Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged space officials to fix "hitches" after flying thousands of miles to see the first rocket launch from a new cosmodrome, only for it to be delayed.

The Soyuz launch from the Vostochny space port, about 5,500km (3,500 miles) east of Moscow, was called off just minutes before the planned lift-off.
Officials blamed a mechanical failure, and the launch was rescheduled for Thursday.
Mr Putin will stay on until then.
"The fact is there is a large number of hitches," the president said at a meeting with the country's top space officials on Wednesday.
"That is bad. There should be an appropriate reaction."
The second launch attempt is now expected at 05:01 Moscow time (02:01 GMT) on Thursday.
At the meeting, Mr Putin also stressed that the launch delay was related to the rocket itself - not the cosmodrome.
It was Mr Putin's personal idea to build a new space port in Russia to avoid any potential political risks of using the old Soviet launch centre at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
But construction of the vast complex in Russia's Far East has been hit by delays and dogged by corruption scandals.
Four people have already been arrested.
"If their guilt is proven, they will have to change their warm beds at home for plank-beds in prison," the president warned.


Eating disorders, including anorexia and bulimia, affect a small but substantial number of women in their 40s and 50s, UK research suggests.

The study, involving more than 5,000 women, found just over 3% reported having an eating disorder.
Some said they had experienced it since their teens, others developed it for the first time in their middle age.
Julie Spinks, from Beaconsfield, is 48. She was not involved in the study, but can relate first-hand to its findings.
She developed anorexia for the first time when she was 44.
"It was a complete shock at the time," she recalls. "I knew that I was restricting my food but I didn't ever think I had anorexia.
"I'd been really unhappy at work and had very low self-esteem. To begin with I just thought I had lost my appetite.
"I felt depressed, like I was not worth feeding or existing. I wanted to disappear and fade away."
Julie started to lose weight quite quickly and began to exercise as well.
She realised something was very wrong one day after she had been to the gym.
"I'd run for about an hour and burnt off about 500 calories. I remember thinking that's about the same as a chocolate bar. That's when I started to link food and exercise."
Julie still did not recognise she had anorexia though. "I thought anorexia was something that happened to other people. It didn't occur to me that I might have it."
After a breakdown at work she went for a mental health assessment. Her doctors then diagnosed her with anorexia and depression.
Julie was given antidepressants and began therapy sessions to help with her eating disorder.
She says it has been an incredibly difficult time - at one point she had to be hospitalised because her weight became dangerously low - but she is now back to a healthy weight and is doing well.
"I'm much better but I would say it is always in the back of my mind. I have good days and bad days. The whole eating process is a struggle," she explains.
"Before I knew about eating disorders I thought anorexia was a teenage thing. I thought it was a thing that affected people who wanted to look good or be a model. But it's not about looks, it's about how you feel."
Dr Nadia Micali, lead author of the study that is published in the journal BMC Medicine, said: "Many of the women who took part in this study told us this was the first time they had ever spoken about their eating difficulties, so we need to understand why many women did not seek help."
Tom Quinn from the charity Beat says social stigma is part of the issue.
"Stereotypically, the world sees people with eating disorders as young," he explains.
"When we reinforce stereotypes we also add to the stigma of these serious mental health illnesses and this stigma can prevent individuals coming forward to seek help - a dangerous path to take when the chance of full and fast recovery is vastly improved when treatment is found quickly."
Eating disorders also affect men and Tom adds: "Last year, 15% of calls to our helpline were about someone over the age of 40 and this research from Dr Micali only goes to further support the importance of providing an appropriate treatment pathway for individuals with eating disorders at all ages."


The Irish government says it is "very concerned" about a man caught up in the attack in Nice in which 84 were killed when a truck crashed into a crowd.

The attack coincided with Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, and thousands of people had gathered on the streets to watch a fireworks display.
Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny told RTE one Irish person was believed to have been critically injured.
The Irish embassy is in ongoing contact with the French authorities.
Live updates: Bastille Day attack in Nice
In a statement, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said, along with the Irish Embassy in France, they were "following up on all concerns which have been expressed to them as to the welfare of Irish citizens who may have been in the Nice area yesterday evening.
"We have particular concerns for the welfare of one Irish citizen, which we are following up urgently."
A Northern Ireland man who witnessed the attack has described the "panic" at the scene.
Paddy Mullan, from Londonderry, is in Nice on holiday with his girlfriend.
He was standing on the city's Promenade des Anglais when he saw the truck approaching.
"This lorry just mounted the kerb, across the street from us and the next thing, all you could hear was banging and shouting and screaming," he said.
Belfast man Suneil Sharma, who was nearby when the truck hit the crowds, described the aftermath as "absolute pandemonium".
Meanwhile, the Irish ambassador to France, Geraldine Byrne-Nason, told the BBC she was not in a position to confirm details about individual cases.
She said the embassy was working on a number of "cases of concern" but there was no confirmation from the French authorities about the nationality or identity of the victims.
Ms Byrne-Nason said Irish people in France should contact their own families in Ireland and the embassy.
Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness, have issued a joint statement condemning the atrocity.
"The people who carried out this attack want to create fear and division," they said.
"Their actions have resulted in the loss of many lives of people of different nationalities. Their acts are futile and will serve only to strengthen our resolve and determination that democratic means are the only way forward."
The taoiseach, Mr Kenny, described it as an "act of madness".
"I'd like to, on behalf of the government and the Irish people, extend our sincere and deepest sympathies to President Hollande and the French people," he said.
A book of condolence for the victims of the Nice attack is due to be opened at Belfast City Hall on Monday.
Belfast City Council said the City Hall will be illuminated in the colours of the French flag, as a mark of solidarity with the French people on Friday evening.
The British and Irish embassies in France have both issued telephone helpline numbers for any of their citizens who have been affected by the Nice attack
The British embassy's 24-hour number is: +33 144513100.
The Irish embassy can be contacted on: + 33 144176700.


Arsenal have signed Petr Cech from Chelsea in a deal worth about £10m.

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The Czech Republic goalkeeper, who played more than 400 club games in 11 seasons at Stamford Bridge, has joined the Gunners on a four-year contract.
Cech, 33, made only seven league appearances last season after losing his place to Belgian Thibaut Courtois.
In a letter to Chelsea fans, Cech said he thought he would retire at Stamford Bridge, but added: "Life doesn't always turn out the way you think it will."
He wrote: "Last summer, things changed and I understood I was no longer the first-choice keeper, but I felt it was not the right time for me to go.
"During the season, it became clear that my situation would not improve and - as I know I am not at the stage of my career where I want to be on the bench - I made my decision to move and look for new challenges."
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "Petr Cech is a player I have admired for a long time and I am very pleased he has decided to join us."
Cech, brought to Stamford Bridge from French club Rennes in July 2004, won 13 trophies with Chelsea - including one Champions League and four Premier League titles.
He also set a club goalkeeping record of 228 clean sheets in all competitions, beating the previous highest total of 208, set by former England international Peter Bonetti between 1960 and 1979.
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey responded to Cech's arrival by posting on Twitter: "Wow, what a signing. One of the best Premier League keepers ever."
Gunners forward Theo Walcott tweeted that he scored his first Arsenal goal against Cech - in the 2007 League Cup final - to which his new team-mate replied: "Happy it won't happen again."
And Arsenal's current number one Wojciech Szczesny, said: "Delighted to have a chance to learn from one of the best GK's in the world."
Cech, Arsenal's first signing of the summer, could face Chelsea as early as 2 August, when the two sides meet in the Community Shield at Wembley.


The exodus from Eritrea is complicating Europe's efforts to tackle the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

Eritreans - struggling ashore or picked up at sea - form the second-largest group of migrants risking their lives to reach Italy, after Syrians.
Eritrea, in the Horn of Africa, is not in the grip of war or famine. Yet around 5,000 Eritreans flee every month. Why?
A damning United Nations Commission of Inquiry report blames the country's "gross human rights violations".
"Faced with a seemingly hopeless situation they feel powerless to change, hundreds of thousands of Eritreans are fleeing their country," the UN says.
Indefinite national service is one of the main drivers, according to the report. Everyone from the age of 17 can be conscripted into the military, and it continues for years. Some conscripts have served for more than 20 years.
UN investigators say "slavery-like practices" are widespread, with conscripts subjected to hard labour, with poor food, bad hygiene and wretched pay.
The Eritrean government has dismissed the UN's findings as "totally unfounded and devoid of all merit".
Yet for most Eritreans, it is impossible to get an exit visa to leave the country legally. And by fleeing conscription they risk being arrested as "traitors" if they return.
The EU cannot send Syrian refugees back to their war-torn country.
And Eritreans' asylum claims have generally been treated as legitimate in the EU.
But despite the abuses in Eritrea, documented by the UN and human rights groups, some countries are now considering sending Eritreans home.
A Danish Immigration Service report, from November 2014, suggested that Eritrea's policy towards returnees had become more lenient. It was based on a fact-finding mission, but did not name its sources.
It quoted the Eritrean Foreign Ministry as saying Eritreans abroad could now "regularise their relationship with the authorities" by paying a 2% income tax at an Eritrean embassy and signing an apology letter.
"This has been done by a number of people and they have returned to Eritrea without any complications," the report said, quoting a ministry statement.
But the ministry gave "no specific information" about whether Eritrea's national service would be changed.
The report was criticised by Danish media and Human Rights Watch, which described it as "more like a political effort to stem migration than an honest assessment of Eritrea's human rights situation".
The Norwegian government sent its own assessment team to Eritrea. It was led by Norway's Deputy Minister of Justice Joeran Kellmyr.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Kellmyr said he had received an assurance from Eritrea's foreign minister that national service would be reduced to 18 months.
"It's important for everyone," said Mr Kellmyr.
"If national service is reduced, according to human rights standards, this could mean that a lot of Eritrean people don't any more have the right to seek asylum."
In December UK officials also visited Eritrea to discuss the migration problem.
And in March this year a new UK policy towards Eritrean asylum-seekers was announced.
New guidelines stated that conscription would no longer be automatic grounds for granting asylum, since national service would no longer continue indefinitely.
But an Eritrean migration expert, Prof Gaim Kibreab, said there was "no evidence" for the UK guidelines' assertion that "national service is generally between 18 months and four years".
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In 2011 the UN Security Council condemned Eritrea's collection of a 2% tax on the incomes of all of its citizens living abroad - the so-called "diaspora tax".
UN Resolution 2023 accused Eritrea of using the tax to fund armed opposition groups in the Horn of Africa, including the Islamist al-Shabab in Somalia.
That was denied by the Eritrean government, but many Western nations backed a UN arms embargo and other sanctions against Eritrea. They also suspect Eritrea of using mining revenue to fund Horn of Africa rebels.
The UK government told Eritrea that the "use of coercion or other illicit means to collect the [diaspora] tax in the UK must cease".
Yet Eritreans in the UK say they are still being pressurised to pay up.
Eritrean opposition activist Selam Kidane, based in London, said "they examine your pay slips and calculate how much your 2% tax comes to, but the actual payment is made in Asmara".
She said the payment was necessary before any official transaction could be made in Eritrea - whether it was selling a parent's home or getting a visa. "It is clear coercion," she said.
The UK Home Office has decided that Eritreans are not at risk if they refuse to comply with a "reasonable request to pay diaspora tax". So their fear of the consequences of not paying the tax cannot be grounds for UK protection.
"Previous country guidance indicated that those who had left illegally were at risk on return to Eritrea.
"However, up-to-date information from inside Eritrea suggests this is no longer the case," the UK Home Office says.
The Eritrean government maintains those who leave are economic migrants and says Eritrean "victims of human trafficking" who return home will not face punishment.
Yet the recent UN report spoke of some Eritrean returnees suffering detention for eight months to three years and maltreatment "to the point of torture".
Would more aid for impoverished Eritrea help to stem the exodus, by boosting growth and making life more bearable?
That seems unlikely, as many want to escape conscription and human rights abuses.
Unless ordinary men and women can be convinced that they will not have to face years in the grim trenches on the desolate border with Ethiopia they are likely to continue to risk everything and flee the country.


Anna Caplice and Nichola Fryday will earn their first Ireland caps in Saturday's contest against Canada.

The inclusions of back row Caplice and lock Fryday are among 10 changes from Sunday's 12-10 defeat by England.
The pack is totally changed with Paula Fitzpatrick named captain and Munster trio Fiona Hayes, Zoe Grattage and Fiona Reidy picked in the front row.
Back three Mairead Coyle, Alison Miller and Niamh Kavanagh are retained with centres Nicole Fowley and Sene Naoupu.
Fryday will be partnered in the second row at the UCD Bowl by her Leinster team-mate Katie Norris while skipper Fitzpatrick and Caplice will be joined in the back row by Ciara Cooney.
The only Ulster starter in Saturday's contest against the beaten finalists at the 2014 World Cup is fly-half Nikki Caughey who will be partnered at half-back by Connacht's Mary Healy.
Ireland coach Tom Tierney said that he took "lots of positives" from last weekend's narrow defeat by the world champions.
"We will be looking to build on that over the next two weeks against Canada and New Zealand," added the Ireland coach.
"This weekend, Canada will present us with a new and different challenge.
"They have a very strong rugby programme in Canada and were runners-up at the last World Cup, so we will have to play smart rugby against them and stick to our game plan."
Larissa Muldoon, Lindsay Peat and Ailis Egan drop to the replacements after starting against England but fly-half Nora Stapleton is among those to drop out of the squad despite scoring a try in last weekend.
Captain Niamh Briggs remains out as she continues to cover from a hamstring injury she picked up in a recent club game.
Ireland (v Canada): M Coyne; N Kavanagh, N Fowley, S Naoupu, A Miller; N Caughey, M Healy; F Hayes, Z Grattage, F Reidy; K Norris, N Fryday; C Cooney, A Caplice, P Fitzpatrick.
Replacements: L Lyons, L Peat, A Egan, E Anthony, C Pearse, L Muldoon, J Shiels, C McLaughlin


The independent investigation into historical child sex abuse in football may have to sift through five million documents, BBC Sport has learned.

The inquiry, led by barrister Clive Sheldon QC, was started by the Football Association in December, after a series of allegations from former players.
The full scale of the review into the scandal can now be revealed.
Investigators have started searching 5,000 boxes of FA archives - each containing up to 1,000 pages.
The inquiry will last several months, with a final report not expected to  be published until 2018.
The review is asking anyone involved with football who wishes to provide information about the way in which clubs or the FA dealt with concerns over child sex abuse between 1970 and 2005 to come forward.
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Sheldon - an expert in safeguarding and child protection - has written to all 65,000 affiliated clubs seeking assistance, and has begun meeting individuals who can contribute.
Clubs and officials who fail to co-operate could face disciplinary action.
Sheldon will investigate whether there is any evidence of a paedophile network having operated within the sport, and will take into account girls' football.
He will also look into the use of confidentiality agreements - or 'gagging clauses' - by clubs following the revelation Chelsea paid a former player £50,000 on condition he kept quiet about the abuse he said he had suffered by the club's former scout Eddie Heath.
Sheldon will make recommendations about the current safeguarding system if he identifies weaknesses, and refer any potential criminal offence to Operation Hydrant, the unit co-ordinating police investigations into child sexual abuse across the UK.
Police have identified more than 250 potential suspects and 560 victims, with 311 clubs involved.


The president-designate of the EU Commission is reported to have said he would respect the result of Scotland's referendum.

On Wednesday, Jean-Claude Juncker met with a group of MEPs.
Mr Juncker told them he was "in favour of democratic expressions" and would respect Scotland's decision.
However, in answer to a question about Catalonia and Scotland joining the EU, he said "one does not become a member of the EU by writing a letter".
Mr Juncker was questioned about his position on the Scottish independence referendum, due to take place in September, by Catalan MEP Josep Maria Terricabras.
The official is reported to have said: "I am in favour of democratic expressions, but I'm not so arrogant to pre-empt the debate.
"I will respect the result of Scotland's referendum."
He added: "One does not become a member of the EU by sending a letter."
In a later meeting, Mr Juncker was asked by Scottish UKIP MEP, David Coburn, whether an independent Scotland would remain in the EU.
Mr Juncker replied: "I have to say that of course it's up to the UK to deal with this question.
"Mr Van Rompuy and Mr Barroso have already answered the questions about EU membership. I have nothing to add."
In February, the current EU Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said an independent Scotland's entry to the EU would be "extremely difficult".
He said: "In case there is a new country, a new state, coming out of a current member state it will have to apply.
"Of course it will be extremely difficult to get the approval of all the other member states to have a new member coming from one member state."
Alyn Smyth, SNP MEP who attended the meeting with Mr Juncker, said the comments showed "refreshing common sense".
Mr Smyth said: "Mr Juncker is playing it straight.
"He's shown he will respect the democratic process, and then deal with the choice of the people of Scotland.
He added: "We can do business with Mr Juncker, which is more than can be said for his predecessor."
A Better Together spokesman said: "The facts are clear - if we leave the UK then we would need to reapply to join the EU, on terms much less favourable to those we enjoy today.
"As part of the UK we have special EU deals that would be put at risk if we went our separate ways. Where is the sense in putting that at risk?"
Mr Juncker is expected to become president of the EU Commission in November.


A 50-year-old British man has been killed in a shark attack off a beach in Byron Bay, the most easterly point on the Australian mainland, officials say.

Paul Wilcox, originally from Warwickshire, sustained severe injuries on his right leg at the popular tourist destination in New South Wales.
A swimmer brought him in to the beach but he was pronounced dead.
Beaches in the area have been closed for 24 hours and people have been warned to stay out of the water.
Mr Wilcox, a British information technology specialist, had been living in Australia for more than 10 years.
"At 10:45 police and paramedics were called to Main Beach after reports of a shark attack," New South Wales police said in their initial statement.
"He was in the water when he was bitten.  He was seen floating in shallow water, close to the shore line, and dragged onto the beach. An ambulance was called and he was pronounced dead a short time later," the statement said.
Police said Mr Wilcox's wife was watching from the shore, ABC reported.
Witness Mark Hickey said he tried to help.
"I saw what looked like seaweed but it was blood in the water," he said. "I didn't know it was a person but when I realised, I ran out and waded to the bank and grabbed him and did CPR but it was too late."
He told local media he saw a "six or seven foot" shark in the water.
Rescue organisation Surf Lifesaving Australia said the beach was not supervised at the time of the attack as it had occurred a week before seasonal duties.
"At the council's request, lifeguards will be on duty for at least the next 24 hours ensuring the water remains clear," it said in a statement.
Sources: Tarong.org.au, Australian media reports
There have been several shark attacks off Australia's beaches in recent years.
In April, a woman was killed as she swam off Tathra beach, also in New South Wales.
The Western Australia government, meanwhile, has ordered a cull of sharks, following at least six fatal attacks off the state's beaches in three years.
Baited hooks have been installed off Perth's popular beaches. Any shark more than three metres long - which could include Great White, Tiger and Bull sharks - will be shot.
The controversial move prompted thousands of people to take part in protests against the culls.


(Close): US markets reached fresh intra-day records, lifted by technology and banking stocks.

The Dow Jones was up 16.5 points to 18,533, the S&P 500 gained 5.15 points to 2,166.8, while the Nasdaq rose 26.1 to 5055.7 points.
Bank of America shares rose 3.3% despite a 19% drop in quarterly profits, which still beat expectations.
Shares of other US banks also rose, with Citigroup climbing 0.5% and Wells Fargo up 1.2%.
Technology stocks also rose on Monday.
Apple shares gained 1.1%, Google's parent company Alphabet rose 2.4% and Facebook was up 2.2%.
Streaming service Netflix climbed 0.4%, but plunged 16% in after-hours trading after missing subscriber targets in the second quarter following price rises.
Yahoo shares added 0.6% ahead of second quarter results.


Norway is proposing a ban on the Muslim full face veil and other face-covering clothing because it says it hinders communication between pupils and teachers.

The ban, the first in Scandinavia, targets the niqab as well as burqas, balaclavas and masks, and would apply in nurseries, schools and universities.
However headscarves, hats and caps could continue to be worn.
Most parties support the bill, which is expected to pass next year.
"These clothes prevent good communication, which is important for students to receive a good education," Minister of Education and Research Torbjorn Roe Isaksen said in a statement.
Interim Minister of Immigration and Integration Per Sandberg said being able to communicate with one another was a "fundamental value".
Local authorities in Norway can already ban the full-face veil in schools but there is no national policy.
However critics have questioned the bill's relevance given that the full-face veil is not widely worn in Norway,
"There are very, very few who use the niqab, so this is marginal problem in the integration context. Therefore, I believe the proposal is not necessary," Linda Noor of the Minotenk think tank, which focuses on minority issues, told broadcaster NRK.
Earlier this year a Muslim group, the Islamic Council of Norway, sparked controversy after hiring a communications officer who wore the niqab.
The Islamic Council - which had received government grants to improve interfaith dialogue - was criticised by the culture minister, Muslim MPs and other Muslim organisations.
It defended the move, saying Leyla Hasic was the best person for the job.


England's one-day team have "earned a lot of respect" after recovering from hitting "rock bottom" in 2015, says South Africa captain AB de Villiers.

The Proteas face England in three one-day internationals, the first of which is at Headingley on Wednesday.
Hosts England are one of the favourites to win the 2017 Champions Trophy, starting on 1 June, having exited at the group stages of the 2015 World Cup.
"They did really well to come back from that," said De Villiers.
Eoin Morgan's side have lost just one one-day series at home, against world champions Australia, since defeat by Bangladesh knocked them out of the World Cup.
"They are a really talented group of players - the way they came back from that earned a lot of respect around the world," added De Villiers.
"They must be one of the favourites, in their home country and playing some really good cricket of late."
South Africa are top of the ODI rankings but De Villiers, 33, said his side will be wary of facing England's "stand-out player" Ben Stokes.
All-rounder Stokes, 25, scored his maiden Twenty20 century for Rising Pune Supergiant in the Indian Premier League, also taking 12 wickets, but will not play in the final after being recalled by England.
"He's definitely got something special about him," said De Villiers.
"A lot of guys lose their way in the IPL, and others find the next level in their game - Ben Stokes definitely lifted his game and I think it would have done him the world of good."
South Africa also take on England in three Twenty20 internationals and four Tests this summer, but De Villiers has ruled himself out of the Test series in order to rest.
"I haven't retired - but I'm not going to change my decision," he said.
"I'll look indecisive, but it's important that I'm feeling physically and mentally healthy, and that's what I decided on."


Muslim women are the most economically disadvantaged group in British society, according to a report by MPs.

Ministers must introduce a plan to tackle the inequalities before the end of the year, the Women and Equalities Committee said.
Figures suggest they are three times more likely to be unemployed jobseekers than women generally, and twice as likely to be economically inactive.
The government said it was committed to making Britain "work for everyone".
Progress has been made, with 45% more Muslim women in work than in 2011, but ministers "know there is much more to do", a government spokesman added.
Many Muslim women in Britain face a "triple penalty" impacting on their job prospects - being women, being from an ethnic minority and being Muslim, the committee suggested.
It cited Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures for 2015, which found 35% of all Muslim women from 16 to 64 were in employment. By contrast, 69% of all British working-age women were in employment between March and May this year.
The starkest comparison was in the proportion of women who are classed as economically inactive - that is, unemployed and not seeking work.
The 2015 ONS figures found that 58% of Muslim women were economically inactive. By contrast, 27% of all working-age women in the UK were economically inactive between March and May.
The percentage of Muslim women unemployed and seeking work was 16%, the ONS found - compared with 5% of women nationally.
The unemployment rate is calculated as a percentage of those who are economically active.
The figures suggest Muslim women are the least economically successful group in British society, the report added.
The report cited Demos's analysis of the 2011 Census which found that nearly half (44%) of economically inactive Muslim women are inactive because they are looking after the home; this compares with a national average of 16% of women who are inactive for this reason.
The report cited a number of contributing factors:
A 21-year-old Muslim graduate from Manchester has spoken to BBC News anonymously about what she believes was discrimination when she applied for a sales job.
She said: "There were two phone interviews... and I got brilliant feedback. They said 'You sound absolutely perfect for this role' and said I was very articulate - that kind of thing."
But the 21-year-old said that when it came to a face-to-face group interview, during which she was the only person wearing a headscarf, there was a "change in the tone".
"I felt they were strange, and there was a bit of a change in the atmosphere, and that was not a nice feeling for me," she said.
She did not get the position.
"It has lessened my confidence a little bit when going for face-to face interviews, I definitely think I'm more confident over the phone," she added.
The report refers to a "chill factor" where the perception and fear of discrimination or hostile work colleagues puts Muslim women off applying for certain jobs.
The MPs called on ministers to roll out "name-blind recruitment" to all employers, so that recruiters do not see applicants' names, following evidence that job applicants with white-sounding names are more likely to get an interview.
Married women in Muslim communities are often expected to be home-makers while their husbands are the breadwinners, the committee heard from expert witnesses.
"The impact of the very real inequality, discrimination and Islamophobia that Muslim women experience is exacerbated by the pressures that some women feel from parts of their communities to fulfil a more traditional role," the committee said.
But Faeeza Vaid from the Muslim Women's Network stressed that while family pressure may be an issue for a "small proportion of Muslim women", many other women were breaking stereotypes in a wide range of roles from doctors to pilots.
The committee said attitudes were changing, but not fast enough, saying the government must introduce a plan to tackle the inequalities faced by Muslims by the end of the year.
"We call on the government to introduce a role models and mentoring programme aimed at Muslim women to help them realise their potential in employment," the report said.
Maria Miller, who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee, said: "Muslim women particularly, face really unacceptable levels of discrimination and that discrimination comes from the workplace, from employers, but also from within communities as well."


The Irish parliament is set to limit its reaction to the Magnitsky affair to a statement of concern, after Russia warned against US-style sanctions.

A motion by its joint foreign affairs committee has been redrafted to say Dublin will seek reassurances from Moscow on its respect for human rights.
Members had advocated blacklisting Russian officials linked to the death of whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky.
Moscow then linked any Irish sanctions to adoptions of Russian children.
Its ambassador to Dublin, Maxim Peshkov, wrote a letter to the foreign affairs committee of the Oireachtas (the Irish houses of parliament) on 11 March saying Russia might stop adoptions by Irish parents if parliament endorsed the Magnitsky Act.
Russia banned Americans from adopting Russian children soon after the US Congress passed the legislation in December.
MPs in several EU countries are considering following the American example.
Pat Breen, chairman of the cross-party foreign affairs committee, said after the motion was revised  he "wouldn't regard as blackmail" the failure by the committee to support sanctions.
"We have reached a motion that fulfils our obligations on human rights," he was quoted as saying by the Irish Times.
Senator Jim Walsh, who proposed the original motion, said he was "disappointed we didn't have some sanctions" before adding: "But politics is about achieving compromise."
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the liberal group (ALDE) in the European Parliament, condemned the Russian letter earlier.
"Russian foreign policy once again is showing its ugly face," he said in a press release.
Sergei Magnitsky was working as an auditor at a Moscow law firm when he discovered what he said was a massive fraud by tax officials and police officers.
He is said to have uncovered the alleged theft of $230m (Â£150m). After reporting it to the authorities, he was himself detained in 2008 on suspicion of aiding tax evasion, and died in custody on 16 November 2009 at the age of 37.
His colleagues at the firm, London-based Hermitage Capital Management, say the case against him was fabricated to make him halt his investigations.
Magnitsky reportedly became the first person to be tried posthumously in Russia when proceedings for tax evasion opened last month.


The east of England has overwhelmingly voted in favour of Britain leaving the EU.

Basildon, which declared its result early on, set the trend for the region, with 68.6% backing a Brexit.
Across the 47 council areas of the eastern region 1,880,367 have voted leave and 1,448,616 remain.
Just five areas in the east - Norwich, Cambridge and St Albans among them - voted to remain. The other 42 voted to leave.
Responding to the results, the eastern region's Labour MEP Richard Howitt, said: "Despite some of the stupidity and excesses of the campaign, in the end we will look back and say - with a very high turnout - that the Great British electorate has undertaken a democratic process.
"But I hope that also all of us will respect the result."
UKIP Clacton MP Douglas Carswell said Mr Cameron had a "duty" to the British people to oversee the exit from Europe as Prime Minister.
"What we need to do is make sure we keep our heads and we act in the national interest, and not in the narrow partisan interests of any one party."
We have long known that the east of England is one of the most Eurosceptic parts of Great Britain.
In the past few hours, that fact has shown itself to be overwhelmingly true.
Across Essex and right up the east coast, people voted for Brexit. The same is also true further west, with a few notable exceptions such Norwich and Cambridge.
As the sun rises over Lowestoft this region - just like the rest of Britain - is changed forever.
See local results here
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The charges faced by AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd relate to an alleged threat to kill a man and his daughter, New Zealand prosecutors have said.

The details of the allegations have been made public for the first time, a day after Mr Rudd breached his bail by having contact with a witness.
Mr Rudd has denied threatening to kill and drug possession.
He was originally also charged with attempting to procure murder, but this was later dropped for lack of evidence.
New Zealand prosecutors on Friday released details of their allegations against him, stating that on the morning of 26 September, Mr Rudd had made two phone calls.
The first was to a business associate where he allegedly "spoke about what he wanted done to" the unnamed man, who had been working for him for three years.
The second phone call was to the man himself, in which Mr Rudd allegedly "threatened to kill him and his daughter".
On 6 November, police searched Mr Rudd's home in Tauranga and found 130g (4.6 ounces) of marijuana and 0.7g of methamphetamine.
Mr Rudd acknowledged possessing the marijuana, prosecutors allege, but denied both threatening to kill the contractor and making the phone calls.
He could be jailed up to seven years if found guilty of threatening to kill. Possession of cannabis carries a sentence of three months and methamphetamine possession six months.
On Thursday, the drummer was recalled to Tauranga District Court after he was found to have breached his bail conditions by coming into contact with a prosecution witness. The encounter ended in scuffles.
Mr Rudd's lawyer said he had run into the witness at a coffee shop in a shopping centre by chance.
He was re-released on bail but the conditions were tightened to specifically include a ban on taking illegal drugs.


The government is failing to reduce air pollution, protect biodiversity and prevent flooding, a cross-party body of MPs has said.

The Environmental Audit Committee dished out a "red card" on these three concerns after examining efforts made since 2010.
The MPs said on a further seven green issues ministers deserved a "yellow card" denoting unsatisfactory progress.
The government said it strongly disagreed with the findings.
After coming to power in 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron stated he was committed to leading the "greenest government ever".
A year later, a natural environment White Paper had the ambition of being "the first generation to leave the natural environment of England in a better state than it inherited".
To put these ideas to the test, MPs decided to look at 10 key measures of environmental protection.
On air quality, The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said the government deserved a red card.
The MPs found that emissions of airborne pollutants rose in 2013 after being steady for a number of years before. Under the terms of an EU directive on dirty air, the UK failed to meet the standards required in 34 of the country's 43 zones.
This led to the European Commission taking legal action to force a more rapid clean up.
However an assessment carried out by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that London and two other regions would not meet the legal limits until 2030.
"A whole generation of young people in our cities will potentially have their health impaired by pollution before the government meets air quality safety standards," said committee chairman Joan Walley.
"That is not acceptable. We need to see much more urgent action in this area and we will be looking at this area in more detail when we publish the results of our inquiry later this year."
On biodiversity, the government also scored red.
The latest sustainable development indicators showed a decline in the counts of three of the four bird populations that are seen as key indicators for the state of the UK's wildlife. The MPs found that invasive species were also on the rise and becoming more prevalent.
The third red card meted out by the EAC was for flooding and coastal protection.
The committee pointed out that 2.4 million properties are still at risk from flooding from rivers or the sea, while three million are at risk from surface water.
The government's attempts to deliver natural flood alleviation measures were rated as "consistently poor" by Wildlife and Countryside Link in 2013. Nine of the 24 water areas in England and Wales were said to be experiencing serious water stress.
In a statement, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) vigorously disagreed with the MPs' assessment.
"We are deeply committed to improving our natural environment. That is why we will be spending more than Â£3.2bn - compared to Â£2.7bn in the last parliament - on protecting the country from floods.
"We are also working to improve air and water quality; and to protect wildlife habitats both on land and at sea."
The MPs argued that there should be an overarching environmental strategy that would set out a strategic principle that would guide protection over the next five, 10 and 25 years.
To make this work they have proposed a new Office for Environmental Responsibility to advise on appropriate targets and monitor and publish performance against the strategy and its targets.
"I want the parties to use our report as both a wake-up call and a template for the measures that need to be put forward," said Ms Walley.
"Consistent action by successive governments will help ensure that the benefits of nature are available to future generations as much as they are to ours."
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US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed economist Peter Navarro, a fierce critic of China, as the head of a new national trade body.

He will lead the White House National Trade Council, and serve as director of trade and industrial policy.
Mr Navarro advised Mr Trump during the campaign. His books include The Coming China Wars and Death by China.
Mr Trump has also named billionaire investor Carl Icahn to become a special adviser on regulatory reform.
Mr Icahn, who will not be a federal employee, has said that US businesses are being "crippled" by excessive regulations.
A statement from Mr Trump's transition team said the appointment of Peter Navarro showed his "determination to make American manufacturing great again".
During the election, the president-elect made trade issues a core campaign issue, criticising deals made with countries like China and Mexico.
Mr Trump has already angered China by speaking to the Taiwanese president by phone, in apparent contradiction with America's "one China" policy.
He has also criticised China on Twitter, recently accusing it of deliberately devaluing its currency, among other claims.
The latest move came as Chinese online retailer Alibaba was placed back on the US list of "notorious markets" over counterfeit goods sales.
Alibaba Group President Michael Evans questioned whether the move was "based on actual facts or influenced by the current political climate".
Mr Navarro adapted his book Death by China into a documentary film narrated by Martin Sheen. It is available to watch for free on YouTube.
In its preamble, he urges viewers "help defend America and protect your family - don't buy 'Made in China'."
The film highlights the sustained loss of American manufacturing jobs at a time of Chinese economic growth, as well as the environmental impact of Chinese industry.
Many other economists, however, fear that aggressive moves against Chinese trade could prompt a trade war, with repercussions on both sides.
Chinese media highlight Mr Navarro's strongly held views and his earlier literature on China. Many mention his book, Death By China, which alleges that the US is threatened by China's economic dominance.
Shanghai-based website Observer Net says Mr Navarro is well known as "an economist who advocates a tough stance on China". Phoenix News calls him a "Taiwan-friendly official".
But media largely play down any major shake-ups between the two countries.
Popular news site The Paper quotes trade official Bai Ming as saying that "appointing Navarro will of course increase the pressure on Sino-US trade" but says that "the United States' own national interests" will also be taken into account.


A UN watchdog has urged China to end the rampant use of torture in its prisons and close all secret jails.

The United Nations Committee Against Torture also called for a halt to a crackdown on lawyers and activists.
It issued its report after questioning a large Chinese government delegation as part of a two-day hearing.
The report gives Beijing one year to report back on progress made in implementing key areas of the UN Convention against Torture.
"The Committee remains seriously concerned over consistent reports indicating that the practice of torture and ill-treatment is still deeply entrenched in the criminal justice system, which overly relies on confessions as the basis for convictions," the committee said.
At the hearing to review China's record on torture, held for the first time since 2008, China denied it held political prisoners and said torture was banned, to derision from dissidents.
The committee, made up of 10 independent experts, said 200 lawyers have been rounded up in China since July, of which at least 25 remain in detention.
It also voiced alarm over the high number of deaths in custody.
When one committee member voiced concern over the use of interrogation chairs, in which prisoners are forced into painful postures for hours on end, the Chinese delegation insisted they were needed to keep detainees from injuring themselves, the report said. They also denied the existence of secret detention facilities.
On Thursday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying defended China's record in a daily news briefing, saying "in recent years China has been promoting the rule of law and has made great efforts in all regards, including on opposing torture".


A digger was used in a suspected ram-raid on a Barclays bank in Essex, police believe.

21 January 2016 Last updated at 17:33 GMT
A massive hole has been left in the wall of the bank in Basildon and a cash machine strewn on the floor, after the smash during the early hours.
Police do not yet know if any money was taken and have appealed for witnesses.


Gloucestershire's Championship captain Gareth Roderick will be out for six weeks after breaking his finger, reports BBC Radio Bristol.

The 24-year-old wicketkeeper suffered the injury during Sunday's T20 Blast victory over Essex.
South Africa-born Roderick, who joined Gloucestershire in 2012, had two previous finger injuries in 2014.
Gloucestershire currently lie third in County Championship Division Two and are top of the T20 Blast South group.


Ukraine's president has asked for discussions to begin on an action plan that could eventually lead to membership of Nato.

Petro Poroshenko said the will of the Ukrainian people was to eventually join the Western military alliance.
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said any decision on future membership would be up to the 29 alliance members.
Russia has repeatedly criticised Nato's expansion in eastern Europe and objects to Ukraine becoming a member.
Ukraine faces many obstacles on the road to membership, including the conflict in the east of the country.
Mr Poroshenko was speaking after holding talks with Mr Stoltenberg in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
"Ukraine has clearly defined its political future and future in the sphere of security," he said.
"Today we clearly stated that we would begin a discussion about a membership action plan and our proposals for such a discussion were accepted with pleasure."
Such a plan would set targets on political, economic and defence reforms.
But Ukraine could face bigger barriers, such as the demand that any international disputes should be settled by peaceful means, as stated by Nato rules.
That means having to resolve the situation in the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, a move not recognised by the government in Kiev.
Given the challenges, analysts say any prospect of membership is still years away.
Nato, the most powerful regional defence alliance
Mr Stoltenberg said he welcomed the fact that Ukraine was moving towards meeting Nato standards, regardless of membership.
In a clear reference to Russia, he said that every nation could decide its own path and no-one else had the right to lean on them or veto the process.
He also called on Moscow to withdraw "thousands of soldiers" from Ukraine, despite Russia's denial of having any troops in the country.
Reacting to Mr Poroshenko's remarks, a Russian government spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said: "For many years Russia has been worried by Nato's military infrastructure moving closer to our borders, potentially this could be the next step.
"It will not boost stability and security in the European continent."


A million UK children are growing up without a father in their lives, says a new report on family breakdown.

The Centre for Social Justice report says lone parent families are increasing by more than 20,000 a year, and will top two million by the next general election.
In some areas fatherlessness has reached such high levels that they are virtual "men deserts", it adds.
And it accuses politicians on all sides of a "feeble" response.
The report says the number of single parent households has been rising steadily over the past 40 years, and that now 3m children are growing up predominantly with their mothers.
This has led to a huge number of children growing up without a meaningful relationship with their fathers - which the report defines as contact twice a year or more.
The absence of fathers is linked to higher rates of teenage crime, pregnancy and disadvantage, the report says, warning that the UK is experiencing a "tsunami" of family breakdown.
And it highlights areas of the UK with very high levels of lone parent households - although this does not necessarily mean the children living in them have no contact with their fathers.
In one neighbourhood in the Riverside ward of Liverpool, there is no father present in 65% of homes with dependent children. Liverpool has eight out of the top 20 areas with the highest levels of fatherless households.
There are 236 pockets of towns in England and Wales where more than 50% of households with dependent children are headed by a lone mother.
And an area in the Manor Castle ward of Sheffield tops the lone parent league table - among households with dependent children, 75% are headed by a lone parent.
CSJ director Christian Guy says: "For children growing up in some of the poorest parts of the country, men are rarely encountered in the home or in the classroom. This is an ignored form of deprivation that can have profoundly damaging consequences on social and mental development.
"There are 'men deserts' in many parts of our towns and cities and we urgently need to wake up to what is going wrong."
The CSJ report recalls David Cameron's election pledge to lead the "most family-friendly Government ever".
Yet, in power, the family stability agenda "has barely been mentioned". Comprehensive action to tackle existing policy barriers to family stability "has been almost entirely absent", it adds.
The report calls for concrete steps to encourage marriage, including transferrable tax allowances for married couples.
The Department for Communities, Local Government and the Regions responded highlighting its programme for highly troubled families.
A DCLG spokesman said the programme was helping to get thousands of children back into school, reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviour and put parents on a path back to work, as well as reducing costs to the taxpayer.
"In the first year of the three-year programme councils had already identified 66,000 fully eligible families and were working with over 35,000. This is good progress considering many services have been established from a standing start and puts us on track to work with 120,000 families by 2015."


Royal Ascot will feature more armed officers and security checks following the London and Manchester terror attacks, police have said.

The force said it wanted to reassure the 300,000 racegoers expected to descend on the Berkshire town ahead of the five-day event's Tuesday start.
"Those attending should go about their day as normal," a force spokesman said.
Armed patrols were deployed at Royal Ascot, which the Queen will attend, for the first time in 2016.
In a statement, Thames Valley Police said there would be more armed response vehicles, uniformed and non-uniformed police officers, vehicle checks and baggage searches this year.
"For all involved, this year's event will feel a little different in light of recent, tragic national events," added Supt Olly Wright.
A Royal Ascot spokesman said access to the racecourse will take longer as a result of the additional security.
"We ask that you do not bring unnecessary bags or luggage into the racecourse," the spokesman said.
"The safety of all racegoers is paramount and racegoers can be assured that the racecourse works extremely closely at all times with the police, the security services and specialist advisers," the spokesman added.


NHS foundation trusts are £321m in deficit, according to the health regulator Monitor.

More than half of all foundation trusts - which are given foundation status as a mark of excellence - are now in the red, Monitor's quarterly report warned.
The report, which looked at 147 trusts between October and December last year, said the use of expensive agency staff was having a drastic impact on budgets.
The Department of Health said it was increasing budgets by £2bn next year.
The report found that 78 trusts (53%) were in deficit, of which 60 are acute trusts which manage hospitals in England.
Many of the organisations were clearly struggling with their finances as a result of increased pressure on services, Monitor's quarterly report warned.
The need to make cost savings was also putting trusts under "exceptional pressure", it added.
The £321m deficit had risen from £254m in the previous quarter, while it was £167m in the three months prior to that, the report found.
Trusts spent £419m more than planned on staff because of high use of contract and agency workers, while £810m worth of cost savings was £210m less than planned.
Foundation trusts saw 2.7 million people in their A&E units between October and December last year; 8% more than the same period the year before, research showed.
They also treated more than 2.3 million non-emergency patients in the quarter; an increase of 7% on the same period in 2013.
The 149 foundation trusts, which make up nearly two-thirds of all NHS trusts, failed to meet national waiting-time targets for A&E, routine and cancer care for three successive quarters, Monitor said.
Foundation trusts are awarded their title when they are considered well run enough to take on more independence from their local health authority.
It means they have a significant amount of managerial and financial freedom compared with other NHS trusts.
Monitor also said it had taken regulatory action against 28 foundation trusts - 19% of the sector - because of governance or financial concerns.
Its chief executive, Dr David Bennett, said the NHS needed to "move rapidly towards more joined-up, efficient models of care" if it was to deal with the growth in demand for services.
Responding to the report, health think tank The Health Foundation pointed out that the figures did not include the recent period of severe winter pressure.
Adam Roberts, its senior economics fellow, said it was "extremely unlikely" that NHS acute hospitals in England would break even at the end of the financial year.
A financial deficit was now "the norm for NHS providers", he said.
A Department of Health spokesman said it expected the NHS as a whole to end the year in financial balance.
"We know the NHS is busier than ever, which is why we're increasing the budget by an extra £2bn next year to back the NHS's long-term plan to move more care from hospital to home," he said.
"All NHS organisations know that financial discipline must be as important as safe care and good performance."


A US road safety body has demanded that electric cars travelling at low speed make a noise to warn pedestrians.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the rule was needed because battery-powered vehicles are very quiet.
It said the rule would particularly help blind pedestrians, or those with a visual impairment, detect electric cars and hybrids on the road.
The new safety rule could help prevent 2,400 injuries a year, said the NHTSA.
The rule demands that the cars make a noise when travelling either forwards or backwards at speeds of less than 30km/h (19mph). The regulation covers vehicles with four wheels that weigh less than 10,000 pounds (4.5 tonnes).
The safety specification requires car makers to use a two-tone signal similar to that currently emitted by heavy vehicles when they are reversing.
At higher speeds, said the NHTSA, tyre and wind noise would be loud enough to alert people to the presence of a vehicle.
"We all depend on our senses to alert us to possible danger," said Anthony Foxx, US transportation secretary, in a statement.
He added that it had become more important to hear vehicles as quieter hybrid and electric cars become more popular.
Car makers have until 1 September 2019 to make changes to ensure that all new vehicles are fitted with sound systems to generate the noise. However, it added, half of those on the road one year before the deadline must comply with the rule.
Eric Bridges, director of the American council of the Blind, said it welcomed the adoption of the safety rule and said it would provide an "additional safety cue for all pedestrians who share the streets with hybrid or electric vehicles".
In Europe, car makers have until 1 July 2019 to fit all new models of hybrid and pure electric vehicles with its mandatory Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS), while all existing models have another two years to have it installed.


Seventy DeLorean cars made famous by the Back To The Future movies cruised through Belfast on Thursday.

And more of the striking stainless steel cars, with their distinctive gull-wing doors, are expected to arrive for the four-day DeLorean Eurofest in the city this weekend.
Among the owners who drove to Stormont were three Germans who ended an around-the-world DeLorean drive in the city.
DeLorean cars were built in west Belfast at the start of the 1980s.
Controversial US industrialist John DeLorean brought his manufacturing plant to Dunmurry in the city with the lure of significant government financial support.
When the first Back To The Future film starring Michael J Fox was released in 1985, the DeLorean plant had already been closed for three years.
More than 250 owners and enthusiasts from 18 countries are expected in Belfast to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the cars first rolling off the production line.
Ronald Ferguson, the president of the DeLorean Owners Association, said the gathering was "testament to the high regard in which this city and the people who created this wonderful sports car are held".
He added: "We have owners driving their cars from as far away as Hungary all so that they can say they celebrated the 35th anniversary in Belfast."


After 10 weeks of negotiations the "Fresh Start" deal means that once again Stormont's politicians have pulled back from the edge of the precipice.

Failure to reach a compromise would have meant the executive's so called "fantasy budget" would have run out at some point before the start of the next financial year.
Before we had reached that point, the key players would probably have walked away and Westminster would have had to reinstate direct rule.
Fans of this deal may point out that, for all Stormont's drawbacks, a recent BBC RTÉ  survey showed continued devolution to be the most favoured option in the short to medium term - backed by 42% of those interviewed in Northern Ireland.
It also claimed the agreement has secured an extra £500m for the Stormont budget.
However, critics insist the "Fresh Start" is - in the words of the Alliance party - a false dawn.
The most obvious weakness is the failure to agree how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles.
There is no sign of any end to the deadlock between the government and republicans about whether "national security" is a valid reason to withhold the disclosure of sensitive information to victims' families.
On paramilitarism, the DUP has settled for less than the old Independent Monitoring Commission.
After the murder of former IRA member Kevin McGuigan, DUP politicians demanded Sinn Féin's exclusion from the executive.
But the new four strong international body won't - unlike the old IMC - have the power to recommend any similar sanction. That's why the TUV says the deal has "swept murder under the carpet".
On welfare reform, Sinn Féin may have hoped the UK's voters would elect a Labour led government back in May, which might have offered them a better deal.
Instead, they got the Conservatives and George Osborne's determination to lower the benefit cap and cut tax credits.
The new mitigation package of £585m will be funded from the Stormont budget.
On the face of it, the package looks £20m more generous than the one agreed last Christmas.
But it is being divided between those impacted by tax credits, who will get £240m in payments and those hit by the welfare changes, who will have to make do with £345m - less than was on the table for the same group last year.
This two party two government deal is bound to face criticism from those who did not negotiate it.
But the DUP and Sinn Féin have the votes necessary to push it through.
When voters cast their verdicts next May, will they be most struck by the image of the First and Deputy First Ministers now pledging to work together?
Or will the chaos and deadlock of the last ten weeks be foremost in their minds?


England's first metropolitan mayors will be elected this week and for some young people it will be the first election they will vote in.

Elections will be held for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Liverpool City Region, West of England, Greater Manchester, Tees Valley and the West Midlands.
The BBC's Listen Up project has been talking to young people about local politics and the issues that matter to them.
What messages did young people have for the mayors? Find out in our Listen Up podcasts
In Peterborough the group were divided over their feelings towards politics.
Ashley said: "As I've only just turned 18 the mayoral vote will be my first vote... I think I'm more interested in politics and how I can have my say."
Samantha, 21, said: "They'll say something and they don't do it. What's the point in saying it - you're not going to make this country better. I just think they lie."
There were concerns over the cost of living in Bristol, with 18-year-old Amelia sharing her family's struggle to find a home.
"I was living in rented [accommodation] with my mum for a few years, we looked around Bristol and couldn't find a house to fit all us in that was affordable.
"Me and my family we actually moved to Wales because basically we cannot afford to live in Bristol and we're all Bristol born and bred. It's really unfair we're being chased out of our own townâ€¦ and it's really sad."
We asked students at Middlesbrough College for their thoughts on building a career and life in the area at the end of their studies.
They suggested the metro mayor should encourage entrepreneurial schemes in secondary schools and there should be more emphasis on private sector growth and investment in infrastructure.
Cory, 18, said: "There isn't the jobs and industry in this area.
"The reason unemployment is as high as it is is that people don't get the skills from education to go onto these jobs, but also because there aren't the jobs here in the first place for them.
"They can learn, they can get the skills - but they have to leave this area to get the job."
The young people involved in the workshop in Birmingham were keen for the mayor to shout about the skills and talents in one of the most creative, diverse and young cities in the country.
Dominic, 23, said: "One of the biggest selling points is the fact that because it's been neglected for so long it's a blank canvas. There's infrastructure here... it's just waiting for a revamp."
In Liverpool there was a debate about identity and whether the six council areas - Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral - could really be represented by one mayor.
At St Helens College Jess, 18, said: "There's nothing that governs us together, nothing brings us together,
"We are just apart and there's quite a few problems in St Helens as it is, but to be honest I feel like they just say you're a part of it now and then they'll focus on bigger areas rather than just St Helens."
And in Manchester the group focused on the challenges they face with public transport.
Lauren, 19, said: "I travel in to Manchester every day for university. At the start of the year I had to work out what the cheapest way to do it was.
"It was actually cheaper to buy a car, get the insurance and drive in every day, rather than getting the bus to the tram stop and getting the tram every day into Manchester."
Actor and filmmaker Femi Oyeniran, who led the workshops, said: "The young people had some very real and honest opinions about politics and I was glad to hear that lots of them are going to vote in this election which is really exciting.
"They were very keen to link the issues together and link the fact that all these things, if the mayor doesn't tackle it, could lead to long term problems in their area."


Coffee giant Starbucks has reported a sharp rise in profits thanks to strong sales which comfortably beat analysts' expectations.

Net profit for the three months to the beginning of October came in at $278.9m (Â£171.4m), an 86% jump on the $150m the company made a year earlier.
Revenue for the period was $2.84bn, up from $2.42bn.
As a result of the strong performance, Starbucks raised its profits forecast for next year.
Net profit for the year to the beginning of October more than doubled, from $390.8m to $945.6m.
"I am delighted with the record fourth quarter and full-year results we announced today," said Starbucks boss Howard Schultz.
"These results are particularly gratifying in light of the formidable economic challenges that our customers and we continue to confront in virtually every country and every market in which we operate."
Revenues rose in large part due to an 8% rise in like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of sales from new stores.
The results pushed the firm's shares higher in after-hours trading.
Starbucks has been focusing on winning back business in the US and focusing on core markets, while closing underperforming stores, since Mr Schultz returned to the top job in January 2008.


Nico Rosberg pipped Mercedes team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton by a small margin to take pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Hamilton had been slightly faster on the first runs after struggling in practice, but Rosberg edged him by 0.013 seconds on the very last laps.
The world champion needs to beat Rosberg in Sunday's race to close his 23-point championship deficit.
Hamilton has beaten Rosberg in Japan after starting second in 2014 and 2015.
The Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were third and fourth, ahead of the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.
Sunday's race is live on the BBC Sport website and on radio 5 live.
How Japanese GP qualifying unfolded
Rosberg's advantage equates to 83cm over a 3.6-mile lap of Suzuka. The German has appeared the more comfortable throughout practice, beating Hamilton in all three sessions, and in the first two qualifying sessions as well as the crucial final one.
"It was going well all weekend," Rosberg said. "Had a good balance, feeling comfortable and that's what allows me to put in a lap like that."
Hamilton said: "I'm happy with qualifying. It has been a weekend of a lot of work trying to get the set-up right. Big changes before qualifying and considering that I am very happy with it. I did as well as I could.
"History has shown you don't have to be on pole to get the win but Nico has done a great job all weekend."
Given the championship situation, with only 125 points still available from the remaining five races including this one, beating Rosberg on Sunday is imperative for Hamilton.
If it stays dry, it could all come down to the start, as overtaking is so difficult at Suzuka and strategy favours the lead car, which has pit stop priority with stopping first and advantage.
But overnight rain is expected and although the weather is expected to be dry by the start of the race at this stage, a wet track would mix things up and bring the Red Bulls in particular into play.
For now, Ferrari received a welcome fillip after a disappointing few races by locking out the second row, although the positions of the two drivers will do little to reduce the pressure on Vettel.
He has been heavily criticised by the Italian media following his first-corner crash in Malaysia last weekend, and here in Japan team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has given an interview in which he said the four-time world champion will have to "earn" a new contract beyond 2017.
Vettel will start seventh because of the three-place penalty he was given for causing the crash at Sepang.
"It's pretty much the same car as we had last week," said Raikkonen. "I was very positively surprised by how well the car has been behaving and how quick it has been."
At Red Bull, Ricciardo, 0.062secs behind Verstappen, said his engine was down on power in qualifying.
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At just over 0.3secs, the gap between Mercedes and their closest rivals was smaller than might have been expected any this track.
The suspicion is that this is down to the world champions running their engines more conservatively following Hamilton's failure while leading in Malaysia last weekend.
McLaren had hoped to continue their recent improved form at the home race of engine supplier Honda, but the team have been uncompetitive so far this weekend.
Jenson Button suffered the major blow of being knocked out in the first session and qualified 17th, while Fernando Alonso could manage only 15th.
In the first session, Button was 0.032 seconds slower than Alonso, who then improved his time to end up nearly 0.2secs quicker.
"What was the gap to Fernando?" Button asked on the radio after being told of his position. "Thirty milliseconds," replied engineer Tom Stallard. "Ouch," Button said.
"Really tight," he said afterwards. "All weekend it has been a struggle for me. On Friday the set-up was not working for me, and then this morning we had an issue with the power-unit.
"They promised me they would fix it and they did, but I ended up three hundredths behind my team-mate."
He added that the high-speed nature of Suzuka did not suit the McLaren car, which is stronger in braking and slower corners.
Jolyon Palmer put in a strong performance to qualify 16th, feeling he could have made been 12th or 13th had he not had to back off for a yellow flag in Spoon Curve.
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He made it through Q1, 0.227secs quicker than team-mate Kevin Magnussen, who was 18th fastest.
Meanwhile, the surprise of qualifying was probably the Haas team, whose drivers Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez were eighth and 10th, each behind a Force India, with Sergio Perez out-qualifying team-mate Nico Hulkenberg.
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Up to 50 murders allegedly linked to Stakeknife, a British spy within the IRA, included other state agents who had "outlived their usefulness."

Relatives of one of his alleged victims have also accused the PSNI of lacking the "appetite" to investigate his activities, the High Court heard.
The allegations were part of a legal bid to have an external police force investigate the spy.
He was named by the media as Freddie Scappaticci.
The bid will be heard in February 2016.
The judicial proceedings have been brought by the family of Caroline Moreland.
Ms Moreland, a 34-year-old Catholic mother of three, was abducted and murdered by the IRA in July 1994 for being an alleged British informer.
The legal action is seeking to secure a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding a number of killings dating back to the 1980s.
The so-called 'Nutting Squad' was the IRA's internal security unit between 1978 and 1995 and are alleged to have carried out the murders.
The Director of Public Prosecutions called for police to examine Stakeknife's activities, as well as what was known by the RUC Special Branch and MI5.
Relatives have said they are opposed to the PSNI taking charge of the investigation.
At a previous hearing, it was claimed that Mr Scappaticci participated in the campaign in order to strengthen his role as a British spy.
He left Northern Ireland in 2003 after he was named by the media as Stakeknife.
Before leaving his home, he denied being the agent.
Legal counsel for the Moreland family told the court why they were seeking an external police force.
"One of the criticisms is the PSNI don't have any appetite for this investigation because it will necessarily involve criticisms of the security forces," he said.
He claimed that delay had been used to avoid criticism.
"The position is that the families of the various deceased, and we are talking in excess of maybe 50 murders have been reported, are awaiting answers for a very long time," he said.
"The core subject matter of this challenge is the use of a state agent to kill, amongst others, other state agents that had outlived their usefulness in the eyes of the authorities."
Counsel for the PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton said a final decision was yet to be made on how to respond to the DPP's request.
"He has been engaging with a number of other bodies who may have an interest in the matter and he continues to do so," Mr Hamilton's legal representative said.
The judge listed the application for leave to seek a judicial review for a hearing in February and will review the case again in early 2016.


Theresa May has rejected a claim by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that she is overseeing a "shambolic Tory Brexit".

During Prime Minister's Questions she said she wanted "maximum possible access" for the UK to the single market after leaving the European Union.
Mr Corbyn said the government had "no answers", but Mrs May promised to be "ambitious" in Brexit negotiations and to exert greater migration control.
But several senior Tories demanded more clarity about the UK's aims.
During a debate on a Labour motion about Parliament's role in Brexit policy, former business minister Anna Soubry said MPs must consent to the process of the UK's separation from the EU while Clare Perry said confusion about the UK's future access to the EU single market was having an alarming impact on the pound.
"The problem is that many people in the country don't think that there is a policy to put the national interest first, they think there is a policy to put people's narrow ideological interests first," she said.
Frankly, we know almost as little about the plan for Brexit that's concrete as we did that momentous morning after the referendum itself.
But there have been plenty of hints, implications and suggestions of priorities that are worth noting, even if just to reveal how much that we can't be sure of.
It is not by any stretch an exhaustive list, and without concrete proposals, everything is still open to interpretation.
Read Laura's full analysis
In response, Brexit Secretary David Davis conceded there must be proper scrutiny of the UK's blueprint for leaving the EU but "it is not one where we will allow anyone to veto the decision of the British people" set out in June's referendum.
The subject of Brexit dominated the first Prime Minister's Questions since the end of the party conference season, with Mr Corbyn asking: "Is the prime minister really willing to risk a shambolic Tory Brexit just to appease the people behind her (Conservative backbench MPs)?"
Mrs May replied: "We will negotiate the right deal for the UK. That's what matters to everyone in the UK and that's what we will deliver."
She told MPs any deal would aim for "maximum possible access to the single market", but added she was "absolutely clear that the British people" wanted "maximum control" over immigration.
The Labour leader accused the government of having "no answers" and said it should stop "running away from the looming threat" to jobs and living standards.
Ministers are facing calls to set out details on what they want Brexit to look like before triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - the two-year process of working out the terms of the UK leaving the EU.
Labour is calling for "proper scrutiny" by Parliament of discussions ahead of the government starting negotiations with the EU.
Ahead of the Brexit debate Labour set out 170 questions for the government, including on trading relationships and migration rules.
Some senior politicians - including former Labour leader Ed Miliband - are demanding a full vote on the UK's negotiating stance ahead of full discussions with the EU beginning.
But the government says it does not want to have its hands tied before talks, and some argue a vote could be used as a way of undermining the result of June's referendum, in which voters chose by 52% to 48% to leave the EU.
Labour's Commons motion fell short of specifically asking for a full vote on the UK's Brexit negotiating stance. Instead, it asks for a "full and transparent" debate on the plan for leaving the organisation and for Prime Minister Theresa May "to ensure that this House is able properly to scrutinise that plan... before Article 50 is invoked".
The government has tabled an amendment to the motion - which Labour has accepted - stating that negotiations for Brexit must be handled in a way that "respects the decision" reached in the referendum.
Labour's decision to agree to the government amendment means there was not a vote at the end of Wednesday's debate.
Opening the debate on Labour's motion, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said the terms under which Brexit could happen were "not on the ballot paper" for the referendum.
He added: "Nor did the prime minister set out her terms for Brexit before assuming office."
Former Conservative ministers Ken Clarke and Dominic Grieve suggested MPs should get a vote on the Brexit blueprint, which Sir Keir agreed with.
But Brexit Secretary Mr Davis said: "We have been pretty clear on the overarching aims, not the detailed aims. We're not even at the point that that's possible.
"The overarching aims are these: bringing back control of laws to parliament, bringing back control over decisions of immigration to the UK, maintaining the strong security cooperation that we have with the European Union and establishing the freest possible market in goods and services with the European Union and the rest of the world."
Liberal Democrat former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said that, with "fancy diplomatic footwork and some political intelligence", it was possible to negotiate continued access to the single market while curtailing freedom of movement.
Conservative former minister John Redwood, a prominent Leave supporter, said:  "I'm very optimistic about our European partners. I think they will want tariff-free trade. I don't hear Germany and France queuing up to impose tariffs on us."


The family of a Fife man who was murdered last month has appealed for help to find his killer.

Darren Adie, 42, was found unconscious on a Kirkcaldy street on Saturday 28 May and later died in hospital.
His father, John Adie, 67, said: "We're devastated. Imagine what his kids will feel like growing up knowing their father was murdered and left lying in the street."
Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to Â£10,000 for information.
Mr Adie was found unconscious on Tweed Avenue near the junction of Lawson Street at about 18:.45 on 28 May.
Speaking about the person who murdered their son, Mr Adie said: "I'd say to them to do the right thing.
"Anyone who knows them, do the right thing and get in touch with the police.
"We want to bury our son and we can't do that until his killer has been arrested."
Mr Adie said Darren's two brothers and sister had been left "devastated" by his death and that it had "ruined their life".
Det Ch Insp Raymond Brown said there had been 100 sightings of Darren Adie on 28 May.
He said: "That Saturday was the night of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
"At 6pm that night he was in the Overton Mains area and was shouting on a person named Kelly - this may be a male or female and we need them to come forward.
"He went down to Overton Road and was in Valente's chip shop before moving through the housing estate there.
"He was speaking to a white male in his 40s with a bald head, wearing a blue T-shirt and grey joggers."
Det Ch Insp Brown said Mr Adie then moved away towards Tweed Avenue, walking past two separate couples.
He said the man was aged 20-30, of chubby build, who had short, brown hair and was wearing a white vest and grey jogging bottoms and walked with a limp.
The woman was of slim build with brown, shoulder-length hair with a red tint through it.
The second couple was a man and woman in their 20s who were pushing a double buggy in Tweed Avenue.
The officer said another man police wanted to trace may have given Mr Adie some help. He was wearing a grey hoodie and jogging bottoms.


A record 25,000 people have joined an anti-Islamisation rally in Dresden, Germany, called in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

The protesters defied calls from German politicians to stay away from the Pegida organisation's rally.
Elsewhere across Germany, tens of thousands of people joined anti-Pegida rallies.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will attend a protest organised by Muslim groups in Berlin on Tuesday.
Justice Minister Heiko Maas was one of several leading politicians to urge the Pegida march organisers in Dresden not to "misuse" the deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket.
However, the rally in the eastern city went ahead, drawing a record 25,000.
Marchers carried banners expressing solidarity with the French cartoonists, killed by Islamists in Paris.
A minute's silence in memory of the dead was also expected to be held.
Pegida - Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West - has organised a number of Dresden rallies, and drew 18,000 a week ago.
The anti-Pegida rallies on Monday drew 7,000 in Dresden, 30,000 in Leipzig, 20,000 in Munich and 19,000 in Hanover.
At the scene: BBC's Jenny Hill in Dresden
They marched in silence - at first at least. Normally Pegida's demonstrations in Dresden are rowdy affairs but this, organisers emphasised, was a "Trauermarsch" (a mourning march) dedicated to the victims of the Paris shootings.
Pegida's been accused of trying to capitalise on the terror attacks, and Angela Merkel warned Germans not to support them.
But tonight thousands of people ignored her, some wearing black ribbons as they marched.
Pegida officials expressed their sorrow at what happened in France. But they also took the opportunity to unveil a streamlined manifesto. A response, perhaps, to critics who point to a lack of cohesion, a difference of ideology among their supporters.
Take Karl, a pensioner who clapped me on the shoulder and smiled amiably as he pointed up at his banner: "Asylum seekers go home!"
Compare him to a man standing close by who wants Germany to stop weapons exports. Or the woman who fears that the country cannot cope with the current rate of immigration. But something unites these people - and that's a growing dissatisfaction with - and even a distrust of - the political establishment.
In a series of interviews, Mr Maas accused the anti-Islamist group of hypocrisy.
"In Dresden people want to remember with a black ribbon the victims in Paris - those same people whom a week ago they were calling the 'lying press'," he said.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere also criticised the organisers while Bavarian leader Horst Seehofer called on them to stop the marches for the foreseeable future.
The chancellor, who was meeting Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday, was set to take part in a demonstration against the French murders in Berlin planned by Muslim groups on Tuesday, her spokesman said.
"Islam is part of Germany," said Mrs Merkel on Monday. "I am the chancellor of all Germans."
The growth of the anti-Islamisation marches over recent weeks has worried Germany's political leadership.
Tensions were further raised at the weekend when arsonists attacked a Hamburg newspaper that republished controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad which had originally been printed by Charlie Hebdo in 2006.
The men who attacked Charlie Hebdo last week were said to have shouted out that they had avenged the Prophet for the cartoons.
What is Pegida?


In a suburb known for its version of Australian glitz and hipness, the Bondi hoarders' fame stands apart for all the wrong reasons.

They are a reminder that behind sunny Australian facades there lies a darker space where people who've fallen through the cracks reside.
The Bobolas family - Mary and daughters Elena and Liana - are no ordinary residents. For more than two decades they have been engaged in an ongoing battle with the local Waverley Council and nearby neighbours.
At issue is the extraordinary amount of junk at their property, just an eight-minute stroll from Bondi Beach.
In a suburb of skyrocketing property prices, the Boonara Avenue house, bought for A$25,000 (Â£13,400; $18,500) in 1970, has long been piled high with the family's collected items.
Plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, children's toys, car hubcabs, milk crates, mattresses, assorted rubbish, even old surfboards - you name it.
Since about 1990, the council has been attempting to cajole, coerce and compel the family to clean their dilapidated residence.
Various court orders and decrees have been issued to force a clean up. On around 15 occasions council workers, sometimes equipped with Bobcats and mechanical excavators, have been mobilised to tackle head-high piles of junk ,to the clear displeasure of the Bobolas family.
On every occasion, sometimes after only a few days of relative cleanliness, the rubbish has begun to pile up again
Such cleaning operations don't come cheap. The family has been billed as much as $350,000 for clean up costs over the years, which includes legal fees as the Bobolas' have fought for their right to hoard.
But it's a bill that the council is intent on recouping. On three occasions it has sought orders to have the house forcibly sold and the money recovered. However, on each occasion the family has been able to stave off proceedings and hang on to the house at the last minute.
The first attempt was in February last year, where a bill for $180,000 was covered just prior to sale. On the second occasion, a procedural legal technicality saw the auction again cancelled.
Another attempt sale was scheduled to take place on June 9. The advertisement for the pending auction said the property was "positioned in one of the suburb's most conveniently located streets" and gave potential buyers "the amazing opportunity to build your dream home (subject to council approval)".
But there was a catch. The new owner would be responsible for removing the Bobolas family from what is presumably their existing dream property.
Just 50 minutes before the auction was to begin, the family applied for a stay of proceedings. The next day an extraordinary scene played out in a Sydney court when the family arrived with plastic bags they said contained enough money to cover the currently outstanding clean up costs and legal fees - about A$177,000 in cash.
Mary, Liana and Elena told Magistrate Joanne Keogh the money had been provided by friends to help them keep the house. Whilst Magistrate Keogh was sympathetic to their situation, she said there was still "some peril as to whether the debt will be paid" and dismissed a further stay on the grounds that she didn't believe the family truly had the means to pay the sum owed.
Those familiar with the story weren't surprised by this turn of events. The hoarder house is an ongoing saga that's a source of irritation, bemusement and yet some sympathy in the Bondi community.
Formerly a largely working class area, Bondi has become red-hot property in the past 30 years, with dingy houses and flats which once housed local families selling for a fortune.
While many older residents have sold up and taken the cash, for some their property may be all the wealth they have - and they remain intent on holding onto that.
"Old Bondi had all sorts of people in it, all kinds of characters," one Boonara Ave resident, who asked that his name be withheld, said. "Years ago they probably would just be another of the eccentrics in the area, but Bondi has changed and they really obviously stick out now.
"It's really quite an amazing situation to be happening in the heart of modern Bondi. You have to feel sorry for their direct neighbours because the place has just been a nightmare for years.
"But on the other hand, you have to feel sorry to some extent for the family because there are clearly some issues going on there."
For its part, Waverley Council insists that the core of the matter is a health issue, with all the junk attracting pests and vermin.
But underlying this is a genuine concern for the Bobolas family; the council, as it has done on numerous occasions, is offering the women professional support.
Walking past the house, there is considerably less garbage piled up than at previous peaks. But the Sheriff's Office will almost certainly press ahead with attempts to sell the house, which is expected to fetch around A$2m.
It seems that the hipster haven of Bondi has no room left for the Bobolas family's filthy version of genuine eccentricity.
Adam Gibson is a journalist and author who was born and bred in Bondi. He has published three books of poetry about Bondi, including Bondi Poems.


An EU referendum by the end of 2017 is among a packed programme of new laws in the first Conservative Queen's Speech in nearly two decades.

It also includes more free childcare, an income tax freeze and the right-to-buy for housing association tenants.
David Cameron said the 26-bill package was a "programme for working people" that would create full employment and "bring our country together".
The measures were unveiled by the Queen amid the usual pomp and ceremony.
The proposed legislation includes:
Many of the proposed new laws were promised by the Conservatives during the general election campaign and Mr Cameron can press ahead with plans previously blocked by the Liberal Democrats.
He told MPs that after the election, he now had a "clear mandate" from the British people and "we will not waste a single moment with getting on with the task," in his first speech to the new Parliament.
These include an Investigatory Powers Bill to give intelligence agencies new tools to target internet data, dubbed a "snooper's charter" by critics.
But the prime minister has delayed plans to scrap the Human Rights Act to avoid a potential confrontation with his own backbenchers.  Instead, the government will bring forward proposals for a British Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act, with legislation expected following consultation later in the parliament.
There was no mention in the speech of a promised free Commons vote on repealing the fox hunting ban, but environment secretary Liz Truss said the vote would happen by 2020.
The political message is clear - that the government will help "working people" but not those claiming benefits who, in the words if the prime minister, are "sitting at home".
The Conservatives' own polling highlighted that this was a powerful message especially in the Midlands and southern marginals seized from, or defended from, Labour.
The intention is to try to recreate the coalition, not with the Lib Dems, but with people who don't traditionally back the Conservatives, but whose parents may well have voted for Mrs Thatcher before deserting the party for Tony Blair.
The prime minister is even using the language of 'One Nation' - briefly favoured by Ed Miliband.
Read Iain's full analysis of the Queen's Speech here.
Mr Cameron's flagship policy of giving 1.3 million housing association tenants in England the right to buy their homes at a discount was in the Queen's Speech.
Another key priority for the new government is Chancellor George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse plan, with a bill paving the way for HS2 and another piece of legislation enabling cities to bid for an elected mayor, with more powers over transport, planning, policing and health. The mayors would take over the role of Police and Crime Commissioner for their area.
There is also a Trade Unions Bill, imposing a 50% turnout threshold on strike ballots, with a further requirement in essential public services for strikes to be supported by 40% of those entitled to vote.
Reading out the speech, which is prepared for her by the government, from her throne in the House of Lords, the Queen said: "My government will legislate in the interests of everyone in the country.
"It will adopt a one nation approach, helping working people get on, supporting aspiration, giving new opportunities to the disadvantaged and bringing different parts of our country together."
Mr Cameron described his first legislative programme as the head of a Conservative government as an agenda for "working people," with three million more apprenticeships promised over the next five years and a new law to ensure the minimum wage remains tax free.
"There should be a job for everyone who wants one - in other words, full employment," said the prime minister in his introduction to the Queen's Speech.
He said that after the British economy was hauled back from the brink of disaster in 2010, the UK now stands "on the brink of something special".
"We have a golden opportunity to renew the idea that working people are backed in this country; to renew the promise to those least fortunate that they will have the opportunity for a brighter future; and to renew the ties that bind every part of our United Kingdom.
"We now have the mandate to deliver that renewal. And it starts with this Queen's Speech."
He described the programme as "the bold first step of a One Nation government".
Harriet Harman, Labour's acting leader, said her party would back the government's EU referendum bill but campaign for Britain to stay in the Union. She also confirmed that Labour had dropped its opposition to lowering the benefit cap.
She attacked proposals to give housing association tenants the right to buy their homes as "uncosted, unfunded and unworkable" and condemned plans to make it harder for workers to strike and other measures that "undermine people's rights at work" as "divisive posturing".
She also told Mr Cameron it would be "utterly irresponsible to continue what he did so shamefully in the general election which was to set the English against the Scottish," urging him not to give Scotland full fiscal autonomy demanded by the SNP.
The SNP said they were "the only real opposition to the Tories in Westminster", following a Queen's Speech which they said "ties Scotland to the wrong priorities".
But the party's 56 MPs got their first ticking off from Commons Speaker John Bercow when they burst into applause as their leader at Westminster Angus Robertson hit back at Labour MP Ian Austin, who angrily told them they should be sitting with the Conservatives.
The Speaker said the SNP members "must show some respect" for the Commons convention that frowns on applause.
In his speech, Mr Robertson called for "honesty" from the government on its plans for "austerity cuts".
"On the vow that was given to the people of Scotland, we will judge the Scotland Bill on its contents. The legislation that is introduced must live up to the Smith Commission in full, anything less would be a breach of faith," he added.
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg accused Mr Cameron of abandoning the "liberal stance" espoused by the previous coalition government.
In what he said would be his final Commons speech as Lib Dem leader, he told MPs: "The human rights we hold dear, our right to privacy in an online age, our future as an open-minded, outward-looking country, are all hanging in the balance again because of the measures announced today.
"It is clear, too, that the previous government's commitment to fairness is also weakened."
He began his speech, in a half empty chamber, by saying it was "an unaccustomed surprise" to speak in the Commons without being greeted by a "disobliging wall of noise" from the opposition benches.