09/03/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

It's been called a tax on white van man -

now one Conservative MP says he may vote against plans to raise

The pasty tax and the caravan tax died off. If this died a death, I

If this died a death, I would not be disappointed.

on cycle lanes because of pollution and congestion.

After such a beautifully sunny day, what does the next few days look

like? Join me for the updated forecast.

The Conservative MP for Cleethorpes says he won't rule out a vote

against the government over changes to National insurance

Plans to raise contributions for self employed workers were announced

Martin Vickers says he won't be disappointed if the budget

We'll hear from him in a moment but first our political editor

Tim Iredale has sent this report from Louth.

It has been described as attacks on white van man, millions of

self-employed workers will pay ?240 more on average in national

insurance. It is a move affecting people like Darren, a plumber. I

think we are being attacked, we are an easy target because we pay taxes

and relive how we are supposed to live and play by the rules. The

Chancellor wants to create a level playing field when it comes to the

national insurance paid by employees and those who are self-employed but

that is not how business leaders see it. Some competitors are large

businesses in joint business rates cuts and corporation tax cuts, the

playing field is not being levelled, this is an unfair development and

should be looked at carefully and reversed. Critics say the

Conservative government has broken its own manifesto pledge not to

increase national insurance contributions, not so, said the

Chancellor. I am supportive of business, I believe in small

businesses and start-ups, the backbone of the economy but we have

to have a tax system that is fair as it is right we ask people to

contribute appropriately for the benefits they receive. No U-turn but

with negative budget headlines, many MPs said the Chancellor will look

again at this controversial tax rise.

Martin Vickers is the Conservative MP for Cleethorpes.

I asked him if the Chancellor's plan to raise national

Well, I have concerns and I shall be making my concerns known to the

ministers and the whips. Would you vote against? Lets see what the

finished article is. If it is as it is? I will not commit myself because

I have not discussed it with the minister but I am concerned about

the hit on the self-employed. The Conservative party pride themselves

on being the party of business and small businesses. More than that, in

four different places in the 2015 manifesto it said it will not go up,

this is a broken manifesto promise. Well, the defence has been that in

the small print it as an opt out but I accept the fact we are dancing on

a pinhead if we deny it. The problem is the government have locked

themselves into a position where they close off some in the options

of increasing tax that the demands for social care and so on are always

going to be increasing. If you are a self-employed person, a taxi driver,

?17,000, you will pay more money. Is that fair? What you have to do bear

in mind is self-employed now are getting the increased state pension

which they did not pay into before but I accept the self-employed do

not get the full range of benefits employed people do and I shall be

making that clear to the Chancellor. making that clear to the Chancellor.

If we are honest, maybe you think this would die a quick death like

the pasty tax? The pasty tax and the caravan tax which I fought

against... Would you like to see it die off? If this died a death, I

would not be disappointed. You could not be clearer than that. Thank you.

?30 million of government money is to be invested in improving

roads and supporting businesses in Lincolnshire.

The money will be used to build a new centre for health science

and engineering research at the University of Lincoln,

It will be run by Siemens and the University.

Anglian Water says compensation will be offered to homes

and businesses left without water after an underground leak

A thousand properties were left without water after a main burst

The water company say says the problem has now been

fixed and supplies have been fully restored.

The neonatal unit at Lincoln County Hospital,

which cares for premature and unwell babies, is to be modernised.

The two million pound upgrade will mean the hospital

will offer two intensive care, three high dependency

Health managers have been discussing whether to centralise the county's

maternity and neonatal services in Lincoln.

East Yorkshire MP Sir Greg Knight 'hasn't looked at the evidence'

according to campaigners after he said cycle lanes

are causing an increase in congestion and pollution.

The MP says too much of our roads are being made into cycle lanes

causing traffic to slow down which increases emissions

Phillip Norton has been looking at this story and joins me now.

Well, in East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, there are more

than 500 miles of cycle lanes - areas of roads and paths which can

help encourage people out of their cars and onto two wheels -

or as the MP for East Yorkshire sees them,

Sir Greg Knight made the comments during a debate in the commons.

Is there not a case for making local authorities in future take

into account the congestion effects of their crusade to improve road

space in favour of wider pavements and cycle lanes.

His comments have been criticised, cycling campaigners claim carbon

footprint of cars means they create ten times the amount of carbon

dioxide as bikes. For every kilometre travelled and in Denmark

the average person cycles 600 miles a year, compared to 46 miles in the

UK! It is claimed pollution in Europe could be reduced by a quarter

if everyone cycled as much as the Danes. Cycling UK told BBC Look

North the comments were not based on facts.

Cycle lanes enable people to use a finite amount of road space more

efficiently producing less pollution in the process. Hull was found to be

breaching pollution limits, problem linked to around 40,000 deaths every

year across the UK. The cyclists in the city, removing cycle lanes is

not the solution. If we had more cycle lanes we would be more

cyclists which would stop the congestion. The government has said

it intends to invest ?300 million on improving cycling infrastructure in

the UK, to get people out of their cars rather than staying in them and

combined with the rising popularity, he may find the suggestions struggle

to get the green light. Businesses claim the CCTV system is not doing

its job living exposed. Shop owners so there has been increasing

vandalism, with shop windows smashed and products stolen, the council

says the system is due to be upgraded over the next few months.

Hull's only world title winning boxer has returned to the city

to take centre stage at this weekend's Women of

Barbara Buttrick championed women's boxing back in the 1950s

Today Hull boxer Tommy Coyle unveiled a plaque in her honour,

as the 87-year-old spoke to girls about the challenges of competing

From back in the 1950s, they cannot imagine how much

the attitudes have changed and how much of an opportunity they have.

Three months ago, I didn't know her story.

It is an absolute pleasure to meet her.

And to put the plaque up there in the gym for her.

Finally, the forecast. It looks like there will be little rainfall in the

next 24 hours but it will cloud over after a bright start the cloud

courtesy of the week weather front which will bring in drizzle and the

emphasis is on dry weather. Good clear spells tonight, a veil of

cloud from the west later, a touch of ground frost in rural areas. A

bright start in the east with some hazy sunshine, thick cloud pushing

in through the afternoon, one of two spots of light rain and drizzle but

it looks like it will be mostly fine, 10 Celsius. The risk of patchy

rain this weekend. That is the forecast. That is it from us. We are

back in the morning on BBC One. I am back tomorrow night. Good night.

15, maybe 16-17. Saturday a fine day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe

spots of rain. Good evening, in the spring sunshine

we saw temperatures as high as 17.5 Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on

Friday. Still a lot of dry,