04/01/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.the Everly Brothers. Coming up, a special edition of capital

:00:00. > :00:22.reporters. Hello and welcome to our look ahead

:00:23. > :00:29.to what the papers are putting us tomorrow. I am joined by Emily

:00:30. > :00:36.Ashton and Eva Simpson. That's look at what they are bringing us on the

:00:37. > :00:39.Sunday papers. The Independent on Sunday has an exclusive with the

:00:40. > :00:46.Labour leader Ed Miliband, promising to close a loophole in the rules

:00:47. > :00:52.about agency workers. The paper also has strong image of high tides

:00:53. > :00:56.battering Aberystwyth. The Observer leads on labour condemning what it

:00:57. > :01:01.calls crass, ugly claims by education secretary Michael Gove

:01:02. > :01:08.about the First World War. The Sunday Times report David Cameron's

:01:09. > :01:14.pledging to protect pensions. The front page has a picture of a

:01:15. > :01:20.21-year-old student rescued in Aberystwyth after fears he was swept

:01:21. > :01:25.to see. The mail on Sunday has a story about the Church of England

:01:26. > :01:29.rewriting the words said by parents and godparents during christening

:01:30. > :01:38.ceremonies. They will no longer need to repent their sins during baptism.

:01:39. > :01:43.And the Sunday Telegraph has an end to pensions Lottery on the front

:01:44. > :01:52.page. Let's look at some of those stories. Starting with the weather.

:01:53. > :01:55.That is the big story, and for many people watching BBC News this

:01:56. > :01:59.evening, they asked a clearing up their homes after the first round of

:02:00. > :02:05.floods, with more to come. The front page of the Independent has a

:02:06. > :02:09.striking picture of the waves. I think looking at the pictures and

:02:10. > :02:16.watching the news this evening, it's hard to get a true picture of how

:02:17. > :02:19.devastating this is. As you say, people are still cleaning up from

:02:20. > :02:26.the storms over Christmas, and it has started all over again. Once the

:02:27. > :02:30.cameras go away and the TV crews go away, that's when they start

:02:31. > :02:34.counting the toll of what has happened in the homes. It's pretty

:02:35. > :02:37.devastating stuff. What I find quite scary is the people who haven't been

:02:38. > :02:47.heeding the warnings to stay away from the coasts and go along and try

:02:48. > :02:51.and take photos. It's incredible. There is a picture of a father with

:02:52. > :03:01.his toddler daughter... That was today! And it was a massive weight,

:03:02. > :03:03.it's frightening. You can see what people would do it easy these

:03:04. > :03:09.amazing waves and people getting very close to them, but it means

:03:10. > :03:14.rescue crews had to go in and make sure they are OK. We will see

:03:15. > :03:21.tomorrow that a photography student today got too close and had to be

:03:22. > :03:25.rescued, very silly. As you say, the pictures are dramatic and fantastic

:03:26. > :03:31.to look at but it's a good point behind those amazing pictures we're

:03:32. > :03:36.seeing. There is a real loss of belongings and homes. I can't even

:03:37. > :03:43.imagine. There was a big storm in November, high-powered wins, and my

:03:44. > :03:48.fence got blown over but what's offence? That can easily be put up.

:03:49. > :03:53.I can't imagine having all my family photos disappearing, all the things

:03:54. > :03:57.of real sentimental value. As long as people have good insurance to

:03:58. > :04:02.take care of things like fridges and televisions, it happened so

:04:03. > :04:13.infrequently, we can't imagine what impact it has. And Christmas as

:04:14. > :04:22.well. It's a loss of prisons that -- presents. Staying with the

:04:23. > :04:25.Independent, they have an exclusive with Ed Miliband. Immigration is

:04:26. > :04:37.clearly becoming the political topic. The topic of 2014, as well.

:04:38. > :04:42.Labour have suddenly made is a big issue. Labour would the government

:04:43. > :04:49.that let these new Eastern European countries that were joining the EU

:04:50. > :04:52.free access. Millions came over. They predicted a few thousand each

:04:53. > :04:59.year, and they realised that mistakes were made. Now they are

:05:00. > :05:04.saying, we understand your anxiety over immigration, you can trust us

:05:05. > :05:08.at the next election, we get your jobs are going to be squeezed by

:05:09. > :05:14.this. Now they are trying to prevent these overseas agency staff

:05:15. > :05:21.undercutting UK job-seekers. It might seem to many people too

:05:22. > :05:25.little, too late. Can that party still be trusted? That's what a lot

:05:26. > :05:34.of people will be thinking. It's interesting that Ed Miliband... That

:05:35. > :05:37.he is making this pledge today. At the Labour conference last year he

:05:38. > :05:42.made the same page, to stop cheap foreign workers coming into Britain.

:05:43. > :05:46.Though he has clearly seized on this as his election battle ground, it's

:05:47. > :05:51.an issue that he will continue to hammer until the next election. Do

:05:52. > :05:58.you think it is an election battle ground because of UKIP? Exactly.

:05:59. > :06:03.UKIP have put this at the centre of the agenda. Politicians have to be

:06:04. > :06:13.careful when they talk about this issue. UKIP would, wouldn't they?

:06:14. > :06:17.The main parties however have to be cute about it, it's a slippery

:06:18. > :06:21.slope, you can find yourself entangled in conversations about

:06:22. > :06:24.racism and so forth. Ed Miliband in this situation is seizing the

:06:25. > :06:32.story, but taking the race angle out of it will stop he is broadening it

:06:33. > :06:36.out. The other thing with UKIP is it is not just them against the Tories,

:06:37. > :06:41.there are a lot of Labour voters who are disillusioned with them who are

:06:42. > :06:46.turning to UKIP. Labour realise this and realise they have to counter

:06:47. > :06:50.this attack. But they are not going on the benefit claimants are coming

:06:51. > :06:54.over here, they are going on, people want to come here to work, we

:06:55. > :07:02.understand their need for work, but we understand the concerns of Brits.

:07:03. > :07:07.Ed Miliband in the article in the Independent says that put this into

:07:08. > :07:13.context, what he has anxiety over is the cost of living crisis. He is

:07:14. > :07:18.making a clear diversion away from it being a racist or even a benefits

:07:19. > :07:23.issue, it is about whether the schools and NHS can cope, whether

:07:24. > :07:29.the housing available can cope. He also says there is a loophole which

:07:30. > :07:33.allows a lot of these firms that employ overseas workers at a much

:07:34. > :07:37.lower rate, so if you run a business, it's going to be more

:07:38. > :07:43.competitive and economic all for you to employ people from overseas,

:07:44. > :07:46.that's an important point to make. If British workers are being

:07:47. > :07:51.squeezed out because of minimum wage, he is right to try and combat

:07:52. > :07:57.that. I remember when the Olympic site was first emerging in the East

:07:58. > :08:02.End of London, there were rules to implement, you had to live in

:08:03. > :08:07.certain east London postcodes. The idea was that jobs went to local

:08:08. > :08:10.people, but they didn't. Because they were going to Eastern Europeans

:08:11. > :08:16.who were moving into those areas, registering themselves, and getting

:08:17. > :08:22.jobs on the Olympic site. So this is a problem that has been going on for

:08:23. > :08:25.years. And you can't fault them for taking advantage of those rules,

:08:26. > :08:30.they work hard, it is the EU that has allowed them to do that. I

:08:31. > :08:33.suppose now David Cameron is renegotiating our links with

:08:34. > :08:43.Brussels, Theresa May has talked about a cap on migrant workers, this

:08:44. > :08:47.is a debate that needs to be had. Let's move on to the Sunday Times,

:08:48. > :08:53.it is beginning to feel like an election year although we're not

:08:54. > :09:00.quite there yet full stop the PM in a New Year cash giveaway is the

:09:01. > :09:04.headline. This is perhaps a sign of the confidence of the government

:09:05. > :09:08.that we are on a road to recovery. If you saw his New Year message, it

:09:09. > :09:13.was all about how 2014 is the year we hope we will turn a corner. We

:09:14. > :09:19.have had some tough years, with the recession, and now they are saying,

:09:20. > :09:28.this is the years of prosperity. I really think that this year... It

:09:29. > :09:35.does feel like it! It definitely does. The Sunday Times piece makes

:09:36. > :09:39.it clear that he is making a pledge to the elderly, who the Sunday Times

:09:40. > :09:44.say are more likely to vote, turnout on election day. So he is making a

:09:45. > :09:50.clear page to them in terms of the pensions giveaway, saying he will

:09:51. > :09:58.safeguard pension rises until 2020. Also hints that income tax for

:09:59. > :10:04.all... This is another election issue, it is money, how much we have

:10:05. > :10:09.of it and how much we need. Do you think that the Conservatives, the

:10:10. > :10:20.prime minister, is winning this battle? I think in terms of taxes,

:10:21. > :10:24.it's difficult, the only tax cut... A lot of people have been taken out

:10:25. > :10:30.of tax altogether but the one that has hit hard in terms of politics is

:10:31. > :10:37.this top rate of tax which has come down to 45p. That's only for people

:10:38. > :10:44.earning over ?150,000. So that includes that may be going down even

:10:45. > :10:49.more. I am not sure that is going to be an election winner for people

:10:50. > :10:54.trying to make ends meet. You are hardly going to be popular being a

:10:55. > :10:57.government in times of austerity. He is obviously choosing his people

:10:58. > :11:05.carefully, if he is further reducing the top rate of tax, he's going for

:11:06. > :11:09.the high earners. The Sunday Telegraph, an end to the pensions

:11:10. > :11:12.Lottery. What we're talking about here is some of the hidden charges,

:11:13. > :11:25.a crackdown on some of the jargon that traps people will stop there as

:11:26. > :11:33.that word annuity... This is the Sunday Telegraph with a piece about

:11:34. > :11:37.how Steve Webb wants to change the policy of annuities, where they pay

:11:38. > :11:40.their pensions into an annuity which then pays them a certain amount, but

:11:41. > :11:47.they are locked into them. He wants to change this so people can get

:11:48. > :11:54.better... That will appeal to a lot of people. There are also these

:11:55. > :11:57.charges, so when you retire, as I understand, there are charges to

:11:58. > :12:04.even get that annuity in the first place. Just below that story it is

:12:05. > :12:12.something about changes to this day pension. -- state pension. The

:12:13. > :12:15.triple lock system, that is definitely going to stay after the

:12:16. > :12:24.next election, that is what he is promising. That is really going to

:12:25. > :12:29.win over pensioners. The trouble is, it's the next generation of

:12:30. > :12:38.pensioners that will really suffer. Work until we drop! The Observer, a

:12:39. > :12:48.story about the big society. I think that's the first I have heard that

:12:49. > :12:52.in years. This is David Cameron's old speech writer, he is saying now

:12:53. > :12:56.that the policy is viewed as little more than an exercise in people

:12:57. > :13:03.eating up rubbish and running tombola Martin McGinley. This was a

:13:04. > :13:07.big idea when it launched. He was unable to get the message across

:13:08. > :13:15.when he launched it, David Cameron, nobody understood what the big

:13:16. > :13:18.society meant, volunteering, people are already volunteering. So what

:13:19. > :13:22.was he actually go to do to make it easier for people to volunteer?

:13:23. > :13:28.Everything seems to get lost. It became a bit of a joke. This guy is

:13:29. > :13:33.saying it has now become an exercise in picking up rubbish and running

:13:34. > :13:40.tombolas. I don't think we will be hearing much more about that! He

:13:41. > :13:45.also describes it as an inspiring. Uninspiring. David Cameron seems to

:13:46. > :13:55.be about community and coming together. He has had some success

:13:56. > :14:01.since the riots. The more you make public sector cuts, and he keeps

:14:02. > :14:07.harping about the big society. Basically saying there is no more

:14:08. > :14:13.money, take over and do it for free. His advisers have probably realised

:14:14. > :14:19.it is not going to go down well. Well we have run out of time. We

:14:20. > :14:28.will be back later for another look at some of the stories making the

:14:29. > :14:34.front pages. Do stay with us. Yet more storms and strong winds are on

:14:35. > :14:44.their way. Coming up next, it's Reporters.