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‘than ireland, maybe a touch stronger than that in scotland. combined with some frequent and heavy showers. showers easing off a little bit on monday, further south largely dry. wind is not as strong. a decent day but a chill in the north—westerly winds, especially in the north. this rain is maria, what is left of her. tending to run more across the channel. gone by tuesday. we still have north—westerly. by this stage, when is not as strong. not quite as chilly, 13— 14 degrees. most places dry with some sunshine. we have been getting excited about high pressure, we don't see it very often. it looks like this one is going to be a bit damp, not really building. getting pushed away by low pressure coming in from the north—west. that will bring more wind and rain. hello. this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines at 11:30: theresa may is set to announce
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a freeze on tuition fees as part of an overhaul of student financing ahead of the start of the conservative party conference. ukip's new leader henry bolton addresses his party conference, saying mass immigration is harming british culture and overwhelming public services. the spanish government says most potential voting stations for tomorrow's banned referendum on catalan independence have been closed. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a young hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are nigel nelson, political editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the observer, which says the knives are out for theresa may as the conservative party conference gets underway. it reports a senior cabinet minister has refused to back her remaining in office. the sunday times continues the theme. one of its headlines claims
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borisjohnson believes mrs may will be gone in a year. a rather kinder front page from the sunday telegraph, which says the pm is set to announce a tuition fees revolution to help students. "that's more like it, mrs may," is the verdict in the sunday express — it reports the pm will launch the change as part of a "policy blitz" to woo younger voters. the mail on sunday says she's gambling that the tuition fees changes will head off a tory coup but the paper calls it another "huge u—turn." and more on the conservatives in the sunday mirror, which claims the prominent pro—life tory mp, jacob rees—mogg, has admitted to benefiting financially from a firm which produces drugs to end pregnancies. the conservative party conference is getting under way tomorrow. the mail on sunday is where we begin. the prime minister gambles on tuition
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fees to head off tory coup. who is that really aimed at comedy tuition fees? horses bolting and stable doors. this is a test —— desperate attempt by the tories, who have obviously cottoned on to the fact thatjeremy corbyn got the youth vote, largely by promising to get rid of tuition fees, even though they seem to be wobbling slightly on they seem to be wobbling slightly on the stock now theresa may has been forced into a position of desperately trying to shore up or get back some of that used the vote, if indeed it ever existed for the tories. so she wants to review the system, limit the rises, and increase the rate by which you have to earn money to pay it back. you will have to learn more. yes, currently £21,000. i think she will put at up to £25,000 from 2018. it will cost £1.11 billion over two yea rs will cost £1.11 billion over two years and will leave 1 million graduates £350 per year. whether
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that will make them decide to join the conservative party or vote conservative, who knows. but it is pa rt conservative, who knows. but it is part of a big package which includes housing and wrench reviews and stuff like that. the labour party was scoffed at for suggesting that it is it would cost so much money, and they didn't have to fund it, they are not in government. the whole package comes to £11 billion. a huge amount of money, notjust package comes to £11 billion. a huge amount of money, not just tuition fees, this is for extending the right to buy for first—time buyers. it smacks of panic. i agree withjo totally, it is slamming the stable door. if she had come up with this during the election she might have had a better manifesto then she actually did. and retained more seats. indeed. the other question, obviously, is whether or not they can find the money for it. one would assume that, unlike the police, where they seem to want the police bonuses to be funded by fewer police officers, they have to get the money
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for this. in terms of political strategy it is bonkers. in the same way that she got it wrong with the dementia tax, the people, the core voters for the tory party, it is that sort of middle—aged group two in a0 and 60. who are they? they are the people with elderly relatives, they are worried about the cost of care, and they have kids going to university. how long is she going to be there? the sunday times says that johnson thinks she will be gone within a year. the things that boris says, none of which ever seem to make a great deal of sense, he is spewing a load of rubbish about brexit and now this. i cannot see that. it is possible that she will be gone at the end of next week, if she goes —— if she does or says something stupid. every conservative mpi something stupid. every conservative mp i have spoken to has said, look, we have to give her until 2019 to get brexit through. i have always seen her position is actually hoping to get to that milestone, and then, if she has redeemed herself, she might carry on after that.|j
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if she has redeemed herself, she might carry on after that. i think this reeks of boris‘ desperation. might carry on after that. i think this reeks of boris' desperationm may be boris' desperation, but the idea of going in a year, i don't see it. anything could happen but she would have to do something really stupid. could i remind you, if you could cast your mind back to iain duncan smith in 2003. think act. —— act. he made a speech at the tory party conference in a similar, but not quite so bad state. and he was deemed to have saved his skin, only to go away few weeks later. and that was not when he had just lost an election. we didn't have the brexit them. let's talk about brexit amount them. let's talk about brexit amount them. yes please! the sunday telegraph, uk to ignore some eu rules in transition. this is rubbish as well. just work it through. this is theresa may talking, which is in fa ct is theresa may talking, which is in fact what borisjohnson
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is theresa may talking, which is in fact what boris johnson said is theresa may talking, which is in fact what borisjohnson said in his interview yesterday, that what we would do is that we wouldn't accept any new rules that came through during that two year period. well, how will that work. if we are staying in the single market in that time, and they rule is changed around the single market, how can we ban on not obey its if we are not actually in it? —— how can we then not obey it. so at the moment, for instance, the tampon tax we have been trying to get rid of this sometime, the 5% vat on tampons, everybody has promised it, we were then promised it would brexit, and there is an example of something which has not gone through the syste m which has not gone through the system and we will have to carry on with that tax all the way through the transition. i am going to quote theresa may. this will make it all clear, so pay attention. she said, according to the sunday telegraph, there are areas where looking to the future, we may have the same goals, but think of different ways of achieving them. what does that mean?
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don't ask me. wonderful how you can use so many words don't ask me. wonderful how you can use so many words and say not much. the observer. pressure grows to freeze welfare reforms. this isn't just in england, where we have this pilot scheme in certain areas, of the universal credit which is causing hardship, we are told. there is quite a lot of pressure, yesterday, dame louise casey, the government's spokesperson on troubled families and homelessness and poverty, she worked under tony blairand and poverty, she worked under tony blair and david cameron as well, she has called for this to stop. there is quite a growing campaign amongst some tory mps to stop this. at the moment, what is happening is that it is rolled out, to use that dreadful phrase, to about five job centres a month. from tomorrow it is supposed to be 50 job centres per month. this universal credit is to replace all the other things but apparently it is not working. it is about to come
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in in scotland and northern ireland. scottish local councils have already complained. obviously the dup have concerns. a lot of it is a technological problem, isn't it? creating a delay in people getting their payments. the worst thing is that some people had to wait six weeks before they got any money at all, which is absolutely disastrous for them, if you have no money to begin with. universal credit, i think, was a good idea, because you are just bolting bits of the welfare syste m are just bolting bits of the welfare system on for years, and trying to simplify it to one payment is right, but it isn't being delivered properly. so it is right to actually freeze it and then rethink it. the sunday mirror. nigel, tell us about your exclusive pro—life tory profits from abortion pill. this falls right on the eve of the tory conference. it is like it was planned and everything. i will, i wish it is like it was planned and everything. iwill, iwish we it is like it was planned and everything. i will, i wish we could do it that way. —— oh, i wish. what
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it is, it's sort of sums up the tory love of money. jacob rees—mogg founded a company which specialises in investments in emerging countries with new industries. he is an outspoken anti—abortion politician. one of the companies, one of the investment funds, which in fairness he does not control, but he does profit from it, is selling a pill which can be and is widely used for abortions, around the world. obviously he is against abortion, he is very outspoken, and the question, really, is if he should be involved in something like that. now, he is not directly involved. but he is making money out of the company. when you pointed this out to him, what was his response? his response
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was that he thinks the vatican would actually be ok about it, i mean, his beliefs are based on his very staunch roman catholics is. —— catholicism. his argument is that the particular country, which is indonesia, where the investment is going on, into a pharmaceutical company, abortion is illegal. the company, abortion is illegal. the company involved manufactures these pills as a preventer for intestinal problems. but they are used for abortions. well. i think it is not so abortions. well. i think it is not so much their love of money, it is the hypocrisy, isn't it? this is the question. i did ask in this, obviously, is he being a hypocrite? we let the readers decide that.|j we let the readers decide that.” would also say there is another way to look at it, which is that his views are his own view is based on his very strong, as you say, catholicism, and he has said in the
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past that he would not seek to change the law on abortion or anything like that. he has his beliefs. but that is hypocrisy.” think he should distance himself from the company. independence, the cata la n from the company. independence, the catalan conundrum. tomorrow there is supposed to be a referendum taking place in catalonia, which the spanish central government says is illegal. if you look at this picture you would think this is people wanting the referendum. these are anti— independence demonstrators in barcelona, who are marching against the referendum, with the spanish flag. the referendum has been declared illegal under the spanish constitutional court, but cattle and has a very strong and proud tradition. a big area, seven and a half million people. they want their own identity, they want to break away. they already have their own language and their own culture. spain is split down the middle. polls are showing that only ao% of a
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bull support the referendum. so they still haven't won it yet. —— ao% of people support. the odd thing about tomorrow, which is the spanish government trying to stop people from voting, is that it will get the people out who want to vote no to independence. and they just people out who want to vote no to independence. and theyjust possibly could win it. gosh, referendums are a lwa ys could win it. gosh, referendums are always such a joy, aren't they? it is not like they ever truly resolve anything. yes, they should be banned. we will end with the sunday telegraph. passengers' plans up a gearas telegraph. passengers' plans up a gear as monarch airlines face as they fight for the future. this is not the first time that monarch has beenin not the first time that monarch has been in dire straits, is it? yes, as we approach midnight, that was the deadline they had. the deadline was coming up for it, we have got 100,000 passengers who could be stranded. there is actually a week's
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race “— stranded. there is actually a week's race “ grace stranded. there is actually a week's race —— grace when monarch could get there act together. it is different from ryanair because monarch are actually facing going under. there is still the situation, obviously, about passengers abroad. i think we need to look more closely about airline regulations and how they work, because these things shouldn't be happening, and certainly not with such regularity. well, it is because of money, and it is about package holidays rather than flying. package holidays rather than flying. package holidays in the accounts about 5% of monarch osmo trade, but they need to have enough money in the bank in order to operate. as you rightly say, last year they needed a 12 day extension and they needed a great injection of money so they could keep trading. i mean, people will be protected by atoll and is abda and all that. those protections are not total, there are lots of things you can lose apart from just losing your holiday. absolutely, and the inconvenience and the worry and all that. i am reading that it has been
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granted a twitter for our extension to its licence to sell package holidays so that people will be protected for their trips, but the last—ditch talks are still there to try to get them out of a longer term prop. but then eventually that deadline will expire and we are back to square one again. with both ryanairand to square one again. with both rya nair and atoll to square one again. with both ryanair and atoll —— monarch, you're better to by bus, really.

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