:00:14. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be
:00:17. > :00:23.With me are Lindsay Razaq, Westminster correspondent
:00:24. > :00:28.at the Scottish newspaper The Press and Journal, and Kevin Schofield,
:00:29. > :00:43.It's reporting that Britain's third largest company, Unilever,
:00:44. > :00:46.has rejected a ?115 billion takeover offer by the American
:00:47. > :00:51.The Independent leads with an exclusive report,
:00:52. > :00:58.saying more than 600,000 patients could be denied access
:00:59. > :01:00.to life-saving clinical trials after Brexit.
:01:01. > :01:03.on Tony Blair's Brexit warning, saying he faced a backlash
:01:04. > :01:06.from Labour MPs for fuelling the party's divisions before
:01:07. > :01:11.The Times predicts the number of home transactions completed
:01:12. > :01:13.in Britain will fall by 11% this year, the lowest levels
:01:14. > :01:22.The Daily Mail focuses on planned sharp rises in business rates,
:01:23. > :01:30.saying the increase will turn Britain into a "retail wasteland".
:01:31. > :01:38.And the NHS features, reporting on a looming staff crisis as recruitment
:01:39. > :01:44.struggles to keep pace with retirement. You were surprised Tony
:01:45. > :01:50.Blair was not on that many front pages. I thought he would be on all
:01:51. > :01:54.of them. He is on the front page of the Guardian, he looks like he is
:01:55. > :02:00.praying. He knew he would spark fury. It was not just about Brexit,
:02:01. > :02:05.it was about Labour. He admitted that, he said he knew there would be
:02:06. > :02:10.a volume of abuse in response to his speech. But it has not just come
:02:11. > :02:14.from the people who want to leave, Boris Johnson, Iain Duncan Smith,
:02:15. > :02:19.they have all come out saying that the will of the people should be
:02:20. > :02:22.respected, but also there is criticism from Labour saying that
:02:23. > :02:27.the timing of this is really bad with two by elections coming up and
:02:28. > :02:32.it is unhelpful for Jeremy Corbyn. A couple of weeks ago we had Article
:02:33. > :02:37.50 coming through the Commons and he backed that I'd ordered his MPs to
:02:38. > :02:42.back it and not block it and this flies in the face of that. Not very
:02:43. > :02:49.helpful for Jeremy Corbyn. The Guardian is focusing on the reaction
:02:50. > :02:54.to the speech and he expected that reaction, he was almost saying,
:02:55. > :03:00.bring it on. He picks and chooses his moments these days, not being in
:03:01. > :03:04.the of British politics any more. So when Tony Blair enters the political
:03:05. > :03:09.debate it is a big event and everybody wants to be there. He is
:03:10. > :03:15.still a political superstar. He knew what he was doing and the best line
:03:16. > :03:19.in the speech was probably when he is essentially blamed Jeremy Corbyn
:03:20. > :03:27.and labour for Brexit, saying Labour was in such a parlous state. He says
:03:28. > :03:31.he does not and people close to him have said to me that he does not
:03:32. > :03:39.want to set up his own centralist party. Do you buy that? I do. I do
:03:40. > :03:45.not sense there is much appetite. He is talking about movement. As a
:03:46. > :03:49.political campaign, as a cross-party campaign to fight against Brexit as
:03:50. > :03:54.opposed to setting up a whole new party. It is fraught with
:03:55. > :03:58.difficulty, especially in our first past the post system. It is set up
:03:59. > :04:05.as a 2-party system, so to break into is difficult. You can get 4
:04:06. > :04:10.million votes and only get one seat, so it is very difficult to do that,
:04:11. > :04:12.so the best he can do is influence the political debate from the
:04:13. > :04:17.sidelines with like-minded politicians. Nick Clegg was one of
:04:18. > :04:24.the first people to come out on Twitter to say he agreed with every
:04:25. > :04:30.word that he said. He said similar things in the past. People like Nick
:04:31. > :04:37.Clegg and Tony Blair have the EU in their DNA. They have met a lot at
:04:38. > :04:43.meetings. Tim Farron as well. They have been discussing this for quite
:04:44. > :04:47.some time. He also strayed into the Scottish independence debate as
:04:48. > :04:54.well. I do not think he had to go there. He said the possible break-up
:04:55. > :04:59.of the UK is on the table. I think he said the case for Scottish
:05:00. > :05:05.independence is much more credible in the context of post-referendum
:05:06. > :05:10.voting. Nicola Sturgeon commended him. He got some support. The Daily
:05:11. > :05:16.Express put it quite bluntly, arrogant Tony Blair tries to block
:05:17. > :05:22.Brexit. A new poll reveals an increasing number of voters are
:05:23. > :05:29.demanding get us out of the EU. This is incredible. Yes, it is ICM,
:05:30. > :05:34.respected pollsters. 68% responded to get us out of the EU now. That is
:05:35. > :05:42.the big problem that somebody like Tony Blair has got. All the polls
:05:43. > :05:48.that we have seen since the Brexit vote, none of them have indicated
:05:49. > :05:53.there has been any change of heart by people. Now most people accept
:05:54. > :05:57.it, regardless of whether they voted remain or leave. They accept that is
:05:58. > :06:01.the result and they have to get on with leaving. There is no indication
:06:02. > :06:07.out there that there is a massive clamour. He acknowledged that to be
:06:08. > :06:10.fair. He said there was no widespread appetite for this, but he
:06:11. > :06:16.said people should have the right to have an informed to say. It is by no
:06:17. > :06:21.means scientific and not as scientific as an ICM poll, but I
:06:22. > :06:26.discussed this with Ian Watson earlier tonight, when you go on
:06:27. > :06:30.radio phone in shows, a couple of which I present, you do get people
:06:31. > :06:35.who voted for Brexit who are very angry. They do not feel they are
:06:36. > :06:40.getting what they voted for. They do not feel the white paper that was
:06:41. > :06:45.produced was about the core issue of immigration. They still feel they
:06:46. > :06:51.are being short-changed. They also feel it is taking too much time. I
:06:52. > :06:55.speak to MPs who tell you that their constituents do not understand why
:06:56. > :06:58.we have not left the European Union now. They think in a general
:06:59. > :07:05.election you change government and it happens that day. Does it not
:07:06. > :07:09.suggest, and this is not my opinion before you start tweeting, does it
:07:10. > :07:12.not suggest the possibility that there are people who are confused
:07:13. > :07:18.and they did not know what they were voting for? It looks like it needs
:07:19. > :07:22.looking into. But you did not know what you were voting for at that
:07:23. > :07:27.point. The Lib Dems have repeatedly said that the EU referendum was a
:07:28. > :07:33.vote to leave and there should be another referendum on the
:07:34. > :07:39.destination. He is saying the first vote was when people were not
:07:40. > :07:42.informed and there are those who want to see it delivered
:07:43. > :07:51.straightaway and as quickly as possible. Shall we move on to the
:07:52. > :07:55.Daily Mail. It is our headline. It is talking about business rates and
:07:56. > :08:01.business rate rises. My understanding is it is like council
:08:02. > :08:07.tax for people who own shops and businesses. Essentially, yes. There
:08:08. > :08:12.is a formula to the way it is calculated and there has been a
:08:13. > :08:16.revaluation, the first one in seven years and it looks like that's small
:08:17. > :08:21.to medium-sized shops and businesses will be clobbered in April when they
:08:22. > :08:26.have to pay their bill. This has been a bit of a slow burn as far as
:08:27. > :08:31.the government is concerned and it has almost blindsided them and there
:08:32. > :08:36.is a real head of steam building up against these rises. For some shops
:08:37. > :08:39.it is thousands of pounds, a massive increase in their rates, which they
:08:40. > :08:44.will have to find from somewhere and they will have to make people
:08:45. > :08:49.redundant or increase prices. There is a lot of pain coming and there is
:08:50. > :08:57.a head of steam behind this campaign to get the government to try and
:08:58. > :09:02.perhaps in the budget if the Chancellor can bring in some kind of
:09:03. > :09:09.relief for the businesses which are going to be worst affected. They
:09:10. > :09:14.cannot overturn the idea. The shopkeeper, a guy called Tom Innis,
:09:15. > :09:20.a wine merchant in Monmouth in Wales has written to the secretary in the
:09:21. > :09:25.Treasury and it is a strong letter. He is accusing the government of
:09:26. > :09:28.being completely out of touch, stuck in Westminster, they do not realise
:09:29. > :09:33.what the reality is like out there and the high street is on its knees
:09:34. > :09:38.and shops are empty. Another interesting point to raise is that
:09:39. > :09:42.from today the growth is much slower than predicted as well, there is a
:09:43. > :09:48.downturn on what consumers are willing to spend. Exactly, I do not
:09:49. > :09:52.know how the formula works, but it is slightly perverse and that the
:09:53. > :09:58.larger businesses like supermarkets will see their rates coming down,
:09:59. > :10:01.while smaller, less profitable businesses will end up paying more.
:10:02. > :10:07.The whole thing seems a terrible mess and the government will have to
:10:08. > :10:13.sort it out quickly. The government is arguing it will be better for
:10:14. > :10:19.most and worse for a few. They are arguing some people will do better
:10:20. > :10:23.and they are also arguing that this system needs to be brought up to
:10:24. > :10:28.date with property prices. That is the point they were making. We were
:10:29. > :10:34.quite surprised when we saw the headline in the Daily Mail. Why are
:10:35. > :10:39.they splashing the views of one shopkeeper, but when you read the
:10:40. > :10:43.letter, it begins, what a pity you have not got out into the real
:10:44. > :10:53.world. It is quite a compelling letter. The Daily Telegraph, new
:10:54. > :10:58.rebellion over the rates. It looks like it is not just going to be the
:10:59. > :11:03.public business owners that will be fighting, there will be some
:11:04. > :11:06.political comeback. You see a bit of cross-party agreement in this
:11:07. > :11:12.article between three influential people from three different parties,
:11:13. > :11:16.taking a similar line on it. It is mentioned in this story, which we do
:11:17. > :11:21.not see in the Daily Mail I don't think, that this will not just
:11:22. > :11:26.affect businesses, not the private sector, but the NHS will be affected
:11:27. > :11:31.as well because it owns premises and it has to pay these rates as well.
:11:32. > :11:37.It is not just businesses. The knock-on effect is what we end up
:11:38. > :11:43.paying for goods and services. It will be and inflation is already
:11:44. > :11:46.starting to creep up. A lady was on the telly earlier on and the
:11:47. > :11:52.estimates were that her business rates would go up from 20,000 up to
:11:53. > :11:56.40 7000. The only way is to pass that on to your customers. An
:11:57. > :12:03.interesting story on the front page of the Telegraph. A warning over
:12:04. > :12:07.street names. I know there was a Jimmy Savile Street in Scarborough,
:12:08. > :12:13.but there seem to be a few of them and it has raised concerns over
:12:14. > :12:17.other street names. There are hundreds of pathways, street names
:12:18. > :12:22.and plaques named after Jimmy Savile. There is some advice from a
:12:23. > :12:27.Local Government Association, which is incredible. You have to look at
:12:28. > :12:33.the top of the page to see whether it is not April the 1st. Councils do
:12:34. > :12:37.not name a street after people just in case in the future at some point
:12:38. > :12:44.it turns out they are paedophiles or involved in some other unseemly
:12:45. > :12:50.behaviour, or criminal activity. Where do you draw the line? You draw
:12:51. > :12:58.the line by saying we will never do it again. And you end up with a town
:12:59. > :13:03.with street eight, street B, street C. Marcus Jones is the Minister for
:13:04. > :13:08.local government and he says it is a nice way of honouring heroes. It is
:13:09. > :13:13.a good way of recognising that people have done something special.
:13:14. > :13:17.The idea that you would bring in a blanket ban because of just in case
:13:18. > :13:25.seems ludicrous. A sledgehammer effect. Darren Dodwell, the leader
:13:26. > :13:30.of Dagenham and Barking Council, he said they would have probably
:13:31. > :13:35.thought twice about Trafalgar Square! Or Nelson Mandela straight.
:13:36. > :13:42.What does it take to change the name of the street? Scarborough Council
:13:43. > :13:48.were very quick to get rid of Jimmy Savile Road. We are looking at the
:13:49. > :13:52.FT. There are a lot of fantastic business stories around at the
:13:53. > :14:00.moment. Unilever's snub to craft Hinds. You have found an interesting
:14:01. > :14:06.story on the front page about the pound cawing, the future of the
:14:07. > :14:10.pound chorion. This is David Cork again, the Chief Secretary to the
:14:11. > :14:15.Treasury. We cannot keep him out of the papers. He is not focusing on
:14:16. > :14:20.business rates, he is saying that people will have to spend their ?1
:14:21. > :14:26.chorion is, the current style... They are great to save. They have
:14:27. > :14:32.worked it out that there are ?433 million worth of ?1 coins that are
:14:33. > :14:36.not in circulation, they are down the back of the city, in the piggy
:14:37. > :14:43.bank. We do not have any in our house. I am a bit rubbish at change.
:14:44. > :14:48.I just tend to leave it everywhere, so I have got one of those barrels
:14:49. > :14:54.you have in the bottom of your wardrobe and if I found ?1, it is in
:14:55. > :15:00.there. We have now got to read our piggy banks to keep the economy
:15:01. > :15:07.going. It is about half ?1 billion. Children like saving ?1 coins. They
:15:08. > :15:15.could start saving the new style 12 sided ?1 coins. The current style is
:15:16. > :15:19.very easy to forge, so they could do that. The saddest thing is you have
:15:20. > :15:23.to go into the piggy bank to get a few quid because you cannot find it
:15:24. > :15:32.anywhere else. I cannot believe I am reading it. It is good that kids
:15:33. > :15:39.need to save their hard earned pocket money. If you have got anyone
:15:40. > :15:45.pound coins, start spending them I suppose. That is one of the stories
:15:46. > :15:53.in the FT tomorrow. Much more about Unilever in the FT. Let's move the
:15:54. > :15:59.times. It dedicates front page, or nearly all of it, to the Olympic
:16:00. > :16:05.champion hockey players who are receiving the OBE and the MBE at
:16:06. > :16:10.Buckingham Palace. It is a very different and almost uplifting
:16:11. > :16:14.story. Maybe we needed it. The honours system gets a lot of
:16:15. > :16:20.criticism, quite rightly, because it is used by Prime Minister is to
:16:21. > :16:24.reward cronies and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and taint the
:16:25. > :16:28.whole process, but this is thoroughly deserved. The Olympics
:16:29. > :16:34.was incredibly successful for Team GB and Kate and Helen were also part
:16:35. > :16:39.of the surprise gold medal winning women's hockey team which beat
:16:40. > :16:45.Holland in the final. It was a dramatic game. It is nice to see
:16:46. > :16:49.people being rewarded. It is very uplifting, which is something we
:16:50. > :16:56.need right now, there is a lot of doom and gloom will stop Kate has
:16:57. > :17:02.retired, what a lot of hives to go out on. I remember watching the game
:17:03. > :17:05.and we went to penalties, so it was very exciting. They are also
:17:06. > :17:11.married, so it is a great day for them. Kate said she wanted to be a
:17:12. > :17:17.PE teacher when she was at school, but she said this was like being in
:17:18. > :17:22.a movie it was so exciting. I think they are dubbed hockey's golden
:17:23. > :17:29.couple. A great day for both of them. It is uplifting in terms of GB
:17:30. > :17:33.women's hockey. It was our first Olympic gold medal and they have
:17:34. > :17:37.done a lot for the sport. A lot of people around the country will be
:17:38. > :17:42.getting involved. We have got to leave it there. Thank you for coming
:17:43. > :17:50.in. You can see the front pages online on the website.
:17:51. > :17:53.It's all there for you, seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers.
:17:54. > :17:56.If you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it
:17:57. > :17:59.Thank you, Lindsay Razaq and Kevin Schofield.