funding why we put an enormous amount of funding in why we put an enormous amount of funding in place to support them. for social funding in place to support them. for social care, that largely goes through for social care, that largely goes through local authorities. so one of the earliest things we did was provide the earliest things we did was provide billions of pounds extra for local authorities in honouring fenced local authorities in honouring fenced grants so they would have extra fenced grants so they would have extra funds to spend on the things they needed to at the time. that was done, they needed to at the time. that was done, i they needed to at the time. that was done, i cant they needed to at the time. that was done, i can t remember exact what date, done, i can t remember exact what date, but done, i can t remember exact what date, but relatively early on in the pandemic date, but relatively early on in the pandemic. with regard to social
prime minister rishi sunak has been giving evidence to the covid inquiry here in london today. critics suggest that his eat out to help out the policy under which the government subsidised meals led to an increase in infections. early evidence at the inquiry suggested that health officials hadn t been consulted about that because the milk scheme, but rishi insisted milk scheme, but rishiinsisted insisted that the chief scientific and medical advisers did not object when the scheme was announced. rishi and a chance at the time back in 2020 claim his actions had protected millions ofjobs hospitality sector. my primary concern was protecting millions ofjobs of particularly vulnerable people who worked in this industry. all the data, all the evidence, all the polling, all the input from those companies suggested that unless we did something, many of those jobs would have been at risk with devastating consequences for those people and their families. and that s my independent thin
chaos by quitting over the migration plans, robertjenrick, is here first for his first interview since going. how will those in government answer that charge? michael gove, the housing secretaryjoins us too. looking on for labour, promising its ready to serve liz kendall who looks after the party s plans for work and pensions. and war rages, notjust on in the middle east, but on the edge of our continent we ve been back to ukraine to speak to the first lady, olena zelenska is western backing for the country on the wane? translation: we cannot get tired of the situation. translation: we cannot get tired of the situation, because translation: we cannot get tired of the situation, because otherwise - translation: we cannot get tired of the situation, because otherwise we | the situation, because otherwise we will die. and if the world gets tired, they will simply let as die. morning, morning, to dissect and debate all of that, bill browder one of vladimir putin s l
it comes as a senior un aid official warned that half of gaza s population is starving, saying deliveries of food are now almost impossible because of the fierce fighting and aerial bombardment. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. the misery of life under canvas. fourin the misery of life under canvas. four in five gazans have now fled their home and they are still fighting to survive, with severe shortages of food and drinking water. aid agencies say they are struggling to deliver the basics, even close to the egypt order where supplies come in. supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only - supplies come in. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline l at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get t
who we are as a country. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lauren, good evening. caitlin is the reporter for the 80s on this particular story, which goes in and out of fashion for the right sometimes. it s the biggest story, and then sometimes, we forget for months. what your story tonight told us was that you might forget about this. this might not be the biggest thing on your agenda. you might be thinking about israel or ukraine or inflation or whatever it is. these people don t have places to sleep tonight. it s cold outside in your city. in new york city, around the roosevelt hotel down the street from where we work. we need to see them again. we have effectively it is a dehumanization of sorts. there are things that we talk about. they are pawns, as you describe. you re store humanize it and remind people, whatever you are doing, whatever your real passions are, whatever is important to you, there are many d