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john mcdonnell there. he will talk to us again later. probably join us in the studio to give his response. laura, can i turn to you. the content of any budget is interesting. any budget is important but in such a turbulent and uncertain political time, really the context is — we have never seen anything like it. absolutely not. when philip hammond steps out of the shiny black door of number 11 this morning what has been on his smind that the country is stepping into an uncertain future, probably the most uncertain future, probably the most uncertain pattern any chancellor has had to deal with for a very, very long time. i think today, therefore, we won't hear a very palatable message from him, really. there are going to be spending cuts and we expect some tax rises, too. sure, the picture is likely to look a bit better than it did since the autumn statement, the last big event from the chancellor but he is not prone to what he calls "lurches of sentiment", kind of careering from one thing to another, saying everything is fine and therefo

that's crossed the central london where the chancellorjohn john mcdonnell has been giving a speech badlyday. make sure we work together to secure the best we can put the country on brexit and then lead into the next general election, we have important elections coming up, they will be fighting those as a united party. that is holding hands from my wing of the party, with momentum, holding out hand to progress and yes, peter mandelson, and having a constructive russian ship for the future, you heard it here first! —— constructive relationship. on the substance of your speech, yesterday the shadow health secretary said that labour would have to find the money for the nhs and social care but personally didn't know where it was coming from, could you give us the detail about the cash injection it would be helpful but also, like the queue up right when you were suggesting updated tax? secondly on labour, irene jones, suggesting a deal that jeremy corbyn should stand down in favour of a younger left—wing candidates going on the leadership of it, is that a deal you would find attractive or is t

are slow off the mark in criticising this on budget day, but since then the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnelle withdrawn and the liberal democrats as well. and certainly, where i think labour can make an impact is talking to some of the conservative potential rebels on this to see what pressure can be put on the chancellor. but i think the timing, as alex was saying, is crucial because it allows theresa may to do two things. firstly, publish the review into working practises which is likely to give, if you like, self—employed people more value for money from their tax rise, they might be getting maternity or paternity rights. if that isn't enough to buy off some of these rebels on her own side then there is, of course, uniquely this year two budgets so the chancellor could do something there and i have been speaking to some people who are displeased about this on the conservative benches and one of them said very pleased to see attempts to soften the blow by perhaps looking at these new rights and benefits that people could get, but ultimately what they wanted to see was a delay in implementi

well, it was john mcdonnell, it was your shadow chancellor who told us about a soft coup... i know.eople live in our society so they can live better lives, that's what politics is really all about. what do you want to see from the chancellor in tomorrow's budget? what i would like to see is sufficient funding for the nhs and social care. i think that's a key. what i would also like to see is addressing the issues of the school funding crisis which means that many schools are now faced with a horrible prospect of laying off teachers or teaching assistants. classes gotting bigger and children's support in education getting less. i want to see those issues addressed and i also want to see something very positive about housing particularly development of council housing so that people can get somewhere decent to live rather than having to pay often very excessive rents for inadequate quality of private rented accommodation. we are expecting an announcement on an increase in funding for school places in the budget including for new grammar school places, what do you think of those conser

but labour's john doesn't want to spend every penny. but labour'sjohn mcdonnell more spending, on the issue of pay rises he said public sector workers should receive a pay rise. their pay has been frozen for many years and that should no longer be the case. philip hammond, when he was asked about pay rises, made the point the government has brought in the national living wage, which has helped people at the lowest end. the john mcdonnell‘s view is people should have pay rises and there should have pay rises and there should be agender pay parity. in terms of how he would pay for these things, he has talked about tackling tax evasion and tax avoidance, another area labour want to see more spending on is the nhs. they don't accept the government's point of view, that they have put enough money into the nhs. we are the only economy in europe that is growing while wages are falling. it is clear what we have to do. people need a pay rise. there is a squeeze on living standards and there should be a real living wage, £10 an hour. we need to help with costs, bringing th

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a year ago, john mcdonnell suggestedggivggsa—year and it is going to get much better. it is not.sis. what are we going to do about the fact that we are having the number of police officers cut from our streets? these are the things we should be looking at and setting forward an alternative. that's ourjob. when the party has sorted out ,, , ,, , ,, give more time to that. do you want len mccluskey to win the election for general secretary of unite next week? i am a member of unite and i willyotefeehiw! whether unite affiliate to momentum or the other way round am a it is not a matter for the leader of unite, that is useful. another issue that is relevant is whether the rules of the labour party should be changed to make it possible for a leader to be collected with just support from 5% of the mps. —— elected.

john 2— said your comments were mcdonnell said your comments were disappointing.n landsman has said, but that is down tojohn. landsman has said, but that is down to john. thanks very much. that is tom watson just to john. thanks very much. that is tom watsonjust going to john. thanks very much. that is tom watson just going into that meeting. that gives you a sense of meeting..tbat.gives youasenseof! drama unfolding with mr watson the drama unfolding with mr watson suggesting it is an organised plot, not just suggesting it is an organised plot, notjust some sort of suggesting it is an organised plot, not just some sort of - stock by notjust some sort of loose stock by figures on the left. he believes there is a coherent plot with potential funding from unite to take ‘ the labour party. ‘the labour party. interesting, over the labour party. interesting, the direct challenge to lend mccluskey saying that len mccluskey mccluskey saying lhatleemccleskey! needs to mccluskey saying lhatlenmccleskey! needs to come out publicly and say will not fund momentum. thank he wil