:00:46. > :00:52.Good morning. Thank you it that for joining us for the new and extended
:00:52. > :00:58.programme. The Treasury Secretary announces plans to crack down on
:00:58. > :01:07.anyone who has homes or other assets above �1 million may not be
:01:07. > :01:17.paying all the taxes they should. Or will we hear more about Nick
:01:17. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:26.Clegg's wealth tax. Will it improve the economy? And time for a fresh
:01:26. > :01:33.crackdown on yobs who will abuse at the police? No sign yet, as the
:01:33. > :01:39.chief whip hangs on to his job. Eric Pickles says his posher
:01:39. > :01:40.colleague should get out of the Cabinet.
:01:40. > :01:43.And in the Sunday Politics Scotland....
:01:43. > :01:46.Michael Moore in Brighton talks to us about welfare reform and Nick
:01:46. > :01:56.Clegg's chances of survival. Plus, the campaign to get every man
:01:56. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :31:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1778 seconds
:31:34. > :31:42.and his dog on the march for Firstly, under Labour, Labour got
:31:42. > :31:46.the gap between it rich and poor wader, do not forget about that.
:31:46. > :31:50.The wealthy, who own much more than the percentage they are paying in
:31:50. > :32:00.tax, should be paying more. It is absolutely ridiculous that they
:32:00. > :32:00.
:32:00. > :32:10.should pay less than the marginal rate. Where the wrong to agree to
:32:10. > :32:15.
:32:15. > :32:21.that? All the evidence shows that it would clearly raised a lot more.
:32:21. > :32:30.Not, I disagree with that. All the academics who have studied this do
:32:30. > :32:34.not agree with that. I do not mind if the Conservatives said that the
:32:34. > :32:41.next election, if you fought for us, we will not be that tough on the
:32:41. > :32:48.wealthy. But that is because we know how to tax the rich in a way
:32:48. > :32:57.to get more revenue from them full. Surely that is the way to go.
:32:57. > :33:02.seem to a one part of the coalition saying we need to freeze taxes and
:33:02. > :33:12.benefits and genocide saying that you need more tax on the welfare.
:33:12. > :33:13.
:33:13. > :33:20.Surely some sort of deal will have to be done? We have been following
:33:20. > :33:30.the label Liberal Democrat approach in many aspects. The higher tax
:33:30. > :33:37.rates at are bringing in a less revenue. Seven-tenths of the
:33:37. > :33:47.reduction is coming from spending cuts. How have you looked at the
:33:47. > :33:52.
:33:52. > :33:59.numbers question mark. What we are saying is we do not think there
:33:59. > :34:09.should be any more cuts affecting the working court until the wealthy
:34:09. > :34:38.
:34:38. > :34:48.Parts of the Conservative Party believe that George Osborne is not
:34:48. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:59.putting enough in this respect. that is another debate. It's is
:34:59. > :35:03.Good morning and welcome to Sunday Politics Scotland.
:35:03. > :35:07.Coming up on the programme... Marching to the tune of
:35:07. > :35:10.independence. But are they just preaching to the converted?
:35:10. > :35:15.And we will be live at the Liberal Democrat Conference with Michael
:35:15. > :35:24.Moore. How will the the impending welfare reform changes impact on
:35:24. > :35:29.the working poor? I do not think that work pays. If you have
:35:29. > :35:34.children and you are part-time. You have always got concerns for the
:35:34. > :35:39.likes of babysitters and child care. Thousands of people gathered in
:35:39. > :35:41.Edinburgh this weekend for a march and rally for independence. It was
:35:41. > :35:44.staged under the banner Independence for Scotland and is
:35:44. > :35:46.not part of the official Yes, Scotland campaign, but all the
:35:46. > :35:49.leading lights were there. The event aims to build support ahead
:35:49. > :35:52.of the referendum. With annual marches planned until the vote, it
:35:52. > :36:01.could become a significant staging post in the two-year campaign. Our
:36:01. > :36:11.reporter Andrew Kerr followed the marchers. A merry dance to it warm-
:36:11. > :36:11.
:36:11. > :36:17.up for the march ahead. You are getting you back painted? Does that
:36:17. > :36:26.sure your dedication to the cause? I hope so. I am looking to raise
:36:26. > :36:30.awareness. As the march got underway, the aim was clear.
:36:30. > :36:39.Raising the profile of the independence movement. The marchers
:36:39. > :36:44.are heading into the gardens for the rally. The fault of Edinburgh
:36:44. > :36:54.have come out to watch them, but it is then they have to convince about
:36:54. > :37:04.independence. I am sure that even the fall in the northern islands
:37:04. > :37:09.can hear as. The crowd chanted independence now, but quite a wait
:37:09. > :37:13.until the referendum. A we are wanted to put forward this totally
:37:13. > :37:23.democratic process so that everyone has the chance to put forward their
:37:23. > :37:26.
:37:26. > :37:33.argument. I thought 2014 was the right date for that campaign.
:37:33. > :37:38.one third of Scots believe in independence now, everyone of us as
:37:38. > :37:45.good two years to persuade another one person and then we are warm and
:37:45. > :37:52.dry. So will, as Margo MacDonald said, one-third of people want
:37:52. > :37:57.independence. Optimism abounds. think the tonight and a delight
:37:57. > :38:05.this demonstrates that there are people who are convinced that
:38:05. > :38:13.independence is the right way forward. There was a slight scuffle
:38:13. > :38:20.when the Union flag was unfurled. Or will Foy, may well look back and
:38:20. > :38:27.this with pride. I have no doubt whatsoever that there will be a
:38:27. > :38:34.change in the future. There will be one more rally next year. There
:38:34. > :38:37.will also be another and 2014. It will be crunch time for the
:38:37. > :38:40.supporters of independence. With me in the studio is the former
:38:40. > :38:50.Labour MP, Independent MSP and now Chair of the Yes, Scotland Advisory
:38:50. > :38:58.Board, Dennis Canavan. What are much as for? To the ever persuade
:38:58. > :39:02.anyone or are they simply preaching to the converted? They raised the
:39:02. > :39:11.profile of the campaign and I think yesterday's event was very
:39:11. > :39:15.successful. They were young people, all people, men, women, black
:39:15. > :39:18.people, or Mark marching together demonstrating their commitment to
:39:18. > :39:22.Scottish independence, simply because an independent Scotland
:39:22. > :39:32.will break a better future for the people of Scotland because the
:39:32. > :39:32.
:39:32. > :39:37.people of Scotland will be able to share that future. People were
:39:37. > :39:45.saying this was a lot less people to march for devolution, saw was
:39:45. > :39:50.that a disappointment? It the early days of Scotland United, we had
:39:50. > :39:55.similar attendances, but we built on it. And we will build on that
:39:55. > :40:01.attendance we got yesterday. There are a lot of Hearts and minds out
:40:01. > :40:05.there in Scotland. There are a lot of people who do not know how they
:40:05. > :40:15.would vote in two years' time and we have to win the Hearts and minds
:40:15. > :40:15.
:40:15. > :40:18.by putting forward a positive vision that we have for the future.
:40:18. > :40:25.House said it is this campaign so that people do not think it is
:40:25. > :40:28.simply another name for the Scottish National Party. Of this
:40:28. > :40:34.are, by the very nature of their party, the Scottish National Party
:40:34. > :40:40.will play a very important role in this. But this is a very broad
:40:40. > :40:49.church of people from various party political affiliations. What is the
:40:49. > :40:54.role of Alex Salmond? As the First Minister, he has to Speaker behalf
:40:54. > :41:03.of the Scottish government. A as regards the campaign, is he the
:41:04. > :41:10.figurehead? Yes, he would obviously be a leader in the campaign. There
:41:11. > :41:14.are aspects of Scottish government policy but I disagree with. Within
:41:14. > :41:18.a hour Yes, Scotland campaign, there are a lot of people who will
:41:18. > :41:22.have reservations about what the Scottish gunmen is saying and
:41:22. > :41:27.certain aspects of policy. But what unites us is that the democratic
:41:27. > :41:33.right of the people in Scotland to determine their own future and
:41:33. > :41:40.become full members of the international community. After all,
:41:40. > :41:44.I am not a nationalist. If the is the clash of interests between the
:41:44. > :41:52.domestic interests of the Scottish National Party and that of the
:41:52. > :41:56.campaign, do you trust Alex Salmond unequivocally? I had the good
:41:56. > :42:01.working relationship with them. he knows that I disagree with some
:42:01. > :42:06.of the things that his government have done and will do in the future.
:42:06. > :42:12.But what brings us together in the Yes, Scotland is this desire to
:42:12. > :42:17.come together to maximise the yes vote in the referendum, on the
:42:17. > :42:21.grounds that the people of Scotland should determine their own future.
:42:21. > :42:31.And you can guarantee that he will put that before party political
:42:31. > :42:36.
:42:36. > :42:42.interests? If there was a DevoMax question on the ballot paper, which
:42:43. > :42:50.you vote against that? I do not want a second question on the
:42:50. > :42:59.ballot paper. The Yes, Scotland campaign will be campaigning for
:42:59. > :43:05.independence. When the to be an independent Parliament, would
:43:06. > :43:11.actually lead to a boost for a Scottish Labour? He is, I actually
:43:11. > :43:17.think that the party was badly hurt by Tony Blair abandoning socialism
:43:17. > :43:23.and that really hurt them in Scotland. To an extent, the
:43:23. > :43:27.Scottish National Party have filled a vacuum. The likes of free
:43:27. > :43:32.prescriptions and getting rid of tuition fees and getting rid of
:43:32. > :43:39.nuclear weapons. If there where an independent Scotland, it could be
:43:39. > :43:46.the death-knell not for Scottish Labour, but actually in lead to
:43:46. > :43:56.their renaissance. At the return to the Parliament for you? I not say
:43:56. > :43:57.
:43:57. > :44:05.that. You are not ruling it out! Not, I am not looking at. But who
:44:06. > :44:15.knows what the future will hold. it disappointing that the new
:44:16. > :44:17.
:44:17. > :44:24.leaders ship of the Scottish Labour Party has not to form words there
:44:24. > :44:34.intentions as regards this campaign. They have got to do a lot better
:44:34. > :44:36.
:44:36. > :44:39.than what the dead it in 1979 with the fought back then. You could now
:44:39. > :44:45.have the Scottish and Labour Conservatives bought saying that
:44:45. > :44:49.you should go for goal in 2014, without putting forward any
:44:49. > :44:54.alternatives. We agreed on one question for the referendum and
:44:54. > :44:59.that would give people a simple choice for the people of Scotland.
:44:59. > :45:05.With positive campaigning in the name for six campaign, we will win
:45:05. > :45:11.in 2014. How important is it now that this moves beyond the process
:45:11. > :45:18.and you move towards developing the campaign. Is there a problem with
:45:18. > :45:22.momentum? A as I said yesterday, it is going to be more like a marathon
:45:22. > :45:31.than a short distance print. We have got to time the campaign for
:45:31. > :45:36.it to work. We already have and the Yes, Scotland campaign a great team,
:45:36. > :45:41.a executive management team, who are involved in advising the
:45:41. > :45:45.strategy for that campaign. He will develop the strategy for
:45:46. > :45:49.fundraising to finance it and I think if we can get across the
:45:49. > :45:59.positive arguments to the people of Scotland about what independence
:45:59. > :46:01.
:46:01. > :46:03.will mean, we will win in 2014. Now this may be our first outing
:46:03. > :46:06.after the summer recess, but in Holyrood the politicians began
:46:06. > :46:09.their stretching exercises a couple of weeks ago warming up for the
:46:09. > :46:17.explosion of political energy that was the budget. Let's take a look
:46:17. > :46:21.back at the Week in Sixty Seconds. The summer of sport is over but the
:46:21. > :46:27.finance secretary is building on the momentum with a �1 million
:46:27. > :46:32.budget handout to Scotland's elite athletes. Would an independent
:46:32. > :46:39.Scotland have automatic membership of the EU? They have been calls for
:46:39. > :46:46.an inquiry which has provoked heated exchanges. You want to gag
:46:46. > :46:51.me a game in public. It is such an important topic, but she wanted
:46:51. > :46:54.this matter to be gagged? Claim and counter-claim on welfare, the work
:46:54. > :47:01.and pensions Secretary said an independent Scotland would not be
:47:01. > :47:10.able to afford its welfare bill. The First Minister insists it would.
:47:10. > :47:13.It is total nonsense. And our national emblem shows its cuddly
:47:13. > :47:18.sides as it is unveiled as the official mascot for the
:47:18. > :47:21.Commonwealth Games. Welfare. How can Scotland afford to
:47:21. > :47:24.go it alone? That was the question posed by Work and Pensions
:47:24. > :47:27.Secretary Iain Duncan Smith when he was in Glasgow this week to outline
:47:27. > :47:31.his flagship policy of Universal Credit. The Scottish Government say
:47:31. > :47:34.of course they can pay their own way, their main concern is how to
:47:34. > :47:36.mitigate the damage caused by coalition benefit cuts. But away
:47:36. > :47:40.from the pure politics, how are changes to the benefit system
:47:40. > :47:42.affecting those who rely on support? Hayley Jarvis reports from
:47:42. > :47:52.Easterhouse, the Glasgow suburb that inspired Iain Duncan Smith's
:47:52. > :48:00.
:48:00. > :48:06.mantra that work should always pay. He still has 2002, Iain Duncan
:48:06. > :48:10.Smith, then Leader of the Opposition when to a dilapidated
:48:10. > :48:14.housing estate and left within knew were aimed. 10 years on, the now
:48:14. > :48:18.Work and Pensions Secretary is back in Glasgow promoting his Universal
:48:18. > :48:23.Credit. From next year, benefits like housing and income support
:48:23. > :48:29.will be rolled into one payment. The UK Government says it will be a
:48:29. > :48:33.fairer system and will save �7 billion. But how will the reforms
:48:33. > :48:37.play at at Easterhouse today where unemployment remains high and
:48:37. > :48:42.almost a third of people are on benefits? I caught up with some
:48:42. > :48:47.part-time workers at a community centre said to have impressed Iain
:48:47. > :48:50.Duncan Smith. Now we new premises, they say they are already feeling
:48:50. > :48:55.the sting. I am worried because I know there will be cats and cuts
:48:55. > :49:05.will be made to people who get working Tax Credit and things like
:49:05. > :49:06.
:49:06. > :49:13.that. Even if I did get the council tax benefit, when it comes to April,
:49:13. > :49:15.I would lose it anyway. I am quite poor. So to since advice in Glasgow
:49:15. > :49:18.are bracing themselves for the introduction of the Universal
:49:18. > :49:24.Credit which they believe will lead to more people on low incomes
:49:24. > :49:29.coming through their doors. It is undoubtedly going to happen. There
:49:29. > :49:33.will be more multiple debt situations. But people cannot
:49:33. > :49:38.manage on fields and fuel, their general living costs are going to
:49:38. > :49:43.create debts in other areas. Scottish Parliament broke new
:49:43. > :49:47.ground when it refused to accept the UK wide reforms won it looks at
:49:47. > :49:53.the impact it will have year. Meanwhile, it has passed its own
:49:53. > :49:57.legislation to protect certain benefits. I have had to find �23
:49:57. > :50:01.million to support the mitigation of the cuts to welfare benefits
:50:01. > :50:06.that have been put forward by the United Kingdom Government. I found
:50:06. > :50:10.that. By making difficult choices within the Budget. Those are the
:50:10. > :50:13.choices I make to ensure we can fulfil our obligations. As Iain
:50:13. > :50:17.Duncan Smith spreads the word on Universal Credit, the Chancellor
:50:17. > :50:21.says he wants to lose a further �10 billion from the welfare budget.
:50:21. > :50:26.But could it mean breaking the link between benefits and inflation,
:50:26. > :50:30.something that the work of Pensions Secretary has rejected before?
:50:30. > :50:34.Whatever happened in the past is not the same now. You look at what
:50:34. > :50:38.happens at the time and then you make a decision. To be honest, I
:50:38. > :50:41.have not discussed it and I do not plunge do so until I know the
:50:41. > :50:45.inflation figures. Such a move would not go down well back in
:50:45. > :50:49.Easterhouse where people say the cost of living is already too high.
:50:49. > :50:53.There will be opposition from the Liberal Democrats. Their leader
:50:53. > :50:57.says he will not back further cuts unless there is a trade-off for
:50:57. > :51:01.taxes for the wealthy. Will Nick Clegg be able to stick to his guns?
:51:01. > :51:03.We can go live now to Brighton, where we are joined by the
:51:03. > :51:11.Secretary of State for Scotland and the Liberal Democrat MP for
:51:11. > :51:16.Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Michael Moore.
:51:16. > :51:22.George Osborne once �10 billion of cuts from the welfare budget. Is
:51:22. > :51:26.that something you support? Their discussions have been held about
:51:26. > :51:30.what the next Spending Review will we look like and what will be
:51:30. > :51:34.happening in any of the departments across Government, so that is not a
:51:34. > :51:40.figure that I accept it and is not one I expect to see delivered.
:51:40. > :51:44.Would you accept any further cuts to the welfare budget? What we are
:51:44. > :51:47.seeking to do with welfare reform and short piece was focused on
:51:47. > :51:51.Universal Credit, is make sure we have a system designed to help the
:51:51. > :51:55.most vulnerable with that we have people and we can make sure that
:51:55. > :51:59.work pays. We are making sure that as we do that, we are rejecting a
:51:59. > :52:02.degree of fairness into some of the toughest decisions we have had to
:52:02. > :52:06.take about the economy and Government spending overall. In the
:52:06. > :52:11.last year, we have been seen more Scot come out of tax altogether so
:52:11. > :52:17.that by next April, we will have 160,000 Scott will not be paying
:52:17. > :52:24.Scott -- paying tax. 2 million will be paying less in tax every year
:52:24. > :52:28.and for pensioners, we have made some important strides. We have got
:52:28. > :52:32.the biggest cash increase in the state pension ever and by next
:52:32. > :52:37.April, Scottish state pensioners will have had �500 more than they
:52:37. > :52:42.would have otherwise had. In the toughest of times, we have focused
:52:42. > :52:47.on making sure we are fed to people. Just to be clear about this, are
:52:47. > :52:52.you saying that you are absolutely happy with the mechanics and the
:52:52. > :52:58.effect of Universal Credit? We are determined to get Universal Credit
:52:58. > :53:01.right. We accept this is a very ambitious change in the offer. What
:53:01. > :53:05.people also recognise across the country is that the current system
:53:05. > :53:09.is far too cumbersome, far too complicated for people to navigate
:53:09. > :53:14.their way through. We need to make it a lot simpler so that people
:53:14. > :53:18.know what their entitlements will be an to get those reliably. We
:53:18. > :53:22.also need to make sure that we make sure that work pays. But we take
:53:22. > :53:28.less away from people as the going to work and as they increase their
:53:28. > :53:34.row was. That has been one of our biggest challenges. We are making
:53:34. > :53:38.sure that reform happens. Coalition former policy Tsar is
:53:38. > :53:42.saying he thinks the mechanics of all the best do not work. Nick
:53:42. > :53:48.Clegg has said, no more cuts to anything until we get some movement
:53:48. > :53:54.on wealth tax. Is that not opposition? We want to see the
:53:54. > :53:59.wealthy pay a much higher at Burton on taxation in the country. A much
:54:00. > :54:04.higher share of the tax from them. It is in a fair way of ensuring
:54:04. > :54:09.that in tough times, people can contribute the right amount.
:54:09. > :54:14.would you do that? What we are not going to do is balance the books on
:54:14. > :54:17.the back of the power. That is our key message at this conference and
:54:17. > :54:22.when we will be taking around the country. We will have to make some
:54:22. > :54:26.tough choices. But as a Liberal Democrats in the Coalition, we are
:54:26. > :54:30.making a central commitment to fairness in the welfare system and
:54:30. > :54:35.fairness in our tax system. Are you saying that if you bring in the
:54:35. > :54:39.wealth taxes that you want and perhaps you might later explain how
:54:39. > :54:42.he would raise these taxes, and two would be targeted, but are you
:54:42. > :54:45.saying the principle is that you bring in these wealth taxes,
:54:46. > :54:50.therefore, you can reduce the amount of money that has to come
:54:50. > :54:58.out of the welfare budget? Cuts will not have to go ahead to the
:54:58. > :55:02.same extent if you can offset that with what taxes? -- wealth taxes.
:55:02. > :55:07.We believe it is right that the wealthy should give more. We will
:55:07. > :55:10.continue to argue that case across the country. But particularly
:55:10. > :55:13.within the Government so that we get the right balance between the
:55:13. > :55:23.wealthy paying their share and making sure we have got support for
:55:23. > :55:36.
:55:36. > :55:44.You signed the pledge as regards tuition fees. By you sorry? So it,
:55:44. > :55:50.I did not hear that. Did you say and by apologising? Yes, but I do
:55:50. > :56:00.apologise, we all have a apologised for that. Nick like has made that
:56:00. > :56:02.
:56:02. > :56:07.very public statement about that. - - Nick Clegg. We are almost out of
:56:07. > :56:13.time. Are you apologising for having made the pledge or
:56:13. > :56:23.apologising for not been able to keep to it? We apologising to make
:56:23. > :56:28.a pledge which was not going to be deliverable. We were wrong to make
:56:28. > :56:34.that part of our pre- election campaign. Where you naive or ill-
:56:34. > :56:43.advised? Where you just totally unprepared for the reality of
:56:43. > :56:47.coalition politics? We made the wrong decision. We made a pledge
:56:47. > :56:52.that these circumstances would mean we were unable to keep. We paid for
:56:52. > :56:56.that in terms of public support in recent years. I think it is right
:56:56. > :57:01.for Nick Clegg to acknowledge that fact and make sure we are clear or
:57:01. > :57:09.about what we're going to see in advance of elections about how we
:57:09. > :57:14.will implement them. Why you come up with your wealth tax plan, you
:57:14. > :57:20.coalition partners say absolutely not, that looks like you aligning
:57:20. > :57:25.yourself up for another broken pledge? We are working through the
:57:25. > :57:29.proposals of the wealth tax. This is not simply what we do within
:57:29. > :57:33.government. We want to make sure the argument is made across the
:57:33. > :57:38.whole of Scotland and the United Kingdom. What we're determined to
:57:39. > :57:45.do is make tough decisions about public spending and make sure we
:57:45. > :57:53.make the right decisions. We want the benefits system to be share --
:57:53. > :58:01.fair and make sure that the wealthy pay their fair share. There is talk
:58:01. > :58:10.of plotting against Nick Clegg? What we Jews say about that? People
:58:10. > :58:17.will be focusing on the issues. We want to get out across the country
:58:17. > :58:27.to put forward Olla ideas. We have to leave it there. Thank you very
:58:27. > :58:44.
:58:44. > :58:52.much. The Deputy Prime Minister has said they would not let the
:58:52. > :59:01.Conservatives let the wealthy away with tax cuts. He says the voters
:59:01. > :59:05.realise his party is fighting for fairness. People would find it all
:59:05. > :59:11.the unacceptable a further fiscal austerity it was picked on to the
:59:11. > :59:18.poor. They have already gone for a new levy on expensive properties.
:59:18. > :59:27.It was not clear to be what other plans they had to hit the wealthy.
:59:27. > :59:31.The river is going to be in power at the next Parliament will have to
:59:31. > :59:36.introduced further cuts. I think we need to have the debate now in the
:59:36. > :59:40.middle of this Parliament about the principles which will govern that
:59:40. > :59:45.process. They are government will make sure that the better-off cough
:59:45. > :59:54.up. A specialist team of tax inspectors has been increased from
:59:54. > :59:59.200 to 300. Now, a millionairess will come under scrutiny. Nick
:59:59. > :00:04.Clegg, perhaps more than any other politician knows the dangers of
:00:04. > :00:13.promising what you cannot deliver. Now he has to tell them how and
:00:13. > :00:19.when. He and his that the Liberal Democrat conference. How much is he
:00:19. > :00:23.trying to just please his own supporters? To be fair, I think it
:00:23. > :00:30.will please his supporters that he is determined to tax the most
:00:30. > :00:34.wealthy. He has put a team together to come up with the various options.
:00:35. > :00:41.But the voters may be sceptical as to whether they can deliver. He has
:00:41. > :00:47.been unable to deliver this with regard to getting his coalition
:00:47. > :00:52.partners to agree. Again, he has come out with plans today, but very
:00:52. > :00:56.little detail. The idea that the wealthy will pay more in difficult
:00:56. > :01:02.times is popular with the voters, but what the conference will be
:01:02. > :01:07.asking is how he is going to do anything into practice. About has
:01:07. > :01:13.died and another seriously injured in a skydiving accident in
:01:13. > :01:20.Peterborough. It is not the men collided 50 ft above the ground.
:01:20. > :01:25.One man is in his early Fifties and died at the scene. The other is in
:01:25. > :01:30.hospital with severe spinal and leg injuries. Households could be
:01:30. > :01:38.compensated by a electricity and gas suppliers to break Industry
:01:38. > :01:43.rules. Under the proposals, Ofgem will have the proposals to make the
:01:43. > :01:48.company's give fines directly to the customer, as opposed to the
:01:48. > :01:58.Treasury. Special services are being held today to commemorate the
:01:58. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:09.two police officers killed in Manchester. Deal Keegan has been
:02:09. > :02:19.accused of murdering four people. There will be more news at 635 this
:02:19. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:24.evening. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. The Chief Secretary
:02:24. > :02:26.to the Treasury and Highlands MP Danny Alexander has been charged
:02:26. > :02:28.with overseeing the government's Trident review programme. The
:02:28. > :02:31.Coalition partners disagree about the replacement of the nuclear
:02:31. > :02:33.deterrent. A final decision will not be made until after the general
:02:33. > :02:37.election. A 17-year old man has been killed
:02:37. > :02:40.in a car crash in the Highlands. The accident took place on the road
:02:40. > :02:43.between Whitebridge and Fort Augustus near the Suidhe viewpoint
:02:43. > :02:47.at around ten o'clock last night. The car's driver is in a stable
:02:47. > :02:50.condition in hospital. It is hoped millions of pounds of
:02:50. > :02:53.funding will bring down waiting times for infertility treatment.
:02:53. > :02:59.The Scottish government say an extra �12 million will go towards
:02:59. > :03:02.improving access to IVF in all NHS boards. The money will support the
:03:02. > :03:09.SNP's commitment to deliver a maximum waiting time of 12 months
:03:09. > :03:19.for IVF treatment by 2015. Now let us take a look at the
:03:19. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:24.Good afternoon. After a cold night for much of the country, we can
:03:24. > :03:31.look forward to a fine autumnal day across much of Scotland. It will be
:03:31. > :03:35.dry with nice smells of sunshine, but will feel cool, particularly in
:03:35. > :03:45.coastal areas. That is all for now, I will hand
:03:45. > :03:47.
:03:47. > :03:50.Thanks, Andrew. Now it is time for our regular look at The Week Ahead.
:03:50. > :04:00.Today we are joined by two former special advisors for the Liberal
:04:00. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:11.Democrats, Christine Jardine and for the SNP, Ewan Crawford. Thank
:04:11. > :04:17.you both for coming in. A lot in the newspapers about the Liberal
:04:17. > :04:27.Democrat conference. The Observer is leading on coalition cuts have
:04:27. > :04:37.been too deep says a key aide to it Nick Clegg. Other trips revolting?
:04:37. > :04:37.
:04:37. > :04:47.Dashmack will I think this is natural when things are not looking
:04:47. > :04:52.so good any opinion poll. Any New Statesman this week, he was saying
:04:52. > :04:56.it was time to back Nick Clegg and that is more what I think you will
:04:56. > :05:00.see at the conference. People are having to think about what they
:05:00. > :05:07.have to do here. We are halfway through the coalition and I think
:05:07. > :05:11.what we will see is a very different approach from Nick Clegg.
:05:11. > :05:17.What we will see at the conference will be a general movement towards
:05:17. > :05:25.a different stance. If we are hearing about wealth tax and we do
:05:25. > :05:31.not have the details of that. Is it going to be plausible? But probably
:05:31. > :05:38.not. When you asked about Michael move whether he was sorry about
:05:38. > :05:43.tuition fees, in my head didn't immediately came in was that we met
:05:43. > :05:49.us that we here at! The trouble is that the Liberal Democrats have
:05:49. > :05:58.gone into mockery, because Nick Clegg was forced to watch that on
:05:58. > :06:02.the BBC he. I am sure thinking, when it comes to this wealth tax,
:06:02. > :06:10.most people are laughing at the prospect of them been able to bring
:06:10. > :06:14.it in. His the credibility issue a problem? As the think you will see
:06:14. > :06:19.a lot more campaigning outside government. I think the problem in
:06:19. > :06:22.coalition is the problem of collective responsibility. What
:06:22. > :06:27.they're going to try and do now is make it clear to the public what
:06:27. > :06:34.they actually want to, as opposed to what actually comes out of the
:06:34. > :06:40.Cabinet decisions. You will see a response to what happened this week.
:06:40. > :06:47.I think you will see differences in the next couple of years? The and
:06:47. > :06:52.what way? Her I think you saw the fledgling Movement for the fairer
:06:52. > :06:58.tax campaign before the Budget when Nick Clegg was pitching for the
:06:58. > :07:02.10,000 pound tax threshold. Now, I think you will see the wealth tax
:07:02. > :07:06.campaign. He said this morning that after what happened with tuition
:07:06. > :07:15.fees he cannot promise that, but he was putting forward the point that
:07:15. > :07:21.this is what they want. It is more honest for them to do that. Now, in
:07:21. > :07:31.the Sunday Times, the talk about Vince Cable's war on shady tax
:07:31. > :07:33.
:07:33. > :07:38.havens. A the front page picture is of the march in Edinburgh. To you
:07:38. > :07:43.think there is a danger that people will peak too soon? Is it difficult
:07:43. > :07:49.to bring up momentum or just about raising awareness at the moment?
:07:49. > :07:54.think it was the good morale- booster for those who were there.
:07:54. > :08:01.You saw earlier in the programme, Iain Duncan-Smith ducky about
:08:01. > :08:06.welfare policy. It is an issue reserve to Westminster, but it
:08:06. > :08:10.could become quite an issue if it was realised that this could be
:08:10. > :08:14.decided by Holyrood. It is the type of thing which will be more
:08:14. > :08:19.important that the likes of the march. It was a nice day out and
:08:20. > :08:25.very enjoyable, but those issues will decide what is more important.
:08:25. > :08:29.This that imported you move beyond the process and into the policies?
:08:29. > :08:34.Here is, you need to start talking about the likes of welfare, Defence,