within minutes, mps had approved a budget and tracy crouch had left the government. from labor's carolyn harris who broke news of her resignation. can the chancellor confirm to the house that this is the first time a member of the government has resigned during the votes on a budget as a direct result of the chancellor's of policy? thank you. that may not be the end of the story. labor will try to get cross party support to force a vote on the policy in the weeks to come. now, how prepared are we for brexit? it's currently the most asked question by mps on a variety of select committees. it's fair to say that quest for answers is having a mixed success rate, immigration minister had a bruising encounter with the home affairs committee on tuesday, they're trying to find out whether employers will have to check the immigration status at eu migrants if there is a no—deal brexit. i'm still struggling to understand this time next year as opposed to five years' time, but this time next year, will there be any change as to who has a right to work here or not? yeah, because

but the comments failed to convince tracy crouch, who then left the government.did go on to approve the budget after a four—day long debate. among the speakers on the closing date, some big beasts on the politicaljungle. 0ne conservative former chancellor struck a cautious note about optimistic economic forecast. personally, i never spent the money in the forecast because all economic forecasting at any time is extremely fallable and extremely difficult and i don't think i know a time when it is more impossible than now. it is a positive step that the government has lifted the local authority cap and indeed that they are providing money to housing associations to build. the government says that the measure on council house will mean that 10,000 council homes are built each year and housing association measure will build 13,000 over three years. but the question at the heart of any analysis of this budget on housing is that enough? and i want to argue that is not nearly enough! the assumption in the treasury forecast is that the government lands a deal, notjust a

but tracy crouch remained unconvinced, handing in her letter of resignation to downing street this afternoon over to westminster and get the latest on this, from our political correspondent, chris mason. she said politicians come and go, so how much does the going of this one matter do you think chris? here we have something that is a straightforward resignation on a matter of principle, regularly the likes of conversations like ministers who have been forced to resign because of this and all that, this is simply a disagreement between a minister who is absolutely passionate about a particular issue, and a government that is committed to delivering on the principle of this big reduction in the amount they can be staked on these betting terminals, but was not quite as keen on doing it as quickly as tracy and a good number of other mps were themselves. now the intriguing thing here politically is that the conventional wisdom of westminster this afternoon has not been a good couple of years for conventional wisdom in politics was that the government would climb down before tracy crouch resigned

the row over high street betting machines — after sports minister tracy crouch resigns, the governmentstake from £100 to £2. it might be breakfast in the uk, but the night is only getting started here in memphis, tennessee. i'm live in the birthplace of rock ‘n' roll. but you'll find little harmony ahead of next week's crucial mid term elections. the rise of energy debt. three million households now owe money to their gas and electric providers — a jump by almost a quarter in just one year.

the former sports minister, tracy crouch, had resigned over the delay, which was until the autumn ofll happen next april. here's simon gompertz. roulette and other casino games offering a frightening scope to lose money. in just a ten—month period, more than 200,000 sessions led to losses of £1000 — hence the clamp—down. but at the beginning of this month, the sports minister, tracey crouch, resigned, saying the government wasn't moving fast enough and she's gathered support from dozens of fellow tories. they have caused endless harm, terrible damage to families. the first indication of a climb—down came at prime minister's questions today. i know gambling addiction can devastate lives, so our priority is making sure that this change delivers the results we all want to see. we are listening to the concerns being raised by colleagues. then, this afternoon, the about—turn on the timing of the tougher regime. i hope, through my resignation, i have given a voice to many people who felt they were not being heard about the harms of these machines, and, ultimately, at the end of the day, we

and you do wonder when the minister of sport tracy crouch who resigned because of the government's attitude be brought back into government. would you like seeing that? i personally would. for the moment, that is it. thank you, david davies and sebastian payne. we'll be back with much more for the paper is at half past 11. don't forget you can see the front pages of the newspapers online on our website, all there for you seven days a week. if you missed the programme and evening you can see it later on the bbci player. thanks again david and sebastian. until later on, we will see later. goodbye for now. hello. a day with a cold wind, not a huge amount of sunshine, wet weather in the form of waning, some sleet and snow, the higher up you went as well, so some of the fleet is mixed in with the showers reaching parts of wales today. not much sunshine, a sky at times in highland scotland, the western isles fared quite well again but that's what weather continuing overnight. showers running into southeast england across northern england, longer spells of wet weather north east england into easte

but tracy crouch remained unconvinced, handing in her letter of resignation to downing street this afternoonll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are asa bennett, the brexit editor at the daily telegraph, and jack blanchard, who's editor at the politico london playbook. an investigation is being launched by the national crime agency into the prominent businessman arron banks and his leave dot eu campaign for alleged offences committed in the eu referendum. mr banks was referred to the nca by the elections watchdog which suspects that £8 million given to the campaign had come from what it called "impermissible sources". arron banks has welcomed the investigation and said he never received any foreign funding during the campaign. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. we have had many investigations and many questions about where that money came from, the largest donation in british political history. the commission in charge of the referendum rules suspects mr bank

tracy crouch resigned. she welcomed the decision. the government made the right decision.se it was proven that players of these machines have the highest rates of problem gambling and 32% of players are considered at harm. the review also found that those who are unemployed are more likely to most often stake £100 than any other socio—economic group. after her resignation, ministers agreed to bring in the maximum stake from £100 to £2. the government has organised a significant odd that fixed terminal betting can levy on individuals. the mental distress that the gambler can cause to the friends and family. this is why the government decided, having listened to the campaigning voices outside of parliament and a number of determined colleagues in this house, who i will return to in a moment, to cap the maximum stake of b2 machine games at £2. another campaigner against them said ministers should learn lessons. that the power of the backbenches cannot be ignored, that this house is fortunate to have so many members across all benches who are prepared to put principle before b

the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby called tracy crouch's decision to quit, principal and courageousfollowed the announcement of the chancellor philip hammond, last monday that the switch from a maximum of £100 staked to a maximum £2 stake would not come in until october next year. the chancellor was asked about the issue at the treasury committee. why is this change to the maximum stake not coming in until october 2019? willjust be clear, october 2019 will represent a period of 12 months from the budget statement. but not from the impact assessment, that will be may 2019 which is the nine to 12 month point. we have engaged with the industry and the decision was made to go to two pounds. there was a great deal of debate, and those who felt that the stake needed to be reduced to the level which effectively would eliminate these machines, and i have absolutely no love for these machines, i think they are terrible things, but government has to manage this process in an orderly sensible way. we are looking at a measure which will have very significant impact on the industry, the industry

outrage from those who campaigned hard for the change and the resignation of the sports minister tracy crouchut down an amendment for the finance bill to try to bring the reduction in sooner. a former conservative leader pressed theresa may over the plan. it's the reality now that we have put down an amendment, that the government will exceed, and we will get the process started on the 1st of april next year. i recognise the strength of feeling on this issue, i know gambling addiction can devastate lives. 0ur priority is to deliver the results we want to see, we're listening to the concerns being raised, and if my right honourable friend will have a little patience, i can tell him that the culture secretary will set out details further today. and sure enough, just before 3pm, the culture secretary, who the eagle—eyed spotted just at the end of that theresa may clip, put out a statement, saying the reduction would come in april next year, six months earlier than planned. now a no—deal brexit could mean a step back on security arrangements with british police officers losing access to informati

i know from speaking to tracy crouch she feels extremely strongly about issue, she was passionate aboutnd she is spending the rest of the day considering whether resign over the issue. considering whether resign over the issue. divers from the indonesian navy have recovered the black box data recorder from the lion air plane which plunged into the sea on monday. the find could be critical in establishing why the jet — which was brand new — crashed as it did so soon after take off, killing all 189 people on board. shareholders in patisserie valerie have voted to approve an emergency plan to save the coffee and cake shop from going bust. the future of 200 stores and 2600 workers were thrown into doubt last month when a £20 million black hole was discovered in its finances. the company's finance director was arrested and released on bail. the serious fraud office is conducting an investigation. well, our business editor, simon jack, is here. shareholders approving it, did they have any choice? no, they did not have any choice? no, they did not have any choice? no, they did not have a choic

the former sports minister, tracy crouch, had resigned over the delay, which was until the autumn of0 to £2, will happen next april. here's simon gompertz. roulette and other casino games offering a frightening scope to lose money. in just a ten—month period, more than 200,000 sessions led to losses of £1000 — hence the clamp—down. but at the beginning of this month, the sports minister, tracey crouch, resigned, saying the government wasn't moving fast enough and she's gathered support from dozens of fellow tories. they have caused endless harm, terrible damage to families. the first indication of a climb—down came at prime minister's questions today. i know gambling addiction can devastate lives, so our priority is making sure that this change delivers the results we all want to see. we are listening to the concerns being raised by colleagues. then, this afternoon, the about—turn on the timing of the tougher regime. i hope, through my resignation, i have given a voice to many people who felt they were not being heard about the harms of these machines, and, ultimately, at the end of

the row over high street betting machines — after sports minister tracy crouch resigns, the governmentends its timetable for cutting the maximum stake from £100 to £2. it might be breakfast in the uk, but the night is only getting started here in memphis, tennessee. i'm live in the birthplace of rock ‘n‘ roll. but you'll find little harmony ahead of next week's crucial mid term elections. the rise of energy debt. three million households now owe money to their gas and electric providers — a jump by almost a quarter in just one year. brilliant biles makes history at the gymnastics world championships. simone has become the first woman to win four all—around titles. it's her 12th world gold overall. it's friday, 2nd november. our top story: the uk is experiencing more extreme weather, according to a new study by the met office. it says when comparing the last ten years to the previous 30, the hottest days have become hotter, while the coldest days are not as cold as they were. with the details, here's our news correspondent ben ando. who can forget the long, hot summer of 2018? well, get

that is right, we understand tracy crouch spoke to the chief whip and she is said to be very angry asthe government has said today that actually there was never any set date put down for this change, taking down that maximum stake from £100 to £2. tracey crouch is not alone from conservative mps, as well as labourmps, alone from conservative mps, as well as labour mps, saying this is a moral issue. it is destroying lives, it isa moral issue. it is destroying lives, it is a problem because it targets some of the most vulnerable in society. that is why mps feel so strongly about it and so strongly they think this change should be brought in as soon as possible, next april. all data has been speculation whether she would resign or at the government would roll back. the end of the budget debate, this is what was said by iain duncan smith, one of those who thinks the change should come earlier and the response from the government ministerlj think this is a good budget. i will be supporting it tonight enthusiastically. however, there is an issue of the start time, starting date, freddie fix

it could mean that the minister who has been overseeing that change, tracy crouch, is still having toof sunshine, although that sunshine will slowly turn hazy as high cloud spills in from the west, but for most of us, through daylight hours, it's going to be a dry day with a gentle breeze and after that cold start, temperatures recovering to between nine and 12 celsius. the breeze will be picking up as well but if you have firework display plans tomorrow evening, away from here, it should be dry and just a gentle breeze but those winds will be picking up further overnight, all tied in with this area of low pressure. it was hurricane oscar, no longer a hurricane but it will bring some strong winds, particularly to northern ireland, today at five: the national crime agency is to investigate alleged offences relating to campaign spending during the eu referendum. ukip donor arron banks was amongst those referred to the agency by the electoral commission — which suspects that money given to the campaign had come from impermissible sources. they should use all of their powers to investigat

tracy crouch, thank you very much forjoining us from westminster.the agreement are. although they have not been confirmed. the plan involves keeping the uk as a whole aligned with the eu customs union for a limited time. this would avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, which has been one of the most contentious issues in the negotiations and is known as the ‘backstop‘ plan. but it‘s believed that northern ireland would remain in a deeper relationship with the eu and abide by some additional rules and regulations. under the plan, an independent committee of uk, eu and external members would be set up to review ending this arrangement, this backstop, but the uk would have no unilateral right to leave it. that‘s what we think we know so far. with me now is the liberal democrat mp christine jardine. nice to see you. this is a moment of history. we have a cabinet meeting at the moment, it may not go the prime minister‘s way. if she does, she comes to this place. what should happen they are? we should vote to put the de