phillip hammond said the e.u. is up for a brexit break through. businesses are sitting on their hands as uncertainty continues >>> and italian bond yields resume their rise despite trying to show how positive his budget targets are ahead of his meeting here in luxembourg. >>> and ryanair is below 100 as the strike impact hits fares and traffic. >>> good morning, everybody. happy monday we are just getting some data crossing out of europe the pmi numbers have just come in september final manufacturing pmi has come in at 53.2. this is lower than the estimate of 53.3 and lower than 54.6 number we got in august. it was largely anticipated for there to be a little bit of a jog versus where we were in august that is what we're seeing this morning. euro currency has dipped .1% weaker on the session. the final manufacturing export orders, all looking at the export orders closely given the environment that we're in, came in at 60.2 that is slightly higher than the slashed estimates of 50. that is the numbers that we've got for this morning after getting va

we'll speak to the chancellor of the exchequer phillip hammond.at stage, i saw the flame lit up andi that stage, i saw the flame lit up and i thought i needed to get out of the car now. engine failures and cars catching fire. ford agrees to refund thousands of pounds to customers who experienced problems with its ecoboost engines. in sport — its been raining champagne in paris as team europe trounced the usa at the ryder cup.

phillip hammond, who has been thought of as a prudent chancellor, is he about to splash the cash?e hoping that exactly what he is going to do when he emerges from that door behind me. the focus here is a ii emerges from that door behind me. the focus here is a 11 downing st this afternoon. phillip hammond has already been hemmed in by many of the promises his neighbour at number ten has already made. big promises for the nhs, promises to let councils borrow more for social housing that will go on the government's looks, a promise to freeze fuel duty. these are big spending promises that he has to find the money for. that said, there is some improvement expected in the public finances, suggesting he has some room for manoeuvre. but if you heard him over the weekend suggesting that any of the big tax—and—spend decisions, big advance in the gestures for ending austerity, they will be delayed until after brexit, the spending review. that is when the government's long—term spending plans are traditionally announce, thatis plans are traditionally announce, that is next year of course. t

the chancellor, phillip hammond, told the party's conference in birmingham that the government woulds wrong to dismiss the pm's so—called chequers plan for future trade relations. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg sent this report from birmingham. where is the tory ‘s identity? people up there, is it in that private meeting of tory women with a glimpse of the prime minister? thank you very much. is it with hard—core brexiteers? who find plenty of fans here. or is it with the chancellor? pushing gradual moves in line with tory tradition. we need to have the courage fiow tory tradition. we need to have the courage now to regenerate capitalism once again, to pass on something worthwhile to the next generation. that is what being a conservative is all about. applause. and to those who will say that the measured message of evolution will be drowned out by this real voices of the demagogues and the populace, i say, put our trust in the common—sense of the british people and they will put their trust in us. applause. strange as it may seem, for the tories who have traditionally been beh

chancellor phillip hammond will deliver his last budget before brexit today.tal health services in england as part of a £20 billion boost for the nhs, which was announced injune. but the chancellor is under pressure to find extra funding for other public services after years of austerity. political correspondent ben wright reports. a mid—afternoon budget on monday is very unusual, and so is the backdrop to philip hammond's statement later, because with the uk set to leave the eu in five months‘ time, he doesn't know if there will be a brexit deal with the eu or not. the impact on his plans for the economy could be huge. but some commitments have already been made. the government has promised to set aside an extra £2 billion a year for round—the—clock mental health support in major a&e centres in england. there will also be more specialist ambulances and new dedicated mental health teams in schools. the money is part of the £20 billion boost to nhs funding announced in june. the treasury has also set aside a £30 billion package for england's roads, with money t

the chancellor, phillip hammond, will deliver his last budget before brexit today.ressure to find extra funding for other public services after years of austerity. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. a mid—afternoon budget on monday is very unusual, and so is the backdrop to philip hammond's statement later, because with the uk set to leave the eu in five months' time, he doesn't know if there will be a brexit deal with the eu or not. the impact on his plans for the economy could be huge. but some commitments have already been made. the government has promised to set aside an extra £2 billion a year for round—the—clock mental health support in major a&e centres in england. there will also be more specialist ambulances and new dedicated mental health teams in schools. the money is part of the £20 billion boost to nhs funding announced in june. the £20 billion boost to nhs funding announced injune. the treasury has also set aside a £30 billion package for england's roads with money to repair motorways and potholes. there will be more money spent on busines

chancellor phillip hammond will deliver what is set to be his final budget statement before brittain leaves the e.u. next march boosted by a potentially high jer windfall of tax receipts he's going to usher in the decade long austerity. speaking to sky news hammond suggested that a no deal brexit could threaten his plans and require a new budget all eyes there keep an eye on the ftse. i want to take you through a look at italy. italian stocks in focus after s&p decided to leave italy's sovereign debt rating unchanged on friday but lowered its outlook from negative to stable. the rating agency said the government's economic and fiscal settings are, quote, weighing on the growth conti wanted to keep it unchanged but his deputy dismissed the report as, quote, the same old film. with that i will hand it back to you at the desk. >> thank you watching the bond market, you can see yields on italy falling. going with it has been the spanish market not down as much as what you're seeing on italy still, here's a quick look at italy, 3.33 is what we're trading at on the ten year the e.u. commis

the chancellor, phillip hammond, joins senior ministers in urging tory party delegates to support the prime minister's chequers plan for brexit. 8—year—old mylee billingham's father has been found guilty of her murder. william billingham attacked his daughter at his home near walsall in january. tesco bank fined {16.4 million by the regulator after a cyber—attack targetting customers two years ago. and thousands of plastic pellets have been washed up on the south coast of england — it's not clear where they've come from. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll be live in birmingham at eight o'clock for the very latest from the conservative party conference — including reaction to the chancellor philip hammond's prediction of a brexit bounce if a deal can be agreed by the uk and eu. at 8.15 we'll be getting reaction to a claim by a senior scientist that physics was invented and built by men — and that male scientists were now being discriminated against. it's fair to say it's caused something of an uproar. a

phillip hammond is under pressure to increase spending on public services after the prime minister's ing in the last couple of years on balancing the books but he is under pressure from all sorts of people putting in their bid to some of that money. i am joined by ray newton smith. rain, what do you think the priority should be for the chancellor? we are just living out of a spirited, there is still a long road ahead but for us what is most important is focusing on business investment, how we can make it easierfor focusing on business investment, how we can make it easier for businesses to invest and create jobs here we can make it easier for businesses to invest and createjobs here in the uk. eight out of ten businesses are delaying or postponing investment plans because of the huge uncertainty around brexit. the chancellor has the annual investment allowa nce chancellor has the annual investment allowance which he could increase to £500,000 per yearfor two allowance which he could increase to £500,000 per year for two years to make it easier for businesses to invest in them it is ab

the chancellor — phillip hammond — insists the uk economy will be boosted once a brexit deal is agreedarket numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. trading is still going on in the us. donald trump has insisted that he wants the fbi to do a ‘very comprehensive investigation' into sexual assault allegations against his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the president added that he would leave the parameters of the probe to senate republicans. president trump ordered the inquiry on friday at the request of a senate committee. mr kavanaugh denies the allegations against him. in the last few minutes, the president has been answering reporters' questions at a news conference at the white house. i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. at the same time, just so we all understand, this is our seven investigation of a man who has really, you know, you look at his life until this happened, what a change she's gone through. what his family has gone through. the trauma, for a family has gone through. the trauma, fora man family has gone t

the chancellor, phillip hammond, has urged conservatives to get behind the prime minister's brexit strategyould secure a deal with the european union which would lead to a brexit bounce for the economy. indonesia appeals for international help. the survivors run out of food and clean water. the survivors run out of food and clean water. the parents of a girl who died after eating a pret a manger baguette says more people will die unless there's immediate action on food labelling. ford has offered to refund thousands of pounds to customers whose engines have failed, following a bbc investigation. hundreds of customers have said their cars with ford ecoboost engines have overheated, causing engine failure or even bursting into flames. tesco bank has been fined £16m by the uk financial regulator for failings during a cyber attack on its customers in november two years ago.the financial conduct authority said the bank had failed to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders. the fraudsters got away with two and a quarter million pounds. tesco bank

the financial times reports on an important day for the british chancellor phillip hammond.he gulf news says donald trump declined an official invitation to visit india. according to the paper the us president was invited to be chief guest for the annual republic day parade. but domestic committments led him to saying ‘no‘. the south china morning post reports on an attempt to launch a private rocket into outer space by a company based in beijing. it would have been the first time a privately owned chinese firm had successfully sent a rocket into space, but the mission ended in failure. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. twitter finds itself between a rock and a hard place in the us. the democrats think the company didn‘t do enough to combat efforts to meddle in the presidential elections of 2016, while the republicans, and even the president himself, accuse the social media giant of censoring conservative tweets. so will twitter ever be able to satisfy everyone? the company‘s vice preident colin crowell has been speaking to mariko 0i. it's it‘s certainly a

phillip hammond is expected not to do anything too radical, pulling back a bit from austerity, putting the economy, the forecast from the 0br, the office for budget responsibility, says he has an extra £13 billion of unexpected tax receipts to spend, he will look for ways to spend that, but one of the big announcement is on the nhs. and over the next few years £20 billion is going into the nhs, which is a huge sum, obviously. and they are talking about another 2 billion of that, not new money, but out of that, not new money, but out of that, 2 billion for mental health, which is something that has been neglected. 2a hour helpline, special help for youngsters with mental health problems, and also, importantly, a lot more spending i hope for infrastructure. more broadband, motorways, repairing roads. those are all things we are expecting to see amounts. having said that, it is absolutely clear that brexit is crucial, and if there isn't a good brexit deal, then the chancellor has already indicated that there will have to be some kind of emergency budget spring statement next april. whatev

the details will be laid out by the chancellor, phillip hammond, when he delivers his budget on mondayrts. the shuttered casualty of a bruising year for britain's retailers, and a familiar sight on high streets across the country. on this north london road, one print shop is still going strong, designing posters for local schools and theatres. but its founder, who started in his parents' living room 23 years ago, says an increase in the taxes he pays on the property is forcing him to downsize. our rates have risen from £7,000 to £12,000, which has a real effect on us. we are making less money and employing less people because we can't afford to keep open, because the government have taken money from us. 200 shops in the local area have closed since the tax known as business rates was rejigged last year, and they have not been replaced. critics of the government say it's notjust the little man who is losing out. they say the troubles at house of fraser and debenhams are made worse because they pay higher business rates than online competitors like amazon. while these measures are welcom

meeting apprentices in lincolnshire, phillip hammond insisted that increases for things like universaloorer people were being supported. if you look at the whole package of measures that we delivered yesterday, notjust the personal income tax cuts but all the other measures, and you analyse how they affect people across the income scale, it's people at the bottom end of the income scale that benefit the most. the analysis clearly shows that. two fascinating figures in today's ifs report. in the year 2000, less than a quarter of all spending on public services went on health. by the year 2024, that figure will have risen to a0%. in the league table of public spending, all other departments have fallen way behind. what is five multiplied by... like education. £400 million of new spending announced for schools, slightly less than the money set aside to fix potholes. it's not good enough for the governmentjust to throw us a few thousand pounds and say, "be happy with that". i think that they are trying to say that everything is fine in schools and just be content. well, we're not content a

the chancellor, phillip hammond, has urged conservatives to get behind the prime minister's brexit strategy party conference she would secure a deal with the european union which would lead to a brexit bounce for the economy. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports from birmingham. speech day for the chancellor, at a conference, go something like this. get up. 0'clock to do countless telemetry and radio interviews, and then the bloke at a thai factory —— ina tie then the bloke at a thai factory —— in a tie at as you wander around the factory. so he was in an engineering firm. before he could even roll up at the lectern in the hall, a deep pocketed conservative donor had already had a pop at him and theresa may. i think the prime minister, as imight may. i think the prime minister, as i might say, had let herself down personally by not being a champion to business as she could be. you might say that she has been so busy on brexit she has not had time to focus on it, but post—brexit this is one of the key issues the conservative party must address. where it stands on enterprise and in

meeting apprentices in lincolnshire, phillip hammond insisted that increases for things like universaleant poorer people were being supported. if you look at the whole package of measures that we delivered yesterday, notjust the personal income tax cuts but all the other measures, and you analyse how they affect people across the income scale, it's people at the bottom end of the income scale that benefit the most. the analysis clearly shows that. two fascinating figures in today's ifs report. in the year 2000, less than a quarter of all spending on public services went on health. by the year 2024, that figure will have risen to a0%. in the league table of public spending, all other departments have fallen way behind. what is five multiplied by... like education. £400 million of new spending announced for schools, slightly less than the money set aside to fix potholes. it's not good enough for the governmentjust to throw us a few thousand pounds and say, "be happy with that". i think that they are trying to say that everything is fine in schools and just be content. well, we're not con

phillip hammond: and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. do you believe him? wage — it isn't enough to cover odds and ends. bills are going up. after years of budget squeezes, it is going to be a little while before people feel the pressure ease. coletta smith, bbc news in chorley. the headlines on bbc news: the chancellor has unveiled his final budget before brexit next march, with a promise that the era of austerity is coming to an end. philip hammond said there would be a rise in tax—free personal allowances from next april — and more money for defence, health, and the flagship welfare reform — universal credit. in response, the labour leader jeremy corbyn said the budget wouldn't undo the economic damage done by eight years of austerity. leicester city's players have been to see the many floral tributes outside the ground, following the death of the club's thai owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha, and four others, in a helicopter crash on saturday. air accident investigators are examining the flight recorder of the helicopter, which crashed next to the stadium.

chancellor phillip hammond has delivered what's been called the ‘largest giveaway budget since 2010'.s, businesses and public services across the uk. victoria fritz has been in sheffield all morning getting reaction... all the headlines this morning about austerity coming to an end, this on the yorkshire post, we are in sheffield this morning, talking about what all of this means for you and businesses. i'm joined by a number of guests, vicky pryce, the economist, weeping problems and promised an end to austerity but when? the truth is the economy is growing slowly, productivity in trouble, investment slow in picking up, but the chancellor has done is put some money back in the economy he has been getting through more taxes than he expected to receive, that's good news. in reality, some huge cuts in inter—departmental budgets over a number of years, we'll wait and see what happens in the spending review, he promised next year he would look at this properly from twenty20 we might start seeing an increase in the money the government spends. on day—to—day running of the various departmen

in the last hour, we have been hearing from chancellor phillip hammond ahead of his big speech. duty to implement brexit because that was the will of the electorate in the referendum a couple of years ago. but he's not that enthusiastic about it himself. he was keen to point out and did that right now, with the uncertainty around securing a deal, thatis uncertainty around securing a deal, that is having an effect on the economy. take a look at this. clearly, there has been a hit to the economy through the uncertainty that the brexit process has caused. many businesses are sitting on their hands, frankly, waiting to see what the outcome of this negotiation is before confirming their investment plans. of course, that has an impact on the british economy. it does say opportunity above him and they've also made an example that —— an announcement on tips or restaurant workers which i guess is an opportunity for them at least. absolutely, they are trying where they can, the conservatives, and labour had the same problem in their conference in liverpool in last week, to talk about other

phillip hammond is under pressure to end eight years of austerity after theresa may promised cuts toould end. my colleague vicki young is at westminster. yes a lot of pressure on the chancellor, because of course the prime minister said that austerity is over so what —— not surprisingly from all quarters people are asking for more money for their particular area. local government has already had a promise of £20 billion extra for the nhs but people asking for social care as well saying that more money is needed there had also the issue of universal credit, many, including conservatives on his own side saying that more money is needed to go into their to smooth the transition to a completely new system. philip hammond will be on his feet at 330 this afternoon but before then let's speak to the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable. what do you think the flotation before the chancellor given that the premise is that austerity has come to an end? expectations are low due to the uncertainty around brexit, what we are looking for honours are beginning of a grown—up debate on ho

the chancellor phillip hammond will deliver his last budget before brexit today.oney for mental health services in england as part of a £20 billion boost for the nhs which was announced injune. but the chancellor is under pressure to find extra funding for other public services after years of austerity. with us now is our political guru norman smith. good morning. joanna, good morning. i think everyone at westminster waiting for brexit mode, not expecting a big bonanza budget today, but it seems mr hammond has some money to play with with better than expected tax receipts, which can provide, as we have heard, £2 billion more for mental health. we know there will be more money for roads, for rural broadband, and more money for the high street, so there will be little bits and pieces, but no big overarching spending splurge to signal the end of austerity, although this morning the health secretary matt hancock was suggesting we would be given a sign of better times ahead... what we will see this afternoon is the effort over many years to bring britain's public finan

the chancellor, phillip hammond, has urged conservatives to get behind the prime minister's brexit strategy she would secure a deal with the european union which would lead to a brexit bounce for the economy. our political correspondent chris mason reports from birmingham. speech day for the chancellor at a conference goes something like this. get up and start the clock to do cou ntless get up and start the clock to do countless telly get up and start the clock to do cou ntless telly a nd get up and start the clock to do countless telly and radio interviews, and then be a bloke in a factory, as you go for a wander around the workplace. here was philip hammond, earlier at an engineering firm down the road from the conference centre. before he had even had a chance to roll up at the lectern in the hall, a deep pocketed conservative donor had already had a p0p conservative donor had already had a pop at him and theresa may. conservative donor had already had a pop at him and theresa mayi conservative donor had already had a pop at him and theresa may. i think the prime minister has let herself

the chancellor, phillip hammond, told the party's conference in birmingham that the government woulds wrong to dismiss the prime ministers so—called chequers plan for future trade relations. our political editor laura kuenssberg sent this report from birmingham. where is the tory‘s identity? people up there, is it in that private meeting of tory women with a glimpse of the prime minister? thank you very much. is it with hard—core brexiteers? who find plenty of fans here. or is it with the chancellor? pushing gradual moves in line with tory tradition. we need to have the courage now to regenerate capitalism once again, to pass on something worthwhile to the next generation. that is what being a conservative is all about. applause. and to those who will say that the measured message of evolution will be drowned out by this real voices of the demagogues and the populace, i say, put our trust in the common—sense of the british people and they will put their trust in us. applause. strange as it may seem, for the tories who have traditionally been behind business, there are chancellor felt

. —— fillip phillip hammond.ived in new zealand which is the last stop on their 16—day tour. harry and meghan will visit wellington and auckland over the next four days, where they will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the couple, who are expecting their first child, have already visited australia, fiji and tonga on their first official tour. she might be the oldest person in the world butjulia flores hasn't tired of blowing out her birthday candles just yet. the 118—year—old celebrated her birthday with live music, cake and herfavourite pasta dish. ms flores is from bolivia and was thrown a party in her honour at city hall where she was given a certificate recognising her long life. her family is hoping she will now secure her place in the guinness book of world records. more now on our top story — that helicopter crash at leicester city football club. the aircraft belonged to the club's owner and came down about an hour after the game against west ham last night. we're joined by matt davis, from

the details will be laid out by the chancellor phillip hammond when he delivers his budget on monday. reports. the shuttered casualty of a bruising year for britain's retailers and a familiar sight on high streets across the country. on this north london road, one print shop is still going strong, designing posters from local schools and theatres. but its founder, who started in his parents' living room 23 years ago, says an increase in the taxes he pays on the property is forcing him to downsize. our rates have risen from £7,000 to £12,000, which has a real effect on us. we are making less money and employing less people because we can't afford to keep open, because the government have taken money from us. 200 shops in the local area have closed since the tax known as business rates was rejigged last year, and they have not been replaced. critics of the government say it's notjust the little man who is losing out. they say the troubles at house of fraser and debenhams are made worse because they pay higher business rates than online competitors like amazon. while these measures are w

we'll bring you phillip hammond's speech in the next few minutes.fishing community, what was tightly packed houses and shops all now reduced to rubble. the parents of a 15 year old girl who died of an allergic reaction to a sandwich, tell the bbc that without action the same thing could happen again. with every minute and every hour that passes the uk is sitting on a time bomb of someone dying yet again. that is how serious it is. team europe bask in their success in the ryder cup. the team who started off as the underdogs beat the us by seven points. good afternoon. it's monday, october 1st. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the brexit secretary, dominc raab, has told the conservative conference in birmingham that the government's willingness to compromise with the eu is "not without limits". and in the next few minutes we're expecting the chancellor philip hammond will tell conference that business must be at the heart of tory policy. our assistant political editor norman smith joins us from birmingham where the conference is being held. philip hammon

chancellor phillip hammond, thank you for talking to us on breakfast this morning. thank you.sea. more persistent rain towards east anglia and the south—east this afternoon. it will continue into the afternoon and ranger was for east of scotland north—east england. but most of the country will have a dry day —— rain showers. particularly so towards south—west england in south wales, which should be fine. writing across the midlands and parts of the south—east into the afternoon. —— brightening. we should see the worst of the rain clearing away from east anglia. the breeze will make it feel rather cool. host degale fotis —— gale force at times. breezy across the north sea coast. 0ne gale force at times. breezy across the north sea coast. one or two showers to the west of scotland and close to the coast of northern ireland. mostly it will be a dry and brad day. temperatures similar to yesterday —— bright day. tenryu 11 celsis. tempered across the south—east by the strength of the wind. in tonight, the rain we have sta rts wind. in tonight, the rain we have starts to nudge away e

the target that phillip hammond set as chancellor are being stuck to.that, we are reducing debt as a proportion of gdp every year and we achieved that a year earlier than expected. let me ask you on austerity, are the 7 billion planned welfare cuts coming to an end? the decisions were made in 2015. we have made changes since then... the chancellor changed the tape rate in 2016, putting 700 million back in. are there still welfare cuts in the pipeline? what universal credit does... i'm not asking about universal credit, i'm asking you if there are welfare cuts... andrew, you need to let you finish the sentence so i can explain the context. the context is universal credit is an entirely different system to before which trapped people in welfare and that a poverty trap in it so we have changed those para meters trap in it so we have changed those parameters so it is very difficult to compare old with new. welfare cuts are still part... austerity is still there. the important change is we have made is that people on universal credit will be getting £630 mor

institute's director pauljohnson, who has just finished delivering the ifs's initial response to phillip hammond's money to play with because the borrowing numbers came in lower than expected and he has spent all of it and spend it on the nhs. that follows what the prime minister promised back in the summer. the issue for the chancellor is now that he and the prime minister has said austerity is over, he has made use of this money, what happens if the numbers turn the other way? i don't think he's going to re—announce austerity. what will happen is we will get more borrowing than expected. that is fine in the shoreham but at some point we are going to have to move away from that. you are saying it doesn't look as if austerity is coming to end? as with all these things it matters what you mean by the end of austerity. spending is rising over the next five years do if you are thinking of austerity doing to do with total level of spending, yes, it is coming to an end. however, most of that increase is going to the health service, for other public services that are no increases on the horizon. no doub