at least nine of the local mps, both labour and tory, have come out against the proposals. today's white paper demands councils come up with realistic plans for delivering the houses their area needs. four this side and four that side. but these campaigners don't think greater manchester's plan is realistic in the slightest. the campaign to save bury‘s green belt is adamant the proposal to turn farmland into a new residential community is based on faulty logic. i know we need housing, but use the brownfield first. there's 11,000 empty homes in greater manchester, get them filled up and then start looking at greenfield. but those looking to restore greater manchester's industrial greatness say it can't grow unless it builds. we are not in the business of tearing up the green belt. we believe we have looked at the brownfield land supply all across the conurbation and that we cannot accommodate our growth without taking a small part of green land into account as part of the future development of the city region.

and people like gerard saint—etienne, who struggles to pay his rent — never mind get on greater manchester's housing ladder, says a realistic plan from his point of view means an affordable home in a prosperous city. i'd like to see them put people before profit, so i'd like it to be more attainable for the working man because it seems to be like the working man has been pushed aside. the government says affordability is at the heart of its strategy, both with homes for rent and to buy, but will developers deliver? we know that greater manchester needs around about 4,800 new affordable homes every year. in the past the area has been delivering around 2,000 so we know there is a big demand for affordable housing out there. as an industry, we are keen to meet that demand through appropriate development. today's white paper promises radical action to mend england's broken housing market, but when it comes to a realistic plan to deliver enough affordable homes where people want to live, there are questions as to whether that can be done

without some development on the green belt. now central government has decided to dodge that fight, but here in greater manchester it's game on. they are going ballistic. they just won't accept it. in high lane near stockport, locals are preparing for battle, determined to halt plans for new houses in their village. people think you are nimbys, you know that? they can think whatever they want. we're not nimbys, we're not opposed to new housing, but we need it to be done in a balanced and structured way and using brownfield sites first. but you don't want it in your back yard. no, i'm not saying we don't want new houses in high lane, we do, but we don't want mass development. so, who will decide who's right? the question at the heart of today's housing plan is whether it changes the balance of power between development and local opposition. mark easton, bbc news, greater manchester. joining me now is gavin smart, the deputy chief executive of the chartered institute of housing this is part of the problem of these

white papers, they look great but in practice they are difficult to implement. and not just practice they are difficult to implement. and notjust business and local councils but it was well, opposition and need. exactly. i think there is quite a lot to welcome in the white paper today because it marks a shift in government policy. the shift from measures that concentrated just on demand to looking to do more to push up demand to looking to do more to push up the demand to looking to do more to push he supply, demand to looking to do more to push up the supply, towards recognising we to think about homes for rent as well as for people to own. it is also important because the white paper is clear that in order to get the numbers we need to build, we need a greater diversity of provision including looking at smaller and medium builders. after local authorities, we have not seen much of that in recent years. so

getting a house built on the ground in reality can be tricky but there is quite a lot to welcome in the white paper. is going to work because we had announcements from governments of war and the emphasis has been on home ownership. this is about renting as well. how different is it and how likely is it to work? it isa is it and how likely is it to work? it is a step in the right direction and there is always a challenge of delivery. a lot of the tools the government wants are in place in the white paper and there is a challenge around delivery of affordable housing because that requires government investment. i hope that the measures we see in the white paper are matched then by decisions in the budget around further investment. the government has already put money into affordable housing but we need more building. the proof of the pudding in terms of getting housing delivery on the ground is also going to be whether

the new planning measures that require local authorities to make sure they have requirements on private developers to build the homes they say they're going to build and ben requirements on local authorities to deliver, the degree to which those policies actually bit and make sure hams get built is going to important. so anyone watching at home might be thinking does this mean that i can now afford a home, is the white paper are going to work for me? i think the answer is it will improve affordability in the end but one of the challenges around trying to deal with housing market problem that has been a0 yea rs market problem that has been a0 years in the making is that it is going to take some time to get the volume of new homes we need to be building going and even longerfor the increase in supply to be reflected in changes in rent and house prices. so i think if the measures are successful we will see volumes of homes being built in cruising at overtime prices

reducing. but that is not going to happen straightaway and the government in fact accept that in its white paper. and they are now carrying out a series of measures to help people access the housing market while the situation improves. and what about those who are always going to be renting, what difference will they see? well that is something we have been keen to talk to the government about because we know home ownership is about 60, 6a% of the population, and there is room for further action of the population, and there is room forfurther action to of the population, and there is room for further action to make sure we're building the kind of affordable homes we need for people who are going to be renting in the longer term. that means taking forward those proposals in the white paper that are not yet fully fleshed out about local authorities building more, carry on the work already done with housing associations. and for those renting privately, there more work to do to look at what we can do

make sure the quality of those homes is as good as it can be. at the moment it is too variable. thank you. tax rises and spending cuts are set to continue into the next decade according to leading economists at the institute for fiscal studies. the amount of government income raised through tax is now at its highest level in 30 years. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity has more details. after having a 10% real terms cut in public service spending we've still got a deficit which is one of the highest it's been for the last 60 years. so it hasn't really helped, the national debt is still growing. the deficit is of course spending beyond our income, the government spends more than it gets in taxes, and that happens most of the time with most countries. but we've been trying to reduce the deficit, it's been the central economic policy, not with much success. and yet we are told after seven years of that it is another seven years of that. it is seven years of famine and seven years of famine. more than half of 10 to 12

year—olds who use social media now share selfies, according to a survey for the bbc‘s newsround. a fifth said that seeing images of celebrities online made them feel anxious about how they look; and many said they didn't like it when their parents posted images of them online. newsround's ricky boleto reports. with cameras in our phones and tablets, there's nothing easier than snapping a selfie. let me take a selfie! looking good, being creative and having fun. you get likes and you get nice comments. you need to get your good side. you need to have it high. i put it in and turn it so it looks at an angle. good lighting. ijust put my hand up to the side and take a picture. the high angle and the tanned filter. we all like to look good. but how important is it to look good in a selfie that we share? well, more than four out of five say it is.

but what happens when it isn't just good fun? sometimes people get more likes than you, and you may get a little bit jealous. there is a little bit of pressure. if you post like a really bad picture, people wouldn't like you. celebrities, they do stuff and, like, they wear lots and lots of make—up, and it makes us like feel like we have to do that to look good. i think selfies are a bit of fun, because, i mean, what do you do when you're bored? when i take a picture, i take about five before i pick the one, and then i post it. when i take a picture i take about three before i post one. i make it like it doesn't show your spots. in real life, it's more... you can see everything. but on the picture it blurs out some of the things that you can blur out. spots and stuff like that. most of you take around four selfies before you find one you'd like to post. and then most of you edit them with filters or cropping.

but is it possible to worry too much about how you look? young people feel a massive sense of pressure of making themselves look perfect. but the problem is that the pictures that they are looking at of other people's lives are edited. so you're comparing yourself with something that isn't real. selfies are meant to be a bit of fun between you and your mates. but when it stops being fun, you need to take a step back. you don't need to be self—conscious of yourself, because you look good the way you are. always keep your account on private. don't be bothered if anyone doesn't like what you posted. just be yourself. just do it for a laugh, really. like, don't take it serious at all. ia—year—old indoor skydiver kyra poh has been crowned the "world's fastest flyer" in one of the sport's biggest competitions. she competed alongside 200 indoor skydivers at the wind games held in catalonia in spain at the weekend. kyra was not only among the few

females who took part, but she was also one of the youngest. i really want to have a go at that! just looks brilliant. not too sure i would look good in the suit! a police camera in the united states has caught the moment that a meteor, travelling at more than a5,000 miles an hour, tore across the sky. people across four mid—western states saw the spectacular display, which turned the sky green in the early hours of the morning. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather now. the weather is certainly going to be better this evening compared to what we had yesterday. in fact some clearer skies today across the west

of the uk and some frost. but not the case for everyone, we still have some wind and rain flirting with the eastern counties of the uk and a few showers occurring across the south west of the country. they will continue at least for a time into tonight. some western air is getting some mist and fog patches and some frost as well. —— western areas. so for the rush—hour looking quite across cornwall, devon, somerset, wiltshire and most of wales. then thetl arr—fr all we -leasant. -- eeri; pleasant. == eastern feeling very pleasant. —— eastern scotland. the frost across more western areas, northern ireland and the western isles. then on wednesday

again remaining cloudy, and that is the date when we begin to see that whether changing. transitioning into something a little bit colder. those cold easterly winds beginning to set in. temperatures will be dropping away. 0nly in. temperatures will be dropping away. only three degrees in norwich. still some sunshine and perhaps temperatures of around seven, 9 degrees across western areas. then through wednesday evening we see some frost again, so thirsty morning is frosty across parts of the uk and then the colder air well and truly establishes itself across the uk for thursday. so wind, temperatures dropping into low single figures for most of us. and that cold just becomes more apparent through the course of friday until we get some wintry showers. initially across yorkshire, maybe the north east of

england, eastern scotland and only around three degrees there. so for the end of the week, a cold easterly wind, rather cloudy and occasional snow showers. this is bbc news — the headlines at eight: the government has defeated an amendment to the final draft brexit agreement before it's put to the european parliament. it could have sent the prime minister row back to the negotiating table. as us government lawyers head to the courts to try an re—impose trump's travel ban — the secretary of homeland security says no more countries will be added to the banned list. a10 minute appointment with your gp — how the uk has some of the shortest doctors appointment times in europe. the royal marine convicted of murdering an injured afghan fighter begins his appeal — the court hears new psychiatric evidence. also in the next hour, fixing england's broken housing market — the government promises to build a million new homes by 2020 and plans for a helping hand at one online supermarket —

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