09/04/2014 The Papers

leave it there. Thank you. Now, it is time for The Papers.

Hello there, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will bring

us tomorrow. With me are Emma Barnett, the woman's editor at the

Daily Telegraph and Kevin Schofield, the chief political correspondent at

The Sun. Let us look at the front pages now. The resignation of the

former Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, is the Guardian's lead

story. It says the Co`op Group is in disarray, as we have been hearing,

after almost Lord Myners quit the board. Lord Myners shock resignation

makes the business papers. The house price boom spreads outside of London

and a crawling Prince George at a play group in New Zealand. The

Express claims British numberplates could be out laud. The Mirror has an

exclusive interview with the mother of Reeva Steenkamp, the dead

girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius. The paper warns we are vulnerable to

personal hacking. The Metro say the family of the murder policeman,

Keith Blakelock are distraught after another man is cleared of his

killing. And house priceses to sore by 2 o o 020 pricing many people out

of the market. The Guardian, Maria Miller. Every reviewer this week

said I hope this story finishes. I hope it's over. She resigned. Now,

the focus seems to have shifted to the Prime Minister? There has been

surprise that he didn't fire her. That it was left for her to fall on

her sword, there is supposedly one of his aides went out and gave

letter that strong nod to do so at 7.00am this morning. Yes, it does

seem to have shifted. It has been Prime Minister's Questions today. Ed

Miliband took every opportunity to ask why there was no leadership on

that front. Lots of people have been asking the same questions, sat at

home ` if we did anything with our expenses, yes, she was cleared of

the majority of the allegations, there was still thousands of pounds

she had to pay back and that short apology delivered. If we did that at

work we would be out on our ear, our bosses would have fired us. Why

isn't it the same in the Cabinet The Prime Minister said today, that it

was important to give people a chance. Maria Miller had apologised.

It was right stick by her. Is there going to be any public sympathy for

that feeling? I don't think so not when expenses are concerned. I think

there is a danger, they won't think it now right enough, there is a

danger, maybe the Prime Minister fell victim to this, that the public

anger that there was at the time of the expenses scandal in 2009 had

gone away almost. That there wasn't that same level of disquiet out

there. It brought it back to the surface. The Prime Minister I think

made the wrong call by standing by her. There was the suggestion he

didn't even read the report before he came out straightaway last week

and say that he was standing by her and she didn't need to go. He

wouldn't be sacking her. Once he said that obviously he couldn't go

back himself. It became a question of whether the pressure would become

so great that she would have to resign. As Emma says, I think with

Prime Minister's Questions today he was meeting the 1922 Committee of

Tory backbenchers tonight. If she hadn't gone by Prime Minister's

Questions, it could have been particularly nasty for him. It was

still an uncomfortable day for David Cameron, but I think he made sure

she was lent on and given no option other than to go. It would be remiss

of me, as the woman's editor not to point out, she is the Women's

Minister in this. He has a real issue with women and meeting a quota

he set himself. There has been the suspicion he was softer he needs

women in the Cabinet. He said he would have a third of his Cabinet

female by around this point much he has failed. He will fail by 201 a 5,

one of the targets he set. As many women in the Cabinet as there are

men called Dave. Great. Shall I go home now? There you go. You are on

The Papers! The other story on the front page of the Guardian. The

breaking news this evening. New chaos at the Co`op as Lord Myners

quits the board? It seems to suggest the organisation is pretty much

unleadable. The chief executive, Euan Sutherland, went over his pay

pact. Lord Myners came in and been set the task of trying to reform the

organisation, he met with resistance to that, as we have been hearing. He

decided that it's not worth the hassle, basically. They are about to

post massive losses about ?2 billion, later this week. It is an

organisation in complete chaos. You wonder whether it can be saved at

all. Well this is it. The suggestion now is that it could be well be you,

you, me the taxpayer bailing this thing out again? I thought you meant

offering strategic advice there. If that was it, I don't think I would

be welcome in that situation. No, potentially now. To regular people

it seems like a massive mess. Nobody has a full grasp why if the guy who

can help the situation, and he can't help the situation, why we should

care. The man who is a perfect fit for this job. Former Labour

Minister, friend of the City? Lower down in the story they say ` he is

thought to be staying on to complete hi controversial review. He will do

it as a non`board member? He had a good time on that board. He loved

it, clearly! The Telegraph and the story about

migrants. Labour were saying if it was in Government they would make

clear rules for employers and employees not to under price certain

British workers. But we are saying, has this not already have them? It

is already there. If the Labour Party are going to stop it, a lot of

people will be asking that. It says Yvette Cooper will admit the last

Labour Government got things wrong on immigration. Perhaps too little,

too late is a phrase that springs to mind. It was a point that Nigel

Farage made during his debate with Nick Clegg. He said immigrating,

migrant workers, it is fantastic for people who need nannies and cleaners

and the rich upper`class. Loo`mac James Brokenshire said the same

thing. He was criticised for saying it. You mentioned Nigel Farage, but

it shows the worrying disquiet amongst the established parties

about how UKIP will do in next month's European elections. They are

almost trying to move on to the UKIP turf. They are all very worried

about how the elections will go and this is an attempt by Labour to say

to people, we understand your concerns, most people think if their

wages are being driven down by immigration. But I am not sure if it

will work at the moment. Nothing seems to be working to try and stop

the march of UKIP. Nigel Farage happened to be in

Basingstoke. It was eight coincidence. Do you think the Miller

family had him around? That Taylor will go on and on. We go to the mail

and it is also on the front of the Telegraph as well. House prices to

soar until 2020. Middle income earners will be priced out. The

Royal institution of chartered surveyors have come out saying that

house prices across the whole of the country will keep soaring until

2020. We always looked at London when it comes to boom figures, but

this is a boom figure. By 2020 the average London home will cost 570

thousand pounds. Over half a million. This will stop people from

moving themselves. Some people are finding it easier to get on with the

new build and they help to buy scheme, but this is a big thing. You

cannot imagine it being like this and being sustainable. Bubbles may

burst. Absolutely and our take on it now is different to what it was five

years ago. At the time we almost bought into the return of boom and

bust which we were told by the Chancellor at the time, I cannot

remember his name. It was seen as a good thing that prices were going

up, but now everyone's approach is, Jesus, these prices are going up and

this is definitely a bubble. The Government insists it is a bubble.

It bounces around like a bubble. I feel for people who are not on the

property ladder, and I feel for them. That breaking news of Lord

Myners has curtailed the paper is a bit. We will get on to Prince George

next time. You will be back in an hour's time, so stay with us. At 11

o'clock a second political scalp is gone over the Maria Miller expenses

row. Michael fabric and has been sacked by Tory vice`chairman. We

will have more on that. Hello and welcome to Sportsday, I am

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the Champions League, Arjen Robben rounding off a 3`1 win on the night

for the holders, 4`2 on aggregate. So Bayern