so today i not only want and needs. 50 today i not only want to and needs. so today i not only want to talk about getting a good deal with the eu but about getting a good deal for all of our country's people. you may be working for a big company, struggling with personal debt, striving to meet excessive rent or mortgage payments, you may be running a small business, scraping by, awaiting payments to cover ever rising overheads. you may be employed in the public sector, having barely seen a pay rise in ten years but working harder than ever, as many of your colleagues have lost their jobs as many of your colleagues have lost theirjobs and you are covering for them. or theirjobs and you are covering for them. 0ryou may theirjobs and you are covering for them. or you may be surviving in theirjobs and you are covering for them. 0ryou may be surviving in a precarious economy as one in every nine working people now are, maybe getting paid the minimum wage on a 0—hours contract, getting paid the minimum wage on a 0— hours contract, instantly sackable, never knowing for sure whether you will have work from one day to the next. when people such as

these think about the economy, of course they are asking, what in it for me? household debt is rising. rent rising. utility bills rising. while the public services we all rely on are shrinking in terms of what they can provide. social care, the national health service and all of our children's education. last week, and it was almost unnoticed amid the drama of cabinet resignations, the united nations special rapporteur on extreme property and human rights —— poverty and human rights, published a damning report on poverty in the uk. he found one fifth of the population, amounting to 40 million people, are living in poverty. —— i4 million. he characterised a decline in the fortunes of the least well off and said our rates of child

poverty in our "not just a off and said our rates of child poverty in our "notjust a disgrace but a social, —— calamity and an economic disaster." the fact is wealth has not trickled down. instead, rigid and outdated economic thinking has helped create a situation where 20% of britain's what is in the hands ofjust1% of the population, making us one of the most unequal countries in the european union. inflated boardroom bonuses haven't made our economy stronger or more successful. corporation tax cuts have not increased investment or growth or put more money into pay packets. and financial deregulation did not deliver self—regulating market spot and era defining economic crash from which we are still struggling to recover. he could not be clearer, business as usual is not working. when the rules of the game are not working for the overall majority, the roots of the game needed to

change. that means a new settlement for business and a stronger safer the workforce. where government will drive a higher rate of investment in infrastructure, education, skills and the technology, the exciting new technologies of the future. and the largest businesses that can afford it will pay a little bit more towards the common good from which we will all benefit. so, we will repeal the 2016 trade union act and roll—out central collective bargaining to ensure working people can be fairly represented through their unions. and at the labour party annual conference in september, we set out a proposal to give workers a say and a stake in larger businesses. we will legislate to ensure a third of the seats or company boards are reserved for directors and give employees a stake in company profits by asking big businesses to transfer shares for workers to be held in trust. despite

the reaction in certain sections of the reaction in certain sections of the press, there certainly isn't —— this certainly isn't a war business. actually, it is rather the opposite. we recognise the vast and vital contribution businesses make to our economy and our society. at the heart of that contribution are your employees. they have an interest in the long—term success of your company because it is their company as well. they have that in—depth institutional knowledge of its day—to—day workings. they have so much to contribute. and giving them a real voice will actually strengthen, not weaken, business. workers create profits. giving workers a share in them is notjust fair, it's good for business. we believe our plans are necessary, not just to create a fairer economy that can command public legitimacy, but to rebuild our economy for the 21st

century and raise productivity and investment in every region, nation and community, particularly those communities that feel so left behind in many parts of britain. we share an understanding of the urgent need to increase public investment in the economy. and if the public is going to invest on the scale needed, then people need to feel they have a real say over their own economic future. the uk is the only major economy where investment is falling, not rising. that's holding back our economy, oui’ rising. that's holding back our economy, our innovation and actually oui’ economy, our innovation and actually our productivity. the failure to invest means britain's productivity is 15% lower than that of other major economies. so a future labour government would develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to rebalance comprehensive industrial strategy to re balance our comprehensive industrial strategy to rebalance our economy, reduce our reliance on the financial sector centred in london and the

south—east, and increase prosperity in every region and nation of the uk. we will follow the example of germany and canada in establishing a national investment bank and a network of regional development banks. these will provide 250 billion and prior —— in private lending capital to emerging businesses and cooperatives across the country, getting the money to where it is needed and filling the gaps in lending that have been left by private banks. but as well as the lending gap, we are also determined to close the skills gap. we will create a national education service to provide both vocational and academic training to anyone who wants it throughout their life. it is the best way to ensure that people are equipped with the skills they need to flourish. education doesn'tjust benefit they need to flourish. education doesn't just benefit that the individual who receives it. it benefits the economy, it benefits society, it benefits all of us. we

recognise that to close the skills gap we cannot close ourselves off from the rest of the world. so when others, tories, talk about high skilled emigration, what they're actually mean is high wage immigration. that won't solve the shortage of nurses, care workers and builders who desperately need and are vital to rebuilding an economy that works for all. many sectors, agriculture and others, are very, very concerned about what is happening to them in the future. there is nothing to gain from false competition between good and bad migration, which only whips up division and hatred. having seen the consequence of this comment's hostile environment with the windrush scandal, few will be convinced this government is capable of delivering a fair or efficient migration system. britain's infrastructure, roads, railways, telecommunications, desperately need upgrade. that is why labour is also

planning to create a national transformation fund. this will provide a further 250 billion, making sure we have the infrastructure we need to achieve oui’ infrastructure we need to achieve our potential. we have been talking a lot today about the urgency and importance of choices we face other brexit. putting a very real sense the most serious and pressing we face of all, for all of us, is the potential decimation of our planet. that is why, in response to many reports over many years and the re ce nt reports over many years and the recent ipcc report, our policy to aim for 60% of heat and electricity to come from low—carbon or renewable soui’ces to come from low—carbon or renewable sources by 2030, and to achieve net zero emissions before 2050, is the right one. the conservative government has overseen a 56% fall in investment in renewable energy over the last year. our government will put environment centre stage. that doesn't have to mean sacrifice.

it's actually a huge opportunity for businesses, jobs and communities. we will create 400,000 high skilled, well—paid, will create 400,000 high skilled, well— paid, green jobs. will create 400,000 high skilled, well—paid, green jobs. cutting emissions and generating employment at the same time. by increasing the production of offshore wind power sevenfold, doubling onshore wind far, trebling solar power and launching a 12 billion fund for home insulation. labour leaderjeremy corbyn speaking at the cbi conference. we have been on the speech for 20, 25 minutes. he has made several important points, including one on brexit, underlining that the labour party and a labour government would not countenance a no—deal brexit under any circumstances. that is a signal again about the way in which labour may vote in parliament in the coming weeks. esther corbin also making

several points about the economy and how a labour government would handle the economy and his priority in terms of climate change and the environment. —— mr corbyn. the prime minister was also at the cbi conference earlier today. the main story today is the prime minister's continuing attempt to win support for her brexit plans, widely criticised when they were published last week. today she took her message to the business community at the start of what he has described asa the start of what he has described as a critical week that the brexit process. in a speech to the cbi, the business organisation, she said jobs and livelihoods depended on securing the right breaks a dealfor britain. mrs may said the terms of the agreement had been agreed in full with brussels. at westminster there is still speculation about a possible vote of no—confidence in mrs may's leadership. that vote would be taken among conservative mps. we will have more on that. chris mason with the ladies. ——

latest. when reporters like me set up camp in shabby tents next parliament for days on end, you know things are a bit fruity at westminster, and while plotting rumbles on here to ditch the prime minister's plan, or to ditch her, she rolled up down road to sell it. now, there's one paramount issue facing our country at the moment... her back against the wall, business leaders in front of her, this is what prime ministerial defiance looks like. it was never going to be easy or straightforward and the final stage was always going to be the toughest. but we have in view a deal that will work for the uk, and let no—one be in any doubt, i am determined to deliver it. it has become traditional for brexiteers in the cabinet, those still there, to receive a doorstep greeting from reporters. i'll be working with the whole cabinet to get the best deal possible for the united kingdom. thank you.

are they plotting from within to shift mrs may's position? the prime minister has my full support and i hope people will get behind her as she endeavours to get the best deal for great britain. will she make the late changes you want? she is doing a very good job. should negotiations be reopened? you know i don't do doorstep interviews. do you have confidence in the prime minister, mr fox? back outside parliament the prime minister's conservative critics wielded umbrellas, big hats and sharp language. it is such a bad deal that any mp, or any government member involved in putting that through parliament will not have a future in british politics because it will end up being seen... these are surrender terms. this is us becoming a colony of the european union, should they choose to enforce that. those who hope to force the prime minister to face a vote of no confidence have not yet managed to rustle up the numbers to make it happen,

despite promising for months they were getting close, and even if they could pull it off it is not certain they would topple theresa may. but the fact it is still a live possibility in the midst of everything else that is swirling around this place tells you everything you need to know about how bumpy things are. enter next, then, from the club of former party leaders, this plea. i don't think members of parliament should be distracted during the next few weeks by a no—confidence motion or a leadership contest which might follow that. they should be concentrating on the document and its implications. so, what happens next? you are more likely to find a pot of gold at the bottom of that rainbow than find anyone who can answer that with any confidence. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. we can cross to downing street and speak to our chief political correspondent, vicki young. update also where you think this

possible vote of no confidence is at the rather intriguing delegation that we saw going into downing street and leaving a short while ago? yes, that's right. former conservative party leader iain duncan smith, owen paterson, on the eurosceptic wing of the party, have beenin eurosceptic wing of the party, have been in seeing the prime minister, we think. they went in with documents and experts on border technology, trying to extract the persuade the prime minister there is an alternative to plan. they came out and didn't say anything. we will have to wait to see if they feel they have been reassured. but i think what is interesting is the prime minister has been helped somewhat by the fact that her opponents, firstly in the labour party and then her own party, are divided over tactics. that is what is going on here with these letters going in. it sounds like there are a couple more gone in this afternoon. there is definitely a divide within

that group of conservative mps who feel that now is not the moment that they can defeat the plan in the house of commons. and that is the right way to do it, rather than try to topple her now and filed a —— force a vote of confidence she would probably win anyway. on the labour side we know there are some labour mps unhappy with jeremy corbyn's plan to keep all options on the table, talking about jobs plan to keep all options on the table, talking aboutjobs first brexit, they do not think that is enough. they want him to swing behind the idea of another referendum. she is trying to move people's vision away from the small westminster bubble to people's livelihoods, to issues of trade, going to the cbi conference today and saying, i have come to this deal for a reason because i thought people wanted to end freedom of movement. my deal does that. i also thought people wanted trains to be smooth, to protectjobs. my deal achieves that. she is ploughing on, getting our message out, going to

brussels later this week and the summit on thursday. —— monday. she will hope he can get to the vote in the house of commons and at least put her plan to the house of commons. that is another hurdle and a pretty high one. many thanks. last week, quite a few conservative mps, including jacob rees—mogg, or sounding rather confident they would cross the threshold of 48 names in order to press for the vote of no—confidence. but so far, no word of that number from the man in charge of the actual mechanism. that is so graham brady of the 1922 committee. they have not reached that number yet. let's talk to somebody who knows the system inside out. joining us from westminster is the former conservative chief whip, andrew mitchell. thank you for coming in. good afternoon. are you surprised the magic 48 has not been reached? no one knows what the number is. sir

graham brady is a model of discretion that he would not tell anyone. nobody knows. if you are asking me if there is deep turbulence in the conservative party, deep turbulence in british politics of this european deal, it would be facile of me not to say there is. would you expect the 48 to be reached? i have absolutely no idea. graham brady will keep that very close to his chest. but what i will say is this. every member of parliament now needs to read this deal and consider what is in the best interest of their constituents. that is what i am doing. i have been talking to people out —— over the weekend. there are some very serious difficulties with it. the principal difficulty is that we will leave the european union as a rule take on the basis of this deal. that means neither the remainers, who will argue that we used to make the rules and no have to take them, nor the

eurosceptics, will argue we haven't really left the european union, will be satisfied. that worries me very much. firstly, that we have to look at what is in the best economic and quality—of—life interests of our constituents. but also, such a deal which leaves britain as a rule take will satisfy no one. it seems to me to be an endless recipe for a future discord and unhappiness as both sides continue to campaign for a deal they haven't got but an agreement which they are very much against. lots of viewers listening will think there is no way you are going to vote for this deal. would they be right? i am looking at it very carefully. it's an extremely complex deal. i will talk to my constituents and try to work out what is in the best interest of the country. it is possible that at the end of the day it is right to do thatis end of the day it is right to do that is through. but on my first reading on extremely concerned about this point about being a rule take. asi

this point about being a rule take. as i said, it is an endless recipe for a misery and further fighting and discord in british politics for yea rs and discord in british politics for years to come. if that is your view clearly you will not be supporting it? i am not in a position to say that at the moment because i have not fully got to the bottom of all the pluses and minuses of the deal. i very much admire the prime minister's tenacity in negotiating all of this. but at the end of the day the house of commons, all of us as members of parliament, have to make up mind if this is in the interest of our constituents, those whom we represent and who sent us to westminster. that is the honest conclusion all others have to reach. what is your reading of the house of commons? do you think at this stage this deal as any chance of getting through the commons?” this deal as any chance of getting through the commons? i would say tonight it would be extremely difficult for the government to persuade the house of commons that this is the right deal. for a series of different reasons. people as different as michael howard, joe

johnson, who was a remainer, and jacob rees—mogg, they have set up highly principled reasons why they do not think this deal should go through. it does seem to me that as members of parliament get a greater grip on the details in this agreement, they will have very serious reservations. if you are asking my opinion tonight, i would think it is very unlikely the house of commons will agree to this deal. you will understand clear for —— therefore clearly why lots of your collea g u es therefore clearly why lots of your colleagues think this is a bad deal by the prime minister and that they don't have confidence in her leadership. what would you say to them? we have been here before. we have seen what happens when we turn in on ourselves. we need to focus on theissues in on ourselves. we need to focus on the issues and not on the leader. it is the issues, it is the forthcoming thought, it is what the right answer is for britain, that needs to obsess us is for britain, that needs to obsess us and not these internal matters. is it possible at this stage for the prime minister or and other leader to renegotiate this deal? all the

m essa 9 es to renegotiate this deal? all the messages from brussels and downing street seem to be that renegotiation is not possible. there is a slight overtone of bullying going on in that respect from the european union, which i think is very unhealthy. the european union is supposed to respect democracy. it must listen to what the house of commons says. we live in a parliamentary democracy. members of parliament will decide what is in the best interest of constituents. it is not for the commission to com pletely it is not for the commission to completely ignore that and ride roughshod over it. after all, what message does that send to other countries? there is considerable turbulence in the european union today, in italy, greece and the eastern european countries. what message does it send to them if the european union does not listen to what the house of commons says? would your fears about the no—deal brexit overwrite your concerns about this deal? i am not in a position to give you a categoric and to do that. i think leaving without a deal is not a desirable outcome. of course,

in ten years we will be fine. but we won't be fine in the first year or two. there are deep problems with leaving without a deal. i also think the deal that is currently going to come before the house of commons, if it is not changed, is a very difficult deal indeed for the house of commons to accept. thank you so much. andrew mitchell, the former conservative chief whip. our thanks to him forjoining us from westminster. ministers from the other 27 eu states have backed the withdrawal deal. their chief negotiator, michel barnier, said brexit talks are at the decisive moment. live to brussels, and roberto gualtieri s an mep sitting on the european parliament's brexit steering committee. he's also president of the european parliament's committee on economic and monetary affairs. thank you so much forjoining us. what is your perspective to day of the state of this draft agreement?

do you think it is in good shape? that is a good question for the uk side. for us, the agreement, the withdrawal agreement, is concluded. we are not going to reopen it. there is still a discussion on the declaration of the future relationship. and we are looking forward to seeing probably a draft text tomorrow. we as a parliament will make our comments on that.“ there are british parliamentarians who think this draft agreement can be renegotiated at this stage, there is still room to change it, what would your message be? no, that's not the case. this text is not going to be reopened. what is still open, as you saw, was the outline of the future relationship, which wasjust

an outline last week. negotiations are still ongoing, as far as i know, on defining the text of this path which is very important. it is a document about the future relationship. there is an interconnection between the withdrawal agreement and the declaration of future relationship. but the two documents are different. the first one is close. it delivers brexit. and i consider brexit mistake. it is good because it reduces the disruption of this event, which could be really very high. so in this sense we are endorsing the deal tomorrow. we are still reading very carefully all the lines. it is not ourfinal assessment. but as far as we are now, we consider this, i consider this an agreement which, let's say,

addresses its main goal, to minimise the disruption of this event which i strongly regret, brexit. still on the theme of minimising disruption, what is your attitude to the possibility of extending the transition period or the implementation period? is that desirable if that is needed or not? yeah, it is an option. currently the transition ends in 2020. but i think it isa transition ends in 2020. but i think it is a sensible innovation to have the possibility, provided that both parts agree, and also that both parliaments agree, that's what we will ask as european parliament, that a limited extension could be possible. this also, i think, contributes to clarify that the so—called backstop is actually a real backstop. the base scenario is

a framework of future relationship. if it is not ready for the date at the end of the transition, there is the end of the transition, there is the option of extending the transition. if none of these options are available then of course there has to be a backstop. that was the most difficult part of the agreement, as everybody knows. final point. this is on the theme of spain and gibraltar. reports today that spain says they are not happy with any suggestion that gibraltar may be outside the deal itself. what is your reading of this position as far as the future of gibraltar is concerned? it is very complex question, because it is sensitive batter. it's clear that this disagreement is, let's say, a compromise. nobody is 100% happy on it. iam compromise. nobody is 100% happy on it. i am aware of the discussion in

the uk also. a number of elements, including the uk wide custom arrangement, customs union was not a simple one to accept. it was not the original option. gibraltar is very sensitive. now i am not going to enter into the detail. but overall i think that this deal is the one that realistically can be achieved from both sides. 50, realistically can be achieved from both sides. so, let's see if it will be ratified in the uk parliament. from the eu side, i think all of the eu will support this deal and we will be very attentive as a parliament on the detail of the framework of the future relationship. honestly, ifi framework of the future relationship. honestly, if i can say something also, we are extremely concerned by some comments, the last one from theresa may, by the european citizens as those who would like tojump the european citizens as those who would like to jump the queue. these are comments that are not helpful in

this moment. good to talk to you. thank you. we want to attempt to answer any questions you have on how the brexit process develops. tomorrow we'll bejoined by experts who can talk us through what you'd like to know. one of the leading figures in the global car industry has been arrested, over allegations of financial misconduct. carlos ghosn, chairman of japanese car manufacturer nissan, is expected to be fired after the firm said an internal investigation showed misuse of company resources. as well as chairman of nissan, mr ghosn is chairman and chief executive of renault and chairman

of mitsubishi motors. mr ghosn, described as a towering figure in the industry, is credited with turning around nissan and renault. he earned the nickname le cost killer due to the cuts he made to save the french firm. brazilian—born of lebanese descent and a french citizen, mr ghosn was once tipped as a potential presidential candidate of lebanon. his popularity led to a serialisation of his life in a famous japanese cartoon comic, and in 2011, he was ranked 7th in a poll about who the public woud want to lead japan, finishing ahead of barack obama. our business correspondent, simon gompertz, is here with more. you have been looking at this. what has been going on to lead to what has been going on to lead to what has happened today? a giant, a

titan, depending on how you want to describe him. you said he turned around renault, that was in the late 905. and then, he got the reputation a5a 905. and then, he got the reputation a5 a big cost cutter when he was brought in to rescue ni55an, which i5 brought in to rescue ni55an, which is close to bankruptcy, in the early to thousands. cut 20,000 jobs, closed five factories but put them back into profit. —— but brought them back. then he formed an alliance. and more recently, he has committed billions of pounds to the development of the electric vehicle. it's not just development of the electric vehicle. it's notjust what development of the electric vehicle. it's not just what you development of the electric vehicle. it's notjust what you drive, it'5 how you drive that he has been in control of. they claim to be the biggest car manufacturer in the world. such a shock to hear this. and he has been charged with significant act5 and he has been charged with significant acts of misconduct. he has been interviewed and arrested

by prosecutors in tokyo. but the company has put against him is that he misreported his income to the tokyo stock exchange. that is a big thing, because stock exchanges rely on having correct information for transparency, so that is seen as deceiving them and misusing company assets. a big shock wave through the industry and raises questions over what will happen to that grouping of car companies he has built up. any impact on the financial markets? shares in renault down more than 10% today, to do with worries about what will happen. they think, one person held this all together, the japanese duke executive of nissan said there was an overconcentration of power. so you can suspect that markets

think it will now go the other way and fragments. another company said it had no concern about the future of the company, so we wait and see what will happen. thank you very much tobacco the former england footballer, paul gascoigne, has been charged been charged tobacco with sexually assaulting a woman on a train from york to durham. the alleged incident happened in august. our correspondent, fiona trott, joins me now from newcastle. the british transport police say women in her 305 say she was sexually assaulted on a train journey and we understand paul gascoigne was arrested at durham train station on august 20. he has been charged with one count of sexual assault by touching. a message on gascoigne's twitter account says he stepped in to

comfort a woman. i'm so pleased it's come out, i sat next to her and told she was beautiful inside and out and told it would be ok. two messages relating to the incident happened deleted. paul gascoigne has had struggles with alcohol in the past and i5 struggles with alcohol in the past and is due to face magistrates next month. his management team are not making any comment at this time. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich with the forecast. you will have felt the difference already, much colder, jan was drifting in from the east and more to come. you can see these showers, not as many further west, and through the evening, some showers.

these may turn wintry over high grounds. temperatures around 5 degrees, quite windy tonight, particularly towards the south. another chilly day, some of these showers over the tops of high grounds could turn to sleet, some snow and places. temperatures on the thermometer around 5 degrees, it but in the wind it will feel more like this. chilly into wednesday and thursday, slowly turning a little less cold into the end of the week. let's have a look at the sports

news. good afternoon. scrum half danny care has been dropped by england head coach eddie jones for the final test of their autumn series with australia at twickenham on saturday. he is one of three players to be axed from the squad following a laboured first half against japan last weekend. care scored their first try, but was replaced on the hour mark. alex lozowski and zach mercer also miss out, while number eight nathan hughes returns, as does manu tuilangi. after their hugely impressive win over new zealand, ireland head coachjoe schmidt has released eight players from his squad for their match the united states. that includes dan leavy, who's being treated for a neck strain. schmidt is expected to name his starting team on thursday. england and arsenal'sjordan nobbs could miss the rest of the season and is a doubt for next summer's women's world cup after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament. her club say that nobbs is receiving specialist care after suffering the injury in sunday's win at everton in the women's super league in which she scored this goal.

west ham have reached an out—of—court settlement in a bitter dispute with their landlords on the day that a high court case was due to get under way. the two sides have agreed to increase the capacity of the london stadium to 66,000. it's believed the premier league club contribute to some of the additional costs. when the club took the tenency, it was on the understanding capacity would be increased. until now, it's been restricted at 57,000. the republic of ireland are preparing for their final match of the nations league tournament as they face denmark this evening with nothing at stake. it's left manager martin o'neill‘s future in doubt, but celtic manager brendan rogers has defended his position and believes he can turn their fortunes around. martin's very experienced manager,

he knows exactly what he will once. the group of players that he has, he i5 the group of players that he has, he is looking to maximise what he can get out of them. he has had some really good results over the last couple of years. but martin has so much experience in the game anti—war use that to try and get the results for this squad. racing driver sophia florsch has undergone ten hours of surgery following her crash in formula 3. she lost control at the macau grand prix in china and was taken to hospital with a broken back. billy monger, who lost both his legs in a crash 18 months ago, told bbc breakfast it's impossible to eradicate the dangers. obviously that there is dangerous in motorsport and everyone knows that when they sign up for it, you never expected to happen to yourself, you never consider it. i know sophie

well and have raced against her before, i'm wishing her all the best. i think safety is improving in the sport which is great, but it's never going to be risk—free. but is on as we keep improving and making strides on safety, that is massive for everyone. dina asher smith's been named on the shortlist for the iaaf female athlete of the year award. the 22—year—old'5 had a great year, becoming the first british woman to win triple gold at the european championships, along with a couple of medals at the commonwealth games too. the winner will be announced in monaco on december 4th. we'll have more for you in sportsday at 6:30pm. thanks very much, this is bbc news. earlier we heard the prime minister at the cbi conference urging people

to get behind the draft withdrawal agreement that has been widely criticised last week. very interesting to hear andrew mitchell talking to us just a few minutes ago saying, in his view, the deal left many concerns unanswered. he didn't quite say he would be voting against it, but it didn't sound like he was repaired to support it. he represents quite a few people on the conservative backbenchers. bob sanguinetti is the chief executive of the uk chamber of shipping and is here with me now. thank you. what is exercising you right now? the people you represent, enormously important economic force that you represent, what are your main concerns? it's important to stress the predominant means of bringing goods into and out of the

uk. knighted by% of our good come by sea. “— uk. knighted by% of our good come by sea. —— 95% of our gives. video is positive for shipping and the consumer, because it allows for that trade to continue, and that clearly uprise ina trade to continue, and that clearly uprise in a significant way to the likes of the calais/dover route and holyhead/dublin at the other end of the uk. this gives businesses breathing space to continue to deliver to those lines of logistics that are based on the just premise, which the manufacturing industry relies on heavily, as do businesses more generally and the consumer. we heard from andrew mitchell, former chief whip, earlier, and he says

this leaves the uk in the position of being rule—taker is. does that bother you on a political level, or do your think the deal allows you to carry on business in a way you would find acceptable? with the click at the deal on the table at the moment separately from the future trading arrangements. we see this as a temporary measure and the start of a longer process and one that would be challenging to breach to a successful conclusion. but in the first instance it gives the shipping community the certainty it needs to flourish and continue servicing businesses and consumers. in the longer term, the nature of the future relationship between the uk and the eu would be fundamental. i would say negotiations would be challenging in the extreme and both the uk and eu would strongly be

urged to approach negotiations in good faith to get the best possible deal that allows us to continue trading with the eu whilst also striking deals more widely across the globe, in particular with emerging markets in the far east and africa. in that formulation, what beat be the key component for you for a successful future relationship? we must make a sure we strike the balance between continuing to trade extensively with the eu. there are reasons that happens today and that realises good business and realises a good prices for consumers and industry both in the eu and uk. we must not forget a bad deal or no deal would be extremely disruptive and we would

wish to avoid that. but we need to balance that with our ability to strike deals across the rest of the world. a final point, i know have close links with gibraltar, and the spanish government had been raising concerns and possible opposition to the framework of the deal as it affects gibraltar. what is your perspective on that and it do you think this is something spain will play pretty hard ? think this is something spain will play pretty hard? i'll steer clear of the politics, yes, my heart is close to gibraltar. i would say the fa ct close to gibraltar. i would say the fact it is matter in the news today i5 fact it is matter in the news today is not entirely surprising but disappointing nonetheless. iwould like to think there would be pragmatism on all sides to ensure the best possible outcome for gibraltar, spain — let's not forget southern spain relies a lot on the success of gibraltar — sol gibraltar — so i would like to think pragmatism

would prevail. we shall see. thank you. we want to attempt to answer any questions you have on how the brexit process develops from here. tomorrow, we'll bejoined by experts who can talk us through what you'd like to know. so send us your brexit questions by text to 61124, or email askthi5@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbca5kthis. the "black cab rapist" john worboys must stay in prison, the parole board has ruled, after reconsidering his case. worboys, who is now known asjohn radford, was jailed for assaults on 12 women in london. after serving ten years of his sentence, it was announced injanuary that he would be freed from jail. however, the high court overturned the board's decision to release him following a legal challenge by worboys' victims.

the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has arrived in iran, becoming the first western foreign minister to visit the country since donald trump abandoned the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions. upon his arrival in tehran, mr hunt sat down with our diplomatic correspondent james landale and said he'd be speaking to his iranian counterpart about the imprisonment of british woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who's been detained in iran on spying charges for the past 2.5 years. i think all you can do in these situations is keep asking, but i've made it clear to iran if they, as a policy, detain dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for iran. this is not something the united kingdom would allow to happen and let them get away with it scot—free. so they have to understand this is not a sustainable situation from our point of view. we're not going tojust accept it. and it's notjust nazanin, by the way, there are others in the same situation as her,

whose families have asked us not to divulge their names, so we will respect that. but no country in the world should think that, if they want to get sucked in from another country, the way to do it is to lock up that country's citizens, it's totally unacceptable. how confident are you that iran can survive us sanctions and will stick with the nuclear deal? well, the country's clearly under huge pressure. and you can see that walking around, there are very, very few western goods on site in the shops we went to this morning. but we have a view in this country, it's one at the very rare occasions where we don't take the same approach as the united states, that the iran nuclear deal is a good thing, because the situation in the middle east is complex enough, it's toxic enough, it's dangerous enough, that to have a nuclear power in the midst of it would make things even more dangerous. so we support this deal and we want to find a way for countries who wish to trade

legitimately with the iran to do so. tens of thousands of rail passengers have been delayed or left stranded after more problems on some of the busiest routes in the uk. network rail has apologised for the disruption after engineering works overran. our correspondent chi chi izundu reports from waterloo station in london. the uk's busiest station on a monday morning, passengers at waterloo were greeted by cancellations and delays, and commuters trying to get into london face similar problems. south western railway said late—running engineering works in the hampton court area had left four lines blocked with no trains running between waterloo and surbiton. the company advised passengers not to travel this morning and warned disruption would continue throughout the day. at clapham junction, large queues formed between platforms. it's terrible, there's no warning,

you get here and this is what you see, and there is nothing you can do about it. at teddington, it was a different story, with an almost empty station. i'm trying to get to the city via waterloo and i arrived at the station at 7:30am to get my 7:30am train, which was cancelled. i gave up and then i've been at home for the last couple of hours. i'm due to go to the russian embassy to be fingerprinted. it's quite important that we are there this morning. are you going to be late as a result? yes. very late. what will you do? we have to wait for the train. other stations including woking, surbiton, raynes park and earlsfield were closed. services started again before 10am but disruption is expected to continue. we have seen overrunning engineering works in the surbiton area causing all the lines into waterloo to be shut, causing really significant disruption. we're working hard to return

the train service to normal, but passengers should expect disruption through the rest of the day and we are asking people to check before you travel. some services may be cancelled and services will be busier than normal. south western passengers, along with those using other rail companies, also face cancellations and delays earlier in the year due to ongoing disputes with train guards. the rmt union said this morning's disruption was more evidence of the impact of privatisation on britain's railways. both south western railway and network rail apologised for this morning's delays. let's talk now to anthony smith, chief executive of the independent travel watchdog transport focus. if transport focus. viewers wouldn't say to you, whai i5 if viewers wouldn't say to you, what is going on here, what has gone on? a frustrating day for a very large

number of passengers. basinger i5 rely on the railways to get us to work and home, and today tens of thousands of passengers could not rely on the railway. waterloo handles more passengers every day then all the terminals at heathrow, so that gives you an idea of the scale. engineering works can be complex and things go wrong, it should we be giving network rail the way here? i think given with the engineering works warwick, the approach to waterloo, it is a crucial piece of track, i think it i5 crucial piece of track, i think it is frustrating and was literally no one in this for passengers. we work up one in this for passengers. we work up this morning and found out at the station. there was optimism in terms trying to recover this. we need an urgent inquiry into this. if you are ina urgent inquiry into this. if you are in a position where network rail are able to say they came across

unforeseen problems, the clearly understand the importance of the line, but do you think that would justify and make this more palatable or not? i don't think so. to passengers, the monday morning rush—hour matters a lot. things can happen that are unforeseen, but information is crucial. helping us to pilot our lines better, not giving any information until monday morning, that is crucial. dreadful scenes at clapham junction, thousands packed in there. lots of people complaining about a lack of information, surely that can be tackled? it should be, yes. we've had problems like this before, the industry is investing in information systems. it wasn't just waterloo and clapham junction today, we need to find out what happens, learn the

lessons. if passengers have been affected, make a complaint and make affected, make a complaint and make a claim, because that way you can effectively make your voice heard.|j hesitate to bring in the festive period, but tell us a little bit about what you hope to be managed around works taking place at that time? a lot of work happening then, a better time to do it because are less passengers around, but aching thing, lots of information in advance so passengers can plan and make alternative journeys. hand the railway back when you see your going to, people are relying on that. and also have staff around because people will need help, that way you may keep passengers on board. thank you very much. let's have a look at some of the other news of the day. four men were found with stab wounds after police were called to reports of a fight

in north london last night. three of the men remain in hospital. police believe the fight in edmonton is linked to a shooting there on saturday. one person has been arrested. three water cannon bought and refurbished for more than £320,000 borisjohnson was mayor of london have been sold for scrap. the vehicles were never used. they've now been sold to a reclamation company for £11,000. england's chief medical officer has urged shoppers to buy organic meat to help combat the rise of antibiotic—resista nt bugs. dame sally davies wants consumers to pressure the food industry into reducing the amount of antibiotics used in animals, to avoid them being less effective in humans. millions of people across the uk suffer from food allergies and the issue of labelling is particularly under the spotlight after a number of deaths. now there could be new hope for people with nut allergies. a treatment developed in cambridge could soon be offered more widely on the nhs.

immunothera py involves patients being given small amounts of nut protein to boost their tolerance. our correspondentjo taylor reports. hi, gabriella, do you want to come through this way, sweetie, and we'll pop you into one of the rooms? you can come as well, mum. 17—year—old gabriella house has a serious nut allergy. it'sjust a pain, like, when you go out to restaurants and things like that, you've always got it in the back of your mind, always worrying about whether it could be, like, there could be traces in your food and that. it limits, like, your menu choices as well, so you are always... i always sort of go for something that is like low—risk. gabriella is taking part in pioneering treatment which could improve her resistance to nuts. we have a relatively new treatment called immunotherapy, where we give a tiny bit of peanut protein to a child and then very gradually increase it until they can then tolerate a significant amount of peanut on a daily basis, and that gives them protection against eating it accidentally in foods. gabriella is going to take the capsule and empty

the contents into this yoghurt, mix it in and then just eat the yoghurt. the dose gabriella is taking contains the equivalent of one eighth of peanut. over a period of two years, the dose is gradually increased. each new increase is supervised in hospital. the rest of the time, gabriella takes it at home. the treatment isn't a cure but it should lessen the impact of any future allergic reactions. and there's been more interest in the treatment since the recent allergy deaths. over the last few years, i've had serious episodes of anaphylactic... what we found was a real spike in referrals following the recent spate of allergy deaths that have been reported in the newspapers. and what's behind this is that patients are now very afraid of choosing foods that are loose wrapped. patients have to pay around £17,000 for this unlicensed treatment, but the recent surge in interest i5 upping the pressure to make this

available on the nhs. it redoubles our efforts to get this out as quickly as possible, but in the meantime, we have to deal with the spike of referrals that we've had. next year sees phase three in their clinical trials, with hundreds of patients involved, and it is hoped it will be licensed within three to four years. and you can see more on that story on inside out east, tonight on bbc one at 7:30pm. time for a look at the weather, here's ben rich with the forecast weather from the east at this time of year is never going to be warm.

single digit temperatures so time a clinic few days. cloud coming from the ease with very cold air blowing in our direction. through today, quite a few showers. you can see where they've been, eastern areas, some a further west, others falling as rain. over high ground, that may change a little. originates, showers continue, some turning wintry. a cold nights and wednesday, gusty towards the south, overnight down to 2 degrees. parts of western scotland and england lowly enough for a touch of frost. into tomorrow, the best of sunshine out west, some showers in the eec to. some places include see quite a few showers, others less,

but some will be wintry. over high ground, some flakes of sleet and so you get starting to mix in. up into scotland, a shattering of showers in the east. the temperatures here at the east. the temperatures here at the values on the thermometer, up to 8 degrees. not particularly impressive, but factoring in the strength of the wind, up to 40mph in places, that will really change the feel, making it feel around freezing in norwich. cirstea, a cold night, an increased chance of outbreaks of showery rain, perhaps a heavy enough burst, some sleepiness down to low levels. turin wednesday, the bulk of the rain clouds will be in the west. no heatwave, sunshine making it feel

a little better, though. then towards the end of the week, low pressure towards the west, and we had to make to develop more of a southerly wind, bringing something less chilly. so a slow recovery in the temperatures for some of us, but until then, chilly weather on the way. a critical week for the government — the prime minister pushes on as she tries to get business leaders to back her brexit plan. theresa may tells the cbi the draft agreement is the best deal on offer and says it will stop eu migrantsjumping the queue forjobs. we have in view a deal that will work for the uk. and let no one be in any doubt — i am determined to deliver it. but it comes as speculation continues over whether the prime minister will face a vote of no confidence this week. also tonight...

one of the world's most powerful businessmen — carlos ghosn, the boss of nissan, is arrested injapan over financial irregularities. complete chaos for commuters as one of the busiest lines into london is shut after engineering works overran.