the mechanisms. 0k, danny, thank you for being on the program. | you for being on the program. The chief executive of oxfam great britain. Well be keeping you across what is happening at the World Economic forum, the virtual monitors, as various World Leaders address those tuning in, et cetera. Fewer than two thousand applicants to the uk governments two billion pound kickstartjobs scheme have started in their roles so far, since it launched in september. 120,000 temporaryjobs have now been created under the programme, which provides work placements for young the chancellor rishi sunak told the bbc continuing coronavirus restrictions were hampering businesses ability to bring people into work. Our Business Correspondent katy austin reports. 24 year old heydon was made redundant from a job in retail late last summer, finding another role during the middle of the pandemic was hard. You start him of the pandemic was hard. You start him out of the pandemic was hard. You start him out soft, of the pandemic was hard. You start him out soft, will of the pandemic was hard. 7m, start him out soft, will i find work again because what he has now started work for Delivery Company pickup whistle as part of the governments kickstart program. I will give it a go, it isa program. I will give it a go, it is a new experience and i want to do new things. I have learned things every day, things i havent done before. The number of young people unemployed unemployed has risen during coronavirus towards nearly 600,000 was the end of last year and the youth Unemployment Rate has reached 14. 5 stop kickstart is aimed at addressing the risk of people becoming long term unemployed. The government has promised to make billion pounds to pay for 6 monthjob to pay for 6 month job placements for young to pay for 6 monthjob placements for young people in the uk, with referrals for the scheme running until the end of year. Today, the chancellor announced 120,000 roles have being created so far but has admitted restrictions are slowing progress. Do you know how many young people are actually in those roles yet . We know a actually in those roles yet . Know a couple of thousand of them have already started and obviously because of the lockdowns restrictions, that hampers businesss ability to bring people into work and what we can look forward to as the restrictions ease is more of these young people starting dose placements. Dose placements. Small businesses dose placements. Small businesses had dose placements. Small. Businesses had complained dose placements. Small businesses had complained that it was difficult and slow to get involved if they only wanted to create a handful of kickstart roles. Now changes being made to boost their participation. Brute being made to boost their participation. Being made to boost their participation. We push the government participation. We push the government to participation. We push the government to do participation. We push the government to do this participation. We push the government to do this in l government to do this in september. Because it is four months later, there is a growing backlog of cases of people who have been pointed for intermediaries not able to access workout. For intermediaries not able to access workout. Why did you do it earlier . We are setting something up it earlier . We are setting something up at it earlier . We are setting something up at such it earlier . We are setting i something up at such speed it earlier . We are setting something up at such speed that we want to make sure we can make progress and we have achieved that. Achieved that. Tracys organisation achieved that. Tracys organisation is achieved that. Tracys| organisation is helping achieved that. Tracys organisation is helping small firms to access kickstart. After helping young people for years, she says who gets the roles matters. Years, she says who gets the roles matters. The young people who really roles matters. The young people who really probably roles matters. The young people who really probably would who really probably would already probably get a job with a little bit of help and probably would get a job. We dont want somebody on kickstart going to the sort of people. We need to be able to put things in place to support those people who are already unemployed before covid. Some arc ue unemployed before covid. Some ara ue the unemployed before covid. Some argue the job unemployed before covid. Some argue the job wont unemployed before covid. Some argue the job wont be unemployed before covid. Some argue the job wont be done argue the job wont be done by december and kickstart must be extended. The chancellor has left the door open for that. The young people like heydon, thoughts are now turning to finding permanent work once the six months are up. Katie austin, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news. Boohoo is set to buy the debenhams brand and website, the bbc understands. However, the fast fashion retailer will not be taking on any of the companys remaining 118 high Street Stores or its workforce. The 2a2 year old chain is already in the process of closing down, with the likely loss of 12,000 jobs. Asos hasjoined the race to buy topshop, topman and miss selfridge out of administration. However, the online retailer only wants to buy the brands and not their shops, suggesting any deal would costjobs. Sir philip greens arcadia group, which also owns burton and dorothy perkins, fell into Administration Last november putting 13,000 jobs at risk. Mastercard will raise fees by more than five times when british shoppers buy from eu based Companies Using debit or credit cards, according to a report by the financial times. The costs were previously capped by the eu, but since the uk left the bloc they no longer apply, as payments are deemed � inter regional. � what can business do to help with Mental Health at work . With depression and anxiety estimated to have cost the Global Economy one trillion dollars per year in lost productivity before the pandemic, Mental Health in the workplace has long been a concern. Today a group of Companies Including hsbc and deloitte are launching the Global Business collaboration for better workplace Mental Health. Its a new business Led Initiative which aims to make Mental Health in the workplace a priority. Ian stewart is the uk chief executive of hsbc. Good morning, thank you for being on the program. So why are you and hsbc signing up to this . ~ ,. ,. , this . We believe Mental Health continues to this . We believe Mental Health continues to be this . We believe Mental Health continues to be a this . We believe Mental Health continues to be a problem this . We believe Mental Health continues to be a problem in i continues to be a problem in Business Today so what we are asking other companies to do, asking other companies to do, as well as ourselves, is to volunteer to sign up to the new six point leadership pledge. It is designed so companies can share best practice which in turn means businesses can help their colleagues to deal with Mental Health, especially through the last 12 months which has increased that anxiety of the back of the pandemic. I anxiety of the back of the pandemic anxiety of the back of the andemic. ,. ,. , pandemic. I was going to say, this is very pandemic. I was going to say, this is very much pandemic. I was going to say, this is very much needed pandemic. I was going to say, j this is very much needed right now isnt it because this problem must be worse than it was prior to the pandemic and then as we have just stated, it was pretty bad. Then as we have ust stated, it was pretty bad. Then as we have ust stated, it was pretty bad. Yes. We started ust over was pretty bad. Yes. We started just over four was pretty bad. Yes. We started just over four years was pretty bad. Yes. We started just over four years ago was pretty bad. Yes. We started just over four years ago when i just over four years ago when we launched the well being program and we started with very humble ambitions, just simply to create a speak up environment in the company so that people could talk about Mental Health very openly. That has developed over the last four years into something now which is fairly material program with speakers being brought in to help people deal with what is a very challenging environment. We have got well being toolkits. We have changed our Health Policy so that people can get access to experts and we signpost all the time where people can get help, mainly to deal with anxiety and stress which is very real in Business Today. 50 stress which is very real in Business Today. Stress which is very real in Business Today. So in terms of the 6point Business Today. So in terms of the 6point plan, Business Today. So in terms of the 6point plan, what Business Today. So in terms of the 6point plan, what does. The 6 point plan, what does that mean from a practical point of view for business leaders, managers . What will they have to put in place . Sally, the keyword is practical. There are six points that we are asking leaders to sign up to. They go from a simple action plan to support very good Mental Health, through to signposting where their colleagues can get that help. All the way through to measuring the impact of what youre doing and being accountable for driving change. And what about the stigma surrounding Mental Health, is that still a real problem . Yes, it is still with that still a real problem . Yes, it is still with us that still a real problem . Yes, it is still with us today, that still a real problem . Yes, it is still with us today, we i it is still with us today, we must keep addressing that. I think it has improved over the last two years. A lot of people are now speaking out about Mental Health but the key for this is to create an environment in the workplace where people can talk about it, they can talk about it openly and they also know where they can go and get help so that we can go and get help so that we can start to deal with something which is really important for the social fabric and isjust important for the social fabric and is just the general well being of individuals when they come into the workplace. All right, ian stewart, thank you, uk chief executive of hsbc. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come its the start of paris haute couture week well be hearing how designers are coming up with Creative Ideas to beat the pandemic. A number of conservative mps are calling on borisjohnson to reopen schools in england currently closed during the coronavirus lockdown. They say the government must do Everything Possible for schools to resume actual lessons after the february half term. Over the weekend, the health secretary, matt hancock, refused to say whether children could go. The former prime minister, gordon brown, has warned that the uk must reform how its governed or risk becoming a failed state. Writing in the daily telegraph, mr brown said covid had exposed tensions between whitehall and the nations and regions. He says mrjohnson should to set up a commission to review how the uk is governed. Fewer than 2 billion people in the governments kickstart role have started 2000. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines democrats in the us congress say theyll implement a huge covid 19 relief package with or without republican support. The aim of the bill, worth nearly 2 trillion, is to reignite the us economy and greatly accelerate the number of people being vaccinated. Calculations by 0xfam suggest the combined wealth of ten of the worlds richest men has increased during the coronavirus pandemic by 540 billion. The charity says thats enough to pay for every Single Person in the world to be vaccinated. Lets see how the asian markets are faring today. The reason they are doing well this monday, the beginning of a brand new trading week, is because of one of the headlines ijust mentioned, not being venues that in the us they seemed determined seemed determined to plough ahead with a 2 trillion stimulus plan for the american economy, and of course pursue hard to get as many people vaccinated as possible. As you can see, all markets, most markets apart from what is happening in india at the moment, are positive. Hong kong up over 2 . Japan up by 0. 33 . So the beginning of a brand new trading week and market seem to be fairly buoyant. Markets. China has overtaken the United States as the worlds top destination for Foreign Direct Investment. The 2020 investment numbers underline chinas move toward the centre of a Global Economy long dominated by the us. Its a shift accelerated during the pandemic as china has cemented its position as the worlds factory floor and expanded its share of global trade. Joining me now is mariko 0i from singapore. Nice to see you, mariko. So, what is the latest on this . Well, sally, it really seems to have reflected how the country has handled the pandemic. The top position forforeign has handled the pandemic. The top position for Foreign Direct Investment, the us held that spot for decades, but Foreign Direct Investment actually peaked there in 2016 and has been falling ever since. Last year especially, as the country really struggled to curb the spread of covid 19, investments fell by nearly half, while china saw them grow by 4 . And of course the trump administrations trade war with china didnt help either, because it meant chinese investors thought any new acquisitions in the us could face new scrutiny, so there was less chinese interest in the us, while American Companies like walmart, starbucks, tesla and disney, they have all invested very significantly, heavily, in china. And it isnt just china. East asia as a region attracted one third of all Foreign Investment globally last year, which is actually the biggest share since records started back in the 1980s. India also saw a 13 increase as well, while the european union, for example, suffered a 71 for. And get this, the uk and italy attracted no new investment. So investments really reflecting how the countries have handled the pandemic. Countries have handled the pandemic countries have handled the pandemic. Countries have handled the tandemic. Pandemic. That was mariko oi in sinta tore pandemic. That was mariko oi in singapore for pandemic. That was mariko oi in singapore for us. Boeings 737 max is expected to get the go ahead from safety regulators in europe and the uk this week to resume passenger flights. The plane was grounded worldwide in march 2019 after the second of two tragic accidents. It has already been cleared to fly again in north america. But a whistleblower has raised new concerns over the safety of the aircraft, which he believes could lead to further tragedies. 0ur correspondent theo leggett reports. The 737max is the 737 max is back in the air, but is it safe . 0nce owings faster selling aircraft, it suffered two major accidents in less than five months. Boeings. First, a lie in our plan went into the sea of indonesia. Then an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, near identical to those seen here, crashed minutes after taking off from the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. In each case, flight investigators blamed flight investigators blamed Flight Control software which became active at the wrong time and prompted the aircraft to go into a catastrophic dive. Now the 737max into a catastrophic dive. Now the 737 max design has been modified and planes will be fitted with new software. Regulators in the United States insist they have done a thoroughjob. But ed pearson disagrees. He is a Us Navy Veteran and former senior manager at boeing who worked on the production line at the 737 factory near seattle. I the production line at the 737 factory near seattle. Factory near seattle. I am concerned that concerned that there are potential defects in these our planes that stem back to when the airplanes were manufactured. Defects in these airplanes. And i believe these airplanes. And i believe these defects could potentially cause future tragedies. Cause future tragedies. Before the lion our cause future tragedies. Before the lion our crash, cause future tragedies. Before the lion our crash, while i cause future tragedies. Before the lion our crash, while still. The lion our crash, while still working at boeing, mr pearson warned his bosses the factory was making too many planes to quickly, and he claimed safety was being compromised. Later, after retiring, and after the crashes, he took his concerns to the us congress. Now he has written a report outlining what he says were unexplained electrical and control system problems on both aircraft, which were evident before the crashes, but which he claims havent been investigated properly. Havent been investigated ttroerl. �. , properly. All the warnings i t ave properly. All the warnings i gave about properly. All the warnings i gave about reduction i properly. All the warnings i l gave about reduction quality, all of them have sadly come true. And i am just concerned, and i feel like there are a lot of Unanswered Questions that need to be addressed. Boeing has previously need to be addressed. Boeing has previously described i need to be addressed. Boeing has previously described any i has previously described any suggestion of a link between conditions at the 737 factory under two accidents completely unfounded, and pointed out that none of the authorities investigating the crashes has found any such link. And the two accidents. Meanwhile, regulators in europe are expected to unground the plane this week, with the uk following their example, and they have already made it clear they have already made it clear they think the plane is safe. Theo leggett, bbc news. Today marks the start of one of the highlights in the fashion calendar, paris haute couture week. Usually a star studded affair, this year it will be rather more subdued and completely digital. Behind every haute couture dress or suit lies thousands of hours of care, craft and construction. But while much of the fashion industry has been dramatically disrupted by the pandemic, the smaller scale bubbles of expensive fashionable clothing have apparently managed to press on. Even they, however, are having to adapt. Joining me now is nina van volkinburg, whos a lecturer in marketing at the London College of fashion. Nice to see you. Tell us how this event will be different this event will be different this year . This year . First of all, of course. This year . First of all, of course, there this year . First of all, of course, there are this year . First of all, of course, there are no i this year . First of all, ofj course, there are no live audiences. We have to remember, that in haute couture, theyre actually only about paying clients. But couture is a really lucrative opportunity because it allows luxury houses to express themselves, and especially today, in this very image dominant world, they are actually able to inspire and motivate entry level purchases such as make up and accessories, but also to really motivate us to really go into this dream world, live this fantasy, and ultimately have this celebration of craft on a wider scale. This celebration of craft on a wider scale. And as you say, it is important wider scale. And as you say, it is important to wider scale. And as you say, it is important to stress wider scale. And as you say, it is important to stress that i is important to stress that point, but it is a celebration of craft as opposed to getting us to buy clothes we might think we might wear in the near future, or not where, because none of us are going anywhere, are we . Not wear. None of us are going anywhere, are we . Not wear. Are we . Not wear. Exactly, and that are we . Not wear. Exactly, and that is are we . Not wear. Exactly, and that is why are we . Not wear. Exactly, and that is why a are we . Not wear. Exactly, and that is why a lot are we . Not wear. Exactly, and that is why a lot of and that is why a lot of fashion houses are thinking about how they can do things differently, taking note from jw anderson and mason marcella, they are experimenting and focusing on sharing their design patterns and giving an open source perspective where consumers, and especially younger people, can actually take part in creating their own craft in couture, and so there is a real emphasis on experience, genuine interaction, and ultimately that creates loyalty. In terms ofthe that creates loyalty. In terms of the social that creates loyalty. In terms of the social impact that creates loyalty. In terms of the social impact they i that creates loyalty. In terms i of the social impact they have, you know, the big designer powerhouses, have they had to take this pandemic has an opportunity to rethink . So many now want to see the big names in fashion pioneering in terms of their green policies, their sustainability policies, those kinds of issues. Kinds of issues. Absolutely. And we have kinds of issues. Absolutely. And we have to kinds of issues. Absolutely. And we have to remember. Kinds of issues. Absolutely. I and we have to remember that couture is, in essence, very sustainable, in that it is really handmade, it is about craft, and it is notjust the aesthetic scum of the design, the aesthetics, the design, thatis the aesthetics, the design, that is going around the world, it is really the message that it is really the message that it stands for and it is really about slow fashion. Under the more that we can focus on that and really appreciate this kind of handcrafted element, it is actually quite important from that sustainability aspects. All right, nina, thanks for talking to us. That was van talking to us. That was all right, nina, thanks for talking to us. That was Nina Van Volkenberg from the london couege Van Volkenberg from the London College of fashion. Slow fashion, i took so much about fast fashion on this programme but today it is all about slow fashion. Thanks for your company. Thats the end of the programme. Have a good day, and ill see you soon. Hello. Monday will start with widespread frost and ice after a wintry weekend which, of course, brought some significant snow in places. It wont be the last covid secure snowman we see sent in to us this winter and, hopefully, sundays weather did bring a bit of fun at least. But of course, more people have to be out in the morning, and so that does mean some difficult conditions on untreated roads because it will be icy in places with that widespread frost. After further wintry showers overnight and into the morning across parts of scotland, rain and sleet on the coasts, some snow inland and into the hills. Maybe the odd shower into Northern Ireland of the Better Weather days of the week. Most places will be dry, variable cloud, decent amount of sunshine and it will feel a bit less cold than it did over the weekend. Into monday night, still some showers, wintry in nature, particularly to hills, affecting parts of scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. Still frosty and icy, although temperatures start to come up across Western Areas as we see another system heading our way. And thats going to spread its rain and a bit of hill snow northwards during tuesday. It brings a bit more rain, as do others that follow this week, so if you are in a flood affected area, certainly worth keeping across conditions near you. Not as much rain as last week, but more rain isnt necessarily what you want. We see some rain spreading further north and east during tuesday, into the colder air. At least hill snow into parts of Northern England and scotland, and the chance as tuesday comes to an end, especially in scotland, some snow even to low levels here. Whereas further south, it turns a bit more milder, but of course, it is wetter. As we go into wednesday, the next weather system will start to move in. Looks like its a pretty slow affair, bringing its rain to the south west initially, and it is of course the source of milderair coming in from the atlantic. But running into that cold air towards the north and east, it does set up a bit of a battle, and as that battle takes place during wednesday, again as the wet weather starts to move in, as it moves further north and east, theres the chance of seeing some snow out of that, particularly as we get into wednesday night. Although some parts are turning milder this week, it isnt going to last because by the end of the week and into the weekend, the colder air will come south again and there is the chance again next weekend of some parts seeing a bit of snow. Thats the forecast. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today mps demand an urgent government statement on whether schools in england willfully re open before easter. But as the uk nears 100,000 deaths, well be looking at how ministers hope to control transmission of new variants of coronavirus, with tighter travel restrictions. 120,000 jobs created, but fewer than 2,000 have actually started. The governments flagship Kick Start Programme for young people faces criticism. The chancellor tells us it will get better. Weve a special message from rob burrow. The former Rugby League Star receives his first covid vaccination