of what lee kane said earlier, through the problem. 13:1 in light of what lee kane said earlier, can you make plain that it doesn t appearas you make plain that it doesn t appear as if any decision was made during the course of the weekend for a long time, there was a change in the strategic approach of the government, there was a realisation that they had to be a change of approach and much more stringent measures were likely to be required, but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? but no actual decision was made to impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had - impose a lockdown? correct. the way i would describe it was we had a - i would describe it was we had a conversation with the pm on the saturday
College or forprofit school or Something Like that to get a particular skill. To find an alternative way to achieve standards. For example, after one semester of satisfactory academic proprogress in a Community College they become reeligible even if not under rigorous high school standards. So if they had the low s. A. T. , act they have to go the first semester not qualifying for a pell grant. But if they demonstrated then academic capability they would be . Exactly. Okay. Giving students a second chance. Okay. That was my other question. Excellent. I am interested in intrigued might be a better word, the pell women well idea. Could that be too costly for the government to administrate this thing . The cost is a good question. The way the pell well would work youre telling a student up front how much in dollars as opposed to percentages they do now qualify for. Percentage based on fulltime enrollment dont translate women for students. Dollars make sense. Over a long run im not sure it
More than half a Million People worldwide have now lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. By far the worst affected country is the United States, with more than 125,000 deaths. The governor of texas, greg abbott, said matters have taken a very swift and very dangerous turn. His remarks coincide with a rise in infections in several southern and Western States, mostly those that had eased restrictions early. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Applause. The us Vice President attending a Church Service in dallas. Texas is one of several southern and Western States where record numbers of people are testing positive for covid 19. It is a huge setback for a region that once thought it had seen the worst of the outbreak. If we will but hold this is bbc news, the headlines fast to him. We will see our more than half a Million People worldwide have now lost their lives way through our challenging as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Times, we will restor
Hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour, borisjohnson promises to build, build, build to boost the uks economy after coronavirus. But the labour leader reckons the plans are nothing new and the governments got one more opportunity to stop mass redundancies. Next weeks Financial Statement could be the last chance to save millions ofjobs. But the Prime Minister remains positive. We are the builders, theyre the blockers. Were the doers, theyre the ditherers. Were going to get on with it and take this country forward. Also on this programme, the governnment announces that up to 3 million hong kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the uk. The education secretary announces plans to get all of englands children back to school in september. And one mp reflects on how her life might have been different. My mum, who has regularly said, katherine, ive been saying since you were two youll either be a stripper, a social worker or a scien
It is about 2 30am. You are up to date on the headlines. Now on bbc news wednesday in parliament. Hello there and welcome to the day in parliament. Coming up in the next half hour the chancellor unveils a wide ranging package of measures designed to help the uk recover from the coronavirus pandemic. If youre an employer and you bring someone back who was furloughed, we will pay you a £1,000 bonus per employee. How can he ensure that that money will not just go to those employers who were already planning to bring people back into work . Labour keeps up the pressure on the Prime Minister over comments he made about care homes. The Prime Minister said, too many care homes did not really follow the procedures in the way that they could have. That has caused huge offence. The last thing i wanted to do is to blame care workers for what has happened or for any of them to think that i was blaming them. Also on this programme questions for the head of the met police after the stopping of an o