john mcdonnell. that's true. the government privatised their jobs.note, i note that the chief secretary did not refute the fact that the chancellor said that the staff were overpaid. is she aware that the supposedly generous pensions across these professions pay on average the princely sum ofjust £5,000 a year? and that low pay has lost many public sector workers to opt out of their pension schemes? 11% of nhs staff have opted out of their pension scheme, a figure that, if it continues to rise will potentially undermine the whole scheme. bobby chief secretary recognise the damage the chancellor is causing and lift the pay cap so that public sector staff can have some hope of a fair wage settlement and a decent future pension? the onward gentleman hasn't acknowledged the truth of the figures that i have just talked about, the 3% rise for nurses over half of them, the teachers' rise of 3.3%. he simply won't look at the facts. the reality is that, at the moment, we have a situation where public sector workers are paid in line with the private sector, wh

john mcdonnell there. what do labour's tactics, mean for its chances of progress? here. mix, what exactly are her majesty is opposition up to, do you think? at what level they are playing a game that is intended to an seat theresa may, but they would also say that they are not trying to block brexit but they are trying to fashion a different sort of brexit. but what is interesting about that labour announcement is that they are prepared to vote against this bill at its second reading in september and major changes are introduced, that has emboldened the so—called soft brexit conservatives. they now believe that they have the numbers in parliament to make very serious amendments to the bill when it is considered at committee stage in the autumn. and on top of that, they believe that they can exploit rule number one of the government chief whip gavin williams, and that is, never lose a vote in the house of commons. and what they think is that the mere prospect of defeat in parliament will persuade the government behind the scenes to soften its stance in a number of a

you would expect, labour seizing on the current infighting between cabinet meetings and we had john mcdonnellis morning, outlining again labour's policy to give public sector workers a pay rise equal to 1% and possibly more but he was pushed on the details of how labour would fund a pay rise above inflation for public sector workers. we'll end the pay cap. we've set aside £4 billion annually to make that happen. we've looked at the 0br forecasting about how pay will rise and it will certainly match inflation. and some review bodies — because it will be set by review bodies — will try to compensate for the losses of the last 7 years. we're very clear, unlike to government, which has set a pay cap the review bodies have to follow, it will be up to the review bodies to make recommendations that we adhere to. that is the policy issue, public sector pay. what about the personality issue. he was speaking openly about people to get. there is a briefing war amongst cabinet ministers, philip hammond, the chancellor, the second time in as many days found himself having to explain himself over words tha

jeremy corbyn, john mcdonnell and diane abbott presented a fully costed and substantive manifesto anded about issues and that appealed to people. the best thing they can do is keep doing that over the summer and that will make theresa may look weaker because she will be away on holiday, and she will look weak and jeremy corbyn will be addressing the real needs. is that anything in parliamentary terms thatjeremy corbyn can do to spike the smooth that he wants to get into number ten? at the moment he has not got the numbers he needs to be able to move. in my view the best thing he can do is focus on modernising the labour party, making it more open and democratic and focus on his policy platform. let the tories rip each other to shreds because they are doing a very good job of it right now. they look an absolute shambles to be honest. what we have seen is that people find party infighting very unattractive. if i was jeremy corbyn's advisor i would say lead them to it. so vince cable, your new leader of the liberal democrats, what is the role for the liberal democrats? 12 seats, not in c

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, told the demonstrators austerity was a "political choice."ed this week in a vote in the commons to force an end to the government's public sector pay cap. the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, told marchers that austerity needed to be replaced with investment in society. grenfell taught us a message about housing. it taught us a message that so many people are frightened of living in tower blocks, frightened of the danger, frightened of the insecurity, and so many sleeping on our streets and trying to survive, and so many children growing up in overcrowded, damp, overpriced private rented accommodation. that is the face of modern britain with the tories, that is the face of modern britain with austerity, end austerity and invest in the future, invest in decent housing. and opportunities for everyone else, because the election campaign was presented as a kind of walk in the park for the tories. and it all changed when people began to realise that the social care crisis is a crisis made by this government. the former chief of staff to

on stage at the moment is john mcdonnell from the labour party.here and before that they held a minute of silence for the victims of the grenfell tower disaster. there was also a minute of applause for the emergency services. you can see from the posters here, plenty of people are connecting austerity and cuts to public services with what happened at grenfell tower. the group that has organised this, they say they are not linked to a political party but as you can see from the speaker on stage at the moment,, diane abbott will be here and also jeremy corbyn, moment,, diane abbott will be here and alsojeremy corbyn, a little bit later. there are tears every time his name is mentioned. and as you can hear, lose every time there are mentions of any conservative politicians. the march logan, not one more day, the idea here is that austerity was not an necessity. the atmosphere is going to be more of a carnival of resistance, apparently. sarah smith, we willjoin you shortly with more on that march. thank you. it's been exactly 10 years since the smokin

the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is due to address the rally when it arrives in parliament squarees after a labour bid to get bigger pay rises for nurses, firefighters and other public servants was narrowly defeated this week in the commons. we've been speaking to a couple of the people who are demonstrating. i have a disabled, severely disabled son, and the fight that i've had to have to try and get benefits for him, and to make sure he's got a standard of living has been unbelievable — i mean, that's another story. it's a real struggle. so i'm here for all those parents who are unable to come out today. austerity is one of the things that led, i believe, to the fire at grenfell. i'm here partly to make the link with that campaign today, because notjust the saving of money that led to having cheaper panels put on the outside, but the failures to have proper health and safety checks. our correspondent sarah smith is in parliament square. sarah, who is on the platform at the moment? well, at the moment we have a speakerfrom moment? well, at the moment we have a speaker from the pub

for labour, john mcdonnell argues that weaker growth is a reflection of austerity and people's wages government we need to change course, people need a decent pay rise, they need income so they can actually invest themselves in the economy and in addition to that we need government investment alongside private sector investment. 0ne bright spot is a jump in film production, like the upcoming star wars, partly filmed in the uk. so far this year, though, the economy isn't turning out to be the blockbuster we'd all like to see. simon gompertz, bbc news. president trump has said he'll ban transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity, reversing a policy announced by his predecessor, barack 0bama, last year. mr trump tweeted that they would burden the military with large medical bills and disruption. campaigners for transgender rights have called his decision shocking and ignorant. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool reports from texas. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan.

nonetheless, labour has a warning about this and this is the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell.ndards. that is the bottom line of any negotiations with us. if we start undermining and unpicking regulations relating to these, i think we undermine our competitive position to the rest of the world, evenif position to the rest of the world, even if we secure one trade deal. in addition to that, i think people would be worried. this issue around chickens and food standards, i think it would be a worry in this country if we laud them. one thing liam fox did concede today was the idea of finalising a trade deal with the u by the brexit deadline of march 2019 being optimistic. he said there was a growing consensus that we would have to adapt to changing relationships with the year. but he said that brexit is happening and anyone who wa nts to brexit is happening and anyone who wants to thought it is just dreaming. —— thwart. prince william has revealed how he tells his children stories about their grandmother, diana, princess of wales, to keep her memory alive. next month marks the 20th

but they condemned mcdonnell's conduct on ethical grounds. in his opinion, chief justice john roberts wrote, the "tawdry tales of ferraris, rolexes and ball gowns" did not "typify normal political interaction-- far from it." in our interview, mcdonnell chose to focus on the positive. >> mcdonnell: at the end of the day, the united states supreme court said that this was the routine stuff that governors do. and we may not like the amount of gifts, but it was consistent with virginia law. and so, bill, that's why at this point, i feel... i feel vindicated. >> whitaker: vindicated? that's not my reading of the supreme court decision. chief justice roberts said himself-- and this is a quote from his opinion-- "there is no doubt that this case is distasteful. it may be worse than that." so, this wasn't an exoneration. they looked at what you did and called it "tawdry." >> mcdonnell: i would disagree with that. you've... you've picked two sentences out of a 28-page opinion. but the import of that opinion, bill, is not the language that you've read. it's the other 99% of the opinion.

john. now you are up-to-date time now for the executive edge. two popular food chains reporting. mcdonnell's up more than 25% this year. chipolte just hit a four-year low. joining us now at the tale of two stocks, cnbc's susan -- they're so different it helps if you're not worried about, you know, not feeling well >> e. coli all the good stuff >> that's -- that's the first thing i would make sure of probably you know then you can argue about the health and whether, you know, people look at that movie they did about being the pounder -- >> the one before that the guy goes in and eats mcdonald's -- >> with the morgan sper lock -- >> anyway. >> fast food nation. tale of two restaurants and interesting fortunes between the two mcdonald's set to report earnings in just under an hour's time should be growing around 3% in the second quarter the rollout of digital ordering, delivery and value promotions, including $1 beverages are helping drive orders and then you throw in over $20 billion in cash returns, refranchising, 95% of stores and menu innovations like fresh beef quarter pounders coming your

he will be among my guests, as will his opposite number, john mcdonnell, i have a great musician, andwas referring to philip hammond. the front page of the sunday times is talking about exactly those briefings andrew was discussing. we will hear it from philip hammond himself later. stay with us. headlines are on the way.