len mccluskey has been running that union and he has now been challenged.ntion is that len mccluskey, one of the big backers ofjeremy corbyn, is too close to westminster politics. the challenger says we are going to move away from that. if that does change, if len mccluskey were to lose, that could change the relationship between labour, jeremy corbyn and the unions. but for now i think at the moment, broadly speaking, we are seeing the unions mostly backing jeremy corbyn still, albeit with a friendly criticism that he needs to do better because copeland was a disaster. and briefly we will be hearing from the scottish labour party on day two of their spring conference. indeed, up in perth. we have heard from tom watson, labour's deputy leader for the national party, who has been reflecting on the by—election defeat in saying we shouldn't be pleased on the by—election defeat and saying we shouldn't be pleased about holding onto or be worried about losing seats that have always been oui’s seven years into our time in opposition. he says they need to do better

now, the contention there is that len mccluskey, one of the big backers of jeremy corbyn, is too closecs. the challenger says we want to move away from that. if that does change, is len mccluskey was to lose his position, that could change the relationship between labour, jeremy corbyn and the unions but for now, i think, at the unions but for now, i think, at the moment, broadly speaking we are seeing unions mostly backing still jeremy corbyn, albeit with friendly criticism that he needs to do better because copeland was a disaster. briefly, we will be hearing from the scottish labour party on day two of her spring conference. indeed, up in perth. we have actually heard from tom watson, labour's deputy leader for the national party, who has been reflecting on the by—election defeat and saying, "we should not be being pleased about holding onto or worrying about losing seats that have always been hours seven years into ourtime in have always been hours seven years into our time in opposition." he says they need to do better but he also made it perfectly clear he does not think this is

len mccluskey has been running that union, and is being challenged.on there is that len mccluskey, one of the big backers of jeremy corbyn, is too close to westminster politics. the challenge says we want to move away from that. if that does change, that could change the relationship between labour, jeremy corbyn and unions. but for now, i think, at the moment, broadly speaking we are seeing unions mostly backing jeremy corbyn, albeit some friendly criticism that he needs to do better because copland was a disaster. briefly, we'll be hearing from the scottish labour party on de two of the spring conference. indeed, up in perth. we have heard from tom watson, labour's deputy leaderfor the national from tom watson, labour's deputy leader for the national party. from tom watson, labour's deputy leaderfor the national party. he has actually been reflecting on the by—election defeat and saying we should not be pleased about holding on to or worrying about losing seats that have always been hours seven yea rs into that have always been hours seven years int

len mccluskey was leading it and he is now being challenged.s ofjeremy corbyn, is too close to westminster politics, the challenger says we want to move from that and if that changes and it len mccluskey was to lose, that could change the relationship between labour, jeremy corbyn and the unions but for now, i think broadly speaking, we are seeing unions mostly backing jeremy corbyn albeit the friendly criticism that he needs to do better because copeland was a disaster. we will be hearing from the scottish labour party on the second day of their conference. indeed. we have heard from tom watson, the deputy leader of the national party who has been reflecting on the by—election defeats and saying we should not be pleased about holding onto our worrying about losing seats that have always been hours, seven years into ourtime in have always been hours, seven years into our time in opposition. he says that they need to do better and he has made clear that he does not think it is the time for leadership elections. some breaking news that is coming

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whether this is going to shake the tree on the next step, because of course he still does have the len mccluskeyhis world. and even if they came out against him, they don't control their members votes, for a long time their members votes, for a long time the union block vote was to cried as anti—democratic. now the bosses may feel that even if they come out against a leader like corbin, their members might still vote for him had in fact they would be quite likely to. let's move on, we talked about theresa may, great day, wonderful victory. but lots of things around the corner. we think brexit, but the ft has a slightly different thing, that she faces a disability benefits battle. what is this about? theresa may and her government, it is funny that politics always wants to personalise and make it about the leader. actually this is about the government and an initiative that began with iain duncan smith and his attempt to change the welfare system. the point that the government made in opposition under ids and his centre for social justice is that many people when they get onto benefits never come

where is len mccluskey defending his leader in a difficult time? just be leader in a difficult time? it should notjust be down for me. we all need to unified. jeremy's team need to back him in the good times and the bad. with me is our political correspondent, tom barton. you have two different sides of the labour party. there were concerns by tom watson. they both called for unity they are doing apple slightly different reasons. jeremy corbyn‘s loyalists, his supporters, are sending a message to those with concerns about jeremy corbyn. sending a message to those with concerns aboutjeremy corbyn. if they upset the apple cart, if they tried to call for yet another leadership election. the last one was only five months ago and jeremy corbyn won it with an extended majority. the blame for labour's problems will be pinned on those dissenters rather than on mr corbyn himself. really, from tom watson, you are hearing a response from that. among those people with concerns about jeremy corbyn, that. among those people with concerns aboutjeremy corbyn, ther

the head of the unite union, len mccluskey has described a meeting with the chief executive of the frenchmakes peugeot and citroen cars — is in talks to take control of vauxhall and opel. that's raised concerns about the future of vauxhall‘s factories at ellesmere port and luton, which employ nearly 4,000 people. kenneth noye, who's serving a life sentence for murdering a man in a road—rage attack, has won a high court battle over whether he gets moved to an open prison. noye, who's 69, stabbed a man to death in 1996 on the m25 in kent. he'd argued that it was unfair and irrational not to allow him to go to a jail with lower security. past problems are continuing to haunt the royal bank of scotland. the bank — which is over 70% owned by the government — warned today that it made a loss of nearly £7 billion last year. that's three times more than the loss they made the year before. our business editor simonjack takes a look at what's happening at rbs. not so much a lost decade as a decade of losses. 2008 was the big one, £24 billion. since then, 4 billion, 1 billion, 2 billion, 6 billion,

len mccluskey said uk workers' pensions were at risk of being "diminished".re doing a series called disability works. it's a week of coverage looking at how businesses work with people with disabilities. and how disabled people have made business work for them. now, india has one of the largest blind populations in the world — more than 5 million according to government numbers. employment opportunities are limited for them. but now, a private firm is training blind people to work in perfume and fragrance companies, which use their sense of smell. the bbc‘s yogita limaye reports from mumbai. this person became blind at the age of three due to a smallpox and —— infection. finding work has always been i struggle. one year ago, you been a struggle. one year ago, you got a drop with a company that makes fragrances. his role, to ensure the aromas that go into the perkins are pure by smelling them. —— that's go into the path humans. translation: pure by smelling them. —— that's go into the path humans. translationzlj feel proud. i am living with ii? 5qu i i; 13:15

if you were to be —— to beat len mccluskey and become the next leader of the unite union, would you getns and jobs of nuclear workers in sellafield and in copeland itself. so, no, iwould not be sellafield and in copeland itself. so, no, i would not be involved in those sort of games and i would make that clear. presumably you would wa nt to that clear. presumably you would want to see labour win the next general election. i believe that working people and trade unionists do better under labour, so i would wa nt to do better under labour, so i would want to see labour winning the 2020 general election. do you believe it can, underjeremy corbyn? the reality is this is a pretty low ebb further labour party, notjust in copeland, but to hold stoke and to celebrate that when it should have been absolutely a safe win for labour means that there's got to be some very serious questions asked about the election and the preparations for 2020. therefore if you say that labour would best represent the interests of your members, would it not be incumbent upon you if you win the election to be general

len mccluskey, the leader of the unite union today and asked them what assurances he got and he saidndustries will fight bitterly to preserve jobs in their respective areas. 6reg clark will be outnumbered, there are two plants in the uk, 22 in the combined group in continental europe so he has a big job on his hands. many thanks. 100,000 million million miles away and scientists are determined to photograph the massive black hole that they believe is at the centre of our galaxy. they built the worlds biggest telescope to try to do that. palla b biggest telescope to try to do that. pallab 6hosh has this exclusive report. he has had access. this is our galaxy, the milky way. a swirl of stars and planets including our own earth. at its centre it has a heart of darkness, a supermassive black hole. it's an object with immense gravity that pulls in everything around it. it's so strong that it even sucks in light. in a few weeks' time, researchers here will try and take a picture of it. so, there's a tonne of excitement around getting this picture, we are all really looking forward to getti

len mccluskey said uk workers' pensions were at risk of being "diminished". been one of the biggest deals in corporate history, merging the owners of heinz, and philadephia cheese with unilever‘s marmite, and pg tips. after some behind the scenes negotiations at unilever this weekend, the £115 billion pound bid has been dropped. so went on behind the scenes? joining me now isjulian wild, food group director at rollits solicitors is this surprising? surprising they are withdrawing 55 hours after announcing this potential deal. certainly surprising. where did it go wrong? some of the bigger shareholders like warren buffett had concerns. british politicians expressing concerns over a foreign company taking of a british company so soon after we voted to leave the european union. certainly a factor. these deals are weeks, if not months in the making. no doubt there have been discussions between craft times and unilever going on behind the scenes. “— and unilever going on behind the scenes. —— warren buffett must‘ve known there would have been opposition to this. t

len mccluskey said uk workers‘ pensions were at risk of being "diminished".n north wales. three years ago, he was hit by a car and paralysed from the chest down. it might have spelt the end of his working life. but mr evans had his tractor adapted with a hoist and special controls that he can work by hand. now, he‘s building up his business as a contract tractor driver, serving farms across his local area. my my name is matthew evans. i have a contracting business doing mainly tractor work involving hedge cutting and baling and sigh lapbleg and things like that. i have always been in agriculture from working at home with my father on the farm to starting a contracting business in my early teens. i had the accident. we were in an agricultural show and coming from the show me and three of my friends were knocked down by a 4x4 and that left me paralysed from the chest down. yeah, it has affected us a lot, but there is a lwa ys affected us a lot, but there is always ways around things. the main thing was putting the hoist, the lift on the tractor to get into the

unite's len mccluskey has been meeting the business secretary, greg clark, and president of general motorsort and luton, employing 11,500 staff. the unite leader said he wasn't prepared to accept a single job loss in britain. we've made the call that we want the government involved in the issue of general motors because of course the french government owns a considerable stake in peugeot and one thing is for clear, they'll be arguing and fighting for french jobs. basically i'm going to be saying to the government today that that's what we need to do. we need to work together. the government needs to make it clear that we're not prepared in the event that peugeot buy vauxhall and vauxhall opel, we're not prepared to accept a singlejob loss here in britain. an increasing number of patients are having to wait more than 12 hours at a&e and units in wales compared to a year ago. in january over 4,000 patients waited in welsh accident and emergency departments compared to 3,290 in the same month the year before. the monthly figures look at times patients wait from arrival to their discharge, adm

len mccluskey said uk workers' pensions could be "diminished", and urged the firm to accept "a sensibleith the major internet search engines to reduce piracy. google and bing have agreed to measures designed to make illegal content harder to find online. all this week, we are doing a series called disability works. it's a week of coverage looking at how businesses work with people with disabilities and how disabled people have made business work for them. bbc northern ireland business editorjohn campbell joins us live from lisburn. he's at a company that makes children's mobility aids. tell us more. i'm at a business that designs and manufactures product is for children with special needs. they now sell all over the world. i am joined by the sales and marketing director. give us an idea what it is you are actually making here? we are designing and manufacturing products that are unique and innovative for children with special needs aged 1-8. children with special needs aged 1—8. looking at the product, you can see it looks really good. what is this? this is a portable seating system, wh

the polls remain the same in two years' time, if you are in the same place in the polls, even len mccluskeyay that he presented theresa may with the situation unfolding in surrey, suggesting the local authority is getting special treatment. what would a labour government do to improve social care? everyone knows it is in crisis right now. first of all, several billion pounds has been cut since 2010 from social care and the crisis has seeped into a crisis in the hospitals as well because it affects ca re hospitals as well because it affects care outside of hospitals, so there isa care outside of hospitals, so there is a blocking process in the hospital. that is a problem so we would ensure proper funding hospital. that is a problem so we would ensure properfunding of it and would not do sweetheart deals with surrey county council is, there has to be a fair national system. the government's line of development on this is to allow local authorities to raise council tax to pay for it, even if they all raised it by 3% it only raises the sixth of the money necessary but race different sums of mon

len mccluskey says he will not lead jobs go on his watch, he will not have the final say.nd with severe injuries on a playing field , and died later in hospital. the teenager accused of killing appeared at leeds crown court this morning via videolink — charged with murder, and possessing an offensive weapon. of the train drivers' union, aslef reject a deal to settle their long—running dispute. the business secretary holds talks in paris over fears for thousands ofjobs at vauxhall‘s uk plants — as peugeot considers a takeover of general motors' european business.