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The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, is coming under pressure

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over his plan to increase National Insurance payments for many

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Some of his own MPs are unhappy with the plan.

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Those on higher earnings will be paying a little bit more. We think

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that is fair, we think it is a reasonable way to go forward, given

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the benefits entitlement of the self-employed has improved so much.

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Labour threatened to unite with Tory rebels to force a government

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climb-down. A former undercover policeman

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who posed as an addict to infiltrate risks he took and how he was stabbed

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and stripped naked at gun point. And we'll be live in central London

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as the Queen honours British military personnel who have served

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in Iraq and Afghanistan. In half an hour, we'll be

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answering your questions, so please do get in touch

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with anything you want to know about your family

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or business finances. If you text, you will be charged

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at the standard network rate. The Chancellor is facing

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accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing

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National Insurance contributions After his Budget announcement,

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Philip Hammond is facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan

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from some Conservative MPs. The Treasury has rejected

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calls for a re-think, insisting the increase will make

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the National Insurance Let's get more on this from our

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political guru, Norman Smith. How much pressure is he under? Huge

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pressure. It is not just Mr Hammond has broken the Conservative Party

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election manifesto, many Tories oppose on principle a tax rise on

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people's income, but more than that, they believe this hit on the

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self-employed is basically hitting people who the Tory party believe

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are there people, they go out, start a business, form a company. Look at

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some of the conservative supporting newspapers this morning. This is no

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laughing matter, Tories break tax vow. At the moment, the Treasury is

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hanging tough, saying there is no U-turn. Philip Hammond is still

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defending the line that they didn't break the manifesto.

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We regard that issue has dealt with, we dealt with it in 2015. What I did

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yesterday was address a basic continuing unfairness in the current

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system, the benefits available to the self-employed have significantly

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improved, they have full access to the state pension now, that is worth

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?1800 a year on average to a self-employed person. As we go

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forward with our negotiations with the EU, we need to make this country

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strong and fit and ready for the future. My take is either Mr Hammond

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is a much braver Chancellor than any of us have given him credit for or

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his political and ten I have gone on the blink. If it is the former, he

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is being extraordinarily brawled -- antennae. Maybe the Treasury think

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it is a taxonomically that needs to be ironed out. It is simply unfair

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they pay less tax, the self-employed, maybe. It is costing

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the Treasury a whopping amount of money for stock this year alone it

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is thought it is costing the Treasury ?5 billion. As we move into

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an increasingly digital economy, it is thought more people will work for

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themselves. In other words, the potential for much bigger losses of

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money down the line are leave very significant and perhaps that is in

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the back of the Chancellor's mind when he chooses to make what is

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still a hugely controversial decision. What is your thought on

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that? Do let us know. Now let us catch up with the rest of the news.

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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has told the BBC

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that the common-sense time for a second independence referendum

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A vote can only take place with the permission

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But her remarks, to the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg,

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are the clearest signal yet that the SNP is planning to hold

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another vote before the UK leaves the European Union.

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In Westminster, some politicians think you're bluffing

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I always think that sometimes kind of says more about them than it does

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about me because it suggests that there are politicians

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in Westminster who think Brexit and all of this is some

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It's not a game, it's really, really serious and the implications

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for the UK are serious and the implications

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Some of your colleagues talk about autumn,

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Within that window, as the outline of a UK deal becomes clear,

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and the UK exiting the EU, I think it would be the common-sense time

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for Scotland to have that choice if that is the road we choose

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Just to be clear, you're not ruling out autumn, 2018?

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Theresa May is travelling to Brussels today to attend what's

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expected to be her final EU summit before Brexit is formally triggered.

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EU leaders will decide whether to extend the term of the former

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Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, as President

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despite opposition from some in his home country.

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A United Nations report is to call for an independent investigation

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into the potential health impact of the UK's largest

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Residents living near the Ffos-y-Fran site in South Wales

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have led a long campaign against air and noise pollution.

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The mine's operator, Miller Argent, says the company has a proud record

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A memorial honouring the British military personnel and civilians

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who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first

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Gulf War will be unveiled by the Queen this morning.

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Members of the public donated more than ?1 million

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to fund the monument, as Robert Hall reports.

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The military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan over a 24-year

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period represent the longest and most intense series

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of operations since the Second World War.

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682 British service personnel lost their lives.

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Many others came home with life-changing injuries.

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The new memorial was first mooted in 2014 and fundraising began

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It stands on the bank of the Thames, alongside reminders

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The new monument doesn't just commemorate the Armed Forces,

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it gives equal prominence to the civilians who worked

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on the humanitarian side of operations.

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Government, aid and charity workers, all of whom showed the twin values

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Although British public opinion was divided over the merits

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of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, no-one questions

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the dedication shown by both military and civilians trying to get

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The team behind the memorial accept that there is no clear end to this

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Today's ceremony will reawaken shared experiences

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We will have live coverage from the unveiling of the new war memorial

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later in the programme. Hawaii has become the first US state

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to challenge President Trump's Hawaii's attorney general said

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Mr Trump had violated the constitution with his redrawn

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executive order banning travel from He said it would damage

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state commerce, including its lucrative tourism

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industry. Guatemala is observing three days

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of national mourning after 22 teenage girls died

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in a fire at a government-run Police say the fire started

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after some of the girls set alight mattresses following an attempt

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to escape from the Malta's famous rock arch,

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which featured in a number of films and the TV series Game of Thrones,

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has collapsed into the sea. The Azure Window, on Gozo,

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was damaged by heavy storms. The Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat,

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said it was heartbreaking. A study

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of the arch in 2013 said A man in Australia who posed

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online as Justin Bieber has been charged with more than 900

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child sex offences. The 42-year old man is accused

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of persuading fans of the star Police say he had been

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using a number of sites, including Facebook and Skype,

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to communicate with children. We understand that the charges go

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back as much as ten years, to 2007, and he was actually caught,

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it is alleged, through an international operation

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with police in America and Europe becoming aware of him,

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before he was tracked back Now they suggest what he was

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doing was going online, posing as Justin Bieber,

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and soliciting indecent images from children, so really winning

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and abusing their trust, some very young and

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vulnerable victims. And the scale of it, the police say,

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is really quite horrific. An actor from the Harry Potter films

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is in intensive care after a head-on car crash left him with a broken

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neck and punctured lung. Jim Tavare, known for his role

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in Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban, also suffered 15 broken

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ribs and breaks in his right leg. His wife, Laura, posted a picture of

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him in a hospital bed on Facebook. That's a summary of

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the latest BBC News. Thank you. Just after 9:30am, we

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will talk to a personal finance expert. If you have any questions

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about the Budget, let us know. Do get in touch with us

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throughout the morning - If you text, you will be charged

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at the standard network rate. One person is saying, I watched the

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Budget and I do not understand whether it is business as usual for

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me. I am a serving soldier. We will be asking our guest at half past

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nine the answer to that for you. If you have questions, we would love to

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have them. Right now, let us catch up with the sport. There is only one

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story in town, Barcelona pulling off the greatest comeback in the history

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of the Champions League. I did not see it because I was watching

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Manchester City against Stoke. Absolutely gutted! Incredible match

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will stop Woody been compared to the greatest comeback in sporting

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history. -- incredible match. It has already been compared to. Liverpool

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2005, back from 3-0 down to beat Inter Milan. Barcelona needed to

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overturn a four goal deficit. They were 3-0 up after 50 minutes. Then

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this happened. PSG scored. Absolutely out of sight, 5-3 on

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aggregate. This from Neymar. Seven minutes to play. Outstanding free

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kick from Neymar to make it 4-1. Still needed two. Neymar 91st minute

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with a penalty controversially won by Luis Suarez. 95th minute,

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Roberto. Look at the celebrations! And listen to this commentary on

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Spanish radio. SHOUTING

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Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea! Roberto! Barca! Barca! Barca! PSG!

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Absolutely brilliant. I thought we would play it in full for you

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because it is brilliant. The reaction on Spanish radio. I do not

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think they have seen anything like it. The celebrations will be going

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on I am sure now. I am so glad you played that. I did not think it

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would end! Hill. What about social media? Social media went mad. --

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brilliant. So many tweets. At one point in one minute, 83,000 tweets

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sent out about this game. We picked out a couple of them. Sergio Romero

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-- Roberto, we made it together, incredible! Playing at centre back

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last night, a picture of the Barca players in the dressing room with

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Messi showing off his 12 pack. Good picture. This was from FC Arsenal in

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the official Twitter feed. We did it! Fabulous to be on the winning

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side. What about Harry St Germain? It is how they comeback. -- Paris St

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Germain. To lose in that manner, they got the tactics wrong. The

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manager has three times led his former club Seville to the Europa

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League title. They got it wrong last night, sat behind the ball. They

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were punished. You look at the French league table, still three

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points behind Monaco. As for Barcelona, they have won the

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European Cup five times. After that last night, you would not rule out

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number six. See you later. Neil Woods was an undercover

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policeman who risked his life to infiltrate criminal drugs gangs

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around the UK. Posing as an addict,

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he moved in a violent world where he was stabbed

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and held at gunpoint. At the weekend, he returned

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to his normal life as a family man. Over his 14-year career,

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Neil's evidence put numerous But he now thinks the only

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way to end the war Welcome. Obviously you go into the

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police to be a law enforcing member of the community. You found yourself

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in a very dangerous world. How did you feel about that? I wasn't so

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great at uniform policing to start with and I was fortunate to find a

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drug squad attachment for a month. They suggested I tried buying crack

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cocaine. That shaped the next 14 years of my life. What preparation

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was there? At the time this kind of undercover work was completely new

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in this country. The working at the bottom level and working your way up

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was completely new. There was no training for about four years and

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then I helped design that for other people. You were feeling your way in

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a world where, was made clear to you what the moral boundaries where?

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Only when the training came in. But that was after four years. Yes, the

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ethical boundaries were defined as we went along. Finding our way with

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what worked and what didn't. What worked and what didn't? As the job

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has got longer and longer and more and more difficult as organised

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crime got used to what I was doing, basically I had to befriend people

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and empathise with people and it became like weapon icing empathy.

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You have to move amongst the people on the streets, people who are

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problematic drug users and befriend them. That makes sense but it has to

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be more than that, doesn't it? Don't you have to pass off as somebody

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credible in that world, doesn't that mean taking drugs? I never had to

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take heroin or crack cocaine but I once had to take amphetamine. I make

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the mistake of presenting myself to be a connoisseur of that drug which

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was a mistake. Somebody gave me a present and it was 40% pure,

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normally the drug would be 5% pure. To avoid imminent violence I had to

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take some of that drug. That was quite terrifying. I was awake for

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three nights. Only on one occasion ever did you take drugs? I had to

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take cannabis in a few times but that was it. What about dealing

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drugs? I pretended to be a dealer very often. Sometimes I would make

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myself out to be a travelling burglar, wheeler dealer. I was

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buying large quantities in order to present that but I would never

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actually sell drugs. Did you raise suspicions, if you are in the world

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and you want taking drugs? That's where the art of the craft comes in.

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It's often not too difficult when you are buying heroin. The trade

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tends to be in those alleys and places where people might find you,

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organised crime likes to deal in the public eye because that is the

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safest place to do it. Did you ever feel your life was in danger? We

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said at the beginning there was a moment where you were threatened

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with a knife, you were stripped naked, tell us about those moments.

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I've had many, many moments where I thought this was it, this is all

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going to end. In Stoke I knocked on a door. I had been buying off a

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heroin dealer, I thought he was happy with me. He answered the door

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and put a sword to my throat. I thought this was it. My life is

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over. Then I heard laughing and there was a woman behind him, she

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said, I thought he was going to say he was drug squad then. They were

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laughing, they were just winding me up. Maybe he wanted to try out his

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new sword. You talk about it as if it was like another day in the

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office, but at the time how frightening was that? It's very

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frightening. If got to keep working all day after things like that. You

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can't suddenly run away, you have to keep doing it. It adds up and it

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takes its toll. When you say keep working all day, described how your

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day was defined, what would you do? I would buy heroin, then maybe do

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and evidence drop to someone to get that delivered, then I would go and

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buy some crack cocaine off someone else, then I would go shoplifting

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with some people. And make friends with other drug users. It was all

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about what connections you can make and how you can manipulate people to

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introduce you further up the ladder. That takes a lot of time. You did do

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shoplifting which obviously was a crime. It's only a crime if you

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don't intend to give it back. So you would return what you take? Yes, at

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a much later time. Thankfully it was never me who had to return it! I

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mentioned that you were stripped naked at gunpoint and a camera was

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found on you, what happened? I didn't have a camera on me the day I

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was stripped naked, that was in Northampton. They showed me a gun

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and told me to strip. Thankfully I didn't have a camera but I had a

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camera found once in Leicester. A gangster had been very happy with

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me, I had been trading with him for about four months. On this occasion

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I went to sell him some counterfeit clothing as part of my cover and he

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brought two of his friends with me and they were suspicious. One of

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them searched me and found a camera. I was in an isolated car park, I

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can't say the words I said on the television but I gave them a torrent

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of abuse to try and interrupted his ability to tell his friend what he

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had found. I then had to deliberately, as slowly as possible,

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fold up the clothing. If you run a way that's confirming suspicions.

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Very slowly I walked away. I managed to gain enough metres so that when

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he convinced his companion and they came after me in a car, and tried to

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run me over, I must have escaped that by two metres. My intelligence

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guide joked later run because he said he didn't know why they didn't

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just shoot me because they had a gun in the car. At the same time you had

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two young children and a wife, you would go home to that environment at

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weekends. Would you put everything behind you and slip easily from one

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well to the other? Yes, I don't think my children ever picked up on

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anything. I would still take them swimming on a Sunday morning. It

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must have seemed surreal. It did, sometimes. I think I managed them as

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best I could. There has been a lot of scrutiny of undercover police

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work and we've talked about how when you started out in 1993 it was a

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very different time. You helped to draw up guidelines at a later stage.

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Now, with that scrutiny, the fact compensation has been paid to women

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who have been affected by undercover policing, duped into relationships

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that were not genuine, how do you see what the boundaries are, for

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instance having sex with somebody when you undercover? But was never

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an issue for the kind of work I did. I hope that as we continue to

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examine undercover tactics we consider what an impact they have.

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Undercover policing is the nuclear option. You can't go into a

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community without incredibly affecting people's lives. Most

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undercover policing is about drugs. The harm I caused, the people's

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lives I massively influenced, people who are vulnerable and needed help,

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and I manipulated them, I put them in increased danger, I had them sent

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to prison where treatment would have been more appropriate. All of these

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things happened for something which, essentially, there is no evidence

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that it has any benefit. I put people imprisoned for over 1000

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years from I undercover work. How far up the food chain were they?

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Most of them were very nasty gangsters getting nine years apiece.

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Lots of people were just vulnerable people getting sent to jail for 2-3

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years. The people taking... The people I manipulated to get

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introductions to the gangsters. I put those people into prison for so

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long and didn't interrupt the drug supply. They clearly had committed

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crimes so why does but weigh heavily on you? It doesn't take long to

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realise problematic drug users need help. For example, as any drug

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counsellor will tell you, two thirds problematic heroin users are

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self-medicating for childhood abuse. They need help and they are being

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trampled on by policing drugs. It causes harm and it's futile. Futile

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would be bad enough but actually the tactics I used only causes organised

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crime to get more violent, because the ultimate defence against the

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tactics I used is to intimidate whole communities successfully. Is

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that something you saw happening? I saw it happening year after year.

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Give us an example. I gave up undercover work. I'd had enough of

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the damage it was causing. I think in 2004 I was called up and they

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said you've got to do this job because these gangsters are raping

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people as punishment for drug debts. They are incredibly vicious. I was

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tempted back into it again. The same thing happened. It's not just

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futile, each year it's the best defence. The most successful

:26:24.:26:27.

organised crime groups are the ones that are most violent. What's

:26:28.:26:31.

causing that never-ending arms race is policing drugs. It sounds like

:26:32.:26:34.

you are putting a lot of the burden of that on your own shoulders. You

:26:35.:26:38.

were putting people who are doing bad things away. Why do you see a

:26:39.:26:42.

direct link between what criminals were doing to stop getting caught

:26:43.:26:47.

and what you were doing? It's not on my shoulders it's on the shoulders

:26:48.:26:52.

of drug policy. Drug policy has created the situation. Isn't it on

:26:53.:26:57.

the shoulders of people doing the crimes? If you had a regulated drug

:26:58.:27:04.

market gangsters wouldn't be running the market. Brewery bosses don't

:27:05.:27:08.

have shoot outs. If you look at how the murder rate dropped after

:27:09.:27:11.

Prohibition ended in the United States. Violence gets worse at the

:27:12.:27:15.

moment. Is the argument you make about that that if something becomes

:27:16.:27:20.

unpalatable enough and the state feels it can't deal with it, you

:27:21.:27:25.

therefore legalise it, so it's almost an incentive for people doing

:27:26.:27:28.

bad things to make it so unpalatable. There's a drastic

:27:29.:27:32.

difference between drug criminality and any criminality because it is a

:27:33.:27:38.

a prohibited thing. Burglaries will always be wrong. Drug policy is

:27:39.:27:43.

about health. As soon as you try and make it about policing you've

:27:44.:27:46.

created a nightmare which is organised crime. We need to get

:27:47.:27:49.

drugs under control because they can be dangerous. I know that is

:27:50.:27:56.

something you now work on doing. You are the UK chair of the law

:27:57.:27:59.

enforcement against Prohibition. The government is making clear it won't

:28:00.:28:06.

be heading down that path. You can break drug policy into different

:28:07.:28:18.

pockets policy. In news this week, in Durham they have said they will

:28:19.:28:23.

prescribe heroin. In a similar way to the methadone programme. It isn't

:28:24.:28:30.

decriminalising but is monitored. It is a regulation because you are

:28:31.:28:33.

taking the market away from gangsters, undermining the power of

:28:34.:28:37.

those people controlling the market with violence. You also cut down on

:28:38.:28:40.

the crime caused by those people trying to feed their habit. Drug

:28:41.:28:46.

policy should be about saving lives and reducing harm. This is an

:28:47.:28:49.

example of a policy that does that. What about the message but is sent,

:28:50.:28:53.

if something is illegal kids are brought up knowing it's illegal,

:28:54.:28:56.

that's the framework around it. If something is not illegal it I

:28:57.:29:03.

default becomes acceptable. Messages don't save lives. They really don't.

:29:04.:29:08.

Drug policy is in a complete mess. You talk about messages to children,

:29:09.:29:12.

at the moment gangsters have the messages to children. Look at the

:29:13.:29:16.

cannabis market, that is where organised crime recruits for the

:29:17.:29:20.

future. Teenagers can't get hold of alcohol. Less than 1% of them can

:29:21.:29:24.

buy it but in this country half of them can get easy access to alcohol.

:29:25.:29:32.

We have the easiest teenage access to cannabis and this is where

:29:33.:29:35.

organised crime recruit the gangsters of tomorrow's. How have

:29:36.:29:39.

your colleagues in the police reacted to your new perspective?

:29:40.:29:43.

Initially, obviously with writing the book, it's a whistle-blowing

:29:44.:29:47.

book. I was Public enemy number one in the covert policing world. In the

:29:48.:29:51.

last few months I've had overwhelming support and we are

:29:52.:29:54.

recruiting massively. Only yesterday I met with the police and crime

:29:55.:30:01.

commission of the North Wales, he has just joined the organisation. He

:30:02.:30:05.

is a serving police and crime commission. He has said he supports

:30:06.:30:10.

Ron Hogg completely and will be looking into how he can implement

:30:11.:30:14.

the same policy. The work you are doing now, do you see it almost as a

:30:15.:30:24.

way of solving your conscience? You have suffered from press dramatic

:30:25.:30:29.

stress disorder of a type which is called moral damage.

:30:30.:30:34.

It is about remembering we can be harmed by threats of violence to

:30:35.:30:41.

ourselves but also by causing harm to others. I am fine now, completely

:30:42.:30:46.

well. It is not so much easing conscience but doing the right

:30:47.:30:50.

thing. Undercover I was fighting the good fight, catching bad people,

:30:51.:30:56.

making society safer. Once you realise that policing drugs is only

:30:57.:31:00.

causing harm and the evidence does support what I am saying, with my

:31:01.:31:04.

experience, I think I was duty bound to speak out. Thank you very much

:31:05.:31:10.

for talking to us. Get in touch with your thoughts on what Neil has been

:31:11.:31:15.

talking about. Neil's book Good Cop,

:31:16.:31:18.

Bad War is published today. We'll have more reaction

:31:19.:31:21.

to the Chancellor's budget, including changes to

:31:22.:31:25.

National Insurance contributions I'll hear from some who may be

:31:26.:31:26.

affected by the change. Honouring those who have served

:31:27.:31:30.

in Afghanistan and Iraq - we're live at the unveiling

:31:31.:31:35.

of a new war memorial. Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom

:31:36.:31:44.

with a summary of today's news. The Chancellor is facing

:31:45.:31:45.

accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing

:31:46.:31:48.

National Insurance contributions After his Budget announcement,

:31:49.:31:51.

Philip Hammond is facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan

:31:52.:31:54.

from some Conservative MPs. The Treasury has rejected

:31:55.:31:59.

calls for a re-think, insisting the increase will make

:32:00.:32:01.

the National Insurance What I did yesterday was address a

:32:02.:32:15.

basic continuing unfairness in the current system, the benefits

:32:16.:32:20.

available to the self-employed have significantly improved, they have

:32:21.:32:23.

full access to the state pension now, that is worth ?1800 a year on

:32:24.:32:27.

average to a self-employed person. As we go forward with our

:32:28.:32:33.

negotiations with the EU, we need to make this country strong

:32:34.:32:36.

and fit and ready for the future. Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC the

:32:37.:32:48.

common-sense time for a second referendum would be autumn next

:32:49.:32:53.

year. Her remarks are the clearest signal yet the SNP is planning to

:32:54.:32:56.

hold another vote before the UK believes that EU.

:32:57.:33:01.

The Queen will unveil a memorial in London this morning in honour

:33:02.:33:04.

of all those from the UK who served in Iraq and Afghanistan

:33:05.:33:07.

The monument is dedicated to civilians as well as

:33:08.:33:10.

Members of the public donated more than ?1 million to fund it.

:33:11.:33:15.

We'll be live at the memorial in the next half an hour.

:33:16.:33:20.

A man in Australia who posed online as Justin Bieber

:33:21.:33:23.

has been charged with more than 900 child sex offences.

:33:24.:33:28.

The 42-year old man is accused of persuading fans of the star

:33:29.:33:31.

Police say he had been using a number of sites,

:33:32.:33:35.

including Facebook and Skype, to communicate with children.

:33:36.:33:46.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:33:47.:33:48.

Is it the greatest sporting comeback of all time? The biggest in

:33:49.:33:59.

Champions League history. Barcelona overturned a lead against PCG. It

:34:00.:34:05.

saw them through to the quarterfinal with two of them coming in added

:34:06.:34:10.

time. Sergio Romero toe with the winner. Arsene Wenger has said this

:34:11.:34:17.

morning he has not made up his mind about whether he will stay in the

:34:18.:34:20.

job but he says the opinion of the fans will have a bearing.

:34:21.:34:26.

Potentially decisive blow for Manchester City after a goalless

:34:27.:34:30.

draw at home to Stoke. With Tottenham in second place on goal

:34:31.:34:46.

difference, ten points behind the leaders, Chelsea. The second round

:34:47.:34:51.

of the WTA event, Heather Watson now faces yet anaconda. -- Konta.

:34:52.:35:03.

First to the reaction to Philip Hammond's first Budget,

:35:04.:35:05.

and the Chancellor will have woken up this morning to newspaper

:35:06.:35:08.

The Chancellor is facing growing pressure from backbench MPs

:35:09.:35:12.

to reconsider plans to increase National Insurance contributions

:35:13.:35:14.

He's been accused of breaking a manifesto pledge, but the Treasury

:35:15.:35:17.

says the change will return fairness to the National Insurance system.

:35:18.:35:22.

Let's look now at how the budget might affect you.

:35:23.:35:25.

We are joined by a panel of people here in the studio and in different

:35:26.:35:29.

Oliver Beach is a school governor and former teacher.

:35:30.:35:37.

Ian Adams is a man with a van and is self-employed and he joins us from

:35:38.:35:44.

his white van this morning. Sue Jenkins is a full-time

:35:45.:35:48.

carer for her mum. Alettia Elwin is self-employed

:35:49.:35:51.

and teaches music to children. And to help with any

:35:52.:35:53.

questions we might have along the way is Simon Gompertz,

:35:54.:35:56.

who is the BBC's personal finance correspondent, and Sarah Pennells,

:35:57.:35:58.

editor of Savvywoman.co.uk. Thank you all for joining us. Let us

:35:59.:36:08.

go straight to Ian in the white van. The headlines, Philip Hammond,

:36:09.:36:14.

focusing on white van man. What are your thoughts on the Budget? It is a

:36:15.:36:23.

tax hikes, but it is... Mr Hammond could have done something for all of

:36:24.:36:28.

us, including the self-employed, and that was returned VAT to the level

:36:29.:36:33.

it was before the financial crisis. Another tax hike on the working

:36:34.:36:40.

people. A lot of us after the financial crisis went out and set up

:36:41.:36:44.

our own businesses. This sends out a bad message to people who may want

:36:45.:36:50.

to do the same. The government and the taxes, never gives. -- only

:36:51.:36:58.

taxes. You are also self-employed, what do you think about it? We have

:36:59.:37:04.

not done the exact figures but it looks like it will be several

:37:05.:37:07.

hundred pounds a year. Admittedly, it is not going to make us

:37:08.:37:12.

destitute, but with everything else that goes up, the fuel rises, food

:37:13.:37:18.

rises, car insurance, it makes a massive difference. You feel like,

:37:19.:37:22.

why is he targeting small businesses when there are so many global

:37:23.:37:27.

multinational companies that pay very little tax at all in the UK?

:37:28.:37:32.

What do you think about the broken manifesto pledge? Philip Hammond is

:37:33.:37:41.

insisting it is not. Most people, the man on the street, find

:37:42.:37:45.

headlines about broken election promises not exactly news. When you

:37:46.:37:54.

are talking about another tax hike, most of us, we are so used to

:37:55.:37:58.

hearing the stories about these politicians breaking promises, I am

:37:59.:38:07.

not surprised. Are you angry? Do you accept the Chancellor's view it is

:38:08.:38:10.

about levelling the playing field on tax? Not really, no. There was a

:38:11.:38:17.

great increase in the number of self-employed after the financial

:38:18.:38:20.

crash. They properly saw packs revenues fall because of that --

:38:21.:38:31.

probably saw tax revenues. It is a market they have missed out revenue

:38:32.:38:37.

on. It is not a surprise that this government or any government would

:38:38.:38:46.

again make a tax hike. You are a pub landlord, Sean, you were unexpected

:38:47.:38:51.

winners in this budget. It seems that way. I represent a lot of pubs,

:38:52.:39:00.

29 pubs, very large increase averaging 27,000 in rental values.

:39:01.:39:03.

?1000 in the first year is good. We were hoping for a fundamental review

:39:04.:39:10.

on the rate system and are specifically looking at public

:39:11.:39:13.

houses because they are a community asset. Threatened at the moment

:39:14.:39:17.

especially in the south-east. Business rate relief being a good

:39:18.:39:20.

thing for pubs. What about the national insurance? The national

:39:21.:39:25.

insurance, I am self-employed, the national insurance is... I see it as

:39:26.:39:32.

an attack on the entrepreneur, someone taking a risk. The idea was

:39:33.:39:36.

you do not get the same benefits as those who are employed. The point of

:39:37.:39:39.

having slightly lower national insurance was to take on the risk

:39:40.:39:46.

level. I am not 100% sure what the figure is we will have to pay in

:39:47.:39:51.

addition but it is another tax on a lot of self-employed people who are

:39:52.:39:55.

supposed to be driving the recovery of the recession. Sue Jenkins,

:39:56.:40:02.

full-time carer for your mum. There has been a lot of discussion around

:40:03.:40:06.

social care in the run-up to the Budget and whether money would be

:40:07.:40:11.

found for it. The taxes are going up, money is being given to social

:40:12.:40:16.

care, how do you see that? It is not enough and it is not going to be

:40:17.:40:22.

enough and it will take time to implement. I am in a crisis

:40:23.:40:27.

situation at the moment. I was looking after my mother, nursing

:40:28.:40:34.

her, for six years under continuing health care funding, a negligent

:40:35.:40:36.

assessment was done last year will, they did not look at all of the

:40:37.:40:41.

evidence. She was transferred to social care on the 13th of January.

:40:42.:40:50.

Since then, it has been a disaster. Social services have threatened me

:40:51.:40:51.

that if I go over budget which was already out of date with an out of

:40:52.:40:56.

date care plan that I will be personally responsible for the

:40:57.:41:00.

overspend which has forced me into a crisis situation. Just explain that.

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You would be personally responsible for the overspend? Yes, they have

:41:06.:41:09.

said that they cannot provide the care is to me, CHC who are supposed

:41:10.:41:14.

to be funding the night care cannot provide carers which has forced me

:41:15.:41:19.

into going to an agency, a very good one, but they are charging ?21 50 an

:41:20.:41:26.

hour, which they have to, to get decent care. It is pushing me into

:41:27.:41:31.

an overspend. I am going without essential care I need. I am up night

:41:32.:41:35.

after night nursing my mother because if I do not have a second

:41:36.:41:40.

carer at night, I am the other night care, I am on the go all day dealing

:41:41.:41:46.

with massive complex medical issues, dementia, Alzheimer's, complex

:41:47.:41:51.

spinal care, a lot of issues going on. She also has epilepsy. This is a

:41:52.:41:56.

serious situation and it is grinding me down into the ground. We

:41:57.:42:00.

absolutely hear the pressure you are under. Under a lot of string with

:42:01.:42:07.

that situation. I want to bring in Sarah, what has been announced in

:42:08.:42:11.

the budget is obviously aimed at trying to alleviate the pressure on

:42:12.:42:17.

people like Sue. What difference will it make? Not enough difference.

:42:18.:42:24.

?2 billion, ?1 billion in the coming tax year. Estimates say up to ?2.8

:42:25.:42:28.

billion is needed in this year to plug the gap. You would like to

:42:29.:42:33.

think Sue's express is unusual but sadly I do not think it is. Part of

:42:34.:42:37.

the problem is a few years ago people caring for others were given

:42:38.:42:41.

control of their budgets if they wanted to. -- Sue's experience. The

:42:42.:42:48.

problem is in the intervening years, any support from local authorities

:42:49.:42:51.

has been taken away. There are people like Sue who are not only

:42:52.:42:56.

caring for an elderly mother or father around the clock, but they

:42:57.:43:01.

are also having to deal with essentially mini accounts to try to

:43:02.:43:04.

work out the best way of planning the care and being threatened that

:43:05.:43:07.

if they go over budget, it is their problem. The word crisis has been

:43:08.:43:13.

used and I do not think it is incorrect in this case. There was

:43:14.:43:17.

nothing specifically for people like Sue who are actually saving the

:43:18.:43:22.

Government millions and billions of pounds and one of the things I know

:43:23.:43:26.

from my own work is while there are some carers who qualify for what is

:43:27.:43:31.

called carer's allowance, a benefit you get if you care for someone for

:43:32.:43:38.

over 35 hours a week, 95% of carers careful someone for less time but

:43:39.:43:41.

still over 20 hours and they are losing out on state pension because

:43:42.:43:45.

they are not claiming national insurance credits they are entitled

:43:46.:43:49.

to. The Government is aware. There are not any measures to help them.

:43:50.:43:54.

This help, it will make a difference, but there will still be

:43:55.:43:58.

people in a similar situation to sue. Oliver, you are here

:43:59.:44:02.

representing the education centre, school governor, former teacher,

:44:03.:44:09.

money for education in this budget and focus on technology. The

:44:10.:44:15.

introduction of the T levels which will upscale young people, prepare

:44:16.:44:17.

them for the digital economy and create a parity of esteem on

:44:18.:44:25.

vocational education. There is quite a lot of stigma in secondary

:44:26.:44:29.

schools. It is great. To have an emphasis on the nontraditional

:44:30.:44:34.

routes, away from A-levels to get kids ready for an almost automated

:44:35.:44:42.

economy, to help them get ready for it... The money going into schools,

:44:43.:44:46.

a lot of schools were hoping for something to ease the pressure of

:44:47.:44:51.

the savings that are being made across schools and the money seems

:44:52.:44:55.

to be going to free schools or Grammar schools which is not helpful

:44:56.:44:58.

to the platter of secondary schools and primary schools which are

:44:59.:45:06.

suffering huge cuts -- plethora. Simon, money is being given to some

:45:07.:45:09.

and taken away from others and some people footing a bill for different

:45:10.:45:14.

things. Obviously, it is always a balancing act for a Chancellor, no

:45:15.:45:20.

free money. What is the overview in terms of what is going where? A

:45:21.:45:24.

heightened state of tension in the last few weeks over the problems

:45:25.:45:28.

with social care, it has concentrated minds in Downing

:45:29.:45:31.

Street. The picture behind the scenes is Theresa May wanted more

:45:32.:45:35.

money and the Chancellor needed to find it. The thing to do with taxing

:45:36.:45:40.

the self-employed was perhaps in the pipeline, they decided to do it now,

:45:41.:45:45.

despite promises given in the Tory manifesto before the election. I

:45:46.:45:50.

think there two things that will strike the self-employed. They felt

:45:51.:45:54.

they were promised there would not be National Insurance increases. The

:45:55.:45:58.

pledge in the manifesto, our commitment, no increases in VAT,

:45:59.:46:02.

national insurance or income tax. In the small print, something slightly

:46:03.:46:07.

different. What was that? The problem with national insurance is

:46:08.:46:11.

it is very complicated, four classes of payment. Class one, employed

:46:12.:46:20.

people pay that. Self-employed pay class two and class four. The

:46:21.:46:23.

self-employed thought they were in for a tax cut next year. Class two

:46:24.:46:28.

was being abolished. The ?2 80 a week they pay. Instead the ship has

:46:29.:46:34.

turned around and the Government decided it does not want to treat

:46:35.:46:37.

self-employed people in that way and the other class self-employed

:46:38.:46:41.

National Insurance class four, a percentage of your income, that will

:46:42.:46:45.

be increased. The Chancellor has portrayed this as something that is

:46:46.:46:48.

bad for wealthier self-employed people, they will lose out several

:46:49.:46:52.

hundred pounds, but the fact is, anyone earning over ?16,000 will

:46:53.:47:00.

lose out overall. Anyone earning over ?8,000 a year will lose out

:47:01.:47:06.

from the abolition... Increase in class four contributions.

:47:07.:47:12.

The Chancellor's perspective is it is levelling the playing field and

:47:13.:47:19.

when you look at the situation with needing to find money for social

:47:20.:47:22.

care this was an obvious anomaly to put right. Are you happy to pay the

:47:23.:47:28.

extra tax to take a look at the social care situation? Social care

:47:29.:47:31.

definitely needs more money. Don't get me wrong. But I think they've

:47:32.:47:36.

taken the easy route by taxing us instead of going for the bigger

:47:37.:47:40.

companies. I think it's a bit lazy of them quite frankly. Let's bring

:47:41.:47:48.

in some of your questions from home. One question from a soldier two

:47:49.:47:52.

years away from retirement, he says, on any changes for like me? No

:47:53.:47:58.

specific changes. In some ways it was a thin budget because there were

:47:59.:48:03.

not that many measures. We are now going to have an autumn budget and

:48:04.:48:08.

my feeling is we will see major changes there. There wasn't anything

:48:09.:48:12.

specifically, several things have already be announced like the

:48:13.:48:18.

increase in personal allowance. All the budget did yesterday was to

:48:19.:48:27.

reaffirm that would go up to 11 -- 11,000 500. There weren't any

:48:28.:48:30.

specific changes that will leave him any better or worse. Another viewer

:48:31.:48:35.

has said, do the self employed receive statutory sick pay, no, this

:48:36.:48:43.

is the nominee that needs to be cleared up. The Chancellor says the

:48:44.:48:47.

reason for levelling the playing field is not because of an anomaly

:48:48.:48:53.

like that but because the benefits received at the same for everybody.

:48:54.:48:58.

This issue accounts for a lot of the anger amongst self-employed people.

:48:59.:49:01.

Traditionally there has been an assumption that because of the risks

:49:02.:49:06.

they have, they don't have the job security of employed people, and

:49:07.:49:08.

they haven't traditionally had the same benefits from the system, but

:49:09.:49:13.

that is how you get something back from the system. The situation has

:49:14.:49:19.

changed slightly in that the state pension system was loaded against

:49:20.:49:23.

the self-employed. They could only get the basic state pension, not the

:49:24.:49:28.

various top ups. That's now been reformed. They've done well out of

:49:29.:49:32.

reforms to the pension system but there are other things you don't

:49:33.:49:36.

get. You don't get holiday pay, you don't get sick pay. You are in a

:49:37.:49:41.

more precarious situation as a self-employed person. I think there

:49:42.:49:45.

is a lot of anger out there, there is a signal in this budget that that

:49:46.:49:51.

need not any longer be recognised. You are nodding vigorously listening

:49:52.:49:57.

to that. I agree, I concur with the whole being. The risks we've taken

:49:58.:50:01.

to set up our business have been massive. We support other

:50:02.:50:06.

self-employed people and they also have taken massive risks. None of us

:50:07.:50:11.

get holiday pay, sick pay. Unless we work, we don't get the money. To

:50:12.:50:17.

have some more taken of us means we have to work harder in order to

:50:18.:50:21.

stand still financially and it's a blow, it's a knock. One fewer

:50:22.:50:26.

hazards, how is the budget going to benefit those going to in 2017 --

:50:27.:50:34.

one viewer has said. The only changes announced was that there

:50:35.:50:40.

would be student maintenance loans available for part-time study and

:50:41.:50:47.

also for pre-university degrees. You don't have too necessarily be

:50:48.:50:51.

studying for a university degree. That is coming in in 2018. Nothing

:50:52.:50:58.

specific for students starting to do the degree courses that 400,000

:50:59.:51:03.

students do every year. Another viewer says, I was hoping to see a

:51:04.:51:09.

tax for online retailers, how do we protect our way of life from the

:51:10.:51:13.

internet? There has to be a bigger look at the tax system. This has

:51:14.:51:21.

already been discussed. I think big companies, whether they are online

:51:22.:51:26.

or off-line have got quite a favourable tax regime. The

:51:27.:51:30.

government has made noises about the fact it will look at how online

:51:31.:51:34.

retailers are taxed but for a lot of people working off-line, in the high

:51:35.:51:38.

street or have their own businesses, there is nothing massive in the

:51:39.:51:41.

budget that will make a big change either way. Another viewer says,

:51:42.:51:46.

overall state of the nation's finances. It seems there are always

:51:47.:51:51.

mixed messages. Second fastest-growing economy in the G7

:51:52.:51:55.

last year, inflation going up, growth forecast for this year up,

:51:56.:51:59.

the overall tax burden is the highest it's been for 30 years.

:52:00.:52:05.

Better just now than people feared. Still worrying if you look further

:52:06.:52:11.

ahead. The Office for Budget Responsibility tells the Chancellor

:52:12.:52:15.

what they think the outlook is. They are predicting a 2% growth this year

:52:16.:52:22.

which is pretty good compared to what people feared, but then going

:52:23.:52:26.

down again later on. Because of that great, we are managing not to borrow

:52:27.:52:30.

so much every year. The borrowing remains stubborn in later years. Not

:52:31.:52:38.

so bad now, not so good later on. I think particularly this coming year

:52:39.:52:43.

is universally acknowledged its going to be a year of struggle for

:52:44.:52:49.

families. We have these cuts, or this frees to tax credits and

:52:50.:52:55.

benefits at a time when prices are rising. That means people are going

:52:56.:53:00.

to be struggling to make ends meet. A final thought from you as a

:53:01.:53:05.

business owner, do you feel like it's been a austerity for some time

:53:06.:53:10.

and more to come? How do you feel about the outlook and particularly

:53:11.:53:13.

bearing in mind the impact on new of the latest budget? It's more taxes,

:53:14.:53:21.

more burden on the people who have to pay them. You tend to find they

:53:22.:53:28.

always come after the people who don't have much power in opposing

:53:29.:53:36.

their tax rises, larger companies, Google or these people who have a

:53:37.:53:40.

lot more clout get away with not paying anything. That's because they

:53:41.:53:45.

have clout, people such as me just have to put up and take it from

:53:46.:53:48.

these types of people. The Chancellor could have done everybody

:53:49.:53:52.

a favour and returned VAT back down to what it was before the financial

:53:53.:53:56.

crisis which would have helped all businesses and everybody. Again,

:53:57.:54:02.

more tax hikes. It makes you wonder, where do they spend this money? Do

:54:03.:54:07.

we need Trident? There's a lot of money being wasted there. It's not

:54:08.:54:12.

good news. Thank you for your thoughts on the budget macro and

:54:13.:54:16.

thank you for your questions from home. Breaking news about knife

:54:17.:54:22.

crime, this is from a home affairs correspondent. The number of people

:54:23.:54:26.

caught carrying knives has risen to its highest level for six years,

:54:27.:54:30.

there were 19,000 offences in England and Wales last year, the

:54:31.:54:35.

highest since 2011. Figures from the Home Office show 41% of adult

:54:36.:54:40.

offenders were jailed. The proportion of 10-17 -year-olds sent

:54:41.:54:45.

to prison was 11%. Those figures just through, the number of people

:54:46.:54:49.

caught carrying knives has risen to its highest level for six years.

:54:50.:54:54.

The Queen will this morning unveil a memorial dedicated to all those

:54:55.:54:56.

who served in conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf War

:54:57.:54:59.

The memorial, by sculptor Paul Day, will also mark the contribution made

:55:00.:55:03.

2,500 veterans have been invited to Horse Guards Parade

:55:04.:55:06.

Ben Brown is at Horse Guards Parade for us now.

:55:07.:55:18.

The Queen will be here for this service of dedication in Horse

:55:19.:55:27.

Guards Parade starting at 11am. It is to remember all those who served

:55:28.:55:32.

in the conflicts of the last quarter of a century from 1990 onwards up to

:55:33.:55:38.

2015, in the Gulf campaign, in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Not just the

:55:39.:55:42.

military, the organisers are keen to stress it is civilians as well. Aid

:55:43.:55:48.

workers, humanitarian workers, people involved in the

:55:49.:55:50.

reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan. A service here followed

:55:51.:55:57.

by the Queen unveiling this specially built memorial which will

:55:58.:56:03.

be on the Victoria and and gardens. I am going to speak to the chaplain

:56:04.:56:09.

of the fleet, the man leading the service at Horse Guards Parade. Tell

:56:10.:56:12.

us what is the ambition of this service and the memorial? This is

:56:13.:56:18.

about recognition of the wider field of participants in the Iraq and

:56:19.:56:23.

Afghanistan conflicts. There were many people beyond the military who

:56:24.:56:28.

played a role in the reconstruction and the emotional rebuilding of

:56:29.:56:33.

those countries. People like the police force and educators, and the

:56:34.:56:39.

non-government authorities. It really is a very widespread, and

:56:40.:56:44.

quite unusual when we are surrounded by military monuments. One

:56:45.:56:48.

distinctly goes beyond that. This is a period of time, the last quarter

:56:49.:56:52.

of a century is a long period of conflict that the United Kingdom has

:56:53.:56:57.

been involved with in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I think the

:56:58.:57:00.

recognition is important. It has been a long haul and a lot of

:57:01.:57:05.

dedication from a range of people to do that. The fact that the monument

:57:06.:57:14.

is almost made up of two parts, a military and a non-military part, I

:57:15.:57:18.

think we are going to try and so that together in the service today.

:57:19.:57:23.

For the first time we are surrounded by military and I'm going to be

:57:24.:57:27.

backed by the National police choir which is really unusual. They sound

:57:28.:57:31.

fantastic, we are looking forward to it. It is a drumhead service which

:57:32.:57:37.

means they will pile the drums on top of each other to create and

:57:38.:57:41.

alter. On a battlefield where you have no church, typically on eve of

:57:42.:57:48.

battle a thanksgiving service, and alter will be made from a pile of

:57:49.:57:54.

drums. We'll see the bandsmen pile up the drums and then the standard

:57:55.:57:59.

of the regiment, in this case the national army standard which is a

:58:00.:58:05.

beautiful union Jack, is laid over the alter of drums to create a

:58:06.:58:11.

sacred place. Thank you. The chaplain of the fleet who will be

:58:12.:58:15.

leading the service starting at 11am, we will bring you live

:58:16.:58:22.

coverage on the BBC News Channel. Carol is herewith the weather.

:58:23.:58:28.

It is mild. It's not just London. This was taken this morning in

:58:29.:58:37.

Pembrokeshire. In Derbyshire, look at that lovely blue skies. In

:58:38.:58:43.

Cornwall it is a bit of a different story. As we travel south-west

:58:44.:58:50.

through Cornwall the cloud is thicker, visibility is poor and

:58:51.:58:54.

damp. Let me show you the satellite picture. Huge areas without cloud.

:58:55.:59:04.

Lots of blue skies this morning. This area is a weather front,

:59:05.:59:08.

producing murky conditions across Cornwall. Tonight it's going to come

:59:09.:59:12.

back in again. Although the fog we have all lift into low cloud, then

:59:13.:59:17.

it will come back again as folk later on this evening. Just

:59:18.:59:25.

affecting the bottom part? Explain what will happen. We will carry on

:59:26.:59:30.

with some murky conditions and down into the Channel islands through

:59:31.:59:32.

today and later tonight. Overnight it. To head east. This morning it

:59:33.:59:41.

has been a fine start to the day for some of us but there has been a bit

:59:42.:59:45.

of cloud breaking up. We are looking at Sunny spells almost across the

:59:46.:59:49.

board but not quite. It smiled for the time of year. This is the

:59:50.:59:55.

weather front across the Channel Islands and Cornwall. It will pivot

:59:56.:00:00.

round and take a swipe at the rest of the UK and also the North. Today

:00:01.:00:06.

away from but there will be a lot of sunshine. The stronger winds across

:00:07.:00:09.

Northern Ireland, Central and southern Scotland and England,

:00:10.:00:14.

easing. Across the far north of Scotland we will hang on to the

:00:15.:00:18.

stronger winds and the showers. Through the evening will see a bit

:00:19.:00:22.

of a change. We hang onto that low cloud across Cornwall and also the

:00:23.:00:26.

Channel Islands. It will be quite murky for some of us at times. For

:00:27.:00:31.

Devon as we head into Kent and the Isle of Wight, a beautiful afternoon

:00:32.:00:36.

like a bit of sunshine. The same for Wales, the Midlands into East

:00:37.:00:39.

Anglia. Same for Northern England and also into Northern Ireland and

:00:40.:00:44.

Scotland the showers will continue, some possibly heavy with hail and

:00:45.:00:49.

blunder. Somewhere in the south-east could see 16 or 17 Celsius.

:00:50.:00:56.

Generally across the board we are looking at temperatures higher than

:00:57.:00:59.

we would expect at this stage in March. As we go through the evening

:01:00.:01:03.

and overnight, the temperature will drop quickly in East. Cool enough in

:01:04.:01:08.

parts of frost. Here is this weather front returning, coming in through

:01:09.:01:13.

the West and north. It will deposit some patchy rain and drizzle,

:01:14.:01:20.

primarily on hills and coasts. It will be cold further east under the

:01:21.:01:24.

clearer skies. Tomorrow morning will start with some sunshine. The front

:01:25.:01:29.

in the West is drifting eastwards and it does mean it's going to be

:01:30.:01:33.

cloudy tomorrow for most of us than today. Having said that, in the West

:01:34.:01:37.

particularly if you are in the shelter of some hills it will

:01:38.:01:40.

brighten up through the day. Quite breezy. Temperatures across the far

:01:41.:01:45.

north of England and Scotland down on today and although they are down

:01:46.:01:49.

in Northern Ireland, the rest of England and Wales are above where

:01:50.:01:52.

they should be. As we move on through the course of the weekend,

:01:53.:01:56.

we've got a couple of fronts. The first one heading south. A bit of a

:01:57.:02:00.

lull and then the next weather front comes in from the west. That doesn't

:02:01.:02:07.

mean it'll suddenly turn cold, just cooler than in the next couple of

:02:08.:02:08.

days. from the abolition... Increase in

:02:09.:02:11.

class four contributions. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

:02:12.:02:13.

is coming under pressure over his plan to increase

:02:14.:02:20.

National Insurance payments for many He says the change is fair,

:02:21.:02:22.

despite accusations that he has Those on higher earnings,

:02:23.:02:27.

the 40% on higher earnings, We think that's fair,

:02:28.:02:32.

we think that's a reasonable way to go forward, given

:02:33.:02:36.

that the benefits entitlement of the self-employed

:02:37.:02:38.

has improved so much. At Westminster, Labour threatened to

:02:39.:02:53.

join ranks with Tory rebels to force a government climb-down. Ministers

:02:54.:02:56.

say it could mean less cash for social care. A man in the straight

:02:57.:03:04.

here is charged with more than 900 child sex offences after allegedly

:03:05.:03:08.

posing as pop star Justin Bieber online.

:03:09.:03:11.

Up to 20 of his victims are believed to be in the UK.

:03:12.:03:14.

We're live in Sydney and Brisbane with the latest.

:03:15.:03:16.

And British military personnel who have served in Iraq

:03:17.:03:18.

and Afghanistan are to be honoured this morning with the unveiling

:03:19.:03:21.

of a new war memorial in Central London.

:03:22.:03:22.

Here's Annita in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:03:23.:03:32.

The Chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge,

:03:33.:03:38.

by increasing national insurance contributions for many

:03:39.:03:40.

After his Budget announcement, Philip Hammond is facing growing

:03:41.:03:43.

pressure to reconsider the plan from some Conservative MPs.

:03:44.:03:45.

The Treasury has rejected calls for a re-think,

:03:46.:03:47.

insisting the increase will make the National Insurance system fairer

:03:48.:03:52.

Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has told the BBC

:03:53.:03:54.

that the common-sense time for a second independence

:03:55.:03:56.

referendum would be autumn next year.

:03:57.:03:58.

A vote can only take place with the permission

:03:59.:04:01.

But her remarks are the clearest signal yet that the SNP is planning

:04:02.:04:07.

to hold another vote before the UK leaves

:04:08.:04:09.

The European Court of Human Rights has backed a key element of the

:04:10.:04:19.

Government's anti-terrorism measures. The court rejected a claim

:04:20.:04:25.

the Government had acted unlawfully when its stripped the Sudanese

:04:26.:04:30.

suspect of his British citizenship. The man was suspected of taking part

:04:31.:04:34.

in terrorism related activities in Somalia. Hawaii has become the first

:04:35.:04:43.

US state to challenge President Trump's revised travel ban. The

:04:44.:04:47.

Attorney General said Mr Trump had violated the constitution with his

:04:48.:04:51.

redrawn executive order banning travel from six predominantly Muslim

:04:52.:04:57.

countries. He said it would damage, is particularly tourism. Doctors say

:04:58.:05:03.

they have successfully performed in India weight reduction surgery on a

:05:04.:05:09.

woman who was said to be the heaviest. Her family claim she had

:05:10.:05:14.

weighed 78 stone and she was flown to Mumbai earlier this year and

:05:15.:05:20.

admitted to a specially built unit at a local hospital. Her family said

:05:21.:05:23.

she had not left her house for 25 years.

:05:24.:05:25.

That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10:30am.

:05:26.:05:29.

Do get in touch with us throughout the morning -

:05:30.:05:33.

use the hashtag Victoria Live, and if you text, you will be charged

:05:34.:05:36.

Now the latest sport. Many have already labelled it the greatest

:05:37.:05:45.

sporting comeback of all time, the biggest in Champions League history.

:05:46.:05:51.

Barcelona overturned a 4-0 deficit against PCG. They were 3-0 up after

:05:52.:06:01.

15 minutes, but then it went 3-1. It looked completely out of sight for

:06:02.:06:06.

Barcelona. PSG with the away goal. Still needed three goals. Neymar

:06:07.:06:13.

scored this. Luis Suarez and won a penalty which Neymar converted in

:06:14.:06:17.

the 91st minute. Still they needed one more goal. They got it through

:06:18.:06:24.

Roberto with 95 minutes on the clock and Barcelona through to the

:06:25.:06:27.

quarterfinals for the tenth year in a row. A huge reaction on social

:06:28.:06:34.

media to the extraordinary game. Between 7:45pm and 11pm, almost 2

:06:35.:06:40.

million tweets published about Barcelona's comeback. The man of the

:06:41.:06:43.

moment said... This was from FC Barcelona's

:06:44.:07:05.

official account, simply, we did it. One man linked with the Barcelona

:07:06.:07:12.

job is Arsene Wenger and he says he will consider the opinion of fans

:07:13.:07:16.

when he considers his future at Arsenal.

:07:17.:07:20.

Talking to the media this morning, Wenger said he hadn't yet

:07:21.:07:23.

made up his mind, and certainly hadn't told the players

:07:24.:07:25.

Unrest has grown amongst supporters following a dismal run

:07:26.:07:28.

in the Premier League and that 10-2 thumping by Bayern Munich

:07:29.:07:31.

Manchester City could have gone second in the Premier League last

:07:32.:07:49.

night but it did not go to plan. Stoke helped them to a goalless draw

:07:50.:07:50.

with a game of few clear-cut chances. The first time they have

:07:51.:07:51.

failed to score at home since Pep Guardiola took over.

:07:52.:07:51.

There'll be an all-British tie in the WTA event

:07:52.:07:53.

Heather Watson came from a set down to beat the American Nicole Gibbs

:07:54.:07:58.

and reach the second round, where Johanna Konta is waiting.

:07:59.:08:00.

It'll be the first time the pair have played each other on the Tour.

:08:01.:08:07.

Konta will be the strong favourite at number 11 in the world. Heather

:08:08.:08:16.

Watson dropped to 108 this week. The headlines that 10:30pm.

:08:17.:08:18.

More comments from you on the Budget. Hammond is too scared to go

:08:19.:08:30.

over the -- to go after the big companies. Affordable rented housing

:08:31.:08:38.

hit the headlines but no mention of money for it. I am a card-carrying

:08:39.:08:44.

Labour member and I regard the furore as unfortunate. I enjoyed

:08:45.:08:50.

generous tax breaks for many years as the self-employed can enjoy much

:08:51.:09:01.

the same support from the state in times of need. If that party is

:09:02.:09:10.

over, so be it. I do not like Tory policies but the money has to come

:09:11.:09:15.

from somewhere. Terry says, the self-employed people will ... When

:09:16.:09:23.

the Government tries to make it fair when compared with employees, those

:09:24.:09:26.

required to pay their fair share they like children deprived of their

:09:27.:09:33.

sweets. More political reaction from Norman Smith in Westminster. Thank

:09:34.:09:38.

you. No white flag over the Treasury at the moment but there is no doubt

:09:39.:09:42.

the huge pressure they are under this morning, not just from

:09:43.:09:45.

opposition MPs, but predominantly from their own party. And from all

:09:46.:09:54.

wings of the party. Eurosceptics are unhappy, pro-Europeans, fiscal hawks

:09:55.:09:58.

unhappy, social... The whole Tory party seems to be unhappy with Mr

:09:59.:10:03.

Hammond. The reason is not just because of the broken manifesto

:10:04.:10:08.

promise, it is because it is a tax rise on people's basic income which

:10:09.:10:13.

is anathema to many Conservatives. Most Tory MPs take the view it is a

:10:14.:10:20.

hit on their people, folk who go out, take a risk, start a business

:10:21.:10:24.

on their own and build a company, the sort of people they are seeking

:10:25.:10:32.

to encourage and help. Instead Mr Hammond seems to have delivered a ?2

:10:33.:10:41.

billion hit on them. This morning Mr Hammond did not rule out a U-turn

:10:42.:10:42.

but it is pretty clear he believes it is essential to introduce these

:10:43.:10:46.

changes, partly on the grounds of fairness, it is not fair people

:10:47.:10:49.

earning a decent amount of money who are self-employed pay less tax than

:10:50.:10:54.

those who work for a company, but above all, I sense, because he

:10:55.:10:58.

fears, down the line, more of us will work on our own. There is a

:10:59.:11:05.

major headache looming for the Treasury. No sign of gift from Mr

:11:06.:11:12.

Hammond this morning. In 2015 we introduce legislation to give effect

:11:13.:11:15.

to the tax lots we talked about in our manifesto and we spelt out

:11:16.:11:20.

clearly how we would do it, focusing on class one National Insurance, the

:11:21.:11:24.

national insurance paid by 85% of people in this country who are in

:11:25.:11:28.

employment. And what I announced yesterday was a small increase in

:11:29.:11:33.

class four National Insurance contributions for the minority of

:11:34.:11:38.

self-employed people who are on higher incomes. The majority of

:11:39.:11:42.

self-employed people will pay less national insurance as a result of

:11:43.:11:45.

the announcements I made yesterday. I think the decision we have made is

:11:46.:11:50.

fair, to ask self-employed people to pay just a little more contribution

:11:51.:11:55.

for the services they receive. This is not in any way an attack on

:11:56.:11:59.

business. Hugely supportive of business. I want people to have

:12:00.:12:03.

choices about the way they work. But I want them to make those choices of

:12:04.:12:09.

the bases of what is right, not on the basis of what tax advantages

:12:10.:12:14.

they bring. The Treasury do not want to back down. Mr Hammond said

:12:15.:12:18.

yesterday he reckoned this advantage for the self-employed was currently

:12:19.:12:21.

costing the Treasury around ?5 billion a year. However, remember

:12:22.:12:28.

the row over tax credits, when George Osborne announced the changes

:12:29.:12:33.

to tax credits, huge rumpus on the Tory backbenches, in part because it

:12:34.:12:37.

was seen as an attack on people who were working hard, maybe not earning

:12:38.:12:42.

much, but going out and doing a decent day's work and they risked

:12:43.:12:46.

losing tax credits. What happened? George Osborne had to beat a

:12:47.:12:50.

retreat. Could the same happen? We know there is almost certainly going

:12:51.:12:54.

to be a vote on it. Labour will try to force a vote and it may be, I

:12:55.:12:59.

don't know that there has to be legislation to bring about the

:13:00.:13:03.

changes anyway. It looks like a parliamentary showdown on this is

:13:04.:13:10.

unavoidable. Thank you. Keep your thoughts coming in. All of the usual

:13:11.:13:11.

ways of getting in touch. A man in Australia is charged

:13:12.:13:20.

with over 900 child sex offences after allegedly posing online

:13:21.:13:24.

as popstar Justin Bieber. We're live in Brisbane

:13:25.:13:26.

with the latest. Cancer experts have issued a warning

:13:27.:13:28.

that children in the UK could be missing out

:13:29.:13:31.

on potentially life-saving drugs. Currently, EU regulations allow drug

:13:32.:13:36.

companies to opt out Scientists are calling for the rules

:13:37.:13:39.

to be changed so that adult drugs They argue that many drugs treat

:13:40.:13:42.

a variety of cancers which may have the same genetic target,

:13:43.:13:50.

meaning they could be effective in children,

:13:51.:13:53.

even when it does not seem So, what could these changes mean

:13:54.:13:55.

for families facing this situation? Let's talk to Professor Louis

:13:56.:13:58.

Chesler, a leader in child tumors as the Royal Marsden Hospital in

:13:59.:14:01.

London. the charity Christopher's Smile

:14:02.:14:07.

in memory of their son Professor, first of all, explained

:14:08.:14:19.

the situation as it stands. Currently drugs can be trialled on

:14:20.:14:24.

adults that could be trialled on children but they are not. Explain.

:14:25.:14:30.

As you may know, there is a new generation of cancer medicines being

:14:31.:14:36.

tested recently and in the last decade, it attacked particular

:14:37.:14:42.

cancer targets, proteins and jeans driving the cancers. In large part,

:14:43.:14:50.

these drugs have been developed to attack adult cancers and there has

:14:51.:14:54.

been a loophole in EU legislation that says if a particular cancer

:14:55.:15:02.

does not exist in a child, it is not mandated that they targeted cancer

:15:03.:15:07.

drug would be developed simply because the adult cancer does not

:15:08.:15:12.

exist in a child. Now what we calling for and what the EU

:15:13.:15:15.

legislation is addressing is to close the loophole. What it says is

:15:16.:15:21.

that if the cancer target is present in the children's cancer, even if it

:15:22.:15:25.

is a different kind of cancer from which the drug initially was not

:15:26.:15:30.

developed for, companies will stall have to study that drug in

:15:31.:15:33.

children's cancers and potentially make them available to clinical

:15:34.:15:38.

trials. Kevin Rudd Karen, what difference do you think it would

:15:39.:15:46.

make? -- and Karen. It would make a huge difference in terms of a step

:15:47.:15:50.

change in how we treat children. It would offer the opportunity to move

:15:51.:15:55.

away from using what I would call the blunt tools of chemotherapy and

:15:56.:15:58.

radiotherapy and give us a chance to make a difference to those children

:15:59.:16:02.

who currently with the old treatments sometimes do not have a

:16:03.:16:07.

chance of a queue and there are certain types of childhood cancers

:16:08.:16:14.

were that is still the case -- cure. The only way to move forward is by

:16:15.:16:19.

having access to the new targeted drugs which we believe are going to

:16:20.:16:24.

work in a much cleverer fashion than the old standard treatments which in

:16:25.:16:31.

the main is still all we have access to for our children.

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Tell us more about how your experience has shaped your view.

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After you see children in a paediatric oncology ward, showing so

:16:50.:16:55.

much courage and hope, and yet you know that a quarter of them went

:16:56.:17:03.

make it. That's a hard, hard thing to take in and you never forget it.

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That's what has provided the backbone of our enthusiasm and our

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passion to try and make things better for other children. We

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couldn't do anything for Christopher sadly. We lost him in 2008. We want

:17:19.:17:25.

to make a difference for the children that will be diagnosed

:17:26.:17:29.

tomorrow, in a month's time, in a year's time. Did you feel at the

:17:30.:17:36.

time that you were battling red tape? I think when we went through

:17:37.:17:43.

treatment with Christopher, that was pretty much the only thing we could

:17:44.:17:47.

focus on. It is an unbelievably tough time, you exist in a parallel

:17:48.:17:54.

world. We didn't have a lot of opportunity to be honest to look

:17:55.:17:57.

beyond what was available for Christopher at that time. A couple

:17:58.:18:02.

of months after he died, in the October 2008, we started working

:18:03.:18:12.

with Christopher Smile to fund research into new treatments,

:18:13.:18:16.

knowing that there were children who weren't going to survive with what

:18:17.:18:21.

was on offer at the time. It is something you have to go through to

:18:22.:18:25.

understand the challenge of sitting beside your child and suffering

:18:26.:18:31.

alongside them, wishing every moment of the day you could be in their

:18:32.:18:37.

place. I think that will always live within us and that is our driver, to

:18:38.:18:42.

make that difference for other families and other children.

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Professor, do you believe there are treatments that could actually be

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saving lives right now if only the red tape where changed? There's no

:18:54.:18:59.

question that this modern generation of cancer drugs is more effective. I

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think in terms of red tape, it is one factor. It's complicated to

:19:05.:19:10.

deliver these drugs, as you know, they are very expensive to produce.

:19:11.:19:16.

The issue of delivering them effectively to children is

:19:17.:19:20.

multifactorial. I think we are seeing changes to the legislation

:19:21.:19:25.

which will help, clinical trials are becoming better and we sequence

:19:26.:19:30.

children now with genomic technology so we know that the target is

:19:31.:19:34.

President. That maximises the chance that these drugs can work more

:19:35.:19:41.

effectively. -- that the target is present. Many clinicians and parents

:19:42.:19:44.

are working together to help deliver these drugs to children and we are

:19:45.:19:49.

seeing an increase in the number of compounds and drugs available. Is

:19:50.:19:54.

this a case of regulation, catching up with where the science is? Or are

:19:55.:20:00.

they good reasons behind not giving these drug trials to kids? Could

:20:01.:20:04.

they do more harm then good? I don't think anyone consciously would want

:20:05.:20:11.

to restrict a life-saving drug from a child with cancer. Developments of

:20:12.:20:18.

incredibly expensive drugs for very small patient populations is very

:20:19.:20:22.

challenging. What it needs is a concerted effort from changes in

:20:23.:20:27.

legislation, which this change addresses, it'll close a loophole

:20:28.:20:30.

that should increase the number of drugs we see for these kids. There

:20:31.:20:38.

are other approaches. We need academia, governments and

:20:39.:20:42.

pharmacology to work together to create incentives and creative ways

:20:43.:20:47.

to help us as clinicians and carers to deliver these drugs to patients.

:20:48.:20:49.

Thank you. NHS bosses are to report back to MPs

:20:50.:20:56.

today about how the roll out of seven-day-a-week

:20:57.:21:00.

services is going for GPs. The Government has previously

:21:01.:21:01.

committed to providing an extra ?528 million of funding by 2021

:21:02.:21:04.

to help this happen. But doctors have warned they are

:21:05.:21:09.

already feeling over worked. The MPs' committee will be asking

:21:10.:21:12.

how many surgeries are switching to a seven-day service

:21:13.:21:15.

and whether this is Let's talk to Dr John Cormack,

:21:16.:21:17.

a GP from Essex, who says he'd consider quitting if he was forced

:21:18.:21:24.

to open seven days a week. And Bridgit Sam-Bailey,

:21:25.:21:27.

a retired teacher, from London, who says she can rarely get

:21:28.:21:29.

an appointment at her GP. Thank you for joining us. Why would

:21:30.:21:44.

you consider quitting if you had to go seven days a week? Well, because

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I am pushing 70 and because I work with the NHS than nothing. In a

:21:51.:21:55.

sense I do work seven days... So you work for the NHS for nothing? The

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practice is poorly funded so in order to make it work we have to use

:22:02.:22:06.

more nurses than is usual in a practice and I have to work free of

:22:07.:22:15.

charge. You don't have a salary? No, I've changed my name by deed poll in

:22:16.:22:19.

order to embarrass the people who hold the purse strings at the NHS

:22:20.:22:23.

but unfortunately they aren't easily embarrassed. Is that how you sign

:22:24.:22:30.

your name? Unfortunately the GMC won't let me use that name in

:22:31.:22:35.

practice because if you put that name on a death certificate it won't

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go down very well. I think that's a reasonable decision. In terms of

:22:41.:22:47.

funding, you've got 6000 patients at your practice. What do you get per

:22:48.:22:54.

year from central funding for each patient? Well, it's something like

:22:55.:23:04.

95- ?99 per year per patient. That's about ?600,000 per year for your

:23:05.:23:07.

practice. We've recently taken on a lot of extra patients. So you've got

:23:08.:23:17.

more than 6000? We were 4500, we are now 6000. There is vast disparity.

:23:18.:23:23.

In terms of your practice, you've got ?600,000 coming in a year but

:23:24.:23:27.

you say that level of income isn't enough for you to get a salary? It's

:23:28.:23:32.

not been enough to pay me until now, because obviously, you could say the

:23:33.:23:38.

choice is yours, you could sack if you staff, you could cut down on the

:23:39.:23:44.

service. In order to provide a reasonable service we have to work

:23:45.:23:50.

with nurses and with me not taking a salary. You said until now you've

:23:51.:23:56.

not been able to have a salary. I haven't taken a salary. We lost

:23:57.:24:02.

about ?10,000 last year. In a sense not only do I not take a salary but

:24:03.:24:07.

I have to pay in at the end of the year. Use a seven week services is

:24:08.:24:15.

not viable for your practice? I go in at weekends for terminal care

:24:16.:24:18.

patients, I give them my mobile phone number so they can get seen.

:24:19.:24:24.

If people who are working in the practice are worried about a patient

:24:25.:24:27.

on a Friday they will leave me a message so why will see them. I was

:24:28.:24:33.

forced to open and run regular surgeries on Saturday and Sunday

:24:34.:24:36.

would cause problems because then the running costs would go up. Is

:24:37.:24:40.

that what you would like to see practice is doing? I think there is

:24:41.:24:48.

a need for GPs to work seven days a week, not necessarily the same GPs.

:24:49.:24:54.

There should be a writer. After all, GPs are human beings, they've got

:24:55.:24:58.

family commitments. They need time off to re-energise. For the same GP

:24:59.:25:05.

working seven days a week... But as a patient you would like to be able

:25:06.:25:08.

to access the server seven days a week? Yes. Was your current

:25:09.:25:15.

experience? As it is now, if I want to see my GP, it is impossible. I

:25:16.:25:21.

have to queue up in the morning from about 7am. Queue at the gates and

:25:22.:25:27.

because I'm not really physically mobile, when the gate opens the

:25:28.:25:33.

able-bodied people just rush through, and I'm left at the end. Or

:25:34.:25:39.

my son has to leave his home and come and stand in the queue to make

:25:40.:25:43.

me an appointment. When he's given an appointment he will telephone me

:25:44.:25:47.

and say, is this going to be all right? We liaise like that and he

:25:48.:25:54.

lets them know if it's acceptable. As an older person, I must say we

:25:55.:26:00.

have got rather complex needs. We need to be able to access a GP more

:26:01.:26:08.

easily. When a person has, for example, high blood pressure, you

:26:09.:26:12.

end up having diabetes or something like that. You could have coronary

:26:13.:26:18.

problems. So you need to be able to access your GP. Another thing is, I

:26:19.:26:23.

don't like changing GPs. I would rather see the same person every

:26:24.:26:28.

time I go. So I become accustomed that person. But Doctor doesn't have

:26:29.:26:35.

to start all over again. That's very important. What do you think is the

:26:36.:26:41.

best way to go about setting up services in order to deliver that

:26:42.:26:47.

sort of care? Well, the way we do it is to make access more

:26:48.:26:53.

straightforward. We do do and unbacked surgery where people piling

:26:54.:26:58.

everyday and will be seen because there is a demand. Every practice

:26:59.:27:01.

does it differently. A lot of practices have a system whereby you

:27:02.:27:05.

either have to turn up early or start phoning at 8am. That makes it

:27:06.:27:10.

difficult for patients to get appointments at times that suit

:27:11.:27:13.

them. I think patients with complex needs me to see the same GP. Small

:27:14.:27:19.

practices have advantages but are closing in droves because of the

:27:20.:27:26.

push to open super surgeries. Also because of the financial pressures.

:27:27.:27:30.

Indeed, small practices are under huge financial pressure. The move is

:27:31.:27:35.

to make them federate or to formally join together in these huge

:27:36.:27:41.

practices which are very impersonal and where you don't always see the

:27:42.:27:44.

same person. Would you be prepared to do away with that if there was

:27:45.:27:49.

less of a personal service, but more of a guarantee you could get what

:27:50.:27:54.

you wanted when you wanted it? I think we need both. You need that

:27:55.:27:58.

bit of personal confidence in your GP. But of course it needs funding.

:27:59.:28:03.

Without the funds they can't give you the service. I'm not complaining

:28:04.:28:08.

about the GPs, I'm complaining about system. That causes them to work in

:28:09.:28:16.

that way. There's got to be funding, they've got to be supported, and

:28:17.:28:21.

they have to have more staff. They need stability because I find that

:28:22.:28:25.

each time I go to my surgery, someone I saw the last time is no

:28:26.:28:30.

longer with the surgery. So we start all over again. Thank you very much.

:28:31.:28:41.

We have a statement from the Department of Health saying we want

:28:42.:28:43.

all patients to have access to high-quality surgeries which is why

:28:44.:28:47.

we have invested an extra ?2.4 billion as well as boosting the

:28:48.:28:52.

workforce with an extra 5000 doctors in general practice by 2020. Some GP

:28:53.:28:57.

practices open, close or merge, what is important is that patients

:28:58.:29:01.

continue to get access to the services they need and there is

:29:02.:29:05.

already a clear legal responsibility for NHS England to make that happen.

:29:06.:29:09.

We asked for a Minister to come on the programme, but they declined.

:29:10.:29:12.

A spokesman for the Department of Health has previously told us

:29:13.:29:14.

it's invested an extra ?2.4 billion into primary care,

:29:15.:29:17.

and is boosting the workforce with an extra 5,000 GPs by 2020.

:29:18.:29:20.

Let us know your thoughts and experiences on GP practices.

:29:21.:29:27.

A man in Australia who allegedly posed online as Justin Bieber

:29:28.:29:29.

and persuaded fans to send him explicit pictures has

:29:30.:29:31.

been charged with more than 900 child sex offences.

:29:32.:29:34.

Police believe he had around 150 victims, up to 20

:29:35.:29:36.

Our correspondenet, Hywel Griffith, is in Sydney.

:29:37.:29:47.

This man was apprehended after an international search involving

:29:48.:29:53.

police in the UK. We understand in mainland Europe and in the US as

:29:54.:29:59.

well. They believe that this man from Brisbane was using his computer

:30:00.:30:05.

to pose online as the Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, enticing and

:30:06.:30:10.

targeting young fans, winning their trust and then using communication

:30:11.:30:14.

through social media and Skype sadly to solicit explicit images. When

:30:15.:30:24.

they confiscated his computer, they came across a huge cachet of images

:30:25.:30:35.

resulting in 930 new child sexual offences against him, including

:30:36.:30:37.

charges of rape and indecent children of children, as well as

:30:38.:30:44.

multiple charges of making, possessing and distributing indecent

:30:45.:30:47.

images. He will be in court next week. What are police saying about

:30:48.:30:55.

online safety? They say it is a reason for a big rethink as to how

:30:56.:31:00.

society deals with online safety for children. It is a difficult area to

:31:01.:31:05.

police. What they want is for children to be educated and police

:31:06.:31:09.

themselves, to understand that on the internet particularly not

:31:10.:31:14.

everything is as it seems. You get a sense of scale with this, you may

:31:15.:31:18.

have a potential offender in Australia but children in the UK,

:31:19.:31:23.

the US and many other countries are targeted and the technology means

:31:24.:31:28.

sadly they can then share, be abused, and the images can be shared

:31:29.:31:34.

multiple times. Although the police have found 157 victims, they believe

:31:35.:31:40.

there may be many more out there. The investigation is going on. Thank

:31:41.:31:43.

you. We're be live as the Queen and other

:31:44.:31:45.

members of the royal familty arrive for the unveiling of a new war

:31:46.:31:50.

memorial for those who served And we'll have more on Barcelona's

:31:51.:31:54.

spectacular comeback against Paris St Germain

:31:55.:31:56.

in the Champions League. Let us join the newsroom for an

:31:57.:31:58.

update. Good morning. The Chancellor is facing accusations

:31:59.:32:11.

of breaking an election pledge, by increasing National Insurance

:32:12.:32:13.

contributions for many After his Budget announcement,

:32:14.:32:15.

Philip Hammond is facing growing pressure to reconsider the plan

:32:16.:32:19.

from some Conservative MPs. The Treasury has rejected

:32:20.:32:24.

calls for a rethink, insisting the increase will make

:32:25.:32:26.

the National Insurance The number of people caught carrying

:32:27.:32:36.

knives in England and Wales has risen to the highest level for six

:32:37.:32:38.

years. The Home Office says there were more than 19,000 offences of

:32:39.:32:43.

knife possession last year. Government figures show a record 41%

:32:44.:32:49.

of adult offenders were jailed. The European Court of Human Rights has

:32:50.:32:52.

backed a key element of the Government's anti-terrorism mergers.

:32:53.:32:57.

It stripped the Sudanese terror suspect of his citizenship and

:32:58.:33:03.

barred him from re-entering Britain -- measures. The man was suspected

:33:04.:33:07.

of taking part in terrorism related activities in Somalia.

:33:08.:33:10.

Malta's famous rock arch, which featured in a number of films

:33:11.:33:14.

and the TV series Game of Thrones, has collapsed into the sea.

:33:15.:33:16.

The Azure Window, on Gozo, was damaged by heavy storms.

:33:17.:33:19.

The Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, said it was heartbreaking.

:33:20.:33:23.

A study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding but wasn't

:33:24.:33:26.

An actor from the Harry Potter films is in intensive care after a head-on

:33:27.:33:35.

car crash left him with a broken neck and punctured lung.

:33:36.:33:40.

Jim Tavare, known for his role in Harry Potter and the Prisoner

:33:41.:33:43.

of Azkaban, also suffered 15 broken ribs and breaks in his right leg.

:33:44.:33:47.

His wife, Laura, posted a picture of him in a hospital bed on Facebook.

:33:48.:33:53.

Doctors in India say they have successfully performed weight

:33:54.:33:59.

reduction surgery on an Egyptian woman believed to be

:34:00.:34:01.

Eman Ahmed, who's believed to have weighed 500 kilos, or 78 stone,

:34:02.:34:16.

was flown to Mumbai earlier this year and admitted to a specially

:34:17.:34:19.

Her family said she had not left her house for 25 years.

:34:20.:34:23.

Join me for BBC Newsroom live at 11am.

:34:24.:34:27.

We will have coverage of the unveiling of the Iraq and

:34:28.:34:39.

Afghanistan memorial. Let us go to the sport.

:34:40.:34:40.

Is it the greatest sporting comeback of all time?

:34:41.:34:41.

It's certainly the biggest in Champions League history.

:34:42.:34:42.

Barceolona overturned a 4-0 deficit against Paris St Germain with a 6-1

:34:43.:34:43.

win in the most dramatic fashion at the Camp Nou.

:34:44.:34:52.

Barca scored three goals in the last seven minutes to see them

:34:53.:34:55.

through to the quarterfinal, with two of them

:34:56.:34:57.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said this morning that he hasn't yet

:34:58.:35:01.

made up his mind whether to stay on in the job but admits

:35:02.:35:04.

that the opinion of the fans and potential protests

:35:05.:35:06.

A potentially decisive blow for Manchester City's Premier League

:35:07.:35:11.

title hopes after they were held to a goalless draw at home to Stoke.

:35:12.:35:14.

They're now 10 points behind leaders Chelsea and with Tottenham in 2nd

:35:15.:35:17.

And there'll be an all-British tie in the second round of the WTA event

:35:18.:35:24.

Heather Watson beat Nicole Gibbs and now faces Johanna Konta.

:35:25.:35:27.

It'll be the first time the pair have played each other on the Tour.

:35:28.:35:30.

We will have more sport for you on the news channel throughout the day.

:35:31.:35:34.

Thank you. Let's get more reaction now

:35:35.:35:37.

to the Chancellor's first budget With our political Guru, Norman

:35:38.:35:47.

Smith. A fairly unique moment. He has managed to unite not just the

:35:48.:35:53.

Conservative Party but also Labour MPs, Liberal Democrat MPs, all of

:35:54.:35:58.

whom seem opposed to the ?2 billion hit on the self-employed. Albeit Mr

:35:59.:36:04.

Hammond and the Treasury team at the moment are insisting no retreat. We

:36:05.:36:10.

shall see. Let us discuss that with the Conservative MP Nigel Mills and

:36:11.:36:15.

Labour's member of the Treasury team. Is Mr Hammond going to have to

:36:16.:36:23.

back off? I suppose we will see how much the Government feel they need

:36:24.:36:28.

to make the reform. There is a problem to address. If you are

:36:29.:36:32.

employed, the national insurance bill is just under 26%,

:36:33.:36:40.

self-employed, 9%. There is a big unfairness. Costing 5 billion to the

:36:41.:36:46.

Exchequer, you can see why they need to tackle it, especially with rising

:36:47.:36:49.

self-employment. The issue is lots of people are made to be

:36:50.:36:53.

self-employed by employers, they are banking the saving, and they would

:36:54.:36:58.

much rather be employed. We need to work out how we can fix that

:36:59.:37:02.

situation and then look at how we change the tax position. If we can

:37:03.:37:06.

fix it, the amount being lost would be less. What happens if Mr Hammond

:37:07.:37:13.

sticks to his position? He has to get a bill through parliament to get

:37:14.:37:17.

the rise through, he has until next April. People across the spectrum

:37:18.:37:22.

want to see how we fix the self-employment situation so only

:37:23.:37:27.

those people who are actually self-employed are self-employed. It

:37:28.:37:30.

is that they have a slightly lower tax rate because they get fewer

:37:31.:37:37.

benefits. I think he needs to work out the overall big picture rather

:37:38.:37:39.

than starting with the difficult tax rise... What do you say to the

:37:40.:37:44.

Labour people who say, Philip Hammond is onto something? It is a

:37:45.:37:48.

progressive and fair tax change. Bottom line is the Government have

:37:49.:37:51.

already set in play a review of self-employment and the gig economy

:37:52.:37:57.

with the whole ambit of it. It has not reported yet, not until the

:37:58.:38:01.

summer. He has not even had the provisional findings. What is the

:38:02.:38:05.

point of setting off a review in train of this type of issue and then

:38:06.:38:11.

pre-empting it in advance question that it seems a bit crass. Your

:38:12.:38:15.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was pretty clear this morning Labour

:38:16.:38:19.

will oppose the changes. The question is, why? Why would you want

:38:20.:38:23.

a differential taxation system between people employed by a boss

:38:24.:38:26.

and people who employ themselves? The point at the end of the day and

:38:27.:38:30.

I think Nigel picked it up, it is not just about the rates, the whole

:38:31.:38:35.

point is people are effectively enforced to be self-employed. I know

:38:36.:38:40.

lots of them are forced to do it and the employer is getting away without

:38:41.:38:45.

paying a fair share of national insurance. It falls to the employee

:38:46.:38:50.

in effect to pay their share and now they are getting clobbered for it

:38:51.:38:53.

and it is not right. It has to be dealt with in the round. The way

:38:54.:38:58.

this was managed, the politics, it is becoming increasingly ludicrous

:38:59.:39:01.

for ministers to insist they have not broken the Tory manifesto. I

:39:02.:39:07.

think the manifesto was pretty clear, it said no National Insurance

:39:08.:39:11.

rise. The Government have a technical defence that the building

:39:12.:39:15.

put through did not say class four. I think what I'd stood was there

:39:16.:39:20.

would be no rise overall. I would say it looks like a breach. -- I

:39:21.:39:26.

understood. Some grounds for saying it is a situation that we have to

:39:27.:39:31.

look at, we cannot allow the 5 billion revenue... In terms of

:39:32.:39:37.

selling it, an old maxim, when in a hole, stop digging. Accept, we have

:39:38.:39:40.

had to break the manifesto, there are reasons for that. I would rather

:39:41.:39:45.

than use that defence, yes, it would be more honest and transparent. The

:39:46.:39:50.

people will understand, when you have very high earning lawyers and

:39:51.:39:55.

accountants in partnerships who are paying a lower rate of national

:39:56.:39:59.

insurance than people earning a low-wage, people understand that

:40:00.:40:02.

perhaps ought to change. They will also understand what we do not want

:40:03.:40:07.

to do is have a system where we are encouraging unscrupulous employers

:40:08.:40:10.

to pretend their employees are self-employed. We need to level the

:40:11.:40:13.

playing field. There are good grounds for this but those people

:40:14.:40:16.

who are genuinely self-employed trying to grow the business, who get

:40:17.:40:20.

less rights, they would quite rightly probably be quite angry

:40:21.:40:26.

about this. Picking up that point, we have heard from the Resolution

:40:27.:40:31.

Foundation, hang on a sec someone earning up to ?50,000 self-employed

:40:32.:40:37.

could be paying less tax than someone earning less because they

:40:38.:40:40.

are employed by a boss. The problem with the House of Commons, we are in

:40:41.:40:45.

a binary position. I do not think it is one or the other. It has to be in

:40:46.:40:50.

the round. You cannot say, we will deal with one element, the rate of

:40:51.:40:54.

National Insurance contributions, it has to be in the round. The

:40:55.:40:58.

Government recognise that and that is why they have set up the review.

:40:59.:41:02.

What in God's name is the point of setting up a review if you

:41:03.:41:09.

completely pre-empt it? A last word, at your brief, short advice to the

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Chancellor, about what he should do now. I think he should go away,

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think again and pull the plan. I think he should get the review of

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the issue of self-employment out so we can look at it in the round and

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see what the fair policies are to tackle it. Thank you very much. Huge

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pressure on the Chancellor to address some of the concerns we have

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been hearing about. To date, no signs so far of a rethink.

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Thank you, Norman. Let me tell you, we are going to bring you coverage

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of the Queen unveiling a memorial dedicated to all of those who served

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in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan in a little while. This is Horse

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Guards Parade in central London where the memorial will be unveiled

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and we will be there in a few moments. First, Scotland's First

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Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC a common-sense time for a

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second independence referendum would be autumn, 2018.

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A final decision on holding such a vote has not yet been taken,

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but Ms Sturgeon insisted she was "not bluffing"

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She was speaking to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

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In Westminster, some politicians think you're bluffing

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I always think that sometimes kind of says more about them than it does

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about me because it suggests that there are politicians

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in Westminster who think Brexit and all of this is some

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It's not a game, it's really, really serious and the implications

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for the UK are serious and the indications

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--implications for Scotland are serious.

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Some of your colleagues talk about autumn,

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Within that window, as the outline of a UK deal becomes clear,

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and the UK exiting the EU I think would be the common sense time

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for Scotland to have that choice if that is the road we choose

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Just to be clear, you're not ruling out autumn, 2018?

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Let us get the thoughts of Ian Murray. From Edinburgh, the SNP,

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Miles breaks. Ian Murray, what do you think about the prospect of a

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referendum? Completely unnecessary. With the uncertainty across Brexit,

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the last thing you need is another Scottish referendum. If you want to

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destroy the Scottish economy, this is the best way to do it. Maybe we

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will have one... It looks as if we have more clarity today. It is clear

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the Scottish people do not want another independence referendum. The

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polls have shown that. The SNP wake up every single day of the week to

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try to deliver independence and they are using Brexit to do that and the

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people who suffer will be the Scottish people in terms of economic

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downturn. 2014, the issues then more prominent now and the fiscal deficit

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Scotland currently carries would be detrimental to any kind of

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independent Scotland and there is no answer to the big questions about

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people's jobs, livelihoods and what the Scottish economy would look like

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in the future. Miles? I agree with what Ian has said. Yet more

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uncertainty. The politics of Nicola Sturgeon. For the last ten years,

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she has used this issue to divide our country and she is continuing to

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do that today. We need to move on as a nation and look at how we better

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run public services in Scotland and it is that fact Nicola Sturgeon does

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not want to maybe look at the failings for government have that

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she is using this issue yet again. It is time to turn the page on the

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constitutional demons dividing our country and work to get the best

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deal for the UK leaving the EU Scotland did not want Brexit. I

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voted remain but it was a UK wide referendum and we as a country now

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are all leaving the EU and we need to get the best possible deal. That

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is where I have been really impressed with the way the UK

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Government has been engaging with the Scottish Parliament and with all

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parties across Scotland, to listen to the views of industry in

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Scotland, to make sure we get the best possible deal for Scotland and

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the UK. Theresa May could block a referendum if that option was to be

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pursued. Do you think she should? The issue has never been that there

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be a referendum, both the Prime Minister and our leader Ruth

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Davidson have been clear. The issue is, should there be? People do not

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want... If a decision was taken by the SNP, yes, we will go for one,

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Theresa May could block it, should she? They are a minority government

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in the Scottish Parliament so they would have to bring forward the vote

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and we would see how parties approach it. For people in Scotland,

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they would want to see how the Government is thinking this through.

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Over the next two years, there is a lot of work to do to secure the best

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deal for Scotland. I am not sure the focus is currently on that and I

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think that is why people in Scotland will soon punish them for that at

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the local elections in May, the best opportunity voters will have to

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knocked a strong team of Conservative councillors to send a

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message to the SNP on this issue -- to elect.

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Nicola Sturgeon would need to get permission from Westminster to hold

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a referendum, should they withhold it? The issues around it would be

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part of the negotiations so it would depend what that negotiation looks

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like. I agree with everything he's just said. If they have brought us

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to this brink. They ran an election campaign pitting Scots against

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England. David Cameron came to the steps of Downing Street the morning

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the result was announced and announced English votes for English

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laws. Then they brought us to a position Brexit. It's about time his

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party brought responsibility. Let's get the second referendum of the

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table and work to get the best possible Brexiteer over Scotland and

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the UK. -- best possible Brexit deal for Scotland and the UK.

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Nicola Sturgeon's interview was recorded for the BBC documentary

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Brexit: Britain's Biggest Deal - to be broadcast this evening

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on BBC Two in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at 21:00

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Thank you for your comments on our interview with Niall Woods. One

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viewer has said, good to hear an honest account of the drug trade and

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a pragmatic sensible approach to minimising it. Neal worked as an

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undercover policeman who risks his life to infiltrate criminal drug

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gangs. He describes some of his experiences and how he was able to

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cope. Basically I had to befriend people and empathise with people. It

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became like weaponising empathy. You have to move among people who are

:48:43.:48:45.

problematic drug users and befriend them. But doesn't it have to be more

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than that, don't you have to pass off as somebody absolutely credible

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in that world, doesn't that mean taking drugs? I never had to take

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heroin or cocaine. But I once had to take amphetamine. I made the mistake

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of presenting myself to be a connoisseur of that drug which was a

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mistake in the end. Someone gave me a present and it was 40% pure.

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Normally the drug would be 5%. To avoid imminent violence I had to

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take some of that drug. That was quite terrifying. I was awake for

:49:22.:49:26.

three nights. Only on one occasion in 14 years did you take drugs? I

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had to take cannabis a few times. But that was it, other than those

:49:32.:49:37.

occasions. What about dealing drugs? We didn't deal. I pretended to be a

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dealer. Sometimes I would make myself out to be a burglar, wheeler

:49:42.:49:47.

dealer. I was buying large quantities in order to present that.

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I would never actually sell drugs. I did have a camera found once in

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Leicester. I'd been trading with a gangster for about four months. On

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this one occasion I went to sell him some counterfeit clothing as part of

:50:06.:50:12.

my cover. He brought two friends who were instantly suspicious. One of

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them searched me and found a camera. I was in quite an isolated car park.

:50:18.:50:23.

I can't say the words I said. Basically I gave him a torrent of

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abuse to try and interrupters ability to tell his friend what it

:50:29.:50:34.

found. Then I had to deliberately and as slowly as possible fold up

:50:35.:50:38.

the clothing. If you run a way that is confirming someone's suspicions.

:50:39.:50:44.

Very slowly I walked away. I managed to gain enough meat so that when he

:50:45.:50:47.

convinced his companion and they came after me a car, I escaped it by

:50:48.:50:57.

two metres. My intelligence guy joked saying he didn't know why they

:50:58.:51:02.

didn't just shoot be because apparently there was a gun in that

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car. The Queen is unveiling a memorial to all those who served in

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Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf War between 1990 and 2015. We are here

:51:21.:51:25.

in a Horse Guards Parade. The Queen will be arriving soon with many

:51:26.:51:28.

other members of the Royal family for this service of dedication here.

:51:29.:51:35.

At shortly after 11:30am the Queen will unveil the Iraq Afghanistan

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memorial at Victoria embankment Gardens. Its cost about ?1 million

:51:44.:51:48.

to create. Members of the public have donated that money and it

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recognises the contribution not only of the troops who have fought and

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served in the various conflicts since 1990, the Gulf campaigns in

:51:59.:52:04.

Iraq and Afghanistan, but also civilians, aid workers, people who

:52:05.:52:09.

have worked in the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, in that long

:52:10.:52:15.

period of 25 years from 1990 until 2015 and the withdrawal of British

:52:16.:52:19.

troops from Afghanistan. The service of dedication here at Horse Guards

:52:20.:52:25.

Parade is going to be witness not only by the Queen and members of the

:52:26.:52:31.

Royal family but the Prime Minister, Theresa May and former prime

:52:32.:52:35.

ministers David Cameron, Tony Blair and so on are here as well. My

:52:36.:52:40.

colleague is going to be watching events unfold here at Horse Guards

:52:41.:52:42.

Parade. The

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