to be at risk of dropping out of their causes, as well as having an impact on their grades. for example, if they are having to undertake more paid work than they would have done in the past, that could impact the amount of time they are having to do their studies and our universities have been aware of this issue for some time and put in place a wide range of support to help students. so as you mentioned, this year, russell group universities have committed millions of pounds in additionalfinancial support for additional financial support for students, targeted at those who are most in need. so they have doubled or even tripled hardship funds. we have seen that universities like glasgow, imperial, liverpool, lse and others and other members have put in place really wide ranging support packages with things like one off payments to their whole student body. one-off payments to their whole student body. . . one-off payments to their whole student body. sorry, sarah, where is that money
they could generate more money from manchester united. that is why they are looking at a potential sale of this football club right now. simon stone reporting regarding that huge news. we can see the fans here in full voice ahead of those games to come today. if the action was anything to go by yesterday, you won t want to take your eyes off it today. you can probably see here at the moment in the souk with lots of fans gathering and local qatari people enjoying the action, which really feels, this world cup now, is in full flow. john watson reporting from doha. let s get more now on scotland. supreme courtjudges have rejected the scottish government s argument that it can hold a second independence referendum. lord reed says he and his fellow judges unanimously agree that power on this issue lies with the uk government. joining me now is akash paun. he leads the devolution programme for the institute for government
process, haven t they, ratherthan getting into the detail of the case for the union? you might say the same as well for the pro independence side. so what do you think the prounion side will do with all of this? with all of this? well, prime minister rishi with all of this? well, prime minister rishi sunak - with all of this? well, prime minister rishi sunak hasn tl with all of this? well, prime i minister rishi sunak hasn t really said very much about the union, the constitution. he is obviously very preoccupied with other matters, the economy, the state of public services and so on. but he will have to respond somehow. one option is simply to say, well, that s it, the issueis simply to say, well, that s it, the issue is settled, you are not having a referendum. but there is space perhaps for him to be a bit more creative, perhaps to set out some plans for may be further devolution of power to scotland, perhaps greater fiscal flexibility. perhaps
which is a nonpartisan think tank. thank you very much for your time today. what is your reaction to that judgment and what the chiefjustice, the president of the supreme court, lord reed, had to say? it the president of the supreme court, lord reed, had to say? lord reed, had to say? it was very clear cut. lord reed, had to say? it was very clear cut- it lord reed, had to say? it was very clear cut. it was, lord reed, had to say? it was very clear cut. it was, as lord reed, had to say? it was very clear cut. it was, as you lord reed, had to say? it was very clear cut. it was, as you just i clear cut. it was, as you just noted, a unanimous decision of the justices and there was some speculation beforehand that the court might actually avoid answering the core substantive question about whether a referendum could go ahead. there was a procedural question about whether this whole case was being brought prematurely. so some people thought the issue might sort of ramble on if the
is cast out, notjust for nicola sturgeon or people who support independence, the problem is for people who support democracy across the uk, what is the means by which scotland gets the dues? brute the uk, what is the means by which scotland gets the dues? scotland gets the dues? we have heard from scotland gets the dues? we have heard from the scotland gets the dues? we have heard from the scotland - scotland gets the dues? we have | heard from the scotland secretary scotland gets the dues? we have i heard from the scotland secretary of state alistairjack says is the prime minister has made clear we will continue to work closely with the scottish government tackling all the scottish government tackling all the chances we challenges we share and face, we will probably hear more about this in pm see yous with the weather. can the uk government offer anything to scotland in terms of more powers, anything that would be acceptable instead of a referendum? i do anything that would be