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Breaking news and hard-hitting talk - Stephen Nolan gets you talking about the big stories of the day.

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The Nolan Show: 23/09/2019

23/09/2019

BBC Radio Ulster - The Nolan Show, 23/09/2019

Hardship warning if measures to ease the impact of welfare reforms end in March 2020. 

Thousands of NI households could face hardship if measures to ease the impact of welfare reforms end in March 2020. 

There's growing concern that thousands of benefit claimants in Northern Ireland will be hit hard when measures to ease the impact of welfare reforms end in March 2020. The DUP is the latest political party to hold discussions with Stormont officials amidst warnings that welfare claimants are facing a "cliff edge". The party says that without a functioning executive to intervene, around 34,000 households will be subject to the controversial Bedroom Tax. Stephen spoke to Kevin Higgins from Advice NI, Sinn Fein MLA Alex Maskey, SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone and UUP MLA Andy Allen.

Also on the programme, just two days after leaving Radio 4's Today programme, the presenter John Humphrys has criticised the BBC saying there is "a form of institutional liberal bias" within the organisation and that he is now free of 'the BBC Thought Police.' In his book, A Day Like Today, Humphrys also said the BBC was terrified of offending "fashionable pressure groups - usually from the liberal Left, the spiritual home of most bosses and staff". So what do you think at home? Stephen got the views of Observer columnist Andre Walker and journalist Malachi O'Doherty.

And, at 2am this morning the world's oldest and most famous travel operator, Thomas Cook, went bust leaving thousands stranded abroad and around 9,000 without a job. Government ministers will today launch its biggest peacetime repatriation effort, with a fleet of 40 Jumbo jets on standby to start flying holidaymakers home from more than 50 destinations over the coming fortnight. Local people have been caught up in the collapse. Stephen spoke to travel editor Simon Calder and passengers William Bell from Castledawson who is in Turkey and Trevor Cooke is from Portrush - he's currently in Tenerife. 


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