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Tenants are being evicted because of rent arrears built up over the pandemic, despite a government commitment that covid wouldn't leave anyone without a home. one third of eviction hearings monitored in england and wales over the summer stated covid as the reason rent hadn't been paid. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details. michael calder is a musician and, pre—pandemic, a guitar teacher. my work was all based around contact with people, in and out of people's houses daily. as he prepared for his son's birth, the country went into lockdown and his income plummeted...

Lengthy terms and we all know the imbalances of the way people imprisoned, who gets incarcerated for the longer periods of time. it's always people of color. suddenly you have this massive group of primarily black men going to prison. >> president clinton had a political strategy of saying, we're going to be tough on crime but we're going to be socially receptive. and the democratic party started moving to the right, playing the racial political lines. >> welfare as we know it is now history. president clinton today signed the legislation that ends a government commitment made 61 years ago of ...

Clean up crack infested communities but instead has become another wedge between blacks and whites. >> all these absurd laws are putting people in prison for lengthy terms and we all know the imbalances of the way people imprisoned, who gets incarcerated for the longer periods of time. it's always people of color. suddenly you have this massive group of primarily black men going to prison. >> president clinton had a political strategy of saying, we're going to be tough on crime but we're going to be socially receptive. and the democratic party started moving to the right, playing the racial po...

Communities but instead has become another wedge between blacks and whites. >> all these absurd laws are putting people in prison for lengthy terms and we all know the imbalances of the way people imprisoned, who gets incarcerated for the longer periods of time. it's always people of color. suddenly you have this massive group of primarily black men going to prison. >> president clinton had a political strategy of saying, we're going to be tough on crime but we're going to be socially receptive. and the democratic party started moving to the right, playing the racial political lines. >> welfar...

Get just the same five-year sentence for 500 grams of powder cocaine. the law was designed to help clean up crack-infested commune tis, but instead has become another wedge between blacks and whites. >> all these absurd laws are putting people in prison for lengthy terms and we all know the imbalances in the way people are imprisoned, who gets incarcerated for the longer periods of time. it's always people of color. suddenly you have this massive group of primarily black men going to prison. >> president clinton had a political strategy of saying, we're going to be tough on crime but we're goi...