taken consistent with the approach taken by the eu in other contexts. if that is not something they can agree to, the option is open to smaller businesses under the threshold to voluntarily register for vat, which many of them do already, because it enables them to claim back of vat on their exports. it is not an ideal solution but we think it is workable and would only apply to a very small number of businesses. we did actually propose exemption of those people. thank you very much, by your own admissions, not very much is new in this paper and it is quite similar to some of the ideas the government have put forward previously. what is it that bakes you think that as a group, eitherthe uk government it that bakes you think that as a group, either the uk government or the uk union would accept these proposals now when they have shown

no sign of doing so so far and how far you prepared to push the prime minister is she will not adopt your ideas? i think the answer on the first part is that there is an iron focus on this paper on and suing e you's problem, not doing what we have done before —— focusing on the eu's have done before —— focusing on the eu's problem. this is the problem you have outlined as the eu and how it can be sold from your point of view, so we have turned the question around. mostly, people have been saying, what would the uk like? this is not a wish list, this is looking at the exemption in rotterdam where although the eu regulations says the veterinary checks should be immediately at the border, they are actually 12 miles away in rotterdam. it is looking at eu president, eu law, eu agreements on equivalence with canada and working through that to provide an handset that is valid under eu law rather than a wish list

“ an answer. under eu law rather than a wish list —— an answer. on how far we wish to push the prime minister, who would like to answer? the former secretary of state, perhaps? which one? there are three! the most recently departed, shall we say? unlike mr president, it is not an honour that stays with you as you go, i am sorry to tell you. look, we are in the pressurised part of the negotiations. at that point, is people start to look at alternatives. one of the points of this proposal is it focuses on what used to be called in the government issues, max back. in the past, it wasn't pushed one way or the other, this is saying this is the best way to do it. that is what are doing,

are doing this on logic, facts and the needs of the european union to protect their own market. that is why they should listen to it, that is why the prime minister should listen. didn't you lose the argument a few months ago? why do you think you should win it now? the government chose to pursue another line, that is why i left and that is why we are arguing that what they are doing at the moment, it doesn't look like checkers will fly and if you look atjean—claude juncker this morning, it doesn't look like they will accept the chequers agreement but in terms of we do not see the united kingdom as just some of the third country. we see them as far more special than that and that is why we think this will fly. lots of competitors from itn but channel 4 first. you are acknowledging you need the eu to agree to these terms. you think they make absolute sense. being realistic, it could take years

for them to trust in what you are doing. you are in a position not far away from the government. the other point that keeps re—occurring, i wonder if those conservative mps that are here would signal or put your hand at if you think theresa may should carry on after november if she hasn't changed policy, if she hasn't changed policy and done chequers? well, the second question isa chequers? well, the second question is a pointless one. we are not going to get into that sort of thing. we are going to stick to the irish question. we have had one question oi'i question. we have had one question on the leadership and i think that has been dealt with. who would like to answer the first part? one of the points i would make is what this paper is trying to do is to make clear that the questions around the border do not need to be so toxic to the negotiations as they have been.

the paper is designed to say that we recognise the legitimate concerns the eu has about incursions of goods into the market. you know, any form of agreement depends on agreement on both sides, self—evidently. but what this is designed to show is a common—sense, workable, practical solution which is already allowed for within the union customs code, a deliverable solution. it should not be allowed to get in the way of a free trade arrangement, which actually could be very much in the interests of the european union. the question for brussels and for the capitals around europe is do they wa nt capitals around europe is do they want this anxiety about potentially a small number of noncompliant goods getting into the single market, via the irish border, is that so important that it is potentially going to collapse the negotiations with the united kingdom and prevent

a free—trade agreement being reached with one of their biggest markets, and their closest partners? can i just add one point to that, jacob? that is that the deal being reported in the papers in the last few days, that the 27 nations of the european union are putting pressure on the commission negotiators to alter their position, in coming salzburg. this sort of paper will inform this discussion. it will alter their position in a particular way. as theresa says, they will not want to put their economies at risk, and this is a way for them to do so. the narrative has been that the problem is intractable because the only solution to guarding the integrity of the single market and customs union is a, quote, hard border, a new border with new infrastructure,

which neither a public wants and nor do we. what we are proving theories that we could have a managed border, as we have now, manage on vat, on tax, currency, it is managed very much on security, with existing techniques and administrative measures. so we techniques and administrative measures. 50 we are saying techniques and administrative measures. so we are saying this is not intractable. you absolutely do not intractable. you absolutely do not have to have a hard order. you do not need new infrastructure. you just use imagination, using existing techniques and administrative measures. we are trying to open the commission of's eyes. we respect that they want to keep the integrity of their markets and customs unions. that is absolutely fine. we will help them do it, if they will read the paper carefully. i help them do it, if they will read the paper carefully. lam happy help them do it, if they will read the paper carefully. i am happy to go the paper carefully. i am happy to go and talk to michel barnier about it. you are next. channelfive news, thank you very much. if the answer is so straightforward, why hasn't the uk government embraced this so

wholeheartedly? why hasn't the eu commission embraced this wholeheartedly? does this lead you to wonder about maybe the motivations of the people carrying out the negotiations? if it really is this straightforward, and everybody says they want to solve this, the obvious thing would be to embrace this solution. does it make you wonder about what is happening in is negotiations? does it make you have concerns that the prime minister is not the person to carry this through and change this policy? just to answer your question in a slightly different way, it is obvious with the chequers deal that the likelihood of this getting through parliament is pretty low. we have heard from the eu themselves that they are not supportive of the chequers deal. we are in a different place to what we were six months ago. we are saying that the free—trade agreement is possible, and the one stumbling block on that so and the one stumbling block on that so far has been the northern ireland situation. we have got feasible proposals. they are not new schemes that have been tried and tested, they are existing arrangements that work 30 well in other parts of the

uk, the eu and other parts of the world. we are saying if chequers is rejected by parliament, if the eu will not accept chequers, there is an alternative. it is important to say that the northern ireland situation can be resolved with the measures in this paper. situation can be resolved with the measures in this paperlj situation can be resolved with the measures in this paper. i have two questions. first of all, do you think remainers are using this as a political football in the negotiations, the northern ireland border and the european union, to get concessions from the uk? second of all, a source told me last night that the erg is in total chaos. do you think you have let down brexiteers in this country because you have failed to get your point across? you have the chequers agreement now, do you not think you have let down 17.4 million people who have ended up with a remainer prime minister and chequers?”

should take that question as the chairman of the erg. yesterday we have the answer as to why leaving on world trade terms would not be anything to be fearful of. today, we have the answer that unlocks the canada plus free—trade deal to northern ireland. the erg has been plugging away consistently, put any argument for the brexit that 17.4 million people voted for. we are battling for that and we model ourselves on alistair cook, still scoring centuries even though we have been going for some time. newsnight, please? david davis, can i ask you, the significance of this paper is it takes you to a canada plus plus negotiation, but for that you need a negotiation and the eu has said very simply they are not going to negotiate on the basis of these sorts of ideas because of the definitive commitment that was made

by the government, of which you were a member, for a backstop that talked about an arrangement within current eu frameworks. does this paper not amount toa eu frameworks. does this paper not amount to a series of proposals for amount to a series of proposals for a unilateral move by the uk, and unilateral move means no deal. jacob rees—mogg, if i may, you are obviously very proud of this 19 page document. was it wise of your collea g u es document. was it wise of your colleagues last night to be putting this in the direction of talking about theresa may, when all your group can do is pose an empty threat to theresa may, but not a real threat, because you don't have the numbers to dislodge her?” threat, because you don't have the numbers to dislodge her? i will ask david davis to come in first. in march of this year, donald tusk said we are very happy to have a free—trade agreement. yes, my view, it is no secret that my view is the best option is free—trade plus. rather than calling it canada plus plus, it would be originating a

whole series of different trade agreements that the union already has. this would make that work. that is the point. as we get the high—pressure part of the negotiation, through salzburg, october, november, and we are now talking about going into november, i think we will see a change of step. it is down to the negotiators actually doing it, down to dominic raab and theresa may to do it. this is certainly feasible. it makes a free—trade plus arrangement very workable for northern ireland. thank you. i will answer the second bit of the question, as you directed it to me. we are focusing on how the policy should change. the erg is not in anyway and organisation involved with leadership shoes. —— leadership issues. some members have their own private views to which they are entitled. we are focusing on policy. that really fits in with my view of

what an that really fits in with my view of whatan mp that really fits in with my view of what an mp should be doing. what i will be looking at is amendments to legislation, votes in parliament, how do we win our argument within the confines of the palace of westminster? this is very, very policy based. as i said at the beginning, we are a research group. i will come to itn, my apologies. thank you. firstly, david davis, if i may, as you were part of the negotiations until recently, you said yourself that there is nothing new in here. in fact, the eu has already rejected some of these proposals. if it really is this simple, why do you think the prime minister hasn't come up with it herself? you say for now she has your support. but if she will not chuck chequers, how long can it continue? firstly, don't put words in my mouth. i didn't say for now, i said. we will stay with coverage

on the bbc news channel, we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. from that point of view it is a verifiable proposal to get the attention of the government and the attention of the government and the attention of the union. the government chose to go with the variant of the newcastle partnership which the union itself says will not work. and if it don't work, it would have to work... that want to be a cce pta ble have to work... that want to be acceptable in the negotiations. we will end up in a different place, each reset after salzburg and there should be part of that. can i get clarity on why the prime minister did not go for this initially? was

there too much negativity? you will have to ask her. my view was originally the proposal and issues of screen mining and facilitating customs and they are streamlined and facilitated elsewhere in the world, norway, sweden, whether it is the usa or canada, the trained of customs arrangements, or switzerland, the trend is towards more streamlined more electronic, more streamlined more electronic, more pre—notified, less delays at the border. that is the trend. this is going to be the last question. so that we can go to prayers. from the irish times, i have two questions, mr davies, said that the purpose of this document is to unlock the negotiations and the first element you have got to unlock is the

withdrawal agreement and you cannot have a patrol agreement without... the prime minister has rejected the eu protocol but she remains committed to the december report that describes a backstop which we have seen not ireland remaining allied with those parts of the single market and the customs union which supports north south cooperation and the belfast agreement. are you committed to that commitment that to resonate made and secondly, do you agree on a number of things that michel barnier about keeping the irish border open while protecting the integrity of the european single market and the cheques can be done away from the border. in principle, do you have any objection to his suggestion that these might be done either in the factories but also that they could be done at ports in great britain rather than in northern ireland since we were just looking at traffic going from west to east. is

that a principled objection orjust that a principled objection orjust that you have gone for a different one? asi that you have gone for a different one? as i explained immediately to parliament after the december arrangement i viewed alignment as equals safety and animal welfare or better levels of animal welfare and not necessarily line by line homogenisation. that is the distinction that has been brought to the fore by the chequers arrangement. he was talking about away from the border and i agree, we all agree, these discussions, these checks have to be done or are best done away from the border because it's stopped congestion. but he was talking about the idea of making northern ireland subject to a separate approach to the rest of the united kingdom and that is unacceptable under any circumstances. even just from west to east? thank you all very much for coming. iam to east? thank you all very much for coming. i am very gratefulfor to east? thank you all very much for coming. i am very grateful for the attendance and there is not another

one tomorrow so we have a little bit of time. thanks very much. applause dudu davis and others from the er a cheap, that is the group of mps it stands for the european research group, they have been discussing their idea for how the issue of the irish border can be resolved in order to achieve a free—trade agreement on brexit. saying that they support theresa may but they do not support what has been good forward through the chequers plan. let's talk more about the power assisted political editor who was listening in to what was being said there. what do you make of that? they make it sound like there is a simple solution that no one has yet signed up to. the answer to the northern ireland border problem is to say there isn't a problem is to say there isn't a problem because their view is that

there is already a border for things like vat and excise and currency and immigration. if we leave the eu, you just have to extend existing border arrangements for customs and regulation and all you need for that they seem to be suggesting is a bit of souped up technology and a bit of goodwill on both sides. and that is what they think is being lacking from the european union. that they have been playing hardball over the northern ireland border in order to force to resonate to give ground and that we in effect should remain in the customs union and single market for good. their view is that there is not a massive problem here that cannot be solved if people are ready to solve it. they were asked, ok, where do you have this arrangement? the only thing i have been able to find in the document that they have released is that this suggests that the border between norway and sweden is comparable to the invisible sort

of border that they would be looking at. but i have to say, many, many critics believe that if you are going to monitor and check customs, there will have to be some sort of physical presence. you can't get ground that. simply monitoring the progress of goods is not enough. you have to be able to physically check them if necessary. it is, though, absolutely central to the whole brexit debate because the view of many of the anti—chequers tory mps is that if you can neutralise the northern ireland border issue then there is no need for chequers and terrorism it can be shifted to start adopting a free trade approach. so it is absolutely crucial for their argument. and she be shifted? they we re argument. and she be shifted? they were saying that is what they want to happen but equally they say they don't want her to go. yes, we heard

from steve baker when he was the leader arriving and then we heard from jacob rees—mogg and the message from jacob rees—mogg and the message from both of them is that there is no plot here and there is nothing to see. those of the tory mps who were talking about replacing theresa may last night were speaking for themselves and not speaking for the european research group. we heard jacob rees—mogg says that he thought she was a very worthy prime minister. i thought it was a rather underwhelming endorsement. all the signs are at the moment she is not going to buckle. she believes that chequers is the only show in town. more than that, the smoke signals emerging from brussels are more positive from michel barnier saying that there are positive things in chequers and that it is possible to get a deal within six to eight weeks. and this morning from jean—claude juncker, slightly more positive language. to is determined to see this through. which is where the plot comes in. tory mps say what

do we do is to raise them may want buckle? and if she want buckle, the only way we can kill of chequers is to get rid of theresa may. thank you very much. let's get the view from our ireland correspondent who joins us from belfast. what has been put forward this morning, what is it? on the face of it, lots of this plan looks plausible because it is building on existing customs arrangements with information exchange and streamlined customs procedures. it is certainly more grounded in reality than previous border plan that we have seen which talked about drones and airships replacing the border. i think there are going to be significant difficulties with this plan because first of all it talks about using the european union vat system as the major way in which we will be able

to share information but it is not clear that we will be able to get access to the system on that basis after brexit. it seems to assume that we will have better access than normally does. secondly, it also seems to put a lot of store on the idea of mutual recognition of standards when it comes to food and agriculture. it talks a lot about trade organisations, sbs resume, rules for food and agriculture laid out by the world trade organisation. those rules would not organise the eq to have mutual recognition with the uk when it comes to standards. it looks at the equivalence regime in the agreement with canada which deal with these issues. but that canada europe agreement still means that goods coming from canada into the european union need to be checked at the border, 10% of all food products and 100% of all

documents. so on the face of it, although there is lots of plausible technocratic solutions in here, once you start to drill into the fine detail, you begin to think that these things may not be acceptable to the european union at all. thank you very much indeed. we will have more analysis of that threw out the programme. russia's president vladimir putin says there is ‘nothing criminal‘ about the two men named by the uk as being responsible for the novichok nerve gas attack in the small english city of salisbury. former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were both poisoned earlier this year. the british government has named two suspects who it says are russian intelligence officers. but, speaking at a conference in vladivostok, president putin russia had now identified the men, and insisted they were civilians and had done ‘nothing criminal.‘ translation: we know who the art. we have found them. i hope that they

will turn up themselves and will tell everyone that it is nothing special or nothing criminal here. we will see in the nearfuture. special or nothing criminal here. we will see in the near future. out the civilians? yes, they are civilians. for more our correspondent sarah rainsford joins me from moscow. obviously, a big divergence of opinion. tell us more about what vladimir putin was saying. is there any evidence to back up that claim? he was speaking at a forum in eastern russia and this was a question that was put to him by the moderator of the panel who is a state television journalist. it is not a surprise that he got the question. he and it by saying that of course russia had found those men and identified them but as you heard, saying that they were not criminals and that there was nothing suspect about them, nothing special about them. but he did give this tantalising hint that we could be

hearing directly from the two men very soon. hearing directly from the two men very soon. in the near future. hearing directly from the two men very soon. in the nearfuture. at the end of that question, that answer, he spoke publicly to the men and said: united come forward, maybe to the media and to explain yourself. so i think we can expect to see the two men themselves very soon. to see the two men themselves very soon. but the question is who will be see? don‘t forget in the uk, the allegation is, or the suspicion is that these two names that were given are infact that these two names that were given are in fact alias. the two names that were given, the two passports, the british authorities are saying that they believe they are aliases. it is possible that the two men who come forward will have those names and passports but not the same faces. perhaps they are not the same people who went to salisbury. it is very mysterious but i suspect we should be hearing from two men, whoever they may be, in the near future. thank you very much. the mp for bradford west mp

is seeking assurances from the new prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, thatjustice will be done following the murder of one of her constituents, after one of the accused was granted bail. samia shahid is believed to have been the victim of a so—called ‘honour killing‘ while visiting family in pakistan two years ago. naz shah said she wanted mr khan to take a personal responsibility for the case, and that the granting of bail to samia‘s former husband, chaudhry muhammad shakeel, was ‘unacceptable‘. america‘s east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a "monster" and due to make landfall tomorrow. nearlyi million people have been told to leave their homes. our north america correspondent peter bowes has this report. slow—moving, but potentially deadly. the category four hurricane bearing down on the us east coast is 500 miles wide and are likely to make landfall late on thursday. the three states in its path, north and south carolina

and virginia, haven‘t experienced a hurricane of this magnitude in a generation. this storm is a monster. it‘s big and it‘s vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life—threatening, historic hurricane. taking heed of the warnings, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the roads to try to escape the danger areas. others have decided to stay put, buying up essential supplies and boarding up businesses. we have been here for six years, i haven‘t been through one this strong, so safety first, family and just trying to prepare the house as best as we can right now. president trump has pledged to spare no expense in the government‘s response. any amounts of money, whatever it takes, we are going to do it. but we are already set up. we have food for days,

we have emergency equipment and generators for many days. we should be in great shape. this is the calm before the storm, but officials say they‘re preparing for a disaster which causes widespread damage and loss of life. peter bowes, bbc news. a little bit closer to home we have got very quiet conditions across the united kingdom. the early morning rain is moving its way south and for many we are going to see some sunshine during this afternoon. already some sunny spells in northern areas of england. still quite cloudy across suburban areas. the quotable break—up and perhaps the fireside staying quiet into the afternoon. if you sharers in north—west england and into the

north—west england and into the north of scotland. a lot cooler that compared to yesterday particularly across southern compared to yesterday particularly across southern areas compared to yesterday particularly across southern areas where temperatures are getting to 17 or 18 celsius. overnight tonight we will have rain into scotland and northern ireland with some clear spells and turning quite cold. colder than previous nights and temperatures going down to single figures. thursday for most of us dry with some sunny thursday for most of us dry with some sunny spells and a bit of cream with showers in scotland and northern ireland. you are watching bbc news, her latest headlines. this is bbc world news, the headlines... president putin has said russia knows the identity the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has called on the european union to be a bigger player in global politics. he says the eu will work night and

day for a brexit l. president putin has said russia knows the identity of the two men britain says carried out the nerve agent attack in the city of salisbury. mr putin said they were civilians with nothing criminal about them. hugo loris has admitted drink—driving. he‘s been fined £50,000. jimmy anderson became the leading

bowling test cricket but india but a fight. his hooks just bowling test cricket but india but a fight. his hooksjust what bowling test cricket but india but a fight. his hooks just what the sport needed. it has been an amazing week for test match cricket. a fitting end to a career that has been remarkable by alastair cook. his final wicket taken by james anderson, it was a wonderful delivery. surpassing glenn mcgrath‘s record of 563. i think we say thank you to our list of everything he‘s done for english cricket but also jimmy anderson also going. yes he is at 564 but the way he is bowling now, the body, the mind seem strong. i think we have many years left in jimmy anderson, maybe another 100 or so wickets. i think this has been one of the great weeks for english cricket. plenty of international football last night, let‘s have a run through some of the results...and england beat switzerland 1—0 in a friendly at leicester‘s king power stadium.

the first 25 seconds was broadcast in black & white to mark the 25th anniversary of the anti—discrimination charity kick it out. marcus rashford got england‘s goal which gave them their first win since the quarterfinals of the world cup...and boss gareth southgate‘s pleased with how his team have adapted post—russia. really pleased for the players. they have given absolutely everything through a really difficult period. i knew this week was going to be tough, mentally to switch back from the world cup to these games. physically for all of the players and two tough tests as well in terms of the games we had to play. so it has not been a perfect week by any means but we finished with a win, which i think is important for us moving forward. in belfast... northern ireland‘s gavin whyte stole the show — after being brought on for his debut against israel he netted within two minutes with his very first touch of the ball. elsewhere the republic of ireland were held to a 1—1 draw by poland.

and spain absolutely walloped the world cup finalists croatia 6—0 in the uefa nations league. real madrid‘s marco asensio with the pick of the goals, his club team—mate isco rounded off the scoring. that result very helpful for england in their nations league group. britain‘s simon yates has a decent lead going into the final stages of the vuelta a espana. yates finished 13th in the individual time trial, but did enough to go 33 seconds clear of his nearest rival with five stages to go. now you may remember this man, one of the best footballers of all time, george weah — the only african man to win the ballon d‘or. well he‘s now president of liberia, and had one last run out for his national team. at the age of 51, the former ac milan and chelsea striker led out liberia against nigeria last night. the game against nigeria was organised to retire

his number 14 shirt. and here‘s something for you...his son, 18 year old timothy, played for the usa last night at the same time. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the inquest into the death of five people killed in the westminster attack last year. our correspondent is at the old bailey. i would imagine that was a difficult thing for people letters c. tell us what has been happening. yes, incredibly difficult. the mother of two,

husband and two sisters were in court. as counsel the inquest told the court that very graphic footage was about to be played. the three of them sat in court, bowed their heads, close their eyes and at times we re heads, close their eyes and at times were in tears as bad footage was played to court. what it showed was the woman was on westminster bridge on the day the attack, she was looking at her phone at the com pletely looking at her phone at the completely unaware that the man was approaching herfrom completely unaware that the man was approaching her from behind. completely unaware that the man was approaching herfrom behind. then the footage then showed the impact of his car hitting her. the council to inquest said in court, she was thrown into the air, propelled forwards under the rear side of the bus. the court was then played 909 call from a man who was on the bridge at the time. in that call who reported a serious accident on westminster bridge. several people

have been injured he said. and then he went on to say one is under a bus, i think she is dead. we then saw some footage as well that was taken from a body worn camera on one of the officers who was at the scene where she was lying under this bus. you can hear another officer talking to them and saying that she had two children were due to be picked up. we have just heard children were due to be picked up. we havejust heard in children were due to be picked up. we have just heard in court as well from one of the officers who told the court that her husband, who is in court, he called his wife after she had been hit and a bystander, a man called robert english, picked up her phone, told to get down to the bridge he said there has been a terrible accident. the hearing here continues with more evidence into the death of woman. a difficult day

evidence there. the archbishop of canterbury says the roll of universal credit should be stopped if they cannot get it right. it merges six existing benefits into one and is being introduced gradually across the uk. ina wide introduced gradually across the uk. in a wide wide—ranging speech, he criticised the government‘s record in tackling inequality. we canjoin our correspondent said now. what else has he been saying? it was a wide—ranging speech and i wouldn‘t wa nt to wide—ranging speech and i wouldn‘t want to misquote him, there were some religious passages. righteousness like an overflowing string. that phrase he peppered through his speech. very strong on social justice message, perhaps through his speech. very strong on socialjustice message, perhaps not surprisingly because he sits on a

commission looking at inequalities in the economy set up by a left—leaning think tank but he is a vicar and there is some realfire and brimstone in his delivery. for example, here suggested that the gig economy was the reincarnation of an ancient evil. he also talked about big companies, multinationals, reaching off the tax system. unions are crucial to achieving real living wages. five years ago i said to the chief executive of wonder that i wanted credit unions to compete him out of business. while he has gone. —— wonga. out of business. while he has gone. — — wonga. today, out of business. while he has gone. —— wonga. today, i dream that

governments now and in the future but church run food banks out of business. so what justin welby was saying at the beginning of his speech was that the bible was political, jesus was highly political, jesus was highly political but not party political andi political but not party political and i think that is what you tried to achieving his speech. there is little doubt that people in the labour party and union movement would have preferred a message for the right. but he did have a message for the right over some of the big issues such as anti—semitism. for the right over some of the big issues such as anti-semitism. we all know that when any vulnerable group is objectified, trawled in social media, dismissed, then all of bus ad is diminished. such things are not worthy of our country. so some very strong messages from the archbishop and he got a standing ovation here at the tuc. the first ecclesiastical

speaker here at the tuc for more than 20 years and i think his message will resonate well beyond the hall here in manchester. britain‘s food export industry would be badly hit by a no—deal brexit the national audit office has confirmed. livestock could be delayed at uk borders if more vets are not recruited to process them. however the department for environment, food and rural affairs has said it is preparing for a range of brexit scenarios. the nationalfarmers union says producing an agricultural bill without the terms of trade would be an extraordinary move by the government. i think you don't have to ask yourself if people like jason rees mark who are saying brexit is great because we‘re going to have cheaper food, brexit is great because we‘re going to have cheaperfood, that brexit is great because we‘re going to have cheaper food, that then poses the question as i said earlier, where will that food be coming from? who will be produce enough food? coming from? who will be produce enough food ? have coming from? who will be produce enough food? have we not learned any

lessons from previous scandals that brought our country to a standstill. it is incredibly important that we do achieve a deal with the eu, that we do not crash out without a deal which would be an armageddon situation. michael gove is the secretary of state for environment food and royal affairs in a short while ago he told the bbc that the government is prepared for any brexit outcome. the national audit office was in the department earlier this year and challenging us to do more ina this year and challenging us to do more in a number of areas and we have responded to that challenge. we recognise that there is work required to be done and we have accelerated our preparations for any outcome in order to ensure that food exports and our territorial waters can be maintained. the president of the european commission says he respects the uk‘s decision to leave the european union but it cannot have the same privileges as a member

state. john claude yunker made the statement... he also said europe would not be the one to stand in the way of a deal over brexit and that the uk would never be just an ordinary country for the eu after it leaves. but we also at the british government to understand that someone government to understand that someone who believes the union cannot be in the same privileged position as a member state. if you leave the union, you are of course no longer part of our single market and certainly not in parts of it. secondly, the european commission, this parliament and all other member states will always show the loyalty in solidarity with ireland when it comes to the irish border. this is

why we want to find a creative solution that prevents a hard border in northern ireland. it is ten years on from the start of the financial crisis which threw the country into the deepest recession since the second world war. new analysis done for the bbc shows that on average people‘s real annual wages are £800 lower with 30 — 39—year—old is the worst hit. our business correspondent has been to newark on trent to get one family‘s story. life from mark clare has changed over last decade. we struggled from payday to payday. we were only one payday to payday. we were only one payday from going under. she works for small business. holidays? yet, thank goodness for visa cards

because otherwise we wouldn't have a holiday. trying to live the dream of being my own boss was nice but it got to the stage where can we afford the mortgage? so he retrained as a teaching assistant. cuts had to be made and i was one of the cuts that was made within the school. the family budget is under pressure. we are a lot worse off. i am and in the same are a lot worse off. i am and in the same amount per hour now than what i was earning ten years ago. the east midlands is one of the most tightly squeezed regions with paid more than 6% lower than it was ten years ago. are people talking about at the moment? eye yeah. we‘re not the only ones, there are a lot of farmers like us. we are seeing a lot of school trips not been paid for, the school trips not been paid for, the school has to pay for it. we cannot deny kids. three orfour school has to pay for it. we cannot deny kids. three or four years ago we we re deny kids. three or four years ago we were maybe thinking we were coming out of this and we were starting to see the green shoots but

it looks like you guys as a family on for this area as a whole, maybe you are not really seen that happening. i feel it is getting worse. happening. i feel it is getting worse. the pinch on what we have left every month once bills are paid, itjust left every month once bills are paid, it just seems left every month once bills are paid, itjust seems to get less. and for you as parents, how does that make you feel when you‘re thinking of your kids? pelle it is quite sad. it makes little angry because we have always worked, just like other families we are normal, working—class people. families we are normal, working-class people. did you ever have an inkling that it would impact to yourfamily in have an inkling that it would impact to your family in this kind have an inkling that it would impact to yourfamily in this kind of have an inkling that it would impact to your family in this kind of way? no. it is one of those things that you hear on the news, it is going to affect the bankers, the rich city boys and i thought you know, it's just another blip, we have those before. i am just another blip, we have those before. lam now just another blip, we have those before. i am now worried that if my wages aren't increasing that the same wages aren't increasing that the same is get a happen for the next generation, my kids, and that they are never generation, my kids, and that they are never going to have an opportunity to even get on the housing market. we can go now to our

business presenter, she is in newark looking at how it has had to change since the financial crash. joanna, thank you. i‘m here in newark on trent. it is very much a typical market town in the east midlands. it is very much a typical market as you can see here, plenty of stalls selling all sorts of food, garden ornaments, flowers except the market has been here since the 12th century but time is really did change ten yea rs but time is really did change ten years ago after the financial crash. you heard in a piece that after the financial crisis ten years ago the earnings in the east midlands took a big hit. over 6% lower, that is almost as bad as london and pretty much one of the worst in the country. so how is that impacted the market? well, the number of traders in this market has third of the past ten

yea rs market has third of the past ten years and it has to be said times are tough and the market has changed very much from what it was like in 2008. i'm very much from what it was like in 2008. i‘m joined now by ian harrison from the town council and alsojulia shepherd who is a market stall holder here in newark. ian, first of all to you. how has the market changed since the 2008 financial crisis? ten years ago we would have had a queue of casual traders waiting to be allocated a stall in the morning. there is no queue now. what you think is the difference? the traders will only come if there is spent taking place and i‘m afraid it is dropped off in general over the last ten years. what are traders saying to you about the way things are now? what are the things that are now? what are the things that are them off more above underspend? i think it is a change in the behaviour of how people shop but also people are more careful now than they were ten years ago i think. in what sense? they are more careful with their money in their pocket, they do not have it to spend. julia, you have a market stall here for many years. before the crisis you had a full—time job and then you lost yourjob? eye i

did, yes, i was a chef before that but i lost myjob. did, yes, i was a chef before that but i lost my job. i could not get anotherjob quite but i lost my job. i could not get another job quite some but i lost my job. i could not get anotherjob quite some time sol decided to go back to something that idid in decided to go back to something that i did in the 805.1 decided to go back to something that i did in the 805. ion thi5 decided to go back to something that i did in the 805. ion this market but then and it was very, very buoyant then and you had to queue for a stall in the mornings. why do you think things have changed?” think it is because people haven't got the money to spend but i feel possibly with the things i sell i possibly with the things i sell i possibly do quite well because people like up cycling these days and people haven't got the money to spend on new items so they will go for such a thing that i sell. do have to change the way do you sell things to attract more people? you do, yes, you have to have a good variety of stuff. i keep the price is reasonable and you have to go with the market basically. look at the market and see how trends are

changing and when you buy accordingly really to supermarket. ian, our research from the institute for fiscal studies that was requested by the bbc shows that the east midlands is one of the hardest—hit regions in terms of loss of earnings. does that surprise you? not particularly, no. i will say that there are signs that a resurgence is taking place and investment is been made. the smile is perhaps coming back on shoppers around the market but we are having to do things differently. we are having to provide an experience rather than just retell. what kind of difference keeping investment is can to make? hopefully we will get people back into the town centre and to spend. that is what we hope that what we intend to take place. julia, you have a list of many years now. what are your hopes for the future here? lets hope it continues to improve. the way the market, the

council, are promoting it, it is really good and we can see a resurgence really good and we can see a resurgence and it really is, you know, the atmosphere is really, really good and it will bring the people into the town i think. it will do the town good because the market is wonderful. they are a british institution and newark market is a fabulous place. it would be great to see it improve over the years. people here have been very friendly and there is plenty of choice despite the fact that there are far fewer choice despite the fact that there are farfewer traders here choice despite the fact that there are far fewer traders here than they we re are far fewer traders here than they were ten years ago, there is plenty of choice for people who want to come along? eye definitely. i would say to people support your local market, it would be a shame to see it die. the market square is a beautiful place and it is great to see people coming back into it. thank you both very much. it has to be said, have the financial crisis not happened according to the research from the bbc, earnings would be 17% higher than they are today. but on a positive note, the

council and local businesses are all talking about the importance of regeneration and investing money to make the future different to how the past has been. back to you. now, breaking news to bring you from the high court in edinburgh. we are hearing that richard fleming has been found guilty of armed robbery at gleneagles hotel injune last year. the court had heard that 500,000 pounds worth of rolex watches were stolen in a raid at a jewellers at the hotel in perthshire. he had, during the course of the hearing, denied that he was involved in the robbery. he said on the day of the robbery he was in glasgow. he said he was buying drugs in glasgow on the day of the armed raid injune last year and therefore he was not involved. but he has been found guilty and we have just had that news through from the high court in edinburgh. the museum showcasing the best of

scottish design opens in dundee this weekend. it is the first of its kind to be built outside london and it is hoped it will attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the world. our scotland correspondence reports. it is the shows per riverside restoration. the vna dundee, described as a sculpture as much as a building. with curves, sharp edges, stone panels a cliff face jutting out. sharp edges, stone panels a cliff facejutting out. isn't sharp edges, stone panels a cliff face jutting out. isn't this fantastic that this is happening in dundee? it has the most amazing history of innovation, entrepreneurship through its design. .itisa entrepreneurship through its design. . it is a city with creativity at its core. famous for being the home of the beano, artwork from that will be on display inside. illustrators come here from across the world to study. now a world—class museum will

add to the appeal. it's interesting to have that here just to go and explore, to look at and learn from because design really impacts every aspect of our lives, whether it is something as simple as a phone or an app something as simple as a phone or an app all the way to a newspaper or comic book. green when you see a town that has brought something like the v&a to the town you know you are going to the right place. dundee has plenty to be proud of when it comes to art technology and design. but getting the v&a is a big dealfor this small city and half a million people are expected to visit this museum in its first year. like many other big places though there are problems here. dundee has a higher rate of drug deaths than anywhere else in europe. local playwright, poet and bin man gary robertson says the ten mac too will offer a boost to this city that has faced

challenges for so long. we have got problems with drugs, poverty and that. they are things that need to be addressed by politicians. but you get up in the morning, you are like, dundee is on the up. if there is one small word here that would describe it, it is the v&a is pure... what does that mean? pelle it is fantastic. it is a bold statement about dundee‘s design heritage. a destination not just about dundee‘s design heritage. a destination notjust the tourists but for the people living here too. laura gordon, bbc news, dundee. let‘s go now to the house of commons, prime ministers questions is due to start after midday. our political editor is there with the usual preview. norman, what you expect? it is all kicking off out side of here as we know with menu

friends and rumours of plots. will that trickle into pmq ‘s? maybe not. what willjeremy corbyn: ? well, he could pick up onjohn mcdonnell‘s big speech yesterday offering helpful gig workers, doing a wave with zero—hour contracts. he could pick up on philip hammond‘s... but i think he will go on brexit. one of the people at the bbc worked out that at one of the last ten pmq ‘s, of the last 60 questions asked by jeremy corbyn, 42 have been on brexit. he‘s always asking about brexit. he‘s always asking about brexit. why? because it is the issue british politics. i think there is every likelihood thatjeremy corbyn may choose again to go on brexit and mrs made‘s profound difficulty with her checkers deal. we will look forward to seeing what happens. stay

with us, that is coming up after midday. let‘s get the weather with simon king. many others are starting to see a bit of sunshine breaking through now but this morning started off cloudy and quite wet. can see this band of rain moving southward but it is breaking up with patchy rain left across southern areas. that is where the majority of the cloud is across the south on the east. further north, good spells of sunshine, just shower clouds developing across northern and western areas. the many list through the afternoon like our weather watcher here in rochdale there will be spells of sunshine. the risk of showers in the north of scotland, perhaps the odd one or two in southern scotland and the far north—west of england. quite cloudy across the south—east, starting to clear away. noticeably fresher across southern clear away. noticeably fresher across southern areas clear away. noticeably fresher across southern areas compared to yesterday. temperatures 17 or 18

degrees. elsewhere 15 or 16. overnight tonight rain moving into northern ireland and the north and west of scotland but for many of us clear skies. it will turn quite chilly. chillier compared to recent nights, the greens on the map there are indicative of temperatures getting down to single figures across getting down to single figures a cross m ost getting down to single figures across most parts. picking up a little bit of the night goes on as more cloud and rain moves in. that will gradually move further south eastwards a cross will gradually move further south eastwards across scotland, northern ireland, breaking up into showers. most others thursday at dry day with sunny spells and more cloud building up sunny spells and more cloud building up in the afternoon. temperatures are fairly similarto up in the afternoon. temperatures are fairly similar to today but a degree or two higher in the south—east with more sunshine coming through. friday, this weather system is going to affect northern part initially on friday. high—pressure slipping away southern parts. that rain will move into northern england, parts of north wales seen

outbreaks of rain as well. to the south—east of that it will be dry and decent. later on across scotland and decent. later on across scotland and northern ireland as the rain clears away there will be sunshine breaking through. temperatures on friday, on the cool side in northern parts, 13 or 14 here, and it higher in the south—east. saturday stein u nsettled, in the south—east. saturday stein unsettled, outbreaks of rain. england and wales may be the odd shower but a lot of dry weather is well with sunny spells. that is all from me. have a good afternoon. this is bbc news.

i‘m joanna gosling. these are the top stories developing at midday. conservative pro—brexit mps set out their proposals for dealing with trade across the northern ireland border. the argument that we are making today is the comparatively small risk of noncompliant goods entering the single market should not get in the way of the two sides negotiating a canada—style free trade agreement. meanwhile, mps unhappy with theresa may‘s brexit plans have openly discussed ways of forcing her to step down as prime minister. this is the scene in the house of commons where theresa may will shortly be taking part in prime minister‘s questions. president putin says he knows the identies of the two russians suspected of the salisbury chemical attack, saying they‘re civilians and not criminals. good morning.

it‘s wednesday the 12th of september. i‘m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. now let‘s go to the house of commons for prime minister‘s questions. while we wait for theresa may to get to her feet, we while we wait for theresa may to get to herfeet, we will bring in our assistant political editor norman smith. you were confident in predicting it is likely to be brexodus is the focus of the questions from jeremy corbyn. —— brexit that is the focus. that has been the focus of all pmqs from the start of the europe from jeremy corbyn. so given the current turmoil, i would say there is a good chance he will do the same again. i

also suspect we will see some rather ostentatious displays of loyalty, affection and support for mrs may from tory backbenchers, trying to damp down the rumours that there are lots to unseat her, in an effort to show that the party is in solidarity. so we will see some tory mps saying what a terrificjob choosing a machine has the confidence of the house. but there is no doubt when talking to some of the brexiteers who were at that meeting of the european research groupjust down meeting of the european research group just down the road from here to launch their plans for an alternative to the northern ireland border, some of them are coming to the view that if mrs may will not drop her chequers plan, then perhaps the only alternative is to try and unseat her. now, they are not, i think, the majority in the european research group at the moment, or the leading figures in the european

research group, but there are a number of tory mps who believe that they be where they have to go. let‘s see how other thing turns out. thank you, mr speaker. i‘m sure members across the house will wish tojoin me in congratulating alastair cook on his fantastic service. as england‘s highest ever scoring batsmen, his incredible career had many highlights, including a magnificent 147 in his last innings against india. we wish him the very best for his future. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings later today.” this house i shall have further such meetings later today. i know the prime minister appreciates the significance of fishing communities around the uk, not least my own constituency. what steps will she ta ke to constituency. what steps will she take to support fishing communities. processing capacity, and other businesses reliant on the sector.” fully recognise the importance of

the fishing industry to his and other constituencies represented in this house. i reassure him that what we wa nt this house. i reassure him that what we want to do is secure a sustainable and profitable fishing industry that will regenerate. amenities and support future generations of uk fishermen. what we can do when the when we leave the eu means taking back our own waters, and determined who fishes what in our seas. it‘s a priority of this government also to make sure we have an innovative productive and competitive food supply chain. work to consider the long—term future all funding programmes currently managed by the eu is under way.” funding programmes currently managed by the eu is under way. i to join the prime minister in congratulating alastair cook on a fantastic achievement and both teams on what has been an absolutely brilliant series, which i really enjoyed. the nationalfarmers union,

series, which i really enjoyed. the national farmers union, the federation of small businesses, the national audit office, the national housing federation, gingerbread and the royal society of arts. does the prime minister know what these organisations have in common? laughter ican i can tell him that what those organisations all have in common is that across a variety of areas of activity, they give excellent service, they promote the interests of those that they represent and they are bodies with which this government interacts and to which this government listens.” government interacts and to which this government listens. i am truly grateful to the prime minister for that answer. the first part of which

i wholly agree. but what they also... it‘s all right! it‘s all right. but what they also have in common is that they are telling this government its flagship benefit policy, universal credit, is flawed and failing hundreds of thousands of people both in work and out of work. in 2010, the government declared that universal credit would lift 350,000 children out of poverty will stop does the prime minister stand by that figure? can i say to him... we introduced universal credit because we needed a system of welfare in this country which encouraged people into work rather than discourage them into work, which made sure that work always pays, and that was a simpler system that the legacy system we were left

by the labour party. remember the legacy system of the labour party? it meant that we even had individuals being paid £100,000 a year on benefits, all paid for by hard—working taxpayers year on benefits, all paid for by ha rd—working taxpayers earning year on benefits, all paid for by hard—working taxpayers earning a fraction of that sum. the child poverty action group says that, far from taking children out of poverty, universal credit will now increase the number of children in poverty. since 2010, 500,000 more children have gone into poverty relative to that time. the government knows this policy is flawed and failing. their own survey on universal credit found many were in debt, a third in arrears with their rent, half fallen behind with their bills. does the prime minister dispute her own government‘s survey, or dispute the experience of the claimants?

roberta, who said, my work coach helped turn my life around. he tailored his support to my situation and fines to him i found tailored his support to my situation and fines to him ifound my tailored his support to my situation and fines to him i found my dream job. ryan. i‘m happy with the new universal credit. my work coach has been great, i didn‘t expect to have a job so soon. nimes. universal credit gave me the flexibility to ta ke credit gave me the flexibility to take on additional hours without the stress of thinking this might stop my benefits straightaway. we have gone from a situation under the labour party were 1.4 million people spent most of a decade trapped on benefits. we are helping to get people into work and that‘s why earlier this week we saw unemployment yet again at a record low. we are all constituency mps and

i think most of us are well aware of the pain that universal credit is causing when people come into our advice bureaus. 60% of families facing cuts due to the two child poverty are in work. —— two child policy. it‘s taking money away from families and putting more children into poverty. the national audit office report found that universal credit is creating hardship, forcing people to use food banks and could actually end up costing the system even more. does the prime minister dispute the national audit office findings? the right honourable gentleman talked about constituency cases. i remember... i remember... order. we are at the very early

stage of the proceedings, a long way to go. the questions must be heard and the answers must be heard all stop as usual, i want to get through the order paper. . the right honourable gentleman started his question by talking about constituency cases. i remember the single mother who came to see me as a member of parliament when labour we re a member of parliament when labour were in government. she told me she wa nted were in government. she told me she wanted to get into the workplace and provide a good example to her child. but thejob provide a good example to her child. but the job centre had told her she‘d be better off on benefits. that‘s the legacy of the labour party. my question was about the national audit office. but russell trust backs the na oh. they say that food bank usage in areas where universal credit has been rolled out is four times higher in areas than in areas where it has not been

introduced. but without resolving any of those failings in the next year, the government proposes to inflict this on another 2 million people. as part of that transfer, hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities on efa, js a tax credits will receive a letter telling them their support will be stopped. they will have to make an application for universal credit. does the prime minister think it‘s the responsibility of the government which is changing the system to ensure that people retain the support they need, or is it down to the individual, many of whom are actually very vulnerable people who need help and support? what the government is doing is delivering a system that does give support to vulnerable people, that encourages people to get into the workplace. because we know that work is the best route out of poverty. but if the right honourable gentleman believes that universal credit needed some change, then why, when we make changes like ensuring that

we make changes like ensuring that we reduce the waiting days for payment, that we bought in the housing and if it overlapped to help people... why is it that labour voted against those changes? its labour that‘s been speaking up for the poorest in this country. its labour that‘s been challenging this government, its labour that once some decency within our society that this government is incapable of delivering. mr spencer, i always thought you were a good—natured, laid—back farmer. you seem to be a very laid—back farmer. you seem to be a very over laid—back farmer. you seem to be a very over excitable denizen of the house today. calm yourself, man. mind says there‘s a real possibility that many people with mental health problems can see that benefits stopped entirely. it is outrageous that paul noble people risk losing out because of these botched changes. the government‘s brexit negotiations are an abject failure. ican negotiations are an abject failure. i can see that by the sullen faces

behind her. and that‘s notjust the erg group, is the whole lot of them! but everywhere you look, this government is failing. 1 million families using food banks. 1 million workers on zero—hours contracts. 4 million children in poverty. wages lower today than ten years ago. and on top of that, there‘s the flawed and failing universal credit. disabled people risk losing their homes and vital support. children forced to use food banks. and the prime minister wants to put 2 million more people onto this. mr speaker, the prime minister is not challenging the burning injustices in our society. she‘s pouring petrol on it. when will she stop inflicting

misery on the people of this country? cheering the right honourable gentleman... the right honourable gentleman... the right honourable gentleman... the right honourable gentleman talks about challenging the burning injustices. challenging the burning injustices. challenging the burning injustices. that‘s about setting up the racial disparity audit, which says what do public services do and how do people from different communities in our country, how are they treated by our public services? it means saying that nobody in this country should be stopped and searched on our streets because of the colour of their skin. that was me as home secretary, never the labour party! what we are doing is seeing 3.3 million more people in jobs as a result of our... and what are we seeing from labour over the

past few days? iranians state tv broadcasting no—confidence vote against labour members of parliament. police investigating anonymous and threatening letters about the deselection of labour mps sent to their offices. and most shamefully... most shamefully of all... and most shamefully of all, the honourable member for streatham saying that the labour party is now an institutionally racist party. that‘s what he‘s done to labour. just think what he‘d do to this country! thank you, mr speaker. order, order!

no gesticulation is required. calm yourself. you're a former deputy leader of the house. behave in a statesman—like manner. order! let's hear the questions and the answers. mr nigel huddleston. we spend a lot of time in this place talking about crime, victims and criminals, so we warmly welcome the victim strategy, but can the prime minister assure me it will not be a dry document but a genuine effort to boost support for the victims?” dry document but a genuine effort to boost support for the victims? i can give my honourable friend that assurance because we know that nothing can take away the trauma and stress of being a victim of crime but we need to ensure that people get the support they need as they rebuild their lives, and this is vital. it‘s our duty to keep people

safe but also to ensure that victims are properly protected and listened to and that is why we are taking steps to enshrine their entitlements in law and strengthen the victims code and this first—ever cross government victim strategy will ensure that victims of crime receive the care and support they deserve at every stage of their interaction with the justice system and i would like to commend my friend the justice secretary but also the honourable member for charm flood for the work they put in. the poorest in our society are still paying a price for the financial crash. the bankers were bailed out, but ordinary people paid the bill. the 155 shows that real wages are an average of £800 lower per year, and average of £800 lower per year, and a decade on, people are poorer. a damning indictment of the uk government‘s leadership. tellers,

prime minister, why have you abandoned millions of families, those just about managing. what we have done is created an economic environment where 3.3 million people are in work and we now see the number of children in workless households at the lowest level ever and we have increased the national living wage and taken 4 million people out of paying income tax altogether. over 30 million people have received a tax cut. that is what the government has been able to buy a balanced approach the economy keeping taxes low, putting money into public services and reducing our debt. that ignores the reality that people are poorer and it‘s been the worst decade for wage growth in over 200 years. households are struggling and the no—deal brexit is reported to increase the annual cost of living by hundreds of pounds, yet

this prime minister still wants to walk off the brexit cliff edge. the prime minister is unfit to govern and incapable of leadership. even her backbenchers know it and the country knows it. ten years after the economic crash and the poorest are bearing the brunt. mr speaker, it is as simple as this, the prime minister should end for austerity programme or adamant that her party is for government. can i say to the right honourable gentleman that he mentions the question brexit, and of course we are working to get a good brexit dealfor the course we are working to get a good brexit deal for the whole of the united kingdom including scotland and can! united kingdom including scotland and can i suggest the right honourable gentleman that he might listen to the views of the scottish nfu who said this week that the plan the government put forward this week is something that the agriculture, food and drinks sector can work with and that politicians from all sorts of parliaments and assemblies should

actually get behind it. the clacton constituency is a mere 69 miles from london, as i‘m sure my right honourable friend remembers from her visit a few years ago and you are lucky to cover that tiny journey in an hourand 40 lucky to cover that tiny journey in an hour and 40 minutes and that is if you avoid the network rail works. alla sunshine coast has a lot to offer economically and it remains untapped. we could attract doctors and businesses to the area. so can my right honourable friend please tell us what is happening to improve rail services and speed up the journey to clacton? can i say to my honourable friend that first of all ido honourable friend that first of all i do indeed remember the visit i made to clacton in 2014 and i was very pleased to meet with caroline shearer to hear about the work she had done on anti—knife crime, the charity she set up in memory of her

murdered son. on the issue of rail that my friend raises, greater anglia will be introducing a whole new fleet of trains and they will be available from the middle of next year. they will be state—of—the—art with much improved acceleration and i think my noble friend will be pleased to hear that. they need to work with network rail to ensure they can deliver those improved journey times and there are infrastructure constraints on the line, but we will engage with network rail to understand what plans they had to renew the infrastructure so we can see the improvement on the clacton branch. the prime minister has just said that work is the best route out of poverty. now, without repeating the responses she just gave to the leader of the snp, can she explain why after eight years of a conservative government the living wage foundation reports that 14% of people in grimsby do not earn enough

to live on? may i say to the honourable lady that what the figures show is that the proportion the workforce on low pay is actually at its lowest level. this is as a result of the changes we have introduced in relation to the economy and the balanced approach that we have taken. i also say to the honourable lady that if she is worried about people living in grimsby then the answer is not a labour government with £500 billion of extra borrowing, fewerjobs, higher taxes and people suffering the cost. given what we know about the cost. given what we know about the russian state‘s involvement in the russian state‘s involvement in the salisbury poisoning, does the prime minister think it appropriate the parliamentarians both current and former appear on russian state television? can i say to my

honourable friend that i‘m sure we all have doubts about the objectivity of the reporting on russia today which does remain a tool of propaganda for the russian state. the decision about appearing on russia today is a matter for each individual but they should be clear that they risk being used as propaganda tools by the russian state and i know that that is a view shared by other members of this house including the right honourable gentleman, a member for house including the right honourable gentleman, a memberfor ross skye and lochaber who has made it clear that he does not think people should appear on that station. i would say the same applies to press tv, whose licence to broadcast has been revoked in the uk by off,. -- off,. the prime minister refused to answer my questions about aggregate iq visiting downing street, so i will ask here. why did jeff silvester

visit number ten last autumn? or did they meet? who invited them? what was the purpose of the meeting, and most importantly, why was the meeting not recorded in the transparency data books? can i say to the honourable lady that her letter has not been drawn to my attention. but following her question i will ensure that she receives a reply in writing. when it comes to brexit the joint statement last year said that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. does the prime minister agree that this means that the payment of the £39 billion except payment for the norris —— northern irish backstop are dependent on agreeing a financial satisfactory trade arrangement, and also agree that payment of the money should be locked into the legally binding

withdrawal agreement that also requires those final say trade agreements to be agreed and implemented by the 31st of december 2020 in a form acceptable to the house? we are very clear that we need to have a link between the future relationship and the withdrawal agreement. but we are a country that honours obligations and we believe in the rule of law so we believe that an abiding by our legal obligations but my honourable friend is right that the specific offer was made in the spirit —— spirit of a desire to reach a deal with the european union and on a basis, as the eu you themselves have said that nothing is agreed until every thing is agreed. without a deal, the position changes. the prime minister was right, yesterday, to be promoting electric vehicles but she also needs to focus on electricity production. investment in renewable energy has halved as a result of government policy and instead of encouraging carbon emitting technologies like fracking, which

are deeply unpopular, in sheffield and across the country, will she recognise the future depends on serious investment in wind, solar power and other renewables?” believe that in the terms of the provision of energy across the uk we need to have a diverse range of supplies. that is why we do and have supported and continue to support renewable energy but it‘s all so why we are ensuring that we get a supply of energy from nuclear and we look across other forms of energy as well, for example, ensuring we see an increase in the number of interconnector is with europe. a diverse applies what we need in the energy sector. —— diverse supply. jean claude juncker this morning accepted that britain would always bea accepted that britain would always be a close trade and security partner, so does this seem as though

a good deal will be in the interests on both sides? i've always said to the house that i believe a deal that is right for the uk will be a deal thatis is right for the uk will be a deal that is right in the european union but i note not only thatjean claude juncker said what my honourable friend has commented on, but also went on to say that after the 29th of march 2019, the uk will never be an ordinary third country for us. i welcome prime minister may‘s proposal to develop an ambitious new partnership for the future of the brexit. we agree with the statement made in check is that the starting point should be a free—trade area between the uk and european union. let me be clear. when we leave the european union we will be an independent sovereign state with control of our money, borders and laws but i want to say to our closest allies in europe that we will never be an ordinary third party for us. there is huge concern

at the proposals to take decisions on fracking away from local councils. a concern seemingly shared bya councils. a concern seemingly shared by a prominent conservative mp who has a number of statements on her website including local planning decisions being returned to locally elected councillors and local councils need to have the power to stop unsuitable developers. the prime minister will hopefully recognise these comments. she made them. but she still agree with them? —— though she still agree with them? it's —— though she still agree with them? it‘s always been that decisions are taken at local level it‘s always been that decisions are ta ken at local level and sometimes they are referred on to a national level. closed question, mr michael fabricant. i was indeed very pleased to be in the west midlands yesterday at the world‘s first zero emissions vehicle summit where i made clear my determination to put our manufacturers in the west midlands

and across the uk at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles. the midlands has a strong automotive industry and the growth of high—tech manufacturing across the region continues to drive investment and it creates high schooljobs, boost economic growth and the latest employment statistics show there are over 320,000 more people in work in the west midlands and in 2010.” thank my right honourable friend for that answer. also based in the west midlands is silicon canal. it is like silicon valley but without the sunshine. it employs some 40,000 people working in computer science and some 6000 different companies. the second largest cluster of its kind in the whole of europe. so, with the announcement last week, mr speaker, of five g being based in the west midlands as a test—bed,

what more can the prime minister do to promote high—tech in i thank he was delighted the west midlands bid, pulled together by the conservative metro mayor andy street, was chosen... was chosen as the winning location of the project and as my honourable friend has referred to, we will see five g across the region. gc ms are also working closely with the west midlands combined authority to deliver a regionwide digital skills partnership. that will bring together key sectors in the region, working on improving digital skills. ensuring strong government engagement and support for these sectors will be critical to success of the government‘s industrial strategy. the secretary for state of

education announced the pay award procedures recently which, as the parameter will know, is not yet a devolved responsibility. the government has outlined how it will fund the award in england but as yet has not done so for wales. will the primaries to intervene to put right this oversight and insure that welsh teachers and pupils are not the ones left to foot the bill? and i reassure the honourable gentleman that the treasury will set up out shortly? back in july the prime minister —— at pmq ‘s, when i pressed her on the possible publication of sir alan ‘s hammond report into the windrush affair, she confirmed as home secretary at the time was considering publication very carefully... nothing has yet come. gritty as prime minster, in the interests of transparency and accountability, which i know she believes in, personally authorise the publication of this long—awaited report? i reassure him that the home

secretary has been looking at this issue. the cabinet secretary is looking at it. we are committed to making a publication, but the form of that is currently being considered. yesterday, her majesty ‘s inspectorate issued a devastating report on its findings related to the murder three years ago of my constituent lisa skidmore. it sets out catastrophic failures on the pa rt out catastrophic failures on the part of the probation service to act on warnings about the behaviour of her killer, leroy campbell, a lifelong violent six offender, and concludes that lisa‘s murder was entirely preventable. lisa was a young woman with her whole life in front of her. her family have been left completely heartbroken by the loss. she was let down in the most appalling way by a service which is their to monitor offenders and to protect the public and in this case

failed to do so with the most devastating consequences. can i ask the prime minister, what can she and the prime minister, what can she and the ministry ofjustice do in response to this report to prevent something like this happening again? he has raised what was an absolutely devastating case. it was an horrific crime and devastating for lisa‘s family. i understand the prisons minister has met the family of lisa skidmore, has apologised for the failings in this case. as the honourable gentleman says, this should not have happened. i understand some action has already been taken, that two members of the probation service have been suspended, but while nothing can be done to bring back lisa ought to minimise the impact this has had on herfamily, then minimise the impact this has had on her family, then glenys minimise the impact this has had on herfamily, then glenys dacey has been asked to conduct an independent review to look at what can be done to prevent such tragedies again. to make sure this never happens to anybody else. cumbria and the lake

district is one of the most beautiful parts of the uk. and our farmers play such a unique role in maintaining the landscape. can my right honourable friend ensure that ourcumbrian right honourable friend ensure that our cumbrian farmers will be able to export their meat, their world—class meat, after we leave the eu? can i say to my honourable friend, she is absolutely right to recognise the beauty of the area that she represents, of cumbria and the lake district. and the important role that farmers play in that part of the country, as indeed ourfarmers do elsewhere. when we leave the eu we are looking to ensure we have trade deals that enable our farmers to continue to be able to export their very important product, which

is enjoyed by people elsewhere. but we are able by leaving the eu to do something else, which is come out of the common agricultural policy and develop policy for farming in this country which is right for our farmers and not for others. last year, 183 people were returned to this country to face justice because of the european arrest warrant. if we leave the eu without a deal, the arrest warrant will not be available to us. will the prime minister be happy with that? as home secretary asked about this dispatch box and let the debate in which we ensured that when we exercised on the powers available under protocol 36 we went back into the european arrest warrant. the warrant is one of those instruments which we have identified in our chequers plan as one we wish to discuss with the eu with a view to discuss with the eu with a view to being able to continue to be able to being able to continue to be able to use it. leah aldridge was killed

by her father to use it. leah aldridge was killed by herfather in to use it. leah aldridge was killed by her father in 2002 and after the coroner in greater manchester police finish their investigation the body was returned to the family for her funeral. last year the police discovered they had retained some of her body parts and these were returned to the family for a second funeral. only a few weeks ago, yet more body parts were discovered by the police and the family has to go through the ordeal of a third funeral. they had no confidence in greater manchester police or the police and crime commissioner, the mayor of greater manchester, that they now have finally allowed the family to lay their daughter, leah, to rest. will the premise to hold an enquiry into this matter for the sake of leah‘s family of four other families across greater manchester? i think this is an absolutely terrible case that has been set out

and i‘m sure, as we will have felt from members across the house when they heard in setting out the details, we all want to express our deepest sympathies to leah‘s family for what is a prolonged trauma they have had to ordeal as a result of how this has been handled. i understand the deputy mayor of greater manchester has been in touch with the human tissue authority about the case and they are advising on ensuring that the establishment concerned take the necessary work to evaluate what went wrong in this case, put in measures to minimise the chance that this can ever happen again. officials in the home office will be meeting both with the greater manchester police and the national police chief counsel to further address this issue of historically held human tissue, and i will ensure the relevant home office minister updates him on the outcome. the windrush scandal continues to affect my constituent,

who, despite receiving his british passport, has been told he is ineligible for esa as he has not made enough national insurance contributions over the last two yea rs. contributions over the last two years. an impossible task since he‘s been prevented from working by the home office. will the prime minister ta ke home office. will the prime minister take responsibility or ensuring the dwp has special measures in place to deal with windrush applicants, and can she on firm that my constituent will now get the support he deserves? the home office set up a special task force to deal with the windrush cases, to provide help and support to the individuals. and, yes, i know the shadow foreign secretary is mentioning the dwp, i will come onto the dwp. i will come onto the dwp. what is important for the individuals concerned is that they are able to interact with one government body that is then able to

give them support and take on the issues for them. i believe they should urge the individual concerned to get into it with the task force and the home secretary will make sure the necessary enquiries are made. will the prime minister visit my constituency to open airbus‘s new wing, a £40 million investment securing hundreds of jobs wing, a £40 million investment securing hundreds ofjobs and good quality apprenticeships for the future? and will she join quality apprenticeships for the future? and will shejoin me in paying tribute to airbus for their amendment to the uk? he has issued an interesting invitation. i can‘t give him an instant response from here, because i‘d need to look at diary commitments. it‘s absolutely right that we thank and congratulate airbus on the commitment they‘ve made to the uk on the high—quality jobs they provide here in the uk and when i went to the farnborough

airshow, i was very pleased to meet with executives from airbus to look and talk about some of their latest products. in a meeting on monday, the aluminium and steel industry told leaders of opposition parties, with the exception of the leader of the labour party, who refused to attend, that thousands ofjobs are to be put at risk by the british government‘s brexit policies and threadbare industrial strategy. is it not the case that she is prepared to dole out p 45s to manufacturing workers simply in order to appease the brexit extremists in her own party? it couldn't be further from the case. what we have put forward in the chequers plan is a plan that delivers on the result of the referendum, ensures we take control of our money, borders and laws, but does so in a way that protects jobs and livelihoods, across the uk.

government has given support to the steel industry in a number of ways and the industrial strategy is about ensuring that we have a healthy manufacturing industry in this country, but manufacturing industry for the future providing the high skilled jobs for the future and the skills for people for the future. the prime minister will be aware of not only my feelings but the feelings of pretty much everyone in this house and the vast majority of this house and the vast majority of this country when it comes to seeing our veterans dragged through the courts in northern ireland. as prime minister, can i ask her what she personally is doing, how she personally is doing, how she personally investing herself in this process , personally investing herself in this process, to bring to an end something the vast majority of her country find completely up warrant? this is an issue that i am well aware of the degree of concern there is about this issue, which is why i have held a number of discussions

with the secretary of state for northern ireland on this matter. we owe a vast debt of gratitude to the heroism and bravery of the soldiers and police officers who upheld the rule of law and were themselves accountable to it. that is something that has always set them apart from the terrorists who, during the troubles, where responsible for deaths of the security forces. the current system in northern ireland is flawed, isn‘t working, isn‘t working for soldiers, police officers or victims. a group, invite, which includes many police and soldiers, as well. while a number of murders from the troubles are under investigation by the ps andi are under investigation by the ps and i and otherforces, under the current mechanism for investigating the past, there is a disproportionate focus on former members of armed forces and the police. we want to make sure all deaths are investigated in ways that are fair, balanced and proportionate. since life changing

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times higher than where it has not been introduced. let me bring you some breaking news about hungary in the european parliament. european parliament has voted to a punitive procedure against hungary for persistently flouting democratic rules. hungary is accused of undermining, or at least the hungarian president, prime minister sorry, is accused of undermining the independence of the judiciary and

waiting propaganda against the central university universe and mistreating asylum seekers and refugees. therefore the session has voted to trigger the article seven procedure against an eu member state. it is an article that can ultimately lead to the eu member state losing its voting rights in the union‘s institutions. during the debate, some meps voted in support of hungary. nigel frosch was amongst them. the former ukip leader appealed to hungary to join the brexit club. we will bring you more on that later. russia‘s president vladimir putin says there is ‘nothing criminal‘ about the two men named by the uk as being responsible for the novichok nerve gas attack in the small english city of salisbury. former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were both poisoned earlier this year. the british government has named two suspects who it says are russian intelligence officers. but, speaking at a conference

in vladivostok, president putin said russia had now identified the men, and insisted they were civilians and had done "nothing criminal." translation: we know where we where they are, we found them. i hope they will turn up themselves and will tell everyone about themselves. there is nothing special, nothing criminal, ican there is nothing special, nothing criminal, i can assure you. are they civilians? yes, they are civilians. well, earlier today our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford gave us this update. this was a question that was put to him by the moderator of the panel, he‘s a state tvjournalist. obviously this was not a surprise that this question came to vladimir putin. he answered it by saying that of course russia had found these men and identified them. but as you heard, saying that they were not

criminals, there was nothing suspect about them, nothing special about them. but he did give this tantalising hint that we could be hearing directly from the two men very hearing directly from the two men very soon. hearing directly from the two men very soon. he said in the nearfuture. in fact, at the end of that question, that answer, he spoke publicly to the man and he said i call on you now to come forward, maybe to the media, and to explain yourselves. so i think we can expect to see the two men themselves very soon. the question of course is, who will we see? don‘t forget, in the uk the allegation is the suspicion is that the two names that were given are in fa ct the two names that were given are in fact aliases. so the british authorities are saying that the names given our aliases. it is possible that the two men who come forward will have those names on passports but perhaps not the same faces, perhaps they‘re not the same people who went to salisbury. it is a very mysterious moment but i suspect we shall be hearing from two

men, whoever they may be, in the near future. america‘s east coast is bracing itself for one of the worst hurricanes in 30 years. hurricane florence is being described as a "monster" and due to make landfall tomorrow. nearly one million people have been told to leave their homes. cbs news correspondent david begnaud sent this update a few moments ago. right here on the beach where i‘m standing out the storm surge could be between nine and 13 feet, that is higher than some homes. the rainfall i‘m told could be between 20 and 40 inches, it is staggering when you think of it. on the beach where we are right now, all of these homes will be under immediate mandatory evacuation. it is these barrier islands of north carolina that will be the first to bear the brunt of hurricane florence. the weather is quiet, it is beautiful. for the most pa rt quiet, it is beautiful. for the most part it appears as if most people are starting to leave. it is eerily

empty around here but people are being warned, if you haven‘t slept, now is the time to get out. tottenham hotspur goalkeeper hugo lorris has admitted being more than twice the drink—drive limit when he was stopped by police in central london. the french world cup winning captain appeared at westminster magistrates court this morning, where was handed a £50,000 fine, and a 20 month ban from driving. the court heard that the 31 year old had been spotted driving at 50mph in a 30 zone, before veering towards parked vehicles and going through a red light. the mp for bradford west is seeking assurances from the new prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, thatjustice will be done following the murder of one of her constituents, after one of the accused was granted bail. samia shahid — seen here with her second husband — is believed to have been the victim of a so—called ‘honour killing‘ while visiting family in pakistan two years ago, after she remarried. naz shah said she wanted mr khan to take a personal responsibility for the case, and that the granting of bail to samia‘s former husband, chaudhry muhammad shakeel, was ‘unacceptable‘ two men have been convicted

of involvement in a half a million pound jewellery heist at gleneagles hotel in perthshire. 42—year—old richard fleming was found guilty following a trial. a second man liam richardson had already pleaded guilty. the pair used hammers, a pistol and a machete to steal 50 rolex watches from one of scotland‘s most exclusive hotels. no—one was injured in the raid but terrified hotel guests thought it had been a terrorist attack. the men will be sentenced at a later date. a man who claimed a mother of two died accidentally during "rough sex" has been given a 29 year minimum jail sentence for sexually motivated murder. charlotte teeling was strangled and smothered to death 5 hours after leaving a nightclub with 41 year old richard bailey. prior to the murder bailey had 171 previous convictions, including offences of violence committed exclusively against women. free—to—use cash machines are being closed at a record

rate of 250 every month. the banking alliance, link, says they‘re being phased out because we‘re taking out less cash . here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. they‘re essential to get hold of cash, but often we‘re not bothering, just paying by card instead, plus the fee our banks have to pay cash machine operators each time we do use one is being cut. the uk‘s diminishing ranks of free—to—use cash machines still number more than 53,000, but, in the five months tojuly, 1,300 closed, 76 of them disappearing even though they were supposedly protected. link, which co—ordinates the network, has tried to protect free machines in remote areas by persuading banks to pay a higher fee per withdrawal to the operator, but some have been removed anyway. and in 21 cases there was not even a post office nearby to get cash over—the—counter. if consumers keep using cash less and less, then, yes, atm numbers will keep going down. what link needs to do is make sure

that it doesn‘t come out of the quiet rural areas. and if we find we can‘t do that, then we will have to go and ask for help from our regulators. the regulatorfor cash machines, the psr, says it‘s concerned, and will force link to do more. one possible solution might be to allow link to run its own cash machines, paid for by the banks. scotland‘s first ever design museum comes to dundee this weekend. dundee‘s v&a museum of design is the first branch of the v&a outside london. it‘s a remarkable coup for the small city on the east coast of scotland which is better known for the beano and marmalade than its artworks. our correspondent andrew anderson is there this morning. welcome to dundee‘s new living room.

that is how the architect describes it. there was first talk of describing —— establishing it here a few years ago. they approached the vna. it was the architect‘s vision that succeeded in the competition. and here it is on the banks of the river tay. a key part of dundee‘s waterfront. it is cost £80 million and here is what you get free money. the outside of the building, work was started three and a half years ago, it has already become something ofa ago, it has already become something of a visitor attraction with this amazing curved walls and two and half thousand stone panels on the outside. each one of them individual weighing up to two and a half

tonnes, which plays with the sunlight, which is quite often dancing on the water of the silvery river tay. inside, you can see that those panels are also reflected in wood, giving the inside of very warm feel. the flaw is limestone, it is inlaid on the ground floor with fossilised coral. and that staircase ta kes fossilised coral. and that staircase takes visitors up to the scottish galleries. in those galleries the story of scottish design is told. drawing on the collection from the v&a in london. the oldest item is from the 15th century, it is an illuminated manuscript. and right up to date, there is a computer game because of course dundee has established an international reputation as a centre of computer game design. the building opens to the public at the weekend. it is the centrepiece of the massive redevelopment of dundee‘s waterfront. £1 billion of public and

we are now more than halfway through that project. that waterfront is designed to help dundee recoverfrom two or three decades of economic deprivation. it lost a lot of its old industries over those years and dundee was looking for a big idea. the v&a is important but so is what else is going on on the waterfront. new residential areas and new office buildings that it is hoped will bring newjobs to dundee. perhaps some 9000. dundee so often the but of jokes some 9000. dundee so often the but ofjokes from some 9000. dundee so often the but of jokes from people some 9000. dundee so often the but ofjokes from people in the rest of scotla nd ofjokes from people in the rest of scotland is hoping that it is the start of its renaissance. in a moment it‘s time for the one o‘clock news with jane hill but first let‘s get the weather. good afternoon. we will take a detailed look at the uk weather in a moment but i wanted to take a check on hurricane florence. you can see it here on the satellite picture a clear eye in the centre of the storm. a short while ago this was a

category for hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph. this model takes it towards the carolinas where is to bring huge amounts of rain and high winds, dangerous weather to come for the east coast of the usa. back home things are quiet. we have this weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain and behind that we‘re getting into some cooler, fresh air. most of this end the day with some sunshine and we push the last remnants of that front to the south—east. in the evening, another front pushes into scotland, rain and wind. but elsewhere with clear, starry skies it will turn into a chilly night, especially across central and southern areas. the parts of the midlands, east anglia, out in the countryside it could get down to three, four or 5 degrees. a chilly start tomorrow but across england and wales a bright start with is more cloud in northern

ireland scotland and some of the working its way south into england throughout the day with patches of outing to rain. blustery showers and a cool feel, 12 degrees in stornoway. you might get higher in london if you‘re lucky. friday, another dry and fine day in the south—east, rain across northern ireland, scotland and perhaps into northern england. a mix of sunshine and showers to the north of it but even towards the south where looking at 1819 degrees. the weekend, frontal system is pushing towards the north—west of the uk so wind and rain here. down here to the south—west, while this by this stage will be the remnants of at atlantic hurricane and this will draw warm and humid tropical air in our direction we suspect so across the south of the country things likely to warm up across the weekend.

further north and west outbreaks of rain at times. conservative pro—brexit mps set out plans for tackling the irish border problem after brexit. they say a hard border can be avoided by using technology, so britain would be able to leave the single market and customs union. it comes as some pro—brexit mps are reported to have discussed how to remove the prime minister from office, though others say she should stay. she is a fantastically dutiful prime minister, and she has my support. ijust want her to change one item of policy. we‘ll have the latest developments from westminster and belfast. also on the programme... the salisbury nerve agent attack. vladimir putin says the two men britain holds responsible are civilians, not criminals. hurricane florence is likely to be the worst storm to hit