0:00:00 > 0:00:04more than £20m higher than the current record.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:20 > 0:00:21bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24With me are Josie Cox, business editor at the Independent,
0:00:24 > 0:00:33and Tom Bergin, business correspondent for Reuters.
0:00:34 > 0:00:40It is not just business news, folks, there is a lot of variety so stay
0:00:40 > 0:00:42with us.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Tomorrow's front pages, starting with
0:00:43 > 0:00:46the i has Jeremy Corbyn declaring he's ready to fight an election
0:00:46 > 0:00:50at any time, and will around in 2022 if the Government survives
0:00:50 > 0:00:50a full term.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53The Times claims the Metropolitan Police is failing
0:00:53 > 0:00:54to protect vulnerable children.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The Financial Times reports that companies have made a record amount
0:00:57 > 0:00:59from floating on stock exchanges, mainly because of deals
0:00:59 > 0:01:01in the US and China.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The Daily Express runs with a story about people seeing their pension
0:01:04 > 0:01:05funds whittled away by hidden charges.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08The Telegraph leads with a warning that patients are going blind
0:01:08 > 0:01:10while waiting for cataract operations.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13The Guardian leads with a story claiming the rise of automation,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15will adversely affect the poorest in society the most.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18The Mirror claims hospitals made half a million pounds a day,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20from NHS car parks last year.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And finally The Mail has a report claiming almost half of local
0:01:23 > 0:01:25authorities haven't had a bobby on the beat,
0:01:25 > 0:01:34for the past year.
0:01:34 > 0:01:46We will start with the ait, Jeremy Corbyn tells his ready to fight for
0:01:46 > 0:01:54an election any time and will work feel 2022. He is getting the message
0:01:54 > 0:02:01out that he is still out there. Theresa May is looking more secure
0:02:01 > 0:02:06but he is making clear he is still around.And that he will be for
0:02:06 > 0:02:11potentially is the long haul. What is interesting about this story, the
0:02:11 > 0:02:22age comes up. They are making the point that he is 60 ait -- 60 years
0:02:22 > 0:02:29of age. He will be fighting fit because of his diet. I do not know,
0:02:29 > 0:02:37I have not seen age becoming a big issue in British politics...He is a
0:02:37 > 0:02:41spring chicken compared to the US president.Age has become an issue
0:02:41 > 0:02:47at times. People have brought it up in the US elections. He says he is
0:02:47 > 0:02:54fighting fit even for 2022. He's tried to bring some of the attention
0:02:54 > 0:02:59back on himself which may has been shunning more on Theresa May.Is
0:02:59 > 0:03:03part of the problem that so much has been discussed about Brexit, Brexit
0:03:03 > 0:03:08seems to be the centre of the political conversation and Labour's
0:03:08 > 0:03:15position is a bit unclear. Even some Labour members would admit that. And
0:03:15 > 0:03:19that lack of clarity has perhaps meant they are not getting the kind
0:03:19 > 0:03:24of traction in the polls?I think that is definitely the case. Jeremy
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Corbyn has been speaking to several papers and one of the things that
0:03:28 > 0:03:35were discussing earlier, he is reiterating some of the pledges that
0:03:35 > 0:03:41got him the support. Pledges around healthcare, around housing, for
0:03:41 > 0:03:46example. Really strong issues that people care about and he wants to
0:03:46 > 0:03:57use to get through...To refocus of discussion and debate.The Brexit
0:03:57 > 0:04:01angle has been that any issue of an clarity in Labour, there is a ground
0:04:01 > 0:04:07swell among Labour voters who say we do not know where you stand on
0:04:07 > 0:04:14Brexit and we demand that what we are supporting you for what you will
0:04:14 > 0:04:19fight for. This is part of the package to try to re- mobilised his
0:04:19 > 0:04:29support base.The Daily Telegraph, some are suggesting that a Labour
0:04:29 > 0:04:34government under Jeremy Corbyn rather than Brexit go through
0:04:34 > 0:04:39because you can get rid of Jeremy Corbyn in four years but the Mac is
0:04:39 > 0:04:49a favour.This is a once-in-a-lifetime decision.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Hazeltine is articulating something people have been thinking for a long
0:04:54 > 0:05:01time, natural Tory supporters stop realistically if you go back to the
0:05:01 > 0:05:062015 election. One of the big risks around a Tory victory is they were
0:05:06 > 0:05:10promising a referendum that might not go the way the business Trinity
0:05:10 > 0:05:16wanted. This is more contentious because he is a figure that the
0:05:16 > 0:05:22Conservative Party would expect to always be beating the drums for the
0:05:22 > 0:05:28party. This asks whether politicians should be loyal first to their party
0:05:28 > 0:05:37or to the electric and the country as a whole. -- electorate. It may
0:05:37 > 0:05:41look like disloyalty to the party but he may say it is serving the
0:05:41 > 0:05:45greater good but it is not going down very well.I wonder if Ken
0:05:45 > 0:05:53Clarke feels the same way. To see Jeremy Corbyn in power rather than a
0:05:53 > 0:05:59Brexit.It is a difficult one. The rhetoric we are hearing from
0:05:59 > 0:06:06Heseltine is not surprising. He has been very clear on his opinions of
0:06:06 > 0:06:12Brexit but the draw that comparison directly, that takes the thing to a
0:06:12 > 0:06:17whole new level and that is what is upsetting some members of the Tory
0:06:17 > 0:06:28party.We will move on to the Times, continuing with Brexit. David Davis
0:06:28 > 0:06:34sidelined as a civil service takes over the negotiations.They are
0:06:34 > 0:06:41quoting sources saying that Oliver Roberts, the former Parliamentary
0:06:41 > 0:06:47Secretary, has been moved in as a bit of a substitute for Davis and
0:06:47 > 0:06:52that he has been going to these meetings in Brussels. July and
0:06:52 > 0:06:56September he went to significantly more meetings than David Davis. He
0:06:56 > 0:07:02reports to Theresa May. This is quite worrying for David Davis...
0:07:02 > 0:07:08Because he is of the Brexit secretary and if he is not doing
0:07:08 > 0:07:13anything... Not taking part in the negotiations, what is he doing? I
0:07:13 > 0:07:22not sure... Playing golf? I am sure you are not doing that, David.Is it
0:07:22 > 0:07:28surprising considering that David Davis has been the face of Brexit
0:07:28 > 0:07:32negotiations so far. His competency and credibility have been questioned
0:07:32 > 0:07:38and we can all agree that Brexit negotiations have not gone as
0:07:38 > 0:07:42planned even though we have some progress in the last couple of weeks
0:07:42 > 0:07:46but nonetheless there was a lot of scrutiny around whether David Davis
0:07:46 > 0:07:51is the right person for the job and whether he is in it for the long
0:07:51 > 0:07:55run, as Jeremy Corbyn claims to be. There is no suggestion that Theresa
0:07:55 > 0:08:01May would go any further and get rid of him.She is playing a really
0:08:01 > 0:08:06difficult balancing act. There is a huge risk for Theresa May and also
0:08:06 > 0:08:14for Remainers which is that at the moment he is negotiating, he is a
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Brexiteer, clearly, and the Remainers are saying there is the
0:08:18 > 0:08:24potential for the government to be all to deliver. If it ends up the
0:08:24 > 0:08:28case that this deal is not going to be as sweet and nice as the Brexit
0:08:28 > 0:08:34campaign said it would be, if their man has been sidelined, Brexiteers
0:08:34 > 0:08:41canton around and say we got a bad deal because we were undermined by
0:08:41 > 0:08:47Remainers. Theresa May could end up facing the blame if the reason a
0:08:47 > 0:08:53deal the country does not like about freedom of movement, and things that
0:08:53 > 0:08:58people said we would not have to have if we left the European Union.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03If David Davis is sidelined and another Brexiteer is not in a
0:09:03 > 0:09:09powerful position, this could contribute to who owns the failure.
0:09:09 > 0:09:16The whole point, one assumes, that you appoint David Davis, Liam Fox
0:09:16 > 0:09:23and Boris Johnson because of three of them were Brexiteers and if it is
0:09:23 > 0:09:28a complete failure, it is their fault. Sidelining David Davis should
0:09:28 > 0:09:34turn that on its head.Absolutely but we have to remember that a lot
0:09:34 > 0:09:38of her plans back in the day have since proved not to have been the
0:09:38 > 0:09:42most successful approach so I think the way Brexit negotiations have
0:09:42 > 0:09:46gone so far has clearly presented additional challenges that perhaps
0:09:46 > 0:09:52nobody factored in. Who is to save what will happen in the next couple
0:09:52 > 0:10:01of months.Indeed. In the mail. Bobbies disappearing. 40% of people
0:10:01 > 0:10:06in this poll say they have not seen an officer on street patrolled in
0:10:06 > 0:10:11the last year.It is an Independent police watchdog poll questioning
0:10:11 > 0:10:174000 people and they say that apparently 44% of not seen Bobby on
0:10:17 > 0:10:26the beat in the last year, last year it was 36%, is they be declined by
0:10:26 > 0:10:32all the look of things. --A steady decline. I wonder how we liable it
0:10:32 > 0:10:37is as an indicator because one thing we have to consider is how many
0:10:37 > 0:10:43lease officers out there are plainclothes and on top of that
0:10:43 > 0:10:51there are other techniques for monitoring, for surveillance, at
0:10:51 > 0:10:55cameras etc and surely they must play a part as well and finally, I
0:10:55 > 0:11:02think I do not know how conscious we are police officers and what I would
0:11:02 > 0:11:05really like to do and find interesting would be if we did this
0:11:05 > 0:11:12survey in the immediate aftermath of some terrible terrorist attack and I
0:11:12 > 0:11:15think people are there more conscious of seeing police officers
0:11:15 > 0:11:20and think a lot of people would say, yes, I have noticed police officers
0:11:20 > 0:11:25around because they are looking out for them.I seem to see a lot of
0:11:25 > 0:11:34community officers. Community Bobbies, as they are called. PCS oh.
0:11:34 > 0:11:42Definitely. One of the things we were discussing, in Canary worth,
0:11:42 > 0:11:50where I work, I see as many police armed as an armed. One of the
0:11:50 > 0:12:00interesting thing is is what does the date at tell us? There is a
0:12:00 > 0:12:07debate about whether there is a benefit about using police in a
0:12:07 > 0:12:13targeted way, the high spots of crime. If you deployed many more
0:12:13 > 0:12:16police on the beat, you still would not see them because they would be
0:12:16 > 0:12:28going to the hot crime spots.Going on to the Guardian, the poorest fare
0:12:28 > 0:12:32worse in automated age. It is those jobs that are repetitive that
0:12:32 > 0:12:38perhaps could be done by a robot or a machine, those in the professions,
0:12:38 > 0:12:45the workplace areas that are going to be worst hit were the machine to
0:12:45 > 0:12:52take over.Every few months we tend to get a new report out about the
0:12:52 > 0:12:59robots. This report says it does not think robots are going to take over
0:12:59 > 0:13:05jobs, you are not heading for some kind of future where we do not have
0:13:05 > 0:13:10jobs any more and robots do everything. They are concerned about
0:13:10 > 0:13:14what the automation of certain industries will lead to wealth
0:13:14 > 0:13:18inequality and to that balance. They are saying that actually the jobs
0:13:18 > 0:13:24that pay the lowest wages are most susceptible to automation and as a
0:13:24 > 0:13:31result of that, that will force more people to retrain, to relocate, to
0:13:31 > 0:13:36shift their focus to high your earning professions and that will
0:13:36 > 0:13:40create an imbalance. They are urging the government to do more around
0:13:40 > 0:13:45educating people, educating employers around the risks of
0:13:45 > 0:13:52automation and the changing face of the workforce.Are we on top of this
0:13:52 > 0:13:58enough? Are we ready for this great new world? Is the society ready to
0:13:58 > 0:14:02meet the challenge?Over the past 30- 40 years, particularly with
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Margaret Thatcher in the UK, we have believed a very much in deregulation
0:14:07 > 0:14:14and market allowed to allocate resources efficiently. We are
0:14:14 > 0:14:19increasingly seen the Rat shortfalls and there are certain areas where
0:14:19 > 0:14:25markets need help. -- there are. This is a massive trend that think
0:14:25 > 0:14:33is talk about and we did not have clear answers for it. Automation
0:14:33 > 0:14:38creates jobs but they are low-wage and low productivity is one of the
0:14:38 > 0:14:43biggest problems the UK faces. It may be that we need to look at more
0:14:43 > 0:14:50creative thinking, increasing minimal wages, robot takes it looks
0:14:50 > 0:14:55like we may possibly need innovative thinking and trying out some things,
0:14:55 > 0:15:04give it a go even if it is really dramatic.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10Finally, the express at the end of December. Ice and snow out there but
0:15:10 > 0:15:16it has been causing problems according to the Express. Deadly
0:15:16 > 0:15:24warning, ice chaos after snow hits Britain.A bad situation. Not just
0:15:24 > 0:15:28the Express, it is across the newspapers today and unsurprisingly
0:15:28 > 0:15:33that flurry of snow we had across London was dramatic elsewhere. The
0:15:33 > 0:15:38Times is saying we are in for two more days of subzero temperatures.
0:15:38 > 0:15:4550,000 homes are apparently without power over the last few days and it
0:15:45 > 0:15:51is clearly a dramatic situation. Travel has been disrupted... The
0:15:51 > 0:15:56interesting thing pointed out is the implication for people who are
0:15:56 > 0:16:02suffering health conditions. The NHS is saying it increases the risk of
0:16:02 > 0:16:05heart attacks and things like that. That is when logistics become
0:16:05 > 0:16:16serious.Time to bring that to an end. Sorry, you may have heard that
0:16:16 > 0:16:23buzzing. That was my phone. What are you doing?! Leaving some of the
0:16:23 > 0:16:26stories behind the headlines and thank you for watching. Thank you
0:16:26 > 0:16:31and goodbye.