theo leggett, bbc news. colletta smith is at the british steel plant in scunthorpe.t few months for the workers there? yeah, it has, ben. it was six months ago that we were here outside these gates and staff had just learned that the company had gone into liquidation. that meant a very uncertain future for them. but as you can see, the furnaces have been kept burning behind me over the last six months, the government effectively running this company while they were looking for a buyer. it was thought it could be the turkish company but that fell through last month. so, a big sigh of relief from the workforce here, 3000 people based at this plant here in scunthorpe, 3000 people based at this plant here in scu nthorpe, another 3000 people based at this plant here in scunthorpe, another 1000 in teesside, all breathing a sigh of relief. the company has been bought. we are expecting the official announcement within the next hour from the company, staff are coming infor from the company, staff are coming in for shifts and they have already been told by their line managers

theo theo leggett, thank you.d he'd introduce a new system of state aid after britain leaves the eu. borisjohnson says restrictions from brussels have made it difficult to help companies that are in danger. mrjohnson was setting what he's called his ‘brexit roadmap' for what will happen if he wins next month's election. but he's been forced to defend a decision not to take part in a tv debate on climate change. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. boris johnson's borisjohnson‘s big boris johnson's big pledge borisjohnson‘s big pledge is getting brexit done. now he says if elected he could start passing laws immediately that could only come in when the uk stops following eu rules, the date he has set, the ist of january, 2021. rules, the date he has set, the ist ofjanuary, 2021. we will rules, the date he has set, the ist of january, 2021. we will back british business by ensuring that the public sector buys british. we'll scrap the tampon tax. we'll back british industry by making sure we can intervene

theo leggett reports.of business rates. but there was a sting in the tail. if i also announce today that we are postponing further cuts in corporation tax, and before you storm the stage and protest... laughter. before you storm the stage, let me remind you, this saves £6 billion, that we can put into the priorities of the british people, including the nhs. we have already cut it from 28% to 19%. the stage wasn't stormed, but the decision to delay a 2% tax cut for businesses due next april was unlikely to have been aimed at the audience sitting in front of him. next to speak, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. i also hope you enjoyed the warm—up act that's just left the stage. laughter. he dismissed claims that he was anti—business and outlined plans for what he called a green industrial revolution, underpinned by a new generation of apprenticeships. so today we are announcing a new climate apprenticeship programme, delivering 320,000 apprenticeships in england alone during the first year of a labour govern

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theo leggett, bbc news. colletta smith is at the british steel plant in scu nthorpe.t be a huge relief there, just before christmas, but it looks like theirjobs are going to be safeguarded. yes, after six months of free and uncertainty for the staff and of course their families and friends in this area, there is a real relief that another company has come in, but that company is a steel company. 0ne come in, but that company is a steel company. one of the preferred bidders previously had been another investment company, and a lot of unions have been saying today that it's a relief that a steel company are buying british steel so that they understand the business, they are more likely to invest for the long term. there is a palpable sense of relief among the workforce, 3000 of relief among the workforce, 3000 of them based at this one main plant in scunthorpe as well as another 1000 in redcar. what has been a political reaction to this news but this chinese conglomerate is spending £70 million buying british steel? well, we've been having reaction throughout the aftern

theo leggett, bbc news. big and small business in the uk. edwin morgan is director of policy at the institute of directors and craig beaumont is director of external affairs and advocacy at the federation of small businesses. thank you for being with us. variou5 p i ctu res thank you for being with us. variou5 picture5 made, all politicians saying they are friends or business. the conservatives starting off saying they are going to postpone this cut on corporation tax. although he said he has not been averse to reducing in business. there are positives but the two main pa rt5 of there are positives but the two main parts of boris there are positives but the two main parts of bori5johnson‘5 5peech there are positives but the two main parts of bori5johnson‘5 speech was about crediting 5mall employers with an £1000 to help employ people which we have been pushing forfor a couple of years so we're happy to see that and the corporation tax cut a5 linked acro55 see that and the corporation tax cut a5 linked across

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house was essentially left in ruins by the military grade weapons used to flush out the suspect mr leggett described events for us. a single armed gunman he had a handgun and he just randomly ran into our neighborhood and he started opening up the garage door police they proceeded to call into armored vehicles they called in over 100 officers proceeded to fire 40 millimeter bunker buster 'd rounds into the house just room by room by room by room and they they proceeded to destroy the whole house until finally they ended up you know because there was really nothing left of the house and the people's court excuse me up held an earlier ruling then threw out of the family's call for compensation saying officers acted within the powers they are granted under the law local police did offer an apology of sorts and though they added that people's safety was their main concern my mission is to get the individual out on home and i make sure my team and everyone else around including the community goes home and home and sometimes that means property gets damaged and i'm sorry for not right mr like sa

theo leggett, bbc business. of spending increases. is the uk economy in that much better than it was in 2010? the uk economy is bigger than it was then followed up in terms of growth, it is not healthy compared to his peers. but there has been a change in ideology. part of that is motivated by the filling which is shared by a number of governments around the world that with interest rates for bar ring on the financial markets come as little as they are it makes sense to be able to borrow in order to advance. labour has taken that in order to advance. labour has ta ken that and in order to advance. labour has taken that and on top of that you have an increase in day—to—day spending which is says will be funded by increases in taxes. they have to say that is due for fiscal studies we had on earlier have asked them questions about whether or not they will be able to raise the kinds of sums they have been talking about. —— mac institute for fiscal study. how can any party quickly how much they will spend if we don't

this report from our business correspondent theo leggett contains flash photography.tination for the prime minister on the election hustings. this time, a chance to plead his case before business leaders at the cbi‘s annual conference. his message on the economy was carefully chosen, and the language, inevitably, colourful. like a formula one supercar... he spoke about plans for a cut in national insurance contributions for many firms, and promises to promote research and development. also, a review of business rates. but there was a sting in the tail. if i also announce today that we are postponing further cuts in corporation tax. and before you storm the stage, and protest... laughter let me remind you, this saves £6 billion, that we can put to the priorities of the british people, including the nhs. we have already cut it from 28% to i9%. the stage wasn't stormed, but the decision to delay a 2% tax cut for businesses due next april was unlikely to have been aimed at the audience sitting in front of him. next to speak, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. i also hope y

i spoke with our business correspondent theo leggett about what the two main parties are promising sotr and above what it learns and taxes, and trying to reduce the national debt, now they have emphasis on the investment for a future. so allowing a little bit more money in the system to paper infrastructure, and the understanding that paying for infrastructure brings rewards. it‘s not just a two infrastructure brings rewards. it‘s notjust a two day spending, and that can boost the economy and the longer term. how will they pay for all of this? well, it will be through borrowing, as happens at the moment, everything that is spent over and above was taken in in taxes has to be financed through borrowing. the question is how much you borrowing. the question is how much y°u pay borrowing. the question is how much you pay for that borrowing and whether people are willing to lend to you. when mix of the conservatives want to borrow and spend a lot, but labour wants to do even more. that's a shift in its approach. absolutely. interest rates are so low, because there is money washing around in

our business correspondent theo leggett is here. this sounds like a scathing report?t happened, this was tsb, which changed hands, transferring more than a billion customer records its old system run by lloyds, onto a new one run by the spanish banc sabadell. 2 million people were locked out of their accounts when it went wrong, there were problems in the branches and it went on for weeks. the report says that at the at the time the changeover was carried out, the system was not ready, nor was the company meant to run it. it says the tests carried out on the system were inadequate and tsb‘s own management, who should have been keeping an ion this, took that i offer the ball. they did not ask common—sense questions. there we re ask common—sense questions. there were delayed, some parts of the project were delayed by seven months but the project as a whole only by four months. why didn't they question that? all of this has come out on the reports, tsb says it does not agree with it all but it has published the report anywhere in the interests of transparency. the whole

for more, i'm joined by our business correspondent theo leggett.uber have been refused a new license? transport for london say that although over the last couple of years uber has managed to change a number of its systems and has improved, it hasn't gone anywhere near far enough. systems and has improved, it hasn't gone anywhere nearfar enough. it identifies some particular breaches that it says puts passenger safety at risk. for example, ubersystems allow people who are not permitted drivers to upload photos onto their drivers to upload photos onto their driver database drivers to upload photos onto their driver data base and effectively drivers to upload photos onto their driver database and effectively pose as foetid uber drivers and carry passengers. they say it happened on at least 14,000 journeys, they were asa at least 14,000 journeys, they were as a result uninsured and passengers we re as a result uninsured and passengers were placed at risk as a result. they say the drivers who were dismissed or suspended were able to open new uber accoun

here's more from our business correspondent, theo leggett, who broke the story.y are not needed, because the cabin of a jet airliner is pressurised. but in the event of a depressurisation, they suddenly become very important. that's when the masks will drop down from the overhead containers above you. and it is really important that you have that oxygen, because at 35,000 feet, for example, without it, you'd be unconscious inside a minute. at 40,000 feet, it could be within 20 seconds — not great. and if you didn't get oxygen quickly, it could even lead to brain damage or you could die. so it's very important that these systems are aboard the aircraft and that they work properly. he says that he was decommissioning some systems that had minor cosmetic damage, and he found that when he tried to depressurized them, some of them weren't depressed rising. so he says he got a controlled sample of 300 fresh from stock of these systems, and replicated the current that they would use to trigger them aboard an aircraft, and found that 75 of them weren't working, they were

here's theo leggett.it says that in 14,000 cases, 14,000 trips, people were being carried by non—licensed drivers. so, they were not insured, their safety was potentially at risk. our transport correspondent tom burridge sat down with jamie heywood from uber. 43 drivers who had come on the app and had exploited a vulnerability that allowed them to swap their photo with a friend, and then for the friend to drive on uber. so, we notified tfl immediately, we then implemented a technical fix that closely vulnerability that existed in the first place, and then we did a complete audit of every single driver in london. i am comfortable that the issue that we had back then that the issue that we had back then that was exploited by these 42 drivers could not come up again. this decision could have ramifications elsewhere. it's already faced questions about driver conditions and passenger safety elsewhere. this map shows where uber has already been banned or partially banned across europe including in denmark, germ

here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. hello, penny from npower speaking. how can i help? the best—known names in the uk's energy sector, one of the so—called big six suppliers, but for years npower has been struggling. competition in the market is intense and this year the government decided to cap the most expensive tariffs. now workers are likely to pay a heavy price. npower was recently taken over by its rival, the german company eon, and the new owner wants to cut costs by merging many of their operations. the energy retail market is extremely challenging. we've seen 20 companies leaving the market, 20 companies, many of which have failed, and that's because the energy retail market is hugely challenging. the price cap doesn't help and that means companies, well—run companies like eon, cannot secure a fair return on their investment. eon is expected to close npower‘s customer service centre at houghton le spring near sunderland. more than 2000 people work here. this site in hull, which employs 600 people, is also looking vulnerable, and a similar number are based at a

leggett the three reaganism up until recently has been modern republicanism. voters, supply-side fillings, and america the role responsibilities. anti-communism. general issues. that's what i mean when i say that reagan democrats were open to that kind of message. >> we were called one of those present thiss -- precipices again was the now famous national debate were reagan had it.option of he's at the precipices and he goes ahead and fix george bush. this is a seminal moment. even today, people refer to the national debate. thegain, reagan is on precipice. he announces he is the leader in the clubhouse, he loses iowa, the first caucus he loses to george bush by running an ultraconservative strategy. he doesn't really campaign, he just kind of does nothing. he has taken his manager's advice. >> which was the wrong advice. now the second shot is new hampshire. if you lose new hampshire, you are may be done. he had a strong primary challenger emerging in george h.w. bush >> he was no slouch. a huge upset in iowa. >> he was a very disciplined guy. he was a former

let's get more from our business correspondent theo leggett. this is a very complicated market.the six big players, but plenty of others. plenty of the smaller ones have gone bust, the smaller ones have gone bust, the smaller ones have gone bust, the smaller ones are feeling the pinch, as well. having to cap the rates of their standard variable tariffs they say has had a big effect on them. e.0n is under pressure and says they will normally merge their consumer facing businesses. they will merge their call centres, customer service divisions. it is not entirely clear what is going to happen to the npower brand itself. what we know is that several call centres are likely to shut down. there is a centre just outside sunderland, some 2,000 people work there. there is another office in a whole were 600 people work. another in worcester, with 600 jobs, is under threat. this is a severe blow for npower workers and comes at a very bad time for them. if you look at the economics of the market, it is not altogether surprising. joining me now is the uk chief executive of npower‘s parent c

theo leggett explains. commercial drones. back in 2010, i think there we re drones. back in 2010, i think there were five commercial licenses. now there are 4500. and there were hundreds of thousands of the things. and really come of the rules have not kept up. this is about bringing the rules in line, making sure if you're operating something more than a very light weight, you are not going to fly into areas you should not do and be careful around people so not do and be careful around people so that if it does drop out of the sky, which happens from time to time, it does not fall on someone. what relators are doing here is catching up. the industry has overta ken catching up. the industry has overtaken the regulators, but most countries have something similar. under 250 grams, lightweight little models, toys, you're pretty much ok. over 250 grams, and up to between 20 and tony five telegrams, in france, the limit is axley100 grams. in canada, anything over 250 grams come up canada, anything over 250 grams