break. -- jonathan blake.and trying to understand what is going on could be forgiven for being a bit confused and we have seen the government's position change, still, we hear that ministers disagree within the cabinet on whether that is the right way forward. and what about theresa may's style of government? have had —— that may's style of government? have had -- that it may's style of government? have had —— that it had an impact? may's style of government? have had -- that it had an impact? it means it can be difficult to get a handle on where it ends up. she hasn't set out a vision and sticks to it, she is much more collegiate, day by day sort of leader whose position involves over time and we have seen that throughout the process of brexit up until this point and of course the white paper that has been forward , course the white paper that has been forward, the deal the government wa nts to forward, the deal the government wants to get, is effectively a wish list and that position is going to have to evol

thank you, jonathan break. —— jonathan blake.hard has won his high court privacy battle against the bbc, and has been awarded an initial £210,000 in damages. the court found that the corporation's reporting of a police raid on his home, in connection with an allegation of historical child sexual abuse, infringed the star's privacy in a serious and sensationalist way. sir cliff always denied the allegations, and wasn't arrested or charged. he described today's ruling as ‘wonderful news'. the bbc says it's very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff, but is considering an appeal. the executive director of the society of editors ian murrayjoins me now from our studio in liverpool. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. what do you make of thejudgment? talking to us. what do you make of the judgment? as someone who was editing a newspaper and in the newsroom at the time and watched the drama unfolds, and it was drama, it was like watching a drama show, the helicopters whizzing around the home of sir cliff, then we discover

i asked our political correspondent jonathan blake. of brexit? correspondent jonathan blakem of brexit? i asked our political correspondent jonathan blake. it is baffling enough for those of us whose job is to cover process on a daily probe —— basis. i think people trying to understand what is going on could be forgiven for being confused. we have seen the government's position change, still. we hear that ministers disagree with in the cabinet on whether that is the rock white —— right way forward. and what about the style of government of theresa may? has that had an impact? her leadership style means it can be difficult to get a handle on where the brexit process may end up. she is not someone who sets out a big old vision and sticks to it no matter what. she is a collegiate day by day sort of leader whose position evolves over time. we have seen throughout the process of brexit until this point. the white paper that have been forwarded, the deal the government wants to get, if thatis deal the government wants to get, if that is effectively a wi

questions i put to bbc political correspondent jonathan blake.s baffling enough for those of us whose job it is to cover the process of brexit on a daily basis. i think people watching and listening and reading and trying to understand what is going on could be forgiven for being a bit confused and we have seen the government's position change, still, we hear that ministers disagree within the cabinet on whether that is the right way forward. and what about theresa may's style of government? has that it had an impact? i think theresa may's style of leadership means it can be difficult to get a handle on where the process ends up. she's not someone who sets out a big, bold vision and sticks to it no matter what, she is much more collegiate, day by day sort of leader whose position evolves over time and we have seen that throughout the process of brexit up until this point and of course the white paper that has been forward, the deal the government wants to get, is effectively a wish list and that position is going to have to evolve through the neg

government and the eu make concessions. >> jonathan blake.e'll be hearing a little more from him later in the program. now, it might be hard to believe that the last three months haven't been all about brexit. the government found itself on a back foot over a scandal for years. it affected thousands of people who were invited to come to the u.k. between the 1940s and 70s on ships like the hm windrush to help rebuild post-war britain. then landing cars were later destroyed. and when immigration rules were tightened earlier this decade, they found they didn't have the paperwork to prove their legal right to be in the u.k. and access benefits and health care. as the rile rumbled on, they told mps there were no targets for removing illegal immigrants. >> when were they set? >> we don't have targets. >> but it later turned out such targets did exist. they came to the commons. >> the immigration at the home office has been using local targets for internal performance management. these were not published targets against which performance was assesse

jonathan blake, bbc news.unit at the metropolitan police are being investigated over claims they covered up or failed to properly pursue allegations of wrong—doing by other officers. the independent office for police conduct, which is carrying out the investigation, says a number of other officers are also being assessed. a little earlier i discussed this with our home affairs correspondent tom symonds — he started by giving some background to the case. this is the department, the directorate of professional standards at the metropolitan police, that itself investigates problems with police officers, either criminality by police officers or breaches of police guidelines, misconduct. the police watchdog today says that it is investigating a series of allegations against officers working within that directorate. i understand they are to do with effectively helping fellow officers who are under investigation themselves for a range of things. for example, fraud and child abuse, and misconduct in other ways. either

we will be hearing more from jonathan blake later in the programme. hard to believe it has been all about brexit. the treatment of the whent russ generation. it affected people who came to the uk in the 70s to help rebuild post—war britain. when immigration rules were tightened later this decade, they found they did not have the paperwork to prove the legal right to be in the uk and access benefits. as the row ambled on, amber rudd told mps there were no targets for removing illegal immigrants but it later turned out such targets did exist. the immigration arm of the home office has been using local targets for internal performance management... these are not published targets are against which performance was assessed but, if they were used inappropriately, then i clear this would have to change. she presiding over a department out of control. the home secretary is presiding over a department out of control, marked by cruelty and chaos. will she stopped shielding the ministers and resign? we now understand that people have been removed because of tar

jonathan blake, bbc news. affairs spokesperson, christine jardine, said the problems within the conservative party is leading to a worsening situation in the case of finding a solution to brexit. we have gone from what was always going to be a difficult situation to bad situation to and nightmare of a situation. it's horrific. at the moment the civil war within the conservative party seems to be pushing us further and further towards a worsening situation. dominic raab says he is trying to get the backing of some cabinet ministers for the white paper discussed at chequers. do you feel that he is perhaps handing this better than his predecessor? he might well be. we are still in a difficult situation. i don't think saying things like we're not going to pay our debts helps. how can we negotiate a trade deal if we are not paying our debts? detail of the conservative party has been wagging the dog. they are so concerned with internalfighting. i the dog. they are so concerned with internal fighting. i don't the dog

jonathan blake.he brexit secretary was holding firm on his threat to refuse to pay the so—called divorce bill if a trade deal could not be reached. he is, and that has been the government's position for some time, under the proposal to quote the line they often use — nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and that would include, if you asked the government and the negotiators, that £39 billion, or thereabouts, figure that the uk would pay the eu upon leaving. to cover money it does. to cover money it owes. dominic raab has been talking about preparations for a no—deal scenario. if agreement isn't reached between the eu and uk on the future relationship after brexit. we have heard stories and reports about what would happen in that scenario, all kinds of alarming things, lorries queueing at the border for hours, planes not being able to take off, shelves running empty in supermarkets — scare stories according to dominic raab. he talked a little about what the government is doing. we have heard

jonathan blake, bbc news. let's discuss this further.ms acting foreign affairs spokesperson, christine jardine. are you getting increasingly nervous that we seem to be hearing more about the prospect of no deal? i'm getting increasingly nervous about how the conservatives are mishandling this. we have gone from a difficult situation to bad situation to a nightmare of a situation. it's horrific. at the moment the civil war within the conservative party seems to be pushing us further and further towards a worsening situation. but dominic raab says he is still trying to get the backing of some cabinet ministers for the white paper discussed at chequers. do you feel that he is perhaps handling this better than his predecessor? he may well be but we are still in a difficult situation. saying things like we will not pay our debts does not help. we are in a very difficult situation. the tale of the conservative party is now wagging the dog. they are so concerned with internalfighting. i the dog. they are so concerned with internal fighting. i d

jonathan blake, bbc news.ee members of the anti—corruption unit at the metropolitan police are being investigated over claims they covered up or failed to properly pursue allegations of wrongdoing by other officers. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is at scotland yard or us this lunchtime. tom, what is the background? this is the department, the directorate of professional standards, which effectively looks into wrongdoing by police officers. now the police watchdog says it has received allegations and is investigating them of wrongdoing within that department. we are talking about getting involved in, interfering with investigations into fellow officers, and in some cases stopping them from happening altogether. and those officers being investigated will be accused of, for example, fraud, child abuse and assault. the police watchdog says this could amount to serious disruption and malpractice, but it is in the early stages at this moment. the police watchdog says it has given a notice of an investig

here's jonathan blake.ey all agreed, but at the cabinet meeting last week, some around the table were still unsure about the prime minister's plan for brexit. the new brexit secretary admits some senior ministers are yet to be convinced of theresa may's compromise for a future relationship with the eu. but, this morning, he sounded confident a deal could be done. i am striving every sinew with our department, with michel barnier, who i think is a man who wants to do a deal with us — tremendous pressures on his side — to get the best deal. but we've got to, i think it's only the responsible thing to do, to be prepared if those negotiations and the energy and ambition and pragmatism we are showing are not reciprocated. so that's the responsible thing to do, whether it's the allocation of money, preparation of our treaty relations, we're hiring extra border staff. i think people need to know that actually we are ready, so that britain can thrive, whatever happens. the energy we will bring to these negotiations

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.s in westminster. isjeremy corbyn struggling to draw a line under this anti—semitism row? more than struggling, the prospect of this being resolved any time soon is vanishingly small, in part because it's been going on for so long, since mr corbyn became leader, both sides have become increasingly entrenched and embittered. but there is also a fundamental divide between mr corbyn's worldview and those in many of the jewish mr corbyn's worldview and those in many of thejewish community. mr corbyn wants to allow people greater freedom to criticise israel and israeli policies. many in thejewish community believe far too often that slips into open anti—semitism and mr corbyn has done far too little to rein in those expressing such views. now we are in a sort of arms stand—off between the two camps with the threat of disciplinary action against margaret hodge who herself lost fa m ily against margaret hodge who herself lost family in the holocaust, suggestions that the parliament to party m

as jonathan blake, thank you very much.lost nine members of her family in a tourist boat accident on a lake in the united states has been describing the disaster. tia coleman said passengers were told they would not need lifejackets but if she had managed to reach one she might have saved her three children. 14 other passengers were killed in the disaster. i couldn't see anybody. i couldn't hear anything. i could hear screams. ijust — it felt like i was out there on my own. and i was yelling and i was screaming and finally i said "lord, just let me die, let me die." i said, "i can't, i can't keep drowning, ijust can't keep drowning." and then ijust let go. and i started floating. police are continuing their investigation of a park in salisbury where they believe a couple was poisoned by novichok. charlie rowley, whose partner dawn sturgess died, has left hospital but is still unable to return to his home which remains cordoned off. katy austin reports. the source of the novichok has been found, but forensic searches go on.

that was jonathan blake there.ident of the belfast chamber of trade and commerce and was there for theresa may's speech in northern ireland earlier today. hejoins me now from belfast. what did you make of what theresa may had to say? she feels she has compromise and that she has, come up with a workable solution to what is becoming really the last remaining pa rt becoming really the last remaining part of that agreement? we welcome the white paper as it stands, the commitment to have no hard border which is essential for business in northern ireland. our members trade across the island and across the gb as well. so that commitment was good to have no border or checks between northern ireland and great britain. iam northern ireland and great britain. i am cautiously optimistic but there needs to be that same hope that the eu will respond to this. there are some do know who were in her cabinet by david davis who have suggested that a technological border that they think you could do it by having number plate recognit

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.d is a former teacher and senior research fellow at reform, a centre—right think tank focusing on public services. it is good to see you. a lot of teachers will be saying that it is about time. they have been waiting for at least five years and this is a difficult period to pay their bills when there pay has been capped at 1% and inflation is running ahead of that. 3.5% above inflation, they know when they go back to theirjobs in september that there is a bit of a boost waiting for them. but 3.596 is great, 5% would have taken them back to the level that they would have been at before the age of austerity began in 2010. the department for education deserves some credit for finally recognising that we have a big problem here. it is not enough, is it? i wouldn't say it is the end of the situation by any means. the statistics for teacher recruitment last year were pretty worrying. there was a 33% drop in the number of people who wa nt to drop in the number of people who want to be teacher

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. crunch meeting, which suggests that it sort of deals with this one way or another — but is that likely? no, i don't think it is. the signs are that this is a row which is going to ramble on and on. both sides now seem entrenched in their views and there is basically a fundamental divide between those around mr corbyn, who want to have greater freedom for people to express criticism of israel and israeli policies and those in the jewish community who believe that too often this slips into anti—semitism and that mr corbyn has licensed and tolerated people expressing anti—semitic views. and if anything, the divide between the two sides seems to be coming even greater, with now suggestions from a the jewish labour movement, greater, with now suggestions from a thejewish labour movement, the main body ofjewish thejewish labour movement, the main body of jewish supporters thejewish labour movement, the main body ofjewish supporters within the labour party, that they might actually take lega

questions i put to jonathan blake. >> those whose job it is to cover the process of brexit on a dailyasis, people watching and listening and reading and trying to understand what is going on are forgiven for being confused. we have seen the government's position change. we go back to the speeches the prime minister made at various points and the agreement made, we heard ministers disagree within the cabinet whether that is the right way forward. >> reporter: how damaging his this been for the tory party? >> no question it has been a damaging process for the conservative party. we have seen different factions at the parliamentary conservative party turning on each other, arguments about their own party policy and government policy played out in public. when people see that a party turned on itself, whatever the issue, it is never good in terms of convincing the public to vote for them. >> reporter: what about theresa may's style of government? does that have an impact on this? >> reporter: theresa may's style of leadership means it is difficult to get a handle where the brexit vote may

jonathan blake, thank you.can hearfrom dominic raab, the brexit secretary, as well as sirjohn major when they speak to andrew marr later this morning. that follows us at nine o'clock here on bbc one. some news coming in from israel this morning. officials say they completed a humanitarian operation to rescue civil defence workers and their families from a war zone in southern syria. up to 800 syrians are reported to have been taken by bus overnight tojordan. the evacuees are members of the white helmets, a civil defence organisation that works in rebel—controlled areas of syria. jordan says it has agreed to give them safe passage to be resettled in britain, canada and germany. mps are calling for a consultation on whether to ban the sale of realfur in the uk. the environment, food and rural affairs committee has been investigating why many high street retailers illegally sold fur described as fake which had in fact come from animals. sarah corker reports. in the 1990s, evocative anti—fur campaigns raised awaren

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.exit. today, she was trying to get her message across here, speaking to workers in newcastle. her new foreign secretaryjeremy hunt is already abroad trying to sell the uk government's message. our political correspondent tom barton has more on this story, and joins us from westminster. the government has rather been struggling towards the end of this parliamentary term. just a couple of days left, but their focus now is moving away from here in westminster to the rest of europe, as ministers try to sell their message of theresa may's vision for brexit to eu leaders. the hope is to persuade leaders. the hope is to persuade leaders of european countries of her case, then it will become easier for them to negotiate that with the eu negotiators. and so, to that end, today, jeremy hunt, the brand—new foreign secretary, on his first foreign trip, has been in berlin eating the german foreign minister —— meeting. and there are, he said today if the uk, if those in europe think that britain wil

let speak to jonathan blake who is at westminster.ent has offered to micah often repeated thatjust a phrase that no deal is better than a bad deal, and that has been bizarre asa bad deal, and that has been bizarre as a part of the position from the outset. but recently we have talked more about it and the government has stepped up its preparations for a no till scenario, that was one of the things that the prime minister and her cabinet agreed a few weeks ago. we're told to —— technical notices will be issued by the government over the summer about how people and businesses might be able to prepare for the eventuality of the uk leaving the eu with no deal will stop, 29 march next year and after the transition period, as well. but one person who certainly doesn't think is a good idea is simon coatney, the irish foreign minister who was in london today, and says that britain can't afford and it should not be the government's focus. i think a lot of people are talking up inappropriately the likelihood of another deal breaker —— brexit. i

questions i put to "bbc" correspondent jonathan blake. >> i think people watching and listening and reading and trying to understand what's going on could be forgiven for being a bit confused. we have seen the government's position change. we go back to the speeches that the prime minister made. various points and then the agreement that was made at checkers and the subsequent white papers, still ministers disagree on whether that's the right way forward. >> how damaging has it been to the torey pearlt then? >> i think there's no question that it has been a damaging party for the conservative party. we've seen different factions of the parliamentary conservative party turning on each other. we've seen arguments about their own party policy and the government's policy played out in public. when people see that, that a party has turned on itself whatever the issue it's never going to be good in terms of convincing the public to vote for them. >> what about teresa may's style of government? has that had an impact in all this? >> i think her style of leadership means that it can be difficult to

here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. laughter.

we can get more now from westminster, our political correspondent, jonathan blake is there.breakthrough, but how much closer it is theresa may to having a constructive discussion with the eu? by constructive discussion with the eu? by the nature of this process, theresa may managed to get agreement with inner cabinet, not without a couple of resignations along the way, and a print rebellion by members of her own party in parliament. this was for his first response to the british government's white paper, its policy in black and white of it is in poor brexit from the european union. i think you could summarise it through the phrase, there is some interesting ideas here but we need to talk. michel barnier responded as you heard, with a series of questions, it was not dismissed out of hand, which will be something of a relief for the government, but there are big issues, as far as the eu is concerned with what the british government has put forward. they are preparing for their summer break. what are the next steps? the big date in everyone's diaries is the end of october. they

she spoke to our poltical correspondent jonathan blake a little earlier.asse. i think the prime minister's deal is, in practice, unworkable, the worst of all worlds. i think we need to go back to the british people and give them the three clear choices we have at the table, either a soft brexit, a hard brexit — a clean break that i think most leavers were voting for — or staying in the european union. the prime minister has reached a compromise, has a very difficultjob to do, to keep enough people happy. do you not recognise that, that in coming to this point and putting forwards her plan, it was in her view, clearly the best way forward, and she has taken a decision in good faith? i think it was right to find a workable compromise, but i think this is a compromise that doesn't suit anyone in practice. i worry, having looked at the detail, that it is unworkable and that the common rulebook will not be able to be updated when we want it to, and it will breakdown. we have to recognise that that parliament has reached an impasse and find a way through anyway.

ourfirst report is from our political correspondent jonathan blake. are you confident, mr davies?wo years, he has been the man in brussels, leading the negotiations with the european union that would shape the uk's future outside it. at the prime minister's country residence on friday, where theresa may's top team gathered to hear her final plan, he was, in his words, the odd man out. it would put the uk ona the odd man out. it would put the uk on a path to close to the eu for his liking. the driving was primarily from number 10, rather than my department. that is fair enough, it is not the first time there has been a debate by a goal margin. as you say, i lost the argument. it's not just that i lose the argument in something which is in somebody else's department, the point is that i was the person who had two presented to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else. ifi european union, to everybody else. if i don't believe in it, i won't do as good a job at somebody that does. in his resignation letter, he said the current trade policy and tactics was making it less and

our political correspondent jonathan blake reports.he new brexit secretary has his first big moment — setting out the government's plan for life outside the eu, in black and white, and in the most detail we've seen so far. finally, once put forward on trade, security and more. the government is determined to build a new relationship that works for both the uk and the eu. one grounded in our shared history but which also looks toa shared history but which also looks to a bright and ambitious future, a relationship that delivers real and lasting benefits to both sides. the white paper will propose a free—trade area for goods, a joint institutional framework involving uk courts and the eu's european court of justice, and a combined customs territory where britain will collect tariffs for goods bound for the eu as well as those staying in the uk. since ministers met to agree the plan last week, two senior members of the cabinet have resigned and many more conservative mps remain unconvinced. it seems the approach of the government is we do

from westminster, our political correspondent jonathan blake reports.miles when the cabinet table this morning. theresa may and her top team putting on a brave face inside number ten. after a difficult night in parliament for the prime minister and her brexit plan. it doesn't get much closer than this... the ayes to the right, 305, the noes to the left, 302. the government won by just three votes. what to the left, 302. the government won byjust three votes. what happened in parliament last night shows how high feelings are running on all sides. the government agreed to the demands of mps who wanted to cut ties with the eu, but that made other pro—european tories so angry that they voted against the government in protest. for many, these changes leave the government's plan dead in the water. ministers say everything is fine... the fact that the government got one of its key pieces of legislation through last night is extremely important. we have a very important bill coming today, the trade bill allowing us to doa number of today, the trade bill allowin

let's get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake.re is a lot of attention before we came into the studio on a newspaper interview published this morning. he seems to be saying that we might take the money away, take the money of the table if we can't get the deal. is he holding to that position talking to andrew marr? yes, and that has been the government's position for some time, under the proposal to quote the line they offer news, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and that would include, if you asked the government and the negotiators, that £39 billion, thereabouts, the figure that you would be paid upon the uk leaving. —— the eu would be paid. when asked about the no deal scenario if no deal is reached after brexit, and we have heard stories and reports that what would happen in that scenario, all kinds of alarming things, lorries queueing at the borderfor hours, planes not being able to take off, shelves running empty and supermarkets, it scare stories according to dominic raab. he told a bit about what the governmen

our political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports.start of what could be another turbulent week. theresa may visited an airshow this week seeing aeroplanes built in britain partly but relying on easy access to eu aid. that is why she says her plan is the same one, but her compromise is struggling to get off the ground. frictionless free trade of good, independent policy, that are with the avoidance of a ha rd that are with the avoidance of a hard border in northern ireland, these are the conditions which we seek. anything that reneges on the belfast agreement will not deliver for britain as a jaded nation. but one former cabinet minister was calling the agreement a fudge and was saying that the public should vote again. the prime minister's deal is an workable and is the worst of all possible worlds so we need to go back to the british people with three clear choices with what is on the table. a soft brexit, a clean break that most leaders were voting for, or of course staying in the european union. justine greening is not the first c

rises directly, meaning savings will have to be made elsewhere, as our political correspondent, jonathan blakeg fires or on the front line, the armed forces are among1 on the front line, the armed forces are among 1 million public sector workers told today they can expect to pay rise. teachers too will get a significant increase. at the end of term, perhaps good news, but for some, long overdue. we have had four yea rs of some, long overdue. we have had four years of a pay rise which has been funded by schools budgets and it needs to be centrally funded otherwise schools will become insolvent. clearly teachers deserve a pay rise, pay has been frozen for far too long and we are in the middle of a teacher recruitment crisis partly as a result of that. teachers in england get a pay rise of up to 3.5%, the military 2% increase, plus a one—off payment, police in england and wales can expect 2%, prison staff in england and wales as well will get 2% with and wales as well will get 2% with an added singles. what we have been able to do the borders make sure everyone gets a significant pay rise, we hav

let's speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake. morning, jonathan.h of a blow is it forjustine greening to say this? last week the prime minister's brexit plans did not go entirely as she would have hoped, something of an understatement. cabinet ministers resigning, president trump saying the prospect ofa uk— president trump saying the prospect of a uk— us trade deal were dead. if the prime minister went to bed thinking this would be the week when things go according to plan, though that was probably unlikely, she will be disappointed because the former education secretary wrote in the times criticising the brexit blueprint, saying it is a fudge, the worst of both worlds, and that there should be a new referendum with three choices on the ballot paper will, to go with the pm's plan, come out without a deal or remain in the eu. justine greening campaigned to remain. she is no longer a member of the government. she is a respected voice in westminster and an uncomfortable moment for the prime minister to have her saying these things. and then this week

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.bby for us. a feeling of dj villa about this. theresa may‘s nails must be suffering. i think so. if scrappy few days here in westminsterjust before everyone goes on holiday. she has been getting it from all sides. last night trying to quell a rebellion from her brexiteer backbenchers, she caved in and accepted their amendments only to get a rebellion from her remain backing mps. it seems like the clews deal, agreed not even two weeks ago at the prime minister‘s country residence, supposed to be the compromise plan today to brussels, is now in serious jeopardy. there compromise plan today to brussels, is now in seriousjeopardy. there is a bill going through the commons, another piece of bread that legislation. these pieces of legislation. these pieces of legislation have been used by rival camps within the tory party and by opposition mps to try and tinker with the government‘s brexit strategy and today is no different. the trade bill, we expect that to be another parliamentary running

support of the resignation: andrea jenkyns said: we can speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blakestminster. jonathan, difficult hours and days ahead for the prime minister. jonathan, it is worth taking a moment tojust give jonathan, it is worth taking a moment to just give us a sense of the scale of the impact of david davis's resignation. this is the man who is in charge of our negotiations with brussels. that's right, at least he was until a few hours ago, charlie. that bombshell resignation late last night coming really out of the blue, although was at to be expected? the blue, although was at to be expected 7 perhaps, the blue, although was at to be expected? perhaps, because after it looked like theresa may had achieved what many people thought was impossible, and getting her cabinet who disagreed so openly on the way forward to brexit to agree, after that all—day meeting at chequers on friday, david davis was conspicuous by his absence. he said nothing in public about the agreement that the cabinet had come to, and late last night we had this news coming through that he had

she spoke to our poltical correspondent jonathan blake a little earlier. the european union. the prime minister has reached a compromise, has a very difficultjob to do, to keep enough people happy. do you not recognise that, that in coming to this point in putting forwards harrop diane, it was in her view, clearly the best way forward is, and she has taken a decision in good faith? i think it was right to find a workable compromise, but i think this is a compromise that doesn't suit anyone in practice. i worry, having looked at the detail, that it worry, having looked at the detail, thatitis worry, having looked at the detail, that it is unworkable and that the common that it is unworkable and that the common law book will not be able to be updated when we want it to, and it will deadly breakdown. we have to recognise that and recognise that parliament is's reached an impasse and find a way through anyway. that's why i think we have to take the decision out of deadlocked politicians and put it back into the hands of the british people. politicians and put

let's go now to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who joins me from westminster.sa may be grateful this has not been dismissed out of hand? she will believe this is not the day michel barnier stood up and effectively ripped up the white paper and said we can't work with this. it was a cautious welcome, but it was also a warning from the european union today that there are several parts of theresa may's plans that they believe cannot work. and as you keep him should just then, among those is the view that it would be difficult for a eu countries to collect customs on behalf of the uk and vice versa. he questioned how there could be a free trade agreement on goods but not on services, which is what the government wants, because the two are intrinsically linked. and he also said, as you heard, time is an issue, occurs as we know, there will be negotiations through the summer, but 0ctober be negotiations through the summer, but october is the date when the eu and uk need to get the deal done. this close to summer break, there will be some sighs of relief in government

our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster — but let's go first to our north america0 times more awkward by this intervention this morning by the president. it is always bridgey and predictable what will happen when the president puts himself in a room with another world leader —— it is always pretty unpredictable. you never quite know what he will say or do but he has set the scene for an awkward discussion between himself and the prime minister at chequers later, and a lunch, and then they will have to stand side by side at a press co nfe re nce will have to stand side by side at a press conference and answer those questions. he left here about an hour ago en route to sandhurst, the officers training academy, to see a joint exercise between uk and us forces. he did not say anything, i am told there was a fist pump before he got on his chopper to surrey, then he will head to chequers. his words have really thrown a spanner in the works to this visit, they will have been praying for something smoother, frankly for some supportive words from the president to theresa ma

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.elming support for the idea of another referendum, those on the pro—brexit side say that would be typical of how the eu operates, it asks the country a question as it did with denmark and ireland and if it does not like the answer it keeps going back until it gets the right one. iam not going back until it gets the right one. i am not sure there is any appetite in the country. justine greening's decision and reason to say she is in favour is because she says there is parliamentary deadlock here and i think up to a certain point there is. people are against the chequers agreement but it's not entirely clear what there is a majority for in the house of commons. if you look at labour they are against chequers because they don't think it goes far enough, you don't think it goes far enough, you don't have any power, you are close but cannot make any decisions, but if you are on the brexit side you just think there should be a much more clean break and we are far too close. that's the tight

let's talk to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in westminster.y? since those comments from peter willsman were made public, published online by the jewish chronicle last night, there has been widespread criticism of him and what he had to say. several labourmps, and what he had to say. several labour mps, some of whom are often critical ofjeremy corbyn‘s labour mps, some of whom are often critical of jeremy corbyn‘s approach to anti—semitism within the party, have criticised this and can be read it as have criticised this and can be read itasa have criticised this and can be read it as a double standard compared to others investigated for their comments criticising the leader's approach. we have seen left—wing commentators, calling out peter willsman and saying action should be taken against him and other members of the nec as well, the comedian, eddie is argued is a member of labour's ruling body has tweeted and said he was dialled in on the phone for that meeting and was both shocked at what peter willsman said at the time and surprised he was

our political correspondent, jonathan blake joins us. is this just dominic raab flexing his muscles? yes, it may be the first time we have heard dominic raab said that if britain doesn't get the trade deal it wants that it will refuse to pay the money that it owes the eu that it has actually been government policy for some time so this is him a couple of weeks into the job restating his credentials as a committed brexiteer but what was perhaps more interesting from his interview with the telegraph was the admission that there is still work to be done in terms of persuading his fellow cabinet ministers that the agreement reached at chequers, the agreement reached at chequers, the prime minister ‘s ‘s country residence a few weeks back, is in fa ct residence a few weeks back, is in fact the right so that discussion is ongoing, it is a live debate within the prime minister's top team. still, even though the government negotiations are due to begin in brussels in the coming weeks. one man we know who does not agree with that plan is david da

just to recapture on the fast events, here is jonathan blake recapture on the fast events, here isjonathannfident today, mr davis? for two years, david david has been the uk's man in brussels, leading the negotiations with the european union that would shape the uk's future outside it. but at the prime minister's country residence on friday, the drive in the last week in this white paper was primarily number 10, rather than my department. that's fair enough, it's not the first time that's been a debate by a long margin. as you say, i lost the argument. the point being, it's notjust that i lose the argument in something which is in somebody else's department, orsomething that is general collective responsibility, the point is that i was the person who had to present it to parliament, to the european union, to everybody else. if i don't believe in it, i won't do as good a job as somebody that does believe in it. 0ther ministers with reservations appear to be holding firm but the question was where was boris? yet not left his official residence and had missed appointments. as the prime minist

our political correspondent jonathan blake reports.first big moment. setting out the government's plan for life outside of the eu. in black and white and in the most detail we have seen so far. finally, plans put forward on trade, security, regulations and more. secretary dominic raab. mr speaker, the government is determined to build a new relationship that works both for the uk and the eu. one grounded in our shared history but which also looks to a bright and ambitious future. a relationship which delivers real and lasting benefits to both sides. this after shambles denies proper scrutiny. it sets out the right brexit deal, delivering on the result of the referendum, taking control supporting economy maintaining relationship ending free movement whilst avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and ireland are indeed between northern ireland are indeed between northern ireland and great britain, restoring sovereignty over parliament and the authority of the uk supreme court, seizing the opportunity to forge new trade deals arou

our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster. because tonight jewish not go away for the labour party because tonightjewish members of the labour party in westminster will vote on adopting a separate code of conduct which does take in that definition in full. there will be a formal vote in that later in the year. the party bosman ruling body the national executive committee, could overrule that and that threatens to overshadow the labour party conference which is happening in september. this row about anti—semitism and what labour mps say, many of them, as a failure of the party's leadership to deal with it is not going away. on the conservative side they have a cabinet meeting today, something they have been talking out for months, almost years, brexit. that's right, theresa may taking her top tea m right, theresa may taking her top team of ministers to gateshead this morning for a meeting of the cabinet before mps go away on some of it what she will be making the point, her argument that the government is trying to achieve a br

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.uffered serious facial industries are the corrosive substance was thrown at birmingham. the attack happened in the leader would any of the city at about ten o'clock this morning. the attacker was riding mopeds or push—bike. police are appealing for information. you are watching afternoon live, the headlines: at least 74 people have died as well fires head seaside resorts and towns close to athens. here people are being warned to stay out of the sun is temperatures continue to soar in parts of england. theresa may is taking personal control of brexit talks with the eu with dominik grabbed deputising for her. and in sport, a dramatic stoppage to france, police used tear gas against protesters but it wasn't the eyes of some riders instead. harry caine has been nominated for fifa's best player award for his role in the country was bad run to the semifinals of the world cup. also nominated, gareth southgate, one of 11 shortlisted for the men's coach award. morano on this storyjust after hal

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.negotiating britain's withdrawal from the eu, regularly appearing alongside the eu's brexit negotiator michel barnier. so, how will these latest developments at westminster be viewed in brussels? christian fraser reports. the contrast between david davis and michel barnier could hardly have been starker. davis, with the breezy air of self—confidence, optimistic it would turn out well, in spite of the growing evidence to the contrary, versus barnier, a sticklerfor detail, methodical, irritated at the lack of british progress. it is clear that the uk does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after departure. how can we build trust and start discussing our future relationship? there were criticisms of the brexit secretary's apparent lack of preparedness. last year, he appeared for a meeting with mr barnier with no notes or documents at all. but last month, it emerged last month that davis had spentjust four hours with michel barnier this year. to those paying close attention

our political correspondent, jonathan blake, joins us now from westminster.from their existing budgets which will of course mean savings have to be made elsewhere. we can expect some criticism of that because the view ritz public services are stretched in many cases to the limit —— the view is that public services are stretched. the pay rises themselves, it will be welcome news this morning for those getting them, but do not forget, public sector workers have had wages cut in many places at 1% increases year—on—year, the cost of living has been going up by significantly more than that. for many, they might think it is long overdue. thank you very much. north korea appears to have begun dismantling a key rocket launch site in the country's north west. satellite images seen by a us monitoring group suggest the pyongyang regime is complying with a denuclearisation promise made to president trump in talks injune. they estimate the finances of middle low—income families were £100 worth of last year than they were back in 2003. members of the thai youth football te