hot on the heels of this release by downing street, dame margaret petric —— margaret beckett hasissuedet beckett has issued a statement and this is like an election with people battling to space and trying to command headlines and do each other down, margaret beckett says it's highly significant that downing street felt they had to issue advance extracts on sunday night because officials know the prospect ofa because officials know the prospect of a peoples vote is being discussed not just of a peoples vote is being discussed notjust in westminster but in the corridors of right —— whitehall as well. and it is becoming overwhelmingly clear that people from all parties now recognise that this is the best way forward to have a second vote. what do you make of the language? it is described as plotting, but isn't itjust forward planning? it is a free vote. plotting, but isn't itjust forward planning? it is a free votelj plotting, but isn't itjust forward planning? it is a free vote. i think there is feeling that theresa may does not have the votes to her deal through parliament and she migh

the papers, and it succeeded to get on the front page of many, as soon as she did that, dame margaret beckettte, came out to say that we should have a second referendum and the fact she's released this information tonight affectively shows how desperate they're getting and demonstrates that there is talk about not justin wilson insta, where you referred to the alleged plotting of some of mrs may's aids, but also being in the corridors of whitehall and across the country —— just in westminster. there's people around theresa may talking about this as a possibility. she said it's not going to happen. there are some theresa may allies given that her deal can't get through the commons, they think it will do better and there's a chance it will wind if you took it back to the country. if you compare the... if you're a remainer, you say you'll get control of immigration, that might take you over the line. for the reasons theresa may has said, it would be testing for the tories. let's move off from brexit. from the european council president, donald tusk, just picked this up on the news wires, he is q

it is a measure of where we have got to with brexit that she was speaking just after margaret beckettsenior labour politician was speaking also being critical of the deal so we are seeing allegiances both from politicians who favour brexit and those who would like to stop it. we will hear more of what is being said in that debate in a couple of minutes but let me take you right back to the beginning of the day. we have a number of significant defeats, one was as to whether legal advice offered to the government should be published in full. a summary had been published but it didn't want to publish advice in its entirety. the opposition argue that meant the government was in contempt of parliament. the government tried to refer this to a committee, then when they demanded advice was published in full, this happened. nose to the left 293. .. the happened. nose to the left 293... the government was found to be in co nte m pt of the government was found to be in contempt of parliament and told to publish the full legal advice. this house has now is —— spoken. it is unprecedented to find g

dem leader, vince cable, caroline lucas of the greens, liz saville roberts from plaid cymru, margaret beckettcross—party news conference backing the people‘s vote campaign. much more from here injusta vote campaign. much more from here injust a few vote campaign. much more from here in just a few moments, for now designed to look at the weather forecast with simon king. a patchy frost this morning in central and eastern parts of england, where you can see we had some clearer skies. further west, towards northern parts, quite a bit of cloud at there, and there could bea of cloud at there, and there could be a few spots of drizzle over the hills of wales and western scotland, the south west of england as well, lots of cloud and western areas, the best of any sunshine in north—eastern scotland and north east england, seven celsius here, further west a little bit less cold, 11 degrees in belfast. tonight we will see rain moving in, breaking up as it pushes its way further eastwards, so patchy rain into wednesday morning, temperatures getting up to 7—9d, closer to freezing across eastern areas. bu

dame margaret beckett, labour, former foreign secretary, support of another referendum says it wouldhas the consent of the british people. all of these conversations are being noticed elsewhere. the irish foreign goal macro foreign minister saying today if britain wants to follow a different course on brexit then the whole process will have to be delayed —— irish foreign minister. what we're getting now in public are noisy discussions about the range of brexit options, or to put it another way, parliament, this whole postcode if you like, trying to work out what on earth is going to happen next. 0k, chris. many thanks. 0ur correspondent chris mason there. police have named a mother and her two children who were killed in a fire at their home in the village of collingham in nottinghamshire. they were justine collison, her 8—year—old daughter, isabella, and her 5—year—old son, harvey. her husband remains in hospital in a serious condition. gerry jackson reports. the fire took hold at breakfast time in this quiet village lane, leaving no time for the family to escape. justine collison a

we're joined from westminster by the labour mp and former foreign secretary margaret beckett.ch forjoining the programme. the snp have said that labour have let the government off the hook by calling a motion of no confidence in the prime minister but not in the government. as labour lost a n not in the government. as labour lost an opportunity here, and if so, why? i think it is a genuinely difficult issue and no one should forget that although temporarily we seem forget that although temporarily we seem to be on the same side against the government, for the snp, the biggest enemies they face are the labour party. we are their competitors and their threat, so they don't owe us any favours and they don't owe us any favours and they never do us any favours, so they never do us any favours, so they are bound to say that, but it isa they are bound to say that, but it is a genuinely difficult issue because no opposition really wants to go down to a crushing defeat. i suspect what the calculation was was that there are a lot of people on the tory benches who would vote for the tory

former foreign secretary margaret beckett said it was an organised riot on the conservative benches. unsatisfactory. having heard the allegation against the leader of the opposition and having watched the footage, it is easy to see why the leader of the opposition's words might be construed as stupid woman. that was also the opinion of lip speakers and i emphasise lip speakers rather than lip leaders, whose as vice was sought and obtained at short notice. —— advice. so they went as far as getting lip speakers into the house of commons to find out what the leader of the opposition had said, that is how seriously this was taken. but the verdict from john bercow was he himself was not a lip leader or a lip speaker and there was no audio of whatjeremy corbyn had said and he had not witnessed it so you he took the view you have to believe what an honourable member says, so what an honourable member says, so what did the honourable member the leader of the opposition say? he gave his own response afterjohn bercow delivered that verdict. during prime minister‘s question time today, i referr