steven swinford, deputy political editor at the telegraph, and the london editor of politico, jack blanchardny of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads on government plans for eu citizens to apply to remain in the uk after brexit. the ft says sterling rose after the bank of england's chief economist voted in favour of raising interest rates. the telegraph relays the us ambassador‘s advice to britain on brexit, suggesting we ditch defeatism and take "inspiration" from donald trump. and the i reports on 53 gagging orders used to silence westminster em ployees overfour years wide. let's begin with tft. steve, this will be important positive signs for the government ahead of brexit. it's important signs for sterling in the economy, possibly less so for people with mortgages. all the people out there who have homes, interest rates could be going up as soon as august. it's been —— he's traditionally been seen as it's been —— he's traditionally been seen as a it's been —— he's traditionally been seen as a tough, but he's now a p pa re ntly seen as a tough, but he's now apparently v

who is the deputy political editor at the daily telegraph, and the london editor of politico, jack blanchardwelcome to both of you. thank you for coming back for a second stab at the papers. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro leads on government plans for eu citizens to apply to remain in the uk after brexit. the daily mail claims the government plans for 3.8 million applications, 600,000 more than previously expected. the ft says sterling rose after the bank of england's chief economist voted in favour of raising interest rates. the telegraph relays the us ambassador‘s advice to britain on brexit, suggesting we ditch defeatism and take "inspiration" from donald trump. the guardian leads on the international trade minister's protest resignation over heathrow‘s expansion. the times suggests that airbus is set to pull investment from britain over uncertainty around customs checks and eu safety certifications. and the i reports on 53 gagging orders used to silence westminster employees over four years. we will begin with the mail. jack, very striking. 3.8 million eu migran

my guestsjoining me tonight are steven swinford from the daily telegraph and jack blanchard from politiconing, and welcome to bbc news. the government has set out details of the process that will enable more than 3 million eu nationals to apply to stay in the uk after brexit. the home secretary sajid javid said the scheme would be easy, simple and quick, but there's been a cautious welcome from the three million group, which campaigns on behalf of eu citizens living in the uk. to apply eu citizens will need to provide documents to prove their identity to show that they are resident in the uk and have no serious criminal convictions. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has more details. what's the hardestjob you've done? cooking? cleaning? across the country, there's a chance eu are doing jobs brits can't or won't do, living on low wages and promises they can stay after brexit. cheese omelette, please. 0k, thank you. at this blackpool seafront hotel, elena's been worried about her future. i'm worried because i don't want to come back in italy because it was my dream since i was a ch

deputy political editor at the daily telegraph, and the editor of politico's london playbook, jack blancharda man murdered by a violent schizophrenic patient was the result of racism and could have been entirely avoided, according to a new report. kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker. living in bristol. he was stabbed to death by his neighbourjeffrey barry, who'd been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. michael buchanan reports. drunk and armed, jeffery barry heads towards his neighbour's flat. a knife is visible, and moments later, it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack that killed kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering the iraqi asylum seeker, jeffrey barry called the police. today's report says mr ahmad should still be alive, and that a failure to recognise his killer's racism contributed to his death. both men had mental health problems, and lived in this sheltered housing complex. between 2013 and 2016, barry attacked ahmad here on six different occasions. jeffrey barry was obsessed with kamil ahmad because he was an iraqi asylum seeker. he was a rac

deputy political editor at the daily telegraph, and the editor of politico's london playbook, jack blanchard of england has held interest rates at 0.5%, but signalled a rise is likely soon. the decision came ahead of speeches by the chancellor philip hammond and the governor of the bank of england mark carney at the mansion house in the city of london. our correspondent andy verity is at the mansion house in the city. let me ask you about the speech. what are the signals we are expecting to get and what are the tra nsferee expecting to get and what are the transferee suggesting the chancellor may be going to say? well, it is all to do whether taxes are going to rise or not. i think he may confirm they make in order to find this extra boost for the nhs. just to you a word about this occasion, every year, it has been traditionally opposed for assumptions banquet, a five course meal for all the rates and goods, certainly the ridge of the city, now until last year, there we re the city, now until last year, there were happy to be public about it, to tell everyone what they were eating, to have c

i'm joined now by lucy fisher who's the political reporter for the observer and jack blanchard, editordred hours of debate in the commons and in the lords and today we are coming down to the crunch time. there did seem to be some confidence yesterday in the government about the vote. you feel it going away with the wind? yes, it is wavering. there are 15 amendments being discussed. the government was confident that the two sticky ones on the the customs arrangements and the meaningful vote, they got the numbers on both, but that is not the case that we are seeing today. and extraordinary scenes earlier as robert buckland, the solicitor—general was negotiating with dominic grieve who, tabled his own compromise amendment, right in fronts of mps. it is an interesting time. we're talking about the conservative rebels, but other parties will make a difference in the vote? that's right. you may see ironically the government is saved bya numberof ironically the government is saved by a number of labour leave supporters like kate hoey who vote with the government. but it is on a knife edge and