Skip to main content

tv   The Papers  BBC News  April 17, 2018 10:45pm-11:01pm BST

10:45 pm
g efifiityfét fii‘t ii g were destroyed back in 2010, which was basically the only evidence that they are possibly could have been of they are possibly could have been of the arrival date of these individuals. that is what this is centred around, whether or not they have the legal right to remain here and to be here. the interesting thing about this is that it has come from a whistle—blower who worked within the home office context who said that this happened in 2010, that this happened despite warnings that this happened despite warnings that if they did this it would make it very difficult to find out exactly find people had arrived, pre—empting this particular scandal. but if you think about when this happened, 0ctober but if you think about when this happened, october 2010, this isjust shortly after theresa may was appointed home secretary. so this very much happened under her watch, even though she has apologised for it today. this is going to be a story that is clearly going to rumble on, given the potential impact on the potential numbers that could be involved. there have been suggestions that up to 50,000 people could have been affected. laura,
10:46 pm
does the story tell us why the home 0ffice allegedly destroyed this key data? it looks like the cards were stored in a building that was closed down, it was owned by the home office and perhaps they were tragically outpolled paperwork, it is really embarrassing for theresa may this week, and it looks awful that people were protesting against the management in this particular building of the time saying, this is all people have, and their warnings we re all people have, and their warnings were ignored, and this was at the time that theresa may was home secretary. the current home secretary. the current home secretary ashley was quite harsh in her assessment of her own department yesterday and said that there have been occasions when the home office got it wrong, which is extraordinary because she was in effect criticising her prime minister and her predecessor. this story is also on the front of the times, touching on the front of the times, touching on the front of the times, touching on the fact that you said the prime minister has apologised. gm says sorry for treatment of immigrants.
10:47 pm
laura, theresa may has apologised, is that enough? it'sjust really bad timing, given the fact we are leaving the eu and there are concerns over how eu citizens who the prime minister has said will have the right to remain, just as the windrush generation were told would have a permanent right to remain, what is going to happen? why did the home office yesterday dost—mac at one point you had a minister saying people have been accidentally deported, valletta, no, they haven't, how would the home office not know this and how would they deal with the millions of european citizens who have been told they can stay here brexit? that is they can stay here brexit? that is the real crux of the argument. yes, this is embarrassing and yes, say sorry but how has this been allowed to happen and what does the future looks like for eu citizens? it still seems we haven't really got to the bottom of how many people have been affected. it was a suggestion that
10:48 pm
lots of people have been deported but none had been deported now i don't know the bbc is running this at the top of their stories today, it is 49 people relating to windrush migrants, those cases are now being investigated. what will be interesting to come is how that now pans out and whether we then see a rush of people coming forward with stories, talking about the experiences they had. whether or not we find out people have subsequently been detained after receiving these letters because there has been some concern in the house of lords today that if people do present themselves having received these letters, they could inadvertently end up adding themselves into the immigration authorities. so i think this is one of those stories where we will find out more as it develops will stop and there will be questions over compensation. the guardian has been reported for a long time, this is not new, it is extraordinary for the prime minister to say she didn't know what was going on and to
10:49 pm
decline a meeting with the heads of the caribbean, the story sort of exploded because of the commonwealth leaders being here. exploded because of the commonwealth leaders being herelj exploded because of the commonwealth leaders being here. i was going to ask, why has this all come out now? we we re ask, why has this all come out now? we were discussing this earlier. the journalist had been writing for a long time, the one who uncovered, but individuals denied access to nhs treatment, who were sent to deportation centres, one woman was sent to heathrow airport and told she was being flown back to jamaica before her mp intervened. these caribbean leaders are obviously in london and they raised concerns...” think it is this idea that there was going to be a meeting, the requested it and theresa may had turned it down, which really exploded the issue. the suggestion is that, i think kimmince has now met with them, it probably wasn't the kind of conscious decision not to meet. it's as like it may have been more of a
10:50 pm
clock up malice. but hugely embarrassing, especially when you have these commonwealth leaders here on our territory for this very significant meeting. hugely embarrassing for the government, let's just turn to the i, which leads with this story. embarrassing for the government, damaging for her personally, do you think? it was her policy. i think that is what it is going to come down to. there are lots of stories swirling around her tenure at the home office. we only saw baby last week the story around the police cuts. that is a very much —— that has come back to bite her and this is something that has come back to bite her. for a long time, brexit has been dominating the agenda. suddenly we are seeing an explosion of stories that have been more around the domestic agenda. that is not going very well either. there was this would mean a
10:51 pm
resurgence of the party and it would put them on a more solid footing. and ina put them on a more solid footing. and in a couple of key areas which happened to fall under the home office, police cuts and windrush, thinks she was absolutely directly involved with, it is looking... we all remember those posters on the vans, go home, it was the act she brought in herself which toughened up brought in herself which toughened up the rules which led employers and members had to work out the immigration status of tenants and the boys, which is how a lot of these people suddenly stopped receiving their pensions and were reported to the authorities because they couldn't prove their identification, and of course they couldn't, we knew that and the crisis could have been averted but it wasn't. let's move on to the telegraph. enough is enough, labour fury at corbyn over anti—semitism. this was a series of labour mps who
10:52 pm
stood up today and talked about their own experiences. this has been bubbling for many weeks now, around jeremy corbyn's attitude towards the anti—semitism that has been directed towards not only members of his own party, but members of parliament more generally, and thejewish community. there was a debate in parliament today and manyjewish labour mps spoke in it and gave really, really powerful and poignant explanations of the kind of abuse they have been subjected to. the ones that stand out here, luciana berger has been incredibly brave and courageous in telling her stories. in the face of huge adversity. it is not fun being a kind of moderate labourmp not fun being a kind of moderate labour mp who is quite outspoken anyway, with momentum breathing down your neck, but to also face a
10:53 pm
barrage of abuse, death threats etc. ona daily barrage of abuse, death threats etc. on a daily basis. it isjust absolutely horrible. i spoke to her about two weeks ago about it and said, how are you doing? she is incredibly resilient about it but it's obviously just the incredibly resilient about it but it's obviouslyjust the most appalling thing you can imagine. and again we havejohn mann, another seniorjewish mp, talking about threats that had been made, rape against his wife and daughter. the experience of being rung up in the middle of the night by special branch who wanted to put in further security measures to protect you and yourfamily in the wake of security measures to protect you and your family in the wake of this kind of abuse. also a very telling section which talks about howard one point three deputy leader, tom watson, actually moved away from jeremy corbyn, he was sitting on the front bench listing in silence to many of these horrific stories, and went to sit in solidarity with those on the backbenches, as of suggesting
10:54 pm
he somehow wanted to be of disengaged or disenfranchised from corbyn, which is an incredible indictment on his own party's reader. the telegraph says that backbenchers turn on the leader over the betrayal of dues. was that your interpretation of it? the issue for jeremy corbyn is that the reason he is being so heavily criticised, there are a number of reasons, one of the major ones, and some mps raised this, when they are getting this abuse, it is often with a hashtag connected to jeremy corbyn. that is where the link is. a lot of labour mps fear he has not done enough to separate himself from them. the sunday times did a big story, a look into all these groups that support jeremy corbyn, anti—semitic groups and the links that are there. there were calls for him to come out and stops these groups and shut them down. just really make a strong statement that
10:55 pm
his ship —— support base should not have anything to do with these comments on social media. there have been protests outside parliament, his own mps have protested, the story has gone on for such a long time. it is as if he still hasn't quite got the message, and hit the nail on the head and stopped it and come out in enough of a way to appease his own mps. the fact you have his deputy so publicly removing himself from his leader, and you have labour mps who have been critical ofjeremy have labour mps who have been critical of jeremy corbyn have labour mps who have been critical ofjeremy corbyn but have toed the line, when it comes to this issue, these mps are prepared to stand up because theyjust do not think he has done enough. he sat in silence during this. if we can't speak out on this, what can we speak out on, is their view. they haven't got front bench will is any more, they are not going to lose their jobs, their place no prospect in some places of deselection anyway,
quote
10:56 pm
ultimately, they have realised this is their last stand, the last opportunity to really challenge some of these views. we have just got time very briefly to mention the financial times. investors push the pound higher with betsan a rate rise. the bank of england meeting in may, quickly tell us about this. the imf have backed this theory that the bank of england will raise interest rates next month to try and curb inflation. today, straight after the brexit but, we saw the pound go up and today it is right up there against the dollar for the first time ina against the dollar for the first time in a very long time. which is supposedly giving the bank of england a bit more confidence to raise interest rates. and it comes ata time raise interest rates. and it comes at a time when our unemployment is the lowest it's been for 45 years? it is, and also good news on earnings as well, suggesting for the first time in a long time that actually, earnings are now stripping
10:57 pm
inflation, if only by 0.1%. but it is something! we have got to leave it there. caroline and laura, thank you so much, it has been a pleasure to talk you about the front pages, thank you for watching, from all of us, goodbye. tuesday was written to be a more cloudy and windy day, certainly windy in the west of the country. from tomorrow onwards, the warm suddenly winds will win and tonnes of sunshine on offer. he is the satellite image, you can see a lot of cloud streaming in the direction of cloud streaming in the direction of the uk. that is where we had that nasty, windy weather with our picks of rain across western areas of the uk. through the course of the night, most of us will be dry, maybe some rain in the west, moving north, but the north of scotland, eastern counties in towards the south will
10:58 pm
have clear spells. the temperatures early on wednesday morning will hover around ten to 12. a relatively mild night for the time of the year. wednesday for some of us will start cloudy, but those warm winds will start to set in, driven from france and germany, the north west of the country still remaining on the poolside. notice those south—westerly winds still rushing m, south—westerly winds still rushing in, but the cloud, temporarily a few spots of rain in belfast and maybe the west of scotland. it is always good to be a bit fresher here. towards the south, the warm air coming out of france means temperatures will get up to 2a in london, 20 in newcastle, but fresher in belfast. other will be some sunshine around. a very decent. very strong sunshine expected on thursday. this will also bring the highest temperatures. tonnes of sunshine in the morning, it may be
10:59 pm
the case that some of these western coasts may be murky and cloudy, perhaps the coast of premature down into cornwall. inland, lots of sunshine on offer, very warm the time of year. up 26 expected, london photo maybe into the mid—20s as far north as the midlands. very warm on thursday. friday, things will change a little, the south will stay warm but in the north, the winds are coming off the atlantic so the cooler colours here appearing, temperatures will be dropping across scotla nd temperatures will be dropping across scotland and northern ireland towards the end of the week. temperatures in the mid—teens there, in some of the errors, but looks like they might pick up in london by the end of the weekend. this is bbc news.
11:00 pm
i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11pm: theresa may apologies to caribbean leaders for the anxiety caused to the windrush migrants facing the threat of deportation from britain. i want to apologise to you today because we are genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused. in salisbury, the big clean—up operation after the chemical attack could take months and cost millions of pounds. thousands of supporters of the syrian government have been out in force to mark syria's national day. we report from aleppo. and on newsnight, we revisit the topic of knife crime. if you want to see one thing to hope you understand the culture that underpins it, you're one to watch

46 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on