14/10/2012 Sunday Politics Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

Stay with us were the Sunday Politics and the North where we go

on a hunt for the missing European millions and claims like Yorkshire

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and Lincolnshire losing out. You are watching this Sunday at

politics for Yorkshire, Lincolnshire. We will be finding

out why targets for affordable homes are being slashed in some

areas. Could a generation of cash- strapped homebuyers be kept out the

market? The scramble has begun far hundreds of millions of pounds for

regional aid. But army being left behind? More from Brussels and a

moment. First let's meet our guests. Alec Shelbrooke is the MP for Elmet

and Rothwell. And we have Denis MacShane, the Labour MP for

Rotherham. We're going to talk about Europe. In the week when the

you has been awarded the Nobel Prize, that has cost nothing but

war in your party. -- EU. Dennis is a very keen supporter of the

European Union. But his friend for Luton is not so. It is spread

across the parties. You are former Europe Ministers. Is it tough being

a Europhile? They are in England. A Government that is hostile and most

of the Labour Party, and other parties are very hostile. This week

has been bad because Europe has torpedoed a very important merger

between two aerospace giants. That is going to cost a real? Whether

the British defence industry can go-it-alone in the future.

question we are asking today is that could Yorkshire miss out on

hundreds of millions of pounds of funding for regeneration projects

because it is not asking Europe for the money? A special event was held

in Brussels this week for the next round of European funding. Most of

the local into a size -- enterprise partnerships did not send anyone.

The opening session - five days discussing and lobbying of the next

round of regional development funding and every region from every

member country turned up in strength and Brussels. But it was

hard to find anyone batting for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. There

is no one representing the area. There was no longer a single voice

speaking for the regional regional other teas. Her the stakes are

extremely high. In the last round between 2007 and 2013, the 10

regions got 10.2 billion euros between them. But this time around

there are two -- 271 regions from across Europe check-in here to

Brussels for their share of the cake. As the crow flies, I have

come up 300 miles from that meeting. What is happening there has a

direct impact in what is happening here. This is Dewsbury in West

Yorkshire and over the years it has benefited from quite a lot of

European funding. But the problem here and for many towns across

Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is that the job of redevelopment has still

got a long way to go and it needs more of those EuroMillions. This

man opened a shop on the back of public spending making the town

more attractive to shoppers. Far hen that investment has to continue

and he does not care whether it isn't pounds or Euros. Anything

they could do it to improve employment and the area. I loved

Dewsbury and I can see the potential. But I have got to do

more than see the potential. We want to see things happening.

in Brussels the powerful commissioner for the region says

time is running out. Time -- money will be available from 2014 but as

a region they have to speak up for it. It is important to do it now

and then the next few weeks because hopefully there will be a decision

by the end of November. Therefore it is important to be tough when

you lobbying. Her members are looking on with excreting alarm.

The region's local partnerships say they are not funded to go to

Brussels. Some descended Para -- representatives but only a handful.

-- some did send representatives. Her we are getting money that'll be

used to help a region. If you go to parts of West Yorkshire, around the

Humber and North Lincolnshire, some of the biggest projects that have

brought jobs have started because of European funding. Because we

have European funding, we get extra funding from our own Government.

Across the road from the existing European Parliament, this massive

new building in Brussels shows just how the competition for regional

funding if is growing. With 27 member states now, the need all

this extra space. Denis MacShane, D U by this

argument that we are missing out on millions of pounds of regeneration

funding? -- took you. Her local enterprise partnerships are worried

they have been told not to go to Europe. Whenever you think about

the European Union, we are still in it. -- whatever you think about.

Because of the Tory isolationism, we are not there. You walk down

there was reason Brussels and you see the regions of you if are there.

They are not the one meeting every few years, their lobbying for help

and money morning and night. Because of are anti-European

Government, we are cutting ourselves off from a major source

of funding, especially for the North, because we have a Cabinet

which exists not just for Great Britain, but London, which does not

know whether North says. We might need some of this money but we have

not bothered to read for it. It is not fair for Dennis to make the

accusation that the Cabinet does not know where the North there is.

The International Development Secretary is from Rotherham. It is

unreasonable to suggest the Conservative Party and the

Government have no idea what the North is. It is a strange situation

we are in right now. I have not had the chambers coming to me saying

they have been told not to apply for things. There has been some

breakdown in communication, but you would have hoped that the MEPs

would have been speaking to the chambers before we got to the stage.

The fact is in Yorkshire and Humber, I am afraid we are hamstrung by

having a BNP MEP who has not done a single thing since getting elected.

He got elected on the politics of eight and has not done as single

thing sense. We are already down before we can make a stark. People

always saying we pay �10 billion a year into the European Newenden --

European Union. We could put some of that money into our back yard.

If we pulled out we would have to have some regional funding. The

real problem is, let's leave the referendum are out for another time,

the real problem is this Government is hostile to Europe and it means

we are cutting off our nose to spite her face. We are represented

by an unpleasant BNP man. And you check people who are not interested

in bringing in money to the area. - - UK I p people. As a result,

Yorkshire has got one Labour MEP, she does a fantastic job, but that

is about it. A to summer, is it about time we should bid for this

money for the area and the rest of our party of the world, otherwise

it will go to other countries? have not had any one come to me

saying that that has not been allowed. We do have any she's there

who should be coming back. Let's go back on some points here, the

Conservative Party as it stands today, is not saying we should

completely cut her nose of his fighter fees. But we are Colin at

for analysis far where we live within it European Union. --

calling far. That is where the big difference between Dennis and I

live. We are going to move on to claims now that we could see a big

following the number of affordable new ball was spilled over the

coming years. The Government wants to reduce the requirement for

developers to include smaller, more affordable homes on new estates.

But it has led to a big difference of opinion between the new Planning

Minister and his own Conservative- run County Council in Lincolnshire.

Sharon Edwards has the story. This woman is proud to show off her

new form. Just a few months ago this single mum was facing

homelessness after years spent struggling to pay rent. Now she is

one of the first residents to move into a new social housing estate

near Lincoln. Her this is my room. It is very rare and extremely

important to someone like me to secure a house like this. I would

probably be end extreme debt, very calls because I would not have any

form of heating on. I would have a problem looking after my children.

A place to live - a rite of passage into adulthood. The glue that will

help put the economy back together. House building and ownership are

the cornerstones of the UK economy and psyche. But the number of homes

being built here in Lincolnshire has fallen by almost 50% in four

years. Now the Government believes it has found a way to get Britain

building again. Allowing developers to build more of these and less of

these - affordable mill homes that make less money. We do not want the

sites to be frozen, we want to see some house building activity and of

these renegotiate since can help, that is good for everyone. Councils

have given planning permission for 8,200 homes that are yet to be

built. There are some companies that saying that being able to run

the renegotiate homes -- terms mean those homes will be built sooner.

This area has already managed to renegotiate terms with the local

council. The air is a need for affordable housing. At the moment

the construction industry is not able to deliver a huge amount of

that, given the difficult economic climate we are end. So people have

to give attack -- take a pragmatic approach, such as provision of

affordable housing. So central Lincolnshire is projected to get

42,000 new homes over the next 20 years. Earlier this year, the

council's agreed that 40% must be affordable. Now they have cut that

target by 50%. Lincolnshire County Council is not happy that the

Government plans to build even less. We are low wage economy here.

People find it hard to buy a decent quality housing or rent decent

housing. It suggests you do not care if people have a decent

quality home. Get-well only BAF -- bit they can demonstrate with a

good hard facts will they end deal to renegotiate the level of

affordable housing down. It is one of the biggest challenges facing

the coalition Government - How to marry the commercial drive behind

house building without shutting out with those it -- all those most in

need. It is said it is short sighted to

cut their requirements of better quality homes. The actual housing

allocation can be cut to developers can prove it is commercially and

Bible. We are in the middle of one of the worst recessions that this

country has ever seen and yet we have a massive housing shortage at

the same time. We have got to get this housing economy moving. It is

not saying it is going to be cut from 20% to 40%. It says you can

cut the targets if you can prove that what is down is commercially

unviable. The planning Minister says he was to get the construction

industry moving again. It will not help if it is lumbered like targets

set at them them of the industry? cut a three-quarters is expected.

Each house built gives work to around 35 people. This is an anti-

housing Government and to cut affordable housing which for my

constituents and a lot of Alec's took is the most important pressing

thing. It is a crying shame. We have a Government of southern

millionaires, people with no idea what the needs of the North are.

This cutting up of affordable housing, even affordable housing is

very expensive, is a real crime. Labour says we can build 100,000

new affordable homes by taking the money from the for GB licence. That

is a win from up -- when fault for the mobile phone industry. That is

something they can be a Tory idea. Every it Tories had seized it, I

would say, good for the Tory Minister. You have been talking

about the London posh boys again. He is on leader lives in up to �0.4

million house in London. He represents Doncaster. We could make

these silly political arguments, but we have to be pragmatic. --

�2.4 million. Affordable housing is still being built, but people will

be moving out some of the smaller houses into the medium is, that is

creating affordable housing in the up lower end. Let's get some of --

more of the week's political news in a part of the world. Stephen

Sheard has our round-up in 60 seconds.

The behaviour of police during and after the Hillsborough disaster is

to be part of the biggest ever independent inquiry into police

wrongdoing. Some offences includes manslaughter and perjury. It was

bad jobs -- news and jobs in Sheffield council. 500 miners face

redundancy due to geological problems at Allo all out. We hope

we Kenji mining until the planning permission runs out. A final

agreement on plans to build a wind turbine factory in Hull has been

held up. It is now unlikely to happen until early next year. More

allegations have continued to emerge about Jimmy Savile. Some MPs

have called for a change in the lock saw the entertainer can be

posthumously stripped of his knighthood.

Parliament resumes tomorrow. Would you look at what they could stretch

people of their nine to posthumously. -- nine to it. I hope

we can say something about this terrible series of accusations and

the number of victims it seemed to be coming forward. I do not think

we should be making any rash judgments but make sure that we can

get some justice for the victims will stop which are like to see how

am stripped of his night had? night hoots. I am interested in its

internal trafficking, continued commercialisation of young children

and the fact we have far more of this going on today. Jimmy Savile

is dead - I am worried about their living victims of today's sexual

abusers. Will South Yorkshire Police ever be able to recover from

the damage done by that disaster? It the tell the truth, the whole

trip -- truth and nothing but that is, the failure to name names of

the officers who covered up the edges, that is what is needed to be

done. Reconciliation and just go hand in hand, we need all the truth

out there and just his other victims who were left to die and

this amirs against them by a truly evil people at the time. Her as a

West Yorkshire MP, let's talk about Sir Norman Bettison, criticised for

some of the things he said if in the aftermath of the disaster.

Where does this new investigation leave and? He says he is going to

retire early next year. I do not think you should be allowed to

retire early. I think he should be suspended immediately. I think it

is important that whatever report comes out and whether he is found

to be innocent or guilty, the public should have faith in that

report. Their ears to be the head of the Chief Constable position of

yes Yorkshire Police, people may have conspiracy theories around

that. Which is what the IPCC are saying in the second allegation. It

is important that they say, you cannot retire until this matter is

brought to rest and you must be suspended so you cannot be accused

of being involved. Then the public can draw conclusions on whatever

has been drawn. I think both leaders made good speeches. I

cannot remember what Nick Clegg said. They treated us with respect

end learning his speech by heart. That is an old rule of oratory and

rhetoric. They read his speech out. He did it well, but I wonder if

party conferences are needed any longer. I am on the record as

saying we need to assess how weak to party conferences. -- how we do.

I think the major difference between Ed Miliband's speech, it

has been well received and the Prime Minister's speech, one was

trying to establish himself as an authority figure, the other was the