The £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit has cost the Treasury an estimated £6bn since March 2020. #Newsnight ’s Business Editor @helentbbc  explains how that stacks up against other spending during the pandemic 👇

We're live now on @BBCTwo  with Emily Maitlis in Washington DC and Kirsty Wark in London - you can also watch online at | | #Newsnight  @maitlis  @KirstyWark 

"They hated him so much, they checked their objectivity." Journalist@megynkelly  on the US media's coverage of President Trump, adding that the destruction of trust in the media led to the storming of the Capitol earlier this month #Newsnight  |

“We are living beyond our means in the good times and living way beyond our means in the bad times.” Discussing public spending during the pandemic, the @iealondon 's DG @MarkJLittlewood  says “we have to be realistic about how much the government is spending” #Newsnight 

TONIGHT: For those on low incomes who can't access the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme, local councils can administer discretionary payments of £500 #Newsnight  has exclusively seen research by @UKLabour  which reveals three quarters of applications were turned down

"I didn't have a hot meal for ten days. I had two bowls of cornflakes and a hot dog." Part-time shop worker, Rachel, has a disabled son. She tells #Newsnight  what it's like to self-isolate with #Covid19  when you don't have money coming in 👇

As we approach the final hours of an American presidency like no other, #Newsnight  looks back on some of the most extraordinary moments of the past four years 👇