one from labour's chuka umunna on brexit. and a third from another labour mp, stella creasy, on abortion rights for women from northern ireland. health is a devolved issue and women who travel from northern ireland to england for terminations currently have to pay for them. stella creasy‘s amendment — calling for an end had gathered cross—party support. and so it was on that, during a debate aboutjobs and the economy, that chancellor philip hammond announced the government would give way. my understanding is that my right honourable friend, the minister for women and equalities, is just about to make an announcement by way of a letter to members to intervene to provide finance for anyone coming from northern ireland. it's welcome that the government is looking to end this injustice, but the devil will be in the detail. could he make a commitment to meet with myself and other organisations organisations like maries stokes, to look at how we can turn this into a reality, so these women in northern ireland today will final

labour want a different approach. in our manifesto, we are committed to leaving the state pension age at 66 while we undertake a review into healthy life expectancy, arduous work, and the potential of flexible state pension age. even by the standards of the party opposite, their approach to the state pension age is reckless, short—sighted and irresponsible. when the evidence in front of us shows that life expectancy will continue to increase a little over one year every eight years that pass, fixing the state pension age at 66 as advocated by the party opposite demonstrates a complete failure to appreciate the situation in front of us. in the snp, we continue to call for the establishment ofan independent savings and pensions commission. we believe that the government is not doing enough to recognise the demographic differences across the united kingdom and an independent review of this would look at those and would take those into account. when her majesty the queen came to the throne in 1952, there were 300 people

labour makes a plea for fair pay, for doctors and nurses. i want to talk about the spending plans of 2017 where he can find £1 billion for northern ireland but nothing the nurses in england. and the trials and tribulations of southern trains. my constituents have had to put up with so much, extended engineering works, overcrowding an unsatisfactory compensation process. theresa may had made a manifesto commitment to scrap free school lunches for better off children at infant schools in england, during the election campaign conservatives said evidence showed every school breakfast was as effective at helping children learn as a hot meal at lunch, and could be delivered at a tenth of the cost. but the celebrity chef jamie oliver said the plan was misguided. in the commons, the schools minister was called to answer questions on the future of education funding in england. we want to make sure that every school has the resources it needs which is why we have protected the schools budget in real terms since 2010. we have set out our intention to

the labour party certainly has a pretty strong remain electorate. but of course, the problem the party faces is that on the other hand, many inside the party would like to get back the so-called traditional working vote, where labour did not in thise much progress election and that is much more pro-leave. the labour party is trying to keep together a coalition of what is a predominantly middle-class, pro-remain vote, but also wanting to get back in more traditional working class, more pro-leave vote. in in this election and that is much more pro-leave. the the conservative party, they have this predominantly pro-leave vote, which is not necessarily the kind of vote that big business would like the conservatives to listen to. don't be surprised if during the bothfew weeks or months parties reveal internal divisions over brexit, which does mean that at the end of the day, neither will give the electorate a clear message as to where they stand on brexit, as voters might like, and therefore don't prasm that labour's -- don't presume that labour's positi

apparently labour are going to poseit edge. apparently labour are going to pose it — — edge. apparently labour are going to pose it —— oppose it why agreeing with the tory hard brexit to take us out of the single market and then freedom of movement. poor opposition has been offered by the labour party. in the meantime we will continue to look after scottish interests and fight for a place in the single market. i do also think it isa the single market. i do also think it is a great shame that he co nsta ntly it is a great shame that he constantly talks about wanting to stay in the single market, which he knows for a fact means not leaving the eu. in other words, for his colleagues, the scottish nationalists‘ own ends, they would seek to undermine the will of the united kingdom. that is totally undemocratic on this side of the house and i hope on the opposition benches, we will fulfil the will of the people. a short time later, the bill was formally put for parliament. well, a short time later the bill was formally put before parliament. second reading. what date? tomorro

migration on our labour market in the uk and that will inform government policy. government will set policy. the framework will be what the immigration system will be in the immigration bill in 2018. we don't want a cliff edge, we want business to grow and develop. you say that they will be no free movement of european workers after march, 2019 but the home secretary says there will be transition arrangements for to three years where european workers can come here and work. which is it? they are compatible, they go together perfectly well. when we leave the eu, by definition, freedom of movement will end. there will be a system, after march, 2019, which will be our new system and there will be a period of that, a transition system including a number of things, for example eu citizens looking to get settled status in the uk, who have qualified, after that negotiation. there will be a grace period of two years for them to deal with it. we will say to people coming to this country that they will potentially have to register so we know who is here. that isn't controll

and he said, no, the labour party is abroad church. this week is coming out as we're hearing speculation about tom watson and whether there will be a move on him. right of centre. the ides dear to replace tom watson with emily thornberry who is a much closer ally and she is right next door. this is interesting timing, i think, and and she is right next door. this is interesting timing, ithink, and i think it might be deliberate, it is to say that don't forget the labour party has in the past tolerated a wide for a ride to your views. only this week, tony blair said he could imaginejeremy corbyn becoming prime minister witchy bbc thought was impossible. a lot of people in the labour party think only one person worse than any conservative is in fa ct to ny worse than any conservative is in fact tony blair and here's the line in what for everything that is disgruntled about the labour party, ten yea rs disgruntled about the labour party, ten years after he has stepped down. the fact that people still talk about blairites and he hasn't bee

you say when, not death, it must be great for labour. the optics are really good for labour. the conservatives were never going to keep the pay cap for ever, but it looks as if the reason it has been quick and is because of the pressured labour has been applying. it needs at the very bad when the conservatives voted to get rid of the amendment, they all cheered, and played into labour hand that conservatives don't care about public sector workers. jeremy corbyn was speaking yesterday. there seems to bea was speaking yesterday. there seems to be a mood changed towards austerity, not just from to be a mood changed towards austerity, notjust from the public, but from politicians. if you get back to david cameron when ed miliband was labour leader, you couldn't get through at pmq is without hearing about the five—year plan ora without hearing about the five—year plan or a need to cut the deficit. the conservatives have stopped using that argument. the death as you mentioned three times in the conservative manifesto. jeremy corbyn has been able to promise of the spending witho

labour's hands. there does seem to be a definite mood change towards austerity by the british public and politicians as well. yeah, if you look back to david cameron, when ed miliband was labour leader, you couldn't really get back through a pmqs 01’ any common session without hearing about the five—year plan or they need to cut the deficit. but the conservatives have really stopped using that argument. the deficit was only mentioned three times in the conservative manifesto. it has meant that corbyn has really been able to promise all the spending without being reminded of why it might not be such a good idea. now, lots of conservatives are really doubting themselves. they are looking at the election result and they are thinking all the previous need for fiscal discipline actually isn't popular and now they are second—guessing themselves. and i suppose for the tories, breaking down and undoing austerity is something of a vote winner. but is it too late for them? the conservatives pride themsel

frankfurt is looking to labour law lockouts as it looks to attract post brexit banks. there is attract post brexit banks. there is a wonderful game at the moment, trying to attract banks from london to other european cities ahead of brexit. dublin has been quite successful. frankfurt has done reasonably well. it attracted three significant japanese banks but the labour laws are very different from the uk. the germans have come up with the concept of identifying so—called risktakers, effectively what you might call the traders in investment banks that they will change the rules of the bank wants to get rid of the risktakers, they could do it easily without applying german labour laws. they can change the laws —— the rules so easily, the banks will be concerned that once they have got them, they can change them. some of the american banks would say exactly that which is why they will not be rushing to frankfurt. those labour laws are one of the big issues for the banks with concerns of moving to france, it's difficult to dismiss people. concerns of moving to france

look at the labour party. imagine if the labour party we re party. imagine if the labour party were led by a real, pro—eu campaigner, and the labour party we re campaigner, and the labour party were pro—eu. imagine how much difference it would be and how much more weakness they would sense in europe. you can almost hear that lament in tony blair's voice. he has put himself in the wrong position, that he would get some of the blame ifa that he would get some of the blame if a brexit doesn't work.|j that he would get some of the blame if a brexit doesn't work. i think labour will end up there, but it is very carriers, because so many labour seats voted for brexit. they are inching their way forward is, including jeremy corbyn. his instincts may be different, but if he ever becomes the prime minister, it will be on the back of the brexit question. they are trying not to move faster than the people are moving. it is not good for the world, world stability. the changes in america as well, the new leadership, taking advantage of this shaky situation. s

everything is up labour have suggested. everything is upforgrab, it labour have suggested. everything is up for grab, it seems like it. you know, there have been several interviews that show the result of the election mean the government is not the strongest position. people coming for money, maybe it leads to vote. we don't know which one could, theresa may, leave aside the brexit thing, which is already complicated, domestically this is is a whole host of issues in which every minister must be banging down the door asking for mormon. it shows the power of the youth vote in the election, which was, had never really been harnessed before, young voters registering and voting labour. what was fascinating in the eu referendum only 40% of 18—25—year—olds voted. in the last election, a couple of weeks ago it was 70%, and people like my daughters and their generation were getting out the vote. they are calling themselves generation vote, social media was important. labour did lots of funny memes and pictures they were putting o memes and pictures they were putting oto memes

having labour will end up there, but it is very precarious, because any labour seats voted for brexit. they are inching their way forward, including jeremy corbyn. his own instinct might be anti—european, but not that much. if he ever becomes prime minister, it will be on the back of the brexit question. they are trying not to move faster than the people are moving. it's very tricky. a week europe is not good for the world, no doubt, world stability. and with the changes in america as well. the new leadership in america would take advantage of this shaky situation in europe to serve its own interests. as far as the arab point of view, it is the same, they would rather have a unified and strong europe leading the region. and we have a european leader who is at least giving the impression of that. he sent his foreign minister after the gulf, i am talking about president emmanuel macron of france, taking a lot of diplomatic initiative. now in the gulf, trying to work as an honest broker. is he filling a vacuum of leadership? partly, certainly, there is no doubt about that. his first vi

left in a plot to oust dozens of labour mp5. the section hit list as corbyn takes an 8—point lead. section hit list as corbyn takes an 8-point lead. just when you think things might have been going the right way for labour and that jeremy corbyn was doing really well, people we re corbyn was doing really well, people were gathering around him, you now hear about this hard left plot and, you know, this might be the way the times has decided to present it but you can't deny there has been a real increase this week in the talk about deselection of mps. was there an uneasy truce in the labour party after the election do you think which is now that's beginning to fall apart‘s which is now that's beginning to fall apart's you had silence from the moderates. there is often confusion here that people, let's call them the moderates, that they'd wa nt call them the moderates, that they'd want to play any part in:'s team and thatis want to play any part in:'s team and that is untrue. what happened when corbyn was trying to those cabine

so it calls for companies using self—employed labour, who currently pay no national insurance, to pay more. the government should look at new rights for the self—employed, like parental leave. some work isn't taxed at all — cash in hand, which deprives the government and other taxpayers of £6 billion a year. some cleaners, decorators, or gardeners are paid cash in hand. the others that aren't evading tax are at a disadvantage, it's harder to compete on price. by moving to electronic payments, mr taylor says, you can tackle that. there is a huge black market economy, where there are lots of crash transactions. workers willjust be going into people's homes

and having been wooed successfully by labour, and particularly by that late pledge by the labour party leader jeremy corbyn to say that tuition fees will be waived completely, although they we re be waived completely, although they were introduced by the labour party initially, and then increased by the tories later on, that it is absolutely capital that the conservative party change a lot of its fundamental core beliefs and therefore backed down on tuition fees. so this would be the mother of old u—turns. 0ne fees. so this would be the mother of old u—turns. one can imagine, if this is indeed true, that damian green would be saying something that we re green would be saying something that were not sanctioned by the prime minister herself. so one wonders what other of the core beliefs are going to be ditched in order to woo back the youth vote or indeed the actual votes —— the older fought. back the youth vote or indeed the actual votes —— the older foughtm makes you wonder what the tories really sta nd makes you wonder what the tories really stand for now, doesn't it? they

labour will end up there, but it is very precarious because so many labour seats voted for brexit. they are inching forwards, including jeremy corbyn. his own instincts might be anti—european. he wants to be prime minister, and if he does it will be on the back of the brexit question. they are trying not to move faster than the people. it is very tricky. a week europe is not good for the world, world stability. and of course changes in america as well. new leadership in america take advantage of this tricky situation to serve its own interest and stop as faras to serve its own interest and stop as far as the arab point of view, it is the same, they would rather have a strong europe leading the region. and we have a european leader in giving this impression that, he sent foreign minister to the gulf this weekend, president macron france. taking a lot of diplomatic initiatives. now in the gulf trying to act as an honest broker. is he filling a vacuum of leadership? partly, roberto 's first visit abroad was to mali in africa which is very significant. this is clear message that we w

the telegraph says labour's plan to tax the rich more to fund public services is risky. talking about fleeing the country, there will be tax incentives for rich people as well, especially after brexit. but it stop mention that the report also says the last seven years have not left the public finances ina seven years have not left the public finances in a good place, and it is equally grim reading if you are a tory chancellor as if you were a labour shadow chancellor. it is a sobering analysis. if you are not that rich and you are looking at this newspaper, you will think, they have the world's smallest violin, thatis have the world's smallest violin, that is a point of view. austerity will not end any time soon. according to this lot. contains a u—turn on paris climate deal, here are the first lady and the president of each country. they are having dinner tonight. i wonder what they are having. he likes ketchup with everything. i am are having. he likes ketchup with everything. lam not are having. he likes ketchup with everything. i am not sure, the chef has won 21 mi

labour criticised the move as a sticking plaster. let's talk to our education correspondent, julianne hargreaves. where will this be spent? we have some detailfrom the where will this be spent? we have some detail from the department for education. i want to alter something we have just education. i want to alter something we havejust said. 1.3 billion from next year, 2017 — 18. another 1.3 billion for the following year. in total 2.6 billion. year on year, a big injection of extra cash raided from civil servants in whitehall, the free schools programme, diverted back to the chalkface in classrooms. not new money from the treasury, it is from within the existing education budget. labour has said this is not new money. conservative ma nifesto this is not new money. conservative manifesto commitment in the general election they would put more money into schools. we knew it was coming, it has been made today, it will have a real impact. teachers are saying from the south—east of england to the north—west of england they are seeing

this was set up by those involved injeremy corbyn‘s labour campaigns, it suggested 50 labour mp should bejoining the liberals. some of those names included those who nominated jeremy corbyn for the leadership. the liverpool mp, basically the left in her local party took control and one of them suggested she ought to publicly reca nt suggested she ought to publicly recant criticism jeremy corbyn, apologised to him for disloyalty. attem pts apologised to him for disloyalty. atte m pts to apologised to him for disloyalty. attempts to try to defuse the row but i think she is genuinely concerned about what might happen to her. i don't expect to see some kind of mass purge of labour mps. what is going on beneath the surface is an attempt to change the rules to try to move the party permanently to the left. at this year's party conference, there will be an attempt to change the leadership rules to make it easier forjeremy corbyn to hand over to another left—wing successor. some things will be debated this year. something is not until next year. that will include making it easier to unseat s

the snp and labour were equally upset. perhaps unfavourably, this parliament has already been dubbed the zombie parliament. i actually think that this comparison would actually give the flesh—eating undead a bad name. this is turbo—charged political zombie—ism. but it's a curious type of zombie—ism, mr speaker, cos if you look at them, not only are they tearing the flesh from the public, but they are starting to consume themselves. if you look around whitehall just now, what passes for discourse, normal discourse, amongst secretaries of state and whitehall departmentsm is briefing and counter briefing. and this is what happens, leader of the house, when you do nothing — bad stuff happens. this is a government at war with itself. the government said many important debates had already taken place. last week, we had a vital debate on the grenfell inquiry. many powerful points were raised from members on all sides of the house, and it's right that we have prioritised giving time to such a catastrophic and tragic even

this must be a great win for labour. yeah, the optics are really good for labour. even with the public sector pay cap, the conservatives were never going to keep this forever. but it looks like this is... the reason this has been hastened or quickend is because of labour and the pressure they're putting on it. and we saw with the amendment they put in this week to the queen's speech on the public sector pay cap, it really put the pressure up. it made it look very bad when the conservatives did vote to get rid of the amendment, they all cheered. that wasn't a good look and it really plays into labour's hands and suggested the conservatives don't care about public sector workers. we saneremy corbyn yesterday at the anti—austerity march. he was speaking. there does seem to be a definite mood change towards austerity, not only by the british public but also by politicians as well. yeah, if you look back to david cameron, when ed miliband was labour leader, you couldn't really get back through a pmqs oi’ any common session without hearing about the five—year plan

help me understand the opposition labour party's help me understand the opposition labour pa rty‘s position? help me understand the opposition labour party's position? it supports brexit happening so how it is justifying being this awkward? you are right. so labour agreed to help the government to start the brexit process triggering article 50, the official way that britain began its exit from the eu. but what this provides is the first real chance for labour and the other opposition parties to tinker with the government's vision for brexit. so it provides a platform really for labour to say we are going to get our version of brexit on to the stat toad books. if you take the charter of fundamental rights, the government saying it is not going to incorporate that charter into eu law, it will protect rights in other ways, labour are very clear on that, that that is a red line for them, they want that charrer into uk law, incorporated as it is now. and that is just incorporated as it is now. and that isjust one incorporated as it is now. and that is just one example, so what this is coming dow

some will have had very hard physical labour lives, left school at 15 ori6, physical labour lives, left school at 15 or 16, worked for 50 or more yea rs, at 15 or 16, worked for 50 or more years, contributed to national insurance for years, contributed to national insurance for more years, contributed to national insurance for more than 50 years and cannot get a penny of state pension until whatever the minimum starting age is. if we can have a more flexible approach recognising these differences, and the difference in life expectancy between some places in scotland in some places in london can be 20 years or so. we live in a time where retirement is more flexible, people don't suddenly stop work at one age, people's lives are more flexible and i think we need to make a national insurance system fits better. and we could do that. these changes will not start for another 20 years or so, there is time to get this rate, there will be another state pension review in the next parliament. we need to bear in mind that the state pension itself has nothing to help people with the cost of long—

it was a key part of labour's campaign promise to scrap that. jeremy corbyn also alluded to helping people who currently a re also alluded to helping people who currently are paying off their student debt. he didn't go as far as saying that he would wipe it out altogether, but this morning the shadow education secretary was asked about this. she made clear that although it is not quite a policy, it is definitely an ian and ambition to wipe out that debt. it isa it is a big abacus that i am working on with that. it is a huge amount, 100 billion that they estimate. it isa 100 billion that they estimate. it is a huge amount of money. we have to deal with this debt crisis that we are foisting on our young people. it is not acceptable. they are leaving university with £57,000 worth of debt. it is unassailable. aren't you simply spraying around huge spending policies to recklessly? another hundred billion pounds ride on tuition fees at the last moment. that is some sober you have to find. jeremy said that was an ambition, something he would like to d

he attacked labour's public spending plans. if they had carried on spending at the rate they were when they left office, there would be an extra £1 trillion added to the public debt by the end of this parliament. and we saw their manifesto at the last general election wasjust spend, spend, spend other people's money with no credible plan to pay for it. and that way, i suggest, ms ryan, is not the route that our country should follow. and the fact that so few of them are here to defend their plans, i suspect, tells us everything we need to know. he turned to the spending demands facing ministers. there are many pressures on public spending. there is public sector pay, funding for our national health service, funding for social care, colleagues want more money put into schools, there are many, many pressures on public spending, and part of the challenge of being in government is that you cannot say yes to everybody, you have to make choices and you have to set priorities. would he also agree with me that our public services are

i wonder whether more young people voted labour because of what they thought labour stood for in terms of brexit. overwhelmingly young people are against leading to the eu. he seemed to have a softer line but in this interview he confirmed stronger than before that he fear was prime minister he would leave the single market and his policy on brexit is not that different to the government and wonder if that is not a bigger betrayal to young people. and wonder if that is not a bigger betrayal to young peoplelj and wonder if that is not a bigger betrayalto young people. i imagine the student debt thing really was the student debt thing really was the turning point to young people supporting jeremy corbyn. likely from me, i got through university before the feast kamin and i rightly the person they should despise and resent but i am on their side. i think the 9000 pounds is too much. interest rates at teeny tiny and 70% of stu d e nts interest rates at teeny tiny and 70% of students will not pay off their debt. it seems like an enormous waste of time and energy in order to make people mise

if i'm honest, i've heard stories about quite a few labour mps who didn't think they we re labour mps who didn't think they were going to keep their seats, and ended up keeping them. when the result came through, it was a com plete result came through, it was a complete shock. a complete shock? when was that moment for you of realisation? it was when i heard the exit poll. to be honest with you, i didn't actually watch the exit poll myself. i have superstition about things like that. my husband watched it for me and came and told me. i was shocked at the result that came through in the exit poll. it took a few minutes for it to sink in, what that was telling me. my husband gave mea hug, that was telling me. my husband gave me a hug, and then i got on the phone to cchq, to the conservative party, to find out what had happened. that must've been a moment for philip to tell you that. it must have been quite hard for him? yes, was. but he's been a huge support for me over the years. there are times when i perhaps get in to read a newspaper article —— i perhaps get him to read a newspa

but the former labour prime minister has suggested political change in france has opened the path to compromise. tony blair claims the eu could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people, to allow the uk to stay in a reformed eu. britain benefits enormously from that freedom of movement. however, the question is whether there are changes, qualifications to it, not alteration of the indivisibility of the principle, but qualifications to it around the things that concern people. but those claims directly contradict what those in brussels are saying, that the uk must accept free movement, without exception or nuance. i'm not going to disclose conversations i had within europe, but i'm not saying this simply on the basis of a whim. some of those who campaigned to leave the eu says there is no evidence to back up mr blair's claim. the eu itself has made it absolutely clear that the four freedoms, including freedom of movement, are indivisible, as they've called it. the chief negotiator, barnier, has said that. they took four minutes to agree those guidelines. there is n

shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer set out labour's objections to the repeal bill. there is no problem with the idea of protecting the rights of citizens in the uk, there is a problem in the way the government intends to do it. it wants sweeping powers to make late changes by delegated legislation, which come late in the negotiations and are likely to be the most controversial. they have no mechanism for making sure that the rights that are being entrenched keep up with european standards, and on the question of devolved administrations they have the presumption the wrong way round, it should be that powers are dissolved —— devolved, not hoarded in whitehall. if the government cannot get this bill through, does that count as the equivalent of a confidence vote on the government, and the government collapses? we said, these are our concerns, we don't get second reading until at least september, so you can address those concerns. that is the first question, the ball is in their court, they know what the concerns are and we expect them to deal with them, and they h

but there's no way, as it stands, that labour will back the bill. we will make sure there is full parliamentary scrutiny, that has to be key to it. we have a parliament where the government does not have a majority, we have a country that has voted in two ways, on leave and remain. obviously the majority voted to leave, we respect that. but they didn't vote to lose jobs, they didn't vote to have parliament ridden roughshod over. nor will the scottish government. nicola sturgeon with her own kodak moment in brussels today too. the scottish parliament can't technically veto the plan, but it can refuse willing consent. as the bill stands just now, in good conscience i could not recommend to the scottish parliament that it gives legislative consent to this bill. this bill takes powers away from the scottish parliament and undermines the very foundations of the devolution settlement that that parliament is built on. as whitehall begins this enormous process, ministers are all too well aware that there will be conflict ahead. the question, how they balanc

when did the labour party ever introduce the national living wage? never. that was a conservative government and a conservative record. i look along that front bench opposite, mr speaker, and i see a cabinet bickering and backbiting while the economy gets weaker and people are pushed further into debt. i'll tell the right honourable gentleman the reality. the reality is that he is always talking britain down and we are leading britain forward. the snp‘s leader at westminster turned to the pensions of the so—called waspy women. the prime minister has found up to £35 billion for hinkley point c nuclear power station, up to 200 billion to replace the trident missile system, and one billion for a deal with dup just so she can keep her own job. she seems to be able to shake the magic money tree when she wants to. can the prime minister now end the injustice for those women who are missing out on their pension before she herself thinks about retiring? we have put £1 billion extra into this question of the change of the state pension age to ensure that nobod

why is labour rights a major sticking point between the eu and asean? it's about the competition to make sure the playing field is as level as possible. —— fair competition. we're talking about the rights of people in their workplace, to avoid slave labour essentially. on the other hand could this extend negotiations between the two sides and there would be any agreement? i'm sensing a greater willingness on both sides to progress. with the near death of tpp, europe is now seeing an opportunity in southeast asia to step up to the plate more, there's more urgency from them and seeing the southeast asia nations wanting to do more as a group as well, a region to region deal is possible but it won't be a quick process, but it is now more possible than previously. any concerns about the future of the eu with brexit? none at all and the eu is getting stronger, we seen it in recent elections, the eu will come out of this looking very good. there are lots of free trade talks taking place taking place this week, shinzo abe is visiting brussels to finalise a

general election, and some mps in the labour party think they could win it. they are likely to not work with theresa may closely who they think as a wounded prime minister. if you talk to mps behind the scenes they don't say that they want to be in power because they think the next two years will be difficult. when it comes to back it yes, the problem there again the liberal democrats say that what is she suggesting when she talks about working together on brexit? can you really negotiate with her, speaking tojeremy corbyn all the time about what the position will be. again, doesn't seem particularly practical way of doing it. looking at our own cabinets, they don't seem to agree on a negotiating position, let alone across the house of commons, because the problem she has that if it comes to votes, we know that the repeal bill will be coming and published on thursday this week. there may not be any significant votes until later on in the autumn. the problem is that mps may choose that in order to get their own way on things. she is not in control, of the proc

market. 0ver success of the uk labour market. over the period has not been growing since 2008, employment has been, fell a lot less than it did in other countries and recovered a lot quicker. unemployment rose a lot less and declined a lot quicker and more. productivity is the output we dues and divided by the number of hours we spent producing it. since the labour market has been successful in keeping people at work, in one sense people could argue the same amount of work has been spread out over more people so it looks like productivity is bad. but there is a positive side of that. so why is it that relative to oui’ that. so why is it that relative to our trading partners, to the rich countries, why are we not as productive as them?|j countries, why are we not as productive as them? i think the main reason we should look for is in the labour market. we have seen in other advanced economy employment fell a lot quicker and did not recover as quick because it means the productivity looks good but for the wrong reasons. we would

we had the labour shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell saying this morning, outlining, again labour's policy to give public sector workers a pay rise equal to 1% and possibly more. he was passed on the detail of how labour would fund a pay rise above inflation for public sector workers. we will end a pay cut. we have made that clear. we have set aside 4 billion on an annual basis to enable it happen. we have looked at the office for budget responsibility forecasts on helping will rise and it will certainly much inflation, and some review bodies will try and compensate the sum of losses of the la st compensate the sum of losses of the last seven years. again, we're very clear, unlike the government which set a cap the review bodies have to follow, it will be up to those bodies to make recommendations that we will did too. that is the policy issue, what about the personality issue, what about the personality issue philip hammond has spoken openly about people out to get in. that is right. we're seeing a briefing war, really, most cabinet ministers over the last few weeks. the chancellor has pu

yes, this is a labour analysis of the figures. they showed teachers in state schools have had i'io teachers in state schools have had no guaranteed training or safeguarding children, controlling a class or abduction —— of adapting teaching to different standards, a damning analysis. the article, aasmah, pointing to the decision to boost free schools. where perhaps you could have teachers who did not have the kind of qualifications that many people might expect. this was introduced by michael gove, who was education secretary. you said that you could use and qualified teachers and that has been expanded. these figures, state funded schools, clearly it is something that has been set expanded the state funded schools. having read the article, a unqualified teacher to me would suggest somebody who is not qualified academically, but we are not talking about that. we are talking about the other important stuff like the safeguarding children, which sounds like training courses perhaps that teachers need. not sure why, it sounds bizar

those calls for cooperation were also seized on by labour's shadow defence secretary. she wondered if defence ministers would agree to a pay rise for members of the armed forces. after losing her majority at the general election the prime minister has now signalled that she is prepared to work across the house with other parties in areas of agreement. in that spirit i would like to make a constructive offer. the government has just introduced an armed forces bill in the other place. if they agree to amend that bill to include a real terms pay rise for our armed forces personnel then they can count on labour support. will the government agree to work with us to give our armed forces the pay award they deserve? we all want to see our armed forces being properly remunerated for the service that they give us. but it is also incumbent on the honourable lady to make it very clear how any increase that she is favouring would be properly paid for. and that is something she hasn't done, her party hasn't done, and they certainly didn't do it the last election. the pay review sys

the debate was initiated by the labour mp albert 0wen. this debate is about getting it right and keeping the uk as a world leader, in civil nuclear, in research and development. we have achieved the status of world leader by cooperation with working with others across the world, but under the umbrella of euratom. i put it to the government that there are ways forward without having to have a cliff edge when article 50 negotiations are complete. my concern is the impact of this on medicine. is he aware of the concerns of the royal college of radiologists that a lack of being able to bring isotopes easily into this country could affect 500,000 scans and 10,000 cancer treatments? these things cannot be stored because they have a short half—life and we need euratom. i absolutely agree with the honourable lady and i have had a lot of correspondence from experts across the field including the royal marsden where cancer research is vital. the issue she raised is aboslutely essentially to get right. i think the burden of the case for staying in

labour thought it was a missed opportunity. in the words of the general secretary of unite, the biggest union in the uk, instead of the serious programme the country urgently needs to ensure that once again work pays in this country, we got a depressing sense that insecurity is the inevitable new norm. the wage increases we have seen in the last year have been at their highest amongst the lowest paid, thanks to the national living wage. today's response to the taylor review from the government tells us everything we need to know about their frailty and their approach to workers‘ rights. a weak set of proposals that will probably not be implemented, a set of talking points that leaves the balance of power with employers and big business. the king of spain came to westminster as part of his state visit to the uk. as we heard earlier, theresa may missed prime minister's questions to take part in the day's events. she and jeremy corbyn were part of the audience when the king addressed both houses of parliament in the lords royal