on a budget measure to end the federal government shutdown which started on friday night. republican and democrat senators are facing pressure from the public —— the united states senate has postponed a vote to end at budget measure and the federal government showdown. republican and democrat senators are facing pressure from the public to end their stalemate over spending limits and immigration policy. washington has called on turkey to show restraint after it began a ground offensive against kurdish militia in northern syria. a number of civilian casualties have been reported. the group targeted, the ypg, which ankara regards as a terrorist organisation, said it had repelled the raid. afghan officials say at least 18 people are now known to have died in a taliban attack on the intercontinental hotel in kabul late on saturday. most of the dead were foreigners. now on bbc news, it's time for the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome

to the week in parliament. coming up on this programme: jeremy corbyn attacks the government's handing of the collapse of the construction firm carillion and reckons there's a bigger problem. this isn't one isolated case of government negligence and corporate failure. it's a broken system. but theresa may says the labour party has turned its back on investment, growth and jobs. a labour party that will always put politics before people! also on this programme: the bill putting eu law into uk law ahead of brexit clears the commons, for now! and the justice secretary says he won't seek a judicial review of the parole board decision to release serial sex attacker john worboys from prison. i know this will disappoint the victims in this case and members of this house.

given the crimes for which he has been convicted, on a personal level, candidly, i share those concerns. but first to the story that dominated the westminster week — the collapse of the construction giant carillion. carillion has around a50 public sector contracts, from nhs cleaning to school dinners and prisons to homes for service families. it's also involved in the hs2 high—speed rail line and maintenance work for network rail. after statements and questions earlier in the week, jeremy corbyn used prime minister's questions to accuse the government of negligence for continuing to award contracts to the firm after it issued profit warnings earlier in the year. mr corbyn thought ministers had some explaining to do. in the last six months, the government has awarded more than £2 billion worth of contracts to carillion. it did so even after the share price was in freefall and the company had issued profit warnings. why did the government do that?

if it was the case that the government pulled out of contracts or, indeed, private sector companies pulled out of contracts whenever a profit warning was issued, that would be the best way to ensure that companies failed and jobs were lost. it looks like the government was handing carillion public contracts, either to keep the company afloat, which clearly hasn't worked, or it was just deeply negligent of the crisis that was coming down their line. which is it? mr speaker, i am very happy to answer questions when the right honourable gentleman asks one. he didn't! this is not one isolated case of government negligence and corporate failure. it is a broken system. under this government,

virgin and stagecoach can spectacularly mismanage the east coast main line and be let off a £2 billion payment. atos and capita can continue to wreck lives through damaging disability assessments of many people with disabilities and win more government—funded contracts. gas promised to provide security at the olympics, failed to do so, and the army had to step in and save the day. these corporations, mr speaker, need to be shown the door! we need our public services provided by public employees with a public service ethos and a strong public oversight. as the ruins of carillion lie around her, will the prime minister act to end this costly racket

of the relationship between government and some of these companies? i might, first of all, remind the right honourable gentleman that a third of carillion contracts were let by the labour government. what labour oppose is notjust a role for private companies in public services, but the private sector as a whole. the vast majority of people in this country in employment are employed by the private sector. but the shadow chancellor calls businesses the real enemy. labour want the highest taxes in our peacetime history, labour policies would cause a run on the pound, this is a labour party that has turned its back on investment, on growth, onjobs. a labour party that will always put politics before people! theresa may and jeremy corbyn. now, this was the week

when when mps waved goodbye — for now at least — to the eu withdrawal bill, the legislation putting eu rules and regulations into uk law to stop a legislative black hole opening up after brexit. on tuesday, labour and the snp failed in an effort to tempt scottish conservatives to rebel against the government. ministers had promised they'd change the bill to make sure that powers coming back from brussels would be devolved to scotland, wales and northern ireland and not be kept by them at westminster. but despite their promises, those changes aren't ready yet and will have to be made, not in the commons, as expected, but in the house of lords. the snp urged scottish tory mps to support the opposition‘s devolution demands, saying the government had gone back on its promise. this is a democratic abomination that the scottish parliament will have less of a say, this house will have less of a say, than the house of lords. there was no doubt that

scottish conservatives were unhappy at the failure to make the promised changes by now. one said he was "intensely disappointed". this bill will leave here unamended and even uncut. —— and in an unsatisfactory state and we are now dependent on unelected lords. to do ourjob for us. the government had control of the timetable. the deadlines were created by them, but they have let this chamber down by not delivering on what they promised. i am disappointed that we have been unable to reach agreement with the governments in scotland and wales to bring forward amendments to clause 11 on an agreed basis, and that is what the government's ambition remains. but when it came to a vote, the scottish conservatives ignored the pleas to rebel — the government won by a majority of 24. the next day, a labour mp also tried to make changes to the bill. in a debate heavily dominated

by remainers, ian murray proposed that the government must publish an impact assessment of both staying in and leaving the single market and customs union. and those assessments should be done before mps held their final vote on the overall deal. the reason the government will resist this new clause is not through any principle. it is because they know that any negotiated deal that they come back with the eu will not be as good as the deal we have today. that will say to the public that they will bring back a deal that makes the country poorer. while summing up, the minister didn't address those demands for an impact assessment directly. there then followed a series of votes, all of which the government won, meaning the bill was able to go on for its final reading in the commons. and so, the brexit secretary came to the chamber to make one last speech on the bill before it went to the house of lords to be scrutinised by peers. mr speaker, we are sending an improved piece of legislation

onwards to the other place, and i hope that that house will acknowledge the substance and spirit of the debate and scrutiny this bill has received thus far and that debate there will unfold in the same constructive way as it has in this house. but his labour opposite number disagreed. this bill has never been fit for purpose. it was unfit for purpose when it started its life last year. and after 64 hours at committee and ten hours at report, it is still not fit for purpose. it is fit for purpose, however, for the implementing the greatest festival of democracy that we have ever known in this country! where, injune 2016, 17 million of our citizens voted to leave the eu! the snp put down one last amendment, saying the bill shouldn't get its final third reading in the commons, in effect wrecking it. ian blackford argued the bill was incompatible with devolution. and declining a third

reading this evening, we send a clear signal to the government that this house cannot allow the commitments made to pass. it is the last chance for scottish tory mps to join us and to stand up for the devolved settlement. but that snp amendment was defeated by 322 votes to 295, the bill went on to get its third reading, and will now go off to the house of lords at the end of the month. the black cab rapistjohn worboys could be freed within weeks after the government opted not to challenge his release. thejustice secretary david gauke told mps on friday that it would not be appropriate to seek a judicial review of the case. worboys was jailed indefinitely in 2009 with a minimum term of eight years for drugging and sexually assaulting a dozen female passengers. police believe he may have committed as many as 100 similar offences. the news of the parole board decision outraged many

and thejustice secretary commissioned advice on the possibility of taking the highly unusual step of seeking a judicial review. the bar for a judicial review to succeed is very high. the test for deciding if a decision is unreasonable is not simply that the decision—maker — in this case, the parole board — could've made an alternative decision, but that no reasonable person would have come to the same conclusion on the facts of the case. similarly, on procedure, it would be necessary to identify failings to follow that process by the parole board that would have had a material impact on the decision. having taken considered expert legal advice, i have decided that it would not be appropriate for me as secretary of state to proceed with such a case. i know this will disappoint the victims in this case and members of this house. given the crimes for which he has been convicted,

on a personal level, candidly, i share those concerns. he said worboys would not be released until victims had been heard, and licence conditions put in place. and he announced he'd be expanding a review of the parole process. today's news makes the need for changes in the parole board even more pressing. the current rules permit either the secretary of state or victims to bring judicial review. many will have seen they are doing and that they have attracted much public support for the fundraising for this. judicial review is a key tool for every citizen to be able to challenge unjust or unlawful decisions by the state or other public bodies. deep cuts to legal aid have undermined the ability of many to pursue judicial reviews. who and how is held to account in the parole board if those released early re—offend? the test for a parole board

in the context of one of these ipp prisoners is an assessment of their risk to the public, and that is what the parole board has to determine in the circumstances. david gauke. now let's take some other news from around westminster in brief. what more can be done to tackle childhood obesity? one conservative reckons the stars of prime—time tv shows such as britain's got talent and i'm a celebrity should take a stand againstjunk food being advertised to children during their shows. it's notjust a coincidence of scheduling that these type of ads run alongside some of our biggest tv shows such as the x factor, britain's got talent, i'm a celebrity, hollyoaks, and the simpsons. if we are to affect change, as jamie oliver has already demonstrated, we need some of that star magic. i'm calling on those household names like simon cowell, ant & dec, dermot o'leary and amanda holden to take responsibility, stand up

to broadcasters and say that they will no longer be used as a hook to sell harmfuljunk food to our children, their own children. a snp mp says customers are being "ripped off" by mobile phone companies. patricia gibson said many consumers were continuing to pay for their handset after they'd covered the cost of buying it. the chances are that, if you are a customer with one of the bigger mobile phone providers who dominate the market, the price consumers are charged each month will not change. meaning that means that consumers continue to be charged for their handsets, even though they have already paid for them over the course of their two—year contract. the government suffered a series of defeats in the week on its sanctions and anti—money laundering bill. on wednesday, a former head of the judiciary criticised plans to give ministers the power to create new criminal offences. lord judge, who is a former lord chiefjustice of england and wales, told peers that proposals

to allow ministers to create new money laundering offences without having to get a new bill passed by parliament were "constitutionally troublesome". the amendment won cross party support and the government was defeated by 264 votes to 184, a majority of 80 votes. new figures show that one in ten nurses are leaving the nhs in england every year. and last year, more than 33,000 nurses gave up theirjobs. that's 3,000 more than joined the service. when labour raised the issue in the lords, a health minister insisted nursing numbers had increased since 2010. there are now more than 100,000 vacant post in the hs. will the minister accept the need to lift the page cap, fund proper rises for nurses, restore bursaries and restore this profession which have

been underappreciated ? the noble lord is wrong to say they are an underappreciated profession. of course we want to reduce the number of nurses leaving the profession. it is important to point out that they are down on peak number and proportion and to point out number of nurses has risen. the treatment of small businesses by the royal bank of scotland has been described by an mp as "the largest theft anywhere, ever". the charge came as the commons debated the banks' global restructuring group — grg — which has been accused of mistreating its customers by the city watchdog, the financial conduct authority. the royal bank of scotland has apologised for how it treated customers who ended up in its grg. but mps demanded an inquiry and

tougher action against the banks. the mp who led the debate described the experience of one constiuent. he lost his business, his home, his marriage, and i think it fair to say almost his sanity. his crime, nothing more than being an entre —— entrepreneur who banked with rbs. does my honourable friend agree with me that the rbs global restructuring group had a real cultural problem? when their top tips include the phrase, "rope, sometimes you just have to let customers hang themselves. " clearly, there is something very wrong occurring. i do agree. i think since 2008, we know that 16,000 small businesses were put into grg and the vast majority of them were liquidated. this was meant to be somewhere where they were put

back to try and get them into a situation where they could come back as a viable business. it was more of an abattoir. we do know that 90% of grg administered businesses never made it back to mainstream banking. this is a high proportion. the cost of this is immeasurable but we leave this to be in the tens of billions. —— we believe. let's be clear here. this is the potential size of the injustice that has taken place in our country. if it is this big it may be the largest theft anywhere ever. the treasury committee is investigating the allegations against rbs. when i hear constituents and others saying they will never trust a bank again, this should be a chilling moment for all banks

and working with sme‘s. they are right to say we will wait for the conclusion of the investigation of the matter is arising from the report before determining what further action needs to be taken. on the broader issue of dispute resolution, i've remind the house of the existing avenues open, but the fca is undertaking work to look at the relationship and it is right that we wait for the next steps. mps have been told that children as young as 12 are being used by gangs to traffic drugs across the country. known as "county lines", the gangs use the youngsters to transport drugs, weapons and money between cities and smaller towns. the national crime agency says there are at least 720 of these lines in england and wales, with 283 coming out of london alone. the labour mp, joan ryan, raised the wide reaching criminal activity

in a westminster hall debate. vulnerable children as young as 12 being groomed by gangs with promises of money, companionship and respect. but in reality, they are often forced to go missing from home for long periods of time, they are used as drug mules, with their orifices plugged with class a drugs, predominantly heroin and crack cocaine, they are trafficked to remote areas and forced to deal drugs in squalid conditions. at all times, they are at great personal risk of arrest by the police, which is probably the early time they are really safe, orfrom physical and sexual abuse from older gang members. a labour mp said she first found out about the problem when a mother came to her about her son who'd been arrested for trafficking drugs

between london and portsmouth. her son was involved in running drugs from lewisham to the south coast. there are 317 under 25s from lewisham believed to be involved in the activity of which about 200 are of school age. they are supplying drugs in 19 different counties. that is 200 school age children from one london borough out of 32. this is not an insignificant problem. drug gangs target vulnerable young people, including children in care, and those who have had very difficult times at home, they deliberately target those children because they know that they are susceptible to peer pressure, they are susceptible to the influence of these adults. they beguile, they entice, they flatter, and they befriend them. and when they have ensnared them, they put

them to criminal work. it is exploitation, pure and simple, and this is why i am so pleased that we are beginning to see these cases prosecuted under the modern slavery act so that we give them the stigma that they deserve, as well as tackling their criminality. victoria atkins. now, let's go back to the commons on friday where mps backed a bill giving tenants in england the ability to take landlords to court if their home is unsafe. currently, if a landlord doesn't deal with a request for maintenance and repairs, it is up to the council to enforce the law. labour mp karen buck brought in the bill which would mean in future, tenants could bring civil proceedings if their home is unfit to live in. currently, and extraordinarily, landlords have no obligations to their tenants to keep the conditions of the property fit for habitation. there is an obligation to repair the structure of the property and keep in repairfeatures such as gas, water, and electricity, but that only applies

when there is damage. it does not apply to many things. there are a whole range of fitness issues which seriously affect the wellbeing and safety of tenants and about which tenants can do nothing. she had examples. i met a young mum whose baby was born prematurely, had to bring home to a flat so damp that when i visited her, even i was struggling to breathe. i met a pensioner two weeks ago who was taken into hospital with hypothermia twice because of the cold in her flat where the heat leaks. and she fell and hit her steps which had water poured through the roof.

but a conservative thought there were areas where it could go further. we do not want a position whereby someone who takes action under this bill bind themselves homeless because the landlord has said, you can take me to court but i will evict you as a result. that would be reprehensible and we have to combat that in a way. the minister too backed the bill. the government does want to support good land laws and to avoid further regulation on them which increases costs and pushes up rents and reduces choice. but small number of criminal landlords knowingly rent out and safe and substandard accommodation. we are determined to crack down on these landlords and disrupt their business model. finally, let's take a look at some of the quirkier news from around westminster this week. here's clare gould. some new faces on the front bench following theresa may's reshuffle. the first muslim woman mp

to speak from the bench. a newjustice secretary was sworn in as lord chancellor on thursday. charges of treason after a n u nsuccessful attempt to negotiate a settlement with a powerful organisation. the eu withdrawal bill completed its final stage. 12 days of debate had tested the endurance of many. mr swain blamed and early mornings when for the momentary relapse. the president of france came to visit, bringing an offer to loan the uk to house the famous tapestry.

the latest addition of the conversation series with michael heseltine got a celebrity endorsement from peter stringfellow. clare gould with our countdown. and that's it from us for now but do join mandy baker on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm for a full roundup of the day at westminster. but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. may was a significant change. we

started off very cold. some north areas stay that way below freezing for the afternoon but some mild air began to push on from the south—west. skip ahead to tuesday, all of us will be in that mild air. double digit temperatures and the process of pushing the cold air away and bringing the mild air the country continues as we had through the first part of this money morning. still possibly cold enough for some icy stretches in north—east, generally speaking a much milder start the day. lot of dry weather around as well. some showers blowing in across the north—west of scotland, falling as rain because look at the temperatures, five, six, seven degrees. many places didn't get that high drinks on a afternoon. further south, large areas of cloud and sunny spells, one area of rain perilously close to the south, that once the ground for too long. through wales and much of the

south—west it is looking dry as we start of the day. that reigned in the south scoots off very quickly, showers continue to the north—east of scotland, one or two showers in the western areas but a generally decent looking day. spells of sunshine around and those temperatures significantly higher than they were on sunday. as we had out of money to choose a cooperative quiet initially, these mild south—westerly wind holding captures up south—westerly wind holding captures up and eventually some rain into western areas, perhaps misty and murky conditions as well. overnight riches of 3— nine degrees. into tuesday, the milder air takes up residence across the country pumped in our direction by this south—westerly wind. tuesday, the mildest day of the week for many will see outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, scotland and wales, some patchy rain elsewhere. these are your maximum temperatures. nine in aberdeen, 13 in cardiff and

in london. that of a change on wednesday. this heavy rain will sink southward, strong wind as well. a cold front, behind it called a and turning a bit chilly for the end of the week with blustery showers at times but not nearly as cold as it has been. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: the us shutdown stand off continues. senators postpone a vote that could see the reopening of the federal government. turkey's advance — troops cross into syria, targeting kurdish groups who'd been fighting the so—called islamic state. turkey is clearly committed militarily to this operation and has widespread popular support here but

if the turks suffer losses or civilian casualties grow, that could change. at least 18 people are now known to have died in saturday's attack on a hotel in kabul. most of them were foreigners. leaving the biggest till last — more than a million people attend an open air mass as the pope ends his tour of peru.