:00:00. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
:00:19. > :00:23.With me are Ben Chu - Economics and Business Editor
:00:24. > :00:25.of the Independent and Caroline Wheeler,
:00:26. > :00:27.political editor of the Sunday Express.
:00:28. > :00:41.that children are eating half their recommended daily
:00:42. > :00:45.allowance before they even leave for school in the morning.
:00:46. > :00:50.The Istanbul terror attack is the Independent's top story.
:00:51. > :00:53.It's interviewed an IS defector who says the militant group
:00:54. > :00:58.The same lead for the Eye - which carries a striking image
:00:59. > :01:03.of the funeral of one of the victims.
:01:04. > :01:06.The Times leads with the rail price hike.
:01:07. > :01:09.It says fares are now six times higher than those in Europe
:01:10. > :01:13.and that one study says commuters now pay 27 pence for every minute
:01:14. > :01:19.A similar page one story for the Metro, which reports claims
:01:20. > :01:22.that thousands of commuters will now be spending 14% of their incomes
:01:23. > :01:33.could be facing 20 years in jail over a plot to scam drug smugglers
:01:34. > :01:44.It says the last remaining survivor of the RAF's 'Dambusters' raid
:01:45. > :01:46.during World War II should get a gong.
:01:47. > :01:49.And the Daily Mail focuses on foreign aid.
:01:50. > :01:52.It claims Pakistanis have been queueing at cashpoints to use cards
:01:53. > :01:59.loaded with British taxpayers' money.
:02:00. > :02:08.Well, we will come to that story in a moment that we will begin with the
:02:09. > :02:14.warning about sugar for parents but really it is about the children. A
:02:15. > :02:19.new story to strike guilt and fear into the heart of households across
:02:20. > :02:23.the land about what their children eat for breakfast. A remarkable
:02:24. > :02:27.statistic. The average child is eating the equivalent of three sugar
:02:28. > :02:32.cube is a day at breakfast alone which as a parent myself this is a
:02:33. > :02:37.shocking figure and I start thinking about what my own child is eating.
:02:38. > :02:43.All those sweet pastries and frosted flakes. They have a lot of sugar in
:02:44. > :02:49.them and I am certainly going to be looking at the advice and see what I
:02:50. > :02:52.want to know really what are the healthy breakfast options? There are
:02:53. > :02:56.so many of these things that have sugar in them and you want to know
:02:57. > :03:01.what they should be eating and what you should be offering and what is
:03:02. > :03:04.out there. We were trying to think earlier about what our children eat
:03:05. > :03:08.for breakfast and what is the healthiest option. We both came up
:03:09. > :03:12.with porridge has been the one but then we both admitted that our
:03:13. > :03:20.children like a dollop of honey or a little bit of sugar or something.
:03:21. > :03:25.One viewer has tweeted to say that we should be doing it with a pinch
:03:26. > :03:29.of salt. But as the Scottish way. I don't see my children will like
:03:30. > :03:39.that. Your children don't mind? No, they don't. Then they have a honey
:03:40. > :03:42.on top, however. Bad parent! It is the traditional way of making it.
:03:43. > :03:46.The thing that got me is that the minute you think your giving your
:03:47. > :03:50.child serial so as a parent you're instantly think that's the real is a
:03:51. > :03:54.healthy start to the day. The other day I made scramble on toast and
:03:55. > :04:02.they were, they were very happy with that. You don't have to give serial,
:04:03. > :04:06.do you? But it is to do with time in the morning. We are desperately
:04:07. > :04:11.trying to get to work on time and drop children off at various places
:04:12. > :04:14.for the rest of the dates so you think about quick easy convenience
:04:15. > :04:18.solutions. What upsets me the most is that, you write, we think that's
:04:19. > :04:24.the real is healthy and we know that certain cereals are loaded with
:04:25. > :04:29.sugar than we give children them. It is actually the other ones. You
:04:30. > :04:34.check the back of the box and you see that they have three teaspoons
:04:35. > :04:40.of sugar in every portion. The other thing that worries me is the fruit
:04:41. > :04:44.juice. You know, the idea that we are starting off with a glass of
:04:45. > :04:48.fruit juice which is one of their five a day but actually the guide
:04:49. > :04:52.lines say they should act to have one portion of fruit juice a day
:04:53. > :04:56.because it is full of sugar and I would imagine that those three sugar
:04:57. > :05:00.cubes at breakfast, a couple of those are already in a glass of
:05:01. > :05:06.orange apple juice or the hot chocolate, or whatever it is we give
:05:07. > :05:10.them. It is interesting that they say that recent data suggests that a
:05:11. > :05:16.war on sugar has now led to a slump in purchases of fruit and vegetable.
:05:17. > :05:23.It is kind of going against the healthy message. Anyway so that is
:05:24. > :05:29.the Telegraph. Let us turn out to the Times talking about rail fares.
:05:30. > :05:35.This is the time of year when people go back to work, purchase a new
:05:36. > :05:39.season ticket and find out that longer hold the price has risen
:05:40. > :05:43.again. This has been happening year in and year out free long time now.
:05:44. > :05:49.2.3% is the latest rise which is still more than the rate of
:05:50. > :05:53.inflation and this is only for regulated fares as well. Many of the
:05:54. > :05:57.other fares out there, they are not capped by the government, they have
:05:58. > :06:05.increased by even more. One fare in Swansea has increased by 20%.
:06:06. > :06:09.Imagine using VAT and not having a season ticket? That is serious
:06:10. > :06:14.money. The biggest context is that the story is saying that rail fares
:06:15. > :06:18.are far more expensive than they are on the continent, something like 14%
:06:19. > :06:22.of the salary of an average UK worker compared to between two and
:06:23. > :06:26.4% in France and Germany which is a bit of a spurious statistic because
:06:27. > :06:32.they have a different funding mechanism. The government has made a
:06:33. > :06:35.clear decision that they want more investment and more use of the
:06:36. > :06:39.railway to be paid for directly by passengers which is why the fares
:06:40. > :06:43.increased so much. In the continent comes from the general taxpayer
:06:44. > :06:49.which is why the average fee will be less for passengers but they will
:06:50. > :06:53.pay for it in other ways. The real issue is how efficient are our
:06:54. > :06:58.railways and I think people have a problem with that. It is not coming
:06:59. > :07:02.at the best time, is it? We have strikes and people are not happy.
:07:03. > :07:08.Delays, overcrowding and the timing could not be worse. The other thing
:07:09. > :07:13.we need to put into context is that many people have not had a pay rise
:07:14. > :07:16.and so pay rises have been totally outflanked by these rail rises which
:07:17. > :07:21.basically means that people are paying more money to go to work than
:07:22. > :07:26.they were last year directly came into these companies, and are not
:07:27. > :07:29.getting to work anyway! We saw over Christmas, you know, plenty of
:07:30. > :07:32.coverage given to the Southern rail strike and people saying that they
:07:33. > :07:36.were losing their jobs because they could not get to work because there
:07:37. > :07:40.were no trains to get them there. It is going to be a doom and misery
:07:41. > :07:45.started the year, particularly the strike is ongoing. And the strike
:07:46. > :07:49.start tomorrow on the platforms because we understand that there
:07:50. > :07:54.will be a range of protests that have been organised by action for
:07:55. > :07:59.rail. They will be taking place at over 100 stations throughout the day
:08:00. > :08:06.tomorrow including London and Manchester. Cardiff, Bristol etc.
:08:07. > :08:08.The main protest will be at Manchester Piccadilly in King's
:08:09. > :08:13.Cross. A flash mob organised by the campaign for better transport. Do
:08:14. > :08:20.you really think that will get the message across? I think it will
:08:21. > :08:23.infuriated commuters. The first day back to work and we roll returning
:08:24. > :08:26.after a lengthy festive break, and given the weather holidays have
:08:27. > :08:31.fallen this year. The first day back to work, increased their rises,
:08:32. > :08:36.rubbish services combined with further disruption caused by these
:08:37. > :08:44.groups that claim to be, that support to be supporting the
:08:45. > :08:50.transport system,. Jeremy Corbyn possibly not seen the funny side of
:08:51. > :08:54.McClusky either. Prepared to stand down. A 24% you think he is
:08:55. > :08:59.justified in issuing this warning? Here is justified and it is
:09:00. > :09:02.interesting that he is doing it because McClusky has always been the
:09:03. > :09:07.supportive union figure, the one who was always gone into battle for
:09:08. > :09:14.Jeremy Corbyn. Where did the Love go? You could argue that he has seen
:09:15. > :09:18.the writing on the wall at last. The polls are quite bad and it is time
:09:19. > :09:21.to put pressure on Corbyn to start thinking about an exit strategy if
:09:22. > :09:28.things do not improve. McClusky is in the midst of his own battle as
:09:29. > :09:32.the boss of The Unite union and the interpretation a lot of people have
:09:33. > :09:37.put on it is that this is a way of sparring with his main rival for
:09:38. > :09:40.that job and a proxy war over the Labour leadership to try and defeat
:09:41. > :09:46.his rival. That sounds quite plausible to me. You also need to
:09:47. > :09:50.think about that at the end of the day, the unions have a certain
:09:51. > :09:56.degree of cloud. Given their proximity to the leadership and the
:09:57. > :10:02.fact that they are pouring in vast sums of money into the pockets of
:10:03. > :10:08.individual MPs their power is only as much as the party is able to
:10:09. > :10:13.achieve at the general election. You want to be a fair party that is able
:10:14. > :10:17.to get into power and polls have shown that 24%, the lowest support
:10:18. > :10:21.ratings since July 1983 which was the time of Michael foot. The
:10:22. > :10:25.writing is on the wall but as you say, I think there is a lot of
:10:26. > :10:30.politicking going on there. His main rival in this contest is Jarrod
:10:31. > :10:35.Coyne who was a moderate himself and will be sold off, you know, pursuing
:10:36. > :10:41.an agenda which is not quite so pro- Jeremy Corbyn. He has to choose a
:10:42. > :10:47.different tack, I think, in order to show up the support he needs. People
:10:48. > :10:51.looking at the front page of the Daily Mail tomorrow morning and
:10:52. > :10:55.thinking of how much they spent over Christmas. Goodness. Well, the mail
:10:56. > :10:59.has a long-standing campaign against this foreign aid budget that the UK
:11:00. > :11:04.has. We will one of the few countries that spent directly on
:11:05. > :11:09.foreign aid. They think it is a terrible use of resources and
:11:10. > :11:12.especially the time austerity. This is the latest instalment of their
:11:13. > :11:16.forceful and angry campaign. They say that people in Pakistan are
:11:17. > :11:23.being issued with cash cards so they can get foreign aid money directly
:11:24. > :11:27.rather than as food or whatever. A terrible scandal that shows why we
:11:28. > :11:31.should stop spending so much money. Willis talking earlier about how
:11:32. > :11:36.there is very little context given. Who are these people? And what basis
:11:37. > :11:40.are they being given this money? And without that information it is
:11:41. > :11:46.impossible to make any sort of decision about whether or not this
:11:47. > :11:52.is money well spent will not. And we've just spent all this money, you
:11:53. > :11:55.make the comparison and we are feeling the pinch and all this money
:11:56. > :11:59.is going to these people living abroad literally into their pockets.
:12:00. > :12:04.The interesting thing that they say is that the amount giving in direct
:12:05. > :12:07.cash has gone up and there have been concerns around corruption around
:12:08. > :12:13.the scheme. It is also right to put it that this is historic. This has
:12:14. > :12:15.been going on for five years. However the new International
:12:16. > :12:21.developments that Terry has been very very clear that actually she is
:12:22. > :12:25.aware of what is going on and she is taking her time to review the entire
:12:26. > :12:28.aid budget and to make sure that basically the British taxpayer is
:12:29. > :12:32.getting some kind of value for money and that actually aid should not
:12:33. > :12:37.just be about a bottomless pit it should also be about as spending in
:12:38. > :12:42.a sensible way that gives us something back in terms of, you
:12:43. > :12:46.know, the national interest. Some of the money has been going in to help
:12:47. > :12:50.us with counterterrorism, for example. If you look at the area
:12:51. > :12:55.that this money is in, and think about what was going on in
:12:56. > :13:02.Afghanistan and winning the hearts and minds, etc, etc. But, also, I
:13:03. > :13:06.think we do need to know more. It is a knee-jerk reaction to say that
:13:07. > :13:10.this is an abhorrent situation but on the base of it, yes there will be
:13:11. > :13:14.many people who are annoyed that this is going on and I think without
:13:15. > :13:18.further information it is a dangerous sort of conclusion to draw
:13:19. > :13:24.that this is ultimately a bad thing that is happening. More detail
:13:25. > :13:27.inside the paper, hopefully. Quickly, the Daily Express. An extra
:13:28. > :13:35.incentive to stick to your health. The paper as saying that it will
:13:36. > :13:38.help you defeat dementia particularly if you have type 2
:13:39. > :13:42.diabetes or are obese. Does that make you think that you need to
:13:43. > :13:46.stick at it this year? We were talking earlier about fitness and
:13:47. > :13:50.health. Any message of this kind of nature at this time of year is
:13:51. > :13:54.always going to try and move readers, definitely. I think many
:13:55. > :13:58.people rethink that they need to keep in shape, keep down their fat
:13:59. > :14:06.consumption etc. It is good for us. But I, kinda, a regular will
:14:07. > :14:09.reminder is always warranted although I do prefer the headlines
:14:10. > :14:14.that say chocolate make you smarter or that drinking wine is good for
:14:15. > :14:16.you. In a way that contradict themselves because they say keep
:14:17. > :14:21.feet to defeat dementia and then they have a think yourself thin diet
:14:22. > :14:34.plan. Just do the metalwork, don't worry about exercise. -- just do the
:14:35. > :14:36.mental work. That is it for the papers. Coming up next week a sports
:14:37. > :14:37.day.