over £47 million was paid out to employees in tax—free loans, but hmrc has always argued the paymentson is not expected to have any material or financial impact on rangers now as the club is owned by a different company. let's have a look of the markets. ftse100 doing well. it was powered by world paid this morning. it has fallen since the morning. tesco shares have done quite well as well over book results. that is it from me. i will be back in a hour's time. moscow has been battered by terrible weather recently, but the... we can now go to the house of commons where the housing minister has started a statement about the grenfell tower. as we all know, it soon became clear that the delivery of the national response on the ground was not simply not good enough. much has been done to support victims to see thatjustin is stolen and ensure thatjustin is stolen and ensure that other buildings around the country are safe. but throughout our first priority has been helping victims who have suffered such an unspeakable trauma. we have been working hard to ensure they have all the support the

over £47 million was paid out to employees in tax—free loans, but hmrc has always argued the payments as the club is owned by a different company. a stalwart of the kitchen cupboard, spam, is 80 years old today! this is not the irritating rubbish you get in your inbox but the real thing — canned cooked meat. it‘s short for "spiced ham". first introduced in 1937, a staple during the second world war and beloved of generations of british schoolchildren served with everything from brussell sprouts to fried eggs. more than 7 billion cans have been sold. let‘s have a look at the markets before we go. worldpay shares down slightly. tesco‘s deal to buy book is awaiting approval. but is it from me. i will be back in one hour with more businesses. we are going to sneak in some pictures. we want to go back to berlin zoo to show you the pandas. look at that timing. that is angela merkel and president xi of china. they have just handed over the giant pandas to berlin zoo. yes, they are the two pandas burl insua paying around £800,000 a year to host them. china has had huge success with breeding p

hmrc revenue and customs has started to go suit some of the care providers for back pay going back sixrgest providers says it will be absolutely punitive, some will be put in danger of insolvency. the smaller charities that provide the ca re smaller charities that provide the care of. and the losers will be the 180,000 people with learning disabilities who may struggle to find the right level of care. the unions support back payment of the minimum wage, they say it is only what care workers deserve. but they say is a matter for government which is what mencap are saying, they said the government should pay and £40 million is a lot of money. the government says it is considering it carefully. the leading economic research group, the institute for fiscal studies, says that inequality in the uk has fallen in the decade since the financial crash. the ifs says the gap between the richest and poorest households has narrowed, with the most noticeable change in london. the group also found wide regional variations in average incomes. the main reason in recent years of narrowing inequality is d

finally, the supreme court has found in favour of hmrc in its fight with ranges over the club's use ofo employees in tax—free loa ns, was paid to employees in tax—free loans, but hmrc has always argued those payments were earnings and should have been taxed. the decision may not have any financial impact on out is owned by a different company. a quick look at the markets. not really going anywhere. the ftse is up really going anywhere. the ftse is up eight touch. i think we're waiting for some big figures from the us later in the week. the market is quiet at the moment. the pound is pretty steady at the moment. that is the business news. theresa may will face questions from mps sharply during prime minister's questions. let's go to our assistant political editor. we are in for a busy time because we have prime minister's questions and then we have urgent questions, the first from the shadow chancellor on the public sector pay 93p- chancellor on the public sector pay gap. that is, where are we on that, because there is an offer to firefighters of a 2% pay rise which seems to breach the

will be able to e nforce through the hmrc will be able to enforce those wages.orkers and those who're a typical and perhaps more capable of exploitation are paid. let me bring injoeeli. hi there —— joeli. you were sacked when you told your boss you were pregnant which is shocking. what protections are you looking for from this government review? we'd like to see greater parity between self—employed people, people on zero hour contracts, women who run own businesses and women in precarious work because, at the moment, workers have very little rights in terms of maternity so they have no right to time off for antenatal appointments, paid work. self—employed women have no rights to maternity leave, yet the benefits are dependent on them taking maternity leave. people who're self—employed don't get 90% of pay for the first six weeks which employees are entitled to and men have no right to paternity leave if they're self—employed. so we'd really la ke they're self—employed. so we'd really lake to see greater parity between those two types of employees. is that someth

even see just eat, airlines, british eric, and we even seejust eat, the takeaway company, and even hmrc50p are being used to justify charges up to £10 when the consumer is really feeling the strain. that is really feeling the strain. that is why we have seen early in share prices come down today. and as you we re prices come down today. and as you were mentioning, this extends to ta keaway were mentioning, this extends to takeaway apps and other businesses. what will we see in terms of the impact on them? i think the impact will be relatively short—term. some will be relatively short—term. some will push up prices, but really this is not fair to the consumer that these charges are being slapped on transactions just for using a credit card. 0k, we will have to leave it there. maike currie, thank you very much forjoining us. ftse 100 is in the green — boosted by the consumer goods sector. airline stocks among the biggest losers today. we've also had news in the last couple of hours about bmw favouring 0xford as a location to develop their new range of electric cars. that's all from me, an

we asked hmrc to explore extending their enforcement role for the minimum wage to other car rights itpoliticians and trade unionists and business leaders, i have engaged entrepreneurs and campaigners. everyone will have their own view and it is already clear that no one will agree with every word of our report. but my hope is that in responding to the proposals, those people and the interest they represent can focus on what we agree about. in these challenging times, i sensed the public would evaluate that we can put aside our differences and focus ona put aside our differences and focus on a shared commitment for a better lives for our citizens. i have been asked what i would see our success. i would be proud to see our recommendations and acted. i would be happy if this was fully debated, but more than anything, more than anything, i hope this review will be seen as anything, i hope this review will be seen as marking the point at which good work becomes an accepted and widely supported national goal. if the government and the public come to recognise the vital importance of good wo