good morning. andi million nhs good morning. and 1 million nhs staff in england including nasa ‘s porters and paramedics are to be offered a pay rise of more than 6% over the next three years. the deal is expected to be announced by unions shortly. the post paid workers will receive the biggest boost to their income. doctors and not included to the deal. the money for the rise is expected to more than £4 billion was accounted for and last year's budget. at health correspondence as in london this morning. tell us how the rise breaks down. it is a minimum of 6.5% of that will be quite different depending what you get paid at the minute. the nhs has pay grades rising from about £15,000 for a grade one, cleaners and catering

staff, for them on the rise will be more like 29% over three years as well as people the bands will get the minimum of 6.5%. the royal couege the minimum of 6.5%. the royal college of nursing has said that the average pay of nurses has fallen by more than 14% in real terms since 2010. how will they see this rise? is it certain that will be accepted? it is not certain, it is coming down toa it is not certain, it is coming down to a meeting right now. we are expecting it to be accepted and will find out shortly but we do not know yet

who was it is significant in the sense that today marks the end of public sector pay freeze all over the last few years, that is now. increases significantly above the 1% cap. and broader terms you have to say that will encourage other bodies like teachers for example to say if the nhs staff are getting a rise above the pay cap we want one as well. the potential bill for the government becomes a much bigger one. clearly the view and government is that we have reached the outer limits of pay restraint, and easing of austerity and a number of different areas that on top of that there is a particular issue with the

nhs in terms of its political significance. it has such a place and the psyche of the british nation and the psyche of the british nation and the psyche of the british nation and the specific problems in terms of recruitment and retention of staff and the nhs. figures the other day from the royal college of nursing suggest that something like one in ten nursing posts where no unfilled. there was also a question about whether brexit will make some eu staff decided not want to stay here and there are specific issues about the nhs but the big picture is goodbye to the pay cap. how will it be funded? good question. 0ne goodbye to the pay cap. how will it be funded? good question. one thing we know and this is equally important as it will not come from the existing nhs budget. why that matters is because last year the police and prison officers did get a pay rise which went beyond the pick—up however they had to pay for

it from within an existing budgets which caused a lot of grief and unhappiness amongst you constable to suddenly had to find this extra money. this pay rise does not come from the nhs budget, they are not having to find it themselves. instead it is coming from the treasury. the question then is where does philip hammond find this money. the chief secretary to the treasury has been out and about doing interviews and says that the money has already been set aside by the government and last year's budget, and otherwise mr hammond has accounted for that. there is a lot of money to account for because it is expected to cost more than 4 billion at a time when we are still borrowing a lot of money. mr hammond said every household in the country was £64,000 in debt because of what we we re was £64,000 in debt because of what we were borrowing. despite that he has found another four billion and i expect he will have to find

additional billions or other public sector work as we will be knocking on his door demanding as good a deal as the nhs staff. unemployment rose by 24,000 to 1.45 million in the three months to january. it was the second month in a row to show an increase. however, the rate of unemployment was down slightly, from 4.4% to 4.3% — and the number of people in work has reached a record high of 32.2 million. average earnings including bonuses rose by 2.8% in the year to january — that's up 0.1% on the previous month. the ministerfor the minister for disabled people the ministerfor disabled people has been giving her reaction.” the ministerfor disabled people has been giving her reaction. i want to make sure people have more money in their pocket and i am pleased to say throughout the recession we have made sure to increase the national living wage and the minimum wage and people on the lowest paid jobs are seeing a 7% increase above the rate

of inflation in those regions. from april the minimum wage and living wage will be increasing particularly important for young people who will be seeing the biggest rises in the pay for the last ten years. the chief executive has been suspended in both firms deny any wrongdoing. an international row about facebook data making headlines in the states and in london, home to the consultancy, cambridge analytica. that company is accused of using the personal data of 50 million facebook users to send highly targeted messages during the 2016 us

election campaign. secret filming by channel 4 news shows cambridge analytica's boss, alexander nix, boasting about the role it played in donald trump's victory. the company has denied the facebook information was used for this purpose. it said mr nix‘s comments do to not represent the values of the firm. he has been suspended. the cambridge academic who created the data that was harvested and has been banned from facebook says that he has been targeted. i have been used as a scapegoat by cambridge analytica. we thought we were acting appropriately, and did not do anything wrong. facebook says it did break rules by donating data to third parties

and says it has been deceived by cambridge analytica. there is growing pressure from politicians. we can talk to technology reporter, out concerning is this for facebook users? if we wait facebook was set up users? if we wait facebook was set up when this data was harvested was available in a lot more freely than it used to be. the question is how many copies of it are floating around and where are they? it seems facebook was very free to share everybody‘s data with the people building games and apps and stuff in

your face building games and apps and stuff in yourface big feet building games and apps and stuff in your face big feet and once building games and apps and stuff in yourface big feet and once it is in the hands of those people how secure is it? there's no way of knowing some people are worried about where the data has gone. the honest answer is nobody really knows. if you do if you do a quiz now are you saying it would be convicted of fraud in terms of the way information was harvested ? of the way information was harvested? things are much more locked down. facebook used to be set up locked down. facebook used to be set up anyway as it happened almost by default anyone who made an up or a game would get not only the data of the person who played it but also all of theirfriends. the person who played it but also all of their friends. that has changed and so too has facebook‘s privacy settings. if you look as a member you can and click for details you want apps and games to see and hold about you. you may also get notices saying you will no longer be able to play the game order to limit your experience so that is a co nsta nt your experience so that is a constantjuggling between your experience so that is a constant juggling between how important your data security is versus important your data security is versus how much you want to enjoy the experience of being on facebook.

and terms of the data harvested, the big thing about cambridge was the way it micro—targeted voters in campaigns and made through secret of that. that was the story of its strength and town which could target specific communities for candidates. how would the sort of data from facebook help with something like that? how specific is it? what is interesting is how deeply cambridge analytic drilled down. they make good money out of it to target advertising at people who will be most receptive to it. often that is set at quite high levels of stuff thatis set at quite high levels of stuff that is easily viewable on facebook would be your gender and age and credulous and that is easy to find data. what cambridge says instead was to drill down into what it described as people's hopes and

fears so let's say you are interested in education or transport maker be immediately obvious. lsu read everything on facebook and identify the trend to back up on the particular likes that we have not perhaps advertised. that is what people are finding it very obtrusive because it does feel like a very in—depth thing to do. it is quite personal and intimate information. thank you. a sixth parcel bombs intercepted before it excluded. gary is an austin, dramatic developments bring us austin, dramatic developments bring

us up to date. in the early hours of this morning and they identified the location of the man they believe to be the serial bomber. they tracked him toa be the serial bomber. they tracked him to a motel where they were keeping an eye on him, they wanted to ta ke keeping an eye on him, they wanted to take him into custody but he left that hotel and a pursuit ensued and this was the chief of police said about what happened next. as members of the boston police department swats team approached the vehicle the suspects detonated a bomb inside the suspects detonated a bomb inside the vehicle knocking one of our squad officers back. one of our squad officers back. one of our squad officers back. one of our squad officers fired at this aspect as well. the suspect is deceased and has significant injuries from a blast from detonating a bomb and said his vehicle. they are not naming any man, they are saying he

has a 24—year—old white man and they are not saying what the motivation was. do not seem to know that yet for the six separate bombs that he created five of which went off and killing two people. they say that they do not know that he has been for the last 24 hours so they are warning the public that they might still be more devices in the system. he said two of these through fedex one of which exploded and a distribution centre. a lot of u na nswered distribution centre. a lot of unanswered questions but a sense of relief that at least the police believe this is the man they have been looking for and that he is now dead. more than a million nhs staff can expect a pay rise of at least 6.5% over three years in a deal expected to be confirmed later. figures just out show the number of unemployed people in the uk increased by 24,000 to 1.45 million between november and january. but the office for national statistics says that the number

of people in work has also increased to a record 32.2 million. the academic who collected the facebook data at the centre of a major privacy row says he's been made a scapegoat afghan officials say at least 26 people have died in an explosion in the capital, kabul. initial reports suggest a suicide bomber attacked a crowd of hundreds of people who had gathered to celebrate the start of nowruz, the new year festival. president trump is reported to have ignored warnings from his national security advisers not to congratulate vladimir putin on his re—election. the washington post is reporting that mr trump went against his advisers and was even given a briefing note with the words "do not congratulate" in capital letters. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has recommended that london stop getting upset and calm down — in relation to the ongoing investigation into the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia remain in a critical condition in hospital following the attack more than two weeks ago. the government here say the investigation could

take several months. fast. why has a scotland yard official said that the investigation will last for months? the british government has already decided the verdict. 0verall government has already decided the verdict. overall and is no doubt that the british leadership has knowingly chosen to undermine the british and russian relationship. if this trend towards anti—abortion measures continues the principle of reciprocity is always there. i think it would be beneficialfor everyone and london as they stopped getting upset and countdown. —— calmed down. protesters have thrown dead fish

into the thames. the fishing industry and unhappy that the uk will not regain control of fishing waters in brexit today. instead it will be subject to eu rules for 21 months after that. the environment secretary has said he shares a disappointment but asked people to keep their eyes on the prize of getting full control of uk waters back. women who suffered at the hands of undercover police officers and what don't of a public enquiry. it has been running for three years and will not produce a report for at least another year. our home office is corresponded as at the high court in central london over the enquiry is being held, tell us more. it was not just the woman is being held, tell us more. it was notjust the woman who walked out, about 50 people in, the alleged

victims of undercover abuses what out in protest at the german's handling of the enquiry today. the appeal courtjudge was told she is a white middle—aged man whose experience is simply not of the type appropriate to run this enquiry. at the heart of what is going on is a huge row about which of the undercover officers accused of wrongdoing gets named. so that the alleged victims can bring forward evidence and allegations are that they were victims of abuse is. i am talking about women who say they we re talking about women who say they were tricked into relationships by officers from scotland yard's disbanded special demonstration squad. families who believe the names of the deceased children will effectively stolen by the metropolitan police for undercover operations. environmental campaigners who were part of the protest which led to miscarriages of

justice because they say they were tricked into criminality by undercover officers. this is a hugely important enquiry. for three yea rs hugely important enquiry. for three years that has been a row going on about which officers get named that every time there's a hearing at the high court last numbers of people turned out. you can see the banners behind me by protesters, they said enough was enough. they are a barrister stood up in court and said the way this enquiry had been handled and the facts of few of the undercover officers are getting named meant they no longer have confidence and they either wanted thejudge to confidence and they either wanted the judge to stand down from the enquiry or to appoint a panel of experts who would be able to advice on why these groups were targeted over the years. he sat stony faced and silence throughout this fairly extraordinary attack by a leading qc and she and the others stood up and

walked out of court. they held a protest. let me turn to one of the victims of these abuses. dave smith, tell me why you are taking part in this enquiry. i am a court participant and the trade union strand because some of the undercover police officers were sent in to infiltrate trade unions. tell me why people walked out of two—day quest mark. this is big debate about the soul of where the enquiry is going. this is meant to be a public enquiry service is going to be heard in public where our royals can actually ask questions of the undercover police and managers about what the human rates abuse was, about what politicians knew about it and who was directing it or not all be held in secret behind closed doors without the public are victims

and warriors being able to ask questions. that is what this is all about. one of the undercover police office rs about. one of the undercover police officers when i knew him and the 19905 was called mark cassidy. he was a 19905 was called mark cassidy. he wasa memberof 19905 was called mark cassidy. he was a member of the construction union, a bank account by special branch paid for his union sub. we have named him but sirjohn is refusing to name him and not prepared to accept that he was another police officer despite the fa ct another police officer despite the fact that the metropolitan police have paid out very large compensation to the female activists he was living with. and given her a public apology. it isjust bonkers. that is a sense of the anger shown today by the core participants. thank you. to sum up, we understand

some of the alleged victims have written to the home secretary saying they want amber rudd to intervene. they want changes and answers and they are saying if this undercover enquiry does not start naming more of the officers accused of abuses the enquiry itself is effectively undercover and therefore cannot deliver justice. thank you. undercover and therefore cannot deliverjustice. thank you. thank you. a group of mps is warning government complicity could see britain sleepwalking into a crisis. and home affairs committee said it is down to the complexity of issues such as data—sharing the european arrest warrant and member ship. it could mean the union recently agreed transition period needs to be extended. membership of the eu means the uk enjoys access to valuable police

data bases, the european arrest warrant scheme and the services of europol. the government says it is optimistic about negotiating just as good a deal for when we leave, but after taking evidence from people from the national crime agency and other organisations which relying on eu security corporation, an all—party committee of mps says it does not share that optimism. we are worried that a security treaty will not be signed and implemented in time for when the transition period ends and that could leave us without proper extradition arrangements if people flee justice and flee from crimes, but also without access to criminal data that the police properly need. access to eu—wide data systems and the resources of europol depend on legal obligations underpinned by the european court ofjustice. the uk has said being outside the european courts jurisdiction is a red line, but the mps say the government should not be too rigid on such matters if it wants to get a good deal. and they reckon the complex technical and legal issues mean both sides need to be ready to extend the two—year transition before brexit kicks in. accusing the government

of complacency, the committee warns the uk could be sleepwalking into a security crisis. mark easton, bbc news pope francis is to visit ireland in august — the first papal visit to the country for almost 40 years. the last pontiff to visit the republic of ireland was popejohn paul ii. he drew crowds of over two and a half million — more than half the state's population — in 1979. 0ur correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. how much excitement is this visit going to cause? this has been anticipated for some time but yesterday we now have that official announcement and it has been more than 40 years, almost 40 years since the pope has visited ireland. it is true to say that ireland remains a very strong catholic country but bob

francis will be visiting a different ireland to the one visited by his lead assessor who was at the height of the troubles, it was too dangerous for him to be able to cross the border. this time ireland asa cross the border. this time ireland as a more liberal country but that the less this will be a very significant and symbolic visit for the catholic committees. —— communities. the amount of plastic in the ocean could travel within a decade unless action is taken. the foresight future of the sea report for the uk government says plastics is just one issue facing the world's seas, along with rising sea levels and warming oceans. it also says much more knowledge is needed about the ocean. talk about springing a leak — these pictures are of a water main break in university city near san diego yesterday. local reports said a contractor hit

a 6—inch—diameter blow off valve connected to a water main causing the leak which saw water shoot up above the californian highway. the break shut down the road for roughly 30 minutes while crews worked to shut off the water. it's been a 25 year wait — but later today the first polar bear cub born in the uk for over two decades will make his public debut. born in december, the bear is still to be named as keepers try to determine its sex. the cub has spent the last four months with it's mum victoria in the maternity den at the highland wildlife park in scotland. 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... some cloud and rain coming from the north and west at the moment but for many of us a cold start, frosty

start be woke up to lovely sunshine. for many of us we have the sunshine. through the rest of the day, not a great deal of change really into the afternoon, for many will keep the drier conditions and temperatures nudging upa drier conditions and temperatures nudging up a little bit. this is the scene a short time ago in surrey. the river thames looking quite nice with the fair clouds and through the afternoon across central and eastern and southern areas they will keep the blue skies. north and west will be more cloudy and outbreaks of rain will affect western parts of scotla nd will affect western parts of scotland is afternoon. it could be some show and east of scotland by brighter skies developing here. maximum temperature is up to about seven to 11. this evening and tonight, more cloud and they're still could be spots of rain across western scotland and the eastern side of england but temperatures up to between five and seven saw

nowhere near as cold as last night, a frost free start to thursday. through thursday some cloud around, more than compared to today but even then bright sunny spells particularly the farther east you are. fairly bright here. there will be some rain towards western areas and strong winds as well but the rain coming heavily by the end of thursday across northern ireland, west of scotland and eventually the rain pushes into wales and the south—west. temperatures into double figures for most of us. goodbye. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. more than a million nhs staff can expect a pay rise of at least 6.5% over three years in a deal expected to be confirmed later. the number of people unemployed has risen by 24,000 to 1.45 million in the three months to january — but the office for national statistics say the rate of unemployment is down slightly, and wages are up.

the academic who collected the facebook data at the centre of a major privacy row says he's been made a scapegoat. a suspect linked to the attacks in the city of austin is killed — after detonating another device. time for the sports news. a total of 199 is all that stands between scotland and a place at next yea r‘s between scotland and a place at next year's cricket world cup. victory over the west indies in the qualifier will guarantee them a place at next year's tournament, to be staged in england and wales. as an associate non—nation, they made their breasts possible start against more well—known opponents. —— best possible start. evan has made 50

from 63 and a century before he was caught in the deep. west indies was caught in the deep. west indies was caught all out at 198. if they qualified will be the first time in their history. for england, fulston to their test series with new zealand, with ben stokes set to return after the ashes defeat to australia. captain joe root says he is a £31 umpire and often the best player in all three departments and is itching to get back after an incident outside a bristol nikon. —— three in one player. coming back into high—intensity cricket after being out for some time, it has been really mature of him, actually. he likes to do things at 150 million miles an hourat likes to do things at 150 million

miles an hour at all times and you concede immaturity showing through a bit more. and that's only going to bea bit more. and that's only going to be a good thing. reading have sacked their manager after leading the cup to the championship play—off final last season, they have slid down the table this term after one win in 19 league games. the former manchester united defender leaves with the club now three points above the relegation zone. nine years after working as a milkman following his release from ipswich town, burnley goalkeeper nick pope will help you can force his way into england's world cup spot. he was released as a 16—year—old, took upon the ground and had spells outside the lead before joining burnley and and had spells outside the lead beforejoining burnley and only had his chance they're following an injury to the regular number one earlier this season. he's now been rewarded with an england call—up and could make his international debut with the upcoming friendlies and the netherlands and italy. he says he is a safe pair of hands if he does get the call. i ran afloat, yes,

electric. was the best thing about being an england player? can't call myself that if i had not played! i think it'sjust, you know, the honour, really. and the being around people who have been there from the start and who have travelled the journey with me, to share that with them was something i will never forget. jockey ruby walsh has been ruled out of the grand national following a nasty fall at last week's cheltenham festival. the 38—year—old only return from breaking his right leg five days earlier when he aggravated the injury. he says he is now targeting a return late next month. and that is on the sport for now. i will happen tomorrow —— i will have plenty more of it later. nhs staff including nurses, porters

and pay rates are to have a pay rise over the next three years, the deal expected to be announced shortly. earlier, the chief secretary to the treasury and announced the deal, thought to be worth billions, was accounted for in the budget., this is money we allocated at the budget last year because we recognised that the nhs is facing some unique pressures . the nhs is facing some unique pressures. we are seeing more patients current accident and emergency, increasing demand for services. so we set aside that money in exchange for making sure that we reform the way the nhs is working. an agreement is being reached with the unions, which is really positive. so we are changing the way that people get performance assessed so that we can get better outcomes

for patients but at the same time it people are properly rewarded for the important work they do. i think we have got a good agreement there, which we have already paid for, by the way, in the public finances. would you say you're able to take that action as a result of, would you say that this territory is coming to an end and therefore you can now start to spend more money on public sector? —— austerity.... we need to keep public spending in control, cover, they're still waste in the public sector of rock, but at this end, where there are issues recruiting and retaining people and outcomes, we are able to identify that money so that week and give those hospital porters, those nurses, those physios are proper salary to be able to do that. liz truss. and at midday, it will be prime minister's questions, which we will bring to you live, no doubt the issue of the pay deal will come up

then. let's get more on facebook in that data row. the man who created the facebook app used to gather the personal data of millions of people has told the bbc he has been unfairly blamed for the current row about privacy. in his first uk broadcast interview, on bbc radio 4's today programme, dr aleksandr kogan — employed in cambridge university's psychology department — accused both facebook and cambridge analytica of scapegoating him: i'm honestly stunned by most of this. this never been my understanding. the events of the past week have been a total shell shock. and in my view is that i'm being basically used as a scapegoat by both facebook and cambridge analytica when, honestly, we thought we were acting perfectly appropriately. we thought we were doing something that was really normal and we were assured by cambridge analytica that everything was perfectly legal within the limits of the terms of service. but you're a highly knowledgeable, highly skilled person. are you saying you totally

relied on information that cambridge analytica gave you and didn't ask questions of yourself about this huge amount of data, 30 million profiles that you had gathered? one of the great mistakes i did here was ijust didn't ask enough questions. i mean, i had never done a commercial project and i didn't really have any reason to doubt their sincerity. that's certainly something that i strongly regret now. dr aleksandr kogan — speaking with mishal hussain on bbc radio 4's today programme. the hashtag "deletefacebook" has been trending for 24 hours in protest at the company's data and privacy policies. two people who have deleted their accounts — james who's been on facebook for ten years and is training to be a teacher and eva who's been on it nine years and works in marketing have been

speaking to chloe tilley on the victoria derbyshire programme who asked them what to led to their decision to delete theirfacebook profile. this kind of thing has been common knowledge among people for a while, data breaches and stuff like that. and on the back of the twitter campaign, i thought that was something to get behind, to finally you, know, push facebook into the past. what about you, why did you decide to delete now? i'd been thinking about deleting my stuff for about two or three years. i'd think, for me, when facebook became a bit frustrating was the point when, i'm not sure if they ran ads before that as well but it was kind of like two, two and a half years ago when it started really frustrating me. so i started using it less and less. and i haven't really posted anything in about a year. so i think this was kind of, like, what pushed me over the edge. and i said, i don't actually get anything out of it. so in that sense, is it about trust, is it about saying, i'm just done?

i think i kind of dealt with the trust issue quite a while ago, because i've been expecting some kind of a story like this to break for quite some time. do you think we are all a little bit naive in what we share on facebook? because after all, it is free to us, to use. they are going to want something out of... out of the deal, don't they? they're going to want something back. and ultimately, that's our information. i understand that. but a lot of the users might be 50 plus and rarely familiar with how the internet works, how facebook works, as a platform. no one has given a crash course on how to use the platform. so they might be naive in a sense that they might share personal information my bank details to their partners and they're not aware of where their data is being stored, what it's being used for. joe twyman is the co—founder and director of delta poll uk.

formerly head of political & social at yougov, he's in our central london studio. thank you forjoining us. should people be shocked, surprised, angry that this has happened when people do very freely and easily put information out on social media? there are two elements. should people be surprised that social media and indeed many internet applications and mobile phone applications and mobile phone applications collect your data ? applications and mobile phone applications collect your data? you probably shouldn't be surprised given that this is how the internet finances so many aspects of what we use. whether it's the android platform on mobiles or whether it's facebook itself, these are paid for by advertising. and whether you're posting something on facebook, searching for something on google, or making a comment on twitter, it's all scored centuries. and it's also worth remembering that facebook also owns what up and instagram and these are all connected. but having said

that, as this was previously mentioned, some people particularly younger people and older people, or not so familiar with the way that these things work. they perhaps don't read every last line of the terms of service for individual apps and for the platform itself. so it isa and for the platform itself. so it is a real mess. and then of course, there is political data. and that there is political data. and that the use, political party special parties have collected data from the book a very long time. —— political parties have collected data from people of very long time. when they knock on your door, they're not doing that to be friendly, all this data is collected for them. so what that indicates is that we really as a society need to think more about the data we are handing over and the processes we are going to to do that. one of the things that mr kogan said about the data was that the accuracy of the data he gathered a nyway the accuracy of the data he gathered anyway has been extremely exaggerated, he said that he doesn't

think it can actually influence the outcome of an election in the way that has been set. what are your thoughts on that? cambridge analytica themselves have been very positive about presenting it, almost asa positive about presenting it, almost as a magical solution for the elections. but of course, they are experts and propaganda, it is not a surprise they would do their best to talk up their own product. but more widely, it is definitely, there are questions to be answered about exactly what kind of impact and individual product such as this would have, particularly when lots of different organisations and campaigns are doing very, very similar things, just in a perhaps more transparent way with greater consent. i think there is very... a com plete consent. i think there is very... a complete lack of evidence to show that it actually had a major impact and when you look at, for instance, the campaign of ted cruz in the us who used cambridge and a litigant before donald trump, his campaign was not very successful at all. —— chamber and analytical. for people

who do not know how cambridge analytica did appoint michael targeting to get to particular voters he would be particularly receptive, and had a 6—point how it works? , the way it worked was that iran and up on facebook -- the run and up on facebook and invited people to take part in the up and recorded the data of those people and also their friends on facebook. and from that they identified what they call psychographic profiles of respondents, basically looking at how their personality impact on the floating potential. and they were targeted with different types of m essa 9 es targeted with different types of messages that cambridge analytica but would appeal to them. —— floating potential. thank you. it's nine months of the grenfell tower fire. today, it's nine months of the grenfell towerfire. today, pollute hearings continued before the main enquiry sta rts continued before the main enquiry starts in may. the cladding on the tower has been identified as the

reason the blaze spread so quickly and it is force authorities across the uk to test similar properties. 301 buildings didn't meet current building regulations — and salford was one of the local authorities with the highest failure rate. graham satchell has been to meet some residents waiting for cladding to be removed. nine months after the fire at grenfell tower, the cladding on thorn court in salford is still in place. we first filmed here in august last year. this is our lives that they are messing about with, and we are potentially living in a death trap, all of us. it's failed all the tests, so no matter what they say, you feel uneasy now. today the residents remain angry, frustrated, afraid. a lot of people are quite frightened because if you look out of your window, you see smoke, and you see a fire creeping up the building...

you feel as if you're in a melting pot, you know? do you think the council is taking this seriously? no, because if they were they'd have started work on this by now. in the days after the fire at grenfell every tower block in the country over 18 metres was checked. the latest government figures show in all 301 buildings have the same type of cladding as grenfell tower, 13 are public buildings like schools and hospitals, 130 are private blocks and 158 are council blocks, of those only seven have completed their refurbishment. so why is there such a delay in getting this urgent work done? well, each case is complicated. in privately—owned blocks there are legal rows between the freeholders and residents about who should pay for the work to be done. thorn court is owned by salford city council but its run on their behalf by a private finance

initiative by pendleton together and again there's a row between those two about who should pay for the cladding to be removed. do you think it's acceptable that we are nine months after the fire at grenfell tower and as far as they're concerned virtually nothing has been done? i'm not sure which residents you've been speaking to, would they deny that there are fire marshals in place at the moment? would they deny we've taken steps in terms of the fire remand? the cladding is still in place. the cladding is flammable. the cladding is not in place on the bottom levels, we've covered it with concrete in order to make it inert. just let me finish if i may... how long is this taking? we've had to do the test and find the safest system we can possibly find for their benefit, and that's exactly what we're doing. salford council has borrowed £25 million to replace the cladding on nine tower blocks. it says work will start

in the spring and could take two years to complete. the government insists whoever owns the building should pay for the work. local councils say central government should help. who eventually pays is anyone's guess. residents just want action. do you feel safe? no, i don't now. stop making people live in fear in these blocks. we're not talking about a dozen or so, we're talking about hundreds of people on this estate. and across the country, thousands of residents are still living in tower blocks with cladding deemed a fire risk. ina in a moment, a summary of the businesses, but first our main headlines on bbc newsroom life. more than a million nhs staff in england can expect to pay rise of

6.5% over three years in a deal expected to be confirmed shortly. unemployment rises by 24,000 in the three months to january but the rate of unemployment is down slightly and wages are up. the academic who collected the facebook data at the centre of a major privacy row says he has been made a scapegoat. in the business news. wages grew by 2.6% in the three months to january while the unemployment rate fell. that's according to new figures out from the office for national statistics. it means earnings growth is almost meeting inflation which stands at 2.7%. tech stocks continue to fall as investors react to calls for tighter regulation as the federal trade commission, a us regulator, announces its looking into facebook‘s handling of personal data. the social media giant's market value has fallen by more than £28 billion in the last two days and twitter shares are down more than 10%.

it follows allegations that 50 million facebook users' private information was misused by a political consultancy firm. up to 90,000 grandparents and family members are missing out on a perk that could increase their state pension. national insurance credits for those who look after young children can be worth up to £230 a year in retirement. but an insurance firms says 90% of those eligible are failing to make the claim, known as adult specified childcare credit. you have been hearing those unemployment and wage growth figures and it sounds like good news for workers, wage growth is up slightly, at 2.6%, and you'll remember yesterday we had inflation figures released which showed prices rising by 2.7%. so we haven't yet reached the moment where real wage growth happens but we are one step closer. let's speak to the chief economist of the manufacturers organisation

the eef. thank you forjoining us. we will come to the figures in a moment but that start with the wage growth. excluding bonuses, it is up 2.8% but it still doesn't mean more money and our pockets. not yet. i think this is the news that a lot of households will have been hoping for in 2018, that we are finally starting to see a bit of a pick—up in the pace of wage growth. and as you say, in the coming months, we should expect to see that outpacing the rate of inflation which has started to d rift the rate of inflation which has started to drift down. so it is good news for household but also for policymakers, that all of this and moving in the dirt and we expected. that's talk about the compliment figures. —— unemployment figures. the rate has fallen but there is a small rise in the actual number of people, how does that work? the number people in employment has gone up number people in employment has gone up by number people in employment has gone up by the number of people claiming unemployment benefits has also crept up unemployment benefits has also crept up slightly. and that is partly because we are seeing more people making themselves available for

work. so the inactivity rate across the economy has actually fallen to its lowest level in about 40 years. so that is good, that more people are making themselves available for employment. ‘s is it because of this income screws, do you think? is it because of the income squeeze? potential. we assume that the economy has been fairly resilient over the past years. some people may have been under pressure that may have been under pressure that may have encouraged more people to come onto the labour market. we have seen toys " r" onto the labour market. we have seen toys "r" us closing down, mothercare shutting stores, and other high street shops having issues, what impact is this having on wages and unemployment? the fact that we have seen a squeeze on real earnings has possibly contributed to some of these challenges. we have seen households rein in their spending over the past year or so but there are also a number of other big

factors at play in the high street, in terms of the move to internet shopping, for example, some pressure on costs on the high street from business rates. so i think clearly there are some parts of the high street which could see some potential job street which could see some potentialjob shedding. but other parts of the economy, particularly those more exposed to growth in overseas markets, actually look like they are doing more to contribute to that improving an appointment picture. thank you for your time. in other business news, lloyd's of london has reported its first annual loss in six years after one of the costliest years for natural disasters in the past decade. the insurance market said pre—tax losses reached £2 billion last year — a sharp reversal of the £2.1 billion profit in 2016. as well as hurricanes harvey, irma and maria, lloyd's paid out on claims after wildfires in california, an earthquake in mexico and flooding in bangladesh. carpetright is looking to close stores as part of a turnaround plan. the retailer said it is considering a company voluntary arrangement,

or cva, that would let it shut unprofitable shops and slash rents. it is unclear how many stores could be closed or ifjobs are at risk. and troubled retailer toys r us has announced that it is closing its distribution centre in coventry, which means the loss of 98 jobs. the retailer says that all staff affected have been informed and will be paid up to and including their last day of employment. before we go, let's take a quick look at what the markets have been up to. kingfisher under pressure after posting a fall in profit, revenue up but a fall in profit. moss brothers group, chaired price down 21%, investors are very concerned about what they have said. carter and right are on the about what they have said. carter and right, down slightly, they have an emergency loan, investors thinking this could be a way out. and the pound is doing well against the dollar off the back of the strong

jobs figures we were discussing. that it from me, back to you. thank you very much. and picking up from the businesses, we're hearing about a new tax for the internet giants like facebook and google. the european commission is announcing a significant change to business taxation because it is proposing taxing the revenue of, as i say, internet giants like facebook and google, taxing the revenues of those companies country by country dependent on the number of users and advertising income received. it wa nts all advertising income received. it wants all member states to apply the new digital services tax which would raise up to £65 billion across the eu. so we will bring you more on that as we get it. we are expecting prime minister's questions shortly, we will be live from midday when that begins. in the meantime, let's go to our assistant political editor

in westminster waiting to hear what falls today. what are you expecting today? there are few things bubbling around for pmqs, there was a big deal announced on brexit earlier in the week, any mps are unhappy about that, the sell—out of fisheries policy, will they give mrs may a ha rd policy, will they give mrs may a hard time? will be questions, too, the ongoing questions about russia, will be engaging further reprisals? but i suspect a lot of attention will be on that announcement about nhs pay, with suggestions that any just offer are in line for a rise of around 6.5% over the next three yea rs. around 6.5% over the next three years. doesn't that marked the end of the public sector pay cut? joining me as labour'streasury spokesman. does it mark the end of the public sector pay cap?|j spokesman. does it mark the end of the public sector pay cap? i hope it does after eight years of caps, freezes, stresses in the nhs. bed blocking, casualties and distress, people leaving the nhs will stop i

really do hope it does. cech you will commit? 0f really do hope it does. cech you will commit? of course. after eight years, of the pick—up, the trade unions seem to be happy, but we will look at the details. let's see what the detail is on this one. a labour government, your pay rise for in hs staff would be what? do you think this is enough or does not go far enough? it's a matter for the unions to negotiate. in our future document at the general election, we set aside the money for lifting the pay cap and that would have been for both the pay review body staff and the collective— bargaining both the pay review body staff and the collective—bargaining staff, the other half of the stuff you're not pa rt of other half of the stuff you're not part of pay review body. 0ur other half of the stuff you're not part of pay review body. our view was it as a matter for them to negotiate collectively but we do not agree with arbitrary caps on pay. can we afford it, this £4 billion?

uihlein from the chancellor that —— we learned from the chancellor that there are £65,000 worth of debt forever hustled. as i say, the devil is in the detail. we will have to see where it comes from. i hope it isn't scuttling pneumonia not being transferred from one area of the nhs —— i hope it is new money but we will have to see. we haven't urgent question that when we have an urgent question that when we have an urgent question tojeremy question that when we have an urgent question to jeremy hunt question that when we have an urgent question tojeremy hunt after pmqs so stand by for more. let's catch up with the weather. pretty cold and frosty start to the day, temperatures down, but stjohn across many parts of england and wales and we are still about sunshine down towards the south—east. cumulus cloutier, not quite as nice, though, further north and west. we have high pressure

don't foresee south—east, tours the north—west, weather fronts don't foresee south—east, tours the north—west, weatherfronts bringing more cloud and outbreaks of rain. for the rest of the afternoon, we will continue to see showery rain in western scotland and northern ireland. rain at the moment clearing away from the south—east of scotland but still spots of rain expected across northern areas of england. further south, while the sunshine stuart hayes across the north—west and north wales, further south, you can see plenty of sunshine for the afternoon. temperatures getting up to nine or perhaps 12 degrees in aberdeenshire. this evening and night, and will continue to spill southward, there could be some outbreaks of rain across eastern areas and with all the cloud around tonight, it will not be anywhere near as cold as last night. those temperatures will stay above freezing, frost free, and lows of about 5—7, really. into thursday, milder conditions will continue because the wind is coming in from the south—west. we can see those orange colours taking influence

across the uk, so temperatures on thursday for most are up into double figures. let's have a look at their stay, then. a bright start, some sunshine continuing, across eastern areas especially. further west, you can see this next weather system, this area of rain moving in, quite heavy for a time across western scotla nd heavy for a time across western scotland and northern ireland. but those temperatures across the board, really, in double figures, to 12 perhaps even 13th across eastern areas where you get the best of the sunshine. intifada, that rain was good further quickly and many will have a dry and bright day. some showers, longer spells of rain coming into the far north—west during friday. temperatures going down by a degree or so, perhaps, eight or nine in northern areas, ten or 12 eight or nine in northern areas, ten or12 in eight or nine in northern areas, ten or 12 in further south. in the weekend, many of us should be dry, it should get a bit cooler than the weekend, some showers particularly during saturday. that from the, goodbye. this is bbc news, the top story

developing during the day. nhs england staff are to get a pay rise of 6.5% over three years. details of the deal expected to be released shortly. we have set aside that money in exchange for making sure that we reform the way the nhs is working, an agreement has been reached with the unions which is really positive. theresa may leaves parliament where she will be answering prime minister's questions shortly, that will be followed by an urgent question on pay for nhs staff. and this is the scene live in the house of commons, we will be back there as soon as the prime minister begins. survey‘s other main news, unemployment rises by 24,000 in the three months to january but the rate of unemployment is down slightly and wages are up. the academic who collected the facebook data at the centre of a major privacy row says he has been made a scapegoat. doesn't this hour,

dramatic conclusion to a series of bomb attacks in taxes. i suspect linked to the attacks in the city of austin has been killed after detonating another device. pope francis is to visit ireland this summer, the first papal visit to the country in nearly four decades. good afternoon, welcome to bbc newsroom live. in a moment, we'll cross to the house of commons for prime ministers questions. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. we have just heard on that nhs pay deal union leaders are recommending a cce pta nce deal union leaders are recommending acceptance of it which would mean

pay rises between 6.5% and 29% depending where you work in the nhs over three years. i am not surprised because when i spoke to some of the union people early this morning i expected them to see it looks like a good deal but bill in mind this and that. there are strings attached full stop we did not get any other delights crossed to the commons. tomorrow marks the one—year anniversary of the westminster terrorist attack. it was a sick and depraved attack on the streets of capital but what i remember most is the exceptional bravery of our police and security services. they risked their lives to keep us safe. i know members will be attending the events tomorrow and over the weekend to mark this tragic anniversary. i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in expressing absence and condolences to the family and friends of the red arrows engineer

tragically died in the aircraft incident yesterday. i know members will also wish tojoin incident yesterday. i know members will also wish to join me in congratulating the teacher who recently congratulating the teacher who rece ntly wo n congratulating the teacher who recently won the global teacher prize. it is a fitting tribute for everything she has done and they look forward to meeting her shortly to congratulate person. this morning i met with ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in this house i was sure her father meetings later today. —— further meetings. i'm sure the house would like to be associated with the congratulations and condolences expressed. since 2010 at merseyside police have lost 1000 police officers. and 2017 crime went up by 18.5% and one region and about 21 firearm discharge is one of resulted

in a fatality. across the area there are about 94 firearm discharges with four fatalities. local are about 94 firearm discharges with fourfatalities. local mps are about 94 firearm discharges with four fatalities. local mps met are about 94 firearm discharges with fourfatalities. local mps met home 0ffice ministers but no extra resources have been provided. will she arranged for the home secretary to meet with local mps to discuss what additional support can be given to deal with this tedious problem? support with this serious problem. cani support with this serious problem. can i say to the honourable gentleman that in the safety partnership with merseyside police, crime statistics in the constituency have fallen since 2010, but can i say to the right honourable gentleman that he obviously mentions incidents that are of real concern. and i'm sure the police are giving their attention to those incidents. what we are doing is ensuring that overall, antique points at my right honourable friend to ensure that overall in the next year, not only

are we protecting police budgets we could see 450 million extra pounds being available to the forces across the country. can i associate myself with the prime mr‘s earlier comments. britain's ability to trade with the world has been curtailed by the eu for over 40 years —— prime minister. we have now won the ability to sign our own trade agreements around the world. and as the prime minister agree with me that this is britain's greatest opportunity in brexit and ensures we can embrace the globe as a truly proud international country once again. my honourable friend raises a very important point. and it is something i agree with him when this

is an important opportunity for the uk posts brexit. and we need to forge our own way by signing trade deals with old friends and new allies alike. and has he knows we can bring into force new trade arrangements around the rest of the world a clue truly global britain. —— fora world a clue truly global britain. —— for a truly global britain. world a clue truly global britain. -- for a truly global britain. ito join the primer listing commemorating the attacks that took place in westminster a year ago and i will be some of the events tomorrow. we should all remember this as an attack on democracy within our society —— join the prime minister. i alsojoin in sending condolences to the family of the red arrows engineer who sadly died yesterday and we wish the pilot well in his recovery. mr speaker, i had

the pleasure of meeting andria who won the global teacher award and we should congratulate and the school in brent for the great work she does there. mr speaker, today is the kurdish new year, so can we wish all kurdish new year, so can we wish all kurdish people around the world a happy day, and particularly for those suffering so much in the conflict in syria, a hope of peace in the year to come. mr speaker, does the prime minister believe that the collapse of northamptonshire council is the result of conservative incompetence at a local level or conservative incompetence atan level or conservative incompetence at an national level. can i firstjoined ifirstjoined the i first joined the honourable gentleman in those celebrating

kurdish people around the world are happy day. there has been a report into northamptonshire county council, but let's look at what we see across the board in counsels. —— in local councils. if you look at what is happening in councils up and down this country there is one message for everybody, and that is the conservative councils cost you less. mr speaker, my question was actually quite specific to northamptonshire. and the tory leader of the council said we had been warning the government since 2013/14 that we could not cope with the level of cuts we were facing. three years ago mr speaker, that council, brent, it was pioneering an easy council model. it then proceeded to outsource 96% of its council staff and transferred them to news service providers run by private companies paying dividends.

now that counsel has gone bust. so does the prime minister really believe that the slash and burn model for local government is really a good one? can i say to the right honourable gentleman it would be helpful if he first accurately reflected the independent statutory inspection which concluded last week where the report was clear that northamptonshire's failure was not a case of underfunding. so his claims, indeed northamptonshire's core spending power is set to rise by £14.5 million. i say to the right honourable gentleman the attack that he is making that this is all about the amount of money that government is providing is not correct. what we

are ensuring is that councils are able to provide good service is up and down the country that is what we see with councils, conservative councils, up and down the country costing people less than labour. problem is that northamptonshire has gone bust and it is caused by the conservative government and counsel. and it is a model used by barnett counsel, until recently run by the conservatives, where capita holds councils with an estimated value of £500 million. government cuts mean councils across england face a 5.2

million funding gap by 2020, so does the government believe it was right to prioritise tax cuts for the super—rich and big business. to prioritise tax cuts for the super-rich and big business. the house is becoming overexcited. i say that the prime minister's answer must be heard, and the right honourable gentleman must also be heard, and it will be, however long it takes. mr snell you are behaving ina most it takes. mr snell you are behaving in a most undignified manner. there seems to be a lot of concern among conservative members about my suggestion that the government had prioritised. and put it as something more than funding for social care

for bin collection or street cleaning. can i say to the right honourable gentleman he talks about bin collection, but people in birmingham living under a labour council saw thousands of tonnes of waste on the street because they were failing to collect the bins. and we all know he talks about payments, but we all know he talks about tax, and the top 1% of taxpayers are paying the highest burden of tax than they ever paid under labour. and we all know what labour would mean for council taxpayers, because just this week, the shadow communities secretary. could it be that he does not want people to know he is supporting? he has supported a plan to stop local

taxpayers to have the right to stop taxpayers to have the right to stop tax hikes. he supported a plan. to have a land value tax, tax on your home and garden, and wants to introduce a new hotel tax and we all know what would happen under labour, more taxes on ordinary working people and they would pay the price. mr speaker, the shadow secretary for local government supports councils and thinks they should be properly funded and doesn't think they should bea funded and doesn't think they should be a vehicle for privatisation. mr speaker, the leader of surrey county council, who just happens to be a conservative says, we are facing the most difficult financial crisis in our history and he did not mince his words. he went on to say that the government cannot stand idly by while rome burns. councilfunding has been cut by half since 2010. households in england now face

council tax rises of £1 billion. the tory leader of the local government association says councils will have to continue to cut back services or stop some altogether due to government cuts. so, as people open their council tax bills, isn't it clear what the conservative messages? pay more to get less. the messages? pay more to get less. average councili deep the average council tax for bands deep property is £100 less and conservative than labour. he says his shadow local government secretary is supporting councils foresaw i wonder if he is supporting these councils, haringey, whether labour leader was forced out? brighton, where the labour leader was forced out? cornwall, where the labour group leader was forced out? what are these people done? they

have supported building more homes, providing good local services, and tackling anti—semitism in the labour party. so the message is clear. if you believe in good local services, if you want to see more homes built, and if you want to tackle anti—semitism, there is no place for you in the labour party. jeremy corbyn. mr speaker, labour councils build houses. conservative councils privatise. order. order. there is a very privatise. order. order. there is a very raucous privatise. order. order. there is a very raucous atmosphere. i will say it again. backbench members should seek to imitate the zen like calm of the father of the house, an example to us all. jeremy corbyn. we all

admire zen, mr speaker. pay more for less is what the conservative message is. in leicestershire, the cou nty message is. in leicestershire, the county council is pushing through £50 million worth of cuts. and cancel increases of 6%. —— council tax increases. they blamed chronically low government funding. that is the message, pay more to get less. it's not just that is the message, pay more to get less. it's notjust households. the average small shop will see their rates bill increase by £3600. empty shops suck the life out of the high streets and local communities. so why is the prime minister presiding over a government that is tearing the heart out of our local high streets ? the heart out of our local high streets? first of all, we have provided extra support for small

businesses in relation to business rates. secondly, it talks about labour councils building homes but actually we have built more homes under this government run under 13 years of a labour government. and he talks about local level councils. yesterday two labour councillors from ashfield joined the conservatives. what did one of them say? they said both locally and nationally, the labour party has been taken over by the hard left. they are more interested in fighting internal ideological battles than standing up for the priorities of working men and women. conservatives will always welcome people who care about their local area at and we will always stand up for people in their local area. jeremy corbyn. mr speaker, half a million businesses will see their rates rise this year, some by 500%. even mary porters, who

led the government's says the high—tech campaign, said it was simplya pr high—tech campaign, said it was simply a pr campaign which looked like we are doing something and hoped it might kick—start something, but it didn't. this conservative government has slashed public services. they cut funding and expect councils to build up the pieces. the result of this is children's centres are closing, schools are struggling, fewer police on the streets, older people and left without care and dignity. and refugees turning women away. —— refuges. it's unsustainable. and doesn't that tell you everything you need to know? doesn't that tell you everything you need to know about this government, that it demands households and businesses to pay more to get less? this government is

spending more on our schools and our nhs than ever before. we are able to do that because of a balanced approach we take to the good economy and because of the strong economy we see under the conservatives. but i notice the right honourable gentleman in his six questions is not mentioned today's unemployment figures. employment is at a joint record high. unemployment has not been lower since 1975. economic inactivity is at a record low. that isa inactivity is at a record low. that is a strong jobs market. utilising benefits for a market, labour members of parliament? thank you, mr speaker. i can only assume that the leader of the opposition has not read the report but northamptonshire

cou nty read the report but northamptonshire county council. worldwide, i want to focus on a different issue today. worldwide, every minute millions of throwaway paper copy cups go to landfill in order to solve it we need industry consumers and government to work together. in that spirit, a company in my constituency have developed a fully recyclable alternative cap that can be easily recycled, unlike the current option. will my right honourable friend join me in welcoming that innovation and perhaps i might be able to give one to her if she's around afterwards? laughter well... i'm very happy... i'm very happy to say to my honourable friend that if you would like to come along and see me afterwards... laughter he has raised an important point

and, as he knows, we are committed to wanting to leave our environment in a better state than we found it andi in a better state than we found it and i would like to congratulate the innovation. this is an important example of working with industry to ensure that we are dealing with this issue of plastic waste. we are clear in our environment plan we want to do and that's a very good example of that. thank you. can i also talk about the remarks about the terrorist atrocity in westminster a year ago, our thoughts are with those who gave their lives and of course the work of the emergency services. i want to associate myself with the remarks. does the prime minister agree that subverting the democratic political process in any country is totally unacceptable? well, we certainly believe in

ensuring that democratic processes are able to continue, people seek free and fair elections and i think that everybody in this house would accept. can i thank the prime minister for that answer? the accept. can i thank the prime ministerfor that answer? the parent company of cambridge analytic is to check laboratories, run by a chairman of oxford conservative association, and its founding chairman was a former conservative mp. a director appears to have been donated over £700,000 to the tory party. a former conservative party treasurer is a shareholder. we know about the links to the conservative party and they go on and on. will the prime minister confirmed to the house her governments connections to the company? can i say, the right honourable gentleman has been talking about two companies, the pa rent talking about two companies, the

parent company and he also referred to cambridge analytic, and i can say as far as to cambridge analytic, and i can say as faras i'm to cambridge analytic, and i can say as far as i'm aware the government has no current contracts with cambridge analytic or the other group. what we have seen in cambridge analytic are the allegations clearly very concerning, and it absolutely right that they should be properly investigated. it is right that the information commissioner is doing exactly that. people need to have confidence in how their personal data is being used. and i would expect facebook, cambridge analytic and all organisations involved to comply fully with the investigation taking place. i'm pleased to say of course the bill we are bringing forward on data protection will strengthen legislation on this and give the ico the information commissioner office tougher powers to ensure organisations comply and i hope it will be supported from everybody across this house. we have a lot of backbenchers questions to get through. gordon anderson. some

london boroughs are renting houses in kent including sittingbourne for use as temporary accommodation for homeless families. my local authorities are then expected to provide those families with the support they need. this is putting a strain on kent's schools, hospitals and social services who receive no extra funding to provide that support. would my right honourable friend agree with me that the london mayor and london boroughs should provide more homes in the capital so london families can be looked after by them instead of placing the burden on hard—pressed council taxpayers in kent? can i say to my honourable friend that he is right to speak up on behalf of his constituents on this issue for some london authorities must secure temporary accommodation within their own borough as far as is reasonably practical. but we've also change the laws so the council must take into account the impact a change in

location would have on a household. he's absolutely right, we do want to see the london mayor and boroughs being able to build more homes. the london mayor has had money provided to him to build affordable homes. it's a pity he has not been building as many as we would like to see. thank you, mr speaker. school cuts in portsmouth under this government will reach 3.3 by 2019 and classrooms will be starved of resources they need including textbooks and basic stationary. at the same time, 40,000 children in the same time, 40,000 children in the south—east rely on food banks. if the prime minister was a teacher, who had been under a pay cut for eight years, what would she buy a struggling child in one of my city's classrooms, a textbook or a square meal? can i say to the honourable gentleman, he raises the issue of school funding. as i said earlier,

actually, the amount of money we are spending on schools is greater than it has ever been before. what matters is the quality of education provided in schools for sabato is why i'm sorry he didn't welcome the fa ct why i'm sorry he didn't welcome the fact that we now see over 20,000 children at a good school in his area, 9000 more than in 2010. we should all recognise and welcome the employment figures announced today. i'm sure we all welcome that, but given the latest report that there are an acceptably high levels of youth unemployment among ethnic communities in britain, will my right honourable friend explained to the house what the new 19 limp and fund will do to help young people into work? he raises are very important point. we know these figures because of the racial

disparity ordered which i commissioned when i became prime minister, it shows there's been progress, but we do need to do more because 16—24 —year—old in ethnic groups are likely to be twice unemployed than their white peers. and £90 million i have announced will help to tackle those inequalities in youth unemployment and it is an initiative which will be run by the big lottery fund, and it will identify the barriers to employment for those young people and help them to overcome those barriers. i think that is incredibly important and barriers. i think that is incredibly importantandi barriers. i think that is incredibly important and i was very pleased to visit birmingham, which is doing excellent work in this are you all in syria has now entered its eighth year. in recent weeks over 1000 people have been killed in eastern ghouta and hundreds of kurds lying dead and 200,000 civilians are

desperately fleeing for their lives. even the hospital has been attacked. what will the government do to help those in such despair? we take the situation in eastern ghouta very seriously, it is an issue that has been raised at the united nations security council. the foreign secretary has raised this issue with others as well. we need to ensure we are very others as well. we need to ensure we are very clear that people could be protected, that humanitarian aid could get end and those whom it was necessary for them because of their condition to be given a safe passage to be able to do so and we will continue to press this case. we recently interviewed a panel of university vice chancellors on the education select committee who failed to recognise their salaries are outrageous, twice that of the prime minister and funded by the

taxpayer and student debt. given that these outrageous salaries are paid and even the poorest performing universities will the prime minister confirm this will be looked at and the education review?” confirm this will be looked at and the education review? i think she has raised a point that others are concerned about, of course universities are autonomous so it is up universities are autonomous so it is up to them how they set the pay of their vice chancellors chance is but should recognise that students and taxpayers are contributing to the system and expect value for money. the office for students will be acting to ensure greater transparency and elation to senior staff being and requiring a justification for the total remuneration package awarded to the head of the provider and senior staff. it will start to see a light beam shone clearly on the issue. last week the agriculture and fisheries secretary and ruth

davidson said the prime minister has been clear, britain will leave the as cfp next march. now the uk is staying in the fisheries policy but is now stay on quotas, the worst deal imaginable. what's changed between last week and this week? we will be working with the fishing industry to ensure that we do see a bright future for the fishing industry and i want to see three things. we will take back control of our waters, we will ensure we don't see british fishermen unfairly denied access to other waters, and we wa nt denied access to other waters, and we want is to rebuild our fishing industry. but that's a conservative party that is committed to coming out of the common fisheries policy. his party wants to stay in the

common fisheries policy! mr speaker, cherwell is really proud to be building three houses at a. construction traffic is playing havoc with our road surfaces. will the prime minister meet with me to discuss whatmore national government can do to help with inevitable growing pains? first of all, i say that i am very happy to congratulate cherwell for the homes they are building but i recognise this brings with it other challenges. and a budget we more than doubled the housing infrastructure fund with more than £2.7 billion and today i'm pleased to say the housing secretary announced a further four industry is short listed for funding for major construction project with the potential to deliver 400,000 more homes. so i recognise the important role in future to place, which is

why the government is delivering. the prime minister was right to prevent members of the royal family and government ministers from attending the football world cup in russia. but what is being done to safeguard everyday football fans in what was in my view already a dangerous place to watch football, even before the incident in salisbury? what advice will be given to travelling english supporters, many of whom have already bought their tickets, and issue confident that adequate cooperation between our police and russian police will protect english fans?|j our police and russian police will protect english fans? i recognise the important issue the honourable gentleman has raised because we want british football fans to be able to be safe when they are enjoying watching the england team. what we are currently working with police and police are working very closely at what arrangements are going to be

in place to support england fans who do travel to russia and the foreign 0ffice do travel to russia and the foreign office will be careful to monitor the situation and insure advice is available to football fans so they are aware of the circumstances in russia and what support will be available. my right honourable friend will be aware that i've mentioned are terminally ill constituent of mine who set up the ties are dying to work campaign. santander, her mortgage brokers, have been incredibly helpful in freezing her payments and will take it from her estate when she dies. and now they have gone even further, they are not increasing the interest payments either. with my right honourable friend agree that other banks should follow the caring and compassionate example? said by santander, and incurred them to look after terminally ill people in the same way? my honourable friend has

raised an issue about which i know she cares about very deeply and i certainly happy to join her she cares about very deeply and i certainly happy tojoin her in congratulating sa ntander and the support they have provided to her constituents. 0bviously, she has raised a wider issue, i think it is important for employers to be aware of and fulfil their legal obligations towards employees, including terminally ill employees, and i'm sure others will look at the excellent exa m ples and i'm sure others will look at the excellent examples and and asset. the sunday times said this week that bedford's affordable housing and easy a ccess bedford's affordable housing and easy access to london has made it one of the best places to live in the uk. but bedford constituents are worried about and concern about school funding cuts, the impending closure of a walk—in centre, the big increase in homelessness, and the

lack of rail services to london. my question is, why is this government ruining the prospects of our great how? —— talent? ‘s the prospects of his great town are being improved, we see thousands of more children include an outstanding schools in bedford and we have done before. it is being improved by the fact that extra funding is going into the health service in bedford. but it is also being improved by the fact that this is a government which is ensuring we have a strong economy providing jobs for people in his constituency. financial services are of critical importance, both to thousands of my constituents and also to the country as a whole. with the prime minister take this opportunity to update the house on progress that has been made on ensuring that our future trade deal

with the european union includes an agreement on financial services?” am very well aware of the importance of financial services both for the uk, for constituents in his constituency and elsewhere. but also the important role the city of london plays in terms of the financial sector for the whole of the eu. this is a matter which we are in discussion with the eu about and there is a recognition of the significant role the city of london plays and the importance of ensuring that we maintain access to finance across the european union. mental health issues affect one in ten children who on average have to see theirgp children who on average have to see their gp three times before referral, with many waiting up to 18 months for treatment. at a time when nationalfunding in months for treatment. at a time when national funding in this area is being constantly cut including a 5%

eduction in funding to lewisham, is this not another example of the government saying one thing but doing another with our nhs? the government is putting more funding into mental health provision. we've already committed to making available an additional £1.4 billion to improve young people'smental health services, and we're committed to it by 20 or 22 7000 more young people each year have access to high—quality nhs mental health care. and i say this to the honourable lady, she rightly raises mental health issues as an issue that is important for us to deal with, particularly for children and young people, but across the board, we need to give more attention to mental health. we are putting more money into it and we are clear that we wa nt money into it and we are clear that we want to see more parity of esteem between mental and physical health in the nhs. this is something the labour party, in 13 years of government, failed to do. the eu

agreement published this week has sadly let my session men very anxious. —— fisher men. it is great news that we will gain control of our fisheries at the end of the period but we are concerned that the eu will take advantage of us losing our voice by changing quota rules during the implementation period. these were the prime minister consider asking desperate to compare financial —— asking defra to prepare our financial mitigation plan? the fermentation period is there so that people can have a certainty of being able to operate on the same basis until we reach the new partnership we are negotiating. —— implementation period. as i said earlier, that new partnership, for me, we have to take back control of our waters but ensure that british fishermen are not unfairly denied access to other waters and also ensure we can rebuild ourfishing industry. i think that is important.

what has been agreed, she mention quotas, what has been a great is the stability key will not be changed. so the quotas british fishermen will be operating under will not be changed. but i know that defra are looking actively at how we can ensure we are not only maintaining our fishing industry but we are rebuilding it after we leave. this week, every party in westminster to pardon in international summit to challenge violence against women in politics. 0nline abuse dominated discussions. last year, this government considered a statutory cloud of practice for social media corporations, holding them to come for the abusive content they publish. will the prime minister confirm she remains content with a toothless voluntary code, whether she will now give as additional guard dog that barks and bites? —— a digital guard dog. this is an important point. in all of these issues, we're taking the view that

we sit down first of all with the industry, work with them to see what we are willing to do on a basis, but they know that that scarf if that work we will look at legislation. but it is important that the abuse that is taking close, she refer particularly to the abuse taking place within political campaigning, which i'm afraid. —— and afraid is a sorry state of affairs we have reached, we want people to have the confidence to be able to go out and picked their views for help during their going to be abused for it. the clinical led future fit programme for shropshire seeks to improve and modernise hospital services across the country of shop. we have been waiting for a decision on this issue for many years. could the prime minister used her good offices to ensure this vital scheme is supported in this coming week —— the coming weeks so that we can secure vital investment further shot nhs? my vital investment further shot nhs? my honourable friend is right to

speakfor the my honourable friend is right to speak for the nhs in my honourable friend is right to speakfor the nhs in shropshire in the way that he has done and you will be pleased to hear that the secretary of state for health and social care howard his comments and i think will be contacting about this issue. —— heard his comments. the review made a big differences in improving services foretold in with communication needs. communication is the key life skill for children to learn and to drive yet decades on, its latest report shows that much more needs to be done. will the prime minister commit to a cross government strategy that puts this issue at the heart of policy and gives all our children the best possible start in life? the honourable gentleman has raised an important issue and we welcome the report and the department for good will be considering it carefully. we don't want to see any child held back from achieving their potential and that includes ensuring those children with speech, language and

communication needs are given the support they need. there has been particular training for teachers to support children who require additional help to communicate but we will be introducing the education, health and care plans to make sure children with additional needs to receive the right support to succeed in school in the future. but we will look great carefully what the reporter and responded in due course. unlike the snp, i don't wa nt to due course. unlike the snp, i don't want to see britain rejoin the disastrous common fisheries policy. anti—fish! disastrous common fisheries policy. anti-fish! i do have some concerns about the fisheries aspect of the transitional agreement which has been agreed with the eu. before she travels to the european council, can the prime minister reassure the house and indeed fishing communities around the united kingdom that we

will absolutely and unequivocally ta ke will absolutely and unequivocally take back for control of our waters from 2021? as i said earlier, the point about the implementation period is that it is the period during which people are able to move to make the changes necessary for the new economic partnership that we will have. it assures that businesses, fisher men included, don't face too many cliff edge changes in the way they are operating. by definition, because it is maintaining as far as possible be status quo so that people don't have to make those extra changes, it is, i recognise, not the same as and won't be the same as the end state when we are able to have a future economic partnership and have those new relationships. as i said earlier, one of the elements we will be looking for a reassuring the industry and providing for the fishing industry is making sure we do take back control of our waters. cani

do take back control of our waters. can i associate myself with the prime minister, the leader of the 0pposition and the leader of the snp in offering condolences with to the family of the engineer who was tragically killed in my constituency yesterday. the raf has been part of my constituency fervour 75 years under a tight—knit of aircraft and support staff on the ground. whilst there are grieving, will be prime minister join there are grieving, will be prime ministerjoin with me in paying tribute to the royal air force whilst they commemorate their century of dedicated service to our country? i am very happy to join the honourable gentleman in saying what a greatjob the raf does for us and of course, he sees it first—hand in his constituency. but we should recognise the father of —— valour of all those who are serving in our armed forces, particularly in this hundred year the raf, those who serve in the raf and we thank them

for it. mr speaker, may work on the —— i welcome the government's decision to create a medical school in canterbury in east kent. particularly the member for use countries been indefatigable in campaigning for this. does it not underlining the importance of training for doctors and nurses to ensure health services are well staffed and well looked after? my honourable friend is absolutely right and honourable friend is absolutely rightand i'm honourable friend is absolutely right and i'm pleased to welcome the school in canterbury but also the four other medical schools that are being set up in parts of the country. he is absolutely right that this is about ensuring we are training a workforce for our national health service and we have increased significantly the number of training places, think the biggest increase in training places the nhs are seen in some considerable time. given that mesh can shrink degrade or twist in women's body, can i the prime

minister if you will support proposals to sling the mesh?” recognise this is a very real, important issue that has been raised. it is one of a number of women's health issues that had been raised in this house that are causing concern to women and i will look in detail at it. i'm happy to write to her about this but i recognise the concern about this particular issue, i'm happy to write about what the national health service will be doing on it. will my honourable friend congratulate the remarkable start of prince alexander hospital in harlow, the hospital is out of special measures today. and will she support our campaign for a new hospital to ensure the we have a hospital fit for the 215t century?” join my friend in congratulating the hospital which is at a special measures, that is very important and it will give confidence to his

constituents. he asked me to support a new hospital in his area, i'm sure he will know the secretary of state has heard his request in relation to that but what we do know is we are putting more money into the nhs to ensure we do get the best possible services provided to our national health service. before we proceed to the next business, i take this opportunity to remind the house that tomorrow, we will be commemorating the westminster terrorist attack a year ago, a reference to which was made earlier. i propose we begin our proceedings tomorrow after prayers with a minute's silence in memory of those who died. there will also be a commemorative event in westminster hall at 12 noon and services in the chapel of st mary undercroft at 10am, gpm and 6pm. —— 10am,

chapel of st mary undercroft at 10am, gpm and 6pm. ——10am,gpm and 60. i hope that is helpful to colleagues. thank you. order. they will leave the house after premised upon the questions, but some will be staying to listen tojeremy hunt, answering an urgent question on the nhs pay deal. we willjust bring in norman, what are your thoughts? interesting, we didn't hear much about the nhs pay rise. i thought the most interesting was the fact mrs may was getting about the deal on fishery, and number of mps very clearly u nha ppy on fishery, and number of mps very clearly unhappy at the transitional deal hammered out earlier this week, which means during the 21 month interim period, the eu will still have control of british waters. mrs may and some pressure including significantly from conservative mps, which i think points to trouble ahead unless misses can get a decent deal on fisheries at the end of the

process. “— deal on fisheries at the end of the process. —— unless mrs may can get a decent deal. jeremy corbyn on the attack of local government, cuts to local government and difficulties in northamptonshire county council. perhaps a hard day for him than usual in that he tends to go on the nhs quite often, today perhaps choosing not to because of that pay rise for nhs staff. more details of which actually have been coming through while prime minister's questions has been on air. we know that all the big unions have recommended acceptance of the deal with the exception of the gmb, interestingly, they say 6.5% when you take inflation into account still is a pay cut for many of their members. but we've also got some of the details of some of the numbers, so we learned that the starting salary for a new nurse just beginning her career will be nearly

£27,000 and for the very lowest pay, some of the lowest paid in the nhs, they will be getting increased of up to 29% over three years, so clearly bursting right through that public sector pay cap. and significantly, we also learned the funding for this is going to come not from within existing nhs budgets but from within the treasury reserve, so the first year of this extra money, the treasury will fund that but taking _by treasury will fund that but taking —— by dipping into their back pocket and taking that from reserves. it is less clear what will happen in future years, how the treasury will fund it in future years, the chancellor will have to set out the details for that in the budget. interesting, too, we had a bit of page back on the prospect of other public sector workers getting similar big increases because the treasury say very clearly they will judge each public sector on its own terms, they will look at the case of

the teachers having in increase, they will look at the case for armed forces having an increase, separately, they willjust raw forces having an increase, separately, they will just raw a line across what nhs have got. we are getting more details of the nature of the pay rise. we are waiting to hear from jeremy hunt, nature of the pay rise. we are waiting to hearfrom jeremy hunt, he has just put out a statement, saying that... nhs staff admiral harder —— camerawork ardour and this is recognition of the importance of their work. and in terms of retention, you're saying earlier one in nine nursing posts until, so it's a big issue. it's a serious issue, and may get worse, as one of the ramifications are brexit if as many people fear a good deal of the eu nationals working in the nhs may decide they wa nt to working in the nhs may decide they want to go back home. so that to could intensify the difficulties facing the nhs. albeit, i am sure many schools would say they have a similar problems in terms of

retention so they will make the same argument. but i thinkjeremy hunt is just about to be questioned and we can hear what he has got to say. the whole house will want to pay tribute to the hard work and nhs staff up and down the country have done during one of the most difficult winters. this deal shows appreciation for the work they have done and continue to do. however, it is much more than that. the agreement nhs trade unions have recommended to their members todayis have recommended to their members today is something for deal which rings and profound changes in productivity in exchange for signature gent rises in pay. it will ensure better value for money from the £36 billion nhs pay bill with some of the most important changes to working practices in a decade, including a commitment to work together to improve the health and well— being of nhs staff to together to improve the health and

well—being of nhs staff to bring sickness absence in line with the best in the public sector. we know that nhs sickness rates are around a third higher than the public sector average and reducing sickness absence by just 1% will save average and reducing sickness absence byjust1% will save around £280 million. putting appraisal and personal development at the heart of pay progression, automatic incremental pay replaced by a large and more frequent pay increases agreed by professional milestones, a significant higher boost to lower paid staff in order to abuse recruitment in the period when we know the nhs needs a significant increase in staffing —— in order to boost recruitment and when the nhs needs an increase in staffing to do with an ageing population, increases to 29% for those on the lowest in starting rate of pay. as part of this, the lowest starting salary in

the nhs will increase by over £2500 from £15,404 this year to £18,040 in 2021. a newly qualified nurse will receive starting pay 12.6% higher, nearly £3000 higher, in 2020 — 2021 than this year. but this deal is about retention as well as recruitment. it makes many other changes nhs staff have been asking for such as shared parental leave and the ability to buy and sell back annual leave so they can better manage their work and family lives, work flexibly and bounce care and commitments. the additional funding the chancellor announced in the budget to fund this deal, an estimated £4.2 billion over to you is, cements this government's commitment to protecting services for nhs payments at outpatients while also recognise —— services for

nhs patients were also recognising the work staff do you up and down the work staff do you up and down the country. this is only possible because the balanced approach we are taking, investing in public services and helping families with the cost of living while at the same time getting our debt falling. mr speaker, rover has a pay rise been so speaker, rover has a pay rise been so well—deserved —— really has a pay rise been so well—deserved for staff, who have fought harder. mr speaker, the secretary of state has finally given the lowest paid nhs staff a pay rise. stuff, trade unions and the labour party have been vindicated in saying a pay rise is long overdue. but when we have seen nurses, paramedics, midwives, losing thousands of pounds in the value of their pay, when we have heard stories of nhs staff training to food banks, when we have 100,000 vacancies to food banks, when we have 100,000 vacancies across to food banks, when we have 100,000 vacancies across the service and more nurses leaving the profession than entering, when trusts have spent billions on agency staff, this pay cap should have been scrapped

years ago. in the general election, ministers said scrapping the pay cap was nonsensical and when a nurse pleaded with the prime minister for a pay rise on national television, she was told there was no magic money tree. so can he tell us how this pay rise will be paid for? has the prime minister's horticultural skills grown said magic money tree? we're told it will be additional money, when will trusts get the allocations, and will be paid for by extra borrowing, extra taxation,? public servants deserve the assurances of this government will not be giving with one hand and taking away with the other. given projections for inflation, can he guarantee that staff will not face a real—time pay cut in any single year of this deal? political reaction there to that nhs pay deal which will mean nhs staff across england

being offered pay rises between 6% and 29% over the next three years. with there will be more reaction to that on the one o'clock news. right now, whether. for most of us, it has not been too bad, certainly, the forecast was quite chilly start with around. what we have seen is increasingly, these weather fronts in the atlantic you will be approaching our shores, in fa ct will be approaching our shores, in fact already in scotland and northern ireland today we have got cloud, some rain around to, you can see these spots of rain affecting, more thanjust see these spots of rain affecting, more than just a few spots there, heavyin more than just a few spots there, heavy in 12—mac areas in the western isles. for most of us, friday, dry evening, dry night. not as cold, this coming night. so maybejust a touch of frost in the first otherwise but look at these temperatures, five, six, seven foot of you can clearly see whether from behind me, which will approach during early thursday so first thing tomorrow, i think a lot of bright weather ahead of the front but then it goes downhill in the north—west,

some rain forecast for belfast, eventually for glasgow. but the book of the country tomorrow and thursday will have a bright day and it will feel a lot milder. of at least 6.5% over the next three years it marks the end of tight pay restrictions on nhs workers imposed for the past seven years — the health secretary said the deal recognises that staff have never worked harder. the agreement which nhs trade unions have recommended to the members todayis have recommended to the members today is a something for something deal which brings in profound changes in productivity in exchange for significant rises in pay. labour said the pay rise was long overdue. we'll be asking whether this marks the end of the wider cap on public sector pay. also this lunchtime... the academic at the centre of the row over the use of personal facebook data says he's been made a scapegoat. plastic pollution — the amount in the ocean is set

to treble in ten years unless action is taken, says a major new report.