they are not doing that for london and boris johnson seems to swallow everything they say without any sort of doubt or hesitation and that is very annoying now mayor boris johnson claimed in a press release that it's funds in the city of london contribute three billion pounds a year in tax. of course at the same time we've learned about all the scandals of libel or forex p.p.i. the gold fixing scandal. and all of these other you know crime spree that's gone on so how do you balance how to see a balance of what you think about this idea while they are committing fraud daily h.s.b.c.'s laundering money for mexican drug cartels but we need the tax revenue your thoughts well i think if we were better collecting tax we would be quite so dependent on the financial sector that as you say is already cheating us now steer the bonuses not just not the pay but the bonuses of two hundred thousand city people could have brought every single person in london who can't in public to pay up to the london living wage said two hundred thousand people. could actually have . ainge things the three quarter million people actually meant that they could contribute to the

back in london mayor boris johnson is now urging local councils to impose an extra one hundred fifty percent tax on houses that haven't been lived in or rented out in over two years but critics say that's not enough of a disincentive boarded up homes have become a familiar sight and they're even changing the face of london's swank yes neighborhoods there are four empty homes for every single home this family in this country across europe that's about two houses for everyone i mean it's family personally i do think it's a scandal this should be a residential area but at night time it's solipsists demoralizing is nobody here is dying and these properties deserve to be lived in. london. and the director of a group that fights for the rights of europe's homeless told us that governments must be more proactive in making shelter available. of course it's not easy to just put the four million homeless people in the european union in half of the eleven million and the floods often we hear from governments from local authorities that they cannot solve the homeless problem because of lack of h

but yet the property prices are so high because it's like a bully on fault and in fact the mayor boris johnson has defied downing street to call for taxes to be cranked up on the vacant properties he told city investors this month quote london homes aren't just blocks of bully on in the sky. right well that's exactly the point is that this is an asset that's not being used in a way that would be germ a into a functioning economy that's benefiting those who are contributing into the economy either through by paying for the roads paying for the services those people are being penalized by substandard wages while their foreign investors are basically turning huge swathes of the. capital into a feral nightmare of rat infested billionaire mansions they use purely for speculation that in the end wall calls even more economic dislocation so i think london is probably the only place like this like if you bought a place in manhattan they're paying you know up to two percent of that the value of the home per annum on property taxes here it's not even a fraction of it's like a set toshi they're charging

back in london mayor boris johnson is now urging local councils to impose an extra one hundred fifty percent tax on houses that haven't been lived in all rented out in over two years but critics say that's not enough of a disincentive boarded up homes have become a familiar sight and they're even changing the face of london's swank yes neighborhoods there are four empty homes for every single homeless family in this country across europe that's about two houses for every one time it's family personally i do think it's a scramble this should be a residential area but at night time it's solipsists demoralizing is mobile here is buying. these properties deserved to be lived in. r.t.e. london. and other while the news this hour and a sock in the western iraq it's hollow head the thought has killed a prominent shia pro-government tribal leader and six of his militia men five more were wounded after a suicide bomber rammed his car into a house the assault followed a spate of deadly attacks in and around baghdad on thursday targeting mainly shia areas and leaving dozens dead. fifteen people

back in london mayor boris johnson is now urging local councils to impose an extra one hundred fifty percent tax on houses that haven't been lived in or rented out in over two years but critics say that's not enough of a disincentive boarded up homes have become a familiar sight and they're even changing the face of london's swank yes neighborhoods there are four empty homes for every single homeless family in this country across europe that's about two houses for everyone i mean it's family personally i do think it's a scramble this should be a residential area but at night time it's solaces demoralizing is nobody here is dying and dark and these properties deserve to be lived in. london and the director of a group that fights for the rights of europe's homeless told us that governments must be more proactive in making shelter available. of course it's not that easy to just put the four million homeless people in the european union in half of the eleven million empty flats often we hear lots from governments from local authorities that they cannot solve the homeless problem because

back in london mayor boris johnson is now urging local councils to impose an extra one hundred fifty percent tax on houses that haven't been lived in or rented out in over two years but critics say that's not enough of a disincentive boarded up homes have become a familiar sight and they're even changing the face of london's swank yes neighborhoods there are four empty homes for every single homeless family in this country across europe that's about two houses for every one time it's family personally i do think it's a scandal this should be a residential area but at night time it's solaces demoralizing is maybe here is bank and dark and these properties deserve to be lived in. london. i'll be back with more news for you and of course those developments in crimea in ukraine in about half an hour from now in the meantime stories from los angeles with people sinking into addiction and mental illness look for ways to survive. transit through to vnukovo report your best way to the hearts of most. minnesota vikings football player jared allen like many pro athlete stereotypes is actually

mayor boris johnson says his city is pulling all of brit april with it, meaning good news from the u.s. a u.k. report says the two countries do about $200 billion worth of trade and have a trillion invested in each other. >> jeffreys brieing in shaw the head of a business association says american ties are a major part of the comeback. european business is an important part of the recovery story, if you look at the numbers on u.s. investment in the country, historically, actually on any basis, in any year, u.s. investors are the most significant in the country. 25% of all investment comes from the u.s. every year it's the leading source of investment. >> there's a major free trade deal in negotiations between the u.s. and the e.u. which could be worth billions more revenue, it could be in jeopardy if the uk votes to leave the european union. >> if you make a long-term investment and rely on access to the european market for the products, you will think twice about coming to a country which may not probably but possibly may about not be in the european union in five for 10 years. for on