15/06/2016 BBC News at Six

65 Tory MPs turn on George Osborne after he says leaving the EU

would mean an emergency Budget and higher taxes.

Leave MPs say they would vote him down but the Chancellor argues

Quitting the EU would mean less money - billions less -

and as the economy shrinks, so too would the cash

This is utterly irresponsible in the last throes,

because you're in a panic, in the Remain camp, to suddenly try

That's not the way that politics should work.

Do you mind not looking like that at me all the time?

Tough-talking Sir Philip Green apologises to BHS workers

and says he's ready to sort out their pension scheme.

An alligator attack at a Disney resort in Florida.

Police say there's no chance of finding a two-year-old boy alive.

Concern for the safety of fans, as French police step up

security before tomorrow's England-Wales match.

Coming up later on BBC News, I'll have the day's action

in Euro 2016 Sportsday, including the latest

from the three home nations ahead of tomorrow's matches.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

A 65-strong group of Conservative MPs has questioned the Chancellor's

future after his latest warning about leaving the European Union.

George Osborne said an emergency Budget would be needed to fix

what he called a ?30 billion black hole in the UK's finances.

Mr Osborne said that would mean tax rises such as a 2p increase

And there'd be ?15 billion of spending cuts that

The Tory MPs say they would vote against such a Budget,

making the Chancellor's position "untenable".

Here's our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.

On land and almost sea, the referendum clashes are in full flow.

And strange. Bob Geldof taking Nigel Farage on the Thames! Nigel, stop

telling lies! It's all right for millionaires! Crowds and campaigners

shouting the odds, too. You'll be more used to this. The Chancellor

with a man who used to do his job for Labour, claiming if you voted to

leave, a sudden deterioration in the country's anchor balance would mean

whopping tax rises and cuts. -- bank balance. You've got a situation

today when you've got a Conservative Chancellor and a Labour Chancellor

telling people there will be a bit, in the public finances, that you

would have to raise taxes and cut spending, and I tell you, there's

only one thing worse than passing a Budget like that, it's not passing a

Budget to solve the situation and sending the economy into a tailspin.

But there's been furious backlash from those wanting out. They say he

has gone too far. When you have today even the Leave campaign saying

there will be an economic consequence, people need to know

that before they passed that -- cast their vote. He claims he would have

no choice but to deliver such bad news. Because he would have to fail

a ?30 billion -- fill a ?30 billion hole in the books. But the chances

of George Osborne standing on the steps with a Budget like that are

slim. It would be almost impossible to get the support. But the message

that number 11 wants to give is that the country votes to leave the EU,

we will all pay one way or another. There are nearly 70 Tories who want

out of the EU and they have claimed they will do fine. One MP told me,

smart guy, stupid move. The Leave campaigners haven't made their views

public but somewhat incredulous. This is no longer just about the

referendum but George Osborne's authority, too. You have a chance

coming out and irresponsibly trying to scare the public and even the

markets. That is utterly wrong, I've never seen anything like it in 24

years and he needs to think again and stop this nonsense at once. You

are saying if he carried on like this, you would have to go? This is

irresponsible. What is responsible is for a Chancellor to say, no

matter what happens, Britain is good enough to forge its way. But they

could be huge turbulence if we vote to leave. The outcome pay have

talked about five new laws they would campaign for. It is almost

like an alternative mini manifesto. This campaign has gone way beyond

the ordinary, far past the usual insults and intrigue of politics,

and now with a significant chunk of Tory MPs saying if the country votes

out, they would try to oust George Osborne, it feels like there's a

coup in waiting. The police even got involved as campaigns weren't just

messing around on the river, but taking each other on. There is

little sign of apathy is this decision approaches. Every awareness

of how much it counts. Our economics editor,

Kamal Amed, is here. Would the Chancellor really go ahead

with this type of Budget? Well, they certainly try to make it

look like a Budget. This is the document the Remain campaign brought

out today. This is the active Budget from earlier in the year. This,

admittedly, more flimsy. Economists do believe in the short-term the

British economy would take a hit and that could affect the public

finances and leaves a shortfall of about ?30 billion by 2020. Would any

Budget need to be this brutal war in one go? Very unlikely. He could

smooth borrowing, he could push tax rises into the future and public

spending cuts as well. I think George Osborne knows he's in an

utterly fierce fight. People close to him have told me this is all

about undecided voters, the war over the wavering. They will choose and

they will be the ones who make the decision on the joke -- June 23 and

it's become very clear that those around George Osborne believe that

the moment the economic argument is not cutting through to enough

voters. Thank you. We know immigration is a big issue

in the referendum debate, and today the Home Secretary,

Theresa May, has told the BBC that there should be a look

at further reforms in the free movement of people if Britain

votes to stay in the EU. Speaking exclusively

to our political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Ms May explained

how she decided to back This is the latest in Laura's

interviews with key figures In a world of loudmouths,

she is a quiet politician. Don't mistake that for having

nothing to say. For a while on the EU, though,

it was unclear where Theresa May would pin her colours,

which way she would go. Well, there were plenty of voices

suggesting what I should do in this. Of course there were quite a lot

of voices suggesting I should go But as I say, I approached this

decision in the way I approach other Look at the facts

and come to a view. When I put all that together

and when I think about the potential risk to jobs, the uncertainties

for our economy if we were to leave the European Union,

when I think about the security, the discussions I've had

within the EU, because I do believe But this campaign is about

immigration as well. As Home Secretary,

her responsibility. I completely understand why people

are concerned about immigration. There is no silver bullet,

there is no one thing you can do that is suddenly going to deal

with all the problems people That includes leaving the EU,

that is not a single But there is one big truth, though,

here, which is as long as we are in the EU we cannot cap

the numbers of people coming in here from other

countries in Europe? There are some changes coming up

in free movement rules. We should look at further reform

in the future. What would you say to your

colleagues who have been campaigning It is understandable that people

feel very passionately about it. But when you said you wanted

a serious and mature debate, it sounded a bit like you were telling

them to grow up. No, what I was doing was setting

out my approach to this campaign. She has stayed above the fray,

but what happens after all these Do you think whatever happens,

David Cameron will still be in a job Would you ever consider

running for the job? Look, David I hope is going

to carry on until 2020. As I said, there is no vacancy,

Laura. Look, whatever I say

to you is going to be taken this way There is no vacancy,

I hope David is going to continue With a referendum so close,

that is not clear at all. The billionaire businessman

Sir Philip Green has apologised to staff of the collapsed retailer

BHS, which he sold for ?1 last year. Referring to the company's massive,

?500 million pension deficit, There were tense exchanges

throughout the hearing, as our business editor,

Simon Jack, reports. Putting together the pieces

of a high-street failure. The person who knows how

they all fit arrived for his moment 13 months later it collapsed

and today he apologised. It didn't need to be like this

and I just want to apologise to all the BHS people who have

been involved in this, who are involved, and I hope that

by the end of the morning they will hear everything and we can

find some sensible solutions He sold the chain for just ?1

to this man, Dominic Chappell, a former bankrupt with

no retail experience. Sir Philip himself set out one

of the key questions. Did we go out of our way

intentionally to find somebody, anybody, in this case Chappell,

to find somebody to end up I think hopefully three hours in,

or however long it is, or three-and-a-half hours in,

whatever it is, you can accept During a sometimes testy encounter

he tried hard to control his temper Sir, do you mind not looking at me

like that all the time? You just wanted to stare at me,

it's just uncomfortable. Put your glasses back on, you look

better with your glasses on. I don't like the way

you are asking me the question. I am terribly sorry,

I will rephrase it. Which bit of don't remember

is difficult for you to listen to? He then blamed his own

advisers on Sachs. If Mr Chappell had not passed

Goldman Sachs' sniff test of credibility,

would you have done a deal with him? We wouldn't be sitting

here, absolutely not. 20,000 pensioners are facing cuts

to their retirement income. It is resolvable, sortable,

we will sort it, we will find a solution and I am going to give

an assurance to the 20,000 pensioners that I am

there to sort this. There wasn't enough detail

today to reassure scheme I think the right thing to do

would be to make sure that no one is any worse off

because of the collapse of BHS. He says he has an affinity

with the company after 15 years. Let's hope he has got

a good moral compass, he's got the money to do it,

and look after these Sir Philip's retail fortune is now

in his wide's Monaco bank account and the committee

wanted to know why there? Somebody suggested it and we went

there, I wanted to put my children in school somewhere,

two or three choices. We went there, had

a look, met the people When did you find out

that it had tax advantages? I think it is known,

I don't think that's a secret. Sir Philip will be hoping he can

disappear back there now, but there are still some pieces

missing from this puzzle. A brief look at some of the day's

other other news stories. The late broadcaster and former MP

Sir Clement Freud has been accused of sexually abusing two girls

in the 1940s and the 1970s. The allegations are made

in tonight's edition of the ITV His widow said she was "deeply

saddened and profoundly sorry CCTV footage of a boy

who was hit by a drunk driver, but escaped with only cuts

and bruises, has been The six-year-old was picking out

sweets when the car smashed through the shop window

near Manchester last month. The driver has been

disqualified for three years. The former Olympic athlete

Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court in South Africa

without his prosthetic legs during a hearing to determine his

sentence for murder. His lawyer recounted the night three

years ago that he shot dead his girlfriend,

Reeva Steenkamp. Prosecutors have asked for a minimum

sentence of 15 years. Police in the US state of Florida

say the search for a two-year-old boy who was snatched by an alligator

at a hotel near Disney World is now The child was dragged

into the water whilst paddling in a lagoon at the Disney-owned

resort in Orlando. Parts of Disney World

have been sealed off. All beaches in the resort

have been closed. It follows the dramatic

disappearance of a two-year-old boy as his family were

relaxing by a lake here. The child was in the water,

about a foot in the water, Father hears what is

categorised as a splash. He goes and sees what is happening

and he finds that his child basically is in the mouth

of an alligator. The father goes to try to grab

the child but the alligator gets the child, takes the child off

into the water. Search and Rescue teams have been

at work both in the air Trappers have caught and killed

several alligators but have so far Well, they first said

they were optimistic, but police now admit this is aobut

finding a body. To at least give a devastated

family the beginnings Aleem Maqbool, BBC News,

in Orlando, Florida. More on the referendum now,

and this week we're hearing The North East of England

is a Labour heartland, but, like elsewhere,

there are signs that some there are preparing

to ignore their party Our political editor in the region,

Richard Moss, has been talking Hartlepool, coastal, working,

working class and Labour. The party has provided the town's MP

for the last 50 years. The next dance is the Tiffany

saunter. But Labour's push to stay in the EU

does not seem to be in step Hannah Chapman will be dancing

to a different tune on June 23. I want out and I have done

from the start. Whatever the local Labour MP says,

Jeremy Corbyn, Alan Johnson, And the majority of the dance class

agrees. I believe we should

make our own decisions. Everything we decide in this

country is vetoed. We think we will be safer

of and better off in. But perhaps younger working

voters might give Remain This was a rare success for Remain

in this town. Leave campaigners are certainly more

buoyant, believing they are winning And it is not scientific,

but we find it hard to find Remain supporters in a town that is

desperate for jobs and investment. Do you know which way you will vote

in the referendum? Leave without a doubt,

no second thoughts in my mind. And hotel night porter Alan Hughes

certainly believes his young family By the time my children

are old enough to go and look for jobs, will there be jobs there

when we are in an overpopulated Immigration has been

lower here than in other That is true, but if the influx

continues the way it is going, there has got to be an overspill

somewhere and it will get here. The north-east is likely to be

the first part of the country to declare its results in the early

hours of Friday, June 24. So if Leave campaigners are right

and they have won here, it will not be game, set and match,

but it is likely to turn the current jitters amongst Labour MPs

and Remain campaigners Thousands of England and Wales

football fans are gathering in the city of Lens ahead

of their Euro 2016 match tomorrow. There are concerns for their safety

after recent clashes with Russian supporters,

who have just watched their team lose to Slovakia

in the nearby city of Lille. Thousands of football supporters

here because of two big games taking place today and tomorrow. England

and Wales tomorrow and Russia and Slovakia today. These riot police

came face-to-face with England supporters in the last hour and tear

gas was fired. The England fans tried to get out of this square up

to other England fans looking to see what had happened. They are now

being pushed back into the corner of this square. They are noisy on

boisterous and the feeling I get from talking to some of them is that

some of them are looking for trouble. It does not bode well for

the rest of the evening. It is quite tense here at the moment. Those are

the events of the pitch. Dan Rowan has the report about the events on

He is the world's most expensive player, but to

Gareth Bale's brilliance has inspired his country to their first

And having helped them win their opening match,

the Real Madrid star is relishing an international derby

We know they have fantastic players, they have a good team.

But come match day when you cross that white line, there's no friends.

And as if to prove it, here is how many Englishmen Bale

England would no doubt disagree, but having only managed a draw

in their first game, manager Roy Hodgson admits his team

now needs this more than their opponents.

They are under less pressure because normally when you win a game

and three teams qualify from the group, you are basically

qualified the minute you win a game, and they have won one

So no doubt that the answer to that question is they are

So what could happen in this, the biggest home nations clash

since Paul Gascoigne inspired England to a famous win over

When that first whistle goes, players will be at it, there will be

no favours done, you're representing your countries here.

But I just feel Wales have the slight advantage,

simply because they have got a win on the board.

Having lost their first match, meanwhile, Northern Ireland have

been preparing to take on Ukraine tomorrow in Lyon.

But with tens of thousands of British fans gathering

in northern France amid a highly visible security operation,

the focus both on and off the field will be on a game that has captured

the imagination ever since the draw was made.

And now it is time for the web. On a cloudy and wet is not the headline

you want for June in Scotland. That is what you got my relentless rain

piling in off the east coast. In Central and in parts of England

and Wales we saw plenty of sharp showers developing in the afternoon.

The best of the dry weather was in East Anglia and the South East. Not

too much interruption for the tennis at Queens. The rain is easing and

moving a bit further north in Scotland. It will be a cloudy night

with poor visibility and fog around first thing tomorrow morning. But it

is a repeat across England and Wales because we see plenty more showers

developing in the middle of the afternoon and some of them are

pretty sharp. The rain in Scotland drifts a bit further north, so not

quite a dismal day, but disappointingly cool. Some

brightness in the north of England, but it is another day of sunny

spells and scattered showers and some of the showers are heavy. If

you get caught up in them, it is pretty measurable. Up to 19 degrees

if you are lucky. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. The

low-pressure drifts South and on Friday there is persistent rain

clinging onto Eastern Scotland and North East England, but the weekend

looks better. We joined