:00:15. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
:00:19. > :00:21.With me are Laura Hughes, political correspondent
:00:22. > :00:22.at The Daily Telegraph, and Pippa Crerar,
:00:23. > :00:27.political correspondent at The London Evening Standard.
:00:28. > :00:34.Two political correspondents, can't beat one. Good to see you both.
:00:35. > :00:41.Let's look at the front pages now. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,
:00:42. > :00:46.wants to shore up a ?27 billion Brexit insurance fund. In the
:00:47. > :00:49.Telegraph, his plans to raise taxes could anger Conservative MPs who
:00:50. > :00:52.hoped for cuts. Calls for MPs to stop the Lords
:00:53. > :00:57.forcing a final vote on a Brexit deal after they voted to amend
:00:58. > :01:03.Government plans this evening. A new procedure using tiny plastic
:01:04. > :01:07.beads could largely replace prostate surgery, in the Mail. Wikileaks on
:01:08. > :01:12.the Guardian. The organisation claims it has leaked files showing
:01:13. > :01:17.the CIA and MI5 hacked technology, including smart TVs. The leak is the
:01:18. > :01:19.worst security breach for Western intelligence since the Edward
:01:20. > :01:30.Snowdon leaks in 2013. Let's look at some of these front
:01:31. > :01:34.pages in detail now. The FT, Hammond lines up Brexit budget. I know
:01:35. > :01:40.you're on top of everything. You've been writing about this all day.
:01:41. > :01:45.Brexit budget, that means he's saving money for potentially rainy
:01:46. > :01:51.days to come. Yes, spread sheet Phil as he is known amongst close
:01:52. > :01:54.friends. That's his moniker? Yes. Tomorrow he's been able to announce
:01:55. > :01:59.better news that he would probably have thought he Cox the OBR are
:02:00. > :02:02.saying they will increase growth forecasts by 2%, 2017, that's good
:02:03. > :02:07.news. You'd expect him to stand there - Cut taxes. You would expect
:02:08. > :02:11.that. Give lots of money to the NHS. Lots of people would hope that, but
:02:12. > :02:17.spread sheet Phil is being cautious. He's very aware that we're on the
:02:18. > :02:20.brink of Brexit of Theresa May triggering Article 50. We've had
:02:21. > :02:23.warnings from business leaders saying we don't want to be on the
:02:24. > :02:29.edge of a cliff face. He's obviously taken that very seriously. He wants
:02:30. > :02:33.this guarantee, this insurance fund, the ?27 million in the bank, almost
:02:34. > :02:36.for a rainy day. We don't know what's going to happen. He doesn't
:02:37. > :02:40.know was going to happen. He's being cautious. Perhaps being sensible.
:02:41. > :02:44.There will be a lot of Tory MPs that will not like this. They'll want
:02:45. > :02:47.relief for the middle classes, for businesses. But they're not going to
:02:48. > :02:53.get that tomorrow. That's not going to happen. He's going to be
:02:54. > :02:57.cautious. Uh-huh. He should be, shouldn't he? Because we have no
:02:58. > :03:00.idea what is down the road as far as Brexit is concerned. And Article 50
:03:01. > :03:07.will be triggered in less than three weeks. Yes... So the Government
:03:08. > :03:11.hopes. It is very much his modus operandi, probably the one thing he
:03:12. > :03:16.inherited from George Osborne, a very different style of politician,
:03:17. > :03:23.as Chancellor, was this idea that you've got to fix the roof when the
:03:24. > :03:28.sun is shining. He's storing away some cash, ?27 million. There will
:03:29. > :03:32.be a couple of spending commitments. They're the reaction to crises. The
:03:33. > :03:37.social care crisis and the row over business rates. Short-term temporary
:03:38. > :03:40.relief for both. But fundamentally the Chancellor is almost a
:03:41. > :03:44.technocrat and wants to review how these two areas will be funded in
:03:45. > :03:48.thuure. Possibly we could -- in future. Possibly we could expect to
:03:49. > :03:53.see in weeks to come reviews announced of how they might actually
:03:54. > :03:57.be funded better as time goes on. We're not going to get any George
:03:58. > :04:01.Osborne-style political flurish, rabbits out of the hat. Remember
:04:02. > :04:04.that this is the last big spring Budget we're going to get. One in
:04:05. > :04:09.the Autumn, then it will be one every two years. He doesn't like the
:04:10. > :04:14.drama that surrounds the Budgets. He just wants to do the job. Part of
:04:15. > :04:19.that is preparing the UK economy for Brexit and everything that entails.
:04:20. > :04:23.The Telegraph, the suggestion is that he's going to raise taxes. Yes.
:04:24. > :04:29.Actually what people are saying it's going to be the highest earners that
:04:30. > :04:33.could lose up to ?1,000 a year. So the jams aren't going to be
:04:34. > :04:36.affected? Yeah, it's the self-employed potentially that might
:04:37. > :04:40.be impacted by this Budget tomorrow. There's been talk of the fact that
:04:41. > :04:44.he might ask all the self-employed people in this country to increase
:04:45. > :04:50.the national insurance they pay from 9% to 12%. We can expect to see
:04:51. > :04:54.that. He will carry on with Osborne's targeting of landlords and
:04:55. > :04:59.dodgy landlords. It's not what people want. A lot of MPs wanted a
:05:00. > :05:03.Trump-style approach to this, sort of maybe perhaps, some would say
:05:04. > :05:06.short-term, but others would say, we should be rewarding the businesses.
:05:07. > :05:11.We should be rewarding the people making money. Actually this Budget
:05:12. > :05:17.isn't really about that. He is spread sheet Phil, so he ain't going
:05:18. > :05:21.to be Mr Trump. He's a technocrat, as you were saying. He is going to
:05:22. > :05:25.be incredibly cautious. Isn't that what this country, perhaps, needs at
:05:26. > :05:29.the moment, which is why Theresa May picked him as Chancellor? Yes, but
:05:30. > :05:33.the Conservatives, many of them will have their eyes on their core
:05:34. > :05:39.electorate, the middle classes. While, for example, taking the
:05:40. > :05:42.continued hammering of buy to let, second home enners letting out their
:05:43. > :05:47.properties, now George Osborne was very good at talking about these
:05:48. > :05:51.being dodgy landlords, companies that were getting everything they
:05:52. > :05:55.could get, grabbing everything they could from cash-strapped tenants and
:05:56. > :05:58.not necessary lay biding by the law in the way they should. There's many
:05:59. > :06:04.middle class Tory supporting families that have in recent years
:06:05. > :06:09.invested in one buy-to-let property which is instead in lieu of pensions
:06:10. > :06:14.or savings. That's just one example. Obviously middle classes are
:06:15. > :06:20.concerned about business rates and the longer term impact on small
:06:21. > :06:25.businesses. Many of them, many of which they work for or run. It's
:06:26. > :06:29.tinkering around the sides on the tax system. In 2015 the
:06:30. > :06:34.Conservatives pledged they would put up income tax, VAT or national
:06:35. > :06:37.insurance. So it's about him finding where he can so he will put up, the
:06:38. > :06:41.suggestion is alcohol duty will go up again. Where he can get away with
:06:42. > :06:46.it. These Conservative MPs can't have it all ways. They want Brexit
:06:47. > :06:51.to work and clearly, we all want Brexit to work, but clearly, Mr
:06:52. > :06:56.Hammond feels that in order to just in case there are issues leading up
:06:57. > :07:00.to finally leaving the European Union, he does need a bit of a fund
:07:01. > :07:04.in the back pocket. As a result, some taxes are going to have to go
:07:05. > :07:13.up. I think ultimately they will accept that. When have you met a
:07:14. > :07:18.politician that doesn't want cuts. MPs must stop Brexit, stop EU exit
:07:19. > :07:21.rebels rather, Lord's bid to force vote on final deal will be
:07:22. > :07:23.overturned. That's highly likely, of course. It was another kick in the
:07:24. > :07:28.teeth for the Government this evening. Yeah, it was a kick in the
:07:29. > :07:33.teeth, but realistically, we're not going to see a continued ping pong
:07:34. > :07:36.of this bill between the Lords and the Commons. Realistically the Lords
:07:37. > :07:40.are going to leave it. They just wanted MPs to have another vote.
:07:41. > :07:43.They wanted to do their job. What was interesting is that in this
:07:44. > :07:47.amendment today there were four clauses. Actually the Government
:07:48. > :07:52.when they responded to these peers this afternoon, the point that they
:07:53. > :07:56.really made was their opposition to the four clause in this amendment.
:07:57. > :08:01.It suggested that if Theresa May comes back and doesn't get a deal
:08:02. > :08:05.that they want, and the Lords and the Commons say no, we don't like
:08:06. > :08:09.that, there can be a no-deal option. Because if there is an option of no
:08:10. > :08:15.deal we don't want it, what message does that send to EU leaders around
:08:16. > :08:20.Europe? If they know they give Theresa an awful deal, MPs, Lord's
:08:21. > :08:24.are going to say no thanks. Does that mean Britain is staying in the
:08:25. > :08:28.EU? Is this a veto or not? This hangs on the assumption that
:08:29. > :08:33.actually we trigger Article 50, is that then revokable. Can you trigger
:08:34. > :08:38.Article 50 and then in two years, say, no, actually we don't want to
:08:39. > :08:45.go? Well, I suspect the other 27 would say yeah, we've got no problem
:08:46. > :08:55.you staying. On our rules. And news just in, Conservative former Cabinet
:08:56. > :08:59.minister, Lord Hesseltine has been sacked as Government advisor. He
:09:00. > :09:03.told this to the press association this evening. He made it clear where
:09:04. > :09:09.he stood this afternoon in the Lords. He's made it clear where he
:09:10. > :09:13.stood all along. He's a Europhile. He thinks the country shouldn't have
:09:14. > :09:17.voted to leave the European Union, let alone proceed in the way that
:09:18. > :09:25.the Government has done. But to sack him? As an advise orin the --
:09:26. > :09:29.advisor in the department of communities and local government.
:09:30. > :09:33.He's not got a Cabinet job. He's become a bit a thorn in Theresa
:09:34. > :09:37.May's side. They're obviously just wanting to really slap him down and
:09:38. > :09:41.make a point that the Lords might be tolerated on this occasion, but they
:09:42. > :09:44.better watch out, and everyone had better get in line. The Commons
:09:45. > :09:49.better not play funny business when the bill comes back there. They
:09:50. > :09:53.better get on and pass it. Also this is a message to the Commons as well.
:09:54. > :09:57.I think, yeah. It's the fact that he's a big beast. When he says
:09:58. > :10:06.something, we all write about it. That's really tricky for the
:10:07. > :10:10.Government. Because he's advising Sajid Javid, he is in a position
:10:11. > :10:14.like that and deifying a three line whip and working for you. As you
:10:15. > :10:21.say, he's a long, long time Europhile. There you go. Moving away
:10:22. > :10:26.from politics, onto the Times. Very sad story this, this is Vince the
:10:27. > :10:32.white rhino. He was shot three times in the head and had his horn, one of
:10:33. > :10:41.the horns taken off with a chain saw. He was not in the wild. He was
:10:42. > :10:46.in a zoo in Paris. It's the first such attack seen in a Western
:10:47. > :10:51.facility. When you compare that poachers in Africa killed over a
:10:52. > :10:56.thousand rhinos in 2015, which, and the number continues to increase,
:10:57. > :10:59.about a quarter of the world's rhino population were killed in South
:11:00. > :11:04.Africa. Tragic and awful though it is, you're used to hearing these
:11:05. > :11:11.stories from Africa. But to actually hear about it in a Western facility.
:11:12. > :11:16.In a zoo! Which allegedly has security and CCTV. Obviously the
:11:17. > :11:20.rhino horns are shipped off to China or other Far Eastern countries,
:11:21. > :11:23.apparently they can make about 35 grand, which doesn't seem that much
:11:24. > :11:29.when you consider what they've actually done. Used in traditional
:11:30. > :11:33.medicine. Yes. It's really sad. British zoos, well probably zoos all
:11:34. > :11:42.over Europe, are upping their security. Whip nay, which has --
:11:43. > :11:48.Whipsneade is upping its security to make sure our rhinos are safe. We
:11:49. > :11:52.have run out of time. Front page of the Mail. Mary Berry. I mean, what's
:11:53. > :11:58.going on here. She's apparently stirred up a debate, what do you put
:11:59. > :12:08.in spag bol. This debate has been going on for more than 24 hours. She
:12:09. > :12:14.put white wine in her bolognese last night on TV. And cream! Cream and
:12:15. > :12:19.white wine. I don't know, everyone has about in uproar on Twitter and
:12:20. > :12:21.saying it should be red wine. You can't put cream in spaghetti
:12:22. > :12:27.bolognese. That's what Clive puts in. Red wine? At least three
:12:28. > :12:35.quarters, but you made it last night. I did. What was in it? It was
:12:36. > :12:38.very traditional. But the bits, vegetables chopped in tiny bits. I
:12:39. > :12:43.have young children that would have picked them out. Mushrooms, carrots
:12:44. > :12:49.and pepper. Top tip for parents. No white wine. It was for children. For
:12:50. > :12:54.our portion I added in a bit of red. If it was for your hubby and other
:12:55. > :12:57.adults. He was cooking for me! If he was cooking for his wife, there
:12:58. > :13:02.would be no white wine in it? Absolutely not. And no cream. No,
:13:03. > :13:06.but I quite like that idea actually. I looked at that and said that's
:13:07. > :13:10.cheating. You can't just put cream into everything. Of course it's
:13:11. > :13:14.going to taste nicer. The French put cream in everything because they've
:13:15. > :13:18.got dairy mountains. They have to get rid of it. That's why they put
:13:19. > :13:21.cream in everything. Now we're leaving the European Union, you
:13:22. > :13:28.can't have cream in anything. Mary, listen to that. Mary, you're a
:13:29. > :13:30.goddess, but no. Thank you very much indeed for looking at the stories
:13:31. > :13:33.behind the headlines. Don't forget you can see the front
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