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He was made to undergo various assessments to ensure he was eligible for disability and sickness benefits, telling him he would lose money if he couldnt attend. he was paranoid, he was suicidal. and, eventually, late christmas night, early boxing day, he died. you are firmly of the belief that it was distress of these benefits assessments that killed him. he was absolutely inconsolable. his schizophrenia was playing up, he was feeling depressed, he kept bursting into tears. there was nothing i c...

Conservative party over the plans to cut the foreign aid budget. several senior members of parliament voted against the plan, which will wipe almost four billion pounds — that is at some $5.5 billion from the sum the uk spends on tackling poverty and corruption overseas. some of the biggest charities say its a disaster. heres our diplomatic correspondent james landale. britain has long given humanitarian aid like this to the worlds poorest people, but the government is cutting that aid. and wh...

Budget by £4 billion. charities say it will have a devastating impact for the worlds poor. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. good evening. uefa has opened displinary proceedings against the football association following the euro 2020 final between england and italy at wembley on sunday. there are four charges against the fa, including "disturbance caused by its supporters during the national anthem", as well as a pitch invasion, throwing of objects...

On tackling poverty and corruption overseas. some of the biggest charities say its a disaster. heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. britain has long given humanitarian aid like this to the worlds poorest people, but the government is cutting that aid. and what was promised to be temporary has now become much longer—term — and all, the prime minister says, to save money. we are doing this in the midst of a terrible crisis, when our public finances are under greater strain than e...

Spending has been a running sore for the government, popular with many voters but unpopular at westminster but today mps had their vote and a majority backed the cut so the government has seen of its critics and its rebels. but for those who receive uk aid this could be a much longer term disaster and that is because mps backed some strict new economic tests before aid can be increased in the future. debt has got to be falling and the day—to—day budget of the government has got to be in surp...

For day—to—day spending. treasury sources said the new tests could mean uk aid spending rises again in a couple of years as the economy recovers. but mps and charities fear the aid cut would instead be locked in for the long—term. with a sizeable conservative rebellion expected, the vote may well be tight, and the result will matter for millions around the world who benefit from uk aid. james landale, bbc news. and the debate on foreign aid begins in the house of commons at 12.30 — well ...

School meals for primary school kids. every now and again this applause and someone telling a story about marcus rashford has helped them and given them hope. borisjohnsons government has seen off a conservative rebellion over the plans to cut the foreign aid budget. several senior tories, including his immediate predecessor theresa may, voted against the plan, which will wipe almost £4 billion off the aid budget. some of the biggest charities said the result was a disaster. heres our diplomati...

And there are many economists and many mps in many aid charities to say those bars are so high, they are very difficult to leap over and what effectively mps have voted for today is an effective permanent cut in the uks aid budget. and that its usually significant. so the impact todayis usually significant. so the impact today is the fact that the uk government has taken £4 million out of its a budget this year that will be repeated at nausea now until those economic tests are met and that bar ...

When they come to westminster, mps will have two options. they can defeat the government and restore aid spending next year to its previous target of 0.7% of national income. or they can support the government and make any increase in aid dependent on the state of the public finances. the treasury wants two new tests to be met before aid spending rises — national debt has to be falling and the government budget has to be in surplus with no borrowing used for day—to—day spending. treasury s...

Why so many people in general participated in the assassination of this countrys president. and we also dont know how so many people managed to get past the normally very robust security presence that exists outside of the presidential residence here in port-au-prince. these are questions that we are looking at and hope to bring those answers to our viewers in the coming hours, days or weeks. and it just goes to i will demonstrator how this is an ongoing situation here in haiti ongoing situation...