which has been reassigned. this is kind ofan which has been reassigned. this is kind of an accounting benefit which the government has on its hands right now. the hope is that this budget will not be used for political gain but actually to set good growth orientated policy. we all know the uk is entering a moment of uncertainty. if i remember correctly unemployment was up for the first time in a while so one would hope the government would use this money to encourage growth instead of trying to make up for losses. but we still need extra housing which is where the thinking is this money might be spent. to encourage many more houses to be built and that would steal a march on what labour have been criticising the tories for. it would. i think phillip hammond is in a bit of a bind. he is under pressure from some cabinet ministers like sajid javid who have said that we need tonnes

more investment in house building and infrastructure. on the other side he has a lot of brexiteers who are very side he has a lot of brexiteers who are very much looking to hamstring him for anything they can in this budget and if he goes too far one way he risks damaging this reputation of fiscal responsibility that he spent seven years cultivating. can he not get around that by saying that this money is no longer on the books of the treasury or the public accounts because it is housing associations and they are not part of the public sector?” guess he can. ijust think he is in a very precarious position, especially given the disastrous budget of last year with his u—turn on national insurance for example. he had to climb down in a matter of days after the huge backlash. i think he is under a lot of pressure to get this right. whether that will

come off for him remains to be seen. another story in the independent. budget sector to deliver council housing boost, local authorities who have traditionally been responsible for building council houses before housing associations became so prevalent, they are going to be allowed to borrow. i think they are struggling so much that there appears to be very little other options for them on the table. for local authorities it is notjust housing that is causing the issue it is things like social care. they have a budget gap of billions in the coming years and i think something has got to be freed up in order to deliver these things. that is why we build them. we had lord adonis talking about this arc between oxford and cambridge and building hundreds of thousands of homes that

would, according to his calculations, generate huge growth and prosperity and productivity. that would be great. i am a renter, idream of that would be great. i am a renter, i dream of owning a home, i don't know i will ever be able to afford it to anything the government can do to make buying a home easier i would be in favour of. purely anecdotally andi be in favour of. purely anecdotally and i would love to get your thoughts on this, i know that millenials do want to own homes and just as much as people of other generations but i think there are deeper issues that millenials worry about. the dig economy for instance. -- git} about. the dig economy for instance. —— gig. there are other questions they want to ask, will myjob be around in five years, will the economy he around in five years, will the economy be open to trade and the re st of economy be open to trade and the rest of the world? i would love to see more of a focus on those things. housing is incredibly important that you are trying to capture the

millenials vote, there are deeper structural things to look at as well. there is an awful lot of uncertainty. we don't know what our economy is going to look like in the next year even, certainly the next two years, post—brexit. what does it look like post—brexit? nobody is able to give us a definitive answer on that at the moment. is popular as it may be with people who live in that arc between oxford and cambridge, if it really is going to generate prosperity and jobs and homes, that is home—grown, isn't it? it doesn't depend on the rest of europe or the world. that's true. isn't it only like 7% of the land in the uk is actually built on. when you fly over you realise how unspoiled many paths are. that is not to say that people want to carry on spoiling those parts. but you

have to live somewhere. it is a co nsta nt have to live somewhere. it is a constant tension. and it is a difficult political game to play because nobody wants to hear, we're going to build loads of houses on the green belt for example. but at some the green belt for example. but at some point some bold decisions will have to be made. there is an awful lot of spare land that we have and i think it could be utilised better. it is about building the right kind of homes. the right kind and the infrastructure that can support them. iam infrastructure that can support them. i am from california and i have seen so them. i am from california and i have seen so many them. i am from california and i have seen so many massive mansion housing community is essentially built ina housing community is essentially built in a desert. the hope is that certainly to expand but to be spot about it —— are smart about it. certainly to expand but to be spot about it -- are smart about it. in the times, they say that google is making millions of pounds from advertising around videos that we fight immensely disturbing and we do not understand why anybody would wa nt to not understand why anybody would want to make these and watch them.

these are some disgusting piece of content. this story talks about a seven—year—old girl bleeding from the mouth and crying after losing a tooth. you can't understand why anybody would want to watch this sort of thing. this is going to play into the idea of a tech backlash that we are starting to see. in the financial crisis these large companies almost seemed like saviours, innovators who could essentially do no wrong but now with issues like content policing, russian meddling in social media platforms, youtube, facebook, twitter, people are taking a more sceptical view. perhaps the things that will concentrate the mind of the company is that when advertisers start withdrawing these adverts. the company is that when advertisers start withdrawing these advertsm course start withdrawing these advertsm course and obviously our systems and the way we deal with issues that arise online have not quite caught up arise online have not quite caught up with the speed of technology and the growth of the internet itself.

however, if you put up a song on youtube and you don't have the copyright for it, it is taken down within minutes if not seconds. they are so hot on that. the idea that these big tech giants could not develop a system where they could more easily tackle this extremist or really horrible and distasteful content, i'm not sure i buy it. if thatis content, i'm not sure i buy it. if that is your business, you have got to have that facility. looking at the daily telegraph, you did not think you could get away without a brexit story? eu threat to withhold thatcher's rebate. this is the re bate thatcher's rebate. this is the rebate they have been heralding all these years to get money back from these years to get money back from the fact that we contribute to the eu. why might it be withheld? the fact that we contribute to the eu. why might it be withheld7m the fact that we contribute to the eu. why might it be withheld? it is more wrangling over money. it is the divorce bill. we cannot move forward

with any trade negotiations as we know until the divorce bill is settled. it says here that senior sources believe... it says negotiations over the bill which the eu sets at 60 billion are still not settled if the uk would receive the payment as part of a final settle m e nt payment as part of a final settlement when it leaves the eu in march 2019. i don't know how much this means to real people! we can try to make it real. i'm looking at it and obviously... isn't the message it and obviously... isn't the message i suppose that britain is not putting enough money on the table and the eu is saying, if you don't put enough money, we will keep back the money you would have expected to get? that's right. how that matters to an ordinary person who is not bothered about the

machinations of all of this, maybe the eu is doing what they have said they always do and some people don't like that, the fact that in some people's views they are being mean about it. i guess i'm struggling to tease out the new information here because it is obviously more financial wrangling. i think david davis has tried to claw back the rhetoric a little bit with his speech this week where he basically said that the eu need to convert might as well and you can't get something for nothing but how much ofan something for nothing but how much of an effect is having, not sure that's what it needs to compromise. just looking at this front page, it looks like it's from 1980 to! i can't imagine the last time the word thatcher was used in the third line ofa thatcher was used in the third line of a lead story. it is the daily telegraph! but it is playing into

readers emotions. let's say you are a brexit supporter, which i'm not, but if you are, you want to have a very good negotiating tactic with brussels to try to get the best deal you can also you need to stay clear—headed, thinking you can also you need to stay clear— headed, thinking about margaret thatcher's rebate, which is a small amount of money, is probably going to distract you. but very symbolic for a lot of people. true. let's finish with a nice dog story. get a dog and live longer. we knew that having certain types of pets was good for you but not quite as good. what's not to like? it's a lovely dog. i think there is definitely something in that as an animal lover and a pet owner. you can cut the risk of heart disease by up can cut the risk of heart disease by up to 36%. can cut the risk of heart disease by up to 3696. i am not a pet owner, i

ama up to 3696. i am not a pet owner, i am a dog fan! i have heard that somebody might be a cat fan. you can like both! i think you are one or the other. if you had to come down? cat. we have the nasty as to cat in the world but the sweetest dog! that is it for tonight. don't forget that you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website which is there for you seven days a week. if you missed the programme any evening you can watch it later on the iplayer. charlie and kate, thank you for coming in. coming up next, the weather. hello, saturday morning not quite as cold as friday morning, forced not

so widespread. changing things round for the weekend, on friday it was sunshine but heavy showers in scotla nd sunshine but heavy showers in scotland with the best of the centre on friday in southern england but it isa on friday in southern england but it is a cloudy day ahead in southern england and for scotland there will be the best sunshine on saturday. the isobars indicating still a brisk and chilly wind. cloud and patchy rain feeding into parts of wales and the midlands and southern england over the midlands and southern england over saturday and we will lose any early sunshine. still some blustery showers in the far north of scotland but here and in northern england by the afternoon there will be the lion's share of the sunshine. this is 9am, frost still for some particularly in the hills in scotla nd particularly in the hills in scotland but a lot of fine and sunny weather away from those showers. expecting a mainly dry day in northern ireland but a fair amount of cloud. a few showers spreading south across northern england but behind them we will get the sunshine. frost and sunny spells in east anglia and the south—east not

lost in llong. in wales and south—west england it will be mild —— not lasting long. the rain will move —— not lasting long. the rain will move eastwards —— not lasting long. the rain will move eastwards across —— not lasting long. the rain will move eastwards across southern england with some spots moving into east anglia but brighten up in northern england, the sunshine in scotla nd northern england, the sunshine in scotland but blustery wind and showers in the far north. a lot of cloud in northern ireland but mainly dry. wales and the south—west have cloud and rain but it isjill chilly for most of us. the rain becomes confined to the far south—west of england on saturday night, clearing skies elsewhere so the temperatures will drop away andy frost will be more widespread going into sunday morning and as ever temperatures lower in rural spots. where you start with the frost you will have some start with the frost you will have some sunshine and it will continue for most of the day. in northern ireland, wales and the south—west and heading into the west midlands, and heading into the west midlands, a lot of cloud and a bit patchy rain. temperatures again in single

figures, mostly cold. cloud and rain extending north—eastwards heading sunday night into monday but as that happens we are taking moisture into cold air is a risk of snow for some to stop monday in scotland, perhaps not just to stop monday in scotland, perhaps notjust on to stop monday in scotland, perhaps not just on the to stop monday in scotland, perhaps notjust on the hills. we will keep you updated. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11. police and air accident accident investigators are trying to establish the cause of a mid—air collision involving a light air—craft and a helicopter that killed four people. approach is today remain with investigating the next of kin, finding out who they are, informing them and supporting them with specialist officers as we increased

—— progress the investigation here on site. the eu tells theresa may she has two weeks to put more money on the table if the eu is to agree to begin brexit trade talks before the end of the year. in zimbabwe, president mugabe is seen in public for the first time since the military takeover —— the 93 year is facing growing pressure from his zanu—pf party to stand down. and after a few choppy weeks for the government we look