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The Prime Minister denies the government struck a secret deal

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A big increase in the number of people with mental health

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problems left at A as fewer are sent to police cells.

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And after the gloom of today, spring will certainly be back

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I'll have your full forecast later in the programme.

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Jeremy Corbyn has again demanded that the government tells the truth

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over what he alleges was a "sweetheart deal" struck

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The Labour leader's described correspondence obtained today

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Emails shows the government promised the council it

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would not be any worse off, if it agreed to scrap

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controversial plans to increase council tax by 15%.

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Our political editor's been following developments.

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What is the latest? These explosive documents Jeremy Corbyn is talking

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about were obtained far information request by the BBC, put online this

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evening by Surrey County Council. We knew they lobbied hard to get more

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cash, threatening a referendum on the 15% rise. And with so many

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senior ministers in the in the county the suspicion has been they

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were given favourable treatment, that is what Jeremy Corbyn put to

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the Prime Minister today at Prime Minister 's questions. Could the

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Prime Minister explain the difference between a sweetheart deal

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and a gentleman's agreement? The substance of what he's asking is has

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there been a particular deal with Surrey County Council that isn't

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available to other councils? And the answer to that is no. So, these

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letters released tonight make it clear the council leader was pulling

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every string he could to try to get more money. He wrote to the Prime

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Minister asking her to support a plan for more cash, saying... It

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does look from these documents are deal was being drafted. An offer to

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allow them to be the first council piloting 100% business rates

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retention. Whatever happens, you won't be worse off. That deal hasn't

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gone through partly because they were worried about the way it would

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look with so many conservatives in the area, and that's frustrated

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Surrey's MPs. One MP wrote... What is the government saying

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tonight? They say we discuss all sorts of things with councils of all

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types. But Labour are saying Theresa May needs to come clean, we need

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full disclosure of the terms and reassurance all councils will be

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treated the same way, they say, not just the lucky few who are favoured.

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Thank you. The Chancellor Phillip Hammond

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had to follow that row at Prime Minister's Questions

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with his budget. By most reckoning, it was modest,

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with no major surprises. Business rates have been

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revalued this year. Those that stood to lose out

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are being promised extra cash. And one particular industry

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got a small boost. That's why our reporter

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Sean Killick is in a pub. Good evening. This pub was taken

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over by husband-and-wife team three years ago. They've transformed this

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place. They have got the title of Worthing Pub of the year. Successful

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businesses like this one I worried about the business rates. The

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average restaurant in Worthing is seeing a 13% increase. Next door in

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shawm, there's a 13% decrease. The Chancellor tried to smooth over such

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problems announcing those losing out would have the increases capped at

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?50 a month. He also announced ?1000 one-off discount in the business

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rates, especially for pubs. The landlady here, what's your reaction

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here? It's lovely they are giving us ?1000 but when they are increasing

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your taxable rates every year, like last year and this year, ?1000 is a

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drop in the ocean. It isn't enough, but it is better than nothing but it

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isn't going to make a huge difference to anybody. You're also

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concerned about the National Insurance increase. It is a bit of a

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double whammy for you. Being self-employed, ours is going to

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increase. 80% of our customers are all self-employed so they won't have

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the money to come to the pub which will affect more pubs, closing down

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and not being able to afford these rates. Unless money to spend,

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potentially. Thank you. There was some good news for publicans such as

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engine. The beer duty isn't going to go up more than the planned

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increase, which is to be on a pint of beer.

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Another of Phillip Hammond's announcements was an extra

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?2 billion for social care but also money to help next winter by putting

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more GPs into accident and emergency departments for patients who don't

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That scheme's already been trialled in Portsmouth.

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I asked our Health correspondent how if it was working.

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It's been going pretty well, actually, Tom.

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They've had a GP next to the A Department here

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They come in at ten o'clock in the morning, they work

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until ten o'clock at night, seven days a week,

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and they are looking after patients who are not emergencies,

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so they're caring for things like colds, sprains,

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It might not sound like much but I think it does take

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a lot of the pressure off the A departments.

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The Chancellor clearly thinks so because he is committing

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?100 million to schemes like this all over the country.

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Is the extra ?2 billion for social care going to be enough?

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How to get these elderly patients, who are in hospital beds,

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out and home safely, and what's usually stopping them,

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of course, is the lack of proper social care.

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And today health charity said that although the money was welcome,

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the problem was so huge it probably wouldn't solve it.

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We've seen huge reductions in the number of people particularly

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vulnerable older people who can't get care, and that is impacting

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Many of them are low income pensioners, living on their own,

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Of course, it's not just about the money.

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Something like 24 authorities are responsible for more than half

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of the so-called bed blockers in the country.

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So, clearly, some authorities do a better job than others and I think

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the government and the health service are going to be looking very

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closely at those authorities to see how they can improve.

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South Today has discovered mental health patients are being placed

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into overstretched A departments, as police crack down on the number

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locked up in the cells for their own safety.

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Across the south, there's been a big fall in those

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held in police custody, down by more than 800 in two years.

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But the numbers taken to casualty or mental health units rose by more

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Guidelines state patients should only be brought

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to hospitals by police if they have a physical injury.

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Our home affairs correspondent Peter Cooke reports.

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Strained, stressed, a system under pressure.

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A departments say they are increasing resources

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to deal with a rise in mental health patients.

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Police forces say custody isn't a suitable place for those people

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but often there aren't enough places in mental health units so emergency

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The emergency departments have become the default setting

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because the police are under a lot of pressure to not detain

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mental-health patients in cells, which is fine, but there hasn't been

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consistent commissioning across the country to provide

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Surrey police now provide facilities called safe havens for people

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experiencing a mental health crisis but admit A is sometimes

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We also recognise that shifting the demand from custody to a place

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of safety to A Department isn't always helping the person in crisis.

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In 2014, Barry Branden's wife Martine was arrested for carrying

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a knife in easterly and died in Southampton custody

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And Independent Police Complaints investigation found four staff had

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committed misconducts linked to the case.

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The rules at the time said if she had a weapon,

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she had to be arrested and not taken to a place of safety,

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which is what the police commissioner said at the inquest,

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that, you know, it would have been dealt with differently if they'd

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The government says one in four people has a mental disorder at some

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point in their life, and has promised more funding

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But mental health trusts in England say they are still

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We're back with a bulletin tomorrow morning. Now, Sarah Farmer is here

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with your forecast. It has been a damp and dreary day today. We've

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still got some patchy rain through the course of this evening and

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tonight but it should clear through and by tomorrow things are looking

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more promising. That rain tends to come and go, not too heavy, and

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there will be drier spells, particularly the further north you

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are. Overnight temperatures down to 8-9, so a mild night on the cards.

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It looks like it'll be a dry starred first thing tomorrow morning. That's

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rain band nudging away and we will see some bright spells into the

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afternoon. And nice bright spells particularly the further north you

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are. Temperatures 12th - 14, possibly 15, so doing very well for

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this time of year. As we look ahead to Friday, we will start to see the

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cloud building from the south-west as we work our way through the

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mourning period and it'll be quite grey and damp with misty and murky

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conditions at times, perhaps some light rain and drizzle coming and

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going with a few breaks in the cloud are generally quite acquired

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picture, nothing too heavy to worry about. Let's take a look at the

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summary for the next few days. Tomorrow, fine, a decent day,

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cloudier on the coast and the Isle of Wight but further inland, some

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good brightness. A gloomy day on outlook, staying mild and Nick has

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the bigger picture across the UK. Hello. Spring is in the air with

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temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a few spots today as they will again

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over the next few days. Very pleasant in the sun. The daffodils

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were loving that in York. More places under blue sky tomorrow and

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dry. Tonight heavy showers moving across Scotland on strong to gale

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force winds, some may clip Northern Ireland. It's a mild night in

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southern England and South Wales but damp and drizzly, misty with coastal

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and hill fog elsewhere. Temperatures in between and dry: This damp

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weather hangs on from parts of the Channel Islands, to Cornwall.

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Elsewhere, it's getting brighter in South Wales and southern England. In

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England, Wales and Northern Ireland some sunny spells around from the

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word go. The further north there is a stronger wind initially. Showers

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