12/11/2015

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:00:00. > :00:00.That is in from Sir Terry Wogan, who will be very sad not to join the

:00:00. > :00:00.presenting team for children in need tomorrow night on BBC One. We will

:00:07. > :00:12.miss you, Terry. Let's look at some of the papers.

:00:13. > :00:18.Kate McCann, senior political correspondent at the Telegraph joins

:00:19. > :00:26.me. In joining your new job? And Rob Merrick, political journalist, joins

:00:27. > :00:31.as well. -- enjoying. The Financial Times says George Osborne is

:00:32. > :00:34.considering a plan to sell off the government's stake in housing

:00:35. > :00:38.associations in what he says would be one of the largest ever

:00:39. > :00:41.privatisations of its kind. Corbyn steals a march on Labour plotters is

:00:42. > :00:44.the headline in the Independent, suggesting the Labour leader is

:00:45. > :00:48.looking to change party rules in a bid to head off plots to oust him.

:00:49. > :00:51.Details from the court case involving a Buxton man accused of

:00:52. > :00:56.imprisoning and beating his daughter over 30 years. The Telegraph that

:00:57. > :00:59.out further details of possible industrial action by junior doctors

:01:00. > :01:04.who are currently being balloted over changes to new contracts. Same

:01:05. > :01:08.story in the Guardian, the paper says Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is

:01:09. > :01:12.gearing up for battle. Suggestion from a Tory minister that those

:01:13. > :01:18.affected by tax credit cuts should go without make ends meet. The Times

:01:19. > :01:23.leads with the migrant crisis, the paper says Europe's system of open

:01:24. > :01:25.borders is under serious threat. A warning storm Abigail could wreak

:01:26. > :01:33.havoc across the country in the Daily Express. So, the news on Sir

:01:34. > :01:38.Terry Wogan coming too late for the papers. Certainly not too late for

:01:39. > :01:43.them to feature the NHS. After missing targets and waiting times

:01:44. > :01:47.and beds being occupied by people who don't need to be there, we have

:01:48. > :01:54.another problem for Jeremy Hunt, junior doctors threatening to go on

:01:55. > :01:57.strike. It's been a problem for a number of years now, it is about to

:01:58. > :02:00.come to a head because junior doctors are going to be balloted on

:02:01. > :02:05.whether they want to walk out or not. It's the first time we've seen

:02:06. > :02:09.what that could look like. In the Guardian, it says there could be a

:02:10. > :02:14.24-hour emergency care only package on the 1st of December and on the

:02:15. > :02:17.eighth and 16th of December there could be a partial walk-out, it

:02:18. > :02:21.would have massive implications for anybody who had a scheduled

:02:22. > :02:25.operation because junior doctors, staff, based at a loss of our

:02:26. > :02:29.hospitals. Across the country. The real crux of it is that junior

:02:30. > :02:34.doctors don't feel Jeremy Hunt's proposals around pay and working

:02:35. > :02:36.hours are fair, they want to compromise. Jeremy Hunt says they

:02:37. > :02:41.don't want to sit down and talk about it. It's been going on for

:02:42. > :02:44.years. It's looking like there might be a strike, like it'll be difficult

:02:45. > :02:50.to find agreement at this late stage. The Health Secretary condemns

:02:51. > :02:54.it has extreme action, he's got a battle on his hands, do you think he

:02:55. > :03:00.sits there, thinking this might happen. Is he advised, warned? I

:03:01. > :03:04.don't think you'll be expecting a strike. It's an extraordinary idea,

:03:05. > :03:10.doctors going on strike, it's never happened before. It doesn't seem any

:03:11. > :03:13.doubt that the ballot will be fought. It'll be an interesting

:03:14. > :03:18.public relations battle, doctors are the most respected profession, more

:03:19. > :03:21.respected than the profession we are all in. They are the backbone of the

:03:22. > :03:25.NHS, everybody thinks they are overworked, they keep the NHS

:03:26. > :03:30.ticking over. Senior doctors might be accused of being on the golf

:03:31. > :03:37.course, dealing in private practice. If they are going on

:03:38. > :03:41.strike to protect overtime payments, then, if things start going wrong in

:03:42. > :03:47.the health service when they are out, there could be... Bite it'll be

:03:48. > :03:51.interesting, it'll dig in. And it's winter, this would hit NHS hospitals

:03:52. > :03:55.hardest, you are starting to see people coming down with flu, a lot

:03:56. > :03:59.of older people in A units who need to be removed on and can't be

:04:00. > :04:02.moved on. If the strike goes ahead, looks like it will, it will cause

:04:03. > :04:09.really big problems. Daily Telegraph. Features a photograph of

:04:10. > :04:13.Mr Modi, the Indian We were shocked because we struggled

:04:14. > :04:14.to find coverage of the papers front pages. Daily

:04:15. > :04:24.Telegraph, quite a meaningful headline, depending on

:04:25. > :04:31.what side of the fence you sit. All is forgiven, quite a loaded

:04:32. > :04:31.headline. In a way, it's been a strange visit so far, there hasn't

:04:32. > :04:38.been much in the been much in the papers, hasn't been

:04:39. > :04:42.a cradle in the press and not much fanfare at all, I wouldn't say.

:04:43. > :04:47.There was a protest in Westminster, the roads closed off, but quite

:04:48. > :04:52.small. It ended after a couple of hours, quite peacefully. Modi has

:04:53. > :04:57.done a couple of speeches talking about the relationship between the

:04:58. > :05:01.UK and India but I've struggled to find any substance in anything

:05:02. > :05:05.either of the leaders are saying. He did allude earlier this evening to

:05:06. > :05:11.differences, what those differences are, it might be over his

:05:12. > :05:13.leadership, some of the human rights issues raised by organisations like

:05:14. > :05:16.Amnesty International. The Daily Telegraph points out that Britain

:05:17. > :05:22.rolls up the red carpet for a man who was once shunned over his

:05:23. > :05:28.response to rioting that left 1000 Muslims dead during those riots in

:05:29. > :05:34.Gujarat. We're talking about a man, not a country. Slightly different to

:05:35. > :05:37.the Chinese visit of Xi Jinping. I gather he was banned from Britain

:05:38. > :05:44.because of what happened in the province he was in charge. He was

:05:45. > :05:49.accused of allowing riots to take place. We've had controversial

:05:50. > :05:51.visits, not just the Chinese, the leader of Kazakhstan last week. That

:05:52. > :06:00.is perhaps why there is less coverage. He was asked about his

:06:01. > :06:05.record in India but it lacked the drama of when the Chinese leader was

:06:06. > :06:08.confronted. Whatever this guy is responsible for, he is leader of a

:06:09. > :06:15.democracy, used to fighting elections aren't having to and fro.

:06:16. > :06:19.With China it was more dramatic. We'll set aside any human rights

:06:20. > :06:23.differences because it's all about trade. They often say that by

:06:24. > :06:26.dealing with leaders all countries where there are issues you are

:06:27. > :06:29.opening up the doors for those conversations to be had. If you shut

:06:30. > :06:34.the doors you can't influence change, that is always the argument.

:06:35. > :06:38.I always wonder as a journalist, does the change happen, Douvalidis

:06:39. > :06:44.ship issues change, are they influenced by the doors being open?

:06:45. > :06:50.He was talking about the importance of making his country work better

:06:51. > :06:55.for people to invest in it. The Indians are aware of the need to be

:06:56. > :06:58.democratic and transparent. He was talking about upholding

:06:59. > :07:02.international standards of business and things like that. I think they

:07:03. > :07:07.are aware of that and there could be great opportunities for the UK to

:07:08. > :07:13.invest in India and vice versa, there's a lot of change. He alluded

:07:14. > :07:19.it had taken him a while to visit the UK. There was a nod to that.

:07:20. > :07:22.Yeah. Most people think it's a smoke screen, the idea that by talking to

:07:23. > :07:27.countries we'll improve human rights when what we want to do is buy and

:07:28. > :07:32.sell from them. Which is trade is down 10%, we're desperate to reverse

:07:33. > :07:35.it. When it comes to EU membership sometimes it's part of the deal, you

:07:36. > :07:40.can't become a member until you have addressed the welfare system and

:07:41. > :07:45.other issues. As we saw with Romania. Trade is a powerful

:07:46. > :07:49.negotiating tool, trade sanctions can make a difference. Amnesty

:07:50. > :07:53.International said they are not knocking business deals, they don't

:07:54. > :07:59.want it to stop, it helps everybody. But they would like more

:08:00. > :08:04.transparency. Front page of the independent, Corbyn steals a march

:08:05. > :08:08.on Labour plotters, you might know more than the Independent. According

:08:09. > :08:12.to the paper he is planning to change election rules to stop

:08:13. > :08:19.anybody ousting him. Another one of those stories, the latest in Corbyn

:08:20. > :08:24.against his own party. I heard today... Some element of it. I heard

:08:25. > :08:28.he is angry because the press are referring to some of his MPs as

:08:29. > :08:33.moderate and they feel it paints him as extremist and they are not fans.

:08:34. > :08:37.It's used here in the first or second paragraph. It's a story about

:08:38. > :08:41.Jeremy Corbyn trying... It sounds like changing the rules to make sure

:08:42. > :08:44.he'd automatically be on the ballot if there was a leadership election

:08:45. > :08:49.triggered, which isn't the case at the moment. You need 50 MPs under

:08:50. > :08:54.the new rules to be able to get on the ballot. He struggled to get the

:08:55. > :08:57.support of the MPs on the original ballot and lots of people only

:08:58. > :09:01.supported him because they wanted to broaden the field, thinking he

:09:02. > :09:04.wouldn't win the election and he did. Whether it would happen a

:09:05. > :09:09.second time and he'd be able to reach that magic number of 50 MPs

:09:10. > :09:13.would be questionable. Sounds like an opportunity for him to make sure

:09:14. > :09:20.he's on the ballot, whether he could get the votes again another

:09:21. > :09:24.question. Reaction to this? It doesn't mean there is any immediate

:09:25. > :09:27.challenge to Corbyn. I don't know what Kate thinks, but Labour MPs I

:09:28. > :09:32.talk with, none of them think Corbyn is going anywhere soon, they think

:09:33. > :09:36.he's there for the foreseeable future because he has a powerful

:09:37. > :09:40.mandate from the party members. Stories suggest he has taken

:09:41. > :09:44.precautions in case. If he was unable to change the rules and would

:09:45. > :09:49.require the device images, 50 including any of these to be candid

:09:50. > :09:55.again. -- he would require 30 signatures. If he can guarantee him

:09:56. > :10:03.is on a ballot paper, presumably, if there was a rerun, he'd win again.

:10:04. > :10:09.presumably if he's on the ballot paper, he'll win again. Which

:10:10. > :10:15.suggest it probably won't happen in the near future.

:10:16. > :10:23.Let us have a look at the Telegraph. Mortgages until you are 80. People

:10:24. > :10:28.are living longer, so this makes a lot of sense. I think at the moment,

:10:29. > :10:35.you have to be paid off by the time you are 70 or 75, but people are

:10:36. > :10:41.living longer and 75 is not unachievable. Also, the age at which

:10:42. > :10:45.most people buy their first home is going up. I think the average age is

:10:46. > :10:51.31. Some building societies and banks are thinking of increasing the

:10:52. > :10:58.age limit in terms of payment money back. Also, they are thinking of

:10:59. > :11:06.taking away the age limit completely. Could it mean smaller

:11:07. > :11:11.mortgage repayments? It could also mean parents and grandparents

:11:12. > :11:21.helping the younger generation to get on the property ladder. A lot of

:11:22. > :11:26.pensioners are better off and have greater assets and this might allow

:11:27. > :11:32.these sorts of mortgages to be given. Thank you for joining me. We

:11:33. > :11:40.will do it again at 11:30pm. Do stay with us because at 11pm we will be

:11:41. > :11:46.bringing you more on the NHS missing their targets before the winter even

:11:47. > :11:47.sets in. First, it