the permanent subcommittee on investigations will come to order. thank you all for your attendance, thanks to the public for tuning into these proceedings. ranking member johnson, thank you for all of your work as our staff and we have collaborated on this investigation focused on the mistreatment of military families. privatized housing on u.s. military installations. in the mid 90s, the department of defense commenced the privatization of military housing, it was envisioned this initiative would lead to better outcomes from the military families. safer, more reliable living conditions. healthy homes, affordable housing affordable to families living on an around u.s. military installations. for years, however, this program has been plagued by problems. and when i visited for gordon in the first few months of my term in the senate, i asked the command if i could sit down with families on post to hear about their experience, living in privatized housing managed by golf and
Welcome to bbc news. The leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, has warned the government not to agree to bailout of the Construction Company carillion with tax payers money. There are fears the firm, which has debts of £1. 5 billion, could collapse after creditors failed to agree a possible rescue plan. Carillion employs about 20,000 people in the uk and is one of the governments main contractors. Our business correspondent, joe lynam, reports this is liverpools newest hospital under construction, it will be the biggest single bed hospital in the uk and its being built by carillion. Now theres concern that projects like this could be affected if the company collapses. From prisons to hospitals, to schools and rail, carillion is responsible for some of the uks largest Infrastructure Projects. Should the government bail out the debt laden company . I think what needs to happen in this case, the contracts have to be kept going, and supporting the supply chain and the tens of
And in half an hour, all the action from the premier league, including arsenals 2 1 defeat at the hands of bournemouth. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The new conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis has told the bbc that the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender john worboys stays in jail. The former black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but Police Believe he may have committed more than 100 attacks. The government is considering seeking a judicial review hearing into the parole boards decision to release him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shaw. He is known as the black cab rapist. John worboys is believed to have drugged and sexually assaulted more than 100 women. Yet the parole board has decided that after ten years in custody, it is safe for him to be released, and he is due out by the end of the month. The government wants to stop that happening and is looking at the possibility o
Air in ourdirection north westerly wind, bringing cold air in our direction over the next few days. The showers will increasingly turn wintry, some show was in the north could see snow, and it will be cold with strong winds too so it will feel chilly out there. Through the rest of the afternoon the showers packing in from the west, some heavy ones and especially over high ground in scotland, youve got showers beginning to turn wintry as the temperatures dip away as the afternoon goes on. During this a lot of showers packing in relentlessly on this strong westerly or north westerly wind. Notice more snow starting to show up on the chart, even to lower levels in scotland and Northern Ireland. Weve also got the potential for some ice with that. This is how the commute will look, with lots of these wintry showers across scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england, increasingly falling as sleet and snow to lower levels. In wales it will be mostly rain at lower levels, but sleet and snow
And we will have all the details later. After strong grazes on european markets and especially in the united states. But that is what is happening in europe right now. We will have the details for you. We will have the details for you. And there might be white collar and blue collar jobs, but what about the booming market for no collar workers . We meet the woman cashing in on recruiting top talent to the creative sector. And given the scale of carillions activities and number of staff it employs, should the government step in to rescue the firm . Let us know your thoughts. Use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. And you can join and you canjoin the and you can join the debate this morning. It is a story which will affect many thousands of people and the world so lets know your thoughts on carillion. The uks second largest construction firm, carillion, is to go into liquidation, threatening thousands of jobs. The firm is involved in Major Projects like the hs2 h