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each of these carers is being forced to pay back, in some cases, up to £20,000 to the government, because they say the department for work and pensions has overpaid them the carer s allowance. tonight, how s it happened, and what impact is it having on them? the carers with us tonight are from right across the country. we re also going to hear live from the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, who s a carer himself for his teenage son, and was, as a boy, looking after his mum who had cancer. he s called for the debts carers owe to be written off. we ll hear from dan white from disability rights uk and the chair of the work and pensions committee, labour mp sir stephen timms, plus ian mansfield from the centre right think tank policy exchange. good evening. five years ago, ministers promised to address the problem of overpayments through new technology, so why are so many carers still falling foul of the rules? there are over 5 million unpaid carers in england and ....
government can step the framework and step government can step the framework and step back when necessary. it can make and step back when necessary. it can make big and step back when necessary. it can make big decisions. what i ve concluded is those decisions, which can change concluded is those decisions, which can change our country, can be so lacking can change our country, can be so lacking in can change our country, can be so lacking in debates and scrutiny that we stumbled into a consensus about the future we stumbled into a consensus about the future of our country that no one seems the future of our country that no one seems to be happy with. this is because one seems to be happy with. this is because too one seems to be happy with. this is because too often, motivated by short term thinking, politicians have short term thinking, politicians have taken the easy way out. telling people have taken the easy way out. telling pe0pte the have ta ....
our first guest, please put your hands together for ourfirst guest, sir ed davey. applause hi there. good to see you. so, sir ed davey, welcome. just to say, our rules here are pretty simple. they are the same for every leader. you won t get interrupted if you keep your questions reasonably brief and actually answer the question. myjob here is to keep you to the point. so, on that, let s have our first question from alison. the liberal democrats - are planning to spend five times as much as the labour party in extra spending. aren t you going to i bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison. the answer is no. we put together a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it has got a big health and social care package at the centre, about £9 billion, and other things, for instance, helping with free school meals and the cost of living, and we have shown how we will pay for everything we have got in that. for example, we are thinking that some of the large corpo ....
they re disappointed they had to drop the case. his alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. caroline hawley reports i ,and , and this contains flashing images. out into the fresh air. on the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy julian assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. today is an important victory for me and for the un human rights system. seven years without charge while my children grew up without me. that is not something that i can forgive, it is not something that i can forget. but prosecutors in sweden have not cleared julian assange, they have simply said they can t pursue the case any further. translation: there are now no further measures remaining which are possible to advance the investigation. in order to proceed, it would be necessary forjulian assange to be formally served notice of the crimes of which he is suspected. this was a measure that was to have been conducted during an inter ....
also in the next hour, digital departures: how one british airport is to abandon its air traffic control tower and use technology to monitor planes from 80 miles away. welcome to hsbc. and: how a bbc reporter and his twin managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system, which is designed to prevent fraud. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the wikileaks founderjulian assange says he will not forgive or forget after a seven year rape investigation in sweden was dropped without charge. this afternoon he made a rare appearance on the balcony of ecuador‘s embassy in london where he s been holed up forfive years to avoid extradition. he called the development an important victory for him but said it was extremely regretful that he is still being threatened with arrest if he leaves the embassy for skipping bail five years ago. prosecutors in sweden say they regret having to drop the case. his alleged victim says she stands by the allegation. our corresponden ....