finances. meaning that this labour run authority is largely being overseen by the centralised conservative government. that is something which has met with mixed responses from here. one person who is positive about the future is steve rotheram, the metro mayor, of the metro area, he said to me this morning he will be overseeing a panel looking at the city s renewal, that will report to central government. he said he still believes it could host eurovision. it has the capacity to do that and a bright future there, he says. our top story this lunchtime. the nhs confederation warns the uk faces a public health emergency this winter, unless the government takes action on rising energy bills. and housing experts say 40% of people under 30 are paying unaffordable rent with towns such as rotherham and bolton seeing the biggest rises. coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have all the latest from the european championships in munich, where all four
day, cannot want peace. they should first leave our territory. first leave our territory. there has been some first leave our territory. there has been some progress. first leave our territory. there has been some progress. ukraine i first leave our territory. there has been some progress. ukraine and| been some progress. ukraine and russia still are not talking to each other but they could reach future agreements with the united nations and turkey as brokers in the middle. for now, any hope is eclipsed by the daily reality in this war. 17 people, the latest to lose their lives in ukraine s second city, kharkiv, in what authorities call one of their most tragic days. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. four in ten young people in the uk signing up for new private tenancies are spending an unaffordable amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling wi
then we will have to instead impose these changes, and that s what we re moving to. more talks are expected, but the summer of transport disruption continues. katy austin, bbc news. new figures suggest more than a third of young people, are spending much higher proportions of their income, on rent. housing experts say paying landlords more than a third of wages on accomodation, is unaffordable. the numbers of young people struggling with high rental costs, is now said to be at a five year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent ,colletta smith, has that story. megan and richard have been struggling to pay the rent on zero hours contracts in london. they had been paying £560 a month each in a house share but when their contracts ended a few months ago the landlord upped the rent, by a lot. 0ur rent increased 50% and that was just going to be completely unaffordable. more than half of their pay would have gone straight to the landlord. which would have left us with essentially nothin
pressure in a public meeting to put more police on the beat in this part of london following a killing which has horrified a community. tom symonds, bbc news, willesden magistrates court. new figures suggest four out of ten young people are spending more than a third of their income on rent. housing experts say paying landlords that much is unaffordable . the proportion of young people struggling with high rental costs is now said to be at a five year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. megan and richard have been struggling to pay the rent on zero hours contracts in london. they had been paying £560 a month each in a house share but when their contracts ended a few months ago the landlord upped the rent, by a lot. 0ur rent increased 50% and that was just going to be completely unaffordable. more than half of their pay would have gone straight to the landlord.
tenancies are spending an unaffordable amount of their income on rent, new figures suggest. housing experts say spending more than 30% of income on rent is unaffordable, and the proportion of young renters grappling with high housing costs is at a five year high. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. no one likes paying rent, but right now, people under 30 like mia are paying through the nose. my tenancy is ending soon and looking for new tenancies is just more and more expensive. it s disheartening because it feels like you re just going to be stuck in rental properties forever, but everyone s in the same position. it s extortionate. what were you paying then? it s 850 between the two of us and also the bills which have absolutely crippled me. i literallyjust moved back home two weeks ago, so there you go. although the data shows the most unaffordable areas for young people are in london, many of the areas that have seen the biggest change are other towns and ci