the customs arrangement at the moment are hard—wired customs arrangement at the moment are ha rd—wireds arrangement at the moment are hard—wired into the treaty. everybody will recognise has to be a new treaty. it will do the work of the customs union. it is a customs union, it is what the various amendment saying, there will have to bea amendment saying, there will have to be a new agreement, but will it do the work of the current customs union? yes, that is the intention. so under your plan, after we leave the eu, who will be in charge of foreign trade arrangements for britain? that will have to be negotiated, we will have to have a say. the real point, we all want trade agreements, we are more likely to get them if we do itjointly with that you, than on our own. and all the evidence suggests more likely if we do it with the eu. the cost—benefit analysis of coming out of the customs union and having a new trade agreementjust isn't... you have got liam fox in a minute, you could ask that. in effect, what happens that this scheme is the eu continues to set her trade arrangements, we ca

the labour view is that the uk should negotiate a new customs arrangement with the eu on oui’ customseu on our terms to reflect our priorities andi our terms to reflect our priorities and i think, since one of the main motivations in labour embracing this is to deal with the northern ireland border question, and some of the most heavily trafficked across the border is agricultural products, i imagine it would have to include agricultural products and this would have to be negotiated, but labour's view is that this is the only way to ensure you can have less friction on the board. there would still be some, because of the fact we wouldn't still be in the single market, but removing those tariffs might makea market, but removing those tariffs might make a difference. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are charlie wells, who is the deputy snapchat editor at the economist. and rosamund urwin, financial services correspondent at the sunday times. breaking news to bring

part of any customs union.t has always been implicit, but mrs may has put it down in black and white, which has delighted them, because they want priority to be given to having the freedom to strike our own trade deals once we leave the eu. that was the point made by conservative mp kwasi kwa rteng made by conservative mp kwasi kwarteng this morning. what i would say about the customs union is that if we were members of that, it would inhibit our ability to strike deals with other countries, which is one of the benefits brexit. we can have more flexibility, and we can extend those trade deals and relationships across the world. so, i don't think that the risks, as you say, of leaving the customs union outweigh the potential benefits. leaving the customs union outweigh the potential benefitslj leaving the customs union outweigh the potential benefits. i am joined now by wes streeting, a prominent remain campaign. are we any further forward in terms of having a sense of what mrs may is seeking to negotiate? the p

the customs unions will lead to a hard border, leaving the customs union will lead toa leaving the customsrd border between ireland and northern ireland that has been an easy before. moreover, it will hamper the trades and transport of goods and it will take a big swing at the factories in england. it will hit the blue—collar workers that still work in factories. they are the ones who pay and i think that's stupid. are they the ones who pay for these ideological choices? dan dalton, what was your response to hearing bad language used about the strategy and do you think the conservative government should keep some sort of customs union relation on the table? no, i think there is a misunderstanding about the customs union. it is often portrayed as of staying in the customs union when you leave the eu is the status quo. it is not. it would mean, the day we left the eu yet stayed in the customs union we'd and trade access to all the countries that the trade has done trade with all over the world in addition to not being able to do deals ourselves. staying in the customs union means eu are only

support are just focused on customer support.way nobody drops the ball. the other key thing is to really track that customer throughout the life cycle. that means a lot of note-taking at each stage from the moment they're first introduced to the sales team to when they become a customer and after. that way you have detailed notes of someone who has never talked to them before and just joined the team will know exactly how to talk to them and what to say. >>> we now have the top two tips you need to know to help grow your business. blake harris is the co-creator and chief creative officer of fashion accessory brand, and matt skelling is a maker of cashmere sweaters. so good to see both of you. >> thanks for having us, jj. >> matt, you were in private equity. you left that and started this company out of nothing which has been growing very significantly and you have a fund on the side. so you see growing businesses from all sides. what's your one piece of advice you have for people? >> trust your gut. i think i've been placed with

customers. so things going smoothly there. looking ahead our next small enrollment will be april 2018. we're closing the wait list now. and submitting the enrollment information to pg&e this week. so moving ahead with that small enrollment. meanwhile, we're continuing to prepare for our big enrollment in july. that includes contracting for growth. we'll be coming back to you on february 13 for supply contract authorization. we will bring along with that the portfolio assessment and risk management portfolio assessment and proforma results. and we are also before the board of supervisors today on our ordinance. you recall that on november 14, an ordinance was introduced at the board requesting that the board provide a limited delegated authority to the p.c. to enter into supply contracts that would support completion of the programme enrollment. the delegated authority described in that ordinance would include annual expenditure limitations and conditions imposed by the commission on the general

in a customs union. some eu agencies but no answer really in terms of what would happen with freedom of movement. would jeremy corbyn be willing to go along with that to secure the strong relationship with the single market? and abiding by european court of justice ruling is to ensure the strong relationship with the single market? the paradox is the tories frequently accused of wanting their ca ke frequently accused of wanting their cake and eating it. exactly the same charge can be made againstjeremy corbyn because he wants membership ora corbyn because he wants membership or a close relationship with the single market. not at all clear he is willing to abide by the sort of rules and regulations which the eu would almost certainly the man. similarly, he wants to be in a comprehensive customs union with the eu but not at all he would forfeit the right to negotiate the uk's and trade relationship. we have a divide between the two main parties but both of them are still in the cake eating country. and che

labour-saving want to joina customs union. labour-saving want to join a customs union.an? is it like turkey which has a customs union but only in but not agriculture? not in services, not in finance. is that what we want? will we ta ke finance. is that what we want? will we take rules in certain sectors but not others? liam fox also said the government would try and persuade all tory mps about the government was right as ishant before putting a trade bill before mps, which at the moment looks like it could be defeated if labour joined moment looks like it could be defeated if labourjoined tory rebels in calling for a new customs union. and ben is here now. what is the point of labour suggesting this when they are not in power, so how could the influence a customs union decision? if the tories were in power with a thumping commons majority think you are right, it wouldn't make a lot of difference. this would be political theatrics from the labour party, coming up with their alternative brexit position. but look at the commons arithmetic. since last summer the tories do n

we will stay on the customs union?ich is the key issue that we suddenly lose access to all our export markets for those that countries that have done deals with the eu and that's the issue david davis is trying to address and needs to be addressed in the midocean asians. if we get that thenl the midocean asians. if we get that then i suggest we will be staying in for the transition. -- negotiations. your position, i take this is a negotiation, it still hasn‘t been cleared up whether britain has access to the countries that have made agreements outside the eu, but the british government position in the british government position in the transition that britain would remain in the customs union? i'm not a spokesman for the british government but my understanding is if we can address this issue with regards to those third countries and also the ability to do our own trade deals as well then as i understand it the government is open for staying in for that period providing those provisos are met. paultang, isn‘t that the p

the sort of customer ministers say they will protect.oor value tariffs, are paying about £1.4 billion more than they should do. so it will save, you know, i'm not sure it will say that total amount, but it will definitely save households. so in another freeze, next year, how much would you gain from a price cap? well, the average standard variable tariff is £1,122 a year. there is an existing price cap for those on the lowest incomes, and that saves them £33 a year, which is our best guide to what the government's wider cap would be likely to bring. whereas if you shop around for the cheapest deals, you could save more than £300 a year off the standard variable tariffs. there's a worry among the price comparison websites which thrive on the switching business that the cap could take the heat out of energy competition. the worry is that people will be lulled into a false sense of security, thinking they're on a good deal, when there are much better deals available elsewhere. any the other problem is if people are not shopping around becau

she cared about her customers. she built this incredible business. i saw one other woman who did the same thing with $2500. i gave her hundreds of dollars. i decided to go to the source. i don't want you guys coming around at me asking me hundreds of millions of dollars. i'd like to join in with you much earlier. today i'd like to tell you about one other small business person. this person i went to buy his business from him and he turned he down, which was very wise. this was a fellow born about eight years before i was. he was born in 1922. he was a -- we'll call him jack. lived in the midwest. he was a pretty good athlete. didn't like school much. i'm going tell you one thing early in the story, maybe you can figure out who the guy was. the company he built hires more college graduates each year than any other company in the united states. this fellow who was decembstiner this, went to college for a year and then dropped out. he wasn't that interested in school. the year he dropped out was 1941. he went down to the army rekrutsirekruts i -- recrui

and people focused on customer support and they are focused just on customer support. if you do that, everyone becomes a strong expert in their area and nobody drops the ball. the other key thing here is to really track that customer throughout the lifecycle. it means a lot of note taking at each stage from when we are first introduced to the sales team. you have detailed notes that even if somebody never talked to them before will know what to do and what to say. >> we now have the top two tips you need to know to help you grow your business. let's get our panel in here and get their advice. the co-creator and chief creative officer of fashion accessories stella and dot. and a maker of cashmere sweaters. so good to have you. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks for having us, jj. >> i want to start with you, matt. you were in private equity. you left that. and you started this company out of nothing, which has been growing very is significantly. and you have a fund on the side. you see growing businesses from all sides. >> yeah. >> what's the biggest piece of advice you

being in a customs union is a hassle—free solution for business, but there are different types of customs corbyn is not all the details. we need to hear more. and being in a customs union wouldn't solve the problem of maintaining an invisible boarder in ireland, still a big day for labour's position on brexit, but whatever policy emerges, all it needs to be negotiated with the other 27 eu countries and all of them have opinions of their own. thank you. meanwhile the scottish and welsh governments have dismissed an offer by the government in westminster to make changes to its flagship brexit bill. the current bill has been criticised for not doing enough to hand over power, after brexit, to the devolved administrations in cardiff, edinburgh and belfast. but cabinet minister david lidington was told his offer needs to go beyond warm words. five people are now known to have died in a large explosion in leicester last night, which destroyed a building in the middle of a parade of shops. five others remain in hospital, one is said to be in a serious condition. emergency teams have been searchi

what does it mean for sky customers?are one of the 22 million sky customers in europe, it is good news, it means people are continued to continue investing in new and one of these companies, fox, comcast, disney, with huge libraries of content, they want to give you more stuff. if you are sky customer, reasons to be cheerful this week. thank you very much. the retrial is under way of the director of a yachting management company charged with the manslaughter of four sailors who died when the cheeki rafiki capsized in the north atlantic in may, 2014. thejury has been hearing how douglas innes carried on drinking after receiving an email saying the yacht was in trouble. duncan kennedy reports from winchester crown court. this was the cheeki rafiki long before the incident at the centre of this retrial. she was a 15—tonne racing yacht, but one that had not been inspected for the three years before she capsized in may, 2014. four men died when she sank — andrew bridge, the skipper, james male, the first mate, steve warren an

the idea that they are going to accept some sort of customs union from us, not their customs union, thatnd begin our own negotiations and begin our own negotiations with the rest of the world, particularly protecting poorer countries of the world. well, it is terrific to achieve but i think what he is about in this speech is moving us stage by stage asa speech is moving us stage by stage as a country to show that, i did it in good faith. you know what my voting record has been over 30 yea rs. voting record has been over 30 years. i try to make a break with that, look how they have treated me. i have failed on all the main fronts. i wish them luck. i hope he succeeds. but i thinkjeremy‘s long—term instinct, the one i have had, we have always been in the same lobby together, will be shown to be correct. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first , the headlines on bbc news: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has set out his party's approach to brexit, with a promise that a labour government would support a customs union with the eu. four people have died after a large ex

in terms of the practical differences, customs union versus no customs union.l is this? everybody says they will trade to be as frictionless as possible. it is about how you want to achieve that and how realistic that is. the government wants to be able to strike its own trade deals. it wants to rely on managed divergence. more divergence in some areas than others to stay as close as possible to the eu to allow it to get a favourable trade deal. is that cherry picking? they claim it might be. they talked about having a say in trade deals and the national interest, but they seem to be talking about having a say in future a you to does as part of some kind of block, not striking out on their owi'i. “— of block, not striking out on their own. —— in future eu trade deals as pa rt of own. —— in future eu trade deals as part of some sort of block. i spoke to one person tonight who said this at least let the door open to staying in the single market for good. total alignment on rules and regulations for goods. half of the single market. and that solves your problem in

how can you have an invisible border there without some kind of customs union?f these issues in the next few months and turn them into a legal text — a withdrawal agreement that would have to be ratified and signed before the uk leaves the eu in march 2019. at the same time negotiations are about to begin on a transition period after brexit for up to two years. those arrangements mean the uk would have to follow all eu rules and regulations, without having any say in making them. but they would give businesses and governments more time to plan for the future. but what will the future actually look like? negotiations on that haven't even begun yet, and the other 27 eu countries are still considering theirjoint position while they wait for more clarity from london. trade is the obvious issue — will the uk remain closely aligned with eu rules and regulations, will it try to forge its own path, or — as seems likely — will it try to negotiate a mixture of the two? the eu is already warning against ‘cherry—picking' the best bits. there are also a host of other issues

there needs a similar customs arrangements are you not in the customs union, i don't mind that, we willthe point is we wa nt leave side went around the point is we want to raise new barriers to trade in the market where we sell 44% of our exports, which is one of the biggest and richest international free—trade areas in the world. you mentioned anna seabury, you said she has cross— party seabury, you said she has cross—party support, are we looking ata cross—party support, are we looking at a position where this government where this government will be defeated on this? —— anna soubry. defeated on this? —— anna soubrylj hope so, some absurdity, where we go back to have closed border between ourselves and europe. what happens then? in the wake of a government defeat? we have parliamentary sovereignty. the way these things usually work actually, is wanted becomes obvious to achieve with leading ministers that they can't persuade parliament to agree with this, then the government comes forward with its own proposals to make sure that it actually deliver something which parliament is satisf

but you need a genuine desire, day in and day out to delight the customer. i've never seen a business, and i've seen a lot of businesses , but i've never seen one that the lights the customer, that doesn't succeed. what you want is the customer the next day, when they think, do i want to rent a car, or do i want to buy furniture, or what goes through their mind. that is a place where they had a great experience. i don't know what i paid for actually if somebody , gave it to me but for purposes of this speech, i will. i have no idea, but for the shirt i'm wearing. but i do know, i will remember how i was treated when i bought it. you long forget about the price but you never forget whether you had a good experience or a poor experience. with the first experience. and [applause] you'll have a hard time finding a person that had a wonderful experience a delighted , experience in purchasing anything that is going to come back. and similarly, if the memory is of rudeness , indifference, whatever it may be, they're never going to come back. and as a small business

the government says we will leave the customs union and the single market after brexit. the customs unioningle some labour mps want their party to commit to both. it's a massive hit on our economy if we leave the single market, if we leave the customs union. it's a massive hit to peace in northern ireland if we leave the customs union. in northern ireland if these are core labour values. in northern ireland if but brexit—supporting labour mps argue the party risks betraying their own voters. you've come out, stella, with all these things, we will stay in the customs union, we will stay in the single market. the decision was quite clear to leave. in the north, labour voters voted very, very clearly. are you going to rat on them or not? voted very, very clearly. the brexit negotiation is not only a haggle between the uk government and the eu. parliament is critical, too. government and the eu. theresa may did not have an overall majority in the commons and a number of tory mps also argue that the uk should have a customs union with the eu. argue that the uk should so, a vote, when it comes,

but barclaycard is saying its credit ca rd customers can but barclaycard is saying its credit card customersther crypto currencies. rbs, the same. it's a mix situation. this move by lloyds has added further downward pressure to the value of bitcoin. worth less than £6,000, going down closer to £5,000 as we speak. very volatile. this is the wild west of internet finance. it is behaving like a buckaroo, up and down. lloyds bank say customers need to be protected and the banks are also protecting themselves because they are extending credit to the customer and there is a possibility during the 55 days of interest—free credit on your card you use a lot of money and someone credit on your card you use a lot of money and someone won't be able to pay the bank back when their bitcoin falls in value. the situation as we are waiting to see what other banks will do. bitcoin enthusiasts have been saying it's not fair for the bank to say we can't use our money in this way. the situation is, it's the bank's money. its credit. you can use a debit card to buy that kind of crypto currency. joining me now is

labour say they want to join a customs union. what does that mean?in goods and not out there colter? not in services, not in finance? is that what we want to bring. will you take ruled in certain sectors but not others. liam fox also said the government would try to persuade all tory mps about the government's position before putting a trade bill before mps, which at the moment looks like it could be defeated will stop if labour joint looks like it could be defeated will stop if labourjoint tory rebels in calling for a new customs union. which is why the impact of labour propper policy should could be very significant. today a couple of the conservative mps who also not a customs union between the eu and the uk after brexit repeated that demand. so the cross party potential is there to blow the government's preferred plan out of the water, but a book could be a long way off and a lot could happen before then, including on friday what is billed asa including on friday what is billed as a very important speech by theresa may on brexit in which she's ex

clea ra nce at the border and we did have customs clearance processes, very very disruptive. customscesses, very very disruptive. not constructive or helpful to businesses or trading between the countries. the british government says it wants to throw its trade arms wide and do free trade deals with countries like america and china, prevented at present because we are a member of the customs union. the problem is how quickly can we do those deals, and will they replace the close trading relationship we presently have with our most important export customer. thank you. a 33—year—old man accused of hacking into us government computers has won a high court challenge against his extradition to the united states. lauri love, who has asperger‘s syndrome, is alleged to have carried out a series of cyber attacks on targets including the fbi. mr love was facing a 99—year jail sentence in the us but he could still be prosecuted in the uk, as daniela relph reports. for four years, the threat of extradition to the united states had hung over him. lauri love described it as "gnawing away at his s

it is notjust his fans, but some tory mps want to keep our customs links, too. and parliament, could cause trouble for number 10. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, coventry. the number of people known to have died in an explosion and fire in a building in leicester yesterday has risen to five. search and rescue teams recovered a body from the rubble earlier today. five people remain in hospital, one is critically ill. emergency crews have been continuing to search the ruins of the property, as our correspondent sima kotecha reports. the damage, fully exposed, in daylight. last night, just after seven, an explosion. a shop and the flat above it were destroyed. flames shot up into the air, around seven metres high. towering over the surrounding buildings. ijust heard a big bang. the owner of the shop was inside at the time. rubble? under the bricks and rubble. how are you feeling at the moment? i don't know how to tell you. never i feel how i am now. the shop was a polish supermarket. it had only been open since january. today, firefighters spent hours inside, wading th

did, could you lose customers?s went down, but that's the same for egypt and turkey, we give people as much information so they can make informed decision about where they wa nt to informed decision about where they want to spend their money on their family holidays. china a chinese textile producer has bought a majority stake in a swiss luxury brand bally for an undisclosed sum. rico is in singapore, tell us about this. reports are saying that the sale price of bally to this chinese apparel maker could be in the $700 million range but the bali sale is a prime example that many chinese companies have been aggressive in acquiring foreign luxury brands —— bally. shandong ruyi already owns a majority stake in british trenchcoat brand aquascutum and it owns a jeans maker. bally officials say the deal comes at a time of strong continuous growth especially in asia. in 2017 alone, samantha, chinese companies spent 100 billion us dollars in luxury brand acquisitions. fortune fountain capital bought a luxury maker. xinjiang

union and then lead britain into a customs union?vote for a customs union, but if it did, it would be pretty existential for her administration and her authority. so for that reason, i do not think many of my colleagues would support the opposition on this, and i also expect rather more labour mps will be voting as we saw from people like frank field over the weekend, rather more labour mps supporting the government. because if we stay in the customs union, we're not delivering the referendum result. i'm so sorry, we have already overrun. as one of the gulf states, one of the richest countries in the world, and the host of the 2022 world cup, you will not be surprised to hear that qatar has imported hundreds of thousands of workers to build its facilities. you will also not be surprised to hear that many deaths have occured on the construction sites, although the precise numbers are disputed, and that qatar has been much criticised for the treatment of its migrant labour. but you may not have heard about the case of zac cox, a britis

will there be a customs partnership?checks at the border, what is the consequence, particularly for the border between northern ireland and the republic? still huge questions, and asi the republic? still huge questions, and as i say ministers are meeting on wednesday and thursday, and plenty of people hope that will offer some more answers, but of course the difficulty for theresa may is there is a real difference of views in her own party about what brexit should mean, what it should look like, and trying to come up with that clarity will involve some compromise. is there a deadline, a point at which they have got to come up point at which they have got to come up with the answers? the deadline is the period for which there is to negotiate brexit. there is some difference on this timetable, because as things stand the transitional phase is next up in negotiations, the hope is that will be agreed in march and then talk will turn to future trade, and at the same time the government has to get all of the details of its wit

kentucky fried chicken customers in the u.k. were left disappointed after the fast food chain was forced to close most of its nine hundred outlets because it was unable to get fresh chicken delivered the first food chain recently switched its delivery contract to d.h.l. which clearly had some serious logistics problems neither k.f.c. nor d.h.l. went public with the reasons for the shortfall. it's called petro and is meant to help pull venezuela out of its endless crisis. on tuesday the country's president nicolas maduro launched a new digital currency. but it definitely won't today marks the birth of a. cryptocurrency they can take on superman the petro not even superman could threaten it. but we're there. to encourage trust in the new crypto currency the petro is to be backed up by crude oil reserves no one has faith anymore in venezuela's currency the volley voc inflation in the country is hovering around four thousand percent. food and medicine are scarce hunger and misery are now common in venezuela. move the petro help solv

he did worry, did focus on the page and that was the customer experience. and i have seen for the one i didn't, the onethat got away , i went down to florida and tried to talk him in to do it, he was smart enough not to do it. the value has quadrupled since i made that business but he was smart enough to see that he would find that business. henry ford as you may know failed twice before you started, ford motor company in 1903. the test isn't whether you get the greatest, idea in the world the first time out. the test is whether you keep learning as you go along what your strengths are and what you can do for your customers , what you can bring especially to the heart. and to do that, you need the education that i know you've received. for 10,000 small businesses. but you need a genuine desire, day in and day out to delight the customer. never seen a business, and i've seen a lot of businesses that delight the customer, that doesn't succeed. what you want is the customer the next day and a thank you i want to rent a car, do i want to buy furniture, or what

being in a customs union is a hassle—free solution for businesses.nt types of customs union and all we have heard from jeremy corbyn today, was not all of the details for businesses to know. it's also worth remembering that being in a customs union wouldn't entirely solve the problem of maintaining an invisible border in ireland. you'd also need something like a new free trade agreement, to deal with regulations on things like food safety or animal welfare. still, it's been a big day for labour's position on brexit. but whatever policy emerges in london — all of it still needs to be negotiated with the other 27 eu countries, and all of them have opinions of their own. chris morris. thank you. the number of people known to have died in an explosion and fire in a building in leicester yesterday has risen to five. search and rescue teams recovered a body from the rubble earlier today. five people remain in hospital, one is critically ill. emergency crews have been continuing to search the ruins of the property, as our correspondent sima kotecha reports.

union not the customs union. might you side with jeremy corbyn?m union not the customs union. is you side with jeremy corbyn? it is our amendment. it is a discussion. i'm pleased we have had meetings with the chief whip. we will talk to the prime minister about it. the prime minister has to be in listening mode because the referendum is still divisive. we need to compromise for both sides of the argument. theresa may has been saying as well as liam fox, that we have so many opportunities to do deals with english—speaking countries and the commonwealth. if you add up all our trade with all of the commonwealth, it doesn't add up to our trade with spain, france and germany. my anxiety is that theresa may keeps on using this language. it's like she's gone seven rounds with the english language and it's come out bloodied. she uses all these phrases that simply don't mean anything. suddenly someone produces anything. suddenly someone produces a legal text, like the eu has, anything. suddenly someone produces a legaltext, like the eu has, and she says it is not what she meant. the co

they've not actually tracked down all of these customers yet.ome of these customers have lost their homes by the errors by the bank. more than a dozen have lost their homes. some receiving more than 300,000 euros in compensation. so this has been an ongoing issue. >> clearly, it appears as though, as far as she's concerned, has a monumental task in retaining the reputation because the bank of ireland has been aligned with these legacy issues in the past did you get any sense of what it's going to be like going forward? >> well, she's been proactive as an individual. she was testifying a few days ago to parliament on this issue. she's personally apologizing again and again and again. it seems in the last six months, she's repeatedly had to apologize for transgressions before she took over in this role in terms of the bank, there's a sizable amount of underperformingloans, 6 billio euros left on the balance sheet, about 4 billion of impaired loans left on the balance sheet. and these are things she's working hard to try to reduce. what they're try

staying in a customs union with the eu is one of the ways to do that.ion. it almost guarantees their position that we will end up with a hard border on the island of ireland. the foreign secretary was not serious this morning, no one is serious. no one has come up with a reasonable explanation about how that would work. heavy snowfall hits parts of the uk causing travel disruption and school closures. the trade secretary liam fox will defend plans to be a customs union in order to strike bilateral deals after brexit, but his former top official said it is like swapping 83 course meal for a packet of crisps. reports of air strikes and shelling in the syrian controlled enclave of eastern ghouta where a five hour ceasefire is said to have come into force. us cable tv giant comcast has made a £22.1 billion bid for sky, challenging an existing offer from rupert murdoch's 21st century fox. it had already agreed to buy the 61% of sky it does not already own. comcast chief executive brian roberts says he's "confident" the offer would be cleared by regulators. m

each shift of policy on the customs union. have been months of uncertainty on labour's position. what its vision was in times of britain's future relationship with the eu after brexit. this now marks labour moving decisively towards a much softer version of brexit. while a harder version of brexit. while a harder version being pursued by theresa may. it really separates the parties, putting them into clear positions. staying within a cost customs union, labour's new policy, this would mean britain would still need to impose tariffs on goods coming into the country and abide by many of the rules and regulations we currently do within the eu. as opposed to theresa may's version, leaving the customs union, with much more room for britain to divert, go off and do its own thing. but as keir starmer set out today, this new labour policy which will be announced tomorrow. well, we have long championed being in a customs union with the eu and the benefits of that. obviously, it is the only way realistically to get tariff free access. i

our biggest customer is the eu. 43% of all uk exports go there.of what is called a customs union. that means that goods and services can circulate freely throughout the eu with no import taxes and few border checks. uk farms are able to integrate themselves into supply chain networks so farms can have their manufacturing networks extend across countries. the second main benefit is that large multinational companies who have located their investment and jobs in the uk in the first place, to take advantage of not just the uk market but also the european market, the third benefit is that as a part of the large eu trading block the uk could extract concessions in negotiating with other countries like china that they might not have got if they were operating individually. the government has made it clear it wants to leave the customs union so we are less constrained by eu trade rules but as michel barnier made clear today that means taxes and border checks are likely for our exports to the eu, like food and cars. and that is a barrier to trade. and we

, and customers, a willing success. >> will you be losing customers who don't fit your ethos. >> every ceo will have to decide are they going to fire their top sales executive because they did not match their values in the field or something did not happen i went through that. quite a few years ago now. and that is a tough decision, it is a lot of sleepless nights it is a defining decision for every ceo when they can say, this is what we stands for these values our values don't change. our numbers are changing. >> we have been among executives who have questioned a notion that values lead to higher stock prices when i listen to you, i think values are perhaps the determinant of higher stock prices. >> i can't agree more. >> but it is ethereal, not what we have been taught. >> are you focused just on your shareholders or on your stakeholders, your stakeholders are your shareholders but your customers, your employees, your community. we had a great quarter look at that on and off-balance sheet, deferred revenue >> i am calling best in eight years. my view. >> it was our best quarter we h

we have long championed being in a customs union with the eu and the benefits of that.t is the only way we are listed lead to get tariff free access and is really important for our manufacturing base. —— realistically to get. nobody can answer the question about keeping a hard border with northern ireland without a customs union. the winter olympic games have ended with the closing ceremony at pyeongchang olympic stadium. team gb took a record tally of five medals at the games. the chinese president xi jinping could serve indefinitely under constitutional changes that are being proposed. one of bollywood's most famous actresses, sridevi kapoor, who starred in more than 150 films, has died suddenly at the age of 5a. and, in half an hour here on bbc news, is seeing really believing? click investigates deep fakes and software used to swap faces in video. good afternoon. labour would keep britain in a customs union with the eu — according to the party's brexit spokesman. sir keir starmer told the bbc‘s andrew marr show that a new treaty, replicating the existing customs arr

all customers can find updates.res partner george john built a successful career in marketing as cofounder of rocket fuel. what does he make of the current controversy about policing content? selina wang caught up with george at the goldman sachs tech conference to discuss that and investing in ai. take a listen. >> looking at it, there are some thetary consequences, like google or facebook feed. there are a lot of good-natured computer sciences who are trying to help people find content that they would like to read. unfortunately, that creates a -- of these bubbles. where you are extreme and all you see is more and more extreme content your view of the world , is different from someone else. it is partly that good-natured, let's be helpful, then being gamed by bad actors in the system. there are a lot of areas in beenting where they have trying to keep the bad guys out. everyone has intrusion detection and other forms of computer security. i think we just had not thought about these open forums and the extent to wh

a customs union as part of a soft brexit strategy. anything new customs union. be in the one we are currently in. and he is... there are plenty of people in his party who will say it did not go farenough and the his party who will say it did not go far enough and the guardian have broken i hear the 80 senior labour figures emerged and made a statement that britain stays in the single market. of course, jeremy corbyn was elected by his membership with an emphasis on his membership... his membership not only overwhelmingly eroded remain, but they also would like to a different approach on brexit. i think this is putting clear water between labour and the tories in terms of the policy but at the same time, there are people in the same time, there are people in the party who think this is not go anywhere near far enough. corbyn accused of selling snake 00 over brexit. how is it snake oil? that sound like a fake suggestion. that select a fake use of phrase... that comes from david davis. what he is here is that this, obviously he claims it betrays labour's supporters

the labour party would keep the uk in a customs union after brexit.arties, brexit‘s spokesman has confirmed that shift of policy today, circular shouldst armagh was talking on the andrew marr show saying the arrangement would be best for the economy. it is a policy shift marking a clear difference with theresa may, committed to leaving the eu customs arrangement and the single market. here is our political correspondent. this now marks labour moving decisively towards a much softer version of brexit than the harder version being pursued as we understand it by theresa may. why doesn't matter? it the parties. staying within a customs union, labour's new policy, this would mean britain would still need to impose tariffs in goods coming in to the country and abide by many of the rules and regulations we currently do within the eu. as opposed to theresa may's version which is leading the customs union and giving britain much more room to divert and go off and do its own thing. but as keir starmer set out, this new labour policy will be announced tomorrow b

we can stay in some sort of revamped customs union, another form of customs union.ning street put it down in black and white that we will not be pa rt black and white that we will not be part of any type of customs union whatsoever. that will please the brexit is because they regard the great prize of brexit is our ability, once we leave, to go out on strike our own trade deals, which we cannot do if we stay in a customs union. albeit there are plenty of tory remainders, the labour party and the snp and others who do want us and the snp and others who do want us to think about staying in a customs union and that was what hilary benn said this morning. the prime minister has brexiteers to the left of her, remain as to the right of her but in the end she will need to make a decision because we need to make a decision because we need to make a decision because we need to know what the future relationship is going to be. i think we should stay in the customs union andl we should stay in the customs union and i think we should stay as close as possible to the single mark

i think that corbyn will go for the customs union.ill go for a customs union. i think it's all aboutjobs, and the shadow foreign secretary saying, it's the right thing to think. he may well, and then not only does it put the debate in a near existential one for the challenge to the government in the house in a real way, then tory rebels must think, what do i do now, do i vote with the labour party in favour of a customs union, but i could bring down the government? they must decide whether they are a remainer before they are a tory. correct, and i think many will decide they are a tory before they are a remainer. if corbyn does do that, the other domestic thing to think about is he crushes the liberal democrats, which is a long—term labour party aim and with which i don't entirely lack sympathy. he crushes them because? they have been the pro—european party but if labour is pro—european enough and has the potential of getting into government, they hoover up lots of those lib dem votes. the lib dems have been fishing for a long time in

union or a customs union, and if so, will he ta ke customs union, and if so, will he take the laboure government? and the answer? i think he won't. putting your colours to the mast like that undermines him with many labour voters who voted to leave the european union, and makes a start position between him and the government with the government saying we are trying to implement the largest baby ever had in our country and you are seeking to stymie it. putting aside principles, the practical political question is, could he defeat the government? that i don't know. if you stood up for the customs union, some conservative mps would vote with him. we will come back to that. i want to go back to that checkers moments, the kind of, some called it a fudge, others called it ambitious, the prime minister playing a blinder. as someone minister playing a blinder. as someone not in the entrails of brexit everyday, do you feel you watch that episode and you now understood where the government stands on brexit? i am a political junkie so i do understand it but for much of the world, if you compile

not having a customs union.ause it is separate from the single market. there is a brilliant explainer on a website of what they all mean. but website of what they all mean. but we need to move on. let's talk about the business groups who, according to the independent, backjeremy corbyn. this is the slightly strange thing. you have a hard left labour leader who believes in intervention, who believes in nationalisation once again and yet, on the brexit question, most business wants to see as close an alignment to the eu as possible, so, corbyn, again, is playing some quite clever politics and has got some conservative ministers this morning very angry. something i mentioned yesterday, we we re something i mentioned yesterday, we were looking ahead to this speech, he and the opposition, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonald, he and the opposition, the shadow chancellor john mcdonald, have he and the opposition, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonald, have been meeting with the big hitters within business and industry, pri

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