28/01/2012 BBC Weekend News


28/01/2012

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Good afternoon. In the past few minutes, the BBC

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has learned that the Royal Bank of Scotland chairman, Sir Philip

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Hampton has given up a �1.4 million share award he was due it follows

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the controversy over the company's chief executive, Stephen Hester,

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being awarded a bonus of �963,000. Our business correspondent is with

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me. Joe, what do we know about this? Aappears that the chairman of

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Royal Bank of Scotland approached the remuneration Committee and said

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he was entitled to a restricted share award, but would not take it.

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It is slightly unusual to get the kind of bonuses that the executives

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get, but he felt in line of the public pressure, he would not

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accept 5 .1 million shares that works out at �1.4 million.

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This puts pressure on Stephen Hester and the Government? Yes, it

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does. He is due to receive a bonus of about �1 million worth of shares.

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We have learned this morning that George Osbourne told our colleague,

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Stephanie Flanders, that George Osbourne, the Chancellor, would not

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vote against the share award in Royal Bank of Scotland forthcoming

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AGM. So it looks as though the Government will not block it. If he

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does not accept it, it is his decision.

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A serving police officer and three other men have been arrested by

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detectives investigating corrupt payments to the police. It is part

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of elve elve, which is a long- running operation linked to the

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phone hacking inquiry. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw

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has this report. It is a year since Scotland Yard

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launched a fresh inquiry into phone hacking, today, a major development.

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This morning, four arrests were made. They are part of a link to

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Scotland Yard inquiries into allegationss that police received

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illegal payments providing information.

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One of those arrested is a 29-year- old serving policeman based in

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Central London. He is being questioned on suspicion of

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corruption, misconduct in a public office and conspiracy in relation

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to both offences. Had is -- he is the second officer arrested. The

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three other men have never worked for the police. Two are aged 38,

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one is aged of a. Their homes in Essex in north London are being

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searched. Last year as the police

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investigation into phone hacking aalleged corruption gathered pace,

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the News of the World was closed down. Among the 27 people arrested

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was the former chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brookes.

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Andy Coulson, the paper's former editor and David Cameron's former

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communications chief and Glen Mulcaire. Jailed for hacking phones

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five years ago. All are on police bail. Scotland Yard said that the

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arrest s today followed information from News International. Police are

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now searching their offices. The Government is insisting it will

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not back down over planned changes to the Child Support Agency.

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Despite being defeated in the House of Lords this week. Under the

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proposals, parents will be charged for help in tracking down payments

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from former partners. That's a good one.

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That's not so good. Mark Manuel separated from his wife

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after 20 years ago together, but despite their differences they

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manage to sort out child maintenance payments with the help

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of the mediation service. It is better to agree about what

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you can and can't do. It works out so much better. That way you know

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that the money goes directly to that person's bank account.

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But parents who can't agree may soon have to pay to use the Child

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Support Agency. The Government is proposing an upfront application

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fee of about �100. For parents on benefits it would be about �50. If

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the CSA administers the maintenance it would charge between �7% and 20%

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of that money. The charity Gingerbread says that these changes

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are unfair. These proposals mean that lot of

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parents may not access the Child Support Agency. That means they

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will not get vitally needed child maintenance flowing. Families are

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really struggling at the moment. Ultimately it is the children who

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will suffer. The Government insists that the

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system must change as it costs too much and does not work.

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Most people who are out there listening to this today will know

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that they need to reform child maintenance. That half of children

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living in separated families don't get any financial support. System

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is broken. Ministers are insisting that they

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will try to reinstate the proposals in the House of Commons next week.

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Nick Clegg has already hinted, though, that perhaps some changes

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may be made. Extra security checks are taking

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place at Queens Park Rangers home ground, following an allegations to

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the police that a threatening letter had been sent to the

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defender, Anton Ferdinand. Fans arriving for the FA Cup tie with

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Chelsea are being searched by the police. Let's speak now to Ben Ando.

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What is the background to this? Well it was last October when the

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teams met in the league. There was an altercation between John Terry

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and Anton Ferdinand, the QPR defender. Something was said, after

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the game, John Terry was charged with rairb ale abusing Anton

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Ferdinand, a charge that he denies. When it became clear that the teams

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were to meat in the FA Cup, there were concerns about the security.

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These were heightened during the week when something was sent to the

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club addressed to Anton Ferdinand, said by the police to be a

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malicious communication, believed to be a bullet or a pellet. There

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is speculation that the two players may refuse to shake hands. On that

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basis the FA have abandoned the traditional shand shake before the

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game and of course there -- hand- shake before the game and there is

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