our political correspondent, helen catt, joins me. rmal trade talks are starting again suggests a deal is still possible. these are being described as intensified negotiations and they are held on a series of principles agreed by both sides. you might be thinking hang on, didn't downing street say the trade talks were over. well, yes, it did, boris johnson told as the country needed to get ready forjanuary without a big overarching trade deal but crucially the door was left open. downing street had suggested it was good to get back round the table if the eu moved on certain things, clearly believes that movement has happened. the sticking points of the negotiations haven't gone away though. there are still things to be squared on things like fishing rights and on competition law in particular. michel barnier that a deal is possible if they both worked constructively in a spirit of compromise. there isn't a huge amount of time left though, so if there is going to be a deal somebody is going to have to compromise and it will need to come

by helen catt has the latest. the weekend, more thar population by the weekend, more than half the population be living under extra coronavirus restrictions. in london, that means another 9 million people being moved on too high alert. it is my expectation that the government will today announce that london will shortly be moving into tier two of the high alert level of restrictions. i've had a meeting this morning that the secretary of state for health as well as london leaders and scientific advisers. state for health as well as london leaders and scientific advisersm means by saturday there will be bans in place or meeting friends and family anywhere indoors in most of england's major cities and across essex, york, north—east derbyshire, barrow in furness, and elmbridge in surrey, and matt one. we must take firm, balanced decisions to keep this virus under control. this is the only way to protect lives and livelihoods. we must act now. delayed action means more deaths from covid, more non—disease—macro deaths and more economic pain later because the virus comes down slower thanit because t

helen catt, bbc news.of wales, mark drakeford, has threatened to ban people from covid hotspots in england from travelling to wales if borisjohnson refuses to impose the measure himself. the uk government has advised against nonessential travel from merseyside, but stopped short of making it illegal. mr drakeford said he would give ministers at westminster "one final opportunity", before making changes to welsh law. ministers in northern ireland's devolved government are meeting today to decide on further restrictions to stop the spread of covid. it's understood senior advisors have suggested measures should last between four to six weeks to have the greatest effect. at the moment, there are tighter rules in londonderry and strabane where restaurants and pubs can't serve customers indoors. let's talk to our political correspondent, nick eardley. he is at westminster. how is the government responding to this disparity between what it did on september the 22nd and watch sage macro scientists were recommendin

helen catt, bbc news.w from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who joins us from westminster. jonathan, what is the timetable for the government to include more areas in its highest level of restrictions? there is no strict timetable. this will be discussed and decided upon on an ongoing basis. there is a meeting between senior health officials and government ministers to decide whether greater manchester and lancashire, specifically, should be moved into the third tier of restrictions, the very high levels which sex extra limits on the number of people who can meet indoors, no household mixing at all and pubs and bars closing completely unless they serve food. they will not necessarily be a decision today. liverpool is the place that will move up before very long at all. i will x to see some movement if not this week, next week. meanwhile extra pressure on the government over its three tier system. i suspect sir keir starmer ‘s may change the dynamic but whether or not it will change the prime m

helen catt, bbc news.nd around 17 minutes time, will be looking at how businesses are impacted in the new measures announced by the government yesterday. we will discuss that in detail. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: former arsenal boss arsene wenger gives us his view on the controversial plans for the premier league. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they are more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath

helen catt, bbc news.spondent in westminster is iain watson. it's hard to keep up at the moment, isn't it? jane, it is. the consequence of this regional approach, local lockdown approach, call it what you will, that the government is pursuing rather than taking any new national measures. it means there will be differences in different areas, different levels of agreement or resistance from local government leaders and indeed from local people. as we were hearing in that report, sadiq khan here in london, the mayor of london, very keen to see more restrictions imposed, london moves into the high level, essex arguing for more restrictions, the government has done so. there is still the very least, a couple from the london mayor over the level of financial support that will be given, that has become a major sticking point in other parts of the country, areas in so—called tier two, the higher alert level already, the government wants to move them into tier three and they are very resistant for a number of reas

let's get more from our political correspondent, helen catt.att. morning to you. we al\ to good morning to you. we always look to that morning round of political interviews to get a sense of the direction of travel for the day and the home office minister kit malthouse was doing those interviews this morning. what did he say we think we can expect from the chancellor this morning? the treasury itself is always really tight—lipped ahead of this sort of statement, so you tend not to really quite know exactly what the chancellor is going to say. what we understand in terms of the options that have been discussed are things like, for those businesses in tier 2 which are able to stay open but are seeing their customers not able to come because of the ban on things like household mixing indoors, for example, one of the options that has been discussed there is nothing the amount of the government contributes towards workers' wages or perhaps gra nts to towards workers' wages or perhaps grants to local councils, so we will have to wait and see exactly

our political correspondent helen catt is in downing street. ting for that news conference this afternoon, what are we expecting to hear? what discussions do we believe are taking place since this story broke late last night? certainly feels like there has been a lot more activity in the last couple of hours. the cabinet has been meeting to discuss this. we know yesterday boris johnson and the chancellor rishi sunak discussed these projections that we heard in the report, and the grass there showing the potential peak in the number of deaths being a lot higher than the current worst—case scenario lot higher than the current worst—case scenario the government had been working on. and also a lot higher than the first wave in the spring. we know those discussions have taken place. we have also seen one of the more lockdown sceptic conservative backbenchers, steve baker, in downing street this morning. that suggest things might not be plain sailing for the prime minister if he intends to go down this route of a national lockdown, with his own backbe

helen catt, bbc news. in salford, in greater manchester, which is one of the areas being considered for the highest level of restrictions. people in greater machester are waking up under the second tier of restrictions this morning but they are being warned that they may very quickly move to the higher level. there will be discussions later today about increasing the restrictions even further. here, across greater manchester, and across the area covered by lancashire county council, as well. local leaders there have said further restrictions do look inevitable, as they try and get the case numbers down. and across in liverpool, that's the only part of the country where people today are waking up with those heaviest restrictions so far. bars and gyms closed. further restrictions on their social lives. some people in that city region wondering why they're the only ones with those tightest of restrictions but it does look like other parts of the north will follow, perhaps later this week. and questions about

our political correspondent helen catt is in downing street. ight of the pandemic, there were about 1000 deaths per day. the documents suggest that could go up to 4000 deaths per day if no action is taken. what are we expecting to hear today from number ten? the fact they are considering this idea of a national lockdown is quite a significant moment. up until now, ever since we started to come out of the lockdown restrictions in the summer, the message from downing street has been that going back into a national shutdown for england was not the right move, that it would be severely economically damaging, that it would have a detrimental impact on people's health and well—being. instead they have opted for a regional tiered system to target measures at the worst affected areas. of course when labour brought up areas. of course when labour brought up the idea of a two—week circuit breaker lockdown that would have started last week over half term, borisjohnson dismissed started last week over half term, boris johnson dismissed it, started last week

helen catt, bbc news.is what levelling up means. richards rhodes has said political devolution as a way forward in cumbria. the county‘s interests are regularly ignored and there is a desperate need for an elected mayor to shout the interests of the county at westminster. the tory mps‘ support for the northern research group is a good start. cynical steven bouncy says one way of levelling up with the team starts building hs2 from the north to the south, the surge in employment says it would be a much bigger benefit. 0ur political correspondent nick ea rdley 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster. potentially some concern that the north will net out, and that would be bad from all the seats are turned from labour to conservative in last december‘s election? from labour to conservative in last december's election? the conservatives basically demolish the so—called redwall in december, winning a bunch of seats they had not won for regeneration, but in the last few weeks we have seen a lot

minister could take the national action that he was so desperate to avoid. 0ur political correspondent helen catteet. any indication as to when downing street are going to confirm their plans? they have been resisting this national lockdown for many weeks. yes, you are right, they haven't. the fact they are even considering it isa the fact they are even considering it is a huge shift. pretty consistently since the uk started to move out of lockdown over the summer, boris johnson has move out of lockdown over the summer, borisjohnson has been saying a second national shutdown would not be the right move for england. he pointed to what he said we re england. he pointed to what he said were the dramatic economic consequences, the impact on health and mental health for people being told to stay at home for a second period of time. and all the measures he has brought in over the summer, the rule of six, the curb on hospitality and the regional tiering system, the point of that he said was having to take this sort of second national action. so the fact they are now considering that is a really, really

ferrier apologised for her actions and said she had notified the police. 0ur political correspondent helen catt quite extraordinary, helen, given that margaret ferrier really was quite... very much not impressed with dominic cummings when he made his trip, but nicola sturgeon really coming down quite hard on her as well now. yes, as you said margaret ferrier was quite critical of dominic cummings‘s actions earlier in the yearand dominic cummings‘s actions earlier in the year and at the time she said that the public advice was crystal clear when it came to following the coronavirus rules. of course, what we have got here is to breaches of them, sojust we have got here is to breaches of them, so just run through what happened margaret ferrier said that on saturday she had mild symptoms, she ordered a coronavirus test. she said she then felt better, so she got on a train and came to westminster to parliament on monday. of course, the rules are that if you have symptoms you should stay at home and wait to get that test back. she then spoke in parliament on monday and got that test result back on mo

minister could take the national action that he was so desperate to avoid. 0ur political correspondent helen catt many of the front—pages of the newspapers have also had word of a potential national lockdown, when is downing street going to confirm its plans? well, as you heard there from jessica there is no decision has been taken, not even the whole of cabinet have been briefed on this. but the fact this is even being considered by downing street does mark a significant shift. if you think about everything that's happened since england started to come out of lockdown over the summer, all the measures that have been place like the rule of six and the 10pm curfew and the regional system of varying levels of restrictions, those we were told we re restrictions, those we were told were all being put in place to avoid the need for a second national lockdown and borisjohnson has been clear that that was not something he wa nted clear that that was not something he wanted to do, he didn't think it was going to be the right solution and concerns about the damage to the economy and the damage to people's

helen catt there.age payment holidays end today. the report warns that about 750,000 households, who expect their incomes to drop in the next month, will not be able to access any government housing support. senior labour mps on the left of the party have called for unity and support for ex—leader jeremy corbyn after he was suspended from the party. former shadow cabinet ministers diane abbott, john mcdonnell and richard burgon took part in an online rally, appealing for mr corbyn to be reinstated. he was suspended on thursday after a report into anti—semitism within the party revealed equality law was broken under his leadership. rescue teams in the turkish city of izmir have spent the night digging through concrete blocks, looking for survivors of the earthquake that struck there yesterday. at least 26 people are now understood to have died, including two on the nearby greek island of samos. 0rla guerin reports. amateur video captured the awful power of the quake. this multi—storey building disintegr

helen catt, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminsterfor us.his is being portrayed on some of the front pages this morning as a northern revolt. is it worrying for the prime minister, do you think? it might well cause him a bit of concern. i think whatever the intention was behind this letter it is certainly being seen as something of a warning shot to the government, effectively. putting the prime minister on notice. almost a year since the last election, that he needs to start delivering on some of the promises that he and the conservative party made back then, because the prime minister knows, as these 50 or so mps know very well, that if the tories are to hang onto their hefty majority come the next election, four years away, which may seem a long time away, they need to ensure that they do not lose these seats in the north of england, scottish borders, north wales and elsewhere and those are the mps who have written to the prime minister here. so downing street saying it is absolutely committed to its levelling up agenda, but i think this

our political correspondent helen catt has the story. liverpool city region is about to change significantly, again. the only place in england so far to be put straight into the highest of the new bands of restrictions. but millions of other people will see changes too because the virus continues to spread. these figures are flashing at us like dashboard warnings in a passengerjet, and we must act now. the new three—tier system for england will replace current local lockdown restrictions, and comes into place on wednesday. most of england will be put on medium alert level where the rule of six and 10pm hospitality curfew will continue. some areas will be put at the high level. no household mixing indoors anywhere but the rule of six still applies outdoors. the most severe level of alert is very high. there will be no mixing of households anywhere. pubs and bars will be closed unless they provide a substantial meal. but... i am not confident nor is anybody confident that the tier three proposals for the highest rates, if we did the absolu

and should be immediately lifted in the interests of party unity." 0ur political correspondent, helen catt division over this. yes, the system asa division over this. yes, the system as a shock and on one hand, there has been real pressure on keir starmer and labour to show that they really m ea n starmer and labour to show that they really mean it on anti—semitism. we had a lot of tough words in response to that equality and human rights commission report early, saying that the findings are clear and stark and there was no room for convocations, they were truly sorry for the pain and grief that is been caused and they said that there is no room —— there is no room for anti—semites in there is no room for anti—semites in the party. if you still believe after a ll the party. if you still believe after all this pain and grief that there is no problem of anti—semitism within labour, that it is all exaggerated, then you should be nowhere near the labour party either. so, they were very strong words. quite extreme pressure to make sure that he lives up to those words and it is an issue that the

let's speak now to our political correspondent helen catt.the furlough and then need job support scheme. today a different announcement. that is what we are expecting. when rishi sunak announced the winter plan last month, it was for the economy to start recovering. what we are expecting to hear some sort of further support, particularly for businesses in tier 2. they are in this worst of all world situation where they have not been told to shut that some of the other restrictions brought in on peoples lives are having a huge impact. in particular the ban on mixing households indoors. it is obvious that france cannot go for a pint in a pub or that france cannot go for a pint in apubora that france cannot go for a pint in a pub or a local cafe, it will have an impact on those businesses. there we re an impact on those businesses. there were talks yesterday with the government. unions and business leaders have been pushing on this. the government did recognise businesses operating in tier 2 would have difficulties. the sort of ideas we understa

let's get more from our political correspondent helen catt. good morning to you, helen.sunak was going to announce yesterday, it may have made a difference to all of those discussions. what's the reaction been, broadly, to what the chancellor had to say? there's been a broadly welcome reaction to the changes the chancellor has made but there have been questions about timing, to roll back a bit and talk about the changes. there is no doubt they are very significant to the job support scheme which comes in from the ist of november, it was announced last month, with the chancellor has done is make it more generous than it otherwise would have been. employees can work for fewer hours, a fit of the usual hours and get more of the usual income, up to three quarters and what he is also done is change who funds that, the balance of the fun side, employers have to put in less than they would have had to, the government putting in more, about half. they've also announced this fund for hospitality and leisure businesses particularly, under height restrictions in tier 2, not being t

our political correspondent helen catt is at westminster. good morning to you, helen.ral government and andy burnham in manchester, reflected in an interview with the foreign secretary dominic raab this morning. first let's get the viewpoint from manchester, the leader of manchester city council has been talking about this. what appears to be at the moment is a stand—off between authorities in greater manchester and the government, over whether they will move into the very high tier of restrictions. largely, it comes down to the impact on the economy that leaders in manchester say this is trying out a regional lockdown strategy but without putting the necessary money behind it to make sure that the damage to the economy isn't too great. they are not convinced that it would work. the government is saying there is a support package on offer, and that greater manchester needs to move. why this is important is because it could impact on whether this tier system actually works. dominic raab speaking to us earlier said the scientific advisers had told the government that if

our political correspondent, helen catt, has the story.pubs and bars shut their doors, not to reopen for now, by order of the government. the spread of coronavirus in the city region means it is now living under the most severe restrictions in england. is not just the most severe restrictions in england. is notjust places serving drinks that are closed by gyms, leisure centre and betting shops as well. visitors are asked not to come here, residents not to leave. other areas like greater manchester and lancashire may be in line for similar. a meeting is being held later to discuss moving those areas to very high alert as well, although it doesn't meana as well, although it doesn't mean a decision will definitely be made. what we're saying the government is of course we would put people ‘s' health first but you can't do that by destroying their jobs, first but you can't do that by destroying theirjobs, their businesses, putting people into hardship, in the run—up to christmas, that is just wrong, it should not be like that. they will be leve

our political correspondent helen catt has been watching the debate. if you think back to the summerand helen. well if you think back to the summer and you said that marcus rushford had that very high—profile campaign which resulted in the government unusually saying it would fund mealfor the government unusually saying it would fund meal for the poorest government unusually saying it would fund mealfor the poorest children over the summer holidays, and it did that by giving vouchers which were administered by the schools —— marcus rashford. labour wants that to continue, it is calling on the government to extend that until at least spring next year. kate greene, the shadow education secretary said that things had got worse since the summer. despite many families facing even more challenging circumstances than they did months ago, shamefully the government's walking away from its obligation to hungry children. the fa ct obligation to hungry children. the fact that things are changing is something they have agreed with labour, but they say it is moving o

just discussing that the primacy doesn't have everybody on board. 0ur political correspondent, helen cattre were hints there from the prime minister though that wasn't quite over the line, that some areas will be moving up to the highest level of restrictions. it highlights the importance of getting local leaders on board. 0ver the past few days, there has been considerable discontent tween regional leaders about the government's approach this and the level of engagement and communication. so they do seem to be a bit of an issue around that. potentially, there has been this agreement reached within the liverpool city region and now it is a case of looking at the other is to see where they get to. really intriguingly actually, one critical voice this evening is the conservative mayor of the west midlands, andy street. he said the decision to put birmingham into tier 2 was not supported by local leaders, particularly because it would now mean restrictions on households mixing within pubs and restau ra nts households mixing within pubs and restaurants which were not in place currently and it

our political correspondent helen catt has the latest.everal months of people in manchester have been living under extra coronavirus restrictions. the government wants to see them tightened even further to see them tightened even further to move the city onto the very high alert level. it would mean many pubs and bars would have to shut com pletely and bars would have to shut completely and families and friends could never meet up even outdoors apart from places like pubs. despite days of discussions, downing street has failed to convince local leaders to agree. that is why we have unanimously opposed the governments plans for tier three. they are flawed and unfair. they are asking us flawed and unfair. they are asking us to gamble our residentjobs, homes and businesses and a large chunk of our economy on a strategy that they are our own experts tell them might not work. we would never sign upfor them might not work. we would never sign up for that. manchester mps aren't convinced either at a call with minister didn't change their mind. t

helen catt, bbc news. 0ur reporter mairead smyth is in warrington, where a further 200,000 people werelains how the council has responded to this. the council leader russ bowden responded when they knew warrington was headed to this tier 3 level. he said it was necessary and appropriate and that's because there is a rising number, rising infection rate, here in warrington. i think it's around 399 people per 100,000 of the population. slightly less than neighbouring areas of liverpool city region and greater manchester just up the road but high nonetheless. the main concern is in the working population over the age of 60 where they're seeing a growing number of cases and really, across the whole population here as well, so it is something that has been welcomed, there is a package of support here, just under £6 million, that will be split for public health needs and to support businesses but of course those tier 3 rules come into effect here, it reduces the interaction you can have with people. you can't meet anyone outside your support bubble or family indoors, and restrictions on how

our political correspondent helen catt has more. helen, good morning.rs have told ministers that they can get this tier system without very high level put in place fully, which means with the agreement of local leaders, that would be enough to stop a national lockdown. andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester, says he's been advised by the deputy chief medical officer that even if they put all these things in place there is still no guarantee that it will work and that he says it's too much of a gamble considering the impact on the economy. that is where the two sites are at the moment. the question is, are at the moment. the question is, are they still talking? there seems to be confusion over that this morning. the of manchester city council to richard lees, told us that they were not. we had a meeting yesterday with representatives from the government in the morning. we agreed to have another meeting later in the day. that has been postponed. it has not been rearranged yet. so at the moment there are no meetings in the diary between us and the g

let‘s get more on this with our political correspondent, helen catt.rom len mccluskey and we have seen mps such asjohn mcdonald and diane abbott coming out on social media and expressing their disappointment. i think it will be really instructive to watch what happens over the next few hours is to where the party is now. we have seen over the last two years this sort of fight for the soul of the labour party, the civil war that raged for years that was driven by a huge influx of new members that came in withjeremy corbyn under his leadership. we saw that sort of power struggle if you like between the two wings of the labour party over those few years. since then they have gone to the electorate twice and have not managed to wind there. the election of sir keir starmer last year, he was not the favoured candidate of that wing of the left, that was rebecca long bailey, so it is already felt like a weakening power shift even though he was part of the shadow cabinet of jeremy corbyn, he was not the preferred candidate. it is felt like there has been this w

let's get more from our political correspondent helen catt. good morning.government putting in more. the id of this, it's available to everybody but the idea is to help those areas which have been into your two restrictions on businesses that are struggling and to further help hospitality and leisure businesses, there is also grants of £2000 which can be claimed retrospectively. labour and business groups have welcomed some measures but because there's been a big change just a month after the chancellor first announced this, the labour party has said this is rushing out a patchwork of policies at the last minute. downing street say this is about adapting. helen, thank you. the scottish government will lay out plans later today for a tiered system of restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus. unlike the english system, it will have five levels instead of three. some restrictions are expected to be similar to those imposed at the outset of the pandemic in march. the time is 11 minutes past eight. let'sjoin the time is 11 minutes past eight. let's join ma

our political correspondent helen catt reports.ike to start by paying tribute to all nhs key workers and volu nteers to all nhs key workers and volunteers in my constituency for the account and commit it over the last seven months. this was margaret ferrier speaking in the house of commons as an snp mp on monday evening. she has now been suspended from the party are growing calls for her to quit parliament entirely. why? it's because of what she did in the hours before and after that speech. on saturday afternoon, she sewed some symptoms of coronavirus and took a test in scotland. she should have self isolated but on monday, she travelled to london, saying she felt that up. on monday evening in westminster, a result came back positive. on tuesday morning, despite a legal duty to self isolated, she travelled back to the west of scotland on a train. last night she released a state and saying she apologised unreservedly for breaching coronavirus restrictions by travelling when she shouldn't have and there was no excuse for her actions

barnier is in london to resume talks about a post—brexit trade deal. 0ur political correspondent helen catt both sides. last week, downing street said the trade talks rover, it did. borisjohnson said the country had to get ready for leaving the single market and customs union injanuary the single market and customs union in january without an overarching deal, but the door was left open. downing street suggested it would get back round the table of the eu moved on certain things. clearly believes that movement has happened. the sticking points of negotiations have not gone away. there are still things to be squared on fishing rights and on competition law in particular. michel barnier said a deal is possible if they both worked constructively in a spirit of compromise. there isn't a huge amount of time left, so if there is going to be a deal, someone will need to compromise soon. well, as we've been hearing, firms who are not legally required to close, such as those in tier 2 areas like birmingham and coventry, will get additional subsidies to pay workers. so what are people making of today

let's get more from our political correspondent — helen catt. r idea on what the chancellor is actually going to announce in the next few hours and what sort of funding formula by government might be using? well, the treasury is always pretty tight—lipped ahead of any of the sort of statements, business leaders are likely to be briefed about it this morning and then the chancellor will stand up and deliver his statement to the house of commons later, but options that we understand have been discussed have been things like upping the amount of government support that is given to workers in tier 2, so that is where pubs and bars and other leisure industries are able to stay open, as you heard in the report, but their ability to do business quite severely compromised by some of the other rules in place, like the ban on households mixing, so we understand one option being looked at is increasing the amount the government pays towards that. at the moment, the government pays 22% of workers' wages. also being looked at we understand our options like gr

let's get more from our political correspondent helen catt. e seen a number of councils, mainly labour councils, coming forward over the past 24 hours to say that they will put in place some sort of provision to provide children who get free school meals in term time with a way of accessing food over the holidays. this is what the whole row is about. it is not necessarily about providing free school meals themselves, the government does that during term time, it has no plans to stop that. what this is about is how do you feed those same children over the holidays? historically, there hasn't been a specific provision for that. it came about over the summer because there was an extension of the scheme which provided replacements for free school meals when schools were shut, there was then the decision to extend that over the summer and now, of course, it has come back now to say, why don't we do that again over christmas and over half term. as you saw their annual report, a lot of the reasons for doing that. government is standing firm on this th

we can now talk to our political correspondent helen catt.our would be found to be breaching the equalities and legislation that it itself introduced and i think that is something that a lot of labour members will certainly feel. he had a lot of tough words on this, he said that the report was clear and stark, there was no room for equivocation, he set out some of the practical things that the party was going to do, this idea of having an action plan delivered within six weeks and a lot of stress on this being about his leadership, "under my leadership there will be zero tolerance, it will mean precisely that." "i hear you, i will act, the party accepts this." so a sense of trying to draw a line and move on but he immediately ran into problems because of the comments made earlier of the previous leaderjeremy corbyn so of the previous leaderjeremy corbyn so during his speech, sir keir starmer said that if after all the pain and grief there are still those who think there is no problem with anti—semitism and the party or that it's all exaggerat

earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent helen catt and she brought us up to speed on what exactlyb support scheme which comes in from the 1st of november, it was announced last month, what the chancellor has done is make it more generous than it otherwise would have been. employees can work for fewer hours, a fifth of the usual hours and get more of their usual income, up to three quarters and what he has also done is change who funds that, the balance of who funds that, employers have to put in less than they would have had to, the government putting in more, about half. they've also announced this fund for hospitality and leisure businesses particularly, under high restrictions in tier 2, not being told to shut but having their business hampered by restrictions, they can have a grant of £2100 every month and this is the bit i think is really important for manchester and areas which have been under restrictions, they can be backdated to, i think it'sjuly or august. the element of that is important to areas which have already been under tier 2 restrictions for some time. i said th