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

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

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

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 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

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—

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

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

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

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 can speak to robert atkinson, a labour councillor on the council. he joins us from our blackburn news room. thank you for joining us. i think you support that call for commissioners to take over, why is that? well, straightforwardly because i think that the conservative administration has, the people of north kensington have lost all faith in the capacity of the council to assist them and to provide them the services they are still waiting for, i don't believe that anyone can emerge from that, from the ruling group in the council able to get the confidence of the people. as with some of the worries about having commissioners, there have been questions about who would choose them, would they be imposed by government, is that a good idea, given that residents and people on the ground want greater local involvement? i would agree with that, but we need to get a short—term fix so that things can start to happen. the local authority has been paralysed for the last two weeks, we have had some officers doing very good work but without political trekkion,

labour have called this an astonishing live. david gaukejoins me from westminster, the conservative work and pensions minister. why announce this now? we had an independent review undertaken and also one undertaken by the government department. thejohn cridland report recommended we make this move. we are actually under statutory obligation to respond to him. and the reality is that as we have a population where life expectancy is increasing, something to be celebrated, but we also need a state pension age that reflects that rising life expectancy, and as a consequence we are bringing forward the point at which the state pension age., bringing that are to start in 2037, saving it in through to 2039 —— the state pension age goes up, bringing that forward. after the announcement to change social care, don't you think a risky announcement now? i think it is right we are honest with the british people, that we deal with some of the long—term risks that we have the country. and i don't think we would be doing our duty if we shi

labour received a fair amount of support as a result of... and tapped into, frankly, feeling among many people but they had suffered long enough and that public sector workers deserve a pay rise above 1% per year, which is below inflation so per year, which is below inflation so many people get a pay cut year by year. as you would expect, labour seizing on the current infighting between cabinet meetings and we had john mcdonnell saying this morning, outlining again labour's policy to give public sector workers a pay rise equal to 1% and possibly more but he was pushed on the details of how labour would fund a pay rise above inflation for public sector workers. we'll end the pay cap. we've set aside £4 billion annually to make that happen. we've looked at the 0br forecasting about how pay will rise and it will certainly match inflation. and some review bodies — because it will be set by review bodies — will try to compensate for the losses of the last 7 years. we're very clear, unlike to government, which has set a pay cap the review bodi

thank that very specifically. 0k, stephen timms, labour mp. thank you very much. thank you very much. the authorities in turkey have sacked a further 7,000 members of the security forces and civil service — as mass rallies are held in the country to mark the first anniversary of a failed coup to overthrow president erdogan. around 200,000 people have now been punished for allegedly supporting the plot. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports and a warning you might find some of the images in this report distressing. turkey's nightmare was unleashed as the plotters seized the bosphorus bridge. sabri unal tried to reach it to resist the coup attempt. a tank approached. he lay in its path, between its tracks. miraculously, he got up unhurt. then a second... he tried to stop it again, but it ran over his arm. today, he bears the scars of the coup. translation: i came here for the sake of god, to gain his blessing. i was not afraid and i am nota hero. to be a hero, i would have had to stop the tanks. i wish the coup had never happened. 0n the 15th july, rogue soldiers b

those two groups of labour voters. —— on the single market. we can get more details now on the government‘s decision to change its travel advice for tunisia. it no longer advises against travel to most of the country, including tunis and the major tourist destinations. since the tragic terrorist attacks at the bardo national museum and sousse in 2015 the government has kept its assessment of travelling to tunisia under constant review. i spoke to the independent‘s travel editor simon calder, and i asked him if it was now safe to visit. the foreign office reiterates exact what it was saying as of 1pm, that there is silly high threat of terrorism and of course dirty british holiday—makers died on the beach just over two years ago. the ban was put in place shortly after that and it has been constant pressure by the tunisian birdies to lift the ban, but the foreign office has said that we do not believe that the security measures are sufficiently in place. there are a lot of returning jihadis and a dispute with libya. they are satisfied that

labour says deep cuts are to blame. ministers have pledged an extra two and a half thousand officers by the end of next year but there will still be fewer staff than seven yea rs still be fewer staff than seven years ago. and these are the figures on violence and staffing. critics say in the stores must confront. assaults have reached a record high of more than 26,000 incidents stopped up 10,000 since 2010. at the same time, front line prison officers apology just over same time, front line prison officers apologyjust over 18,000. that's down almost six and a half thousand. that's down almost six and a half thousand. what i am determined to do is try to bring about improvements, to build on what my predecessor liz truss did in getting extra prison officers and putting in place effective measures to detect more accurately the problem we have with drugs, the new challenge we have with drones and mobile phones in prison, so they are more secure places. but trends remain the biggest challenge. wars won't stop airborne contr

and mr corbyn told supporters he hoped labour would soon be fighting the next general election. he called for an end to the cap on public sector pay and what he said was a a0% cut to local councils. stand together to win hastings and rye. a general election. stand together to transform our society. achieve what is possible in this world. and that is the sharing and protecting of the world's riches and resources, not the everlasting trip down the road to misery which is the great gap between the richest and poorest. it is wrong, it is immoral, it is unnecessary. do you know what, we are changing things already. we have changed the nature of public debate. thousands of protesters are gathering in central london for a march against austerity. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell is due to address the rally when it arrives in parliament square later. it comes after a labour bid to get bigger pay rises for nurses, firefighters and other public servants was narrowly defeated this week in the commons. i have a severely disabled son and i have had to try and get benefits for him and for

on stage at the moment is john mcdonnell from the labour party. they started near new broadcasting house and they marched down here and before that they held a minute of silence for the victims of the grenfell tower disaster. there was also a minute of applause for the emergency services. you can see from the posters here, plenty of people are connecting austerity and cuts to public services with what happened at grenfell tower. the group that has organised this, they say they are not linked to a political party but as you can see from the speaker on stage at the moment,, diane abbott will be here and also jeremy corbyn, moment,, diane abbott will be here and alsojeremy corbyn, a little bit later. there are tears every time his name is mentioned. and as you can hear, lose every time there are mentions of any conservative politicians. the march logan, not one more day, the idea here is that austerity was not an necessity. the atmosphere is going to be more of a carnival of resistance, apparently. sarah smith, we willjoin you shortly with more on th

s but he is also against the labour party's somewhat but he is also against the labour pa rty‘s somewhat ambivalent but he is also against the labour party's somewhat ambivalent stance on brexit. within that labour should be backing the remain argument. he says if brexit is a terrible catastrophe, the costjobs later on, labour will also be blamed for not making the case for remain. that is what he is warning. thank you very much. laws on buying and carrying acid are to be reviewed by the government following a spate of attacks which took place in london on thursday night. five people had corrosive liquid thrown at them, including one man who is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, remain in custody on suspicion of robbery and grievous bodily harm with intent. andy moore's report contains flashing images and some scenes you may find distressing. where's it hurt, mate — your eyes? in the aftermath of the first attack, police doused the victim with water. he was protected by his helmet, and lucky to escape with only minor injuries. but even so,

the prime minister hit back with attack on labour spending policies fingered the last labour government had crashed the economy. let's go every now to our political —— assistant political and norman smith who is in westminster right now. it also brought in from a rival lucy said that where they are and give their mps sent a because the momentum so important ministers questions. let's mull over that with some of these conservative mps here. i been saying all morning that there had been at the backlash among tory backbenchers against the cabinet plotters. is that right? are tory mps unhappy with the manoeuvrings in the cabinet? i think we all came back here to get on with the job. she's been making it really clear that that has been a priority and i certainly think that the commerce nation has not been about what happens next. it's aboutjobs, opportunities, schools, school funding. we had great use of 1.3 billion more for the schools that need it. we are getting on with the job at hand and i think that voters before the holiday was unhelpful and i'm sure it will disappear doing this.

boris johnson and from labour but within her own cabinet. borisjohnson and michael gove have flexed their muscles suggesting that the pay cap needs to be eased and it can be done about tax rises and without any so—called fiscal pressures. today what we saw was theresa may trying to go stone that entire momentum that there is going to be any early movement on that public sector pay cap, stressing the need to make tough decisions to live within one means, saying the alternatives would mean going down the road of greece, all this after labour leaderjeremy corbyn accused the government of flip—flopping and floundering over pgy- wages are rising by 2.1% while inflation is nearly 3%. 6 million workers already earned less than the living wage. what does the prime minister think that tells us about seven minister think that tells us about seve n yea rs minister think that tells us about seven years of a conservative government and what it has done to the living standards of those people on whom we all rely to get our public services, our health

where i disagree with the labour party's position is that it with the labour party's position is thatitis with the labour party's position is that it is incoherent to say on the one hand we are going to vote to trigger article 50, as they did, but on the other hand to say, we will not at second reading support the necessary legislation to implement the decision. i think we need to explain themselves because i do not understand it. i explain themselves because i do not understand it. lam explain themselves because i do not understand it. i am willing to help the government along the way but i am also be a critical friend at the way this legislation is put together. loss of sound much of the concern centres on the issue of parliamentary scrutiny. the government can change the legislation without parliamentary scrutiny, is that a big enough issue for you to vote against the government? i don't see myself voting against this bill at second reading because this legislation is needed if we are leaving the eu. without it, we cannot leave the eu. asi without it, we cannot leave the eu. as i said,

deliveroo has criticised any move that will restrict labour flexibility. ride—sharing app uber say their drivers earn well above the minimum wage. telecoms watchdogs have tightened the rules for a new auction of mobile airwaves, imposing new restrictions on the dominance of ee and vodafone as operators prepare for the shift to 5g technology. 0fcom said it would introduce a 37% cap on the total share of usable radio spectrum any operator can control. ee currently has a5% of the airwaves. sales at marks and spencer's clothing and home division fell at a slower rate than before in the first three months of the year. however, like—for—like food sales dipped by 0.1%, which was worse than expected. are the jobs of uber drivers or the riders who deliver takeaways for deliveroo flexible or are they insecure? by by the independent workers or unprotected, part of the so—called gig economy, and the on demand revolution? a report today says that these workers should have more rights like maternity pay and sick pay, minimum wage and national insurance. joining

he was grimacing and he looked laboured and his movement was not good. usually such a dynamic and explosive player, but he worked flat out and was really struggling. he retired from his first—round match. hubert goes round. nick kyrgios has never lost in the first round at wimbledon, but this championships will be one he wa nts to this championships will be one he wants to forget. a lot of union flag is always around the all—england club. 12 british players in the draw for the singles, and it went down to ten. yes, we lost two early british players. before defending champion andy murray stepped in court and he is the one for whom most of the union flags will be flying. not much to cheer behind me, the first match out was laura robson and she was taking on beatriz haddad maia, of brazil, playing in her wimbledon debut. laura robson a former british number one, she has been out a number one, she has been out a number of years with injuries and fitness problems, and she did not have what it takes to take on the 85 macro, brazil. she played so many in u

he wasn't looking and self, moving in a laboured way, grimacing massively, obviously in a lot of pain. another hip injury for him, like andy murray. he was two sets down, 6—4, 6—3. he u nfortu nately had sets down, 6—4, 6—3. he unfortunately had to retire. always popular with the choir, you're never quite sure what you're going to get. laura robson as well, she lost as well in straight sets to a brazilian player. a huge disappointment for british players hoping to see laura robson go through, she'd fallen to 198 in the world rankings after struggling for three years or so with fitness and injury problems. a huge disappointment for the laura robson, in fact he was knocked out of wimbledon before andy murray had even set foot on court. oh dear. not a great claim to fame. thanks for the update on the first day of wimbledon. the former chelsea and england captain john terry has joined aston villa. he was out of contract after leaving the blues at the end of last season after 22 years at stamford bridge. he won every trophy going. there was interest from other premier league clubs,

said labour backs scrapping the pay cap and that it should rise with earnings. we are saying, get rid of the i% pay cap and give them a pay rise. give them and give them a pay rise. give them a pay rise in line with earnings. clearly they are not going to be able to overturn the 14% loss that nhs workers have had over seven years but they have to come up with responsible recommendations which we would accept. michael gove was challenged on the andrew marr programme over the fact that these pay review bodies only operate in the environment set by politicians but he defended that, saying, yes, they operate under strategy set by they operate under strategy set by the government, but are independent. the pay review body is not the people he depicted towers. not a poodle, but they work under the strategy of the government. they ta ke strategy of the government. they take account of that though, such as the numberof take account of that though, such as the number of people entering the profession, or do we need a pay increase to get the very best people into the profe

labour says the prime minister has run out of ideas. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the prime minister was speaking at a news conference and this is what she said. the government has got an ambitious agenda to address the big challenges the country faces and one is getting the brexit negotiations right. there are other challenges we face as well. the public will want us face as well. the public will want us to get the broadest possible consensus in looking at those issues. i did this as home secretary on counterterrorism measures, working with other political parties to ensure we got that legislation right. i did to ensure we got that legislation right. i did it to ensure we got that legislation right. i did it on the modern slavery and, working with other parties to ensure that went onto the statute book. if you look at some of theissues statute book. if you look at some of the issues we will address in the future, matthew taylor's report is coming out tomorrow and i asked him to do that not long after becoming prime

labour says it is not enough. the additional investment in schools we are confirming today will be the biggest improvement in school funding for well over a decade. schools have lost £2.8 billion and this money is only coming on stream next year and our schools are facing the pinch. iwelcome it, but it needs more investment. the routes for the second phase of the hs2 rail project are announced — new homes on a housing estate near sheffield will be demolished. fresh talks today in brussels on the uk's departure from the european union — the brexit secretary says it's time to get down to business.

, export of labour and illegal, forced labour, by north korea into other countries like china and russia. so it will be seen as a positive move, certainly from seoul. but at this stage, and no official response yet. do you get a sense from a south korean perspective that there are at least some encouraging signs from the un or the us that they are very much being supported, if you like, in terms of what many have seen as north korea's increasingly unpredictable approach to its own international relations? well, the us is south korea's biggest ally. there are 28,000 american troops are stationed here. there was a very strong, robust response from the us when that intercontinental ballistic missile was fired, white, nearly a month ago, he, from north korea. —— what, nearly a month ago, here. month ago, he, from north korea. —— what, nearlya month ago, here. many people in south korea still have relatives across the border in the north. it is not necessarily a hostile relationship. that is why they're beginning to talk about things like trying to unify families, reunite families tha

campaigning in southampton the current labour leader rejected the position of his predecessor and says his party respects the result of the referendum. anyone is entitled to give their views and i listen to all of them. the views we have is that we want to see tariff free access to the european market, protection of eu national and of the rights and consumer rights we achieved through european union membership. this latest intervention from tony blair will not change the government's approach to negotiations. ministers say the former labour prime minister is demonstrating again that he is out of touch with voters yet mr blair has reopened the debate on the central issue of brexit, a decision he says is the biggest country has faced since the second world war. once, he helped determine britain's place in the world. now this former prime minister must settle with commenting from the sidelines. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are anne ashworth, a

labour of course say it is the general election and the performance of labour in that election that has changed things here in parliament. justin madders from labour's health team is here. so, you think, presumably, that the cap should be lifted for public sector workers? yes, that is something we have been saying for a long time now. we have been exit —— at last we have a cabinet ministers as you say falling over each other to start advocating this, a shame they did not put that into practice with a vote next week when the heavy opportunity to lift the pay gap. the big question always asked notjust of the conservatives but of you as well, how will you find this pay rise? public sector workers, there are millions of them, it would cost an awful lot of money, what do labour's plan say about that? we set out in our manifesto a fully costed set of proposals. the important thing here is that we allow the independent pay review bodies to actually be independent of government, take on board the views of both government. we will work with them whatever they come up with. what we have heard

it didn't quite go as far as saying he would wipe it out altogether but this morning labour's shadow education secretary was asked about this on the andrew marr show and she made it clear that although it is not quite a policy yet it is definitely their aim and their ambition to wipe out that debt. definitely their aim and their ambition to wipe out that debtm isa ambition to wipe out that debtm is a big abacus i'm working on with that, it is a huge amount, 100 billion... a huge amount of money. they have got to start dealing with this debt crisis we are foisting on our young people. they are leaving university with £57,000 worth of debt, it is unsustainable and we have got to start tackling that. and you simply spraying around huge spending promises to recklessly? another hundred billion pounds on tuition fees, that is some sofa you have to find. jeremy said it is an ambition, something he would like to do. it is not something we will announce we are doing unless we know we can afford to do that. so to put that into context, it is more than double the uk defence budget, more than t

her offer was mocked by the labour leader. the government is apparently now asking other parties for their policy ideas and so, if the prime minister would like it, i'm very happy to furniture with a copy of our election manifesto. a difficult afternoon got worse. anne marie morris is duly elected... while she was on her feet, a recording emerged of tory mp annemarie morris talking at a private event about brexit, using offensive language. she said the phrase was unintentional and has apologised unreservedly if offence was caused. the comments emerging on the day the prime minister called for an end to abuse meant mps were quick to seize on it. does she agree that where that where that happens, organisations should take decisive and swift action? offensive behaviour by backbenchers is one thing. asking the opposition for help is another. but with no majority to call her own, the prime minister can barely afford for anything to go wrong. with her authority cracked, there are no easy days for this prime minister. theresa may has

plus a labour mp. it is all very well saying what is the plan, but if you rule out the option of walking away from the table, you undermine your negotiating strategy because the eu will simply know that if we play tough they will accept what we give them. emily was absolutely superb at highlighting the fact that the government has got to get a grip because it is all very well to say no deal and we will walk away but that means there is no transition so what is the plan for that? you can have a plan for not having a deal, we need to have the people in place and the policies in place and the resources in place. we don't have a plan to not have a deal orfor don't have a plan to not have a deal or for getting don't have a plan to not have a deal orfor getting a deal don't have a plan to not have a deal or for getting a deal and don't have a plan to not have a deal orfor getting a deal and there is a terrible negotiating stance which is, take it or leave it, and we have absolute redlines. 0f is, take it or

the labour leader jeremy corbyn. the british and irish lions have won the second test against new zealand in wellington to draw level in the series. they beat the all blacks by 24—21 — their first victory over them since 1993. the all blacks played 55 minutes with 14 men after sonny bill williams was given a red card. the deciding match is in auckland next weekend. earlier i spoke to english—born former new zealand internationaljohn gallagher. i asked him whether he had divided loyalties watching the match. i always cheer with the all blacks, after playing 41 times for them, winning a world cup, i haven't had much option. you have got 30,000 british and irish lions fans out there, and i think it is brilliant that this series is going to the finale in auckland. i was in south—east london this morning. i had about eight or nine british and irish lions supporters in the room with me. and, you know, they were delighted. two tries to nil, you know, 0k, the all blacks played without sonny bill, down to 14 players w

labour says survivors need permanent homes urgently. it's the government actions that count in getting grown gre nfell tower residents the help and new housing they need. and giving them, and the wider community in kensington the confidence that what is promised will be done. i have to say to him the government has been slow to act. it's been off the pace at each stage following this tragedy. this tragedy clearly affecting a minister new to thejob. clearly affecting a minister new to the job. hearing the harrowing accou nts the job. hearing the harrowing a ccou nts of the job. hearing the harrowing accounts of survivors has been the most humbling experience of my life. the families that i've met have been through unimaginable pain. this is a tragedy that should never have happened. we are determined to do everything we can to make sure something like this never happens again. the government says it recognises that concerns over the location and quality of alternative homes have rented residents from moving. they say no one will be force

labour is saying the second reading will probably happen in october. that's the thought of the general passage of the bill and what it is aiming to do. labour agrees we are going to leave the eu, surely it has to vote in favour of the second reading. you get your changes later in the process. it has been clear today that we will not support the second reading unless the government makes fundamental changes to concerns that have been made by us. that would block brexit, wouldn't it? that's absolutely not the case because the vast majority of labour mps are in favour of triggering article 50. we accept the referendum. it is making sure the process that the government chooses, it's about their choice, they have chosen to give themselves these sweeping powers and not to bring the charter of fundamental rights across. these are their decisions and they can change those decisions and they can change those decisions and facial movement, which it is open to them to do, then we can have a look at what they then bring forward. as the labour opposition, we're put