seemed to proudly proclaim, exempting all foreign banks from the bank levy and ensuring that all bankson their uk balance sheets. on the subject of the bank levy, looking back in history, in 2011, the conservative—led government introduced it, but labour voted against it and in 2015, when they introduced the 8% surcharge so that banks would pay more, again the conservatives voted for it but labour voted against it. so why are you now rewriting history? it is not a question of rewriting history. we are not supporting bills that continue austerity year in, year out. and that's it for this programme. mandy baker will be here for the rest of the week. until then, from me, keith macdougall, goodbye. well, it's no wonder the snow has been making the headlines the last couple of days, it has been exceptionally heavy across parts of england and wales. winter wonderland scenes like this in parts of wales, it looks beautiful but can be so disruptive, like the snow we saw in the south—east of england on monday. now, the wintry weather continues through the overnight through eastern coastal areas

notwithstanding, she refers to the bank levy. there is a bank levy. there's also a corporation tax surcharge, and this government is raising more money from the banks and the labor government ever did. speaker, would buy right honorable friend join me in congratulating the uk's foundations. .t donated which he agreed that the community foundation is a perfect example of her shared society, and the funds should be provided to them to continue their very important work? p.m. may: i am very happy to join my honorable friend in joining community foundation across the u.k.. i was very pleased to be able to have a meeting with the chief executive of the community foundation a couple of weeks ago. i heard about the expert work they are undertaking, and i note from what my honorable friend has said that across the country, these are important contributors to the shared. an example of the shared. this scheme has already distributed more than 362 million pounds. it is expanding. it has the potential to significantly build on the current scheme, and the cms will

she replied the banking behaviour had changed. as for the levyore from the banks than labour did. an mp is calling for changing the law, and england or wales were debated by mps in westminster hall. when a person commits horrendous crimes, they cannot be allowed to pull the strings from inside a prison cell. i have seen cases where convicted sex offender has the rights of the father. they also influence the lives of the children who were his victims. they should have specialist training to it understand the dynamics of domestic and sexual abuse and to be able to recognise coercive, controlling behaviour and the tactics used by abusive parents, to mutilate that children of my life from inside prison walls. questions have been raised of the effectiveness of these orders and how they can be best used to protect the child with care from the abusive exercise of it a parent in prison. any change to remove parental responsibility automatically, on conviction of certain criminal offences, would involve some in porting considerations for my department. we

we have the access to banking standards in place. she referred to the levy. there is a bank levy.ld she agree the community foundation is a perfect example of the shared society, funds from dormany assets should be provided to them to continue the very important work.” provided to them to continue the very important work. i am happy to join my honourable friend in congratulating trinity foundations. i was very pleased to be able to have a meeting with the chief executive of one of the foundations to learn excellent work undertaking. i know from what my honourable friend has said that from across communities these are an important contributor to the shared society. i understand dormant account schemes have already distributed 362 million to the benefit of good causes. reports on possibly expanding the scheme, significantly building on success of the current scheme. mr speaker, can i remind the prime minister ofjune two, 1987 when i had the competent speech, stressing the importance of vacation or importance for so many young people. a crisis for apprenticeships, 62% fall and many i

prosecute, they didn't prosecute a single level executive, now they did levy for banks -- mutual funds, 401(k)s, so you have where investors paid over $200 billion in fines, read that shar shareholders. no bankers were involved. i call it the immaculate crisis. and wall street was helped out with the bailout in the trillions, now they faced no consequences, now emboldened by their escape and lack of responsibility they're poised to go on the offense again and undo a lot of reforms put in place. >> what is the worst, i suspect there is a long answer, but what is the worse case scenario on what you expect to come out of this iteration of congress and the power they have? >> so much can be done without congress, the democrats and the senate can filibuster some of the key findings. we had pretty strong financial rules and regulations going into the financial meltdown of 2008. but there are regulators there who believed in the wisdom of the free market. who did not believe in a strong hand of regulation over this powerful behemoth. the real danger here is that the trump administration, and

understand why this might be the case, that if a case proves that turkish banks are involved in sanction busting there could be heavy fines leviedagainst turkish banks. it is still not clear to me, even worth the case to result in fines, it seems odd he would deal with that case making the case try to go way. any fines that would come out of this would be ones that the state department could mitigate. so, i don't actually have a reat answer for why this has been as sensitive as it seems to be. >> i think the reason he has been worried is he might be talking to prosecutors. which now every indication is he is talking to prosecutors. we don't know the deal. if he is talking to prosecutors he has to give up everything. >> everything? >> names, people who work with him in the scheme, so that probably is going to implicate a lot of key officials, key allies people like amanda's loss. it might indicate -- implicate erdogan's son-in-law. i think that is why he is sensitive to possible things he ight be talking. maybe dozens of allies will have a lot of limitations inside or utside turkey. >> i think -- i agree. he appears to be very co

there is a levy going towards the repayment of that loan. now, this is more sophisticated bankingn china has been known for. they have got a fantastic return and they have got security, they own and run and manage the whole thing. reporter: there have been plenty of protests against the project. the route passes directly to the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserve's existence. but the protests have had little effect. in kenya, the chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they are building another rail connection. china's grand plan is to link them all, carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. daniel: staying in africa, to liberia, where voters are waiting for the results of yesterday's elections. sarah: it's a result that could see the first democratic transition in the country in over 70 years. a little while ago u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres hailed the quote, peaceful conduct of the vote. counting is still going on at the national tally center. preliminary results were expected this evening, but that announcement was canceled

their investment we've already had a levy on each liter of fuel sold in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic return and they've got security they own and run and manage the whole thing but. there have been plenty of protests against the project the route passes directly through the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserves existence but the protests have had little effect in kenya the chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they're building another rail connection china's grand plan is to link the two countries with rwanda burundi and south sudan carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. and speaking of investment made in germany is still a hot label not only for consumers but also global corporations who come in to buy companies and then know how the consultancy p.w. see says eight hundred seventy such deals went through in twenty seventeen more than half of those deals were done within the e.u. at a combined value of thirty billion euros another one hundred sixty eight deals came from north amer

their investment we've already had a levy on each liter of fuel sold in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic return and they've got security they own and run in managed the whole thing but. there have been plenty of protests against the project the route passes directly through the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserves existence but the protests have had little effect in kenya the chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they are building another rail connection china's grand plan is to link the two countries with rwanda burundi and south sudan carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. crude oil ends the trading here and its highest level in more than two years prices have been steadily rising for weeks ago another boost on wednesday after an explosion at a pipeline in libya interrupted supply lines and connect some of the country's crude oil fields with the us sidra oil terminal incident might cut oil production by up to one hundred thousand barrels a day now let's bring in our financial corre

homeowners in high tax states are rushing to prepay 2018 property levies before a cap on deductions for state and local taxes comes into effect. banksre offering a few ways for them to gain the system. we have been talking a lot about this topic and the different ways that people are trying to do this. what do banks have to do with it? >> it would not immediately come to mind that banks can actually help you out. maybe your accountant or local tax office. the banks are saying that they are not giving you taxes vice but once you have determined that it would be beneficial for you to try and prepay your 2018 property taxes earlier, then they will help you out. essentially anyone who's got a mortgage for the bank typically will have an escrow account for the bank is the one who is paying directly to the tax collector your tax -- your property taxes. bank of america, suntrust, these large banks are helping customers out to prepay these taxes. usually that is done in the form of a loan. you are taking out a small loan with the bank and they will go ahead and pay those taxes. you will pay the mac as you normally would in the escrow accoun

the move came five years after the bank paid a one point nine billion dollar fine for failing to stop mexican drug cartels from laundering millions of dollars stuart levy chief legal officer at h.s.b.c. said while we still have improvements to make and work to do this shows the d.p.a. has worked in the way intended which was to lead to a transformation in the way h.s.b.c. manages financial crime risk back in two thousand and twelve u.s. prosecutors said mexican authorities told the c.e.o. of the bank's mexico unit that a local drug kingpin said his b.c. was the quote place. to launder money the u.k.'s biggest bank was also in trouble for breaching international sanctions by doing business with iran and still faces a couple of other dilemmas h.s.b.c. could end up paying a one billion dollars fine for its role in selling toxic mortgages in the u.s. before the financial crisis and it's currently being investigated in the u.k. for you guessed it links to money laundering by south africa's a family. and volkswagen is one of the world's biggest auto makers and is partly responsible for the popularity of diesel vehicles especially in europe that explains why

their investment we've already had a levy on each liter of fuel sold in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic return and they've got security they own and run and manage the whole thing but. there have been plenty of protests against the project the route passes directly through the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserves existence but the protests have had little effect in kenya the chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they are building another rail connection china's grand plan is to link the two countries with rwanda burundi and south sudan carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. hot on sanders heels amazon employees at a major distribution center here in germany are going on strike they're unhappy about pay and have been for the past four years striking several times over that period the very union says they should be paid the same as retail workers and as an argues them more of a logistics saying these strikes will not interrupt the livery industrial action will continue until the end o

the investment we've already had a levy on each liter of fuel sold in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic return and they've got security they own and run and manage the whole thing but. there have been plenty of protests against the project the route passes directly through the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserves existence but the protests have had little effect in kenya the chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they are building another rail connection china's grand plan is to link the two countries with rwanda burundi and south sudan carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. and that's all your business next stop the sports update with layla thing here the art dogged by allegations of involvement in doping russian deputy prime minister of italy let's go has stepped down as head of the twenty eighteen world cup organizing committee fifo welcomed the move by coke calling it a quote responsible step ahead of the tournament last months of preparation earlier this week with call a link wi

investment we've already had a levy on each of the two or a few in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic group and they've got security they own and run and manage the whole thing but. there have been plenty of protests against the project the route passes directly through the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserves existence but the protests have had little effect in kenya the chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they are building another rail connection china's grand plan is to link the two countries with rwanda burundi and south sudan carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. and staying in africa to liberia now of voters are waiting for the results of yesterday's presidential elections it's a result that could see the first democratic transition in the country in over seventy years a little while ago u.s. secretary general antonio good terrace hailed the quote peaceful conduct of the vote now counting is still going on at the national tally center preliminary results were expected the

so apparently banks are demanding a reduction in the levy they pay when customers use the levy they payally? are you done? back page of the mail, eve ryo ne you done? back page of the mail, everyone is talking about whatever happened in the tunnel at old trafford the other day. mikel arteta, who apparently was hit by a bottle, going into training yesterday he made the clever move of doing that. how many times have we walked into work just doing that. how many times have we walked into workjust doing that but he's obviously trying to hide some kind of injury that happened to his face. i don't think that's the best thing you could do because it is clear something has happened. the papers have gone into great detail about what might have happened in the tunnel, where the home and away dressing rooms are, and one of the thingsjo is a didn't like about manchester city was they played their music too loud —— jose mourinho didn't like. the manchester united players could hear the manchester city players celebrating. i love the diagrams, who was standing were. what's frustrating, here we are ag

levy, losing their luck. >> i responded, the scottish national party earlier which is what the honorable lady was referring to. and people's behavior, changed over the years. and access banking standards referring to the levee. there was a corporation surcharge for the bank, the best in the labor government. >> what my right honorable friend join me in congratulating the community foundations who reached a notable milestone, 1 billion pounds, would she agree the community foundation, and shared society. available, should be provided to them, to the important work. >> i join my honorable friend across the uk. and a couple weeks ago. and what my honorable friend have said, an important contributor sharing an example of the shared policy, distributing $362 million to benefit good causes and expanding the scheme which would have potential to build the success of the current scheme and looking at this. >> can i remind the prime minister of june 2, 1997, a competent speech in which the importance of practical education for so many young people. is she aware there is a crisis in apprenticeships, 62% fall in apprenticeships starts, and excellent trailers going out of business the en

high-tech states are racing to prepay 2018 property levies before a cap on deductions for state and local taxes, and to affect, -- come into effect, and banksffering new way to gain the system -- game the system. this is like the most confusing story, because nobody really knows if you can really prepay or how to do it or whether you will actually save any money, so break it down for us. what is happening? >> it is coming under the gun. a couple days left in 2017, and what you are referencing is this infusion over ok, i know that will have limitations on how much i can deduct for different local and state taxes, including my property tax. how can i tried to prepay those so i can use the deductions i can take this year in the affect? people are trying to figure out ways to do that, and in some cases, banks are providing some help. julie: and they are not helping in the sense that they are not telling them whether or not they can, they are just giving them a way to do it if they want to. hinges on, and it something that i do not know much about, because i do not have a mortgage, but many people who do pay their property taxes, or their bank d

bank that works for our customers. if we get a longer transition and get the rules established in there, that is really good news for us. but we have to move forward anyway. the u.s. levytitutions, your brethren, the people who runs the institutions -- can i ask you about institutions, your brethren, the people who run the institutions here. if they run in the first of the year, with that make you pause for thought? >> we have to give in a position of certain operations so that we can look after customers no matter what happens. this does help. we can actually slow down activity if we take this -- think this transition is going to be a real three-year transition and we can find out what the rules are. >> the canadians do not have a financial services element, so this is mission critical for you in terms of regulatory alignment. we are hearing alignment alignment. take me through your vision for alignment with europe. x we are running on the same rules of europe, having been part of the community. it really is what is the difference going to be? -- and some people want a lot of difference so we can be more flexible. given one of our major trading partners, the closest w