the chancellor, philip hammond.ement any longer than necessary, i am laying a wms that has additional announcements and provides further details of those that i will make. last night's boat leaves a cloud of uncertainty hanging over our economy —— last night's vote. the most urgent task in the house is to lift that uncertainty. but the economy itself is remarkably robust. it has grown for nine consecutive years with the longest unbroken quarterly growth run ofany longest unbroken quarterly growth run of any g7 economy. and it is forecast to continue growing in each of the next five years. an economy that has created over 3.5 million new net jobs under a that has created over 3.5 million new netjobs under a conservative government and has almost halved labour's shocking legacy of youth unemployment. that has seen female participation in the workforce increase to record levels. and is now delivering the fastest rate of wage growth in over a decade. an economy that has defied expectations and will provide a solid found

, billions on offerfor exit once again and phillip hammond, billions on offer for backing theresa mayave tried everything else to try and get the vote through. the prime minister seems to have called on the chancellor now to try and buy at. yes, if people, the waverers and maybe some labour mps backed the deal on tuesday in the meaningful vote. phillip hammond is using some quite interesting rhetoric here, he is talking about the irish backstop of usain bolt, get real, it cannot last for ever and that we should be focusing on the real problems of brexit. he is trying to entirely change people's attitude, he has not got too much time to do it but that is what he is striving for and he is saying look, i have got billions here. you can have two spend on your towns, your villages, you're failing schools, and indeed, we do know he has got quite a coffer for the record income tax receipts that came in injanuary. record income tax receipts that came in in january. and of course, the extraordinary thing is that he has actually got his spring statement right in the middle of this absolutely cr

the financial times as saying that philip hammond is set to gaina as saying that philip hammond is setl dividends. does that sound like bribery to you? encouragement. philip hammond has admitted before a treasury select committee under questioning, this deal dividend isjust committee under questioning, this deal dividend is just borrowing which we have already set out we would borrow and we will use it to prepare for a no—deal brexit. if we get a deal he thinks he can release some of this money. the higher tax receipts have come from people doing their self—assessment returns in january. he had paid slightly more than they thought. there might be a bit more money around for this. handy timing. is going to be a fascinating day in parliament. the treasury are trying to scale down important things like the spring statements, it's going to look very important now. if there is no deal still on the table, where does this leave the dividend? the second paragraph in this says, mr hammond has promised to increase public spending if mps back to reason as withdrawal treaty and pave the way for a

and mr hammond may indicate that a no—deal brexit would hamper his ability to end austerity measures.h, or without a deal? it's a question causing headaches for countless british businesses, many of whom have put their investment plans on hold until the future is clearer. others, however, have found an opportunity amid the uncertainty. britain's warehouses, for example, have seen a surge in demand as many companies stockpile supplies. let's hear now from one warehouse operator in sunderland, in the north—east of england. iam alan i am alan ferguson, that chief executive for ferguson transport limited. we have overi million square feet of commercial property, much of which is turned over to warehousing. we have taken back the building of billiatt hundred 50,000 square feet at the end of january, that building is now full. altogether, probably a 50% lift in demand for warehousing. dominantly it is about the sector. this building has a lot of wheels and tyres and we are seeing a dramatic increase in stock levels. automobile companies here in the north—east are one of the most productive

we talked about cabinet gas, philip hammond saying you can get the money so hammond saying you can get theresa may's brexit deal —— gaffes. it has to do with the idea that the gover hasn't been functioning as a government that has been fixated on its i get and not doing anything else. now it is literally a life and get mata. the stylised effect of this, stephen, it confronts on the problems presumably picture editors have in trying to get an image where everything is the least 3—dimensional and available to you, to give newspaper front pages the same sort of impact —— life and death matter. it is interesting, i think they have really done it on this one. it is a striking bit of photojournalism. it is a very professional bit of work. it ca ptu res professional bit of work. it captures that sense of chaos and, i think, realfear that captures that sense of chaos and, i think, realfearthat this captures that sense of chaos and, i think, realfear that this knife crime epidemic provokes a lot of people. it is a very powerful front page. it speaks to one of the reasons why this is such a dang

the chancellor, philip hammond, says a significant number of conservative mps have changed their minds and are prepared to back theresa may's brexit deal if it went back to the commons for another vote. also this hour, ethiopia's transport minister says there are "clear similarities" between black box data from last week's crash, and that of an indonesian lion air plane that crashed last october. dagmawit moges also said an initial report into last sunday's crash will be released in 30 days. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with entertainment journalist and broadcaster caroline frost and parliamentary journalist tony grew. stay with us for that. new zealand's cabinet will meet in the coming hours to discuss changing the country's gun laws, after the attacks on two mosques in christchurch, which killed 50 people. as the country tries to come to terms with the massacre, schools are due to reopen and thousands of people have been attending vigils. clive myrie is in christchurch, and sent us this report. thousands of people have been attending visuals across the

this is 38-year-old rolly hammond of burk. he was arrested last night but he did work here at west springfield elementary until his arrest. this is after two juveniles came rward and said he touched them inappropriatel one said this abuse had gone on for years. so now fairfax county investigators want to ask people whose children may have come into contact with him either at this school or several other schools where he worked, whether anything inappropriate happened. now what they're doing is saying that p should have these discussions with their children. it's not always the easiest thing in the world to do as well. so we asked them for advise about how best t do that. >> if you pick up on a sign or signal tha they have shared something that may be ri inappre, may be illegal, is concerning to you,mi there t be a great time to pause, contt us. >> reporter: now, hammond worked here at west springfield, also at rolly valle elementary school and ravens valley. he was involved in the before and after school programs as well as so

phillip hammond made that pretty much clear in an interview.ur of that. but part of the solution for theresa may, she has effectively said to her eurosceptics, "you either effectively said to her eurosce ptics, "you either vote effectively said to her eurosceptics, "you either vote this through or i will ask for a much longer extension from the european council, i will ask for 18 months and we will be stuck in the european union and during that time, the people calling for a people's vote, so called people's vote, second referendum, will only get louder". take us to the independent, tony mentioned it. in reference to those people who say we will vote for you but only if you go. it's funny, a mixed message. give with one hand and take with the other. the understanding is that it needs new blood. because i think theresa may... the country seems to be divided. after people i speak to say they don't trust a word and the other half are full of reluctant admiration for a woman who, with a voice failing her and her body must be crying out just voice f

philip hammond, warned brexiteers in his own party that voting against it would land them in highly uncertain territory and would jeopardise their preferred option of leaving the eu on time. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. three weeks tomorrow, the uk is due to leave the european union, but 22 days before brexit day, things are not clear. negotiations are stock and getting a reworked deal through parliament still looks like a huge ask. the government's top lawyer is trying to get changes on the irish border, but talks this week have not gone well. he says they will start again soon. it is government policy to achieve the necessary change in the backstop, which will cause me to review and change my advice. but there was time for a joke about changes not amounting to much. there was time for a joke about changes not amounting to muchm has come to be called cox's codpiece. i want to make sure what's

hammond set to gain a windfall from higher tax receipts.r tax receipts. this is the so—called deal dividend he has told out on several occasions. this is a multibillion pound windfall to public finances, if mp5 finally backed the government's racks that agreement. we had a discussion —— ratchet agreement. we had a discussion before about money to the midlands and north of england come money that is being given regardless. at this one is if a deal is done. there seem to be two components to this brexit dividend, that the chancellor and others are talking about. one is that if there isa talking about. one is that if there is a deal the government will be free to spend the money out has been stockpiling in case of no deal brexit. they are trying to dangle that carrot in front of members of parliament to get the deal passed. and there is also the sense that if you believe a deal is better that british economy than no deal, clearly there will be revenue of occasions about as well. nothing is quite so good that the public finances as a growing ec

it says philip hammond will stem tech giants's power and announce £50 million to tackle knife crime.and finally, der tagespiegel in germany leads with europe grounding the boeing 737 max aircraft, while the us refuses to follow suit. that is another story that has been dominating certainly in business. so let's bring in a guest. with me is rebecca harding, the ceo of coriolis tech. ian henderson is also back, as promised, to give us their take on this coverage. the daily mail, house of fool ‘s, the daily mail saying that politicians that the country down. —— house of fools. just explain that position for our international viewers. so the explain that position for our internationalviewers. so the daily mail completely backed brexit, the former editor was a big, mail completely backed brexit, the former editorwas a big, big cheerleader for the european research group, that is the far right of the conservative party that wa nts to right of the conservative party that wants to see, that projected theresa may's deal yesterday. the new editor that came in in the autumn is taking a complete

the chancellor, philip hammond, says a significant number of conservative mps have changed their mindsnd are prepared to back theresa may's brexit deal if it went back to the commons for another vote. ethiopia's transport minister says there are "clear similarities" between black box data from last week's crash, and that of an indonesian lion air plane that crashed last october. good evening and welcome to bbc news. new zealand's cabinet will meet in the coming hours to discuss changing the country's gun laws, after the attacks on two mosques in christchurch, which killed 50 people. as the country tries to come to terms with the massacre, schools are due to reopen and thousands of people have been attending vigils. let's now go to our colleague clive myrie in christchurch. hello from christchurch in new zealand, where thousands of people have been attending memorials and vigils to remember the 50 people killed in those two attacks on two mosques in the city. investigations are continuing into exactly what happened and the prime minister herself has been paying respects at some of those

also in that interview it was pretty clearfrom philip hammond there will be some vote next week if theapproved that would look at alternatives to the plan and allow mps to give their views on what might be a better strategy. in that interview significantly, he suggested there is very little prospect of the prime minister's plan passing and that creates a whole bunch of uncertainty at cabinet level of what happens next. you wonder what is new in any of these proposed in decorative votes there will be given it seems that any ideas have been rejected by a significant number is for them not to be viable. if we get to the 12th of april in that case, we have to come up to something new. of april in that case, we have to come up to something newm of april in that case, we have to come up to something new. it is clear that indicative votes were not command a majority in parliament. one of the ideas being discussed is a knockout system when you get with the least popular thing until you end up with the one thing left which would be pa rliament‘s end up with the one thing left which would be par

still to resume a loyalist who had hoped that the deal would go through let's is know what philip hammond the chancellor had to say about this in just over two weeks' time we run the risk of facing a very stark choice between leaving me you with no deal or not leaving me a tall it is essential but we get a deal done well and this deal most likely to be presented to parliament for if that time two defeats already that a vote on this deal that she has hammered out with the european union is likely to happen next week. bergen it seems for months now people have been reading tea leaves you know looking in a crystal balls pick your metaphor i'm going to ask you to do it now what's likely going to happen here well my bet is on the deal going to go in front of parliament and least it doesn't seem very likely that it will get voted on it doesn't seem like she does have the support this time around and that obviously begs the question what happens than palm and is working hard and he said trying to come to some sort of old town a diff solution to hide dia but we also know that it's you know it's s

lost in the noise yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, delivered his spring statement.ve us a statement about where the uk was heading, for to grow by1.2%, about where the uk was heading, for to grow by 1.2%, that was down from 1.6% for —— just in autumn with the la st 1.6% for —— just in autumn with the last set of figures. there was good news on borrowing, coming in at {22.8 billion. it sounds like a lot, £3 billion £22.8 billion. it sounds like a lot, £3 billion less than first thought because tax revenues have been rising. and that money they have to borrow is the difference between what they make in tax revenues from all of us versus the amount of money they need to spend on all sorts of public spending commitments. so some good news there, but inevitably, he talked about what was described as a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the economy and given everything we have heard about brexit, that cloud isn't going anywhere any time soon. your're watching business live — our top story: the british parliament will vote today on whether they want a delay in the uk's depa

the allegations are serious against 38-year-olly r hammond of burk, virginia. three counts of aggravated sexual battery, so -- >> we lked at the story line, we've talked to as many people as we can. >> reporter: he wasth arrested sday evening two minors came forward to say he had inappropate contact with him, one alleges it carried on over the course of years. police aren't saying whether or not they came in contact with them thrgh his wor as a day care teacher but it's a place t trust for over a decade. if anyone has had contact that's inappropriate, possibly illegal, they need to conta >> reporter: hammond has worked at other county schools since he started with the fairfax county school system in 2008. >> he also spent time at west springfield and rolling valley elementary school as well. >> reporter: police say they set up ait hot line workers trained to handle calls like this. they're also offering guidance on h best to communicate with young people regarding a topic that's delegate to say the least. e> if you pick up on a sign or signal that they h shared

the spring statement is next week and philip hammond has said before that this will not be a full physicalvent. it is not a budget. but he is promising to release loads of cash and rememberthat promising to release loads of cash and remember that income tax receipts injanuary and remember that income tax receipts in january reached a and remember that income tax receipts injanuary reached a record level. a huge amount of money came in from the self—assessment tax syste m in from the self—assessment tax system was up he has it that money to play with and he is promising that if wavelets get behind the prime minister in the meaningful vote, it hurts me because i'm not sure quite sure what meaningful is, he will pump money into communities that need it. rememberwe he will pump money into communities that need it. remember we have had this promise of this fund for communities that need help, these towns and cities where better infrastructure is needed, but he is saying i hold the purse strings and i will release them. but i think it is also very interesting that he is saying get real. do not i

mr hammond said they ran the risk of moving away from their preferred option of leaving the eu on timeof london sadiq khan has joined a dozen police and crime commissioners warning that the system for dealing with young people who are excluded from school is contributing to the knife crime problem. they've written a joint letter to theresa may calling for pupil exclusions to be more tightly regulated. it comes as a man in his 20s has become the latest victim of knife crime in the uk, after being stabbed to death in east london last night. the metropolitan police has launched a murder investigation. there have currently been no arrests. officers investigating the grenfell towerfire in london say criminal charges will not be brought for at least the next two years. the metropolitan police says it would be wrong not to wait until the inquiry into the disaster has concluded, the second phase of which is unlikely to begin before the end of this year. 72 people died in the fire in west london injune 2017. r kelly is back behind bars after a court hearing in chicago over unpaid child support.

the chancellor, philip hammond, says a significant number of conservative mps have changed their minds are prepared to back theresa may's brexit deal if it went back to the commons for another vote. also this hour — ethiopia's transport minister says there are "clear similarities" between black box data from last week's crash, and that of an indonesian lion air plane that crashed last october. the minister also said an initial report into last sunday's crash will be released in 30 days. police response times to the most urgent calls at two of england's biggest forces have become significantly slower in the past five years, according to figures obtained by the bbc. warming airand sea temperatures are causing arctic glaciers to melt and triggering rainfall that creates problems for animals like reindeer. it is cooper to save millwall. they are out! and in sportday... brighton win a dramatic penalty shootout against millwall to secure their place in the fa cup semi—finals. good evening. new zealand's prime minister says her office received an email containing the far—right views of bra nt

the chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond, is due to deliver his spring statement on wednesday.e money for public services if a brexit deal is agreed. but the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says mr hammond should be using his influence in the cabinet to ensure a no—deal brexit is taken off the table. no doubt the chancellor will celebrate a falling government borrowing on wednesday. but ijust want him to ask and consider, at what cost? because the chancellor hasn't eliminated the deficit, he hasjust shifted it onto the shoulders of others. the deficits have been passed down to nhs managers, council leaders, head teachers, and police commissioners. local government is on its knees. child poverty is rising. children are being stabbed to death on our streets. 87 people a day, on the latest figures, are dying whilst waiting for social care. universal credit, sold to us as ‘making work pay‘, and rolled out in a way that is driving people to food banks and into poverty. we have had enough, i have had enough, and i believe so many others have as well. and it is time to call out tho

in particular the hammonds want to drive clean thanks to hydro power they are still a rarity here in the mountains because an emo bio is only as clean as the electricity it's charging with. we made the mistake of driving on a saturday and that of course is a day when everybody is traveling we left at three o'clock in the morning and thought we might have that was behind us but it was it is. just a stop and go just stopping. the vehicles long range calms their nerves but the bigger the battery the worse it is for the environment. the battery consumes a lot of electricity and reduces the climate advantage so it could still take a long time until the electric car overtakes the combustion engine in any environmental comparison. it's obvious that something like this makes headlines especially with tesla. another production problem. and. car battery today has materials that are minding countries that sometimes have questionable environmental standards and occupational safety. the batteries contain cobalt which mainly comes from the congo. and we mustn't forget that first these countries ar

chancellor philip hammond we re doing.lip hammond were saying this morning that if the deal is voted down on tuesday, it creates a real uncertainty. the chances are that parliament will vote to extend the brexit process, and will say to mps, look, you have got a lot more control over this now. saying to the erg and others, be very careful about what you wish for, and at the same timejeremy corbyn is now flirting with the idea of the common market two which would meana of the common market two which would mean a much closer relationship with the european union, staying in the single market, staying in a customs union going forward. all this points towards a crucial few days ahead but very little positive for the government. jeremy corbyn had a meeting with conservative ministers and because of that vote in the house of lords on the trade bill, there are hints that are possibly of a move towards a softer brexit. yes, i think that is a fair analysis. what the trade bill vote means is that it will go back to mps. the governmen

senior cabinet ministers — including the chancellor philip hammond — have said theresa may's brexit dealhe vote again in the commons this week if she can't pursuade enough mps to change their minds. he said attempts to win over critics — including the democratic unionists — were still work in progress. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. the noes to the left, 391. so the noes have it. the noes have it. a second crushing defeat for the prime minister's brexit deal last tuesday. 75 tory mps rebelled against it. now, with days to go until the uk is meant to leave the eu, the government will try again. probably. we will only bring the deal back if we are confident that enough of our colleagues and the dup are prepared to support it. so that we can get it through parliament. we are notjust going to keep presenting it if we haven't moved the dial. the government needs to persuade dozens of tories and the dup to back the deal. some conservative mps have changed their mind. the rest are being warned of the consequences if they don't. clearly, if we don't get this deal through, we are

but first, on wednesday the chancellor, philip hammond, will give his spring statement.t a budget, but will update mps on the state of the uk's finances. and while the chancellor isn't expected to set out any tax and spending measures, that won't stop the opposition telling him where he should be directing funding. health and education are always near the top of that list, but he's also likely to face continued demands to spend more on policing to help tackle knife crime which has been on the rise with lethal consequences. after the fatal stabbings of two i7—year—olds, the home secretary came to the commons to make a statement — his message, this cannot go on. serious violence is on the rise. communities are being torn apart. and families are losing their children. we all wish that there was one thing we could do to stop this violence, but there are no short cuts, there is no one single solution. and he addressed concerns about police resources. we must ensure that the police have the resources to combat serious crimes. i am raising police funding to record levels next y

philip hammond where he showed trade growth is slipping a bit but jobs crip being created at record numbers the economy the economic fundamentals are good and strong and we've got a good story to work you know even preliminary deals with japan turkey india career these are the countries on what was the fair alive and i don't mean there is a very wide as you go she wrote this very important ok what about we should have done better we should have done better but i know for a fact liam fox the international development sector has been flying all around the world with these t. it's trying to drum up support and i think some of these trade deals will be fall into place much quicker than people think trump loves great britain just finally what what stories could be buried during all this wall to wall coverage of the bricks of debate because philip hammond the chancellor said again that welfare was going to be frozen rountree trussing five hundred sixty pounds a year worse off for poor families and also a knife grave seemed to be saying it's nothing to do with the more complex issues it's just the

rolly hammond has worked at multiple fairfax countychools er the course of a decade. he was arrested after two students came forward to say he had inappropriate contact with them. one said it happened over several years. >> the folks who have come forward,xtremely believable. we've taken that information and looked the the story line. we talked to as man people as we can. >> hammond was most recently working at west springfield elementary school and previously worked at rolling valley. police are not confirming if hie accusers children at these schools. hotline' been set up with fairfax county to report incidents. we have that number now on our anything washington a. just search "daycare". >>> maryland is one step closer nv a new law because of a news 4 i-teamtigation. the state senate unanimously passed a bill aimed at better protecting school children from predators. rerting from scott macfarlane and the news 4 i-team has been cited during the debate. scott has an importantnopdate >> erika, good evening. the legislation would require school districts inaryland to pe

what has philip hammond been saying?ing an insight into the ongoing negotiations which he has been involved with as the chancellor. negotiations with the dup, the group of northern irish mps who prop up the government of theresa may in westminster. support for her brexit deal is crucial. if they come on board, it is likely lots of conservative mps would follow suit and bank the prime minister ‘s deal. there has been a suggestion from some that this is an attempt by the dup or the government too, in exchange for their support for the prime minister's deal, offer them funding for northern ireland which we know is a big condition of their support for the confidence and supply arrangement they have with the government after the last election. the chancellor was asked about this this morning on the andrew marr show. well, the dup as i think you would have heard nigel dodds saying on friday, is primarily concerned about the threat of divergence between the regime in northern ireland and the regime in great britain. the dup are

rrofficersted rollie hammond last night. police say they got hearted afterhild protective services after the chi said hammond touched them inappropriately. hammond works in the child care program at west springfield elementary school. he's facing multiple counts ofa avated sexual battery. >>> developing this morning, following scandal after scandal. pope francis is officially taking action with a new vatican city law aimed at stopping sexual abuse. this is the first time that the vatican had implemented such a law. it requires vatican church officials to report possible sex crimes right away. take a look at this. the new l consists of three documents, together they're meant to protect minors and vulnerable adults from abuse. f sexual abuse claims are n immediately reported to police, thereould be prosecution and sanctions involved. the new law follows a february conference at the vatican and it's supposed to be a model for the catholic church worldwide. >>> we're standing by for possible confirmation about who will be washin

philip hammond and stephen barclay have also been backing the prime minister this morning.big question of, if there is no prospect oi’ question of, if there is no prospect or very little prospect of the prime minister's deal passing next week. what happens? we expect there to be indicative votes where parliament will try to seize control of the process and look at other options, a series of votes on potential other plans. have a listen to this from the brexit secretary stephen barclay about what would happen if parliament votes for something government will not implement. there isa government will not implement. there is a constitutional collision if parliament is instructing the government to do something which is fundamentally against what it has been elected to do. the legal position is indicative votes, not in themselves binding. the question is whether parliament would seek to legislate to use the order book to give it force. they could do that if they were taking control? potentially. parliament in essence would have been saying we are legislating to take no deal of t

the chancellor, philip hammond, says a significant number of conservative mps have changed their mindsnd are prepared to back theresa may's brexit deal if it went back to the commons for another vote. ethiopia's transport minister says there are "clear similarities" between black box data from last week's crash, and that of an indonesian lion air plane that crashed last october. new zealand's cabinet will meet in the coming hours to discuss changing the country's gun laws, after the attacks on two mosques in christchurch, which killed 50 people. as the country tries to come to terms with the massacre, schools are due to reopen and thousands of people have been attending vigils. let's now go to our colleague sharanjit lyel in christchurch. grief has so many forms. but it's the one raw emotion that unites this country. among those mourning, a sports team whose goalie, atta elayyan, was cut down by the bullets. his coach today had this message for the man suspected of carrying out the terror attack. we're all one race, we're all human beings. we love each other, we have to love each other

and: philip hammond comes underfire for saying police resources could be redeployed to help tackle knifeme. the chancellor goes on the radio this morning, it's not a question of additional resources, it's a question of re—prioritization by the police. pathetic. absolutely pathetic. but first: the attorney general says he's had careful and detailed talks with the eu to try to find a way to ensure the irish backstop is not indefinite. the backstop is the insurance plan to make sure a physical border does not return to the island of ireland. geoffrey cox has been holding talks with officials to try to find a legally binding way to put in place some kind of end date to the backstop if it ever came into force. and he expressed surprise at eu claims that the uk had not put forward a clear plan. we have been engaging, mr speaker and focused detailed and careful discussions with the union. and we continue to seek legally binding changes to the backstop, which ensured that it cannot be indefinite. these discussions will be resumed shortly. on the 29th ofjanuary, the prime minister told the house

philip hammond was keen to stress that his statement was not a fiscal event, like a budget or a spending tackle the knife crime epidemic. 17—year—old jodie chesney was a recent victim — stabbed to death in an east london park. philip hammond announced extra cash for the police forces — six in england, one in wales — where serious violence is a particular problem. he told the commons action was needed now to stamp out the menace of knife crime. so the prime minister and i have decided — exceptionally — to make available immediately to police forces in england an additional £100 million over the course of the next year. ring—fenced to pay for additional overtime, targeted specifically on knife crime and for new violent crime reduction units, to deliver a wider cross—agency response to this epidemic. hear, hear! there were some other announcements — on housing, technology, tackling climate change, and period poverty. in response to rising concern by head teachers, that some girls are missing school attendance due to inability to afford sanitary products, i have decided to fund the provision

philip hammond announced extra cash for the police forces, six in england, one in wales, where seriouswas needed "now" to stamp out the "menace" of knife crime. so the prime minister and i have decided exceptionally, to make available immediately to police forces in england an additional £100 million over the course of the next year. ringfenced to pay for additional overtime, targeted specifically on knife crime and for a new violent crime reduction units, to deliver a wider cross agency response to this epidemic. hear, hear! there were some other announcements, on housing, technology, tackling climate change, and period poverty. in response to rising concern by head teachers, that some girls are missing school attendance due to inability to afford sanitary products, i have decided to fund the provision of free sanitary products in secondary schools and colleges in england, from the next school year. the most striking part of his statement was an appeal for consensus on brexit. higher unemployment, lower wages, higher prices in the shops. that is not what the british people voted for i

.. the chancellor phillip hammond will go in... putting on some votes and perhaps not on others. both sides seem perhaps not on others. both sides seem to be saying they have problems with anything that is not in their manifesto, which is slightly odd. anything in the manifesto we will whip you against. 0f anything in the manifesto we will whip you against. of course, the government has said, it is whipping against the left—wing amendment not because it disagrees with the substance but because it doesn't like the principle of the backbenchers controlling business they think that is for the government. the prime minister and david liddington said, if this goes down, we will do indicative votes anyway, may be slightly different to the way that oliver letwin was doing them, i don't know if he has revealed his approach during the debate... something i don't understand, maybe you can tell me, if they take control on wednesday, and they find something they can fall in behind, consensus around one issue, could they take that then one step

philip hammond is saying that he's not going to announce any increase in spending so i think it dependsat happens on the 12th. that's true. there could be a deal dividend. let's watch this space. the financial times says a blow for tampines tariff policy fails to halt trade deficit, hitting a 10— year high. this is the number of goods going into the united states, much higher than the number of goods going out to the rest of the world and despite all his efforts with trade policy of which he has been extremely busy, he's been very busy, this is not what he wanted. when this is not what he wanted. when this big promises was reducing the trade deficit. he had this big trade war. he also renegotiated nafta with his allies, canada and mexico. absolutely. it's backfired. what's really interesting is economists are saying because of the strong us economy, it means that us consumers are buying foreign goods. they are buying more foreign goods. therefore there is a drop. there is always a balance between imports and exports. we've touched a little bit on facebook, with the business insider here

philip hammond who was on bbc today talking to andrew marr, that is when he said in fact that supportgoing for maize deal. deal.ould hold -- may's they could hold a vote. it is a work in progress, this vote, after it was defeated for a second time last week. >> what has happened since last tuesday is the significant number of colleagues including those will gone public have changed their view on this and discernment -- determined that on reflection they think the prime minister's deal is the best to deliver brexit. kathleen: she conceded the deadline has to be delayed. she wrote an article warning about this long delay and the fact that you continues to demand a purpose for extension. to square one, that would mean a longer extension. the idea of the british people going to the polls to elect members of the european parliament, three years after voting to leave, there could be no more potent symbol of parliament's collective political failure. this brexit secretary said there is no point in having a vote if there is no chance of winning. that is what is at stake. haidi: is there a sen

her and who are hoping that her deal will get through at the eleventh hour let's hear what philip hammond the chancellor had to say to all this in just over two weeks' time we run the risk of facing a very stark choice between leaving me with no deal or not leaving the you are tall it is essential that we get a deal done that's the problem that series i'm a has that whole government has that really time is running out it's now the eleventh of april where the e.u. has said you have to get your act together or you are out and you're out without a deal and that's for many parliamentarians for businesses as well and absolute horror scenario because it would have severe implications for for mainly for business for medical supplies so a lot of people are incredibly scared of that situation based on what you're hearing burger what is likely to happen here. this issue ation is really evolving by the hour so hard to give any predictions but i think that next week parliamentarians in the house of commons will try and have find somehow a common ground which is incredibly difficult because people are

chancellor phillip hammond, thank you for talking to us.hind with all these weather fronts coming in and —— coming ourway. behind it, we see a lot of showers in its wake. some will be heavy, some will have hail, some will have sleet embedded. most of this morning's of weather will clear but it will linger across a south—west england. at times it will swing into south wales. a fair bit of sunshine around as well. a lot of dry weather but don't forget the strong winds. this afternoon, even though the winds will have eased a touch, it will still be gusty wherever you are and once again it could lead to delays and disruption. temperatures today between five in the north two highs of 11, 12 or13 in between five in the north two highs of 11, 12 or 13 in the south. through this evening and overnight, we go back into almost an action replay as we see more cloud coming in through the west, some heavy rain and strong winds and that will all be pushing eastwards through the night with snow coming down across the scottish hills. temperatures, three in

also still to resume a loyalist who had hoped that the deal will go through that says what philip hammond the child's laugh to say about this. in just over two weeks' time we run the risk of facing a very stark choice between leaving me you with no deal or not leaving the you at all it is essential that we get a deal done well in this deal most likely to be presented to parliament for if that time to defeats already is that a vote on this deal that she has hammered out with the european union is likely to happen next week thank you very good mass in london you're watching news from berlin coming up next doc film with a look at how blocking technology could up and back banking don't forget you can get.

, yet another stabbing in london, and people are playing politics on this, the chancellor, philip hammond with the no deal brexit could have been spent on things i tackling knife crime instead. the cuts to policing have been happening long before brexit. this is, you know, it is a shame that he is using this horrible situation of the escalation of knife crime throughout this country to bring brexit and money for no deal and all this stuff into it, because the cuts that we have seen throughout this country, you know, to schooling and the nhs and policing, it is not something that has happened overnight because of brexit. it is such a shame they are using that. this is a real issue and a real concern for people. if you cannot let your children out at all because of a fear that they will be knifed, and i have to young children, this is something that deserves more than the one day summit they have talked about. it is an action that needs happening, and this is more police on the street, real police, not just this is more police on the street, real police, notjust a visibility, the voluntary

the finance minister philip hammond saying over the weekend that the deal would only be —— only be putnt a third time if the government is sure it has the votes to get it through, to get it approved. on the other side of things, borisjohnson, approved. on the other side of things, boris johnson, the approved. on the other side of things, borisjohnson, the former foreign secretary, urging mps to reject it. boris johnson would be very happy to see the uk leave the european union without a deal at all, he does not like the prime minister's deal, he doesn't want to have to go back and renegotiate, and he is thinking that somehow the prime ministerjust goes to the eu summit on thursday and seeks to renegotiate the backstop again, that she will somehow get better terms. we have seen no indication of that, so now what we are looking for is to see whether or not the ten dup mps in northern ireland, if they come onside, that is what theresa may needs to get this deal through. if those ten mps come onside, the really right when people in her party, the hardcore brexiteers will likely follow and

the chancellor, philip hammond, says a significant number of conservative mps have changed their minds are prepared to back theresa may's brexit deal if it went back to the commons for another vote. ethiopia's transport minister says there are "clear similarities" between black box data from last week's crash, and that of an indonesian lion air plane that crashed last october. police response times to the most urgent calls at two of england's biggest forces have become significantly slower in the past five years, according to figures obtained by the bbc. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm damian johnson. ahead from us. brighton knock millwall out of the fa cup in a penalty shoot out to set up their first semi final in 33 years against manchester city. a late penalty from james milner helps liverpool beat fulham and regain top spot in the premier league and f1 world champion lewis hamilton has to settle for second as his team mate wins the season—opening australian grand prix brighton are through to the fa cup semi finals for the first time in

dividend' after a windfall in tax receipts, that's according to the financial times, which says philip hammondmise to increase public spending in next week's spring statement if mps back the prime minister's deal. the guardian reports that the membership at ukip has nearly doubled in a year, with many being attracted to what the paper calls the party's ‘anti—islam agenda'. the metro has pictures ofjodie chesney and yousef makki, two seventeen—year—olds, who were stabbed in separate incidents in less than 2a hours. the mail has shocking figures that reveals the number of under sixteen‘s being treated in hospital for knife wounds has nearly doubled in the last five years. and, the express has an interview with the former london met police comissioner, lord hogan howe, who is calling on the government to reverse cuts to police numbers in a bid to tackle knife crime. let's start with the story of the stabbings which we have been reporting in the last couple of days. the daily mirror, new vic towns, anyone‘s street, anyone‘s child. some of it is gang related but a lot of it is not. a lot of it is b

the chancellor, philip hammond, says a significant number of conservative mps have changed their mindseal if it went back to the commons for another vote. ethiopia's transport minister says there are "clear similarities" between black box data from last week's crash, and that