we are going to hearfrom iain duncan smith who joined me we are going to hearfrom iain duncan smith whojoinedearfrom iain duncan smith who joined me on the phone now. thank you for your time this morning. norman smithjust saying that this departure, this resignation by dominic raab, has opened up a political crisis for theresa may. that is undoubtedly the case, isn't it? yes, i have major misgivings about this and i am ploughing through these 500 pages, but the very man who is the negotiator, for him to resign and say he doesn't think it is a good deal, i think it's devastating. it is devastated because he has been aware of all of these things and he has been raising these alarm bells with the prime minister, but it sounds like he has been ignored, because otherwise i suspect we would not be in this place. the biggest problem with this deal, which ijust can't see how the government will get over, is that we are locking ourselves into a perpetual customs union in the hands of the eu in a way where we can get out of nato and out of the un but apparently we can't get out of the customs union agr

saying, even in this article in the telegraph, we are still hearing quotes from people like iain duncan smithe deal must be challenged, there is a third way. we have heard from jean—claude juncker, this is not an option. no, as you say, as well as iain duncan smith, we have arlene foster and others saying no deal is better than this. for months they have been saying the reverse. there are voices clamouring from both sides. the likes of andrea leadsom still thinking perhaps about resigning, i leadsom still thinking perhaps about resigning, lam not leadsom still thinking perhaps about resigning, i am not sure what another resignation would do at this stage. but yes, the deal is now in its box, on the table, what are they going to do with it? you mentioned the sun, a picture of the french president, macron gloating. what has he been saying? the sun has taken against the prime minister's deal. call it a desperate campaign, so they have very much taken a position on it. i think what they are doing is they are confusing electioneering. .. the is they are confusing electioneering... the french presi

i know you're going to speak to iain duncan smith later on.some of the poor wrist and most vulnerable in society and a delayed to bring in these changes is not right. this morning, the government was defending this by saying that is a big change for the industry, there could bejob saying that is a big change for the industry, there could be job losses as well as so they wanted to give the industry time to adapt. also to replace the lost revenue. they also feel very strongly the need to replace the revenue to fund public services. they are bringing higher taxes on online gambling and they wa nt to taxes on online gambling and they want to bring in the changes together. we were expecting a possible u—turn from the government. there were some words from liz trust about half an hour ago billy did not seem to go far enough. you could hear some inserted mps muttering there was not enough. mps on all sides of the house of commons who we re sides of the house of commons who were hoping that tracey crouch would stay in herjob because she is highly rega

had a steady trickle of ministers going in this morning, notjust ministers, but people like iain duncan smitht brexiteer. are you expecting more resignations, prime minister? will ministers have the chance to read through the hundreds of pages of legal text that will shape our country for years to come? are you confident you can get the cabinet behind this? andrew whighteman said this: mark eaton added: there has been quite a lot of shouting this week and not all of that from reporters. protesters in college green in westminster, from where much of the bbc‘s live coverage has been broadcast, also made themselves heard again across the output. here is christian fraser struggling with some noises—off on thursday evening. at the heart of today's trammell is the draft withdrawal agreement. loud shouting from backgroud. that is about how the uk leaves the eu, not about any permanent future relationship. what is in it has caused so much controversy? loud shouting from backgroud. let's speak to our correspondent chris morris. he has been reading the detail of the 585 pages of the withdrawal agreemen

boris johnson, iain duncan indeed of the detail of the deal. borisjohnson, iain duncan smitht of prominent brexit supporters, let's listen to them now. it's very ha rd to let's listen to them now. it's very hard to see how this deal can provide certainty to business or anyone else when you have half the cabinet going around a reassuring business that the uk is effectively going to remain in the customs union and the single market and the prime minister herself continuing to say that we are going to take back control of our laws, our tariffs and offer free trade control of our laws, our tariffs and offerfree trade deals. control of our laws, our tariffs and offer free trade deals. they can't both be right. which is it? the prime minister said that we have a legal obligation to pay £99 million. i wonder she is forgetting a report from the house of lords from march 2017 that said in the event of leaving with a new deal, we all know money at all. therefore, what are we going with £39 million of taxpayers mmoney? the prime minister and the whole house notes the mathematics. this w

iain duncan smith suggested restoring the working allowances and you get even if you're in work.ay of ensuring that money does go to the right people at the right time. i expect we will hear something from the chancellor about universal credit. do you think he should go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the past few months and some feel more should be done to prevent them from getting their message on screen and one asked: we put that to bbc news and they told us: when it came to that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed crunching the numbers for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts.

iain duncan smith suggested restoring the working allowances and you get even if you're in work. way of ensuring that money does go to the right people at the right time. i expect we will hear something from the chancellor about universal credit. do you think he should go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the past few months and some feel more should be done to prevent them from getting their message on screen and one asked: we put that to bbc news and they told us: when it came to that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed crunching the numbers for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year he said the government would spend £2.3 billion on public services. that figure would rise to 30.6 billion by 2024. but some viewers have

labour's deputy leader, tom watsonjoined iain duncan smith in praising her decision to resign over thecommitment. so we were not surprised when she resigned. this is one of those occasions where even as the opposition we all say this was an honourable resignation. we had a minister that reside on a of principle that she felt guilty about and we were sad because she wouldn't have to this policy if she stated government. but i think she found this wasn't the way to far and she had to send a signal to the prime minister and crucially the new secretary of state who has led commitment to the policy than she did that enough is enough. sad to see her go but we will continue to work on a cross party basis for those mps who have expressed those concerns that these machines are blighted the lives of many of gambling addicts. . anyone from the european union living and working in the uk will have to register to stay when brexit is completed and this country leaves the eu next march. it will cost each person 65 pounds under the ‘eu settlement scheme'. with london so reliant on foreign workers, som

yasin iain duncan—smith this morning.ny other party, keir starmer the labour brexit spokesperson also i think that reveals this lack of confidence. —— you have seen iain duncan—smith. she's not sure she can get this through the cabinet. it looks like a deal designed to get through for the benefit of the tory party rather than the benefit of the country. that has always been the fundamental problem with her approach. all four of you coming from different wings of you coming from different wings of the political spectrum, you have all said emphatically you will vote against this. i haven't said that. i said we would look at the deal and apply our tests. it is really going to bea apply our tests. it is really going to be a struggle for all of us. but iagree, to be a struggle for all of us. but i agree, let's read it first, at least that! i take that point, jenny chapman. if it comes to the point where you have read it and you think it doesn't satisfy our six tests, which i have not spoken to anyone in reva who thinks it will

iain duncan smith, owen paterson there. and peter lilley amongst that group. th the hour that passes, it increases the chance that she is out of the woods. yes, i think the problem with this is, as you say, there is no moment she can totally relax because this is an ongoing process. it has been going on for several months with one or two letters going in and we are never entirely sure, but it does seem slightly perplexing having been told for weeks that they are close to getting to this number, this trigger point of 48, that after last week, that fanfare from jacob rees—mogg, that fanfare from jacob rees—mogg, that there haven‘t been these letters going in order get them over the line. all i can tell you at the moment is that iain duncan smith, a leading brexiteer, former party leader, and owen paterson, former northern ireland secretary, and david tribble have gone into number ten to see the prime minister, they hope, in order to speak to her about what they think the solution would be as an alternative to this thorny problem of the irish backstop, trying to s

the former tory leader, iain duncan smith, also slipped in, a lead of the tory brexiteers in parliamenthe proposed agreement. if it means we would be potentially locked in a customs union forever, and only leave from the eu, that is not acceptable, that is an brexit. but also fears from another former tory leader. what you must worry about here is if you don't take this opportunity to leave the eu and get brexit over the line, if you like, you might never leave at all. downing street might say it is disagreement or nothing. but supporters of another referendum says parliament should throw it out. we will be paying this huge sum of money for no agreement in return. that, to anybody, to my mind, doesn't make any sense at all. the la st two doesn't make any sense at all. the last two years the prime minister has told us no deal is better than a bad deal, now she is arguing that we have to accept a bad deal for fear of no deal. a stumbling block has been the irish border. the uk has set a temporary agreement should go in place, in exchange for no hard border after brexit. the party propping

the question i asked to iain duncan smith, they will be trying to be careful.ll happen tomorrow. it is wait and see. but it really is uncertain. and what about the dup, they feature in the mail's story here, talking about voicing theory, the agreement could drive a wedge between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. we are getting into the details, we don't know every word. there is some suggestion that something is in that that might create a slight difference. there are quite a lot of lea ks difference. there are quite a lot of leaks out from the irish side. we should say that the irish governed has said it is not a done deal yet either. the indications are that, in fa ct, either. the indications are that, in fact, the kind of customs arrangements would cover the whole of the uk, notjust northern ireland, but the relationship with the eu would remain deeper on the whole island of ireland so that you would avoid that hard border, which is seen as crucial. the question is whether theresa may can persuade the dup that the differences in emphasis between the s

. >> mister iain duncan smith. >> mister speaker. i'm not going to ask about brexit. [years] >> save the bellringing for now. could i say i was enormously proud of my government for agreeing to lower the steak on betting terminals to 2 pounds because they cause endless harm, terrible damage to families and it was the right decision. since then there has been a hiatus about the date in which this would start. can i offer my right honorable friend, is that the reality that now the we put down an amendment that the government will exceed and we will get this process started on 1 april next year? >> can i say to my right honorable friend i know he has campaigned on this issue with a passion because as he says the question of maximum terminals is one that will have an impact on the people as well as their families and loved ones and i recognize the strength of feeling on this issue and addiction can devastate lives. the priority is making sure this change delivers the results we want to see. we are listening to the concerns raised by our colleagues. my right honorable frie

is a brexiteer herself, but it is nothing about that, it is about the depth of concern, even iain duncan smithof step. it isa that the government is out of step. it is a blunder. they have done pretty well trying to keep the show on the road in parliament despite all the factions —— factions that winner exist in the tory party. they seem to have come up with a budget plan theirmps can seem to have come up with a budget plan their mps can support and it we nt plan their mps can support and it went pretty well for them on monday. we thought that whole thing about mps rebelling on the budget had gone away, now suddenly this is exploding. it is all centred around a minister, oran exploding. it is all centred around a minister, or an ex— exploding. it is all centred around a minister, oran ex— minister, you never would have expected. she is quite an assuming, not a rebellious person. it seems like an unforced error by the government. if they had just consulted with their ministers a bit more closely, and maybe done something that it seems like there is lots of support for anyway, you know, do the c

but i do think it is very interesting, i think iain duncan smith thinks he is on i'm a celebrity getle, and it does show when you have the heads of the committee, it shows this is actually about getting people back on the right track. so you are on the conservative benches, do you think that the government should be putting more funding into this? would you vote for that is that i think we do need to have more money, that the inflation, austerity, everyone has really felt this and it has not been an easy ride and i think we need to look at this and be clear about this. —— would you vote for that?” this and be clear about this. —— would you vote for that? i think we do. i think it comes a good place. i think the treasurer to look at her job but i think now we need to reflect, you are given with one hand and then brexit could change with another. i think we need some clarity on this, but i do think you have big headline a conservative peers and mps and ministers saying here that actually know what they are doing, and i think we need to give better benefits for people. it is not right f

iain duncan smith, currently on his feet addressing the house. continue to watch -- there you go, the prime minister responding to what he has to say. on your bloomberg. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: i'm guy johnson in london. this is bloomberg markets. let's talk a little bit about what is happening elsewhere in europe today. italy, never far from the markets'mi mind. , a little earlier on we had an auction of inflation linked bonds. the tying government was trying to sell them -- i think it was the second worst turnout or demand story that we saw on record for that option. is the market finally starting to wake up to the threat that italy poses? italian -- frederick: the italian issuance was disappointing, especially because the issuance in the real coupon was higher. people were expecting 8 billion to 10 billion, and it was only 2 billion. but we also had a strong rally this week. it shows you how the marginal buyer is influencing prices at the moment. as long as the market believes there is some sort of dialogue between rome and brussels, which i

the conservative party, and she is unable to stand, this has happened only once before, with iain duncan smithlk to us tonight. in you. absolute pleasure. the number of people missing after wildfires destroyed the town of paradise in northern california has risen to more than 600. sixty three bodies have been discovered in the area, but the death toll is expected to rise considerably. at least three other people have died in a separate wildfire in southern california. president trump will travel to the state tomorrow to meet people affected. dan johnson has the latest from the scene. these smouldering ruins still refuse to revealjust how much went when paradise burned. the official number of lives lost has kept slowly climbing. but the sheriff's latest update stunned everyone. the number of people who we're still looking for, who are unaccounted for, has increased to 631, and this number increased by 501 people. that's because they've checked the number of emergency calls made as the fire burned and compared different lists. boards like this have appeared at shelters around town with lists of

not just ministers, iain duncan smith, prominent brexiteer.of avoiding resignations, prime minister? so theresa may just so theresa mayjust heading off to prime minister's questions. she has been meeting with some key figures this morning ahead of that cabinet meeting. 0thers this morning ahead of that cabinet meeting. others have been going in to the cabinet office around the corner to read the 500 page document, but all the signs are, and it is guesswork, that although there are ministers with severe doubts, she is probably not going to face a mass walk—out. you don't get the sense that building up at that, in pa rt sense that building up at that, in part because ministers are bulking and the idea of a huge —— do not like the idea of a huge political crisis, in which you might catapult the country towards a no deal. these are things for ministers to reflect on if they refuse to back the deal. i think that will prey on their mind. and there is a view that this is as good as it is going to get. they had pushed the eu to the limits. it is eithe

had to be unanimous backing of this withdrawal agreement and what we are now hearing from sir iain duncan smiths of the cabinet to not agree to this deal. he says it was put to a vote but someone else said it was not put to a vote but it certainly wasn't unanimous. week you might think back to what went on post checkers when it wasn't until 48 hours after that borisjohnson checkers when it wasn't until 48 hours after that boris johnson felt that he couldn't support the deal that he couldn't support the deal that she was putting to the european union or the proposal i should say. he walked away from the job so just because there has not been revelations tonight it does not mean that others won't be thinking of it and perhaps we will get thoughts from tomorrow but certainly there are doubts. a third of the cabinet perhaps who are disgruntled with what they are reading and perhaps not reassured but what they just heard from michel barnier. we're bawdy heard of course from members of the house of commons who are talking, there are rumours that their baby will be a vote of no—confidence and added th

iain duncan smith suggested restoring the working allowances and you get even if you're in work.bout universal credit. do you think he should go further or pause the roll out? or do you think that in principle it is the right thing to do? anti—brexit campaigners have been active around camera crews for the past few months and some feel more should be done to prevent them from getting their message on screen and one asked: when it came to that afternoon's budget the bbc‘s live coverage and analysis was extensive, with economics editor kamal ahmed crunching the numbers for the news. philip hammond tried to change the economic story of this government. away from cuts and controlling the nation's debts, and towards spending and tax cuts. the ending of austerity, he said. next year he said the government would spend £2.3 billion on public services. that figure would rise to 30.6 billion by 2024. but some viewers have taken exception to the bbc‘s reporting of economics. 0ne wrote: this week's budget was the last for kamal ahmed as the bbc‘s economics editor. on thursday he started a ne

former conservative party leader iain duncan smith, owen paterson, on the eurosceptic wing of the partyme minister, we think. they went in with documents and experts on border technology, trying to extract the persuade the prime minister there is an alternative to plan. they came out and didn't say anything. we will have to wait to see if they feel they have been reassured. but i think what is interesting is the prime minister has been helped somewhat by the fact that her opponents, firstly in the labour party and then her own party, are divided over tactics. that is what is going on here with these letters going in. it sounds like there are a couple more gone in this afternoon. there is definitely a divide within that group of conservative mps who feel that now is not the moment that they can defeat the plan in the house of commons. and that is the right way to do it, rather than try to topple her now and filed a —— force a vote of confidence she would probably win anyway. on the labour side we know there are some labour mps unhappy with jeremy corbyn's plan to keep all options on the

spread about how tory backbenchers always undermine their leaders, from john major through to iain duncan smith. but much more different, really. it is all about the gang of five, michael gove's gang of five, and they are the heroes of this. the backbench euro is driving through a harder brexit, ably negotiated brexit. and the telegraph, famously the employer of borisjohnson for so telegraph, famously the employer of boris johnson for so long, telegraph, famously the employer of borisjohnson for so long, they have now emerged as the kind of mr hyde brexit. and so this story in the guardian. yes, the austerity story. in any othertime, guardian. yes, the austerity story. in any other time, this would be all over the papers. the guardian has put it on the front page that the un's reporter, who is an australian human rights lawyer, who has a record on extreme poverty, has visited britain and found that one fifth of the country is effectively living in destitution, and not merely that. he says that the middle classes would find themselves living in an increasingly hostile and unwelcome society becau

the former tory leader iain duncan smith slept in as well, a leader of the tory brexit years in parliament proposed agreement. if it means being potentially locked in a customs union forever and can only leave with the approval of the eu, thatis leave with the approval of the eu, that is unacceptable. but there was a warning to brexit ears from anotherformer tory a warning to brexit ears from another former tory leader. what you have to worry about here is that if you don't take this opportunity to leave the eu, to get brexit over the line, you might never leave at all. downing street said it is this agreement are nothing but supporters of another referendum said parliament should throw it out. we are going to be paying this huge sum of money for no guaranteed trading relationship in return. that to my mind doesn't make any sense at all. the last two night years the prime minister rudd told us no deal is better than a bad deal and now she's saying we have to accept a bad deal and said of no deal and that is a false choice. the biggest roadblock has been the question of the irish border. a

as we saw in that piece, iain duncan smith and his pals are not buying that. paragraph i want you to take a look at, number 87, this is the section on security cooperation, which is not getting a lot of attention today. this paragraph is pretty technical but the key bit is it says both sides will try and approximate the capabilities that are enabled by union mechanisms now. that is eu called for the eu and the uk have tried to continue to cooperate on cross—border crime. maybe even coming up with something that is a bit like the european arrest warrant. the uk ford for a very long time to maintain the capabilities that exist now. not necessarily copying the tools that exist if you are an eu member. that is not getting much attention today. thank you very much. let's talk now to shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer. thank you very much for being with us. the prime minister is saying this is the right deal for britain. i think it is a bitter disappointment. this is a document thatis disappointment. this is a document that is full of options, not a document t

had a steady trickle of ministers going in this morning, notjust ministers, but people like iain duncan smithnt you can get the cabinet behind this? andrew whighteman said this: mark eaton added: there has been quite a lot of shouting this week and not all of that from reporters. protesters in college green in westminster, from where much of the bbc‘s live coverage has been broadcast, also made themselves heard again across the output. here is christian fraser struggling with some noises—off on thursday evening. at the heart of today's turmoil is the draft withdrawal agreement. loud shouting from backgroud. that is about how the uk leaves the eu, not about any permanent future relationship. what is in it has caused so much controversy? loud shouting from backgroud. let's speak to our correspondent chris morris. he has been reading the detail of the 585 pages of the withdrawal agreement. dorothy edwards had this reaction. the bbc‘s director general, lord hall, spoke out this week against what he called the "disgraceful attacks" made on social media againstjournalists. he said they were getting

as iain duncan smith pointed out in a statement, these arrangements, the backstop, would be harder tohority, the other day and here we are, theresa may. herauthority, has the other day and here we are, theresa may. her authority, has it been damaged in the last 24 hours? she‘s been on the radio and spoken to the public. it is draining away, that‘s the truth. we‘ve heard that she is trying to appease brexiteers. it is supposed to be our map for the future. we have said it is not worth the paper that it is written on. that has been proven today. i think people out there in the country are still wondering what all this means for our jobs still wondering what all this means for ourjobs and our rights at work. a lot of them pins will go back this weekend, and i want a sense of what people out the westminster bubble may be making of where we are, if the choice, this seems to be the gamble theresa may is taken, if the deal, the best one that she can get, or no deal, that is the choice? deal, the best one that she can get, or no deal, that is the choice7m isa or no deal, that is the choice7m

cheering mr iain duncan smith. i say that i have always wished well to my right honourable friend and my question is in this light. i have deep misgivings on reading much of this overnight. there is a real issue with the way that we will be treated with the backstop. and i say to her, that when you read this you realise that we are locking ourselves into an arrangement from which we seem unable to have the sovereign right to withdraw. that seems to me to be the biggest single issue, which strips away the one thing that we said when we want to devote, when we were living that we took back control, so can i say to my right honourable friend, my concern is that we had the sovereign right when he wanted, to leave the un, to leave nato, when the what, to leave the eu, but we do not have the sovereign right to leave this arrangement. prime minister. my right honourable friend says the references to the backstop turei some difficult issues and i fully accept that they do, and i fully accept that they do, and i fully accep

i think this issue is farfrom dead, though, because a cross—party group of mps, iain duncan smith, labourtion of post—war caribbean migrants. the report says ms rudd lost confidence in her officials and was "not supported as she should have been". president trump has suggested that soldiers deployed to the mexican border could shoot migrants who throw stones at them while attempting to cross into the us. mr trump's comments come just days ahead of crucial mid—term elections, the result of which will determine the success of the rest of his presidency. he also said he's planning to deny asylum to people who enter the united states outside legal ports of entry. anybody throwing stones, rocks, like they did to mexico and the mexican military, mexican police, where they badly hurt police and soldiers of mexico — we will consider that a firearm. because there's not much difference when you get hit in the face with a rock, which, as you know, it was very violent a few days ago, very, very violent, that break—in, it was a break—in of a country. they broke in to mexico. its big mid—term elections

you have people like iain duncan smith who campaigned, like you, to leave.on the referendum for those of us on the brexit side but also, we have got to recognise that the country was divided. it has been a very divisive time and it is now time to come together as a country. to unite behind this deal because it is the only deal on the table. the european leaders have taken —— made that clear. the alternative would be massive uncertainty from a tsunami as well, we can't be sure what the outcome would be. you say it's the only deal and there is no other option. are you concerned this morning that it appears there are some some in europe who are beginning to use this deal already to seemingly threaten the uk? you have the spanish talking about gibraltar and the french talking about rich already. if you look at travolta, the prime minister has stood firm. —— the french talking about fish. —— looking at gibraltar. the prime minister has stood up for gibraltar. it is contradictory because it refers to going into what is known as the backstop but the point with the

booing mr iain duncan smith.hdrawal agreement. ido bound into the withdrawal agreement. i do say to my right honourable friend, for all the effort and work, the reality is that this is not the withdrawal agreement. the withdrawal agreement will make it very clear that should read, even under these terms, struggle with in negotiation for a free—trade arrangement and not complete that process, we will fall into the northern ireland backstop as it exists at the moment. that will mean, simply, that we will be bound by those restrictions that force northern ireland through a separate arrangement and us into the customs union. i simply say, therefore, i would customs union. i simply say, therefore, iwould hope customs union. i simply say, therefore, i would hope that she would now consider that none of this isa would now consider that none of this is a tall workable, unless we get the withdrawal agreement now amended, so that any arrangements we make strip out that backstop and leave us with that positive, open the bor

mr iain duncan smith. to agreement at all. but the point i want to make to my honourable friend is this. if the government going down the road towards negotiation is heading towards that point when the backstop will become invoked, does that not genuinely mean that mr macron is right, that we will come under intolerable pressure to agree almost anything to avoid our entry into what my right honourable friend rightly says is something we never wa nt to rightly says is something we never want to be in? i say to my right honourable friend, i do recognise the depth of concern that there has been and remains about some members of the house about this issue of the backstop, but i disagree with him about the position that would entail. first of all because as i indicated in my statement, and it is largely thanks to my right honourable friend and our right honourable friend and our right honourable friend and our right honourable friend the member for north shropshire that we are in this position of having within