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but it's also the case mean, mel stride is case that i mean, mel stride is and the government are putting out this line that people really want to be at work, and it's just that they can't there's some there's something going wrong that they can't get to work. so we're just trying work. and so we're just trying to help along. that's to help them along. that's a complete misunderstanding. to help them along. that's a comple'a misunderstanding. to help them along. that's a comple'a misunpeople ding. to help them along. that's a comple'a misunpeople out|. there's a lot of people out there you know, there who either, you know, really the physical really do have the physical or mental problems and it's mental problems, and it's impossible treatment impossible to get treatment on the moment. so they the nhs at the moment. so they need you need sick notes or, you know, i think there's this idea that mel stride and other people think that everybody has a treats jobs like a career that they love, andifs like a career that they love, and it's great. and got and it's great. and you've got loads of f
but it's also the case mean, mel stride is case that i mean, mel stride is and the government are putting out this line that people really want to be at work, and it's just that they can't there's some there's something going wrong that they can't get to work. so we're just trying work. and so we're just trying to help along. that's to help them along. that's a complete misunderstanding. to help them along. that's a comple'a misunderstanding. to help them along. that's a comple'a misunpeople...
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the work and pensions secretary, mel stride , had this to say mel stride, had this to say about benefits, along with others. >> actually, in terms of costs have been spiralling ever upwards and we know that over the next five years. currently, pip is due to be costing an additional £13 billion per year. >> charles is to return to pubuc >> charles is to return to public life as he prepares to meet cancer patients following his own diagnosis. >> and campaigners and celebrities are set to gather outside westminster today ahead of a commons debate on assisted dying . this is a big one. we're dying. this is a big one. we're going to be debating it. >> good morning. we'll see an east west split in the weather across the uk today. outbreaks of rain mainly reserved for western spots . the brightest western spots. the brightest skies always further east. but i have all the details later . on. have all the details later. on. >> so our top story this morning. the government has accused the eu of double standards following ireland's pledge to send asylum seekers back to the uk , though tensions bac
the work and pensions secretary, mel stride , had this to say mel stride, had this to say about benefits, along with others. >> actually, in terms of costs have been spiralling ever upwards and we know that over the next five years. currently, pip is due to be costing an additional £13 billion per year. >> charles is to return to pubuc >> charles is to return to public life as he prepares to meet cancer patients following his own diagnosis. >> and campaigners and...
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but you�*ll remember mel stride tried to wade into this recently when he was talking about britain�*s approach to mental health. then there�*s a backlash because the government is seen as uncaring or unfeeling. how do politicians get to grips with this and still get elected? the big rise in working _ this and still get elected? the big rise in working age _ this and still get elected? the big rise in working age inactivity - rise in working age inactivity amongst those in their 20s and 30s is actually driven by mental health at the moment. there is some amongst older groups, but that�*s the real factor there. and there is a lot of views out there that as mel stride reflected, perhaps the diagnosis has gone over —— overboard. medical lysing it makes it harder. i think most people who look at this in the sector and independent analysts say there�*s no point saying just pull yourself together and go back to work. thus is not going to work. it does need more support from mental health workers, from employers, certainlyjust health workers, from employers, certainly just saying he
but you�*ll remember mel stride tried to wade into this recently when he was talking about britain�*s approach to mental health. then there�*s a backlash because the government is seen as uncaring or unfeeling. how do politicians get to grips with this and still get elected? the big rise in working _ this and still get elected? the big rise in working age _ this and still get elected? the big rise in working age inactivity - rise in working age inactivity amongst those in their 20s and...
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but it's not going to happen, according to mel stride. so obviously the deterrent is working because all these migrants went to off ireland because they were worried about the rwanda policy. now ireland wants to call britain via a loophole , a safe third country, loophole, a safe third country, in order to send them back. i think we can quite easily prove we're not a safe country. just go on twitter , you know what i go on twitter, you know what i mean? that's that's an easy one. >> what they mean is it they mean not safe because you might get sent to a safe place to be trusted. >> okay. never mind. my joke doesn't work. >> i don't find this very horrifically safe place for, for people of many, heritage, isn't it? >> at the moment, certainly. london is on a saturday afternoon. >> what's many middle east, nonh >> what's many middle east, north africa? >> very much. yeah this is a new one for you. drop that down. do you think. >> do you really think that rwanda has been so successful in its , in how people know about it its, in how people k
but it's not going to happen, according to mel stride. so obviously the deterrent is working because all these migrants went to off ireland because they were worried about the rwanda policy. now ireland wants to call britain via a loophole , a safe third country, loophole, a safe third country, in order to send them back. i think we can quite easily prove we're not a safe country. just go on twitter , you know what i go on twitter, you know what i mean? that's that's an easy one. >> what...
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what we have heard this morning is from a senior minister, cabinet minister here, mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been saying this morning on the bbc that the situation in the region and he described it as a very problematic and febrile and added that it was very important that both iran and israel acted to de—escalate. iran and israel acted to de-escalate._ iran and israel acted to de-escalate. , ., ., . de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, de-escalate. on the diplomatic front. there — de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, there had _ de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, there had been - de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, there had been talks - de-escalate. on the diplomatic| front, there had been talks with de-escalate. on the diplomatic - front, there had been talks with the us, uk and either delete like you enhancing your sanctions, is that they will focus on to try to contain iran or is the focus more on trying to get a ceasefire in gaza and de—escalate there? i to get a ceasefire in gaza and de-escalate there?— to get a ceasefire in gaza
what we have heard this morning is from a senior minister, cabinet minister here, mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been saying this morning on the bbc that the situation in the region and he described it as a very problematic and febrile and added that it was very important that both iran and israel acted to de—escalate. iran and israel acted to de-escalate._ iran and israel acted to de-escalate. , ., ., . de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, de-escalate. on the...
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but i think later we've more about mel we've got more stories about mel stride to tackle this in stride trying to tackle this in the going try the ways they're going to try and try deal it. we've and try and deal with it. we've heard of rhetoric lately heard sort of rhetoric lately from stride saying, look, from mel stride saying, look, hey, are just hey, anxiety and things are just the and downs the normal ups and downs of life, which means like, oh no, we're going have to actually we're going to have to actually tackle well, that's tackle this. well, that's the thing, tackle this. well, that's the thiraccording this, 69% of >> according to this, 69% of these mental health issues. these are mental health issues. yes. happening yes. so what's happening to society? on? it society? what's going on? is it just over diagnostic just an over diagnostic culture, or we are living or is it that we are living through anxious times? >> i think it's all the above. it's, an over diagnostic it's, it's an over diagnostic culture. living through culture. we are living through anxious there also anxious
but i think later we've more about mel we've got more stories about mel stride to tackle this in stride trying to tackle this in the going try the ways they're going to try and try deal it. we've and try and deal with it. we've heard of rhetoric lately heard sort of rhetoric lately from stride saying, look, from mel stride saying, look, hey, are just hey, anxiety and things are just the and downs the normal ups and downs of life, which means like, oh no, we're going have to actually we're going...
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mel stride, thank ou there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you for— there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you forjoining _ there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you forjoining us, - there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you forjoining us, work i there since the 1970s. mel stride, | thank you forjoining us, work and pensions secretary. do you remember learning your times tables at school? sadly, yes! well, pupils in one class in stevenage have been memorising their maths to taylor swift. it's a technique which primary school teacher and tiktok star kit brown uses and has led him to ammas almost two million subscribers on the app. here he is in action. # i've got nothing in my brain # that's what people say, mm—mm. # so i try to calculate, mm—mm. # so now we're gonna learn. # until the end of term. # that's what people say, mm—mm. # so i try to calculate, mm—mm. # one times six is six and. # two times six is 12 and. # three times six is 18. # in my mind, four times six is 24. kit brown joins us now from his classroom. good morning, kit. good morning, thank ou
mel stride, thank ou there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you for— there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you forjoining _ there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you forjoining us, - there since the 1970s. mel stride, thank you forjoining us, work i there since the 1970s. mel stride, | thank you forjoining us, work and pensions secretary. do you remember learning your times tables at school? sadly, yes! well, pupils in one class in stevenage have been memorising their maths to taylor...
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mel stride for pensions. he's for work and pensions. he's wheeled it's great wheeled out saying it's great news. great news if you news. it is great news if you get and a half. but get your eight and a half. but if dragged tax if you're not dragged into tax and be honest and they've got to be honest about look, that's about it. well look, that's what's so irritating. >> who's in >> well, frederick, who's got in touch system touch with our new system gbnews.com slash gb news.com forward slash yourself, i gbnews.com forward slash yourself, i will pay yourself, has said i will pay more from as my more tax from today as my service pension also go up service pension will also go up the amount. i used to pay the same amount. i used to pay £70 a month, but i will now pay £90 a month. yeah, this is the issue isn't it? and then jacqueline has said, please remember on full remember that even those on full new state pension will receive a maximum of £900. those on maximum of £900. yeah those on the state may get the old state pension may get l
mel stride for pensions. he's for work and pensions. he's wheeled it's great wheeled out saying it's great news. great news if you news. it is great news if you get and a half. but get your eight and a half. but if dragged tax if you're not dragged into tax and be honest and they've got to be honest about look, that's about it. well look, that's what's so irritating. >> who's in >> well, frederick, who's got in touch system touch with our new system gbnews.com slash gb news.com...
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what mel stride spoke about in the package, he said if people are fit and healthy they should work and i think that is right, that is not the problem we have got at the moment. it is about inactivity arising from ill—health. there will always be rules on social security system. what is going wrong at the moment is that nobody was to go to a job centre because the real helpers and there, so we would stick to those rules at the system but crucially put the real help and support in so that people can get a job. i absolutely don't believe those brilliant women in that video, there isn't a job for them. they were brave enough to go on television and talk about their situation. i don't think it is beyond us as a nation to help them get a job. beyond us as a nation to help them tet a 'ob. �* , beyond us as a nation to help them teta'ob. �* , .,�* beyond us as a nation to help them tet a 'ob. �* , ., �* ., get a 'ob. and if they don't get a 'ob get a job. and if they don't get a 'ob are get a job. and if they don't get a job are there any _ get a job. and if they don't get a job ar
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minister mel stride told us this morning that the uk can't afford a spiralling increase in the welfare bill. >> it's very important we also ask key questions about how it operates. is it properly targeting those who need the help most? one of the concerns i have, for example, are there are those with progressive, lifelong conditions where currently we know. sadly, people will not be getting better through time and yet they're having to go through reassessments, jump through bureaucratic hoops and so on. and i want to really look at whether that's appropriate and we can't do things better. >> mps will this afternoon debate whether assisted dying should be legalised for people who are terminally ill. campaigners and famous faces are now gathered outside parliament ahead of that debate this afternoon. it's after more than 200,000 people signed a petition backed by dame esther rantzen, calling for the change. assisted suicide is currently banned in england, in wales and northern ireland. in scotland, though, it's not a specific criminal offence. but people who help others to end their own
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this morning what we have heard is from a senior minister, cabinet minister here, mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been saying this morning on the bbc that the situation in the region, he described it as very problematic and febrile and added that it was very important that both iran and israel acted to de—escalate things. fiend important that both iran and israel acted to de-escalate things. and on the diplomatic— acted to de-escalate things. and on the diplomatic front, _ acted to de-escalate things. and on the diplomatic front, there - acted to de-escalate things. and on the diplomatic front, there had - acted to de-escalate things. and on | the diplomatic front, there had been talks about the us, the eu, the us, announcing further sanctions on iran, is that something that they are going to focus on now to try and contain iran or is it more the focus on trying to de—escalate and get a ceasefire in gaza? on trying to de-escalate and get a ceasefire in gaza?— on trying to de-escalate and get a ceasefire in gaza? well, i think you have multiple _ ce
this morning what we have heard is from a senior minister, cabinet minister here, mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been saying this morning on the bbc that the situation in the region, he described it as very problematic and febrile and added that it was very important that both iran and israel acted to de—escalate things. fiend important that both iran and israel acted to de-escalate things. and on the diplomatic— acted to de-escalate things. and on the...
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we'll be speaking to work and pensions secretary mel stride end the hour . stride at the end of the hour. >> north america is set to be dazzled by a solar eclipse later today, but there are spots a bit closer to home where you can also possibly get a glimpse . also possibly get a glimpse. >> and amid a swirl of rumours and allegations , isla fisher has and allegations, isla fisher has hired prince charles and paul mccartney's top lawyer in her divorce with sacha baron cohen . divorce with sacha baron cohen. >> plus, our debate 720 today, amid a rise in brits seeking risky overseas medical treatment , we'll be debating whether it's better to seek help at home or abroad. >> hello. good morning. we'll see some bright weather around today, but things will generally be turning more unsettled as we go through the day, particularly across parts of england and wales. i'll have all the details later. >> and little bit of housekeeping to tell you about as well. a few changes here at gb news. you know how much we to love get views. there's such a central part of our pr
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. >> that was mel stride. let's get more now from our deborah hanes. whether it's been joe biden saying to israel take the win, but then we also saw lord cameron here as well to say just see it doesn't escalate, but we've seen the response overnight. >> it's interesting. there is no official confirmation, is there, from israel on exactly what has happened, what the scale of attack was on iran. we know it has happened with iranian media reporting three drones being struck down. it would be really interesting and important i think to hear exactly what has happened in terms of this retaliatory strike, and whether as it seems that this is a limited course of action by israel. israel had a whole range of options it could have taken in response to iran's unprecedented military -- missile and drone strike at the weekend. and that ranged from launching f-35 jets to target nuclear sites inside iran down to more limited action maybe using drones. i think it would be very interesting to see what the target was and exactly what the munitions were we used. and then
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whilst mel stride is right in saying there are some things that are just the ups and downs of life that are being medicalized, that doesn't mean that absolutely everyone who's going to fall foul of this system is just one of those people. so there are some people who will suddenly find themselves without access to their medication when they need it, or being forced to work when they can't. >> no, they're good. they can still have their medication, but they can just eat it on the bus to work. >> just yeah, have a double dose and get through a full day's work. yeah. we're all struggling. >> we're all struggling under the weight of, you know, existential dread. we just get on with it. if you go to if you go to third world countries, if there are any left anymore, everybody's becoming middle class. but if you go to, you know, places like india or whatever, you know, people aren't sitting about being like, oh no, i can't do anymore because they don't have a they don't have a welfare system. maybe they do know it. i don't know. but you know, you don't. if it's your research watching slumdog m
whilst mel stride is right in saying there are some things that are just the ups and downs of life that are being medicalized, that doesn't mean that absolutely everyone who's going to fall foul of this system is just one of those people. so there are some people who will suddenly find themselves without access to their medication when they need it, or being forced to work when they can't. >> no, they're good. they can still have their medication, but they can just eat it on the bus to...
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sorry but well we need a refund. >> well, i mean look i mean mel stride i've got i've got a lot of respect for mel. i like the bloke, but when he's saying he's proud dwp for getting to proud of the dwp for getting to the of this, it's the dwp the bottom of this, it's the dwp that's this happen in the that's let this happen in the first should hang first place. they should hang their shame. their heads in shame. >> billion of taxpayers >> £11 billion of taxpayers money last two i money in the last two years. i mean, is absolutely mean, it is absolutely astonishing. now astonishing. well, moving on now to else get to something else that'll get people going because it's shoplifting offences. they've recently record high more recently hit a record high more than a thousand shoplifting offences single day . but offences every single day. but despite this, the detection rate has dropped to record low in has dropped to a record low in response, government has response, the government has today a £55 million today announced a £55 million crackdown on the scourge of shoplifting plaguing shoplift
sorry but well we need a refund. >> well, i mean look i mean mel stride i've got i've got a lot of respect for mel. i like the bloke, but when he's saying he's proud dwp for getting to proud of the dwp for getting to the of this, it's the dwp the bottom of this, it's the dwp that's this happen in the that's let this happen in the first should hang first place. they should hang their shame. their heads in shame. >> billion of taxpayers >> £11 billion of taxpayers money last...
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we'll be speaking to work and pensions secretary mel stride end the hour . stride at the end of the hour. >> north america is set to be dazzled by a solar eclipse later today, but there are spots a bit closer to home where you can also possibly get a glimpse . also possibly get a glimpse. >> and amid a swirl of rumours and allegations , isla fisher has and allegations, isla fisher has hired prince charles and paul mccartney's top lawyer in her divorce with sacha baron cohen . divorce with sacha baron cohen. >> plus, our debate 720 today, amid a rise in brits seeking risky overseas medical treatment , we'll be debating whether it's better to seek help at home or abroad. >> hello. good morning. we'll see some bright weather around today, but things will generally be turning more unsettled as we go through the day, particularly across parts of england and
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britain's work and pensions secretary, mel stride. he's saying that sickness benefits for many are going to be cut very soon. he's also saying that people who are who are suffering from minor mental health issues, which which in some cases, he's saying is just a bit of anxiety dealing with the ups and downs of life. he's saying that their benefits are going to be cut to. they're going to have to get a bit of therapy, get themselves back to work, because actually working is very good for you. it's better. >> yes, mine is so off brand, but my greatest britain is andrew rosindell, the conservative mp. i talked about how i'd never celebrated saint george's day before, and so last week he welcomed me to the speaker's house for their saint george's reception. you're just showing off now that was full of gb news viewers that watched this show and loved this show. so it was a delight to talk to lots of them. they all said they don't agree with a word i say, but i enjoyed celebrating my first saint george's day and he did a great job. >> i owe
britain's work and pensions secretary, mel stride. he's saying that sickness benefits for many are going to be cut very soon. he's also saying that people who are who are suffering from minor mental health issues, which which in some cases, he's saying is just a bit of anxiety dealing with the ups and downs of life. he's saying that their benefits are going to be cut to. they're going to have to get a bit of therapy, get themselves back to work, because actually working is very good for you....
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the, mel stride, mel stride. right. so he's had him on yesterday, hadn't he? yeah, yeah. because i was late yesterday. >> oh, you missed him. what? what was he saying? >> yeah. well, he's >> yeah. well, what he's basically said he said basically said is work. he said work good your mental work is good for your mental health. in the health. getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose, interacting with other people in the workplace. yeah. having that conversation by a water cooler or whatever may be good for your mental health. and his mission is to get as many people into work and into a workplace as possible. >> do you know what? it's not going to help that the new legislation, employment legislation, the employment legislation, the employment legislation into legislation that just came into effect yesterday, that any new person going for new job can person going for a new job can actually request to work from home permanently . vie. home permanently. vie. >> well, you know , it's just appalling. >> absolutely appalling. well, you know , what's not good for yo
the, mel stride, mel stride. right. so he's had him on yesterday, hadn't he? yeah, yeah. because i was late yesterday. >> oh, you missed him. what? what was he saying? >> yeah. well, he's >> yeah. well, what he's basically said he said basically said is work. he said work good your mental work is good for your mental health. in the health. getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose, interacting with other people in the workplace. yeah. having that conversation by...
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mel stride for work and pensions secretary , who work and pensions secretary, who is saying, look, please don't confuse everyday problems with mental health. and this is what's happening, i'm afraid people, everybody has bad days . people, everybody has bad days. and when that day is over, there's a better day coming . but there's a better day coming. but thatissue there's a better day coming. but that issue has now been lost. >> yeah, absolutely. and you know, the point here is that we are not absolutely at all diminishing people who have genuine mental health problems and genuine , genuinely and genuine, genuinely aggressive adhd. i think the point are making there's point we are making is there's clearly quite lot of people clearly quite a lot of people who on the but calvin, who are on the take. but calvin, thank very , very much. thank you very, very much. fantastic stuff. look after yourself. mackenzie, yourself. kelvin mackenzie, former a former editor of the sun, a department work pensions department for work and pensions spokesperson, our spokesperson, said our disability are dis
mel stride for work and pensions secretary , who work and pensions secretary, who is saying, look, please don't confuse everyday problems with mental health. and this is what's happening, i'm afraid people, everybody has bad days . people, everybody has bad days. and when that day is over, there's a better day coming . but there's a better day coming. but thatissue there's a better day coming. but that issue has now been lost. >> yeah, absolutely. and you know, the point here is that we...
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stride. because when we arrived in office in 2010, people coming office in 2010, people coming off benefits and into work could lose £9 for every ten they earned by far the highest marginal tax rate. and that was morally wrong. so we created universal credit to make sure that work always pays. we introduced the national living wage and increased it every year , ending low pay in this country. we're rolling out 30 hours of free childcare for every family over nine months of age. we've halved inflation to make the money you earn worth more, and we've cut workers national insurance by a third and £900 tax cut for someone earning the average wage, because it is profoundly wrong that income from work is taxed twice when other forms of income are not. for me, it is a fundamental duty of government to make sure that hard work is always rewarded. i know, and you know that you don't get anything in life without hard work. it's the only way to build a better life for ourselves and our family, and the
stride. because when we arrived in office in 2010, people coming office in 2010, people coming off benefits and into work could lose £9 for every ten they earned by far the highest marginal tax rate. and that was morally wrong. so we created universal credit to make sure that work always pays. we introduced the national living wage and increased it every year , ending low pay in this country. we're rolling out 30 hours of free childcare for every family over nine months of age. we've halved...
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but what the government is proposing is to basically have, i think , is to basically have, i think, mel stride, the work and pensions secretary, this morning talked about sort of one stop talked about a sort of one stop shop where you would a shop where you would have a health professionals and people from the benefits department working together to help people stay in work if possible, or to help them back to work. well that might sound great, but that's easier, said than done, isn't it? because we've got, difficult to get an appointment with a gp. shortage of doctors, nhs under strain. how are you going to get this up and running? and as you say, there's going to be conflict of interest between a doctor who will primarily be concerned with patients health, and somebody from the benefits department who will be wanting very much, if at all possible, to get that person back to work. so i think it sounds great. i think actually, how you would do that in practice, that seems very challenging to me. well, £91 billion by the time the next parliament comes in per year. >> surely it's somethi
but what the government is proposing is to basically have, i think , is to basically have, i think, mel stride, the work and pensions secretary, this morning talked about sort of one stop talked about a sort of one stop shop where you would a shop where you would have a health professionals and people from the benefits department working together to help people stay in work if possible, or to help them back to work. well that might sound great, but that's easier, said than done, isn't it?...
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while the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, spoke to us earlier poorly targeting those who need the help most, one of the concerns i have, for example, are there are those with progressive of lifelong conditions where currently we know, sadly, people will not be getting better through time and yet they're having to go through reassessments, jump through bureaucratic hoops, and so on. >> and i want to really look at whether that's appropriate. and we can't do things better. i want to look at best practice into nationally, and i want to look at the nature of the support that's actually provided . should it be cash benefits, or should we also be looking, for example , at health care support example, at health care support for those, particularly those that are on pip through reasons of mental health conditions? >> so is this the right way to go? joining me now is the director of policy research and impact at the trussell trust. and it's helen barnard. helen, welcome millom to the show. thank you for joining welcome millom to the show. thank you forjoining us. so at current we have
while the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, spoke to us earlier poorly targeting those who need the help most, one of the concerns i have, for example, are there are those with progressive of lifelong conditions where currently we know, sadly, people will not be getting better through time and yet they're having to go through reassessments, jump through bureaucratic hoops, and so on. >> and i want to really look at whether that's appropriate. and we can't do things better. i want...
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so the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, has been quite outspoken on this, is set to announce plans to overhaul the way that disability benefits work. in a statement in the commons today. it could include a plan to replace cash payments with vouchers. >> yes. interesting one that. i guess the idea is that if you give cash in the form of vouchers instead, then they can choose what it is spent on i.e. no booze or fags. i imagine that is the point of that. >> what i'm keen to hear from with our viewers here. so gbnews.com/yoursay is this now people can be off. it might be loads of you now, i don't know, sitting at home you've got a really bad back or a bad hip, a physical disability, a physical desperate to work, want to work , desperate to work, want to work, physically can't work. and then you have millions of people who are saying they've got really bad anxiety or depression. obviously loads those people will. but i think there is an implication, isn't there, that maybe some of those people are on the take? how do you feel about that? so get your views coming in. yes >> and of
so the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, has been quite outspoken on this, is set to announce plans to overhaul the way that disability benefits work. in a statement in the commons today. it could include a plan to replace cash payments with vouchers. >> yes. interesting one that. i guess the idea is that if you give cash in the form of vouchers instead, then they can choose what it is spent on i.e. no booze or fags. i imagine that is the point of that. >> what i'm keen to...
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this morning, we have also heard a senior government minister mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been describing the situation between israel and iran is very problematic and febrile. and he went on to say that it and febrile. and he went on to say thatitis and febrile. and he went on to say that it is important that all countries, iran and israel included, he said, work to de—escalate and focus on de—escalation. th he said, work to de-escalate and focus on de-escalation._ he said, work to de-escalate and focus on de-escalation. in the last few da s, focus on de-escalation. in the last few days. we _ focus on de-escalation. in the last few days, we have _ focus on de-escalation. in the last few days, we have seen _ focus on de-escalation. in the last few days, we have seen a - focus on de-escalation. in the last few days, we have seen a visit i focus on de-escalation. in the last few days, we have seen a visit by| few days, we have seen a visit by the foreign minister lord cameron to israel as well. just talk us through some of the concerns of the uk but oth
this morning, we have also heard a senior government minister mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been describing the situation between israel and iran is very problematic and febrile. and he went on to say that it and febrile. and he went on to say thatitis and febrile. and he went on to say that it is important that all countries, iran and israel included, he said, work to de—escalate and focus on de—escalation. th he said, work to de-escalate and focus on...
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well, the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, told gb news that the government is committed to supporting pensioners. >> we're committed , for example, >> we're committed, for example, to the triple lock, which as you know, is putting up pensions year on year by the greater of 2.5% or earnings or the level of inflation. and i think that's one of the proudest achievements, actually, of this conservative government that we brought because it's brought that in, because it's meant that since 2010, pensioners are £1,000 a year better off than they would have been had their pensions just gone up by earnings alone . gone up by earnings alone. >> nhs staff, including paramedics and nurses, have been shown pornographic images, offered money for sex and assaulted at work. that's according to new research . a according to new research. a study of more than 12,000 health workers has revealed that widespread incidents of sexual harassment have taken place , harassment have taken place, with 1 in 10 saying it's something they have experienced at work . of those, almost at work. of those, almost a thir
well, the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, told gb news that the government is committed to supporting pensioners. >> we're committed , for example, >> we're committed, for example, to the triple lock, which as you know, is putting up pensions year on year by the greater of 2.5% or earnings or the level of inflation. and i think that's one of the proudest achievements, actually, of this conservative government that we brought because it's brought that in, because it's meant...