because ultimately, i mean, what are the unions in a relationship with labour if labour isn't going ton you look at the polling recently... 24%. and when you look at the polling recently... 2496. and that also shows that that is the lowest support for labour since july 1983, which was michael foot. and that was just months before he wrote his longest ever suicide note in history. —— michael foot. everybody thought that labour would go onto the back burner is for a while. but after this, it says that labour could have as few as seat after the next election. and he has been given two years. ok, let's turn to the ft. i was trying to get my head around this one. what are they trying to tell us? airbnb are they trying to tell us? airbnb are bringing in a 90 day limit. you cannot let your property for more than three months in a year. some number crunching has been done. they say that because of the restriction the company will miss out on £400 million of revenue. it is an interesting story about his burgeoning sector of the sharing economy, and how regulations are going to put it back in it

has been categorical there won't be an election until 2020 and i don't think labour want one, the corbyn labour... if laboura collapse of your own government, as far as i understand it, but stephen probably knows more. that's right. it is a poorly written bit of legislation. it is not clear in the collapsing your own government, dhauz mean jeremy in the collapsing your own government, dhauz meanjeremy corbyn would become prime minister and theresa may, or some conservative grandee would become prime minister. it is really difficult to get an early election unless you start losing votes in the house regularly. she does only have a majority of 11 now because she lost one, thanks to zac goldsmith. it is going to get trickierfor her to get zac goldsmith. it is going to get trickier for her to get stuff done. predictions onjeremy corbyn because still questions about his leadership and prediction from one think—tank today that labour could struggle to get 150 seats in the next election, do you think he will survive the year? they won't want an lech any time soon. —— election any time soon. i think he will stick i

left of the labour party, close to jeremy corbyn and his politics, all now publicly egging the question as to whether or not he would lead labour into the general election, if thatis labour "garden villages" have been announced, in a bid to create tens of thousands of new homes. the new villages must include green spaces and good transport links. the government says that the plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. hull's year as the uk city of culture started with a bang last night as thousands of people watched a fireworks display from the banks of the humber estuary. £32 million has been spent on the year—long programme which is hoped to bring in more than one million visitors. our arts correspondent colin paterson was there. hull, celebrating its year as city of culture with fireworks bigger than those in london on new year's eve, to a soundtrack of the city's most famous musical exports. this is made in hull, an audiovisual spectacular across the city centre, showing hull's most famous buildings in their best light. it was the first event in a year—long £32 million cultural progr

the labour party, this is the crucial question, for the labour party and jeremy corbyn, if they lose all the copeland or stoke central, that is further evidence on my mind at least that the laboure central since 1950, then jeremy corbyn will come under extreme pressure i think to stand down. very quickly, these mixed m essa 9 es down. very quickly, these mixed messages that we're getting from jeremy corbyn on freedom of movement, that's really important on the doorstep in these northern constituencies absolutely. in stoke central lots of voters are very concerned about immigration and free movement, and less concern perhaps with the more pro—open border position thatjeremy with the more pro—open border position that jeremy corbyn has been advocating in seats like islington north, which are a world away from the reality of voters in stoke central. matthew, thanks very much for being with us. lord snowdon, the former husband of princess margaret and celebrity photographer, has died. he was 86 years old. the news came in a statement from the family. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell looks back at his life. he was the society photographer who took pictures of the royal fami

labour's point of view is it unduly pessimistic?” think the report by the fabian society is spot—on in its analysis and it points to a number of challenges facing the labour party. if you think of wherejeremy corbyn's labour is their worst performance since 1918. forecasts now put the labour party on less than 200 seats, its worst performance since 1935 in terms of seat numbers, so the party is in a crisis stock back and it is more worryingly also behind both the conservatives and don't know as an option when you ask voters which party they back on the top issues. so labour does not control a single issue in british politics any more, not the nhs, housing, the economy. this is a really big challenge for the labour movement. what the fabian society are saying is one way to a nswer society are saying is one way to answer that the challenge is for the labour party to work with rivals like the liberal democrats or the scottishness in the lists, or both, to form some sort of centre—left coalition —— scottish nationalists. is that realistic underjeremy corbyn? that is the only option they have. assumed they make no recovery in scotland which internal polling is telling the party, labour need to be 12.5 points a

labour are the working—class party, it depicts labour as a metropolitan elite party. i don't know if that will appeal to the voters in stoke but it is interesting as we have said before, it has been a labouross of that street would be extraordinary —— seat. the problem is that labour will not accept the truth. it is fought on the ukip battlefields all the time. the reality is that the political discourse these days is defined by xenophobia and racism. the brexit road was all about xenophobia and racism. labour, yes, we need to double red immigration. immigration is not the problem for the british working classes. the problem is that the unions

labour are the working—class party, it depicts labour as a metropolitan elite party. i don't know if that will appeal to the voters in stoke but it is interesting as we have said before, it has been a laboureat since 1950s of the loss of that street would be extraordinary —— seat. the problem is that labour will not accept the truth. it is fought on the ukip battlefields all the time. the reality is that the political discourse these days is defined by xenophobia and racism. the brexit road was all about xenophobia and racism. labour, yes, we need to double red immigration. immigration is not the problem for the british working classes. the problem is that the unions have been destroyed, all the protections of workers taken away. it's not about eastern europeans coming in and undercutting you, it is that this has been allowed to happen although eve ryo ne has been allowed to happen although everyone is too frightened to say, you voted to leave europe because it is racist. there are lots of reasons that people might have voted to leave. it was a big decision for a lot of people. a lot of people might think differently about having voted brexit but it is the rise of these big politicians, t

opposition date debate which would result in a vote at the end if i was labour, but we're not there yet. result in a vote at the end if i was labourt there yetm gives people the opportunity to ask their own gives people the opportunity to ask theirown mp, gives people the opportunity to ask their own mp, for example. exactly. to block him being allowed to address both houses of parliament. if you were labour you would do it and having everyone backing it, and if the tories didn't vote against it they would have to defend themselves because there is strong feeling about this. the front page of the guardian, christopher. fight over trump visit. we have discussed that. this travel ban, seven predominantly muslim countries, originally also including people with green cards, but they realised there was a bit of a step too far and caused a hell of a step too far and caused a hell of a lot of problems, but has sort of been thrown out. but still this is being seen by critics as an attack on islam and muslims. exactly and what you have here is president 0bama intervening in this debate literally a week after stepping down from the white ho

labour mps have floated the idea that if we get to 2019 and labour are still in a pickle, jeremy corbyn might not like the idea of fighting a general election campaign, but they tend to be voices who have been critical ofjeremy corbyn since the year dot. len mccluskey is a hugely powerful and influential figure within the labour from when he was first running to the leadership, to securing his first victory, to surviving the first year when mp said he wasn't up to the job, to the challenge of last summer and his eventual second successive election campaign. when he said in the daily mirror that if the opinion polls are still awful in 2019, everybody would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn. it doesn't sound helpful to mr corbyn. he says mr corbyn is not an egomaniac desperate to cling to power and added it's my job to promote unite's policies, not labour's. there's been an intervention from one of the rivals telemachus key for the leadership of unite in the last short while. that's the crucial context. len mccluskey is looking for votes. he is currently the leader of unite, but he's facing a challenge so there's an election under way. his principal rival, gerard coyne, a big noise in the west midlands, a central point in his argument is saying that len mccluskey is obsessed by westminster politic

labour party at a very significant disadvantage as compared with the conservatives. that will be made even worse when the boundary changes to the constituencies are in place. to give you some idea, if labour's advance, whatever advance it managed to achieve from the 2015 position, if it is uniform across the country as a whole, labourthe conservatives simply to get an overall majority and it will need to be about five points ahead simply to be the largest party. in contrast, the targets for the conservatives are an awful lot lower. now, the truth is, that's nothing to do withjeremy corbyn, it is that labour's electoral geography is now significantly weaker and the first past the post system as a result is likely to punish it. there is another side to this also pointed out in the report, which is indeed if labour's vote does collapses, and they speculate about the possibility of a 20% vote, because there are some places where labour is still safe in england and wales, it is in some senses insulated from that kind of disaster. but certainly, labour's chances of winning the next general election, irrespective of its leader, have always looked very remote. ever since may of last year. when the fabian society talks about it needing to join forces with others, partly the liberal democrats but not just the liberal democra

if you want a list of candidates in the by—election, go to the bbc website. a ten point lead for paul nuttall. labour on 25%. 80% of his supporters come from labour voters. care about it? there was another poll saying more people were concerned about what is happening in the nhs than with brexit. these issues get conflated. again, go back to leadership. you need a leader of the labour party, whichever party will replace it, to take the position and stick at it and say it will be better for the nhs and employment. we don't have that. we have no opposition. where have all the tory remain people gone? why are they acquiescing? i think they are biding their time. their numbers are strong. there are those brave enough to give david davis a hard time as they did in the commons. the likes of george osborne, a lot of people remain silent. they know it is the wrong time to wave their flags. theresa may has momentum behind her. it will get a lot more difficult for her. at the moment it feels she is making the running. this is the early skirmishes of what will be giant warfare. do you agree? what theresa may has done has made brexit is like a cult. if you don't bel

labour will have to throw everything into this campaign, which if they fail, will make losing all the harder to bear. just now, this fight will gauge whether labour and hold its ground, 01’, whether labournd hold its ground, or, ourtraditionalvoters whether labour and hold its ground, or, our traditional voters turning their backs and walking away? this is bbc news, the headlines: the first step has been taken in the us to dismantle the divisive 0bamaca re health system. but there are some concerns about what will take its place. in a series of tweets, donald trump has accused political opponents, including members of his own republican party, of putting together a dossier of what he called totally made up as we've been hearing a baby girl stolen 18 years ago from a hospital in the us state of florida has been found alive in south carolina. a woman has been arrested in connection with the abduction, as peter bowes reports from la. this is an extraordinary story. the sequence of events that we're now learning about go back to 1998, july of that year, when this baby was taken from the hospital by a woman, it seems, who was posing as a nurse. she said that she needed some treatment because

if others and follow suit and find other opportunities elsewhere. it is a great loss, not only to the labour party, it is a terrible loss to the labour party, but it iss, there should be a place for him at the highest fringes of politics in this country. you have used very diplomatic language like the word disillusioned. i'm jury is privately what people say to you. you have such strong connections with the parties or i am curious as to privately. the mood on the tone is clearly much more fever of that. privately. the mood on the tone is clearly much more fever of thatm you look at people like tristram hunt, on the moderate wing of the labour party. he was the borders of tony blair and gordon brown when they were lieber, —— when they were leader. they really have no sympathy with the direction that the corbyn is taking it in. they are more than disillusioned. they honestly looking at the labour party and wondering whether it will ever be able to get some back into a position where it can challenge for power and the ability to put labour policies and values into practice in government. and the reason that they are feeling that way i think is that they

if others will go. we have heard from two labour whips, the very people responsible for enforcing party discipline. labourine. labour is in a bizarre situation where people who are supposed to be bringing others into line are themselves defying their own orders. we heard from some today, labour whips, who are going to be voting against article 50. a bristol mp told us that she intends to do the same. i was clear last year that i would consider the options but having looked around the single european market, full access to that, south korea has access to it, full membership is the best option for my constituents and the businesses they are. theresa may has ruled that out, so i'm going to oppose triggering article 50. where does that leave you as a party whip? i'm thinking about my constituents. i will be meeting people there. will you resign? i'm focusing on representing my constituents. not saying that she will resign. it is not clear what punishments the shadow ministers will face if they vote against article 50. will they face sanctions? we have not heard yet. you heard from diane abbott earlier today.

breakdown and, if labour wins the next election, failing private care homes will be taken into public ownership. i don't keep talking about the national health service because it's in labour's zone at the present time. the east coast of england escapes significant flooding after a tidal storm surge passed overnight. a group of mps says theresa may must spell out whether she wants the uk to remain in the single market by the middle of next month before talks can begin. also in the next hour: a girl stolen from hospital when she was just eight hours old is found 18 years after she disappeared.

those labour mps who are signalling a warning to those labourmps who might are signalling a warning to those labour mps who might be tempted to vote against article 50. kate howey says, "if labour talk to four labour mps. mr gapes to four labour mps. mrgapes and mr to four labour mps. mr gapes and mr stringer voted to leave the eu. so, i mean when it comes to you voting in the commons, graham stringer, yes, to article 50 or no to article 50 article 50? obviously yes. i campaigned to come out. we won the debate. the british people have decided, in all the previous debates in the commons, there was never a question that it wasn‘t being handed over to the british people. obviously parliament has to implement that. i‘m pleased with the decision today. i campaigned for this country to become a sof governing country and a democracy again. so that means that parliament should have a vote. ok. rushanara ali? i'm going to make my decision based on what's in our national economic interests. what is that? i represent a seat which borders on canary wharf and the city of london, some 47,000 jobs in the financial services are at risk. thousands ofjobs financial services are at risk. thousand

labour mps to back article 50? should he insist that if you are a labour mp then you must support triggering article 50?- you are a labourou must support triggering article 50? at is a matter for the shadow cabinet and chief whip to decide. people have strong views on either side. mps should focus on what they think is right in those circumstances. as a backbencher and as chair of the select committee, i am saying i will go to trigger article 50 because she cannot see respect the outcome of the referendum and then knocked out to give effect to it. that is why there is little doubt that parliament would do precisely that. we can you not vote against triggering article 50 if you remain personally convinced that brings it isa personally convinced that brings it is a mistake? then surely in a democracy, you're entitled to express your opinion and vote accordingly? i think that is what i just said to you, norman. in the end, individual mps will make up their own end, individual mps will make up theirown minds and end, individual mps will make up their own minds and be held accountable by their constituents. that the way our d

and if we don't get that, and the interviews this morning suggests he's simply talking about labour market regulation, if he fails to grasp the issue of freedom of movement, the implications for labourthe fact that he's talking about immigration. put too long now people think that the labour party don't want to talk about immigration. we have to do start having this debate with the public. if you are a labour voter you will be scratching your head saying what on earth are you saying, isn't there a need for clarity, simplicity, directness and this fundamental issue of freedom of movement? we have to be clear and consistent of what our policy of immigration is and that is why my colleague stephen kinnock and i put forward what was a well thought through proposal about retaining and the one hand preference for eu workers over non—eu workers in order to get the best economic deal, but equally there would be restrictions and quotas in low skilled areas of work. that would be working with employers and trade unions and phased in over time. it would mean we would be training up, employers would have more of a responsibility to train local people. mr corbyn's policy seemed to drop from a cl

if those responsible will ever be held to account. here, following the death of the labour politicians, —— here, following the death of the labour politicianmale british members of parliament have told the bbc they fear for their safety. some have received physical and verbal threats. others say they felt threatened by sexist language in the house of commons and a few have even considered giving up theirjob. at a time when more women are being encouraged to go into politics, ellie price has been finding out whether females are being put off political life. it wasn't easy getting women the vote. it took even longer to get women into parliament. the first female to take her seat, nancy astor, was elected 98 years ago. eventually more would follow. archive: it gives me the greatest pleasure to introduce to you the new national unionist women members. back then, of course, they didn't have social media, unlike the 195 female mps today. right, what you are looking at are tweets, the abusive tweets my team screen shotted. ann mcloughlin, mp, won't read the abuse she receives online. which is just as well, it is deeply personal. she doesn't reall

but if you think the tories have troubles, labour were not far off. for the labourblock article 50. although we are fiercely internationalist and fiercely pro—european, we are in the labour party above all democrats.“ you were to stand here at the heart of parliament at any time over the past quarter of a century, you would meet plenty of tory mps who are willing to define their party line and europe. but it is labour's divisions that will be on display for the next couple of weeks. jeremy corbyn has already lost two members of his top team. and i'm told three shadow cabinet members are considering whether to design because of his instructions to trigger article 50. in two dozen former ministers and shadow ministers are likely to rebel. one of them i asked why he was still defying his lead and also his constituents. i still think brexit is likely to make our country poorer and our politics mina. somebody should stand up for the interest of the people we represent against this rush to leave the eu and send us over the cliff. —— meaner. rush to leave the eu and send u

when she was asked about what would happen if labour did not get enough of its amendments through, she said labouren review its position. tell us more about that. labour has been under a lot of pressure to clarify its position and i think it is with that in mind that jeremy corbyn decided that he would decide to impose what is called the three line whip, the strictest possible instruction to labour mps all to vote in favour of the bill. we've already had one resignation from the front bench, there are a whole series of other more junior shadow ministers who have said they would not be prepared to vote in favour of article 50. diane abbott said she believed that labour mps should not defy the wishes of the people and should let this bill go through. but this is what she said. there is a very big democratic issue here. mps voted for a referendum, there was an extraordinary high turnout, 72%. 70 million people voted to leave. many of the people in some of our poorest areas. how would it look if a bunch of politicians in london turned round and said we know you voted to leave but we're just going to i

labour leader could step down if the party's fortunes don't improve before the next general election, due in 2020. len mccluskey — the head of britain's biggest union, unite — has described labour's standing in the opinion polls as "awful." with me is our political correspondent chris mason... this is quite a surprise, can you tell us more about what was said? it is surprising. len mccluskey was a tarring figure in the late movement and a passionate advocate ofjeremy corbyn when he originally stood for the labourremained vocally passionate asa 2015. he remained vocally passionate as a supporter when jeremy 2015. he remained vocally passionate as a supporter whenjeremy corbyn went through the process of being re—elected last year. yet now, he appears to be saying that there could be a shelf life, there could bea could be a shelf life, there could be a sell by date forjeremy corbyn, and as he can of the party in opinion polls. he's been interviewed in the daily mirror this morning and says, let's suppose we do not have a snap election and it happens when it is scheduled for in 2020. it buys into the question of what happens if we get to 2019 and opinion polls are still awful, the truth is, everybody would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn. this follows on from remarks from a couple of otherjeremy corbyn supporters before christmas, ken livingstone and diane abbott who both hinted that things have to improve in terms of labour opinion poll ratings in the year, then there would be so

if you were an immigrant the chances of gaining promotion were slim. the labour market is much more difficult for asians than their white counterparts. facing discrimination in the labourly options was to work for yourselves, that's one of the reasons asians did go into running corner shops. the asian corner shop provided a wealth of exotic goods that couldn't be bought anywhere else. but to be really successful depended on whether it could break out of a specialist market and take on the arkwrights of this world. we have never met. open all hours tackled this transition shopkeeper—to—shopkeeper. tackled this transition shopkeeper—to—shopkeeperlj tackled this transition shopkeeper-to-shopkeeper. i have just the thing for you. try this. three times a day after meals. the name is... 74p. don't don't get me wrong. we are colleagues. i am don't don't get me wrong. we are colleagues. lam in don't don't get me wrong. we are colleagues. i am in the same line of business. me too, i am a yorkshire shopkeeper. as it happened, the very success of the supermarket revolution, which so threatened the corner shop, would 110w threatened the corner shop, would now come to its age... th

labour leader could step down if the party's fortunes don't improve before the next general election, due in 2020. len mccluskey — the head of britain's biggest union, unite — has described labour's standing in the opinion polls as "awful." earlier i spoke to our political correspondant chris mason, and i started by asking him whetherjeremy corbyn had any inkling these comments were coming. the honest answer is i'm not sure. we asked jeremy corbyn and his team that point and they didn't want to comment. it is hard to see at this stage how it is useful for jeremy corbyn. that a figure as big as len mccluskey within the labourm from criticism, and then backed him through the second leadership race that happened over summer, that when he now comes out and make remarks to the daily mirror that are as critical as this, openly questioning how long corbyn might last. he says if the opinion polls are still "awful" in 2019 everyone would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn. he sasteremy corbyn is not an egomaniac, desperate to cling to power for power‘s sake. he is potentially putting a sell by date on the man he has backed thus far. the usual criticism is thrown around, that they are blairites. it is seen as a criticism on the left of the labour movement. nobody in a million years would attach that criticism to len mccluskey. in what makes it all the more striking. and because of all of that, a very public tit—for—tat has developed between mr mccluskey and one of the rivals for his job as leader of unite. and why is he saying this now? len mccluskey is on the hunt for votes. for the best part of the l

labour will have to throw everything into this campaign, which, if they fail, will make losing all the harder to bear. just now, this fight will gauge, can labour hold its ground, or are traditional supporters turning their backs and walking away? john pienaar, bbc news, stoke. lord snowdon, the former husband of princess margaret and celebrity photographer, has died. he was 86 years old. the first commoner to marry a king's daughterfor a50 years, the then anthony armstrong jones married princess margaret in 1960. theirs was the first royal marriage to be televised. but they separated after 16 years and eventually divorced. nicholas witchell looks back at his life. he was the society photographer who took pictures of the royal family, and who married one of its leading members. it was in 1960 at the start of a decade of considerable social change, that the then anthony armstrong—jones married the queen's younger sister, princess margaret. he was an untitled commoner, she was the princess who, a few years earlier, had had to renounce her love for a royal official because he was divorced. with unbounded enthusiasm, acclaimed princess margaret and her husband, when they appeared on the balcony. the couple brought glamour to the british royalfamily. they travelled widely. this was them on a visit to san francisco. a—list celebrities before the term had really been invented, presenting an image of britain more in keeping with the informality of the time. although he became the earl of snowdon, he continued to work as a photographer. this was a portrait he took of his wife wearing a tiara in the bath. he photographed many showbiz figures. this was a portrait of david bowie. he was also a talented designer. one of his proudest achievements was the aviary at london zoo. the queen wanted above all else her sister's happiness and her sister seemed to have found happiness with this very different young man who was extremely artistic, very talented, and i think people really respected him for that. by the late 1960s, the couple had two children, but their marriage was in serious difficulty — both were having affairs. in 1976 lord snowdon announced that he and princess margaret were to separate. naturally, desperately sad in every way. as a child he had contracted polio. throughout his life he campaigned on behalf of disabled people and in latter years, despite his own increasing frailty, he retained his passion for photography. i like these ones because they are simple. he could look back on a life notable for his marriage into the royal family, but which had also produced many professional achievements. memorable images, among them this one of the queen, which ended up on britain's postage stamps, or this relaxed 80th birthday portrait, taken at his home. as for the photographer himself, he shared the view of many an amateur snapper. it's all luck! i'm always relieved that they come out! lord snowdon, who has died at the age of 86. a brief look at some of the day's other other news stories. turkey has ruled out withdrawing all of its troops from cyprus as part of any reunification deal, unless all greek troops also leave the island. the two sides have been holding talks aimed at resolving cyprus' future. the island was divided between turkey and greece in 197a. the ftse 100 index of leading shares has closed at yet another new high. it's finished the day up 45 points, at 7338. it's the 12th record high in as many days. the record—breaking run has been driven by the weakening pound, due to the ongoing uncertainty over brexit. french authorities have launched an investigation into renault, over allegations they tried to cheat emissions tests with some of their diesel vehicles. the company denies any wrongdoing. a newborn baby girl abducted from a hospital in florida 18 years ago has been found safe and well. police say dna tests have proved her true identity. her real family cried with i°y identity. her real family cried with joy when told she had been found in a house in south carolina. a 51—year—old woman has been charged with her kidnap. theresa may is expected to deliver a key speech on brexit next week, with just two months left until she's expected to trigger the formal process of leaving the european union. one of the areas up for negotiation is freedom of movement, which allows eu citizens to live and work here, and vice versa. many who voted brexit oppose it, claiming it costs britishjobs. it's a debate that's also being played out in the netherlands, where the deputy prime minister has told the bbc he believes the system is open to abuse and needs reforming, as kamal ahmed reports. 500 years old, a fort in amsterdam and a reminder of a time when europe's borders were the subject of wars, not debates about freedom of movement. those borders are open now, open to workers who live in the eu to work within any other member state. but that has led to controversy over wages being undercut, over unemployment. i met one of the netherlands' top politicians and asked him why he thought resentment was growing. you can find a romanian or portuguese painter doing the exact same work as a dutch painter who is standing right next to him, who is allowed to earn 200, 300, 400 euros less than the dutch worker. but that means, of course, that the dutch painter is out of work, out of a job. and it means that the support for the principle, which is in essence good, is eroding. immigration is not a new issue for europe. this hotel was built 100 years ago to house economic migrants from eastern europe on their way to south america to pick coffee. the search for an economic better life is as old as history. but today history is dominated by that search, a core part of what it is to be in the eu. the free movement debate has become increasingly controversial. it is one of the four principles of the european union. the other three are free movement of money, goods and services. agreeing to all four principles is necessary to be a member of the economically important single market. for some sectors, like flower picking, immigrants are necessary, but union leaders say there is a problem of cheap labouroyer in the netherlands, there is full and equal treatment, according to dutch and european rules. but if this polish worker is hired by a temporary agency based in warsaw and then he is brought with a bus to work in the agriculture, then all of a sudden he is falling under different rules and that is really creating havoc. with leading politicians in the netherlands at least willing to have a debate about free movement, could theresa may find some willing allies as she launches her battle to keep open trade relationships with the eu without keeping open borders? we have always been allies and we are very important trading partners of each other. my sister studied in the uk. there are so many connections. however, negotiation is negotiation. we should not go out there to punish the brits. no. we want them to prosper with us. he wants europe to reflect on why brexit happened. he doesn't want to close borders, he doesn't want britain to cherrypick what it wants. but he does want to make

labour is out of power. if you look back to the summer, he was hugely critical of jeremy corbyn immediately after the referendum result, saying that he had simply failed to inject the sort of labour values and labourt that stage you are saying that labour needs a new leader. had the biggest challenge and jeremy corbyn was returned as the party's leader. he is facing another challenge now. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: wintry weather continues to take its toll across parts of the uk. 11 severe flood warnings have been issued meaning that lives are in danger. nearly half of hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year as they faced unprecedented pressures. more on that in a second. labour's bomber education spokesman tristram hunt is resigning as an mp, triggering a by—election. in sport, the uk number one has won the sydney national, beating her opponent in straight sets. andy murray will take on ukraine's player. he has reached the final of the australian open five times but he is yet to win it. the manner only the one team will continue until at least the end of january as administrators look for the cash to keep all their staff at the 0xfor

labour party and return it to electability and we need fighters, not quitters in that scenario. so i would hope this is a one—off. but what if the labour party is being simply reshaped and re—grafted in a different mould of leadership, around a man elected head of his party, not once, but twice by popular vote? there will be splits and there will be cracks. we have seen those before. but as any curator will tell you, you don't throw the vessel away until it is broken beyond repair. we asked the labour available. joining me now are ayesha hazarika, who worked for ed miliband and harriet harman, and the journalist and author, rachel shabi. i guess essentially this was an opportunity he just couldn't turn down, it is a perfect fit for it a historian who loves museums? absolutely. i genuinely don't think he was doing this to cause some kind of crisis. but it's more symptomatic of the fact that the overall party is, as one of your contributors said, in an existential crisis. we have heard jamie read standing down. again, a good opportunity coming his way. but let's be honest, if these politicians thought labour had a thrusting, vibrant future, i don't think they would be sending the signals to the outside world that they might be ready for an approach from anotherjob. the deselection process was always the threat, that the people who did not fit in with corbyn would find themselves deselected, and they have gone, they would ratherjump than quit? i don't think so. there is a massive mala

but she urged them to think about how it would look if labour mps were seen to ignore the referendum result. this reflects the wider problem that labourerent groups of its supporters. the supporters are divided down the middle between leaving and remaining. jeremy corbyn, a serial rebel, is finding out just how hard corbyn, a serial rebel, is finding outjust how hard it is to be on the other side. thank you. we now go to bristol crown court. we are expecting state m e nts crown court. we are expecting statements from the police are amongst others very shortly. all in the sentencing of a tipper truck crash outside bath that killed four. following the successful conviction of the men, i am pleased with the jail sentences handed out today by thejudge at bristol jail sentences handed out today by the judge at bristol crown court. matthew gordon faces seven and a half years, while peter would will sei’ve half years, while peter would will serve five years and three months after conviction in their involvement of the death of the people in february 2015. matthew gordon will also be disqualified from being a company directorfor i2 yea rs. fr

breakdown and, if labour wins the next election, failing private care homes will be taken into public ownership. i don't keep talking about the national health service because it's in labour's comfort zone. i talk about the nhs because it's in a danger zone at the present time. the east coast of england escapes significant flooding after a tidal storm surge passed overnight. a group of mps says theresa may must spell out whether she wants the uk to remain in the single market by the middle of next month before talks can begin. also in the next hour: a girl stolen from hospital when she was just eight hours old is found 18 years after she disappeared. police in the us made the discovery following a tip—off. a woman's been charged with kidnapping. and in half an hour's time: the travel show goes underground as it explores russia's hidden military history in vladivostok. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is warning gps they could face funding cuts if they don't keep surgeries open for longer to meet demand from patients. the government says many people are going to hard—pressed accident and emergency departments because they can't get gp appointments.

labour leader could step down if the party's fortunes don't improve before the next general election, due in 2020. len mccluskey, the head of britain's biggest union, unite, has described labour's standing in the opinion polls as awful. has there been any response from the corbyn office? response from the corbyn office ?|j invited response from the corbyn office?” invited them to offer reflections on what they're supposed friend, very close friend has had to say, and they said they wouldn't be any comment, but they have clearly seen the remarks that len mccluskey made. he isa the remarks that len mccluskey made. he is a huge figure in the labourhen he originally ran for the leadership, when he came under criticism from labourmps, and then when he came under criticism from labour mps, and then when he faced another contest in the summer of last year. and yet here he is publicly putting a potential sell by date on a guy who just a matter of months ago one and overwhelming majority from the very labour movement of which len mccluskey is a big figure. he said in the daily mirror this morning, let's supposed we are not having a snap election, assuming the general election is in 2020, it buys into the question of what happens if we get to 2019 and opinion polls are still awful. so he is acknowledging that the opinion polls are awful right now. he says, the truth is, everybody would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn, he is not an egomaniac desperate to cling to power for egomaniac desperate to cling to ower for ower‘s egomaniac desperate to cling to power for power‘s sake. egomaniac desperate to cling to power for powe

labour leader could step down if the party's fortunes don't improve before the next general election, due in 2020. len mccluskey — the head of britain's biggest union, unite — has described labour's standing in the opinion polls as "awful." earlier, i asked our political correspondent chris mason whether the mr corbyn had any idea the unite leader was going whether mr corbyn had any idea the unite leader was going to make these comments. i have trying to find out from team corbyn the answer to that question. they are going to not comment on what has happened. it is hard to find anything in len mccluskey‘s remarks which is at all useful to jeremy corbyn. there is the opinion that if we get to 2019 and labour fight an election campaign, but those tend to be voices who have been critical of jeremy corbyn since the year dot. len mccluskey is a hugely powerful figure in the labour movement but he has also been fiercely loyal towards jeremy corbyn said he was first running for the leadership, to securing the first victory, surviving the first year when many mp said he was not up to thejob, to the challenge last summer, and to his eventual second successful election campaign. if he is saying that the opinion polls are in his words still awful in 2019, everyone would examine that situation including jeremy corbyn, it does not sound hugely helpful to mr corbyn. he addsjeremy corbyn is not an egomaniac who is desperate to cling to power. and he says it is unite's policies not labour. and there has been a challenge to len mccluskey for the leadership of unite? that is crucial. len mccluskey is looking for votes. he is currently the leaderfor unite for votes. he is currently the leader for unite but

labour leader could step down if the party's fortunes don't improve before the next general election, due in 2020. len mccluskey, the head of britain's biggest union, unite, has described labour's standing in the opinion polls as awful. i'm joined now by political correspondent chris mason, has there been reaction to these comments? there has within the last hour, and it is very striking. the context is vital — there is a tussle within the country's biggest union, unite, over who will lead it. len mccluskey is standing again, up against gerard coyne, the leader of unite in the west midlands, and he has given a speech this morning reacting to these remarks from len mccluskey. so both men are seeking votes, the votes of their members. equally, because unite and labour proxy battle over the direction of the labour party. so what did len mccluskey say? this was in the daily mirror, he said that if the opinion polls in a couple of years' time still, in his words, awful, the truth is everybody would examine that situation, including jeremy corbyn, and he adds that he is not an egomaniac desperate to cling to power. now, mr coyne has said that len mccluskey‘s problem is that he is too interested in party politics, rather than representing unite members. so what has he said this morning? he has said he is astonished by what he has heard from len mccluskey, effectively issuing an ultimatum overjeremy corbyn's leadership of the labour party, and the problem, as he sees it, is not that he has backed the wrong person to be leader of the labour party, but he sees his job as being labour's puppet master. he says millions of people are facing job insecurity, and it should not be the focus of len mccluskey to worry aboutjeremy focus of len mccluskey to worry abo

labour party was given a really strong message that if they are on the front bench of the labour party, the shadow cabinet, they really need to let the bill go through. they don't want -- jeremy corbyn doesn't want his shadow ministers to stand in the way of this, seems to. be blocking the will of the people theresa may had the majority in the house of commons, but not in the house of lords. things could get more complicated next week when we get to that, in the weeks ahead. theresa may's majority, 16 is a working majority. then we had the labournd they have said formally, although there will be rebellion from the bench, that they want to back this bill. if the snp that liberal democrats -- snp said they will bring 50 amendments, lib dems will vote against the bill unless it contains the option of the second referendum on a final, negotiated brexit with the eu. that is not likely to be forthcoming. they will probably not back this bill. but it probably will go through the comments. two days of debate this week. manus: and you will cover it blow-by-blow. let's bring michael sneed back into the conversation from bnp paribas. anna will watch the great debate. i find it interesting. the u.k. has capitulated, gone from screaming for passporting, saying the greatest opportunities for the u.k. lie beyond europe over the next 10 to 15 years. it's amazing, the shift in everybody's thinking about the opportunities of brexit rather than the negatives. >> yeah, definitely the case. one of the things that plays into that is the tone from e

labour government. i'm desperate for a labour government in this country, but you only win in politics if you can win the public‘s trust and confidence and we've got a big challenge on our hands and in the end, it is about putting forward policies that will address the challenges and the problems that people can see at a time of great turmoil in british politics, right across europe, and across the atlantic in the united states of america. one answer you could have given to the question, do you thinkjeremy corbyn will be prime minister is yes. the british people decide that. i mean, it's not for anyone to say yes, i know what the outcome of the next election is going to be. it's our responsibility to supportjeremy in trying to make sure that laboursh people decide. thank you very much for your time this morning. it's 8.18am. now the weather. just look at suffolk. it is a beautiful morning and it is cold out there. temperatures are struggling. this little fella running down through the north sea could bring in sleet and snow showers. so it is a cold and frosty start for many of us. the frost will lift, we will see lovely spells of sunshine coming through and the strong winds will ease a little, but the risk of a few showers particularly across east anglia where if we get a few together, we could see a centimetre. further west, the wind will drive in some showers, but these will be of rain as we see temperatures sitting around seven and eight celsius. some sunshine. further east, a cold afternoon. two or three celsius at the best. northern ireland, you're in the milderair, the best. northern ireland, you're in the milder air, but showery. six 01’ in the milder air, but showery. six or seven celsius here. but for the bulk of scotla

labour leadership is not to block article 50. although we are fiercely internationalist and fiercely pro—european, we are, in the labour party, above all, democrats. if you were to stand here, at the very heart of parliament, at any time over the last quarter of a century, you would meet plenty of tory mps who were willing to defy the party line on europe. but, over the next two days of debate, it is labour's display. jeremy corbyn has already lost two members of his top team and i'm told three shadow cabinet members are considering whether to resign over his instructions to trigger article 50. perhaps around two dozen former ministers and shadow ministers are likely to rebel, too. one of them is the man who challenged jeremy corbyn for labour's leadership. i asked him why he was still defying his leader, and now also his constituents. i still think that brexit is likely to make our country poorer, and our politics meaner. i think some of us need to stand for the interests of the people we represent, and stand against this headlong rush to the european union, and send us over a cliff. and other opposition parties will attempt to stop britain's exit from the eu in its tracks. we need to protect scotland's place in europe. that is why we are not prepared to give the uk government a green light, carte blanche, to do whatever it wants in relation to the brexit negotiations. the lib dems want a

labour leader could step down if the party's fortunes don't improve before the next general election, due in 2020. len mccluskey — the head of britain's biggest union, unite — has described labour's standing in the opinion polls as "awful." earlier i spoke to chris mason and asked him whetherjeremy corbyn had any inkling these comments were coming. the honest answer is i'm not sure. we asked jeremy corbyn and his tea m sure. we asked jeremy corbyn and his team that time point and he didn't wa nt to team that time point and he didn't want to comment. it is hard to see at this stage how it is useful for jeremy corbyn. but a figure as big as len mccluskey within the labourhim from criticism, and then backed him through the second leadership race that happened over summer, but when he now comes out and makes remarks to the daily mirror that are as critical as this, openly questioning how long you might list. he says if the opinion polls are still, awful, in 2019 everyone would examine that situation including jeremy corbyn. he says situation including jeremy corbyn. he sasteremy corbyn is not an egomaniac, desperate to king cling to power for power ‘s sake. egomaniac, desperate to king cling to powerfor power ‘s sake. he is potentially putting a sell by date on the man he has backed. the usual criticism is thrown around, that they are blairites. it is seen as a criticism on the left of the labour movement. nobody in a million years would attach that to len mccluskey. and because of all of that, a very public tit—for—tat has developed between mr mccluskey and one of the rivals for hisjob between mr mccluskey and one of the rivals for his job as leader of

labour party and making ukip the patriotic voice of working people, he says. in stoke, two thirds backed brexit, he called it the capital of brexit. if he fails to beat labour there it could damage his leadership very early. his predecessor nigel farage survived various failed attempt to get into parliament. if he wins, he strikes a body blow atjeremy corbyn, who is campaigning ahead of another by—election in cumbria. a laboure and more voters seem to be undecided. by—elections represent high—sta kes oi’ by—elections represent high—sta kes or at least two opposition leaders. thank you. 16 people, mostly teenagers, have been killed in verona in northern italy after their bus hit a highway barrier and caught fire. the school students from hungary were returning from a skiing trip with teachers and parents when the accident happened. 23 people are still missing three days after an avalanche buried and partly destroyed a hotel in central italy. nine people, including four children, have so far been pulled alive from the rubble of the rigopiano hotel in the abruzzo region. james reynolds reports. from the ruins of the rigopiano hotel, in the last moments of light, on the third day, rescuers pulled a six—year—old girl to safety. she was the final member of her family to be saved. relief workers then carried away a boy who'd been with her. concrete walls protected them from the avalanche. after these pictures were

if so growing dissent amongst the labour party? that's right. yesterday, the shadow welsh secretary resigned, saying she thought brexit would be a terrible mistake. intriguingly, two of the laboure against triggering article 50. in political terms, it gets complicated because it is theirjob to enforce party discipline. jeremy corbyn has tried to be conciliatory. he said he has told his mps from prop remain constituencies that he understands they are torn. but he needs to provide labour with a coherent position on brexit. he says he wants labour to respect the outcome of the eu referendum and it is important to remember that the majority of labour constituencies voted to leave the eu. so it puts him in a difficult position with his mps. number crunching suggests that 70 mps represent labour constituencies that voted to remain. not all of those will defy voted to remain. not all of those will denyeremy corbyn, but a number will. so it providesjeremy corbyn with some difficult navigation through these brexit times. a draft letter of application from king george iii has been made public for the first time. the unsent letter, including crossings out, read drafts, blotches and scroll

labour coming back and saying hang ona minute, labour coming back and saying hang on a minute, what is the alternative for people who do have maybe less serious health problems, if they can't get an appointment with their gpfor can't get an appointment with their gp for two or three weeks, what are they supposed to do? but it sounded at one point as if he was about to ditch the target. he did explicitly say the government remains committed to, but it was a stark reminder it is to treat emergencies, not every other health problem. ok, vicki, other health problem. 0k, vicki, thank you. more on our top story this afternoon and sinn fein's martin mcguinness is resigning as deputy first minister of northern ireland. he's standing down after the first minister, the democratic unionist leader arlene foster, repeatedly refused sinn fein's calls to temporarily step aside while the financial mismanagement of a green energy scheme was investigated. mr mcguinness is now calling for fresh elections to the assembly. over the last ten years i've worked with dup and reached out to unionists on the basis of equality, respect and reconciliation and over this period the actions of the british government and the dup in my opinion have grievously undermined the institutions and have eroded public confidence. so we, in sinn fein, will not tolerate the arrogance of arlene foster and the dup. sinn fein wants equality and respect for everyone and that's what this process must be about. so today i have told arlene foster that i have tendered my resignation effective from 5pm today. so i believe today is the right time to call a halt to the dup's arrogance. well, the leader of the ulster unionist party, mike nesbitt has been giving his reaction. he says it is clear that sinn fein and the dup can't work together. if this was just about the renewable heat incentive scheme, sinn fein would hang in, they would hold the dup and the first minister to account, they would support practical steps to introduce the cost controls, the absence of which still cost us £85,000 a day and they would support a public inquiry into what went wrong. this is not the way to go forward, but it is not about the rhi scheme in terms of sinn fein's analysis, this is about sinn fein. we have had ten years now of the dup and sinn fein at the heart of our government. ten years characterised by disappointments, debackles and scandals. i don't think the electorate need anymore proof of the fact that the dup and sinn fein are incapable of governing this country. they cannot see the concept of the greater good and if we are to have an election, and an election is to prove to be of any worth, then i think people need to reflect on the fact that it is time to change the record. that for the first time since 1998 they can either vote to return the parties of government or they can vote to elect the parties currently in opposition. let's speak to the former northern ireland secretary teresa villiers. what do you think martin mcguinness is resigning? obviously, that's a matter for martin mcguinness to a nswer matter for martin mcguinness to answer on himself... he has explained that this afternoon. i'm just reading between the lines and everybody seems to have a different view. why do you think he made that decision? there is clearly been a breakdown of relations between the dup and sinn fein over the renewable heat problem. i think that there maybe other working difficulties, but you know, also i'm sure sinn fein must have a range of reasons why they feel an election would be appropriate at this point. did you ever, as northern ireland secretary, get the impression that frankly the dup and sinn fein were never going to be able to sort this one out?|j didn't really. throughout the various political difficulties that the institutions had during my four yea rs the institutions had during my four years in office, i always retained the hope and expectation that northern ireland's leaders would find a way through and they always did despite some very significant political issues with which they had to grapple. i was surprised to see this move by sinn fein today. surprised that they would want to be going back to an election just a few months after having had an assembly election, but the reality is that coalitions do breakdown, running a coalitions do breakdown, running a coalition administration with another party isn't an easy task. i don't think we should necessarily read into this a crisis of that is necessarily any greater than if a coalition in say wales or scotland had broken down in similar circumstances. except he takes the first minister with him and there is now a period of deep uncertainty? well, it's the, you know, what normally happens when a coalition brea ks normally happens when a coalition breaks down is that you have an election. that's what would happen in wales or scotland or westminster and that's what i imagine will happen here in northern ireland. i mean if after that election takes place and it proves impossible to nominate another first and deputy first minister then things do become more difficult, but i think we are a long way from that and i think it is important not to over state the degree of the political crisis here. yes, it is a setback, it is u nfortu nate yes, it is a setback, it is unfortunate there is going to have to be an early election, but i don't think itjeopardises the institutions themselves anymore than a coalition collapsing in holyrood. what about arlene foster's role in this. do you think she was right to tough it out? i believe she took a reasonable approach. clearly, it is important that the renewable heat problem is properly investigated. it obviously went seriously wrong, but i think all the parties, dup included and the first minister, had acknowledged that it needed to be properly investigated and that was entirely on the cards. so i don't think it was necessarily, you know, i don't think it was necessary to have an election to ensure that what went wrong with the rhi scheme was fully investigated. the word crisis has been used many times when we've talked about stormont. certainly, when you were northern ireland secretary, there were difficulties, do you sense that we could be witnessing one of the bigger crisises in stormont‘s troubled history? i believe we shouldn't overstate the problems which have emerged over recent weeks. yes, it isa emerged over recent weeks. yes, it is a real setback. yes, it is u nfortu nate is a real setback. yes, it is unfortunate that the coalition has broken down and we have to have an early election. but as i say, the fundamentals of northern ireland's devolved settlement is strong. at least, you know, the main issue here, being cited in sinn fein's decision is actually nothing to do with northern ireland's constitutional status, it is what went wrong with the rhi scheme so i think it would be wrong to say that this jeopardises the future of devolution or the institutions just as devolution or the institutions just as coalitions break down in other assemblies so have they done in northern ireland. it doesn't mean that necessarily this is a political crisis of the sort of gravity which led to suspension of the institutions in the past.|j led to suspension of the institutions in the past. i don't know if you saw the pictures of martin mcguinness making his statement. he has been out of the public eye. there were lots of questions about his health. what did you make of how he looked?” questions about his health. what did you make of how he looked? i don't think i can really passjudgment, but he obviously doesn't look well. but whether that has anything to do with this is not a question i can answer. the important thing is we, you know, the election happens and that hopefully once the election is over, a new stable government can be put in place and the appropriate investigations into the rhi scheme can go ahead. teresa villiers, thank you forjoining us this evening. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: northern ireland deputy first minister martin mcguinness is resigning in protest at the handling of a botched green energy scheme which is likely to cost taxpayers almost £500 million. theresa may outlines her vision for a "shared society" and pledges to tackle the hidden injustice of mental illness. health secretary jurpbt tells health secretaryjurpbt tells mps that the few days after christmas we re that the few days after christmas were the busiest few days in the nhs' history. labourcontinued lower on monday afternoon as investors focussed on fresh data from the eurozone and volatility in oil markets. the uk government is no longer the biggest stakeholders in lloyds banking group after it cut its stake to less than 6%. the government spent over £20 billion to eye quire a 43% stake in lloyds at the height of the financial crisis. the biggest shareholder in lloyds is blackrock. bmw has told the bbc that it is committed to a new £1 billion plant in mexico, despite donald trump's hostility to imported cars. and the value of the pound has fallen to a two month low against major currencies after the prime minister, theresa may, said that britain could not keep bits of its membership of the european union. commentators interpreted this as meaning that mrs may would not seek to keep the uk in the eu's single market. well, let's get detailed analysis of that with richard done bar with aberdeen asset management. so the sterling drop. we have seen over the last few months st

if britain should remain in the single market, but that would mean accepting freedom of movement. it is unclear. i think there are certain pressures in the labour party in all of this, there are labour feel under pressure from ukip, and not reflecting the anxieties of labour voters who fill immigration is too high. it sounded likejeremy immigration is too high. it sounded like jeremy corbyn wanted immigration is too high. it sounded likejeremy corbyn wanted to look at that, but it is a positive case for immigration, it seems. now we will talk about that issue of executive pay... we can speak to david blanchflower — who was an economic advisor to jeremy corbyn. a former member of the bank of england's policy committee. we don't have many details to give to you following on from that speech, it just finished, but in terms of what he's been saying on the radio today and the notion of some sort of cap on pay, certainly because he wants to make society fairer, we've heard that a lot in the last 30 minutes, but is there any way in which it could potentially work? absolutely not, it is sensible to think about what you might do about inequality, thatis what you might do about inequality, th

labour to see if they can hold onto this seat stoke—on—trent. it's not the first mp to resign from the labour party in recent weeks. we had jamie reid, which has triggered a by—election in copeland, which will be an important test for the jeremy corbyn leadership. he now faces another test in stoke, a place where at the last election, ukip made significant gains to come neck and neck in second place with the conservatives. in the last few minutes we've had a resignation letter from tristram hunt. it should be said that he's somebody who was shadow education secretary, but resigned from that position whenjeremy corbyn became leader. it's clear he has not been co mforta ble leader. it's clear he has not been comfortable with many of the things jeremy corbyn stands for. it's interesting that in his letter he says that he has no desire to rock the boat. and anyone who interprets the boat. and anyone who interprets the decision to leave in that way would be just plain wrong. but he does talk about how his time in parliament has been both rewarding and frustrating. he says he's proud of his work, but also frustrated that he hasn't been able to do more to alleviate the poverty and inequality and lack of social mobility. he says the frustration came with an inability to address these factors and implement our policy programme following our defeat in 2015, and more broadly, how the labourjob. he's very keen indeed to continue to look at these wider questions in his role as director of the v&a. but this is another serious blow to the labour party. another sign that some of those mainstream, more centrist mps are looking at life outside parliament because they are simply not comfortable injeremy corbyn's labour party. severe flood warnings in place on the east coast of england amid fears thousands of homes are at risk of a storm surge. the environment agency hasissued storm surge. the environment agency has issued 11 severe flood warnings indicating a danger to life. near cla cton indicating a danger to life. near clacton in essex people have been advised to move to safety. a man who lost his sister to cervical cancer is calling for the age of testing women for the disease should be lowered. amber cliff was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 21. she died at the age of 25 — the age when smear tests are currently available on the nhs. her brotherjosh told this programme tha

labour. that is critical. is that not happening yet?m is that not happening yet? if we are just going to talk to people who are going to vote labour, that will not change anything. we need to reach out to the people who lost confidence in the last election and the one before that and we need it start reaching ot and if we don't, we're not going to do very well. what sort of success are you looking forfrom jeremy corbyn what sort of success are you looking for from jeremy corbyn in the next cull of yea rs ? for from jeremy corbyn in the next cull of years? how will you measure whether he's doing a good job or not? well, today is a start. i think it is right that our party talks about immigration. i think for too long, under various leaders actually, we have been seen as a party that doesn't want to talks about what is a very difficult and sensitive issue and we need to take a balanced approach to it based on our values, butjeremy is right to talk about brexit and about immigration today and that's a good start. household incomes, typical household incomes rose £600 to £26300 after tax between 2015 and 2016. figuresjust in £26300 after tax between 2015 and 2016. figures just in from the office for national statistics. any thought on that? gone up a little bit. i would like to see people everywhere in the country do better than they're doing. i would like to see a break in the sense that somehow the next generation won't do better than this generation and i think it is notjust about earnings, i think it is about housing. there isa i think it is about housing. there is a huge housing crisis in the country and there are people who are sitting on assets worth billions of pounds and people who can't get on the housing lad are and that can't be right. there are young people here in london for example who are really, really struggling to get on the housing ladderment they have to move out of london to own their own home, to have the security of home ownership. i don't think that's right. we have got to look more broadly not just at right. we have got to look more broadly notjust at income, but tax rates on capital and the conservatives have reduced inheritance tax and i think they we re inheritance tax and i think they were wrong to do that and you know, the laboure need to look at the capital that people are sitting on as well. couple of comments from people watching. great idea coming from jeremy corbyn on maximum salaries. no public sector worker should be earning some of the incredible amounts this they do. the private sector incomes are much bigger than some of the public sector incomes. there are chief executives of certain public sector bodies that are on hundreds of thousands of pounds which this viewer is not into. paul e—mails, "yetanother corbyn classic. companies must offer the global rate otherwise they will get inferior candidates. such a move restricts candidates." still to come: in the second part of our chat with nicole kidman, she tells me the secret to her long happy marriage and why she thinks we should all be getting behind trump. can you believe it's a year since david bowie died? he had cancer and died two days after his 69th birthday, having kept his illness hidden from everyone except his family and closest collaborators