11/05/2016 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

With me are the international editor of the Economist, Helen Joyce.

And the chief political correspondent of the Sun,

Welcome. We can run through the front pages.

Stories relating to the EU referendum dominate

many of the front pages, including the Metro,

which quotes Boris Johnson calling the Prime Minister "demented"

for suggesting that Brexit could raise the risk

The Telegraph has claims that David Cameron is refusing to take

part in live TV debates ahead of the referendum.

The claim in the Express is that Brussels plans to replace

household appliances for energy efficient alternatives.

Elsewhere, the Financial Times reports on government plans

to ring-fence the British Steel pension fund, in order

to make Tata Steel more attractive to buyers.

The I previews the government's white paper on the future

of the BBC, saying that higher paid stars will have their salaries made

A pledge from David Cameron to clamp down on financial corruption

And the Times leads on the same story and also has images

of the Duchess of Cornwall cheering on one of her horses

We can kick off and we will look at the Telegraph newspaper saying David

Cameron rejected TV debates on Europe. Were they ever on the cards?

I would say for camera not. It was a situation where you can guess what

people think there is in it for them and for camera there is nothing.

Partly because it makes him go head-to-head with someone in his

party which makes the Tories look disunited which they are. Also the

person you would... Who would most want to talk to him is Boris Johnson

and he is good at this sort of thing. There is a quote from Boris

Johnson saying, put it this way, saying he would be up for a debate,

saying I would looked like a wimp if I said no. Would you think Boris

would have more to gain the Cameron? Only the Leave campaigners could

benefit. Wembley Arena was booked for the head-to-head. They want

three on each side, very close to referendum day and David Cameron is

worried if the Tories go head-to-head on that it will be bad.

We learn that he is not ducking the issue. He will do 30 minutes of

questions either before, followed by 30 minutes of questions to Nigel

Farage, which pleases him, who was kicking off he was not invited to

the debate and there will be an examination of David Cameron on Sky

News and the big losers seem to be the BBC. His advisers would say the

strategy worked in terms of the general election, so they know what

they are doing. It can be controlled. The 30 minutes. You do

not have the same potential for a massive mess. He is good at it. He

does town hall meetings and he is good on his feet when he is taking

questions. He is the Prime Minister and looks prime ministerial when he

does them and it allows him to control the room. Most people are

pleased to ask a question of the Prime Minister. They would not

follow it up the same way Boris might. Exactly. A smart move. The

rhetoric between them is to be heating up. In the Metro they have

Boris Johnson calling David Cameron demented, quote, I think this talk

of World War III and bubonic plague is totally demented, frankly, says

Boris Johnson. I suspect the bubonic plague came from his fertile

imagination. I think he suggests it is exaggerated. What is

entertaining, Boris is complaining Cameron has been saying one thing

one time and another thing another, but the pot calling the kettle

black. He has cheek. There is an issue with Boris's ambitions.

Everyone takes the view he has gone on the Brexit side to help his

leadership ambitions. That only works if written votes for Brexit

and if we don't and he wants a Cabinet job, the more he says the

Prime Minister is demented, the less his chance of getting a decent job

when Karen puts the party back together. Relations between them,

are they getting worse because of the debate, or is it friendly

rivalry? I think there is an element of showmanship. The longer it goes

on, the Prime Minister is feeling this personally and he takes issue

with loyalty and people he sees as disloyal. He has given Cabinet

ministers leeway but I think he thinks that some are starting to

abuse that. We have the I looking at the White Paper on the BBC saying

mega pay deals at the BBC will be revealed and stars paid over

?450,000 will be named. Not sure why 450 in particular. I have no idea!

What you think about? I think it is irrelevant. Things need to happen

but is that one of them, will it make a difference? I don't know

what, the independence of the BBC. It is making sure we know how the

licence fee is being spent and it will be dressed up as a great

victory. It is a climb down because the government wanted to make people

earning over 455 -- ?150,000 the same as the Prime Minister, but I

think 450,000 is the salary of the DG and that is why it has been

picked. We might get to know the pay of the people. I am not sure you

will be dragged into the pay deals. Unfortunately not! What about the

White Paper? I am interested in the notion we could use I play abroad as

licence payers. I am on that level, the consumer side. On your holiday!

That is the level which you are getting comment from me. I think

what we will get is something that looks more pro-BBC than some of the

rhetoric we have had. Is that a result of a battle behind? There has

been battling behind-the-scenes. Some of the things in the paper may

be about Strictly not being on at the same time as the X Factor is

scaremongering. What there will be also it is important things for the

future of journalism. That the BBC might have too paid for rivals'

local journalists. The website puts local news and it is killing off

local papers, so siphoning off Arnie to local papers to keep journalism,

the more devolution we have, the more local mayors there are, that's

there are proper local papers analysing what is going on. If you

are running a local paper, do you want a BBC journalist doing some of

your reporting, say court reporting? What I think you don't want is to be

squeezed out. Everybody who has worked on local papers knows you can

turn up at a press conference with four outlets from the BBC. It is

David versus Goliath sometimes. It is vital people use their local

papers and do not think they can get it on the BBC. It is the future of

journalism because that is the traditional route. The Guardian. We

had comments caught on the microphone of the Prime Minister

about corruption ahead of the summit, where he said Afghanistan

and Nigeria were fantastically corrupt. Now the Guardian is

reporting a crackdown on dirty money. The measures if they happen,

that is great. They say they want beneficial ownership, the real

owners behind Shell companies and trusts, which can be hidden, they

want real owners to be named on a public register, which would be

great. They have said several times they are going to do this, so if

they do it now that is fabulous and I hope other countries follow them

will stop the scene. Craig you have a theory on whether the Prime

Minister, was it a mistake when he said they were fantastically

corrupt. There was a cheeky look at the camera when he said the words

fantastically corrupt and nobody was talking about the summit until he

was caught saying what it then turns out the Nigerian and Afghan

president are prepared to say, their countries are corrupt and they are

trying to fix it. Maybe I am giving his spin operation... That is quite

a conspiracy theory. You think they sit in Downing Street coming up with

plans like that? I don't put anything past them. I suppose it

worked in the sense we are talking about it. If that were true. We are

talking about an anti-corruption Summit that would not be at the top

of the agenda. And on the same day as the BBC White Paper. Is it an

important issue? Absolutely. Tremendously so. Not least because

it is linked with tax evasion and avoidance and one thing we have seen

from the government since 2010 is every budget they announce a measure

that they will get money from tax evasion and avoidance. They have to

find a way of getting this cash from people and this would help. One

thing they plan to do is ensure we know which foreign companies own all

property in the UK. If that stops foreign money buying property that

is a lot of money not going to be exchanged via the land Registry and

so on. It may be -- going to the Exchequer. They need money to come

in but there is also the perception because they are seen as the friends

of the rich, the Tories, and they need to look like they are stopping

rich friends from hiding cash. We will end with the story about it a

thought, sent home from work according to the Daily Express, for

refusing to wear high heels. She is a receptionist. Apparently it is OK

for companies to have dress codes and it is OK for them to insist

women wear make up and high heels as part of a dress code. I am at a desk

all day and I wear trainers. You are not forced to wear high heels?

Nobody except a man could think these are things you should wear all

day if that is what you do not want to do. If she signed up for a job

where the dress code is high heels and she turned up without high heels

and was told she needed to wear them and she was sent home when she

didn't. Do you not think there is something wrong with the dress code?

It is perfectly legal. If they said you have to wear a red skirt and

jacket like Virgin Airlines and she turned up wearing black and refused

to change she would be sent home. I disagree. You have not worn high

heels, you have no idea what you are talking about! I would hate to put

you on the spot here! I was going to open the door into corners of my

private life! Maybe we will leave it there. Craig, from the Sun

newspaper, and Helen, from the Economist, many thanks. That is it

from us tonight but before we go this is a reminder of the front

pages. The Telegraph having claims that David Cameron refuses to take

part in live debates ahead of the referendum. The Financial Times

reports to ring-fence the British Steel pension fund to make Tata

Steel more attractive to buyers. And a preview of the government White

Paper on the future of the BBC, saying higher paid stars will have

salaries made public. All the front pages online on the BBC News

website, where you can read ADT -- a detailed review of the papers. And

you can see us there, also. Banks again. Coming up next, the weather.

It has been another day of contrasts across the UK. Fine and sunny