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will focus on whether police missed opportunities to stop him sooner. the victims were all given fatal overdoses of the drug, ghb by port who was jailed for life in 2016. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. four young gay men all found dead within 15 months of each other in the london suburb of barking. two were found in this churchyard and onejust outside it, all four were in their 20s and all were murdered with the date rape drug ghb. their killer, stephen port, will die in prison as a result of his crimes. today the men s families came to their inquests to make statements commemorating their relatives and to look for an answer to a key question could some of the deaths have been prevented? anthony walgate s mother, sarah, told thejury he had moved from hull to london to study fashion. she said they spoke several times a week until he was murdered. in her statement, daniel whitworth s grandmother barbara said.
upbeat, to be positive, to try to offer an optimistic outlook to the public. and of course, looking at where he is politically these days it has served him pretty well. but there is a real contrast here this week between that kind of tone and the conversations i ve been having behind the scenes with ministers and mps, and just how worried to some of them are about how tough the next few months might be for members of the public. borisjohnson obviously overtly wants to show conviction and confidence. but there is a fine line between doing that and then ending up between doing that and then ending up sounding like you don t understand people s concerns. laura kuenssberg in manchester, thank you. the inquests have opened into the deaths of four young gay men who were all murdered by the serial killer stephen port. the jury was told the inquests will focus on whether police missed opportunities to stop him sooner. the victims were all given fatal overdoses of the drug, ghb by port who wa
will focus on whether police missed opportunities to stop him sooner. the victims were all given fatal overdoses of the drug ghb by port, who was jailed for life in 2016. since the start of the pandemic, almost 6 million people on universal credit have had an extra £20 a week to help some of the poorest families in the uk. but it comes to an end tomorrow. the government says it was always a temporary measure and the focus now should be on making sure work pays with higher wages, rather than higher benefits. from londonderry, our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been speaking to some people affected by the change. in one of the uk s most deprived areas, anyjob is a good job. laura mcshane works full time as an admin assistant at an advice centre in londonderry. her husband also works full time, but as both are on low wages they started claiming universal credit at the start of the pandemic. as such, laura didn t realise her benefit payment included the £20 a week up