good morning. that being the british chancellor's spring statement. welcome to breakfast it says philip hammond will stem tech giants's power with dan walker and louise minchin. and announce £50 million here in westminster. to tackle knife crime. mps are urgently and finally, der tagespiegel working out their next steps over in germany leads with europe brexit — after rejecting grounding the boeing 737 max theresa may's deal for a second time. aircraft, while the us refuses to follow suit. the ayes to the right, 242, the noes that is another story that has been dominating certainly in business. so to the left, 391. so the noes habit, let's bring in a guest. the noes habit. and grab —— have with me is rebecca harding, the ceo of coriolis tech. ian henderson is also back, as in the face of her loss by a massive majority, the prime minister confirms a vote today on whether to leave the eu promised, to give us their take on without a deal. this coverage. the daily mail, house these are unenviable choices. thanks of fool ‘s, the daily mail saying to the decision that the that politicians that the country down. —— house of fools. just explain that position for our international viewers. so the explain that position for our internationalviewers. so the daily mail completely backed brexit, the former editor was a big, mail completely backed brexit, the former editorwas a big, big

cheerleader for the european research group, that is the far right of the conservative party that wa nts to right of the conservative party that wants to see, that projected theresa may's deal yesterday. the new editor that came in in the autumn is taking a completely different stance, he wa nts to a completely different stance, he wants to see the softest brexit possible. he still thinks brexit should happen but it should not cause any cliff edge economic calamity. the daily mail's front page today basically says the erg, those that want the hardest brexit possible, have actually potentially thrown away what they want and maybe also thrown away brexit itself. and gives your take on that, rebecca, because as you travel around the uk, you do get a sense of people feeling like politicians are just letting them down. i think what you're today from the newspapers isjust as them down. i think what you're today from the newspapers is just as you said, that palpable anger with the chaos that we are in at the moment and the chaos has been doing for a

long time, but it is evident in the stories around the country and the papers are reflecting the very large extent that frustration with what is going on. well, let's have a look at the telegraph, which of course has its own take on this. make things on despite second you nearly eight in defeat, looking at her specifically as prime minister and how embarrassing this is for were as prime minister. —— theresa may clings on. it gave us an indication of how resilient she has had to be in all of this, just physically it has been so taking its toll on her. i think what we saw yesterday was a politician who had run and hit the wall, she has given her alter this endeavour. she became prime minister just after britain had voted in favour of leaving the european union, said she knew this was going to be the work to do and in fact, there are those in the uk right now

talking about is the brexit prime minister. the government is not actually doing anything else. on a human level, in looking at yesterday, i think a lot of people will have set my gosh, have given your all to this, but she knew what she signed up for. she knew that she was going into a very, very difficult situation and my issue was that rather than negotiating with the british parliament at five minutes to midnight, i think what the prime minister and the government should have done this negotiate with the british parliament and work out what britain actually wanted, and then start negotiating. it has been the wrong way around. the former foreign secretary boris johnson way around. the former foreign secretary borisjohnson is a regular columnist in the daily telegraph, rebecca, and there are many within the conservative party looking at her as leader, and some would say the way she leads, i.e. the fact that she does not get her party on board with her ideas, the deal, that shows she is a weak leader. so, i

think the key thing here is actually what he said, which is that there has not been this long consultation process on what the future of britain is, and i rememberway back after the referendum, as well, having a conversation with somebody from germany and the guy said to me well, now this is an opportunity for you to look at the future of britain and what britain actually is as a global player, and that conversation is never really been had an i think had the leadership being there to have that conversation, we were probably be in a very different position now. of course, business we touched on the exasperation, the guardian looks about and many others look at that as well, the fact that is ‘s leaders are just tearing their hair out. we heard from caroline fairburn at the cbi and others, what are they saying about this? well, i think international investors are looking at the uk right now and they are pulling their hair out. what does britain want to do next? we

talked earlier about what brussels is saying today, is britain going to continue to turn up at meetings? is britain going to continue contribute to the multiannual european budget? at 7am this morning, injust over an hour's time here in the uk, the government is going to unveil what it wants to see in terms of tariffs, if there was to be an ideal scenario. we are in completely unprecedented waters and my biggest fear is that large business can cope with this, large business can spend the money, it can employ the co nsulta nts, the money, it can employ the consultants, it has done its rewiring and in a way, they are getting quite relaxed. —— no deal. the people that have literally got their fingers crossed behind their backs are the smaller businesses that are just waiting for the politicians to try and work it out. rebecca, i can see what to say something about that. the

uncertainty is around export finance, the uncertainty around what is going to cost to sell goods in overseas markets, these are key issues that i'm hearing from small businesses that meant they have held back from investment and that is why we have seen some challenges to the uk budget and uk growth. it really isa uk budget and uk growth. it really is a big top at the moment, the uncertainty. and the sun is looking ahead in particular to the sunday statement, this is a digital tax, which they have been discussing in brussels this week as well. various countries have only put one in place, phillip hammond has been fairly vocal about that several times. absolutely, and i think the issue about the extent of the power that these companies have an extent to which they contribute towards social problems, i think it is about time we saw something being done. in the spring statement, i think it is

fairly likely to be a damp squib. i think it is fairly likely we will see some upbeat economic predictions, because the tax revenues to the government have actually been quite strong. in january, that is often the case in january, that is often the case in january stop work and i think that will be played on. that there is a choice to make, you obviously right that tax has been strong but there isa that tax has been strong but there is a political choice that this chancellor, or maybe a new chancellor, or maybe a new chancellor very soon, is going to have to make, is that if britain is going to live without a deal, what is going to be the tax policy? what is going to be the tax policy? what is going to be the regulation policy that keeps business and jobs here? that is a really big political choice for the house of commons and this government, they are going to have to wrestle with that pretty quickly. rebecca, a quick word about bowling. i know that in your business, you look at risk, managing risk. for boeing, shares down 6% on tuesday, what are your thoughts? --

boeing. my sympathy to the families, i cannot more than that, but the extent to which this is now becoming international aviation issue. we can't say what the cause of the second crash was, that is not clear, we will not know. so no—one can be certain as yet on what has caused this, but it has done reputational damage for boeing. and there is a regulatory are truth between what the fa, the american regulator is prepared to let happen, i.e. continue to let these planes fly and what european, chinese, australian regulators are willing to do. i detects and politics around this in america right now from you know who. all right, thank you so much. thank you both for being with us on the briefing today. and thank you two for your company. of course,

briefing today. and thank you two foryour company. of course, in extremely busy day behind this in the house of commons once again. —— too. the vote later is on whether or not to go with no deal on the 29th of march, it is widely that mps will vote against the no deal and of course, if that is the case, on thursday, right here again that once again in the house of commons, they will be voting on whether to extend article 50. so that is the mechanism through which the uk leads the european union. should be extended beyond march the 29th to the end of june perhaps? of course, the other 27 members of the european union would have to agree to that as well. there is a long road ahead. that is a special edition of the briefing life in westminster. thank you for your company. whatever you up to, i hope you have good day. —— are. hello there. very windy overnight. it's still going to be very windy

during the day on wednesday. sunshine and blustery showers. we're still feeling the effects of storm gareth. this was earlier on, that belt of cloud brought the rain. behind that, we're seeing frequent showers around the centre of the storm, and just on the southern flank of that curl of cloud, this is where the strongest swathe of winds has been, affecting western scotland, northern ireland, increasingly now running over the irish sea. by the time we get to the early morning, into the rush—hour time, the winds still very strong in western scotland and northern ireland. not as strong, though — 50—60mph. strongest winds over the irish sea into north—west england, into pennine areas, leeds and sheffield, 65 mph. there'll be some continued disruption. it will be windy everywhere early in the morning, and gales widely. we'll also have streams of showers, one in north—eastern scotland, one into western scotland, over the irish sea into the midlands. for much of the day, southern parts of england and wales and eastern england will be dry with some sunshine. the winds gradually easing down through the afternoon.

eventually, some cloud and some rain arrives in northern ireland. shouldn't be quite as chilly — temperatures 11 or 12 degrees on wednesday afternoon. the winds continue to ease through the evening, but we introduce more cloud, we introduce rain to many parts of the country overnight, and the main concern is the amount of rain. the continued rain in upland areas of north—west england, over the pennines and the cumbrian fells, could lead to some flooding issues over the next few days. mild enough, temperatures 5—7 degrees, ‘cause it's windy and it's wet. now, the worst of the rain will probably be overnight and first thing in the morning. that weather front will take the heaviest of the rain away, and then we've got this secondary cold front that's moving its way southwards and taking patchy rain across wales and into southern england. then still a strong to gale—force north—westerly wind will bring down sunshine and showers, most of the showers in the north—west of scotland, where it's a little bit chillier, temperatures 8 or 9 degrees. further south, could get up as high as 11 or 12. now, as one band of rain moves through, as we look

to the atlantic again. this is where everything is coming from. very mobile situation, another set of weather fronts arriving overnight, the winds picking up in time for friday. so some more strong—to—gale—force mainly westerly winds. most of the rain will be across scotland and northern ireland. as that rain pushes down into england and wales, it tends to peter out. south—east may well be dry, and quite warm, actually — temperatures 01:14 or 15 degrees. chillierfurther north, increasingly wintry showers in scotland.