this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm. an independent and truly global united kingdom — the brexit secretary, david davis, outlines the government's strategy for leaving the eu. whatever the outcome of our negotiations, we seek a more open, outward looking, confident and fair rate uk that works for everyone. the bank of england forecasts another dramatic rise in its growth forecast for this year, as consumer spending remains stronger than economists predicted. carly lovett, the 24—year—old shot dead during the tunisian beach terror attack, an inquest hears how her fiance tried to save her life. and in the next hour we'll discuss donald trump's worst phone call ‘by far‘, since becoming us president. as he reportedly puts the phone down on the australian prime minister, who questioned what mr trump calls a "dumb" refugee resettlement deal. a controversial human rights lawyer's been struck off for acting dishonestly in bringing abuse claims

against british soldiers in iraq. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has been giving details of its strategy for leaving the european union. its white paper says the uk wants a "bold and ambititous free trade agreement" with europe and other countries around the world. the brexit secretary, david davis, told mps that the uk's best days were to come. but labour's shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, said the white paper contained "nothing". here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. we're on our way out, that much is clear, but what will life outside of the eu look like? the prime minister's long asked—for plan finally presented to parliament.

secretary david davis. the brexit secretary outlined the details of the white paper. it confirms the prime minister's vision of an independent truly global uk, and an ambitious future relationship with the european union. controlling our own laws and ensuring orderly brexit, part of a series of priorities for the government. it amounts to one goal, a new, positive and constructive partnership between britain and the european union that works in our mutual interests. in front of ministers and diplomats last month, the prime minister spelt out her plan, a clue to the contents of her white paper. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. so, out of the special club that allows free movement of goods, services, capital and people. instead, into a new trade deal aiming for access without barriers or tariffs and, crucially, getting control of migration.

mps hope all this detail means they can properly scrutinise the government's plans, especially as after last night's vote it seems we are past the point of no return. it was a historic moment. the ayes have it. with dozens of labour mps voting against, the opposition is in disarray. several sacrificed front bench jobs rather than obey jeremy corbyn‘s orders to vote for the bill. not diane abbott, though, the shadow home secretary, close ally ofjeremy corbyn, staunch remain campaigner, well enough to debate three hours before the vote, struck by illness that apparently kept her away from the commons. what now for the party leaderfacing his fourth

reshuffle in 18 months? is the labour party facing another crisis? even the party's most faithful admit brexit is more than a headache. it's an enormous issue in terms of its importance to the country, and it will be reflected in the debates in parliament. there are differences of view in our party but there are deep divisions within the conservative party too. divisions aside, the prime minister has drawn up her plans, now she has to persuade a continent that what she wants is possible. and we can speak to our assistant political editor norman smith, who's at westminster. here it is, here is mrs may's plans are leaving the eu, 75 pages. in truth, we don't learn as vast amount as new, mostly statement of what mrs may has told us in the past. some things i picked up that were interesting, one, we will get an immigration bill and the expectation

is that what have to be introduced before brexit to put in place the changes to freedom of movement and one imagines that has the potential to bea one imagines that has the potential to be a political nightmare for jeremy corbyn and the labour. the other thing i thought was interesting, the government seems to mooted the idea of special deals to ensure continued single market rules for key sectors of the british economy, for example car manufacturing, chemical exports and of course the city. joining me is dominic raab, prominent supporter of brexit. before we get into the white paper, are you surprised, two things, that mrs may was so relu cta nt to things, that mrs may was so reluctant to have a vote in the commons and so reluctant, it seems, to produce this paper?” commons and so reluctant, it seems, to produce this paper? i think she is quite a pragmatic, cautious, careful prime minister and leader, but the truth is we have had three key developments which are all positive for this country. we have got the white paper, which, on the

cross— party got the white paper, which, on the cross—party brexit committee, people like me, who campaigned for leave, the government has showed flexibility, division of a self—governing democracy go britain, now in whitehall speak for everyone to see, 75 pages of it. at the same time, the commons has backed the triggering of article 52 start the brexit negotiations by a far greater majority than anyone expected. just one conservative mp rebelling. the liberal democrats, supposedly be towed for the anti—brexit campaign, split themselves. thirdly, quietly, earlier this afternoon we had the bank of england put out its latest forecast growth for 2017, which is fascinating. they upgraded therefore crust from 1.4% to 2%, which would make is one of the fastest—growing economy is not just make is one of the fastest—growing economy is notjust in 2016 but also in 20 17th as economy is notjust in 2016 but also in 2017th as we get into these

negotiations. i think the time is coming rapidly where we will put aside some of the haggling here and can go into brexit negotiations with real self—confidence, and brushing, and looking for that win—win, a deal good for britain but also our european friends. if you are going to do that, you will need more detail. going through the white paper, there does not seem to be clarity on transitional arrangements, clarity on immigration, it simply says we hope for a practical solution. they are going to have to nail down specific ideas very soon because the negotiations will begin in the next few months. that is true, but theresa may has always said she will not display all the detail before we begin the brexit negotiations, but this is a two—way negotiation. we have set up the objectives. it is daft about anyone on the labour side 01’ daft about anyone on the labour side or anyone else to say we don't know what the result is, that is why we have the negotiation. we know the

public back this vision of post—brexit vision by a321 and i think not only are the political tectonic plate shifting but the movement of the country getting behind this, whether people voted leave or remain, and that is what we need. although mrs may won a stonking commons majority last night, i suspect a lot of the attention will now move across the water to brussels, where there are already signs of the sort of hard deals eu leaders want to strike, from our former man in brussels yesterday, the ivan rogers, saying they want to hit us with a bill for up to £60 billion from leaving the eu, so some tough times ahead, it seems, in brussels. norman, thank you. if you are a passenger on southern rail, you want to hear this breaking news. it looks like they have done a deal to end the strike which the aslef union, the drivers, have been

carrying out. we have not got the details of the deal yet but we are told something will be coming about 3:30pm, a press conference, you don't do that unless you have made a deal. this is the longest running industrial dispute since privatisation, the drivers joined industrial dispute since privatisation, the driversjoined it recently, before that it was conductors, and it is about the role of the second person on the train, the conductor, do they have to be safety trained, do you always need two people on a train every time it moves ? this dispute has been so nasty, it looks like a breakthrough. aslef has got involved, where was the room for compromise? that is a critical question, we don't know. people have said to me, is there any end in sight? it was ha rd to is there any end in sight? it was hard to see where there was, because they're right either two people on every train trained to a particular level or there are not, it was not like a pay dispute where you could meet in the middle, it was hard to see whether middle ground was, and things got nasty between the two side. talking to add less —— aslef

people, drivers, senior managers, it seems to be disintegrating, but the tuc got involved, a bit of a coup for them, and it seems they have come up with a deal. but that does not mean at this stage that things are going back to normal? know, and normal is not good for southern customers, they have other problems they are dealing with, network rail is responsible for half the problems on the network, a lot of those to do with engineering, nothing to do this, but the strikes that bought everything to a standstill, the drivers‘ strikes, this potentially ends those. as far as we know, the other strikes are still going on, only about 30% of services are cut when they are on strike, so the really debilitating strike, so the really debilitating strike from drivers it looks like are over, and there are bigger implications because this issue will pf°p up implications because this issue will prop up all over the country when they bring in new trains, they want to do this on most of the new franchises as they come along, so there was a threat of strikes all

across britain. we will see what the deal is and if it sticks, but for now it is good news. as you speak, we are seeing the workers on merseyrail are to be balloted for industrial action over a dispute over the role of guards. does this mean more of the same? more of the same, it is a labour administration using public money to buy new trains and they have said they will not get rid of guards‘ jobs but these will be trains where the driver only is operating the trains, they are not coming until 2018. reeva north as well, similar issue, that one has been brewing. a similar issue in scotland, they found a resolution, so it will keep coming along as more modern trains are bought, and they are trains designed just for the driver to work the doors, to operate all systems, rather than on—boa rd the doors, to operate all systems, rather than on—board guards. we will see what happens up north, it will be interesting to see how this deal penetrates around the country,

if it takes the sting out of the issue or if it is just a temporary issue or if it is just a temporary issue that keeps cropping up elsewhere. i had better let you go so that you can get their! don‘t take the train! thank you, richard. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists who were killed in a terror attack at a beach resort in tunisia in 2015 have been hearing about the death of a 24—year—old woman who was on holiday with her fiance. carly lovett ran into the hotel in sousse with her partner when the firing began. richard galpin reports. carly lovett, who was 24—years—old, had recently got engaged to her long—term boyfriend, liam moore. the trip to tunisia was their first holiday alone. but just a few weeks later, liam and her family, relatives and friends were mourning her death at her funeral in lincolnshire. she and liam had been caught up in the attack at an upmarket hotel in tunisia two years ago. the gunman, seifeddine rezgui, specifically targeting british

holiday—makers in the name of so—called islamic state. he was armed with an assault rifle and explosives. today, the inquest heard how carly and liam had hidden on the first floor of the hotel after realising the resort was under attack. but the gunman, after killing many people outside, then moved into the main building, shooting dead more holiday—makers and eventually reaching carly and liam. she was shot in the chest and hit by shrapnel, probably from a grenade. in his evidence, liam moore said he saw carly lying on the floor in a pool of blood. he could tell she was fading. she said to him, "i love you," and he told her, "i love you." he then decided to try and save her life by doing mouth—to—mouth resuscitation. but then he said when he felt her body relax, he knew it hadn‘t worked. carly‘s parents described her as a perfect child. she was a photographer, designer,

and had a successfulfashion blog. her mother said, "i cannot find the words to express how much she is missed." richard galpin, bbc news at the royal courts ofjustice. the bank of england has been painting a rosier picture of the economy in its latest forecast. it has raised its growth forecasts for the next three years, defying fears last year of an imminent brexit slowdown. interest rates have also been kept on hold at 0.25%. but there are warnings that consumer spending could still slow down as inflation rises rapidly. simon gompertz has been listening to what the bank had to say — he‘s with me now. first of all, on growth, this is not what the bank of england itself was predicting. no, the growth rate this year that they are talking about of 2% growth in national output is good news. there is a bit big question over the

quality of the bank‘s forecasts, which are generally highly regarded and important for the financial markets and for all of us to see what is going on with the economy, because in the uncertainties after the brexit vote last summer, the bank came out and said it was downgrading the outlook for the economy this year, 2017, to growth of just for the economy this year, 2017, to growth ofjust 0.8% from over 2%, a big downgrade. november came along and they said it would probably be more like1.4%, a and they said it would probably be more like 1.4%, a bit better. now they are saying 2%. it is in the nature of forecasts to be wrong to assert a degree but that is a big difference and have opened up the bank to allegations they were being excessively pessimistic last year. mark carney, the governor of the bank of england, was asked today what went wrong. i think the thing that we missed is the strength of consumer spending and consumer confidence associated with that that has been present all the way through this process.

so, after an initial wobble in terms of consumer surveys, confidence surveys and other initial indicators, in the immediate aftermath of the referendum in the depths of the summer, it bounced back pretty quickly. the other extenuating circumstances he pointed to word that the world economy is doing better, which rubs off on us, and that in the autumn the chancellor slightly slacken off the chancellor slightly slacken off the squeeze on public spending, which helped the economy as well. we heard mark carney talking about consumer confidence. how is the consumer confidence. how is the consumer likely to feel looking at the inflation figures, which seemed to be creeping up? i think that is a big worry. it is the result of the drop in the value of the pound after the brexit vote, 20% initially, a little better now but still gone down a lot, which means prices rising in the shops

because things imported from elsewhere cost more, which could put the squeeze on household budgets over the year ahead, so that is a concern. the bank saying the inflation rate is likely to rise to 2.8% early next year, not very different from its previous forecast but a big jump in inflation and we don‘t know what the consequences of that will be on households. simon, thank you. the headlines on bbc news: the bbc understands a deal in the aslef dispute over driver only trains will be announced this afternoon. the government formally sets out its strategy for leaving the european union as it publishes its white paper. the bank of england forecasts better growth for the uk economy the next three years — but warns higher inflation could hit households. elliot daly has been named on the wing for the opening six nations match for england on saturday. rob

howley has named sam warburton in his starting 15 for their match with italy on sunday. it is one of five changes to the side that beat south africa in the autumn internationals. and frank lampard has announced his retirement from football. he remains chelsea‘s all—time leading goal—scorer and won the champions league once during his spell with the club. i will be back with more on those at around half past. a controversial human rights lawyer who took up the cases of thousands of iraqis who alleged they‘d been abused by british soldiers during the iraq conflict has been struck off. phil shiner was found to have acted dishonestly in bringing murder and torture claims against the soldiers. caroline hawley has the story. phil shiner was once regarded as one of this country‘s best human rights lawyers. but his firm has had to close, his reputation is in shreds, and he‘ll now never work

as a lawyer again. it was from the aftermath of the iraq war that phil shiner rose to public prominence. suing the british army over allegations of abuse defined his career and became a personal crusade. in all, he‘s brought more than 2000 claims. i don‘t know whether people were killed, but i think something went wrong. we need to find out who was responsible and who in command knew what on earth was going on here. they were kept naked, they were sexually humiliated. this is baha mousa, an iraqi hotel worker battered to death in british custody. this footage shows just the start of his ordeal. it was phil shiner who brought the case to the british courts and to a public inquiry. but it was another public inquiry that was to prove his undoing. the al—sweady inquiry examined what happened after a ferocious battle in southern iraq in 200a.

these are the bodies of insurgents killed on the battlefield, but a number of iraqis represented by phil shiner with legal aid had claimed they‘d been murdered and mutilated in british custody. those claims were found to be based on lies and speculation, and phil shiner‘s work was suddenly under scrutiny. in december, he confessed to paying an agent to find clients. he admitted to acting without integrity. he did not admit to trying to cover his tracks. the false allegations had put immense stress on the soldiers involved. really, their marriages have been affected, their lives have been affected, the anguish this has caused them is quite shocking, and also they are reliving situations in wartime which they would rather forget. many of them have left the service 15, 20 years ago. he's now been exposed for so many false allegations. he's made soldiers lives a misery over the last few years.

i think the decent thing now would be for him to apologise properly to all those troops and their families. for mr shiner‘s firm, too, it was a lucrative business, the tribunal was told. it heard that he‘d ignored the rules of his profession, believing that his work was so important that the ends justified the means. caroline hawley, bbc news. we are going to take you to washington, president donald trump is speaking at a high—profile washington event bedrock faith leaders, politicians and dignitaries. let's join him. can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of god? among those freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. that is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the johnson amendment and allow our representatives of faith

to speak freely and without fear of retribution. i will do that. remember. applause. freedom of religion is a sacred right, but also a right under threat all around us, right, but also a right under threat allaround us, and right, but also a right under threat all around us, and the world is under serious, serious threat. in so many different ways, and i‘ve never seen it so much and so openly since i took the position of president. the world is in trouble, but we‘re going to straighten it out. that is what i do, ifix things, we are going to straighten it out. believe me. when you hear about the tough phone calls i‘m having, don‘t worry about it, don‘t worry about it, they have to be tough, it is time to be

tough, we are taking advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. it's every nation in the world virtually. it‘s not going to happen any more, it‘s not going to happen any more. we have seen unimaginable violence carried out in the name of religion, a cts carried out in the name of religion, acts of wanton slaughter against religious minorities, horrors on a scale that defy description. terrorism is a fundamental threat to religious freedom. it must be stopped and it will be stopped. it may not be pretty forum little while, it will be stopped. we have seen. . . applause. and, by the way, general, as you know, james mad dog, should not say it in this room, matt is, there is a reason they call him mad dog, he

a lwa ys reason they call him mad dog, he always wins a battle and winston fast. he is right now in south korea, going to japan, fast. he is right now in south korea, going tojapan, some fast. he is right now in south korea, going to japan, some other spots. i tell you what, i have gotten spots. i tell you what, i have gotte n to spots. i tell you what, i have gotten to know him really well, he is the real deal. we have somebody who is the real deal working for us, and that is what we need, so you watch, just watch. things will be different. we have seen peace—loving muslims brutalised, victimised, murdered and oppressed by isis killers. we have seen threats of extermination against the jewish people, we have seen a campaign of isis and genocide against christians where they cut off heads. not since the middle ages have we seen that. we haven‘t seen that, the cutting off of heads. now they cut off the heads, they ground people in steel

cages. haven‘t seen this, haven‘t seen this, nobody‘s seen this for many, seen this, nobody‘s seen this for any seen this, nobody‘s seen this for many, many years. all nations have a moral obligation to speak out against such violence, all nations have a duty to work together to confront it, and to confront it viciously, if we have to, so i want to express clearly today to the american people that my administration will do everything in its power to defend and protect religious liberty in our land. america must forever remain a tolera nt america must forever remain a tolerant society, where all faiths are respected and where all of our citizens can feel safe and secure. we have to feel safe and secure. in recent days, we have begun to take necessary action to achieve that goal. 0ur necessary action to achieve that goal. our nation has the most generous immigration system in the world. but there are those that

would exploit that generosity to undermine the values that we hold so dear. we need security. there are those who would seek to enter our country for the purpose of spreading violence or oppressing other people based upon their faith or their lifestyle. we will not allow intolerance to spread in our nation. you look all over the world and you see what is happening. so in the coming days we will develop a system to help ensure that those admitted into our country fully embrace our values of religious and personal liberty and that they reject any form of oppression and discrimination. we want people to come into our nation, we want people to love us and to love our values, not to hate us and hate our values.

we will be a safe country, we will bea we will be a safe country, we will be a free country, and we will be a country where all citizens can practice their beliefs without fear of hostility or a fear of violence. america will flourish as long as our liberty and in particular our religious liberty is allowed to flourish. applause. america will succeed as long as our most vulnerable citizens, and we have some that are so vulnerable, have some that are so vulnerable, have a path to success, and america will thrive as long as we continue to have faith in each other and faith in god. that faith in god has

inspired men and women to sacrifice for the needy, to deploy towards overseas, and to lock arms at home to ensure equal rights for every man, woman and child in our land. it is that faith that set the pilgrims across the oceans, the pioneers across the oceans, the pioneers across the oceans, the pioneers across the plains, and the young people all across america to chase their dreams. they are chasing their dreams. we are going to bring those streams back. as long as we have god, we are never, ever alone. whether it is the soldier on the night watch, or the single parent on the night shift, god will always give us solace and strength and comfort. —— does solace and strength and comfort we need to carry on and

keep carrying on. for us here in washington we must never, ever stop asking god for the wisdom to serve the public according to his will. that‘s by... applause. thank you. that is why president eisenhower and senator carlson had the wisdom to gather together 64 yea rs the wisdom to gather together 64 years ago to begin this truly great tradition. but that is not all they did together. let me tell you the rest of the story, just one year later senator carlson was among the members of congress to send to the president‘s desk the joint resolution that added under god to our pledge of allegiance. it is a wonderful thing. because that is

what we are, and that is what we will always be, and that is what our people want. 0ne beautiful nation under god. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. thank you very much. in the serb, president trump addressing the —— so, president trump addressing the breakfast meeting. he doesn‘t just drop things. he‘s going to totally destroy the johnson amendment. that is significant why? that is a significant statement to make. not the first time he references the johnson amendment make. not the first time he references thejohnson amendment of 1954 which was put in place to stop tax—exempt organisations from opposing politicians. when you think

of tax—exempt organisations, that is not just charities and of tax—exempt organisations, that is notjust charities and ngos, but also churches and houses of faith. that is something which the right in the united states would like to see happen because they would like to see churches be able to lead politics and tell their congregations who to vote for, for example. there is a lot of opposition to that as well and fears that this would undo politics in the united states and turned churches and houses of faith into political machines. the reason why this amendment was put in place was to abide by the idea of the separation of church and state but it was also pa rt of church and state but it was also part of a deal made whereby churches would be exempt from taxes in exchange for being nonpartisan. those who want to repeal that

amendment say that churches should be able to express their political opinions and the first amendment, which is about freedom of speech. that is thought to be a big debate but it‘s not the first time we hear from donald trump that he would like to repeal that amendment. of course, now he is the president and it sounds like he wants to me that forward. he also wants to change the refugee resettlement deal with australia. he says it is a done deal and he put the phone down on the australian prime minister. those are the media reports here in the united states. of course, the australian prime minister was a little more... diplomatic is the word. diplomatic, he was trying to be more diplomatic. you have to remember that how ever unsettling it is to be on the end of these tweets or phone calls, america

is still the biggest superpower and people are going to try to downplay any tensions and dreadful would go —— tread carefully going forward. you heard their president trump explaining why he has been tough going into those phone calls. the question in washington is why those conversations are being leaked from the white house. i think the explanation for both is the same. he promised his supporters during the presidential campaign last year that he would be tough, including with allies. president trusts —— president trump as a candidate a lwa ys president trump as a candidate always said he didn‘t think they we re always said he didn‘t think they were getting a fair deal from their allies and that their allies needed to pay theirfair share, carry more of the burden. he is now trying to push back against that, whether it is trade agreements or the alliance with nato all this deal with

australia on refugees. that is going to go down very well with president trump‘s supporters, not so well that america‘s allies and certainly not well with the foreign policy establishment here in the united states orforeign establishment here in the united states or foreign policy observers around the world. in essence, we could say that president trump is not only putting america‘s foes on notice, like you did with iran, but also its allies. thank you very much. a body that monitors anti—semitism in britain says violence and abuse againstjewish people has reached an all—time high. according to the community security trust, there were more than 1300 reported incidents last year , an increase of 36 per cent compared with 2015. i am joined from westminster by the chairman of the all party parliamentary group on combating anti—semitism, john mann. the labour party of course has had its own soul—searching over the possible presence of anti—semitism

in the party with the enquiry last year and this report is suggesting that some of that discussion about labour and anti—semitism might have contributed to this rise in reported incidents. do you agree with that? the trust is unrivalled for its impartiality of analysis. indeed, the way it does its statistics and compiles them has never on —— understated the problem and it‘s been diligent over the years in doing that. that‘s their advice, that the facts and nobody should be in any doubt about that. it means it‘s a call in action for the labour party but also for society and for the government in this country, because the trend across the board is upwards. that is very, very worrying indeed. just looking at their linking of the rise in reported incidents and the labour party, what do you think it is? do

you think that somehow a greater discussion of anti—semitism leads to more incidents or does it lead to more incidents or does it lead to more reporting? it leads to more reporting but it also has undoubtably lead to more people crawling out from under the stone that they have been hiding behind. they feel emboldened to abuse people with racist hate speech. that has been targeted against mps, against young people and generically across—the—board against young people and generically across—the—boa rd against jewish people across —— againstjewish people across —— againstjewish people overall. it is not a new problem in this country but the fact that the trend is upwards and significantly, every single month, not just significantly, every single month, notjust in the months after the referendum when there was other race hate crimes reported at as an increase. but before that as well. therefore, not just do

increase. but before that as well. therefore, notjust do we need to be diligent, there needs to be effective action to diminish the amount of anti—semitism so that the jewish community of this country feel safe and are safe in going about their normal lives. that's what‘s so startling about these figures today, that those other race hate crimes you‘ve talked about around the time of the referendum, there was a spike then, but those have gone down. and yet crimes againstjewish people have gone down. and yet crimes against jewish people have have gone down. and yet crimes againstjewish people have gone up. why is that? it's significant. what it shows is that there is an underlying problem. ithink it shows is that there is an underlying problem. i think social media is a factor in why there‘s been an increase but that doesn‘t explain a trend of increased throughout the last two years. what that says to me is that anti—semitism is creeping up, it‘s on the rise. it‘s become, forfar too many people, the acceptable face of racism, the thing that they can get away with and we as politicians need to take a lead. but society as

well needs to reject it. we have been here before. in the 20s and 30s, been here before. in the 20s and 305, it been here before. in the 20s and 30s, it started low, it grows up, we all know where it ended. we need to nip this in the bud by effective action and by everyone calling out any anti—semitism, any hate speech that they see, to say, that is not acceptable. what do you have said, written, done is not acceptable, we will not tolerate it. can i ask you a question about last night‘s vote in the commons to trigger article 50. you voted for it. what do you think of the absence in the chamber of the shadow home secretary, diane abbott? it is quite extraordinary. we have some very, very ill people who turned up to vote in parliament yesterday who are so sick they have not been able to carry on their work as mps. they made it there, they

voted and she gave herself a sick note at 5pm. we all know what‘s going on there. she bottled the vote. people who voted in different ways,, you vote. people who voted in different ways, , you can argue vote. people who voted in different ways,, you can argue if they are right or wrong, but you don‘t abstain on the big votes and it‘s embarrassing to see that. she ought to be giving an apology to the labour party for doing so. that is not leadership, that is cowardice. she‘s called it very badly. so you think she should apologise to the labour party? of course she should apologise. 0ther labour party? of course she should apologise. other people have voted in different ways. i voted in line with my beliefs and the country and my constituents, which was to trigger article 50. some people voted the other way. i disagree with them but they had the courage to vote the way they saw and thought was right and can be accountable for that, for better orfor was right and can be accountable for that, for better or for worse. was right and can be accountable for that, for better orfor worse. you

know, hiding away from big votes is not the way we should be doing things and she should have been in with me and jeremy corbyn, john mcdonald, in voting below the line. she wasn‘t, and that‘s not very clever. what do you think about the impression that this believes in the public‘s mind about the state of the labour party over the issue of brexit, given that one in five mps voted against the leadership? it's a divided party. there are different points of view, that‘s for sure. we‘re not the only party. the liberal democrats were split as well. the conservatives are unhappy. this does not just well. the conservatives are unhappy. this does notjust go along party lines butjeremy corbyn had called this right. labour mps, lines butjeremy corbyn had called this right. labourmps, in particular those who had accepted jumps from him, —— jobs from

particular those who had accepted jumps from him, ——jobs from him, especially the shadow cabinet, if they don‘t want to vote alongside him, then they should leave. people opposed tony blair and gordon brown in power but they did so in integrity. there was no hiding away. if people want to abstain or vote against the party line, do so, but don‘t try to keep your front bench positions at the same time. i do hope that diane abbott will reflect on that. you can‘t have it both ways in politics and the voters don‘t like it when politicians or parties try to have it both ways. i congratulate jeremy corbyn for enforcing a whip on labour mps and now he should take action to show that he means business when he enforces a three line whip. let‘s get more on our main story this afternoon. brexit secretary david davis has set

out the government‘s negotiating strategy for the uk‘s withdrawal from the eu in a keenly—awaited white paper. launching the document in a statement to mps, mr davis said the paper confirmed the uk‘s strategy will be guided by the 12 principles theresa may set out in a speech at lancaster it's it‘s not a bill about whether or not we leave the eu or even how we do so, but about implementing a decision already taken by the people of the uk in last year‘s referendum. but we always said that we would detail our strategic aims of negotiation and try to build a national consensus where possible. this white paper sets out those aims and the thinking behind them. it confirms the prime minister‘s ambitions for a truly independent but global uk. this is based on 12 principles that will guide the government in fulfilling the democratic work for the people of the uk. these are, providing certainty and guarantee where we can as we approach negotiations, taking control of our own laws and statute book, strengthening the union by securing a deal that works for the

whole of the uk, maintaining a common travel area and maintaining our strong links with ireland, controlling immigration from the european union, securing rights for european union, securing rights for european union, securing rights for european union citizens already living in the uk and the rights of uk nationals living in the european union. protecting and enhancing workers‘ rights and ensuring free trade with european markets whilst forging a new strategic partnership with european union including a bold and ambitious free trade agreement and ambitious free trade agreement and ambitious free trade agreement and a mutually beneficial new customs agreement. forcing free trade agreements with other countries around the world, ensuring the united kingdom remains the best place for science and innovation. cooperating in the fight against terrorism and finally, delivering a smooth exit from the european union. these 12 objectives amount to one goal, a new, constructive partnership between britain and the european union that works in our

mutual interest. all of them are key but let me highlight some of the specific issues in the white paper. it reiterates our firm view that it‘s in the uk‘s interests to succeed —— for the european union to succeed —— for the european union to succeed economically and politically. that cannot be said enough. we want the european union to succeed politically and economically. and so we approach negotiations in a spirit of goodwill and working for an outcome of mutual benefit. the united kingdom will leave the single market. instead, we seek a new strategic partnership including bold and ambitious free trade agreement and a mutually beneficial new customs agreement that should ensure the most free trade of goods as possible. that will be to our mutual benefit. as the white paper notes, we expo £230 billion worth of goods and services

to the eu whilst importing £290 billion worth of goods and services from the eu every year. it also sets out how after we leave the eu, the uk will look to increase its trade with the fastest—growing export markets in the world. whilst we cannot buy new trade agreements yet, we are preparing the ground for them. that was david davis in the house of commons earlier. to stoke—on—trent now, where voters will choose a new mp in three weeks time. nominations have closed for the by—election, which is being held because of the resignation of labour mp tristram hunt, who is to become director of london‘s victoria and albert museum. live now to our correspondent phil mackie who is in stoke—on—trent. people here will be paying attention to what is going on in the house of commons today. people realise this by—election is very, very important because labour really needs to hold onto it. ukip desperately wants to

win it. i wonder what sir stanley matthews would make of it and whether or not they will be putting up whether or not they will be putting upa whether or not they will be putting up a statue to peter crouch doing the robot after his 100th league goal last night. the man in the know is with us now. how are people going to vote, do you think? is brexit the beak issue? labour would like the nhs and local issues to be the big issue but quite clearly, on the doorstep, brexit is still the number one issue and the ukip candidate will make that the number one issue throughout. i first covered an election 25 years ago. this was as safe a labour seat as you could get. 20 years ago, this had a 20,000 labour majority. could ukip take their seat or is it beyond their reach? it was 5000 in it last time. no, it is not without their reach.

it is quite conceivable. at the moment, they are calling it neck and neck and labour are worried. so, the bookies are normally quite good on these things. paul hanley has even got a shop —— the uk independence party candidate has even got a shop with banners up here, but it had a very low turnout. 4996. it also had a low turnout for brexit. i would say the turnout will be even lower because it is always low in the by—elections. i would say that labour need to get their core vote out. stoke on trent is one of those many cities across the north of england that has had a rare deal for quite a long time. all the best

investment goes elsewhere, if you don‘t mind me saying so, to the south—east, birmingham, manchester, wales, scotland. places like stoke get nothing. labour was in powerfor 13 years, it didn‘t do much for stoke—on—trent. do you think it is suffering because of that?|j stoke—on—trent. do you think it is suffering because of that? i think so. suffering because of that? i think so. there is a certain disquiet because of that. they are prepared to vote ukip here, as we have seen. they genuinely feel that if the conservatives are in power, they get nothing. even when the labour party are in power, they are seen such a safe seat that they don't have to bother with the stoke—on—trent baiters. there is a great of resentment, especially with candidates being pa rachuted resentment, especially with candidates being parachuted into stoke—on—trent. a local man this time. maybe that will make a difference. of course, there are other parties standing. ten in total and all the details are on our website. the conservatives and

liberal democrats will fancy their chances as well. the lib dems used to finish second here before they we re to finish second here before they were wiped out in 2010. nick has told me he does not want to predict how it‘s going to go because he is a political expert and he keeps getting it wrong. perhaps this time he will hazard a guess and maybe get it right. ina it right. in a moment, we will have a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines. the bbc understands that a deal to end the aslef dispute over driver—only trains on southern railway will be announced this afternoon. the government formally set out a strategy believing the european union as it sets out its white paper. the bank of england says the economy will grow by 2% this year — more than twice as fast as it had previously forecast. it warns that higher inflation could hit households. as you‘ve just been hearing,

the bank of england governor mark carney has upgraded economic growth forecasts for 2017 to 2%. it is also keeping interest rates steady at 0.25%. growth has remained resilient since the referendum, with the uk reporting the highest rate in the g-7 reporting the highest rate in the g—7 last year. a us court has ordered facebook and other defendants to pay £395 million after finding they unlawfully used a firm‘s virtual reality technology. it reported that it was well on its way to 2 billion users last night. its profits were up by 177%. the chief executive of germany‘s leading stock exchange is being investigated by prosecutors over the purchase of shares in the company — just weeks before it began merger talks with the london stock exchange. deutsche boerse say the shares were part of an incentive scheme and they are cooperating with the authorities.

the share price rose significantly shortly after the shares were bought. a public consultation begins today on the government‘s plans for a new runway at heathrow. for the airport to have that third runway, the department for transport says it must provide support for communities affected by the expansion, ban flights for six and a half hours during the night and pay above market value for homes that will have to be demolished. issues for anti—heathrow campaigners include noise and air pollution. sarah is mp for richmond park and north kingston. she is against the building of the third runway. clearly your constituents are concerned about noise pollution, but do their concerns trump those of the wider economy, particularly with brexit looming. surely more investment should be more important? 0bviously investment should be more important? obviously is not just

investment should be more important? obviously is notjust about noise pollution. that‘s a busy very important but there‘s also a pollution, which is an issue for people across london and the south—east. there‘s also the wider climate change considerations, but also we just climate change considerations, but also wejust don‘t climate change considerations, but also we just don‘t think that this is the right runway at this time. we don‘t think the economic case stacks up don‘t think the economic case stacks up either. in terms of your concerns, so things like pollution and traffic, for example, the department for transport were quite clear about their assurances about what they would do if they built that third runway. that's right. they said that heathrow had to commit to being able to maintain current air quality targets and they also had to make a commitment that road traffic would not increase any more than it is today. but it‘s my argument that i don‘t actually think heathrow will be able to meet those targets. it won‘t be able to meet air quality targets and without significant investment in roads and rail service access links, which they have not given any detail on

how those will be funded, they won‘t do that. they have said they will invest in rail. what transport for london is saying that —— is that they will need billions to improve infrastructure at heathrow have only allocated one billion and chris grayling will not say where the money is coming from. it has been proven that this will increase global links. why are you not convinced? there have been a couple of reasons. what we would like to see is not more investment in the south—east but more investment in the midlands and the north. that is where we need more investment and our concern is that by developing a third runway at heathrow, it will have the reverse effect. we are looking at having to invest quite a lot of taxpayers moneyjust looking at having to invest quite a lot of taxpayers money just to increase the road and rail links to heathrow, but also it will pull

business away from regional airports like birmingham, manchester and further north. thank you very much. here‘s a look at some other stories we‘re following today. six airports — belfast, liverpool, newquay, humberside, prestwick and durham tees valley — could be added to heathrow‘s network by 2030. that‘s the current suggestion from the department of transport if heathrow‘s third runway is approved. as it stands, eight uk airports have links with heathrow but ministers want to expand domestic connections. sales at astrazeneca fell 13% in the fourth quarter after the drug—maker‘s cholesterol treatment crestor lost patent protection in the us. the company has been cutting costs so it can devote more resources to cancer drugs. and staying with pharma — consumer goods giant reckitt benckiser — maker of brands like nurofen and durex — has confirmed it is in "advanced negotiations" to acquire baby formula maker mead johnson nutrition for about £13 bn. and vodafone, the world‘s second

biggest mobile phone group, said it would come in at the "lower end" of its profits guidance for the full year in the face of tougher competition markets — shares in reckitt benkiser rose after it announced that bid for mead johnson. they rose about 4.6%. also shares in royal dutch shell were up by about 1.5% after the oil let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at the weather now. rita, thank you very much indeed. quite a lot going on, with a big patch of low pressure. we are keeping a close eye on these pockets of cloud which are developing weather systems and they have got quite a way to run before they come into play in our weather. that‘s where there is a bit of uncertainty but in the shorter term, this is what some of you have had to endure across the western parts of the british isles and i suspect that the next two or three hours, we will

still be looking at gusts of wind at 50 or 60 mph. some heavy pulses of rain thrown in for good measure as well. further to the east, it isn‘t all doom all gloom. some spells of sunshine. but there are little islands of cloud producing some rain here. it is not cloud cover —— cold, where ever you are spending the rest of the afternoon. there will still be risks of shabby bursts through this evening, especially through western parts and not a particularly cold night, despite the gaps in cloud. that offers the prospect of a lovely start to friday for many of us. yes, increasingly wet and windy as the first of those atlantic systems begins to come in across the western end of the channel. but, in between those two areas, it stays dry and bright for a good part of

the day. but, and it is a significant but as we drift to the south—west, here, late on, we could see gift —— gusts of up to 50 or 60 mph and as it develops, we could be looking at 60 to 70 mph, sending those winds through the channel. three saturday, we push the low pressure further north, taking the west of the windy weather into scotland, may be flirting with northern ireland as well. another system giving potential rain across this south—eastern quarter, but don‘t take that as gospel because thatis don‘t take that as gospel because that is where the uncertainty creeps in. it may be that having bumped into east anglia, that low pressure then takes its wet and windy weather into the east of scotland. the game, not sure how far that will come in. but for many of you, a decent sunday. another low pressure is then due injust a pep up the chances of

seeing showery rain. quite a lot going on. if you want to make plans, the latest is on the bbc weather website or i will be here in the next hour. and this is bbc news. the headlines at three: an independent and truly global united kingdom — the brexit secretary, david davis, outlines the government‘s strategy for leaving the eu. whatever the outcome of our negotiations, we seek a more outward looking and sarah uk that works for everyone. “ a looking and sarah uk that works for everyone. -- a fairy uk. the bbc understands that a deal to end part of the dispute which has caused misery for passengers on southern rail appears to have been reached. carly lovett — the 24 year—old shot dead during the tunisian beach terror attack — an inquest hears how her fiance tried to save her life. in the next hour, president donald trump says america is going to do

things differently from now on, as he tackles terrorism. it's time we are going to be a little tough, folks.