this is a good show because we get this we get to bash george osborne which is always a fun thing for me to dale especially here in the u.s. right can do that i getting. my. stacy to be fair and balanced george osborne's mother loves him she thinks he is the most amazing person on earth and in fact the beneficiaries of some of his schemes love him too because they got free money from the british taxpayer perhaps a british taxpayer is not so happy about the rest of the story and we're going to talk about help to buy this is a scheme george osborne when he was chancellor of the exchequer introduced in 2013 march of 2013 you and i immediately did an episode and it's called ponzi lottery and that is episode 4 to 5 and i want to play this little clip where we talk about the ponzi economics of the u.k. as they point out in this case of nicholas levine he was running a ponzi scheme a ponzi scheme pays returns to investors from other investors money or their own until rather than legitimate profits no legitimate profits cut to the ponzi economy that i said this is like into the a ponzi econom

so there was bull george osborne booted out the first five minutes, michael gove given short shrift as think that that i would speculate might well play a part. there really has been bad blood between her and michael gove over the years. it would be amazing for her to then go and vote for him. borisjohnson, i don't think he is flavour of the month. so do you thinkjeremy hunt? may be. they had that massive fallen out. but they reconciled recently. going back to the two spot ballot paper, lots of people suggesting theresa may might have spot her ballot paper! not her style. we will find out very soon. whoever it is, it will be an interesting contest in the next few weeks. although jeremy has pledged his mast to brexit and has pledged his mast to brexit and has emphasised that, if there is a sense that he was not an original brexiteer, that matters, especially with theresa may. you are not a true believer? exactly. from that perspective, if it is to exit tos, michael gove, who as we all know, has voted brexit for a long longer than boris johnson, that has voted brexit for a long longer th

he was the protege, george osborne, they were friendly in the treasury and now he crept up.rly about the idea of porsches and become a prime masters that changes things a little bit. he says i'm really nothing in or out. things a little bit. he says i'm really nothing in or outlj things a little bit. he says i'm really nothing in or out. i thought someone was close to the home secretary. he has been mentioned as well. but hancock thinks he could be the exchequer. go for it. but that will upset list trust, a loyalist all the way along. who is not material for that kind ofjob, i have to say. as a feminist, i say that. i have watched her and i think... because the eu is savaging johnson, not boris broughtjohnson. that is the way to do it. more levers to open the withdrawal of him again. they would say that for that they were not like worse johnson. the fingerjohnson is he moved from being quiet and open—minded, politician, quite open to being what he is today. he might move back. i remember him... when he was mayor and saying under by committed workers. a radical amazing idid c

i praise george osborne for putting it forward, but what is sad is that five years on, where is it? being asked to cut essential services. we've got rail having gone in reverse. where is this northern powerhouse? well, not here. here, they are rejecting the idea of a northern powerhouse, that is despite receiving the money that came with it. here they are pushing their own luck, so funding a new business district and regenerating using money from the coastal communities fund. does st anne's need the northern powerhouse? i think we manage very nicely on our own, thank you. we are a force to be reckoned with as an enterprise partnership now, and northern powerhouse — if it wants to assist us, we won't say no. perhaps half a decade is too soon to judge the architecture of such an ambitious build. in the years to come, we'll see if the northern powerhouse can withstand the cracks in the wall to build a better north for everyone. nina warhurst, bbc news. england's cricketers have a chance to go level at the top of the cricket world cup standings if they secure a win over sri lanka at hea

quite interesting he got endorsed today by george osborne evening standard actually, saying they wereid. i remember when theresa may felt as though she was going to rain and a lot of people were going around saying i am a key adviser or ianda around saying i am a key adviser or i and a key part of the team. look, i don't know whether george osborne really is central to the way in which borisjohnson was thinking but there are people who would be happy for us to imagine that at the moment. one interesting script was to spoiled ballot papers i will ask you later on if you think they spoiled their ballot papers. anyway, after today's votes it's going to be bound to the conservative membership, the latter party membership, the latter party membership as we have been saying to pick their necks to be there and next prime minister of this country so we can get a flavour of their thinking right now. and we talk to the selection of them and see who's conservative counsel for redic borough council, david pugh who is the chairman of the isle of wight conservative association. and also to nicola l

five years after george osborne created the concept of the northern powerhouse, we ask how well it isorking. and i want you to meet forky! and mark kermode tells us what he thinks of disney's latest film, toy story four. good afternoon. the parents of a teenage muslim convert who went to syria to fight for the islamic state group have been convicted of sending him £223, knowing that it might be used to fund terrorism. john letts and saleh lane were cleared of a second similar charge and the jury we re second similar charge and the jury were unable to reach a verdict on the third charge. the couple have been spared jail and were given suspended sentences of 15 months. jack letts, with his parents sally and john, jack letts, with his parents sally andjohn, a jack letts, with his parents sally and john, a picture perfect childhood. he converted to islam at the age of 16 and two years later he travelled to jordan the age of 16 and two years later he travelled tojordan and kuwait telling his parents he had gone to study arabic. months later he was in syria. sally lane told the court she wa

change behavior tabloid headlines have led to a debate in the house of commons with for example george osborne talking about how taxpayers a subsidizing these lifestyles and this was after the daily mail headlined by a product of welfare u.k. it's setting an agenda that the problem is people who exist in poverty not that there are not an economic crisis on austerity because of people like mary that we have to bring the benefits. in a country where social security cards are having a real impact on people in need a media industry has grown creating its own set of beneficiaries it is the publish it produces p.r. agent some politicians reap the benefits and you could call it irresponsible. to use a term the media usually reserved for those on benefits seamus. and finally president trump's state visit to the u.k. was all over the news this past week mean makers balloon designers and protesters all had a field day but it's not like trump doesn't have fans overseas take israel and this next video which was posted on you tube recently the song's title is supertramp it lauds jerusalem's prince who figh

it has been five years since this, george osborne's now landmark speech.the north. whether that is a record investment in transport, schools. successes include transport for the north, an organisation which has set out £70 billion investment package. but new research published today shows that transport spending per head in the north increased by less tha n per head in the north increased by less than half of what it has in the capital. and the north still falls behind on skills and education, only 33% of young people in yorkshire and the humber are 33% of young people in yorkshire and the humberare in 33% of young people in yorkshire and the humber are in education post a—level, that's compared to 53% in london. every company that i meet talks about the skills gap. they talks about the skills gap. they talk about the fact that they struggle to invest, they talk about the fact that they can't be competitive. because they have vacancies within their business. there is some optimism too. this hull company makes ethical cleaning products and is expanding. hul

in 2015, conservative chancellor george osborne said the bbc, not the government must pick up the billyear, bbc director—general tony hall, having agreed to take on the responsibility, asked the public what should happen in a consultation. there were over 190,000 responses. 48% of people said the bbc should keep the scheme as it is. 37% said it should be reformed, and 15% said it should be abolished. the bbc board said that means by 52—48, the will of the people is that some pensioners should have to pay for the licence again. in north london, there was a mixed response from pensioners at this exercise class. i'm not on pension credit, but i'm not rich. for me, that is going to be a bit of an effort. i can afford to pay the fee, so i'm quite happy, one way. but i would like quality programmes. by opting for a means tested measure set by parliament, the bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it's making its own judgements about poverty. currently, single pensioners with a weekly income of £167 or less, £255 for a couple, are eligible for pension credit. but the numbers are actually going

|j praise george osborne for putting it forward , praise george osborne for putting it forward, but fiveail having gone in reverse. where is this northern hower house? well not here. in neighbouring lancashire, productivity‘s improving faster than in most parts of north and that is despite rejecting the idea of a mayor and the money that m cos with it. we are proactive in achieving funding. we are not in any financial trouble. everything is going well here. so that sounds a bit i'm all rightjackish. here. so that sounds a bit i'm all right jackish. if it ain't broke don't fix it? quite so, yes. here they're pushing their own luck. self—funding a new business district and regenerating. the you need a northern power house? and regenerating. the you need a northern power house ?|j and regenerating. the you need a northern power house? i think we manage nicely on our own, thank you. we are a force to be reckoned with as an enterprise partnership and northern power house if it won'ts wants to assist us we can't say no. perhaps it is too early to judge the architecture of such an ambitious bui

change behavior tabloid headlines have led to a debate in the house of commons with for example george osborne talking about how taxpayers a subsidizing these lifestyles and this was after the daily mail headlined by a product of welfare u.k. it's setting an agenda that the problem is people who exist in poverty not that there are not an economic crisis or not austerity but because of people out rate that we have to bring the benefits. in a country where social security cards are having a real impact on people in need a media industry has grown creating its own set of beneficiaries it is the publishers produces p.r. agent some politicians to reap the benefits and you could call it irresponsible. to use a term the media usually reserved for those on benefits seamus. and finally president trump's state visit to the u.k. was all over the news this past week mean makers balloon designers and protesters all had a field day but it's not like trump doesn't have fans overseas take israel and this next video which was posted on you tube recently the song's title is supertramp it lauds jerusalem's princ

for chancellor, george osborne, a that pledge in 2050.d an increase in demand in the past year. 5 years ago, george osborne at launch his project to try and rebalance the north south divide. we need the northern powerhouse too. but research giving it to the bbc suggest there is a long way to go. since 201a, there are so do thousands more children living in a poor household. transport for spending an opening offer is less than half than what it is the capital. one success has been devolution, nearly half of the north now has an elected mayor who decides how money is spent in the area of his up but arouse let more power and investment is needed. westminster has felt the north of england, that is over decades under the governments of all colours. no north and south divide is real and it is a matter of serious economic injustice. no north and south divide isa injustice. no north and south divide is a problem that has been with us for decades. my proposal is to take power money and influence away from —— to power money and influence away from

it is hank up he's clearly very ambitious and he comes from the old born the former chancellor george osborne stable a clever man he ran cameron for the leadership in 2000 of the army of was 100 to one no but he was not cyder an oddball was the trainer he got he was the chief strategist and osborne is running hancock it's very clear and 2nd secondly he's got david livingstone the ones once the deputy prime minister because some of the utech for the leadership. i never to i thought he might be prime minister of some other kids. and that might have happened but anyway he's living to an interesting for instance so there's a bit of establishment support there's a bit of quiet money those logs is not unattractive but you think. mark karpal no hope of spaces unfortunately yes although i have my own something what sparky about as for mcvey she's brings a bit of ready something different i like her to the pub me and might go well aintree but we're not unfortunate talking about the grand national here with the. flat rates so we should keep our eye of a higher court but ours of future but let's look at

george osborne wanted to slash welfare benefits far greater and deeper and we stopped him.e ones we didn't stop and that is justified but look at the ones we absolutely stopped and i am proud we were there to stop the right—wing tories cutting welfare even deeper. do you take responsibility for the eu referendum vote because of the austerity measures you voted for in the coalition governments? i don't think it was a result of the liberal democrats. the referendum was only able to happen once the conservatives were governing on their own and they had said they hadn't expected they would have to deliver on having a referendum in the first place. they thought they would potentially be in a coalition again and they wouldn't be held to that. i do recognise that while we did do a lot of great stuff, more money for poorer pupils, we can't get everything right. what do you regret then? the bedroom tax. we should not have let that through. we should also not have gone back on what we said on tuition fees. we actually had a policy that low income people could go to university but the

interesting position on brexit because we all knew he was really a brexiteer but from loyalty to george osborneide. he will be able to draw in some brexiteers as well as remain as. the other angle for debate is a lot of talk about living with no deal will we have to extend the period. the financial times says that boris johnson was easing off the no deal rhetoric was their suggestion. johnson was easing off the no deal rhetoric was their suggestionm may be wishful thinking that they're talking about the fact that when pushed he has given slightly less strong language about his enthusiasm for no deal and that comes in the context of yet another league cabinet paper talking about how unprepared we are for no deal. supposedly we ramped up no deal preparations in the run—up to the original deadline. when that was taken off the table that we then cancelled some preparations and those of now been stepped up again. civil servants themselves are warning that they are 1 million miles away from being ready when it comes to stop piling medicine, for example. plans to nationalise ferries and start governme

there was a deal done in 2015 by believed david cambron, george osborne saying that the bbc would havences which would cost the bbc effect of its revenue starting next year. —— i believe by david cameron. gordon brown is appealing to theresa may as one of her legacy, she trying to spray one of her legacy, she trying to spray cash. philip hammond is trying to stop her. she's trying to cement her legacy and the few weeks she has before she goes. it was his legacy? it was stopping to fantastic successful mps and pms with the same legacy. free tv licences for the over 70 fives. you think she is like to ta ke over 70 fives. you think she is like to take it up the? i don't know. i don't think philip hammond will let her. she couldn't spend money on schools that she wanted to the other day. that is a matter for the next prime minister. good evening. ruth? i agree. on that note! that's it for the papers this hour. john and ruth will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website, bbc.co.uk/papers. and i

is hank hope he's clearly very ambitious and he comes from the old born the former chancellor george osborne a stable a clever man he ran cameron for the leadership in 2000 of the army of was 100 to one no but he was the outsider and all those ball was the trainer he got he was the chief strategist and osborne is running hancock it's very clear and 2nd secondly he's got david livingston the ones once the deputy prime minister because some of the utech for the leadership are not serious i never thought i thought he might be prime minister of some other kids. and that might have happened but anyway he's living to an interesting for instance so there's a bit of establishment support there's a bit of quiet money those logs is not unattractive do you think. mark karpal no hope of spaces unfortunately yes although i had my own something what sparky about as for mcvey she's brings a bit of something different i like ot there were probably and might go well that aintree but we're not unfortunate talking about the grand national here we're talking about a flat race so we should keep our eye on higher

it has been five years since this, george osborne's now landmark speech.on of northern cities. fast forward to 2019, ministers insist they are on the right track. we have a plan to drive the hopes and aspirations of people in the north. and all over the north of england. whether that is a record investment in transport, record investment in schools. successes include transport for the north, an organisation which has set out a £70 billion investment package. but new research published today shows that transport spending per head in the north increased by less than half of what it has in the capital. and the north still falls behind on skills and education, only 33% of young people in yorkshire and the humber are in education post a—level, that's compared to 53% in london. every company that i meet talks about the skills gap. they talk about the fact that they struggle to invest, they talk about the fact that they can't be competitive. because they have vacancies within their business. there is some optimism too. this hull company makes ethical cleaning pro

ithink, ultimately, the bbc did go through this when george osborne handed it over to the bbc and thatcision for them to make and they will get bad press from it. but almost i think the fight needed to be in stopping it. they would probably rather bad press than losing hundreds of millions of pounds. the daily mail, speaking about bad press, they are pretty angry about it. and the express, bbc, join us to stop axing of free tv licences. and outraged, they say, over 3.7 million pensioners losing the benefit. sign our petition. over 3.7 million pensioners losing the benefit. sign our petitionm takes something like this to unite a and a right wing paper, although they are owned by the same newspaper group now “— they are owned by the same newspaper group now “ a they are owned by the same newspaper group now —— a left wing and a right wing. as katy says, the mirror says it is the fault of the government, andl it is the fault of the government, and i think are probably as the government's vault. although the bbc we re full government's vault. although the bbc were full is to allow the hot

it was launched five years ago by the then chancellor george osborne. so, what impact has it had?earch suggests spending in real terms in the north per person is less than half what's been spent in london. weekly pay increased by 2.4 per cent in the north but 3.5 per cent nationally in real terms. but it's a different story for employment. in the north, it has increased, with more than 311,000 extra professional, scientific and innovation jobs and a further 511,000 jobs in manufacturing. our correpondent, danny savage, has this report. we need the northern powerhouse, too. not one city, but a collection of northern cities... remember this? the chancellor of the time setting out a vision of northern england. he called it the northern powerhouse but what has happened since? modern transport links were suggested to cut down on travel times between northern cities. but in 2019, there are still pacer trains and journey times are about the same. those pushing to improve transport are frustrated. we need the spending review to give absolute firm commitment to hs2, to northern powerhouse

in 2015, conservative chancellor george osborne said the bbc, not the government must pick up the billor—general tony hall, having agreed to take on the responsibility, asked the public what should happen in a consultation. there were over 190,000 responses. 48% of people said the bbc should keep the scheme as it is. 37% said it should be reformed, and 15% said it should be abolished. the bbc board said that means by 52—48, the will of the people is that some pensioners should have to pay for the licence again. in north london, there was a mixed response from pensioners at this exercise class. i'm not on pension credit, but i'm not rich. for me, that is going to be a bit of an effort. i can afford to pay the fee, so i'm quite happy, in one way. but i would like quality programmes. by opting for a means—tested measure set by parliament, the bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it's making its own judgments about poverty. currently, single pensioners with a weekly income of £167 or less, £255 for a couple, are eligible for pension credit. but the numbers are actually going down. the pri

in 2015, conservative chancellor george osborne said the bbc, not the government must pick up the billuld have to pay for the licence again. in north london, there was a mixed response from pensioners at this exercise class. i'm not on pension credit, but i'm not rich. for me, that is going to be a bit of an effort. i can afford to pay the fee, so i'm quite happy, one way. but i would like quality programmes. by opting for a means tested measure set by parliament, the bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it's making its own judgements about poverty. currently, single pensioners with a weekly income of £167 or less, £255 for a couple, are eligible for pension credit. but the numbers are actually going down. the prime minister blames the bbc for a very disappointing decision. labour blames the government. this is a broken tory party manifesto pledge from the 2017 general election. they promised to give over 75s free tv licences for the duration of this parliament, and this represents a breach of trust. so you're actually putting older people really at risk. they will be practical help f

he will spend money to raise the national insurance threshold, raise stamp duty on homes, what george osbornetopped gordon brown having an election, he went into the conference and said we were abolishing inheritance tax and stamp duty, that put the frighteners on europe and put the rocket boosters under tory support at the time, and thatis under tory support at the time, and that is what boris is saying he will do as well. it will push a lot of remainers like sajid javid into putting their lot in with boris johnson. they know they will be a general election after that and they need someone to win it and they think that boris johnson need someone to win it and they think that borisjohnson is the guy. and does this front—page mention jeremy hunt at all? he has sort of been left behind as far as this frontpage is concerned. he is attempting to set himself up as the candidate of business this week. he announced today he would wipe out student debt for any would—be entrepreneurs who set up a business and employ ten people for five years. not a single mention in this story at all. instead it is al

what boris has demonstrated and i'm not surprised he hasn't george osborne's endorsement, is boris can a broad coalition across the conservative party. others recognise this as a period of political crisis caused by the fact brexit has not been delivered when we said it would. people want a bold, dynamic figure to get this done. there have been some grossly offensive things about large portions of our country. offensive things about large portions of our countrylj offensive things about large portions of our country. i heard what you said about that, i don't think you can character of someone in that way who can successfully be mayor or one of the most multicultural cities in the world, who has worked with people from all backgrounds, endorsed by mps. who has worked with people from all backgrounds, endorsed by mpsm who has worked with people from all backgrounds, endorsed by mps. it is 0k backgrounds, endorsed by mps. it is okfor him backgrounds, endorsed by mps. it is ok for him to come out with flag ra ntly ok for him to come out with flagrantly racist comments among a whole host of

and for the dems, one thing i heard george osborne at a center for policy studies event that we did ist the lived are-- that the lib dems also deadly from a conservative point of view. it is all about winning seats at the local level, and the tories are not in a strong position, even with the more engaging and genial leader whom some people mistake for the british donald trump. i don't think boris johnson is the british donald trump. even with that new leader, i think they would be in trouble in an election. guy: thank you for coming to cs. neil ferguson -- coming to see us. new ferguson, senior fellow at the hoover institution. vonnie: a couple of headlines now from larry kudlow. he is saying the u.s. may move ahead on additional china tariffs and enforcement must be part of the china talks. basically what we've been saying here along with neil ferguson. the u.s. may move ahead on additional china tariffs, and enforcement must be part of the china talks. more on this ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: 26 minutes past the hour. just under four minutes to go until the end of trading in

change behavior tabloid headlines have led to a debate in the house of commons with for example george osborne talking about how taxpayers a subsidizing these lifestyles and this was after the daily mail headlined by products of welfare u.k. it's setting an agenda that the problem is people who exist in poverty not that there are not an economic crisis or not austerity but because of people like mary that we do have to bring the benefits. in a country where social security cards are having a real impact on people in the media industry has grown creating its own set of beneficiaries it is the publishers produces p.r. agent some politicians reap the benefits and you could call it irresponsible. to use a term the media usually reserved for those on benefits seamus. and finally president trump's state visit to the u.k. was all over the news this past week mean makers balloon designers and protesters all had a field day but it's not like trump doesn't have fans overseas take israel and this next video which was posted on you tube recently the song's title is supertramp it lauds jerusalem's prince w

change behavior tabloid headlines have led to a debate in the house of commons with for example george osborne talking about how taxpayers a subsidizing these lifestyles and this was after the daily mail headlined by a product of welfare u.k. it's setting an agenda that the problem is people who exist in poverty not that there are not an economic crisis on austerity because of people like mary that we do have to bring the benefits. in a country where social security cards are having a real impact on people in need a media industry has grown creating its own set of beneficiaries it is the publish it produces p.r. agent some politicians reap the benefit and you could call it irresponsible. to use a term the media usually reserved for those on benefits seamus. and finally president trump's state visit to the u.k. was all over the news this past week mean makers balloon designers and protesters all had a field day but it's not like trump doesn't have fans overseas take israel and this next video which was posted on you tube recently the song's title is supertramp it lauds jerusalem's prince who fi

change behavior tabloid headlines have led to debates in the house of commons with for example george osborne talking about how taxpayers a subsidizing these lifestyles and this was after the daily mail headlined by products of welfare u.k. it's setting an agenda that the problem is people who exist in poverty not that there are not an economic crisis or not austerity but because of people like mary that we do have to bring benefits. in a country where social security cards are having a real impact on people in the media industry has grown creating its own set of beneficiaries it is the publishers produces p.r. agent some politicians to reap the benefits and you could call it irresponsible. to use a term the media usually reserved for those on benefits seamus. and finally president trump's state visit to the u.k. was all over the news this past week mean makers balloon designers and protesters all had a field day but it's not like trump doesn't have fans overseas take israel and this next video which was posted on you tube recently the song's title is supertramp it lauds jerusalem's prince wh

pakistani sun of a bus driver, who went on to a successful career in banking, and accolades of george osbornehe was as i said presenting himself as the changing face of the tory party, says it has to change if it's going to survive and reach new bits of the electorate and he has interesting backers, ruth davidson who is within the party, and a very popular conservative leader in scotland. i think sajid javid could be confident of reaching round two of the parliamentary ballot, either as it will be worried this evening, that first vote at the tory mps is tomorrow at lunchtime, everybody wa nts to tomorrow at lunchtime, everybody wants to go to the second round needs 17 votes, it's a secret ballot but they need 17 to continue, and there are some who only have a handful of probably declared backers so far, they should be worried about continuing electives at the moment a very crowded field. isn't thatjust ten conservative mps candy dating, many thanks, ben. more on that battle ship on our website stay with us battle ship on our website stay with us here on outside sites we have more coming. heal

in 2015 conservative chancellor george osborne said the bbc not the government must pick up the bill.t should happen ina asked the public what should happen in a consultation. there were over 190,000 responses. 48% of people said, keep their scheme as it is. 37% said, reform. 15% said, abolished. the bbc board said some pensioners should therefore have to pay for their licences again. in north london there was a mixed response from pensioners at this exercise class. i do not get pension credit but i am not rich. for me this will be a bit of an effort to afford. i would like quality programmes. by opting for a means tested measure set by parliament the bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it bbc hopes to avoid the criticism thatitis bbc hopes to avoid the criticism that it is making its own judgments about property. currently single pensioners with a weekly income of £167 or less, £255 for a couple, are eligible for pension credits, but the numbers are actually going down. the prime minister blames the bbc for a very disappointing decision. labour blames the government. this isa labou

the former chancellor, george osborne, launched the project in 2014, but new analysis, seen by the bbcenefitting. and that is a summary of the main story so far today. back to you, joanna. thank you. the foreign office minister mark field has been accused of assault, after he pushed a greenpeace activist out of a black tie event last night. dozens of activists dressed in suits and red dresses with sashes saying "climate emergency" gate—crashed the chancellor philip hammond's annual mansion house speech to the city. here's what happened. you can see the activists in this video. they are walking towards the building, upa video. they are walking towards the building, up a flight of stairs and into the room where mr hammond was speaking. the protester who mark feel confronted walks down one of the isles and stands behind guests at the event. at the same time, dozens at the event. at the same time, d oze ns of at the event. at the same time, dozens of other activists rush into the room and here you can see another woman wearing a red dress being asked to leave. there is a commotion at the e

relations with america, you would think the balance was moving against a deal with huawei, albeit george osbornehina and i guess the danger is you put that at risk. 0ther guess the danger is you put that at risk. other countries will take advantage of it if we step back from closer ties with china. one question is whether president trump will meet with boris johnson or is whether president trump will meet with borisjohnson or with nigel farage. the short answer is we don't know. mrjohnson's people and nigel farage's people said they had received no official invitation. i think it's quite possible, donald trump strikes me as the sort of man who might say, what the hell, let's get boris n. yes, a coup of sorts for borisjohnson get boris n. yes, a coup of sorts for boris johnson and get boris n. yes, a coup of sorts for borisjohnson and it will play well with tory party members who are the crucial electorate in this leadership contest. they will think, 0k, boris johnson is leadership contest. they will think, 0k, borisjohnson is clearly held in high esteem by the president, that must increase the c

george osborne, when he was chancellor, massively increased the amount of money going to the royal familyin funding to match the royals. —— no public service. i think there has been an element of racism and snobbery involved but not when it comes to the expenditure of such a large amount of money on a home for a couple like this. i think what we have to understand, yes, it might not be ideal but of the uk is one of the six biggest when it comes to tourism. at the end of the day they are not coming here for the great weather we have got injune while i stood at the bust up this morning with my umbrella. they are coming for the royalfamily, with my umbrella. they are coming for the royal family, they with my umbrella. they are coming for the royalfamily, they are coming to see that, they are coming to hopefully see the queen, whatever. in 2018, we brought in over 30 billion, ok? whatever. in 2018, we brought in over30 billion, ok? some of whatever. in 2018, we brought in over 30 billion, ok? some of that was 2 billion from the us. meghan markle, a lot of americans want to come to the uk and

we are joined by the spectator‘s katie ball‘s and a former adviser to george osborne.tter in terms of public perception and the way public perception and the way public perception might shift on the nights, does that move mps on the way they vote tomorrow? it could have an impact. are clearly the audience right now is the parliamentary party. that is a point you made by several of the campaign teams who are worried about sending their candidates onto the airwaves. but where a candidate to have a bit ofa but where a candidate to have a bit of a nightmare, but where a candidate to have a bit ofa nightmare, a but where a candidate to have a bit of a nightmare, a catastrophe, say something that created a lot of bad blood, it would have an effect on the contest. i think borisjohnson, there is a lot of pressure on him. but he is so far ahead, you would have to really mess it up to have a significant impact on his race. what is important is for the cabinet candidates — jeremy hunt, michael gove, rory stewart, sajid javid — they are competing for second place, and it will be t

on welfare benefits george osborne wanted to slash benefits far greater and deeperand we slash benefitsand that would be fair and justified, but look at the ones we absolutely stopped and i'm proud that we were there to stop the right—wing tories cutting welfare deeper. and to be clear, do you think austerity led to the eu referendum in part? i think you have to go back to the financial crash when we lost 7% of national income, we became much poorer overnight, i think that was the ultimate cause. guess who was warning that would happen? vince cable. i warning that would happen? vince cable. lam proud it was warning that would happen? vince cable. i am proud it was the leader of our party saying, do not do what you are doing, labour failed to listen, that is why we ended up in a mess. do you take responsibility for the referendum vote because of austerity measures you voted for?” do not think it was as a result of the liberal democrats and in fact the liberal democrats and in fact the referendum was only able to happen once the conservatives were governing on their own and they said they

into the pockets of some of the poorest families in the city, and i was delighted that my friend george osbornel conservative policy, and as a result conservatives can be very proud what we are doing for people on low incomes to take on more every week. and what i want for my —— the country is higher pay, not higher taxes. higher pay for the low—paid, not higher taxes, and take people on low incomes out of tax. i think the second thing i would mention... just before you get to the second thing, regarding the promise she made in one of your columns, you want to reduce tax for people out of the top tax bracket, how does that work? it would be part ofa how does that work? it would be part of a package where we would lift allowa nces for of a package where we would lift allowances for the low—paid to help relieve the burden on the low—paid, and continue to work on expanding the living wage. but i don't think that we conservatives should be at all shy in discussing the way in which people on low incomes, and i'm talking about nurses, heads of maths departments are police inspectors, who are being ca

and seniorfigures in this party, including vince, have said that although the party curb george osborne'sing the pledge on university tuition fees. i don't see that happening ever again. most importantly, the biggest impediment to ending austerity currently is pressing on with brexit. in every brexit scenario, tax receipts will be hit hard, depriving the exchequer of much—needed revenue to invest in public services. both labour and the conservatives are committed to facilitating brexit. and you cannot end austerity and sponsor brexit. that is absolutely clear. applause and i am proud to be a member of a party that was committed to a people's vote and remaining in the eu right from the start. i suspect that those who are going to be most critical of the decision that i have made will be many of those that i left behind in the labour party. the question they must answer now is this — if they are committed to ending austerity too, continued support of a party leadership committed to brexit cannot enable you to end austerity. privately, many accept this. they also know that visceral hatred of

massively expand the living wage, which was a really good thing, and was a policy that was nicked by george osborne national policy. i think we conservatives should be proud of that. we put millions of pounds into the pockets of poorer families across this country. that is the right thing to do. did you really call the french thirds?” have no recollection of this comment. it is not very well sourced this story. it seems to have come from the foreign office. what do you read into that? he speaks french. the serious question underlying this and what everyone wants to know is, cani and what everyone wants to know is, can i get a fantastic deal for our country from my french friends? can we go forward in a friendly, collegiate way? of course, we can. the french were fantastic after the poisonings here in salisbury. we will do a great deal with all our european friends and partners and we will take this thing forward. i heard the criticism of what happened in the last three years. we have both been too defeatist in our approach. we have been... applause. we haven't really stood up. this is an important

i know george osborne was also part of it. of a lot of people. and if that happens again, where are we going? for pete ‘s sake, let's have a bit of friendship, cooperation and anything else throughout the world to stop these idiotic fights. wise words. thanks a lot for seeing me. you're watching a special edition of bbc breakfast. carol's on board hms belfast with the weather. hms just along the normandy coast and use statue. it shows three ordinary soldiers fighting their way up the beach. the prime minister theresa may and french president emmanuel macronjoined d—day may and french president emmanuel macron joined d—day veterans for the inauguration. this is the first in a series of services and commemorations today, as world leader matts gather to honour surviving veterans. men like 94—year—old frank jenkinson. surviving veterans. men like 94—year—old frankjenkinson. this surviving veterans. men like 94—year—old frank jenkinson. this” was looking at this departure from portsmouth, and i departed from southampton on d—day, a

sophie, the editor of the evening standard, one george osborne, what do you think he would like to happen mouth is. on wednesday do you think borisjohnson will have done enough, in other words not said anything, to keep in the race? definitely, and even if a sex scandal or whatever kind of scandal emerges with boris, i don't think it matters because people don't vote for him for those reasons, they vote for him for those reasons, they vote for him for those reasons, they vote for him because he has charm and political sex appeal and they think he will be the best defence against jeremy corbyn government. it's interesting because the issue of drugs with michael gove has clearly hurt his campaign. yes, although i think things are moving on slightly. last night drew a line under it. so to speak! yes, but jeremy hunt spoke for a lot of people last night when he said this is not something people should bejudged on and we he said this is not something people should be judged on and we should move on and talk about the issues rather than people's personal lives. great to talk to you both, we wil

george osborne launch the project in 2017 but new analysis as part of the country are not in a fittingd airlines has suspended flights to mumbai because of safety concerns, this after a us drone was shot down by iran. the iranian military has released footage of claim shows the drone being brought down in the gulf of command on wednesday. the nearest civilian aircraft was around 45 miles away at the time. commemorations have taken place in orkney to mark 100 years since the last german fit out four fatalities of the first world war. those who died were on board a fleet of seized german warships held off scotland

what has been achieved under that northern powerhouse brand that as you say george osborne pushed sohere does not seem of strategic basis, there does not seem to be any kind of framework for what kind of powers the government would like to see devolved and that is part of our demands. that has been some infrastructural investment, we have had an extra link, that was supposed to go in conjunction with the expansion in capacity through the stations which george osborne announced five years ago. that fight has been put on full. in actualfact, what ago. that fight has been put on full. in actual fact, what you see is there not being able to project the results it was intended to have. how big is the imbalance between wet and south do you think? it depends on what measure you use. you can see divides in pretty much any measure you want to look at, whether it is life expectancy, whether it is skill level, benefits claiming or whether it is just the sheer, kind of, level, benefits claiming or whether it isjust the sheer, kind of, tva of which area you're looking at. estimates vary, but up t