the problem for philip hammond is in his last budget, there we re hammond is in his last budget, thereo be a bit of an u pta ke after were supposed to be a bit of an uptake after that, is spending budget and the purse strings were going to be loosened. how could he reconcile that with these figures and that his political problem. the amount of money the pm is having to pledge labour mps, listening the purse strings and then some. listen for the deputy... let us move on to the daily mirror. they have been campaigning on the food bank question for quite some time to be fair. the paper has taken on this. it is abbott bloodstain —— it is amber rudd saying today there is a link between universal credit and food bank use. people have experienced this themselves. there isa experienced this themselves. there is a lag from some people. that is five weeks if it is working. exactly so if it falls on a certain time of the month, and if not a bigot like. this is been going on for seven or eight years and it is extraordinary amber wright is finally emitting it and she has adopted a different tone to

the treasury have confirmed that the philip hammond is not travelling to china as it stands.onfirmed. that is true. there have been plans in the works for some time for a philip hammond to make a brief visit to china for a trade talks with senior members of the chinese government, as a key time in the run—up to brexit, where the uk would be looking to boosted trade links with the country. while a source has told me no final decision has been taken on this visit, it does seem clear from the chinese side it will not happen for now. this comes at a few days after the defence secretary made that speech, which some interpreted as being on the hostile sides towards china, talking about sending hms queen elizabeth to the pacific and the uk having a prominent presence in the region. also saying that china was developing its modern military capability and commercial power. any suggestion that speech has caused china to pull the plug on that visit has been played down. it is fair to say the comments did raise eyebrows and it has not helped things. talking about helping things, what doe

chancellor, philip hammond, says the eu and the u.k.gree to delay brexit if more time is needed to pass the required legislation. if the clearest signal yet that britain is contemplating an extension to the deadline. hammond told itv that if they do get the deal and they need a little more time to put all the legislation in place, then i'm sure everybody on both sides will take a reasonable approach. the brexit uncertainty will make life tricky for the bank of england. officials need to make their rate decision this week. they have said the u.k. needs limited in gradual hikes, and will likely vote unanimously to keep interest rates unchanged, according to the majority of those we surveyed. my guess toast this morning as the managing director of abs investment solutions. he joins me from abu dhabi. the rhetoric is building toward the potential for a delay on article 50. in your mind, ryan, are we coalescing around deal, moreover no deal at all? what is your current brexit-ometer? >> well, i have to say that this object is starting to sou

i'm sure that philip hammond is most unhappy at gavin williamson is rather strange intervention.g at a time when he needs to be not. gavin williamson famously said russia could go and weigh and shut up, so by those standards this is quite diplomatic. —— go away and shut up. that's it for the papers this hour. henry mance and anne ashworth will be back at 11.30pm for another look at the papers. next on bbc news, it's click. massive attack's teardrop plays. it is pretty far out there, but it really suits the music and what they're about, i think. in his birmingham studio, artist harley davies is painting a unique work that is much, much more than meets the eye. it's mind—blowing to think that, when you consider how much data there must be out there. it's interesting for the future, i'd say. the artwork is the album cover of the hugely popular and influential mezzanine album by massive attack. and to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the band agreed to have this music encoded in dna and then added to several spray paint cans. it means harley's painting will hold thousands of copies of

an mod source said it was completely untrue to say the speech had anything to do with philip hammond'sge osborne, who was aggressively pro—china during the cameron government, today said the current british approach was confused. you've got the defence secretary engaging in gunboat diplomacy of a quite old—fashioned kind, at the same time as the chancellor of the exchequer and the foreign secretary are going around saying they want a close economic partnership with china. and ultimately, it's the responsibility of theresa may as prime minister to sort this out, ‘cause at the moment, it looks all at sea. it is a challenge balancing the need to have close economic ties to china with security and strategic concerns. philip hammond's trip may well be rescheduled, but the uncertainty around it is another reminder of how sensitive relations between the uk and china can be. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. a memorial service has taken place in argentina for the football player emiliano sala, who died in a plane crash last month. the 28—year—old was killed two days after signing for cardiff

an expected visit to china by the chancellor philip hammond will now not go ahead.he pacific. our political correspondent ben wright is here. how serious is this? as the government looks to life the armed brexit it is trying to make closer economic links with china and eventually once a new trade deal. the plan had been for the chancellor to have a low—key visit with chinese officials imminently. the treasury today said that the visit was ever announced or confirmed but there has clearly been picked up and the visit 110w clearly been picked up and the visit now is not going ahead. it may or may not have something to do with this pretty lacklustre speech that the defence secretary gavin williamson made last monday talking about sending the uk‘s aircraft character —— carrier to the pacific. that will be noticed in china. and today the former chancellor george osborne said that the government china strategy was all conceivable and a reminder of how sensitive the relationship is between china and the uk. in recent years rainbow bootlaces have become a way for sportsmen

an expected visit to china by the chancellor, philip hammond, will now not go ahead.gavin williamson, indicated that the uk may be willing to deploy a warship in the pacific. the treasury says that the trip had never been confirmed. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. theresa may courting china last year, as the government looks to life after brexit. beijing is important to its plans. the uk wants closer trade links, and eventually a new deal, and plans had been made for the chancellor, phillip hammond, to make an imminent visit to see chinese officials. the treasury says nothing was ever confirmed, but now the trip is off. why the hiccup? well, it comes days after a pretty bellicose speech by the defence secretary. china is developing its modern military capability and its commercial power. i can announce the first operational mission of hms queen elizabeth will include the mediterranean, the middle east, and the pacific region, making global britain a reality. pledging to send a british aircraft carrier to china's backyard in the pacific, and possibly cr

trade that occasion which would have included philip hammond this comes at a critical time for the u.k. securing a trade relationship with china is seen as vital for britain off it leaves the e.u. one month from now. we're joined live by jonathan steele international affairs commentator for more on this mr steele thanks for coming on today good to have you on the program just some of a set how much of a setback is this for britain's relationship with china as the foreign minister was saying this is a complex relationship as it is just how much of an impact will this have well it's a kind of warning shot it's not enormously important because of this because it would be true to go. it if you're really seeing a response by the chinese to what was a very stupid remark there is a british defense secretary going williams and the warship that the defense secretary mentioned there is not going to be actually operational for another two years according to the information i have here what's the point of announcing it's the ploy meant to the south china sea at such a sensitive time. well that's f

the treasury have confirmed that philip hammond is not travelling to china.ever confront or announced. that is true. but there have been plans in the works for some time for philip hammond to make a brief visit to china to hold trade talks with senior government figures. while a source tells me no final decision has been taken, it seems clear from the chinese side that this visit is off for now. this has happened just a few days after the defence secretary gave that speech in which he talked about britain's new aircraft carrier making it the maiden voyage to the pacific and also talking about china developing its modern military capability and commercial power in the context of state on state competition. any suggestion that speech has led to china —— led to that decision, has been played down. but it didn't help. it shows the government is conflicted about concern between china and the need for a close economic relationship, particularly post—brexit. economic relationship, particularly post-brexit. thank you. the former archbishop of washington has become th

no telling if it will be before to raise a base chancellor philip hammond give this spring statement on march the thirteenth will presumably give an update on this claim the era over the stair a tree is finally coming to an end or maybe north as earlier this month the neo liberal institute for fiscal studies estimated the philip hammond would have to find another eleven billion pounds to end all stare is he but what effect does un condemn tory economic policy have on the way we perceive the poorest in society joining me now is dr lasagna harris a social neuroscientist at u.c.l.a.'s department of experimental psychology sana welcome to going on the ground to tell me about how your new roof science approach to human perception. is useful. in analyzing so-called advice of societies like this one now thanks for having me what we do or didn't your assignment is we try to understand psychological processes that people may not be able to express themselves or may be unwilling to express and let's face it we're going to clash i guess specifically you talk about how humans are able to dehuman

and the importance that philip hammond is keen to pursue a close economic relationship with china.the uk is able to do more bilateral trade deals, the government will undoubtedly be looking to improve on that and build on that. but this episode demonstrates that it's going to be a particularly sensitive relationship and at times, a difficult one to handle. hundreds of senior decision—makers from around the world are meeting at the 55th munich security conference. the failure of the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty, brexit uncertainty and recent disunity in europe s foreign policy approach are only some of the security risks the high—level conference is meant to address. conference chief wolfgang ischinger has called it the "largest and most importa nt" munich security conference since its founding more than 50 years ago. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is at the conference, and she's been explaining what else is on the agenda. it has been interesting to see over the years how the very concept of security is changing here. now you have panels about health w

but the chancellor, philip hammond, has rejected claims that the conservatives are now being controllede pro—brexit european research group. our political correspondent ben wright reports. so, will there be more? yesterday three conservative mps strode out of the partyjoining the eight who split from labour on monday. its opposition to brexit that binds them, while the prime minister hopes to keep brexit on track and her party together the split has caused regret in the cabinet. sad to lose three, good, committed colleagues so we will see what happens next. how serious is this? it is serious and we are in a very serious time as we try to get the right outcome for the uk on leaving the european union so i hope we will all be able to support the prime minister and get the deal through next week. that suggests parliament could be presented with a revised brexit deal soon as next week. there are many tory mps and ministers who insist the uk must not leave the eu without a deal and that could be the issue the triggers more defections. a deal and that could be the issue the triggers more defe

the paper says the slowest uk growth in a decade has set chancellor philip hammond a major challenge,gotiations from washington between democrats and republicans, saying they've reached a deal in principle that would avert another government shutdown at the end of this week. the i focuses on the state of the media in the uk and a new government—backed report, which calls for a regulator to oversee tech giants, like facebook and google, to ensure that their news content in trustworthy. the south china morning post has a story on its front page, warning hong kong will finally pull the plug on analogue television services by the end of next year — meaning 180,000 lower—income households will have to switch to digital sets. and last but by no means least, the guardian features a story on an offshore windfarm on the yorkshire coast, which will supply its first power to the uk electricity grid this week. when complete, it will be one of the biggest in the world, powering over1 million homes and covering an area five times the size of the nearby city of hull. speak to the beat. —— that is bi

who said that he hopedin philip hammond who said that he hoped in time maybe they would be able to comeand rejoined the conservative party. he was pressed whether he accepted that the party was now being dominated by the hard right. no, i do not think that is true at all. the erg group is a relatively hardcore small part of the party and a wider group who i think i sympathetic to some of the ideas of the erg, but in the broad church of the conservative party compromises are necessary for us church of the conservative party compromises are necessary for us to move compromises are necessary for us to move forward and compromises are necessary in the national interest. while i respect the views of anna soubry and her colleagues, i do not think all of what they have said is justified. in and working at the time andi justified. in and working at the time and i suspect today we will not get further resignations. maybe at the weekend, on sunday political programmes, that maybe the time when people feel they need to quit. next week we know we are getting another big brexit day on wednesday with

philip hammond talked about a digital tax of 2% say he was very softly softly, india on the other hands everybody else. the enforcement mechanism is the place of consumption. i think it is something other countries will welcome. they have been looking for a solution for a long time. this story will be of interest to anyone waking up particularly early, scientists say the brain function does differfrom scientists say the brain function does differ from those who naturally wa ke does differ from those who naturally wake early. i am surprised this is news. i have read a book going into great length about this. this study shows the same thing. light hours and larks are different in their approach and that raises imprecation about the working day and particularly about the school day. teenagers have a time schedule that isa teenagers have a time schedule that is a couple of hours different to paddles and the full the argument is that they should start school later andi that they should start school later and i can think of people in my house that would endorse that. and i can think of peopl

by braden cosmic defence secretary angered beijing and there were plans for trade talk between philip hammondvernment figures during the brief visit this week. our sugar trade minister has said his country is ready to sign a fast—track trade agreement. —— the australian trade minister. speaking come he poured cold water on britain cosmic ambition to join the trans—pacific partnership. cosmic ambition to join the tra ns—pacific partnership. the british government has reportedly decided that it can mitigate the risk arising from the use of huawei equipment and five labour network. that is according to the financial times which cited sources familiar with the conclusion of the uk national cybersecurity centre. such a decision would it be a serious blow to us efforts to persuade its allies to ban the chinese giant from high—speed telecom systems. now japan pass government has been encouraging more mothers to go back to work under a policy note as woman economics and that is led to higher demand for childcare facility. in the last instalment of our work life japan series, they visited one company

we will also be speaking to philip hammond, chancellor of the exchequer.ut also of course right at the core of the conservative party, what is happening? it is 17 minutes to seven. i tell you what we do know what is happening. it's getting warmer. we are at that point in february where it feels as if we are sneaking out of winter now, because it can be a really miserable month, can't it? it can be very dull, you are quite right, and in meteorological terms, the 1st of march we start classing as a spring, just so we have a standard and we can measure each year against each year. but this morning it is a mild start to the day if you haven't yet ventured out. it is quite cloudy as well and we have spots of rain in the western showers across east anglia, but it will brighten up as we go through the day, and temperatures could well reach 70 degrees. if we follow our air mass chart along, and the wind, the source of the air crossing our shores today is from the caribbean. we still have this southerly wind, but it is bringing in a fair bit of cloud as well. we ha

we are not quite sure how close philip hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer, is.nnot countenance and no deal brexit. it would be a risky strategy, to sack those cabinet ministers. who knows what the repercussions would be? she has no authority. where is their authority? well, that's true. what is more likely is that she will be forced to rule out a no deal brexit herself, to announce she will seek an inch and herself, if she is unable to pass a deal in this boat which is 110w pass a deal in this boat which is now going to take 17 days before brexit. which takes us to the front of the telegraph, talking about her own plans, possibly, to dele brexit. well, apparently, if some reason she gets a deal through on the 17th... she may have to anyway, because the timetable would be so tight. yes. it is the implementation act that has to go through the house of commons. she is talking about the 29th of march, that is still within grasp, but i think the grasp is... listening. so to speak. there is that aspect of it. there is also, strangely, in the telegraph's article, that

issue for the government in terms of the messenger because i remember it when the last budgets, philip hammond driverless cars and then changed at the last minute because he wanted to avoid the jokes. with the times they also had a story about social media executives possibly held personally liable for content that is harmful to children and vulnerable people in the wake of the death of molly russell who took her own life after seeing disturbing things on histograms and the suggestion that you run these companies you could be responsible yourself a people come to harm. this is a defining debate of ourtime, our to harm. this is a defining debate of our time, our platform such as facebook and twitter publishers as some who want to change the law on you or are they simply platforms to host individual‘s content that they are responsible for. they have a minister here, raising the possibility that some could face arrest and imprisonment. the test really is this tough rhetoric for friday? reflected with tough talk from ministers on social media in yea rs from ministers on social media in years but n

and the importance that philip hammond is keen to pursue a close economic relationship with china.ationship is worth around £60 billion a year and after brexit, when the uk is able to do more bilateral trade deals, the government will undoubtedly be looking to improve on that and build on that. but this episode demonstrates that it's going to be a particularly sensitive relationship and at times, a difficult one to handle. thousands of criminals in england and wales will be tagged with gps trackers, to allow authorities to constantly monitor their wherabouts. the current tags, which are worn by around 60,000 offenders, are only linked to a fixed address such as an offender's home, with alerts generated if they are not there at certain hours. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw reports. we have gps technology in our cars and smartphones. now it's being used to track the movements of offenders and suspects on bail. this is a demonstration of how satellite tags are fitted, using an expert who has helped set up the scheme. sending an alert if somebody does do an area they are ba

keeping an eye o on the valuluef the british pound trading strongerer after philip hammond suggesestedevised deal with the e.u. couould be possible. turning next to and a wherere te country's economic crisis meaeas manyny p people in b border tote giveven up using the lococ currencycy. the e colombian peso replaced it in everyday transactions. newhe peso has become the local currency. are opting for colombian banknotes instead of the bolivar, which has become next to worthless. in pesos, oranges sugar in pesos, glasses in pesos. amount to bolivar's just over one peso in columbia. as the severe economic crisis continues to grip venezuela, hyperinflation pushed up the prices of everyday items. a kilo of rice cost 220,000 boulevards, leavingg many ennis violent -- meaning many that -- meaning many venezuelans are going hungry. >> you can get flour, sugar, rice, oil. you cannot even buy a bag of rice. >> nicolas maduro's bids to bolster the economy has failed to slow down the economic freefall. for some, the worthless currency has other uses. across the border in columbia, this artist is t

lawmakers have criticized philip hammond. the u.k.greement to deliver a deal dividend for the economy mp said the damage and no deal should not be described in those terms. the company is getting ready for all brexit outcomes. are filing a few weeks worth of stock outside the u.k. valentines, -- produced in versa,and divide selling. francine: thank you so much. in itscame up short first earnings report since the arrest of donald good in november. the carmaker took an $83 million charge related to the conversation. it also forecast earnings to fall. to catchalways great up with you. how much does this have to do anymore?ot being there >> you can feel carlos ghosn's ghost in that room today as they spoke at length about turning the page and wanting to forge strong relations with the alliance partners moving on from the sag a, which is in its 86 day since carlos ghosn was detained in tokyo back on november 19. well.s headlines as a lot of media was here because of carlos ghosn's alleged lifestyle. his big marie antoinette themed wedding

the chancellor philip hammond said the slower growth was likely to continue this year because of thencertainty over brexit and a weaker global economy. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity explains. this telford manufacturer takes metal parts for everything from gateposts to lorries to streetlights and coats them in zinc. in 2018, as for many british companies, business was slower than it would have liked. 0rders started dropping in the spring and for the rest of the year, that got worse. as it became obvious the economy was slowing down, the pound dropped in value, meaning it needed more pounds to buy raw materials in dollars or euros. cost pressures for us in 2018 were mostly due to rising zinc costs. zinc is our largest raw material used within a factory and it used to coat all of our components. as a double whammy for our customers, with rising steel prices, this proved very difficult for us in 2018. we also experienced a high turnover of staff which has had a negative impact on our efficiency. manufacturing has often struggled when other sectors have done well. for most of th

it makes the budget very difficult for philip hammond because he was intending to have quite a positiveeresting remarks in terms of how we should interpret the economy. there was a piece by david davis for the times the last couple of days saying that it's the sterling takes a hammering, that might bea sterling takes a hammering, that might be a good thing because it will make our exports cheaper, at a time when we are trying to liberate ourselves from the shackles. obviously, it's a strategy that if you steer the economy towards that, the global britain's strategy. you steer the economy towards that, the global britain's strategym means tourist numbers soar because people go for the cheap pound. you can see where this spins out but at the same time, you look at the key figures, and given that brexit supporters and ministers alike point to business investment as a sign of british economic confidence, the sign any businesses opening up, it's a vote of confidence in brexit britain. investment 3.7% lower than in the same quarter last year, it is this showing a chill in the environment and

and hance our lethality and increase our mass the road deprives chancellor of the exchange or philip hammond of two memorandum of understanding he expected to finalize this week which would have provided some much needed good news as breck's it approaches the news comes a day after news that the continued tariffs on u.k. steel imports to the united states should not only be continued but increased at the behest of u.s. steel manufacturers not a good couple of trade related days for the u.k. . and we now get an update on the upstart tesla are they the safety of cars around as a company claims for more we go to los angeles and a touch of sweet. only at least ten level have flying cars but now it will be fifty and it will drive fifty it's coming into question just as the website describes its model acts as the safest quickest and most capable sport utility vehicle in history and with its falcon wing doors and its panoramic view going from zero to sixty mph in only two point nine seconds there's no question it's a highly desirable s.u.v. but this week a new jersey man says his mark carter says w

but first, the chancellor, philip hammond, has suggested that mps could get the chance to vote on theresa's brexit deal as early as next week. he said the timing of the so—called meaningful vote would depend on progress in talks that are taking place over the next few days. theresa may met the eu's jean—claude juncker on wednesday and said progress had been made on changes to the brexit deal. though mrjuncker‘s verdict on the meeting was less optimistic. in the commons, mps were told what would happen next. if the government has not secured a majority in this house in favour of a withdrawal agreement and a political declaration, the government will make a statement on tuesday the 26th of february and table an amendable motion relating to the statement and a minister will move that motion on wednesday the 27th of february, thereby enabling the house to vote on it and on any amendments to it on that day. mr speaker, it is absolutely unacceptable that the government has failed to effectively plan its brexit strategy of the last 2.5 years. the prime minister gave a speech in lancaster house o

here, there's been a boost for the chancellor, philip hammond, after the government recorded its biggestovernment spent. our economics correspondent dharshini david has been looking through the numbers. the chancellor has all of us to thank for his unexpected large windfall. january is typically a lucrative month for the government because of the self—assessment deadline. but this time, it earned a massive £21 billion from corporation tax and income tax alone injanuary. thanks in part to higher wages and profits. every year, the government spends hundreds of billions of pounds on public services and welfare. typically exceeding the amount of money it gets in, so across the year, it tends to run a shortfall, or a deficit, which it plugs by borrowing. and this is what's happened over the last two years. last year, the government managed to borrow less than expected. this year, it needs an even smaller amount. these higher tax receipts means the chancellor should easily meet his borrowing target of £25.5 billion. all of this is good news for the chancellor as we head towards the spring stat

the entirety of last year amounted to just one point four percent british treasury secretary philip hammond acknowledged the bad news with the expected understatement telling an inner and interviewer its guide network there is no doubt that the economy is being overshadowed by the uncertainty created by the bracts that process. and turning to the consequences of rex's abroad cambodia may be the latest nation to feel the after effects of the messy european breakup the u.k. reportedly buys nearly eight percent of all cambodian exports leading the world trade organization to were warned last week that a no deal so-called hard brecht that could erase a full percentage from cambodia's g.d.p. and more from household consumption meanwhile cambodia faces other potential headwinds from europe as the european union considers economic sanctions against the government of prime minister who in say over alleged political repression cambodia is among forty nine nations allowed preferential terms of trade under the e.u. so-called everything but arms or e.b.m. agreement in the event of a hard brecht that ca

there is an interesting line here that philip hammond and david liddington, theresa may's de fa cto davido lobbying theresa may to take no deal off the table, so it wouldn't just be amber rudd, david gauke and greg clark, it is sort of five of them describing it as a pincer movement. but if the strategy is to run down the clock, then taking no deal off the table, she isn't going to wa nt deal off the table, she isn't going to want to do that? it is a negotiating tactic. if you are talking about policy and politics, you take that off the table, because whichever way you look at it, it is a bad idea. i know that there are people who say it's not, but any expert will tell you that bad things will come down the line. in the long term it might be all ok, but you have to accept that in the short or medium term it will be a bad thing. but as a negotiating tactic, you've got to leave it there. you have to hope that your counterpart in those negotiations believes that you are willing to go that far. so many possible scenarios, including still conceivably another referendum, and the observer lead o

a planned visit by the chancellor, philip hammond, to china next week is no longer going ahead.er reports that the government in beijing was angered by a speech this week in which the defence secretary, gavin williamson, signalled the uk s intention to send an aircraft carrier to the pacific. a spokesman for the treasury said the visit was never confirmed or announced. nigeria's presidential elections have been postponed by a week, just hours before polls were due to open across the country. the independent national electoral commission blamed the delay on logistical difficulties, after reports of problems distributing voting material. 0ur correspondent tomi 0ladipo is in the capital abuja. what explanation was offered by the commission for this rather abrupt last—minute decision? commission for this rather abrupt last-minute decision? the commission gave this medal of the night statement and did not open the floor for any questions from journalists when they made the announcement. they said they had reviewed the operational and logistical processes and that it would not be feas

philip hammond must commit to billions in extra spending to end austerity, according to a warning fromes. it says an extra £5 billion a year is needed by 2023 to keep current spending commitments. mike ashley has withdrawn a bid to by the beleagured coffee and cake chain patisserie valerie out of administration. sports direct offered £15 million but was told by administrators that it wasn't enough. other companies, including costa coffee, are thought to be interested in the chain. let's return to our top business story today, and figures out that show the uk economy has hit the brakes harder than economists thought it would. growth over the quarter was weaker than the 0.3% anticipated. this is the only time since 2012 that services, construction and production all fell. output in the construction sector fell by 0.3% in the final quarter of last year. sarah mcmonagle is from the federation of master builders. hello to you. what kind of difference is this? from my reading it looks like construction fell off ofa it looks like construction fell off of a cliff compared to the previous three

but first — the chancellor, philip hammond, has suggested that mps could get the chance to vote on theresa's brexit deal as early as next week. he said the timing of the so—called meaningful vote would depend on progress in talks that are taking place over the next few days. theresa may met the eu's jean claude juncker on wednesday and said progress had been made on changes to the brexit deal. mrjuncker‘s verdict on the meeting was less optimistic. in the commons mps were told what would happen next. if the government has not secured a majority in this house in favour of a withdrawal agreement and a political declaration, the government will make a statement on tuesday the 26th of february and table an amendable motion relating to the statement and a minister will move that motion on wednesday the 27th of february, thereby enabling the house to vote on it and on any amendments to it on that day. mr speaker, it is absolutely un—acceptable that the government has failed to effectively plan its brexit strategy of the last two and a half years. the prime minister gave a speech in lancaster hou

a planned visit by the chancellor, philip hammond, to china next week is no longer going ahead.d by a speech this week in which the defence secretary, gavin williamson, signalled the uk s intention to send an aircraft carrier to the pacific. a spokesman for the treasury said the visit was never confirmed or announced. lady falkender, who was political secretary to the former prime minister harold wilson, has died at the age of 86. formerly known as marcia williams, she was a controversial and influentialfigure. she was the former labour prime minister's right—hand woman during his two periods in office during the 1960s and ‘70s, and was blamed by some for his controversial resignation honours list in 1976, a document which became known as the lavender list. the draft copy appeared in her handwriting on lavender notepaper. on the line is the former labour mp austin mitchell, who famously interviewed lady falkender from her bedside. thank you for being with us. pleasure. give us a sense of this woman, because she has passed into history. she was a very charming woman. i was got on

the chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond, says these figures show how important it is for the the context of a world economy saw a robust performance for the uk economy, which is all the more remarkable given the uncertainty around the bra kes given the uncertainty around the brakes process. sarah hewin says it is very difficult to pin down the fundamental reasons behind the slowdown. i think where you have a sustained trend in business investment which has been negative, then we can assume that that is reflecting the reality. as to other parts of the economy, consumers are holding up, government spending bounced back up again, exports were relatively weak, imports strong. i think there is too much going on at the moment to really be sure about what is happening fundamentally in the economy, but we do seem to have seen a slowdown, if you look at the annual growth data over the past couple of years. the prime minister will update mps tomorrow on the latest developments in the brexit process. meanwhile, theresa may has welcomed further talks with jeremy corbyn about labour‘s fiv

lawmakers have criticized philip hammond in a report on bottom budget. u.k. divorce dividend" fora " the economy but it was said the damages should be described in those terms. crashing out without a deal would be "disastrous." >> a no deal brexit would be like an atomic bomb for everybody. or the eu itself, it is something everyone dreads and nobody wants to go there. annabelle: global news 24 hours a day, on-air and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in .ore than 120 countries this is bloomberg. annabelle jewelers in hong kong, thank you for that. president trump sounded an optimistic tone on trade during a rally in texas. he saw a piece with annabelle. he told supporters he was going to make "great deals on trade." some of our guests warned the president's wins could -- whims could undermine rhetoric. >> the carrot is an eventually rollback of tariffs later. this steak is tariffs will be increased further if china doesn't stick to the deal. have purchase agreements, which are important byu.s.-china trade march 1, but to g

but then you have others, philip hammond, amber rudd, among them who are horrified about the prospects eu without a deal and would like to do anything they can to prevent it. but also as he was saying there, potentially warn people about the risks of it as they see it. the splits in the cabinet over brakes are nothing new, they have been there all along. theresa may has had to tread a fine line to keep her cabinet on board and as we know over the last month, several of them have resigned and whether in protest at her original plan thrashed out back in the summer last year at chequers are over the withdrawal agreement reached more recently. as we head into brexit they can but there is broad agreement in the cabinet that her deal can i buy this one major problem, one major point of the backed up, if the right way forward. but there are differences of opinion about where the focus should be. i think if this reporting is correct, then the prime minister is expressing a bit of frustration about the number of cat administers talking about any potential delay to brexit. that is one bit a poli