and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers sam lister from the express and0. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. high pressure means a largely dry but rather a chilly start to the new working week with a touch of frost in place. however, a frontal system up to the northwest will eventually change things for some as we head on up through monday. but the morning starts off rather on a chilly note. temperature is down around freezing even a touch below first on. not as cold in the far south with some extra cloud, not as cold in the far west either. in the cloud in the west will roll its way eastwards through the day introducing rain into northern england, wales, the southwest. especially around the coast and over the hills the sunshine through the afternoon across eastern counties of england and perhaps some parts of northeast scotland. windy, but trickly up towards the northwest. those are the average speeds. the gusts could touch 60 mph for the western isles. turning milder from the west. it will be a bit of a struggle with those temperature

with me arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator for the independent and sam lister deputy politicaltor at the daily express. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. "ministers agree a covid christmas plan" is the headline in the independent ahead of borisjohnson making an announcement to the house of commons tomorrow. the paper also warns of one million nhs operations being delayed. as nhs operations being delayed. hospitals fight to c( covid—19. as hospitals fight to contain covid—19. the times reports how the prime minister is to ease lockdown with a christmas shopping spree. the metro has "bubbles with the baubles" and says christmas lockdown rules will be eased to allow some families to mix during the festive season. "families can meet up for christmas" says the i, with an agreement between number ten and the devolved nations meaning people will be allowed to travel across the uk. the daily express has "it's official, christmas is saved! the guardian says the pm will promise mass testing in areas with the highest infection rates to head off a tory revolt over covid—19 restrict

with me arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator for the independent, and sam lister, deputy politicalss. tomorrow's front pages... "ministers agree a covid christmas plan" is the headline in the independent ahead of borisjohnson making an announcement in the house of commons tomorrow. the paper also warns of one million nhs operations being delayed. the metro has "bubbles with the baubles" and says christmas lockdown rules will be eased to allow some families to mix during the festive season. "families can meet up for christmas" says the i, with an agreement between number ten and the devolved nations meaning people will be allowed to travel across the uk. the daily express has "it's official: christmas is saved!" the telegraph reports that self—isolation will no longer be required for contacts of positive covid cases under new government plans. the financial times take is how the chancellor will fund schools and police in last hurrah before taxes rise. the daily mail says it's exposed a shocking waste of £5.6 billion we will start with the front of the metro. a smiling rishi sunak..

and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers john rentoul and sam lister — stayor that. good evening. families will be allowed to celebrate christmas together in what the government is calling a ‘limited and cautious‘ way. the prime minister and the leaders of the devolved nations are finalising the details of a joint approach, allowing different households to travel and meet — but how many, and for how long is still being discussed. england is still to emerge from lockdown on december 2nd, and will then face a tougher tiered system of restrictions. our deputy political editor vicki young spoke to me a little earlier and explained that the four nations of the uk are trying to work together to coordinate restrictions over christmas. they want it to be a four nation approach. lots of people will be going to all parts of the united kingdom, so, of course, it's much easier, given there has been a lot of complaints from people about the confusion about all these rules, if they can at least try and adopt something together. now, i think they have, today, obviously, sai

guests joining me tonight are john rentoul, chief political commentator for the independent and sam lister at the daily express. i hope you'll stay us for that on abc news. —— bbc news. —— bbc news. chancellor rishi sunak is set to announce an extra £3 billion of funding for the nhs next week, but has warned of tough times ahead for the economy. despite the boost to the health service, due to be pledged in the spending review on wednesday, today the chancellor said the impact of coronavirus on the economy must eventually be paid for. public sector debt currently stands at over £2 trillion. the chancellor told andrew marr that the high level of spending was justified. now is the right time to focus on responding to the crisis, and that means, yes, we will be borrowing, quite frankly, an enormous sum this year to help us do that, but that is the right thing to do for the long—term health of the economy and public finances. and we are doing that to protect people's jobs, their livelihoods, support businesses, as we've talked about, but also provide the funds necessary to fight coronavirus, an