:01:31. > :01:34.Here in the east, as CrossRail comes to Essex, concern grows over
:01:34. > :01:44.plans for its hub station. And will the Olympic legacy deliver
:01:44. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :29:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1686 seconds
:29:51. > :29:54.Hello and welcome to Sunday Politics East. I'm Etholle George.
:29:54. > :29:57.Coming up, CrossRail is coming to town. From Maidenhead to the west,
:29:57. > :30:00.Essex is the home of its eastern terminus, but can this station cope
:30:00. > :30:04.with the increase in passengers? But first, let's introduce our
:30:04. > :30:06.guests for this week. Gavin Shuker, Labour's MP for Luton South, and
:30:06. > :30:12.for the Conservatives, Councillor Stephen Castle, who is Essex County
:30:12. > :30:15.Council's Cabinet Member for Education and the London 2012 Games.
:30:15. > :30:18.Let's begin with a quick word about Barclays being fined �290 million
:30:18. > :30:23.for manipulating the inter bank lending rate, a sort of baseline
:30:23. > :30:26.that other interest rates are set from. This happened between 2005
:30:26. > :30:36.and 2009 under a Labour Government, and you failed to regulate the
:30:36. > :30:42.
:30:42. > :30:50.banks. I think there was a global failure of regulation. The big fear
:30:50. > :30:55.at that time it was it that we were over regulating. You need to get
:30:55. > :31:02.the regulation right. To say that there was no move by Labour on this,
:31:02. > :31:09.it is not true. It looks like other banks could be involved. There is a
:31:09. > :31:15.fresh scandal that we have featured before over businesses buying
:31:15. > :31:19.interest rate swaps. What about this cultural shift in banking,
:31:19. > :31:25.will that be enough to change things. I run a small business in
:31:25. > :31:34.the region and we struggled with their less RBS made of electronic
:31:34. > :31:39.banking recently. -- with that mess. Behaviours are unacceptable.
:31:39. > :31:43.I want to talk about the Olympics. They are nearly upon us. Just 26
:31:43. > :31:48.days until the curtain goes up on land and when did well. There
:31:48. > :31:54.venues are ready and so are the athletes, but are we? At the
:31:54. > :31:59.beginning of the bed, nine years ago, 2012 or was about the legacy
:31:59. > :32:06.and what can be achieved by the power of sport? Will it really
:32:06. > :32:11.inspire a generation? It is fast, it is furious, handball
:32:11. > :32:16.is a cross between a rugby and basketball. Thanks to the Olympics,
:32:16. > :32:21.there will be extra money to help support the sport and going towards
:32:21. > :32:31.schools and supporting schools at grass roots. It is not just sports
:32:31. > :32:36.
:32:36. > :32:46.clubs getting a boost, there are We will be here for a lot of
:32:46. > :33:00.
:33:00. > :33:06.The finishing touches are being made to this massive Olympic
:33:06. > :33:10.inspired a aquatics centre in Luton. It is to open in August. We cannot
:33:10. > :33:14.wait to deliver programmes for the children and four adults and for
:33:14. > :33:19.everybody in Luton. We want them all to get involved in sport.
:33:19. > :33:27.date, more than �50 million has been invested in Olympic related
:33:27. > :33:33.projects in the east. When I went to visit the momentum -- the
:33:33. > :33:37.mountain biking, it is a popular sport in France and Belgium, so
:33:37. > :33:47.they asked it to come out here. We have people from 17 different
:33:47. > :33:54.countries. At a recent launch in Brussels, Amy -- MEPs were put
:33:54. > :33:57.through their paces. Its is very popular. It was part of a promotion
:33:57. > :34:05.to show how the East of England is playing its part in the Olympic
:34:05. > :34:11.dream. The international athletes have been over as much as they can.
:34:11. > :34:17.The venue is very accessible to them. Unlike in Beijing. At home,
:34:17. > :34:20.there is still concern over their government's slashing of Labour's
:34:20. > :34:30.schools partnership scheme which promoted a variety of sport in that
:34:30. > :34:31.
:34:31. > :34:34.school. School ports medallist in two children and young people. --
:34:34. > :34:39.school sports at meant it listening to children and young people. We
:34:39. > :34:46.want young people to have a positive attitude towards sport and
:34:46. > :34:50.physical education. Since the 1980s, obesity has increased threefold. In
:34:50. > :34:55.the east, one in five children are obese by the age of 10. We have
:34:55. > :35:01.seen children get excited about the Olympics, but it is what about what
:35:01. > :35:04.happens next. Can be carry on? infrastructure should be a long-
:35:04. > :35:10.term benefit to the region but questions remained whether the
:35:10. > :35:14.Olympics will improve health and fitness? What is in no doubt is the
:35:14. > :35:24.enthusiasm for the games with just a few weeks to go. Are you all
:35:24. > :35:27.
:35:27. > :35:32.excited? Yes! Joining us now is Dr Gavin
:35:32. > :35:39.Sandercock from the University of Essex. Our research shows that
:35:39. > :35:46.children's fitness levels, their aerobic fitness, their ability to
:35:46. > :35:52.run, is declining. We are looking at a 10% decline in the last 10
:35:52. > :35:58.years. When we measure of their strength and ability to jump, that
:35:58. > :36:03.is going down even faster. These are starker declines. That is
:36:03. > :36:10.independent of how far they are. They are just getting less effect.
:36:10. > :36:14.-- how fat they are. What about the Olympic legacy? There is some quite
:36:14. > :36:22.shocking evidence from Sydney that people develop apathy. Having all
:36:22. > :36:27.these amazing athlete in town discourages them. Other places,
:36:27. > :36:32.with the exception of Barcelona are who had a huge infrastructure
:36:32. > :36:36.investment following the games, have shown no real legacy. There
:36:36. > :36:40.has been no evidence of an actual increase in public health or
:36:40. > :36:45.physical activity due to the Olympics. What about the
:36:45. > :36:50.infrastructure? We saw a great list of brand new infrastructure, that
:36:50. > :36:55.will help? The infrastructure is fantastic and it is fantastic they
:36:55. > :37:01.have put it out beyond the Olympic village. But it is not a case of
:37:01. > :37:06.building it and they will come. Having something on your doorstep
:37:06. > :37:09.does not mean they will be used. The people who can benefit most
:37:09. > :37:14.from improving their physical activity and improving their
:37:14. > :37:21.fitness just a little bit are the least active. In order to get very
:37:21. > :37:31.inactive people to start, the need education, ongoing support, high-
:37:31. > :37:33.
:37:33. > :37:42.quality physical education and leadership Ms Ward. -- in the sport.
:37:42. > :37:49.Well at levels of sport used to be raised? Are a agree with what he
:37:49. > :37:53.has said. We have to plan for the legacy. The London Games had a
:37:53. > :37:58.legacy literally from the start. That legacy was as much about
:37:58. > :38:04.getting people involved in sport, getting people physically active as
:38:04. > :38:09.about building fantastic facilities. There have been programmes put in
:38:09. > :38:15.place and that is unique. What about places like Luton? Are you
:38:15. > :38:21.feeling the benefits? In that film, we saw the Olympic-sized swimming
:38:21. > :38:28.pool that be built there. That will be great. I launched a report in
:38:28. > :38:32.Parliament this week along with their sports think tank looking at
:38:33. > :38:38.the benefits of sport. There are many benefits of sport, we should
:38:38. > :38:42.value of sport on the basis of the joy that it brings us. Not
:38:42. > :38:47.necessarily get economic or health benefits, because they are much
:38:47. > :38:52.harder to prove. What do you make of what Stephen Castle has said,
:38:52. > :38:59.there has been this plan in place? What about the study you will be
:38:59. > :39:09.conducting? The active people survey showed his first drop in
:39:09. > :39:12.sports participation for 10 years. Physical activity levels, or rather
:39:12. > :39:18.for his levels have dropped. We have to be careful of that type of
:39:18. > :39:23.survey. The work that we are doing in some of the Olympic boroughs is
:39:23. > :39:32.testing children's fitness level using objective measures before and
:39:32. > :39:42.after the Games. In some schools, we are going him and giving
:39:42. > :39:43.
:39:43. > :39:48.children activity... Elite athletes are not necessarily good role
:39:48. > :39:55.models. They need local role models. They need their parents to be
:39:55. > :40:00.active. Thank you very much. Are you confident that there will
:40:00. > :40:05.be a positive impact from all this? Yes, there is a positive impact
:40:05. > :40:09.already through business and culture. But the sports and
:40:09. > :40:19.physical activity impact has to be the most important from their games.
:40:19. > :40:23.They venues we have got will motivate people. If there is one
:40:23. > :40:30.thing you want to do in terms of legacy, it is to welcome a group of
:40:30. > :40:40.people were you will get out -- square and you will get the most
:40:40. > :40:40.
:40:40. > :40:50.Tomorrow, more than 40 MPs are expected to gather at Liverpool
:40:50. > :40:55.
:40:55. > :40:59.Street station to set out the region's first rail manifesto. On
:40:59. > :41:04.the wish-list is a new track around Chelmsford which will allow faster
:41:04. > :41:07.trains on the InterCity line to London. An upgrade of the Ely North
:41:07. > :41:14.junction which could lead to more frequent services to Cambridge and
:41:14. > :41:17.London. And improvements to the Ipswich to Peterborough or lime.
:41:17. > :41:22.All the local authorities are coming together to describe their
:41:22. > :41:26.vision for the railway for the next 20 years. No one has done it before.
:41:26. > :41:32.That is why we have got this Cinderella service and we are not
:41:32. > :41:36.exploiting our economy as fully as we could do. People in the region
:41:36. > :41:41.do not have the kind of benefits from a good rail service that they
:41:41. > :41:48.should have. Meanwhile, the biggest rail project in Europe is moving
:41:48. > :41:52.closer to Essex as cross rail -- as cross rail links Maidenhead to the
:41:52. > :41:58.West with Shenfield to the east. But there is dismay at the lack of
:41:58. > :42:04.upbraid work -- upgrade work planned for the station.
:42:04. > :42:08.Shenfield station on a Monday morning. Busy now, and passenger
:42:08. > :42:11.numbers are likely to increase when CrossRail arrives. A new Line a
:42:11. > :42:15.platform will be built here but there will be no major upgrade to
:42:15. > :42:21.the station facilities. CrossRail is the biggest infrastructure
:42:21. > :42:29.project in Western Europe at a cost of �14.8 billion. Trains will run
:42:29. > :42:33.directly under central London, lending Maidenhead in the West with
:42:33. > :42:39.Shenfield in the east. But look at these two stations at either end of
:42:39. > :42:42.the line. Maidenhead with two entrances, Shenfield with one. A
:42:42. > :42:52.white platform in Maidenhead, Shenfield with a much more narrow
:42:52. > :43:02.one. But according to initial plans on the cross rail website, it is
:43:02. > :43:06.
:43:06. > :43:16.Maidenhead a walk that most of the upgrade work. -- Maidenhead will
:43:16. > :43:20.get most of the upgrade work. I am not happy about the current plans.
:43:20. > :43:25.That is why I have organised a meeting with the town council, the
:43:25. > :43:32.District Council, the county council and with CrossRail. I felt
:43:32. > :43:38.somebody had to bring these organisations together. So while
:43:38. > :43:46.Maidenhead gets a makeover, are people in Essex are being short-
:43:46. > :43:49.changed? They are not getting a raw deal. Every station is getting what
:43:49. > :43:54.it needs. The people getting a raw deal are the people using the
:43:54. > :43:59.station in Maidenhead. Maidenhead need some more money is spent on it.
:43:59. > :44:05.What people in Essex will get is a lot of disruption. Local traders
:44:05. > :44:09.are concerned. The message to small business owners here is one of
:44:09. > :44:14.reassurance, but Network Rail and CrossRail have not said exactly
:44:14. > :44:22.when the construction work will take place. That uncertainty is
:44:22. > :44:25.worrying traders. Just after Easter, we had three weeks of serious
:44:25. > :44:35.disruption and saw a 40% drop in football in the town because
:44:35. > :44:39.customers could not park. -- foot fall in the town. Not worked real
:44:39. > :44:43.says it has listened to local concerns and has revised the plants.
:44:43. > :44:49.But they will not reveal what has changed, saying the new plans will
:44:49. > :44:52.be published in the next few weeks. One of the criticisms has been that
:44:52. > :44:58.the County Council has not been communicating with the borough
:44:58. > :45:01.council, what do you say to that? disagree with that. We have been
:45:01. > :45:11.working with cross rail to try and ensure that the best month that is
:45:11. > :45:11.
:45:11. > :45:17.needed goes in there. -- that the investment. We have seen the
:45:17. > :45:21.facilities at the station, what about this wider platform, this
:45:21. > :45:26.extra 80,000 people? That is what we have been talking to CrossRail
:45:26. > :45:28.about. It is not just about entrances to the station. It is
:45:28. > :45:38.about the impact of people travelling to Shenfield in
:45:38. > :45:41.
:45:42. > :45:49.different ways. Are you confident that it will be fit for purpose?
:45:49. > :45:54.think it will. It is a huge project. The implications of it is something
:45:54. > :46:03.we are working on now and we are developing the data to tell us how
:46:03. > :46:09.much more needs investing. Often, as the usage of the facility, like
:46:09. > :46:14.Stansted Airport, determines what happens next. Do you agree that
:46:14. > :46:19.there needs to be more investment to boost are standing here?
:46:19. > :46:24.economy is not growing. You need to invest in infrastructure. If you
:46:24. > :46:32.are investing in infrastructure, real is the number one priority. --
:46:32. > :46:37.for rail. There is some progress in terms of putting money into the
:46:38. > :46:43.projects. Written station is one of the 10 worst stations in the United
:46:43. > :46:53.Kingdom. The government cancelled the Grad that was going to it. We
:46:53. > :46:56.
:46:56. > :46:59.have old fashioned facilities. -- cancelled the grunt.
:46:59. > :47:02.Now it's time for Deborah McGurran's weekly roundup with fuel
:47:02. > :47:05.for thought. And all in 60 seconds. Workers at Coryton oil refinery
:47:05. > :47:08.heard this week that they will lose their jobs as the plant in Essex is
:47:08. > :47:11.to close. And fuel hit the headlines as the Government U-
:47:11. > :47:19.turned on the planned rise in duty this summer, which delighted
:47:19. > :47:24.campaigning Essex MP Robert Halfon. I am over the moon for the millions
:47:24. > :47:27.of motorists across the East of England. This is the number one
:47:27. > :47:30.issue affecting my constituents. Treasury Secretary and Norwich MP
:47:30. > :47:37.Chloe Smith was sent to defend the decision, which had taken
:47:37. > :47:43.Westminster by surprise. When was the decision taken? It has been
:47:43. > :47:53.under consideration for some time. When it was the decision taken?
:47:53. > :47:53.
:47:53. > :47:55.When we you talk? It is no wonder she said this. While the fallout
:47:55. > :47:58.from Miss Smith's interrogation dominated the blogosphere, we can
:47:58. > :48:08.all rest easy now Louise Mensh has promised her new social media
:48:08. > :48:09.
:48:09. > :48:12.website is safe, phew! The government has done more U-
:48:12. > :48:17.turns than a stunt driver, the budget's in tatters, it makes the
:48:17. > :48:20.government look incompetent. The budget is in tatters. Does it make
:48:20. > :48:24.the coalition look incompetent? think it is a case of responding to
:48:24. > :48:30.what is happening on the ground. The economic situation is changing.
:48:30. > :48:35.It is much worse than we thought when we came into power. The global
:48:35. > :48:40.failure has been bigger than we expected. Any measures to help the
:48:40. > :48:47.taxpayer has got to be the right thing to do. If it is right to
:48:47. > :48:53.change, that is the right thing to do. The government was following a
:48:53. > :49:01.Labour's plans. Recalled for a reduction in the price of fuel and
:49:01. > :49:07.we have got it. -- 0 recalled. The number of U-turns power crucially
:49:07. > :49:10.undermining our fiscal... But you are following the Labour plans.
:49:10. > :49:18.would not be in this position where there is no growth at all. We
:49:18. > :49:22.should have grown 3.7%. We have actually shrunk. The plan is not
:49:22. > :49:29.working and all those U-turns do not help. We have to leave it there.