yvette cooper.ide behind civil servants when she set the policies, instilled in them the culture of disbelief. and when the high commissioners told us this morning that they had warned the foreign office about the windrush generation immigration problems in 2016, what did she do? because a few years ago, the prime minister said, "i'm actually sick and tired of a government minister who simply blames other people when something goes wrong." what's changed ? theresa may said all governments had taken action against illegal immigrants, but she stressed the windrush generation were in the uk legally. i have apologised to the windrush generation, and i do so again. we are doing everything we can to ensure that they are reassured, that they do not have the anxiety that some of their generation have had. but we also owe it to them and to the british people to ensure we deal with people who are here illegally. theresa may. well, a short time later, the home secretary appeared in front of the home affairs co

yvette cooper, thanks for joining government has put in place. yvette cooper, thanks forjoining us.ds that talks between the uk and spain — over the future of gibraltar airport — are deadlocked. the european union has said no agreement on its future relationship with the uk — after brexit — will apply to gibraltar without madrid's consent. so what are the main sticking points between spain and the uk over the future of gibraltar? here's the bbc‘s reality check correspondent chris morris. one thing that shared membership of the eu has done is take some of the sting out of the long—running dispute between the united kingdom and spain over gibraltar. here it is — this is the rock itself. and when i say long—running, sovereignty of gibraltar was handed from spain to the british crown and queen anne in 1713, the treaty of utrecht — a decision spain seems to have regretted ever since. it is still mounting a diplomatic and political campaign to restore some form of spanish sovereignty. the uk and gibraltar say that will not happen. but the eu's official guidelines on the brexit withdrawal

yvette cooper asked something of a zinger of a question in the commons so i think we can expect moreime 110w over windrush this afternoon. time now for a look at the weather. early this morning it was beautiful. look at this in nottinghamshire. however, the shower clouds are gathering and becoming widespread. some in the last hour or so. some of those showers in towns. tied into this low pressure and the wind swinging around the north—westerly direction so that is where most of the showers tend to set but some of them are now starting to push further inland for the remainder of this afternoon. if you dodge the showers, and keeping the sunshine, temperatures are subdued for this time of year. as you go through the evening and overnight, some of the showers across england and wales in particular and much of eastern scotla nd particular and much of eastern scotland will fade away. showers die back to the north—west and temperatures and a clear skies will fall down to around three or 4 degrees in some spots. a chilly start to thursday but you have some sunshine to compensate. i suspect t

the chair of that committee, yvette cooper, has tweeted that that is clearly not true. more than 200 mps have signed a letter calling for assurances given to the windrush generation to be written into law. we have had a lot of nice words from the dispatch box but it means nothing if there aren't rights enshrined, in legislation and the best way to do that is with a quick statutory instrument in parliament. so people know what compensation they are getting, they know what the burden of proof is and they know that they won't be deported. the empire windrush... the windrush scandal has prodded some awkward questions for the conservative government. but a former liberal democrat minister thinks all the main parties share some responsibility. goes back to new labour, i think the working assumption that successive governments have made is that the public out there are pretty bigoted and they have got to be given red meat in the form of these very restrictive measures and it has done a lot of harm. i think the interesting thing about windrush, is that perhaps for the first tim

kicked off on wednesday when amber rudd appeared to be blindsided and they select committee when yvette cooperd her on the voluntary removals. this is their exchange. and targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. but you did? i don't... what are you referring to? you've just heard from the previous evidence that the home office, there are regional targets for net removals? i didn't hear the testimony, i'm not sure what shape that might be in. but if you're asking me are there numbers of people we expect to be removed, that's not how we operate. that turned out to be accurate and yesterday amber rudd was brought before the commons with an urgent question and she distanced herself from those targets. the immigration arm of the home office has been using local targets for internal performance management. these were not published targets against which performance was assessed, but if they were used inappropriately, then i am clear that this will have to change. two things, what is her calculation and what is theresa may's calculation. amber rudd's calculation wa

with a net migration target was doing do not try to hide behind blairite multiple war supporter yvette cooper is on the record for supporting the tories on immigration legislation and we support measures to bring immigration down that's when pre-court in labor was selling mugs like these money anyway to raise i'm a try to shut out the labor right getting on the wind rush bandwagon a parliamentary labor right that is arguably to the right of tereza may i say the rising interval no. nobody is trying to blame anybody else some are actually blaming people we need to drive out institutional racism in all its forms wherever it raises that's actually about the anniversary of the racist murder of eighteen year old stephen lawrence in london but notice of course when appears to alighted with the wind rush deportation scandal about expelling people of color from britain who have lived here all their lives there's an understandable lack of trust by the windows generation so can the prime minister today be clear and confirm that those british citizens who've worked pay taxes here for decades wrongly to k

yvette cooper said that she wants to recall her to the committee and to question her again on the evidencehe pressure remains and i think it becomes a leader —— slightly difficult. clarify what she said. but from downing street ‘s point of view. they will want to continue, and i think they believe that she can ride out the storm. although that is becoming quite a big storm for her to ride out. there will be questions on what she knew and when she knew it. from the mps tomorrow but as far as i'm aware, to an extent, attack is the best form of defence. she will go on the front foot, this is about illegal immigrants. it is not about the windrush generation. she has apologised for that. she is trying to sort that out. and she is right, she will say, to try and increase the number of removals. and on the windrush generation, the letter signed by 200 mps signed by david lammy, will the government be receptive with these promises? there we re receptive with these promises? there were 200 other mps from other parties. there were a broad range of mps. they need reassurance if they are in the affect

with a net migration target was doing do not try to hide behind blairite multiple war supporter yvette cooper is on the record for supporting the tories on immigration legislation and we support measures to bring immigration down that's when pre-columbian labor was selling mugs like these dummy money anyway to raise them a drive to shut out the labor right getting on the wind rush bandwagon a parliamentary labor right that is arguably to the right of tereza may i say see the rise of honorable men. nobody is trying to blame anybody else some are actually blaming people we need to drive out institutional racism in all its forms wherever it raises that's actually about the anniversary of the racist murder of eighteen year old stephen lawrence in london but no it is a cool when appears to alighted with the wind rush deportation scandal about expelling people of color from britain who have lived here all their lives there's an understandable lack of trust by the windows generation so can the prime minister today be clear and confirm that those british citizens who've worked pay taxes here for deca

studio: yvette cooper for labour, taking part in the debate on the customs union, it is a non—bindingibed the force's relationship with the bbc over a search of sir cliff richard's home as a "shotgun wedding". sir cliff was never arrested or charged and is suing the corporation claiming a serious invasion of privacy. our correspondent helena lee is outside the high court. what's been said in court? we have been hearing from the chief co nsta ble we have been hearing from the chief constable now retired, david compton, who was in charge of south yorkshire police. that is the police force investigating sir cliff richard in 2014. —— david crompton. he has been its planing to court about when he knew from the media tea m about when he knew from the media team at the force, that a reporter, danjohnston, team at the force, that a reporter, dan johnston, from the team at the force, that a reporter, danjohnston, from the bbc, went to them, about the investigation, and told the court, in the witness statement, that he was concerned that the media organisation had that kind of information given

yvette cooper says the u.k. must remain inside the customs union to ensure free movement of trade. at dover four hundred lorries an hour from all over none of the ferries to france in ireland six thousand lorries and eight thousand fans whiz to and fro across the border without even breaking from cars to every space from yorkshire woman's to scottish salmon britain does more than two hundred and thirty billion pounds of export trade with european countries every year those businesses don't get stopped at the border don't pay for terrorists or pay an extra forms they can just say on through that is the frictionless trait that so many of our manufacturing jobs depend on the french government has launched a new plan to tackle the discrimination and the provision faced by people living in poor suburban areas about ten percent of the french population resides in areas affected by high unemployment crime and poverty potential butler went to one time with new ideas to address inequality. like many towns in france ever has a charming historical center but on the outskirts of districts cram

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later this morning we'll speak to yvette cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee who you sawng amber rudd in that report. that's at about 8.30. members of the public could be able to challenge parole decisions more easily, under new government proposals. a review was set up after the parole board approved the release of the serial sex offender, john worboys, a decision that was later overturned. as part of the changes, the reasons for some parole decisions will be made public. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. still behind bars, don worboys, the man known as the black cab rapist, his victims had to go to court to appeal against the parole board decision to let him out ofjail. they did not even know why the 60—year—old prisoner had been approved for release until the legal action began. the case exposed flaws in the parole system, and ministers are now trying to address them. they are now trying to address them. they are planning a series of reforms to the parole board to make it more transparent a summary of the reasons for parole decisions will be sent to vi

a little earlier i asked yvette cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee what exactly theymons to have a say and to steer the negotiations before it's too late. rather than waiting till the end of the process, we think the commons should have a voice at the beginning — and be able to say this is what's important. and i think that a customs union is about manufacturing industry across the country. it makes a huge difference for manufacturing industry and also about northern ireland peace. at the moment, because the legislation votes keep being delayed, there's no chance for parliament to actually have that as a proper debate and express its view on a vote, and that's what we want to make sure can happen. next thursday it may not be a binding vote, but it will be a very important signal, i think, of the strength of feeling in the house of commons. particularly on the conservative side. how many of those mps who we know do want to stay in the customs union? will they decide they can vote against their own government and on this occasion and the real question is there will be m

. >> yvette cooper have some thank you mr. speaker. had say vile attack by assad on his own people and we have a responsibility to consider how to respond while not escalating global conflict. but parliament has considered these kinds of complex issues before. we have voted for and against military action. we have got things right and got things wrong and so too has the executive. and the prime minister and her cabinet appeared it to not just be arguing about the circumstances of last week, but also to be rejecting the entire principle of consulting, debating and voting in parliament in advance of ministry action. given the importance of our nearing democratic values across the world, can she clarify her position on this and say how important she thinks it is for parliament to decide issues of war and peace? >> it is not i question that the government rejecting that, it is, if i can return again to the reg general statement which observed that the cabinet manual states in 2011 the government acknowledged that the convention had acc non

by the chair of the home affa i rs that by the chair of the home affairs select committee, is yvette cooperp of people who should have been properly documented who are entitled to be here legally have not have the evidence they should be, that's what i'm committed to putting right, i don't think it's got anything to do with it. home office inspection documents showed in 2015 there were 12,000 volu nta ry showed in 2015 there were 12,000 voluntary departures, that was the target said, amber rudd was a bit unsure on the issue and in 2016 it's urged the government was warned by caribbean ministers about this problem. the signs were there, the government either didn't notice or heed the warnings properly, and now it's dealing with the consequences. we will leave it there. thank you very much. the government's decision to leave the customs union after brexit will be debated by mp5 today. the outcome won't be binding, but it will show the strength of opposition that theresa may is likely to face in future votes on her brexit plans. the government suffered defeat on the issue in the house of lords

yvette cooper is the chair of the committee.is an awful lot therefore amber rudd to answer. she has written back to the committee in advance of this hearing. probably the most telling thing that she says is this is a significant administrative task that will take some time to complete and independently ashore. i think that is the issue here. the hotline has been opened for people who feel they have been caught up in all this, but there is still the issue of the home office, how much it will help them and how much they will have to provide the details, and whether this new task force and the home office really has got to grips with the scale of it and whether they can a nswer the scale of it and whether they can answer any of these questions about how many people have been affected by it, let alone starting to think about the next stages and how much compensation people will get and what. is there a sense that the attacks on theresa may herself are gaining traction? i think this week‘s prime minister‘s questions felt a lot like t

questioned in the house of commons this afternoon about the windrush generation, by labour mp yvette coopermeet with me to find out if there are any such who have been removed and if they want to bring the situations like that i will certainly do so. and we‘re expecting an urgent question from labour mp david lammy atjust after 3.30pm. we‘ll bring that to you live. amber rudd is still talking at a home office questions session. the parents of a boy at the centre of a right—to—life case, are asking court of appealjudges to allow him to continue his medical treatment. it‘s the latest round of a lengthy legal battle over the life—support of alfie evans, who has a degenerative brain disease. the 23—month—old is being cared for at alder hey hospital in liverpool. south yorkshire police have been giving evidence at the high court on the third day of sir cliff richard‘s legal proceedings against the bbc. the 77—year—old singer is suing the broadcaster for its coverage of a raid on his home in 201a, which following an allegation of sexual assault. the bbc says its reporting was accurate and in good

i'll be talking to yvette cooper, the chair of the home affairs select committee.

with a net migration target was doing do not try to hide behind blairite multiple war supporter yvette cooper is on the record for supporting the tories on immigration legislation and we support measures to bring immigration down that's when pre-columbian labor was selling mugs like the money anyway to raise i'm a try to shut out the labor right getting on the wind rush bandwagon a parliamentary labor right that is arguably to the right of tereza may i say the russian ruble now. nobody is trying to blame anybody else some are actually blaming people we need to drive out institutional racism in all its forms wherever it raises that's actually about the anniversary of the racist murder of eighteen year old stephen lawrence in london but no it is a call with appears to a lighted with the wind rush deportation scandal about expelling people of color from britain who have lived here all their lives there's an understandable lack of trust by the windows generation so can the prime minister today be clear. yeah and confirm that those british citizens who've worked pay taxes here for decades wrongly