hmrc has just published an update to its advice on how firms should prepare for a no—deal scenario.society of motor manufacturers and traders blamed weaker demand in the uk and in export markets. hmrc has released an update to their "partnership pack" advising businesses on how to prepare for a no—deal brexit. it comes after the government made a plea to businesses that trade with the eu to prepare for the possibility, describing it as "a call to action now". let‘s speak to martin mctague, national policy chairman, federation of small businesses. at first glance it‘s a lot of extra paperwork isn‘t it? at first glance it‘s a lot of extra paperwork isn't it? absolutely. we have been warning the government that only about 15% of small businesses have made any kind of preparation for any type of brexit less lonely no—deal brexit and with less lonely no—deal brexit and with less tha n less lonely no—deal brexit and with less than 100 days to go this is now a time when i hope mps going away for the christmas holidays are thinking seriously about potential impact their decision will make i

some people say it would be completely overwhelming to hmrc if all these companies begin to apply forus. i think there's a real problem about contingency planning which has got to be addressed with great urgency. simon fraser, thank you for coming let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the japanese government says it will give tax breaks to car buyers to offset the impact of a sales tax hike planned for next year. it comes amid the looming threat of tariffs on the country's car exports to the united states. the new tax breaks are aimed at those who buy cars after the sales tax hike kicks in october 2019. the international monetary fund says global debt hit a record $181; trillion last year. that's well over double the size of the world economy — and equivalent to more than $86,000 per person. the biggest borrowers are the world's top three economies — the us, china and japan. earlier this month the imf warned the "storm clouds of the next global financial crisis are gathering", with excessive debt one of the big risks. the french government is seeking candidat

i think the main story is on page two. think the main story is on page two. that hmrc is going afterng. are deliberately avoiding. —— avoiding tax. avoiding tax. patient shows, sometimes forced by their employers to do so. their employers to do so. they are talking about. talking about. well, not necessarily lower earnings. earnings. be forcing their employees to enter certain contracts. certain contracts. asking to give money back retrospectively. overhook has just come on! that will be the music. —— the hook. that‘s it for the papers tonight. on the bbc news website. uk/papers. on bbc iplayer. thank you to jessica elgot and dia chakravarty. goodbye. hello, i‘m this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.

the advice that's been given so far from hmrc is only limited.ses are taking action. we're now ramping up our preparations for no—deal, which means there are certain things that those businesses that expect to continue to export to or import from the european union after a potential no—deal, unlikely as that is, the kind of things they'll have to do. is going to spoil your turkey dinner? hopefully it won't spoil my turkey dinner. but it may keep me awake at night, just wondering why orders haven't been placed. our customers need certainty, they won't place orders with us until they are certain about their market. off home for christmas, but when businesses gear up after the break, brexit planning remains the biggest issue on many to—do lists. meanwhile, the department of health and social care, for its part, has published more details of preparations which hospitals and other parts of the nhs in england are expected to make for the possibility of a no—deal brexit. a new control centre will respond to any health care problems caused or affected by

border delivery group has been working extremely effectively, helped by the permanent secretary of hmrcrecisely to look at ways of ensuring that there is a steady supply produce. my lords, could my noble friend indicate whether he thinks oranges are healthy food and if so, could confirm that under the customs union and our membership of the european union, the tariffs on oranges are set higher to coincide with the spanish harvest in order to prevent people buying cheaper oranges in south africa and elsewhere? so oranges in south africa and elsewhere ? so leaving oranges in south africa and elsewhere? so leaving the customs union will mean access to cheaper nutritious food from around the world and is scaremongering has got to seize if people are going to be honest with the british people. —— cease. my lords, we receive, we produce in this country 60% from home—grown and then 75% from all that we could produce in terms of uk possible production, clearly oranges is difficult for us, my lords, and citrus fruit, and one of the important parts of the food chain and the food supply is yes, it

of us get at least once a nuisance call per month, many of which are scams claiming to be from bt, hmrcy businesses could be fined for nuisance calls and texts and many bosses evaded the penalty by just declaring bankruptcy and opening under a different name. now they can be held personally responsible to the tune of up to half a billion pounds. last year, just a couple dozen companies were fined, but the data watchdog hopes these new measures will lead to more convictions. i have regained my composure, and tom is back with us. so good that the government is being proactive about these nuisance calls. absolutely what struck me was how many of these nuisance calls there are. 3.9 billion nuisance calls and texts made to uk households last week. amazing but not surprised, i get a pile of them and they are really frustrating. 0n get a pile of them and they are really frustrating. on my mobile, landline, you have done all the things you should to block them and they still get through. yes. what's also interesting about this, they are broadening the reach because the current bands which start

the advice that has been given far from hmrc is only limited.ses are taking action. we are now ramping up our preparations for no—deal, which means there are certain things that those businesses that expect to continue to export to or import from the european union after a potential no—deal, as unlikely as that is, the kind of things they'll have to do. is going to spoil your turkey dinner? hopefully it won't spoil my turkey dinner. but it may keep me awake at night, just wondering why orders have not been placed. our customers need certainty, they will not place orders with us until they are certain about their market. off home for christmas, but when businesses gear up after the break, brexit planning remains the biggest issue on many to—do lists. meanwhile the department of health and social care for its part has sent out more details of preparations which hospitals and other parts of the nhs in england are expected to make for the possibility of a no—deal brexit. a new control centre will be put in place to respond to any health care problem

hmrc has just published an update to its advice on how firms should prepare for a no—deal scenario. demand in the uk and in export markets. cha nts chants of a government shutdown in the united states? it is all to do with the budget, he wants about $5 billion to build the wall. a lot of the budget has gone through but it seems to have got stuck in the senate. which is surprising because he has a majority in the senate. it is stuck in the senate, but the republicans have a majority in the senate, don't they? what happened, they put together a bill they thought was going to clear the way to fund the government until february, when they had this battle yet again. so it was passed in the house by a voice call, they didn't even think they needed to do an individual roll call. it was going to go to the senate and then they got a call from the president who said, unequivocally he will not sign any spending bill unless it has some sort of funding for this border wall. so now, here we are on friday before the christmas break and there is still no funding available for the government past mi

the advice that has been given far from hmrc is only limited. means there are certain things that those businesses that expect to continue to export to or import from the european union after a potential no—deal, as unlikely as that is, the kind of things they'll have to do. is it going to spoil your turkey dinner? hopefully it won't spoil my turkey dinner. but it may keep me awake at night, just wondering why orders have not been placed. our customers need certainty, they will not place orders with us until they are certain about their market. off home for christmas, but when businesses gear up after the break, brexit planning remains the biggest issue on many to—do lists. now, as we near the end of 2018, let's look ahead to what we can expect to happen in the run up to the day we are due to leave the european union on march 29th. these are the thoughts of some of our best brexit brains. it's almost the impossible question. what is going to happen here in 2019 with brexit? can it be any madder than last year? er, well, yes, it probably can. the

. —— and hmrc.t. there was simply not enough information that tells haulage companies what they need to do in clear and simple terms. confusing, not enough of it, we are in trouble. thank you for that. and breaking news isjust coming into us. the meaningful vote will take place next tuesday, the 11th. there was some speculation around this morning that perhaps it could be delayed and somewhat advising theresa may that it ought to delayed, but downing street is saying it will happen. and a reminder of the other breaking news in the last couple of minutes, that the european court ofjustice will deliver its ruling on whether the uk can unilaterally revoke its withdrawal from the eu, can unilaterally revoke its withdrawalfrom the eu, abandoning brexit effectively, the day before the meaningful vote, which is next monday, the tenth. an alarming proportion of adults in britain who are eligible to sit on juries remain confused about what constitutes rape, campaigners say. a third of people surveyed for the

later today, hmrc is due to publish an update to its advice on how firms should prepare for a no—deal trade body. the society of motor manufacturers and traders blamed weaker demand in the uk and in export markets. uk consumer confidence has ended 2018 on five—year low, according to data from gfk. the index measures how brits feel about the outlook for their personal finances and the wider economic situation and declined by a point in december to minus 14. we spoke to director at gfk, joe staton. first of all, explain to me why exactly we have seen consumer confidence dropping like this? this isa confidence dropping like this? this is a pretty reliable survey and something the markets looked at closely. down to a five—year low. it's easy to point the finger at brexit uncertainty and say nobody expected this uncertainty to be a prolonged as it has been. but in actual fact there is prolonged as it has been. but in actualfact there is more going on. the seeds were sown a while ago. pay is growing at its fastest rate for ten yea rs is growing at its fastest rate for ten years but if you l

of us get at least once a nuisance call per month, many of which are scams claiming to be from bt, hmrcow, only businesses could be fined for nuisance calls and texts and many bosses evaded the penalty by just declaring bankruptcy and opening under a different name. now they can be held personally responsible to the tune of up to half a billion pounds. last year, just a couple dozen companies were fined, but the data watchdog hopes these new measures will lead to more convictions. complaints about nuisance marketing have fallen recently, but with almost 4 billion calls and texts still being made each year, the government will hope the people behind them know they too are on the line. joe miller, bbc news. lets just bring you up—to—date on the latest on brexit. we are hearing that downing street is saying there are no plans to allow parliament to vote on a series of different outcomes to brexit. you may have heard amber rudd saying earlier that thatis heard amber rudd saying earlier that that is what should happen to ascertain what the will is of parliament, putting what are called in ti

quarters of us get at least one nuisance call a month, many of which are scams, claiming to be from bt, hmrcay, the government is strengthening the law to tackle this menace. until now, only businesses could be fined for nuisance calls and text in many bosses evaded the penalty by just and text in many bosses evaded the penalty byjust declaring bankruptcy and opening up under a different name. now they could be held personally responsible to the tune of up to £0.5 billion. last year, just a couple of dozen companies we find that the data watchdog hopes these new measures will lead to more convictions. complaints about nuisance marketing have fallen recently, but with almost 4 billion calls and texts still being made each year, the government will hope the people behind them know they too on the line. —— are. people can cross the severn estuary toll free for the first time in at least 800 years. the charge for vehicles has been scrapped after the bridge's return to public ownership last year. our reporter tomos morgan is on the severn bridge for us this morning. there will be a lot of people

no, one to have bodies we quiz is hmrc who are responsible for what happens at the border, they havere certainty 01’ some time they need more certainty or be given the go—ahead to start planning, they will need new computer systems, new forms to be filled in, people need to do training, it has to be sensible. it is the right thing for the government to be doing, but we have quizzed the chancellor about how much money is set aside for no deal and a lot of people outside westminster will be thinking that money could be spent on things that people really want to see money spent on, the nhs and education and social care for example. you yesterday were critical of the prime minister for yesterday were critical of the prime ministerfor not yesterday were critical of the prime minister for not planning to yesterday were critical of the prime ministerfor not planning to bring forward her vote, the meaningful vote on her deal until well into january, what are your concerns about that? she is presumably hoping to get something from brussels that can persuade some of your colleagues. unfortunat

pink —— stepping up the action taken and since i said that, hmrc has taken action in writing out to over she said could not be changed. isn't it time to be honest about the commitments this country has made to no hard border, to be good friday agreement, and to not doing huge damage to our economy, and the fact that any deal, any deal, she can talk to the european union about the backstop all day, but any deal that respect those commitments will require us to sign up to a set of common european rules over which we will no longer have any say by dint of the fact brexit? isn't it time to be honest both with her backbenchers and with the public about this instead of trying to square square rebel circles or, even worse, hide the fact of this fundamental choice until after we are out? we are committed to no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, we are committed to the belfast good friday agreement, we are committed to a deal which actually delay the —— delivers on the protection of peoples jobs and livelihoods, delivers on the protection of peoplesjobs and livelihoods, that is the