11/12/2015

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:00:00. > :00:00.miss the Euro 2016 draw in Paris, after he lost... And, this

:00:00. > :00:14.evening's European rugby. That is all in sport later.

:00:15. > :00:17.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

:00:18. > :00:20.With me are Neil Midgley from Forbes.com

:00:21. > :00:21.and Laura Hughes, who's a political correspondent

:00:22. > :00:33.The Independent's front page has a picture of an illuminated

:00:34. > :00:36.Eiffel Tower in Paris where negotiators are said to be close to

:00:37. > :00:40.The Times says households are paying extortionate charges to Britain's

:00:41. > :00:50.energy networks for routine jobs such as moving meters.

:00:51. > :00:53.The FT looks at the Chinese businessman caught up

:00:54. > :00:56.in the anti-corruption drive in China, where the private sector

:00:57. > :01:03.is increasingly nervous of the government's actions.

:01:04. > :01:07.The Mail reports on the millions of small business owners forced to file

:01:08. > :01:22.The Express says a new blood test could predict

:01:23. > :01:26.The Mirror reports on the schoolboy who died after falling under

:01:27. > :01:30.And the Guardian says phone-hacking victims are expected to demand

:01:31. > :01:33.a review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to cease pursuing

:01:34. > :01:55.Laura, we are looking at the Independent, not their top story,

:01:56. > :02:01.but that picture of the Eiffel Tower at the climate summit. We were

:02:02. > :02:07.trying to work out whether that had been photo shopped, we haven't seen

:02:08. > :02:12.the full details, it has been delayed. It will be out tomorrow

:02:13. > :02:17.morning. We don't know everything that will be in it, and obviously

:02:18. > :02:23.where there are conflict is, you have big powers, with America trying

:02:24. > :02:27.to convince India and Brazil and China to sign up to the same

:02:28. > :02:37.agreements. Then there are the issues of power countries have stuck

:02:38. > :02:48.to the agreements that were made previously. We will see more detail

:02:49. > :02:52.tomorrow, and find out how seriously they are going to take its. The

:02:53. > :02:57.devil is in the detail, if it wasn't we would have had this agreement by

:02:58. > :03:06.now. Copenhagen would not have been such a disaster. There does seem to

:03:07. > :03:10.be something different this time around, some of them seem to be

:03:11. > :03:16.walking the walk as well as talking the talk. The interesting thing in

:03:17. > :03:18.the UK is that voters say that environmental issues are very

:03:19. > :03:23.important to them, if you give them a list of issues. They say

:03:24. > :03:30.environmental issues are important. But when you get into the detail of,

:03:31. > :03:34.would you peep prepared to pay more for petrol at the pump if there was

:03:35. > :03:38.a carbon tax or would you be repaired to pay more for food if the

:03:39. > :03:43.distribution of that food cost the supermarket more because of the

:03:44. > :03:50.carbon tax, then people say no. They think the cost should fall entirely

:03:51. > :03:57.on businesses, on Shell and BP and Sainsbury's. Unfortunately that is

:03:58. > :04:04.not how it works, if costs rise, unless it is a regulated industry

:04:05. > :04:10.where it is banned, they pass it on to the consumers. So, how much

:04:11. > :04:13.chance is there for a deal if it is a Draconian deal for the UK, whose

:04:14. > :04:20.principal beneficiaries are foreign countries? In issues of money, one

:04:21. > :04:23.of the stumbling blocks has been who will pay to compensate the poorer

:04:24. > :04:36.countries for money that they are now having to shell out to deal with

:04:37. > :04:42.problems that predate any issues that they have had in terms of

:04:43. > :04:47.development? I think a lot of people feel that China should be doing

:04:48. > :04:54.more, and these larger countries that are producing a lot more

:04:55. > :05:05.emissions in the environment than many. The average China -- Chinese

:05:06. > :05:12.person, the UK is a big country in terms of how much wealth you have

:05:13. > :05:16.per person, and we are big country in those terms. In China they have a

:05:17. > :05:22.huge economy but their GDP per head is much smaller. We shall see what

:05:23. > :05:25.they come up with tomorrow. It seems to be the day that is being hailed

:05:26. > :05:35.as when we will hear this historic deal. The Guardian is also focusing

:05:36. > :05:43.on phone hacking. They feel victims may challenge the CPS, who say they

:05:44. > :05:46.don't have evidence to go further. Yes, I would definitely add that,

:05:47. > :05:51.the lawyers are set to challenge the CPS. There are some legal firms who

:05:52. > :05:56.have made a good living the last few years out of representing victims of

:05:57. > :06:03.phone hacking, and they tend to be clearing houses. There is one chap

:06:04. > :06:10.who represents Paul Gascoigne, the footballer, and Alan Yandle. They

:06:11. > :06:13.said subject to a client's instructions we would want to have a

:06:14. > :06:18.review of the decision-making process. It doesn't seem like the

:06:19. > :06:22.client are the driving force. What has happened here is that Alison

:06:23. > :06:25.Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said there will be

:06:26. > :06:33.no further criminal action against... There will be no criminal

:06:34. > :06:37.action against journalists at the Daily Mirror who were subject of an

:06:38. > :06:42.investigation, all corporate charges against News UK, former News

:06:43. > :06:46.International, which is the news branch of the Murdoch empire in the

:06:47. > :06:51.UK. That is probably where the rubber comes in this story, because

:06:52. > :06:57.people who hate the Murdoch empire really hate it, and they will be

:06:58. > :07:05.furious that as they see it once again the Murdoch empire has got off

:07:06. > :07:08.the hook. -- the rub. Never mind that Rebekah Brooks was found not

:07:09. > :07:12.guilty of all charges, that there have been a number of convictions,

:07:13. > :07:17.Andy Coulson went to prison, this would have been an opportunity to go

:07:18. > :07:26.for the head honchos, especially James Murdoch. He was in charge at

:07:27. > :07:31.News International for part of the time period of this phone hacking,

:07:32. > :07:36.so they are talking about the controlling mind of the company, he

:07:37. > :07:39.satisfies that test. He was the controlling mind of the company, but

:07:40. > :07:45.the CPS has said today that there is no evidence that he or anyone else

:07:46. > :07:47.at the top of News International knew that the money that was being

:07:48. > :07:55.paid for phone hacking was being used for phone hacking. Laura, take

:07:56. > :07:58.us on to the Scottish Daily Mail, because they have a story that

:07:59. > :08:04.council tax in Scotland may be on the way out. There is a commission

:08:05. > :08:07.that has been going on, and they have basically been given a range of

:08:08. > :08:14.options of not what they might want to scrap. We believe that they may

:08:15. > :08:27.have got a tipoff that the council tax would be the SNPs's preferred

:08:28. > :08:32.option. It is possible Holyrood could have the power to remove their

:08:33. > :08:36.council tax. These powers are devolved to Scotland, so it could

:08:37. > :08:39.really happen. I think the story here is that it will be the middle

:08:40. > :08:43.classes who suffer the most. They might end up paying more money

:08:44. > :08:50.because this is designed to save people who are not on high incomes,

:08:51. > :08:57.and it also comes as local authorities have had many tax cuts,

:08:58. > :09:05.and they are struggling to run. We have quite a lot to get through. The

:09:06. > :09:09.Financial Times had this photo of a tai chi enthusiast who is a business

:09:10. > :09:17.tycoon, finding himself in some hot water. Yes, he is the Chinese

:09:18. > :09:23.equivalent of Warren Buffett. He is a billionaire investor who has

:09:24. > :09:38.bought many Western brands, like Club Med and set Salle -- Cirgue du

:09:39. > :09:54.Soleil. He has disappeared, and there is and ongoing investigation

:09:55. > :10:01.at the moment into corruption. There are a number of very rich people in

:10:02. > :10:11.China, some of whom it seems will now be squirrel in even more of

:10:12. > :10:25.their money away. We are going to move on to the Sun, freedom of

:10:26. > :10:29.information move. What is this about? There is a commission going

:10:30. > :10:48.on looking at curbing the power is off FOIs. This is a very unpopular

:10:49. > :10:53.move among a lot of newspapers, and they haven't supplied any evidence

:10:54. > :11:01.in favour of it. They know they will be destroyed if an MP curb the

:11:02. > :11:08.powers of a journalist to get a story. Why did it happen in the

:11:09. > :11:11.first place? A lot of public bodies have submitted information, like

:11:12. > :11:16.hospital trusts, saying they can't put enough money into services for

:11:17. > :11:21.the elderly because the cost of FOIs is too great. Most of it is done by

:11:22. > :11:25.members of the public, not just journalists. It is an important

:11:26. > :11:30.tool, so things like standards we have at restaurants, like hygiene

:11:31. > :11:38.and things. This is all based on FOIs. It all came from this freedom

:11:39. > :11:43.of information act. A lot of people have been subject to FOIs, and it

:11:44. > :11:56.has been seen to have an agenda even before it started. The Sun's

:11:57. > :12:00.front-page has this story about a suspected gang, they think the same

:12:01. > :12:10.one that raided Simon Cowell's mansion, they think they may have

:12:11. > :12:16.targeted Rita or as well. This is all on the eve of the X factor final

:12:17. > :12:23.that starts tomorrow. Imagine them running at Simon Cowell friendly

:12:24. > :12:28.story on the eve of such a thing. Back in the day, and by which I mean

:12:29. > :12:35.about five years ago, the X factor final was a national event. There

:12:36. > :12:39.was a convulsion, and we all cared. We all watched, these were the early

:12:40. > :12:47.days of Twitter, I used to talk to my friends on Twitter while it was

:12:48. > :12:51.on, but now, Tumbleweed. Nobody cares. I don't think any of us know

:12:52. > :13:00.any of the acts that I ring tomorrow night's final. The show still gets 6

:13:01. > :13:06.million viewers, but it was getting 11 or 12 in its heyday. It is still

:13:07. > :13:09.a big audience but it is lagging three or four viewers behind

:13:10. > :13:22.Strictly Come Dancing, its big rival on the BBC. Questions are starting

:13:23. > :13:28.to be asked about ITV's ability to keep a compelling autumn schedule

:13:29. > :13:35.together for the next few years. You are saying Downton Abbey is

:13:36. > :13:47.finishing. Downton Abbey is finishing, but Cold Feat is coming

:13:48. > :13:52.back. Is it? Yes. -- Cold Feet. That is a great story to end on. That is

:13:53. > :13:55.it for the Papers. Coming up next, Sportsday.