09/03/2017 Breakfast

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

The Chancellor accused of breaking an election promise

Employed and self-employed alike use our public services in the same way,

but they are not paying for them in the same way.

announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from Tory

backbenchers about the impact on the self employed.

Also in the Budget, there was the promise of an extra

?2 billion for social care and big

I'm here this morning with experts and people affected

to see how the announcements have gone down.

Good morning, it's Thursday the 9th March.

A new memorial to honour the British military personnel and civilians

In sport, they're calling it one of the greatest European

Barcelona make history by coming from 4-0 down

against Paris St Germain to win with the last kick of the game.

And two years after historic Clandon Park House was gutted

by fire, we report on the start of the huge restoration task.

Good morning. For many this morning it's a fairly cloudy start, also a

damp one with showers or some rain but by mid-morning, for most we'll

have some lovely springlike weather with a fair bit of sunshine except

across the Channel Islands and the south-west, where it will be cloudy

and damp, and it will be quite a windy day for some of us. More in 15

minutes. The Chancellor Phillip Hammond

is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing

National Insurance contributions for many self-employed workers

in yesterday's budget. He's facing growing pressure

to reconsider his plan from some The Treasury has defended

the increase, saying it will return The amount self-employed workers

will pay will rise from 9% It means an average

increase of ?240 a year. And it'll affect around two million

workers across the UK, raising ?145 million a year

for the Treasury by 2022. Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster It's already starting to get a tiny

bit awkward for the Chancellor, isn't it, even from his own MPs. He

has certainly ended up with a bit of a row on his hands and there is lots

of criticism that this policy breaks a promise in the Conservative

manifesto not to put up National Insurance, so there are calls this

morning for the Chancellor to reverse yesterday's announcement.

Critical Tories say it does nothing to encouraged enterprise, does

nothing to encourage risk-taking. One MP said he was worried it would

hit voters he described as white van men. So, yes, calls for the

ministers and the government to change their mind, but ministers are

insistent there won't be a U-turn and these changes will make the

system fairer. But Labour said this is the government breaking promises

and clobbering the self-employed. Elsewhere, there was extra cash for

social care, ?2 million to help ease the creaking system and also help to

soften the blow of changes to business rates with a ?300 million

hardship fund. Labour saying, look, that can knock money isn't enough,

especially for social care and the NHS -- that kind of money. And this

morning, the morning after the Budget, all the giveaways Philip

Hammond managed to find are being overshadowed by that row over

National Insurance. Elia Ghani -- Eleanor Garnier in Westminster for

us this morning. Steph is outside the studio

with some experts and people who'll be affected, how are

the changes being received? Good morning to you and good

morning, everybody. As you heard there, one of the big stories

especially for business is this change in the National Insurance

that the self-employed will pay. A couple of experts we can talk to

about this, Rebecca, a tax expert. We heard the Chancellor talking a

lot about fairness, does this make the system fairer for working

people? There is always a difficult question because it depends on your

perspective but the current system has been in place for years. --

fair. It comes from a time when most were employed and not many were

self-employed so the current system compensates self-employed people for

the risks they were taking about being self-employed. What the

government have done is they have focused on the benefits people get

in future, as they're saying people essentially get the same pensions,

they've got to equalise the system. Interesting, Kelly, you are

self-employed and you've been trying to work out for the last 12 hours

what it will mean for you and Kelly, what are your thoughts? I think

you're right, Rebecca, as an entrepreneur you take risks, you are

taking the road less travelled. So eroding the dividend tax allowance

and increasing national insurance contributions will have an impact on

finances and it erodes the profitability of being

self-employed. Have you worked out how much it will cost you? A couple

of 100 pounds a year, which isn't substantial but at the same time

it's sending a bad message to businesses. Is it putting pressure

on you as an entrepreneur? Absolutely, I think it is. Thank you

for your time, I know you'll be joining us through the show and we

will have more experts here to talk to us about what this means for

them. Steph, thanks very much for that.

We'll be speaking to the Chancellor Philip Hammond just

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC

that the common sense time for a second independence

referendum would be autumn next year.

A vote can only take place with the permission

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

to hold another vote before the UK leaves the European Union.

In Westminster, some politicians think you're bluffing about holding

a referendum. I'm not and I never have been. I always think that

sometimes says more about them than it does about me because it suggests

that there are politicians in Westminster who think Brexit and all

of this is some con of game. It's not a game, it's really really

serious and the implications for the UK serious and the indications for

Scotland are serious. Some of your colleagues talk about Autumn 2018 as

a likely date. Within that window, as an outline of a UK deal becomes

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

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

down. Just to be clear, you're not ruling out autumn 2018? I'm not

ruling out anything, no. A new memorial honouring the British

military personnel and civilians who have served in Iraq

and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War will be unveiled

by the Queen later today. Members of the public donated more

than ?1 million to fund the monument, as our correspondent

Robert Hall reports. The military deployments to Iraq and

Afghanistan over a 24 year period represent the longest and most

intense series of operations since the Second World War. 682 British

service personnel lost their lives. Many others came home with life

changing injuries. The new memorial was first mooted in 2014 and

fundraising began on Remembrance Sunday of that year. It stands on

the bank of the Thames alongside reminders of other military

campaigns. The new monument doesn't just

commemorate the armed forces, it gives equal prominence to the

civilians who worked on the humanitarian side of operations.

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

of Judy and service. Although British public opinion was

divided over the merits of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan,

no one questions the dedication shown by both military and civilians

trying to get those countries back on their feet. This team behind the

memorial accept there is no clear end to this chapter in our history.

Today's ceremony will reawaken shared experiences for those who

were there. The sadness, the pain and the pride. Robert Hall, BBC

News. The mother of the missing serviceman

Corrie McKeague has said it is just a matter of time before

they find her son's remains Suffolk Police have

revealed that a bin lorry, seized shortly after the RAF gunner

vanished after a night out in Suffolk last September,

was carrying a heavier load Police are currently searching

the site outside Cambridge. A man in Australia who posed online

as the singer Justin Bieber has been charged with more

than 900 child sex offences. The 42-year old man

is accused of persuading fans of the star to send

him explicit images. Police say he had been

using a number of sites, including Facebook and Skype

to communicate with children. A United Nations report is to call

for an independent investigation into the potential health

impact of the UK's largest Residents living near

the Ffos-y-Fran site in south Wales have led a long

campaign against air Cut into the side of the Valley east

of Merthyr Tydfil, this is Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine, the size

of 400 football pitches. Since 2007 a private company has been digging

here right next to people's houses. What you're looking at right now,

the mountain, the rim, is the bowl of the opencast mine. My biggest

effect is the dust, absolutely phenomenal amount of dust. For more

than a decade some locals have been claiming that pollution from the

mine has been causing breathing and sleeping problems. They've held

protests and petition the local council, the Welsh and UK

governments. Now BBC news has learned the United Nations is set to

make a surprise in intervention. A report by its special rat that are

on the human rights of communities at risk of pollution will call for

an independent investigation of claims this mine could be harming

local people. I came across a number of pressing issues but this was

definitely at the top of the list, I heard allegations of very high rates

of childhood asthma, cancer clusters among the community. I didn't hear

any evidence of a strong intervention by the government to

investigate. Merthyr Tydfil council said his findings were based on

unsubstantiated claims by the local community. The mind's operator

insisted it had a proud record of mining responsibly. Steffan

Messenger, BBC News. Malta's famous rock arch,

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

has collapsed into the sea. The Azure Window was

damaged by heavy storms. The Prime Minister Joseph Muscat

said it was heartbreaking. A study of the arch in 2013 said

it was eroding but wasn't Look at it, before and after, just

gone. Four years ago they said it wasn't in danger and it has gone

already! Very sad. There is one in Donegal, I hope that doesn't go,

very similar. What a night in the Champions League, the greatest

comeback in the Champions League. Barca, 4-0 down in the first leg,

winning it with three late goals, not against just a minnow in the

qualifying rounds, against PSG, who hadn't lost this season in the

Champions League. How did that happen? Something we haven't seen

before. Luis Enrique, the Barca manager, said it was like watching a

horror movie an frogging in front of him! -- unfolding.

Barcelona are the first team to overturn a 4-0 deficit

from the first leg of a Champions League game.

Even with seven minutes to go at the Nou Camp

they appeared to be heading out, but they scored three quick goals

against Paris St Germain, including this one from

Serge Roberto, with the last kick of the game

to win 6-5 overall and reach the quarter-finals.

Manchester United are in Russia for tonight's Europa League match.

Jose Mourinho isn't happy about the state of the pitch.

Manchester City were knocked back in the title race

last night when they drew 0-0 at home with Stoke City.

It means Chelsea are smiling ten points clear of both

It finished goalless there against Stoke.

And both Wales and Ireland name unchanged sides for their 6 Nations

Wales coach Rob Howley says it's a chance for his side

to earn redemption after defeat to Scotland

A little more on that Rostov pitch in the papers for you in a moment.

Thanks, Mike. Time for a first look at the weather with Carol.

Good morning. This morning it is a cloudy start, a damp one for some as

well but most of us will end up like this, a beautiful Weather Watchers

picture from Port Ballantrae in Northern Ireland from yesterday.

What we have this morning will be sunny spells developing particularly

through the middle part of the morning, late morning into the

afternoon and remaining mild with temperatures above average for the

time of year. But there's also quite a bit of cloud around this morning.

Across the Channel Islands in the south-west, that is producing some

damp conditions. It's also rather windy this morning too and we have

got some showers but some of us will start with some sunshine. We start

at 7am across Cornwall, into the Channel Islands, this is where we

have a weather front and that's what's producing all the cloud and

damp conditions. Across the rest of southern England into East Anglia,

the Midlands and Wales, some blue skies to start with, variables

amounts of cloud, quite windy at the moment in Northern Ireland, north

England, central and southern Scotland, slowly easing through the

day and then we run into a rush of showers, some emerging to bring

outbreaks of rain across Scotland with snow on the tops of the

mountains. Remaining windy even into the evening into the Northern Isles.

The cloud we have will break up through the morning and then it will

be a beautiful spring day. You can see where we still hang on to the

cloud in the far south-west and Channel Islands, here we have

temperatures around 11, but top temperatures today could get to 15

or possibly 16 somewhere in the south-east. Even as we go further

north, ten at this stage in March in Stornoway is a healthy temperature,

if of course you like it on the mild side! Through the evening and

overnight, this weather front in the south-west will tend to move and

take its cloud and rain with it across northern and western parts of

the country. Most of the rain and drizzle will be on the coasts and

the hills and as you push further east we won't have the cloud in

eastern areas at this stage, so under clearer skies there's the risk

of ground-frost. We start tomorrow with clearer skies in eastern areas

but don't be fooled by because our weather front in the west will move

over to the Easter through the day, taking rain and drizzle with it,

nothing too substantial -- the east. Behind it we see some breaks,

particularly in the west and particularly in the shelter of any

hills and temperatures down a touch but still across England and Wales

and Northern Ireland in particular we are looking at above average.

Back in Scotland, for some above average but a bit lower, not much

than today. That leads us into the weekend, turning a bit more

unsettled because we have an array of weather fronts coming in at

different times, bringing wet and at times windy weather. By the time we

get to Sunday, behind this cold front we're looking at cooler air

coming in. If that's alarming you in anyway, don't worry, next week we

start to see the temperature come up once again. The forecast for this

weekend is fairly mixed. What we have will be sunny spells at times

and we'll also see some rain at times as these weather fronts tend

to cross from the west towards the east and it will turn that little

bit cooler with the recovery in the temperatures next week, but that

doesn't mean wall to wall blue skies next week either, the weather

turning more unsettled, especially from the middle of the week.

Let's take a look at some of the main stories in this

Steph and Mike is here. We will chat in a second. It is all about the

budget. The front of the Mirror. This picture is used a lot, Theresa

May, Prime Minister, laughing in the House of Commons. Not the most

flattering picture. Philip Hammond's budget was peppered with jokes among

the policy announcements. People referencing the different style from

him yesterday and the Daily Telegraph, the impression here,

going back on the pledge, our commitment to you, from the election

campaign, no increase in VAT or income tax, reflected on the front

of the Times. The front of the Times, the ?2 billion tax rate.

Would you like to pick up on those? Lots of analysis with businesses

questioning what it will mean for them and we were talking about

self-employed people who will face a rise in the national insurance which

they pay. The Financial Times has picked up on this and talking about

how it is a hit on entrepreneurs. We have heard the government talk about

entrepreneurs as the people who will help in the future to get through

the financial problems. What they say is this rise in the national

insurance, the Selvie employed, and the cut in the dividend tax break,

so often entrepreneurs will take a dividend from their company rather

than a salary and now they have to pay more tax on that --

self-employed employed. Lots of entrepreneurs say it is a direct hit

on them at a time when they should be in courage to be entrepreneurial.

The fun of the Daily Mail, no laughing matter is the front page,

and making the point that in the past the Conservative Party was

thought of as the friend of the small business. What have you got,

Mike? It might seem like Jose Mourinho has something to complain

about, look at this close up of the pitch, in Russia, where there are

tough tos of grass, which it is hard to mow, without a sort of goat, and

are patches and then tough tos. He is really unhappy about it. --

tufts. It reminds me a little bit off my lawn. And this is a

heartwarming story, a little bit like the Brownlie brothers,

cross-country racing in Lincoln and 200 metres from the end, his legs

buckle and he isn't going to finish, so his friend doesn't finish his own

race, he stops and carries his friend across the line the last 200

metres. It is like the Brownlie brothers. He said I rather would

have not finished to help my friend. I liked this story in the Times, I

don't know if you saw this, women don't have the chips when they are

looking at a good-looking man. Really? The idea is if you are out

for dinner with a good-looking man as your date you don't want to be

seen eating chips. Women are likely to order eating something healthy

and green. You are not going out for fish and chips anyway. And it works

for men in a different way. If he is with a very attractive woman, a man

is likely to order something very expensive to make him look wealthy

and powerful. So a woman would want to look healthy... Well, why can't

people be themselves? Just a pastie. Yes, let's go on a date, Mike. Isn't

that sweet, it is all arranged. Keep it in the budget. You have a whole

bunch of people outside the studio. Yes, we set up outside the studio

because we have to many people. We are going to talk to experts about

changes to education as well, so there are T levels coming in,

important for skills, business rates as well, something Sean and then

have spoken about. What is a T level? It will be like the A-level,

it is the same age, but in technical education. It is hard to explained.

It might be a T-l in engineering. And something that will have some

credibility. Yes. It is getting parity between the two. It is really

important for those doing technical education. Thank you both very much.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: Chancellor Philip Hammond faces

criticism after announcing higher national insurance payments

A new memorial to honour military and civilian personnel who served

in Iraq and Afghanistan will be unveiled by the Queen later.

Let's get some reaction to yesterday's budget,

which Chancellor Philip Hammond said prepared the British economy

Stewart Hosie from the Scottish National Party is in our Westminster

Thank you for your time this morning. Can I just ask you for your

response to Mr Hammond's budget yesterday? I thought it was an awful

budget and particularly absent of reference to Brexit. A passing

comment at the beginning of the budget statement. The idea that he

has prepared the UK for the negotiations is absolutely

laughable. What were you expecting? All of the warnings he has had, 10%

loss in GDP, hundreds of thousands of jobs not created, GDP reduced

with a reduction in migration, all of the warnings. We would have

expected him yesterday, given it should have been the Brexit budget,

to prepare the ground, to spend the money he needed to spend to mitigate

the consequences of Brexit. That would have been the sensible thing

to do, not sit on a war chest for the future and wait until the damage

is done. Instead he did none of these things. There was a specific

level of funding for the Scottish government, ?350 million funding

boost. What did you make of that? As I said at the time, every penny is

welcome, at let's not kid ourselves. That barely dents the cuts we've

seen even with the extra cash. The Scottish government will still have

to .9 billion less to spend in real terms at the end of this parliament

than it did in 2010 -- 2.9 billion. It barely dents the cuts we have

seen driven from Westminster. It is hard not to reference all of these

political issues in relation to Brexit and certainly in your case in

Scotland and the question of whether or not they will be another

referendum. Which direction did yesterday's budget take in terms of

another referendum? The budget in itself doesn't change anything. The

key thing is will the UK government really embark on this hard Tory

cliff edge Brexit? We fear that they will. And secondly, will they accept

into the UK negotiating position the sensible compromise position put

forward by Nicola Sturgeon? If they do that is welcome. If it is

rejected at -- out of hand, it makes a second referendum more likely but

that is not where we are today. Yes, indeed. We are running a clip of

Nicola Sturgeon talking about when the referendum might be. If it were

to happen, just help with clarification of that, because I

know it is torture around this, asking what you're thinking is

relative to Brexit. Just try to give your clearest answer about when

there might be another independence referendum? As I say this is

dependent on the UK government attitude to the Scottish government

compromise position in relation to the EU negotiations. The First

Minister was asked what a commonsense time be if one should

happen and given we have Brexit negotiations starting, Article 50

starting, and leaving the EU into NT 19, the First Minister was quite

right that should it happen, somewhere around Autumn 2018 might

make sense. Thank you for your time this morning.

Coming up in about an hour from now, we'll be speaking to the Chancellor,

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We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

Philip Hammond promised a brighter future for Britain

But did he break an election promise not to raise National Insurance?

We'll be speaking to the Chancellor after 7am.

These are the astonishing scenes when fire ripped through 18th

century Clandon Park House in Surrey.

Nearly two years later, the search is on for an architect

history by becoming the first woman to be appointed to a permanent

position with the St Paul's Cathedral Choir.

We'll be talking to her just after 7:30am.

But now a summary of this morning's main news.

by raising National Insurance contributions for many self-employed

A number of Conservative MPs say Philip Hammond's proposal

breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto.

But the Treasury has rejected calls for a rethink,

saying the increase will return fairness

Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster

Is the National Insurance issue embarrassing for the Chancellor?

Well, he certainly ended up with a bit of a row on his hands and as you

say, there's lots of criticism that this might have broken a

Conservative manifesto pledge not to raise National Insurance. Treasury

sources, though, saying actually after the election there was

clarifying legislation that said only those in conventional

employment would not see National Insurance go up. Nevertheless,

there's lots of criticism from Tory MPs who say this does nothing to

help people who want to take risks, who want to get on, and there's also

one Tory MP who said he's worried this might hit what he described as

the white van man. So calls for the Chancellor to make a U-turn but

ministers are insistent they will not be doing that and this change

will make the system fairer. Labour say this is the government breaking

promises and clobbering the self-employed. There were other

changes, more money for social care to ease the creaking system and more

help to soften the blow to changes to business rates. But Labour saying

that of money for social care for the NHS isn't enough and this row of

an actual insurance is if you like stealing the limelight from those

positive things that Philip Hammond did manage to get out yesterday.

Eleanor, thank you. The Chancellor also announced

an extra ?200 million But some Welsh politicians have said

the additional funds The Welsh government is responsible

to a whole range of services, from health to education, and when ?300

million is being spent on Buckingham Palace and ?5 million is being spent

on the building behind me, ?200 million is an insult.

We'll be speaking to the Chancellor Philip Hammond just

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC

that the common sense time for a second independence

referendum would be Autumn next year.

A vote can only take place with the permission

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

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

another vote before the UK leaves the European Union.

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

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

The monument is dedicated to civilians

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

A United Nations report is to call for an independent investigation

into the potential health impact of the UK's largest

Residents living near the Ffos-y-Fran

site in South Wales have led a long campaign against air

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

Files seen by the BBC suggest Margaret Thatcher's government

was reluctant to hold a public inquiry into the policing

of the miners' strike for fear of a witch hunt.

They show the then Home Secretary Leon Brittan

discouraged any inquiry into the conduct of the police

Miners were disappointed last year when the Home Secretary Amber Rudd

ruled there would be no inquiry into the so-called

us happier and reduces stress levels.

I believe that, I believe that is true. I thought it might make you

laugh. Are you just saying that? It is true.

The link between a connection with nature and human wellbeing

What this new research has found is that even watching short clips

can significantly increase positive emotions.

Perhaps this one from Planet Earth two is doing just that for you.

I suppose it depends. These are lovely images but if you see the

ones of the very stressful attacks in the wild, that's not good, that

is not so pleasant. Depends on the outcome, the Lizard made it through

the snakes in the famous clip, eventually she made it. It was happy

in the end. Speaking of stress levels, trying to make the link. The

release of endorphins and relief. Explain the elation among the

Barcelona players. Never seen anything like it, grown men and

women jumping into each other's arms, crying, floods of tears

because of the scale of the comeback, the greatest ever. Set the

scene. 4-0 down from the first leg against PSG, who hadn't lost all

season in the Champions League, with seven minutes to go they were three

goals away from their target but then it all turned around. What with

the commentator make of it, the Spanish commentator? Shall we have a

listen, here's how he reported on those final seven minutes.

I was just getting really good! He is referring to Sergio Burr to. --

surgery Roberto. You can hear the pundits in the background, the

weeping. Even with Barcelona, they have never seen anything like this!

Barcelona pulled off the biggest recovery in Champions League

4-0 down against Paris St German from the first leg of their last 16

tie, Barca won 6-1 at home with the dedicing goal coming

It finished 6-5 on aggregate and Barcelona are through

Neymar, Messi and Suarez, the most feared strike force in world

football. Barcelona's motto is more than a club but no club had

overturned such a deficit in the Champions League. An early goal

would give them hope, Suarez's header just crossed the line, this

would be the match about the finest of margins and the referees don't

Steffan Messenger's sometimes debatable judgement, a penalty?

Messi scored a penalty for Barca, one more to level the tie or one

more for PSG, a cracker from Cavani that should have put the tie to bed.

An away goal that left Barca needing three. Surely no more time, two

minutes to go before Neymar did that, the 90 were up when Neymar

converted another suspect penalty and with practically the last kick

of the match, Roberto stayed onside, swamped by his teammates. That was

more than just a goal. Barcelona are more than just a club. Olly Foster,

BBC News. The sort of comeback that Arsenal

could have done with the other night against Bayern Munich!

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has described

their Europa League tie against Rostov bad

near the Black Sea and Mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit

Uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call

Mourinho says the state of the surface means team selection

It is hard for me because we are going to play on that field, if you

can call it a field. I don't know which team it helps really. I don't

know if Mkhitaryaan is going to play.

Manchester City failed to move up to second in the Premier League

after drawing 0-0 at home to Stoke City.

It was a game of few clear cut chances.

Kelechi Iheanacho put City's last wide from close range.

It's the first time they have failed to score at home since Pep Guardiola

took over and means Chelsea remain ten points clear at the top

Spurs are above City on goal difference

We didn't win but we didn't lose so we did everything we could, we had

chances, they didn't have many chances to score goals. They didn't

score. We needed brilliance in the last part. Defensively well

organised. But we tried. Bournemouth say they're extremely

disappointed that defender Tyrone Mings has been

banned for five games An FA panel ruled he deliberately

stood on the head of Manchester United's Zlatan

Ibrahimovic during their draw last weekend and decided the standard

three-match ban wouldn't Wales and Ireland have both named

unchanged sides for their 6 Nations The Irish come of the back

of victory over France. While Wales lost to Scotland,

having led at half time. It was their first defeat

to the Scots in ten years but interim head coach Rob Howley

says he's giving his players We discussed given the opportunity

for the side to redeem themselves after the second half performance.

Obviously I know things have been said in the week in terms of some

player's performance and the coaching team have given them the

opportunity to go out again and deliver a performance the players

are proud of. And as equally important is for the supporters to

support that and it's going to be a huge game on Friday night.

When we won the Championship in 14 and 15, we actually had minimal

changes week to week and I think we grew as the tournament went on.

That's a massive challenge because everyone through the Championship

tends to pick up a little bit more rhythm. The first game you tend to

be a little bit underdone and you've got to pick up from there.

England's cricketers are in Barbados for today's third and final

one day international against West Indies.

They've already won the fist two games so the series is already

in the bag, and with the Champions Trophy

later this year, bowler Chris Woakes believes

England have a great chance of winning a major trophy.

We haven't seen an England team in ODI cricket play the way this team

is playing at the minute and especially with the bat, it's

fantastic to watch the majority of the time. I know we had a slip the

other day but there's very few and far between is. It's exciting times,

hopefully we can reduce the goods at the right time, tournament cricket

is different to a series so that will be a different challenge but I

think we've got the best chance as we've probably ever had.

Double Olympic gold-medallist Max Whitlock will miss the British

and European Championships to focus on preparing

for the World Championships in September.

Whitlock has only recently returned to full time training

after his successes in Rio last summer.

He suffered from glandular fever two years ago and says he needs

to manage his body if he's to compete at the highest level.

He deserves a rest as he tries to work out his trademark move. He

wants a move named after him. I imagine he can choose from several.

He is good at most of them. He is pushing the boundaries. Speaking of

pushing the boundaries, we were talking when the report was on, what

causes a team to lose three goals, a hugely experienced team as well, to

concede three goals in the last seven minutes when they know they

just have to keep the ball, tactics in the corner so Barcelona couldn't

get it to score. The psychologically of fear and when it paralyse is you,

you start feeling everything and it collapses on top of you. So

important in sport because it affects you physically, you can't

move in the same way and you don't look for things in the same weight.

The shape and the tactics go and the noise, the crowd would have made a

difference -- same way. Yeah, the atmosphere! Thanks, Mike. Speak to

you later. So has the Budget left

you better or worse off? This week Steph has been out

on the road looking at what people This morning she's back,

and she's got a crowd of people outside our studio to find

out if they're happy Good morning to you and good

morning, everyone. Quite a few people here this morning so we

thought we would do an extension to the studio, these are our offices,

the team are working hard trying to work out what the Budget means for

everyone. Being on the road all week this week, looking at what people

want to do here and there is lots of things that came out yesterday. Some

people said it was a dull but but but there's still things that would

have a direct impact on people's lives, National Insurance, the

amount of tax the self-employed pay. Laura, you guys have been doing a

lot of analysis overnight. What are your thoughts and the winners and

losers? There's obvious things we can point to, some small funding for

skills and technical education for young people. Really welcome cash

injection on social care. And a controversial but welcome step on

closing some of the tax disparities between the self-employed and

employees. But the biggest news is not the policies the Chancellor

announced but the confirmation of a grim set of forecasts from the

Office for Budget Responsibility both for public finances, with the

goal of closing the deficit looking like it has been pushed down to the

middle of the next decade, and especially on family finances with

our forecast suggesting typical incomes will fall over the rest of

the parliament, particularly hurting the poorer half of households. In

terms of winners and losers, there is something we should all be

concerned about in terms of the state of public finances and the

impact of falling incomes, which it looks like will lead to rising

inequality over the parliament. A VIP area in a nightclub which is

ideal at this time of the morning. No drinks but a couple of croissants

and a bacon but he! Thanks very much. Dominic, I will start with

you, you're an entrepreneur in the events industry, tell us about what

you heard. There's an analysis this morning suggesting this is an attack

on entrepreneurs. I agree. The cut of the dividend is two ?2000 has

been a bit of an anti- entrepreneurial attack -- dividends

to. People start off unemployed before they start their own

businesses so this is a". The rise in National Insurance you have to

pay and the dividend -- a big issue. You think that is going to be a big

hit for the industry, for entrepreneurs? The reasons to be

self-employed and start a business are decreasing. The budget has

encouraged people to get jobs and because the reasons to be

self-employed now are not as positive as they used to be. There's

an argument it is not as risky and that's why the government is doing

this, in the past it would be easier to be... Trickier and more risky to

be self-employed and now it is not as risky so you should pay more.

There's that argument but I feel like we should encourage

entrepreneurs with help like this to become self-employed and from that

grow a business and bring in more people who are contractors to help.

Any benefits would be welcomed. Dave, you are a pub landlord and

there was specific news for your industry and the idea of the

majority of pubs getting this ?1000 discount on business rates you pay.

Put that in context, is that a lot of money?

It is a drop in the ocean, a token gesture from a government that has

been anti- pub from day one, and it was a response that was nothing,

cancelled out by the increase anyway because we are self-employed. How

much do you normally pay in business rates? They are unique in pubs,

based on turnover, which is based on an estimation, effectively a guess,

so you are penalised if you perform well. The key point is it is based

on turnover from an average operator. It is a reasonably

efficient operator, the term which is used. I have been in the business

ten years, we took the pub five years ago, it was closed, because it

was trading for sometime, rated at eight K and because we increase

turnover dramatically, business rates went up 33,000, so... -- 8K.

It is absolutely meaningless. In London, with high turnover I mean,

we are a small country pub, but it is completely meaningless. Let's get

some other thoughts. Toby, we met you at the start of the week. You

said you wanted something on housing. It wasn't there. Housing is

one of the biggest issues for all people at the moment, especially

young people trying to get on the housing ladder. The government had a

housing white paper last month. That was described as quite a feeble

document. Think tanks and people in the industry didn't seem impressed.

One of the most writing interventions was the ex- Housing

Minister who said it hasn't made a difference. When they say the

current policy won't work, the budget was a good time to change it.

That is something that you were disappointed about. Absolutely.

People were talking about what was said. We have to take note of what

wasn't addressed. Housing was one of them. Coming from London, I am lucky

to live in my familial home. I am recently graduated, looking to move

out and get independence. You won't be able to do that in London if you

don't have parents who can fund the deal. I don't have that. A lot of

people don't have that. Essentially you have to choose between pursuing

a creative career, which is what I do, in freelance, or the corporate

route, getting a job and having enough money to rent. Toby, you were

in pleased in the money to social care, we will talk more about that,

and the other guests as well in this area, which feels like a nightclub,

with all of these lights, and we can see if we can get some pinnacle

eithers for later. I will have an espresso martini police. -- pinnacle

s. Here's Carol with a look

at this morning's weather. Here she is. Morning. Good morning.

You are right. Today it will be a beautiful day if you like it sunny

and mild for the time of year. That is the forecast for most of us. Not

all of us. At the moment, showers, some of them merging in Scotland and

northern England. We have another front in the south across Cornwall

and the Channel Islands. That is giving more clout and damp

conditions. There is a sea fog for the English Channel as well. First

thing this morning we have the cloud and some drizzle and rain across

Cornwall and the Channel Islands. Move away from that and by 8am we

have bright skies, variable cloud, which holds true northwards into

Wales and northern England. Windy at the moment for northern England,

central and southern Scotland and Northern Ireland. The drizzle will

break up and then we have showers especially in northern eastern

Scotland, Angus and Fife, some will be producing snow. Wind will prevail

for the day in Northern Isles where we have a lot of showers, heavy with

hail thrown in at times as well, but foremost into the afternoon it is

going to be stunning with a lot of spring sunshine and it will feel

might for this stage in March. The top temperature 15, possibly 16 in

the south-east and in the light wind it is lovely. As we had on through

the course of the evening and overnight we will hang on to the

clear skies across the east so that we could see a total ground frost.

Meanwhile the weather front across the Channel Islands and Cornwall

comes back at us from the west introducing thicker cloud and also

some rain and drizzle. A lot of that will be on the hills and the coast.

Tomorrow we start off right in the east, however with the cloud, rain

and drizzle in the west, that will push eastwards through the day. And

then behind it we will see some breaks in western areas especially

in the shelter of the hills for example. Temperatures in the

northern half of the country will be down, especially in Scotland and

northern England. For Northern Ireland, England and Wales we have

temperatures in double figures. In the south at this time of year the

average should be around 10 degrees. Moving into the weekend the first

weather front moves through, sinking south-east was, and then on Sunday

and other comes from the west, a cold front, and behind it we could

pull in cooler conditions. It won't suddenly turn cold but it will be

colder or cooler than it has been. Period Saturday, remember, the

weather front crosses, moving south-east, not very heavy. And

behind it, dry and bright with sunshine coming through.

Temperatures 11 to about 14 in the south. On Sunday the temperatures go

down as the cold front comes and brings rain with it ahead of the

cloud moving eastwards. And then behind it we will see some brighter

skies, it will be quite easy at times and temperatures nines, tens

or maybe 11, but into the new week it is looking unsettled. A lot going

on in the forecast, once again. Thank you.

When fire raged through Clandon Park House in Surrey

in April 2015, the 18th century mansion was reduced

The National Trust says that restoring the stately home

will be its biggest conservation effort in a generation.

Today it's launching a ?30 million campaign to find a designer who'll

Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been to find out how big the task

April 2015 and fire ripped through Clandon Park House. It burned all

night and much of the next day. A masterpiece of the 1720s devastated

by an electrical fault. From the front it looks deceptively unscathed

but inside you can see the damage. The roof, floors and ceilings gone,

much of its prized collection destroyed. And yet experts say the

structure of the building itself is sound. This was state-of-the-art in

its time. Built to the highest specification. This was a statement

by the Onslow family, this politically ambitious family.

Because of that the building was so resilient and we think that was why

it survived the fire. It was built to last. Yes, this building is a

survivor. Despite the obvious damage, and melted lab, a

precariously hanging fireplace, the National Trust say the groundfloor

will be completely restored. This is what it used to look like. One of

the most significant Palladian homes in Britain. It was owned by the

Onslow family until they gave it to the National Trust in 1956. This is

the marble hall at Clandon. One of the most magnificent rooms in

England. Well, so, Paul, the marble hall has been completely cleared.

Yes, that is right, yes. The salvage effort competed in the summer. Some

of the debris and he was eight feet high. One can imagine the scene is

that greeted the salvage team when they came into the temperatures

would have exceeded 1300 degrees centigrade, so the survival is

remarkable. The salvage operation here was painstaking. Teams of

archaeologists sifted through ash and debris for months. There was

nothing like the first day of the archaeology when we were not really

expecting to find anything and then suddenly we found this amazing

little stoneware duck right inside the door and it was a great moment

for us all, it gave us hope that we would find more precious things in

the debris. And an architecture competition opens today for

designers to come up with plans for Clandon. The trust was to create a

national exhibition space on the upper floors. We have huge

collections across the National Trust. We can create spaces here

that the trust doesn't have elsewhere. It will take five or six

years but the National Trust is convinced Clandon Park will rise

from the ashes. Extraordinary images, those, aren't

they? Yes, it's going to be beautiful though.

Coming up later on Breakfast, we'll be joined by pop-band Steps.

# Tragedy, when the feeling's gone...

Charlie is so excited, aren't you, will you join in? 20 years?

20 years after these dance moves and costumes made their mark

They'll be here to tell us about their new album and tour.

Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

The Chancellor accused of breaking an election promise

Employed and self-employed alike use our public services in the same

way, but they are not paying for them in the same way.

announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from Tory

backbenchers about the impact on the self-employed.

Also in the Budget, there was the promise of an extra

?2 billion for social care and big

I'm here this morning with experts and people affected

to see how the announcements have gone down.

Good morning, it's Thursday the 9th March.

A new memorial to honour the British military personnel and civilians

In sport, they're calling it one of the greatest European

Barcelona make history by coming from 4-0 down

against Paris St Germain to win with the last kick of the game.

After 1,000 years of being male only,

one of our best known choirs takes on its first woman.

A windy start to the north, for many a cold start with cloudy and damp

weather and rain but through the day for most of the UK that will give

way to sunny spells, the exception being the Channel Islands and

Cornwall where we'll hang onto cloudy and damp whether. More

details in about 15 minutes. The Chancellor Phillip Hammond

is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing

National Insurance contributions for many self-employed workers

in yesterday's budget. He's facing growing pressure

to reconsider his plan from some The Treasury has defended

the increase, saying it will return The amount self-employed workers

will pay will rise from 9% It means an average

increase of ?240 a year. And it'll affect around two million

workers across the UK, raising ?145 million a year

for the Treasury by 2022. Our political correspondent

Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster As we just mentioned a moment ago,

it isn't Labour MPs, not just Labour MPs suggesting this is a mistake,

some Tory backbenchers are saying they already need to rethink this.

That's right. The Chancellor has woken up to a bit of a row on his

hands this morning, especially with that criticism over whether or not

this has broken a Conservative Party manifesto, a promise not to increase

National Insurance. Treasury sources have said in fact it doesn't break

the manifesto pledge because there was legislation after the election

which clarified everything and said only those in conventional

employment would not see their National Insurance go up.

Nevertheless, there's lots of criticism bite from Tory MPs and in

the papers this morning. The Telegraph saying Tories break tax

vowed and in the Sun we have spiked van man. One Tory MP said he worried

about voters to he described as white van man being impacted. Others

say it won't do anything to encourage entrepreneurial and

risk-taking, which is what the Conservatives are seen to do

normally. Labour says this is the Conservatives breaking promises and

clobbering the self-employed. But ministers are in system they will

not be doing a U-turn, they say this change will make the system fairer.

There have been other changes. More money for social care and help to

soften the blow for those changes to business rates. Extra cash there.

But Labour say this whole Budget was scandalous, not enough money for

social care and the NHS and I think this row over National Insurance is

slightly overshadowing the positive things the Chancellor did have to

say yesterday. Eleanor, thank you very much indeed. We will talk to

you again soon. We'll be speaking to

the Chancellor Philip Hammond Steph is outside the studio

with some experts and people who'll Good morning and good morning,

everybody. We have some people who can tell us more about the impact on

the self-employed because Kelly, you're self-employed. Tell us about

the differences this will make for you, you spent the last 12 hours

analysing this, haven't you? That's right, I'm a small-business owner

and when I decided to incorporate my copywriting agency last Year 1 of my

was around dividends. They already have the dividend tax and the

allowance is compensation for that, allowing you to withdraw ?5,000

tax-free so reducing that two ?2000 will impact me. You take dividends

from your company rather than a salary so you will have to pay more

tax? Yes. The National Insurance issue, will that impact you? ?6 a

week for a self-employed person, that adds up over the period of time

you're working, and normally you take risks, the National Insurance

contributions reflect that but by eroding the margin between

self-employed and employed, it makes being self employed less attractive.

This is going to make a difference to people like Kelly, we had the

Chancellor say this is about making things fair for working people, does

it? When he talks about fairness the government is focusing on the

benefits, not how much Kelly is paying. They're focusing on the

pension because that has to be the biggest cost the government is

managing in this measure, making sure people are paying enough now to

fund it. Historically there were more self-employed people --

employed people and fewer self employed people and the rates

reflected that but now the government are saying that isn't

relevant. The government is saying it isn't as risky to be

self-employed so they should be paying more as blue they are saying

the difference in risk between being self-employed and employed is lower

than it would have been historically -- paying more? Thank you for your

time this morning. The reason we are here is we will have lots of experts

popping in to tell us their thoughts on the different things that came

out in the budget yesterday. That's it for me for now. Thanks, Steph.

Speak to you later. Scotland's First Minister Nicola

Sturgeon has told the BBC that the common sense time

for a second independence referendum would be

autumn next year. A vote can only take

place with the permission But the remarks to the BBC's

political editor Laura Kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet

that the SNP is planning to hold another vote before the UK

leaves the European Union. In Westminster, some politicians

think you're bluffing I always think that sometimes kind

of says more about them than it does about me because it suggests

that there are politicians in Westminster who think Brexit

and all of this is some It's not a game, it's really,

really serious and the implications for the UK are serious

and the indications Some of your colleagues talk

about autumn 2018 as a likely date. Within that window, as the outline

of a UK deal becomes clear, and the UK exiting the EU I think

would be the common sense time for Scotland to have that choice

if that is the road we choose Just to be clear, you're not

ruling out autumn 2018? No police misconduct has been

identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the Rotherham

child abuse scandal. But the Independent Police

Complaints Commission say it's identified significant failings

in the way survivors and alleged The commission is looking

at allegations which include 91 A new memorial honouring the British

military personnel and civilians who have served in Iraq

and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War will be unveiled

by the Queen later today. Members of the public donated more

than ?1 million to fund the monument, as our correspondent

Robert Hall reports. The military deployments to Iraq

and Afghanistan over a 24-year period represent the longest

and most intense series of operations since

the Second World War. 682 British service

personnel lost their lives. Many others came home

with life-changing injuries. The new memorial was first mooted

in 2014 and fundraising began It stands on the bank

of the Thames alongside reminders The new monument doesn't just

commemorate the Armed Forces, it gives equal prominence

to the civilians who worked on the humanitarian

side of operations. Government, aid and charity workers,

all of whom showed the twin values Although British public opinion

was divided over the merits of the campaigns in Iraq

and Afghanistan, no-one questions the dedication shown by both

military and civilians trying to get The team behind the memorial accept

that there is no clear end to this Today's ceremony will reawaken

shared experiences for those The mother of the missing serviceman

Corrie McKeague has said it is just a matter of time before

they find her son's remains Suffolk Police have

revealed that a bin lorry, seized shortly after the RAF gunner

vanished after a night out in Suffolk last September,

was carrying a heavier load Police are currently searching

the site outside Cambridge. A United Nations report is to call

for an independent investigation into the potential health

impact of the UK's largest Residents living near

the Ffos-y-Fran site in south Wales have led a long

campaign against air The mine's operator, Miller Argent,

says the company has a proud record Malta's famous rock arch that

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

has collapsed into the sea. The Azure Window was

damaged by heavy storms. You can see in there, amazing piece

of geography. The next picture we can see it has gone in its entirety.

The Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said it was heartbreaking.

A study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding but wasn't

Now it is gone, though! Gone for ever! -- for ever.

The Chancellor has acknowledged that the social care system is under

pressure, and in yesterday's budget offered ?2 billion over

the next three years to councils in England.

So how should the money be spent and is it

Let's speak to care home owner Mike Padgham and Nigel Edwards,

Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust health charity,

who's in our London studio.

Nigel, if I can first turn to you, give us a sense of that ?2 billion,

it sounds like an enormous sum of money, what is it relative to the

need? We spend about ?16 billion on social care on adults in England.

But need has been growing, we're getting older, more of us are living

alone and the councils that have administered administered social

care have had a real terms cut of over ?1 billion over the last five

years. Square that circle, this ?2 billion figure, what are people

saying they need as opposed to what they have now got? Estimates vary

but people are saying they needed ?2 billion this year. While the money

from the Chancellor will be welcome, people will also say it isn't really

enough. Councils have been given additional powers to raise money

through what's called a precept, additional funding from council tax,

but it has basically been wiped out by the national living wage, the two

sons are very similar. People I think will be relieved that there is

some money but I think they will be hoping for ?2 billion. Mike, you're

at the sharp end, you run a business for care homes? Primary leave the

clients we have our local authority funded, I agree, it is a decent

amount, but not enough. A good start but the Chancellor needs to know

more is needed. You look after people who are elderly with

dementia, how much do you get to look after somebody for a week? If

we're talking about local authority funded, just shy of ?500 a week.

Sounds like a lot, but when you break it down, 24/7 care is just

around ?5 an hour. Staff need to be paid more than the living wage and

so we want to pay more to recruit more, we are caught in that

difficulty. We want local authorities to get more funding but

it has to come to the front line. It's all very well, the money, but

we don't want it tied in bureaucracy. You face the reality

day in, day out, your staff and their care needs. What would your

message be to the Chancellor about funding? As we heard from the

Nuffield trust, they say possibly it is half. The announcement is

approximately half what the experts say they need, what would you say? I

would say come and have a look at social care on the front line and

see why it's not working. We can have the health service but even

that funding will mean more people caught up in hospital because they

can't be discharged either into their own homes or back into care

homes. I would like the Chancellor and the Prime Minister to look for

themselves and to see the case. Nigel, what will you say to the

Chancellor following from his announcement yesterday? We have had

some funding to deal with the immediate however the issue is for

the last 30 years that politicians have dodged the issue of how to pay

for care for older people and adults in need. They're out for reviews

none of which are properly implemented and it is time for the

politicians to face up to this very serious problem. Unfortunately they

have left it so long we are doing it in a situation where there is no

money. This is not just about helping the health service by the

way. There are a large number of people in need and it is the case

that probably only 20 or so are sent to people who have needs to get

local authority help. What is the radical change that is needed? More

money, but what else, a structural change? Probably changes on both how

the provision of social care happens, it is a very old private

sector market which is quite fragmented, it is very low paid and

I think it is often quite bureaucratic in how it is

administered. The big issue is how to raise money. We have been ducking

the issue. Other companies like Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and

Scandinavian countries have faced up to the issue. It is causing their

real problems. They have made bold choices over the last few decades to

make sure that they are ready for what was an obvious oncoming problem

as the population has aged and the workforce, which is a real concern

here, and we need to deal with it, and there are big Brexit

implications for the workforce, that they have tried to deal with those

problems. And we have not managed to do that. And as Nigel was talking

you were nodding seriously especially when he was talking about

the idea of putting off big decisions about what to do with the

problem. From the Chancellor's point of view, amongst lots of other

problems, Brexit around the corner, issues around the economy and what

will happen, are you angry about the lack of decision making about

putting money into social care? Yes, I am, I have been in social care for

25 years and each government has always put it off. And while you

don't want to turn away the paper, it is another delay. We know what

the problems are. My view is social care and health in one body in the

future. We are dancing around the edge and until we crack that we will

never get anywhere. It is time to stop talking and less just get on

with it. Would you agree that people working in the industry are not paid

enough? Definitely. I can't see - luckily I am no politician - I can't

see tax not going up somewhere to pay for it. If people want better

social care they would pay more tax. It is tough and I think that they

would. I can't see how we can do it unless we pay more. Thank you for

your time this morning. What is more to come on the budget this morning.

You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

The main stories this morning: Chancellor Philip Hammond faces

criticism after announcing higher national insurance payments

A new memorial to honour military and civilian personnel who served

in Iraq and Afghanistan will be unveiled by the Queen later.

Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

Good morning. Hopefully more than a moment. The weather forecast is

unsettled after today. Today we have a fair bit of sunshine after this

morning's cloud, drizzle and rain and it is going to be mild for this

time of January. For some of us, really mild. We have weather fronts

pushing to the North Sea taking cloud and drizzle with them. We do

have a weather front rates across the Channel Islands and south-west

England where we have murky conditions and low cloud. There will

be some dampness in the air with showers or rain. And what you have

at the moment you will hang on for much of the day, Cornwall and the

Channel Islands on and off. Away from those areas we are back into

some sunshine. There is cloud around this morning. One or two of us will

season showers. Most of us won't. Cloud will continue to not away. We

will see the sun come out. It is windy for Northern Ireland, England,

central and southern Scotland. It is windy the far north of Scotland. It

will remain so here for the Northern Isles especially through the course

of the day. Slowly easing through the evening. The wind elsewhere will

ease through the morning. The showers fading for most. The sun

will come out and it will feel pleasant if you are in the light

wind. We hang onto the cloud and the dampness across Cornwall and also

the Channel Islands. So, temperatures today, well, nine and

ten and 11 for the north of the country, already in the southern

half of the country from Anglesey to the wash we are looking at 8-12. The

temperature will climb in the sunshine. In the south-east we could

see 15 or even higher than that. Through the evening and overnight

what will happen to the weather front in the south-west corner is it

will pivot and push up across western and northern areas, taking

rain and drizzle with it. Most of that will be in the hills and the

coast at we see some at lower levels. You can also see in the east

we have some clear skies, so with temperature drops we will see some

frost around. First thing in the morning to clear skies prevail for a

time and some sunshine. However a front that has pivoted in the west

will move to the east through the course of the day, taking dampness

with it. And then behind it what you will find is in the west,

particularly in the shelter of the hills, we are looking at some sunny

spells coming through. Quite breezy to the west as well. Temperatures

down for Scotland and the north of northern England but for Northern

Ireland, England and Wales, although they come down a touch, above

average for this stage in March. Through the weekend, one front sinks

south, a bit of a lull, then the next front comes from the Atlantic,

a cold front, so behind it on Sunday we sequel -- we see cool air coming

in. For the weather front, coming to the south-east, either side of it

there are bright spells with a bit of cloud and temperatures in the

north of 11 or 12, 12- 14 in the south. Down a little bit more over

the course of Sunday. Thank you very much indeed. Talk to you soon. Let's

have a quick look at the papers, dominated of course by the budget

yesterday and the picture of Philip Hammond multibillion pound tax rate,

self-employed hit, they say, accused of breaking a pledge. The front of

the Mirror, they have the Prime Minister Theresa May throwing back

her head laughing. They say, what is so funny, Prime Minister? The front

of the Sun, spite van man, the raid on the self-employed and the front

of the Daily Mail has, no laughing matter, the Chancellor made quite a

few jokes in his budget yesterday but breaking the manifesto pledge,

says the Daily Mail. We can speak now to the Chancellor. Good morning

to you and thank you for your time this morning. If you would just pick

up straightaway on those issues that I am sure you have seen on the front

pages, those broken pledge issues, why did you break the conservative

pledge not to raise taxes or specifically not to raise national

insurance contributions? What we did in 2015 was legislate through

parliament for all of these issues around tax and national insurance

and we explained them to parliament exactly how we interpret them, how

are we intended to legislate for them. No one objected, no one raised

issues about it. Indeed, the Labour Party acknowledged in parliament

that we delivered the manifesto commitments. We regard the issue as

dealt with. Without with it in 2015. What I did yesterday was addressed a

basic continuing on Venice in the current system. The benefits

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

full access to the state pension now, that is worth ?18,000 a year on

average to a self-employed person and as we go forward with

negotiations with the EU we need to make this country strong and fit and

ready for the future. We need to invest in the skills of the next

generation. We need to support the public services. All of that

requires us to raise some money and we had to look at where best to do

that in a way that enhances the fairness of the tax system. In this

measure, enhances the Venice for the 85% of people who are in employment,

who pay their national insurance through PAYE and the measure itself

changing the way it contributions work actually produces more winners

than losers among the self employed. 6% will play less national insurers

overall as a result of these changes. What is confusing people

and people agree with you is logical but people say it is like insulting

the intelligence when you say you didn't pledge something, because in

your manifesto you say clearly the conservative government will not

increase the rate of VAT or national insurance in the next parliament.

Why is it so difficult for you to say it was a pragmatic decision you

have taken to break the pledge because it needed to be broken.

Common sense says you have broken the pledge. This didn't happen

yesterday, it happen in 2015. My question is do you accent you have

broken the pledge? When the national insurance Bill went through

parliament we explained clearly in parliament why we were doing what we

were doing, how we were interpreting it, and at the time my predecessor

specifically asked the office of tax simplification to look at the

national insurance contributions and to make recommendations to ensure

that we brought them more appropriately into the system. Are

you seriously still maintaining that you haven't broken the pledge, I

just want to be clear, because everyone can go back and look

through what your party said you would not do and now you have done?

Well, I am clear that we had this discussion in 2015. The result it

than with the legislation that we put through parliament. Why is

everyone so upset about it today? Sorry, I am interrupting you, I

apologise? You are interrupting me. Nobody voted against it or tabled

amendments. We had this discussion in 2015 and as far as I was

concerned when I approached the issue yesterday, we resolve this

issue in 2015, now written -- Britain faces these issues and we

have to face them in the light of where we are today, the need to fund

social care, the need to invest in Britain's future, the skills for the

next generation, and to do it in a way that is prudent and conserves

the firepower as we go through the negotiation period with the EU to

make sure Britain can benefit from Brexit and the opportunities that

will lie ahead for us. With respect, some people say you could be wrong

about the decision you have taken to take the pledge, you could just be

wrong about that and the other point is people we spoke with this

morning, and we have many here in the studio, small business people,

the people you target, who say as far as they are concerned they feel

now as if you're conservative government is anti- small business.

There is a sentiment coming through. It is evidenced in this latest

measure that you no longer are on their side. Well, I don't accept

that at all. We strongly support small businesses, growing

businesses. They are the bedrock of Britain's economy and we will

continue to encourage new ventures, innovation, growing businesses in

this economy. What we are dealing with is a perverse incentive in our

tax and national insurance system which is driving people who are

essentially employees to turn themselves into self-employed

workers instead. That is not good for them, it is not a healthy thing

for the structure of the economy to be driven by tax advantages and tax

differences. People should have choices about the way they work.

People should have choices about the form they use to start a business.

Those choices should be driven by the needs of their business and by

the needs of the economy, not by artificial tax incentives. And the

gap is too big. For somebody earning ?28,000, an employee between him and

his employer will pay nearly ?5,000 of national insurance contribution

for his pension and for the National Health Service. Someone earning the

same amount of money self-employed will be paying less than ?2000. That

is simply not fair. Can I finally ask you, sometimes politicians can

change minds on things, that is if they look and think, maybe rethink,

as you phrase it in political terms, you rethink and listen to what

people say. I used route dump are you categorical there will be no

turnaround -- are you categorical there will be no turnaround in these

contributions? Let me be clear we are doing two things, abolishing the

class to national insurance contribution, which is highly

regressive, a chart on people with very low self employment incomes,

and in place of it we are increasing the class for contribution. Overall

that will mean 60% of people with lower earnings will be better. Those

on higher earnings, the 40% on high earnings, will pay a little bit

more. We think that is fair, we think it is a reasonable way to go

forward given the benefits entitlement for the self-employed

has improved so much. Thank you for your time this morning.

Just after eight o'clock we'll be speaking to the Shadow Chancellor,

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Hello, this is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

The Chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge,

by raising National Insurance contributions for many self-employed

A number of Conservative MPs say Philip Hammond's proposal

breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto.

But the Treasury has rejected calls for a rethink,

saying the increase will return fairness

The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has criticised

the Chancellor's decision to increase the rates

of National Insurance paid by self-employed people.

There's ?100 billion extra borrowing during because the government chose

a hard Grexit, you can't have a strong economy with a hard Brexit

and therefore you can't have strong well funded social care with a hard

Brexit. The government has made wrong choices. It's an insult to

self-employed people, one in four in my constituency are self-employed,

people don't get holiday pay and now thanks to this government they won't

get a holiday in the first place! We'll speak to the Shadow Chancellor

John McDonnell after 8am. Scotland's First Minister Nicola

Sturgeon has told the BBC that the common sense time

for a second independence referendum would be

autumn next year. A vote can only take

place with the permission But her remarks to the BBC's

political editor Laura Kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet

that the SNP is planning to hold another vote before the UK

leaves the European Union. The Queen will unveil a memorial

in London this morning in honour of all those from the UK who served

in Iraq and Afghanistan The monument is

dedicated to civilians Members of the public donated more

than a million to pay for it. Members of the public donated more

than ?1 million to pay for it. No police misconduct has been

identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the Rotherham

child abuse scandal. But the Independent Police

Complaints Commission say it's identified significant failings

in the way survivors and alleged The commission is looking

at allegations which include 91 A United Nations report is to call

for an independent investigation into the potential health

impact of the UK's largest Residents living

near the Ffos-y-Fran site in South Wales have led a long

campaign against air The mine's operator, Miller Argent,

says the company has a proud record Files seen by the BBC suggest

Margaret Thatcher's government was reluctant to hold a public

inquiry into the policing of the miners' strike

for fear of a witch hunt. They show the then Home

Secretary Leon Brittan discouraged any inquiry

into the conduct of the police Miners were disappointed last year

when the Home Secretary Amber Rudd ruled there would be no

inquiry into the so-called Watching nature documentaries

makes us happier. That's according to a new study

by Californian academics. They say that watching nature

programmes and animal documentaries can reduce our stress levels,

and even watching short clips of programmes like this one

from Planet Earth Two can significantly increase

positive emotions. Did that do the trick for you, the

flamingos? They were amazing. It is true, even watching short clips

helps you. I don't know why that is, what is it? It just takes you out of

your ordinary life. Unless it goes for Blair on. That's the key thing,

the happiness is greater if there has been a thrilling trace -- unless

it goes horribly wrong. David Attenborough should watch out! You

knew it was a giraffe! If there has been a chase, chased by a lion, the

feeling of relief and exhortation and ecstasy at the end is far

greater and that was the same for Barcelona last night.

Thinking they were down and out, they had been caught by the snakes,

the lion, but they escaped and they did the impossible! This is all the

last seven minutes of the match. They are three goals behind. The

context is 4-0 down from the first leg and then PSG score a goal in the

second tie to make it impossible, Gary Lineker said the game was over

in a tweet, but no, seven minutes, three goals to turn it around and

this is how the Spanish commentator described the last seven minutes.

Gol gol gol! It sums up the mayhem and the pandemonium.

The goalkeeper playing up front. The manager was sliding onto the pitch

and the commentator went on and on for seven minutes because Sergi

Roberto scored with virtually the last kick of the game to complete

the impossible. The party continued afterwards, tears, people jumping on

each other in celebration. It is the biggest recovery

in Champions League history, and finished 6-5 on aggregate

with Barcelona are through Olly Foster watched

the match unfold. Neymar, Messi and Suarez,

the most feared strike force Barcelona's motto is "more

than a club", but no club had overturned such a deficit

in the Champions League. An early goal would give them hope,

Suarez's header just This would be the match

about the finest of margins and the referee's

sometimes-debatable judgement. Lionel Messi scored

a third for Barca. One more to level the tie

or one more for PSG, a cracker from Cavani that should

have put the tie to bed. An away goal that left

Barca needing three. Two minutes to go

when Neymar did that. The 90 minutes were up when Neymar

converted another suspect penalty and with practically

the last kick of the match, Sergi Roberto stayed onside,

swamped by his teammates. How Arsenal could have done with a

comeback like that the other night against Bayern Munich!

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has described

their Europa League tie against Rostov bad

near the Black Sea and Mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit

Uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call

Mourinho says the state of the surface means team selection

I find it hard to believe we are going to play on that field,

I don't know which team to play really.

I don't know if Mkhitaryaan is going to play, I don't know.

Manchester City failed to move up to second in the Premier League

after drawing 0-0 at home to Stoke City.

It was a game of few clear cut chances.

Kelechi Iheanacho put City's last wide from close range.

It's the first time they have failed to score at home since Pep Guardiola

took over and means Chelsea remain ten points clear at the top

Spurs are above City on goal difference

An all British tie in the WTA event at Indian Wells in California.

Heather Watson came from a set down to beat the American Gibson to reach

the second round where yuan Konta is waiting, the first time they have

ever played each other on the tour. England's cricketers are in Barbados

for today's third and final one day international

against West Indies. They've already won the fist two

games so the series is already in the bag, and with

the Champions Trophy later this

year, bowler Chris Woakes believes England have a great chance

of winning a major trophy. We haven't seen an England team

in ODI cricket play the way this And particularly with the bat,

it's fantastic to watch the majority I know we had a little slip-up

the other day but they're very few Hopefully we can produce

the goods at the right time. Tournament cricket is completely

different to playing in a series so that will be a different

challenge, but I think we've got the best chance as we've

probably ever had. Double Olympic gold-medallist

Max Whitlock will miss the British and European Championships

to focus on preparing for the World Championships

in September. Whitlock has only recently returned

to full time training after his successes

in Rio last summer. He suffered from glandular fever two

years ago and says he needs to manage his body if he's

to compete at the highest level. He tries to find the trademark move

he's going to name after himself. Back to the Barca tweets, Michael

Owen is only getting his breath back he said and Gary Lineker said good

heavens! Thanks very much and see you later!

For 1,000 years, the sound of St Paul's Cathedral Choir has

been heard at some of the most important national occasions.

But until now, only men or boys have been full-time members.

That's changed with the appointment of Carris Jones

She'll take up her role in September, although the move has

been criticised in some circles as political correctness.

Carris joins us now from central London

along with St Paul's Director of Music Andrew Carwood.

Good morning to you both. Good morning. Good morning. Carris Jones,

congratulations, you've made history. It appears so, completely

overwhelming. You won't be the first woman to have ever sung with the

choir but the keyword is permanent, isn't it? Exactly, the trail has

been blazed before by some extremely talented colleagues of mine who have

appeared as part of the choir as deputies, ad hoc singers. I will be

the first full-time member of the choir that's the mail. Using alto as

you just mentioned, what does that mean, where do you fit? -- that's

female. Arising between the top line, sung by boys, and the ten

line, sung by men -- buys it. Andrew, why was it time for a

permanent female member of staff? It is very simple for me because you

have to have the best person and Carris was the best, we had a

wonderful shortlist with very strong applicants and we considered

considered and listened. But the best thing is we have very flexible

singers in Britain in the choral tradition and they do what they are

told and that's why we have the best choirs in the world. It's no

surprise a woman can sing as well as a man on an alto part. What do you

say to the traditionalists who say that the choir should remain

all-male? What you have to do is look at other people and how

successful they are, there are successful chamber choirs in this

country and other cathedral choirs with women singing on the alto line.

We are dealing with stereotypes. There's no stereotypical male voice

and no stereotypical female voice. They all do a variety of things and

some singers... Other people are just perfect and can be flexible and

Carris is one of those. It's a great development. Carris, what kind of

reaction have you had, especially amongst your colleagues. From my

colleagues it has been overwhelming, very positive, I have been so

touched and born up really by people getting in touch saying how thrilled

they are, male and female, that this has happened. Couldn't have been

more positive really. What are you most looking forward to when

performing with the choir? I'm looking forward to all of it really!

It is quite the routine and very different to what I'm currently used

to in my freelance work. I'm actually looking forward to getting

into the rhythm of my ex- services we can being part of being such a

wonderful organisation and singing in such a fabulous building -- ex-

services week and. We heard the bells, would you give us a tiny

moment and a bit of music to start the day, what would be your musical

interlude this morning? Goodness me, it is very early for singing!

Goodness knows what could happen! That is a bit mean, isn't it? It is

a bit. Carris, you're heavily pregnant, I know you want to sit

down so we will let you do that. Thank you brain much. Thank you. It

is a bit early -- thank you very much. It is a bit early to be doing

anything like that! Carol, you can sing, you can sing, can't you?

Charlie, not in a million years! Good morning.

I apologise for my earlier mistake when I said temperatures were mild

for this stage in January, of course I meant... We will see temperatures

in the midst of teams, maybe higher and a lot of sunshine around. Not

everywhere. A weather front is producing showers but they will move

away in northern and eastern areas but a stubborn one which has in

score is across the... Especially in Cornwall. This morning we have some

showers and drizzle, that will go and in the late morning to the

afternoon we have a beautiful afternoon in much of the British

Isles. Temperatures in the south-east could hit 16 or more, in

Wales a similar story. It is windy in Northern Ireland, central England

and Scotland, easing through the morning. In western Scotland

sunshine came through with earlier showers fading, except in the

Northern Isles, we will hang onto them, and in the evening the wind

will ease. Through the evening our weather front in the south-west will

pivot and come to other Western and northern areas, introducing some

patchy bits of light rain and drizzle, mostly on the coasts and

hills and under clearer skies in the east it will be cold enough for a

touch of frost but here it means first thing we will see sunshine. It

won't last. Tomorrow will be cloudier than today as our Western

front edges to the east through the day. As it does, some of us will

brighten up when we see sunshine, especially if you're in the shelter

of Benny hills. For Scotland and the far north of northern England

tomorrow it will be cooler than today -- any hills. For tomorrow,

temperatures down on today in Northern Ireland but still above

average for this stage in March. Into the weekend, another weekend

crosses asked down towards the south east through the day, then a lull

and then on Sunday a cold front comes in from the Atlantic. --