:00:17. > :00:23.Hello and welcome to our look ahead of what the papers will be bringing
:00:24. > :00:26.in the morning. Joining me is the political correspondent at the
:00:27. > :00:32.Evening Standard and the broadcaster John Stapleton. Welcome. A look at
:00:33. > :00:35.those front pages first. The FT is saying that the new Work and
:00:36. > :00:39.Pensions Secretary, Stephen Crabb, stunned Parliament by suggesting the
:00:40. > :00:46.government's welfare crackdown was at an end. The ice is the welfare
:00:47. > :00:47.U-turn has fostered the Budget and that Mr Osborne's plans lie in
:00:48. > :01:00.ruins. -- The i says. The teenager jailed for the
:01:01. > :01:05.manslaughter of PC David Phillips yelled "Watch this" before he ran
:01:06. > :01:11.over the police officer. The paper says the jurors were not told that
:01:12. > :01:17.beforehand. That story also leads in the Daily Mirror. It says the young
:01:18. > :01:21.daughter of the police officer begged her mother to bring him home.
:01:22. > :01:33.And how she dreams that her husband is still life is in the New Day. The
:01:34. > :01:37.cost of investigating child abuse has gone above ?1 billion a year,
:01:38. > :01:43.according to the Times. The mail calls the end of operation midland
:01:44. > :01:49.without any prosecutions a humiliation for Scotland Yard. We
:01:50. > :01:56.will cover most of those in the next 15 minutes. Let's start with the FT.
:01:57. > :02:00.The coverage of Tories, and welfare cuts, and what they are describing
:02:01. > :02:04.as turmoil. It is astonishing, really. When you think back a week
:02:05. > :02:10.ago to the eve of the Budget, and the one thing George Osborne had to
:02:11. > :02:13.do was to deliver a safe Budget, non-confrontational, keep his
:02:14. > :02:17.backbenchers happy, given there is so much banks than division going on
:02:18. > :02:21.over the referendum, anyway. But that hasn't happened. The last few
:02:22. > :02:27.days gives you prove it hasn't happened. And what was branded a
:02:28. > :02:34.Budget shambles last time with the tax credits cuts. With the tax
:02:35. > :02:40.credits U-turn after it was defeated in the House of Lords. That's almost
:02:41. > :02:44.pales into insignificance with the resignation of the Work and Pensions
:02:45. > :02:49.Secretary. Touring and for between the government, between Cameron and
:02:50. > :02:53.George Osborne, IDS on the other, and it all blowing up today with the
:02:54. > :03:01.Conservatives this afternoon in the House of Commons. -- toing and
:03:02. > :03:07.froing. The FT reports that there is unlikely to be any other welfare
:03:08. > :03:13.cuts other than those announced. But are there? To make ends meet, to
:03:14. > :03:17.make sure the figures stack up. I came away from this puzzled. He
:03:18. > :03:21.created a clear impression there would be no more welfare cuts within
:03:22. > :03:25.this Parliament. But within a short time I was hearing his department
:03:26. > :03:29.saying, hang on, he is saying there are no plans for welfare cuts, which
:03:30. > :03:35.is a different thing. There are no plans at the moment. There could be
:03:36. > :03:39.some in 18 months. They want to keep their options open. It could be a
:03:40. > :03:45.further shambles. The government will not be coming forward with any
:03:46. > :03:49.further... Exactly, and some have already been announced, which due to
:03:50. > :03:54.the implement it. The big problem this creates is George Osborne had
:03:55. > :04:00.banked on welfare cuts providing ?4.4 billion worth of savings.
:04:01. > :04:03.Already having missed one or two of his three fiscal rules, he is now
:04:04. > :04:11.desperate to meet the last one for the economy to be in surplus. How do
:04:12. > :04:15.you fill the shortfall? Where is it going to hit? Councils, policing?
:04:16. > :04:20.Are they going to come forward with more welfare cuts? The Budget is
:04:21. > :04:24.huge for welfare. Will the government finally decide they will
:04:25. > :04:27.have to that have other aspects of the welfare system? One of the
:04:28. > :04:32.criticisms from Iain Duncan Smith over the weekend was they seemed
:04:33. > :04:38.prepared to cut from the most needy in society, the disabled, but not
:04:39. > :04:43.looking at the perks for those who can afford it. A good quote from the
:04:44. > :04:46.new Work and Pensions Secretary, behind every statistic there is a
:04:47. > :04:51.human being, and perhaps sometimes in government we forgot that. It is
:04:52. > :04:56.a bit late. I was in the House of Commons and that was met by a feud
:04:57. > :05:03.guffaws on the opposite benches. Exactly. -- few. George Osborne and
:05:04. > :05:07.Iain Duncan Smith were nowhere to be seen.
:05:08. > :05:13.Take us to the Telegraph, John. They are sticking with the same topic.
:05:14. > :05:21.But interestingly the Mayor of London has had something to say.
:05:22. > :05:26.Yes, Boris Johnson, she spends a lot of time following him.
:05:27. > :05:32.Professionally speaking. Guess, not a super fan, professionally. He
:05:33. > :05:37.branded the welfare cuts a mistake. -- yes. While we only hearing this
:05:38. > :05:42.now from Boris? Why didn't the signal his disquiet about this? As
:05:43. > :05:47.one could say about Iain Duncan Smith. He supported this proposal,
:05:48. > :05:50.apparently, didn't say anything when the government hinted at the back
:05:51. > :05:54.end of last week they would be withdrawing it. Then suddenly, at
:05:55. > :06:00.the very end of the week, says sorry, I have had enough, I am
:06:01. > :06:06.going. Why didn't any of them come out and say they were against it?
:06:07. > :06:09.Tiny, positioning. It is also about personalities. The Daily Mail
:06:10. > :06:14.pointed that out today. And a few hours after, I interviewed Boris
:06:15. > :06:19.Johnson, and the topic didn't come up. We are talking about housing,
:06:20. > :06:24.business rates, and the ship attacks. He didn't mention it. And
:06:25. > :06:30.there are rumours that he has been away this weekend. -- sugar tax.
:06:31. > :06:39.Being away has never stopped Boris Johnson. I think it is fair to say
:06:40. > :06:48.that Boris's decision to weigh in now will depend on how low George
:06:49. > :06:51.Osborne's stock goes. I am referring to your reference of personality in
:06:52. > :06:56.politics. This is about the context now for the leadership of the
:06:57. > :06:59.Conservative Party. In some quarters there is a feeling that irrespective
:07:00. > :07:04.of the outcome of the referendum David Cameron will face a leadership
:07:05. > :07:09.battle. As a keen observer, would you reckon George Osborne's chances
:07:10. > :07:13.of the leadership are dead and buried? I wouldn't say dead and
:07:14. > :07:17.buried. Boris Johnson and George Osborne have gone up and down.
:07:18. > :07:21.Certainly in the past George Osborne has hit problems with previous
:07:22. > :07:27.budgets but managed to rebuild. Yes. And he had a repeat a shot being a
:07:28. > :07:32.lucky Chancellor, who found ?27 billion down the back of a House of
:07:33. > :07:37.Commons sofa. He is a formidable political operative. The big problem
:07:38. > :07:45.for him in all of this is it confirms the stereotype, that he
:07:46. > :07:48.lacks heart, and it is all about the political manoeuvring. Boris will be
:07:49. > :07:51.looking to capitalise on this. If nothing else, and he is the most
:07:52. > :07:55.popular politician in the country because he is full of charisma and
:07:56. > :08:00.cheer, the public like that about him, it is a stark contrast. What
:08:01. > :08:04.Boris before now was lacking was a natural constituency on the
:08:05. > :08:08.backbenches, which he would need to succeed in order to win a leadership
:08:09. > :08:12.context, or even get down to the final two. His Brexit position
:08:13. > :08:16.helped that. Suddenly he had the support of half of the backbenches.
:08:17. > :08:20.This will support him further. The gap between him and George Osborne
:08:21. > :08:27.has always been exemplified in the Treasury's mind and the supporters
:08:28. > :08:35.of it as Boris being the buff who knew run anything, and Osborne was
:08:36. > :08:47.always the dependable one. -- Boris being the buffoon. John, take us to
:08:48. > :08:50.the New Day. When I dream I sleep my husband is alive and we are
:08:51. > :08:56.together. This is the wife of the murdered police officer. So brutally
:08:57. > :09:01.murdered by Clayton Williams, a 20-year-old, lout, frankly, a drug
:09:02. > :09:09.addict. And it was manslaughter in the end. Not guilty of murder. He
:09:10. > :09:14.stole a car. He ran over PC David Phillips who was trying to stop him.
:09:15. > :09:19.A victim's statement, which I heard courtesy of the BBC News at
:09:20. > :09:26.lunchtime, was devastated, actually. She talked about the fact that she
:09:27. > :09:31.dreams at night, she wakes up, thinks he is beside her, and he
:09:32. > :09:39.isn't there. Her seven-year-old now has nightmares. This lout has
:09:40. > :09:43.devastated their lives. She is a very brave lady. She gave interviews
:09:44. > :09:49.after the court case. Very composed and considered. The poor woman and
:09:50. > :09:54.her entire family, having their lives turned upside down by this
:09:55. > :09:58.idiot. It is devastating. Several other newspapers focusing on it, as
:09:59. > :10:02.well. Before we look at some of the other stories, let me remind those
:10:03. > :10:07.of you just joining us of those front pages we have been talking
:10:08. > :10:16.about. The FT talking about the Tories' end to welfare cuts in a bid
:10:17. > :10:20.to end turmoil. The i Is featuring the welfare U-turn. Boris Johnson's
:10:21. > :10:28.remarks on the subject on the Daily Telegraph. And you will see the
:10:29. > :10:32.Metro's take on PC David Phillips and what his widow has said. The
:10:33. > :10:40.Daily Mirror with that story, as well. Then you can see the New Day
:10:41. > :10:44.that John was alluding to. And the times with the police investigation
:10:45. > :10:50.to alleged BIP paedophile activities and the Daily Mail focusing on that,
:10:51. > :10:55.as well. We will stay with that. The Daily Mail is, as you saw,
:10:56. > :11:02.fleetingly making no secret of where it stands on that story. Yes. Not
:11:03. > :11:08.impressed with Scotland Yard, to say the least, and the fact that the IP
:11:09. > :11:16.paedophile murder enquiry, operation Midlands, took 16 months, cost ?1
:11:17. > :11:23.million and did not result in a single conviction. -- VIP paedophile
:11:24. > :11:27.murder. They described it as a shambles. It says it is an
:11:28. > :11:30.embarrassment for the force. That it should be apologising for the lives
:11:31. > :11:36.it has ruined, the reputations it has shattered. Strong words. The sun
:11:37. > :11:43.newspaper has also got a comment, can he stay, the Met commissioner,
:11:44. > :11:55.can he stay in charge when their only surviving member of the now,
:11:56. > :12:01.and let it -- alleged survivor of the paedophile ring should stepped
:12:02. > :12:07.down. There will be a lot of questions. People will say of course
:12:08. > :12:11.in this situation the police didn't reach the situation they should have
:12:12. > :12:15.done. But what happens when somebody does turn out to have done
:12:16. > :12:19.something? A number of problems for the Metropolitan. Early on in the
:12:20. > :12:28.enquiry a very senior officer said there had been references to the
:12:29. > :12:32.boy, boy at the time, making the allegations. They said it was
:12:33. > :12:37.credible. Now we have found other isn't even sufficient evidence to
:12:38. > :12:44.that the case forward. Secondly, not the way they did, but in
:12:45. > :12:50.circumstance -- secondly, not what they did, but the way they did it in
:12:51. > :12:53.certain circumstances. Particularly with those who were named as
:12:54. > :12:58.culprits. I don't go along with the notion that just because an enquiry
:12:59. > :13:01.to result in a prosecution that the boss should resign. They have no
:13:02. > :13:07.option. If somebody makes a complaint of this nature, a serious
:13:08. > :13:11.allegation, they have no option but to investigate. The Times has an
:13:12. > :13:15.interesting line saying the police are spending ?1 billion per year on
:13:16. > :13:19.child sex abuse cases. I was talking not that long ago to a senior police
:13:20. > :13:24.officer who was telling me about this. He said we have to investigate
:13:25. > :13:27.this. It is our duty. They are terribly, terribly time-consuming,
:13:28. > :13:32.and the more of these cases we do the more people come forward. Which
:13:33. > :13:35.is a good thing. We cannot knock the fact people will come forward
:13:36. > :13:38.because of it. But it is time consuming. And because of the
:13:39. > :13:43.historical nature, they will not result in a prosecution, which begs
:13:44. > :13:49.the question, should we have a statute of limitation? One more, it
:13:50. > :13:58.will have to be fleeting, Novak Djokovic, sexist prize money plan is
:13:59. > :14:03.what The i are calling it. The ball is in your court. Martina
:14:04. > :14:09.Navratilova has suggested that women could boycott tournaments over
:14:10. > :14:13.parity of prize money and have a tennis players, men or women, are
:14:14. > :14:21.viewed by the organisers. I don't dig it is a bad idea. There have
:14:22. > :14:24.been many high profile tennis players from Martina Navratilova,
:14:25. > :14:28.over the years, to the Williams sisters, to many others, and I think
:14:29. > :14:33.they should stick it to them. -- I don't think it is a bad idea. Stick
:14:34. > :14:38.if you tennis balls at them. CHUCKLES
:14:39. > :14:43.Thank you both very much indeed. Before we go, let me just remind you
:14:44. > :14:45.of some of the front pages. The Guardian saying David Cameron was
:14:46. > :14:49.forced to concede that the ?4 billion black hole created by
:14:50. > :14:53.scrapping disability cuts would not be filled by reducing spending. The
:14:54. > :14:56.Independent is calling George Osborne the missing Chancellor after
:14:57. > :15:06.he didn't attend the Budget debate in the House of Commons today. PM
:15:07. > :15:12.Harvey Proctor has called for the head of the Metropolitan Police to
:15:13. > :15:16.stand down. Do not forget, after this show you can see all of the
:15:17. > :15:20.front pages online on the BBC website, and you can read a detailed
:15:21. > :15:34.review of the papers on there seven days a week. And you can see each
:15:35. > :15:45.edition of The Papers every day straight after we have finished.
:15:46. > :15:51.It has been settled across much of the UK recently with little rain.
:15:52. > :15:58.Another couple of essentially dry days over the next two days. Then it
:15:59. > :16:00.turns wet and windy from Thursday. Overnight it