labour offers labour market regulations.come out of europe, if labour were in government, the free movement of labour would stop. however, it will be replaced by mobility of labour. because if you are negotiating access to a tariff—free single market then you have to deal with one of the other fundamentals of the eu, the free movement of labour. call it a mobility of labour agreement but it would be based on labour market regulations. at the moment it is not migrant workers who are to blame, they are like you and me, they want to make a better life for themselves and their family. it is the greedy bosses who use migrant labour to undercut pay and conditions and caused so much distress amongst our communities. you want to be in the closest of close relationships with the single market but you want to completely end the principle of free movement of labour. i struggle to see how the eu would buy that. of course it would. i remember a discussion, i don't often quote tony blair, but i remember an interview he did a few months ba

labour offers labour market reform a is. when we come out of europe, the free movement of labour.. of labour. if you are negotiating access to a tariff free market then you have to develop one of the other fundamentals of the eu, the free movement of labour. : mobility of labour but it would be based on labour market regulations. at the moment. it is not migrant workers who are to blame, they are like you and me, they want to make a better life of themselves and their family. it is the greedy bosses who use migrant labour to undercut pay and conditions and caused so much distress amongst our communities. you want to be in the closest of close relationships with the single market that you want to end the principle of removal and of labour. i struggle to see how the eu would buy that. of course it would. i remember a discussion, i don't often quote tony blair, but i remember an interview he did when he said look, we can stay in europe because we can still reach an agreement over the free movement of labour. i have spoken to many european leaders about it. the reality is of course you

and the traditions of the labour party, hc we in he protect this mps and the traditions of the labour party, hc we in he confidence, mps and the traditions of the labour party, hc we in he confidence in this under the order of the house of today, i am now required to put the question. the question is that this house has no confidence in her majesty'sgovernment. vote—macro. division! clear the lobby. and with that five hours of debate comes to a close. we had tom watson closing from their side of the house, different in tone from michael gove, more thoughtful and camp and almost a pitying tone describing how the prime minister had failed and then a rousing speech from michael gove saying they could never put someone likejeremy saying they could never put someone like jeremy corbyn saying they could never put someone likejeremy corbyn in government. fine oratory but a lot of people around the country will be watching the shouting in westminster and saying it doesn't help. the shouting in westminster and saying it doesn't helpli the shouting in westminster and saying it doesn't help. i w

the task of the labour party and the labour movement is the long overdue transformation of our countrycross our country. and fulfilling the aspirations that lead people to vote both leave and remain. i would like to put it like this. if you are living in totte n ha m , this. if you are living in tottenham, you may well have voted remain. you have got high bills. you have got rising debt. you are in insecure work. you struggle to make your wages stretch. and you may be on universal credit and forced to access food banks. you are up against it. if you're living in mansfield, you're more likely to have voted to leave. you have got high bills, rising debt, you are in insecure work, you struggle to make your wages stretch and you may be on universal credit and forced to access food banks. you're up against it. but the one not against each other. —— but you are not against each other. people across the country, whether they voted leave remain, know the system isn't working for them. some see the eu as a defence against its own responsibility and others see it as something which plans them in

that the labour leadership doesn't seem that the labour leadership doesn't seem to be arguing that that it comes to brexit, they want a general election, they then see a sequence, a process general election, they then see a sequence, a process that could lead ultimately to a second referendum, although labour as we know is divided as the other parties. 0n brexit, certainly, when it came to today's today's debate, the shadow business secretary rebecca long bailey argued that those policies, that the government had signalled it would except, wouldn't go far enough for labour to support the deal. would except, wouldn't go far enough for labour to support the dealm also became clear mr speaker from today's contributions that the prime ministers deal has not found consensus in this house. secretary of state began by stating we should not let the perfect be the enemy of the dead. what this deal is significantly deficient in qualifying for the presumption of this well known quote. mr speaker, this well known quote. mr speaker, this deal is simply not good. it does not work for business and ind

and i think her chances of persuading enough labour mps, let alone mps persuading enough labour mps,her own side, the back the deal by tuesday are very slim. another couple of tories came out today who had previously expressed scepticism saying that they would support it, but she has another 200 to get through and she is going to i’ui'i to get through and she is going to run out of time. sol to get through and she is going to run out of time. so i think we are all anticipating and she appears to have acknowledged to her cabinet and cabinet ministers privately that they expect her to lose the deal, lose the vote, resoundingly. i think really the issue then becomes what happens next. and we have kind of all priced in defeat, really. the first time around, labour mps she has been speaking to have made it clear that while she could be persuaded —— they could be persuaded, it would have to be by more than this package of workers' rights and environmental guarantees she has been setting out yesterday, and we revealed in the mirror yesterday, talking to mp5, and today in making these calls

and the traditions of the labour party, hc we in he protect this mps and the traditions of the labour and the traditions of the labour party, hc we in he confidence in this under the order of the house of today, i am now required to put the question. the question is that this house has no confidence in her majesty'sgovernment.

and meetings between the pm and some labour mps and the decision to accept this amendment from labourovernment has fought tooth and nail to reject amendments from many of its own mps and here they are tamely accepting a labour amendment. that suggests they are ready for mrs may's deal to have bolted onto its key labour demands so the deal begins to morph into something much more likejeremy corbyn's deal. it won't save the prime minister's bacon come tuesday but if she was to then go away and come back with a few more labour demands she might get more support, and if she went away again, put on some more demands, the clock was ticking down towards brexit day and no deal, you could could get to a situation where enough labour mps were repaired to support or abstain to maybe get mrs may over the line. it is an awfully long shot, but frankly, given the situation mrs may is in, it is perhaps her best shot. norman, thank you very much. what chance does theresa may have of winning next week's vote. my colleague christian fraser has this assessment of the challenge facing the prime minister.

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i would, compromise with labour, would you support that?, it was a mass divisive issue and i would try to bind everyone together, make it an issue of national importance. there are millions of labour voters who voted for this as well. we have to come together and meet this challenge, get everybody in and meet this challenge of what people voted for because there was no unilateral way that this prime minister could drive through legislation. it‘s been painful to watch and i don‘t want to see that again, i want to see us work together so we can move on.|j will have to let you go, johnny, because i know they will be calling soon. let‘s cross to the lobby. over there is our chief political correspondent, vicki young, and we don‘t expect the prime minister to lose this vote. no, because the brexiteers who helped inflict that huge defeat last night have all said they will vote for the conservative government so that is clear and the dup have said the same, but there is some anxiety in downing street, we could say that and be confident but as they

it is labour as well. absolutely.e bed by three on the maverick remainers some of the estate and by howjeremy corbyn amendment to that topic for them. laughter going by the minute. they are trying to make clear that he wished to go further. his amendment to this government plan b next week is incredibly restrained. the position they agreed at the conference last year. so it is asking them to make time for aesop brexit and if that, could there please be time made for consideration of a second referendum. they are going further, these people. micah gapes, angela smith, there were much more prominent remainers, that they want explicit motions that would say yes we will definitely have a referendum and it will be this and have a single market and the super remain, you name it. they want to go further but the trouble is no real chance of success into the heavy cross support. a cry in frustration. what do you make of this date that labour is in? i think what labour or a's amendment is zapped those two things have to be cons

the price for a labour party.of the un that said the government was ina the un that said the government was in a state of denial about poverty in britain, tory mps don't during. tell that to queueing up at food banks. the government has failed on children education. can the prime minister tell us what is her greatest failure, education funding being cut by 7 billion, per—pupil funding following by 8%, sixth form funding following by 8%, sixth form funding cut by one sex or the adult skills budget has been slashed by 45% ? skills budget has been slashed by 4596? -- skills budget has been slashed by 45%? —— funding cut by 16. skills budget has been slashed by 45%? -- funding cut by 16. 1.9 billion children in good or outstanding skills, narrowing the attainment gap for two advantage children, this is a government that is delivering the education that our children need further future. is delivering the education that our children need furtherfuture. the right honourable gentleman talks about being in denial. the only

—— labour mps. huge strain on conservative party unity. the only feasible option is a softer brexit including the customs union, to get labour's support and so on and that would alienate the brexiteers. how is it that they cannot accept that compromise?m seems to me that we pay these people to make these decisions and they are fio to make these decisions and they are no way able to fulfil that role. how could they have possibly imagined that she wouldn't be seeking labour's support —— labour's support. talking about his party, one mp says that they are heading towards a brick wall at 100 mph and will be smashed to spend the rins but they have done it themselves. not by any outside agency. —— smashed to smithereens. the sunday express has a piece by the prime minister or somebody in her team with her name written on it, making the arguments we have heard repeatedly. is there anything new in this? not really. there is a nice picture of her wearing some nice beads and at the end of the piece she has wr

my guest is labour's shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell.abour do in this moment of political truth? john mcdonnell, welcome to hardtalk. this is the endgame. we've said it before but it's real now. so, will labour do whatever it takes to ensure that britain does not leave the european union with no deal in place on march 29? every week seems to be the endgame. we keep saying it's the endgame... we can't say it for much longer because that clock doesn't stop ticking. even then, as you've seen with the amendments going into parliament next week, it might not be the endgame as such. that's the problem we've got, the uncertainty that's all the time, and most of the people i speak to in the economic community, trade unions or business leaders, are saying they want certainty. what we're trying to bring to the table is some certainty. as we go through this next few weeks, there is a prospect of a deal being reached that can secure sufficient parliamentary support, i think there is. it is that the government's deal, i don't think, although, who can

that is not a straightforward calculation for the labour leader to make because

not all the talk we hear about the labour party isa talk we hear about the labour party is a pressureecond vote, a campaignfor those supporting a second vote, a campaign for another referendum. but they are pushing on it corbin and jeremy corbyn has pursued this no—confidence vote and now needs to put it this way. we know that is not his instinct. and now he has got a bit of back up because there are these mps who are much quieter who are wanting him that they will either rebel or resign if they are in position in the front bench. we understand there are people in the shadow cabinet who feel that strongly about it. it is notjust because they might have sort of a brexit bent themselves, though some of them do. but they are also really worried about him playing with a lot of constituencies, especially if they want to win in the next election in 12 voted leave. will they go public? i think the moment they go public? i think the moment they want to use their influence in they want to use their influence in the party. people who have made their unease clear before but i think that they hav

but 47% support labour's stands on brexit, and only 29% oppose —— stance. support labour's stands on. but even that is shifting all the time, isn't it? there is not that much move on that. what that shows, to me at least, is that people support labour's position because they rightly or wrongly believe that it will lead to a second referendum and staying as part of the eu, and i think that maybe an option i don't think that maybe an option i don't think it is the most likely option but i don't think it is outside the realms of the billy that jeremy corbyn will actually fulfil the promise of listening to his members and party democracy and at some stage, albeit reluctantly, albeit at the last minute, come round to the idea of a second referendum.” really hope you are right. if you are right, i will buy you a drink i really well. i can't wait. because of course there are a lot of his own mps who are in leave supporting constituencies. yes, and that is one of the splits, but the picture is shifting all the time. the yougov poll that i was reading just now, all this seems to be shifting,

this is unlikely to get through but labour's position in all of this, we have heard lots of labour mpsrime minister said time good deal to get behind. the prime ministersaid time and good deal to get behind. the prime minister said time and again that no deal was better than a bad deal and now she is saying my deal is better than no deal that has not given us what is a good deal so much this deal is uncertain. we would get behind a good deal but we do not believe it is a good deal full to various no believe it is a good deal full to various no customs believe it is a good deal full to various no customs union relationship with the single market. -- it is relationship with the single market. —— it isa relationship with the single market. —— it is a good deal and there is no customs union relationship. she has not come up with anything better. customs union relationship. she has not come up with anything betterlj is surprised at the end of january we are in a position where theresa may has said she will go back to brussels and asked for the withdrawal agreement to be reopened? —— are you

the times, theresa may woos labour mp5. i wonder... years. the times, theresa may woos labour mps.r mp5. i wonder... there is money for the dup, there is money for labour mps. where is all this money coming from? this is all very strange. i don't know. the magic money tree. it turns out the magic money tree. it turns out the magic money tree. it turns out the magic money tree does exist, and is flowing freely. the government has essentially, although it rhetorically clings to this idea of sensible decisions, balancing the books, we have had not won or two but three expansionary budgets. there will be another one in the next one, because hung parliaments cannot really do anything else, because they really don't like cutting spending or raising taxes, and this story is that labour mps who have been identified as likely to vote for the deal are going to be offered some kind of additional fund for former coalfield communities. this feels very plausible as something downing street would do. it also feels like a catastrophic mistake. those labour mps in seeds which voted heavily to leave

mps more likely and other labour mps more likely and other labour mps more likely to back mrs may'sis the start of the process. i could reasonably say perhaps that should have been done a long time ago. but we are where we are. and there are other issues that need to be gone through, clarified, and in the spirit of what is happening at the moment, part of what our amendment does, is if the eu was to improve their standards, say on workers' rights, this requires government not to endorse that, but to guarantee through policy by parliament that that is brought back to parliament in the future. in other words, brought back to parliament in the future. in otherwords, parliament will decide whether to accept new and better standards. that is quite critical in terms of going forward. what do you say to those labour activists and labour mps hearing that, who think what are you doing? you are throwing theresa may a potential lifeline of labour support when she is on the ropes. what we are doing is we are drawing our red lines inside parliament with a resolution that will tie the government'

an amendment has been tabled and he accuses labour mps calling for a second referendum are breaking labourting the referendum result. you back another referendum, how do you respond to his accusation? myself and john are fairly friendly and the trouble of politics even westminster at the moment as we are trying to pretend that is some sort of enormous divide and if somebody has a good idea or a new way for what is the only way to get that new way forward is to completely and utterly discredited everybody else boss idea. i will not play those games, i thinkjohn's amendments rights and brexit is a good one and i wish that parliament had much better ideas about building consensus rather than criticising this sadly what is going on. the public wants to find a way for more than that is what i will stick to. do you think you are breaking labour party policy? no i'm not, labour party policy conference was if we could not have a general election then we should see to have a second referendum, i don't think i am breaking labour party policy but evenif am breaking labour party policy but even if i w

he does have 257, i think it is, labour mps. that is an enormous numberof mps. labour mps.which should include a customs union, then theresa may, if she had the courage to do it, could come down on one side or the other, she could exclude the dup, forget the dup, we don't need you any more, and forget her brexiteers, the hardline brexiteers, we don't need you any more. we now have a solid majority in the house of commons for a deal that would include membership of a customs union. and that is a mark i consider, the only deal you could put together a decent majority in the commons for she has talked about --. she has talked about this sacred duty to follow through on brexit for the british people and, potentially, if she signed up to a customs union then, for a lot of people who voted brexit, that i not brexit, because brexit, that is not brexit, because you do your deals with you cannot do your own deals with other countries. so that would be really difficult for her to do, to ta ke really difficult for her to do, to take that off the table. really difficult for her to do,

by theresa may pitching labour mps. those mps she had them over in christmas, to chat, one of them it said today was complaining that she had to wait five months, sitting by her phone, waiting for the call to find a comfortable stop after she made it clear she was prepared to do business with the government, and she could even support theresa may at's deal. it's astonishing, when i think of last summer, and they were ready at that point putting that union approaching labour mps, but it presumably for political reasons decided to hold back. now it appears desperate. she has in a matter of days to go before the vote next week. and certainly the labour mps that i've spoken to suggested those that i've spoken to suggested those that leave packing seeds that potentially feel they might want to deliver brexit, or help deliver brexit, because that's what their constituents expect, they feel that even these offer, on workers' rights and environmental protections much of which they want, if it's a sort of which they want, if it'

but there was pressure on the labour leader too.at would resolve this issue. and it would be, if the leader of the opposition was willing to say clearly, i need my party on the basis we will have peoples' vote and/or that brexit would stop. that would be a very clear dividing line which we can debate as a country. this cannot be a motion of no—confidence in a vacuum. this is a general election that would give the public a choice between a government that is struggling to govern and a leader of the opposition and shadow chancellor who, i am afraid to say, i have not changed my view, that they are simply not fit to hold high office. labour mps launched a full—throated attack on the government's record. the burden put on people's future is what they are causing now, the lack of opportunities, the lack of opportunity to get a decent education, to grow up properly, to make the best of your life. that is done by them and it is a constant attack on public services. i know first—hand how a twist of fate can knock you down, but for millions

i think there has been some discord and labour.nk that conservatives is still a lot more divided. i think all the mps who leave constituencies who have been offered these little bribes will have to think very carefully because if they decide to ta ke carefully because if they decide to take them, it may help their constituency, but one of the voters and that constituency think that is value for moneyjust to push through a tory brexit at this point? it does seem more a tory brexit at this point? it does seem more of the back deal they stand any of the upfront politics. i think most people want them to stick with the party line. i labour mps really going to change their votes on the back of 100 million?” really going to change their votes on the back of 100 million? i think that had very strong views and they wa nt that had very strong views and they want out of brexit. they see theresa may's deal at the best way to get that. one of the things that struck me about this is the level of vile and parliament across old benches. david lab

it suggests that labour may well end up in that position.y else talking about a further referendum was sirjohn major, the former prime minister. mr major also thinks that could be the position we end up in. he thinks the cabinet is too split and will not come up with a consensus so the first thing he wants to happen is for parliament to hold a series of votes on the different brexit options, things like a close relationship with the european union, perhaps along the same lines as the one in norway has. something like a free trade deal similar to the one canada negotiated. perhaps a second referendum. he wants that to happen so that there is some sort of sign on whether there is a majority for anything in the house of commons. here is what he told the today programme. i personally would hope she would put down a series of motions so that members of parliament can indicate their preference. we can then see whether, whether, there is a consensus in parliament that is possible, that parliament would accept. ideally for that, all party leaders wo

labour —— labour and may?neither of us unfortunately saw this programme but i have seen it on twitter and has seen. —— full facts. it was that she was collecting what she was saying... pa rt collecting what she was saying... part of it was based on the reporting of opinion polls and the suggestion was... it is not a factual thing. if you look at what happens online to her, we are in a culture which considers diane abbott abuse to be one of the things, i'm going to be frank about it, it is outrageous. she is a senior member of the shadow cabinet and she will inhabit one of the great offices of state if labour going to power. i didn't see this episode. i don't really watch question times i didn't look at it but i do know that abuse of her is there. if the present in any way a ladder to flame up, her job is to educate that audience to let them know that this is a senior politician. people should be more respected. i don't know about it being bbc being biased toward labour but they do know the culture does in rela

what the amendment suggests is that labour wa nts amendment suggests is that labour wants the governmentck their idea of a customs union, strong single market relationship and then leave open space in the parliamentary timetable for mps to vote on the option of maybe having another referendum if mrs may gets a deal. it does not commit labour to support another referendum, made clear by the shadow business minister rebecca long—bailey this morning. 0ur preferred option has been set out in line with the principles that we want to secure in a deal. a customs union, a strong single market deal and very, very strong provisions on rights, protections, environmental standards, health and safety standards and workers' rights. another element to the options available complies with our conference motion, which states all options should be on the table including a people's vote and that is to have a people's vote on any final deal of some form. and indeed it doesn't state that labour policy is to have the second referendum, it simply encourages this option to be on the table so parliament can discu

the labour party is as split and confused.able position. —— comprehensible edition. he's been very clever, say something to everyone that he thinks they like. at the time comes when he has to be much more decisive. i support some of his anti—poverty, equality policies, but i cannot believe he has let this drift on and on. you don't think he is bathing his time? there is an arrogance if he thinks he can do that when the countries in a state of real urgency. it is surprising, given all of the government's difficulties, that labour is not straight ahead in the polls. that is what would expect. on the traditional questions on who is best on the economy, who is the best leader and who can do best with brexit, theresa may leads on all of these things. it is always a relative measure. the government may be doing badly, but labour is not doing well either. neither one is really grasping initiative yet. could we just have caroline lucas as president of our country? then we start again. what an interesting idea. a green mp as president.

how many labour mps would take a party? how many labour mps would takea similar party?head above the parapet, which i happy to have done unintentionally, more people are contacting me uncertainly saying they share my view. thank you very much for your time. conflicting pressures onjeremy corbyn still over this brexit issue, and another referendum. the global credit—card giant mastercard has been fined 570 million euros by the european union. the company was said to hinder competition with banks offering cheaper payment fees. the competition comissioner said mastercard prevented merchants from shopping around for better conditions offered by banks — conditions offered by banks, which in turn raised the cost of card payments for both consumers and retailers. 0nline abuse of people with disabilities should be made a criminal offence, according to a new report by mps. it follows a petition started by the television personality katie price, who has a disabled son. jon donnison reports. katie price, whose16—year—old son, harvey, has a disability, says he's suffered a shocking

not labour because as we know the labour leader will not talk to the prime minister until he reels outday. with me now is the shadow housing minister. very good to have you with us. to get to the position of ruling out no deal, that will take a lot ofjumping through hoops, wouldn't it? i think if the prime minister would ask her own cabinet, almost half would want to rule out no deal. we know that the treasurer has said privately that no deal will be rolled out and the customs agreement will be written in. actually, the important thing for us is no deal is so potentially devastating. the consequence of a no—deal brexit, a return to a hard border, the possibility of the trips that the government is now topping about using on the back of that would be as thinkable. ruling out no deal is in the national interest. when this comes to parliament, i can guarantee the biggest majority, other than the one earlier this week, will be to rule out no deal. sensibly, if she wants to generate trust, she should rule out no deal now. she is not going to do that because that would provoke the anger of s

labour wa nts to of her policy, what is that?! labour wants to force a general election.second referendum because it has its own divisions. are labour likely to succeed? apparently not. the dup have said that they will continue propping up the government. without their support in this no—confidence motion, labour can't win. their support in this no—confidence motion, labourcan't win. in their support in this no—confidence motion, labour can't win. in that 5en5eit motion, labour can't win. in that sense it looks like it would be a symbolic victory. the scale of the defeat probably is quite important. if it isa defeat probably is quite important. if it is a huge wipe—out, a rejection of theresa may's plan, of her government and her brexit plan, maybe tory mp5, as concerned as they are about the possibility of corbyn as prime minister, maybe they will say, we cannot go on like this, this is the moment where we actually do need to bring this issue to a head through a general election. that is a possibility. otherwise it will feel like a symbolic thing from labour. get that ou

those are the tremendous tensions in the labour party.line is a mirror image of the guardian, which says corbyn faces threat of riewoldt, telegraph, may faces revolt against no deal. well, this is the point —— revolt. here we are again another story telling us what mps are against. and the truth is, this is as many as 20 meg ranking ministers indicating they are prepared to quit the government so they can support backbench moves to support a no—deal brexit. you scream, certain of us want to scream at both sides of this debate, because when brexit, brexiteers said, yes, we won, we got this decisive victory, 52—48, you can decide if its decisive not, we got votes people means , , , peoplevoted means , , , and a nd vote now, somehow — your editor said feel edi may aid feel edi may aid is feel edi may aid - is trying for theresa maythat'she is'trying somehow rewrite the laws of to somehow rewrite the laws of arithmetic, two plus two equals five. that was a wonderful way to put it. the extremists on both sides have to recognise that roughly 11

for labour.e'll also report from the irish border, hearing from those who stand to be most affected if there is no deal in place when britain leaves the eu. also on the programme... more than 60 people are killed and 70 injured after thieves target an oil pipeline in mexico with devastating consequences. the duke of edinburgh is back behind the wheeljust two days after he was involved in a serious car accident. and why where you live in england will influence the access good evening. former prime minister sirjohn major says the house of commons should be given a vote on all brexit options. sirjohn told the bbc allowing mps to indicate their preferred alternative to theresa may's deal, which mps rejected this week, might help break the deadlock. the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, has called on mrs may to cut a deal with the eu that keeps the uk close to it. he also warned that labour had to be ready to campaign for a fresh referendum. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. w

many labour party grassroots members want a referendum if they can't get an early election.y's if they can't get an early election. the pa rty‘s plans if they can't get an early election. the party's plans for sort of that and don't commit the leadership to a new public vote, only for pushing for parliamentary time to discuss it. this is a divisive issue for all parties, particularly the conservatives and labour, where we have mps against people's vote for various reasons, and people in favour of it, so we would very carefully determine our position at the time. ourjob is to bring as many people together as we possibly can, and that really is one option of many, and our priority always has been to secure a deal. the search for a brexit deal continues, but it's been straining political party is my traditional party loyalty is almost a destruction. —— almost to destruction. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. mrs may seems to be under pressure from mps on all sides. with a whole series of ammendments, could she be forced to think again on her deal? y

could labour mps support the prime minister's deal after further changes?ines have been met, the deal is acceptable. theresa may still hasn't won over the small number of labour mps from leave areas that she met yesterday, but she could get there. they want additional guarantees that the kind of funding which english regions received from the eu would continue after brexit. but many labour mps are still refusing to do business with the prime minister, and that leaves her deal in trouble. today there was a parliamentary pincer movement to get the prime ministerformally to rule out no deal. i think no deal would be disastrous for britain. so you might expect this cabinet minister to give full throated backing to the prime minister's deal — but not quite. through the debate we need to form a united view as to what kind of deal can command the confidence of the house. and the temperature was raised at westminster when a conservative mp said she would resign from the party if the prime minister accepts no deal. she could say no deal, in which case very many cons

what is labour going to do? and there was a general election, what is it labour will campaign on? 71 mps wanta is it labour will campaign on? 71 mps want a peoples' vote and they will be campaigning for remaining in the european union. but we know jeremy corbyn is a supporter of brexit. but many north and north—west, north—east english mps who are in labour, brexit supporting areas and bespoke to one tonight, who would be nervous they would be forsa ken who would be nervous they would be fo rsa ke n by who would be nervous they would be forsaken by the labour party's ma nifesto. forsaken by the labour party's manifesto. that is an issue, what would they campaign on. and he will come under pressure from those remainers in his party and he would say, if we couldn't get a general election, we would have a peoples' vote and the shadow front bench seems to be saying, maybe we will have a second motion of no—confidence and a third motion of no—confidence and a third motion of no confidence because we want is a general

any chance that labour would win that?al through they will support the government. he is forced to back a second referendum which she has been lukewarm about.|j get which she has been lukewarm about.” get the impression this is what people thinkjeremy corbyn should do. i do not think he has any intention of so doing. he is pursuing the napoleonic strategy. when you see your enemy making mistakes you let them make mistakes and you do not intervene. i think that he will wait for the days after the vote rather than doing anything on tuesday. about whether he would have to come back in three days. if we get to a second vote, it is interesting the independent have this poll about getting britain to vote in a second referendum. that is the question that jeremy corbyn has two face after he has tried to bring the government down and failed to get the general election. he has stood aside the position of the labour party over this. what is the likelihood? i think we should start to treat this with some seriousness. ido to treat this

meanwhile, labour leaderjeremy corbyn has met the prime ministerfor brexit labour leaderjeremy corbynhalf years to negotiate this, they had to light debate after debate, decision after decision. two collisions washed up on the french coast are thought to the aeroplane following the footballer emiliano sullo which went

if we, as a new incoming labour government, we re a new incoming labour government, were to go to europee know that we could get a different, better deal. there will be no easing into the new year when westminster returns tomorrow. the clock is ticking, and there's lots to do in 2019. nick eardley, bbc news. the next stage of the universal credit roll—out is to be scaled back amid concerns about the controversial new system, which merges six different benefits into one monthly payment. mps were due to vote on transferring three million people to the new system — that's now been reduced to 10,000. the government insists it will still deliver on its timetable of having all claimants on universal credit by 2023 as planned. detectives in surrey have been given another 12 hours to question a 35—year—old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a passenger on a train on friday afternoon. the attack on lee pomeroy, who was 51, happened in front of his 14—year—old son shortly after boarding the train in guildford. an egyptian bomb explosives expert has been killed while attempting to defuse

labour, meanwhile, set out their vision for brexit.y negotiated customs union, while still having a say in future trade deals. in april, theresa mayjoined forces with france and the us to order air strikes on syria after a suspected chemical attack there. but she didn't go to parliament and seek mps‘ approval, which angered many. the prime minister. she later went on to win a symbolic vote. the way we protect our national interest is to stand up for the global rules and standards that keep us safe. this statement serves as a reminder that the prime minister is accountable to this parliament, not to the whims of the us president. the windrush generation came to national prominence when it emerged that some were facing deportation and being denied access to public services. one minute, i'm going back to a country which i know nothing about. you know, as far as i know, this is my home. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? amber rudd, the home secretary, resigned after claiming she didn't know about immigration removal targets in

one labour mp talked about brexit being a divorce.ment to deliver the referendum result. the labour manifesto in 2017 said we respect the outcome of the referendum. the leader of the opposition repeated yesterday that labour would negotiate a better deal. in conclusion, i am talking myself into supporting the prime minister's deal against a no deal and against delays. i am not quite there yet but i am not far away. it seems the house isn't yet there at all. but at some point we need to recognise the danger of no deal and all we are leaving on the table is the prime minister deal. so some good news from the labour benches was up but she still has to overcome huge opposition if she is going to get her deal through in the key votes next tuesday. so what about the smaller parties? is there any chance of them coming round to the idea of of voting for the prime minister's brexit deal? not so as you would notice the dup on who the prime minister revised for her majority, they are still pretty hostile to the deal. they are still playing hard

the labour party are terribly split.om different parties coming together in order to get a better outcome for the country. an informal contact containing between you and members of other parties in parliament over what happens, assuming mrs may's deal is looted down? yes. it's one of the healthier things going on. we are getting proper conversations between people from different parties to get the best result for the country. i hope that will lead toa the country. i hope that will lead to a people's vote, whether it does not, it does suggest a yearning for something that is bigger and better than our tribal ways of doing politics. thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. for some of us, it's going to times wetter and much windier. a deep area of pressure approaching. that will increase the cloud, strengthening the wind and eventually bring our weeks of rain in scotland and northern ireland. further south itches stayed dry overnight. temperatures never

government in this country. when we will be able to collect a labour government in this countrylj labournourable friend. he is right to put on record concerns about uncertainty in the country and absolutely right to talk about poverty. can he conform it is the position of the british labour party to rule out a no—deal brexit? can he understand why the party that claims to be the traditional party of business would do the same? -- will not do the same? i can confirm that. we have voted against a no—deal brexit. the business secretary thinks that is a good idea. the prime minister was unable to a nswer idea. the prime minister was unable to answer my question on this. a no—deal brexit would be dangerous and damaging to jobs no—deal brexit would be dangerous and damaging tojobs and industry all across this country. i know some members... one more time. i thank my honourable friend and he is right. under this government, we see our nhs in crisis, education underfunded and our communities have been devastated through their austerity agenda. more people homeless, more people living in poverty,

that is not the same as, again, labour and joe cole, the front bench, central labour mps, we are goingm referendum. jeremy corbyn would argue, i am sure, that this is a problem of the government's making, that it problem of the government's making, thatitis problem of the government's making, that it is up to them to sort it out, so far as he is now pushing for his vision of a permanent customs union, a close single market relationship, keeping open the possibility, but no more than that, of another referendum. 0k, vicki, thank you. the headlines on bbc news. police in guernsey have suspended their search for a missing plane which was carrying 28—year—old argentinian footballer emiliano sala. the aircraft disappeared over the channel yesterday evening. mps opposed to theresa may's brexit deal put forward their alternatives. labour is calling for a vote on options including another referendum. and uk employment reaches a record high, with more than 32.5 million people in work. elsewhere in sport, huddersfield's new manager, yann saivet maybe following the same path as david wagner, but

the sitting labour mp has a majority ofjust 441.oup on of the vote. the leader of the labour group on ashfield district council says deciding what her party should do next is stifling. initially i was thinking that a second referendum would be great. obviously as a remainer i would want that, i would think that, but when you think it is democracy and we would actually be turning our back on democracy, and that is a hard thing to do, i think we need to work to bring about a general election and we need to work as labour to make sure that it is labour that axa gets into control and into government. the divisions that have split the main parties at westminster extend far beyond the famous bubble. people came to me for the first time ever, they are asking me where the white vote, what do i do? lee anderson was a labour council but changed his allegiance to the conservatives because of brexit. i think there is definitely a disconnect between the labor party and labour voters in the midlands and labour voters in the midlands and in the no

party -- loses, as the labour party likely to win -- is the labour party likely to win?s far as the deal is concerned, it will most likely lose. i think the first thing is she about make a statement plan b. be reallyays will crucial. dishy say i am going to ram ideal one more time -- does she say i'm going to around my deal -- ram my deal one more time? as a very fast-moving situation at the moment. we have seen the government go down on key votes in the last few days and weeks, and that's involved conservative mps and others voting against their own government. there was a should be a general election. conventionally, the united kingdom for decades was that a government of any caliber, if they lost a massive vote, would go to the country. the parliament act was intended to bring some stability. that's what the prime minister is clinging to. she really ought to got to the country -- go to the country. anna: because she might lose drastically this evening, and n an very still happily wi no-confidence vote? keir: if she loses by a significant margin, it's a huge failure of