philip hammond has been dealt a very poor set of cards. has to notjust go along was a devout remainor, but he has to not just go along with the cabinet message, but also actually now start preparing for this plan b of the no—deal preparation. this is playing russian roulette, do you save your treasure chest f getting the deal through or start siphoning money off to local councils for what they are predicting will amount to an influx of elderly ex—pats and possibly riots on the streets. i don't know, we have had riots on the streets, i'm not convinced that that will come about. however, this is his. he hasn't got time to be writing double page spread and setting his carriage off down the track towards leadership, he is too busy having to fit this square into this circle. the treasury, you have to understand, they don't like spending money. if you're fill philips hammond, you say we want to have money for something that won't happen. it doesn't make sense. i just think it is interesting, that by some miracle the letter that the communities s

philip hammond has been a real champion of a more moderate brexit.siness's backs it seems. they are concerned about this. so much for the brexit referendum debate centred around immigration. there was a huge groundswell against immigration. whether that forms part of a broader global rhetoric towards nationalist tendencies is an important point. either way the uk is at an all—time high, really. business needs immigrants. it needs a skilled immigrants, many of whom have come from the eu. many of these these eu immigrants are very familiar with the uk. they speak very good english. businesses say we'd need some sort of deal with as. theresa may's plan is to set a minimum £30,000 salary, certain visa restrictions, we don't know what they are... there will be like a points system. rather like the australian system, as they understand it. as someone who covers the global economy, i am thinking that we need to put the uk on a global footing. beyond that we need to put the uk on a globalfooting. beyond that, let us send the right messages out without eu pol

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philip hammond unveiled his third budget, the first on a monday for 56 years.r posed for the traditional photographs outside 11 downing street before making the short trip to the palace of westminster. he entered the commons to conservative cheers. philip hammond announced some increases in some public spending, the minimum wage, and tax thresholds. he began by telling mps conservative chancellors had had to make tough decisions in the last eight years but... today, mr deputy speaker, i can report to the british people that their hard work is paying off and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. what we've heard today are half measures and quick fixes while austerity grinds on. and far from people's hard work and sacrifices having paid off, as the chancellor claims, this government has frittered it away in ideological tax cuts to the richest in our society. the budget statement shows a chronic lack of understanding of the threats that we face and the storm clouds ahead. we got more for potholes than for schools, nothing for women born in the 1950s an

do you want to kick us off with philip hammond? we said earlier that there isn't much brexit chat on the papers until next week. however, it is kind of sneaking in through the back door because philip hammond is being accused by local councils are not feeding enough money from the treasury down the channels and into local and municipal and council resources . local and municipal and council resources. so the telegraph is mentioning such ears forthcoming post brexit as an influx of elderly ex pats post brexit as an influx of elderly expats from the continent presumably coming back to live on our island nation once again —— such fears. and also perhaps there will be civic u nrest also perhaps there will be civic unrest and that someone will have to pay for various shop windows or whatever gets broken. so basically he has got a bit stuck, because he isa he has got a bit stuck, because he is a devout remainer who has this set of cards he has to play, and now as well is not going with what his conscience would possibly be telling him to

in his budget, the chancellor philip hammond reiterated theresa may's conference speech.echlj can report to the british people that their hard work is paying off and the iran of austerity is finally coming to an end. —— the area of austerity. —— era. coming to an end. —— the area of austerity. -- era. at present, the deal and coherent on its own terms and it is why it is so important for the public to have a say. and then after one of the longest and most significant cabinet meetings of modern times, ministers agreed to support theresa may's plans for leaving the eu. the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlying political declaration. this isa outlying political declaration. this is a decisive step. the prime minister warned that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best on offer but not everyone is happy. withdrawal agreement was the best on offer but not everyone is happym bridges the red line. the next day, theresa may lost her second brexit secretary and dominic rather resigned saying he now c

back in the commons, philip hammond spelt out to mps that this was as good as it got.completely convinced that of the options open to us, this is the right way for this country to go forward. mr speaker, if there is anyone on the front bench opposite who genuinely believes that there is a magic deal available, which would see us retain all the benefits of eu membership but with no free movement, no payment into the eu budget, no state aid rules, they are sadly deluded. if he sincerely believes the situation that he's just described to us, if he cannot convince this house of that situation on tuesday, will he resign? because he's clearly lost the confidence of this house. mr speaker, i regard myjob is to go on making the case for a sensible, middle way out of this situation. i do not believe that we can afford the economic cost of a no deal exit, but i equally do not believe we can afford the political and societal cost of trying to undo the decision of the british people in the referendum. we have to find a negotiated way forward, and the prime minister has presented u

if all other options are exhausted —— philip hammond.ichael goes, he worked on the vote to leave campaign. you can see there isa to leave campaign. you can see there is a real division in the cabinet. the idea that even the chancellor is looking at a second referendum is very interesting. we have seen time and time again theresa may flatly pulling back down as a solution to this complete deadlock that it feels we are in at a moment. she also said we are in at a moment. she also said we would not have a general election and that the boat last tuesday would go ahead. these things have not come to pass —— vote. go ahead. these things have not come to pass -- vote. politicians don't a lwa ys to pass -- vote. politicians don't always tell the truth. i don't think thatis always tell the truth. i don't think that is necessarily a headline. the cabinet is divided, but so is the public on this. when you ask the public on this. when you ask the public if they should be a second referendum bid to buy pretty much down the line. if you vote remain it

philip hammond had to leave the chamber. it felt a little bit early.n cabinet ministers have gone into number ten to discuss the vote next week. we will wait to see what comes out of that. thank you very much. and at 2:30pm today we'll be answering your brexit questions in today's edition of bbc ask this. so if you have a burning question about the future of the uk economy after brexit, which is the main theme of today's debate in parliament, and you would like to hear it answered by our expert guests, you can text 61124, or email us using the hashtag bbc ask this. we'll be picking out a selection this afternoon. that's at 2:30pm on bbc ask this. two former directors of tesco have been cleared of committing a £250 million fraud after their trial collapsed. they were accused of orchestrating a false accounting scandal which saw the supermarket chain overstate its profits four years ago. chris bush and john scouler were charged in 2016 and had been on trial for eight weeks. the judge said the prosecution's case was so weak the jury shouldn't have to cons

secretary has revealed his draft budget, announcing he won't follow the lead of the uk chancellor, philip hammondd the higher rate income tax threshold to £50,000. derek mackay said the higher rate threshold would be frozen atjust over £43,000. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith, reports. the news that most people in scotland will not have to pay any more tax should bring a little cheer to the christmas market in edinburgh. higher earners here already pay more tax than people in the rest of uk and that tax gap just got bigger. the scottish government do realise if they were to raise income tax too much, that could encourage higher earners to leave scotland but they don't think they've reached that point yet. now is not the time to cut tax for the highest earners at the expense of our public services. instead i will be using the additional resources raised through my tax decisions in this budget to support our public services and ensure our health service gets all of the additional money they were promised. today's budget proposals mean anyone earning £24,000 year will pay £20 less than tax payers in

liddington said ahead of this use gang of five, including this use gang of five, including this philip hammondncluded a new referendum might be under way to resolve the impasse. clearly we are ina resolve the impasse. clearly we are in a situation it seems nothing that this proposed can be passed at the lack. —— past. at the moment we are ina lack. —— past. at the moment we are in a complete at a shambles of a situation which has got worse. there are situation which has got worse. there a re two levels situation which has got worse. there are two levels and they are two worlds. first of all, there are people who think that they will get something together to get through the problem because it doesn't get through the problem, it doesn't happened. 0ther through the problem, it doesn't happened. other people will think there is some fantasy eu out there that they can actually get some kind of deal together and present it to the eu and the eu has already said this is it, it is done. is another group who thinks that somehow we can leave and it will all be all right. —— there are is another. these f

and cabinet today, philip hammond and greg clark said if you haven't this threshold of £30,000 and thatannot come to britain to get a job. that will have a very bad effect on the economy but theresa may hasn't actually i want to ignore you and push through this policy. so expect a lot more bumps from this as businesses are very unhappy as businesses are very unhappy as business was deep deathblow of low skill labour. others will say having this big stream of low skill labour, you are actually pushing down wages. this whole thing is going to strange —— change the structure of the job market for decades to come. the men move on finally as it were the great headline on the sports section of the guardian. a very moody picture of mourinho but is there anything other than that? the tag line is a neat one. were the just for the headline. whatever you think about jose mourinho, i do nothing about him very often because i'm a big football fan, he has got that charisma. that is also driven by an enormous ego and from what i could tell, it is the ego that is really done for your. i'm sure it's in

so you are not backing philip hammond. ok.cause we have that terrible ongoing story we can see on the front of the metro, this photograph of the streets under the signs, strasbourg capital, sadly it's christmas market not so successful tonight because of that terrible shooting incident —— incident, ongoing at the moment with police attending to track the gunmen. they know who he is, a p pa re ntly gunmen. they know who he is, apparently someone who is thejustin was on the terrorism watch list as well, that is why our police are there. we will leave that for the next one, but just there. we will leave that for the next one, butjust below it a wonderful headline summing up how possibly some people must have felt when they got a call saying do you think you could squeeze theresa may infor think you could squeeze theresa may in for another meeting? they have all been very polite today, but i do think that they were very clear, european leaders a couple of weeks ago, that is with it, this was the end of the withdrawal agreement and

here's philip hammond's opposition counterpart john mcdonnell., the government threatening members with a prospect of a no—deal brexit to engender support for its own deal serves only to reveal and desperation in government. yes. if i may... and it is proving to be completely counterproductive. this is a report published by the confederation of british industry today — the cbi is a lobbying organisation for uk businesses. it suggests that a smooth exit next year would lead to steady economic growth over the next two years. but the cbi director general says no deal would "blow these figures out of the water, severely hurting businesses, jobs and living standards." here's one opposition labour mp on her concerns. the government is asking this house to vote for a deal that its own analysis shows will make us poorer, with gdp falling by 3.5% and every region being made worse off. for our economy, it is clearly a worse deal and it is a worse deal than we already have. if we go back to you, and was mr one of the curiosities of this debate is a lot of p

philip hammond, the chancellor, was saying he was looking forward to this vote because it would flushl that language bring the party back together? the prime minister was very clear about bringing people together, it was a conciliatory speech and discussion, between of course people who have printed letters for this vote over the last weeks and days, and also those of us who want to get on brexit, so that we can then get on with the big exciting agenda that we have got on the domestic front. i am the health secretary, i want to get on with improving the nhs, making sure it is therefore everybody in the long term. this is a government thatis the long term. this is a government that is full of ideas to improve things for the country and we want to get onto those. that's why we need to get this deal and deliver on the result of the referendum. need to get this deal and deliver on the result of the referendumlj understand your cabinet meeting today was cancelled this afternoon. you work olingo mps, all hands to the pump, trying to get support for the pump, trying to get support for the pr

to leave on w t o terms and for some reason and to reason may have refused to try and do that philip hammond has been equally difficult he's had money in the budget to organized movement and the his done nothing towards it or very little towards it. and that has been a complete failure of our government the people want to leave the e.u. if you want to have a second referendum then organize it for five years time or forty years time like the last one when people have been able to see whether they were better off in or out of the year but to have another referendum when you haven't actually implemented the first referendum and you've offered the people a quite on satisfactory withdrawal agreement which is entirely in favor of the e.u. and everyone is and remain is can see that this is not a good deal. with speed after two and next the proper referendum which is and i do believe we can. i also believe that the e.u. offered the u.k. . but let's. do. it let's try to she's the best. it. has been rejected. but. it wasn't explained. well it's up to the who are talking of glibly. rule has been for no

that is one reason why the uk chancellor philip hammond has opposed the move.s both in europe and in the uk will likely cause alarm both for businesses and workers are cross the continent. that is perhaps the only certainty in this increasingly uncertain divorce. and you can keep up to date with the latest on the british govenment‘s decison to ramp up preparations for a no—deal brexit on our website. you'll also find live rolling parliamentary updates. there's also a handy guide to all the brexitjargon. just go to bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. and we will be talking some more about this in a few minutes with our briefing guest. an extraordinary few days that have seen president trump's personal lawyer sentenced to prison, his former national security advisor in court for lying to the fbi, and now the trump family charity shut down in a deal with prosecutors, who accuse it of a shocking pattern of illegality. let's get the latest from our north america correspondent, david willis. the list seems to be getting longer, david. let's start with the cha

in his budget, the chancellor, philip hammond, reiterated theresa may's conference speech.and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. he spent a windfall from better public finances on more money for universal credit and bringing forward planned income tax cuts via a year. tax cuts by a year. november, and jo johnson, brother of boris, resigned as transport minister. he called for another referendum. at present, the deal is incoherent on its own terms, and that's why it's so important for the public to have a say. and then, after one of the longest and most significant cabinet meetings of modern times, ministers agreed to support theresa may's plans for leaving the eu. but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlying political declaration. this is a decisive step. the prime minister warned that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best on offer, but not everyone is happy. it certainly does not appear that we will be able to support it, because it breaches the red line. the next day, there

he is not speaking for chancellor philip hammond who this week has described those people who wa nt weekibed those people who want a managed no deal as extremists. you are old enough, as i am, to remember the last time the party had a collective nervous breakdown over europe... there have been a couple. and other parties have had crises over the yea rs. parties have had crises over the years. somehow split over it. and some have talked about the conservative party splitting up. when you look at the rhetoric and some of the open contempt shown by different conservatives for each other, does that now look possible? the contempt, i think you are right tojoke about the contempt, i think you are right to joke about how personal it has become. it has gone way past ideology and there are some pretty horrible examples of the way conservatives 110w horrible examples of the way conservatives now talk towards each other. i don't think a split is on the cards yet. i think the thing that would do it would be a second referendum. if you look at the polling of the population at large, you see the publi

this telegraph story does not respond directly to that, it responds to the chancellor philip hammondblem with this story is it only addresses the dover side. you expect someone who runs british to say "they worry, it ports will be ok". but that is not how it necessarily works. all it takes is for france or the eu to impose checks at calais and suddenly you have traffic jams checks at calais and suddenly you have trafficjams at both sides very quickly. let's move away from brexit, you happy to do that? yes. i like brexit, ifind it interesting i have to confess. i hope you do! it is going to be a really exciting week. it really is, gosh. a couple of foreign stories now. speaking of politics, but of the french flavour. this is page 42, there we are, of the times. riot police arrest children as paris prepares for battle, this is the fourth week and that we are seeing these demonstrations, notjust in paris but in other parts of the country as well. a group of people who do not wa nt to well. a group of people who do not want to put forward a leader, that is not the point of it, of these p

the uk finance minister, philip hammond, has been accused by cabinet colleagues of failing to provideded to prepare britain for a no—deal brexit. the daily telegraph newspaper reports that another minister, the housing secretary, james brokenshire, has written to the treasury saying his department was given less than half the amount it requested. mr brokenshire has warned that a failure to provide more funding would lead to a significant risk of disruption. meanhwile, the department for transport has defended its decision to award a contract worth millions to a shipping company that has never done any business. as part of the government's preparation for a no—deal brexit, seaborne freight has been contracted to transport goods vehicles between ramsgate and ostend in belgium. a bbc investigation has found that the company, which was formed less than two years ago, has no trading record and no significant assets. this report by our business correspondentjoe miller does contain some flashing images. these are the large ferries that will carry thousands of lorries across the channel to re

or less at the door but of course some details are known and they are completely conventional philip hammond the count chancellor of the checker had said that he would release another two billion from the four billion he had said is that inside for those emergency preparations right now and then of course we're talking about more border guards we're talking about more stockpiling off essential goods like like medicine some things but if you then here in an interview the health secretary. met ten kark say that he was not of the biggest by our fridges in the world you know the time has come to every so these these preparations are sort of piecemeal and they come very late in the game because tomorrow it would be just a hundred days to correct it and of course there are preparations to turn the m twenty which is the highway right outside of dover into a huge lorry park but still that is not going to be enough and everybody here knows it definitely sounds like emergency plans ali i know that here in europe a lot of people are shaking their heads when they when they watch how breaks it other fold

the uk finance minister philip hammond has been accused by cabinet meanwhile, the department for transportdecision to award a contract worth millions to a shipping company that's never done any business. as part of the government's preparation for a no—deal brexit, seaborne freight has been contracted to transport goods vehicles between ramsgate and ostend in belgium. a bbc investigation has found that the company, which was formed less than two years ago, has no trading record and no significant assets. this report by our business correspondentjoe miller does contain some flashing images. these are the large ferries that will carry thousands of lorries across the channel to relieve congestion at dover in the event of a no—deal brexit, as soon as march. but, while two large international shipping firms have been awarded contracts to provide extra crossings at locations like portsmouth and plymouth, one british business has been handed millions of pounds by the department for transport on the promise of reviving this terminal with a regular route to belgium. ramsgate‘s commercial port has b

he's not speaking for chancellor philip hammond who this last week has described those people who a manageds i am, to remember the last time the party had a collective nervous breakdown over europe. there have been one or two. and other parties have had their crises over the years, and some have split over the years, and some have split over it and some have talked about the conservative party splitting. when you talk about some of the rhetoric and language and some of the open contempt shown by different conservative members for each other, does that now look possible? become. it has gone way past ideology and there are some pretty horrible examples of the way conservative mps now talk towards each other. i don't think a split is on the cards yet. i think the thing that would do it would be a second referendum. if you look at the polling of the population at large, you see the public is fairly divided about a second referendum. but tory members and tory voters, it is a 4—1 against a referendum. that would be pouring petrol on the fire. i think if you wanted to set up a new political party,

philip hammond, chris grayling, liam fox, they are the old guard who she could see off in preparationing. my fear for her is that it sounds like misses that your's notaries quote when she said she would go on and on, and not only the whole country but tory mps quaked at the prospect. she had already gone the full monty of extremist belief in her own righteousness and i think if mrs may feels she can do no wrong and she can get the brexit deal through, tory mps will be put off by that. after all, she promised them tory mps will be put off by that. afterall, she promised them in tory mps will be put off by that. after all, she promised them in a vote of no confidence just last week, that she would go after brexit, so they might be using the word betrayed quite a lot. and nobody can doubt her resilience to cling on as well. that is true. the sunday times have got a new lottery bonanza for the transgender lobby. the national lottery accused of breaking its ban on political funding because it has given a large ground to a second controversial transgender lobbying group. what do you make of

philip hammond will lead the government debate tomorrow, not exactly mr excitement himself —— for remainersew cross—party the illusions about this new cross— party committee mps the illusions about this new cross—party committee mps are being approached to have potentialjobs on, sweeteners, baubles, the dark arts of the whip's office. all kinds of things going on behind the scenes, people signed in for briefings on contingency plans. the express has its own ideas on a last—ditch bid to salvage the eu deal, saying that tory rebel mps are being offered a veto on this brexit backstop. that's just a being offered a veto on this brexit backstop. that'sjust a nonsense. there's no way that the eu will have spent all this time organising this backstop, which, after all, is to ensure there's no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, ieeea between northern ireland and ireland, ieee a very good reason that everyone agrees is a good thing to sign up to —— ieee. it's unlikely the eu would say, you know what, you mps that don't like it, you can have a get out, it is fine. it is ludicrous and i

ambassador for and of course it's after you know the british policy which has continued from philip hammond you know tourism is there. and her position is well you know they they have made their money they've made their human blood money unfortunately blokey thank you loki guy and karim come on will play us out with their song refuse to kill this huge stick in. a few. of us you. know not. to be. a few soon and then. used to. use them we talk about banality of evil murderous good form a team mentality usually how the system is the savagery of this insanity in charge and fallacies they feed you this is fluke week is that they would put your boss in the prison who supply before supply chain to basis a firm so concealed is the real mystery be your version two point three zero this is the conviction rules and lots of it was murder or this is the tradition two thousand and three was searching for want to anybody's we so forcefully says the feet in this do load in this instance george she died in jail. she didn't she said her eyes then they are sort of human new friends and there was some the cons

we think about amber rudd and philip hammond, they would go down this path.o down this path. but it has to be a vote that will get through the commons. we don't know what labour's position is, because they don't know what their position is. they haven't known their position for some time. we will come to that ina for some time. we will come to that in a moment. it potentially gives a way out of... it gives a fresh air in the commons, which is what it needs right now. however, little bit of optimism perhaps in the sunday telegraph on thatjeremy hunt... the uk will flourish without a brexit deal. this is what is crazy to me. how does jeremy hunt know this? there is no precedent for this, how does he know it? other than having some sort of idea about what britain will be able to do, we have no idea. the fact that he is now presenting david to back up his optimism, and bodyis david to back up his optimism, and body is asking him to do it, is what is making the rest of the world look at the uk and say, what is going on here? because it isjust wacky. what does he m

ambassador for and of course it's after you know the british policy which has continued from philip hammond you know tourism is there. and her position is well you know they they have made their money they've made their human blood money unfortunately blokey thank you loki guy and karim come on will play us out with their song refused to kill this huge stick in. a few. of us you. know not. to be. used and then. used to. use them we talk about in the military you've evil murderous good form a team mentality is legal how the system is the savagery of this insanity and tragedy of fallacies the thing that you this is fluke week is that one day before the purchase in the prison he says before super cheap to buy a society for so concealed he is the real you miss to be your version to the field this is the conviction bulls and lots of it was murder this is the tradition two thousand and three was searching for want to be anybody's was so forceful he says the feet in this door to load in this is john church dead in jail today and she said then there's a human new reason to see the conscience unsuit

brexit also dominated questions to the chancellor, with philip hammond under pressure to rule out leavingut a deal. he also faced repeated warnings about the impact that brexit can have on businesses. the initial focus was on the increasing difficulties faced by retailers. the chancellor does not like it when i use what he calls my synthetic passion. so very quietly, today, can i beg him — can i beg him to ta ke very seriously indeed where we are as a nation? it looks like we are heading for financial meltdown. will he do something to stop this madness? well, there's a couple of points here. first of all, i should just say to the honourable gentleman that i was actually congratulating him the other day on his display of synthetic anger, which is one of the best in the house. i'm pretty sure. on the wider point, the high street is facing challenges because of the uptake of online retailing across the uk, at a faster rate than in any other large economy. and that means our high streets are going to have to adapt, and the government can't save the high street from the need to change. what it

support, or the people talking on her behalf, by suggesting that the people could be next could be philip hammondthe bete noir of the brexiteers, 01’ —— the bete noir of the brexiteers, or others who mightn't appeal to people who don't like the various characters mentioned in that list.l much younger group coming in, the majority of them being under the age of 50 going forward into the next election. a quick look at the front page of the independent. this is something link you alluded to a little earlier. the fact that brexit has so dominated domestic politics that nothing else gets a look at —— you mentioned. a lot of critics are saying that there has been so much focus on brexit, how we are going to get a deal and get a deal through parliament, that theresa may has actually shelved a lot of very important legislation that the country needs. one example is some legislation that would give airports the powers to jam drones, at which they don't have those powers at the moment. other flagship policies that she has promised in the past are also apparently now been shelved. the key pledges they have

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brexit also dominated questions to the chancellor with philip hammond under pressure to rule out leavingithout a deal. he also faced repeated warnings about the impact that brexit can have on businesses. the initial focus was on the increasing difficulties faced by retailers. chancellor does not like it when i use what he calls my synthetic passion. so very quietly today, can i beg him, can i beg him to take very seriously indeed where we are as a nation? it looks like we're heading forfinancial meltdown. will he do something to stop this madness? well, there's a couple of points here. first of all, i should just say to the honourable gentleman i was actually congratulating him the other day on display of synthetic anger, which is one of the best in the house. i'm pretty sure. on the wider point, the high street is facing challenges because of the uptake of online retailing across the uk, at a faster rate than any other large economy and that means our high streets are going to have to adapt, and the government can't save the high street from the need to change. what it can do is support

yesterday, philip hammond said it would flush out the extremists. them as extremists? i don't characterise them as extremists. we belong within a conservative family. the difficulty is we have a deep, ideological division, something which on the whole the party has avoided over many generations. this is causing us huge problems and is at risk of tearing us apart. it may be that that is what will happen. but in the meantime, we have to govern. the country expects that of us govern. the country expects that of us and we have to try to find a solution to the brexit problem. the brexit problem, until it is solved, is going to continue to cause chaos. that's the key thing on which we should be focusing, not trying to replace the prime minister. so, a very divided party. as you say, the fundamentals aren't changed, is the only way now to resolve the issue of brexit for the prime minister to reach out to other parties and seek a consensus? i certainly think there's an opportunity for the prime minister to do that. my own belief is that if the prime ministe

philip hammond calling the brexiteers one thing.t hard to see how these people will be able to work together again. it has started rumours about whether the tory party can hold together. it was striking when dominic raab came out this morning with the level of despondency and despair he seemed to be indicating he felt, i thought it was quite indicative. be indicating he felt, i thought it was quite indicative. mr raab, will you say you have got confidence in the prime minister? did you back her in the votelast night? i'm afraid i didn't because after pulling the meaningful vote with the scale we now see of opposition to the deal i don't think her position has been tenable. we have to make the best of it but i think that my biggest fear now is that if she continues in place, we have a greater risk ofjeremy corbyn in government. so very much in sorrow not anger, i'm afraid i didn't vote for her last night. what happens next? good question. should the party try and back her as best as you can? we will have to back the best that we can

colleagues make the case for the deal in their area of responsibility people like the chancellor philip hammond and the foreign secretary jeremy hunt but on tuesday that's being delayed because parliament is going to be debating whether in fact the government is easing in contempt of parliament itself in contempt of the house of commons why is that well monday the speaker john bercow said there was an arguable case that the government could have been in contempt for refusing to publish the full legal advice on the impact of this brics it deal the vice by the attorney general geoffrey cox mr cox unusually was in parliament in self on monday taking questions from m.p.'s he's sticking to his guns saying he believes it's in the national interest not to publish the full legal advice it would set about precedent he says he did publish or release forty three page summary and in that he says that the u.k. would be indefinitely committed to the so-called irish back stop solution if they don't find a trade deal with the you after twenty twenty that's really controversial for the hard brick city years the

a big headache for philip hammond.o cut tuition fees, or at the least provide less funding. the deficit doesn't look so good, all of a sudden. universities want to ensure that if that's the case students and their income are protected. the university college union has already said this shouldn't reduce the overall level of funding for universities or lead to fewer stu d e nts universities or lead to fewer students accessing higher education. this may reverse progress on social mobility if, suddenly, cuts are introduced to fees. labour's shadow education secretary says the current system is creating a ballooning mass of unsustainable debt. there are lots of potential issues there. it revealed the current system commissioned by the prime minister, considering whether to cut tuition fees, is expected to report back to the government and a couple of months. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. a man pleads guilty to murdering his wife and her mother in solihull. janbaz tarin killed the two women after a row. the

we know that it was a 100% turnout, the chancellor philip hammond was asked how he was going to votee said he was voting conservative. that result will come, sirgraham conservative. that result will come, sir graham brady will say the result of it, followed by the numbers. with all of these things, there are cabinet ministers going around saying a win is a win. if she wins by one i don't think many people would think that. i bumped into somebody from the downing street tea m somebody from the downing street team earlier and they were more nervous than i was expecting. i have not found many mps who think she's going to lose tonight. as ever, nobody really knows, the range of predictions is that she might win by 20 or as many as 150. so that tells you that nobody knows for sure. i'm joined now by james cleverly, deputy chairman of the conseravtive party. james cleverly, why has the prime minister said she won't fight another general election? well, i think she made a number of points during the address that she gave to the 1922 committee. and she said she recognised the concerns that p

do we agree with philip hammond and saying this is the moment to flush out the extremists?nes, this is a decade old problem. it has been a problem for many years. it is much more evident, the amount of differentiation there is in the party about what kind of brexit we want. the cabinet wants to back the prime minister's deal as do the majority of conservative mps. a group of them do not and they are the ones who have led on starting this whole leadership fight today. if she leads by one vote per day still have any authority? she does. if this happens and that happens, it has proven that has gone out of the window. we need the prime minister to win and go back to delivering what constituents want us to do for that there is something too gleeful about some of our colleagues today. —— want us to do and there is something. as soon as we get back to remembering that and delivering on it the better. one looks at the prime minister over the last year with the election disaster where you depend on the dup to get a vote through the house of commons, to what happened on monday the la

that the uk has the power to unilaterally revoke its decision to leave the eu british chancellor philip hammond told the parliamentary outcome that betrayed the referendum result would cause more damage than any departure from europe. >> if parliament does not agree to go forward with the negotiated proposal, clearly we are in unchartered territory, but the important thing is that when parliament makes that decision, it is fully aware and all members of parliament are fully aware of the implications of adopting any of the other scenarios as a way forward that will have consequences both in the short-term and long-term for our economy. it's important that people understand that. >> president trump believes that president xi meant every word he said during their g20 meeting. he pushed back on reports that beijing may not address his trade concerns saying china has sent very strong signals i wonder if this changed overnight with the arrest of the huawei official. earlier this week trump proclaimed himself a tariff man. china's commerce ministry said the goal is to remove all tariffs. it described