11/12/2015 The Papers

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Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers

With me are Neil Midgley from Forbes.com

and Laura Hughes, who's a political correspondent

The Independent's front page has a picture of an illuminated

Eiffel Tower in Paris where negotiators are said to be close to

The Times says households are paying extortionate charges to Britain's

energy networks for routine jobs such as moving meters.

The FT looks at the Chinese businessman caught up

in the anti-corruption drive in China, where the private sector

is increasingly nervous of the government's actions.

The Mail reports on the millions of small business owners forced to file

The Express says a new blood test could predict

The Mirror reports on the schoolboy who died after falling under

And the Guardian says phone-hacking victims are expected to demand

a review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to cease pursuing

Laura, we are looking at the Independent, not their top story,

but that picture of the Eiffel Tower at the climate summit. We were

trying to work out whether that had been photo shopped, we haven't seen

the full details, it has been delayed. It will be out tomorrow

morning. We don't know everything that will be in it, and obviously

where there are conflict is, you have big powers, with America trying

to convince India and Brazil and China to sign up to the same

agreements. Then there are the issues of power countries have stuck

to the agreements that were made previously. We will see more detail

tomorrow, and find out how seriously they are going to take its. The

devil is in the detail, if it wasn't we would have had this agreement by

now. Copenhagen would not have been such a disaster. There does seem to

be something different this time around, some of them seem to be

walking the walk as well as talking the talk. The interesting thing in

the UK is that voters say that environmental issues are very

important to them, if you give them a list of issues. They say

environmental issues are important. But when you get into the detail of,

would you peep prepared to pay more for petrol at the pump if there was

a carbon tax or would you be repaired to pay more for food if the

distribution of that food cost the supermarket more because of the

carbon tax, then people say no. They think the cost should fall entirely

on businesses, on Shell and BP and Sainsbury's. Unfortunately that is

not how it works, if costs rise, unless it is a regulated industry

where it is banned, they pass it on to the consumers. So, how much

chance is there for a deal if it is a Draconian deal for the UK, whose

principal beneficiaries are foreign countries? In issues of money, one

of the stumbling blocks has been who will pay to compensate the poorer

countries for money that they are now having to shell out to deal with

problems that predate any issues that they have had in terms of

development? I think a lot of people feel that China should be doing

more, and these larger countries that are producing a lot more

emissions in the environment than many. The average China -- Chinese

person, the UK is a big country in terms of how much wealth you have

per person, and we are big country in those terms. In China they have a

huge economy but their GDP per head is much smaller. We shall see what

they come up with tomorrow. It seems to be the day that is being hailed

as when we will hear this historic deal. The Guardian is also focusing

on phone hacking. They feel victims may challenge the CPS, who say they

don't have evidence to go further. Yes, I would definitely add that,

the lawyers are set to challenge the CPS. There are some legal firms who

have made a good living the last few years out of representing victims of

phone hacking, and they tend to be clearing houses. There is one chap

who represents Paul Gascoigne, the footballer, and Alan Yandle. They

said subject to a client's instructions we would want to have a

review of the decision-making process. It doesn't seem like the

client are the driving force. What has happened here is that Alison

Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said there will be

no further criminal action against... There will be no criminal

action against journalists at the Daily Mirror who were subject of an

investigation, all corporate charges against News UK, former News

International, which is the news branch of the Murdoch empire in the

UK. That is probably where the rubber comes in this story, because

people who hate the Murdoch empire really hate it, and they will be

furious that as they see it once again the Murdoch empire has got off

the hook. -- the rub. Never mind that Rebekah Brooks was found not

guilty of all charges, that there have been a number of convictions,

Andy Coulson went to prison, this would have been an opportunity to go

for the head honchos, especially James Murdoch. He was in charge at

News International for part of the time period of this phone hacking,

so they are talking about the controlling mind of the company, he

satisfies that test. He was the controlling mind of the company, but

the CPS has said today that there is no evidence that he or anyone else

at the top of News International knew that the money that was being

paid for phone hacking was being used for phone hacking. Laura, take

us on to the Scottish Daily Mail, because they have a story that

council tax in Scotland may be on the way out. There is a commission

that has been going on, and they have basically been given a range of

options of not what they might want to scrap. We believe that they may

have got a tipoff that the council tax would be the SNPs's preferred

option. It is possible Holyrood could have the power to remove their

council tax. These powers are devolved to Scotland, so it could

really happen. I think the story here is that it will be the middle

classes who suffer the most. They might end up paying more money

because this is designed to save people who are not on high incomes,

and it also comes as local authorities have had many tax cuts,

and they are struggling to run. We have quite a lot to get through. The

Financial Times had this photo of a tai chi enthusiast who is a business

tycoon, finding himself in some hot water. Yes, he is the Chinese

equivalent of Warren Buffett. He is a billionaire investor who has

bought many Western brands, like Club Med and set Salle -- Cirgue du

Soleil. He has disappeared, and there is and ongoing investigation

at the moment into corruption. There are a number of very rich people in

China, some of whom it seems will now be squirrel in even more of

their money away. We are going to move on to the Sun, freedom of

information move. What is this about? There is a commission going

on looking at curbing the power is off FOIs. This is a very unpopular

move among a lot of newspapers, and they haven't supplied any evidence

in favour of it. They know they will be destroyed if an MP curb the

powers of a journalist to get a story. Why did it happen in the

first place? A lot of public bodies have submitted information, like

hospital trusts, saying they can't put enough money into services for

the elderly because the cost of FOIs is too great. Most of it is done by

members of the public, not just journalists. It is an important

tool, so things like standards we have at restaurants, like hygiene

and things. This is all based on FOIs. It all came from this freedom

of information act. A lot of people have been subject to FOIs, and it

has been seen to have an agenda even before it started. The Sun's

front-page has this story about a suspected gang, they think the same

one that raided Simon Cowell's mansion, they think they may have

targeted Rita or as well. This is all on the eve of the X factor final

that starts tomorrow. Imagine them running at Simon Cowell friendly

story on the eve of such a thing. Back in the day, and by which I mean

about five years ago, the X factor final was a national event. There

was a convulsion, and we all cared. We all watched, these were the early

days of Twitter, I used to talk to my friends on Twitter while it was

on, but now, Tumbleweed. Nobody cares. I don't think any of us know

any of the acts that I ring tomorrow night's final. The show still gets 6

million viewers, but it was getting 11 or 12 in its heyday. It is still

a big audience but it is lagging three or four viewers behind

Strictly Come Dancing, its big rival on the BBC. Questions are starting

to be asked about ITV's ability to keep a compelling autumn schedule

together for the next few years. You are saying Downton Abbey is

finishing. Downton Abbey is finishing, but Cold Feat is coming

back. Is it? Yes. -- Cold Feet. That is a great story to end on. That is

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