i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 10.00pm. mps vote by a huge majority to allow the government to begin the formal in local communities. meanwhile, the government has been accused of offering a ‘sweetheart deal‘ to a tory—led council, to help stop a 15% council tax rise to pay for social care. tara palmer tomkinson, the socialite and a friend of the royal family, has died at the age of a5. the parliamentary bill that gives the government the authority to begin the formal process of leaving the eu has easily passed its final hurdle in the house of commons. it was backed by a majority of 372, but more than 50 labour mps defied the three—line whip imposed by their leader, jeremy corbyn,

and voted against the legislation. they included the shadow business secretary, clive lewis, who has resigned from the frontbench. a short while ago i spoke to our correspondent eleanor garnier, who's been in the houses of parliament for us. a big day, a big moment. it is significant that got through the house of commons with the changes being made to it. there were more than a hundred pages of amendments that have been put down by mps who were unhappy about the way the mps ii ‘ii‘i’i ”ifrt a to the house a - to the house of they do not - a license to that they do not have a license to start messing around with the bill, putting their own amendments down on

it. we have reaction from a government source on this is said that if the house of lords don't wa nt to that if the house of lords don't want to face an overwhelming call for them to be abolished it must get on and pass this bill. it looks like to reason may has got this through she will tflflér article states. she will trigger article 50 within the timetable she set herself before the end of march. the end of talking about the labour party once again and whether or not it is divided. we knew that three shadow cabinet members had already resigned because they disagreed with what jeremy corbyn was asking his mps to do, and that was surprisingly to support the government. jeremy corbyn ordered his mps that they must trigger article 50. three

shadow cabinet members said they would not be able to do that so they resigned. we had a fourth resignation this evening, the shadow business secretary, clive lewis, who said it was with a heavy heart that he was resigning, but he had been elected to be the mp for norwich south to represent his constituents in westminster, not to represent westminster in his constituency. jeremy corbyn will have to work out who he will replace those members of his top team who have resigned. given that this is a clean bill, it will go through the lords are not a single amendment, does that make it less likely that the house of lords will fiddle with it? that is the argument being made by mps who have just filed out of the house of commons after that momentous vote. many of them are saying that the house of lords does not have the license to start fiddling with the bill. let me explain what will happen. now that the bill has passed through the

house of commons, there is half term next week to do pause in proceedings, then it goes to the house of lords where peers have the chance to scrutinise the bill, and they can go through it and try to change it. the majority in the house of commons was so big that really the house of lords, the peers would be really pushing their luck if they we re be really pushing their luck if they were going to try to mess around with that. that is the warning the government is putting out theresa may has said she unless... theresa may has said she wa nts to unless... theresa may has said she wants to trickle article 50 before the end of march. she needs this process to keep ticking along, otherwise i might start running for her. when she does trigger article 50, that means it is the start of the formal negotiations and she will have two years to negotiate with her counterpart in the eu to get the best deal that you can for the uk as it leaves the eu. that is why she

wa nts to it leaves the eu. that is why she wants to start negotiations before the end of march because that is the timetable she set herself. she will not want the house of lords to slow things down by taking up time debating amendments. this is a significant moment this evening. it looks like theresa may has had a pretty easy go at it. the bbc has uncovered fresh evidence of the length of time some medically fit patients have to remain in hospital, unable to go back to their own communities, because of a lack of support. half of acute hospitals in england, responded to a freedom of information request for details of their five longest delays, in discharging patients, over the last three years. 130 people spent a hundred days or more waiting to leave hospital, often because of a lack of suitable home or nursing care. the longest delay was actually 419 days for a patient in mid—yorkshire. no reason was given why the discharge took so long. and today a report by the government's spending watchdog, has warned that efforts to ease pressure on the nhs by better integrating health and social

care aren't working. ministers however say it's too soon to draw conclusions. our social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has been looking at the situation in north yorkshire. this is the road back to some sort of independence for 85—year—old eileen kirton. she's just spent more than a month in hospital after a stomach bug. i felt terrible. i couldn't describe it. how i felt. i wasn't eating and it took me all my time to drink because i was frightened. the danger was she would be stuck in an expensive hospital bed waiting for the care she needed to cope at home. i was isolated in a little room all by myself. i was very down. you know? i thought i'm never going to come out of here. but she was moved to this special flat with care on hand, without it she could have been in hospital for another fortnight. it is one way north yorkshire county council and the nhs locally are working together to ease pressures.

ifeel as if they are helping me to get my strength back. and i do feel better for it. i mean, iam never lonely. but north yorkshire is a large rural county with an ageing population. despite investing in new services like many authorities highlighted in today's national audit office report, the council is struggling with the sheer demand for care. and delays in getting people out of hospital have increased. there is a drive to get them out as soon as possible, but then you have to do that liaising with families, any community nurses or anyone that needs to be involved in that discharge, it can be quite hard to coordinate that care and find the care. the ambitions of the council plan

or all about better outcomes for all north yorkshire residents despite reductions in local government funding. it is north yorkshire councillors and officials who have to find the money to pay for a lot of that care. they are raising council tax, but this conservative and authority is adamant a long—term solution has to be found. i am too greatly disappointed that the government hasn't seen fit to provide genuinely new money when it is so desperately needed. seven years ago this council spent about a third of its budget on providing care and support for people who are older and disabled. but now the cost of adult social care is heading towards half of its budget, with demand still increasing. and that is at the heart of the problems they are wrestling with today. we will continue to plan ahead for the future. we will continue to prioritise social care. you have seen, we have done that. social care is a much bigger proportion of our budget. but it is probably the most worrying time in social care that i have

ever known in 20 years. and at each stage the care system is showing signs of the pressure. and of course we have got this evening's handover at 7:15pm. at this harrogate home care provider they are arranging support for new council funded clients. but on the wages they are able to pay it can be a struggle to compete and it is easier to be in one place. now, that might be a nursing home or it might be a supermarket. it is hard to compete with that. and i think the only thing, you know, carers are not paid enough, you know, for the service that they delivered daily. you know, they work long hours. hi, jenny, it's sue. how are you doing? and people like 62—year—old jenny dent rely on those care workers. she is partially paralysed with other complex conditions. the four visits she gets each day means she can remain at home. vital support which she says

needs recognising. value your carers, give them more money, give them more respect and provide more carers and adequate care for people who want to live in their own home. the government insists people are benefiting from health and care services working together and that more money is being invested. but change takes time and for those on the front line in the pressure is here now. alison holt, bbc news, north yorkshire. well, social care was also the focus of prime minister's questions today, with the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, confronting theresa may with leaked text messages. he accused her government of offering conservative—run surrey council a ‘sweetheart deal‘ in exchange for dropping plans for a council tax rise, to cover the cost of social care. here‘s our political editor laura kuennsberg. p. fpeflpp‘ pap? 3972422??sz ppp _. ppppp