02/12/2017 The Papers

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This is BBC News with Nicholas Owen.

We'll be taking a look at tomorrow

morning's papers in a moment -

first the headlines at 11:30.

The government's social mobility

adviser and his team have resigned.

Former Labour minister Alan Milburn

said the Prime Minister was failing

in her pledge to build

a "fairer Britain".

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officers who claimed that

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on a work computer of the Cabinet

minister, Damian Green.

Mr Green has denied looking

at or downloading pornography.

President Trump has insisted

that the actions of his former

national security adviser,

Michael Flynn, were lawful -

but he had to sack him

because he had lied

to the vice-president and the FBI.

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in a movie. Find out what Mark

Kermode made of it all. In the Film

Review.

Hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow.

With me are the economics

commentator & author,

Dharshini David and the US

Broadcaster and Commentator,

Charlie Wolf.

Tomorrow's front pages.

The Observer leads with news that

Theresa May's social mobility Tsar,

Alan Milburn, has resigned

in protest against the government's

policies.

The Sunday Times goes

with the same story,

reporting that Mr Milburn accused

ministers of betraying the people

who voted for Brexit.

The Mail on Sunday says a Labour

peer has been wrongly claiming

expenses - the peer says he will pay

some of the money back.

The Sunday Telegraph

reports on dissent within

the Conservative Party over

the role EU courts will play

in the UK after Brexit.

And the Sunday Express claims

the upcoming royal wedding will lift

the economy by half a billion pounds

and boost the Uk's diplomatic

relationship with the United States.

So let's begin.

The Observer, may's Social Mobility

Commission wrote to quits. This is

Alan Milburn and the other three.

For people in total. This is

disastrous overall. Social mobility

is more then, are you rich or poor?

It is a case of if you are born

poor, what are your chances of

moving up the income scale and

sharing in the games we are seeing

in the country. If you look at the

reports the commission has put out

over the past few years,

devastating. We know the impact of

that because when you look at the

vote of the referendum, the people

that were not actually benefiting

from social mobility are

disproportionately located in those

areas which voted out. We have

harissa made coming to power last

year and talking about the fact that

this should be a country for all,

not just a few -- Theresa May. These

people are saying, you are not to --

priority in this. It is falling by

the wayside when you are focusing on

Brexit.

That is slightly the point

that Brexit is a huge issue and

other things going on at the same

time. Governments are probably not

on the ball as it should have been.

A difficult time.

Hadi you

necessarily show -- how old do you

necessarily show that confidence. It

is an important concept. It is the

American dream. When we had people

dropping out of the job market and

not wanting to go back in, that was

considered dropping out of the

American dream. This is a country

very similar in environment, desire

and ability, to be able to invent

something.

The Prime Minister

quoting about America are saying

average earnings there remain flat

over the last 30 years. The point

is, this is not just a UK

phenomenon.

It shouldn't just be a

bout of money, by the way. It is

getting people into jobs.

Ultimately, it is about money. These

people have seen profits, profits

have grown over the last 30 years in

America, as they have here but wages

have not kept in line. These people

are not going to be getting their

fair share of the pie and therefore,

for Mrs May, this is a disaster. If

you are qualified to make these

people 's lives better, are you

going to make it better by...

We

must make the point it is not just

Alan Milburn, it is the commission

including Gillian Shephard, Baroness

Shephard. The Sunday Telegraph, we

are talking about Trump's joy. Quite

a torturous is less, getting this

legislation...

Even with his own

party. It is not necessarily what he

wanted, not the full measure. But

that said, it is something and

considering the last thing this was

done is 31 years ago and if you look

at the American tax system, it is so

complicated. The left -- legislation

takes up volumes. For those

complaining about the rich not

paying tax, one of the reasons why

is it you have that many regulations

and the taxes that higher, it keeps

you out of the tax game.

The

corporation tax in America dropped

from 35 to 20%.

The highest

corporation tax of...

One of the

highest. It is quite a risk because

what you are saying is you are

taking a gamble and if you will

convince more companies to stay put

in the US and pay tax there.

That is

the thing about the more revenue you

get when you reduce tax.

I know him

personally.

What individuals will

say that and say, what about us?

This is the word I was having

trouble with last hour, prosperity.

If you can bring in prosperity,

everyone benefits. The economy under

Jimmy Carter, the mess. And then

Ronald Reagan.

That's debatable.

This guy talks about jobs. He is not

just about rich and taxes. He is

dedicated to... His line is that why

would you do anything to stand in a

way of some of who wants to hire

people. Killam you are assuming that

the lower tax rate means that you

use the money to create more jobs

and not just pass on to

shareholders. -- EU are assuming.

What we are seeing is it does go to

shareholders. -- you are assuming.

There is a big picture of two reason

may looking very worried and who

could blame her? There is Donald

Trump. He is coming on February 20

six.

Is that why she is looking

worried?

Not too many miles from

here, there is American embassy. The

idea is that if all this goes to

plan, it will be ready around that

date. This could be a very

interesting thing.

We have had

people protesting before, Reagan,

whatever was going in the same days.

The same with Bush senior.

This is a

bit different to that.

I think it is

a shame. I know there are people

that have opinions about him. He is

not the average president but he is

still the President of the United

States.

When he went to France, they

are notorious about making

themselves heard there. It was

peaceful.

People don't protest on

Friday.

There hears, re- tweeting

Britain first. -- Britain First.

That woman mayor, Theresa May, if

you are applying for a visa, you had

to apply with British values and

that includes fairness, equality and

tolerance of other religions.

We are

going slightly backwards but I take

the point entirely. As a back to the

Sunday Telegraph. -- let's go back.

What do we make of this? Tories at

war over European judges. This is

arguing that we might actually stick

with this particular... European

Court of Justice.

Which is, to be

fair, separate from the European

Union but that said, it is still

essentially foreign judges who could

be reviewing and pronouncing on

British law. It is part of the deal.

Obviously Theresa May has a meeting

tomorrow with Jean-Claude Juncker

and he is president of the

commission. A federalist through and

through. He was a stronger, deeper,

more integrated Europe which drive

myself crazy and others. We have had

a battle going on of trying to get

the negotiating stages of getting

out and working out how much it will

cost. Now there is the thought it

could cost us something far more

valuable than money and that is what

I consider to be independent.

Sovereignty through the law. This is

an attack on her perceived attitudes

from Iain Duncan Smith.

Obviously you are a sceptic as well.

He would be the person to fire this

warning. It depends which side of

the debate you are on. If you think

this is necessarily a disaster or

not.

Most people who voted to leave

the European Union, immigration and

so on, but forming our own laws and

so on...

As far as we are concerned,

nothing overrules the US

Constitution and to me it is the

mark of sovereignty. If you can't

create your own laws, what are you?

Quickly on to the Observer. Roy

Hattersley, very much identified as

on the left of the Labour Party. Now

he realises this new outfit momentum

is causing trouble.

For him to say

this is quite a moment. He is saying

there are various examples and that

there are members who are trying to

unseat MPs and councillors who are

seen as being moderate and move the

party to the left. As we were saying

before, if you are a fan of having

debate even within parties,...

It is

the radical left. This is the

Corbynistas.

And members of the

Watford party who sit on the bench,

it is strong links to make.

The

party came back and said, no, you

will shortlist this person.

Momentum

on the margin.

If we are to believe

this article, of course. This is

just two examples. It would appear

that there are some claims in this

particular seats and that is what

happening.

And that all --

Hattersley is saying it is time to

fight back.

Strong words indeed.

This story is next to the one on the

front page of the Of server about

two reason they and social mobility

and how this proves that this shows

her party in disarray. -- Theresa

May.

Let's go something nice. What

to you think? The Mail on Sunday

says Megan -- Meghan Markle's unseen

family photo album. You approve of

this excitement as looking in as an

American person?

I was talking

yesterday and a green room and I

could be home in the state and 80

steel about Diana and Charles. "What

Those people did to that poor girl!

" That is still forefront in their

mind. This is an American and she

has a multi-ethnic background, she

is young, she is American, she is an

actress, she wears modern clothes. I

am sure they will be over the moon.

What we don't hear so much and we

have heard about all those aspects

of her, this is a woman who mastered

in international relations. She has

experience as an Abasand Darfur

charity. She is well qualified. She

has a professional side. -- she is

an ambassador for charity.

We have

got to stop. That is if the papers

this hour. Thank you to you both.

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