this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11am. hurricane erma hits the west coast of florida, leaving at least three people dead and millions without power. i'm in downtown tampa and this is pretty much the height of hurricane irma. the eye isjust pretty much the height of hurricane irma. the eye is just to the east of us. rescue efforts are under way in cuba, hit by winds of up to 250 kilometres an hour. the un human rights chief warns myanmar‘s operation against rohingyan muslims is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. here, the government warns mps that voting against the brexit bill later would amount to backing a chaotic exit from the eu. also in the next hour, a big drop in the cost of offshore wind power. cheaper than electricity from

nuclear parfor cheaper than electricity from nuclear par for the first time, it is seen as a milestone in the advance renewable energy. and rafael nadal claims his sixteenth grand slam title as he wins the us open with straight—set win over kevin anderson. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. hurricane irma is continuing to wreak a trail of destruction across a swathe of the southern us state of florida. the storm has lost power but remains deadly — it has now travelled as far north as the city of tampa. at least three people have died in the destruction caused by winds of around 100 hundred miles an hour. the storm has now ended its path through the caribbean, carving a track through ten countries and territories including cuba, and killing

at least 28 people. these are some of the latest pictures from cuba's capital havana, much of which has been left underwater. power outages have left the city in darkness overnight. we'll shortly be speaking to 0xfam about the aid work they're doing there. irma has now travelled north to florida, first hitting the island of key west around yesterday evening. from there, the storm has headed north, crashing into tampa, which hasn't experienced a major hurricane in almost 100 hundred years. around three million people live in the area. 0n the way there, it passed through naples — these pictures were filmed as the so—called eyewall of the hurricane approached — where typically the most severe weather can occur. meanwhile across the state in miami, storm surges left much of the city underwater, as jane o'brien reports. miami may have dodged the eye of irma, but the city

was still inundated by water from the sea and sky. 0cean surges and torrential rain swamped the financial district. oh, my god. all day sunday, people were told to seek shelter from the hurricane—force winds. wind speeds here are still in excess of 90 miles per hour! and up here on the fourth floor balcony, they are more like 100 miles per hour. and just to give you an idea of the force of the impact of the combined rain and wind, take a look at this lake behind me. it has completely flooded. the water pushed up over the bank and is now approaching the car park. the florida keys took the first direct hit as irma strengthened to a category 4. a relief effort is under way to reach those who decided to stay. we have thousands of officers and officials on hand to rescue people as soon as it is safe.

but they cannot help you until the storm has passed. you need to stay in a safe place. irma is now sweeping over florida's west coast. president trump has promised every assistance and plans to visit the state later this week. tampa on the state's west coast has borne the brunt of the hurricane overnight. bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker is there, and sent this. we are we a re pretty we are pretty much now at the height of the storm. believe it or not, i'm being sheltered by some of the buildings here, so i'm not feeling the full force of the wind. i can't tell the strongest of the winds are further down the street, i can see trees lying down, i will certainly

not venture were the strongest error currents are blowing through. here you cannot see but in front of me is the hotel, so this is pretty bad but certainly not the worst. and one thing that we are certainly hearing is this occasional roar between the buildings, so you definitely cannot say that irma is roaring through downtown tampa. the storm has lost some intensity — it has now been downgraded to a category1 hurricane — but it remains deadly. here's matt baker from the bbc weather centre. this one storm has now generated more cyclonic energy than all the storms you normally get through hurricane season in the us. some of that energy has dissipated to devastating effect in the north of cuba as it passed on credit, taking

some of the sting out before it arrived in florida, but since then it has moved inland and north words. this is the energy source for storms and this is why it is starting to dissipate. we can show you the latest radar chart, the core of the storm is north west 0rlando latest radar chart, the core of the storm is north west orlando and most of the rain is ahead of that, spreading as far north as georgia. through the rest of monday and into tuesday, that storm moves north, decaying into a tropical storm, so the winds will ease, still potentially disruptive, could still drop 250 millimetres of rain before it fragments and breaks up into tuesday, but residents of florida and the bahamas are not of their guard yet because in the atlantic we still have another hurricane. it got close to barbuda at the weekend that

hurricane joselu could close to barbuda at the weekend that hurricanejoselu could pose another problem. it is set to do a loop to loop but then could head west and cause another major hurricane in the florida is during the week. the brunt of the storm is now in florida but much of the caribbean has been left damaged after irma four through ten countries. cu ba's left damaged after irma four through ten countries. cuba's president rau castro says recurrently —— recovering will be an immense challenge for the nation. he said the agriculture and power system had been badly affected. the storm caused flooding in havana. 0xfam is one of the agencies working in cuba, as well as in haiti and the dominican republic. let's speak now to ben phillips from 0xfam, who joins us from oxford. this is quite a challenge. yes, our

teams in cuba and haiti are working with local authorities to assess the impact because we are seeing reports that in some villages the majority of homes have been destroyed, so cuba has had a significant impact and we will be seeing how we can respond. clearly an assessment is needed but what is in your thinking about what some of the priorities will be? a large percent is about access to water, so a lot of electricity has been taken out, so we will make sure people have safe and clean water and are free of the risk of illnesses but can rebuild their lives. our other concern is people's homes, so we will look at how we can't support people shelters s0 how we can't support people shelters so they can have shelter and not be isolated. to get in things like clea n water isolated. to get in things like clean water and materials, how difficult is the situation on the

ground in terms of the infrastructure for receiving things? 0ne challenge in natural disasters is if roads have been badly affected and there buildings destroyed, it is harder to get to the communities affected but what 0xfam has in countries like cuba is stock ready s0 countries like cuba is stock ready so we can countries like cuba is stock ready so we can quickly provide water tanks, are kept so people can access water and food. presumably you are trying to seek out people who were the most vulnerable and prioritise those who need help. what is on that list of people you need to seek out? we will look but which ones have been made homeless versus those who haven't, by their communities specific elite vulnerable based on their incomes, have they had crops destroyed, so we will look at who is most impact and therefore decide who to assist. and the concern is the

progress of hurricanejoselu, following behind, and there is concern that that may hit again. largely with the hurricane that hit haiti, thousands of people were made homeless and that was a smaller hurricane than the one currently going through, so hurricanejoe tze, although it is a smaller hurricane, there is concern that this one could have more impact on people in haiti. thank you for speaking to us and we wish you well with your efforts. let's turn to other news. the un human rights chief says myanmar‘s operation against rohingyan muslims is a texbook example of ethnic cleansing. zeid ra'ad al—hussein attacked what he called the "brutal security operation" by myanmar security forces in rakhine province. the rohingya are fleeing violence following a military crackdown in which hundreds have died and entire villages burned to the ground. because myanmar has refused access

to human rights investigators, the current situation cannot yet be fully assessed but the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the myanmar government should stop pretending that the rohingya people are setting fire to their own homes and laying waste to their own villages. this denial of reality is doing great damage to the international standing of a government which until recently benefited from great goodwill. i call on the government to end its cruel military operation with accountability for all violations that have occurred and to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination against the rohingya population. bangladesh has said it is facing a massive challenge in providing shelter and humanitarian assistance

to some 300,000 rohingya muslim refugees who have escaped from myanmar. the bbc‘s sanjoy majumder is in the cox's bazar district of bangladesh, on the myanmar border. it has to be said that the relief operation can only be described as shambolic. there is no apparent coordination on the ground, things are becoming a free for all in places, a lot of people have to do with receiving aid from local charity groups. the big international agencies, the un agency, doctors without borders, the world food programme, are restricted to operating only in registered refugee camps and tens of thousands of people live outside those cams on the side of a road or hell, any space they can find, and the only aid they receive

is the occasional truck brought over bya is the occasional truck brought over by a local charity for private volu nteers by a local charity for private volunteers and i have seen situations where as soon as the truck comes by, surrounded by hundreds of people stretching out their arms for something to eat, and in the melee that follows, fights break out, it gets to a point where it is like a stampede. the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned mps that voting against the european union withdrawal bill later today would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. labour says it will oppose the bill, claiming it represents a "power grab" by ministers. mr davis said the british people "did not vote for confusion" in the referendum and urged mps to back the government's plans. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith has been watching things from westminster for us. norman. normally come with brexit

boat and you have panic stations in government because with their narrow majority there is concern about a tory rebellion but not today because ministers are almost certain to win tonight's big vote on the eu withdrawal bill because those tory mps who are critical of brexit have decided they will not vote against the government and night, because this vote is on the overall principle behind the bill, which involves transferring into british law that those in bits of eu law. they say they don't have a problem with the details so they will reserve their opposition for later, but at the same seek ministers say they have trouble with the detail of it. the powers this bill takes will be

scrutinised by parliament but we have been clear there is a discussion to be had with parliament about how this bill works, that should take place at the committee stage where you go through a bill line by line, but at second reading we are talking about whether this bill should go ahead and we think this is the only way that works to make sure there is certainty and continuity as we exit the eu. on the labour sidejeremy continuity as we exit the eu. on the labour side jeremy corbyn has instructed mps to vote against the bill because he says it gives too much power to the government to change eu legislation without having to consult parliament. this was the shadow brexit ministerjenny chapman. that doesn't mean to sayjust because you put the name withdraw at the top of a bill and you fill it with any old rubbish that we will support it.

obviously the tories are going to accuse us of being brexit betrayers and that but we have been very clear with the government about this, you don't need ministers to have sweeping powers to change primary legislation that theyjust don't like without virtually any justification to do brexit. it's not needed, so take those bits away and you have something that the labour party could support. but one of the interesting things is it's not just but one of the interesting things is it's notjust the tories accusing mr corbyn of being a brexit betrayer, some labour mps are anxious because they fear if labour votes against this bill, many labour voters who backed brexit will think the party is backing away from support for leaving the eu, so there are a number of labourmps leaving the eu, so there are a number of labour mps who will defy mr corbyn and will not vote against the bill, including the former

labour europe minister caroline flint. the principle of this bill, this legislation is to transfer you look into uk law, whoever is in government would have to have such a bill debated in parliament. i'm not giving unconditional support to this bill. i'm saying it should be amended but i'm giving it in good faith, i understand we have to have a bill like this taken through our parliament. i believe that is the best way ahead, i actually believe gives you a moral high ground to test the government and pushed the government to amend this bill but by saying you want to kill it at birth at the beginning of its passage through parliament, i think that sends the wrong message about our attitude to the result of 2016, and how we want to effectively ensure a smooth brexit. so there are divisions in both the main parties over brexit, but the vote turnout will not take place until midnight. the government has given more time to this debate because many mps want to take part

andi because many mps want to take part and i suspect that will become the way of things as more bills come forward. we will see a series of late—night knife edge votes so the government may be home and write a night but plenty of trouble ahead. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. hurricane irma hits the west coast of florida, leaving at least three people dead and millions without power. the un human rights chief warns myanmar‘s operation against rohingyan muslims is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the government warns mps that voting against the brexit bill later would amount to backing a chaotic exit from the eu. and in sport, the team sky principal

dave bra ilsford says and in sport, the team sky principal dave brailsford says chris froome must be regarded as one of cycling's greats after his tour de france victory this year. rafael nadal is the us open champion for the third time after a straight sets win over kevin anderson in new york over night. nadal is once again just three grand slam titles behind his great rival roger federer, who leads the way on 19. there were reports that frank dubber has left crystal palace after one of their war starts to a premier league season. there are reports that he has left the club. we will have an update on that and the rest of the sport at 11:30 am. figures just released by national grid have shown that the price paid for electricity from offshore wind farms has fallen by more than 50% in under five years. with me now is emma pinchbeck,

executive director at the trade association renewable uk. i was talking to you about how this all work and for lay people it is quite confusing but you say this is an exciting development, looking at that price of renewable energy. it's exciting to me but complex for even those of us in the energy sector but this is one of the options we hold to procure new energy capacity for the uk and all energy technologies need some government support, what we do for renewables is how the embedded into an auction, they bid in the price they think they can generate energy for, some years ahead, and we pay the difference between the market price of energy and the strike price from the auction, and we thought the results would be impressive but what

surprised all of us is that we have delivered prices cheaper than nuclear and we think we may even be cheaper than gas. this auction and the figures make it easier to compare how much it costs to get gas, electricity and how it is generated. energy analysts know what the price of energy is roughly and what the auction prices of energy are when they come out of auctions like this so we can make a comparison fairly easily but all energy technologies are different, s0 energy technologies are different, so the way they behave in the market has cost implications. it's like comparing apples and pears but good enough for today. on the issue of offshore wind farms, there has been a perception that wind energy is expensive so what has brought us to this position where we see a drop. we area this position where we see a drop. we are a young sector, the first offshore wind farms in the uk went

up offshore wind farms in the uk went up in 2002 so the cost reduction we have seen has been in iraq kill us, this sort of thing you normally see in telecoms rather than infrastructure, part of it is that we now know what you're doing but also the sector is committed to innovation, biggerturbines, that cables, and most importantly for the uk, the huge supply chain of british businesses on the coats around the sides who can operate and maintain wind farms and help with construction. we were showing pictures of nuclear power plants and we also mentioned that subsidies for offshore power fell below those for a nuclear power. people have been excited about nuclear power, but what does this mean for the energy sector and what balance of distribution we see? for us today it's a real change in mindset, for a

long time we have been chasing eve ryo ne long time we have been chasing everyone else in terms of getting costs down so it's a good message for the public that we can say it looks like everyone else will be chasing us. i think every sector wa nts to chasing us. i think every sector wants to make sure we are spending public money well, so i know my technologies are ready to deliver for british consumers. emma, thank you for explaining that to us. we wa nt to ta ke you for explaining that to us. we want to take you to brighton now. the general secretary of the tuc, frances 0'grady, has described the government's negotiating position on brexit as a ‘letter to santa'. we can hear what she is saying. there has been caused this year to show they are the best of us. our sympathy and solidarity go to the family and friends of those lost and

injured at grenfell tower at westminster, london bridge, finsbury park and at a concert hall in manchester. 0ur pride and our thanks go out to help. the first responders, paramedics and emergency control staff, our medics, nurses and hospital support staff, police and hospital support staff, police and community support officers and never forget our local government and security staff who have to pick up and security staff who have to pick up the pieces when politicians fail. let's not forget our heroic firefighters, returning... applause returning to that grenfell tower is again and again. putting their lives on the line to save others. they are the best of britain and be half of the best of britain and be half of

the whole trade union movement, let's say thank you to them. applause when i last did in front of you here, the eu referendum result was just three months old. one year later, the government still hasn't come up with a proper plan. like children who haven't done their homework, turning up to school on a monday morning, let's hear them, fox, davies, johnson, go, the cabinet's answer to grange hill. playing up because they have a supply teacher, pretending that they are paying attention, we have all

been there, pretending they are paying attention while messing about at the back of the class. yes, the clock is ticking on brexit but the government still hasn't published any assessment of what it means for oui’ any assessment of what it means for our industries, still no action plan to protect jobs our industries, still no action plan to protectjobs and still no realistic negotiating strategy. in fa ct realistic negotiating strategy. in fact from what i hear, there has been plenty of offensive but precious little charm. back home, the prime minister says she will go on and on and on. and she is sticking to that same old script that she can get whatever she wants. she can get the exact same benefits of the single market without playing by any of the rules. that isn't a

negotiating strategy. that's a letter to santa. unions live in the real world. we say whichever way people voted in the referendum, what we need now is a brexit that puts jobs, rights and livelihoods first, and the best way to do that is with and the best way to do that is with a proper deal with the eu. can be thought through, sensibly negotiated. we support the transition period, not out of principle but out of pragmatism, and during that time britain should be playing by the rules. the government has hardly begun to sort out the divorce, so there's no chance they will sort out brand—new terms just for the transition arrangement in just 18 months. the advantage is this. lorries are not sat in dover,

i nuclear sites are safe, the workers' rights that unions fought for harold good. more certainty for investment and a breathing space to negotiate the best possible long—term deal of the whole uk. our movement has some tests of our own for that future deal. it must guarantee the rights of eu nationals who have made the uk their home and those of britons abroad. it must protect the good friday agreement. it must guarantee a level playing field for workers' rights, now and index linked into the future. minimum labour standards which britain is sovereign and free, of course, to build and improve on, and it must deliver a barrier free, tariff—free trade and investment,

because that protects good skilled export links jobs because that protects good skilled export linksjobs that because that protects good skilled export links jobs that produce the wealth that fund our public services. while i'm about it, here's another test, mr fox. services. while i'm about it, here's anothertest, mr fox. no services. while i'm about it, here's another test, mr fox. no dodgy back door trade deals to sell off our nhs. applause. including with a usa president who seems to think that local protesters arejust as bad seems to think that local protesters are just as bad as the neofascists marauding through their town. congress, let there be no mistake, the trade union movement here in the uk stands with our us brothers and sisters in saying we condemn those anti—semitic woman hating rights supremacist thugs. and then president trump set a foot

on our soil, the tuc will be proud to lead a peaceful protest. let's send a message, donald trump, you are not welcome here. so the tuc and unions, we have set out our clear tests for brexit, that is the shape of the best brexit deal, the deal that working people need, staying in the single market and customs union would deliver it but if there is a better way to deliver the deal, we are listening. some have said single market membership means accepting u nfettered market membership means accepting unfettered freedom of movement. to them i say, other members of the single market have different ways to manage migration fairly. like guaranteeing local people good jobs, like making bosses respect the right

for thejob and like making bosses respect the right for the job and union agreements, like raising the minimum wage and stamping out exploitation, so why doesn't the uk government choose that? i feel this strongly. doesn't the uk government choose that? ifeel this strongly. we must never ever fall into the trap of scapegoating migrant workers. migrants are not the cause of low pgy- migrants are not the cause of low pay. just like millions of other people, born and raised in the uk, they are the victims of low pay. and they are the victims of low pay. and the shocking fact is that only one in nine workers in britain got a real pay rise last year. while top bosses are still raking it in. and let me say this as well, because if

ministers really care about pressures on schools and hospitals then there is a simple solution to that. stop austerity and stop the cuts! so i challenge all political parties, when it comes to brexit, don't box yourself in, don't rule anything out, keep all options on the table and putjobs, rights and livelihoods first. tonight mps are debating the eu withdrawal bill. and it isa debating the eu withdrawal bill. and it is a chance to hold the government to account. will the government to account. will the government guarantee to protect and enhance workers' rights? writes one by unionsjoining enhance workers' rights? writes one by unions joining together across borders and over generations. i can't see it in the bill today. and that means that if the bill becomes law and amended, the government can

declare open season. 0ur rights open to attack at a stroke by this government or any future government. i know some people say that won't happen, even if it's not in the bill the prime minister has said on the record that she would protect rights. but remember, this is the same pm who said she would crack down on zero hours, put workers on boards and tackle greed at the top. and she hasn't kept a single promise. she's got a brexit secretary, he doesn't care about health and safety, we heard his response to the risk of workers hearing being damaged by big ben's 120 decibel bell, he said just get on with it. so we don't trust them. we put workers first. and we don't wa nt we put workers first. and we don't want the deregulated tax haven that

the government has threatened. if it doesn't get its way. instead of presenting us with some kind of christmas list, the government should be honest about what is at sta ke, should be honest about what is at stake, practical about what is achievable, and recognise that the eu referendum bitterly divided this country and it should be the government'sjob to show country and it should be the government's job to show some leadership and bring the country back together. not rub salt in the wound. but in truth, the prime minister's top priority isn't to defend britain's best interests. her top priority is to stop the conservative party falling apart. that is why the rest of us have to step up to the plate, because our top priority is to fight for what is best for workers. it is not easy, but we have to make the case that there is a better way and we have to

stop this government's kamikaze brexit. delegates, whatever happens, we still have work to do. building towards the fair and equal society that we all seek, organising for the world that we want to live in. in this movement we are proud to be working people, we know there is no such thing as an unskilled job, everyjob and every worker deserves respect and dignity. just this year, as we have heard, we saw the power of unions to challenge injustice. when the last government brought in those charges for employment tribunals, faced with a fee of over £1000 claims fell off a cliff, not because bosses suddenly stops behaving badly but because workers we re

behaving badly but because workers were priced out ofjustice. we all know what happens next. 0ne were priced out ofjustice. we all know what happens next. one of our union is picked up the cudgels, fought this government all the way to the supreme court and, delegates, they won! applause 0n applause on behalf of our movement, and for all workers who now have a chance of justice, thank you, unison. applause now as the world of work changes we've seen the same old exploitation wearing new clothes. tech giants, more powerful than nation states, unleashing disruption across the globe. with no care for the human consequences. we have heard it from

the gm be, amazon, forcing shop floor staff to trek up to 1a miles a day, apple sweating workers in china, uber screwing drivers it pretends not to employ, and not one of those companies paying their fair share of taxes. but as someone once said, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. and only stronger unions can invent the new deal at work that britain so badly needs. just this month, we have cheered on the brilliant mcdonald's workers in the baker's union. 0ut cheered on the brilliant mcdonald's workers in the baker's union. out on strike for the basic dignity of fair pay, guaranteed hours and recognition of their union. brave young workers with the courage to

win. proof that while we welcome labour's pledge of repeal, that anti—democratic, anti—trade union act won't stop us fighting back. applause in fact, to coin a phrase, mac strike, we're loving it. so let's hear it for the baker's, let's hear it for all those young workers who deserve our support. applause but it matters because of this. every time we expose another bad pass and organise, that is more workers that no unions are on their site. more decent employers who won't get undercut by the bad, and

more pressure on the government to change the law. we call the deal that we want to see how greatjobs agenda. for a voice at work, for fairand agenda. for a voice at work, for fair and decent pay, for guaranteed hours, the chance to learn and get on in life, fair treatment and respect, and a safe place to work. fairand respect, and a safe place to work. fair and reasonable demands, you may think, but nowhere near the reality for many. for workers who still wait by the phone, hoping for work, just as dockers once waited on the quayside. no regular hours means scrambling to pay the rent and pay the bills, and the bus doesn't even need to go to the bother of sacking you, he can just deactivate you buy at. precious little dig me tea, precious little control, treated as

throwaway workers with throwaway rights. but i say this too bad bosses, you have seen what this union movement has done. in the last few years. exposing your nasty little schemes to avoid paying the minimum wage, holiday pay, sick pay, let alone overtime pay. 0ur eyes are on you. trade unionists are standing by your gates. talking to your workers, organising. and i doubt you come and sit at the bargaining table with us or we will see you in court and on the front pages. change is coming in deed. because this union movement ‘s the working people of britain won't stand for it any longer, we are taking back control of our working lives. applause and this year we are taking the

greatjobs agenda to every mp, every council leader, every may, every business, and we are asking them to sign upfor business, and we are asking them to sign up for great jobs, business, and we are asking them to sign up for greatjobs, because the greatjobs agenda unites us all. takeit greatjobs agenda unites us all. take it into your workplace and use it to bargain and recruit, take it to shopping centres and leisure centres, wherever working people gather, show what unions can do. and what better place to start than the campaignfor our what better place to start than the campaign for our dedicated public servants? a firefighter today earns two grand less in real terms than they did in 2010. a midwife's pay has been cut in real terms by three grand. a prison officer, too often a dangerousjob, denied grand. a prison officer, too often a dangerous job, denied the grand. a prison officer, too often a dangerousjob, denied the right to

strike, their pay cut by nearly 4000. and all the while the pound in your pocket buying less. the prime minister has spoken. she talked about the sacrifice that public service workers have made, as if they had a choice! public servants we re they had a choice! public servants were not given a say in the matter. they have had seven years of pay freezes and pay cuts imposed on them. they have been forced to work ha rd them. they have been forced to work hard with a less while this government has lined the pockets of corporate britain with tax giveaway, s0 corporate britain with tax giveaway, so much for a country that works for everyone! is on october 17, so much for a country that works for everyone! is on 0ctober17, we will rally in parliament square, and we will send a message to mrs may. 5

million hard—working public servants need it, the public backs it, now just tell the treasury to get on with it. no cherry picking, all public servants deserve a pay rise and they deserve it now! applause so she is continuing to address delegates at the tuc conference. let's bring in our political correspondence. some pretty tough talking. i think we came out of that speech on the key message, give public sector workers a pay rise. that is what she was saying. but also there was something else which wasn't in her preprepared comments. she said no cherry picking. that is because as we were saying yesterday, we now expect the government to breach its own pay cap when it comes

to the pay of rank and file police and prison officers. the message from the tuc is they don't want this 01’ from the tuc is they don't want this or that public service worker to be bought off as they see it, they want to pay rise across the board, they wa nt to to pay rise across the board, they want to pay cap lifted and what they wa nt to want to pay cap lifted and what they want to hear from the treasury is that they are prepared to lift that for everyone, at least next year. they might in fact get some guidance on helping employers recruit and retain staffed by giving them some extra cash. they are basically saying united we stand, and they didn't want to see workers divided. they are also saying about effectively saying inside the single market. she criticised theresa may for her wish list of demands, but her real criticism was directed at the labour party, try to convince them not just to the labour party, try to convince them notjust to stay in the single market but for much longer. and in

terms of changes that she will be hoping to bring about, the speech is one thing and a rallying cry, but what you think will be the tuc‘s priorities going forward? what you think will be the tuc‘s priorities going forward ?|j what you think will be the tuc‘s priorities going forward? i think the key priority initially will be more work on the public sector pay issue. there will be a demonstration as she was saying in october on public sector pay. but i think the really challenging issue for her is what they do about it if, for example, there is some guidance that would ease the pay cap but not lifted across the board? should they coordinate strike action as some have pushed her to do. the shadow chancellor has said labour would back the unions to go on strike over pay some others that decision was reached democratically. but the general secretary of the tuc is very much saying that is a last resort and she would rather some lobbying and she would rather some lobbying and political action does this

rather than any kind of coordinated strike action, which might be betrayed wrongly, the trade as some kind of general strike by the trade union over pay. but i think they are winning the pay argument and they don't want to run ahead from that. there will also be some internal dissent from the tuc on her position in the single market. there are a couple of trade unions, the rail unions, who believes staying in the single market is a very bad thing because it would constrain, the government from being able to aid industry get into trouble might fall foul of state aid rules from the eu. i think the majority view in the tuc is consider staying in a single market long—term, but it is not a unanimous view. great to have your analysis, thanks. the royal college of psychiatrists says the research suggests

widespread inequalities in access to senior medical health officials exists. northern ireland and england have eight. parts of london have 13. the east of england and yorkshire and humber have less than half of that. research also says while the number in england's rose barely overfive years, there was an increase in other areas of the nhs. the royal college of psychiatrists says the research suggests widespread inequalities in access to senior medical health officials exists. the college says this undermines the need for more specialists the college says this underlines the need for more specialists to deliver improved services. the research reveals that whereas in scotland there are ten consultant psychiatrists for 100,000 people, in wales there are six. northern ireland and england have eight. parts of london have 13. the east of england and yorkshire and humber have less than half of that. research also says while the number in england's rose barely overfive years, there was an increase in other areas of the nhs. there are shortages in psychiatry. it has been actually getting worse over the past few years. there has been what we call an explosion over interest

and understanding of mental health problems, but the services in place to help people have not really kept up with that. the department of health said there were plans to create 21,000 new mental health posts in england, including doctors bite 2001. _by —— by 2021. the welsh government said there was a commitment to improve access services with the extension of a recruitment campaign. hugh pym, bbc news. this is bbc newsroom live — the headlines: the devastation left by the violent winds and rain continues to be felt across florida, as hurricane irma is downgraded to a category 0ne storm. at least three people have been killed. large parts of miami remain without power. as hurricane irma is downgraded to a category 0ne storm the devastation left by the violent winds and rain continues to be felt across florida.

large parts of miami remain without power. rescue efforts are under way in cuba, which has been hit by waves several metres high, flooding the country's capital, havana. cuba's president, raul castro, says recovering from the impact of the hurricane will be an immense task. the government warns mps that voting against the brexit bill later would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. the vote on legislation aims to end eu law's supremacy in the uk. labour claims the bill represents a "power grab" and will oppose it. in the business news: the government will ditch the 1% pay cap for the first time this week, for both police and prison officers. the bbc understands it will accept pay increases of above 1% for those key workers. independent pay review bodies say the higher increases are necessary to avoid trouble recruiting and retaining staff. insurers are assessing the potential cost of hurricane irma as it continues its rampage across florida. it's too early to calculate actual losses, but some insurers have estimated the total cost at between 125 and 250 billion dollars. it's also like to dent economic growth for the us — the world's largest economy. energy from offshore wind will be cheaper than power

from nuclear power stations, for the first time, according to new figures from the government. the cost of offshore wind energy has fallen much more quickly than many thought, but campaigners warn that the uk still needs a mix of low—carbon energy sources, especially for when wind power is weak. businesses may need to take a greater "leap of faith" and invest now, despite economic uncertainty. the icaew‘s latest forecast predicts growth of 1.6% this year and next but that's nearly 1% slower than average growth in recent years. but the group says firms should consider investing now, with decent profits, borrowing costs low and overseas demand still strong. it warns that without the investment growth will continue to slow. matthew rideout, is director of business at the icaew — the institute of chartered accountants in england and wales. nice to see you. let's talk first

about that slowdown in growth, you are predicting that figure for this year and next. but it into context for us. as you say, it is 1% behind the average of the 2014 to 2016. the key driver for the that seems to be the full consumer spend, which has contributed on average about 1.5% to gdp growth. this is expected to fall back to not .3% by 2018. you are suggesting now is the time to invest, and i touched on some reasons why, decent profits, low borrowing costs, and the order book still looks pretty strong. do we expect that to change as we approach brexit? i think the biggest driver behind the lack of investment is an

approach almost investment in austerity. whereby businesses haven't had the confidence or the clarity to invest in plans moving forward. the opportunities are out there, we have a fabulous product set and service set within the uk, there is growth opportunities both in europe and globally, the business needs to be looking at and investing in today. we took about the investment now to avoid a slowdown in the future. is that slowdown in reality, will it really happen? the uk economy is forecast to slow, but ona uk economy is forecast to slow, but on a global basis it is expected to expand. i think it is getting business to look further than our own shores, and have the confidence in their product, their services and their people to invest in those and to invest into the future. thank you. ab foods, the owner of primark,

says that operating profit will be "way ahead" of last year. it said that markdowns at primark had been even lower than expected. the discount clothing chain reported a 1% increase in like for like sales. that compares to some of the other high street stories that sartre ‘s just consumers reining in their spending, particularly for things like fashion, and that has affected many retailers. but you see shares down more than two and a half percent despite that upbeat forecast. the ftse 100 percent despite that upbeat forecast. the ftse100 is doing pretty well. that's all the business news. a lorry driver has appeared in court charged with causing the deaths

of eight people in a crash on the m1 motorway. two lorries and a minibus crashed near newport pagnell over the august bank holiday weekend. took us through the proceedings. this was a very short hearing, it lasted barely five minutes. because this is the start of what could be a long court process we are limited in what we can say. the lorry driver involved, 53—year—old david wagstaff, appeared wearing a dark suit and grey tie and spoke only ones to correct the clerk of the court on a matter of what the registration number of his vehicle was. it was described in court as a white mercedes at ticket related tractor unit, part of an articulated lorry. that is the vehicle he was driving at 315 in the morning on the 26th of august when this terrible accident took place. we know that another lorry being driven by a polish man who has already appeared

in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving and drink—driving, was stationary in lane one of the motorway, a minibus driven by one of those who died, pulled up behind it and then there was a collision involving mr wagstaff‘s lorry as well. in that collision eight people died and four people were seriously is hurt and mr wagstaff was told he faces eight cou nts wagstaff was told he faces eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving and four counts of causing cesar serious injury by dangerous driving. he was told there would be one change his bail conditions, that he was not allowed to leave the country without the permission of the court, then he was granted bail and told he had to appear again at aylesbu ry crown and told he had to appear again at aylesbury crown court on september the 26th. at the end of the proceedings, instead of going onto the next case, chair the magistrates said she would adjourn things as a mark of respect to the bereaved families. thank you, ben. two pieces of breaking news in the

last few moments. the first from the world of sport. it may not surprise you to hear that frank at crystal crystal palace has been let go. after four straight disputes at the start of their premier league campaign. and 28—year—old man has been arrested on of murder at best of all. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. all the headlines surrounding hurricane, as it made landfall across florida. it is continued into work its way north down the western side of florida, now weakened to a category one. it's the end of the day i think it will be downgraded to tropical storm. it still brings heavy rainfall across much of

florida, eventually in towards and alabama. valley string wins —— fairly strong winds still associated with that. while it isn't as windy as that, we have pretty windy conditions across the uk. a blustery winds, pretty heavy showers moving in some of those showers could be on the heavy side during this afternoon. there will be a few bright sunny spells between those showers through this afternoon across northern ireland. temperatures 14 or 15 degrees. for scotland, in the north—east it will stay quite cloudy and wet, frequent showers and some rain. the eastern and southern scotland, perhaps a little drier, skies. the england and wales a mixture of sunny spells and

showers, some of which will be heavy, continuing. if you get shower after shower, temperatures may only be about 13 or 14, but at best with sunshine we will see them about 15 or16 sunshine we will see them about 15 or 16 degrees. the same really goes for wales, with frequent showers moving in on that brisk north—westerly wind. this evening lots of the showers will disappear but around western areas they will disappear into the early hours of tuesday and temperatures overnight getting down to around ten or 11. on tuesday fewer showers, so probably a better day for many. the morning starting fairly sunny, any showers coming towards the west, cloudy greasing later and rain moving in. top temperatures 14 to 19. tuesday night into wednesday, quite a deep area of low pressure swoops in across the uk, bringing gales, perhaps severe gales, two southern parts of northern england, wales, the midlands, eastern areas, that will clear away during wednesday. a blustery day with some showers. this is bbc news and these

are the top stories developing at midday: hurricane irma hits the west coast of florida — leaving at least three people dead and millions without power. i'm in downtown tampa and this is pretty much the height of hurricane irma. the eye isjust pretty much the height of hurricane irma. the eye is just to the east of us. in miami residents are under a night—time curfew after widespread looting in the city. rescue efforts are under way in cuba — hit by waves several metres high, and winds of up to 250 kilometres an hour. the un human rights chief warns myanmar‘s operation against rohingyan muslims is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the government warns mps that voting against the brexit bill later would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu.

and rafael nadal claims his sixteenth grand slam title as he wins the us open with a straight—set win over kevin anderson. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. hurricane irma is continuing to wreak a trail of destruction across a swathe of the southern us state of florida. the storm has lost power but remains deadly and has now travelled as far north as the city of tampa. at least three people have died in the destruction caused by winds of around a hundred miles an hour. the storm has now ended its path through the caribbean, carving a track through ten

countries and territories including cuba and killing at least 28 people. these are some of the latest pictures from cuba's capital havana, much of which has been left underwater. power outages have left the city in darkness overnight. earlier 0xfam told me that their main concern was access to clean water. irma has now travelled north to florida, first hitting the island of key west around yesterday evening. from there, the storm has headed north, crashing into tampa, which hasn't experienced a major hurricane in almost a hundred years. around three million people live in the area. 0n the way there, it passed through naples — miami missed the worst parts of the storm but even so the winds remained

intense. palm trees buffeted as tornado like swirling shook the buildings. daniela relph reports. naples on florida's west coast, known for its beaches and golf courses but not today. here taking the brunt of irma. the storm may have been downgraded but it doesn't feel like that for much of florida. watching from the inside as water gushes through the streets and into some buildings. in the distance is the ocean, the coast of biscayne bay nearmiami, but the ocean, the coast of biscayne bay near miami, but water has breached all the defences, surging through the entire area. despite dire warnings, the army itself seems to have dodged the worst of the weather, but the city is deserted, the wind intense, the rain

torrential. the top of this crane blown away in the storm. what's left dangles in the strong winds. power cuts are widespread and a curfew remains across much of florida. the normal rhythm of life has been suspended. we will do our best to try to make sure we help all the citizens of this committee to adjust and tried to get them back to a sense of normal say. with so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. here are the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. the police say they won't tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. 0vernight irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its past. it is now heading north through florida and will reach southern georgia later today. tampa on the state's west

coast has borne the brunt of the hurricane overnight. bbc weather‘s tomasz schafernaker is there, and sent this. we are pretty much now at the height of the storm. believe it or not, i'm being sheltered by some of the buildings here, so i'm not feeling the full force of the wind. i can tell the strongest of the winds are further down the street, i can see trees lying down, i will certainly not venture where the strongest air currents are blowing through. here you cannot see, but in front of me is the hotel, so this is pretty bad but certainly not the worst. and one thing that we are certainly hearing is this occasional roar between the buildings, so you definitely can say that irma is roaring through downtown tampa. joining me on the phone asked you

and mary mcfarland from their home in naples in florida, badly hit by the storm. perhaps you can give us a sense of where you have been through. it was quite an experience, i'll say that. our home, we were well boarded up and we had expected to leave georgia but then they changed the route, the estimated route was supposed to go over to miami area but then they moved the eye back over to naples, we had already cancelled our reservation at georgia, we have an rv and we were going to go up in it so we brought the rv to the house and parted in front of our garage to protect the

garage plus we utilised the generator when the power went off, and that's about it, the damage to our neighbourhood was a lot of fallen trees and palm fronds, it just stripped the palm trees of their branches, the cul—de—sac in front, there was a good six inches diameter on some fallen branches. the tree is still standing but the branches have broken off. we'rejust seeing some pictures of the flooding and can't see a fish swimming through someone's front yard, i think, you say you were all set to leave and then the route got changed and you ended up having to stay. it

must‘ve been quite scary to have to face it when you thought might have evacuated. i enjoyed it, to tell you the truth! i was not worried about our safety. mary, ithink the truth! i was not worried about our safety. mary, i think you were more concerned when living through this. i knew the house was pretty sturdy, it was built well, but that was a long time ago but it held up beautifully, we lost all our palm trees outside but everything else is fine. we are healthy and happy and all our neighbours are fine, so it's just that the street looks like a tornado went through. what do you know about the advice you are being given now and the clean—up after? they will make every effort to get the roads clear first. they are not

out of shelters, people who took shelter, they are not recommending, orare shelter, they are not recommending, or are there not allowing people to come back to their homes. many homes you cannot get into because of the debris on the streets, so i don't know where it stands. we did get hit, the i went right past naples, that was interesting but they did record 142 mile an hour winds, aghast at the airport. i feel it was much more than that here, looking at the damage. we have been through hurricanes before and this was much worse. you said in a way you find the whole process, i hesitate to say through a link but i suppose witnessing the power of nature is extraordinary. it was more

interesting to see and then the guy coming through, we were right on the edge of the eye, so the winds were horrendous. we saw the tree spending every which way, it wasn't just horrendous. we saw the tree spending every which way, it wasn'tjust one direction, and then all of a sudden it got camp and we went outside and we had water in the streets, almost into our front porch step, it was almost up to the front porch. it didn't come into the house, the rain was raining so hard and the wind was blowing so hard, maybe 100 feet in front of our house, i could not see out there, periodically you could see a light bulb and then you couldn't. it looked like a fog it

was so couldn't. it looked like a fog it was so intense. thank you for taking the time to speak to us, i'm glad for you as least the damage doesn't seem for you as least the damage doesn't seem too bad. that is mr and mrs mcfarlane in naples in florida. let's speak to jane 0'brien who's in miami for us. the curfew has just been lifted, dawn is breaking and this is our first chance to assess anything first—hand. we are in the hotel car park, where we were sheltering yesterday and already you can get an idea of the type of damage we can expect across this region. this is typical, a downed tree that hasn't been snapped by the winds we were experiencing, up to 100 miles an hour, but by the torrential rain that saturated the ground and then caused the roots to lift out of the

ground and the tree collapsed on top of that car, so that is the type of damage we are expecting to see over this area. miami itself, the downtown area, was awash yesterday, we are being told the water is receding rapidly so miami dodged a bullet up to a point in that it missed the eye of the hurricane but the florida keys got walloped and communications are patchy. that is where the concern is. disappointingly, where so many people are struggling and have been through a scary experience, there is concern about the looting and you spoke of the curfew that has been lifted. yes, that is a problem in miami but in the florida keys they have much bigger problems on their plate. there are dozens of bridges connecting the keys, they are

com pletely connecting the keys, they are completely closed, there is a massive airborne relief effort in the works right now trying to reach the works right now trying to reach the estimated 10,000 people who decided to stay, and officials are talking about the potential for a humanitarian crisis. cellphone reception was already patchy on friday, i spoke to people who had fled the keys and came to our hotel for shelter, by friday they were struggling to contact relatives who had stayed, so there is a real concern and all the focus is now on the florida keys. looking to the immediate future, how optimistic are people feeling about this sort of support being offered by government and emergency services? here in miami, to be honest it is so calm, it is like nothing happened and a lot of people are already going back

to their homes, trying to get a sense of flood damage, but people i speak to seem pretty confident about the support they were getting and one of the interesting things is that often in these types of storms you get complaints from residents saying the government is overreacting, we were told to evacuate, we are fine and why would we listen again? we didn't get that yesterday, people took the storm seriously and were grateful for the government's warnings and felt they should have got out that now it is early days, now is when we will get the full assessment of how much damage irma left behind. we will have more through the day but for now, thank you. as we've been hearing, the brunt of the storm is now in florida, but much of the caribbean has been left severely damaged

after irma tore through ten countries and territories. cuba's president raul castro says recovering from the impact of the hurricane will be an immense task for the nation. he said the storm had inflicted severe damage, with housing, agriculture and the power system badly affected. the storm battered the length of cuba's north coast and caused flooding in havana. the un human rights chief says myanmar‘s operation against rohingyan muslims is a texbook example of ethnic cleansing. zeid bin ra'ad al—hussein attacked what he called the "brutal security operation" by myanmar security forces in rakhine province. the rohingya are fleeing violence following a military crackdown in which hundreds have died and entire villages burned to the ground. because myanmar has refused access to human rights investigators, the current situation cannot yet be fully assessed but the situation remains, or seems, a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the myanmar government should stop pretending that the rohingyans

are setting fire to their own homes and laying waste to their own villages. this denial of reality is doing great damage to the international standing of a government which until recently benefited from great goodwill. i call on the government to end its cruel military operation with accountability for all violations that have occurred and to reverse the pattern of severe and widespread discrimination against the rohingya population. the view from the un. bangladesh has said it is facing a massive challenge in providing shelter and humanitarian assistance to those 300,000 rohingya muslim refugees who have escaped from myanmar. the bbc‘s sanjoy majumder is in the cox's bazar district of bangladesh, on the myanmar border. when you are starving, you get

desperate and then it becomes dangerous. this aid trucks surrounded by a seething mass of rohingya people. the private donors are too nervous to distribute their supplies. there is no sign of the police and things turned ugly. fights break out, volunteers try to enforce order but it is futile. the rohingya relief operation is slowly but surely spinning out of control. most of it at the hands of local groups and individuals entirely out of their depth. you get a sense of the desperation, people have climbed onto this van, trying to get hold of little bags of rice being handed out but it is utterly chaotic, there is no sense of order, nobody

coordinating it and look over here. these are clothes that have just been flung on the ground, thrown from the aid trucks as they rush away from the scene. well—meaning but an utterly wasted effort. and too many people are getting left out. translation: i have five people in myfamily out. translation: i have five people in my family including two small children. most nights they go to bed hungry. this man tries to handle money to the refugees and soon realises it is a foolish mistake, unleashing a frenzied response from the mob that soon turns threatening. translation: i live in saudi arabia, i saw how they are suffering so i came to give them some money. international aid groups including the un are here but their operations are restricted to authorised camps. the tens of thousands of refugees

who are outside are entirely dependent on hand—outs from locals. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. hurricane irma has hit the west coast of florida — leaving at least three people dead and millions without power — while in cuba the north coast has been hit by waves several metres high, and winds of up to 150 miles an hour. the un human rights chief has warned myanmar‘s operation against rohingyan muslims is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. the government has said mps who voting against the brexit bill later today would amount to backing a "chaotic" exit from the eu. let's get all the sporting news.

crystal palace have sacked their manager frank de boer after just five games. they won a league cup match, but losing all four premier league matches without scoring a goal was the worst start to a season by any top division club for over 90 years. katie, they changed their minds. you mention that terrible start, frank has been under pressure even though we are at an early stage of the season because he has overseen the worst start in premier league history, that the feet to burnley yesterday, the first time in 93 yea rs yesterday, the first time in 93 years to a site has lost its first four matches without scoring a goal but some will feel this is harsh on frank dubber. he was asked to change the style of player at crystal

palace, make them more possession based, the club have not been patient for giving him time to implement that, perhaps they looked at the fixtures coming up, they have southampton and manchester city, chelsea, a tough run of fixtures and felt now was the time to act. the clu b felt now was the time to act. the club have said they would like to thank frank for his dedication and ha rd thank frank for his dedication and hard work during his short time at the club and they go on to say a new manager will be appointed in due course and they wish frank the best for the future. we understand the new manager will be the former england boss roy hodgson and that he cannot wait to get started. thank you, katie. after completing a historic double yesterday, chris froome will consider the grand tour treble next year.

he added the vuelta a espana to his fourth tour de france title, becoming only the third man to win both races in the same year. he will prioritise the tour again next year and he will almost certainly defend his maiden vuelta title but the decision he has to make is whether to also compete in the giro d'italia in may. two titles in one season still sees him join the greats of the sport. that's all sport for now. you can go to the bbc sport site for plenty more, inclduing nadal‘s us open win, his 16th grand slam title. let's return to hurricane irma because there has been criticism of the speed with which the government has responded to the hurricane in

the british virgin islands. priti patel, you have seen some of the headlines and her family speaking on the radio, including geoffrey scott martin who says it seems everyone can bear left their citizens out except for the uk. he talks about incompetence and disregard for british citizens. i think that criticism is unjustified. the fact we have had 700 troops on the ground in overseas territories, 50 police officers and 20 tonnes of food, as well as royal auxiliary fleet in the region prior and after the hurricane, it sends out a clear message about the of the uk's response on the ground. we should all recognise that there's hurricane has been unprecedented and frankly

this is open ended in terms of the amount of relief and support going in. there have been airport runways and airports have been devastated and airports have been devastated and it is thanks to our royal engineers and british troops that those airports are now being cleared and running, which allows uk aid to get in to help the people in those overseas territories and since the hurricane we have had chartered flights going out every day. hurricane we have had chartered flights going out every daym sounds like there is help going in for people and especially troops but there was a criticism that on the ground there was no british representative, there was a suggestion the dutch and the french had people who work coordinating things on the ground. are you confident you have the right personnel in place to allow communication to inform people of what they should be doing? absolutely and the foreign office has been working on this, reaching

out to british citizens, tourists, but also to the wider community. we are there to support everyone and i should emphasise especially in british overseas territories, we have our governors who have been doing a heroicjob in terms of trying to piece back together communications networks that have been destroyed, on top of logistical issues in terms of providing communications and support, so the foreign office are doing that, on top of the aid, the food, water, shelter, we have sent over half a million water purification tablets in addition to food and hygiene kits, we have thousands of items of aid relief going out to help brits but also the communities that have been devastated and i should finally say we are continuing to send equipment, i have planes leaving

today and we will have other planes leaving tomorrow, so we are committed to the long haul in terms of humanitarian relief and also long—term reconstruction. of humanitarian relief and also long-term reconstruction. four britons who feel they are stranded and want to be helped to leave, be airlifted out, what would you say to them about when they can expect that to happen? we are working with the foreign office who have a hotline and also people on the ground through our teams and we now have functional teams, not just with through our teams and we now have functional teams, notjust with the mod but also fco staff to coordinate this, so the help is there but i would say getting supplies and people in and out has been difficult but this is where the foreign office excel and that is what they are working on now. while i have you, it's a big day in the house of commons with the brexit bill and a

vote expected around midnight, how confident are you that the government can't see this through? the government has been clear in terms of our objectives both with legislation but with brexit, we are committed to leaving the eu and delivering a plan that works for the uk and tonight's votes in parliament and the legislation are a vital step to make sure we deliver on that vote in the referendum and deliverfor britain. clearly labour say they will vote against it because they wa nt will vote against it because they want a series of amendments, they say this is a paragraph by the government, what is your response? labourer aaron, their position is in com plete labourer aaron, their position is in complete disarray but let me make this point, we are a government that will deliver on the will of the british people and the way the public voted last year. that is what

we are doing and labour want to stop that from happening. priti patel, thank you for taking those questions, and the reason it is a big day, david davis has warned mps that voting against the european union withdrawal built today would amount to backing what he called a key to exit from the eu. labour says it will oppose the bill, claiming it represents a "power grab" by ministers. mr davis said the british people "did not vote for confusion" in the referendum and urged mps to back the government's plans. our assistant political editor norman smith has been watching things from westminster for us. gosh, there's a lot going on. interesting, priti patel sounding confident and we heard downing street saying they are confident they are going to win and i suspect

they are going to win and i suspect they are going to win and i suspect they are right because there is no sign ofa they are right because there is no sign of a tory backbench revolt, tory critics seem to have decided they will bide their time and look to table an amendment is further down the process so there is a fair amount of confidence they will win this vote, they have also upped the sta kes this vote, they have also upped the stakes with the brexit minister robert walker saying the vote was also critical to implementing the result of the referendum. i think we are clear this bill business disarray. the powers it takes will be scrutinised by parliament but we have been clear there is a discussion to be had with parliament about how this bill works, that should take place at the committee stage where you go through a bill line by line, but at second reading we are talking about whether this bill should go ahead and we think this is the only approach that works to make sure there is certainty and continuity as we exit the eu. if tory critics are not going to

vote against the bolton night, labour well. jeremy corbyn has instructed mps to vote against the measure because he believes it sounds too much power to ministers to change laws as they are brought from the eu into british law. listen tojenny from the eu into british law. listen to jenny chapman. that doesn't mean to sayjust because you put the name withdraw at the top of a bill and you fill it with any old rubbish that we will support it. obviously the tories are going to accuse us of being brexit betrayers and all that but we have been very clear with the government about this, you don't need ministers to have sweeping powers to change primary legislation that theyjust don't like without virtually any justification, to do brexit. it's not needed, so take those bits away and you have something that the labour party could support. no rebellion on the tory side but

there seemed to be a rebellion looming on the labour side with a number of mps who were concerned