kamal ahmed, bbc news.e businesswoman and campaigner, gina miller, to be run over, has been found guilty of two charges of menacing communications. rhodri colwyn philipps, the fourth viscount st davids, wrote the message four days after gina miller won a brexit legal challenge against the government. philipps, who called his comments "satire," faces a custodial sentence. johanna konta made history tonight after becoming the first british woman in almost a0 years to make it to the wimbledon semi—finals. the world number seven beat the romanian second seed simona halep in a thrilling match. she'll now take on venus williams for a place in the final asjoe wilson reports. 0n centre court, a british woman in a wimbledon quarterfinal. never mind the rest of her career, johanna konta's progress here had taken her life to a different level. where every mood, every move is scrutinised. johanna konta first played at wimbledon as a junior, represented australia. when her hungarian—born parents moved to britain, she fo

and i'm kamal ahmed.or the next half hour, we'll try to bring you the essential, up—to—date guide on the big issue that 33 and a half million people in britain voted on a year ago — whether to remain inside or to leave the european union. that result — 17 and a half million for leaving and 16 million for remaining — was a majority for britain exiting the eu, what we all call brexit. but after an election result where no—one won a majority, what's changed? well, i'm heading to brussels to get some answers and to speak to those on the other side of the negotiating table. and i'm going the other way. to the north — to a town with a special place in my life and which helps to tell the story of a very divided britain. rotherham in south yorkshire is the area where my mother was born. it voted firmly for brexit. but after a year of turmoil, i want to find out if views there have changed. for years, rotherham was famous for steel and for coal, with factories and pits employing thousands. mostly gone now, along w

and i'm kamal ahmed.try to bring you the essential, up—to—date guide on the big issue that 33 and a half million people in britain voted on a year ago — whether to remain inside or to leave

getting the inside track on that and the other big stories of the week with our economics editor kamal ahmedso today, as the payments giant visa vows to put cash out of business, we want to know what do you still need coins for? let us know — just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello, and welcome to business live. we start on wall street, where three of the giants of us banking report their results later today. we are talking about wells fargo, citigroup and — the biggest of them all — jp morgan chase. investors have been betting that the good times are back for america's bankers thanks to the election of donald trump. that's helped stock markets hit record highs. but are they right? well, today's results could give us a better idea. take a look at these share prices — especiallyjp morgan's — since president trump was elected. they all got a boost from hopes he would help the us economy grow, and interest rates would rise. the slow pace of policy change has, though, cooled that enthusiasm a little. in particular, president trump has promised to scrap the heavy regulation of banks brought in af

kamal ahmed, bbc news.wimbledon semi—finals. the world number seven beat the romanian second seed, simona halep, in a thrilling match. she'll now take on venus williams for a place in the final, asjoe wilson reports. 0n centre court, a british woman in a wimbledon quarterfinal. never mind the rest of her career, johanna konta's progress here had taken her life to a different level. where every mood, every move is scrutinised. johanna konta first played at wimbledon as a junior, represented australia. when her hungarian—born parents moved to britain, she followed. gained citizenship in 2012. really konta is not a product of one nation or a tennis system but a product of her own intense motivation. against her here, simona halep, a player ranked higher, capable of matching konta, almost nothing between them. just look at hawk—eye, a fraction off. but halep's point and halep's set. at crucial moments, konta was making more mistakes. sad, but true. still, adversity is just an opportunity for resilience, as they

kamal ahmed, bbc news.reat the terminally ill baby charlie gard. but the foreign secretary, boris johnson, says that for legal reasons it is impossible for him to be transferred to the vatican's children's hospital for treatment. charlie gard's parents have already lost their legal battle, both here and in the european court, to keep him alive — against the advice of doctors at the great ormond street hospital. a disabled refugee who was beaten to death and set alight by his neighbour in bristol four years ago — was repeatedly failed by the police. that's the conclusion of the independent police complaints commission, who say officers from the avon and somerset force ignored bijan ebrahimi's pleas for help. and they said there was evidence that "racial bias" affected the officers' response. jon kay reports. fouryears on, and tonight the sisters of bijan ebrahimi have some more answers. they've been told their vulnerable younger brother was repeatedly failed by police in the years before he was murdered — tr

summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight with kamal ahmedhe regulations not fit for thejob. it wasn't just horrific flames but poisonous gases that killed. could changing rules on cladding have contributed? so, this small amount of material, if it burned in a house or flat, would be enough to fill the whole house would be enough to fill the whole house or flat with toxic smoke. enough to stop you escaping and kill you. we'll be asking, just how long will it take before we can trust the rules will improve safety and not undermine it? also tonight... as that great eu repeal bill is finally published, we ask, can labour be trusted with brexit? we need a different type of bill. i'm hoping the government are going to let us amend our lot of this bill and on that basis we might be able to support it. but we can't at the moment because it is so undemocratic. # i always flirt with death. # i could kill, but i don't care about it. and we catch up with the man who wrote this song. what have you been doing in the years when we haven't seen too much of

kamal ahmed, bbc news.oyment at crs. he joins us live via webcam from guildford. thanks forjoining us. first of all, what do you make of the report, does it make sense? it does make sense. there is an element of anticlimax, i think, to the report. we have been waiting nine months for the detail of this. there's been quite a few decisions that have already gone to try and clarify particular in relation to those working in the gig economy, how those people get classified in terms of workers or employees. the report gives us a lot more detail on this but as euphoria talked about the result out as to what will end up on the statute book. that is the big question because theresa may says she doesn't wa nt to because theresa may says she doesn't want to turn the clock back while she welcomes the report. does that suggest she's just saying, yes, it make sense and it sounds good, but i'm not going to push for any of the recommendations, what do you think? yeah, ithink recommendations, what do you think? yeah, i thi

here's our economics editor kamal ahmed.c sector pay. 1%, the pay cut proposed for nurses, teachers, firefighters and other public sector workers, and 2.996, and other public sector workers, and 2.9%, the rate at which prices are rising, inflation. forthe 5% 2.9%, the rate at which prices are rising, inflation. for the 5% of people this effect, their real incomes are falling. alan daly is a firefighter from 0xfordshire, like so firefighter from 0xfordshire, like so many others weary of the living standards squeeze. they don't expect to be rich but they don't expect to ask for hand—outs. i hear time and time again, they have second jobs. some do because they have to put food on the table. the pressure is growing. cabinet heavyweights are lining up to call for rethink on the public sector pay cap, much to the irritation of the treasury which says balancing the books is to the vital part of the government's economic policy. paying for public sector workers is one of the biggest thing the government does. we spend £100 billion a

he was speaking exclusively to our economics editor kamal ahmed.on't get me wrong... the founder of deliveroo with a pep talk for staff. he wants to change the company, offer more benefits to riders and move on from the controversies that have stalked the business of on—demand delivery. i met will shu at the firm's new and pretty cool london hq to hear the case for fundamental reform of the gig economy. deliveroo riders want three things — they want flexibility, high wages and security. currently, we can only offer two out of three. the law needs to change to reflect modern working practices. do your profits depend on the fact that you don't guarantee them minimum wage, you don't pay national insurance for your riders, you don't pay pensions contributions, you don't pay holiday entitlement? not at all, the self—employment is in order to maintain the flexibility that the riders want. the ability to log in and out, the ability to work for multiple providers. and as i said before, on average in the uk, our riders already earn up to £10 an hour which i

the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler and economics editor kamal ahmed speak to major players on both sides

here's our economics editor, kamal ahmed. how are we doing at the top end? the heart of this battle over public sector pay. i% — the pay cap imposed for nurses, teachers, firefighters and the many other public sector workers. and 2.9%, the rate at which prices are rising — inflation. for the 5 million people this affects, their real incomes are falling. alan daly is a firefighter from 0xfordshire — like so many others, weary of the living standards squeeze. firefighters don't expect to be rich, but they don't expect to be going and asking for hand—outs. i hear time and time again, oh, they've got second jobs. yes, some do have second jobs, because they have to put food on the table. whether they travelled by car... has the government been underpaying nurses and teachers, foreign secretary? or by bike, the message was the same from cabinet heavyweights. is it time to rethink the pay cap? the treasury was not amused, pointing out that balancing the books is still central to economic policy, and the government is still spending £47 billion a year more than it e

he was speaking exclusively to our economics editor kamal ahmed.liveroo with a pep talk for staff, saying he wants to change the company, offer more benefits to riders and move on from the controversies that have stalked the business of on—demand delivery. i met will shu at the firm's new and pretty cool london hq to hear the case for fundamental reform of the gig economy. deliveroo riders want three things. they want flexibility, high wages and security. currently, we can only offer two out of the three. the law needs to change to reflect modern working practices. do your profits depend on the fact that you don't guarantee the minimum wage, you don't pay national insurance for your riders, you don't pay pensions contributions, you don't pay holiday entitlement, you don't pay...? not at all, no. the self—employment is in order to maintain the flexibility that the riders want. the ability to log in and out, the ability to work for multiple providers. and as i said before, on average in the uk, our riders are earning close to £10 an hour which, as i

let‘s talk to our economics editor kamal ahmed. into this argument about pay? well there are disappointing, productivity has fallen for the first three months of the year. that puts the uk again at a disadvantage to the main competitors, productivity is far better in america, germany, and france. a stark illustration of that in productivity if we look at the amount of value that workers produce, for the amount of time it ta kes produce, for the amount of time it takes the uk worker to produce £1 in value from their work, a german worker produces £1.36, so the german economy is far more efficient, there is much more business investment in making their businesses operate better. productivity is important because if we have good productivity figures it tends to feed through into good wages. looking at the wages, the history uk, we know that people are struggling. if we look at wage growth from february to april this year just wage growth from february to april this yearjust1.7%, in stark contrast to that figure, 2.8%, for the past 16

with me is our economics editor kamal ahmed.on is, is anything actually going to change as anything actually going to change as a result of this? you are absolutely right. not many people would disagree with good work, it is like disagreeing with apple pie. there are interesting ideas in the report, which goes to the heart of how people work, not just which goes to the heart of how people work, notjust in the gig economy, not just zero—hour contracts, but generally, is your work good work? do you feel fulfilled in that work? i was at the launch with the prime minister and matthew taylor, and i asked that question, how can the prime minister, in a position where the government doesn't have a majority, how can she drive through the legislation on this issue to get these changes that matthew taylor has recommended and andy verity was reporting on? that is the big issue. we have had lots of reports that gather dust on long forgotten whitehall shelves, how do we make sure this isn't one of those? she did this open armed approach, wor

kamal ahmed is our economics editor. what matthew taylor has said is not anything of a surprise.thing of a surprise. we have had a number of tribunal is in the uk where it has beenjudged lots of a number of tribunal is in the uk where it has been judged lots of the people workers and they are entitled to holiday and sick pay. is there a feeling he could have gone farther? the unions think he could have gone further. he did not recommend banning what are called zero hours contracts, contracts where workers are not guaranteed any hours of work ina given are not guaranteed any hours of work in a given period. he has not said the minimum wage has to be guaranteed by firms working in the gig economy. what they will have to do is prove that an average person working in an average hour could earn up to1.2 working in an average hour could earn up to 1.2 times the minimum wage. there is a body of opinion that believes he could go further but what he is trying to do which is the important thing is look at the fundamental change in how we work and that goes down to notjust how people are tr

he was speaking exclusively to our economics editor kamal ahmed.alk for staff. he wants to change the company, offer more benefits to riders and move on from the controversies that have stalked the business of on—demand delivery. i met will shu at the firm's new and pretty cool london hq to hear the case for fundamental reform of the gig economy. deliveroo riders want three things — they want flexibility, high wages and security. currently, we can only offer two out of three. the law needs to change to reflect modern working practices. do your profits depend on the fact that you don't guarantee them minimum wage, you don't pay national insurance for your riders, you don't pay pensions contributions, you don't pay holiday entitlement? not at all, the self—employment is in order to maintain the flexibility that the riders want. the ability to log in and out, the ability to work for multiple providers. and as i said before, on average in the uk, our riders already earn up to £10 an hour which i said, is a third higher than the national living wage. fr

here's our economics editor kamal ahmed.made the point, the vast majority of us spend more than half are waking hours doing one thing, work. whether steady or insecure, full—time or self—employed, singlejob steady or insecure, full—time or self—employed, single job or multiple, the world of work has changed. appearing alongside theresa may, matthew taylor said it was time for a reset. he said that the country has been very good at creating work, employment levels are at iraq, but it was time to focus on quality. quantity alone is not enough for a thriving economy and a fair society. so we believe that now is the time to complement that commitment to creating jobs with the goal of creating betterjobs. this man likes his job goal of creating betterjobs. this man likes hisjob for goal of creating betterjobs. this man likes his job for labour. flexible, no guaranteed hours, and few benefits. —— hisjob for flexible, no guaranteed hours, and few benefits. —— his job for uber. flexible, no guaranteed hours, and few benefits. —— his

is due to be published tomorrow, will affect firms like deliveroo and uber. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmedare not guaranteed any hours of work. she asked matthew taylor, the head of the royal society of arts, to look at this issue. that was before the election. his report comes out tomorrow and it will have some pretty radical reforms recommended in there. one will be that many of these riders and drivers are not guaranteed the minimum wage at the moment because they are described as self—employed. he will say that that categorisation should be changed to what he describes as a dependent contractor. that will mean that person will get some rights to the minimum wage and rights to sickness benefit and holiday pay, for example. that has been the controversy, that people who work in this very flexible way, delivering food and driving taxis, seem to have to sacrifice the benefits we get as full—time employees for working flexibly. i think mr taylor will suggest that that should be changed. thank you for that. firefighters have been tackling a blaze overnight at london's popular camden lock mar