david davis, what kind of impact if ican david davis, what kind of impact if i can use the word, hisday in westminster? you could see the reaction from some on the committee because up until now many had felt this has been a refusal by david davis and the government to publish these reports. he has talked about them in the past, about the excruciating detail work that had been done. today it became apparent that they simply did not exist and many labour members of the committee thought it was pretty incredible that the government had not done any assessment of the economic impact of the different forms of brexit. for david davis on his part he is sticking to the words saying he never said that they were impact assessments, he had talked about them as being analyses, that was a com pletely them as being analyses, that was a completely different thing. so what is claim here is that within whitehall for the civil servants something that is an impact assessment is something very specific and he says he never says they existed. do we think that this is going to in any way change the kind

and talk of warm words from brussels and that has been popped by david davis.phrase, that david davis seemed to be suggesting that the uk could still pull out of this agreement if it does not get the deal it wants. it reminds me of the film, pirates of the caribbean where somebody says the pirates code is very important. and someone else says the code is just guidelines. route is supposed to have signed up to this, article 46 of the agreement made last friday, saying that commitments and principles are made and must be upheld in all, irrespective of the nature of any further future agreement. that says no matter what, brittany leviathan is apparently said yesterday that there may be room. and people in ireland are rather worried. it says in that text that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed so you can play around with that. there is an element of fudge about this agreement and there needed to be in orderfor it to agreement and there needed to be in order for it to be agreed to by all sides. but like all suites, fudge rots your teeth in the end. and the

even just the top of the guardian headlines, david davis in his clash with ireland.derstatement. northern ireland peace agreement, everything that was agreed against everything that was agreed against everything that's now been put on table to appease the eu and create this strong position over brexit. theresa may declares a new sense of optimism. i don't know what tea leaves she has been reading. i think theresa may urged from last week's debacle with dignity. she was placed in an impossible position because of these opposing demands. this proves how weak shears. she doesn't just right, the deal that has been reached must be approved by european leaders. i question whether this sunday was a good time to be stomping around television studios. this is all about political manoeuvring, not national interest. much more to come later in the week on that. let's stick with the guardian. the other story is the death of max clifford, the disgraced celebrity publicist. why are we so interested 7 celebrity publicist. why are we so interested? he is a man who defined in the era

the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned that the uk could still refuse to pay its divorce bill doesn't get a trade deal with the eu. disgraced celebrity publicist max clifford has died in hospital at the age of 7a. he had been serving an eight—year sentence for historical sex offences. qatar has signed a £6 billion arms deal with the british defence contractor, bae systems. it includes the confirmation of a large order of fighterjets. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist tony grew and entertainment reporter caroline frost. tomorrow's front pages... the metro leads with the heavy snow that's caused travel chaos in many areas of the uk today. it also has news that the average house price has dropped. the ft leads with brexit — it says britain's chemicals and pharmacutical industries have asked the government if they can remain within eu rules. the foreign secretary borisjohnson is also pictured in iran with the country's president as he tries to secure the release of a briton jailed there

the whole point, one assumes, that you appoint david davis, liam fox and boris johnson you appoint davidcause of three of them were brexiteers and if it is a complete failure, it is their fault. sidelining david davis should turn that on its head. absolutely but we have to remember that a lot of her plans back in the day have since proved not to have been the most successful approach so i think the way brexit negotiations have gone so far has clearly presented additional challenges that perhaps nobody factored in. who is to save what will happen in the next couple of months. indeed. in the mail. bobbies disappearing. 40% of people in this poll say they have not seen an officer on street patrolled in the last year. it is an independent police watchdog poll questioning 4000 people and they say that apparently 44% of not seen bobby on the beat in the last year, last year it was 36%, is they be declined by all the look of things. ——a steady decline. i wonder how we liable it is as an indicator because one thing we have to consider is how many lease officers out there are plainclothes and on

david davis is saying that we have to have regulatory alignment. the eu wants a level playing field. you can't have countries who are supposed to be trading freely with you suddenly cheating and having different regulations. this also makes the front of the ft. mihir we re makes the front of the ft. mihir were saying people thought of him as a eurosceptic. he was europe minister underjohn major. that was why he was appointed. but your boss, iain duncan smith, has said we may have reached the point where we have to walk away from the talks because there is no way that we in the conservative party, mps there is no way that we in the conservative party, mp5 of his ilk, will accept staying in the customs union, even if you call it something else. the extreme brexiters do not speakfor the else. the extreme brexiters do not speak for the tory party. and the idea of walking away and leaving the issue of northern ireland unsolved issue of northern ireland unsolved is not a view of all the tory party oi’ is not a view of all the tory party or the whole of p

has david davis been seen as a stumbling block?ings, of course, with the latest breakthrough, which was basically britain gave the eu most of what it wanted, so it is a capitulation...! i'm most of what it wanted, so it is a capitulation. . .! i'm sure most of what it wanted, so it is a capitulation...! i'm sure theresa may would not look at it that way, she would say she has done rather well! when you get to about 90% of what they're asking for, most people would consider that to be a good negotiation! but there have been questions, in that case, of course, people say theresa may stepped in to confirm her hand and this particular civil servant is now of course her civil servant is now of course her civil servant, within her department. but also over recent months, the depiction of david davis' competence is not quite what it used to be. the depiction, or his competence itself?! i cannot speak in detail about that! but certainly arriving for the beginning of the negotiations with no paperwork whatsoever across the table from people

most of the other attention today has been on david davis.me good quotes from jacob rees—mogg saying he was worried on monday, meltdown monday when we had a deal and then a leak and then anger and recrimination and then chaos and farce and he said he was worried about timmis a's redlines so he got some paint out —— theresa may's red lines. she does not just have problems theresa may's red lines. she does notjust have problems with the irish and the dup who took 2a hours to ta ke irish and the dup who took 2a hours to take a call from the prime minister. she has got the eu a p pa re ntly minister. she has got the eu apparently bewildered over this and real problems, mutterings from the cabinet, but city is trying to stiffen her spine and the other group who have come out tonight, 20 mps saying don't walk away without a deal —— brexiteers trying. this is all tightrope stuff. the front page of the times as philip hammond's comments that britain could be paying £40 billion even if the trade talks fail, and you get the inside page and his colleagu

and borisjohnson a mention. early contest and david davis and boris johnson a mention.come quite closely after some comments from michelle barnier, the eu chief negotiator, about cherry picking the best brexit. david davis and boris johnson would disagree with that and they would come at loggerheads... some people say i do not understand why this man gets any presence at all but there you are, he belongs in all but there you are, he belongs in a sort of costume drama but he said something, like, you are not going to give away all of these and boris johnson has said suckling but this is one of the problems in the tory party, these endless struggle that goes on and notjust over brexit. it never seems to settle. as far as i can see, the cabinet talks, they will meet next week... is everybody going to fall into line? the rugged site that the subcommittee has some sort of coming together of the view. and the negotiator for the eu would say that. david davis, theresa may, they will take their negotiating position and i suspect that if they are rational, both sides will come t

what did you make of david davis ‘s session?marks were meant to reassure the dup that this idea, this new buzz phrase, of regulatory alignment would apply across the uk. yes, there would be a northern ireland element, which is essentially embedding those elements are cross—border co—operation in the good friday agreement, but the uk wide element is how you deliver that regulatory alignment and what it is about is the uk deciding what to do as a rule—maker, deciding which bits of regulation to accept, not meekly accepting them from the eu as a rule taker. now, this was not good enough for some tory brexiteer is. i'm told after that statement one leading figure eyeballed david davis across the lunch table and said, this will not do, you cannot sign up to this. so i've been looking at how this row with the dup is now spreading into the tory party. the season of goodwill should soon be upon us. for the moment, it all feels a bit scratchy as the government's brexit negotiations are thrown into the air. in an ideal world, theresa may

david davis only handed over files on business and brexit reluctantly.et the demands of the commons, but today he also told them no estimates of the cost to business had been done. it would be a game changer but guesswork was pointless. look at the chairman's face. so, there isn't one, for example, on the automotive sector? no. not that i am aware of. is there one on aerospace? not that i am aware of. no. on financial services? i think the answer will be no to all of them. no to all of them. right. and now a new cause for brexiteer tories to complain. the chancellor says britain will not shirk its divorce bill — deal or no deal. that's just not a credible scenario. it's not the kind of country we are. frankly, it would not make us a credible partner for future international agreements. but theresa may's team said there will be no deal, including cash, until brexit is agreed. tonight the goodwill is in short supply in the cabinet too. that wasjohn pienaar reporting. a man has appeared in court, accused of plotting to kill the prime minister in a bomb and

sue david davis lied too difficult." sue david davis lied to the eu exit committee."t with the shambolic trajectory of the conservatives." you said you had changed your mind. you said you had changed your mind. you were a remainor. you are very, you are looking forward to leaving. iam. you are looking forward to leaving. i am. anyone else changed their mind? i was a leaver, but i would be more for remain now. if there was another vote? yes. i supported a campaign for the another vote? yes. i supported a campaign forthe remain another vote? yes. i supported a campaign for the remain campaign and we have seen the fantastic opportunities that are opening up since we have been negotiating brexit and we haven't left yet. there are opportunities. i was in... do you acknowledge for a lot of people costs have gone up?” do you acknowledge for a lot of people costs have gone up? i was in malaysia only a couple of weeks ago... because of the falling value of the pound. we have had imports substitution. look at your shopping basket and that has not changed in any significant way

david davis says prepared to consider the resignation.damian green gets pushed out of his job over this. prepared to consider it.” pushed out of his job over this. prepared to consider it. i wonder if davis has had enough of brexit. you can't blame him. that'sjust speculation. if you look back to 2006 in all of the start, i think it's 2006 in all of the start, i think its six of one and half a dozen of the other. they will say the tories are at warof the other. they will say the tories are at war of the police but back thenit are at war of the police but back then it started when jacqui are at war of the police but back then it started whenjacqui smith from labour was the home secretary and there was a young tory activist coming to david davis according to the papers today, to say that he wa nted the papers today, to say that he wanted to get a job for labour and then leak information to them. he was put on to damian green. there was put on to damian green. there was a history here and damian green according to the papers today, meet him

david davis tonight saying i know what michel barnier is like, he uses time as a pressure point. viewsnight now — the programme's place for opinion. tonight it's christopher snowdon — the head of lifestyle economics at the institute of economic affairs and author of ‘killjoys'. he asks if we really need so many public health bodies telling us how to live our lives. let's kick out the killjoys. smokers are virtually second—class citizens. tolerance is out. coercive paternalism is back in and this time it calls itself public health. never in history have we had less reason to panic about help but barely a day goes by without some moral entrepreneur warning us goes by without some moral entrepreneur warning us about imaginary academics and timebombs. the endless tide of nanny state regulation doesn't seem to be making us regulation doesn't seem to be making us any healthier and it's certainly not making us any happier. it cannot be good for our collective mental health that drinking a pint of beer a day is hazardous drinking or a whiff of tobacco smoke is a mortal danger. this is no

brexit secretary david davis speaking earlier.nce at life. free from cruelty and in their natural habitat. the stress of life in captivity makes bears physically and mentally ill. translation: you see he is anxious. he doesn't want to come here. this pair fears freedom after spending yea rs pair fears freedom after spending years in cramped cages. —— bearer. he is one of 25 brown bears in western ukraine. they have been rescued from circuses and zoos are confiscated at airports. —— or. translation: little girl, come here. these cubs arrived at the rehabilitation centre two years ago. they were confiscated from smugglers at kiev airport. they were brought to us. captive bears often have open wounds from wearing tight collars. some are blind and suffer from muscle wastage. translation: circus bears her... as soon as a translation: circus bears her... as soon as a bear becomes sick, it becomes a burden. they are then put down or used as bait to train hunting dogs. there are only 300 brown bears left in ukraine. half of them live in c

prime minister may faces scrutiny in brussels today after david davis is debit -- david davis calls for trade agreement. anna: central-bank bonanza. markets in europe for rate decisions. ♪ for rates gear up decisions. ♪ 2 very --anna: very good morning, everybody. dubai.s in we need to talk about what is going on in the markets, about bit going, and let's talk about the asian session. we had the msci asia-pacific session up. volumes on the nikkei and kospi, 20% lower than you might have expected on a regular day of trading. 20% lower than the 30 day average. the fed meets this week and a hike is expected. we have central-bank meetings. we have a better than estimated jobs number out on monday with the unemployment rate holding at a 17 year low any tax conversation as well. the dollar down by .1%. a spot price.is the futures started trading in chicago last night. futures began trading and at one point they were up by 20%. we have a number triggered by the volatility we have seen in this cryptocurrency. than 1500% this year. substantial volatility. we will talk about whether this is an as

when david davis was asked whether 01’ when david davis was asked whether or not their work impact assessmentshe government was looking at the impact on 58 different sectors. however, last week that the select committee he was asked again about it and he said basically there were no impact assessments at all being done. today he was challenged about that on the andrew marr show and he was i suppose it was more about the terminology. he was saying it was not impact assessments in the sense of looking at whether or not there would be a cost for us is leading the eu, instead he was talking about sectoral analysis which is basically looking at different aspects, like the size of an industry and that type of thing, that that work had been done and there were 850 pages of that work that had been done. but the sectoral analysis, the more detailed analysis, had not been done. trying to defend his possession but there will be those who still thinking perhaps misled parliament. he was also asked about the breakthrough deal that the prime minister managed to get in brussels after looking like maybe that

ministers should now agreed to never talk about any papers even what happened to david davis.the labour mps want them, which is why bright. we have one heck of a year ahead. it has taken us all of 2017 to get to first base. now we have a long way to go and everything should be in place by october if we are to have a deal. and everything should be in place by october if we are to have a dealm would be nice if there was not a running commentary on nothing happening. to be honest, by the time i got to christmas eve i thought that this was like... all they needed was cliff richard to come out and sing congratulations. it was like the rain washing our wimbledon because nothing is happening. much of this is political manoeuvring. it isa of this is political manoeuvring. it is a reasonable story, it is generally quite right that the taxpayer funded research should be made available. they should be running commentary on the basis that it is the biggest constitutional change that we have had. it is getting so complicated that the more you actually explain it as we go along... people mi

david davis appearing on television talking about the impact assessments where he was criticised lastmmittee and said that no work at being done on assessing the impact on various sectors of the economy. it goes back to february when david davis was asked whether or not their weight impact assessments done. at the time he said the government was looking at the impact on 58 different sectors, however last week at the select committee, he was asked again and he said there where no impact assessments at all being done. he was criticised, his integrity brought into question. he was challenged about that today and he was, it was more about the terminology, saying it was impact assessment in the sense of looking at whether there would be a cost as at whether there would be a cost as a result of us leaving the eu on different sectors, but he was talking about sectoral analysis, and he said on this, looking at different aspects like the size of an industry and that sort of thing, but work had been done and there we re but work had been done and there were 850 pages of that had been done, but

david davis says prepared to consider the resignation. consider it.|j pushed out of his job over this. prepared to consider it. i wonder if davis has had enough of brexit. you can't blame him. that'sjust

he thinks this will develop now but i mean david davis the ukase. politician responsible for bricks that i mean the something of a contradiction here because he's saying now just in the past hour on twitter a c this is good for british business but yet when he was questioned by a parliamentary committee what three days ago he was asked have you looked into what this will do to the u.k.'s aviation industry know what will it do to the u.k.'s car making industry knows so all those civil servants who are kind of drilling down into what breaks it actually means if they're not analyzing this if they're not providing the minister responsible david davis with the the right stats the right figures what are they doing. well i think we could assume that the likes of david davis and theresa may are going to be wanting to have their moment of success as has been a challenging and difficult road to this point but they know full well behind the scenes there is a tremendous amount of work to be done let me put this into perspective it took seventy years for canada

interestingly, a clear irritation and annoyance, anger towards the brexit secretary david davis from ssion seek to toughen upa european commission seek to toughen up a language around the deal that they have done, to make sure that it cannot be dismissed as somehow not fully enforceable. thank you very much and apologies again for losing that line to the house of commons. more breaking news, the ringleader of the most prolific gang to be caught smuggling drugs and phones into prison using drones has been sentenced to another additional seven yours sentenced to another additional seven yours and two months in prison. the individual was already inside jail, prison. the individual was already insidejail, running prison. the individual was already inside jail, running this prison. the individual was already insidejail, running this from insidejail, running this from inside prison. organising at least a9 flights, smuggling contraband estimated at over £1 million. as far apart as the west midlands and perth in scotland. we have a report on this from daniel sandford. cameras originally set u

we have looked back at the record and david davis to be fairto back at the record and david davis tofair to him has talked about analysis, he talked about sectoral analysis, he talked about sectoral analysis and hasn't used the word, "impact assessment" they don't exist because he never said they did. there are two things. if you look back at the record particularly what he said to the committee on 25th october, he talked about assessments being available in excruciating detail was the terms he used. the other point i would make as well, if these impact assessments never existed why on earth was the house allowed to pass a motion which the speaker ruled as binding, specifically asking the government to produce the impact assessments? why was the government allowing to us why was the government allowing to us do that if those impact assessments never existed. david davis is either guilty of misleading the house or being in contempt of parliament for not producing documents that do exist and after today's hearing, we're none the wiser. presumably you're concerned that the government ha

the prime minister and david davis jumping on government. his document. this is the document published stea my this is the document published steamyjoint report this is the document published steamy joint report from this is the document published steamyjoint report from the negotiators of the european union and the united kingdom government. in other words, where the compromises have been found. and yes, there are compromises in here. for instance, on the issue of citizens rights, there is a clear line in here which says that the the supreme court of the european union, the european court ofjustice, will maintaina the european court ofjustice, will maintain a role in the uk after brexit regarding the rights of the eu citizens who are living here in the uk after brexit. downing street points out that this is only likely to involve a handful of cases but it is an insight into a compromises. nigel farage, the former leader of ukip, has described this as amounting to no brexit. he sees it asa amounting to no brexit. he sees it as a comprised 25.

two giveaways this last week, one, this splendidly, ridiculously, honest david davis, acknowledges toone the work to assess the potential impact on the british economy of these various options of brexit. that is strange enough, you wonder what they have been doing for the last ten months. but even more bizarrely, the cabinet is yet to have a discussion on what britain wants brexit to be. they can't agree, it will be civil war. you know why david davis can say he doesn't believe in it, public opinion, if it goes wrong, it won't be his fault, it will be remainers fault, the eu's fault. i think it is the french's fault. i get e—mails every day saying france watns our death. we should move it out from britain, britain, britain and get the framework wider. the german head of the social democratic party said yes, it is time for france and germany to work together. if you want to move the project forward, it'll be easier without britain and they will be happy to see the back of us. that is where we came in, the whole point was we were going to prevent germany and france doing deal. how is th

it is in keeping with what david davis has said. what the majority of what the cabinet supports. many people thought the canada plus plus was unrealistic and a fantasy. i think how europe handles this will be a real reflection of where it is going. david davis and his ramblings on what was decided by mrs may was a statement of intent. they have been very tough. things will be as they are until 2019. the transition period, more or less everything stays the same. we are playing them. the transition period is interesting. if we are looking at a two—year transition period, things are broadly the same for very many years to come. we are still part of the ec], the trade deal is going to be similar. you have been a member of the eu for 43 years, so what is another five years going to change? by the time we get to the end point, who knows? do any of us know what the eu is going to look like by the time we reach that point? they have used the time to become aware how terrible it would be to completely lose britain. you have to come up with a

david davis and his ramblings on what was decided by mrs may was a statement of intent. been very tough. things will be as they are until 2019. the transition period, more or less everything stays the same. we are playing them. wet look at the transition period is interesting. if we are looking at a two—year transition period, things are broadly the same for very many years to come. we are still part of the ec], the trade deal is going to be similar. you have been a member of the eu for 43 years so what is another five years? by the time we get to the end point, who knows? do any of us know what the eu was going to look like by the time we reach that point? they have used the time to become aware how terrible it would be to lose britain. you have to come up with an accommodating deal at the end of the day because britain is too big to fail in the eyes of europe. they have to make extra effort to accommodate whatever the discussion will throw up in britain. i think we have a major paradox now approaching on the tracks which is today, philip hammond in china was sick you w

david davis called on rival parties to unite and speak with one voice in a bid to keep the uk in themarket. speaking in the scottish parliament, mike russell said there was overwhelming support for this both at holyrood and among the public. scotland did not vote to leave the eu. the best solution would be to stay. in the continued move towards brexit, there is overwhelming support in this parliament and across the country to attain scotland and the uk's place in the single market and customs union. i think they're fully decipher all of us, but here in scotland and across the uk, at this crucial time... reject a hard brexit. it is time for scotland to speak with one voice and i would encourage all of us who realise that single market and customer union membership is vital to say so and to work to achieve it. yesterday, the first minister hastily took to twitter to demand a separate brexit deal for scotland. can the minister explain how separate arrangements for scotland and england will be beneficial to the rest of us given that trade with britain is worth four times more to scotland

the brexit secretary, david davis, has warned downing street about not firing damian green.in now. yes, allies, friends of damian green have been rallying around him today, coming to the defence of the de facto deputy prime minister. it is interesting that a fellow cabinet minister, although not publicly, has come forward to defend damian green. sources have told us that david davis made his strong feelings on this matter clearer to downing street at the highest level. and that he warned downing street not to sack damian green on the basis of today's allegations. 0ne sack damian green on the basis of today's allegations. one source said that in effect david davis had thrown a protective cloak around damian green. it is also interesting that close friends and allies of mr green as well as defending him have tried to ship the attention to whether or not this information should have made it into the public domain at all, stressing that even former police officer should have a duty of confidentiality. we know damian green has said today that he stands by his word that he did not

here's how david davis described the trade deal the government is after.ng services, which canada doesn't. with individual, specific arrangements for aviation, for nuclear, for data, a series of strands which we've worked out. most of them based on where we start now. if the basic deal, i'm being crude about this, is canada plus the city or something like that? canada plus, plus, plus. we want a bespoke outcome. we will probably start with the best of canada and the best of japan and the best of the japan and south korea and then add the services. he wants more trade than the canadians have got — but does he want to align with eu rules to get it? and will the eu listen? certainly they have offered special deals to other countries when they want to. to ukraine, for example. and to liechtenstein. with me now are two experts on all this. charles grant, director of the centre for european reform. and allie renison, head of europe and trade policy at the institute of directors. which sectors, british sectors, if we went straight to the canada deal, which britis

as we hope, jeremy corbyn induced the question time to make comments about david davis and the impacthe impact of brexit. mps voted at the start of november to force the government to release impact studies showing how 58th sectors would be affected by the expert from the eu but, when the documents were released, they turned out to be incomplete. so david davis was asked to appear before the mps to explain just why that was and he told them the impact assessments were not impact assessments at all. the a nswer to impact assessments at all. the answer to the question is no. the government has not taken any impact assessments of leaving the eu to different sectors of the british economy. so there is not one... on the automotive sector, one on aerospace, financial is... no, to all of them. does it not strike you as rather strange, given the experience in you have, the government takes impact assessment all the time and for the most fundamental changes, and you have told us the government has not taken any impact assessment at all? when these sectoral analysis were initiated, they were go

to be fair to david davis, he is right on issues like northern ireland.. thank you very much. we'll hope that the government finds a form of words that enables the negotiations to move on to phase two. but doesn't the government have to realise that the government have to realise that the reason there is this problem is because of its decision to leave a customs union and the single market? given that the leader of the scottish conservatives and the mayor of london have both suggested that whether it's a convergence or no divergences, it should be applied to the whole united kingdom, isn't it time for the government to finally recognised that it needs to make a different decision if it is going to avoid the imposition of a hard border in northern ireland? i'm afraid, characteristically, he is just wrong about that. —— uncharacteristically. indeed, i just read out the common from the taoiseach in august, a common from his own front bench spokesman on this subject, and the views of other members of his front bench, who are com pletely members of his front b

and david davis said it was nonsense and other going to happen.ns wanted to get their money. but on the principle of ireland they had to say strong on no solid border. do you think it was better that she pulled this off at the last minute, or... what arlene foster was saying today, time ran out. as in, we‘re not very happy about this. she blinked. who do you think blinked, iain, sorry? arlene foster, clearly. yes, it's probably not a popular idea on this panel, but it seems to me a bit like the eu blinked as well. on monday, when theresa may said, this is not going to happen, the eu could have said, right, see you next year then. they didn't, something did happen there, they did come back to talk with her again and they worked something out. this note of full alignment, you know, originally we are talking regulatory alignment, now it‘s follow my mid—. ——full alignment. no, before that it was regulatory convergence. this could not be more important because the soft brexiteers and in fact remainers are seeing in this the potential to in some ways th

one of david davis‘ friends said he might contemplate resigning in support of damian green if he hasawait the outcome of that report. for theresa may it isa of that report. for theresa may it is a difficult time indeed. she may have to choose soon whether she needs to lose a very close ally at a difficult political time, difficult because of a host of issues including brexit. when do we learn? iam including brexit. when do we learn? i am told we could have the answers to those questions in a few days, perhaps early next week. one of president trump‘s closest confidants, his former national security advisor michael flynn, has pleaded guilty to lying to fbi agents as part of the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. mr flynn is the most senior former official to be charged in the investigation so far. but the white house says the guilty plea doesn‘t implicate anyone else except him. from washington, here‘s our correspondent aleem maqbool. it has sent political shock waves through washington. general michael flynn, donald trump‘s former national

david davis speaking this morning.oung offenders to cut levels of re—offending. her majesty's inspector of probation, dame glenys stacey, has told the victoria derbyshire programme she wants to see a new approach rolled out across england and wales. it would mean building a relationship with offenders between the ages of 10 to 18, and working out what has led to their offending before asking them to change their behaviour. dan clark—neal was exclusively invited to see a youth offending team in nottingham, who are spearheading this new approach. zoe has been working for the past decade as part of the nodding in youth offending team. she has brought us to meet connor, who she first met four years ago. you don't work with connor any more, do you? no, my case with conor closed earlier this year following his order being revoked in court on the grounds of good price —— progress. we knew there was a lot of good in conor we wanted to unearth. everybody stuck at it and he has proved is right. here we are four yea rs, proved is

the distorted vision and they want to know the truth you know as johnson early and folks know david davies normally thornberry and learn from corbin's benj diligence not like you know they frightened to be around rather just hated their visit with the brags that story but so we had we had the prince michael of kent who is the patron of the russian british jumble of commerce we had the. if you m.p.'s who are really heavily involved in the russian british relations and they wanted to send the messages to be to the people who go here so basically. we heard the messages but what is most important is that we had the bridge of business here those who are really doing this is not just the big one like us to seneca they just sign there in the agreement with the others down but this is also. the small business we see this context here which is theresa may appeared to be saying you're a dangerous country a rogue country that is destroying elections all around the world and certainly that's going to inspire business confidence is a well you know britain is the country of the pluralism and if you if y

david davis described it as canada plus plus plus.our free—trade agreement between the eu and canada, you will see that 98% of tariff lines are abolished and set at zero. we see no reason why it can't be zero and then we want an ambitious service chapter on top of that. isn't that the problem? the deal over services, when you think of what a major part of the british economy services actually make up, and canada, and i take your point about plus plus plus plus, but the deal there does not include services. we start with an easier position because we are in regulatory alignment with the eu. 0ur financial services providers have equivalent regulation to the eu. that is the point. we are coming from a totally different starting point to canada. therefore, this idea that it is going to be impossible, it might take eight years is wishful thinking. no. that is exactly the point, so we have regulatory alignment because of course we are in the eu. those regulations are decided by the eu. do we really think that we will be deciding with the eu

in the new year, david davis and michel barnier will start to negotiate the transition period.touch informally on the future trade relationship. if the transition talks conclude successfully, eu leaders will agree to launch more formal discussions on a future trade relationship in march. that'll leave seven months before the informal eu deadline for the overall withdrawal agreement. so it will be quite a journey. and europe's two most powerful leaders put on a show of unity today to deliver what they regard as some home truths. translation: i did not participate in the referendum and i certainly would not have voted for britain leaving the union. and so what we have to realise, what we have to implement, is what the brits tell us is their wish. to the extent that this is reconcilable with our wishes and enables us in the future to have good relations with our partner, britain. britain will decide, they have told us they do not want to stay in the single market, simply because complete freedom of movement is something they cannot sign on to. and we said you cannot stay in the si

the brexit secretary, david davis, is warning numberio report. brexit secretary, david davis, is warning number 10 downing street not to get rid of damian green on the basis of these allegations. he too believes that information should have remained confidential. as i said, there is this wider whitehall inquiry into damian green's behaviour, not about historical allegations, but about recent allegations, whether he behaved appropriately for example towards a young female journalist, right now we can not say when that inquiry reportst right now we can not say when that inquiry reports t will be soon, that damian green is safe in hisjob. what we can say is he and allies do not believe there is reason for him to resign on basis of new allegations today. thank you very much. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle are on their first joint official public engagement since announcing theirs. the couple spent half an hour chatting to crowds in nottingham who had gathered to see them, before their visit to a world aids day charity fair hosted by the t

minister david davis was the first to burst the bubble he caused aren't draw in brussels after indicating the u.k. could legally back out of everything promised in phase one this was a statement of intent more than anything else it was much more so that it was a legally enforceable in all opinion that is really undermining. the trust that is necessary in such negotiations the ghost of bricks it future is also hanging over this summit phase one was tough enough but phase two is expected to be even tougher with the u.k.'s future relationship with the e.u. still to be hammered out let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead we all know that breaking go up is hard. but breaking up that. much. and to make things less to reason may have been forced to give parliament evasion on any final deal potentially derailing a future agreement all in all the prospects of what's ahead is drawing very little christmas cheer of course nothing is agreed until everything is a. that's right and it course begs the question will santa claus become a new teresa they tell and they don't answer

with me are broadcaster, david davies, and journalist, dina hamdy.u very much for coming in. —— nice to have you both here. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the times, which reports that the best paid family doctors can earn up to £700,000 a year. the telegraph reports that the minister for the constitution has accused jeremy corbyn of trying to rig the next election by planning to block proposed reforms to constituency boundaries. the i leads with a suggestion that drunk revellers should be treated in what it's described as "drunk tanks", rather than our hospitals. the guardian leads with an mp warning social media giants they could face sanctions if they continue to stonewall parliament over russian interference in the brexit vote. the daily mail's front page covers a study suggesting britain has a growing problem with addiction to prescription drugs. the financial times says worldwide merger and acquisitions surpassed $3 trillion this year. the mirror is launching a campaign to end charges in hospital carparks. the sun reports that uk supe