——jacob reece mogg. —— jacob rees—mogg. unfold. ——jacob reece mogg. —— jacob rees-mogg. from the audience, a few minutes after he started speaking, a group of protesters came into the back of the lecture theatre, and started shouting anti—conservative rhetoric at jacob rees—mogg. started shouting anti—conservative rhetoric atjacob rees—mogg. very loudly, trying to shout him down. rather than halting the event, or ignoring them, jacob rees—mogg approach them, walked to the back of the theatre, where they were, and tried to talk them down. at that point, various other members of the audience got involved and that is when this scuffle, various pictures have circulated, you may have seen it happen, a lot of people got involved. it looked to me that jacob rees—mogg himself was pushed and shoved, although he insists he was not. it was a very aggressive and an expected scene. seeing some footage of what happened, as i am talking to you, certainly looks as though of what happened, as i am talking to you, certainly looks as thouthacob rees—mogg was pushed around. one report i'm s

behaviour of protestors toward the conservative mpjacob protestors toward the conservative mp jacob rees—moggtoward the conservative mpjacob rees—mogg who was involved ina mpjacob rees—mogg who was involved in a scuffle there earlier. the prominent pro— brexit mp confronted protesters who broke into his speech at the university of the west of england. james craig reports. it was in this lecture hall at a university in bristol we jacob rees—mogg was due to give a fairly routine talk to a couple of 100 students, but just routine talk to a couple of 100 students, butjust minutes after he started speaking, a group of protesters came into the back of the hall here and try to shut him down. instead of holding the event or trying to stop, jacob rees—mogg actually approached them. i asked in my. i thought it would be more interesting to debate them, rather than to stand down and try to cover the noise. political debate is interesting and exciting, and i'm a lwa ys interesting and exciting, and i'm always ready to engage in political debate. mr rees-mogg might be trying to downplay what happened here

jacob rees—mogg is againstany... it a bad idea. jacob rees—mogg is against any... the week, he made a similar suggestion in the commons. the treasury say that these claims about their officials, that their own is simply no truth in them whatsoever. this is a week when we have some key ministerial meetings, isn't it? yes. perhaps, this is more than just isn't it? yes. perhaps, this is more thanjust one isn't it? yes. perhaps, this is more than just one backbench mp disputing some treasury figures. jacob rees—mogg, let's remember, heads up a section of tory mps. they, as a block may hold some severe influence over theresa may's future. she is not in the stronger suppositions. as a block, the argument clear opposed to any form of customs union with the european union, after really. this week, their rocky ministerial meetings discussing that very potential structure. theresa may has said that we are going to leave the customs union, but she is said to be open—minded about staying in another arrangement. it could be that jacob rees—mogg is up and —— upping the ante. per

it could be, herefore, that jacob rees—mogg is upping the ante, ahead of these crucial meetings. of customs union, perhaps then, this block, it might have some interesting views on theresa may's longevity as prime minister. the snp‘s deputy leader angus robertson has announced that he is stepping down with immediate effect. it comes eight months after he lost his westminster seat. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has paid tribute to mr. robertson, thanking him for contribution to the party. six migrants have been injured after a gunman opened fire from a car in the central italian city of macerata. police say the attack appears to be racially motivated, with the shooter targeting african migrants — one man has been arrested. our rome corresponded is following developments. as far as we can tell from the local media and from the police, the gunman opened fire from his car in the city of macerata and he targeted a group of people who appeared to be migrants from africa. the gunman was able to continue going and continue firing against other groups of people. at that poin

ratherthan jacob rees mogg, the man who might be chancellor, complaining.to the chancellor. the sunday telegraph says, don't let hammond ruined brexit. this is philip hammond, the main remain a voice in the cabinets. people are saying they have to stand up to him. but he may be talking to the cbi who are saying that if we walk away, we don't know where we will sell our goods, we don't know if factories will close down. this can't be done without that other side, which is business. ultimately, it is all about business and livelihoods. but one about business and livelihoods. but u about business and livelihoods. but one group want to go alone and do it in isolation. do you sing she was sako chancellor? she might, but i get nowhere that will get her. that's this is about the facade and how it looks, or perhaps it is about indecision or being 50—50 in a situation when you can't decide. another story in the sunday telegraph. women given cancer all clear misdiagnosed by test blunders. that is the kind of story that makes people fearful. you go for those test and

the observer as well, sorry, is just talking about brexit and jacob rees—mogg, the treasury and jacobing up with figures that mean we should stay in the customs union all the rest of it, they are saying this is an ex— cabinet secretary sam is attacks on the civil servants are worthy of 1940s january. —— 1930s germany. in my misspent youth i was a treasury economist at one point i confess a treasury economist at one point i co nfess a nd a treasury economist at one point i confess and they are complex models and it is like cooking, you do to a certain amount getting what you put in. —— get out what you put in. it colours the picture somewhat but on the other hand and you know this as a public service broadcaster have to be in partial and so the civil servants. they are accustomed to it, they understand what is going on and i think it is firm language, i'm not sure it is entirely an accurate picture of what is going on but ultimately what you were saying, the problem really is we have a prime minister who doesn't seem to be engaging in there for everyone seems to be second guessing and

i think we need to deal with the fact that just because jacob rees—mogg says it, doesn‘t make it so. rees—mogg cannot understand how anyone can leave their own political allegiances aside and serve the public interest, because he is incapable of doing that. but that‘s what civil servants do. that‘s why we become civil servants. you understand that is the nature of thejob. we serve you understand that is the nature of the job. we serve the government of any colour, provide the best advice possible, but ultimately ministers decide. you clearly take his accusations very seriously. what is your message to him? the constant sniping at the messenger because he doesn‘t like the message is not only undermining trust in the government, it is undermining trust in the civil service over the longer term. and the prime minister, as leader of the conservative party, has to get a grip of both her ministers, heward peddling these myths as well, and other conservative politicians. it should be the prime minister ministers who are here defending the civil service, and not me. steve baker, junior bags

as —— i would like to inject more scepticism about jake agrees mogg's —— jacob to inject more scepticism about jake agrees mogg's ——jacob rees—— jacob rees mogg's leadership prospects, he has never held a cabinet position, and some of his conservative views would not be that palatable to the wider public, i would imagine, that palatable to the wider public, iwould imagine, like that palatable to the wider public, i would imagine, like his views on abortion. yes, that is true. and on the tory side the mps have got to vote you into the final two to face a vote of the membership and he would first have to gain enough support amongst the conservative parliamentary party and it is by no means clear he could do that. would he like to be leader? yes. definitely. and now to the telegraph, this is their spin on brexit, the eu could force steady seven new laws on the uk. —— 37 foot -- 37 seven new laws on the uk. —— 37 foot —— 37 new laws. including having four vince for recycling. this is a interesting story. there has been talk that financial transaction taxes and things which could damage the city of london and our economy but the

for a second time in a week, the leading brexiteer — conservative jacob rees—mogg has criticised economicts, regarding the possible impacts of brexit. this morning, he said that treasury forecasts have always been "clearly politically influenced". jacob rees mogg on thursday asked the brexit minister in the commons chamber, steve baker, had he heard claims from a man called charles grant of the centre for european reform, a think tank, had he heard claims from that man that treasury officials had essentially been rigging the figures to present all options to do with britain departing a customs union as bad? the minister turned to jacob rees mogg, both men well known brexiteers, and said, "yes, i have heard that," but didn't then distance himself to say it is wrong. today he was asked about the same issue. did he really think that civil servants were fiddling the figures. rather like steve baker backing from that suggestion, he double don't. the obr, the office for budget responsibility, was set up by george osborne because treasury forecasts had been politicised. it was thought they were

if theresa may doesn't stand up and show, as she calls it, spine, not only will we get jacob rees—moggll get a hardline brexit that will cause damage... would you welcomejacob rees—mogg is prime minister? when she says devastating hardline brexit she was objecting to two things the prime minister has decided. leaving the single market and leaving the customs union. i have explained that that is being done for logical reasons, not because jacob rees—mogg or anyone else asked for it. other people have asked for it. mairead mcguinness, you just heard, is that not only is this unprecedented, this is not a game of bluff, businesses and people and lives will be affected because there is no deal possible without tariffs that cost money. if there is a free trade agreement, tariffs will. .. why would they? there has to be free—trade agreement because it is overwhelmingly in the interests of the european union. i make the assumption that the eu is rational and will look after own interests. we keep telling ourselves that it is europe's interest to come to the table and give us the deal we want b

jacob rees mogg and his fellow brexiteer is laying down red lines for the prime minister.prime minister, this is what i call the economic ruin group. they are good chaps. sorry, economic research group, ido chaps. sorry, economic research group, i do beg your pardon. they either hard brexit faction of the conservative party. it is a european research group. they want a hard brexit and they don't want theresa may to listen to the softies. the brexit war cabinet is going to be meeting again soon. do you think that it meeting again soon. do you think thatitis meeting again soon. do you think that it is still all to play for what kind of brexit there will be? that it is still all to play for what kind of brexit there will be ?i lot of it is. she has specifically said in her lancaster house speech 12 months ago that we are out of the customs union and the single market but there is talk about regulatory alignment, that makes the nervous, it makes jacob rees mogg very nervous. even though she has laid down a feudal is there is still a loss to play for. i will be interested in th

that we re and we were hearing from people that were avid supporters brexit for some time, like jacob rees—moggthe chairman of the european research group, saying that there to be a clea n group, saying that there to be a clean brexit, a clean breakfrom the european union. there are others in the conservative party that wanted the conservative party that wanted the prime minister to stay. the best prime minister and hope for today is some big philosophical agreements about the of travel. if she can at least get senior minister stephen sign off on something, she is heading in the right direction. —— senior ministers to sign off. next week we may get more clarity, that the key point is that whatever they

the times reports staunch government supporters of brexit, led by conservative mp jacob rees—mogg, haveritten to uk prime minister theresa may insisting that britain must retain "full regulatory autonomy" after it leaves the european union. the telegraph says uk labour leader jeremy corbyn has launched a fresh attack on the city of london by promising to bring financiers to heel as "the servants of industry" if he becomes prime minister. in the ft one of the city of london's most prominent female executives has accused law firms and other partnerships of presenting a skewed gender pay gap analysis due to the fact some of their best—paid male staff are excluded from the data. and finally, queen of fashion anna wintour had pause to rethink her title. after her majesty made a surprise appearance at london fashion week. the queen sat front row, of course, beside vogue's editor—in—chief and watched designer richard quinn's show before presenting him with a british design award. with me is henry bonsu who's a broadcaster and international conference host. is to be back to invite me to the eve

not if you are jacob rees—mogg. he is quoted. it is easy to shout from the sidelines.t telling us? it is giving us the fall sp on the wedding of the year between prince harry of wales and his fiancee, meghan markle, who you have interviewed. frankly, i his fiancee, meghan markle, who you have interviewed. frankly, lam looking for an outfit based on that 12 minute encounter. yes, i have, what can i tell you? what was she like those blue a big heart, huge compassion. this was pre—harry days, backin compassion. this was pre—harry days, back in her previous incarnation as an american star, suits actress. she is already a un ambassador in her own right. this is a young and determined lady who was already intent on using her platform as a successful american actress, not waiting for a prince charming. clearly, they will be more than the sum of the parts in terms of the platform they can create together. that's pages two and three. we can confirm it will not clash with the fa cup final. thank you, both of you. lovely to see you. we are very grateful for you coming you. lovely

they‘re certainly not holding back in their response to jacob rees—mogg.sacrifice anyone or anything on the altar of his own ideology. they go on to call on theresa may to make an unequivocal statement in support of the civil service, and take action against what they call parliamentarians and ministers making these unfounded accusations. some pretty punchy responses bear from the fda. after the second time this week that jacob rees—mogg has attacked the civil service and questions there impartiality. how much of this is to do with economic forecasts about the impact of brexit, and how much is it actually about internal divisions within the conservatives? this goes right in the heart of this line that goes right down the middle of the conservative party, with brexiteer is, ardent eurosceptics on one side and the remainers on the other. so far, theresa may has been able to keep the two sides together, but as each day goes past we are getting closer and closer to the deadline before we need a deal done with brussels. what we are seeing now is these ardent br

something is going to have to give because it if it doesn't, not only will we get jacob rees—mogg aster, we will get a devastating hard brexit that will cause damage to our economy for decades to come. brexiteers will say they're arguing for what they believe is in the best interests of the country. in fact a former tory chancellor, lord lamont, said anna soubry was being quite ridiculous. i think all this demonstrates the huge task theresa may has to keep the conservative party united over brexit. remember, this is a crucial week, the prime minister is going to try to coax her most senior ministers to form some kind of consensus on the government's negotiating position with the eu. eleanor, thanks for yourtime, with the eu. eleanor, thanks for your time, see you in a bit. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against a suspect. a prosecution case against the convicted ira memberjohn downey case against the convicted ira member john downey collapsed case against the convicted ira memberjohn downey collapsed at the 0l

rees—mogg became the leader. an anna soubry‘s point about slinging the likes of borisjohnson and jacob rees—mogg out of the party,orters on that but there is sympathy for her view that the main eurosceptic group is overly influential to which the erg say thank you, you are over influential because your mindset is running the treasury. —— remain supporters. i have heard from anna soubry who said she has at hundreds of e—mails from supporters and she has had some very private agreement from conservative colleagues. but then she said, of course i have received a number of critical e—mails and some unpleasant phone calls including one death threats to me and my constituency manager, who takes the calls. now, anna soubry has reported this call to the police. and on the day that the prime minister was talking about a more decent civic discourse. where does it go from here? tomorrow there is this big meeting when they are going to hammer it out, the compromise, whatever it is. the cabinet brexit subcommittee meeting tomorrow and thursday. tomorrow they discussed northern ireland and then it is the economic relationship

think the brexit camp at the moment being led byjacob brexit camp at the moment being led by jacob rees moggthey are brexit camp at the moment being led by jacob rees mogg, they are the type who would call for a confidence vote. ultimately it will go above her. last story on brexit. this is lord turnbull. he is aligning the naysayers with the nazis in germany. he is saying the attacks on the civil service are, if you like, following a pattern, which ultimately led to national socialism. i suspect that might be overstating it, but when you look at what is happening in the re st of you look at what is happening in the rest of the world, perhaps it is not. katy, what do you think about that? once you compare tactics with anything with the word nazi in it, you are into territory that is over the top. there is a growing problem between the civil service and the government we have seen that this week with liz information. i don't regard this as helpful. it's making a hard job even harder. the sunday telegraph. uma thurman, harvey weinstein, more allegations that he allegedly attacked her as well.

after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, jacob rees—mogg has stepped up his attack accusing civil servants of "fiddling the figures" on brexit. now on bbc news, it's time for witness. hello, welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. i'm here at the british library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from the recent past. we'll meet the man who discovered whale song, the daughter of one of the most prolific [and and sea speed record breakers of the 20th century, and the chemist who went to live in a city built for scientists. but first, in january 1958, godtfred kirk christiansen patented the lego brick, which took the world by storm. lego was special as the bricks were designed in such a way that they could be stacked and linked with each other in countless combinations. godtfred's then ten—year—old son, kjeld, regularly helped his father to test out the new toys in the family workshop. the village carpenter invented them after turning his hand to toymaking when there wasn't enough work for him. now, that spare time toymaking has developed into

today in a radio 4 interview, jacob rees mogg was asked about the same issue.nts were fiddling the figures. instead of backing from that suggestion, he double geared. the obr, the office for budget responsibility, was set up by george osborne because treasury forecasts had been politicised. it was thought they were unreliable on political grounds. with the referendum with the eu, the treasury has gone back to making forecasts. it was politically advantageous for them in the past. it's the same now. so, yes, i do think they are fiddling the figures. i was speaking to lord lamont who is a brexiteer. he would caution his collea g u es a brexiteer. he would caution his colleagues against this. he said there might be an undue bias and an unconscious thing. that goes back to the fear that some people think maybe the political establishment so tied to universal long, instinctively thinks of the worst of the possibility of breaks that. how will the treasury respond? they are not pleased. it is theirjob to be independent. the treasury spokesman has put out a statement t

jacob rees—mogg told them that he wasn't alarmed by the fact people were protesting.at they turned up wearing masks, and i think wearing masks is the one bit that ought not to have happened. i think people coming along and charging at you, people heckling you is part of political life and to be perfectly honest, as a politician, a bit of heckling can make your speech. it can actually be very good for the speaker, rather than damaging. but masks is just a little bit sinister. suppose that if somebody was 67 with brown hair and had been an mp for 35 years, do you think she would actually be prepared to speak at meetings if somebody was going to come bursting in and then she had to go back on a train on her own? i don't think anybody would ever suggest that you weren't quite brave, but i think there's a really serious point and i'm actually much more concerned about the online abuse that particularly female mps receive. will people want to go and speak if there are going to be protests? i mean, i'm going to carry on regardless, but i can see that some people would think,

jacob rees mogg, i appeal to him at all. jacob rees mogg, lam appeal to him at all. hink people make a lot out of his social conservatives. if you are prime minister i don't think he would have a hard line. that nuance would get through to the media and people would see him as an anachronism. he is too socially conservative people of my generation, certainly for myself. at the moment, i see no alternative to theresa may. i see the fact that the tory party will be fractured if we have another leadership election as it was in the 1990s over europe. that led to tony blair getting a massive majority in 1997. with jeremy corbyn being to the left of tony blair, we cannot risk a labour government. let's look at other names being touted as potential leaders of the conservative party, borisjohnson? leaders of the conservative party, boris johnson? not a leaders of the conservative party, borisjohnson? not a safe pair of hands. there was a sharp intake of breath. he says a lot of things and he has got people in trouble. the iranians lady is injail because of the statement said

after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, jacob rees—mogg has stepped up his attacksury, accusing civil servants of "fiddling the figures" on brexit. now on bbc news, our world. a report on how children were settled from reunion island to repopulate rural areas of france. they were taken from their island home as children and moved thousands of kilometres to france. now, france is facing up to a scandal that rocked —— a scandal that robbed more than 2000 children of everything they knew. our story starts in central france, just outside the city of limoges. marlene moved to the area more than 50 years ago as an orphan from the tiny island of reunion in the indian ocean, after french social services sold her a lie. marise is one of the newest members of a group that has been battling for years to find out why 2,150 children were uprooted from their island and moved to france. in a vicarage near toulouse, they're accounting their stories. not everyone had a bad experience, but many suffered terribly. there was racism, sexual abuse and violence, as well as loss of their

the times reports staunch government supporters of brexit, led by conservative mp jacob rees—mogg, havein must retain "full regulatory autonomy" after it leaves the european union. the telegraph says uk labour leader jeremy corbyn has launched a fresh attack on the city of london by promising to bring financiers to heel as "the servants of industry" if he becomes prime minister. in the ft one of the city of london's most prominent female executives has accused law firms and other partnerships of presenting a skewed gender pay gap analysis due to the fact some of their best—paid male staff are excluded from the data.

the idea that boris johnson, michael gove and jacob rees—mogg are going... i wish i could. the chancellor apparently. are going to take us to apparently. are going to take us to a fantastic new place. what is interesting is this battle is continuing and i thought amber rudd was really good, she seemed solid unsure of herself and she said these guys unsure of herself and she said these guys are unsure of herself and she said these guys are not going to wreck the cohesion in our cabinet but then you read on and theresa may is allowing herself to be rattled, again and she is making these pre—emptive statements, not looking at the evidence that is now building up to phil god knows how many big containers, but this has been locked out of the customs union, that would not be a good idea. the tory party has been at this since ted heath, they will never reconciled. it is like the church of england and gay marriage, i think they will have to split. there are families who did not reconcile after brexit. these are people who are supposed to be governing us. you are looking at the time

however his comments were dismissed by leading brexiteers, including conservative backbencher jacob rees moggiddled with errors‘. he would expect thejohn major, former prime minister, to make a statesman—like speech, free of propaganda and a cheap comments. in fa ct, propaganda and a cheap comments. in fact, it is all cheap comments and propaganda. this is it a statesman—like speech. this is one of somebody grabbing around in the weeds for weak arguments and is a very poor speech in that regard. you can go through it, and indeed i had, and if it‘s in, i would happily construed paragraph by paragraph to show quite how weak and contentious it is. meanwhile in brussels, the european commission published its first draft of the official treaty for brexit, with an option for keeping northern ireland in a customs union while the rest of the uk leaves. theresa may says that could never be agreed to. here‘s our europe editor katya adler. in the historic process in which the uk leaves the eu, this is a big moment. the first legal draft of the uk‘s exit treaty. so how is it possible, you might ask, to h

conservative mp and remain campaigner anna soubry is said the cabinet were in hock to the likes of jacob rees—moggr conservatives. it's about time theresa may stood up to them and slung them out. good morning, it's tuesday the sixth of february. also on the programme this morning, on a new fight for justice by

the i reports that arch—brexiteer jacob rees—mogg has launched an inflammatory attack both on the chancellor, warning that tuesday night will be the coldest for six years. so brexit — probably unsurprisingly — makes several of the front pages tomorrow, as does the east coast rail line franchise collapse. that is where we are starting. on the front of the financial times, the transport secretary, christopher grayling, lines up state takeover as the east coast franchise nears collapse, is that the only option on the table? no, but this is the most likely given the heavy losses that this is —— that this is —— that stagecoach have incurred. i think this will annoy many people and this will play into the labour narrative that with private companies, profits can be privatised but losses tend to be gnashed aliza and it will be interesting how this plays out —— tend to be nationalised. especially after carillion. yes, you can see jeremy corbyn leaping on this this week, he has been pushing the agenda, he will be talking about far from virgin are being punished for this franchise not working out, it

prominent conservative mp jacob rees—mogg has been caught up in a scuffle with protestors while givingland in bristol. darren osborne — the man who drove a van in to a crowd of muslim worshippers in north london — is jailed for a minimum of 43 years, with the judge describing his actions as a "suicide mission". and newsnight, is

figure, we need these faces to come up, it is what we have been lacking, they have boris, mr gove, jacob rees—moggfeel rees—mogg, leader in waiting if you read certain editorials. i feel it is up to the remainers to find somebody suitably high profile and dynamic and it could be an 87—year—old millionaire. dynamic and it could be an 87-year-old millionaire. there was gina miller with her legal challenge. why are you smiling?|j find challenge. why are you smiling?” find the idea isjacob rees—mogg being promised both hilarious and terrifying! a year ago i would have said no but these days who knows? i don't think he would command the support of the majority of the parliament who party. he might have supporters but there are more than 300 tory mps and if there was a leadership challenge at the minute, tory mps would end up bachinger theresa may. but again, let's see where we are. you theresa may. but again, let's see where we are. you are a theresa may. but again, let's see where we are. you are a brave man to make such statement —— backing theresa may. and finally back to the daily telegraph. we nee

the express reports conservative mp jacob rees—mogg wants to cut government spending on foreign aid.igures showing over 1,000 a&e patients waited over 12 hours on trollies. the metro says the last two briutishjihadi's from the beheading gang known as "the beatles" have been captured in syria. the i goes with the same story, and a look ahead to the winter olympics, which officially begin tomorrow. the telegraph reports jeremy corbyn told eu chief negotiator michel barnier that labour was open to keeping the uk in the eu customs union. the guardian leads with a government crackdown on unpaid internships. so a mixed—bag of front pages there, thank you both forjoining us tonight, let's hear what you make of some of those stories. let us start with the ft and this signalfrom the let us start with the ft and this signal from the bank of england, that rate rises are on the way, presumably to make sure inflation is keptin presumably to make sure inflation is kept in check. exactly.

that might be quite difficult but jacob rees—mogg of course has a piece in the telegraph, quoted hereegraph, quoted here, saying the current document would lead to brexit in name only and was a perversion of democracy. he says it has been disowned by ministers as not representing government policy. he is the leading brexiteer who wants a much cleaner brexit than perhaps is on offer. i think things will stay pretty difficult for theresa may at the moment. the clock is ticking so just want to make mention of the photograph of the telegraph, which is the first lady offarming, telegraph, which is the first lady of farming, this is the first female president of the national farmers union in over 100 years. president of the national farmers union in over100 years. yes, welcome to the 21st century, comrades at the national farmers union! this is a very pleasing picture, i have to say, on this grey day, this very green grass and blue sky picture, it is a relief. ivan know if that segway is well or not well at all into the times. more people should get pills to beat depression. laura, ithink p

. involving the conservative politician jacob rees-mogg. r political views without harassment. theresa may is bringing in new plans to say that there will be laws against intimidating in public life and what we are seeing is an increasing tolerance, particularly among younger people —— younger people for views that are offensive and we need to be able to hear those views respectfully without violence and intimidation. i certainly know from my time at westminster, many conservative mps are subject to a lot of abuse. in the case of derek cox. might partner was a councillor at the time and she was really concerned about her safety and we need to protect those in public office, whatever their views are, without risk to their physical safety. this is another story you picked out. women's refuges might get transgender staff.” picked out. women's refuges might get transgender staff. i was angry to see this on the front page of the times, that we have this sort of language used against burchett —— transgendered women who are more likely to be the vi

so, jacob rees—mogg there, and what about labour in all this?position the customs union might be starting to shift? that would be significant, of course, for a number of reasons. but primarily, although the government may have decided its approach at chequers, it also has to get agreement in the negotiations with the eu and that might be difficult. but it also has to get its views and position through parliament as well. coming up, we think now probably after easter, there is going to be a vote on the customs bill and it will be an attempt by some conservative rebels as well as some on the labour side to try and get that legislation amended to keep britain in a customs union with the european union after brexit, something which jeremy brexit, something whichjeremy hunt and the cabinet ministers have ruled out. there is a possibility the government will be defeated if the labour leadership told their mps to vote for that amendment. so we are expecting jeremy corbyn on monday to set out in his own speech labour's brexit position more clearly than

it certainly has. immediate reaction from jacob rees—mogg who's on the brexit side. rtain way, a far cry from a free vote. vote. showed he had forgotten all about the past. the past. i think there will be strong reaction to that. strong reaction to that. northern ireland and the republic of ireland. ireland. conservative chair for the foreign affairs select committee. affairs select committee. immediately said no british prime minister could ever accept. minister could ever accept. where does that leave the negotiations? does that leave the negotiations? the moment they are at their early stages. stages. to put its documents on the table and then we'll have the talks. and then we'll have the talks. the good friday agreement, not the border. border. the violence of the past would be a terrible tragedy. terrible tragedy. got to respect the spirit of the accord. the spirit is effectively a triple—lock. triple—lock. who must agree should anything change in northern ireland. change in northern ireland. the irish government and the british government. government. that's bee

they suggest that we could see jacob rees—mogg, conservative backbencher, installed as chancellor.at is ready going on. what can you tell us? we know that bernard jenkin, a back bench posted here, is the latest one to really come out and say, expresses criticism for philip hammond, the chancellor, who has been someone who was a remainer and certainly those on the backbenches who support a hard brexit haven't been particularly happy with his approach. they're basically saying, bernard jenkin is saying, as far as he is concerned, philip hammond has not adhered to collective ministerial responsibility. he is echoing some of the comments from jacob rees—mogg earlier in the week, where he suggested that the treasury was fiddling the books with regards to brexit. the treasury made clear that is not the case. added pressure on theresa may ahead of an important week, because she and david davies will be meeting with michelle burger to discuss the next stage in the price negotiations. thank you. scotland yard is looking into two more allegations of sexual assault against the hollywood film

whether or not the civil service is adequately impartial, some suggestions from the likes of jacob rees—mogghe civil service should not be undermined. let's find out what's happening with the weather, ben? is the buy today at the weekend. many of us will see some spells of sunshine. some wintry showers brought in on a cold north—easterly wind. the satellite picture shows the way the thick, rain bearing cloud has broken overnight and as it clears away, more than north—easterly wind bringing increasingly cold air in our direction and some wintry showers, particularly across parts of east anglia and the south—east. the further west you come, fewer showers and more in the way of sunshine per south—west england. a very chilly start. quite a widespread frost. the odd shower to the eastern side of scotland. western scotland, northern ireland getting off to a bright start and as we go on through the day, it's a continuation of that theme. a bit more cloud further east. when you factor that into the feel factor. the six nations match, we will see some sunshine. and, as these north—easterly winds feed

she insisted she would not stay in a party taken over by people like jacob rees—mogg and boris johnsonosing women who were jailed while fighting for the right to vote, should be pardoned. scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has joined with the fawcett society campaign group and relatives of the suffragettes in calling for convictions to be overturned. it comes on the 100th anniversary of some women getting the vote in the uk. relatives of the victims of the 1982 ira hyde park bombing have been granted legal aid for a civil action against a suspect. a prosecution case against the convicted ira member, john downey, collapsed at the old bailey four years ago because he had a so—called "on the run" letter telling him he was no longer a wanted man. frankie mccamley has more. july, 1982, four soldiers of the royal household cavalry died and dozens were injured when an ira car bomb was detonated outside buckingham palace. more than 30 years later, john downey was charged with their murder, but the case collapsed after it had emerged he'd been given a so called 'on the run' letter, a gu

now here in the uk, hardline brexiteers, led by conservative mp jacob rees—mogg, are threatening to withdrawritain too closely aligned to the eu. with me is henry bonsu who's a broadcaster and international conference host. good to see you. nash is under renewed pressure. absolutely. the title suggests a link, but it is anything but. there will be discussing exactly the nature of the deal that the government is trying to deal with the european union. and whether or not they will be to change the alignment. and the brexiteers, who number of 60, about a fifth of the tory party, they want any limitation period to be based on wto principles. that suggest they wa nt wto principles. that suggest they want a hard brexit and everything that goes with it. in the meantime, it is critical to her that she gets cabinet on board. borisjohnson is a key player, foreign secretary. david davis has been talking to business leaders in various other places, and theresa may, they are trained to get their message out there. the one yesterday by david davis indiana presented a picture of a britain that was in locks

after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, jacob rees—mogg mp has stepped up his attacksury accusing civil servants of "fiddling the figures" on brexit. six migrants have been injured after a gunman opened fire from a car in the central italian city of macerata. the gunman has now been arrested. a conservative—led council in northamptonshire, which has imposed emergency spending controls, has said it's been “3 co m pa ny as: company so “3 company so far. rebecca jones will be here at the top of the hour with the latest news. now on bbc news, it's time for witness. hello, welcome to witness with me, tanya beckett. i'm here at the british library to guide you through another five extraordinary moments from the recent past. we'll meet the man who discovered whale song, the daughter of one of the most prolific land and sea speed record breakers of the 20th century, and the chemist who went to live in a city built for scientists. but first, in january 1958, godtfred kirk christiansen patented the lego brick, which took the world by storm. lego was special as the bricks were d

that's because we had a few days ago jacob rees mogg about the civil service putting out figures thatt in the worst possible light and he talks about the treasury fiddling the figures. and i suppose bernard jenkin trying to move the criticism away from the civil service itself and perhaps onto philip hammond for, in his view, taking a different view to theresa may on the direction that brexit should take and in particular the issue of the customs union, that is something brexiteers want to to see, a complete break with the customs union and any connection between britain and europe on the customs union. so that is pretty much what that's about. what we have had today is amber rudd, the home secretary, responding to these claims, and she told the andrew marr show that in terms of that criticism about the forecasting, well forecasting is done in order to inform decision—making but it doesn't decide decision—making. as far as the civil service is concerned, they're doing a good job and they have the support of the government. i can reassure you that we need to have those forecasts whenev

it yourself, you can understand what the british government is doing and some brexiteers like jacob rees moggbadly for the image of britain because friends of britain like me on the continent don't understand what is going on. one day we are bemused, another day we are laughing our heads off and other days we are in despair. this week i thought, i thinkjeremy corbyn would do such a betterjob than theresa may in terms of negotiating brexit. he is a eurosceptic, he is a brexiteer, jeremy corbyn, although he belongs to a party that is pro—european and he would do such a betterjob. i admire michel barnier in brussels because they are keeping their cool. if we look back at december, brussels helped theresa may save face. they said, ok, this is fine, eu citizens will retain their rights during the transition period. in march we are going to move on to start negotiating trade deals. and there is the customs union, so if you don't belong to it, you need a hard border. but brussels and ironically jean—claude juncker, the head of the european commission, did intervene to rescue theresa may and the brit

on bbc radio, the tory backbencher jacob rees—mogg accused civil servants of "fiddling the figures". labour peer took up the issue. my lords, given that the downing street at number 10 and the prime minister have failed to slap down those ministers and those mps their own party that had made these disgraceful slurs, is it too much to ask for the prime minister finally to show leadership? i think i have done on and off 20 years more than anyone else in this house with many discontinuities. and i have never had occasion to question the impartiality or the objectivity of civil servants. they have spoken truth onto power and quite often said things i did not want to hear. but i would never accuse them of some of the accusations that have recently been levied against them. we should be proud of our civil service. and i reject these smears that have been made against them. he will be familiar with this document, the treasury analysis of may 2016 forecasting the complete collapse of the british economy if we were to vote to leave. i have maintained this document as propaganda from top to bo

after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, tory mp jacob rees—mogg accuses civil servantst the treasury of "fiddling the figures" on brexit. how airlines sit family and friends who haven't paid to sit together is being looked at by the airlines regulator. it's after complaints passengers are being split up deliberately. and ireland pull off a dramatic victory with the last kick of the game in the six nations rugby as they beat france by fifteen points to thirteen in paris. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying it's facing severe financial challenges. the move by northamptonshire county council means a ban on all new spending, apart from what's used to protect vulnerable people. the council's conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. it follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. i'm joined now by nick golding — editor of the local government chronicle. tha

jacob rees mogg, who was caught in a scuffle last night when protesters disrupted a meeting he was attendingtoday programme on radio 4 that treasury forecasts about the impact of brexit were ‘clearly politically influenced'. a referendum and the eu, the treasury has gone back to making forecasts. it was politically advantageous to them in the past. it's the same now. so yes, i do they are fiddling the figures. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent eleanor garnier. she said this was the second time in a week that mr rees—mogg had questioned the impartiality of civil servants. this is about far more than an mp who is unhappy with treasury figures. as you say, he is an ardent brexiteer. he lea pt figures. as you say, he is an ardent brexiteer. he leapt a group of tory brexiteers. that group could one day be the undoing or doing is theresa may and her future be the undoing or doing is theresa may and herfuture in number ten. —— he lead. we have had a strong response to date from the union which represents senior civil servants. it's secretary said mr rees mogg had been peddling an lies.

after getting caught in a scuffle with protesters last night, jacob rees—mogg has stepped up his attackres" on brexit. six migrants have been injured after a gunman opened fire from a car in the central italian city of macerata. the gunman has been arrested. now on bbc news — click. this week: robo cops... accessible togs. .. and surgery goggles. welcome to dubai, the desert kingdom where there's no such thing as too much. this city has spent more than a decade making a name for itself for the outrageous buildings that it's created. well, now it seems it wants to be known for technology too. a while ago, i paid it a visit during its drones for good challenge and met some of the local innovators who dubai hopes will contribute to its new tech power image. but drones are not the only thing is taking to the skies. this hover bike designed for the police force may one day be whizzing police officers to the scene of a crime. copper chopper anyone? the officers can be using the hover bikes across the city to provide the service in the right spot and even a fast response. and these weren't the

other hand, you can understand were at the british government is doing and some brexiteers like jacob rees moggso badly for the image of britain because friends of britain make me on the continent don't understand what is going on, really. one day we are burmese to, another day we are laughing our heads off, and then we are in despair. —— bemused. ithinkjeremy corbyn would do such a betterjob than theresa may in terms of negotiating brexit, the cops he is a eurosceptic and a brexiteer. he long—stay party that is pro—european, but he would do such a betterjob. i pro—european, but he would do such a better job. i admire pro—european, but he would do such a betterjob. i admire michel barnier in brussels because they are keeping their cool. if we look back at december, brussels helped theresa may saved face. they said ok, this is fine, eu citizens will retain their rates during the transition period, we all move on to start negotiating trade deals in march." which is again if we don't belong to the customs union, then you need a ha rd the customs union, then you need a hard border. brussels, ironic