and have spoken at many cbi conferences over many, spoken at many cbi conferences over any spoken ates over many, many years and i think it a job. all | many, many years and i think it a job. all i can say is that we will make sure that we already have a deal that protects the needs of british business and industry and, on immigration, remember, sam, how we use to do it in london. i believe in having a society and a country thatis in having a society and a country that is open to talent. i can see the methods of doing that and we'll sit in our everyday lives. but you also need democratic control. that is all we are saying. and an australian style points based system which, i think, australian style points based system which, ithink, be australian style points based system which, i think, be a great, great value to this country in alleviating people's sense that their politicians are simply allowing immigration to be uncontrolled. i do not think that unlimited, uncontrolled immigration is the right way forward for this country. the united states of america, for instance, has absolutel

interesting looking at the cbi because how did the cbi themselves get involved in the election today?s the voice of big business, which is not all business... i think they are trying very hard not to, they are meant to be party political but they do take positions. and i suppose evenif do take positions. and i suppose even if you look as soon as or up and back before both of the main leaders finished speaking, there is a press release saying here is our response to it. i suppose if you are being really great about it, they probably gave the tories sort of seven out of ten and labour it may be about four out of ten but even me saying that, anyone from the cbi press office lessening, where the boss of the cbi, they will say don't say that and they tried very —— try to very carefully not to be party political. in any shape or form. some will say they have been really political at times. but it is like anything, the interesting thing with anything, the interesting thing with any lobby group, whether it is a business trip or a charity or whether it is... you know, they have to be very care

i mean, as you say, it is a one—off that the cbi conference ta kes pla ce is a one—off that the cbi conferencefrastructure, broadband, they are all talking about skills, increasing education. so what our clients, half our clients are big global corporate occupiers and the other investors, pension funds and insurance companies and the like. what they are telling me they want to see is the opportunity for the uk to deliver a consistent, stable outlook. so when we are talking about brexit, and we have had brexit, what we are looking for and what our clients are looking for, is something that clears the uncertainty away, but still leaves a strong trading position with the eu. and it remains to be seen if we will get any certainty any time soon. 0ne of the big talking point has been in business rates. borisjohnson talking about reducing them and jo swinson talking about replacing them with a levy on landlords instead of te na nts. to with a levy on landlords instead of tenants. to your mind, do either of these measures, or anything you have heard in this campaign, do anything significant enough to

the main party leaders will set out their election pitches to business at the cbi conference.

it's very rare for them to roll up of the cbi. it's very rare for them to rollup in of the cbi.them to roll up in this do during the middle of an election campaign. there is one issue that dominates over everything else, the old b—word, brexit. boris johnson over everything else, the old b—word, brexit. borisjohnson will be candid, he says. sceptics of brexit and the cbi, noisy advocates in the past of the european union are in the past of the european union a re pretty in the past of the european union are pretty sceptical around the whole process of disentangling ourselves from it. borisjohnson will say he gets that, but he offers what he sees as certainty with his brexit deal. although, there will still be plenty to sort out if the uk's delivered in the next couple of months. it will also talk about business rates, a perennial bugbear in business. he'll offer a review in england if he is re—elected as prime minister. four labour, they are going to talk about apprenticeships and climate change, a huge number of apprenticeships that labour say they would want if they were in go

speaking to the annual conference of the employers organisation the cbi, mrjohnson said the move wouldould be used for other priorities, including the nhs. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, set out proposals to create 320,000 apprenticeships in england. this report from our business correspondent theo leggett contains flash photography. another day, another destination for the prime minister on the election hustings. this time, a chance to plead his case before business leaders at the cbi‘s annual conference. his message on the economy was carefully chosen, and the language, inevitably, colourful. like a formula one supercar... he spoke about plans for a cut in national insurance contributions for many firms, and promises to promote research and development. also, a review of business rates. but there was a sting in the tail. if i also announce today that we are postponing further cuts in corporation tax. and before you storm the stage, and protest... laughter let me remind you, this saves £6 billion, that we can put to the priorities of the british people, including the nhs. we have a

i am live from the cbi annual conference. and interestingly enough, this is the first time -- great to have you back, this is a percent they have been holding their annual conference in the midst of an election campaign. a lot of political uncertainty is hanging over this. the election will take place on december 12. we are used to holding it amidst the uncertainty of brexit. boris johnson will be here later on perhaps offering and all of branch to business. talking about property and r&d. and in with that comes his deal on brexit. and on the other side, we have sir jeremy corbyn from the labour party who will also a here. he will be talking about taxation and adult education. leaders attending here will be listening to all of them. also other parties will be represented. we will be speaking with jeremy corbyn early on. early afternoon u.k. time. we will be talking about his radical program and he wants to be the next prime minister. he has a radical program including an expanded nationalized program that shook the u.k. commu

interesting to see what reception jeremy corbyn gets at the cbi conference today.bi conferences and normally the questions from business leaders tend to be perfectly courteous, not too probing. i wonder actually whether we might see a different tone today, in part because of the bombshell announcement at the weekend from john mcdonnell, a labour government would nationalise parts of bt. i think that at the business community com pletely think that at the business community completely by surprise. but also the package of measures being put forward by labour, higher business taxes, taking 10% of the shares of some of the larger companies, strengthening employee rights. that isa strengthening employee rights. that is a package which will cause some unease in the business community. albeit labour have been pretty open about it. they will, they say, produce a radical, transformative ma nifesto. produce a radical, transformative manifesto. but they tried to ease the concern in the business community by saying we will invest in infrastructure, invest in skills. they are t

borisjohnson, jeremy corbyn and jo swinson make their election pitches to business leaders at the cbi'snnual conference in london. the violent protests in hong kong intensify. hundreds of anti—government demonstrators have escaped a university campus, where they had been held by police. but many remain trapped inside the building. they came running out over the barriers, a large amount of tear gas fired down in their direction. gunshots. and this is them escaping basically. you can hear what the police are doing in response. two teenage drug dealers are jailed for life for the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney, who was stabbed to death in a park in east london. it has been one of the hardest investigations i've ever dealt with. it felt like the world was watching, the world was waiting for answers. and i am adam fleming. join me in half an hour for all the latest from the campaign trailand half an hour for all the latest from the campaign trail and an investigation into a bar chart in hastings. it will make sense when you see it, trust me. kpmg has confirmed it is not renewing its spo

—— cbi.is not a whole lot for big businesses. but if he really wants to change the balance for businesses, then it is about — or individuals, it is about changing the thresholds at which tax is charged. you might want to freeze fuel duty for the length of parliament, those things cost several billion, and the government has pledged so much in spending it doesn't have the room to do that. so this is quite a small move in the overall context. psychologically, it isn't necessarily about the numbers, it's about the impact that these numbers have, this kind of initiative will have. and fundamentally, he is saying two things here. one is, he wants to give a hand to small businesses and his recognising through the reduction or review of business rates, he hopes to encourage businesses to grow. and if you grow your small business, you employ more people and you inject more income into the economy. therefore you grow the economy. under mentally this is about boosting the economy. but he is meant to be

a possibility of tax cuts at the cbi conference today. we will be speaking with a man on the others of the aisle, jeremy corbyn. do not miss it. manus: it is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." it is all about global trade and the impact. singapore export orders crash and burn 13%. have you got a mindset of what is china growth, sub 6%? nejra: have you got a mindset of what that will mean in terms of stimulus? some of the signals from the pboc when they talked about growth and inflation over the weekend was as things get worse, they want room for more policy moves. you can take something away from that, too. policyyes, and those adjustments have moved the dial slightly. they are back at levels we have not seen since 2015-2016. constructive discussions in trade help the equity markets a little bit and the pboc drip feeding rate cuts. before biggest central banks in the world are on easy mode and perhaps we are under assuming the capacity of qe 2020. let's look at the s&p futures. credit suisse says an extraordinary rally can endure. the u.s. wil

here's the cbi's director—general.ld get in the way of a bright future, and it takes the form of extreme ideology, and we see it on both sides of the political divide. let's deal with the right—wing first. carolyn fairbairn says she's worried about those pushing forfor a no—deal brexit. here she is on that. for some of the right, this preference for no deal is driven by an obsession for something much bigger than this, and that is the wholescale deregulation of the uk economy, and i want to be really clear here today that this is not what british firms, large or small, want. in response, borisjohnson tried to sell himself as a centrist. he didn't talk about deregulation. instead, this was his main policy announcement. we are postponing further cuts in corporation tax and, before you storm the stage and protest... laughter before you storm the stage, let me remind you, this saves £6 billion. corporation tax will be staying at 19%, and not going down to 17%, as the government had previously planned. the right—wing think

i'm pleased to say i'm joined here at the cbi conference by the president of the cbi, john allen.r having us at your conference. let me ask you about what business at a high level, what business wants to hear today. a lot of political voices coming to speak. what are the key messages they will watch out for? >> we want to hear whoever is , that whichever party forms the government will have a strategy tond enable future economic growth which means more jobs, higher wages and politicians can make a huge difference in achieving that. situationbrexit did do you think they want to see the relative certainty of boris johnson steel which of the want to chance for the country to decide again and perhaps choose to remain? is there a view that is expressed to you? i'm trying to get an idea of what the cbi stands for now. the cbi has never had an unqualified view, what we've always wanted to see an outcome which gave us a really good close trading relationship with our european neighbors. with europe or countries with free trade agreements. have ak it's vital we good frictionless free-trade

he's talking to business leaders at the cbi this morning. we'll bring you that live. why didn't he say he regretted his friendship with jeffrey epstein? the backlash against prince andrew's newsnight interview continues. do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? yes. unbecoming? he was a sex offender. yeah, i'm sorry — i'm being polite. a lawyer for five victims of the dead paedophile tells us the chances of the prince being questioned in the us are much higher now. i think he has made things much worse for himself in this interview andl worse for himself in this interview and i think the authorities are going to want to speak to him now and they should want to. hello, welcome to the programme. we're live until 11:00 this morning. inafew in a few minutes, we will be talking live to jeffrey jennifer in a few minutes, we will be talking live to jeffreyjennifer arcuri. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about — use the hashtag victoria live. if you're emailing and are happy for us to contact you, and maybe wa

so the cbi, you got borisjohnson, jo swinson and jeremy corbyn.that is they are appearing before an audience of business people and businesspeople at the moment do not love really the political parties, because they see issues about all of them, so yes they do with the messages. boris johnson is saying i am the man who will get brexit dunn, i'll help you with business rates, i'll look at reforms. jeremy corbyn saying go with me and you get 320,000 new apprentice places, very important for the future of business industry. jo swinson almost saying like the conservatives, we other steady party, we won't be making all these crazy spending promises. she is saying we other one that will stop brexit. yes, and it was going to say, the one issue is of crucial importance and that is brexit, what's going to happen, because they know that if even dominic brexit is done, there are many years of trade talks to come and that will be immensely difficult. boris johnson looks like he's going to say i know you didn't want brexit, he's going to tell them that, but wh

that is something businesses have expressed concern about, now the head of the cbi is saying that, ifu can't just you want to build houses, for example, you can'tjust take the skilled people, architects etc, you also need libraries. actually, the conservative policy on that could end up resulting in a skill shortage. when we are talking about brightest and best, i think that is a worry. if you do want to build 200,000 houses a year, you don't just need the architects and the designers. you need the carpenters, electricians, libraries. we need people to come and help us renew our economy. we have to look at the detail, it has to be manageable by small business. the previous visa syste m small business. the previous visa system was extremely costly, less than 1% of businesses were using it. the devil will be in no detail, but is not as brightest and best, it is people of all skill level that we needin people of all skill level that we need in our economy. the liberal democrats have responded to that, jo swinson saying that she thinks the conservative policy on immigration is based on th

the cbi says we simply can‘t afford to have another year like 2019.le confidence that the upcoming election will provide the clarity that everyone is so desperate for. the lib dems arrived with a promise to abolish business rates and replace it with a tax on landlords, but it is their position to revoke brexit the leader was selling hard today. the liberal democrats are the natural party of business. with the conservatives in the pocket of nigel farage, and jeremy corbyn stuck in the 1970s, we are the only ones standing upforyou. the snp said scotland had not escaped the damage that brexit uncertainty was doing to the whole uk. we've already seen over £1 trillion in deferred investment in the uk economy and it's not doing scotland's economy new good, either. scotland's economy any good, either. so i think the best option for scotland is to make its own choice and escape brexit by voting snp. back at the conference, there was a feeling of weary scepticism about the parties‘ promises. there‘s a lot of promises made today, isn‘t there? i know it‘s quite

borisjohnson, jeremy corbyn and jo swinson make their election pitches to business leaders at the cbi'sual conference in london. prince andrew faces pressure to give evidence under oath in the us about his links tojeffrey epstein in the wake of his bbc interview. and new hope as scientists try to save britain's ash trees from being virtually wiped out by a fungal disease that's swept europe. and coming up in the sport in the next half an hour on bbc news: the english and european rugby champions saracens will not challenge their 35—point deduction and £5 million fine for breaking the salary cap. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. hundreds of anti—government protestors are trapped inside a university in hong kong as a stand—off with police intensifies. some have managed to escape under a volley of rubber bullets and tear gas. police have surrounded the campus for a week now and it's thought up to 500 are still inside, some armed with petrol bombs. the past week has seen some of the most violent protests since they began injune in response to plans to allow some criminal sus

the cbi says we simply can't afford to have another year like 2019.ess, there's surprisingly little confidence that the upcoming election will provide the clarity that everyone is so desperate for. the lib dems arrived with a promise to abolish business rates and replace it with a tax on landlords, but it's their position to revoke brexit the leader was selling hard today. the liberal democrats are the natural party of business. with the conservatives in the pocket of nigel farage, and jeremy corbyn stuck in the 1970s, we are the only ones standing upforyou. the snp said scotland had not escaped the damage that brexit uncertainty was doing to the whole uk. we've already seen over £1 trillion in deferred investment in the uk economy and it's not doing scotland's economy new good, either. so i think the best option for scotland is to make its own choice and escape brexit by voting snp. back at the conference, there was a feeling of weary scepticism about the parties‘ promises. there's a lot of promises made today, isn't there? i know it's quite close to

this time, a chance to plead his case before business leaders at the cbi's annual conference.ul. like a formula one supercar, green. he spoke about plans for a cut in national insurance contributions for many firms, and promises to promote research and development. also, a review of business rates. but there was a sting in the tail. if i also announce, today, that we are postponing further cuts in corporation tax, and before you storm the stage, and protest... laughter. before you storm the stage, let me remind you, this saves £6 billion, that we can put into the priorities of the british people, including the nhs. we have already cut it from 28% to 19%. the stage wasn't stormed, but the decision to delay a 2% tax cut for businesses, due next april, was unlikely to have been aimed at the audience sitting in front of him. next to speak, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. i also hope you enjoyed the warm—up act that's just left the stage. laughter. he dismissed claims that he was anti—business and outlined plans for what he called a green industrial revolution, underpinned by a n

the cbi has their annual conference in london.rince andrew faces pressure to give evidence under oath in the us in the wa ke evidence under oath in the us in the wake of his bbc interview. a new hope, as scientists battled to save britain's ash trees, threatened bya save britain's ash trees, threatened by a fungal disease spreading throughout europe. ina throughout europe. in a moment, the sports news. but first, here is what is coming up. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 8pm, we'll bring you the latest on the backlash faced by prince andrew. pressure is mounting for him to give evidence under oath in the us about his links to sex—offenderjeffrey epstein. at 8:30pm, as part of our election 2019 coverage, laura kuenssburg will unpick the day's political events in electioncast, including a look at business woman jennifer arcuri's claims against borisjohnson. and atio.1i0pm, and 11.30, we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. t

based on figures from cbi of how much renationalisation might cost and that sort of thing.can get traction. in one way they can get traction. in one way they can but i also feel that as the viewer who are stewed to show how much a trillion is, it is difficult to really understand how much that is for a country to spend. and how would we raise that money. what would we raise that money. what would it mean for borrowing and taxes? in the narrative under the cameron government of needing austerity to fix the roof of the sun is shining, as you said, kevin, the conservatives now say we need much more investment in public service. so in more investment in public service. soina more investment in public service. so in a sense they are criticising labourfor something so in a sense they are criticising labour for something that they also advocate stop the chancellor told cabinet said they had done as study on policies that they would publish later that day. and at o'clock the cabinet secretary said this is electioneering and we will not use treasury figures. so that have been blocke

. >> reporter: the sheriff and agents from the colorado bureau of investigation -- the cbi -- workedting what they now thought was a homicide. they went down to where the muellers lived in wall, texas, to poke around in fred's life, but they couldn't find anyone to say anything bad about him. >> we found that the interviews were largely unproductive. >> reporter: you were hitting walls? >> in wall, texas, which is an outlying community outside of san angelo, it's a pretty closed community. >> reporter: and inside that community, none of leslie's friends or family doubted fred and couldn't understand why folks up in colorado were asking questions. >> yeah, people loved dad. that's why he had an immense amount of support. >> reporter: and then, ten months after leslie's death, fred mueller got an invitation from the cbi. an agent wanted fred to come back up to colorado for a talk. >> he casually mentioned, like, "oh, yeah, i'm going back to colorado. they wanted me back up there." he's just saying, like, "you know, i don't know what they're doing, either. but it's just -- we got to coo

the cbi, which is the main thing that people have said could push many businesses into lustre to the a neutral economics think tank have also said that having to reduce the amount of people working could add up to about £15 billion. on wednesday we're going to see full costings of the labour manifesto that's been costed by the government because they are using government resources to do this but it will create a big row because if you think back to the last election they redid fully cost their manifesto and the costs and tax rise in spending was very clear, the government did not cost theirs, the government did not cost theirs, the conservatives. as a big push in the conservatives. as a big push in the conservatives. as a big push in the conservative side to make sure what they produce is at least fiscally neutral or sensible in a way and not just fiscally neutral or sensible in a way and notjust promising a lot of spending but still looks quite sensible and i think this row over public spending is going to be huge, i think we got a lot more discussion about the economy and structure

three party leaders take their message to the cbi conference, each claiming to be the natural partnersivists remain under siege at a hong kong university where there's been more violence today. police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas on demonstrators. down the street behind me here, about half a mile away is the hong kong polytechnic university, which is still under siege. around it, many, is still under siege. around it, any is still under siege. around it, many, many places donate, means like this of complete chaos dash many

and yet the cbi who represent businesses says some of the proposals are too bureaucratic.ble? i mean it is a fair point in terms of the errors politicians work. —— the torres politicians work. —— the torres politicians work. —— the torres politicians work. i always encourage people to work flexibly. talented come in later, don't rush into work. and it means they are actually more enthused when they get into work because they have not had to struggle and force themselves in when they were not feeling up to it. so productivity is actually better, you get people working at their best. it actually makes sense and this is the thing about being quite radical. it is also common—sense. and those people that get it will get it, there are many, many employees that have to juggle so many things dropping kids off at school or having to go and collect their child or... one can see it from the employees point of view, i suppose the issue is seeing it from the employer point of view. you have also said that white, straight men have the privilege go to the left. do you think you have a ri

the employers‘ organisation, the cbi, said it supports the extension of maternity pay but thinks someproposals are too bureaucratic. the conservatives have unveiled plans for a new fast—track visa for foreign doctors and nurses who want to work in the nhs. under the scheme, decisions on visas would be made within two weeks and the cost would be halved. the plans do not cover social care, where staff shortages are the most acute. the snp will launch its election campaign later by promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. the nhs protection bill would block any uk government from using the nhs as a bargaining chip in trade talks. if passed, it would also give devolved parliaments in scotland, wales and northern ireland a veto on any deal. a world war two d—day veteran who has been raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches has been given a glimpse of the work going on to buid it. harry billinge, who's 93, was shown work going on to build the monument on gold beach in normandy on the bbc this morning. he was just 18—yea

i spoke to the director—general of the cbi and she said some businesses don't want to hear, she doubtsonversation this time next year. simon, thank you very much for that. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, it's another big week in the impeachment hearings in washington — with key witnesses like gordon sondland — the us's ambassador to the eu testifying. and bye bye, bei bei — washington zoo's giant panda is heading back to china and the zoo have asked for playlist suggestions to accompany her journey. good evening. after a fairly rare dry and sunny day for autumn, what follows is the coldest night of the week. for some, today you can see frost which never melted on some pla nts frost which never melted on some plants and parts of scotland. one or two spots stayed below freezing. temperatures already tumbling, blue colours showing how white some zero air temperatures will be. northern ireland wales and the south—west year old early parts but temperatures rising later as the breeze picks up. coldest of all, rural parts

so the cps, a think tank along with the cbi, are all expressing a correct view, in my opinion, that itis four day week, especially in the public sector where it is hard to get productivity gains. you can imagine technology making it work more efficient, but a doctor or nurse being on duty in hospital or a teacher in a classroom, it's quite hard to see how you enable somebody to work five days worth of work in four days. sebastien, john mcdonald's call to work to live, not live to work, one that strike a chord with some people? i think the premise is wrong, the idea that most people ta ke wrong, the idea that most people take pride in work and enjoy working and find it a core part of their lives and their being. the idea that we go toa lives and their being. the idea that we go to a three day weekend, it might sound nice and fun to some, spending time with children and family, but it might not be the same asa family, but it might not be the same as a cost £17 billion. i can see the debate, labour had a similar debate on universal basic income, another radical left wing economic policy.

the cbi says that nationalisation will put prices up. how can that be a good thing? put prices 7ii think the cbi probably would say that because the companies are their members. it is not surprising they would say that. we have done our own research. because we are talking not s0 research. because we are talking not so much about the system is that actually produce the energy, but the actually produce the energy, but the actual retail side of it, how you by the energy and how you sell it on. if that was consolidated into one state owned company we think it would cost around five to £6 billion. it is expensive but in terms of the government spending strategy it is not massively expensive. but what we think it would do is it would give the government access to a range of staff. these staff who have been made redundant are people who know how to deal with consumers and customers and the client group. you should have them into advocates for a greener economy. any government thatis a greener economy. any government that is serious about decarbonisation has to start that p

three party leaders take their message to the cbi conference, each claiming to be the natural partnersf business. hundreds of activists remain under siege at a hong kong university where there's been more violence today. police fired rubber bullets and used tear gas on demonstrators. down the street behind me here, about half a mile away is the hong kong polytechnic university, which is still under siege. around it, many, many places tonight, scenes like this of complete chaos. running street battles between protesters and riot police. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me is the author and broadcaster, john kampfner and associate director of the right—leaning think tank, the institute of economic affairs, kate andrews. lovely to see you again. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. according to the daily express, the queen has thrown her support behind prince andrew, despite widespread criticism over his tv interview with emily maitlis. but the daily mail says leading businesses and charities are beginning to desert prince

have based this on focus of things like denationalisation, days have come from a business group, the cbitself has been queried —— renationalisation. sajid javid was on andrew marr earlier,, these are conserved the party figures, not treasury figures, he doubled down on defending how the conservatives have come up with this figure on andrew marr. we have taken their manifesto from a couple of years ago, which they still stand by. if they have withdrawn a policy, we haven't taken that into account. but you haven't counted it properly. you haven't costed the 2017 pledges fairly. every single costing in this dossier that we have published today has either come from labour's own figures. most of them, actually, over 50% of the costings are from labour's own figures. the rest of them have either come from independent external sources and in some cases, yes, we have had to work them out ourselves but we have done that in a reasonable way and we have set out exactly in the document how we have done this. what of labour thing about this? the underlying point of this is absolutely true, they would

they have used an estimate comes from the business group cbi have used an estimate comes from the businesspast as well. it is very difficult at this stage when you have not got a full list of campaign pledges to put an accurate exact figure on it. the campaign in full swing now, a slight pause today as party leaders go to the cenotaph to remember the fallen of wars over the last couple of centuries. there will be the apples what they do that and take that moment to pause on remembrance sunday. we are only into the first official week of the campaign. if you think back away, this time last week parliament was still sitting, they chose the new on monday. it was wednesday, five official days into the campaign. we will see a lot more mmp the campaign. we will see a lot more ramp up overthe the campaign. we will see a lot more ramp up over the next week. and he very much indeed. —— thank you. in the run up to polling day we'll be bringing you an essential guide to the various campaigns in a daily electioncast. starting on monday night, adam fleming and the bbc‘s politics team providing you a ro

highlight many things, but the second thing is nobody but nobody, it is all well and good going to the cbiiant multinational companies. what about the 5.5 million men and women in this country running their own business, acting as a sole trader, being taxed, regulated and not free to go out and make profit. i want to stand up for the little people and it is about time somebody did. some of the things he was talking about reforming in the electoral system you could imagine jo reforming in the electoral system you could imaginejo swinson saying which was a bit weird. and because it is nigel farage and because it is the brexit party there was a bit of a dingdong. here it is with the audience last night. it really bothers me that you label yourself as unique and different from other politicians because, actually, you are a man of wealth and privilege, you are a privately educated ex— banker. i have never worked for a banker. i have never worked for a bank in my life! a commodity trader falls and you boasted that you had received £2 million in taxpayers money to support you in your role as mep

we are on the eve of the cbi conference tomorrow when the three parties will make their pitch to business are some alarm in some sections relying on these eu workers, like construction. labour have already promised to put corporation tax back to where it was in 2010 and they stand the business world last week by their decision that they were announcing they would give everyone free broadband by nationalising bt. labour say they are the party for business, getting rid of brexit altogether. brexit will hang over all of this. getting it over with will be very important but a lot of businesses i speak to say even if we did get this election done, we still don't have to do a trade deal with the eu by the end of december of next year. very few people think that is possible at the time frame. sadly, but many businesses, they don't think they will get the certainty whatever the election result. simon jack, thank you. protestors in hong kong are continuing to occupy a university campus after some of the fiercest clashes in five months of demonstrations. they shot arrows and threw petrol bombs at p

the conservatives are costing that at £196 billion but that is based on an estimate by the cbi.” don'tation costs anything because it when you rationalise coming you pay money to acquire an asset and therefore the net effect on the public finances... if you were totting up and doing ok, i have this much money and this many airports, i suppose you could say this is how much i will have to spend while not taking into account the fact that you do. you could explain this. i think you would be an asset to anybody. tonight you have gotte n an asset to anybody. tonight you have gotten me out of a hole with the pronunciation of a film in the film review. the independent. sorry, i have my newspapers all in the wrong order. we have an interview withjohn wrong order. we have an interview with john mcdonnell. thank wrong order. we have an interview withjohn mcdonnell. thank you. you have saved the day. mcdonnell. the ma nifesto have saved the day. mcdonnell. the manifesto will be our most radical. in the two things picked out on the front are universal basic income and climate ledgers. yes. he spo

let's find out more from john cope, head of education and skills policy at the cbi.nomic frame that we are in at the moment? yes, absolutely, education skills tends to be right at the top of the priorities for uk employers because it underpins our economy but also because education makes for a much fairer and just society. when you think of all the things going on in the world, longer working lives, rapid adoption of technology, changing workplaces, ai, automation, it means adult education and spending on training in the workplace is more important than ever. how important is it for retaining staff and making sure they have a long working life? absolutely vital. we published a report called red job a few months ago, all the characteristics of a great employer as they involve their employees in their development, in their career and they support them throughout that. they provide advice, training, encourage people to actually think, you know, if i want that next promotion, i have to invest in my own training and quite often are not only giving training and advice but

, labour plans would cost about 196 billion quid, and those are numbers that they have got from the cbi many of the numbers that they use are about 30% above current market value for companies they may want to renationalise. also, if you take, for example, i don't know, water companies. they are using, say, £3 billion is going to cost to buy that water company, but they happened then added and the fact that once they buy it, people like you and me are still going to be paying water bills, so that asset is going to create some value as well. so we're not convinced that £1.2 trillion is a particularly useful number. are labour going to be spending a lot of money? certainly a lot more money than the last ten years of austerity. yes, it is for sure. but as laura said earlier, everyone is promising to spend more money, but they are going to spend it in a slightly different way. and so just from my own sanity, 1.2 trillion is 1,200 billion? it's got lots of zeros on it. put it this way, roughly over a five—year cycle of parliaments, we spend at moment about £4 trillion, so this will be saying

the change to national insurance policy, effectively a tax cut on the lowest income, also up bit of cbince, a confederation of british industries conference he announced he would not be cutting corporate tax further. instead he would be using that money for the nhs. all of those policies intended to appeal to a certain class of voters that are not traditional tory supporters. guy: we leave it there. therese rafael, bloomberg opinion on the latest on the bloomberg election. vonnie: here in the u.s., gordon sondland continues his testimony before the house impeachment inquiry. the ambassador to the eu says rudy giuliani, working at the guard -- working at the direction of president trump emitted a quid pro quo from ukraine for a white house meeting. >> was there a quid pro quo? >> as i testified previously with regard to the quested white house call in the white house meeting, the answer is yes. mr. giuliani demanded ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of server. election dnc mr. giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we kne

cbi says businesses are nervous forward your plans on nationalization end. >> i have set up this morning the kind of objectives and the society we want to create. we have made clear the rail network and rail operating that is already publicly owned. it should be in public hands. is a natural monopoly and should be in public hands, in my view. linked back to the post office. return the royal mail and post office into one, which becomes the economic generator. i think that's the right thing to do. water companies have made enormous profits, sold off a lot of assets, been condemned by some. i think they ought to be in public ownership and also would be much more effective working with the environment agency on river basin management and river management as well as water supply. know about the businesses you intend to bring back international ownership. can you say there will be no others? could there be the course of more if you are primecould therf more if you are prime minister? >> we see the role of government as being in partnership with the private sector in many areas. i am not propos

says that a full fibre broadband network would boost productivity by 59 billion by 2025 alone and the cbiry year. the plan set out today will ensure we realise these economic gains. all businesses will have three full fibre broadband, lowering costs facilitating the latest development in technology and software and supporting 5g technology. for those business people operating in rural communities or people who want to start out companies from their home but are not in a town or city that is well served at the moment, this will provide the infrastructure they desperately need. reports have estimated that overi million more people in the uk could work from home with full fibre. imagine if all those currently shutout home with full fibre. imagine if all those currently shut out of the labour market, such as those with childcare or caring responsibilities, those unfairly disadvantaged due to disability or older people, imagine if they could participate fully through fast internet access from wherever they are in the country. when more people are in the country. when more people are able to wo

talking to the cbi committee are saying it is a good time to borrow.hey say use that money and you did greater investment. the only subsite is, there has to be that prudence over the economy encase interest rates go other way. there certainly does. the choice for voters is that the era of astarte is overcome and i we are into the era of borrowing and spending for some the question is, who is borrowing what and where is it being spent? i think that is going to be the crucial difference. yeah. plenty more from here in leeds. let's take a look going on your side, michelle. now for the latest in the house impeachment inquiry. former national security adviser john bolton was a no show for his deposition behind closed doors today. but a top aide to vice president mike pence did appear. jennifer williams is possibly the last witness in the month—long impeachment probe before the highly anticipated public hearings begin next week. the career state department official heard trump's call with ukraine's leader. she was on it. she is also the first person on pence

what did we learn so far at cbi and how does that influence the election in less than a month? leaders, two party current prime minister boris johnson and labors jeremy corbyn have been speaking at the cpi event, making their pitch to businesses. johnson's conservatives, traditionally the party of tax --s, have unveiled a a pause on a tax cut, which would keep 6 million pounds in government funds, which he says he wants to use for government spending, health care provisions. jeremy corbyn has been trying to convince that business audience he is a friend of theirs and his policies, which include nationalization of key public utilities and broadband, will not harm business interest and could be good for britain in the long run. they have been making this competing arguments to the audience. alix: thank you very much. stay tuned with bloomberg. we will hear from jeremy corbyn. we will have that exclusive interview within the next hour. and driving into profitability. here's something else that caught my eye. willceo says their new ev turn a profit on day one. point with aprice pac

conservatives, hardly surprisingly, and the cbi have said there needs to be a bit more balance and itteran called harry billinge captured the hearts of millions of bbc viewers during commemorations for the anniversary of d day. harry, who‘s now 94, spoke to us about being in the first wave of troops to land in normandy when he was just 18 years of age. he said he could never forget his comrades who lost their lives — saying they were the heroes, not him. well, since then, harry has raised thousands of pounds for a new memorial to the dead in france. jon donnison reports thank you, darlin‘. in the remarkable life of harry billinge, this has been a remarkable year. there's about 35 quid there, harry. i‘m overwhelmed, really, with kindness. he's the best. you're the best. he's the hero. nobody else. i‘ll fill this tin by lunchtime. there you are. i saw you on the telly. it was an appearance on bbc breakfast telly on a normandy beach for the d—day 75th anniversary injune that saw harry go viral. don‘t say i‘m a hero. i‘m no hero. i was lucky. i‘m here. all the heroes are dead. and i‘ll ne

became leader of the party, i have spent a lot of time meeting the british chambers of commerce, the cbiness associations, andi other small business associations, and i speak to small business owners around the country. they are actually very hard—working, innovative people, who have a very ha rd innovative people, who have a very hard time, because they have great difficulty accessing capital to expand their businesses. they have great difficulty over business rates in some parts of the country, where they are very high on high streets, and they have a hard time in general. so, we are absolutely on their side for the innovation of small business enterprises to grow the economy. many of the most innovative people are those in small businesses, and we are absolutely happy and delighted to work with them all across the country, because they are part of the motive for change. what they tell me is they wa nt change. what they tell me is they want broadband. they want bosses. they want trains. they want good quality roads. they want access, in order to develop their businesses. —— they want b

cbi conference yesterday. tonight, we get the big debate. boris johnson versus jeremy corbyn. for jeremy corbyn. if he does better than expected, the pound goes down? let's figure out where we are. how would you rate either of their chances of exceeding expectations? reporter: expectations for jeremy corbyn are low. they were low in 2017 and he exceeded them and went on to win for the labour party their largest increase in vote chair since world war ii. does it happen twice? there were voters impressed with him then. at the time they did not know him well. they have had a lot of time to get to know him. will those voters who have abandoned labour party over brexit or for other reasons, now come back? probably unlikely. that said, it has also been argued the underdog has advantage in these debates. david cameron famously debatened after the 2010 that the format favors the underdog, which is surely jeremy corbyn tonight. win for boris johnson is to hold the line. he has got a commanding lead in polls. known as a good debater. he has struggled before. that has not prevented him f

yesterday, i was at the cbi conference talking to big business leaders too, and they are craving thataims to be one of epstein's victims. in hong kong, dozens of anti—government protesters are still thought to be barricaded inside a university, which has been under siege by police. the green party of england and wales launches its manifesto, pledging to make the whole country carbon neutral by 2030. a former british royal marine who was accused of the murder of a wounded afghan taliban fighter in 2011 has told the bbc he tried to kill himself after hitting rock bottom. headcam footage showed sam deen — who was only known as marine e until now — offering to kill a taliban insurgent, who was then shot by fellow marine alexander blackman, or marine a, as he was known. charges against mr deen were dropped earlier this year and a military court has now lifted an anonymity order on him, leaving able to speak out for the first time. clairejones reports. it was an afternoon on a battlefield in afghanistan that would go down in history. but the stories of some of the men involved have not been