vicki young in liverpool. a man has been arrested at buckingham palace.is, i'm joned by our news correspondent simonjones. hejoins us now. simon, what is happening today? this happened at about a quarter to one this afternoon of the visitors entrance of buckingham palace. —— house. a 30—year—old man was stopped by security staff of the palace. —— 38—year—old man. i understand he is to go through security scanners like the one you see at airport or at public entrances. the police arrived at around one o'clock and the man was this —— arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm, namely a taser stu n possessing a firearm, namely a taser stun gun. he's been taken to a police station in central and for questioning by police are stressing to us that they are not treating this as a terror incident. they say it was all resolved fairly calmly once the man had gone through this security scanner. now, we know at the moment that the queen was not in residence at buckingham palace. she is currently still on her summer break at bellmore in scotland. but the security i

joining me now from liverpool is our chief political correspondent vicki young. vicki.is dominating the political world, but i think labour will want to talk about other things too, particularly policies they thought were pretty popular during the general election, such as the renationalisation of the railways, but there is no doubt that internal wrangling over the power of members to deselect mps and issues over brexit, of course, will come to the forefront as well. let's discuss this a little more. i am joined with a member of labour's treasury team. first of all, you have been at the women's conference, which started today, jeremy corbyn and others talking about how equality should be detesta ble talking about how equality should be detestable policies. how easy is that to do in practice? —— should be the test of all policies. first of all, we said we need to look at the impact of policies on women and men, people with disabilities, people from different ethnic minority backgrounds, and when you don't do that, don't even publish that information or think about it, yo

vicki young in liverpool. a man has been arrested at buckingham palace.monjones. what has happened today was the man who is been arrested is 38 years old. we understand he was first detained by security staff at 12:47pm this afternoon at a visitors entrance to buckingham palace. and i understand he was. >> went to the security then the police were called and they arrived at around one o'clock and they arrested him on suspicion of possessing a firearm a toews her son gone. he is being taken to a police station in london we're not sure which one. —— a taster. they do not believe that this was terror related. and i understand this was all dealt with pretty calmly initially by the security officers at buckingham palace and the police when they arrived. the queen was not at buckingham palace at the time. she was on a break at balmoral in scotland. there have been attempts to breach security before buckingham palace to breach security before buckingham pa la ce eve n to breach security before buckingham palace even though it is very heavy presence. it is a high

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.secretary, borisjohnson, and his wife, marina wheeler, are divorcing. the couple are believed to have separated some months ago. they've been married since 1993 and have four children together. after more than a week of fierce fighting between rival factions in libya, a fragile ceasefire brokered by the un appears to be holding. seven years ago, rebel groups, backed by a military coalition which included britain, toppled the dictator muammar gaddafi. since then, there's been political and military chaos. one result has been a huge surge in african migrants using the country as a route to europe. the latest violence between rival militias erupted around the capital, tripoli. the bbc has the only international news team there and we can speak to clive myrie. clive? jane, i have been in libya 110w clive? jane, i have been in libya now for close to a week. and i tell you, i have lost count of the number of people i've spoken to who have asked a simple question, why, why is this country sti

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.ighting between rival factions in libya, a fragile ceasefire brokered by the un appears to be holding. seven years ago, rebel groups, backed by a military coalition which included britain, toppled the dictator muammar gaddafi. since then, there's been political and military chaos. one result has been a huge surge in african migrants using the country as a route to europe. the latest violence between rival militias erupted around the capital tripoli. the bbc has the only international news team there — here's clive myrie. we're entering a nervous city. only now after a week of fighting and three ceasefires do we think it's safe to enter tripoli. along this same road seven days ago, fighters from armed groups based outside the capital breached the city walls. but rival factions inside tripoli were ready for the fight. the battles left scores dead, including civilians, and forced thousands to flee their homes. darkness provided no respite. the battles are over for now, but the scars linge

thank you, vicki young. tv company, comcast, is set to take over the broadcaster sky. it follows a dramatic final auction against rupert murdoch's 21st century fox company. in buying sky for £30 billion, comcast will have access to 23 million new subscribers. our business editor simon jack is here. it's a massive deal, more media consolidation. two heavyweights of the media world slugging it out and comcast delivered at knockout blow, 10% more than 20th century fox, backed by disney, offered. the prize, 23 million customers around europe, 10 million in the uk. comcast has a dwindling market share at home so it gets diversification. disney was hoping to add a distribution system for its own original content, things like star wars, the avengers, the simpsons and x—men, why are all these mega deals happening? people like netflix and amazon are gaining millions of customers around the world, sky customers around the world, sky customers may notice very little at first. both companies said they would back sky new

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.home in los angeles after an apparent drug overdose. the 26—year—old, who's real name is malcolm mccormick, previously dated pop singer, ariana grande. he shared the stage with her at the one love for manchester concert last year. fans and fellow musicians have been paying tribute to the rapper on social media. he had just released a new album and was due to start touring later this month. earlier i spoke to bbc radio ixtra dj semtex who was one of the first djs to interview mac miller in the uk. yeah. i mean, being a hip—hop dj, i always look for the hottest new artist and the greatest music. it was six or seven years ago i came across him. when he came to the uk for his first ever show i made sure i got one of the first interviews with him. he was a really cool guy, an amazing artist. he had a lot of fans out there. yeah, something that has been coming out in the tributes in what fans have been saying, and also what people like salonge and chance the rapper is how kind he was. he was

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.s around the world. now, for the first time, there's going to be an attempt to get into the middle of the pacific ocean to try to clean it. in the biggest operation of its kind, a huge plastic—collection system will be towed out from california tomorrow. 0ur science editor david shukman explains. in san francisco, final construction of a massive project with an incredibly bold ambition. to try to clear the oceans of plastic waste. this animation shows how the huge structure is meant to collect millions of pieces of plastic to make them easier to get rid of. sights like this have shocked people around the world. images of the damage to wildlife have inspired this effort to clean up. if we don't do it now all this plastic will start breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces, and the smaller the pieces are the more harmful and harder to extract from the marine environment. so we feel there is a sense of urgency. there is plastic waste in every ocean around the world but this is the fi

vicki young, many thanks, our chief political correspondent.cretary, boris johnson, has announced that he and his wife marina wheeler are divorcing. the couple said they had separated several months ago. they've been married since 1993 and have four children together. russia poses a "real and active threat" to the uk, according to the head of the gchq intelligence agency. jeremy fleming has called on the international community to reject what he called moscow's "brazen determination" to undermine the rules—based order of the world. it follows the naming of two members of russian military intelligence as the suspects in the salisbury poisoning attack. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here. we have been hearing more from moscow on this this morning. yeah, there's an ongoing cold war of words between british officials and diplomats and russian officials and diplomats. at her foreign ministry briefing this morning, the foreign ministry spokesman in moscow, maria za kha rova, ministry spokesman in moscow, maria zakharova, said every

vicki young, reports from liverpool. from liverpool. a call from outside this conference that will be echoed by many inside. some labour mps and unions are putting pressure on the labour leadership to change its approach to brexit and back the people's vote campaign for a new referendum. arriving in liverpool, the shadow chancellor said the government was falling apart and it was time for labour to step in. we have to respect the referendum result, that's democracy. i want a general election, i'd rather have a general election. we're not taking the people's vote off the table, it's an option we'll consider. but i want a general election. i want the government held to account for what they've done over the last two years. activists here are gearing up for what is likely to be a lively argument. i'm not sure about the idea of a second referendum. i think it's so unlikely that we'd get one. we need to make sure that labour stands for a referendum on the final deal. it's really important that we make sure that brexit doesn't

our chief political correspondent vicki young, is at the labour party conference in liverpool, and hasthe reaction to events today. it's interesting this week, labour will want to show themselves as a government in waiting. they are talking about wanting a general election and that's quite hard for the opposition to achieve under the parliamentary rules, it would require conservatives to vote for it so require conservatives to vote for it so labour can call for it as much as they like but there aren't many people who think it's very likely to happen. nevertheless they'll bring forward various policies, today talking about extra taxes on those with second homes in order to help local people with the cost of housing and friends, talking too about putting workers on the boards of companies, so lots of ideas running out here, it's difficult to get away from the issue of brexit. it's dominating the political landscape so much that people do wa nt to landscape so much that people do want to know what labour's position is. there's a certain amount of concentration here on internal party matte

thank you, vicki young in liverpool. let's assess some of that and the specifics. always say the devil is in the detail, and how much detail did we get in this speech? not a lot in terms of figures. the 400,000 new jobs in green technology was about the only number in his speech but i think, economically, you can see a real radicalism, actually a radicalism that was in their 2017 ma nifesto radicalism that was in their 2017 manifesto last year, where they did the costing, so they've certainly done some work on those. two challenges forjeremy corbyn here. firstly, can these policies engage with the real world? there is an old military adage that strategy always fails at the first contact with the enemy. so, ifjeremy corbyn was prime minister and started putting in nationalisation, 10% of all shares for listed companies should be given to workers, new childcare policies, which would be expensive, the greenjobs policies, which would be expensive, the green jobs revolution, policies, which would be expensive, the greenjobs revolution, all of those have costs attached.

around the country. in it's handling of the uk's withdrawal from the eu. 0ur political correspondent vicki youngm liverpool. stop bre so xit! stop brexit! a call from outside this conference that will be echoed by many inside. campaign for a new referendum. labour to step in. we have to respect the referendum result, that's democracy. i want a general election, i'd rather have a general election. an option we'll consider. but i want a general election. over the last two years. to be a lively argument. i'm not sure about the idea of a second referendum. i think it's so unlikely that we'd get one. a referendum on the final deal. hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in the country. because where we're going now is total chaos. for some, though, labour's brexit policy is unclear. what their view is. i certainly don't. these past few months. but it is going to have to come up with answers itself. is keeping the option of another referendum open. to provide more clarity. policy deliberately vague, to mask divisions in his party. like a government in waiting. that left at least 29 people dead. wh

vicki young is in liverpool, let's have a look inside the hall, tell us what is at stake here.mingly, so i am pretty sure it has happened. in some ways, the result of that was never in doubt. you know, this is a compromise really that was hammered out behind—the—scenes, and they came forward with what is known as a compper site motion, —— composite motion, a mixture of all the different things people want to say about brexit. i have it in front of me, there are a lot of words here but it is quite interesting, it talks about labour mps, they must vote against any tory deal failing to meet their six tests, which we had about earlier, and that a no—deal brexit must be rejected. it also says should parliament vote down a brexit deal, all the talks end in no deal, they want an immediate general election. we have discussed that, quite hard for the opposition to achieve that, and they say if we cannot get a general election, labour must support all options remaining on the table, including campaigning for a public vote. but this doesn't do, what they have just voted on and approved, i

it's11am, i'm vicki young live from the university of salford.inister has strongly defended her approach to brexit, saying mps will have to choose between her plan, or no deal at all. in an interview with the bbc‘s panorama programme, due to be broadcast tonight, theresa may is also sharply critical of proposals for the irish border, put forward by some who want a clean break with the eu. across the course of the day here in salford, we'll be gauging the views of local people and the business community — asking whether they feel prepared for brexit. and all day i'll be joined by our panel of experts looking at what's being decided and still needs to be thrashed out with the eu. but first let's get this report from our political correspondent — chris mason... you know how it is. "your call is important to us," and all that guff, and then you are kept waiting. thank you. hold music plays. hello, jean—claude. hello. i'm very well, thank you. i hope you managed to have a good summer break. the brexit negotiations as you've never seen them before. the

vicki young, thank you very much, vicki young in westminster. you're watching afternoon live.nues at the old bailey. and m—sport the world anti—doping agency has lifted its three—year ban on the russian anti—doping agency even though they have compromised on a number of issues following revelations of state—sponsored doping —— in sport. gloucester fly— half doping —— in sport. gloucester fly—half danny cipriani has been left out of the latest england rugby union squad. the head coach eddie jones say he has been omitted for purely rugby reasons. world heavyweight champion anthony joshua promised to deliver a performance in his title fight against the russian alexander povetkin. wembley is expected to be a sell out on saturday night. i'm going to be back in about 15 minutes with a full round—up. let's get more on one of our headline stories. "nobody took charge" when new rail timetables were introduced in may, leading to weeks of chaos and thousands of services being cancelled. that's the finding of the office of rail and road who say network rail, the two train companies involv

studio: vicki young there. behind schedule, we will ring that speech when we get it. speech when we get are doing some work with the halo trust, speaking at the moment. halo trust, speaking at the moment. i said at the top of the hour, europe have one the ryder cup. europe have one the ryder cup. bubba watson in his match, which came to an end. came to an end. wrapping up with plenty to spare. plenty to spare. already in two generations of that. to officials there. to the city of palu — which was badly hit. trapped in the rubble of buildings. the 7. waves as high as six metres. from above, the true impact of this earthquake starts to become clear. homes crumpled and swept away, a bridge collapsed and submerged. this was a shopping centre, now buckled and bent. this woman and her daughters were inside when the earthquake hit. started falling around us. with all my daughters and we made it to the outside and we were safe. the earthquake also triggered a tsunami. where hundreds of people had gathered for a beach festival. and damaged communications networks. the airport has now reopened. s

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at salford university for us.ecretary borisjohnson has warned that mrs may‘s approach to the border question could lead to brexit being what he called a "total write—off". our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. a brief moment of semi—relaxation for the prime minister and her husband at chequers, her country retreat. yes, that‘s the very place where the cabinet, or most of it, agreed a proposal to put to the eu on our future relationship. in case you wondered, they‘re watching the chase, a game show which requires teamwork if you‘re to outwit a wily opponent and come away better off. but where there‘s also a very high risk of walking away with nothing. but it was another game show she was channelling in her panorama interview — deal or no deal. i believe we‘ll get a good deal, we‘ll bring that back from the eu negotiations, and put that to parliament. i think the alternative to that will be not having a deal. naturally, that hasn‘t gone down well with opponents of brexit, who want a new referendum. i th

well, our chief political correspondent vicki young spoke to kevin maguire from the daily mirror, anduthority in his speech. i think it's because he's an unchallenged leader, theresa may will not be like that next week at the conservative party conference. but it is a bold pitch to present himself as the new political mainstream, presenting his common sense socialism as radicalism, that's reasonable. but he is tapping into a public mood for change, and there is a vacuum from the government at the moment, which is consumed totally by brexit. nationalizing rail, power, water, mail is popular. building houses is popular. tackling inequality is popular. ending homelessness is popular. it is whether he can deliver and push through because he has to win those voters who might be unpersuaded about him and the party, those who are in the mainstream. but i think if you follow that speech through, there was a coherence there that has been lacking in some of his previous speeches. i've been in the room for pretty much every single one of jeremy corbyn's conferences, and this one was actually str

vicki young, thank you.inquests into the deaths of the five people killed in the westminster bridge attack in march last year, has described how the lives of many were "torn apart". the attacker, khalid masood, raced his car along the pavement, driving into pedestrians before jumping out and stabbing to death pc keith palmer outside parliament. at the start of the inquest proceedings, a minute's silence was observed for the victims, who were british, american and romanian. 0ur correspondent helena lee reports from the old bailey. westminster bridge, nearly a year and a half ago, an attack which the chief coroner said tore apart the lives of many by high and terrible drama. today the inquest began into those who died, giving families a chance to tell the hearing about them, who they were and what they meant to their relatives. kurt cochran was on holiday here. yesterday would have been his 56th birthday. a statement read out on behalf of his wife melissa said, "i was so lucky to have had 25 wonderful years wi

now back to vicky young in salford.m a political research group, the institute for government, has warned that — deal or no deal — the government is running out of time to implement a successful brexit. and the report — comissioned by bbc news — warns that the proposed transition period could be too short to finalise a future trade agreement. 0ur reality check correspondent, chris morris has more. the road to brexit. remainers want to slam the brakes on, but for the government the biggest challenge — deal or no deal? either way, according to a new report, time is running short to implement a successful brexit. when it comes to no—deal plans, ministers say they are "far advanced", but the institute for government, an independent think—tank, says the government has left its no—deal preparations too late to help many businesses. they've used a traffic light system to assess progress. only one policy area, eu programmes and funds, is green. nine others are given a red light, suggesting the government won't be able to avoid

vicky young, thank you very much indeed.ion. it will be interesting to hear what donald trump has got to say, especially after his remarks to the general assembly yesterday, where he condemned iran's leaders in particular, accusing them of sowing chaos, death and destruction and calling on the world to isolate iran. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is at the united nations, and shejoins me now. donald trump, not a great fan of the un and yesterday they laughed at him, which didn't n am a hymn to the united nations any more? yes, the world will be watching today. first of all, what he says and what is a highly scripted session at the un security council. the most important political body of the un. president trump isa political body of the un. president trump is a leader who was known to like to go off script. but this is the president who has made america first, the dominant ideology coming out of his administration but this global body is supposed to be about working together. this session is about a pres

iam i am vicki young in liverpool where there is no agreement over whether there is no agreement overr another referendum. a man has been arrested at buckingham palace on suspicion of possession of a taser. following eu leaders' rejection of theresa may's chequers plan last

here's our chief political correspondent vicki young.nd a guaranteed rapturous reception forjeremy corbyn. his grassroots supporters propelled him to the top of the party and new rules could soon be agreed that give them more power in the future. but on brexit, is mr corbyn listening to labour members? we will challenge this government on whatever deal it brings back, on our six tests, onjobs, on living standards, on environmental protection and protection of those jobs and the ability of an incoming labour government to invest and intervene in an economy, to bring about decent wages, jobs and full employment! if in power, labour says its brexit position would be to ask brussels for full access to the single market. they want the uk to be in a customs union with eu. but labour says it wants to manage migration fairly with a flexible work visa system. stop brexit! labour's been accused of keeping its brexit policy deliberately vague to mask divisions in the party. especially on whether to back another referendum, a so—called people's vote

i'm vicki young. the headlines at 103m: tropical storm florence continues to better the us east coast with high winds and rain — as weather forecasters warn of life—threatening flash floods. today we're getting reports that people are trapped inside their houses because of the high flood waters. five people are known to have died, among them a mother and baby. hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. on the other side of the world, the strongest typhoon so far this year has been battering the northern phillipines with violent winds and 20—foot storm surges. two people have died. also coming up this hour: an overhaul of divorce law. ministers set out plans for no fault—divorce, removing the need to allege blame. and coming up on the travel show in half an hour — seeing the world bit by bit. is cryptocurrency the new traveller's friend? the travel show goes down under to find out. five people are known to have died in the us as tropical storm florence, with warnings of catastrophic flooding in

vicky young is mingling in the crowds. you are there with some delegates.t was a great reception in the hall. let's find out what people thought. great reception in the hall. let's find out what people thoughtm great reception in the hall. let's find out what people thought. it was really charismatic. he touched on everything that people wanted to hear. he said what people wanted to hear. he said what people wanted to hear. people were pleased to get it because once he said it he will have to stand by as word. how you ready for a general election? yes. everybody is ready for a general election. if we don't get a proper except from brexit he will demand a general election and i think most labour party members are ready for it. let's find out over here, what did you make of the speech?” thought it was wonderful. just what we wa nted thought it was wonderful. just what we wanted to hear. it was a fantastic speech. we are really pleased to hear we are going to recognise the palestinian state as soofi as recognise the palestinian state as soon as labour gets int

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is at the labour party conference in us now. vicki. i think it is interesting this week, labour will want to show themselves as a government in waiting and talking the course of wanting a general election. and as thatis wanting a general election. and as that is hard for the opposition to retrieve under the parliamentary rule that would require conservatives to go for. they can call fort but there are not many people think that is what happened. they're going to talk about taxes and those with second homes to help people on the cost of housing and rent and talking about putting workers on the board of copies. a lot of ideas coming out here but it is difficult to get away from that issue of brexit, dominating the political landscape so much that people want to know what labour's position is. there's also a certain amount of concentration here on internal intraparty amount of concentration here on internal intra party matters. amount of concentration here on internal intraparty matters. lots of talks on rules, particularly

let's go now to vicky young. michel barnier‘s intervention make much of a difference in terms of getting closer together? i'm not sure it does. we've immediately had reaction from an important group in the house of commons, the dup. they are important because they represent a large chunk of northern ireland, and they prop up of northern ireland, and they prop up the prime minister. it's the only reason she is able to govern, because she has the support of their mps in parliament. they have reacted today, as you might expect, by not welcoming this at all. they don't put much whilst all by what michel barnier has said. the backstop being insisted upon by the eu still means a border down the irish sea, although a different kind of checks. they say that with theresa may and the labour party saying before, no british prime minister could accept that. although it sounds like a small change, basically, they are saying, we still need checks, you can do them yourselves. it doesn't look like that's going to be a laugh. it'

secretaryjeremy hunt and the international trade secretary liam fox. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki youngng to a former cabinet minister, justine greening. already there has been a lot of talk about brexiteer with the prime minister's interview this morning and jeremy hunt is talking about it as well. many wondering how the party ca n as well. many wondering how the party can move on to talk about other things. let's discuss this with justin other things. let's discuss this withjustin greening. it's quite a challenge. what should the party be doing? i think we need to realise that for most people brexit is not what is going to be impacting their day—to—day lives. we need to talk about the day in and day out. i am here to talk about social mobility and the fact that we don't have equal opportunities. people want to see real change on the ground sue —— to make they have the opportunities they want for their family. how concerned are you about the labour agenda, jeremy corbyn, either positives you can see there? are they appealing to people in a different way to the conservatives? i grew dif

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is at the labour party conference in you heard from len mccluskey their committee was also at a fringe meeting later on and he was talking about the heated issue of reselection or deselection of mps. this is the idea that if the local labour party doesn't like what their mp has been saying, they don't automatically get to stand again at the general election, they can get rid of them. so there has been a move to try to get there were that make it easier for local parties to get rid of their mp if they don't like what they've been saying was that there is no total agreement over that but len mccluskey had something interesting to say on that subject, too. i believe there are certain mps within our party who are almost asking to be deselected all stop they really don't want... applause they really don't want to be part of this exciting transformation that is taking place. all my life i've sort of government that would bring about the irreversible shift in the balance of power in favour of working people. we now have an oppo

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who is at the labour party conference innow. we do heara we do hear a lot about the conservatives and their split over europe and brexit butjeremy corbyn has a europe and brexit butjeremy corbyn hasa similar europe and brexit butjeremy corbyn has a similar issue, particularly this idea of a second vote, another referendum. he knows that there were millions of labour voters who voted to leave and he doesn't want to be seenin to leave and he doesn't want to be seen in some way not respecting the result of the referendum, and that's why we ended up with len mccluskey say dolan saying today that remain should not be an option if that vote would happen. i'm joined should not be an option if that vote would happen. i'mjoined by mp should not be an option if that vote would happen. i'm joined by mp chris leslie, you've just been would happen. i'm joined by mp chris leslie, you'vejust been part would happen. i'm joined by mp chris leslie, you've just been part of the so—called people'svote, mccluskey has a point, doesn't he? if you

vicki young's report contains flash photography. is british politics in need of a face—lift? a decisive election victory, he sasteremy corbyn doesn't have a broad enough appeal for this kind of win. and moderate centre ground mps have lost control of the labour party. i'm not sure it's possible to take it back. in a lot of people associated with me feel like the labour party is lost. an visiting a museum in leicester today the labour leader insisted he is the one in tune with voters. his campaign for an equal society has a mainstream message. tony blair should recognise that membership is much bigger than it's ever been. bigger than it's been in my lifetime. well over half a million people. after the general election we set out what our aspirations are to the people of this country. the liberal democrat leader thinks millions of voters feel homeless, today he offered them a roof over their head, saying he would open up the party to outsiders who share his liberal values. it's a mass movement, the voice on the inside, in our parliamentary parties. he even suggested that the li

let's get the latest now from liverpool with our chief political correspondent vicki young.n a strong reaction to that speech from keir starmer. those who voted for brexit are in the minority here, but there has been a statement from the labour leave group saying, that would happen if there is a second referendum is labour would loose lots of mps and seats in the midlands and wales and that keir starmer‘s speech was a challenge tojeremy that keir starmer‘s speech was a challenge to jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. they see it as a leadership. they see it as a leadership bid by him. the issue of brexit is always important here, other things are being announced here too. i will discuss that with labour's business spokesperson. on brexit, there is huge confusion, even during the debate, unite saying, if we have another referendum it won't have the option of remain in it. it is very unclear for people where labour are. no, what we have said at conference and we are having the debate about this, there was a meeting to agree a motion put together by a number of clps and trade unions an

first let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young who joins us from labour's conferencerows over brexit, the leadership here is very keen to show that this is a party and government in waiting. coming forward with many ideas, some are familiar about the renationalisation is of some of the utilities but radical proposals, fleshing out some other detail on how they are going to do that. let's discuss this with shadow housing minister. 0n the issue of forcing companies to hand over shares, are you worried this is going to put companies offer investment? the shares and just owned by wealthy people but by pension funds. shares and just owned by wealthy people but by pension fundsm shares and just owned by wealthy people but by pension funds. it is commonplace in the united states, one in five employees in the private sector are in this scheme. it is commonplace in other areas like germany. what works they can work here. quite self—evident, people who work ina here. quite self—evident, people who work in a company helped create the success work in a company helped create the s

vicki young, thank you.etail which has been provided on these suspects and a lot of cctv pictures of them. how hard will it have been for police to put all that detail together and to establish who they are? well, it would have taken a lot of time to view the cctv. it shows how vital cctv is, but the met are using super recognisers. these are humans with an amazing ability to remember and match faces. so it would have taken a long time. perhaps in this day and age, you can use analytics and machines to sift through evidence. i imagine that it was done literally by hand, by the super recognisers viewing, and they would have had to watch thousands of hours at the airport and railway stations and the rest, trying to match the same people in the different locations. so these super recognisers you are talking about are people who have an incredible ability to remember faces. are people who have an incredible ability to rememberfaces. we are people who have an incredible ability to remember faces. we are not just

let's cross over to parliament now and our chief political correspondent, vicki young.far as a plot goes, it's clear as mud to me. what am i missing? we keep saying this but it feels like it's coming to a head in one way or another. of course because we are leaving the eu in six months‘ time. something is going to have to happen. i think those who are supporting the chequers plan feel that the mood music from brussels is becoming a little bit more positive. those on the other side don‘t agree with that. let‘s speak to one of them now, nigel evans the conservative mp. chequers is the only plan on the table, that‘s a downing street says, the only negotiable thing and the only thing they say works when it comes to northern ireland. why are it? michel barnier said only this week that the opposition is dead. today president juncker was addressing the european parliament, he said after brexit, britain is out of the single market in all its aspects and there was huge applause from meps. that means basically we can't. .. huge applause from meps. that means basically we can't...

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our chief political correspondent vicki young is in liverpool and we can speak to her now.said this today. i think that sums it up pretty well. .it sums it up pretty well. . it does show the confusing journey there has been here. it feels like we have gone on this massive journey and ended up in the same place as two weeks ago. the confusion is because jeremy corbyn two weeks ago. the confusion is becausejeremy corbyn said he did not want to have a second vote because he thought it would be a betrayal of those brexit voters and we had to respect the original referendum. they have kept their options open, that is what they are saying but there is a massive question about what would be on the table and what with the question be if you got to that point. len mccluskey, the union leader and shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell suggesting respecting the referendum result, you do not have an option to stay in, you just talk about how you get out. that has been knocked back and now we are back with all options open. of course, the main thing labour say is they want a general election b

let us go to vicky young in westminster.s for theresa may as they try to pf°p up words for theresa may as they try to prop up before the party conference. but we heard today was a rejection of the claims she's put on the table. absolutely. they have not given the warm words are the hope she would have hoped for. they have given a kick in the shins, really, haven't they? and she did not look happy in that press conference. she looked flustered. she was angry too. a little earlier, i spoke to another one of those here in her own party, jacob rees mogg, does not back her so—called chequers plan. he says he was not the least surprised what happened at the summit. well, so far in the negotiations, every time the eu has dug its heels in, it's got what it's wanted. so you could understand why, from a tactical point of view, the eu has been quite stubborn. i think the time has come for mrs may to say, "this is not going to work. chequers has not landed where i thought it would." we need to go back to the lancaster house speech, back

let's talk to our chief political correspondent vicki young in liverpool. the policy platform outline today. many people here are absolutely welcome it and feel it is pretty radical stuff. pa rt of it and feel it is pretty radical stuff. part of this week for labour is not just stuff. part of this week for labour is notjust talking about brexit and the divisions they have on that, but they want to show they are a government in waiting, they have been calling for an election and they want to show they are ready. john mcdonnell is saying today he has these ideas, some of what she has these ideas, some of what she has spoken out about before such as railway nationalisation but he is putting more flesh on the bones. it is about giving workers more say and in the case of utilities, suggest they would be run by a mixture of councils and workers and even getting bosses of the water companies to reapply for their jobs, ata companies to reapply for their jobs, at a much lower salary. the result of the issue of forcing larger companies, those with people of more than

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster.t go down as scaremongering? how that be received in westminster and downing street? it's not a new warning. the difference is the timing, we are one week away from theresa may going to austria for the eu summit, the first chance for eu leaders to sit down and assess her plan. downing street said that they have come up with this plan, but at the idea of coming to goods, the uk will stick to the eu rule book. downing street say that is the best and only workable option on the table. of course, that is not how it is seen by many in her party. today, the leading brexiteers got together to launch a document giving an alternative view to all of that, saying they do feel that we should carry on negotiating a withdrawal deal, get a transition period, but then think about a free trade agreement. if that were to happen, they say there is nothing to fear from a hard brexit, going to world trade organisation rules. the plan is that we should negotiate the canada plus deal now, which is being offe

our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster.ve come up with, it goes through that being that in the long—term gdp for britain could go up and households would be better off. their argument seems to be we mustn‘t go ahead with chequers right now but what they are suggesting is the uk government should carry on, negotiate an agreement, pays off the money we have agreed to pay, get to the transition period, but then link any future payments as how negotiations go on future payments as how negotiations goona future payments as how negotiations go on a free—trade arrangements. that‘s what jacob rees—mogg go on a free—trade arrangements. that‘s whatjacob rees—mogg made go on a free—trade arrangements. that‘s what jacob rees—mogg made the case for today. the plan is that we should negotiate the canada plus deal now, which is being offered by the eu and which has been offered from an early stage, but recognise that leaving on a world trade basis is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. the key to our negotiating strength is to know that t

vicki young, what has been said today?sue here is that we are hearing about warm words, we're hearing about hope, there's talk about another summit to get the deal done, and the reality for some is, looking at this, they're saying, who is going to have to shift? the uk government feels very much that they've come to compromise, they're very much that they've come to compromise, they‘ re putting very much that they've come to compromise, they're putting it on the table, and that's as far as they can go. and what they've heard so farfrom mr barnier they can go. and what they've heard so far from mr barnier they don't feel is going to be good enough. you say, of course, an important intervention today by the democratic unionist party, who represent a large number of people in northern ireland and also who prop up the tory government here. they are helping theresa may stay in power. so what they think is crucially important, and this is how they received what mr barnier had to say today. a crucial, if fundamental point about t

report should help the government come up with an answer to that. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki youngat westminster. let's look at the broad thrust of the report, which parts do you think will be acceptable to government and those parts that will be less acceptable? it is interesting, theresa may has made clear she thinks that freedom of movement must end. so the big question has been what are you going to replace it with? people have been waiting some time to find an answer. that is why this report was commissioned in the first place by the former home secretary, amber rudd, the element that will appeal to theresa may is the idea that there will be no preferential treatment for eu citizens. this may help her control who comes into the country and what kind of skill there is will be. but there is a question mark over this, because people are looking at a future trade deal with the eu and often those kind of trade deals talk about some kind of give and take and so about some kind of give and take and so you might get a better deal if you give that to other. kenneth clarke said you have

on this developing story, let's cross straight to our chief political correspondent, vicki young at westminster of these will be very strong headline material. that's right, and this really is the nuts and bolts of what it means notjust to individuals, that accompanies too, to people wanting to travel to the eu, wanting to trade with the eu, the practicalities of what it might be like if there is no deal. so if you look at the issue of driving licences for example, at the moment you can go to a country, take your british driving licence, show that, and that allows you to drive there. they are saying that is not necessarily the case after brexit if there is no deal and you might have two apply for this international driving permit, the same as if you may want to drive injapan for example. there is also more than one type of this, if you want to drive to two or three different eu countries, you might have to apply for more than one and paid for it of course as well. it is bureaucracy, i suppose, administration as well. and then looking at the broader theme of travel, shipping companies for exampl

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at that conference in liverpool.rexit is starting to crystallise? it is in the sense that they have certainly got on the table this option of pushing for a so—called people's vote, a second referendum. i think the dispute is over what that referendum would be about. we do not know what is going to happen in the next few months, and it is their that there is still and it is their that there is still a lack of clarity and certainly disagreement in the higher echelons of the labour party, with sir keir starmer saying on the one hand that remain has to be on the table, and seconds later in a debate a senior person in one of the union saying that it cannot be on the table, it has to be a referendum, if there is one, on how to leave otherwise we are betrayed the millions of people who voted for brexit. jeremy corbyn, the labour party leader, has himself been asked about this and has been pretty quiet about what he thinks should happen but this was his answer. all i know is that this government has had 27 months to negotiat

our chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster.ignificant a mode of information which has been put out there today, what is your sense of where the government has moved on this scandal? i think that's a very good point that was just made there as to what they can do next, we know the prime minister has spoken to the american president to brief him, to the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, and they have promised to work together on all of this and the government was pleased with the reaction from the international community back in march. but what more can i be done? there will be a meeting of the un security council tomorrow but there will not be any resolution put forward for the simple reason that they know russia would veto it. they are promising that there will be more sanctions and labour in particular were calling for more sanctions against russian oligarchs who use london, as they put it, the financial system here to spend their money. theresa may said action was already been taken and has been disrupting the russian in

our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in westminster.threat to the leadership of theresa may? since the general election when theresa may's decision to call the earlier contest meant the conservatives lost their majority. walking around this place you could find conservative mps discussing how to get rid of her every day. there was a meeting last night and we have spoken to people who are at it and who discussed it. they felt it was not the overwhelming purpose of the meeting, nor the only thing they discussed full sabitzer is hard to find people here, even her critics, who feel it isa here, even her critics, who feel it is a good moment to get rid of her. some say it is not how they have a problem with it is the policy they do not like those that the question is, if she does not back down from and she goes to brussels and they get her to hand over more concessions, what do they do then? there are not many people who think that bringing in a new leader right now as the negotiations get to such a crucial point, that would do any good at a