and we'll talk to iain watson in aberdeen later.s he intends to continue as the mp for tatton in cheshire. the newspaper's owner said george osborne had been chosen because his ‘socially liberal and economically pragmatic‘ views match those of the paper‘s readers. here‘s our political correspondent, ben wright. he is used to being featured on the front pages, now george osborne will decide what‘s on one, becoming editor of a major newspaper less than a year after being sacked from the cabinet following the eu referendum. i will speak for london and londoners through this paper as its editor and we willjudge whatever the government does, whatever the mayor does, against that simple test, is it good for london or not and if it is not then we will say that and we will not be afraid to do that. if it is good for london, we will back it. he has spent his entire life in politics, six years running the treasury after building his career within the tory party as an mp and adviser to previous leaders but before politics he wanted to be journ

our political correspondent iain watson reports.sage parliament wanted to send. but around westminster it felt like anything but. security was tightened. and the victims remembered. after the silence, determination. it statement, the prime minister. theresa may's tone was measured but resolute. we meet here in the oldest of all parliaments, because we know that democracy and the values it entails will always prevail. those values, free speech, liberty, human rights and the rule of law are embodied here in this place. but they are shared by three people around the world. this westminster street is normally bustling with mp5, staff and tourists. today it's a crime scene, you and tourists. today it's a crime scene, you even need and tourists. today it's a crime scene, you even need security clea ra nce scene, you even need security clearance just to be here. scene, you even need security clearancejust to be here. this attack on parliament, this attack on democracy has at least achieved something, at one of the most divisive times in br

iain watson there. years has been sentenced to 2! months in prison. victoria gale admitted preventing the decent burial of her son who is thought to have been around 18 months when he died. this report from kingston crown court. over a decade victoria carried a terrible secret, her baby son died, she had his body and over the years it seems no one in authority investigated with the child was. 11 yea rs investigated with the child was. 11 years old, the body of the little kaiser, was found hidden in a boy, kaiser, was found hidden in a box ina boy, kaiser, was found hidden in a box in a garden shed at the home of relatives of victoria. they say they did not know what happened. his leg was bandaged although it is not clear how he died she's always denied any involvement in his death. the postmortem determined that it was inconclusive and that's due to the passage of time, over ten years. ‘he ‘ he left park after he left northwick park hospital as a newborn the authorities had a minimal contact with the ch

ourfirst report is from our political correspondent, iain watson. the law that took us into the european union was passed in 1972 and now our eu membership is about to end, not with a bang but, well, with a rather complicated process. the government now has 2a months to unravel their relationship that's lasted for 44 years. the speaker: the secretary of state for exiting the european union, secretary david davis. the brexit secretary set out the first steps today, with the promise of a great repeal bill. we're being clear that we want a smooth and orderly exit and the great repeal bill is integral to that approach. it will provide clarity and certainty for businesses, workers and consumers across the united kingdom on the day we leave the eu. it'll mean that as we exit the eu and seek a new deep and special partnership with the european union, we'll be doing so from a position where we have the same standards and rules. if you were to look at the dictionary definition of repeal, you'll find that it means to reverse or cancel something, yet the gover

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.houghts of chief political correspondent vicki young. smooth and orderly says david davis, but also a massive task. it is, something they can't start doing once we leave, they have to start doing it now to be ready for the day we do leave. if you get rid of the eu law you need to replace it with something. this is the idea you tra nsfer something. this is the idea you transfer it over. no one is entirely sure how many laws and regulations we are talking about, one survey reckons 53,000 laws since 1990 which shows how much influence brussels has had on every area of our life. some see it as a force for good, they think it means workers' rights, environmental protections, have been a good influence. others say it's a sign of how much it has encroached on our life and how much this place here hasn't had a say. it gets back again to what kind of country will we be after we leave the european union? the thought amongst some, we heard from opposition mps, their fear is that eu law will come

our first report today is from our political correspondent, iain watson.hat took us into the european union was passed in 1972. now, our eu membership is about to end. not with a bang, but with a rather complicated process. the government now has 2a months to unravel a relationship which has lasted for 44 years. the secretary of state for exiting the european union, david davis. brexit secretary set out the first steps today with the promise of a great repeal bill. we have been clear that we want a smooth and orderly exit and the great repeal bill is integral tool —— integral to that approach. it will provide clarity for businesses and workers across the united kingdom on the day we leave the eu. it will mean that as we exit the eu and seek a new and special partnership with the european union, we will be doing so with the same standards and rules. if you were to look at the dictionary definition of repeal you would find that it needs to reverse or cancel something but the government's great repeal bill actually keeps —— actually seeks to keepin actually k

let‘s speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. he is at westminster for us.e is not closing her rise to the concerns of her own conservative mps, but it is not clear how far she will change your view. —— she is not closing her eyes. because this boat will now be in the autumn, to bring in these measures, it will be after a review into working practices have been published —— because this bowled. it is likely to recommend more rights for the self—employed, such as rights to maternity and paternity leave, so the government can argue from the autumn that the self—employed are getting more value for money from the national insurance rise. what they might do, i have spoken to potential conservative rebels and they say the government to be more radical, to draw a clear distinction between the genuinely self—employed and those who worked just one company, such as a career company. they say that latter category should be hit with higher national insurance but in return for full climate rights and perhaps the chance that they could find a little bit of time and space

our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. their reaction?rnment has been trying to accentuate the positive. downing street made it clear they believe both sides wanted to approach the talks constructively. we heard from boris johnson saying there was a lot of goodwill so no attempt to fan the fla mes goodwill so no attempt to fan the flames with the remaining 27 members of the eu but theresa may's political opponents certainly trying to turn up the heat. in a terrible pun, the liberal democrat suggested the prime minister had been taken to tusk by donald tusk. the key demands that the prime minister made on parallel negotiations and deals for industry, none of that was likely to happen and she had been carless to isolate herself from potential allies. ukip did not attack the government. but a tag eu leaders saying they are being inflexible. and seeing that they are brittle. if the talks are phased in the way the donald tusk suggest that there is a lot of emphasis on the divorce bill first before seeing some of the potential benefits of leavi

our political correspondent iain watson has the latest.is on a second referendum on scottish independence. - it is westminster that take legally it is westminster that take the decision. here it feels like the the decision. here it feels likethe is already under way. campaign is already under way. members are delighted at the call for another vote within two years but pro—union campaigners do not wa nt but pro—union campaigners do not want it to happen at all. the snp deputy leader had a message for them deputy lea der hads:message:foftheml and the deputy lea der hada:message:fofthem! and the prime - people of and the prime minister. people of this country will have their choice. they will not bedenied their say. they will not be denied their say. they will not be denied their say. the stirrings of a standing ovation spurred him on. no uk prime minister should dare to stand in the way of scotland's democracy. the snp spring conference in aberdeen was supposed to be discussing a range of issues. to be discussinga range of issues-’ service,

our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. is bring in all the eu laws and regulations into uk law. the government says this is a good thing because in effect we will be waking to the same standards as our current european partners, we will have the same rules, and that will make a future trading relationship that much easier. some big policy changes will have to go into separate laws. things such as immigration will require separate parliament where it‘s grigory. there has been a linking of the trade deal with security co—operation that some people have been suggesting that the reason may is attempting to blackmail and the chief negotiator of the eu parliament said he would not use the word blackmail because he isa not use the word blackmail because he is a gentleman. it is a bad start and government ministers have been anxious to stressed that the government is not threatening people but, to be perfectly honest, at the start of the negotiation i would expect it to talk from both sides. after 8:30 we‘ll be speaking to the sec

but our political correspondent, iain watson, says this may not be the final word on the issue.e policy but that doesn't mean to say she's closing her ears or shutting her eyes to the concerns of conservative backbenchers by legislating on this in the autumn, not summer, she is giving herself some time to make adjustments if necessary. by autumn we should have a review into working practices. it's likely to suggest the self—employed get more rights, that people conventionally employed would have paternity pay, paternity leave and so on. certainly the government will try to argue in the autumn certainly to concerned backbenchers that people paying higher national insurance will get value for money, more for the money they pay. some of the conservative rebels, potential rebels i've been speaking to today, want the government to be more radical, to make a clear distinction between those genuinely self—employed, plumbers and hairdressers and so on, and those who spend most of their time working for one company. people working for courier companies. they say perhaps the latter catego

iain watson, bbc news, westminster.ent this morning in a moment but first let me show you these pictures of brandenburg gate in berlin. it was left u p brandenburg gate in berlin. it was left up in the colours of the union flag, as a gesture of german solidarity with the people of the united kingdom after this horrific and deadly attack here in london yesterday. and of course, germany has seen its own terror attack in berlin before christmas, and we also saw last night in paris solidarity with london, when the eiffel tower's lights were turned off late last night. the brandenburg gate letter up night. the brandenburg gate letter up in the colours of the union flag. a gesture of international solidarity. there have been messages of condolence and sympathy from leaders around the world —— the brandenburg gate was let up. let's talk more about that session in the house of commons this morning. where theresa may started off her address to members of parliament, saying four defiant words, "we are not afraid". carole walker,

. -- iain watson.longside, was the phrase she used, the future relationship that britain would have with the eu, alongside the divorce bill, the untangling of a relationship with the european union. he said clearly, no, we have the draft guidelines here for the negotiations, this is what it will be, sainted britain, when these negotiations formally get underway. at the end of the month to ratify these, and make changes. but written ina kind these, and make changes. but written in a kind of brussels bureaucratic language. page four, section four," the first phase of negotiations will aim to settle the disentanglement of the united kingdom from the union, from the eu, from all the rights, obligations that the uk has as a member state, and provide clarity... on the immediate effect of the united kingdom‘s withdrawal. and then the crucial phase, the european council will monitor progress closely, and determine when sufficient progress has been achieved, to allow negotiations to proceed to the next phase. t

our first report is from political correspondent iain watson.aw that took us into the european union was passed in 1972 and now our eu membership is about to end, not with a bang, but, with a rather complicated process. the government now has 2a months to unravel their relationship that has lasted for 44 years. the secretary of state for exiting the european union, secretary david davis. the brexit secretary set out the first steps today, with the promise of a great repeal bill. we being clear we wa nt great repeal bill. we being clear we want a smooth and orderly exit and the great repeal bill is integral to that approach. it will provide clarity and certainty for businesses, workers and consumers gci’oss businesses, workers and consumers across the united kingdom on the day we leave the eu. it'll mean that as we leave the eu. it'll mean that as we exit the eu and seek a new comedy and special partnership with the european union, we'll be doing so from a position where we have the same standards and rules. if you we re same standards and rules.

our political correspondent iain watson has the latest.t in their position on the timetable for that? i think it is their hope and expectation that there will be a second referendum but that is not in their gift, legally, it is westminster to decide whether there will be a scottish independence referendum, but they want to get theresa may to enter into about the timing of the negotiations about the timing of the referendum. what has annoyed them is not her refusal to go along with their preferred timescale, which is autumn next year, until spring 2019, the fact she doesn't even want but the fact she doesn't even want to talk about the timescale until after the brexit negotiations. they say if the 27 other member states have two endorse a brexit deal when they outline the draft deal, perhaps as soon as next autumn, white shouldn't the scottish people have their say over brexit, as well? —— y. that is the item and they are making, but i detected in an interview from nicola sturgeon some grounds for compromise, and although her preferred time

correspondent ben wright, who‘s at the summit in brussels, in a moment — but first let‘s hear from iain watsonnds of fairness. but the crucial phrase of the chancellor will listen to concerns is what we should focus on. she is delaying a parliamentary vote on the increases until the autumn and the timing is important because by then there should be a review into the domain and it is likely to recommend raised in maternity and paternity leave and other things so she will be able to argue that the self—employed are getting all value for money. if there is still a bit ofa for money. if there is still a bit of a rebellion, there is another budget which will give them all an opportunity to do a little bit more. all this fuss over whether this was a breach of the conservative manifesto, the minister said he apologised to every voter who read the manifesto. let‘s go to ben now in brussels, what‘s the prime minister been saying about brexit? what kind of reception has she been getting? a strange atmosphere. brexit one of the massive items on the agenda but it is not discussed at all on this summit rec

iain watson is at the snp ffififfitfififfi ifi ifififfieee’ffi’fie’f ' ’ spring conference is an occasion to slugent opinions on whether there should be a second referendum or a second independence referendum or not. absolutely. we are going to see, if you like, a tale of two spring conferences. theresa may will probably underline - decision not probably underline her decision not to allow a scottish referendum for the time being, in other words, until after brexit. as you can imagine, that's gone down like the proverbial lead balloon here in aberdeen as the snp gather for what they have said is their biggest ever spring conference. they have got local elections getting underway in scotla nd local elections getting underway in scotland as well, so a lot of the activists are here and they were hearing from angus robertson, the deputy leader of if??? snp . ,, ~ ~ hearing from angus robertson, the deputy leader of % snp but - hearing from angus robertson, the deputy leader of % snp but also i deputy leader of the snp but also the leader at westminster, when he said in no uncertain terms that theresa

our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster.s that pa rt one of the things he said was that part of the negotiations wouldn't happen. this was from a demand from theresa may to have negotiations are effectively on trade, our future relationship with the european union going alongside negotiations on, if you like, the divorce bill on britain leaving the european union. that is what she asked for. in his d raft that is what she asked for. in his draft guidelines, key has been very clear about what he says. on page four of those draft guidelines, he says clearly, the first phase of negotiations will aim to settle the disentanglement of the united kingdom from the eu, from the right and obligation the uk derives as a member state and give as much clarity as possible. then he goes on to say, crucially the european council will monitor progress and determine when sufficient progress has been achieved to allow negotiations to proceed to the next phase. effectively that means, not just no parallel negotiations, but u nless just no paral

alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminsterfor us.? it has been pushed down the road towards the autumn. tell us what is happening behind the scenes. towards the autumn. tell us what is happening behind the scenesm towards the autumn. tell us what is happening behind the scenes. it has been delayed. the government have said we did not say we would publish this legislation so let us not formally call it a delay but theresa may has bought herself some time by not having a parliamentary vote until the autumn, crucially after a review into working practices will be published at low and it is likely to recommend that self—employed people get more of the rights and benefits of the conventionally employed. the government be then be able to argue that people will get more value for money from their national insurance increase. 0ne more value for money from their national insurance increase. one of the ideas doing the rounds behind—the—scenes behind potential conservative rebels is to argue the government to be radical in the autumn and have a

economy and including security cooperation remain in our common interest. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonn it comes to a rebirth, remember this, this is what theresa may asked of the european union council, of which donald tusk is president, with the letter triggering article 50. she said, we believe it is necessary to agree the terms of a future partnership alongside those of our withdrawal from the eu. today, donald tusk has said, almost in terms, no chance, there will be no parallel negotiations. he said the first phase would be the untangling of the relationship with the rest of the eu, and only then would move onto a second phase, which would be looking at the future relationship with trade and so on. but the people who will decide whether that second phase will be triggered will be the european council themselves, not some independent body, not the uk, but the european council. no final trade deal will be until britain has left the european union, and in addition to that, if there is any transitional arrangement, britain would have to accept a supervisory role as they do currently a

let's get the latest from our political correspondent iain watson who joins us from westminster.are not being transparent. philip hammond, the chancellor, as you know, said he would not make his tax affairs public. but now it isjeremy corbyn's own tax affairs that are in the spotlight. because at first base, it looked like he had not declared extra income is leader of the opposition. some newspapers reported that. additionally, his office could not come up with asus factory expedition. i can tell you, though, that the riddle has been solved. it is difficult to read the small print, but it turns out that that extra salad extra salary is listed as a benefit, broken down into the stuart kennedy greek public office. it appears thatjeremy corbyn has coughed up the right amount of tax. but what his opponents are saying inside, never mind outside, the labour party is that there might not be tax evasion or avoidance, but this issue is about confidence. he should have been a silly crystal clear about his own tax affairs before he went on the attack and try to take his vertical opponents o

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our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. already under way. the members are delighted at the call for another vote within two years but pro—union campaigners do not want it to happen at all. the snp's deputy leader had a message for them and the prime minister. people of this country will have their choice. they will not be denied their say. the stirrings of a standing ovation spurred him on. the snp spring conference in aberdeen was supposed to be discussing a range of issues. the health service, education, skills and training. these will still be debated but there is really only one item on this agenda and that is the arguments in favour of a second scottish independence referendum. next week nicola sturgeon will get the backing of the scottish parliament for a referendum and she will try to broaden support by arguing she is standing up notjust for scotland but for democracy. the prime minister has not put herself in opposition to me or independence. she is within her rights to argue against independence, but she seems to