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Deductions taken out of their benefit at the moment who are having to choose between heating and eating and having to skip meals to make sure that their children get a meal, those kind of things. and the deductions are making those problems very much worse. a committee also want to see the benefit cap raised for everyone, the committee also want to see the benefit cap raised for everyone, but the department for work and pensions said they had already restricted the total amount of deductions that could be taken to 25% of payment, and doubled the amount of time people have to pay money back to ...

Of deductions that could be taken to 25% of payment, and doubled the amount of time people have to pay money back to two years. asjodine braces herself for higher bills, that doesn't feel like enough, but she thinks that pausing deductions would help. it would at least give me a standing point to kind of put myself back on an even keel. colletta smith, bbc news. a day ahead of the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games, the queen's baton is due to arrive in the host city of birmingham. more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories will compete in this year's games, which...

That's what anyone can do, is try their hardest, but it's like our hardest is just not enough. and she's not the only one. more than 2 million people have money deducted from their universal credit each month to repay debt, overpayments or advances. they did it in the pandemic. i think there's a very, very strong case, which i hope the government will accept, to do it now as well. we're a cross—party committee with a conservative majority, this is a consensus view of our committee, and i hope the government will take forward what we're proposing. the government say they've already reduced th...

Committee with a conservative majority, _ committee with a conservative majority, this is a consensus view of our— majority, this is a consensus view of our committee and i hope the government will take forward what we are proposing. the government will take forward what we are promising-— are proposing. the government say the have are proposing. the government say they have already _ are proposing. the government say they have already reduced - are proposing. the government say they have already reduced the - are proposing. the government say i they have already reduced the amount that ca...

Alignment, if you will? >> reporter: well, you're exactly right to point out that in covid he has and it's been sort of a real standing point of the scheduling of the white house he has been out there every week talking about covid. as much as voting rights is a consequential issue right now, this is a white house that also knows he's going to be judged ultimately based on how he handles covid. so that was the high priority. but what was number two on that list? it was infrastructure and build back better and what is stalled and also seemingly unable to be revived at the moment? it's build bac...