talk of a labour list flying around. we have had to maxis labour instances so far. the new mp for sheffield hallam hope been suspended for sending abusive online rants. and we had the young lady... the really significant thing is this allegation, but the significant thing in terms of the politics as it appears according to this woman's testimony that she spoke twice to ed miliband and to the leadership then nothing was done. she spoke to thejeremy corbyn leadership and nothing was done and he was promoted. the second thing is when did the leaders now and why? that is why the williamson promotion isa that is why the williamson promotion is a big mistake. you can have semi—plausible deniability and the leader doesn't know but every scandal that comes out on the conservative said the question will be asked, what did gavin williamson now and what did his opposite number now and what did his opposite number now and what did his opposite number now and i think she has gone from the defence secretary who was implicated in scand

and so reinvigorate the very reasons why the labour party campaignforand very reasons why the labouret's not forget, delivered the scottish parliament in the first place. applause to lead eight manufacturing strategy, to solve the housing crisis, to end child poverty and bring dignity in retirement or engineers as well. to invest in public services, not least in our health and education services, to re—empower and free resource local government, to build a more equal and tolerant society. which is why i am delighted to have secured a mandate in this election to pursue an industrial strategy, law to restrict rents. applause progressive taxation, including eight wealth tax, a mandate to build a high wage, high value, rebalance the economy. to invest in universalism, not means testing, and tackling women's under representation to the establishment of the labour party training academy. it is clear though that we need to go further. we need to change the very political culture. we need zero tolerance of sexism, of misogyny, and of sexual harassment. we need training on equality and divers

but some in labour's ranks want to hear more.e was satisfied with the way in which the chief whip at the time manage the situation but horrified to then see the mp in question promoted. i think it's a fair question as to how that happened. it's one that only the leadership can answer. i don't think i would have promoted him and i know that the victim felt a bit bereft by his promotion. as for the tories, reports say cabinet minister andrea leadsom accused sir michael fallon, who resigned this week, of inappropriate conduct six years ago. he denies misconduct. downing street says she never called for him to go. theresa may's published a new conservative code of conduct, with a hotline for complaints and an independent figure to helpjudge cases. tories accept all sides must act. it's very important that all political parties have codes of conduct where they set out the standards that should be expected of people who are in elected office and who are in public life. no one here is arguing with that but there will be new safeguards f

she says she raised the allegations with the labour party at the time, with the labour party at the timewhip. but she said at the time while kelvin hopkins was reprimanded for his conduct, she herself was told it could not be taken any further if she was to remain anonymous. now, she felt frustrated by this because some time after she raised these allegations, kelvin hopkins was then promoted to the shadow cabinet. in light of all of the allegations that have been circulating westminster this weekend now be particularly hard line parties are taking on this, the labour party has announced tonight kelvin hopkins has been suspended from the party and they say they ta ke from the party and they say they take all complaints extremely seriously. thank you very much. reporting from westminster. a libyan armed group holding a man wanted in connection with the manchester arena bombing in may says it is "ready to co—operate" with a request to extradite the man to the uk. greater manchester police have issued an arrest warrant for hashem abedi, the brother of the suicide bomber salman abedi, in rel

it's not just labour under scrutiny.wspapers carried new allegations about former defence secretary sir michael fallon, suggesting he made lewd remarks some years ago to andrea leadsom. he categorically denies this and she won't comment. but beyond specific allegations, the bigger question is what reforms major political parties are willing to agree to enable victims of harassment to come forward and receive support? ian watson, bbc news, westminster. let's start with the suspension of this labourmp, it let's start with the suspension of this labour mp, it would appear he was promoted after he'd been reprimanded, what kind of problems does this pose for the labour leadership? i think, does this pose for the labour leadership? ithink, rebecca, does this pose for the labour leadership? i think, rebecca, this puts jeremy corbyn under some pressure, because it questions, calls into question his own judgment. he has spoken out very forcibly at against sexual harassment since the allegations have surfaced in westminster, talki

but it's notjust labour who are under scrutiny.pers carry new allegations about the former defence secretary sir michael fallon, suggesting he made lewd remarks some years ago to ministerial colleague andrea leadsom. he categorically denies this, and she won't comment. but beyond specific allegations, the bigger question is now what reforms major political parties are willing to agree to enable victims of harassment to come forward and receive support. ian watson, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster and we can speak to her now. in terms of labour is specifically, first of all, it does appear to be close to the door ofjeremy corbyn here. i think that is right. it puts jeremy corbyn in a difficult position because it calls into question hisjudgment. position because it calls into question his judgment. he position because it calls into question hisjudgment. he has come out very strongly saying that labour has a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment and here we are hearing allegatio

labour says it takes such complaints "extremely seriously."ins, who represents luton north, has yet to comment. 27—year—old ava etemadzadeh has been speaking to our deputy political editor, john pienaar. she told him what had happened. the first incident happened on campus and he hugged me very tightly and rubbed himself against me. it made me feel extremely uncomfortable and it was a revolting act. the second incident was in parliament, when i went to have a conversation with him and he told me that, let's not talk about politics, do you have a boyfriend. he also said that if nobody was in his office he would have ta ken nobody was in his office he would have taken me there. i was absolutely shocked and wasn't really expecting that. and you brought your phone. there was a text message, or more than one text message. so a few weeks after i refuse to respond to his calls, he left that message saying that i am an attractive, lovely young woman and a man would be lucky to have me as a lover, and if he was young, but he's not. how did you feel the

meanwhile, a labour activist who accused the labour mp kelvin hopkins of sexual harassment has told bbcews she feels disillusioned by how the party handled it. hopkins was promoted to the shadow cabinetjust months after being reprimanded about his alleged behaviour. this evening he has denied the allegations. could the scandal of alleged misconduct in politics get much worse? it just has. tonight, in the last hour, it has emerged tory mp charlie elphicke has been suspended from the party at westminster and allegations have been referred to the police. he denies any wrongdoing and said the media herd —— heard of his suspension before he did. at this stage no more detail is known but allegations against mr elphicke fall within the scope of the unfolding controversy about mps‘ behaviour. it won't be the last chapter of the story. step—by—step, one by one, in one party then another, and today a young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her story isjust added to the crisis unlike anything else westminster has seen. ava etemadzadeh tells of a labour mp 50 y

richard leonard has been elected the new leader of scottish labour.ard, who's backed by most trade unions, replaces kezia dugdale who resigned in august. in his victory speech, he called for "a vision for the future — and a vision for hope again." our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. applause. electing richard leonard as their leader marks a left turn for the scottish labour party. he says his victory means they will now follow a more radical agenda. there is now a settled consensus established around a radical policy agenda for the scottish labour party of extending public ownership, tackling inequality and poverty, a more progressive taxation system. applause. hello, ben, it's richard leonard... richard leonard was only elected to the scottish parliament last year. he is a yorkshireman who has spent his adult life working in scotland as a trades union organiser and he is a committed corbyn loyalist. there are times in the past where it has appeared that the scottish labour party has looked to pick fights with jeremy corbyn. i certainly will no

my opponents are not in the labour party, my enemies are not in the labour party, my opponents are thescottish labour certainly gets through leaders fast. even the interim party chief, alex rowley, had to stand aside this week, as he is being investigated over claims made by a former girlfriend. labour in scotland need a whole new generation of voters, so both candidates have to try and win back for young people who were so energised by the snp during the independence referendum. i've previously been an snp supporter, voted snp, but i really wanted to get behind jeremy corbyn and support his view for the labour party and help push it forward. for me wanting to have an independent scotland, now i actually see a genuine purpose to the labour party again, and it's actually quite good to see, i'm actually quite happy to be involved in that process now. scotland is a critical battle ground for the uk wide labour party. the new leader will need to convince voters in places like glasgow south west where labour lost byjust 60 votes in the last general election. ifjeremy corbyn is ever to make

the headlines at 9pm: the labour mp kelvin hopkins has been suspended from the party while allegations made against him are investigated. meanwhile gavin williamson is replacing the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, who resigned because of sexual misconduct. the bank of england raises interest rates for the first time in a decade. the rise, to 0.5%, is part of the bank's fight against inflation, and there could be more to come. consistent with our mandate and consistent with supporting the economy, that requires two more interest rate increases over the next three years. the brother of manchester arena bomber salman abedi will not be returned to the uk to face questioning by police, say the militia holding him in libya. an arrest warrant is issued for ousted catalan leader carles puigdemont, as eight former colleagues are remanded in custody after the independence vote. and scientists discover a mystery chamber hidden inside the great pyramid of giza. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, labour has announced that it's suspended one of its mps, kelvin hopkins, fr

meanwhile, a labour activist who accused the labour mp, kelvin hopkins, of sexual harassment has toldews she feels disillusioned by how the party handled it. hopkins was promoted to the shadow cabinetjust months after being reprimanded about his alleged behaviour. this evening he has denied the allegations. our deputy political editor john pienaar has more. could the scandal of alleged misconduct in politics get much worse? it just has. misconduct in politics get much worse? itjust has. in the last hour it has emerged tori mp charlie elphicke has been suspended from the party at westminster and allegations have been referred to the police. he denies any wrongdoing and said the media herd of his suspension before he did. at this stage no more detail is known but allegations against mr elphicke fall within the scope of the unfolding controversy about mps‘ behaviour and it won't be the last chapter of the story. step—by—step, one by one, in one party then another command today a young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics, her story has added to the crisi

what we need to do, i think within the labour party, pa rt of to do, i think within the labour party, is we need to make sure that our youngsters know that we will listen to them and we will help and that it is not acceptable and that they don't need to put up with any of it. we have to say no to this and they will find friends and allies, people like me who will not put up with this. some of the things i have heard in the last week have been so disgusting and i am ashamed that this could happen in the labour party. it happens up and down the country and in all walks of life but we in the labour's party hold ourselves to a higher standard. we wa nt to ourselves to a higher standard. we want to do things as well as we possibly can and this is not the way to proceed and this is not the way to proceed and this is not the way to behave. the shadow labour foreign secretary eberle thornbury speaking at the labour regional conference in blackpool a little earlier. i have been speaking to alistair graham who was the founder of the standards committee on public life and he told me today that t

richard leonard is the newly elected scottish labour leader, replacing kezia dugdale, who stepped down in august. there are times in the past where it has appeared the scottish labour party has looked to pick fights with jeremy corbyn, i certainly will not be doing that. we cannot afford the luxury of splits and divisions. police and air accident investigators search for clues as to why two aircraft collided, leaving four people dead. hundreds of volunteers assist dorset police in searching for missing teenager gaia pope, who disappeared 11 days ago. also in the next hour... taxing takeaway boxes to tackle what's described as a "global emergency". the chancellor is considering measures to help cut the 12 tonnes of plastic going into the oceans every year, often found inside birds, fish and sea mammals. a rare ink picture of tintin and his dog, snowy, is sold for almost half—a—million dollars at an auction in paris. and... the impact of the palm oil industry on sumatra's orang rimba. that's ‘fighting forest faiths' in half an hour, here on bbc n

and the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied groping a woman at the labour party conference in septembere allegations that have come to light over the past week are wide—ranging, from a touch on the knee to accusations of rape, and party officials are braced for what could come next, but as the claims and counterclaims mount up, a veteran of british politics has called for balance, saying this unfolding sex scandal is becoming a witchhunt. i don't think there is anybody who would seek to defend rape or sexual abuse. in the context, there is no proof that i can see yet of any wrongdoing. how does a member of parliament refute that? it's a witchhunt. political parties want to be seen to be acting quickly. theresa may is due to meet party leaders on monday to discuss the way forward. a culture change is taking place in british politics that many say has been long overdue. and emma told me it could be a long time before this issue is resolved parliament. where will this end up? how much longer will it take to run its course? to get through all the hurdles it needs to to really be resolved? t

is the party did up the labour party. is the party did upfor the labour party.rty did up for dealing with the volume of allegations? yes, i think that we have a lot in it to improve. we recently passed a new sexual harassment policy which is a huge step forward for us but it does not go far enough. it does not introduce an independent body away from politics to deal with these complaints so that is a huge reason why people have not been coming forward. it is something we need to look at. you wrote an e—mail to the nec and jeremy corbyn and in it you say there are people who still do not want to complain. you know of more members who want to complain but do not feel as though they can. and that this is not a rarity. they area and that this is not a rarity. they are a lot of rumours and i have been in positions myself will wear i have been hiked inappropriately. remarks made towards myself and i know, as fantastic as they are, staff members dealing with these complaints and ultimately the nec dispute body which will dispute over them, it puts you off from making a

the labour party are facing a substantial challenge in scotland.ehind the snp and the tories. they are going to have to fight hard to even regain their place as the official opposition in the scottish parliament. and they are going to have to win a lot more scottish seats ifjeremy corbyn is ever going to form a government in westminster. on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. she is to appear on i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. air accident investigators are trying to find out what caused a light aircraft and a helicopter to collide over buckinghamshire yesterday afternoon — killing two pilots and two passengers near the village of waddesdon. captain mike green was conducting a flight captain mike green was conducting a flight in —— captain mike green was conducting a flight in -- flight captain mike green was conducting a flight in —— flight instructor course at the time of the crash. his company said it was an honour

from labour and the tories.avelled the budget, as you say, the kind of u—turn philip hammond had to do on national insurance contributions after his last budget, that was because it has gone down very badly on the tory backbenches. that is always the problem now because the government majority is so fragile that any opposition from just a few, a handful of conservative backbenchers, can really throw a policy of course. that hasn't happened, there is some debate about the big headline grabber policy of the stamp duty being abolished for first—time buyers. for properties up to 300,000. but we haven't seen the same sort of reaction to a major policy this budget, as we did last time over the national insurance contribution. yes, philip hammond's job seems to be safe for now. but his... he has been held up as a bit ofa his... he has been held up as a bit of a bogeyman, both on the economy, being too cautious, he seems to have spent enough money to keep his party onside. but the government priority is clearly still br

on labour and migrant labour to pick, we are still very reliant on labour and migrant labourto pick,d we produce. apart from labour solutions, what other innovations must be adopted to deal with the challenges? there are solutions around technology, we are keen to ca ptu re around technology, we are keen to capture the excitement around new technology from artificial intelligence, robotics, bringing those solutions through. in addition to that we need to look at new ways of working. it is notjust about to that we need to look at new ways of working. it is not just about the exciting robotics, tractors, technology, equipment, it is about how we can work better together, so collaboration in different ways to make sure we are producing efficiently and ensuring that we are producing our foods efficiently and ensuring that we are producing ourfoods more sustainably as well and there are exciting developments around precision agriculture we can put chemicals and fertilisers on in a very precise ways that reduce environmental impactand ways that reduce environmental impact and produce more

the labour party are facing a substantial challenge in scotland.ind the snp and the tories. they are going to have to fight hard to even regain their place as the official opposition in the scottish parliament. and they are going to have to win a lot more scottish seats ifjeremy corbyn is ever going to form a government in westminster. on our way out, the departing leader kezia dugdale has sprung a surprise. she is to appear on i'm a celebrity, get me out of here, a decision that has been sharply criticised of members of her own party. sarah smith, bbc news. malcolm young, co—founder and guitarist of the australian rock bank ac/dc has died aged 64 he founded the group in the 1970s with his brother angus, retiring more than forty years later to receive treatment for dementia. the band were best known for albums highway to hell and back in black, and were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2003. in a statement on the group's website, they described as malcom was ‘a perfectionist' who ‘with enormous dedication and commitment, was the driv

as rumours and speculation swirl around westminster, a labour activist who accused the labour mp kelvin of sexual harassment has told bbc news she feels disillusioned by how the party handled the matter. jeremy corbyn is under pressure to explain why the mp was promoted to the shadow cabinetjust months after being reprimanded about the allegations. mr hopkins was suspended last night while the claims made by ava etemadzadeh are investigated. mr hopkins has not commented. meanwhile, the former defence secretary sir michael fallon has said he "categorically denies" allegations that he made an inappropriate comment to the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. step—by—step, one by one, in one party, then another and today, young labour activist with more allegations of sexual misconduct in politics. her story has added to a crisis unlike anything westminster has seen. ava etemadzadeh tells of a labour mp 15 years her senior, kelvin hopkins, who she says subjected her as a labour supporting students to inappropriate treatment again and aga

over the last year or two, 50 labour mps including the current labour party leader, 37 conservative mps have appeared on rt programmes. i appeared on rt programmes when i was still a member of parliament. it would be strange if i said that now i am no longer a member of parliament, i am refusing to make my own show with my own production company over which i have total editorial control. do you lend credibility to rt? the idea is that people watch the show, and if it is a good show with high production values and interesting guests, they should say it is a good show. if it turns out to be kremlin propaganda, people can slate me, but why not watch the show first? so who are you confident of having on? i have done some of the first interviews already. the inspiration for this show came from the festival show i did in edinburgh and the chat component of that. another television company suggested that we should turn it into a tv show. i'm not suggesting that you are some kind of mogul in the rupert murdoch mould, but there is a suggestion that you might bejoining the board which runs the sc

it's notjust labour under scrutiny.e newspapers carried new allegations about sir michael fallon, suggesting he made lewd remarks some years ago to andrea leadsom. he categorically denies this and she won't comment. but beyond specific allegations, the bigger question is what reforms major political parties are willing to agree to enable victims of harassment to come forward and receive support? let's get latest. this cuts across all parties. is there a sense that more must come out of the working group on monday, that there has to be some real action here, that tackles this across westminster? yes, that's very much the case. i think we have been hearing from senior political figures saying things like this is a change moment, things like this is a change moment, things will be very different at westminster because of what we heard. but at times i have to say it feels like you are living through a real life house cards. i mentioned michael fallon and andrea leadsom, there are also allegations that she was instrumental i

that was the labour mp rupa huq talking to bbc brea kfast a labour mp rupa huq talking to bbc breakfast york say they have a viable case against the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the announcement came after actress paz de la huerta claimed that mr weinstein raped her twice in 2010. she is among dozens of women who have come forward since october to accuse the 65—year—old of sexual misconduct. he has denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. david willis reports. recent weeks have seen a torrent of allegations against harvey weinstein. now comes the first word of a possible arrest. new york detectives following up a call to the department last week are investigating an actress's claim that the former movie mogul raped her twice back in 2010. they say the woman's account is detailed and credible. we have an actual case here. we are happy with where the investigation is right now. mr weinstein is out of state. we would need an arrest warrant to arrest him. so right now we're gathering our evidence, we continue to do so every day. as some of hollywood's biggest names, among them

this is pretty grim from the labour pa rty‘s this is pretty grim from the labour party's point of view even became an mp. yes, kerry mccarthy speaking out about another labour mp, albeit the suspended one, kelvin hopkins. she came forward in support of our young labourer member, ava etemadzadeh, and she spoke out to support her. we do not know that these alleged incidents took place. kelvin hopkins said he is baffled, and regarded them as friends. in terms of relations in luton it is difficult, but in westminster that is difficult, they will bump into each other at westminster. absolutely, and there will be a number of these kind of awkward relationships going on at the moment, because kelvin hopkins is just the moment, because kelvin hopkins isjust one of the moment, because kelvin hopkins is just one of a number of political figures who are currently under investigation, but westminster life must go on, but there is a sense that this is a step change, that behaviour that was perhaps tolerated 01’ behaviour that was perhaps tolerated or ignored in the past is no longer going to be ign

labour event back in 201a.in the telegraph newspaper. now, we now know that she reported as allegations firstly to a labourmp and then reported as allegations firstly to a labour mp and then they were taken on to the chief whip, the person in charge of party discipline at the time. now we understand that kelvin hopkins was given a verbal reprimand, this was back in december 20 15. can we reprimand, this was back in december 2015. can we do understand that the leader's office was aware that there had been an issue but we understand that they were not well aware perhaps of all the details. now in june 2016, so about six balls later, you'll remember a wave of resignations from jeremy corbyn's cabinets and he was scrambling to find people to fill those roles, really just get find people to fill those roles, reallyjust get enough people the table when his leadership was pretty much in disarray. so kelvin hopkins was brought in as shadow culture secretary then, albeitjust was brought in as shadow culture secretary th

the snp are looking into allegations, labour are looking into allegations, labour are looking into allegationssuspended kelvin hopkins. just today, not just at westminster, it has stretched to scotland as well, because just today we have the news that a labour msp has claimed that she was sexually assaulted and that she was sexually assaulted and that the party did not do enough to help out. that is the view that we got from becks bailey, the labour member whojust a got from becks bailey, the labour member who just a few days ago told the bbc that she was sexually assaulted and that when she spoke to assaulted and that when she spoke to a senior labour official, they basically told her that it would potentially damage her if she spoke out, so chic kept quiet and said she did not feel she got the kind of support she needed. today, the andrew marr show spoke —— so she kept quiet. labour say that they are trying to be clear on this. and there was an apology for becks bailey. i think that becks bailey has gone through a traumatic experience, and what has happened to her, and a fact that she felt s

on stamp duty, i haven't read the labour ma nifesto, duty, i haven't read the labour manifesto, i don'tstamp duty policy is taken from the stamp duty policy is taken from the labour manifesto. and on the other hand you had labour criticising it. when this budget the opposition has to find something to criticise... business and opposition politicians, this is the obr, which george osborne setup to make sure we had independent analysis... get stuck about universal credit, one of the biggest issues for our audience, business money enough to sort it out, kirsty? the chancellor didn't tackled the structural issues he's going to reduce the waiting time which, all welcome, is still a five—week wait which people will have about anything. we have seen food bank is increasing over the time the tories have been in government, to over a million food banks... what can be done? they've put universal credit in as a money—saving measure. people will get less benefit. people having a third child don't get benefits for that child. that has led to more people getting into work and staying in work longer,

and so reinvigorate the very reasons why the labour party campaigned forand, very reasons why the labour and, let's not forget, delivered the scottish parliament in the first place. applause that is richard leonard. 0ur scotland correspondent steven godden is in glasgow and has been following the leadership campaign over the last nine weeks. certainly you heard richard leonard talking there about the need for unity, for everyone to come together after this result. certainly in this campaign it has been a long campaign at times, it has been quite bitter at times. these two men, richard leonard on the one side seen as a left winger, a former union official, against anas sarwar who is viewed more moderate. richard leonard has come out on top. he certainly has a challenge. one of his first challenges is to bring unity to what has been a very divided party. also the wider political challenge to get labour back position that they historically enjoyed in scotland, the position of power. they have fallen at holyrood to third place behind the conservatives. that concerns everyone in that room. yo

the labour party is culpable andi things. draw the line? word of the line between sexual harassment and flirting, or being overfriendly, harassment and flirting, or being over friendly, how harassment and flirting, or being overfriendly, how do harassment and flirting, or being over friendly, how do you draw the line between assessing the behaviour and having a code of contact?” think for me, the important line is where there is a power imbalance. where somebody flirting, the person who is the target of that, people really do know, actually. it's not true that you cannot have a laugh and joke with somebody, you know in and joke with somebody, you know in a relationship where the power imbalances. for me, i think it's very easy to draw in parliament with mp5 and staff who work in parliament. if this behaviour went on in school, would that person be disciplined, would they be fired? the answer to lots of the things that have been said is yes but for some reason, we don't have the same rules. thank you very much for your time, j

although perhaps the leader of the labour party thinks he is not labour enough for him. but let's be very clear. let's be very clear about funding for the metropolitan police. there is more money and offices for each londoner than anywhere else in the country. that's the reality of our funding for the metropolitan team. now, he has asked about the issue of fire. and we absolutely take what happened, the appalling tragedy of what happened at grenfell tower seriously and that is why i set up the public inquiry, why my right honorable friend the community secretary has set up already work taking place on the fire regulations and the building regulations to ensure that we do have those right. and it is why we continue to support kensington and chelsea council in ensuring we deliver for those who have been victims of this awful tragedy. but he asked about sprinklers. of course, we want to make sure that homes are fit for those who live in them. there is a responsibility on building owners in relation to that. and some owners do retrofit sprinklers but there are other safety m

right honorable gentleman wanted done by the labour government. we have been continuing to act on this particular issue so we will be raising billions of pounds more as a result of that. i think most people would recognize hlr mc does rather want to collect tax -- hmrc. that's its job and does look to make sure it does so as much as possible. >> well, mr. speaker, it's rather strange been that britain reportedly has blocked a french led proposal which would replaced bermuda of the european union tech save and blacklist or prime minister could explain why that would be the case? the panama papers exposed many wealthy individuals and big businesses avoid attacks to offshore trusts. labour backed any necessary changes to toughen our laws against aggressive tax avoidance. and just yesterday, mr. speaker, just yesterday we try to strengthen legislation on beneficial ownership of trust with amendments we placed the finance bill. why did the government vote against them? >> can i say to the right honorable gentleman that he raises the issue of -- in fact

at the labour party conference in september., as a rule, at packed labour party conferences, grope people's bottoms when i greet them. it's just not how i roll — it's not what i do. labour is also under pressure over mp kelvin hopkins, who was suspended on thursday following allegations of misconduct towards a young labour activist. and jeremy corbyn is facing questions over why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet even after this came to light. mr hopkins says he denies the allegations. and the former labour cabinet minister ivan lewis has apologised for making some female colleagues uncomfortable, but said he never made any nonconsensual advances towards women. this is a place gripped by a collective trepidation about what might come next. individuals fearful for their own reputations — others fearful for the very reputation of politics itself. just to add to all of that the times newspaper was reporting this morning that anna soubry has told them that an unnamed person came forward to the prime minister ‘s

labour are updating their systems.lking about having a westminster— wide system, because in a company, there is an hr department and procedures, but there are none in westminster, so that is what they will talk about. all of the parties wa nt to will talk about. all of the parties want to deal with this because they are all affected, they are all tarnished by this at the moment, and they want to do something about it. we will have an update from susanna in the news at one o'clock. the royal college of psychiatrists says it's found that the number of unfilled consultant posts in england has doubled in the past four years. the college says the shortage is alarming, and it has led to increased waiting times and lower standards of care, as ben ando reports. good health, it is said, is a matter for both body and mind. but some with mental health difficulties have to wait months to see a consultant psychiatrist. that, according to figures from the royal college of psychiatrists, is because in england one in ten of those jobs

run on the nhs if we have labour's run on the prowl.vice bugbear, car parking charges at hospitals. hospital car parking charges are a stealth tax on the nhs. we cannot say in good faith that the nhs is free at the point of access paid by general taxation if people with cars basics tourjune —— extortionate fees to go to hospital appointments and work and visit sick relatives. the bill had support from across the house but one mp was concerned about course. i am house but one mp was concerned about course. | am concerned house but one mp was concerned about course. i am concerned about the funding stream. 200 million was mentioned. it is certainly more than 162 million mentions. that would be afunding gap 162 million mentions. that would be a funding gap that would need to be provided. if we have 162 million, we would be better spending on hospital ca re would be better spending on hospital care rather than hospital parking. that bill will go onto the next stage of consideration but it stands no real chance of becoming law. the football

meanwhile the labour mp clive lewis has strongly denied an allegation of impropriety at the labour partyference in september. i don't, as a role, at packed labour party conferences grope peoples bottoms when i greet them. this isjust not grope peoples bottoms when i greet them. this is just not how i roll, it is not what i do. labour is also under pressure over labour's kelvin hopkins who was suspended on thursday following allegations of misconduct from a lee young labour activists. jeremy corbyn is being called to answer why mr hopkins was previously promoted to the shadow cabinet after this came to life —— light. mr hopkins denies the allegations. ivan lewis has apologised for making female collea g u es apologised for making female colleagues uncomfortable but says he never made any sexual advances to women. this place is gripped with trepidation of what may come next. individuals therefore for their own reputations and others are fearful for the very reputational politics itself. just to add to all of that the fine —— the times newspaper reported this morning the anna soubry has tol

no doubt labour will say it's all just an illusion.the chancellor's oldest friends believes he will spend some of his so—called headroom or war chest, even though it is expected to be below the £26 billion he identified in march. so i think what the chancellor is saying is, look, it will be silly to throw away all the good work we have done in getting down the deficit level, about to turn the corner on debt. of course i am listing and in my autumn statement i created headroom. i'll look at other ways in which the headroom can be used to attack the problem so many people have spoken to me about. i am convinced he will be looking at some housing ideas. there are some really creative ones about looking at loan guarantees for small builders and things in that era. but also he knows that we need to build more social housing and affordable housing and he'll be looking at ways to encourage that. the astonishing fact is the difference in the likelihood of someone voting conservative, whether they've got a mortgage, own their own home or are in

you mentioned labour was setting up this independent way of people being able to complain but it is labourcess, i wonder whether people will have faith in it and confidence in it if they have a grievance that within politics, we know how competitive and difficult politics can be, that they will be really treated independently?” really treated independently?” really hope that something we can go with moving forward. 0bviously really hope that something we can go with moving forward. obviously the independent investigation is just into the bex bailey case at the moment but one of the things i'm calling for as i said on the nac and the equalities committee in particular is to look at future complaints as well —— nec. particular is to look at future complaints as well -- nec. as a young person in politics, i don't know if you want to be an mp going forward , know if you want to be an mp going forward, but when you see what's been happening and the allegations, what does that make you think about being involved in this? it really saddens me to be honest. i've been involved for six years since i

all this, labour insisted, was a clear breach of the ministerial code of conduct.ecretary of state either faces a cabinet office investigation, or does the decent thing and just resign? some mps say that in normal times, with a strong prime minister with a healthy majority, priti patel would have had no choice but to resign. but these are anything but normal times. the prime minister's spokesman says she still has full confidence in ms patel, but labour sensed blood and are bombarding miss patel with questions, that soon she will have to answer in person. james landale, bbc news. that is a summary of the news. newsday is coming up at midnight. now on bbc news, it is time for newsnight. government 2017? anotherfine mess... 0r two. the government's coping, or striving to cope, with one mishap after another. is it really capable of driving the country into a new brexit era? we'll analyse two separate controversies involving cabinet ministers. the foreign secretary and the development secretary. i think the problem is you've now got five cabinet ministers, the former d

labour say none of this is enough. seven years, homeownership is down toa30 seven years, homeownership is down to a 30 year low and homelessness has doubled. and the level of new affordable housing is half the level from seven years ago. and the lowest ever level of social rented homes. the government has to do a great deal better and i would like to see the government backed labour's plans for a big boost to building new affordable homes and new council homes. a serious set of private rights for those who rent and a package of help for first—time buyers. labour again saying they are prepared to borrow to invest in housing. they say they can raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to raise money for housing and public services. i back i want to ask you about the statement from andrea leadsom on the new working party to tackle harassment meeting on tuesday. was there anything new in that statement? or was it simply holding statement? or was it simply holding statement could give everyone up—to—date? it's more of a p