union, the biggest in the world. the huge question is, what will brexit bring? this morning, the tradef the customs union. we want to look at all the different things. it's not binary. i hear people talking about hard brexit and soft brexit as if it is a boiled egg we are talking about. it is a little more complex. turkey is in part of the customs union but not other parts. we need to look at the cost. the customs union includes all 28 eu nations but also turkey, monaco, san marino and andorra. and all can trade freely with each other. but they must impose the same tariffs on goods from nations outside the customs union. they are also barred from doing bilateral trade deals with other countries. that is why the trade secretary would like a half way house. so he's got something to do, and the government has many choices to make. the uk could stay in the single market, but that would mean continued free movement of people and the oversight of eu law. we might only remain in the customs union. or the biggest change, the uk leaves the lot and trades with eu on world trade organisation term

should trade union powers be curbed?tite in parliament and public to do something. we fully respect the right to strike but it needs to be proportional and i believe they have been abusing the power as trade unions and some steps are needed. 2016 has seen a jump in the number of working days lost to strikes. at 300,000, it is up 50% on the previous year. but compared to the 70s and 80s, strikes are at historically low levels. we are talking about a tiny number of disputes that we hope can be resolved. what do you say to members of the public who see these strikes and think, what are the unions playing at? i feel enormous sympathy for the public and i really regret the disruption, as do the unions, who feel they have no alternative but to take this last resort. dozens of city centre post offices were closed today including this one in glasgow, but the vast majority remained open and the action is set to continue until christmas eve. iamjoined by i am joined by the director of the industrial relations research unit at warw

union, the biggest in the world. the huge question is, what will brexit bring? this morning, the tradecould remain partial members of the customs' union. i hear people talking about hard brexit and soft brexit as if it is a boiled egg we are talking about. it is a little more complex. turkey is in part of the customs' union but not other parts. we need to look at the cost. the customs' union includes all 28 eu nations at but also turkey, monaco, san marino and andorra. all can trade freely with each other. but they must impose the same tariffs on good outside the customs' union. they are also barred from doing bilateral trade deals that other countries. that is why the trade secretary would like a half way house, but there will be trade—offs. the former chancellor, now free to speak without a government script urged ministers to be careful. we should do this on the basis of a hard—headed assessment on what is in our national and economic interests. yes, it is true that the grass may be greener outside of those arrangements, and we may be able to conduct new free trade deals with austra

we are a trade union.e fighting the unsafe practice, the unsafe introduction of driver operation, since february. the first i heard about a lot of these actions is in the newspapers when they got published, so we are not about trying to bring a trotskyite conspiracy to bring down the government. we are here to try and make sure that we have a save railway. that is our priority and thatis railway. that is our priority and that is why we are conducting a strike this week, to ensure the safety of passengers. that is our first and only objective. but the president of the rmt is quoted in one of the papers today from a speech in brighton in september saying, any trade unionist with any sense would want to bring down this bloody working—class hating tory government. why would he say that if there isn't some kind of effort to dojust that? there isn't some kind of effort to do just that? i am there isn't some kind of effort to dojust that? i am not interested in what is said that fringe political meetings. but tha

should trade union powers be curbed ? a8—hour walk—out. should trade union powers be curbed?and public to do something. we fully respect the right to strike but it needs to be proportional and i believe they have been abusing the power as trade unions and some steps are needed. 2016 has seen a jump are needed. 2016 has seen ajump in the number of working days lost to strike. at 300,000, it is up 50% on the previous year. but compared to the previous year. but compared to the 70s and 80s, strikes are at historically low levels. we are talking about a tiny number of disputes that we hope can be resolved. what do you say to members of the public who see these strikes and think, what are the unions playing at? i feel enormous sympathy for the public and i really regret the disruption, as do the unions, who feel they have no alternative but to take this last resort. dozens of city centre post offices were closed today including this one in glasgow, but the vast majority remained open and the action is set to continue until christmas eve. the head of the international monetary fund

our focus is in negotiating with a big block of the european union to get a trade agreement done. going to be in the back of the queue. bad for the economy. negotiations on new arrangements with the european union and other trading partners could, in our view, take years. which would be bad for your wallet, even when it came to holidays. it is just not as easy to fly across europe as it is today if you leave the eu. a message spelt out in a government leaflet sent to every single household. politically, the remain campaign was made up of blue, red, yellow, and green. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, tended to stick to his own script. i believe we have to vote to remain in order to defend investment, jobs, workers‘ rights and defend our environment. he left much of his side's campaigning to alan johnson. but vote leave had its own large red vehicle, let's call it the borisjohnson fun bus. cheering. the uk asparagus will be just as delicious. vote leave! sold! yes, that is him auctioning a cow. two questions. firstly, where are your wellies? there's hardly any muck. his message was

should trade union powers be curbed? public to do something. we fully respect the right to strike but it needs to be proportional and i believe they have been abusing the power as trade unions and some steps are needed. 2016 has seen a jump in the number of working days lost to strike. at 300,000, it is up 50% on the previous year. but compared to the 70s and 80s, strikes are at historically low levels. we are talking about a tiny number of disputes that we hope can be resolved. what do you say to members of the public who see these strikes and think, what are the unions playing at? i feel enormous sympathy for the public and i really regret the disruption, as do the unions, who feel they have no alternative but to take this last resort. dozens of city centre post offices were closed today including this one in glasgow, but the vast majority remained open and the action is set to continue until christmas eve. john moylan, bbc news. cluster bombs made in the united kingdom were used by saudi forces in yemen earlier this y

more than that, there is a worry it could sour the atmosphere between the trade unions and employers, the government has only just passed get a resolution. and the government has onlyjust passed fresh anti—strike laws which are meant to come into force next year. but there is another reason, and it is our old friend brexit. you may wonder what has brussels got to do with christmas chaos? the reason is theresa may knows she is going to need all her strength and energy for the political and parliamentary tussles ahead over brexit. she absolutely does not want to get sucked into a fist fight with the trade unions and the labour movement. so the view in downing street is negotiation not legislation and confrontation is the way to get this sorted. norman smith in westminster, thank you. there've been chaotic scenes at the northern ireland assembly as politicians from most of the main political parties walked out of stormont. the first minister, arlene foster, had been about to make a statement over a controversial green energy scheme. but under norther ireland's rules, she's never allowed

international trade secretary liam fox has refused to rule out britain remaining a member of the european customs' unionh could limit free trade deals after brexit. he told the bbc‘s andrew marr he was "instinctively a free trader" and he would have his say in the cabinet. here is our political correspondent, mark lobel. british businesses approach the end of year with element of doubt hanging over future customs arrangements, such as whether a new trade deal will bring less bureaucracy, or more, to our borders. speaking to the bbc this morning, the international trade secretary left open the possibility that we could remain a part of the eu customs union. we need to look at all the options, all the possible... including staying in the customs union? the reason i asked, and in a non—confrontational way, if we stay inside the customs union, we cannot do the type of deals that your department was set up to create and, therefore, there is no need for liam fox. there would be limitations, in terms of tariff setting, which would limit what kind of deals you can do. that is quite correct. the customs union in

it has talked about a trade union act, and whether strike action would be ruled out as a result of thatabsolutely scandalous that they are exploiting the misery that they are exploiting the misery that has been foisted upon the people to rationalise and justified even considering steps of that nature. it is a free country where people have got to have the ability to move their labour should they wish, andi to move their labour should they wish, and i think people should really be concerned about statements such as that from the government. looking at the figures on the numbers of days lost through strike action, they are up this year compared with 2015, but down dramatically from 2014. 300,000 this year, 750,000 a couple of years ago. how do you see things unfolding, because we are seeing obviously a lot of different actions happening all at once in the run—up to christmas. it is my to sit and look at that and see the discontent out there and the number of strike days increasing, could that happen in the new year? other people taking industrial action will be doing this relu cta ntly a

our focus is in negotiating with a big block of the european union to get a trade agreement done. ng to be in the back of the queue. bad for the economy. negotiations on new arrangements with the european union and other trading partners could, in our view, take years. which would be bad for your wallet, even when it came to holidays. it is just not as easy to fly across europe as it is today if you leave the eu. a message spelt out in a government leaflet sent to every single household. politically, the remain campaign was made up of blue, red, yellow, and green. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, tended to stick to his own script. i believe we have to vote to remain in order to defend investment, jobs, workers‘ rights and defend our environment. he left much of his side's campaigning to alan johnson. but vote leave had its own large red vehicle, let's call it the borisjohnson fun bus. cheering. the uk asparagus will be just as delicious. vote leave! sold! yes, that is him auctioning a cow. two questions. firstly, where are your wellies? there's hardly any muck. his message was sum

according to the unite trade union, 4,500 workers employed on so—called mixed fleet contracts, who haveher staff. talks at britain's industrial conciliation service, acas, have led to a revised offer, which will be put to a ballot of union members. the airline says it welcomes the move. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcaaron. i will be back to have a look at the papers from around the world. people sleeping rough are 17 times more likely to be a victim of crime than members of the public. that is according to homeless charity crisis. they also found 80%% of homeless people are regularly attacked and abused, some even urinated on. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has more. london commuter trains provided a place of safety and shelter for one man who was homeless for five years. he would sleep on the carriages heading in and out of the city. he became frightened of the streets after being the subject of an unprovoked attack one night. after being the subject of an unprovoked attack one nightlj after being the subject of a

our focus is in negotiating with a big block of the european union to get a trade agreement done. e in the back of the queue. bad for the economy. negotiations on new arrangements with the european union and other trading partners could, in our view, take years. which would be bad for your wallet, even when it came to holidays. it is just not as easy to fly across europe as it is today if you leave the eu. a message spelt out in a government leaflet sent to every single household. politically, the remain campaign was made up of blue, red, yellow, and green. although labour's leader, jeremy corbyn, tended to stick to his own script. i believe we have to vote to remain in order to defend investment, jobs, workers‘ rights and defend our environment. he left much of his side's campaigning to alan johnson. vote leave had its own large, red vehicle, let's call it the borisjohnson fun bus. cheering. the uk's asparagus will be just as delicious. vote leave! going, going, gone. sold! yes, that is him auctioning a cow. two questions. firstly, where are your wellies? there's hardly any muck.

it's saying it wants to remain a part of the european union or at least its trade union to avoid what it calls a national disaster. the plans are expected to outline new and substantial powers for the devolved parliament. >>> and there will be no immediate hiring plans, but a fading attractiveness to invest. those are findings from the new cb ireport post-brexit. the survey of 353 companies shows half of the respondents think that britain would be a much less appealing place to do business in five years' time. but over 40%, they said, they would be growing the workforce through 2017. >>> and this year has been a profitable one for short sellers according to ihs market. that said, there were still wild stock swings coupled with the u.s. election to force short-sellers to rethink their strategy in north america. this is on people's minds with the average of shortage in the ftse is at a two-year high. the analyst at ihs market is with us. simon, good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you for coming in to talk to us. so talk to us a little bit about some of the trends you're seeing with

our focus is on negotiating with the big block of the european union to get a trade agreement done andnd for the economy. negotiations on new arrangements with the european union and other trading partners could, in our view, ta ke yea rs. trading partners could, in our view, take years. which would be bad for your wallet, even when it came to holidays. it is just your wallet, even when it came to holidays. it isjust not as easy to fly across europe as it is today if you leave the eu. a message spelled—out in a government leaflet sent to every single household. politically these remain campaign was made up of blue, red, yellow and green —— the remain. although labour leaderjeremy corbyn tended to stick to his own script. i believe we have to his own script. i believe we have to vote to remain in order to defend investment, defend jobs, to vote to remain in order to defend investment, defendjobs, defend workers' rights and defend our environment. he left much of his side's campaigning to alanjohnston. vote leave had its own large, red vehicle. let's call it the boris johnson fun bus. uk

we need to, in my view, we need to grow the trade union movement in america. we need to make it easier for workers to be able to enjoy in collective bargaining and where trump is saying is exactly the opposite. >> yeah, you know, the point you made about how valiantly chuck has fought for those folkses in those factories, i mean, you know him. i think you -- the two of you had breakfast on election day. >> that's right. >> you've been pretty invested in the carrier factory. >> right. >> in many ways, the reason it was a story, i believe you said, was because of the leadership of chuck jones. >> right. no, chuck has done a great job and i think what mr. trump has responded to is the very correct and truthful assertions that chuck jones has made and that is, yes, good news, some jobs were saved at carrier. we're all happy about that. bad news is that more than half of the jobs are still going to be outsourced to monterey, mexico mexico, where people are paid 3 bucks an hour. despite the promise he would save all of the jobs. trump told us he was going to stand u

union. as the leader of the house himself said in february, everything we take for granted, trade without customs checks, paperwork at national frontier would all be up in the air. it is massive what is at risk. on this side we agree with him, we couldn't agree with him more. can he put it beyond doubt right now today, tell us does the government want the uk to stay in the customs union? >> the honorable lady and i both argued passionately for the course of the referendum. what separates us now is i am part of a conservative government which is working together to respect the democratic purpose. [shouting] >> the prosperity and security of the united kingdom from those negotiations whereas the honorable lady even just two months ago was telling us she wanted to go back to the british people in some way, needs to decide whether she exits the democratic verdict or not. >> of course we accept the democratic decision. of course we do. the difference between our side of the house and that side is we want to leave the european union on behalf of 100%, the whole of this nation. we need to have a straigh

be meeting with a trade union to avoid a strike. genie: the french defense minister is in australia, where he will sign what is called the contract of the century. >> that's right. he is in the country to sign a multibillion euro deal for 12 state-of-the-art submarines. officials in france expect a 3000 to 4000 group of direct and indirect jobs. the french submarines will power the largest defense procurement in australia's history. >> the future submarine program is the largest french procurement program in french history, and is one of the most complex. the minister's visit to australia demonstrates the long-term commitment of the french government that the highest levels. to delivering australia's futures. genie: thank you so much for that look at today's business news. it is time for the press review. we have dheepthika laurent with us today. u.s. of the papers in the are talking about donald trump who today will officially be elected president of the united states printed ticket so -- did ticket so -- isdealer tour college plan

he is fighting for the heart of the socialist party with traditionally the trade unions and you will a the people who are more on the left of the party. emanuel, is it he does run, is more of a send terrorist. e is ready to -- he is a centrist. he wanted to change the look of the party. he said the word socialist should be dropped. he is not talking about that anymore at this people. t that tells you the direction he wanted to go.. the primary is at the end of january. so we have two months debate that. you have to keep in mind that he is ready to go. they have been united and h hav no in-fighting. whoever runs for the socialist party is going to have a heart time this year no matter what. but maybe it is the right time to have a discussion about what the party is and what its future might be. >> will they be able to recover head of the vote next april? >> well, you have some commentators tonight suguggesti that it is going to be extremely tough to recover not only because of the tone that francois hollande set for the presidency. he was very much criticized for not being enough of a

so it's not reasonable or proportionate and they are abusing their powers as a trade union to call strikespeak to the unions later and we have spoken to them through this dispute, what they are clear on, it's about safety as far as they are concerned. that isjust as they are concerned. that isjust a facade. 1.5 million trains have run in the last five years with driver operated doors with no fatalities, every single underground train in london runs with driver operated doors safely, a third of all the uk surface trains run using this system. the truth came out yesterday when sean hoyle, the president of the rmt, was quoted and uncovered by the sunday times as saying his real objective is, and these are his words, to bring down these are his words, to bring down the government, and he went on to say he wanted to try to replace the capitalist system with a socialist system. so sean hoyle, the president of the rmt, in his own words has admitted what his real objectives are. we have spoken to the unions and they say striking is a last resort and this is an ongoing dispute with the company they

you, and the director of franchise for the department for transport said he would take on the trade unionst of his industry. if you have any questions about what is going on politically, you should ask chris grayling, the secretary of state, via his director of franchise was seeking to have a bust up with unions when all we are trying to do is keep second safety critical person and every train. that is an interview for another time. we've got you here today from the rmt. are you saying, then, that your union is the rmt. are you saying, then, that yourunion is in the rmt. are you saying, then, that your union is in no way involved in a coordinated effort and would not wa nt to a coordinated effort and would not want to see this conservative government brought down by your actions? most definitely, we are not doing any coordinated action. if people want rid of government, they do it through the ballot box. we are in an dispute about getting their second safety critical guard on the train. we have real serious concerns, safety concerns, about that, and that is our priority. we wa nt to that,

we had a trade union act introduced just the other year. ministers actually had to water down some of those measures. and there is nothing about further tighter curbs in the conservative ma nifesto. tighter curbs in the conservative manifesto. when you put all of that together, my sense is that, even though there was political unhappiness, there isn't really the wa nt unhappiness, there isn't really the want in government to push ahead. however, chris phelps, who is commuters are affected by southern rail, he is pushing for new industrial legislation. —— chris philp. changes need to be proportionate. what is happening on southern, where 300,000 people are unable to get to work, unable to the theirfamilies for the unable to get to work, unable to the their families for the better part ofa their families for the better part of a month, simply over who presses the button to open and close the doors is not reasonable and is not proportionate. chris grayling says he wants to look at possible options once this dispute is over. the truth is that fo

but the trade union the prison 0fficers' association says it could all happen again.waleside last night, we believe could happen at any number of prisons up and down the country at this minute in time. but swaleside is a particularly tough prison to work at. the staff recruitment and retention there has been poor. in the last few years, they've lost lots of experienced staff there and new recruits haven't wanted to stick the job out, due to the toxic nature of the job. and this seems to be becoming a more familiar picture. it's the fourth major incident at an english jail injust four months. on october the 29th, there was a disturbance in lewes, which lasted six hours. and just one day later, there was a riot in bedford, involving up to 200 inmates. and last month, specialist riot squads were deployed to hmp birmingham, to a disturbance involving hundreds of prisoners. it is not shocking. the last two yea rs we have it is not shocking. the last two years we have seen increases in self harm, suicide, prison deaths, murder. this isjust an harm, suicide, prison deaths, m

my friend the defense secretary has been in contact with awb and the trade unions. they are viewing other developments to see what might be done. >> and is a whole house will join me in sending their heartfelt constituent -- the man who took his own life when he tried to sign on to the job center. shortly before taking his own life, he told his mom, the way they treat people, there is no wonder you would commit suicide. will the leader of the house undertake a review into this individual case and stop the brutal welfare reform and look at the way the u.k. is treating its most vulnerable? mr. speaker, can i express underserved since before the family. come and a family should have to go through that kind of shocking experience. clearly, any human being in any sometimes maken decisions that get things wrong. departmentthe work to take a look at the particular case she has described. i have to say to her the principal remains right. while staff should always behaved with courtesy, it is also right that we should expect people who are receiving benefits to be subject to

this is a former miner and trade union leader. for him, paul robeson is a leader.ething. not only a voice but a way of speaking about half of his people, and that stayed with me for many years. mining has now largely disappeared from the valleys of south wales, but that connection between the people of these communities and the son of a slave who became a lawyer, a civil rights activist and one of the most famous actors of his generation endures. # let it be known as two be proud valley was made in 1940, but paul robeson's connection to wales dates back to the 1920s when he met a group of miners who walked from south wales to london to draw attention to the hardship they enjoyed. the first time, he saw the miners‘ struggle was similar to his own for rights. my warmest greetings to the people of my beloved wales. in1957, to the people of my beloved wales. in 1957, paul robeson was banned from travelling. he addressed a group of miners from a secret studio. thousands gathered to hear him sing at the miners‘ area. studio. thousands gathered to hear him sing at the min

the defense secretary has been in close contact be awe throughout the process and also met the trade unions and he has now carefully considering recent developments to see what else might be done. >> the interest in after saying that me felt looking for work and seeking an apprenticeship. shortly before taking his own life, he told his mom, it's no surprise people commit suicide. will the leader of the house undertake a review into this individual case, but will he also undertake take stock of six years of brutal welfare and look at the way treats more most vulnerable situation. >> mr. speaker, can i first, also, express unreserved sympathy for the family of david brown. no family should have to go through that kind of shocking experience. now, clearly human beings in any -- to take decisions to get things wrong, and i will ask the department to have a look at the particular case that she has described. kind of disciplines that apply to work in work even if they are on low play, there is a principle that lies a behind the approach that dwp takes. thank you, mr. speaker. applaud for governme

the defense secretary has been in close contact be awe throughout the process and also met the trade unions and he has now carefully considering recent developments to see what else might be done. >> the interest in after saying that me felt looking for work and seeking an apprenticeship. shortly before taking his own life, he told his mom, it's no surprise people commit suicide. will the leader of the house undertake a review into this individual case, but will he also undertake take stock of six years of brutal welfare and look at the way treats more most vulnerable situation. >> mr. speaker, can i first, also, express unreserved sympathy for the family of david brown. no family should have to go through that kind of shocking experience. now, clearly human beings in any -- to take decisions to get things wrong, and i will ask the department to have a look at the particular case that she has described. kind of disciplines that apply to work in work even if they are on low play, there is a principle that lies a behind the approach that dwp takes. thank you, mr. speaker. applaud for governme

because they're union, strong europe, for trade. e, for trade. because they're republicans coming up because they're republicans coming up all the time. —— because there are problems coming up all the time. why would russia backed a loser? all this talk about russia supporting right—wing movements in europe, it has got nothing to do with the real politics of what is going on. they are supporting... they're very keen to get turkey onside to pull turkey away from the nato ‘s beer of influence and to get a foothold. our door one is going in the russian direction and becoming less interested in human rights, more dictatorial, displaying into putin's hands. do you believe that russian things that a nato member would become a close friend of moscow? they are behaving as if they do. i think it is more tactical. erica —— erdogan. taking a step forward, taking a step back and confusing their allies in the region and that has been one of the issues. iran had a better year than arab allies because at the sport iran there was much more policy. t

ivor england is a former miner and trade union leader. for him, robeson is a personal hero. but a way of speaking on behalf of his people, and that stayed with me for very many years. mining has now largely disappeared from the valleys of south wales, but that connection between the people of these communities and the son of a slave who became a lawyer, a civil—rights activist who became a lawyer, and one of the most famous actors of his generation endures. # let it be known... # steady, mate, steady! the proud valley was made in 1940, but paul robeson's connection to wales dates back to the 1920s, when he met a group of miners who walked from south wales to london to draw attention to the hardship they endured. for the first time, he saw the miners‘ struggle was similar to his own struggle for civil rights. my warmest greetings to the people of my beloved wales... in 1957, robeson was banned from travelling. he addressed a group of miners from a secret studio. thousands gathered to hear him sing at the miners‘ eisteddfod in porthcawl. former mp hywel francis was there. it w

imagine a trade union movement with a completely different strategic idea from what it has typically been. unions have tytypically been organizations who make it possible for workers, instead of bargaining individually with the employer, to get particularr conditions of work. the union bargains for t the workers collectively. collective bargaining. and so it enters into a negotiation with an employer to get a contract that covers all the workers in a workplace. what unions do. and they try to get better wages than the workers have been able to get, better working conditions, and so forth. well, imagine now the following: the union sits down and bargains for the workers, but it doesn't just say, "hey, we would like higher wages or better working conditions, and if you don't do that, we may strike" and all the usual that i think you understand. but now they have a new weapon, a new chip, if you might say, to play. "if you don't come to a reasoonable agreement with us abouout wages or w working conditions, we have another plan. we may withdraw the workers from your plant and set up our o

if you look at western europe where the political parties had a mass base, either in the trade unions or the small businesses. as soon as the parties start to lose their mass base, they increasingly tried to use their parliamentary benefits to give a welfare system. that seems to be a bad system. a system that locks in the parties just at the point that they've lost mass support. so i like the idea of providing the university of the channels. but to make them able to engage and to get support. so if you long , that's chasing yesterday's technology with today's methods. leave aside whether it is the exact right way to do it. you look at countries like brazil or argentina or mexico, and they -- or spain. they apportion tv time, depending upon your success in your last elections. and then there's a lottery system for additional slots so new parties, new entries can come in so it is not just a freeze-out. i like the idea of funding being tied to small donations. that's a way of rewarding or incentivizing. where do you want the money to go? that's a separate question from how much? if ther

there is only one body responsible for the current strike that will frighten the trade union and she should be standing up in condemning that site. [cheers and applause] >> hugos squier. >> the 1.5 billion additional funding for the better care find better care fund is both needed and welcome. the problem is this money is not available in 2019. will my right honorable friend there for a look at seen whether this funding can they draw down earlier than that in order to alleviate the pressure on social care in areas where there's a very high level of elderly people. >> my right honorable friend raises an important point about the short-term pressures on social care. that said the government has been looking at what measures can be taken to immediate short-term pressures. as i say the secretary will be making a statement on the finance element tomorrow. we need to look at the medium-term issues have delivered medium-term issues that delivered him a long-term reassurance we can provide people and ensuring they have a sustainable system of social care that gives people the comfort of know

. >> reporter: north america's building trade unions wants to get to the bottom of this offering now a $100,000 reward for any viable information. in maryland, delia gonclaves, wusa 9. >> a company spokesperson went onto say in a statement, quote, nothing less than the safest work environment for anyone acceptable end quote. anyone with information urged to call is calvert county sheriff's office. >>> so we are learning more about the suspect arrested in connection with the killing of 16-year-old breanna mcmillian. charging documents show that 30-year-old sead evans has a lengthy criminal records. he assaulted an officer and drove under the influence in 2004. he surrendered last week. of him firing a weapon outside the housing complex where she was killed last friday. >>> tracking metro tonight and some newly released documents shed new light on last july's derailment at east falls church. these documents from the national transportation safety board show that metro knew about potentially dangerous track conditions long before the derailment. oversight. in a statement metro said it's

the trades union has increased the reward to $250,000 for any member that provides information leading to whoever is responsible. >>> if you want your cards and gifts to reach their destinations in time before christmas, here are two deadlines you have to know about. the u.s. postal service deadline for the standard shipments is today. today, people. saturday will be the final day for fed ex ground delivery shipments. look for that complete list of deadlines on our nbc washington app. got to hurry up. get those packages out. >> that's right. tomorrow is national ugly christmas sweater day. we made this thing a national thing. >> there's a national day for everything at this rate fand if you do have extra sweaters to spare, take a look. tipsy elves brings you the most expensive ugly christmas sweater ever. this is made with more than 24,000 individually placed crystals and took 52 hours to create. you're asking the same question i'm asking. how much does it cost? $30,000. you could buy a car for the cost of this sweater. >> this is what i don't like about this. this was started -- its o

house and i can assure the honorable lady, she asked specifically about single market and trading with the european union. we are ambitious in getting the best possible deals for trading with an operating within the single european market. the announcement of 500 pounds, and infrastructure of england. this, the m 55 is still not assured. the prime minister do everything she can to assure the local project for jobs and employment is delivered? -- is delivered? >> can i commend him for his hard work he has put in in relation to this project. there is some insignificance from the developer and my honorable friend has been waiting with the developer on this particular issue. it is being actively considered. behonorable friend will meeting my right honorable friend this afternoon to discuss this in more details. thank you mr. speaker. can i join the prime minister in wishing everyone a very happy saint andrew's day, wherever they are celebrating all around the world. last week, the abject failure of this strategy. economic growth was revised down. business investment was revised down. --rowing and debt revise

but the trade union the prison officers' association says it could all happen again.e believe could happen at any number of prisons up and down the country at this minute in time. but swaleside is a particularly tough prison to work at. the staff recruitment and retention there has been poor. in the last few years, they've lost lots of experienced staff there and new recruits haven't wanted to stick the job out, due to the toxic nature of the job. and this seems to be becoming a more familiar picture. it's the fourth major incident at an english jail injust four months. on october the 29th, there was a disturbance in lewes, which lasted six hours. and just one day later, there was a riot in bedford, involving up to 200 inmates. and last month, specialist riot squads were deployed to hmp birmingham, to a disturbance involving hundreds of prisoners. it is not unusual. reform is desperately necessary. the government says the challenges in prisons are long—standing and will not be solved overnight, but the justice secretary is committed to making sure prisons are stable a

mentioned when i began, already has the support of some of the strongest grassroots organizations and trade unions in this country, and we have the support of many, many progressive elected officials, but we have something even more important than all of that. right now, we had to support of 600,000 men and women in every state in this country who have signed petitions to demand and urge that keith ellison become the next chair of the democratic party. 600,000 people. goal together, and i urge all of you who are watching this livestream to get involved in this process. let us take that 600,000 number and make it a million americans who want keith as our next chairman. please get your friends and coworkers involved. please go to our revolution.com and get your friends to sign up. brothers and sisters, we are in a perilous and momentous moment in american history. you all know that. and we are going to need a political party that has the guts to stand with working families, has the guts to take on the big money interests who control, to a large degree, our economic and political life. it is my great

partners, will my friend make clear that whatever deal we strike with the european union, we will be offering free trade, and can she ask then why anybody is considering reimbursement in particular article 35 joins the european union to contribute to free and fair trade. >> my honorable friend raises a very important point which is that this is about getting a good trade relationship with the european union which is in their interest as well as in our interest, and so there are lots of references made to the process in relation to trade, actually what we want to focus on is the outcome which is the best possible deal in terms of trading with an operation within the european union. >> britain has opposed strengthening trade measures and has walked without action which has crippled the industry for steel. would people be right to think that when this prime minister takes control of british trade deals by british workers in british industry will be more exposed than ever before. >> the trade and arrangements that have been in place have had a significant impact on the issue of dumping of steel. we have tak

surely honorable lady she asking specifically about the issue of the single market and trading with the european union and i have been very clear we're ambitious in getting the best possible deal in trading with and operating within the single european market. >> we have 556 million homes for infrastructure in the north of england but despite this, the m-55 is still not that. and can she do everything she can to ensure this vital of a project for jobs and it's delivered without further delay. >> prime minister. >> i commend my friend for the hard work he has put in. there is to be a significant sum of funding from a developer and my friend has been working with the developer and the counsel on this particular issue will be meeting this afternoon to discuss this in more detail. >> thank you mr. speaker. can i join the prime minister in wishing everyone a very happy st. andrews day wherefore they're celebrating it all around the world. last week mr. speaker the statement revealed the abject failure of this governments economic strategy. economic growth was revised down. wage growth was revised down. bor

some of the country's biggest trade unions are involved in disputes overjobs, pay, pensions and safetyidents moved out on dozens of buses last night. thousands more are waiting to leave the city amid dire conditions. a group of mp‘s has called for more to be done to reduce what it calls the "unacceptable" rate of suicide in england. it says support needs to be more accessible to those at risk. and the hollywood actress and socialite zsa zsa gabor, has died at the age of 99. famous for her celebrity lifestyle, she was married nine times. andy murray has won sports personality for the third time and has vowed to continue improving. he received more than double the amount of votes than second placed triathlete alistair brownlee. nick skelton came third. and the bbc sports personality of the year 2016 is andy murray! applause it was an ovation that echoed all the way to florida where at his training base in miami, andy murray receiving that famous trophy from lennox lewis. he got twice as many votes as the other nominees, no thanks to wife. i've got a bit of a bone to pick with my wife bec