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:00:10. > :00:14.Remember this? Tlfrjts is, I believe, a big issue we can no

:00:14. > :00:22.longer ignore. The next big scandal waiting to happen. I am talking

:00:22. > :00:25.about lobbying. Today, over three years later,

:00:25. > :00:28.Patrick Mercer has resigned the Tory whip to save his party

:00:28. > :00:35.embarrassment, he says, after being caught up in a lobbying scandal.

:00:35. > :00:38.We'll ask whether reforms are long unemployment figures, young people

:00:38. > :00:48.out of work - in Germany, 7.5%, in the south in the eurozone, more than

:00:48. > :00:58.50%. We'll be discussing the two most powerful men in euroland -

:00:58. > :00:58.

:00:58. > :03:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 127 seconds

:03:05. > :03:15.2Nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment was approached by a fake company,

:03:15. > :03:17.

:03:17. > :03:21.the fake company, Communication The fake company, Alistair Andrews

:03:21. > :03:24.commune cation. The programme released this clip of

:03:24. > :03:30.Mr Mercer. I do not charge a great deal of

:03:30. > :03:35.money for these things. I would normally come out at �500 for half

:03:35. > :03:40.a day. So �1,000 a day. Patrick Mercer says he took the

:03:40. > :03:44.money for work outside of Parliament.

:03:44. > :03:50.It was said he admitted five parliamentary questions, all

:03:50. > :03:57.answered. In total, he was paid �4,000. This had stale not been

:03:57. > :04:02.declared by Mr Merer as the rules demand in the register of members

:04:03. > :04:09.interest. Whatever the truth in this instance, links between the

:04:09. > :04:13.MPs and lobbyists are problematic. Indeed there are scandals going

:04:13. > :04:19.back decades. From cash for questions in the 90s. To three

:04:19. > :04:23.Labour MPs found guilty of breaking the rules in 2010. Indeed, that

:04:23. > :04:30.year David Cameron called lobbying the next big scandal waiting to

:04:30. > :04:33.happen. We know how it works. The lunches,

:04:33. > :04:38.the hospitality, helping big businesses find the way to get its

:04:38. > :04:43.way. Yet the promise statutory register

:04:43. > :04:46.of lobbyists still has yet to materialise, inspite of having the

:04:46. > :04:48.supposed support of all three main Westminster parties. The Government

:04:48. > :04:53.is considering responses to its consultation.

:04:53. > :05:01.It is not the complexity of the proposal that is the problem, but

:05:01. > :05:06.the lack of political will. There is no political oomph behind this

:05:06. > :05:14.proposal whatsoever. Panorama says that Patrick Mercer

:05:14. > :05:19.agreed to set up a Fiji all-party group. Officially they have no

:05:19. > :05:22.status but they are confused in the minds of journalists and the public

:05:22. > :05:28.with official bodies like select committees. They have grown in

:05:28. > :05:36.number. There were about 250 all- party groups in 1985. By January,

:05:36. > :05:42.2012, there were 566. Far more even than the US Congress which has 380.

:05:42. > :05:47.A recent survey of MPs and peers by the speakers office through up the

:05:47. > :05:52.result asked if they were agreed that all-party groups were prone to

:05:52. > :05:56.be taking responses from their own lobbyists for their own purposes,

:05:56. > :05:59.48% agreed. It is said that the groupings are

:05:59. > :06:05.small beer in the big scheme of things.

:06:05. > :06:08.It is in the context of a �2 billion industry. Yes we have lots

:06:08. > :06:13.of large consultant lobbyist agencies in London, but there is

:06:13. > :06:18.this enormous in-house industry. You look at something like the case

:06:18. > :06:22.of Murdoch and his lobbyist. The kind of access that they had to

:06:22. > :06:26.Jeremy Hunt's office, for example and the close contact, the texting,

:06:26. > :06:30.that is what of concern here. Whatever else happens, the pressure

:06:30. > :06:35.on the Government to deliver on lobbying reform is bound to

:06:35. > :06:40.increase. Well, I am joined by Mark Spencer,

:06:40. > :06:47.the Conservative MP for Sherwood, the neighbouring constituency of

:06:47. > :06:52.Patrick Mercer and former lobbyist, Thomas Docherty. First of all, Mark

:06:52. > :06:57.Spencer, your colleague caught on camera, offering services to a fake

:06:57. > :07:01.lobbying group, unwise to say the least? It does not look good.

:07:01. > :07:06.Patrick will have to defend that when it comes to the investigation.

:07:06. > :07:12.It was interesting he said he was resigning the Whip in order to save

:07:12. > :07:16.his party embarrassment but does think not thank think that anything

:07:16. > :07:20.he might have done is efficient to resign from the constituency?

:07:20. > :07:25.think we have to say it was Patrick's decision to resign from

:07:25. > :07:30.the party. Nobody forced him out. That is his decision. He has to

:07:30. > :07:33.justify that course of action, but we have to ensure that we get the

:07:34. > :07:36.facts and establish the truth and get to the bottom of what has been

:07:36. > :07:40.happening. If the allegations of cash for

:07:40. > :07:46.questions prove true, should he resign the constituency? There are

:07:46. > :07:50.clear lines, cash for questions is wrong. It is set out in the

:07:50. > :07:54.statutory legislation. Any MP prove tonne have taken cash

:07:54. > :08:01.for questions should resign. Thomas Docherty, a problem, surely

:08:01. > :08:04.a lack of clarity over the rules and the regulations? Last year I,

:08:04. > :08:09.when 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment was accused of the

:08:09. > :08:14.breaching -- when Patrick Mercer was accused of breaching lobbying

:08:14. > :08:18.rules, he refused to get involved as he could not see which of the

:08:18. > :08:23.rules that Patrick Mercer could have broken, but I agree that we

:08:23. > :08:28.need to overhall the work of the Standards Commissioner.

:08:28. > :08:32.You are a former lobbyist, in any of the recently issues it is not

:08:32. > :08:38.the lobbying groups themselves, lobbying company companies, I

:08:38. > :08:43.should say, sorry, that have been a problem? I think where a important

:08:43. > :08:48.point is made you cannot differ enSecretary of State between the

:08:48. > :08:53.third party lobby ists and the lobbying industry as a whole. There

:08:53. > :08:57.is a �2 billion industry here. They are professionals, they do it with

:08:58. > :09:01.integrity, but there are too many who will not abide by the rules. It

:09:02. > :09:04.is disappointing that four years after a voluntary code was

:09:04. > :09:08.introduced that the individuals and companies that will not sign up

:09:08. > :09:13.that is why I introcuesed a bill in the last session of Parliament,

:09:13. > :09:17.that the Government refused to support that would have supported a

:09:17. > :09:22.statutory register. What difference would that have made in this case?

:09:22. > :09:26.There is a danger. What we don't want to do is to alienate the

:09:26. > :09:31.constituents, the charities, the vicar from being able to lobby our

:09:31. > :09:35.MP what is important to them. But your leader promised that. It

:09:35. > :09:40.was the next big scandal waiting to happen, was said. It is proved to

:09:40. > :09:45.be the case? When you try to write it down in legislation it becomes

:09:45. > :09:50.grey in the areas. So you are not keen in a register?

:09:50. > :09:56.We need more transparency. But we have to make sure that we

:09:56. > :10:03.don't if you like, put off the small charities, the small unions.

:10:03. > :10:07.I have spoken to the Fire Brigade unions, the local lobbyists.

:10:07. > :10:12.It sounds like the Conservative MP to my left thinks that a statutory

:10:12. > :10:18.register will not make a difference? I will tell you what my

:10:18. > :10:21.bill covers. It does not cover the village vicar but it does cover the

:10:21. > :10:26.�2 billion industry. There is a big difference between a constituent

:10:26. > :10:29.writing to you about a bill and the �2 billion industry that exists and

:10:29. > :10:34.what the Labour Party has been calling for is a cross-party

:10:34. > :10:38.approach that says that we need transparency. We need a code of

:10:38. > :10:44.conduct that says when Members of Parliament, when lobbyists break

:10:44. > :10:50.that code of conduct, that they can have disciplinary action. If Mark

:10:50. > :10:54.does not understand that... Do we need more stings like the Panorama

:10:54. > :10:58.sting? I think that the journalists do a good job of exposing

:10:58. > :11:01.corruption, but there are extremes. It is the grey area in the middle

:11:01. > :11:06.that is the difficulty to write down in legislation.

:11:06. > :11:10.One of the areas, which is a burgeoning industry, is this idea

:11:10. > :11:14.of all-party groups, which is what the evidence is suggesting that

:11:14. > :11:20.some confuse with the select committees, a different thing, why?

:11:20. > :11:25.To be fair, they are a good way of informing MPs of what is happening.

:11:25. > :11:31.So, 566 of them are working one day in every two years? I am a member

:11:31. > :11:33.of the Caresers' All Party group. It is is a really good way of

:11:33. > :11:37.informing me as to what is happening.

:11:37. > :11:43.Thank you very much. Well, nearly 3.5 million young

:11:43. > :11:49.Europeans are out of work. However, today's latest joblessness figures

:11:49. > :11:54.could be seen as almost Good News. We learn that number has remained

:11:55. > :12:00.static for a third month. But look more closely, you can see

:12:00. > :12:04.why the European leaders are so worried about youth unemployment.

:12:04. > :12:11.In the continent's youth joblessness hotspots, the numbers

:12:11. > :12:17.out of work are continuing to soarN Greece, 53% of under 25s were

:12:17. > :12:23.jobless a year ago. That stands now at 62%. Spain, Portugal and Italy

:12:23. > :12:29.have seen huge rises too, but look at Germany, just 8% a year ago, now

:12:29. > :12:32.it is even lower. The UK, which, of course, is not part of the eurozone,

:12:32. > :12:35.has seen its youth unemployment fall too. So when it comes to young

:12:35. > :12:41.people out of work it is the continent's south that is

:12:41. > :12:46.continuing to suffer badly. �6 billion of EU funds have been

:12:46. > :12:51.set aside to get every young person in Europe a job, but there are

:12:51. > :12:55.demands from both sides for more to be done. Those who are anti-

:12:55. > :12:58.austerity, blame it for strangling job creation. Supporters of

:12:58. > :13:03.austerity fear that joblessness prompts social unrest and the

:13:03. > :13:07.unpicking of the policy. In the words of Italy's Labour minister,

:13:07. > :13:10.we now have to rescue an entire generation of people, who are

:13:10. > :13:16.scared. We have the best ever educated generation in this

:13:16. > :13:26.continent and we are putting them on hold.

:13:26. > :13:32.

:13:32. > :13:36.Joining me now is Jonathan Todd, Professor Hertz and Megan Greene.

:13:36. > :13:41.First, is persistent youth unemployment one of the serious

:13:41. > :13:47.problems facing Europe? It is. As you wouldn'ted -- pointed it out it

:13:47. > :13:52.is not only the high levels but the disparrities between Austria and

:13:52. > :13:54.Germany on the one hand and Spain and Greece in another. There are a

:13:54. > :14:01.number of reasons to go into on this.

:14:01. > :14:05.Yes, let's do. 7.5% in Germany, and 62% in Greece

:14:05. > :14:09.is it responsible that -- possible that Germany truly understands the

:14:09. > :14:13.pain of some of these countries? think that they are beginning to,

:14:13. > :14:17.but we have to look at the difference between the two. Clearly

:14:17. > :14:21.countries like Germany and Austria are not hit by the recession as

:14:21. > :14:25.hard as the eurozone countries, but there are other factors as well.

:14:25. > :14:30.For example a high rate of school drop-outs in the southern European

:14:30. > :14:35.countries. There are problems of labour laws. That on the one hand

:14:35. > :14:39.you have workers, established workers with gold-plated employment

:14:39. > :14:44.conditions, on the other hand, young people who cannot get a job

:14:44. > :14:48.or if they are it is on a short- term contract. Their public

:14:48. > :14:54.employment services do not work very well. So as to link up people

:14:54. > :15:00.with skills that employers are looking for... Sorry, carry on.

:15:00. > :15:06.And then there is also the problem of the burden of labour taxation.

:15:06. > :15:13.That is too high in some countries like France where labour is hit

:15:13. > :15:17.much more hard. There should ab way to shift these things, for example

:15:17. > :15:22.property taxes. So a combination of factors?

:15:22. > :15:27.Exactly. Marina, the social nightmare. We

:15:27. > :15:33.heard the Italian labour minister saying that we have the best-

:15:33. > :15:38.educated generation, however there are school drop-outs, so the best-

:15:38. > :15:41.educated youngsters with nothing to do? The figures are shocking. The

:15:41. > :15:46.ramifications will be felt for decades, on the individuals and the

:15:46. > :15:51.scarring. We know that the longer someone is out of work, the less

:15:51. > :15:55.likely they will have jobs in the future and they will get a wage cut,

:15:55. > :15:59.but in terms of society. As you raise, we know that youth

:15:59. > :16:03.unemployment is linked with higher rates of social unrest. We have

:16:03. > :16:07.seen riots in Sweden. Not only because of youth unemployment but

:16:07. > :16:12.youth unemployment playing a role. We have seen protests in Spain, in

:16:12. > :16:18.Italy, in Greece. And when these young people they

:16:18. > :16:23.are out of work for 12 months, some of them? Yes, and graduates in

:16:23. > :16:30.Spain, 40% of the unemployed youth there are college graduates N

:16:30. > :16:36.Greece, 30%. They have no hope. What Mr Todd is saying that Mr Must

:16:36. > :16:41.be structural changes, changes in the labour laws, hiring and firing

:16:41. > :16:46.issues that should be changed? the short-term, structural reforms

:16:46. > :16:50.result in more unemployment. Then they support employment later, but

:16:50. > :16:55.that is not the case immediately. In countries such as Italy, Spain,

:16:55. > :16:59.Greece, they have a lot more to do in terms of opening up the labour

:16:59. > :17:03.markets so I expect that employment will rise before it stabilises. I

:17:03. > :17:08.would say some of the other long- term effects of such high use

:17:08. > :17:12.unemployment it is not just a reduction in the productive

:17:12. > :17:19.capacity for the youths but also a lot of them are joust leaving. For

:17:19. > :17:25.example, I am not exactly in the youth employment age bracket but

:17:25. > :17:31.half of the context that I know have left N Ireland and also a lot

:17:31. > :17:34.more political fragmentation. This is a long-term problem for the

:17:34. > :17:42.eurozone. If young people are leaving the southern European

:17:42. > :17:48.countries, then the chance of recovery is lessened? Absolutely.

:17:48. > :17:52.And the point is that if you managed to create jobs that creates

:17:52. > :17:58.demand which helps the economy o get out of a recession. The

:17:58. > :18:04.attitude in the passes has all too often been once we restore growth

:18:04. > :18:08.the jobs come after but the jobs should be coming before the growth

:18:08. > :18:14.as well. You raise the point, that follows on from what you are saying

:18:14. > :18:18.that the focus on austerity, austerity plus recession is a very

:18:18. > :18:24.toxying cocktail. We cannot sacrifice our youth on the

:18:24. > :18:29.austerity. We need policies that focus on job creation, growth, on

:18:29. > :18:34.increasing lending to small and medium-sized enterprises so that

:18:34. > :18:39.they can hire people. Creating apprenticeship schemes that give

:18:39. > :18:43.jobs to the under 25. A whole host of measures that cost money.

:18:43. > :18:48.But the problem is we don't know the direction that Europe is going

:18:48. > :18:53.in? Is it about deficit reduction, banking reform, is it about

:18:53. > :18:58.targeting? I mean, what is the plan to get us out of this? It is not

:18:58. > :19:02.one thing or the other. Clearly we have to resolve the underlying

:19:02. > :19:07.financial crisis. To get back to sustainable growth, but at the same

:19:07. > :19:12.time, we have to introduce the structural reforms. One solution

:19:12. > :19:17.that we are pushing hard is the so- called youth guarantee. It is the

:19:17. > :19:21.idea that has been applied successfully in Austria and Finland.

:19:21. > :19:26.It is a system whereby in four months of a young person losing

:19:26. > :19:30.their job or leaving school that they are either offered a job or

:19:30. > :19:35.failing that an apprenticeship, traineeship or further education.

:19:35. > :19:41.This means that the young person what cannot find a job is at least

:19:41. > :19:49.spending their time in investing and acquiring the skills that could

:19:49. > :19:53.get them a job in the future. You look sceptical? It is the sums

:19:53. > :19:58.that seem small. There will be hope in the European Investment Bank in

:19:58. > :20:02.terms of helping facilitating lending to support growth and youth

:20:02. > :20:09.unemployment, but the EMB is a sclerotic institution. If anybody

:20:09. > :20:14.is looking for a quick turn around on unemployment in Europe.

:20:14. > :20:21.-- I think they will have to wait. How much can we lay the blame to

:20:21. > :20:26.anyone? Germany has been at the helm. They have not borne the brunt

:20:26. > :20:31.of this crisis. That has driven their crisis to. Make a 108 turn on

:20:31. > :20:37.the approach to this crisis, they would need to feel it also at home.

:20:37. > :20:41.Do you agree? Germany does not feel the pain has it does not have a

:20:41. > :20:45.crisis at home? Well, Germany is beginning to be uncomfortable to

:20:45. > :20:51.say the least with the high levels of unemployment.

:20:51. > :20:55.And should they be uncomfortable? Absolutely. Absolutely. Because

:20:55. > :21:00.something has to change. But the point is that there is no

:21:00. > :21:05.magic bullet to resolve the problem from one day to the next there. Are

:21:05. > :21:09.a whole series of reforms that must be put in place and to resolve the

:21:09. > :21:14.underlying financial crisis and the underlying economic problems of the

:21:14. > :21:19.European Union. There is no getting away from that at the same time we

:21:19. > :21:23.have to take specific measures to help the young people, to make them

:21:23. > :21:27.more employable, to ensure that they are not cut off from society

:21:27. > :21:30.whilst they are unemployed. Thank you very much indeed. Well,

:21:30. > :21:38.this week in the European Commission has been giving advice

:21:38. > :21:44.to its members in how to get their economies going. Joe Lynam has been

:21:44. > :21:48.in Strasbourg to meet the movers and shakers.

:21:48. > :21:53.Including one in particular. Yet if asked to name the President of The

:21:53. > :21:58.European Parliament, how many of us would know it was a bespekled

:21:58. > :22:04.German chap called Martin? He represents half a billion Europeans

:22:04. > :22:10.at global summits like the IMF and G20. He is Europe's top directly

:22:10. > :22:14.elected official. The signature enacts laws that affect all and he

:22:14. > :22:20.is well placed to become the new head of the European Commission.

:22:20. > :22:30.Yet how many of us know his name? How would he describe himself? What

:22:30. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:37.kind of guy are you? President Martin Shulz is arriving. I am

:22:37. > :22:44.going to spend the day with him. Do you have a busy day today? Always

:22:44. > :22:48.busy days in Strasbourg. Martin Sh lurbgs z is chairing a

:22:48. > :22:54.debate about tax havens and tax avoidance. Something that Britain

:22:54. > :22:58.has a keen interest in. Push for a political commitment on

:22:58. > :23:02.a simple principle, in 2015, the European Union should have an

:23:02. > :23:06.automatic exchange of information for all forms of income.

:23:06. > :23:10.The topic may be tax but it soon gets to Britain's future in the

:23:10. > :23:15.European Union. I think that the British business

:23:15. > :23:22.leaders yesterday had it completely right. They said very loud and

:23:22. > :23:26.clear, to you and to the others, that it will be an economic

:23:26. > :23:30.disaster to to leave the European Union.

:23:30. > :23:33.You can probably see the President of The European Commission, Jose

:23:33. > :23:39.Manuel Durao Barroso and two seats over, Nigel Farage, the scourge of

:23:39. > :23:44.the European Union is there as well. UK Independence Party got wind that

:23:44. > :23:49.Newsnight was in town. Suddenly and in breach of parliamentary rules,

:23:49. > :23:51.Union Jacks appeared on their desks. Looking at officials that work for

:23:51. > :23:57.the European Commission and Parliament. The highest category

:23:57. > :24:03.are people that earn a net take- home pay of just over �100,000 a

:24:03. > :24:10.year. And yet under EU rules they pay tax

:24:10. > :24:14.of 12%. It is tax fraud Ann absolutely

:24:14. > :24:20.massive scale. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, I say, how can that be

:24:20. > :24:26.deemed fair? They are used to Nigel Farage's views here. So much so,

:24:26. > :24:36.that Mr Shulz can do a half-decent impression of the UKIP leader.

:24:36. > :24:40.What are you planning here, Mr Barroso ?! Mr Shulz may anybody

:24:40. > :24:45.charge of the Parliament but has not hidden his desire to become the

:24:45. > :24:54.commission President. To achieve it he may have to replace bras Jose

:24:54. > :24:58.Manuel Durao Barroso. Who we intercepted to meet Mr Shu lz.

:24:58. > :25:03.What kind of guy is he? I am not prepared... We are doing a

:25:03. > :25:07.professional of the man. I get the impression he is man of strong

:25:07. > :25:11.opinions? It is true. He is on the opposite side of the

:25:11. > :25:16.political divide from you? Opposite? What do you mean by

:25:16. > :25:23.opposite? He is centre-left, you are centre-right.

:25:23. > :25:30.Oh! We are, it is true, he is a socialist, I am not, but yes a good

:25:30. > :25:40.working relationship. OK. I was just giving an interview,

:25:40. > :25:44.

:25:44. > :25:51.also about HerrKlaus. Are we looking at the current of

:25:51. > :25:59.the... Are you worried about the scepticism growing? The real threat

:25:59. > :26:05.to Europe is in difrt. I like the debates, but what we need is a real

:26:05. > :26:09.political debate about the way that Europe needs to go forward.

:26:09. > :26:13.But the one country that were talking of retreating from its

:26:13. > :26:21.relationship with the EU is Britain. So are some people in Europe tiring

:26:21. > :26:25.of Britain as much as some in Britain are tiring of the EU? Is

:26:25. > :26:29.the thrrb there a fatigue for the British in the European Union?

:26:29. > :26:34.Absolutely not. I think that the majority like me

:26:34. > :26:40.members of the European Parliament, we want to see the UK as a member

:26:40. > :26:44.of the European Union active within the European Union, we honour the

:26:44. > :26:50.enormous contribution of the situation to the UK to our success.

:26:50. > :26:54.Therefore, there is no anglofatigue. There is perhaps a euro fatigue in

:26:54. > :26:58.the UK. It is purely tactical. Nothing else. This is creating a

:26:58. > :27:04.problem. From the first day, whatever he did and said, David

:27:04. > :27:10.Cameron, in my eyes, that is my feeling, had more to do with the

:27:10. > :27:14.internal situation in the Tory Party and in Europe and as a member

:27:15. > :27:20.in the UK. There is an exten shall opinion,

:27:20. > :27:23.that it may not survive it may break up? If it fails, the

:27:23. > :27:27.political project behind the currency will fail as well.

:27:27. > :27:31.Therefore we should be prudent in some of the Member States of the

:27:31. > :27:35.European Union, 50% of young people, younger than 25 years, they are

:27:35. > :27:39.unemployed, this is a shame. Unacceptable in the richest

:27:39. > :27:44.continent of the world. Therefore, yes, I understand that people are

:27:44. > :27:52.angry, but is this a result of European integration? Or is this a

:27:52. > :27:57.result of a very poor fairness in this distribution of the rich to

:27:57. > :28:01.welfare within the European Union. What kind of guy are you? We know

:28:02. > :28:05.about your political background. What kind of person are you if you

:28:05. > :28:15.were to describe yourself to someone who met you? That is

:28:15. > :28:29.

:28:29. > :28:37.difficult to describe yourself. (speaks in German.) I think, from a

:28:37. > :28:44.political point of view... I'm a fighter.

:28:44. > :28:48.Sharon Bowles works closely are Martin Shulz on key financial

:28:48. > :28:52.legislation. He can be fiery and thoughtful.

:28:52. > :28:57.a personal level, he is OK. You can deal with him.

:28:57. > :29:01.If he replaced Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, what do you make of that

:29:01. > :29:06.don't think it is an outcome that I would favour there. Are many other

:29:06. > :29:12.candidates whose ylds that I identify with.

:29:12. > :29:19.-- ideals, that I identify with. Mr President... The end of a long

:29:19. > :29:25.day? Not yet. So, ten hours after he arrived in

:29:25. > :29:30.Strasbourg, Martin Shulz leaves for a flight to brels to address

:29:30. > :29:37.Europe's 27 leader. And the front pages. We begin with

:29:37. > :29:44.the Daily Telegraph: It says that the original deal was a �24,000

:29:44. > :29:49.contract to help lobbyists to help push Fiji business. To the

:29:49. > :29:58.Independent: Sir Bradley Wiggins out of the Tour de France. Eurozone

:29:58. > :30:05.crisis as one in four youths is jobless. The Daily Mail: A block

:30:05. > :30:09.for wild child porn. In the Guardian: Sleaze returns to damage

:30:09. > :30:14.Tories as MP quits in lobbying scandal. That is all from us

:30:14. > :30:20.tonight, but there is an important anniversary on Sunday, for which we

:30:20. > :30:26.need a suitably regal tone. Over to my colleague, Sylvia Peters.