Living in poverty in 1981 and less than 1 is doing that today. In india, similar statistics, in 1977 it is estimated 80 was living in Poverty And Survey that is less than 10 . There have been enormous strides made and for the entire decade, because of the entire decade, because of the very specific peculiarities of what happened in the pandemic, it might be somewhat unfair. ,. , ~ ,. , unfair. Interesting. Thank you for putting unfair. Interesting. Thank you for putting that unfair. Interesting. Thank you for putting that in for putting that in perspective. Later on bbc news, i will talk to the Chief Executive of 0xfam about that report. Still to come today is so called blue monday. We talk to two successful, very influential Business Women about how to find joy in the work place. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Bringing you different stories from across the uk. This bringing you different stories from across the uk. Bringing you different stories from across the
obviously a charity working in uganda. what do you think is going on here. what s going on here, they re making up reasons after the fact to try to cover their r bad actions. they gave these reasons four months after they closed the accounts. they came up with excuses after the media tried to out23450eus e them. you look at the reasons, none of them add up, don t withstand scrutiny. the only way to understand the situation is you close their account because of religious beliefs or activities. this is something we re concerned about. debanking is on the rise, you mentioned nigel, there s other debanking things going on, jp morgan chase debanged a relidge debanked a religious nonprofit last year. americans shouldn t have to fear they could lose their bank
or have long term health conditions. citizens advice wants a ban on forced installations or conversions. that would mean energy companies could no longer switch people automatically onto a prepaid meter if they are in debt. at the moment it can even be done remotely. we can speak now to peter smith at director of policy and advocacy, national energy action. a charity working to end fuel poverty. thank you forjoining us. how common an occurrence is this in your experience that people are forced to switch to a prepayment meter? .. , , forced to switch to a prepayment meter? ,,., , , ., forced to switch to a prepayment meter? , , ., ., meter? sadly his all too common, these desperate meter? sadly his all too common, these desperate situations - meter? sadly his all too common, these desperate situations of- these desperate situations of people living for prolonged periods of time, rationing energy use and living without energy entirely, happening daily, millions of homes across the uk,
at anti semitism across british life, warning in particular of its growth among young people. the former labour mp points to a recent survey which found that anti semitic incidents in english schools had nearly trebled in the past five years, and highlighted the alarming rise in hatred towardsjewish people in wider society. i m joined by our religious affairs reporter harry farley. give us the background to this. the background to this is that last year there was a record number of reported anti semitic incidents across the uk, figures from the communities and securities trust, a charity working to protect british jews and monitor anti semitism. they said they recorded 2255 anti jewish hate incidents in 21, up more than one third from the year before and the report speaks of the concern of
now, what we are seeing across the board, i d say, is the need for improvement. and the most important thing for me is making sure that when you apply for help as a customer, you are consistently treated by your company. so what we re finding, particularly with those fines you mentioned, is basically it s pot luck. you might get a good adviser that might help you, but you may also get someone who simply does not do the things that are needed. so let me give you an example of good practice and some of the things we had seen which are really concerning. so i have sat in on calls where companies have identified a customer, checked with them about their personal circumstances and then not only helped them get access to prepayment meter credits but also helped them to look at their energy use and how they can reduce their bills, and that is the sort of thing we expect from companies consistently. but i m afraid we ve got stories where customers have been left in incredibly difficult circums