let's just bring hilary benn. this letter was directed at you?ties. i think the real problem the government has got, apart from the very strong criticism of the eu withdrawal bill which we saw today, is, they are having to bring their brexiteers along and make them realise a fundamental truth — it will not be possible to negotiate this all singing, all dancing bespoke trade and market access agreement in the 10.5 months that we've got left. therefore we will have to have transitional arrangements. nobody is suggesting that there won't be. well, there's been a long argument within the conservative party about whether there should be, and we've wasted so much time over the 15 months since the referendum result getting to the point where what is absolutely obvious, namely, there will have to be transitional arrangements, is finally being recognised, but it's a difficult message for some conservatives to swallow. is it not labour which is actually undermining brexit, listening to keir starmer? absolutely not. we say very clearly in our manifesto, we

hilary benn of the labour party has just come to talk to us. good afternoon.on monday? because the bill is fundamentally flawed. i think eve ryo ne is fundamentally flawed. i think everyone in the house of commons accepts that you need a bill to move law across and put it into british legislation so that it works the day after we leave but not this bill because it gives the government astonishing powers. and we‘ve heard astonishing powers. and we‘ve heard astonishing speeches including from the tory benches today expressing reservations about what the government proposes to do including giving itself a power by statutory instrument to amend the bill that is being debated in the house of commons as we speak. we will talk more about those powers. you are not the first person to stand there today and expressed concern. i the same token, some people are members of your party, or people who support a party voted for this country to leave the eu. they will say, why are you doing this on monday because it will cause chaos. that's not the case because this bill apart

hilary benn talking to me earlier.fugees with relatives in britain, should to be allowed to live here with their families. it says this would make them less likely to set off on dangerous journeys to other parts of europe, and help cut the risk of exploitation by criminal gangs. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. the perilous route to europe for thousands of refugees. amongst them, children travelling on their own, hoping to eventually reach relatives in the uk. as an ambassador for the children's charity unicef uk, the actor michael sheen has met many families from syria displaced by the war there. the charity is campaigning for unaccompanied under—18s with family in britain to be able to come here directly. at the moment, you can't apply to be reunited with your grandparents, or older siblings, or aunts and uncles, unless you are already in europe. so what that's doing is it's making young, unaccompanied children have to take that incredibly dangerous journey to get to europe, just to have a chance t

we can now speak to the labour mp and chairman of the exiting the eu parliamentary committee, hilary bennning. we are getting something of a sphere, it would seem. what do you make of what we've heard so far?|j think the prime minister has to do three things tomorrow. first, she has to make a proposal on the money to break the logjam, otherwise the negotiations cannot progress to the really important questions of trade and access for our service industries. secondly, she has to be absolutely clear that the british government is going to seek a transitional arrangement, which will involve remaining in a customs union and a single market which is the position keir starmer set out on behalf the shadow cabinet in august. she needs to adopt the proposal, and thirdly, because europe will be watching the speech very carefully, she has got to try to persuade those we are negotiating with them that the government has a clear plan and crucially, that every single member of the cabinet is behind it. we have seenin of the cabinet is behind it. we have seen in the last few days nothing but division an

hilary benn, thank you very much for your time this afternoon.atement from the chief constable for avonen and somerset, following the incident near the m5 where a man was shot by police in marked and unmarked police cars, the statement is talking about the difficulties it caused in terms of traffic. but it starts by saying that their thoughts are with the family of the man who died and all of those affected by the incident. they say that a full investigation is under way, which is standard procedure. it goes on to say, that the port by road is still closed, there is a detailed search of the area to ensure that they have ca ptu red area to ensure that they have captured all of the evidence. they are very much aware of the disruption and know of the problem this is causing for the people that live in the local community and their frustrations. they say that their frustrations. they say that their own police and fire staff have been affected by the congestion, the ipc must run its course but they have impressed on them the need to open the road as s

to find out why, i'm joined by hilary benn, chairperson of the brexit committee.rinciple of the bill, not the detail. surely you agree with the detail that this work is to be done for these laws to go through? yes, but we object very much to giving the government legislative blank cheque. it seems to be taking for itself extraordinaire narrowly wide powers to do this through secondary legislation, including one clause of the bill to give themselves the power to change this very bill when it becomes an act. the list is get up it becomes an act. the list is get up on the one hand and say, look at all the safeguards in this bill. 0n the other hand, they are proposing to ta ke the other hand, they are proposing to take power to undo all that after the event by secondary legislation. so that is the principal reason. as keir starmer set it so clearly on thursday, that is why we will decline to give a second reading to this bill. the government needs to have a bill but this bill in its current form is not acceptable. they should do their homework again. as caroline finch