Pandemic puts the pressure on some of the walls lowest paid workers with more countries imposing lockdowns many people without sick leave all stable income say they cannot afford to stay at home so how should they be protected this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi the world is experiencing unprecedented events right now as the coronavirus pandemic affects the lives of millions of people governments are pushing cities into lockdown and they are urging everyone to avoid public spaces and to work from home if possible but many low paid workers around the world dont have that option as shops and restaurants are deserted people face weeks without pay the shutdown is affecting the socalled gig economy a growing sector in many countries and those who are couriers ride share drivers on the self employed say they cant afford to miss work because many of them dont get sick pay or medical insurance or some companies have started to take action but workers are alrea
The coronavirus pandemic put the pressure on some of the worlds lowest paid workers with more countries imposing lockdowns many people without sick leave or stable income say they cannot afford to stay so how should they be protected this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi the world is experiencing unprecedented events right now as the coronavirus pandemic affects the lives of millions of people governments are pushing cities into lockdown and they are urging everyone to avoid public spaces and to work from home if possible but many low paid workers around the world dont have that option as shops and restaurants are deserted people face weeks without pay the shutdown is affecting the socalled gig economy a growing sector in many countries and those who are couriers ride share drivers on the self employed say they cant afford to miss work because many of them dont get sick pay or medical insurance or some companies have started to take action but workers ar
The coronavirus pandemic puts the pressure on some of the worlds lowest paid what with more countries imposing lockdowns many people without sick evil stable income say they cannot afford to stay so how should they be protected this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi the world is experiencing unprecedented events right now as the coronavirus pandemic affects the lives of millions of people governments are pushing cities into lockdown and they are urging everyone to avoid public spaces and to work from home if possible but many low paid workers around the world dont have that option as shops and restaurants are deserted people face weeks without pay the shutdown is affecting the socalled gig economy a growing sector in many countries and those who are couriers ride share drivers on the self employed say they cant afford to miss work because many of them dont get sick pay or medical insurance or some companies have started to take action but workers are alre
Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
Underwater motorways heavy rain and floods put the brakes on the christmas getaway. Buckingham palace confirms that the duke of edinburch is in hospital. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with connie. Waiting for announcement from arsenal . Were waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager. Up until this week he was assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and in the last hour or so hes confirmed that arteta has left the club and hes in london. Chris has all the weather parts of the country flooded . We will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the Christmas Holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. Thanks, chris. Also coming up. Three, two, one and lift off a new era in human space flight. Could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space . Hello, everyone this is afternoon liv