this is bbc news. the headlines at 11.00: the chancellor phillip hammond rejects calls for "huge spending sprees" ahead of his first post—brexit budget on wednesday. as we embark on the journey that we will be taking over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. president trump is urged to provide evidence supporting his claim that barack obama ordered to tap his phones during the election campaign. china decides to cut its growth target for this year after its economy expands at its slowest pace in 26 years. also in the next hour — remembering those who died on d—day. a memorial will be built in honour of the thousands of british soldiers and sailors killed on the normandy beaches. and in boxing, tony bellew, upsets the odds by beating david haye, in a thrilling heavyweight contest in london. and the dateline panel analyses donald trump's claim the us economy is booming and asks about those contacts with russia?

that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said he wants to maintain fiscal discipline and reduce borrowing in his budget on wednesday. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show he argued that "there needs to be reserves in the tank". but the shadow chancellor said that if the economy grew at a faster rate, more money should be invested in public services. susana mendonca said he has made it clear he doesn't want

to go on any spending spree. wants to go on any spending spree. wants to make sure there is enough money to make sure there is enough money to give him the flexibility in dealing with any uncertainty with brexit. when people ask him to spend more on social care, there was no movement on that when he spoke to andrew marr earlier. he was keeping his cards close to his chest, but we don't expect him to be spending a great deal of money on wednesday. we are spending over £50 billion a year just paying interest on our debt. that is more than we spend on overseas aid and defence together. this isn't money in a pot. what is being speculated on is whether we might not have borrowed quite as much as we were forecast to borrow and we will see the actual numbers on wednesday. andrew, if your bank increases your credit card limit, you don't feel obliged to spend every last penny of it immediately.

it depends on your temperament. my job is to ensure our economy is resilience, we have reserves in the tank so when we embark on the journey we take over the next couple of years, we are confident we have enough gas in the tank to see us through the journey. we heard how he doesn't want to spend every penny. but labour's john doesn't want to spend every penny. but labour'sjohn mcdonnell wants to more spending, on the issue of pay rises he said public sector workers should receive a pay rise. their pay has been frozen for many years and that should no longer be the case. philip hammond, when he was asked about pay rises, made the point the government has brought in the national living wage, which has helped people at the lowest end. the john mcdonnell‘s view is people should have pay rises and there should have pay rises and there should be agender pay parity. in terms of how he would pay for these

things, he has talked about tackling tax evasion and tax avoidance, another area labour want to see more spending on is the nhs. they don't accept the government's point of view, that they have put enough money into the nhs. we are the only economy in europe that is growing while wages are falling. it is clear what we have to do. people need a pay rise. there is a squeeze on living standards and there should be a real living wage, £10 an hour. we need to help with costs, bringing the rail into public ownership, and we need to address the difference between men and women. we still have a gender pay gap in this country which is scandalous. all those things can come about if we have a fair taxation system. we can tackle tax evasion and tax avoidance, which is on an industrial scale in this country. and tax cuts to the rich

and corporations, invest and grow the economy. it is not rocket science, it is basic economics. so that wasjohn science, it is basic economics. so that was john mcdonnell‘s take. science, it is basic economics. so that wasjohn mcdonnell‘s take. on wednesday we will get a clear idea of what the chancellor is planning, but no big giveaways. barack obama has dismissed accusations by president trump that he ordered phones at trump tower in new york to be tapped during last year's us election. in a series of messages on social media, donald trump compared the alleged bugging to the watergate scandal, as our north america correspondent, nick byra nt reports. it was warm handshakes on inauguration day. two men, fiercely hostile during the election campaign coming together in a show of presidential and personal civility. but early this morning, donald trump launched the kind of public attack

ona launched the kind of public attack on a predecessor, that in modern times is without precedent. terrible, he wrote on twitter. just found out ba rack terrible, he wrote on twitter. just found out barack obama had my wires tapped in trump towerjust before the victory. nothing found. how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process? this is nixon, sick guy. i rally outside his trump tower and made these explosive accusations about offering any proof oi’ accusations about offering any proof or saying whether they came from intelligence briefings or reading reports on a right—wing website. a key former aide of barack obama has shot back at mr trump. no president could order a wiretap, but these restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you. during last year's campaign,

the fbi opened an investigation that is still ongoing, looking into links of trump associates and the russians. the attorney general has faced calls for his resignation for not disclosing meetings he held with the russian ambassador. and michael flynn, the national security adviser had to resign because of meetings with the same ambassador. donald trump began this week with a speech on capitol hill which was supposed to reset his presidency. but this is a speedy return to the kind of angry attacks that many think are far from presidential. china's premier has predicted the county's economic growth will slow this year. speaking at the annual national people's congress in beijing, mr li attributed the slow down to global free—trade reforms and also promised to tackle pollution, saying "we'll make the skies blue again". john sudworth reports from beijing. chairman mao would still recognise

china's parliament. the chinese premier set the growth forecast for this year at around 6.5%, a slight softening of last yea r‘s 6.5%, a slight softening of last year's target. potential risks cannot be overlooked, he said, warning reforming china's economy is a process filled with promise, but also accompanied by great pain. he spoke of the need to combat industrial overcapacity and the reform what he called zombie enterprises, the bloated state—owned sector, producing more coal and

steel than the market needs. similar pledges in the past have proved hard to fulfil. he pledged to make china's sky is blue again, outlining further targets for emissions cuts. once again, these promises have been made before. in theory, the people's congress is china's supreme decision—making body. in practice, it is little more than a rubber—stamp parliament. china's parliament has very little control over the issues of state, the big political and economic decisions that are being made weeks in advance by the communist party leaders behind closed doors. it is telling that the biggest applause in the hall today was reserved for a small policy detail that mayjust save eve ryo ne policy detail that mayjust save everyone of the 3000 assembled delegates a bit of money off their phone bill. the scrapping of the national mobile roaming rates. mr li

also warned against growing protectionism, a thinly veiled policies to the new us president perhaps, and a reminder that as well as the economic risks at home, china is facing challenges on the international stage also. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie. so, those economic figures and the reduction in emissions of toxic gases into the air, the pledged to keep the sky is blue, those things mentioned injohn‘s keep the sky is blue, those things mentioned in john's peace. keep the sky is blue, those things mentioned injohn‘s peace. but between the lines, it is important to remember there is a lot of uncertainty over the international environment and the elephant in the room in the congress today was donald trump. he wasn't mentioned. but the threat from the united states under the trump presidency to

confront china over the trade imbalance between these two mighty trading nations, that could really throw all the best laid plans of the chinese communist leaders of. did you get that sense today, our people concerned or you get that sense today, our people concerned oi’ are you get that sense today, our people concerned or are they watching closely? as you got the sense from john, it is very theatrical, the opening session. everybody does exactly what they have been told to do. they will file in in their various ethnic minority costumes, smile for the cameras, page by page. you don't get the sense of a lot of concern behind the scenes, but over the coming days, if we get a chance to sidle up to delegates in corners which are less observed, we might get more of those conversations. i talked to a few of the public

outside when i was waiting in tiananmen square earlier, i was asking what they were concerned about and people looked at me blankly, they paid no attention to the national people's congress because it feels divorced from their lives. others did say, i am interested in whether they reduced the marriage age to 18. someone else said, iam interested in what the marriage age to 18. someone else said, i am interested in what they will do with auroral taxation. there are some pieces where people are interested in things where it touches their lives. but the public is getting on with its life and going about their day. can we read into the fact that the country is facing grave challenges in transforming its economy, the recognition that there are difficulties perhaps a head?” recognition that there are difficulties perhaps a head? i have to say, that language is the language of the last few years.

every year, premier li comes up with phrases that suggest that. this year, his rhetoricalflourish was phrases that suggest that. this year, his rhetorical flourish was to say the chinese economy was a butterfly, painfully emerging from a chrysalis. the sense they are trying to transform their economy from an old heavy industrial exports and investment driven economy, into something more consumer driven, much more green. the last time i was listening to him, he was expressing the same idea saying, we are not just making little incisions, we are taking a knife to our flesh. so the sense this is a difficult transformation for china has been in the language for a few years so i wouldn't read too much into that. but they are failing to grapple with some of the fundamental economic challenges they face here. the reason for that is to get rid of

those huge state giants, the steel plants, the cement factories and so on, which employ enormous numbers of people, it creates a problem over jobs. where are the jobs coming from for these people, if they don't find jobs, they become socially a problem and the political problem. it is one of the things holding back necessary reform here. the wife of the embattled french presidential candidate, francois fillon, says that the work she carried out for him was real and that she wants him to continue his campaign. penelope fillon‘s remarks are her first public response since allegations surfaced that mr fillon had paid her for work she didn't do. mr fillon will try to bolster his campaign at a rally in paris later. the energy company sse has apologised after some customers were quoted tens of thousands of pounds for a day's gas and electricity. malfunctioning smart meters hugely overestimating usage. the company has said no customers will be charged

for the erroneous amounts. a service will be held today in belgium as part of events to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the zeebrugge disaster, in which almost 200 people lost their lives. the herald of free enterprise ferry was bound for dover when it capsized just 100 yards off shore, after water flooded in through an open door. the headlines on bbc news: the chancellor, phillip hammond, has set the tone for this week's budget by dismissing calls to increase government borrowing. president trump has been urged to back up his allegation that his predecessor, barack obama, ordered his phones to be tapped during the election campaign. china has cut its growth target to 6.5%. the chinese premier told the opening session of parliament in beijing that the country was facing grave challenges in transforming its economy. let's get the sport now.

tony bellew has told the bbc he asked david haye and his corner to stop the fight on his way to an 11th round stoppage at the 02 arena last night. haye damaged his achilles, and was knocked down in the 6th round, but carried on despite the injury. haye was the firm favourite coming into the fight, but after the injury he could only really throw a left. bellew punched haye through the ropes in the 11th, and his corner decided enough was enough. this morning bellew has said he broke his right hand in the third round, and is proud of what he achived. i've just done what wladimir klitschko couldn't do. i've just done what the biggest heavyweight that's ever lived, heavyweight champion that's ever lived, in nikolai valuev, couldn't do. tonight i claimed my glory. he was hurt, he was genuinely hurt. he was in a bad way. so i carried him and his weight... believe you me, i carried him. his weight was on me. he's a heavy man!

i felt the weight of that 16 stone as i carried him. so, you know, he's tried to break me, but it's all water under the bridge. we shook hands. i'm happy i've come through tonight, i'm happy we both go home safe and i'm happy i've come to this arena again. you know what, tonight i've taken the glory like i said i would. he will be hoping for some glory for his beloved red everton. they take on tottenham white hart lane. spurs are looking to keep the pressure up on the leaders chelsea who play tomorrow. it will be a very competitive game for us. keep fighting, to try to be, try to reduce the gap on chelsea. but it will be tough, the game.

tottenham is one of the best teams, they are really strong at home. we know. but ok, it is a challenge. to play against a strong team at home. be ourselves and then get a good result. that is the first premier league game of the day. manchester city are looking to consolidate their place in the top four. in the scottish cup, celtic are against st mirren at lunchtime and that is followed by aberdeen against partick thistle. england's women snatched a dramatic victory over the world champions usa in their second match of the she believes cup in newjersey. the only goal of the game came in the 89th minute, lucy bronze's strike was almost enough — that came back off the bar but substitute ellen white followed up to score, and keep alive the lionesses hopes in the tournament. it shows how much we have developed

in the last three years with mark. how well we can progress moving forward. we have been the number one in the world, that has to speak volumes. we are really proud of that but we don't want to stop there, we wa nt to but we don't want to stop there, we want to move forward keep progressing, keep performing well and move up those rankings. we are very proud of that and hopefully that can continue. laura muir will be looking to make it a european double this afternoon at the european indoor championships in belgrade. she's competing in the 3000metres later, a day after she won 1500 metre gold. muir continued her fantastic season, taking gold and setting a new british record in the process. oh, fantastic. i mean, i'm just so happy! it feels like a long time coming to win a medal and i'm so happy. to take kelly holmes' british record, was that the plan too? no!

ijust wanted to run a quick race, but i never envisaged to do that. so, yeah, this is brilliant. the success continued in the men's 60 metres sprint with richard kilty defending his title. fellow briton theo etienne, making his senior debut, finished in fifth. there were three golds on saturday for britain at the world para—cycling championships in los angeles. james ball and his pilot matt rotherham won the tandem kilometre time trial. jon gildea also took a world title in the c5 individual pursuit. and earlier gb women tandems claimed a clean sweep of medals in the time trial with sophie thornhill winning gold with corrine hall. aileen mcglynn and alison patrick won silver and bronze respectively. la has been good to us. it has been great. we came here concentrating on the pursuit and to come where we did was unbelievable. really happy.

we came here not really knowing what we could do. for me to come away with the kilo world title, i never dreamt of that as an endurance rider, so it has been a good day today. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. let's get more on the budget now.. and 500 million pounds of additional funding will be made available to help improve training for teenagers in england in industries such as engineering and manufacturing. philip hammond will announce the plan as part of the biggest shake up of further education in seventy years. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. making cars is a precision business. employers say more high—level, technical skills are needed, not just in manufacturing, but across the world of work. in the budget this week, they will get a promise of support, extra money to back a shake—up in technical education — the biggest seen in england in a generation. 15 new routes into work from training, all including maths, english and digital skills.

employers say it is welcome and should help more young people into better paid jobs. it is really, really important that those providing these courses, like colleges, are working closely with businesses in every local area to make sure the courses put on match whatjobs are available in the local area because that is how young people will get the best pathways into skilled work. the chancellor is expected to promise £500 million a year by 2022—23 — that is when 15 new technical training routes will be in place. but further education has seen a 7% real terms cut per student in the last five years. many colleges in england are facing tough financial times and spending on technical education has not grown as fast as in schools. the uk has fallen behind other countries. the hope is more young people with high—level skills. but there is a lot of catching up to do at a time when being competitive is more important than ever.

branwen jeffreys, bbc news. a memorial is to be built close to the beaches of the d—day landings in northern france to honour the thousands of british soldiers and sailors who died during the operation in 19114. the government has donated £20 million towards the cost of the monument, which will be unveiled on the 75th anniversary of d—day in 2019, as robert hall explains. newsreel: this is it. they are on the beach. it was the largest operation of its kind ever mounted. injune, 19114, an estimated 21,000 members of the british armed forces and merchant navy lost their lives as they fought alongside their allies to gain a foothold in occupied europe. in the 70 years since the landings, veterans have returned to the normandy beaches to remember the fallen, but there is no permanent memorial to the friends they lost. injune, 2014, the normandy veterans

association gathered to watch their standard lowered for the last time on the seafront. as their numbers dwindled, the decision has been taken to disband. but individuals continue to make the journey. george was 18 when he landed on gold beach. the secretary of the normandy veterans association he campaigned for a single monument all british casualties on d—day. now veterans have been told the government will contribute £20 million towards a new memorial. it will be erected in one of the french seaside towns that saw fierce fighting and it will bear the names of british soldiers, sailors and air crew come up but also allied troops sailors and air crew, but also allied troops who landed with them. the hope is that further funds can

be raised towards an interpretation centre, telling the d—day story to future generations. surviving veterans are delighted their campaign has been rewarded. they and the government want the memorial to be completed in time for the 75th anniversary of the landings, injune, 2019. in the south african township of khayelitsha close to cape town, a local psychology graduate has started taking the fight against mental illness to the streets — in a brightly coloured van. andreas mphunga believes that too many young people have undiagnosed mental issues and lack access to counselling. young kids, as young as eight, nine, they grow up seeing terrible stuff, whether it is someone being mugged,

someone being shot or stabbed. violence taking place in their own households. this is my mobile consultation room. this brings services to that kid in the township that comes from a family who cannot afford the services of a psychologist or a registered counsellor like myself. the kids, when the vehicle passes by, they see this funky looking van and they realise it is actually a psychology clinic. it is an innovative way of providing a service, so it is more attractive to them than having to go and sit in my office and talk to me. i have this young guy who just jumped in. he would like to talk,

but because of confidentiality, you cannot come in. my my hope is any kids growing up in any township, the exposure to su bsta nces any township, the exposure to substances abuse, peer pressure and any traumas they experience, c and observed each and every day, that might set them back from achieving some of the dreams they would love to achieve for the betterment of the community. providing this service for free, community. providing this service forfree, i community. providing this service for free, i would community. providing this service forfree, i would love community. providing this service for free, i would love to see a young person from the townships succeed and go against all the odds and become a role model for the next generation. no matter what happens,

we are going to keep this a mobile unit going through cape town and south africa. let's get the weather. we have a case of four seasons in one day. rain and snow around. a band of rain and hill snow over parts of wales, into the midlands and northern england. it will be great and and northern england. it will be greatand damp and northern england. it will be great and damp through the afternoon. to the south, sunshine and blustery showers. gales around the south—west for a time. fresher further north but it is an improving story for scotla nd further north but it is an improving story for scotland and northern ireland with showers easing away. lighter winds. overnight, most ireland with showers easing away. lighterwinds. overnight, most of the cloud and wet weather moves towards the east so dry conditions, clearer skies and it will be chilly overnight. could be a touch of frost and some icy stretches in north and

mr patches bursting. perhaps a bit of hill snow across the south—west, but it clears away quickly and it is looking like not a bad day. compared to today, a lot of dry weather, sunshine and temperatures around seven to 11 degrees, lighter winds. but the unsettled story continues for much of the week ahead. hello, this is bbc news with me, maxine mawhinney. the headlines at 11:30am: the chancellor, phillip hammond, has dismissed as "reckless" calls for him to increase spending in his first budget on wednesday. barack obama has denied accusations by president trump that he ordered phones at trump tower in new york to be tapped during last year's us election. the chinese premier, has warned that the country's economy is facing a number of threats — and has announced