09/03/2017

:00:00. > :00:09.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:10. > :00:13.The Chancellor accused of breaking an election promise

:00:14. > :00:24.Employed and self-employed alike use our public services in the same way,

:00:25. > :00:25.but they are not paying for them in the same way.

:00:26. > :00:29.announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from Tory

:00:30. > :00:36.backbenchers about the impact on the self employed.

:00:37. > :00:39.Also in the Budget, there was the promise of an extra

:00:40. > :00:41.?2 billion for social care and big

:00:42. > :00:44.I'm here this morning with experts and people affected

:00:45. > :00:56.to see how the announcements have gone down.

:00:57. > :01:00.Good morning, it's Thursday the 9th March.

:01:01. > :01:03.A new memorial to honour the British military personnel and civilians

:01:04. > :01:09.In sport, they're calling it one of the greatest European

:01:10. > :01:12.Barcelona make history by coming from 4-0 down

:01:13. > :01:20.against Paris St Germain to win with the last kick of the game.

:01:21. > :01:22.And two years after historic Clandon Park House was gutted

:01:23. > :01:28.by fire, we report on the start of the huge restoration task.

:01:29. > :01:41.Good morning. For many this morning it's a fairly cloudy start, also a

:01:42. > :01:44.damp one with showers or some rain but by mid-morning, for most we'll

:01:45. > :01:48.have some lovely springlike weather with a fair bit of sunshine except

:01:49. > :01:52.across the Channel Islands and the south-west, where it will be cloudy

:01:53. > :01:54.and damp, and it will be quite a windy day for some of us. More in 15

:01:55. > :01:54.minutes. The Chancellor Phillip Hammond

:01:55. > :01:59.is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing

:02:00. > :02:01.National Insurance contributions for many self-employed workers

:02:02. > :02:03.in yesterday's budget. He's facing growing pressure

:02:04. > :02:05.to reconsider his plan from some The Treasury has defended

:02:06. > :02:10.the increase, saying it will return The amount self-employed workers

:02:11. > :02:16.will pay will rise from 9% It means an average

:02:17. > :02:23.increase of ?240 a year. And it'll affect around two million

:02:24. > :02:27.workers across the UK, raising ?145 million a year

:02:28. > :02:34.for the Treasury by 2022. Our political correspondent

:02:35. > :02:47.Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster It's already starting to get a tiny

:02:48. > :02:51.bit awkward for the Chancellor, isn't it, even from his own MPs. He

:02:52. > :02:56.has certainly ended up with a bit of a row on his hands and there is lots

:02:57. > :03:00.of criticism that this policy breaks a promise in the Conservative

:03:01. > :03:03.manifesto not to put up National Insurance, so there are calls this

:03:04. > :03:08.morning for the Chancellor to reverse yesterday's announcement.

:03:09. > :03:11.Critical Tories say it does nothing to encouraged enterprise, does

:03:12. > :03:19.nothing to encourage risk-taking. One MP said he was worried it would

:03:20. > :03:22.hit voters he described as white van men. So, yes, calls for the

:03:23. > :03:26.ministers and the government to change their mind, but ministers are

:03:27. > :03:30.insistent there won't be a U-turn and these changes will make the

:03:31. > :03:34.system fairer. But Labour said this is the government breaking promises

:03:35. > :03:38.and clobbering the self-employed. Elsewhere, there was extra cash for

:03:39. > :03:43.social care, ?2 million to help ease the creaking system and also help to

:03:44. > :03:48.soften the blow of changes to business rates with a ?300 million

:03:49. > :03:52.hardship fund. Labour saying, look, that can knock money isn't enough,

:03:53. > :03:56.especially for social care and the NHS -- that kind of money. And this

:03:57. > :04:02.morning, the morning after the Budget, all the giveaways Philip

:04:03. > :04:06.Hammond managed to find are being overshadowed by that row over

:04:07. > :04:07.National Insurance. Elia Ghani -- Eleanor Garnier in Westminster for

:04:08. > :04:08.us this morning. Steph is outside the studio

:04:09. > :04:11.with some experts and people who'll be affected, how are

:04:12. > :04:20.the changes being received? Good morning to you and good

:04:21. > :04:23.morning, everybody. As you heard there, one of the big stories

:04:24. > :04:27.especially for business is this change in the National Insurance

:04:28. > :04:32.that the self-employed will pay. A couple of experts we can talk to

:04:33. > :04:36.about this, Rebecca, a tax expert. We heard the Chancellor talking a

:04:37. > :04:40.lot about fairness, does this make the system fairer for working

:04:41. > :04:43.people? There is always a difficult question because it depends on your

:04:44. > :04:48.perspective but the current system has been in place for years. --

:04:49. > :04:53.fair. It comes from a time when most were employed and not many were

:04:54. > :04:56.self-employed so the current system compensates self-employed people for

:04:57. > :04:59.the risks they were taking about being self-employed. What the

:05:00. > :05:03.government have done is they have focused on the benefits people get

:05:04. > :05:08.in future, as they're saying people essentially get the same pensions,

:05:09. > :05:10.they've got to equalise the system. Interesting, Kelly, you are

:05:11. > :05:15.self-employed and you've been trying to work out for the last 12 hours

:05:16. > :05:19.what it will mean for you and Kelly, what are your thoughts? I think

:05:20. > :05:25.you're right, Rebecca, as an entrepreneur you take risks, you are

:05:26. > :05:28.taking the road less travelled. So eroding the dividend tax allowance

:05:29. > :05:32.and increasing national insurance contributions will have an impact on

:05:33. > :05:35.finances and it erodes the profitability of being

:05:36. > :05:39.self-employed. Have you worked out how much it will cost you? A couple

:05:40. > :05:44.of 100 pounds a year, which isn't substantial but at the same time

:05:45. > :05:48.it's sending a bad message to businesses. Is it putting pressure

:05:49. > :05:52.on you as an entrepreneur? Absolutely, I think it is. Thank you

:05:53. > :05:56.for your time, I know you'll be joining us through the show and we

:05:57. > :06:00.will have more experts here to talk to us about what this means for

:06:01. > :06:00.them. Steph, thanks very much for that.

:06:01. > :06:03.We'll be speaking to the Chancellor Philip Hammond just

:06:04. > :06:06.Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC

:06:07. > :06:09.that the common sense time for a second independence

:06:10. > :06:10.referendum would be autumn next year.

:06:11. > :06:13.A vote can only take place with the permission

:06:14. > :06:17.But the remarks are the clearest signal yet that the SNP is planning

:06:18. > :06:28.to hold another vote before the UK leaves the European Union.

:06:29. > :06:33.In Westminster, some politicians think you're bluffing about holding

:06:34. > :06:39.a referendum. I'm not and I never have been. I always think that

:06:40. > :06:44.sometimes says more about them than it does about me because it suggests

:06:45. > :06:48.that there are politicians in Westminster who think Brexit and all

:06:49. > :06:51.of this is some con of game. It's not a game, it's really really

:06:52. > :06:56.serious and the implications for the UK serious and the indications for

:06:57. > :07:01.Scotland are serious. Some of your colleagues talk about Autumn 2018 as

:07:02. > :07:09.a likely date. Within that window, as an outline of a UK deal becomes

:07:10. > :07:13.clear, and the UK exiting the EU I think would be the common sense time

:07:14. > :07:18.for Scotland to have that choice if that is the road we choose to go

:07:19. > :07:20.down. Just to be clear, you're not ruling out autumn 2018? I'm not

:07:21. > :07:21.ruling out anything, no. A new memorial honouring the British

:07:22. > :07:24.military personnel and civilians who have served in Iraq

:07:25. > :07:26.and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War will be unveiled

:07:27. > :07:31.by the Queen later today. Members of the public donated more

:07:32. > :07:34.than ?1 million to fund the monument, as our correspondent

:07:35. > :07:45.Robert Hall reports. The military deployments to Iraq and

:07:46. > :07:48.Afghanistan over a 24 year period represent the longest and most

:07:49. > :07:53.intense series of operations since the Second World War. 682 British

:07:54. > :08:00.service personnel lost their lives. Many others came home with life

:08:01. > :08:04.changing injuries. The new memorial was first mooted in 2014 and

:08:05. > :08:10.fundraising began on Remembrance Sunday of that year. It stands on

:08:11. > :08:13.the bank of the Thames alongside reminders of other military

:08:14. > :08:17.campaigns. The new monument doesn't just

:08:18. > :08:20.commemorate the armed forces, it gives equal prominence to the

:08:21. > :08:25.civilians who worked on the humanitarian side of operations.

:08:26. > :08:31.Government, aid and charity workers, all of whom showed the twin values

:08:32. > :08:35.of Judy and service. Although British public opinion was

:08:36. > :08:39.divided over the merits of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan,

:08:40. > :08:43.no one questions the dedication shown by both military and civilians

:08:44. > :08:49.trying to get those countries back on their feet. This team behind the

:08:50. > :08:55.memorial accept there is no clear end to this chapter in our history.

:08:56. > :09:01.Today's ceremony will reawaken shared experiences for those who

:09:02. > :09:03.were there. The sadness, the pain and the pride. Robert Hall, BBC

:09:04. > :09:05.News. The mother of the missing serviceman

:09:06. > :09:08.Corrie McKeague has said it is just a matter of time before

:09:09. > :09:11.they find her son's remains Suffolk Police have

:09:12. > :09:14.revealed that a bin lorry, seized shortly after the RAF gunner

:09:15. > :09:17.vanished after a night out in Suffolk last September,

:09:18. > :09:20.was carrying a heavier load Police are currently searching

:09:21. > :09:25.the site outside Cambridge. A man in Australia who posed online

:09:26. > :09:28.as the singer Justin Bieber has been charged with more

:09:29. > :09:31.than 900 child sex offences. The 42-year old man

:09:32. > :09:33.is accused of persuading fans of the star to send

:09:34. > :09:36.him explicit images. Police say he had been

:09:37. > :09:38.using a number of sites, including Facebook and Skype

:09:39. > :09:43.to communicate with children. A United Nations report is to call

:09:44. > :09:46.for an independent investigation into the potential health

:09:47. > :09:49.impact of the UK's largest Residents living near

:09:50. > :09:54.the Ffos-y-Fran site in south Wales have led a long

:09:55. > :10:13.campaign against air Cut into the side of the Valley east

:10:14. > :10:17.of Merthyr Tydfil, this is Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine, the size

:10:18. > :10:21.of 400 football pitches. Since 2007 a private company has been digging

:10:22. > :10:26.here right next to people's houses. What you're looking at right now,

:10:27. > :10:32.the mountain, the rim, is the bowl of the opencast mine. My biggest

:10:33. > :10:36.effect is the dust, absolutely phenomenal amount of dust. For more

:10:37. > :10:40.than a decade some locals have been claiming that pollution from the

:10:41. > :10:43.mine has been causing breathing and sleeping problems. They've held

:10:44. > :10:48.protests and petition the local council, the Welsh and UK

:10:49. > :10:52.governments. Now BBC news has learned the United Nations is set to

:10:53. > :10:56.make a surprise in intervention. A report by its special rat that are

:10:57. > :11:00.on the human rights of communities at risk of pollution will call for

:11:01. > :11:10.an independent investigation of claims this mine could be harming

:11:11. > :11:14.local people. I came across a number of pressing issues but this was

:11:15. > :11:18.definitely at the top of the list, I heard allegations of very high rates

:11:19. > :11:22.of childhood asthma, cancer clusters among the community. I didn't hear

:11:23. > :11:26.any evidence of a strong intervention by the government to

:11:27. > :11:30.investigate. Merthyr Tydfil council said his findings were based on

:11:31. > :11:34.unsubstantiated claims by the local community. The mind's operator

:11:35. > :11:43.insisted it had a proud record of mining responsibly. Steffan

:11:44. > :11:47.Messenger, BBC News. Malta's famous rock arch,

:11:48. > :11:50.that featured in a number of films and the TV series Game of Thrones,

:11:51. > :11:53.has collapsed into the sea. The Azure Window was

:11:54. > :11:56.damaged by heavy storms. The Prime Minister Joseph Muscat

:11:57. > :11:58.said it was heartbreaking. A study of the arch in 2013 said

:11:59. > :12:09.it was eroding but wasn't Look at it, before and after, just

:12:10. > :12:15.gone. Four years ago they said it wasn't in danger and it has gone

:12:16. > :12:19.already! Very sad. There is one in Donegal, I hope that doesn't go,

:12:20. > :12:23.very similar. What a night in the Champions League, the greatest

:12:24. > :12:27.comeback in the Champions League. Barca, 4-0 down in the first leg,

:12:28. > :12:32.winning it with three late goals, not against just a minnow in the

:12:33. > :12:36.qualifying rounds, against PSG, who hadn't lost this season in the

:12:37. > :12:44.Champions League. How did that happen? Something we haven't seen

:12:45. > :12:48.before. Luis Enrique, the Barca manager, said it was like watching a

:12:49. > :12:49.horror movie an frogging in front of him! -- unfolding.

:12:50. > :12:51.Barcelona are the first team to overturn a 4-0 deficit

:12:52. > :12:54.from the first leg of a Champions League game.

:12:55. > :12:57.Even with seven minutes to go at the Nou Camp

:12:58. > :13:00.they appeared to be heading out, but they scored three quick goals

:13:01. > :13:02.against Paris St Germain, including this one from

:13:03. > :13:04.Serge Roberto, with the last kick of the game

:13:05. > :13:07.to win 6-5 overall and reach the quarter-finals.

:13:08. > :13:09.Manchester United are in Russia for tonight's Europa League match.

:13:10. > :13:14.Jose Mourinho isn't happy about the state of the pitch.

:13:15. > :13:16.Manchester City were knocked back in the title race

:13:17. > :13:19.last night when they drew 0-0 at home with Stoke City.

:13:20. > :13:22.It means Chelsea are smiling ten points clear of both

:13:23. > :13:31.It finished goalless there against Stoke.

:13:32. > :13:35.And both Wales and Ireland name unchanged sides for their 6 Nations

:13:36. > :13:39.Wales coach Rob Howley says it's a chance for his side

:13:40. > :13:41.to earn redemption after defeat to Scotland

:13:42. > :13:51.A little more on that Rostov pitch in the papers for you in a moment.

:13:52. > :13:53.Thanks, Mike. Time for a first look at the weather with Carol.

:13:54. > :14:01.Good morning. This morning it is a cloudy start, a damp one for some as

:14:02. > :14:05.well but most of us will end up like this, a beautiful Weather Watchers

:14:06. > :14:09.picture from Port Ballantrae in Northern Ireland from yesterday.

:14:10. > :14:12.What we have this morning will be sunny spells developing particularly

:14:13. > :14:15.through the middle part of the morning, late morning into the

:14:16. > :14:20.afternoon and remaining mild with temperatures above average for the

:14:21. > :14:24.time of year. But there's also quite a bit of cloud around this morning.

:14:25. > :14:28.Across the Channel Islands in the south-west, that is producing some

:14:29. > :14:32.damp conditions. It's also rather windy this morning too and we have

:14:33. > :14:36.got some showers but some of us will start with some sunshine. We start

:14:37. > :14:40.at 7am across Cornwall, into the Channel Islands, this is where we

:14:41. > :14:44.have a weather front and that's what's producing all the cloud and

:14:45. > :14:48.damp conditions. Across the rest of southern England into East Anglia,

:14:49. > :14:55.the Midlands and Wales, some blue skies to start with, variables

:14:56. > :14:58.amounts of cloud, quite windy at the moment in Northern Ireland, north

:14:59. > :15:02.England, central and southern Scotland, slowly easing through the

:15:03. > :15:04.day and then we run into a rush of showers, some emerging to bring

:15:05. > :15:08.outbreaks of rain across Scotland with snow on the tops of the

:15:09. > :15:11.mountains. Remaining windy even into the evening into the Northern Isles.

:15:12. > :15:15.The cloud we have will break up through the morning and then it will

:15:16. > :15:19.be a beautiful spring day. You can see where we still hang on to the

:15:20. > :15:23.cloud in the far south-west and Channel Islands, here we have

:15:24. > :15:27.temperatures around 11, but top temperatures today could get to 15

:15:28. > :15:32.or possibly 16 somewhere in the south-east. Even as we go further

:15:33. > :15:36.north, ten at this stage in March in Stornoway is a healthy temperature,

:15:37. > :15:44.if of course you like it on the mild side! Through the evening and

:15:45. > :15:48.overnight, this weather front in the south-west will tend to move and

:15:49. > :15:51.take its cloud and rain with it across northern and western parts of

:15:52. > :15:55.the country. Most of the rain and drizzle will be on the coasts and

:15:56. > :15:59.the hills and as you push further east we won't have the cloud in

:16:00. > :16:02.eastern areas at this stage, so under clearer skies there's the risk

:16:03. > :16:05.of ground-frost. We start tomorrow with clearer skies in eastern areas

:16:06. > :16:09.but don't be fooled by because our weather front in the west will move

:16:10. > :16:12.over to the Easter through the day, taking rain and drizzle with it,

:16:13. > :16:15.nothing too substantial -- the east. Behind it we see some breaks,

:16:16. > :16:19.particularly in the west and particularly in the shelter of any

:16:20. > :16:22.hills and temperatures down a touch but still across England and Wales

:16:23. > :16:25.and Northern Ireland in particular we are looking at above average.

:16:26. > :16:31.Back in Scotland, for some above average but a bit lower, not much

:16:32. > :16:34.than today. That leads us into the weekend, turning a bit more

:16:35. > :16:37.unsettled because we have an array of weather fronts coming in at

:16:38. > :16:42.different times, bringing wet and at times windy weather. By the time we

:16:43. > :16:46.get to Sunday, behind this cold front we're looking at cooler air

:16:47. > :16:50.coming in. If that's alarming you in anyway, don't worry, next week we

:16:51. > :16:55.start to see the temperature come up once again. The forecast for this

:16:56. > :16:59.weekend is fairly mixed. What we have will be sunny spells at times

:17:00. > :17:03.and we'll also see some rain at times as these weather fronts tend

:17:04. > :17:07.to cross from the west towards the east and it will turn that little

:17:08. > :17:10.bit cooler with the recovery in the temperatures next week, but that

:17:11. > :17:13.doesn't mean wall to wall blue skies next week either, the weather

:17:14. > :17:15.turning more unsettled, especially from the middle of the week.

:17:16. > :17:18.Let's take a look at some of the main stories in this

:17:19. > :17:29.Steph and Mike is here. We will chat in a second. It is all about the

:17:30. > :17:34.budget. The front of the Mirror. This picture is used a lot, Theresa

:17:35. > :17:40.May, Prime Minister, laughing in the House of Commons. Not the most

:17:41. > :17:45.flattering picture. Philip Hammond's budget was peppered with jokes among

:17:46. > :17:48.the policy announcements. People referencing the different style from

:17:49. > :17:55.him yesterday and the Daily Telegraph, the impression here,

:17:56. > :18:00.going back on the pledge, our commitment to you, from the election

:18:01. > :18:04.campaign, no increase in VAT or income tax, reflected on the front

:18:05. > :18:12.of the Times. The front of the Times, the ?2 billion tax rate.

:18:13. > :18:16.Would you like to pick up on those? Lots of analysis with businesses

:18:17. > :18:19.questioning what it will mean for them and we were talking about

:18:20. > :18:24.self-employed people who will face a rise in the national insurance which

:18:25. > :18:30.they pay. The Financial Times has picked up on this and talking about

:18:31. > :18:34.how it is a hit on entrepreneurs. We have heard the government talk about

:18:35. > :18:38.entrepreneurs as the people who will help in the future to get through

:18:39. > :18:42.the financial problems. What they say is this rise in the national

:18:43. > :18:48.insurance, the Selvie employed, and the cut in the dividend tax break,

:18:49. > :18:52.so often entrepreneurs will take a dividend from their company rather

:18:53. > :18:56.than a salary and now they have to pay more tax on that --

:18:57. > :19:00.self-employed employed. Lots of entrepreneurs say it is a direct hit

:19:01. > :19:03.on them at a time when they should be in courage to be entrepreneurial.

:19:04. > :19:08.The fun of the Daily Mail, no laughing matter is the front page,

:19:09. > :19:11.and making the point that in the past the Conservative Party was

:19:12. > :19:17.thought of as the friend of the small business. What have you got,

:19:18. > :19:22.Mike? It might seem like Jose Mourinho has something to complain

:19:23. > :19:28.about, look at this close up of the pitch, in Russia, where there are

:19:29. > :19:37.tough tos of grass, which it is hard to mow, without a sort of goat, and

:19:38. > :19:44.are patches and then tough tos. He is really unhappy about it. --

:19:45. > :19:50.tufts. It reminds me a little bit off my lawn. And this is a

:19:51. > :19:53.heartwarming story, a little bit like the Brownlie brothers,

:19:54. > :20:00.cross-country racing in Lincoln and 200 metres from the end, his legs

:20:01. > :20:05.buckle and he isn't going to finish, so his friend doesn't finish his own

:20:06. > :20:10.race, he stops and carries his friend across the line the last 200

:20:11. > :20:16.metres. It is like the Brownlie brothers. He said I rather would

:20:17. > :20:21.have not finished to help my friend. I liked this story in the Times, I

:20:22. > :20:25.don't know if you saw this, women don't have the chips when they are

:20:26. > :20:31.looking at a good-looking man. Really? The idea is if you are out

:20:32. > :20:35.for dinner with a good-looking man as your date you don't want to be

:20:36. > :20:41.seen eating chips. Women are likely to order eating something healthy

:20:42. > :20:46.and green. You are not going out for fish and chips anyway. And it works

:20:47. > :20:51.for men in a different way. If he is with a very attractive woman, a man

:20:52. > :20:55.is likely to order something very expensive to make him look wealthy

:20:56. > :21:01.and powerful. So a woman would want to look healthy... Well, why can't

:21:02. > :21:07.people be themselves? Just a pastie. Yes, let's go on a date, Mike. Isn't

:21:08. > :21:13.that sweet, it is all arranged. Keep it in the budget. You have a whole

:21:14. > :21:17.bunch of people outside the studio. Yes, we set up outside the studio

:21:18. > :21:23.because we have to many people. We are going to talk to experts about

:21:24. > :21:28.changes to education as well, so there are T levels coming in,

:21:29. > :21:32.important for skills, business rates as well, something Sean and then

:21:33. > :21:40.have spoken about. What is a T level? It will be like the A-level,

:21:41. > :21:51.it is the same age, but in technical education. It is hard to explained.

:21:52. > :21:56.It might be a T-l in engineering. And something that will have some

:21:57. > :22:01.credibility. Yes. It is getting parity between the two. It is really

:22:02. > :22:04.important for those doing technical education. Thank you both very much.

:22:05. > :22:06.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:22:07. > :22:09.The main stories this morning: Chancellor Philip Hammond faces

:22:10. > :22:10.criticism after announcing higher national insurance payments

:22:11. > :22:14.A new memorial to honour military and civilian personnel who served

:22:15. > :22:28.in Iraq and Afghanistan will be unveiled by the Queen later.

:22:29. > :22:30.Let's get some reaction to yesterday's budget,

:22:31. > :22:33.which Chancellor Philip Hammond said prepared the British economy

:22:34. > :22:39.Stewart Hosie from the Scottish National Party is in our Westminster

:22:40. > :22:52.Thank you for your time this morning. Can I just ask you for your

:22:53. > :22:57.response to Mr Hammond's budget yesterday? I thought it was an awful

:22:58. > :23:01.budget and particularly absent of reference to Brexit. A passing

:23:02. > :23:06.comment at the beginning of the budget statement. The idea that he

:23:07. > :23:12.has prepared the UK for the negotiations is absolutely

:23:13. > :23:17.laughable. What were you expecting? All of the warnings he has had, 10%

:23:18. > :23:22.loss in GDP, hundreds of thousands of jobs not created, GDP reduced

:23:23. > :23:26.with a reduction in migration, all of the warnings. We would have

:23:27. > :23:31.expected him yesterday, given it should have been the Brexit budget,

:23:32. > :23:35.to prepare the ground, to spend the money he needed to spend to mitigate

:23:36. > :23:39.the consequences of Brexit. That would have been the sensible thing

:23:40. > :23:43.to do, not sit on a war chest for the future and wait until the damage

:23:44. > :23:49.is done. Instead he did none of these things. There was a specific

:23:50. > :23:54.level of funding for the Scottish government, ?350 million funding

:23:55. > :24:00.boost. What did you make of that? As I said at the time, every penny is

:24:01. > :24:04.welcome, at let's not kid ourselves. That barely dents the cuts we've

:24:05. > :24:09.seen even with the extra cash. The Scottish government will still have

:24:10. > :24:18.to .9 billion less to spend in real terms at the end of this parliament

:24:19. > :24:21.than it did in 2010 -- 2.9 billion. It barely dents the cuts we have

:24:22. > :24:25.seen driven from Westminster. It is hard not to reference all of these

:24:26. > :24:29.political issues in relation to Brexit and certainly in your case in

:24:30. > :24:35.Scotland and the question of whether or not they will be another

:24:36. > :24:39.referendum. Which direction did yesterday's budget take in terms of

:24:40. > :24:44.another referendum? The budget in itself doesn't change anything. The

:24:45. > :24:51.key thing is will the UK government really embark on this hard Tory

:24:52. > :24:57.cliff edge Brexit? We fear that they will. And secondly, will they accept

:24:58. > :25:01.into the UK negotiating position the sensible compromise position put

:25:02. > :25:09.forward by Nicola Sturgeon? If they do that is welcome. If it is

:25:10. > :25:12.rejected at -- out of hand, it makes a second referendum more likely but

:25:13. > :25:17.that is not where we are today. Yes, indeed. We are running a clip of

:25:18. > :25:21.Nicola Sturgeon talking about when the referendum might be. If it were

:25:22. > :25:25.to happen, just help with clarification of that, because I

:25:26. > :25:32.know it is torture around this, asking what you're thinking is

:25:33. > :25:35.relative to Brexit. Just try to give your clearest answer about when

:25:36. > :25:40.there might be another independence referendum? As I say this is

:25:41. > :25:43.dependent on the UK government attitude to the Scottish government

:25:44. > :25:48.compromise position in relation to the EU negotiations. The First

:25:49. > :25:53.Minister was asked what a commonsense time be if one should

:25:54. > :25:59.happen and given we have Brexit negotiations starting, Article 50

:26:00. > :26:04.starting, and leaving the EU into NT 19, the First Minister was quite

:26:05. > :26:11.right that should it happen, somewhere around Autumn 2018 might

:26:12. > :26:12.make sense. Thank you for your time this morning.

:26:13. > :26:16.Coming up in about an hour from now, we'll be speaking to the Chancellor,

:26:17. > :29:43.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:29:44. > :29:46.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:29:47. > :29:49.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

:29:50. > :29:56.Hello, this is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:29:57. > :29:59.We'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment,

:30:00. > :30:03.Philip Hammond promised a brighter future for Britain

:30:04. > :30:09.But did he break an election promise not to raise National Insurance?

:30:10. > :30:11.We'll be speaking to the Chancellor after 7am.

:30:12. > :30:14.These are the astonishing scenes when fire ripped through 18th

:30:15. > :30:16.century Clandon Park House in Surrey.

:30:17. > :30:19.Nearly two years later, the search is on for an architect

:30:20. > :30:38.history by becoming the first woman to be appointed to a permanent

:30:39. > :30:42.position with the St Paul's Cathedral Choir.

:30:43. > :30:44.We'll be talking to her just after 7:30am.

:30:45. > :30:50.But now a summary of this morning's main news.

:30:51. > :30:57.by raising National Insurance contributions for many self-employed

:30:58. > :31:00.A number of Conservative MPs say Philip Hammond's proposal

:31:01. > :31:03.breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto.

:31:04. > :31:05.But the Treasury has rejected calls for a rethink,

:31:06. > :31:07.saying the increase will return fairness

:31:08. > :31:12.Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster

:31:13. > :31:23.Is the National Insurance issue embarrassing for the Chancellor?

:31:24. > :31:29.Well, he certainly ended up with a bit of a row on his hands and as you

:31:30. > :31:33.say, there's lots of criticism that this might have broken a

:31:34. > :31:37.Conservative manifesto pledge not to raise National Insurance. Treasury

:31:38. > :31:41.sources, though, saying actually after the election there was

:31:42. > :31:44.clarifying legislation that said only those in conventional

:31:45. > :31:49.employment would not see National Insurance go up. Nevertheless,

:31:50. > :31:53.there's lots of criticism from Tory MPs who say this does nothing to

:31:54. > :31:58.help people who want to take risks, who want to get on, and there's also

:31:59. > :32:03.one Tory MP who said he's worried this might hit what he described as

:32:04. > :32:06.the white van man. So calls for the Chancellor to make a U-turn but

:32:07. > :32:11.ministers are insistent they will not be doing that and this change

:32:12. > :32:15.will make the system fairer. Labour say this is the government breaking

:32:16. > :32:19.promises and clobbering the self-employed. There were other

:32:20. > :32:23.changes, more money for social care to ease the creaking system and more

:32:24. > :32:28.help to soften the blow to changes to business rates. But Labour saying

:32:29. > :32:32.that of money for social care for the NHS isn't enough and this row of

:32:33. > :32:36.an actual insurance is if you like stealing the limelight from those

:32:37. > :32:38.positive things that Philip Hammond did manage to get out yesterday.

:32:39. > :32:46.Eleanor, thank you. The Chancellor also announced

:32:47. > :32:48.an extra ?200 million But some Welsh politicians have said

:32:49. > :32:56.the additional funds The Welsh government is responsible

:32:57. > :32:59.to a whole range of services, from health to education, and when ?300

:33:00. > :33:03.million is being spent on Buckingham Palace and ?5 million is being spent

:33:04. > :33:05.on the building behind me, ?200 million is an insult.

:33:06. > :33:07.We'll be speaking to the Chancellor Philip Hammond just

:33:08. > :33:10.Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC

:33:11. > :33:12.that the common sense time for a second independence

:33:13. > :33:14.referendum would be Autumn next year.

:33:15. > :33:17.A vote can only take place with the permission

:33:18. > :33:20.But her remarks to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg

:33:21. > :33:24.are the clearest signal yet that the SNP is planning to hold

:33:25. > :33:27.another vote before the UK leaves the European Union.

:33:28. > :33:31.The Queen will unveil a memorial in London this morning in honour

:33:32. > :33:34.of all those from the UK who served in Iraq and Afghanistan

:33:35. > :33:37.The monument is dedicated to civilians

:33:38. > :33:45.Members of the public donated more than ?1 million to pay for it.

:33:46. > :33:48.A United Nations report is to call for an independent investigation

:33:49. > :33:50.into the potential health impact of the UK's largest

:33:51. > :33:53.Residents living near the Ffos-y-Fran

:33:54. > :33:56.site in South Wales have led a long campaign against air

:33:57. > :34:05.The mine's operator, Miller Argent, says the company has a proud record

:34:06. > :34:09.Files seen by the BBC suggest Margaret Thatcher's government

:34:10. > :34:12.was reluctant to hold a public inquiry into the policing

:34:13. > :34:14.of the miners' strike for fear of a witch hunt.

:34:15. > :34:17.They show the then Home Secretary Leon Brittan

:34:18. > :34:19.discouraged any inquiry into the conduct of the police

:34:20. > :34:26.Miners were disappointed last year when the Home Secretary Amber Rudd

:34:27. > :34:29.ruled there would be no inquiry into the so-called

:34:30. > :34:39.us happier and reduces stress levels.

:34:40. > :34:47.I believe that, I believe that is true. I thought it might make you

:34:48. > :34:47.laugh. Are you just saying that? It is true.

:34:48. > :34:55.The link between a connection with nature and human wellbeing

:34:56. > :34:59.What this new research has found is that even watching short clips

:35:00. > :35:01.can significantly increase positive emotions.

:35:02. > :35:04.Perhaps this one from Planet Earth two is doing just that for you.

:35:05. > :35:09.I suppose it depends. These are lovely images but if you see the

:35:10. > :35:13.ones of the very stressful attacks in the wild, that's not good, that

:35:14. > :35:16.is not so pleasant. Depends on the outcome, the Lizard made it through

:35:17. > :35:20.the snakes in the famous clip, eventually she made it. It was happy

:35:21. > :35:27.in the end. Speaking of stress levels, trying to make the link. The

:35:28. > :35:30.release of endorphins and relief. Explain the elation among the

:35:31. > :35:39.Barcelona players. Never seen anything like it, grown men and

:35:40. > :35:42.women jumping into each other's arms, crying, floods of tears

:35:43. > :35:45.because of the scale of the comeback, the greatest ever. Set the

:35:46. > :35:48.scene. 4-0 down from the first leg against PSG, who hadn't lost all

:35:49. > :35:52.season in the Champions League, with seven minutes to go they were three

:35:53. > :35:57.goals away from their target but then it all turned around. What with

:35:58. > :36:01.the commentator make of it, the Spanish commentator? Shall we have a

:36:02. > :36:16.listen, here's how he reported on those final seven minutes.

:36:17. > :36:27.I was just getting really good! He is referring to Sergio Burr to. --

:36:28. > :36:32.surgery Roberto. You can hear the pundits in the background, the

:36:33. > :36:34.weeping. Even with Barcelona, they have never seen anything like this!

:36:35. > :36:37.Barcelona pulled off the biggest recovery in Champions League

:36:38. > :36:41.4-0 down against Paris St German from the first leg of their last 16

:36:42. > :36:44.tie, Barca won 6-1 at home with the dedicing goal coming

:36:45. > :36:48.It finished 6-5 on aggregate and Barcelona are through

:36:49. > :36:55.Neymar, Messi and Suarez, the most feared strike force in world

:36:56. > :36:59.football. Barcelona's motto is more than a club but no club had

:37:00. > :37:01.overturned such a deficit in the Champions League. An early goal

:37:02. > :37:05.would give them hope, Suarez's header just crossed the line, this

:37:06. > :37:09.would be the match about the finest of margins and the referees don't

:37:10. > :37:13.Steffan Messenger's sometimes debatable judgement, a penalty?

:37:14. > :37:18.Messi scored a penalty for Barca, one more to level the tie or one

:37:19. > :37:24.more for PSG, a cracker from Cavani that should have put the tie to bed.

:37:25. > :37:28.An away goal that left Barca needing three. Surely no more time, two

:37:29. > :37:34.minutes to go before Neymar did that, the 90 were up when Neymar

:37:35. > :37:37.converted another suspect penalty and with practically the last kick

:37:38. > :37:44.of the match, Roberto stayed onside, swamped by his teammates. That was

:37:45. > :37:46.more than just a goal. Barcelona are more than just a club. Olly Foster,

:37:47. > :37:53.BBC News. The sort of comeback that Arsenal

:37:54. > :37:54.could have done with the other night against Bayern Munich!

:37:55. > :37:55.Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has described

:37:56. > :37:57.their Europa League tie against Rostov bad

:37:58. > :38:03.near the Black Sea and Mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit

:38:04. > :38:07.Uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call

:38:08. > :38:10.Mourinho says the state of the surface means team selection

:38:11. > :38:27.It is hard for me because we are going to play on that field, if you

:38:28. > :38:30.can call it a field. I don't know which team it helps really. I don't

:38:31. > :38:31.know if Mkhitaryaan is going to play.

:38:32. > :38:34.Manchester City failed to move up to second in the Premier League

:38:35. > :38:36.after drawing 0-0 at home to Stoke City.

:38:37. > :38:39.It was a game of few clear cut chances.

:38:40. > :38:41.Kelechi Iheanacho put City's last wide from close range.

:38:42. > :38:45.It's the first time they have failed to score at home since Pep Guardiola

:38:46. > :38:48.took over and means Chelsea remain ten points clear at the top

:38:49. > :38:52.Spurs are above City on goal difference

:38:53. > :38:59.We didn't win but we didn't lose so we did everything we could, we had

:39:00. > :39:04.chances, they didn't have many chances to score goals. They didn't

:39:05. > :39:05.score. We needed brilliance in the last part. Defensively well

:39:06. > :39:07.organised. But we tried. Bournemouth say they're extremely

:39:08. > :39:09.disappointed that defender Tyrone Mings has been

:39:10. > :39:11.banned for five games An FA panel ruled he deliberately

:39:12. > :39:15.stood on the head of Manchester United's Zlatan

:39:16. > :39:17.Ibrahimovic during their draw last weekend and decided the standard

:39:18. > :39:19.three-match ban wouldn't Wales and Ireland have both named

:39:20. > :39:31.unchanged sides for their 6 Nations The Irish come of the back

:39:32. > :39:35.of victory over France. While Wales lost to Scotland,

:39:36. > :39:38.having led at half time. It was their first defeat

:39:39. > :39:41.to the Scots in ten years but interim head coach Rob Howley

:39:42. > :39:55.says he's giving his players We discussed given the opportunity

:39:56. > :39:58.for the side to redeem themselves after the second half performance.

:39:59. > :40:04.Obviously I know things have been said in the week in terms of some

:40:05. > :40:07.player's performance and the coaching team have given them the

:40:08. > :40:12.opportunity to go out again and deliver a performance the players

:40:13. > :40:16.are proud of. And as equally important is for the supporters to

:40:17. > :40:18.support that and it's going to be a huge game on Friday night.

:40:19. > :40:26.When we won the Championship in 14 and 15, we actually had minimal

:40:27. > :40:32.changes week to week and I think we grew as the tournament went on.

:40:33. > :40:35.That's a massive challenge because everyone through the Championship

:40:36. > :40:39.tends to pick up a little bit more rhythm. The first game you tend to

:40:40. > :40:41.be a little bit underdone and you've got to pick up from there.

:40:42. > :40:44.England's cricketers are in Barbados for today's third and final

:40:45. > :40:45.one day international against West Indies.

:40:46. > :40:48.They've already won the fist two games so the series is already

:40:49. > :40:51.in the bag, and with the Champions Trophy

:40:52. > :40:53.later this year, bowler Chris Woakes believes

:40:54. > :40:58.England have a great chance of winning a major trophy.

:40:59. > :41:04.We haven't seen an England team in ODI cricket play the way this team

:41:05. > :41:07.is playing at the minute and especially with the bat, it's

:41:08. > :41:11.fantastic to watch the majority of the time. I know we had a slip the

:41:12. > :41:15.other day but there's very few and far between is. It's exciting times,

:41:16. > :41:18.hopefully we can reduce the goods at the right time, tournament cricket

:41:19. > :41:22.is different to a series so that will be a different challenge but I

:41:23. > :41:23.think we've got the best chance as we've probably ever had.

:41:24. > :41:26.Double Olympic gold-medallist Max Whitlock will miss the British

:41:27. > :41:28.and European Championships to focus on preparing

:41:29. > :41:30.for the World Championships in September.

:41:31. > :41:32.Whitlock has only recently returned to full time training

:41:33. > :41:34.after his successes in Rio last summer.

:41:35. > :41:37.He suffered from glandular fever two years ago and says he needs

:41:38. > :41:44.to manage his body if he's to compete at the highest level.

:41:45. > :41:52.He deserves a rest as he tries to work out his trademark move. He

:41:53. > :41:57.wants a move named after him. I imagine he can choose from several.

:41:58. > :42:00.He is good at most of them. He is pushing the boundaries. Speaking of

:42:01. > :42:05.pushing the boundaries, we were talking when the report was on, what

:42:06. > :42:09.causes a team to lose three goals, a hugely experienced team as well, to

:42:10. > :42:12.concede three goals in the last seven minutes when they know they

:42:13. > :42:17.just have to keep the ball, tactics in the corner so Barcelona couldn't

:42:18. > :42:22.get it to score. The psychologically of fear and when it paralyse is you,

:42:23. > :42:26.you start feeling everything and it collapses on top of you. So

:42:27. > :42:30.important in sport because it affects you physically, you can't

:42:31. > :42:34.move in the same way and you don't look for things in the same weight.

:42:35. > :42:38.The shape and the tactics go and the noise, the crowd would have made a

:42:39. > :42:40.difference -- same way. Yeah, the atmosphere! Thanks, Mike. Speak to

:42:41. > :42:43.you later. So has the Budget left

:42:44. > :42:46.you better or worse off? This week Steph has been out

:42:47. > :42:49.on the road looking at what people This morning she's back,

:42:50. > :42:53.and she's got a crowd of people outside our studio to find

:42:54. > :43:00.out if they're happy Good morning to you and good

:43:01. > :43:03.morning, everyone. Quite a few people here this morning so we

:43:04. > :43:07.thought we would do an extension to the studio, these are our offices,

:43:08. > :43:11.the team are working hard trying to work out what the Budget means for

:43:12. > :43:15.everyone. Being on the road all week this week, looking at what people

:43:16. > :43:18.want to do here and there is lots of things that came out yesterday. Some

:43:19. > :43:22.people said it was a dull but but but there's still things that would

:43:23. > :43:29.have a direct impact on people's lives, National Insurance, the

:43:30. > :43:34.amount of tax the self-employed pay. Laura, you guys have been doing a

:43:35. > :43:38.lot of analysis overnight. What are your thoughts and the winners and

:43:39. > :43:42.losers? There's obvious things we can point to, some small funding for

:43:43. > :43:48.skills and technical education for young people. Really welcome cash

:43:49. > :43:51.injection on social care. And a controversial but welcome step on

:43:52. > :43:55.closing some of the tax disparities between the self-employed and

:43:56. > :43:59.employees. But the biggest news is not the policies the Chancellor

:44:00. > :44:05.announced but the confirmation of a grim set of forecasts from the

:44:06. > :44:08.Office for Budget Responsibility both for public finances, with the

:44:09. > :44:12.goal of closing the deficit looking like it has been pushed down to the

:44:13. > :44:16.middle of the next decade, and especially on family finances with

:44:17. > :44:20.our forecast suggesting typical incomes will fall over the rest of

:44:21. > :44:24.the parliament, particularly hurting the poorer half of households. In

:44:25. > :44:27.terms of winners and losers, there is something we should all be

:44:28. > :44:31.concerned about in terms of the state of public finances and the

:44:32. > :44:40.impact of falling incomes, which it looks like will lead to rising

:44:41. > :44:44.inequality over the parliament. A VIP area in a nightclub which is

:44:45. > :44:48.ideal at this time of the morning. No drinks but a couple of croissants

:44:49. > :44:54.and a bacon but he! Thanks very much. Dominic, I will start with

:44:55. > :44:59.you, you're an entrepreneur in the events industry, tell us about what

:45:00. > :45:04.you heard. There's an analysis this morning suggesting this is an attack

:45:05. > :45:08.on entrepreneurs. I agree. The cut of the dividend is two ?2000 has

:45:09. > :45:15.been a bit of an anti- entrepreneurial attack -- dividends

:45:16. > :45:19.to. People start off unemployed before they start their own

:45:20. > :45:26.businesses so this is a". The rise in National Insurance you have to

:45:27. > :45:31.pay and the dividend -- a big issue. You think that is going to be a big

:45:32. > :45:35.hit for the industry, for entrepreneurs? The reasons to be

:45:36. > :45:39.self-employed and start a business are decreasing. The budget has

:45:40. > :45:42.encouraged people to get jobs and because the reasons to be

:45:43. > :45:46.self-employed now are not as positive as they used to be. There's

:45:47. > :45:50.an argument it is not as risky and that's why the government is doing

:45:51. > :45:54.this, in the past it would be easier to be... Trickier and more risky to

:45:55. > :45:58.be self-employed and now it is not as risky so you should pay more.

:45:59. > :46:02.There's that argument but I feel like we should encourage

:46:03. > :46:05.entrepreneurs with help like this to become self-employed and from that

:46:06. > :46:10.grow a business and bring in more people who are contractors to help.

:46:11. > :46:14.Any benefits would be welcomed. Dave, you are a pub landlord and

:46:15. > :46:18.there was specific news for your industry and the idea of the

:46:19. > :46:22.majority of pubs getting this ?1000 discount on business rates you pay.

:46:23. > :46:25.Put that in context, is that a lot of money?

:46:26. > :46:33.It is a drop in the ocean, a token gesture from a government that has

:46:34. > :46:38.been anti- pub from day one, and it was a response that was nothing,

:46:39. > :46:41.cancelled out by the increase anyway because we are self-employed. How

:46:42. > :46:50.much do you normally pay in business rates? They are unique in pubs,

:46:51. > :46:56.based on turnover, which is based on an estimation, effectively a guess,

:46:57. > :47:00.so you are penalised if you perform well. The key point is it is based

:47:01. > :47:06.on turnover from an average operator. It is a reasonably

:47:07. > :47:10.efficient operator, the term which is used. I have been in the business

:47:11. > :47:17.ten years, we took the pub five years ago, it was closed, because it

:47:18. > :47:21.was trading for sometime, rated at eight K and because we increase

:47:22. > :47:29.turnover dramatically, business rates went up 33,000, so... -- 8K.

:47:30. > :47:35.It is absolutely meaningless. In London, with high turnover I mean,

:47:36. > :47:40.we are a small country pub, but it is completely meaningless. Let's get

:47:41. > :47:43.some other thoughts. Toby, we met you at the start of the week. You

:47:44. > :47:49.said you wanted something on housing. It wasn't there. Housing is

:47:50. > :47:52.one of the biggest issues for all people at the moment, especially

:47:53. > :47:56.young people trying to get on the housing ladder. The government had a

:47:57. > :48:00.housing white paper last month. That was described as quite a feeble

:48:01. > :48:05.document. Think tanks and people in the industry didn't seem impressed.

:48:06. > :48:10.One of the most writing interventions was the ex- Housing

:48:11. > :48:13.Minister who said it hasn't made a difference. When they say the

:48:14. > :48:18.current policy won't work, the budget was a good time to change it.

:48:19. > :48:22.That is something that you were disappointed about. Absolutely.

:48:23. > :48:27.People were talking about what was said. We have to take note of what

:48:28. > :48:33.wasn't addressed. Housing was one of them. Coming from London, I am lucky

:48:34. > :48:37.to live in my familial home. I am recently graduated, looking to move

:48:38. > :48:41.out and get independence. You won't be able to do that in London if you

:48:42. > :48:46.don't have parents who can fund the deal. I don't have that. A lot of

:48:47. > :48:50.people don't have that. Essentially you have to choose between pursuing

:48:51. > :48:53.a creative career, which is what I do, in freelance, or the corporate

:48:54. > :48:59.route, getting a job and having enough money to rent. Toby, you were

:49:00. > :49:04.in pleased in the money to social care, we will talk more about that,

:49:05. > :49:09.and the other guests as well in this area, which feels like a nightclub,

:49:10. > :49:13.with all of these lights, and we can see if we can get some pinnacle

:49:14. > :49:18.eithers for later. I will have an espresso martini police. -- pinnacle

:49:19. > :49:21.s. Here's Carol with a look

:49:22. > :49:34.at this morning's weather. Here she is. Morning. Good morning.

:49:35. > :49:38.You are right. Today it will be a beautiful day if you like it sunny

:49:39. > :49:43.and mild for the time of year. That is the forecast for most of us. Not

:49:44. > :49:47.all of us. At the moment, showers, some of them merging in Scotland and

:49:48. > :49:53.northern England. We have another front in the south across Cornwall

:49:54. > :49:58.and the Channel Islands. That is giving more clout and damp

:49:59. > :50:03.conditions. There is a sea fog for the English Channel as well. First

:50:04. > :50:07.thing this morning we have the cloud and some drizzle and rain across

:50:08. > :50:12.Cornwall and the Channel Islands. Move away from that and by 8am we

:50:13. > :50:17.have bright skies, variable cloud, which holds true northwards into

:50:18. > :50:21.Wales and northern England. Windy at the moment for northern England,

:50:22. > :50:26.central and southern Scotland and Northern Ireland. The drizzle will

:50:27. > :50:29.break up and then we have showers especially in northern eastern

:50:30. > :50:35.Scotland, Angus and Fife, some will be producing snow. Wind will prevail

:50:36. > :50:40.for the day in Northern Isles where we have a lot of showers, heavy with

:50:41. > :50:44.hail thrown in at times as well, but foremost into the afternoon it is

:50:45. > :50:50.going to be stunning with a lot of spring sunshine and it will feel

:50:51. > :50:54.might for this stage in March. The top temperature 15, possibly 16 in

:50:55. > :50:58.the south-east and in the light wind it is lovely. As we had on through

:50:59. > :51:02.the course of the evening and overnight we will hang on to the

:51:03. > :51:06.clear skies across the east so that we could see a total ground frost.

:51:07. > :51:10.Meanwhile the weather front across the Channel Islands and Cornwall

:51:11. > :51:15.comes back at us from the west introducing thicker cloud and also

:51:16. > :51:19.some rain and drizzle. A lot of that will be on the hills and the coast.

:51:20. > :51:24.Tomorrow we start off right in the east, however with the cloud, rain

:51:25. > :51:28.and drizzle in the west, that will push eastwards through the day. And

:51:29. > :51:32.then behind it we will see some breaks in western areas especially

:51:33. > :51:37.in the shelter of the hills for example. Temperatures in the

:51:38. > :51:40.northern half of the country will be down, especially in Scotland and

:51:41. > :51:44.northern England. For Northern Ireland, England and Wales we have

:51:45. > :51:49.temperatures in double figures. In the south at this time of year the

:51:50. > :51:53.average should be around 10 degrees. Moving into the weekend the first

:51:54. > :51:57.weather front moves through, sinking south-east was, and then on Sunday

:51:58. > :52:02.and other comes from the west, a cold front, and behind it we could

:52:03. > :52:06.pull in cooler conditions. It won't suddenly turn cold but it will be

:52:07. > :52:10.colder or cooler than it has been. Period Saturday, remember, the

:52:11. > :52:16.weather front crosses, moving south-east, not very heavy. And

:52:17. > :52:20.behind it, dry and bright with sunshine coming through.

:52:21. > :52:25.Temperatures 11 to about 14 in the south. On Sunday the temperatures go

:52:26. > :52:29.down as the cold front comes and brings rain with it ahead of the

:52:30. > :52:33.cloud moving eastwards. And then behind it we will see some brighter

:52:34. > :52:44.skies, it will be quite easy at times and temperatures nines, tens

:52:45. > :52:48.or maybe 11, but into the new week it is looking unsettled. A lot going

:52:49. > :52:52.on in the forecast, once again. Thank you.

:52:53. > :52:54.When fire raged through Clandon Park House in Surrey

:52:55. > :52:57.in April 2015, the 18th century mansion was reduced

:52:58. > :53:00.The National Trust says that restoring the stately home

:53:01. > :53:03.will be its biggest conservation effort in a generation.

:53:04. > :53:06.Today it's launching a ?30 million campaign to find a designer who'll

:53:07. > :53:10.Breakfast's Graham Satchell has been to find out how big the task

:53:11. > :53:25.April 2015 and fire ripped through Clandon Park House. It burned all

:53:26. > :53:38.night and much of the next day. A masterpiece of the 1720s devastated

:53:39. > :53:43.by an electrical fault. From the front it looks deceptively unscathed

:53:44. > :53:46.but inside you can see the damage. The roof, floors and ceilings gone,

:53:47. > :53:51.much of its prized collection destroyed. And yet experts say the

:53:52. > :54:02.structure of the building itself is sound. This was state-of-the-art in

:54:03. > :54:06.its time. Built to the highest specification. This was a statement

:54:07. > :54:10.by the Onslow family, this politically ambitious family.

:54:11. > :54:14.Because of that the building was so resilient and we think that was why

:54:15. > :54:19.it survived the fire. It was built to last. Yes, this building is a

:54:20. > :54:25.survivor. Despite the obvious damage, and melted lab, a

:54:26. > :54:31.precariously hanging fireplace, the National Trust say the groundfloor

:54:32. > :54:36.will be completely restored. This is what it used to look like. One of

:54:37. > :54:41.the most significant Palladian homes in Britain. It was owned by the

:54:42. > :54:48.Onslow family until they gave it to the National Trust in 1956. This is

:54:49. > :54:56.the marble hall at Clandon. One of the most magnificent rooms in

:54:57. > :55:00.England. Well, so, Paul, the marble hall has been completely cleared.

:55:01. > :55:05.Yes, that is right, yes. The salvage effort competed in the summer. Some

:55:06. > :55:09.of the debris and he was eight feet high. One can imagine the scene is

:55:10. > :55:13.that greeted the salvage team when they came into the temperatures

:55:14. > :55:19.would have exceeded 1300 degrees centigrade, so the survival is

:55:20. > :55:22.remarkable. The salvage operation here was painstaking. Teams of

:55:23. > :55:27.archaeologists sifted through ash and debris for months. There was

:55:28. > :55:31.nothing like the first day of the archaeology when we were not really

:55:32. > :55:35.expecting to find anything and then suddenly we found this amazing

:55:36. > :55:40.little stoneware duck right inside the door and it was a great moment

:55:41. > :55:45.for us all, it gave us hope that we would find more precious things in

:55:46. > :55:48.the debris. And an architecture competition opens today for

:55:49. > :55:52.designers to come up with plans for Clandon. The trust was to create a

:55:53. > :55:55.national exhibition space on the upper floors. We have huge

:55:56. > :55:59.collections across the National Trust. We can create spaces here

:56:00. > :56:05.that the trust doesn't have elsewhere. It will take five or six

:56:06. > :56:09.years but the National Trust is convinced Clandon Park will rise

:56:10. > :56:17.from the ashes. Extraordinary images, those, aren't

:56:18. > :56:19.they? Yes, it's going to be beautiful though.

:56:20. > :56:32.Coming up later on Breakfast, we'll be joined by pop-band Steps.

:56:33. > :56:36.# Tragedy, when the feeling's gone...

:56:37. > :56:41.Charlie is so excited, aren't you, will you join in? 20 years?

:56:42. > :56:44.20 years after these dance moves and costumes made their mark

:56:45. > :56:49.They'll be here to tell us about their new album and tour.

:56:50. > :00:08.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:00:09. > :00:13.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:00:14. > :00:16.Hello, this is Breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent.

:00:17. > :00:18.The Chancellor accused of breaking an election promise

:00:19. > :00:22.Employed and self-employed alike use our public services in the same

:00:23. > :00:30.way, but they are not paying for them in the same way.

:00:31. > :00:35.announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from Tory

:00:36. > :00:38.backbenchers about the impact on the self-employed.

:00:39. > :00:41.Also in the Budget, there was the promise of an extra

:00:42. > :00:43.?2 billion for social care and big

:00:44. > :00:46.I'm here this morning with experts and people affected

:00:47. > :01:00.to see how the announcements have gone down.

:01:01. > :01:07.Good morning, it's Thursday the 9th March.

:01:08. > :01:10.A new memorial to honour the British military personnel and civilians

:01:11. > :01:16.In sport, they're calling it one of the greatest European

:01:17. > :01:19.Barcelona make history by coming from 4-0 down

:01:20. > :01:27.against Paris St Germain to win with the last kick of the game.

:01:28. > :01:41.After 1,000 years of being male only,

:01:42. > :01:44.one of our best known choirs takes on its first woman.

:01:45. > :01:53.A windy start to the north, for many a cold start with cloudy and damp

:01:54. > :01:57.weather and rain but through the day for most of the UK that will give

:01:58. > :02:01.way to sunny spells, the exception being the Channel Islands and

:02:02. > :02:02.Cornwall where we'll hang onto cloudy and damp whether. More

:02:03. > :02:05.details in about 15 minutes. The Chancellor Phillip Hammond

:02:06. > :02:09.is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing

:02:10. > :02:11.National Insurance contributions for many self-employed workers

:02:12. > :02:13.in yesterday's budget. He's facing growing pressure

:02:14. > :02:16.to reconsider his plan from some The Treasury has defended

:02:17. > :02:19.the increase, saying it will return The amount self-employed workers

:02:20. > :02:23.will pay will rise from 9% It means an average

:02:24. > :02:29.increase of ?240 a year. And it'll affect around two million

:02:30. > :02:32.workers across the UK, raising ?145 million a year

:02:33. > :02:44.for the Treasury by 2022. Our political correspondent

:02:45. > :02:56.Eleanor Garnier is in Westminster As we just mentioned a moment ago,

:02:57. > :03:00.it isn't Labour MPs, not just Labour MPs suggesting this is a mistake,

:03:01. > :03:04.some Tory backbenchers are saying they already need to rethink this.

:03:05. > :03:09.That's right. The Chancellor has woken up to a bit of a row on his

:03:10. > :03:13.hands this morning, especially with that criticism over whether or not

:03:14. > :03:17.this has broken a Conservative Party manifesto, a promise not to increase

:03:18. > :03:21.National Insurance. Treasury sources have said in fact it doesn't break

:03:22. > :03:25.the manifesto pledge because there was legislation after the election

:03:26. > :03:29.which clarified everything and said only those in conventional

:03:30. > :03:32.employment would not see their National Insurance go up.

:03:33. > :03:35.Nevertheless, there's lots of criticism bite from Tory MPs and in

:03:36. > :03:42.the papers this morning. The Telegraph saying Tories break tax

:03:43. > :03:49.vowed and in the Sun we have spiked van man. One Tory MP said he worried

:03:50. > :03:54.about voters to he described as white van man being impacted. Others

:03:55. > :03:57.say it won't do anything to encourage entrepreneurial and

:03:58. > :04:03.risk-taking, which is what the Conservatives are seen to do

:04:04. > :04:06.normally. Labour says this is the Conservatives breaking promises and

:04:07. > :04:09.clobbering the self-employed. But ministers are in system they will

:04:10. > :04:14.not be doing a U-turn, they say this change will make the system fairer.

:04:15. > :04:18.There have been other changes. More money for social care and help to

:04:19. > :04:23.soften the blow for those changes to business rates. Extra cash there.

:04:24. > :04:27.But Labour say this whole Budget was scandalous, not enough money for

:04:28. > :04:31.social care and the NHS and I think this row over National Insurance is

:04:32. > :04:35.slightly overshadowing the positive things the Chancellor did have to

:04:36. > :04:37.say yesterday. Eleanor, thank you very much indeed. We will talk to

:04:38. > :04:38.you again soon. We'll be speaking to

:04:39. > :04:41.the Chancellor Philip Hammond Steph is outside the studio

:04:42. > :04:53.with some experts and people who'll Good morning and good morning,

:04:54. > :04:57.everybody. We have some people who can tell us more about the impact on

:04:58. > :05:01.the self-employed because Kelly, you're self-employed. Tell us about

:05:02. > :05:07.the differences this will make for you, you spent the last 12 hours

:05:08. > :05:10.analysing this, haven't you? That's right, I'm a small-business owner

:05:11. > :05:17.and when I decided to incorporate my copywriting agency last Year 1 of my

:05:18. > :05:21.was around dividends. They already have the dividend tax and the

:05:22. > :05:27.allowance is compensation for that, allowing you to withdraw ?5,000

:05:28. > :05:32.tax-free so reducing that two ?2000 will impact me. You take dividends

:05:33. > :05:37.from your company rather than a salary so you will have to pay more

:05:38. > :05:42.tax? Yes. The National Insurance issue, will that impact you? ?6 a

:05:43. > :05:48.week for a self-employed person, that adds up over the period of time

:05:49. > :05:52.you're working, and normally you take risks, the National Insurance

:05:53. > :05:55.contributions reflect that but by eroding the margin between

:05:56. > :05:59.self-employed and employed, it makes being self employed less attractive.

:06:00. > :06:04.This is going to make a difference to people like Kelly, we had the

:06:05. > :06:08.Chancellor say this is about making things fair for working people, does

:06:09. > :06:12.it? When he talks about fairness the government is focusing on the

:06:13. > :06:15.benefits, not how much Kelly is paying. They're focusing on the

:06:16. > :06:19.pension because that has to be the biggest cost the government is

:06:20. > :06:22.managing in this measure, making sure people are paying enough now to

:06:23. > :06:27.fund it. Historically there were more self-employed people --

:06:28. > :06:30.employed people and fewer self employed people and the rates

:06:31. > :06:33.reflected that but now the government are saying that isn't

:06:34. > :06:37.relevant. The government is saying it isn't as risky to be

:06:38. > :06:40.self-employed so they should be paying more as blue they are saying

:06:41. > :06:44.the difference in risk between being self-employed and employed is lower

:06:45. > :06:51.than it would have been historically -- paying more? Thank you for your

:06:52. > :06:55.time this morning. The reason we are here is we will have lots of experts

:06:56. > :06:58.popping in to tell us their thoughts on the different things that came

:06:59. > :07:03.out in the budget yesterday. That's it for me for now. Thanks, Steph.

:07:04. > :07:05.Speak to you later. Scotland's First Minister Nicola

:07:06. > :07:08.Sturgeon has told the BBC that the common sense time

:07:09. > :07:10.for a second independence referendum would be

:07:11. > :07:12.autumn next year. A vote can only take

:07:13. > :07:14.place with the permission But the remarks to the BBC's

:07:15. > :07:18.political editor Laura Kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet

:07:19. > :07:21.that the SNP is planning to hold another vote before the UK

:07:22. > :07:24.leaves the European Union. In Westminster, some politicians

:07:25. > :07:26.think you're bluffing I always think that sometimes kind

:07:27. > :07:33.of says more about them than it does about me because it suggests

:07:34. > :07:35.that there are politicians in Westminster who think Brexit

:07:36. > :07:38.and all of this is some It's not a game, it's really,

:07:39. > :07:42.really serious and the implications for the UK are serious

:07:43. > :07:44.and the indications Some of your colleagues talk

:07:45. > :07:48.about autumn 2018 as a likely date. Within that window, as the outline

:07:49. > :07:52.of a UK deal becomes clear, and the UK exiting the EU I think

:07:53. > :07:55.would be the common sense time for Scotland to have that choice

:07:56. > :07:59.if that is the road we choose Just to be clear, you're not

:08:00. > :08:12.ruling out autumn 2018? No police misconduct has been

:08:13. > :08:16.identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the Rotherham

:08:17. > :08:18.child abuse scandal. But the Independent Police

:08:19. > :08:21.Complaints Commission say it's identified significant failings

:08:22. > :08:23.in the way survivors and alleged The commission is looking

:08:24. > :08:26.at allegations which include 91 A new memorial honouring the British

:08:27. > :08:40.military personnel and civilians who have served in Iraq

:08:41. > :08:43.and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War will be unveiled

:08:44. > :08:45.by the Queen later today. Members of the public donated more

:08:46. > :08:49.than ?1 million to fund the monument, as our correspondent

:08:50. > :08:51.Robert Hall reports. The military deployments to Iraq

:08:52. > :08:53.and Afghanistan over a 24-year period represent the longest

:08:54. > :08:56.and most intense series of operations since

:08:57. > :09:02.the Second World War. 682 British service

:09:03. > :09:04.personnel lost their lives. Many others came home

:09:05. > :09:08.with life-changing injuries. The new memorial was first mooted

:09:09. > :09:11.in 2014 and fundraising began It stands on the bank

:09:12. > :09:16.of the Thames alongside reminders The new monument doesn't just

:09:17. > :09:27.commemorate the Armed Forces, it gives equal prominence

:09:28. > :09:30.to the civilians who worked on the humanitarian

:09:31. > :09:33.side of operations. Government, aid and charity workers,

:09:34. > :09:36.all of whom showed the twin values Although British public opinion

:09:37. > :09:43.was divided over the merits of the campaigns in Iraq

:09:44. > :09:46.and Afghanistan, no-one questions the dedication shown by both

:09:47. > :09:48.military and civilians trying to get The team behind the memorial accept

:09:49. > :09:59.that there is no clear end to this Today's ceremony will reawaken

:10:00. > :10:03.shared experiences for those The mother of the missing serviceman

:10:04. > :10:17.Corrie McKeague has said it is just a matter of time before

:10:18. > :10:20.they find her son's remains Suffolk Police have

:10:21. > :10:28.revealed that a bin lorry, seized shortly after the RAF gunner

:10:29. > :10:31.vanished after a night out in Suffolk last September,

:10:32. > :10:34.was carrying a heavier load Police are currently searching

:10:35. > :10:38.the site outside Cambridge. A United Nations report is to call

:10:39. > :10:41.for an independent investigation into the potential health

:10:42. > :10:44.impact of the UK's largest Residents living near

:10:45. > :10:46.the Ffos-y-Fran site in south Wales have led a long

:10:47. > :10:49.campaign against air The mine's operator, Miller Argent,

:10:50. > :10:54.says the company has a proud record Malta's famous rock arch that

:10:55. > :10:59.featured in a number of films and the TV series Game of Thrones

:11:00. > :11:05.has collapsed into the sea. The Azure Window was

:11:06. > :11:21.damaged by heavy storms. You can see in there, amazing piece

:11:22. > :11:25.of geography. The next picture we can see it has gone in its entirety.

:11:26. > :11:27.The Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said it was heartbreaking.

:11:28. > :11:31.A study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding but wasn't

:11:32. > :11:38.Now it is gone, though! Gone for ever! -- for ever.

:11:39. > :11:45.The Chancellor has acknowledged that the social care system is under

:11:46. > :11:47.pressure, and in yesterday's budget offered ?2 billion over

:11:48. > :11:49.the next three years to councils in England.

:11:50. > :11:52.So how should the money be spent and is it

:11:53. > :11:57.Let's speak to care home owner Mike Padgham and Nigel Edwards,

:11:58. > :11:59.Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust health charity,

:12:00. > :12:02.who's in our London studio.

:12:03. > :12:09.Nigel, if I can first turn to you, give us a sense of that ?2 billion,

:12:10. > :12:14.it sounds like an enormous sum of money, what is it relative to the

:12:15. > :12:19.need? We spend about ?16 billion on social care on adults in England.

:12:20. > :12:24.But need has been growing, we're getting older, more of us are living

:12:25. > :12:27.alone and the councils that have administered administered social

:12:28. > :12:33.care have had a real terms cut of over ?1 billion over the last five

:12:34. > :12:37.years. Square that circle, this ?2 billion figure, what are people

:12:38. > :12:42.saying they need as opposed to what they have now got? Estimates vary

:12:43. > :12:45.but people are saying they needed ?2 billion this year. While the money

:12:46. > :12:49.from the Chancellor will be welcome, people will also say it isn't really

:12:50. > :12:53.enough. Councils have been given additional powers to raise money

:12:54. > :12:57.through what's called a precept, additional funding from council tax,

:12:58. > :13:02.but it has basically been wiped out by the national living wage, the two

:13:03. > :13:08.sons are very similar. People I think will be relieved that there is

:13:09. > :13:13.some money but I think they will be hoping for ?2 billion. Mike, you're

:13:14. > :13:20.at the sharp end, you run a business for care homes? Primary leave the

:13:21. > :13:25.clients we have our local authority funded, I agree, it is a decent

:13:26. > :13:30.amount, but not enough. A good start but the Chancellor needs to know

:13:31. > :13:33.more is needed. You look after people who are elderly with

:13:34. > :13:38.dementia, how much do you get to look after somebody for a week? If

:13:39. > :13:43.we're talking about local authority funded, just shy of ?500 a week.

:13:44. > :13:48.Sounds like a lot, but when you break it down, 24/7 care is just

:13:49. > :13:52.around ?5 an hour. Staff need to be paid more than the living wage and

:13:53. > :13:55.so we want to pay more to recruit more, we are caught in that

:13:56. > :13:59.difficulty. We want local authorities to get more funding but

:14:00. > :14:03.it has to come to the front line. It's all very well, the money, but

:14:04. > :14:07.we don't want it tied in bureaucracy. You face the reality

:14:08. > :14:11.day in, day out, your staff and their care needs. What would your

:14:12. > :14:15.message be to the Chancellor about funding? As we heard from the

:14:16. > :14:19.Nuffield trust, they say possibly it is half. The announcement is

:14:20. > :14:24.approximately half what the experts say they need, what would you say? I

:14:25. > :14:28.would say come and have a look at social care on the front line and

:14:29. > :14:31.see why it's not working. We can have the health service but even

:14:32. > :14:34.that funding will mean more people caught up in hospital because they

:14:35. > :14:38.can't be discharged either into their own homes or back into care

:14:39. > :14:39.homes. I would like the Chancellor and the Prime Minister to look for

:14:40. > :14:50.themselves and to see the case. Nigel, what will you say to the

:14:51. > :14:53.Chancellor following from his announcement yesterday? We have had

:14:54. > :14:58.some funding to deal with the immediate however the issue is for

:14:59. > :15:05.the last 30 years that politicians have dodged the issue of how to pay

:15:06. > :15:08.for care for older people and adults in need. They're out for reviews

:15:09. > :15:15.none of which are properly implemented and it is time for the

:15:16. > :15:18.politicians to face up to this very serious problem. Unfortunately they

:15:19. > :15:22.have left it so long we are doing it in a situation where there is no

:15:23. > :15:25.money. This is not just about helping the health service by the

:15:26. > :15:30.way. There are a large number of people in need and it is the case

:15:31. > :15:33.that probably only 20 or so are sent to people who have needs to get

:15:34. > :15:39.local authority help. What is the radical change that is needed? More

:15:40. > :15:45.money, but what else, a structural change? Probably changes on both how

:15:46. > :15:49.the provision of social care happens, it is a very old private

:15:50. > :15:55.sector market which is quite fragmented, it is very low paid and

:15:56. > :15:59.I think it is often quite bureaucratic in how it is

:16:00. > :16:04.administered. The big issue is how to raise money. We have been ducking

:16:05. > :16:07.the issue. Other companies like Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and

:16:08. > :16:11.Scandinavian countries have faced up to the issue. It is causing their

:16:12. > :16:16.real problems. They have made bold choices over the last few decades to

:16:17. > :16:21.make sure that they are ready for what was an obvious oncoming problem

:16:22. > :16:27.as the population has aged and the workforce, which is a real concern

:16:28. > :16:31.here, and we need to deal with it, and there are big Brexit

:16:32. > :16:35.implications for the workforce, that they have tried to deal with those

:16:36. > :16:39.problems. And we have not managed to do that. And as Nigel was talking

:16:40. > :16:43.you were nodding seriously especially when he was talking about

:16:44. > :16:47.the idea of putting off big decisions about what to do with the

:16:48. > :16:51.problem. From the Chancellor's point of view, amongst lots of other

:16:52. > :16:58.problems, Brexit around the corner, issues around the economy and what

:16:59. > :17:01.will happen, are you angry about the lack of decision making about

:17:02. > :17:06.putting money into social care? Yes, I am, I have been in social care for

:17:07. > :17:10.25 years and each government has always put it off. And while you

:17:11. > :17:14.don't want to turn away the paper, it is another delay. We know what

:17:15. > :17:18.the problems are. My view is social care and health in one body in the

:17:19. > :17:22.future. We are dancing around the edge and until we crack that we will

:17:23. > :17:26.never get anywhere. It is time to stop talking and less just get on

:17:27. > :17:31.with it. Would you agree that people working in the industry are not paid

:17:32. > :17:36.enough? Definitely. I can't see - luckily I am no politician - I can't

:17:37. > :17:39.see tax not going up somewhere to pay for it. If people want better

:17:40. > :17:44.social care they would pay more tax. It is tough and I think that they

:17:45. > :17:53.would. I can't see how we can do it unless we pay more. Thank you for

:17:54. > :17:55.your time this morning. What is more to come on the budget this morning.

:17:56. > :17:57.You're watching Breakfast from BBC News.

:17:58. > :17:59.The main stories this morning: Chancellor Philip Hammond faces

:18:00. > :18:01.criticism after announcing higher national insurance payments

:18:02. > :18:05.A new memorial to honour military and civilian personnel who served

:18:06. > :18:17.in Iraq and Afghanistan will be unveiled by the Queen later.

:18:18. > :18:24.Here's Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

:18:25. > :18:31.Good morning. Hopefully more than a moment. The weather forecast is

:18:32. > :18:36.unsettled after today. Today we have a fair bit of sunshine after this

:18:37. > :18:40.morning's cloud, drizzle and rain and it is going to be mild for this

:18:41. > :18:45.time of January. For some of us, really mild. We have weather fronts

:18:46. > :18:49.pushing to the North Sea taking cloud and drizzle with them. We do

:18:50. > :18:53.have a weather front rates across the Channel Islands and south-west

:18:54. > :18:58.England where we have murky conditions and low cloud. There will

:18:59. > :19:02.be some dampness in the air with showers or rain. And what you have

:19:03. > :19:06.at the moment you will hang on for much of the day, Cornwall and the

:19:07. > :19:10.Channel Islands on and off. Away from those areas we are back into

:19:11. > :19:14.some sunshine. There is cloud around this morning. One or two of us will

:19:15. > :19:19.season showers. Most of us won't. Cloud will continue to not away. We

:19:20. > :19:23.will see the sun come out. It is windy for Northern Ireland, England,

:19:24. > :19:27.central and southern Scotland. It is windy the far north of Scotland. It

:19:28. > :19:30.will remain so here for the Northern Isles especially through the course

:19:31. > :19:34.of the day. Slowly easing through the evening. The wind elsewhere will

:19:35. > :19:38.ease through the morning. The showers fading for most. The sun

:19:39. > :19:43.will come out and it will feel pleasant if you are in the light

:19:44. > :19:47.wind. We hang onto the cloud and the dampness across Cornwall and also

:19:48. > :19:50.the Channel Islands. So, temperatures today, well, nine and

:19:51. > :19:54.ten and 11 for the north of the country, already in the southern

:19:55. > :19:59.half of the country from Anglesey to the wash we are looking at 8-12. The

:20:00. > :20:05.temperature will climb in the sunshine. In the south-east we could

:20:06. > :20:08.see 15 or even higher than that. Through the evening and overnight

:20:09. > :20:13.what will happen to the weather front in the south-west corner is it

:20:14. > :20:16.will pivot and push up across western and northern areas, taking

:20:17. > :20:20.rain and drizzle with it. Most of that will be in the hills and the

:20:21. > :20:24.coast at we see some at lower levels. You can also see in the east

:20:25. > :20:28.we have some clear skies, so with temperature drops we will see some

:20:29. > :20:32.frost around. First thing in the morning to clear skies prevail for a

:20:33. > :20:36.time and some sunshine. However a front that has pivoted in the west

:20:37. > :20:39.will move to the east through the course of the day, taking dampness

:20:40. > :20:43.with it. And then behind it what you will find is in the west,

:20:44. > :20:47.particularly in the shelter of the hills, we are looking at some sunny

:20:48. > :20:52.spells coming through. Quite breezy to the west as well. Temperatures

:20:53. > :20:55.down for Scotland and the north of northern England but for Northern

:20:56. > :20:59.Ireland, England and Wales, although they come down a touch, above

:21:00. > :21:03.average for this stage in March. Through the weekend, one front sinks

:21:04. > :21:07.south, a bit of a lull, then the next front comes from the Atlantic,

:21:08. > :21:17.a cold front, so behind it on Sunday we sequel -- we see cool air coming

:21:18. > :21:20.in. For the weather front, coming to the south-east, either side of it

:21:21. > :21:24.there are bright spells with a bit of cloud and temperatures in the

:21:25. > :21:29.north of 11 or 12, 12- 14 in the south. Down a little bit more over

:21:30. > :21:34.the course of Sunday. Thank you very much indeed. Talk to you soon. Let's

:21:35. > :21:39.have a quick look at the papers, dominated of course by the budget

:21:40. > :21:44.yesterday and the picture of Philip Hammond multibillion pound tax rate,

:21:45. > :21:49.self-employed hit, they say, accused of breaking a pledge. The front of

:21:50. > :21:54.the Mirror, they have the Prime Minister Theresa May throwing back

:21:55. > :21:58.her head laughing. They say, what is so funny, Prime Minister? The front

:21:59. > :22:04.of the Sun, spite van man, the raid on the self-employed and the front

:22:05. > :22:09.of the Daily Mail has, no laughing matter, the Chancellor made quite a

:22:10. > :22:13.few jokes in his budget yesterday but breaking the manifesto pledge,

:22:14. > :22:17.says the Daily Mail. We can speak now to the Chancellor. Good morning

:22:18. > :22:21.to you and thank you for your time this morning. If you would just pick

:22:22. > :22:27.up straightaway on those issues that I am sure you have seen on the front

:22:28. > :22:31.pages, those broken pledge issues, why did you break the conservative

:22:32. > :22:37.pledge not to raise taxes or specifically not to raise national

:22:38. > :22:42.insurance contributions? What we did in 2015 was legislate through

:22:43. > :22:48.parliament for all of these issues around tax and national insurance

:22:49. > :22:51.and we explained them to parliament exactly how we interpret them, how

:22:52. > :22:56.are we intended to legislate for them. No one objected, no one raised

:22:57. > :22:59.issues about it. Indeed, the Labour Party acknowledged in parliament

:23:00. > :23:06.that we delivered the manifesto commitments. We regard the issue as

:23:07. > :23:11.dealt with. Without with it in 2015. What I did yesterday was addressed a

:23:12. > :23:17.basic continuing on Venice in the current system. The benefits

:23:18. > :23:20.available to the self-employed have significantly improved, they have

:23:21. > :23:25.full access to the state pension now, that is worth ?18,000 a year on

:23:26. > :23:29.average to a self-employed person and as we go forward with

:23:30. > :23:33.negotiations with the EU we need to make this country strong and fit and

:23:34. > :23:38.ready for the future. We need to invest in the skills of the next

:23:39. > :23:42.generation. We need to support the public services. All of that

:23:43. > :23:46.requires us to raise some money and we had to look at where best to do

:23:47. > :23:52.that in a way that enhances the fairness of the tax system. In this

:23:53. > :24:02.measure, enhances the Venice for the 85% of people who are in employment,

:24:03. > :24:09.who pay their national insurance through PAYE and the measure itself

:24:10. > :24:15.changing the way it contributions work actually produces more winners

:24:16. > :24:19.than losers among the self employed. 6% will play less national insurers

:24:20. > :24:26.overall as a result of these changes. What is confusing people

:24:27. > :24:31.and people agree with you is logical but people say it is like insulting

:24:32. > :24:35.the intelligence when you say you didn't pledge something, because in

:24:36. > :24:39.your manifesto you say clearly the conservative government will not

:24:40. > :24:45.increase the rate of VAT or national insurance in the next parliament.

:24:46. > :24:48.Why is it so difficult for you to say it was a pragmatic decision you

:24:49. > :24:52.have taken to break the pledge because it needed to be broken.

:24:53. > :24:59.Common sense says you have broken the pledge. This didn't happen

:25:00. > :25:06.yesterday, it happen in 2015. My question is do you accent you have

:25:07. > :25:09.broken the pledge? When the national insurance Bill went through

:25:10. > :25:14.parliament we explained clearly in parliament why we were doing what we

:25:15. > :25:18.were doing, how we were interpreting it, and at the time my predecessor

:25:19. > :25:24.specifically asked the office of tax simplification to look at the

:25:25. > :25:27.national insurance contributions and to make recommendations to ensure

:25:28. > :25:31.that we brought them more appropriately into the system. Are

:25:32. > :25:35.you seriously still maintaining that you haven't broken the pledge, I

:25:36. > :25:38.just want to be clear, because everyone can go back and look

:25:39. > :25:45.through what your party said you would not do and now you have done?

:25:46. > :25:49.Well, I am clear that we had this discussion in 2015. The result it

:25:50. > :25:56.than with the legislation that we put through parliament. Why is

:25:57. > :26:01.everyone so upset about it today? Sorry, I am interrupting you, I

:26:02. > :26:05.apologise? You are interrupting me. Nobody voted against it or tabled

:26:06. > :26:09.amendments. We had this discussion in 2015 and as far as I was

:26:10. > :26:17.concerned when I approached the issue yesterday, we resolve this

:26:18. > :26:21.issue in 2015, now written -- Britain faces these issues and we

:26:22. > :26:25.have to face them in the light of where we are today, the need to fund

:26:26. > :26:29.social care, the need to invest in Britain's future, the skills for the

:26:30. > :26:36.next generation, and to do it in a way that is prudent and conserves

:26:37. > :26:40.the firepower as we go through the negotiation period with the EU to

:26:41. > :26:45.make sure Britain can benefit from Brexit and the opportunities that

:26:46. > :26:49.will lie ahead for us. With respect, some people say you could be wrong

:26:50. > :26:52.about the decision you have taken to take the pledge, you could just be

:26:53. > :26:56.wrong about that and the other point is people we spoke with this

:26:57. > :26:59.morning, and we have many here in the studio, small business people,

:27:00. > :27:03.the people you target, who say as far as they are concerned they feel

:27:04. > :27:07.now as if you're conservative government is anti- small business.

:27:08. > :27:11.There is a sentiment coming through. It is evidenced in this latest

:27:12. > :27:18.measure that you no longer are on their side. Well, I don't accept

:27:19. > :27:22.that at all. We strongly support small businesses, growing

:27:23. > :27:27.businesses. They are the bedrock of Britain's economy and we will

:27:28. > :27:33.continue to encourage new ventures, innovation, growing businesses in

:27:34. > :27:38.this economy. What we are dealing with is a perverse incentive in our

:27:39. > :27:43.tax and national insurance system which is driving people who are

:27:44. > :27:45.essentially employees to turn themselves into self-employed

:27:46. > :27:51.workers instead. That is not good for them, it is not a healthy thing

:27:52. > :27:56.for the structure of the economy to be driven by tax advantages and tax

:27:57. > :28:00.differences. People should have choices about the way they work.

:28:01. > :28:04.People should have choices about the form they use to start a business.

:28:05. > :28:08.Those choices should be driven by the needs of their business and by

:28:09. > :28:15.the needs of the economy, not by artificial tax incentives. And the

:28:16. > :28:19.gap is too big. For somebody earning ?28,000, an employee between him and

:28:20. > :28:23.his employer will pay nearly ?5,000 of national insurance contribution

:28:24. > :28:27.for his pension and for the National Health Service. Someone earning the

:28:28. > :28:33.same amount of money self-employed will be paying less than ?2000. That

:28:34. > :28:37.is simply not fair. Can I finally ask you, sometimes politicians can

:28:38. > :28:43.change minds on things, that is if they look and think, maybe rethink,

:28:44. > :28:49.as you phrase it in political terms, you rethink and listen to what

:28:50. > :28:53.people say. I used route dump are you categorical there will be no

:28:54. > :28:56.turnaround -- are you categorical there will be no turnaround in these

:28:57. > :29:00.contributions? Let me be clear we are doing two things, abolishing the

:29:01. > :29:03.class to national insurance contribution, which is highly

:29:04. > :29:08.regressive, a chart on people with very low self employment incomes,

:29:09. > :29:14.and in place of it we are increasing the class for contribution. Overall

:29:15. > :29:20.that will mean 60% of people with lower earnings will be better. Those

:29:21. > :29:24.on higher earnings, the 40% on high earnings, will pay a little bit

:29:25. > :29:28.more. We think that is fair, we think it is a reasonable way to go

:29:29. > :29:32.forward given the benefits entitlement for the self-employed

:29:33. > :29:37.has improved so much. Thank you for your time this morning.

:29:38. > :29:40.Just after eight o'clock we'll be speaking to the Shadow Chancellor,

:29:41. > :32:59.Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

:33:00. > :33:02.really until Monday that we see bright and dry weather.

:33:03. > :33:04.I'm back with the latest from the BBC London newsroom

:33:05. > :33:07.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:33:08. > :33:10.Hello, this is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:33:11. > :33:13.The Chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge,

:33:14. > :33:15.by raising National Insurance contributions for many self-employed

:33:16. > :33:22.A number of Conservative MPs say Philip Hammond's proposal

:33:23. > :33:25.breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto.

:33:26. > :33:27.But the Treasury has rejected calls for a rethink,

:33:28. > :33:28.saying the increase will return fairness

:33:29. > :33:35.The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has criticised

:33:36. > :33:37.the Chancellor's decision to increase the rates

:33:38. > :33:43.of National Insurance paid by self-employed people.

:33:44. > :33:48.There's ?100 billion extra borrowing during because the government chose

:33:49. > :33:51.a hard Grexit, you can't have a strong economy with a hard Brexit

:33:52. > :33:57.and therefore you can't have strong well funded social care with a hard

:33:58. > :34:02.Brexit. The government has made wrong choices. It's an insult to

:34:03. > :34:06.self-employed people, one in four in my constituency are self-employed,

:34:07. > :34:08.people don't get holiday pay and now thanks to this government they won't

:34:09. > :34:10.get a holiday in the first place! We'll speak to the Shadow Chancellor

:34:11. > :34:13.John McDonnell after 8am. Scotland's First Minister Nicola

:34:14. > :34:15.Sturgeon has told the BBC that the common sense time

:34:16. > :34:16.for a second independence referendum would be

:34:17. > :34:18.autumn next year. A vote can only take

:34:19. > :34:20.place with the permission But her remarks to the BBC's

:34:21. > :34:24.political editor Laura Kuenssberg are the clearest signal yet

:34:25. > :34:27.that the SNP is planning to hold another vote before the UK

:34:28. > :34:30.leaves the European Union. The Queen will unveil a memorial

:34:31. > :34:33.in London this morning in honour of all those from the UK who served

:34:34. > :34:36.in Iraq and Afghanistan The monument is

:34:37. > :34:39.dedicated to civilians Members of the public donated more

:34:40. > :34:49.than a million to pay for it. Members of the public donated more

:34:50. > :34:56.than ?1 million to pay for it. No police misconduct has been

:34:57. > :34:59.identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the Rotherham

:35:00. > :35:01.child abuse scandal. But the Independent Police

:35:02. > :35:03.Complaints Commission say it's identified significant failings

:35:04. > :35:06.in the way survivors and alleged The commission is looking

:35:07. > :35:09.at allegations which include 91 A United Nations report is to call

:35:10. > :35:13.for an independent investigation into the potential health

:35:14. > :35:16.impact of the UK's largest Residents living

:35:17. > :35:18.near the Ffos-y-Fran site in South Wales have led a long

:35:19. > :35:21.campaign against air The mine's operator, Miller Argent,

:35:22. > :35:25.says the company has a proud record Files seen by the BBC suggest

:35:26. > :35:31.Margaret Thatcher's government was reluctant to hold a public

:35:32. > :35:33.inquiry into the policing of the miners' strike

:35:34. > :35:36.for fear of a witch hunt. They show the then Home

:35:37. > :35:38.Secretary Leon Brittan discouraged any inquiry

:35:39. > :35:41.into the conduct of the police Miners were disappointed last year

:35:42. > :35:46.when the Home Secretary Amber Rudd ruled there would be no

:35:47. > :35:48.inquiry into the so-called Watching nature documentaries

:35:49. > :35:55.makes us happier. That's according to a new study

:35:56. > :35:58.by Californian academics. They say that watching nature

:35:59. > :36:00.programmes and animal documentaries can reduce our stress levels,

:36:01. > :36:03.and even watching short clips of programmes like this one

:36:04. > :36:06.from Planet Earth Two can significantly increase

:36:07. > :36:24.positive emotions. Did that do the trick for you, the

:36:25. > :36:28.flamingos? They were amazing. It is true, even watching short clips

:36:29. > :36:34.helps you. I don't know why that is, what is it? It just takes you out of

:36:35. > :36:39.your ordinary life. Unless it goes for Blair on. That's the key thing,

:36:40. > :36:47.the happiness is greater if there has been a thrilling trace -- unless

:36:48. > :36:52.it goes horribly wrong. David Attenborough should watch out! You

:36:53. > :36:57.knew it was a giraffe! If there has been a chase, chased by a lion, the

:36:58. > :37:00.feeling of relief and exhortation and ecstasy at the end is far

:37:01. > :37:02.greater and that was the same for Barcelona last night.

:37:03. > :37:08.Thinking they were down and out, they had been caught by the snakes,

:37:09. > :37:12.the lion, but they escaped and they did the impossible! This is all the

:37:13. > :37:18.last seven minutes of the match. They are three goals behind. The

:37:19. > :37:24.context is 4-0 down from the first leg and then PSG score a goal in the

:37:25. > :37:28.second tie to make it impossible, Gary Lineker said the game was over

:37:29. > :37:31.in a tweet, but no, seven minutes, three goals to turn it around and

:37:32. > :37:46.this is how the Spanish commentator described the last seven minutes.

:37:47. > :37:49.Gol gol gol! It sums up the mayhem and the pandemonium.

:37:50. > :37:53.The goalkeeper playing up front. The manager was sliding onto the pitch

:37:54. > :37:57.and the commentator went on and on for seven minutes because Sergi

:37:58. > :38:02.Roberto scored with virtually the last kick of the game to complete

:38:03. > :38:04.the impossible. The party continued afterwards, tears, people jumping on

:38:05. > :38:05.each other in celebration. It is the biggest recovery

:38:06. > :38:09.in Champions League history, and finished 6-5 on aggregate

:38:10. > :38:11.with Barcelona are through Olly Foster watched

:38:12. > :38:14.the match unfold. Neymar, Messi and Suarez,

:38:15. > :38:16.the most feared strike force Barcelona's motto is "more

:38:17. > :38:22.than a club", but no club had overturned such a deficit

:38:23. > :38:24.in the Champions League. An early goal would give them hope,

:38:25. > :38:26.Suarez's header just This would be the match

:38:27. > :38:32.about the finest of margins and the referee's

:38:33. > :38:33.sometimes-debatable judgement. Lionel Messi scored

:38:34. > :38:40.a third for Barca. One more to level the tie

:38:41. > :38:44.or one more for PSG, a cracker from Cavani that should

:38:45. > :38:48.have put the tie to bed. An away goal that left

:38:49. > :38:50.Barca needing three. Two minutes to go

:38:51. > :38:54.when Neymar did that. The 90 minutes were up when Neymar

:38:55. > :38:57.converted another suspect penalty and with practically

:38:58. > :39:00.the last kick of the match, Sergi Roberto stayed onside,

:39:01. > :39:23.swamped by his teammates. How Arsenal could have done with a

:39:24. > :39:24.comeback like that the other night against Bayern Munich!

:39:25. > :39:25.Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has described

:39:26. > :39:27.their Europa League tie against Rostov bad

:39:28. > :39:33.near the Black Sea and Mourinho doesn't think the pitch is fit

:39:34. > :39:37.Uefa have admitted that it isn't perfect but won't call

:39:38. > :39:40.Mourinho says the state of the surface means team selection

:39:41. > :39:46.I find it hard to believe we are going to play on that field,

:39:47. > :39:53.I don't know which team to play really.

:39:54. > :39:57.I don't know if Mkhitaryaan is going to play, I don't know.

:39:58. > :40:00.Manchester City failed to move up to second in the Premier League

:40:01. > :40:03.after drawing 0-0 at home to Stoke City.

:40:04. > :40:05.It was a game of few clear cut chances.

:40:06. > :40:10.Kelechi Iheanacho put City's last wide from close range.

:40:11. > :40:14.It's the first time they have failed to score at home since Pep Guardiola

:40:15. > :40:17.took over and means Chelsea remain ten points clear at the top

:40:18. > :40:28.Spurs are above City on goal difference

:40:29. > :40:35.An all British tie in the WTA event at Indian Wells in California.

:40:36. > :40:39.Heather Watson came from a set down to beat the American Gibson to reach

:40:40. > :40:41.the second round where yuan Konta is waiting, the first time they have

:40:42. > :40:43.ever played each other on the tour. England's cricketers are in Barbados

:40:44. > :40:46.for today's third and final one day international

:40:47. > :40:48.against West Indies. They've already won the fist two

:40:49. > :40:51.games so the series is already in the bag, and with

:40:52. > :40:53.the Champions Trophy later this

:40:54. > :40:55.year, bowler Chris Woakes believes England have a great chance

:40:56. > :40:58.of winning a major trophy. We haven't seen an England team

:40:59. > :41:01.in ODI cricket play the way this And particularly with the bat,

:41:02. > :41:06.it's fantastic to watch the majority I know we had a little slip-up

:41:07. > :41:10.the other day but they're very few Hopefully we can produce

:41:11. > :41:15.the goods at the right time. Tournament cricket is completely

:41:16. > :41:18.different to playing in a series so that will be a different

:41:19. > :41:21.challenge, but I think we've got the best chance as we've

:41:22. > :41:23.probably ever had. Double Olympic gold-medallist

:41:24. > :41:25.Max Whitlock will miss the British and European Championships

:41:26. > :41:27.to focus on preparing for the World Championships

:41:28. > :41:29.in September. Whitlock has only recently returned

:41:30. > :41:31.to full time training after his successes

:41:32. > :41:35.in Rio last summer. He suffered from glandular fever two

:41:36. > :41:38.years ago and says he needs to manage his body if he's

:41:39. > :41:57.to compete at the highest level. He tries to find the trademark move

:41:58. > :42:01.he's going to name after himself. Back to the Barca tweets, Michael

:42:02. > :42:06.Owen is only getting his breath back he said and Gary Lineker said good

:42:07. > :42:06.heavens! Thanks very much and see you later!

:42:07. > :42:09.For 1,000 years, the sound of St Paul's Cathedral Choir has

:42:10. > :42:12.been heard at some of the most important national occasions.

:42:13. > :42:15.But until now, only men or boys have been full-time members.

:42:16. > :42:17.That's changed with the appointment of Carris Jones

:42:18. > :42:21.She'll take up her role in September, although the move has

:42:22. > :42:24.been criticised in some circles as political correctness.

:42:25. > :42:29.Carris joins us now from central London

:42:30. > :42:32.along with St Paul's Director of Music Andrew Carwood.

:42:33. > :42:41.Good morning to you both. Good morning. Good morning. Carris Jones,

:42:42. > :42:46.congratulations, you've made history. It appears so, completely

:42:47. > :42:51.overwhelming. You won't be the first woman to have ever sung with the

:42:52. > :42:56.choir but the keyword is permanent, isn't it? Exactly, the trail has

:42:57. > :43:01.been blazed before by some extremely talented colleagues of mine who have

:43:02. > :43:05.appeared as part of the choir as deputies, ad hoc singers. I will be

:43:06. > :43:11.the first full-time member of the choir that's the mail. Using alto as

:43:12. > :43:18.you just mentioned, what does that mean, where do you fit? -- that's

:43:19. > :43:26.female. Arising between the top line, sung by boys, and the ten

:43:27. > :43:30.line, sung by men -- buys it. Andrew, why was it time for a

:43:31. > :43:34.permanent female member of staff? It is very simple for me because you

:43:35. > :43:38.have to have the best person and Carris was the best, we had a

:43:39. > :43:43.wonderful shortlist with very strong applicants and we considered

:43:44. > :43:48.considered and listened. But the best thing is we have very flexible

:43:49. > :43:52.singers in Britain in the choral tradition and they do what they are

:43:53. > :43:56.told and that's why we have the best choirs in the world. It's no

:43:57. > :44:02.surprise a woman can sing as well as a man on an alto part. What do you

:44:03. > :44:07.say to the traditionalists who say that the choir should remain

:44:08. > :44:11.all-male? What you have to do is look at other people and how

:44:12. > :44:14.successful they are, there are successful chamber choirs in this

:44:15. > :44:20.country and other cathedral choirs with women singing on the alto line.

:44:21. > :44:25.We are dealing with stereotypes. There's no stereotypical male voice

:44:26. > :44:32.and no stereotypical female voice. They all do a variety of things and

:44:33. > :44:38.some singers... Other people are just perfect and can be flexible and

:44:39. > :44:42.Carris is one of those. It's a great development. Carris, what kind of

:44:43. > :44:47.reaction have you had, especially amongst your colleagues. From my

:44:48. > :44:51.colleagues it has been overwhelming, very positive, I have been so

:44:52. > :44:55.touched and born up really by people getting in touch saying how thrilled

:44:56. > :45:00.they are, male and female, that this has happened. Couldn't have been

:45:01. > :45:05.more positive really. What are you most looking forward to when

:45:06. > :45:10.performing with the choir? I'm looking forward to all of it really!

:45:11. > :45:13.It is quite the routine and very different to what I'm currently used

:45:14. > :45:17.to in my freelance work. I'm actually looking forward to getting

:45:18. > :45:22.into the rhythm of my ex- services we can being part of being such a

:45:23. > :45:27.wonderful organisation and singing in such a fabulous building -- ex-

:45:28. > :45:32.services week and. We heard the bells, would you give us a tiny

:45:33. > :45:37.moment and a bit of music to start the day, what would be your musical

:45:38. > :45:42.interlude this morning? Goodness me, it is very early for singing!

:45:43. > :45:48.Goodness knows what could happen! That is a bit mean, isn't it? It is

:45:49. > :45:52.a bit. Carris, you're heavily pregnant, I know you want to sit

:45:53. > :45:58.down so we will let you do that. Thank you brain much. Thank you. It

:45:59. > :46:05.is a bit early -- thank you very much. It is a bit early to be doing

:46:06. > :46:09.anything like that! Carol, you can sing, you can sing, can't you?

:46:10. > :46:13.Charlie, not in a million years! Good morning.

:46:14. > :46:18.I apologise for my earlier mistake when I said temperatures were mild

:46:19. > :46:27.for this stage in January, of course I meant... We will see temperatures

:46:28. > :46:31.in the midst of teams, maybe higher and a lot of sunshine around. Not

:46:32. > :46:36.everywhere. A weather front is producing showers but they will move

:46:37. > :46:43.away in northern and eastern areas but a stubborn one which has in

:46:44. > :46:49.score is across the... Especially in Cornwall. This morning we have some

:46:50. > :46:52.showers and drizzle, that will go and in the late morning to the

:46:53. > :47:13.afternoon we have a beautiful afternoon in much of the British

:47:14. > :47:21.Isles. Temperatures in the south-east could hit 16 or more, in

:47:22. > :47:25.Wales a similar story. It is windy in Northern Ireland, central England

:47:26. > :47:28.and Scotland, easing through the morning. In western Scotland

:47:29. > :47:33.sunshine came through with earlier showers fading, except in the

:47:34. > :47:36.Northern Isles, we will hang onto them, and in the evening the wind

:47:37. > :47:41.will ease. Through the evening our weather front in the south-west will

:47:42. > :47:44.pivot and come to other Western and northern areas, introducing some

:47:45. > :47:48.patchy bits of light rain and drizzle, mostly on the coasts and

:47:49. > :47:52.hills and under clearer skies in the east it will be cold enough for a

:47:53. > :47:57.touch of frost but here it means first thing we will see sunshine. It

:47:58. > :48:01.won't last. Tomorrow will be cloudier than today as our Western

:48:02. > :48:06.front edges to the east through the day. As it does, some of us will

:48:07. > :48:10.brighten up when we see sunshine, especially if you're in the shelter

:48:11. > :48:14.of Benny hills. For Scotland and the far north of northern England

:48:15. > :48:18.tomorrow it will be cooler than today -- any hills. For tomorrow,

:48:19. > :48:22.temperatures down on today in Northern Ireland but still above

:48:23. > :48:26.average for this stage in March. Into the weekend, another weekend

:48:27. > :48:30.crosses asked down towards the south east through the day, then a lull

:48:31. > :48:36.and then on Sunday a cold front comes in from the Atlantic. --

:48:37. > :48:42.crosses asked. It won't turn cold, it will be to load than it is at the

:48:43. > :48:47.moment. -- crosses has. A dry and brighter note ahead of this weather

:48:48. > :48:50.front. A narrow band of rain, not particularly heavy and brighter

:48:51. > :48:55.skies behind it for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures

:48:56. > :49:00.between nine and 14. As we head into Sunday, they cold front coming in

:49:01. > :49:04.from the Atlantic introducing that rain, cooler conditions following on

:49:05. > :49:07.in that breeze behind it but behind it again there will be sunshine

:49:08. > :49:11.coming through. The temperatures dipping on Sunday and the early part

:49:12. > :49:15.of the week, turning more unsettled and the temperatures rise through

:49:16. > :49:17.the middle of next week. All change once again.

:49:18. > :49:25.Thanks very much. We will talk to you again soon.

:49:26. > :49:28.So has the Budget left you better or worse off?

:49:29. > :49:32.This week Steph has been out on the road looking at what people

:49:33. > :49:36.This morning she's back, and she's got a crowd of people

:49:37. > :49:38.outside our studio, to find out if they're happy

:49:39. > :49:44.Good morning and good morning, everybody. You could say it's a

:49:45. > :50:13.pop-up studio because we have lots of people coming in and out today.

:50:14. > :50:17.you have been looking at what impact the budget will have on different

:50:18. > :50:21.generations, who has it worked out well for? There's a few things we

:50:22. > :50:25.can look to that benefit certain generations. We start with social

:50:26. > :50:30.care, the Baby Boomers, the generation now in the final phase of

:50:31. > :50:34.their careers or entering retirement will welcome the extra funding given

:50:35. > :50:40.their increasingly caregivers for parents, partners and many of them

:50:41. > :50:45.will receive care themselves. To the other end of the scale, the

:50:46. > :50:48.millennials, born in the 80s and 90s, some funding on technical

:50:49. > :50:52.education is welcome but it is quite small and the big thing missing

:50:53. > :50:57.yesterday was anything on housing, which is the real concern for that

:50:58. > :51:00.generation. Gen X in the middle, the increases in National Insurance for

:51:01. > :51:05.the self-employed will hit this group, about half of the increases

:51:06. > :51:10.will come from members of gen X. The big picture for this generation is

:51:11. > :51:14.the large cuts to welfare that this government in Heritage will really

:51:15. > :51:19.hit family incomes in gen X, but actually there's workers and

:51:20. > :51:24.families in every generation. That bleak outlook for family incomes

:51:25. > :51:28.that was maintained in yesterday's Vigurs hits those prime age really

:51:29. > :51:37.across the age range and that is a big story. Thanks very much for your

:51:38. > :51:43.time. We have a VIP area. Everyone who has something to say. Let me

:51:44. > :51:49.move in here. Morning everyone. Let me start with you, Gary. You are and

:51:50. > :51:53.events entrepreneur. We have heard about changes to national insurance

:51:54. > :51:58.contributions. Also as well the dividend tax and the taxi will have

:51:59. > :52:01.to pay when you take dividends out of your company, what are your

:52:02. > :52:03.thoughts? That will strangle the intention for people to become

:52:04. > :52:09.entrepreneurs, to become entrepreneurial. I am not suggesting

:52:10. > :52:15.that is why they got into it but it is a benefit to have. I can see that

:52:16. > :52:19.it will affect their ability to get past those breaking point and be

:52:20. > :52:23.sustainable. It is hard enough for many people as entrepreneurs to

:52:24. > :52:33.become sustainable. It might take between one in five years. I deal

:52:34. > :52:35.with, well, I say, I don't personally, but there are 4000

:52:36. > :52:42.freelancers and entertainment producers in and around the music

:52:43. > :52:47.business who will be affected next year and they don't have time to

:52:48. > :52:51.prepare for it. I don't think they understand how it comes back to

:52:52. > :52:55.them, even if it might come back with the full benefit in their

:52:56. > :52:58.pensions, it is not the way it has been delivered at the moment. You

:52:59. > :53:03.think it will put people off? For sure. I know that you are trying to

:53:04. > :53:07.set up a business at the moment, Abbie, so what did you think of

:53:08. > :53:12.yesterday? Even though it has a short-term negative effect

:53:13. > :53:16.ultimately people who want to be entrepreneurs will do that. The

:53:17. > :53:20.thing I was concerned with, though I can see the benefits, is increase in

:53:21. > :53:26.NI for self-employed people. National insurance. Yes. There is a

:53:27. > :53:32.lot that goes into it and wages are not stable. So, to pay more tax

:53:33. > :53:36.could be a deterrent for people to pursue that route. We know that this

:53:37. > :53:41.is what a lot of young people want to do. So does it go against the

:53:42. > :53:45.grain? I think it might. And Toby, we spoke at the beginning of the

:53:46. > :53:49.week, your concern was around housing. There wasn't anything about

:53:50. > :53:52.housing? People my age have this big concern that it is difficult to get

:53:53. > :53:56.on the housing ladder because we cannot rent at an affordable rate in

:53:57. > :54:01.the first place. The government hasn't done anything on this. They

:54:02. > :54:05.have a white paper last month but it was a feeble document without much

:54:06. > :54:10.in it that I saw would change things. And I saw the ex- Housing

:54:11. > :54:14.Minister say it wouldn't change anything and they have to get on and

:54:15. > :54:19.build more houses. And I want to talk skills, another issue, and for

:54:20. > :54:23.you, I know that you met with the government last week, that is a big

:54:24. > :54:28.thing for you, and we have changes in technical education. What are

:54:29. > :54:33.your thoughts? There is a need for education reform. 500 million will

:54:34. > :54:37.help companies like us in the north to recruit and develop skilled

:54:38. > :54:41.workers in the UK so I think it is needed but it is more important as a

:54:42. > :54:46.start, just a drop in terms what needs to happen in the education

:54:47. > :54:48.system. So you think that these technical education levels,

:54:49. > :54:53.equivalent to A-levels, or make a difference? Yes, wider reform will

:54:54. > :55:00.be needed to produce skilled workers needed. Thank you for your time. I

:55:01. > :55:06.know we will talk to more of you. We have experts and entrepreneurs to

:55:07. > :55:12.find out what it means. We have only given to view a drink. Awkward. --

:55:13. > :55:15.two of you a drink. Come on, work harder, do more. It is austerity,

:55:16. > :55:18.that is what it is. Coming up later on Breakfast,

:55:19. > :55:29.we'll be joined by pop-band Steps. # tragedy, when the feeling is gone

:55:30. > :55:31.and you can't go on, it is a tragedy. 20 years? Can you believe

:55:32. > :55:33.it? 20 years after their dance moves

:55:34. > :55:36.and costumes made their mark on the British pop scene,

:55:37. > :55:46.they'll be here to tell us I knew you were going to do that. We

:55:47. > :55:48.were concentrating really hard. I am trying to learn it. I will get

:55:49. > :55:48.there. Time now to get the news,

:55:49. > :55:50.travel and weather where you are. Hello, this is Breakfast

:55:51. > :59:45.with Charlie Stayt and Sally Nugent. The Chancellor accused

:59:46. > :59:51.of breaking an election promise Employed and self-employed use the

:59:52. > :59:53.public services in the same way but they are not paying for them in the

:59:54. > :59:56.same way. Philip Hammond says his Budget

:59:57. > :59:59.announcement makes the system fairer but faces criticism from Tory

:00:00. > :00:01.backbenchers about the impact Also in the Budget,

:00:02. > :00:04.there was the promise of an extra ?2 billion for social care and big

:00:05. > :00:11.changes education in England. I'm here this morning

:00:12. > :00:13.with experts and people affected to see how the announcements

:00:14. > :00:25.have gone down. Good morning, it's

:00:26. > :00:27.Thursday, 9th March. A new memorial to honour the British

:00:28. > :00:35.military personnel and civilians In sport, they're calling it one

:00:36. > :00:47.of the greatest European ties ever. Barcelona make Champions League

:00:48. > :00:50.history by coming from 4-0 down against Paris Saint Germain,

:00:51. > :00:51.to win with practically And two years after historic

:00:52. > :00:58.Clandon Park House was gutted by fire, we report on the start

:00:59. > :01:13.of the huge restoration task. A fairly windy start to the day.

:01:14. > :01:21.Regardless of what you have at the moment, it will blossom into a sunny

:01:22. > :01:22.day except across Cornwall and the Channel Islands. More details in 15

:01:23. > :01:26.minutes. Thank you. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,

:01:27. > :01:30.is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge,

:01:31. > :01:33.by increasing national insurance contributions for many self-employed

:01:34. > :01:35.workers in yesterday's budget. He's facing growing pressure

:01:36. > :01:51.to reconsider his plan from some The Treasury has defended

:01:52. > :01:51.the increase, saying it will return The amount self-employed workers

:01:52. > :01:52.will pay will rise from 9% It means an average

:01:53. > :02:01.increase of ?240 a year. And it'll affect around 2 million

:02:02. > :02:08.workers across the UK, raising ?145 million a year

:02:09. > :02:11.for the Treasury by 2022. Our political correspondent,

:02:12. > :02:18.Eleanor Garnier, is in Westminster The Chancellor may have been

:02:19. > :02:23.cracking jokes yesterday, but today, certainly in the papers, not much

:02:24. > :02:29.fun for him to be reading. He has woken up to a row this morning over

:02:30. > :02:35.the changes to National Insurance. Criticism of the policy. Some

:02:36. > :02:39.critical Tories saying it does little to encourage enterprise. One

:02:40. > :02:45.said he was worried it might hit voters he described as working white

:02:46. > :02:48.van men. There is also criticism it might have broken an election

:02:49. > :02:55.promise by the Conservatives in 2015. The Chancellor told Breakfast

:02:56. > :03:01.he told it had all been decided after the election. When I

:03:02. > :03:06.approached this issue yesterday, we had resolved this issue in 2015. Now

:03:07. > :03:10.Britain faces a different set of circumstances and we have to look at

:03:11. > :03:17.this issue in the round in the light of where Britain is to date, the

:03:18. > :03:22.need to fund social care, to invest in Britain's future, the skills the

:03:23. > :03:26.next generation need and to do it in a way that is prudent and conserves

:03:27. > :03:32.firepower as we go through this period of negotiation with the EU to

:03:33. > :03:37.make sure Britain can benefit from Brexit and the opportunities that

:03:38. > :03:44.will lie ahead. Labour have weighed in, saying the Government is

:03:45. > :03:49.breaking promises. Elsewhere in the Budget, more money for social care

:03:50. > :03:53.to help ease the creaking system. Help to soften the blow for those

:03:54. > :03:58.changes to business rates that small firms were worried about. Labour say

:03:59. > :04:05.the money put aside for social care was not enough. I think the changes

:04:06. > :04:09.to National Insurance really have overshadowed anything positive the

:04:10. > :04:12.Chancellor had to say yesterday and it is going to be interesting to see

:04:13. > :04:16.how the row plays out. For the moment, thank you.

:04:17. > :04:18.Steph is outside the studio with some experts still

:04:19. > :04:20.crunching the number - how are the changes being received?

:04:21. > :04:28.Good morning. Lots of people trying to work out what the changes

:04:29. > :04:35.actually mean. Not least self-employed people. We have got

:04:36. > :04:39.Kelly and Rebecca, a tax expert. Kelly, you are self-employed, for

:04:40. > :04:43.the last 12 hours, you have been trying to work out what it means.

:04:44. > :04:47.What difference will it make? I run a small business and when I

:04:48. > :04:51.incorporated last year what I looked at was dividend taxation. They

:04:52. > :04:56.brought in the dividend tax for this new financial year and it means you

:04:57. > :05:01.are getting less of your taxation but at the same time, you have the

:05:02. > :05:06.allowance, ?5,000, which makes a bit of a difference, a couple of hundred

:05:07. > :05:12.pounds. Eroding it to ?2000 will make an impact. You do not take a

:05:13. > :05:16.salary from your business, you pay yourself dividends and now you will

:05:17. > :05:20.pay more tax on it. Exactly. With the increase in the national

:05:21. > :05:24.insurance contributions, it is sending a message that they want

:05:25. > :05:28.people to be employed rather than self-employed and it will probably

:05:29. > :05:32.put people off making the choice to be freelancers and small business

:05:33. > :05:38.owners. We heard the Chancellor talking about fairness, making the

:05:39. > :05:41.system fairer for those employed and self-employed, what are your

:05:42. > :05:45.thoughts? The Government are talking about long-term fairness. What they

:05:46. > :05:51.have focused in on the measure is the pension benefits people will get

:05:52. > :05:54.at the end. Historically, more people are employed and

:05:55. > :05:57.self-employed. The self-employed paid less National Insurance to

:05:58. > :06:01.reflect the risk they were at starting their own business. Now the

:06:02. > :06:05.Government have set their pensions equal in the long term so it is

:06:06. > :06:09.about asking the self-employed to contribute more based on what they

:06:10. > :06:16.will get at the end. We will talk more about it later. Other issues

:06:17. > :06:19.came up to do with business rates, and technical education and the

:06:20. > :06:23.changes coming with that and the extra money for social care. Pretty

:06:24. > :06:30.busy here this morning. We have enough mugs to give everyone a

:06:31. > :06:31.drink! Thank goodness for that. I knew she

:06:32. > :06:34.would sort it. We'll be speaking to

:06:35. > :06:36.the Shadow Chancellor, Labour's John McDonnell,

:06:37. > :06:40.in a few minutes' time. Scotland's First Minister,

:06:41. > :06:42.Nicola Sturgeon, has told the BBC that the common sense time

:06:43. > :06:46.for a second independence referendum would be

:06:47. > :06:47.autumn next year. A vote can only take

:06:48. > :06:50.place with the permission But her remarks, to the BBC's

:06:51. > :06:55.political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, are the clearest signal yet

:06:56. > :06:57.that the SNP is planning to hold another vote

:06:58. > :07:06.before the UK leaves In Westminster some politicians

:07:07. > :07:11.think you are bluffing. I am not and I never have been. I would think it

:07:12. > :07:18.sometimes says more about them than about me. It suggests our

:07:19. > :07:23.politicians in Westminster who think it is a game. It is not a game, it

:07:24. > :07:28.is serious. The implications for the UK and Scotland are serious. Some of

:07:29. > :07:33.your colleagues talk about autumn, 2018, as a likely date. Within that

:07:34. > :07:41.window of when the outline of the UK deal becomes clear and the UK

:07:42. > :07:45.exiting the EU, I think that would be the common sense time for

:07:46. > :07:50.Scotland to have a choice, if that is the road we choose to go down.

:07:51. > :07:57.You are not ruling out autumn, 2018? I am not ruling anything out, no.

:07:58. > :07:59.No police misconduct has been identified so far by the police

:08:00. > :08:01.watchdog investigating the Rotherham child abuse scandal.

:08:02. > :08:03.But the Independent Police Complaints Commission say it's

:08:04. > :08:05.identified "significant failings" in the way survivors and alleged

:08:06. > :08:08.The commission is looking at allegations which include 91

:08:09. > :08:13.A United Nations report is to call for an independent investigation

:08:14. > :08:15.into the potential health impact of the UK's largest

:08:16. > :08:21.Residents living near the Ffos-y-Fran site in South Wales

:08:22. > :08:24.have led a long campaign against air and noise pollution,

:08:25. > :08:34.Cut into the side of the valley east of Merthyr Tydfil,

:08:35. > :08:36.this is Ffos-y-Fran opencast mine, the size of some 400

:08:37. > :08:46.Since 2007, a private company's been digging here, right

:08:47. > :08:55.What you're looking at, the mountain there, that

:08:56. > :08:59.My biggest effect is the dust, absolutely

:09:00. > :09:02.For more than a decade, some locals have been

:09:03. > :09:06.from the mine has been causing breathing and sleeping problems.

:09:07. > :09:08.They've held protests and petitioned the local council,

:09:09. > :09:16.Now BBC News has learned the United Nations is set to make

:09:17. > :09:21.A report by its special rapporteur on the human rights of communities

:09:22. > :09:25.at risk of pollution will call for an independent investigation

:09:26. > :09:27.into claims this mine could be harming local people's health.

:09:28. > :09:30.He'd met local campaigners as part of an official visit

:09:31. > :09:35.I came across a number of pressing issues but this was definitely

:09:36. > :09:41.I heard allegations of very high rates of childhood asthma,

:09:42. > :09:47.I didn't hear any evidence of a strong intervention

:09:48. > :09:51.Merthyr Tydfil Council said his findings were based

:09:52. > :09:54.on unsubstantiated claims by the local community.

:09:55. > :09:57.The mine's operator insisted it had a proud record

:09:58. > :10:09.The Co-operative bank has reported an annual loss

:10:10. > :10:23.The troubled bank has been trying to turn around its fortunes

:10:24. > :10:25.after a ?1.5 billion black hole was discovered

:10:26. > :10:29.Last month it was announced that the bank, which has

:10:30. > :10:37.4 million customers, was putting itself up for sale.

:10:38. > :10:39.Malta's famous rock arch, that featured in a number of films

:10:40. > :10:42.and the TV series Game of Thrones, has collapsed into the sea.

:10:43. > :10:47.The Azure Window was damaged by heavy storms.

:10:48. > :10:52.The Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, said it was heartbreaking.

:10:53. > :11:00.A study of the arch in 2013 said it was eroding.

:11:01. > :11:04.The weather coming up later and the sport.

:11:05. > :11:10.Let's get some more on the fallout to yesterday's Budget.

:11:11. > :11:12.Labour's Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, is in our

:11:13. > :11:21.The front pages, no laughing matter, joking in the Commons yesterday, you

:11:22. > :11:27.must have looked at this morning's papers and felt quite pleased. Not

:11:28. > :11:31.really. I represent one of the areas where there are a large number of my

:11:32. > :11:36.constituents who are self-employed, the sole traders, and they have been

:11:37. > :11:41.hit by this quite hard. There is a general sense of unfairness. I am

:11:42. > :11:45.hoping that will be -- that we will be able to persuade the Chancellor

:11:46. > :11:50.to back off. The Labour Party will oppose this and I think other

:11:51. > :11:53.parties will as well. We may be able to persuade enough Conservative MPs

:11:54. > :11:59.to ask the Chancellor to think again. It is going to hit middle and

:12:00. > :12:04.low earners in particular at a time when consumer spending on recent

:12:05. > :12:09.figures is dipping. These sole traders, the self-employed, they are

:12:10. > :12:12.usually at the front line when the consumer spending dips and they are

:12:13. > :12:17.the ones who suffer the most. It is the wrong policy but the wrong time.

:12:18. > :12:21.Your initial reaction yesterday was one of anger, I heard you speaking

:12:22. > :12:26.about this, you said you were angry. Watching you in the Budget, you

:12:27. > :12:33.said, they just don't care. Do you still feel angry today? Yes, I do. I

:12:34. > :12:37.was angry at this because I honestly thought that we were going to have a

:12:38. > :12:42.proper consultation on the self-employed. There is an issue,

:12:43. > :12:45.the bogus offer employment, the number of people who are forced into

:12:46. > :12:50.self-employment who should be directly employed. As a result, they

:12:51. > :12:56.are in insecure work. They do not get statutory sick pay, maternity

:12:57. > :13:01.pay, maternity pay. I thought we would have a proper cross-party

:13:02. > :13:03.discussion to tackle it and look at the long-term future of

:13:04. > :13:07.self-employment and how the self-employed, if they were going to

:13:08. > :13:12.pay more, would get access to the full range of benefits be employed

:13:13. > :13:17.get. I was angry it was bounced in. Yes, it was a Conservative manifesto

:13:18. > :13:22.commitment that they wouldn't. I thought they would abide by it. I

:13:23. > :13:25.was angry about what happened on social care and the lack of any

:13:26. > :13:30.money for the NHS to tackle the crisis it is in. The Chancellor

:13:31. > :13:33.would say he is making it fairer and giving a huge amount of money to

:13:34. > :13:42.social care over the following three years. Also, he is taking more tax

:13:43. > :13:43.of wealthy business owners and people on the lowest incomes will

:13:44. > :13:49.not be adversely affected by this. The middle and low earners who will

:13:50. > :13:57.be. You have put the out there, ?250 a year from about ?20,000 earnings.

:13:58. > :14:02.At a time when they are already struggling. On the social care, we

:14:03. > :14:07.were led to believe that he would match the funding the independent

:14:08. > :14:11.assessment by the King's Fund, for example, the experts, have said is

:14:12. > :14:15.needed immediately. They say we need 2 billion immediately. He then

:14:16. > :14:19.announced 2 billion over three years. It is just a sticking

:14:20. > :14:23.plaster. It will mean large numbers of people will not get the care they

:14:24. > :14:27.need. We have all ready seen 4.5 billion cut from social care by this

:14:28. > :14:31.government. 1 million people not getting the care they need. It will

:14:32. > :14:36.go nowhere near tackling the crisis. People are suffering. I am sure the

:14:37. > :14:40.Chancellor would say that the money he has already pledged has got to

:14:41. > :14:45.come from somewhere. If you were doing his job, where would it come

:14:46. > :14:49.from? It was interesting yesterday, he was posting, this was what

:14:50. > :14:55.annoyed me, boasting about his cuts to corporation tax. What that means,

:14:56. > :15:03.he is cutting corporation tax, an example, to a company called Uber

:15:04. > :15:08.while increasing the National Insurance payments of a driver for

:15:09. > :15:14.Uber. It is unfair. I would not be giving away money to the rich in

:15:15. > :15:22.capital gains tax, reducing the bank of's -- the bankers' levy. It is

:15:23. > :15:26.about values, we need a fair taxation system which ensures people

:15:27. > :15:32.get access to social care and the NHS. Their values seems to be giving

:15:33. > :15:37.more money to the rich rather than caring for the wider society. Not

:15:38. > :15:42.acceptable. How do you think your leader did yesterday? I thought he

:15:43. > :15:46.did very well. He was angry too. You could see that in the passion he

:15:47. > :15:51.displayed. He raised the issue of the self-employed and then the

:15:52. > :15:57.number crunching went on. What was interesting, as the details were

:15:58. > :16:02.analysed, across the House, it was not just Labour MPs, Conservative

:16:03. > :16:07.MPs raising concerns. There is the potential here, if we can get enough

:16:08. > :16:11.Conservative MPs supporting us, we can say to the Government, this is

:16:12. > :16:15.not the way forward on the issue of self-employment, you need a proper

:16:16. > :16:19.consultation. People like the Federation of Small Businesses we

:16:20. > :16:23.have been working with. Tackle bogus self-employment. Make sure the

:16:24. > :16:28.self-employed have access to all the benefits others do.

:16:29. > :16:34.I just want to bring you back to the question about Jeremy Corbyn's

:16:35. > :16:38.performance yesterday. Philip Hammond said during his speech,

:16:39. > :16:45.driverless car is something the party opposite note something about.

:16:46. > :16:50.He was making jokes about the leadership of your party. I thought

:16:51. > :16:54.it was nasty but to be frank, I want a chance in charge of the economy

:16:55. > :16:58.not a comedian. Yesterday was not the day, when you are inflicting

:16:59. > :17:01.suffering on people by raising national insurance, you aren't

:17:02. > :17:08.addressing the NHS or the problems in social care, it wasn't a day for

:17:09. > :17:09.jokes. To be frank, it was more stand-up than serious economic.

:17:10. > :17:16.Thank you. Here's Carol with a look

:17:17. > :17:24.at this morning's weather. Good morning. We've got some

:17:25. > :17:29.stunning pictures to show you. This was taken this morning in

:17:30. > :17:33.Pembrokeshire. Look at that sunrise, spectacular. In Derbyshire, a

:17:34. > :17:37.similar story. Beautiful blue skies and for many that will be the

:17:38. > :17:47.weather today. If you're just stepping out, across the board it is

:17:48. > :17:53.mild. A bit more new PR across parts of the Highlands. Many of us will

:17:54. > :17:58.have sunny spells and it will be mild, regardless of what you

:17:59. > :18:03.currently have. At the moment there is some cloud around and showers and

:18:04. > :18:06.rain. You can see that pushing away. We have a weather front across the

:18:07. > :18:12.Channel Islands and Cornwall and that will be with us for much of the

:18:13. > :18:17.day. That producing low cloud, dank, murky conditions. Poor visibility at

:18:18. > :18:21.times as well. The cloud and the showers fade and we will see a lot

:18:22. > :18:26.of sunshine developed. Very windy across parts of Northern Ireland,

:18:27. > :18:34.central and southern island and that will ease as we go through the day.

:18:35. > :18:38.Into the afternoon you will see we hang the murky conditions for

:18:39. > :18:44.Cornwall and the channel islands. Sunny spells developing on, there

:18:45. > :18:48.will be some cloud bubbling up. Some places in the south-east could hit

:18:49. > :18:52.16 Celsius. A pleasant afternoon across Northern Ireland, northern

:18:53. > :18:58.England and much of Scotland. Across the Northern Isles will hang onto

:18:59. > :19:03.those showers. The wind went ease until we get into the evening. Under

:19:04. > :19:08.clear skies in eastern areas the temperature will drop quickly and we

:19:09. > :19:12.will be prone to a touch of ground frost. Meanwhile our weather front

:19:13. > :19:15.in the south-west comes in through western and northern areas,

:19:16. > :19:20.introducing thick cloud, drizzle and patchy rain. Most of which will be

:19:21. > :19:24.in the hills and the coasts. Tomorrow morning we start off with a

:19:25. > :19:30.patchy rain, continuing to drift east. It. Dry and bright but through

:19:31. > :19:34.the day the cloud will advance taking some of its rain with it,

:19:35. > :19:39.largely across the far north of the country. Behind it it will brighten

:19:40. > :19:43.up. Some sunshine coming through, particularly in the shelter of the

:19:44. > :19:48.hills. Further north, temperatures down on today. For Northern Ireland,

:19:49. > :19:52.the rest of England and Wales, although the temperatures will be

:19:53. > :19:57.down a touch we are still way above average for this stage in March. In

:19:58. > :20:03.the weekend, this weather front continuing to move down to the

:20:04. > :20:06.south-east. Then we've got another weather front coming in from the

:20:07. > :20:12.west during Sunday. Cooler conditions coming in behind it.

:20:13. > :20:15.Suddenly turning very cold, cooler than it has been and it's going to

:20:16. > :20:23.be through the course of the next few days. A question for you. What's

:20:24. > :20:30.your favourite animal? Cats of course. Will the king of the picture

:20:31. > :20:44.of a cat make you calm? Yes, I love cats. The reason I ask if there is a

:20:45. > :20:51.survey out. Experts have decided that looking at animals can calm you

:20:52. > :20:56.down. I always think if you have a stressed child, or a toddler having

:20:57. > :20:57.a tantrum, put them in front of a nature programme. Have a look at

:20:58. > :22:05.this. I feel better already! Which one

:22:06. > :22:13.does it for you? Anything that looks like a monkey, particularly the baby

:22:14. > :22:20.once. It's the orangutan for me. They never seem to be in a rush. Let

:22:21. > :22:29.us know what your favourite animal is. Also, putting an animal in a lap

:22:30. > :22:31.is a good thing. That would depend what it was! Maybe not a flamingo!

:22:32. > :22:35.LAUGHTER When fire raged through Clandon Park

:22:36. > :22:38.House in Surrey in April 2015, the 18th century mansion was reduced

:22:39. > :22:41.to a charred shell. The National Trust says that

:22:42. > :22:43.restoring the stately home will be its biggest conservation

:22:44. > :22:45.effort in a generation. Today it's launching a ?30 million

:22:46. > :22:47.campaign to find a designer who'll Breakfast's Graham Satchell has

:22:48. > :22:51.been to find out how April 2015 and fire ripped

:22:52. > :23:01.through Clandon Park House. It burned all night

:23:02. > :23:06.and much of the next day. A masterpiece of the 1720s,

:23:07. > :23:21.devastated by an electrical fault. From the front it looks

:23:22. > :23:24.deceptively unscathed The roof, floors and ceilings

:23:25. > :23:28.gone, much of its prized And yet experts say the structure

:23:29. > :23:39.of the building itself is sound. This was state-of-the-art

:23:40. > :23:41.in its time. This was a statement

:23:42. > :23:45.by the Onslow family, Because of that the building

:23:46. > :23:51.was so resilient and we think Despite the obvious

:23:52. > :24:07.damage, a melted lamp, a precariously hanging fireplace,

:24:08. > :24:09.the National Trust say the ground One of the most significant

:24:10. > :24:17.Palladian homes in Britain. It was owned by the Onslow

:24:18. > :24:20.family until they gave it One of the most magnificent

:24:21. > :24:37.rooms in England. Wow, so, Paul, the marble hall has

:24:38. > :24:40.been completely cleared? The salvage effort

:24:41. > :24:47.competed in the summer. Some of the debris in here

:24:48. > :24:50.was eight feet high. One can imagine the scenes that

:24:51. > :24:52.greeted the salvage team Temperatures would have exceeded

:24:53. > :24:55.1300 degrees centigrade, The salvage operation

:24:56. > :25:01.here was painstaking. Teams of archaeologists sifted

:25:02. > :25:07.through ash and debris for months. There was nothing like the first day

:25:08. > :25:11.of the archaeology when we were not really expecting to find anything

:25:12. > :25:14.and then suddenly we found this amazing little stoneware duck

:25:15. > :25:16.right inside the door, and it was a great moment for us

:25:17. > :25:18.all, it gave us hope that we would find more precious

:25:19. > :25:24.things in the debris. An architecture competition opens

:25:25. > :25:27.today for designers to come up The Trust wants to create

:25:28. > :25:33.a national exhibition space We have huge collections

:25:34. > :25:37.across the National Trust. We can create spaces

:25:38. > :25:39.here that the trust It will take five or six years

:25:40. > :25:48.but the National Trust is convinced Clandon Park will rise

:25:49. > :25:54.from the ashes. Beautiful. Very brave person taking

:25:55. > :26:06.the job on. Coming up in a moment on the BBC

:26:07. > :26:09.News Channel is Business live. Here on Breakfast, for more than 20

:26:10. > :26:12.years Britain's Armed Forces have served in campaigns

:26:13. > :26:18.in Iraq and Afghanistan. Robert Hall is in London for us this

:26:19. > :26:22.morning. Good morning. Good morning from Horse Guards Parade. A lot of

:26:23. > :26:26.people have waited a long time for this memorial which will represent

:26:27. > :26:37.the 300,000 people who served in nearly a quarter of a century of

:26:38. > :26:42.operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Around me preparations are underway

:26:43. > :26:47.for a drumhead church service. More than 600 personnel died in Iraq and

:26:48. > :26:52.Afghanistan, this is all about the thousands of others, both civilian

:26:53. > :26:57.and military, who showed service and duty. We will meet the design of the

:26:58. > :30:15.memorial after the news, travel and weather where you are this morning.

:30:16. > :30:19.Plenty more on our website at the usual address.

:30:20. > :30:21.Now, though, it's back to Charlie and Sally.

:30:22. > :30:29.Hello this is Breakfast with Sally Nugent and Charlie Stayt.

:30:30. > :30:32.The Chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge,

:30:33. > :30:35.by raising national insurance contributions for many self-employed

:30:36. > :30:39.A number of Conservative MPs say Philip Hammond's

:30:40. > :30:41.proposal breaks a pledge in the party's election manifesto.

:30:42. > :30:45.But the Treasury has rejected calls for a rethink,

:30:46. > :30:47.saying the increase will return fairness to the National

:30:48. > :30:52.The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron,

:30:53. > :30:54.has criticised the Chancellor, saying his budget contained no plans

:30:55. > :31:05.There is ?100 billion extra borrowing because the Government

:31:06. > :31:09.chose a hard Brexit. You can't have a strong economy with a hard Brexit,

:31:10. > :31:15.so you can't have well funded social care or NHS care, the Government's

:31:16. > :31:19.made wrong choices. It's a real insult to self-employed people, one

:31:20. > :31:23.in four in my constituency are self-employed. They don't get

:31:24. > :31:25.holidays, now they can't afford a holiday in the first place thanks to

:31:26. > :31:27.this. Scotland's First Minister Nicola

:31:28. > :31:30.Sturgeon has told the BBC that the common sense time

:31:31. > :31:33.for a second independence referendum would be

:31:34. > :31:35.autumn next year. A vote can only take

:31:36. > :31:37.place with the permission But her remarks, to the BBC's

:31:38. > :31:41.political editor Laura Kuenssberg, are the clearest signal yet

:31:42. > :31:43.that the SNP is planning to hold another vote

:31:44. > :31:45.before the UK leaves No police misconduct has been

:31:46. > :31:49.identified so far by the police watchdog investigating the Rotherham

:31:50. > :31:51.child abuse scandal. But the Independent Police

:31:52. > :31:54.Complaints Commission say it's identified "significant failings"

:31:55. > :31:58.in the way survivors and alleged The commission is looking

:31:59. > :32:03.at allegations, which include 91 A United Nations report is to call

:32:04. > :32:18.for an independent investigation into the potential health impact

:32:19. > :32:21.of the UK's largest Residents living near

:32:22. > :32:25.the Ffos-y-Fran site in South Wales have led a long campaign against air

:32:26. > :32:28.and noise pollution. The mine's operator, Miller Argent,

:32:29. > :32:39.says the company has a "proud record The Cooperative Bank has reported a

:32:40. > :32:42.loss. It's been trying to change its fortunes after it reported a black

:32:43. > :32:47.hole in its profits. It has four million customers and it was putting

:32:48. > :32:57.itself up for sale, it announced a couple of weeks ago. Files reveal

:32:58. > :33:00.that Margaret Thatcher was reluctant to have an inquiry into the conduct

:33:01. > :33:04.of the police during the miners' strike. Miners were disappointed

:33:05. > :33:08.last year and the Home Secretary Amber Rudd ruled there would be no

:33:09. > :33:16.inquiry into the so-called Battle of Orgreave. Still to come: For more

:33:17. > :33:20.than 20 years, Britain's Armed Forces have served in campaigns in

:33:21. > :33:24.Iraq and Afghanistan. We'll find out about the new monument paying

:33:25. > :33:30.tribute to the sacrifices they've made. Did yesterday's budget leave

:33:31. > :33:32.you better or worse off? Steph is chatting to the experts who've been

:33:33. > :33:41.crunching the numbers for us. # Tragedy, when the feeling's gone

:33:42. > :33:46.and you can't go on, it's tragedy... #

:33:47. > :33:51.Do you remember that? I think I do. I think Mike as well. Yes. Steps are

:33:52. > :33:56.here, they are going to talk to us about their new music, tour and

:33:57. > :34:00.album and we are going to be trying that dance, aren't we, Charlie? I

:34:01. > :34:05.think some people are. Mike, there was a jig going on, wasn't there?

:34:06. > :34:09.I've been told as soon as I finish this bulletin Steps want to see me

:34:10. > :34:13.in a room for social media. I'm getting in a bit of practise. What

:34:14. > :34:18.does that Mancini A darkened room hopefully so no-one can see. Sounds

:34:19. > :34:21.like there is a dance coming up. Worrying for everybody, especially

:34:22. > :34:28.my children. I'll warm them up for you.

:34:29. > :34:37.If I needed inspiration, I should have watched Barcelona last night.

:34:38. > :34:40.The comeback of all comebacks, Liverpool in 2005, Charlton Athletic

:34:41. > :34:43.1957 scored six goals in 27 minutes to come back against Huddersfield.

:34:44. > :34:51.This is the greatest in Champions League history. Gee goals

:34:52. > :34:52.neededselfen minutes to go. This is how the Spanish commentator

:34:53. > :35:02.described it. Goal, goal, goal, goal, goal, goal,

:35:03. > :35:06.goal, goal, goal, goal. The whole commentary box jumping on top of

:35:07. > :35:10.each other. Incredible scenes. Let us see why the commentator and all

:35:11. > :35:16.the Barcelona fans were in tears, such an emotional state at the end.

:35:17. > :35:20.Here is Olly Foster. Neymar, Messi and Suarez, the most feared strike

:35:21. > :35:24.force in world football. Barcelona's motto is more than a club. But no

:35:25. > :35:29.club had overturned such a deficit in the Champions League. An early

:35:30. > :35:33.goal would give them hope. Suarez's header crossed the line, just. This

:35:34. > :35:36.would be a match about the finest of margins and the referee's sometimes

:35:37. > :35:41.debatable judgment. Should that have been a penalty. Messi scored a third

:35:42. > :35:48.for Barca, one more to level the tie. Or one more for Paris St

:35:49. > :35:52.Germain, a cracker that should have put the tie to bed, an away goal

:35:53. > :35:56.that left Barca needing three. Surely there wasn't time. Two

:35:57. > :36:01.minutes to go when Neymar did that. The 90 minutes were up when Neymar

:36:02. > :36:06.converted another suspect penalty. And with practically the last kick

:36:07. > :36:10.of the match, Roberto stayed on side, swamped by his team-mates.

:36:11. > :36:14.That was more than just a goal, Barca are more than just a club!

:36:15. > :36:22.Olly Foster, BBC News. Manchester United manager,

:36:23. > :36:25.Jose Mourinho, has described their Europa League tie

:36:26. > :36:26.against Rostov tonight United are 700 miles south

:36:27. > :36:31.of Moscow, near the Black Sea, and Mourinho doesn't think the pitch

:36:32. > :36:34.is fit to play on. UEFA have admitted that it

:36:35. > :36:37.isn't perfect but won't Mourinho says the state

:36:38. > :36:52.of the surface means team selection It's hard for me to play on that

:36:53. > :36:58.field, if you can call it a field. I don't know which team to play.

:36:59. > :36:59.Really, I don't know which team I am going to play.

:37:00. > :37:07.Back home, Manchester City could have gone second

:37:08. > :37:09.in the Premier League last night, but it didn't go to plan.

:37:10. > :37:13.Stoke City shut them out in a game of few clear cut chances.

:37:14. > :37:15.It's the first time they have failed to score at home

:37:16. > :37:19.since Pep Guardiola took over, and means Chelsea remain ten points

:37:20. > :37:21.clear at the top of the table, with Spurs above City

:37:22. > :37:27.There'll be an all-British tie in the WTA event

:37:28. > :37:33.Heather Watson came from a set down to beat the American Nicole Gibbs

:37:34. > :37:37.and reach the second round, where Johanna Konta is waiting.

:37:38. > :37:40.It'll be the first time the pair have played each other on the tour.

:37:41. > :37:42.The double Olympic gold medallist Max Whitlock,

:37:43. > :37:45.has decided to miss the British and European Championships

:37:46. > :37:48.to focus on preparing for the World Championships in

:37:49. > :37:51.Whitlock has only recently returned to full time

:37:52. > :37:55.training after his successes in Rio last summer.

:37:56. > :37:58.He suffered from glandular fever two years ago,

:37:59. > :38:01.and says the only way he can compete at the highest level

:38:02. > :38:09.It's been nearly 20 years he's been putting his body through those

:38:10. > :38:14.extreme painful experiences you have to go through to get to that level

:38:15. > :38:18.in gymnastics, starting off at the age of six. You spend years going

:38:19. > :38:26.around that bucket with your feet in the air. Talking about feet in the

:38:27. > :38:33.air, I'll go and meet Steps. I don't think it's your feet in the air,

:38:34. > :38:37.Mike, your arms. Ever since you said tufty, the road safety squirrel. We

:38:38. > :38:43.remember him. We have been reminiscing. The 70s, I was only

:38:44. > :38:51.little. You were only ever so slightly bigger than me and I don't

:38:52. > :38:54.remember tufty at all. No squirrels on the pitch last night, it was just

:38:55. > :38:59.players. So has the budget left

:39:00. > :39:01.you better or worse off? This week, Steph has

:39:02. > :39:03.been out on the road, looking at what people wanted

:39:04. > :39:06.from the Chancellor. This morning she's back,

:39:07. > :39:08.and she's got a crowd of people outside our studio,

:39:09. > :39:18.to find out if they're happy What do they think, Steph? Good

:39:19. > :39:23.morning, everybody. We have got quite a lot of people with us. Let

:39:24. > :39:27.us explain where we are, this is our offices at Media City. They are

:39:28. > :39:30.coming to the end of their night shift after working 12 hours. We

:39:31. > :39:34.have lots of people to talk to about what the budget means for people.

:39:35. > :39:39.Lots of different things came out about it. We have been talking about

:39:40. > :39:43.education, money for social care, big changes for self-employed and

:39:44. > :39:46.changes to business rates as well. I asked people in Birmingham where I

:39:47. > :39:53.was yesterday what their thoughts were on it. This week, Breakfast has

:39:54. > :39:56.been finding out what different generations wanted from the

:39:57. > :40:02.Chancellor. Wave stamp duty for first time buyers. Funding for

:40:03. > :40:07.childcare. Affordable homes for everyone. Simplify taxes. I watched

:40:08. > :40:12.the budget in Birmingham with local campaigners. This is a further ?435

:40:13. > :40:16.million cut in business rates, targeted at those small businesses

:40:17. > :40:21.facing the biggest increases. When you look at the high street today,

:40:22. > :40:25.it does concern me that those sorts of costs are going on business.

:40:26. > :40:29.Without a vibrant business sector, we are just not going to raise the

:40:30. > :40:32.revenue that we want to pay everything that he thinks he might

:40:33. > :40:36.want to do. The system is clearly under

:40:37. > :40:40.pressure. And this in turn puts pressure on our NHS. I think we can

:40:41. > :40:43.really, really welcome the Government's commitment to the

:40:44. > :40:47.long-term funding review of social care in the green paper but we are

:40:48. > :40:51.concerned at the amount of money that was announced, ?2 billion over

:40:52. > :40:59.three years won't be adequate to stem the collapse. By providing an

:41:00. > :41:03.additional ?260 million over the next few years, taking investment in

:41:04. > :41:07.school condition to well over ?10 billion in this Parliament. We were

:41:08. > :41:11.pleased with some of the long-term investment in skills and focus on

:41:12. > :41:14.productivity, but disappointed there wasn't really very much to help

:41:15. > :41:25.low-income families in the next couple of years which is when we are

:41:26. > :41:29.go to see prices Ing biting. We reaffirm our commitment to Britain's

:41:30. > :41:32.future. I thought it was extraordinary that he didn't mention

:41:33. > :41:37.housing. Everyone's concerned about housing. It's not just younger

:41:38. > :41:42.people's housing, a lot of older people have housing problemsment 24

:41:43. > :41:47.years ago, Norman lament presented what was Billed then as the last

:41:48. > :41:57.spring budget, ten weeks later he was sacked so wish me luck today. --

:41:58. > :42:03.Norman Lamont. Some thoughts from people in Birmingham there. Let us

:42:04. > :42:07.talk to people about business life, working life and home life. Gary,

:42:08. > :42:10.you are an entrepreneur in the events industry. You have different

:42:11. > :42:14.businesses. We have been hearing about the changes for people who're

:42:15. > :42:21.self-employed and a lot of entrepreneurs are. What are your

:42:22. > :42:25.thoughts on it? There are two issues, the effect it's going to

:42:26. > :42:30.have on the freelancers, 90% of what we deliver is done by freelancers,

:42:31. > :42:36.employing them for the ballooning that happens around events. It's

:42:37. > :42:43.delivered by freelancers, they are going to have to take a view on

:42:44. > :42:47.whether to stay with that or take part-time jobs to support

:42:48. > :42:52.themselves. They often work more hours. Entrepreneurs like us like to

:42:53. > :42:56.believe that we are going to end up in a positive as we move through the

:42:57. > :42:59.business or even exit the business and that looks like it will be

:43:00. > :43:03.compromised now, so why would we start in the first place. And this

:43:04. > :43:07.is because self-employed people have to pay more national insurance and

:43:08. > :43:10.take a bigger hit in terms of the tax and the dividends? Sure and

:43:11. > :43:15.that's already compounded with the pensions we had to take on with the

:43:16. > :43:18.employed staff, as well as now the business rates et cetera and beyond

:43:19. > :43:22.that. Kelly, you are self-employed, what does it mean for you

:43:23. > :43:27.personally, will it be a lot of extra money? We are talking a couple

:43:28. > :43:31.of hundred pounds a year which isn't substantial but at the same time it

:43:32. > :43:35.does reduce the appeal of those thinking about making the leap to

:43:36. > :43:39.become an entrepreneur. So for you, would it put you off because it's

:43:40. > :43:43.only a couple of hundred pounds and the argument on the other side is

:43:44. > :43:46.maybe it's time that people who are self-employed pay more? It's the

:43:47. > :43:51.principle more than anything else. As an entrepreneur you are taking a

:43:52. > :43:53.risk, contributing to the economy and creating jobs and if the

:43:54. > :43:57.Government is sending a message that you are going to be targeted as a

:43:58. > :44:00.self-employed professional, it's not sending a good message about how we

:44:01. > :44:05.want to move forward as an economy. You are a tax expert Rebecca. Put

:44:06. > :44:09.this in context for us. The Chancellor is talking about fairness

:44:10. > :44:14.when he was introducing this change? What he's talking about is the

:44:15. > :44:17.long-term fairness, so because self-employed people and employed

:44:18. > :44:21.people get similar state pensions in the long-term, the expectation is

:44:22. > :44:25.now that the rules will narrow the gap between the rate of national

:44:26. > :44:30.insurance between that paid by the employed and the rate paid by the

:44:31. > :44:34.self-employed. The self-employed will still pay a bit less, that

:44:35. > :44:38.reflects there is not a full sweet of benefits available to them. But

:44:39. > :44:42.the Government need all of us to pay for our retirement or towards our

:44:43. > :44:45.retirement. Because we are all going to get the same state pension,

:44:46. > :44:49.that's what the fairness angle is about really. Another change we

:44:50. > :44:55.heard about was to do with business rates. Dave I'll bring you in as a

:44:56. > :45:00.pub landlord. One of the announcements was a ?1000 reduck

:45:01. > :45:05.Shannon on rates for the majority. A grand off, does that help?

:45:06. > :45:12.It makes no difference whatsoever. Pubs are based on the turnover that

:45:13. > :45:17.it receives, so you could have a pub with very high turnover but doesn't

:45:18. > :45:25.make a great deal of money, especially if it is a tied pub, for

:45:26. > :45:28.example. ?1000 is nothing, meaningless, a sarcastic gesture. It

:45:29. > :45:33.just sums up really the government's attitude to pubs. On this

:45:34. > :45:37.government's watch, we have lost roughly around 10,000 pubs for auto

:45:38. > :45:42.interviews. The government knows that and they seemingly don't seem

:45:43. > :45:45.to care at all. We have heard a page you the increase, the national

:45:46. > :45:55.insurance increase as well. -- we have had a beer duty. It is almost a

:45:56. > :46:00.death knell for public houses. Here we have Toby. Let me talk to you,

:46:01. > :46:02.because you are someone we met at the beginning of all of this when we

:46:03. > :46:05.were looking at different generations, and we talk to you

:46:06. > :46:10.about housing and your thoughts on that but there wasn't actually

:46:11. > :46:16.anything about housing mentioned. There wasn't. They had a housing

:46:17. > :46:18.white paper last month but I heard one Conservative backbencher, Grant

:46:19. > :46:22.Shapps, who used to be housing minister said would make any

:46:23. > :46:25.difference. When you look for the proposals and the comments by

:46:26. > :46:31.various think tanks, it doesn't seem to me like this will give the

:46:32. > :46:35.numbers we need, which is like 250 to 275,000 a year and I don't kid a

:46:36. > :46:41.big change that will solve the problem. But you were pleased about

:46:42. > :46:46.more money for social care? Young people do care about things like the

:46:47. > :46:50.NHS and social care because they will be using it one day. I was

:46:51. > :46:53.really happy about that. When you put it in perspective it is not

:46:54. > :46:59.actually going to solve the crisis. They need to do more. I heard Dave

:47:00. > :47:03.Prentice, the head of Unison, one of the biggest unions, saying it is

:47:04. > :47:07.just a plaster that will stop at in the short term and not the long

:47:08. > :47:11.term. You are in the process of launching your own business, what

:47:12. > :47:15.did you make of the budget yesterday? Overall, it was pretty

:47:16. > :47:19.unexciting but one thing I would echo from Toby is that we need to do

:47:20. > :47:22.more to make living in London and this country more attractive young

:47:23. > :47:27.people. Having lived in Burley and as part of the Erasmus programme

:47:28. > :47:32.with my university, I was shocked to see how low the cost of living was.

:47:33. > :47:36.Now I have moved back home, at 24, trying to start a business, and I

:47:37. > :47:42.can't see myself being able to rent yet alone buy a house. I would've

:47:43. > :47:47.liked to have seen more about that and the budget but overall it was

:47:48. > :47:51.pretty unexciting. Dom, skills as a big thing, and as an entrepreneur,

:47:52. > :47:55.were you pleased to hear about that? In terms of the skills, yeah, there

:47:56. > :48:01.is a high skills deficit in this country. The investment is

:48:02. > :48:06.definitely a step in the right direction. Services to give it

:48:07. > :48:12.parity of esteem as A-levels? Yes, and much needed to reform the

:48:13. > :48:18.education sector. And talking of Steps, not long until they are. All

:48:19. > :48:26.morning they have been, like, when our Steps arriving, apart from Dave,

:48:27. > :48:33.who did you want, Genesis? That is it. We will now go and find Steps

:48:34. > :48:35.and do a bit of Tragedy. STUDIO: I have some breaking news for you all,

:48:36. > :48:44.Steps are in the building. If we stayed on that shot for a

:48:45. > :48:47.while you would probably see them walking past. Carol has the weather

:48:48. > :48:54.for us. A lovely start to the David Grossman

:48:55. > :48:59.parts of the British Isles. In Derbyshire, look at the lovely blue

:49:00. > :49:03.skies sent in by our weather watcher. -- a lovely start to the

:49:04. > :49:09.day across parts of the British Isles. Part of Cornwall are down to

:49:10. > :49:12.100 metres visibility. It will improve a judge in the east during

:49:13. > :49:19.the day and then deteriorate later on. Current temperatures up to get

:49:20. > :49:22.this time it yet. London already 12 Celsius, Cardiff nine, Manchester,

:49:23. > :49:27.Belfast and Edinburgh seven, but a bit nippy as we push into the

:49:28. > :49:31.Highlands. The reason it is still murky across not just Cornwall but

:49:32. > :49:34.the Channel Islands is we have this weather front that will edge a touch

:49:35. > :49:39.away but it is going to take another swipe at Cornwall later on, which is

:49:40. > :49:45.why we will see a return to the fog later. For some parts it will remain

:49:46. > :49:49.murky. Across most of the British Isles, a ridge of high pressure

:49:50. > :49:52.right across us, it means a lovely spring day. Regardless of what you

:49:53. > :49:57.have got at the moment, it is going to improve for most of us. Windy at

:49:58. > :49:59.the moment across Northern Ireland, central and southern Scotland,

:50:00. > :50:03.northern England. The wind will ease. Windy across the Northern

:50:04. > :50:08.isles, some heavy showers with hail and thunder. We hang on to the

:50:09. > :50:12.delicate condition is across particularly the tip of Cornwall and

:50:13. > :50:16.also the Channel Islands, where we have our weather front right way

:50:17. > :50:19.into the afternoon. As we move across southern counties of England,

:50:20. > :50:23.East Anglia, the Midlands and Wales, some fair weather cloud will

:50:24. > :50:27.build-up. In the sunshine we could hit 16, maybe even 17 in south-east

:50:28. > :50:30.England. The Northern Ireland, northern England and much of

:50:31. > :50:34.Scotland you can expect a sunny afternoon. Temperatures widely where

:50:35. > :50:37.they should be at this stage in March. Across the northern isles, it

:50:38. > :50:43.will remain windy with the showers on and off, but the wind easing this

:50:44. > :50:47.evening. This evening too, the temperature will drop quickly under

:50:48. > :50:50.clear skies in the east. Lallana for a touch of ground frost in the east

:50:51. > :50:53.here and there, a weather front across Cornwall and the Channel

:50:54. > :50:57.Islands. You can see what it has done, it has pivoted right the way

:50:58. > :51:01.across the West and into the North, introducing more cloud and some rain

:51:02. > :51:05.and drizzle. Mostly on the coasts and hills but we will see some

:51:06. > :51:09.elsewhere as well. After a lovely bright start tomorrow morning the

:51:10. > :51:12.weather front moves from the West to the east, taking its cloud with it

:51:13. > :51:17.and a bit of dampness as it crosses us as well. Behind it, brighter

:51:18. > :51:20.skies developed, particularly if you are in the shelter of any hills, the

:51:21. > :51:23.sun will come out. Temperatures across the very far north of

:51:24. > :51:27.northern England and Scotland coming down compared to what we will see

:51:28. > :51:30.today but the Northern Ireland, England and Wales, for most of us,

:51:31. > :51:35.we are looking at temperatures still above average but lower than today.

:51:36. > :51:39.As we headed to the weekend, one front go south, taking the rain with

:51:40. > :51:43.it, by the Tamme get a Sunday, another friend comes in from the

:51:44. > :51:46.West, introducing some rain. Then we start to see some cooler air, just

:51:47. > :51:49.cooler, it will not suddenly turn cold. By the middle of next week the

:51:50. > :51:54.temperature will be coming up and the weather will turn more

:51:55. > :52:00.unsettled, by the looks of it, Sam and Charlie. Thank you much.

:52:01. > :52:03.Later today, the Queen will unveil a new memorial to those who've

:52:04. > :52:06.served in Iraq and Afghanistan, since the first Gulf war in 1991.

:52:07. > :52:08.It's been created thanks to donations from the public,

:52:09. > :52:13.Robert Hall is watching preparations get underway.

:52:14. > :52:19.Morning to you, Robert. Good morning, you two. Morning from horse

:52:20. > :52:21.guards. Quite considerable preparations, they have two

:52:22. > :52:27.accommodate well over 2000 people here for this Trent Head service

:52:28. > :52:31.which will precede the unveiling of the memorial. A drumhead service is

:52:32. > :52:34.where the army would have piled their drums onto the battlefield to

:52:35. > :52:40.make an author in order that a church service could be held either

:52:41. > :52:45.just before -- to make an alter. It will be part one of the proceedings

:52:46. > :52:49.today, it will be remembering more than 600 service personnel who lost

:52:50. > :52:53.their lives but also the 300,000 people, both military and civilian,

:52:54. > :52:59.who served in the theatres Ofcom back and operations in Iraq. -- the

:53:00. > :53:02.theatres of combat. Over nearly a quarter of a century. It is

:53:03. > :53:09.extraordinary that the length of time these operations took up. And

:53:10. > :53:13.then the whole proceedings move across Whitehall. We will talk to

:53:14. > :53:16.the designer of that memorial but today is very important, not just to

:53:17. > :53:22.him and his team but all of those who have awaited this day for a very

:53:23. > :53:27.long time. Mark and, then they can ever forget his service in

:53:28. > :53:32.Afghanistan. It was a couple of months before I got hit by a

:53:33. > :53:38.roadside, and I lost my leg, knows, teeth, jaw, elbow, so I had multiple

:53:39. > :53:42.injuries. Got a phone call to say he had been injured and the outcome did

:53:43. > :53:48.not look great. He was an induced coma flying back to Britain. The

:53:49. > :53:54.worst is the real mind. You just think the worst -- the West goes

:53:55. > :53:59.through the mind. You hope for the best. The military deployments to

:54:00. > :54:02.Iraq and Afghanistan after a 24 year period, represent the longest and

:54:03. > :54:08.most intense series of operation since the Second World War. 682

:54:09. > :54:13.British service personnel lost their lives. Many others, like Mark Stone

:54:14. > :54:21.lake, came home with life changing injuries. The new memorial was first

:54:22. > :54:26.mooted in 2014 and fundraising began on Remembrance Sunday of that year.

:54:27. > :54:31.It stands on the bank of the Thames, alongside reminders of other

:54:32. > :54:35.military campaigns. The new monument doesn't just commemorate the Armed

:54:36. > :54:40.Forces, it gives equal prominence to the civilians who worked on the

:54:41. > :54:44.humanitarian side of operations. Government, aid and charity workers,

:54:45. > :54:49.all of whom showed the Twin values of duty and service. When you go on

:54:50. > :54:52.a posting like that before you go you have to think about what might

:54:53. > :54:56.happen, and the fact that you might not come back. That was a thought

:54:57. > :55:02.process I had to go through before I took the decision to go. Although

:55:03. > :55:07.British public opinion was divided over the merits of the campaigns in

:55:08. > :55:10.Iraq and Afghanistan, no one questioned the dedication shown by

:55:11. > :55:15.both military and civilians trying to get those countries back on their

:55:16. > :55:19.feet. The team behind the memorial I accept that there is no clear end to

:55:20. > :55:23.this chapter in our history. The macro or conflicts have to be ended

:55:24. > :55:29.politically, and the military create time and space that is political

:55:30. > :55:32.achievements to be achieved. It hasn't happened in Afghanistan and

:55:33. > :55:37.Iraq, which makes it harder to explain to people what it was all

:55:38. > :55:41.about. Today's ceremony will reawaken shared experiences of those

:55:42. > :55:48.who were there. The sadness, the pain and pride. It means a great

:55:49. > :55:55.deal. Having served, and knowing people that have served, it's just

:55:56. > :55:59.an amazing thing to happen. I think back to the time, we lost lads out

:56:00. > :56:03.in Afghanistan. Obviously I got injured and things. So it has

:56:04. > :56:06.multiple meanings to me. But I am just proud of everything the lads

:56:07. > :56:16.have done, all the effort they have put in, and it is not in vain. The

:56:17. > :56:20.views of just one veterinary excited to be here. Paul, you are the man

:56:21. > :56:25.behind this design and you started it rather unusually lying on your

:56:26. > :56:30.back, didn't you? The design of it? I had major back surgery and had to

:56:31. > :56:36.be at China at a foundry to work on another commission when I got the

:56:37. > :56:39.news I was going to do it. I was somewhat incapacitated at the time,

:56:40. > :56:43.and also aware of the responsible T and gravity of the subject and

:56:44. > :56:46.trying to find a balance between taking on board the significance of

:56:47. > :56:49.the commission, while at the same time having the freedom in my

:56:50. > :56:54.imagination to play around with the idea. We just get a clips of it on

:56:55. > :57:02.the screens behind you. It is a complex subject, 24 years, and three

:57:03. > :57:05.series of combat operations. A lot of complexities to it. Where did you

:57:06. > :57:11.try to get it on the one double sided medal? As you say, I have to

:57:12. > :57:16.synthesise 24 years of history in the two very simple images, but the

:57:17. > :57:21.monument itself also represent what has gone on. I tried to find things

:57:22. > :57:26.that represent generally people's experience in the military face as a

:57:27. > :57:31.foot patrol, securing a location to be able to evacuate and injured

:57:32. > :57:34.servicemen. I think as a summing up of military operations, that seemed

:57:35. > :57:38.to be the most poignant and telling of the soldiers's polymer ability.

:57:39. > :57:44.Civilians are even more complex on the other side. Indeed, because so

:57:45. > :57:47.many different organisations worked in semi-different ways for health

:57:48. > :57:54.infrastructure, humanitarian aid and so on. So I have tried to weave a

:57:55. > :57:57.sort of visual narrative to include as many people as possible, and

:57:58. > :58:02.civilians from the two countries to try and give it context. But the

:58:03. > :58:09.stones themselves, as you commented earlier, are smooth and honed, and

:58:10. > :58:13.sharp details on three faces, while the outer face remains rough and

:58:14. > :58:19.jagged. The reason for that is not least because the stones illustrate

:58:20. > :58:22.the hostility of the train and the difficulties of the operations. But

:58:23. > :58:27.also I wanted the monument to be true to the history, and that is the

:58:28. > :58:33.history is unfinished. There hasn't been a neat conclusion, and it is an

:58:34. > :58:38.ongoing situation that we all over the world, have to live with. A

:58:39. > :58:41.proud debut at the Sauber the others coming. Thank you very much were

:58:42. > :58:44.talking to me, and if you want to follow events during the morning you

:58:45. > :58:51.can do that on BBC News. Back to you.

:58:52. > :58:57.Sbraesing hearing from Robert there. That is going to be an interesting

:58:58. > :59:01.moment for people, to have a physical location to think about the

:59:02. > :59:03.people they've lost. It ties in with this story now.

:59:04. > :59:05.When it comes to dealing with the loss of our nearest

:59:06. > :59:09.and dearest, do we shy away from talking about it?

:59:10. > :59:12.One of our next guests calls grief "society's last taboo".

:59:13. > :59:15.Bereavement counsellor Julia Samuel has written a book to help people

:59:16. > :59:23.She's here this morning, along with Victoria Milligan,

:59:24. > :59:25.who lost her husband and eight-year-old daughter

:59:26. > :59:35.Good morning to you both. That issue of having a place, a thing, you

:59:36. > :59:39.know, where you can go and think, it's a very important thing isn't it

:59:40. > :59:43.in grief? Really important. Grief is invisible which is how it can get so

:59:44. > :59:47.ignored and why it's important to tell stories about it and for people

:59:48. > :59:51.to read about it. But having something like a memorial, which is

:59:52. > :59:54.a touch stone to your grief, where you can kind of externally touch

:59:55. > :59:59.something that puts you in touch with the person that's died and

:00:00. > :00:05.allows you to express your grief, is incredibly helpful and very healing

:00:06. > :00:10.in fact. Victoria, you've lived through what some people would

:00:11. > :00:14.describe as an unimaginable unbearable loss. Here you are now

:00:15. > :00:20.with us. I know that you look OK, that might not be the case. She's

:00:21. > :00:23.gorgeous. She looks fantastic, yes. You are managing to live a full

:00:24. > :00:29.life, you have children that you look after now. How have you been

:00:30. > :00:34.helped over the last several years? By talking about your grief? Yes. I

:00:35. > :00:39.think there is no straightant, it's a combination of incredible support

:00:40. > :00:43.from amazing people like Julia and her charity and friends and an inner

:00:44. > :00:47.strength and survival instinct that I think none of us really know how

:00:48. > :00:50.strong we are until we are truly tested. I didn't think I would be

:00:51. > :00:55.able to cope with the level of loss and grief that I'd been given but

:00:56. > :00:57.it's just the small achievable steps that you set yourself that you

:00:58. > :01:01.suddenly realise that you are coping with that path of grief. I was

:01:02. > :01:06.terrified of my grief at the beginning. It's unimaginable, that

:01:07. > :01:12.sense of loss. Going to see Julia and a lot of the strategies she's

:01:13. > :01:15.written about in her book, there is no manual for grief, there is no

:01:16. > :01:19.programme, there are no steps one to ten that you are going to do this

:01:20. > :01:23.and in 18 months' time it will be fixed because I know that I'll never

:01:24. > :01:25.be fixed, I'll never get over my grief. There are a certain set of

:01:26. > :01:29.common strategies that you can follow. That is the interesting

:01:30. > :01:32.thing about this type of counselling isn't it because many types of

:01:33. > :01:36.counselling, different types of problems, there is a resolution

:01:37. > :01:41.isn't there, a positive outcome, you might be able to fix something or

:01:42. > :01:44.improve something, but there is no fix for it? There is no fix for

:01:45. > :02:00.grief. In the stories, like Victoria said,

:02:01. > :02:07.we want to find ways of avoiding difficulty and having an app that if

:02:08. > :02:10.you do the five things. Other things in the book, like exercise. Probably

:02:11. > :02:15.the single biggest thing that supports you is finding people to

:02:16. > :02:18.talk to. It wouldn't have to be a professional, but people that love

:02:19. > :02:23.you. When love dies, it's love that heals you. And through them you find

:02:24. > :02:27.a way of expressing your grief and expressing the pain, rather than

:02:28. > :02:32.blocking it with negative things that get in the way. It's often the

:02:33. > :02:37.things that we do to avoid the pain that do us most harm. Although you

:02:38. > :02:44.do want a break from it too. We talked a lot about having a focus

:02:45. > :02:54.for remembering Emily and her father. Do I feel guilty about

:02:55. > :02:58.having a good time, it was horrendous pain, then it pulls away

:02:59. > :03:01.and gives you a chance to recover, otherwise I don't think I would be

:03:02. > :03:05.able to cope with it. But it's being brave enough to face the pain that

:03:06. > :03:09.gives you a chance of facing the emotions, working through them and

:03:10. > :03:11.having a chance of a happy future without them physically in my life

:03:12. > :03:19.in the future and myself and my children. But in our hearts and

:03:20. > :03:23.minds for ever. Every grief trigger that we see, we have been with them,

:03:24. > :03:28.or their favourite food, it's not always desperately sad, it becomes a

:03:29. > :03:32.sort of joyous memory because it feels like we are spending time with

:03:33. > :03:35.them again. Can I ask about how people feel columnsy talking about

:03:36. > :03:39.it. You were saying how helpful it can be for friends and loved ones to

:03:40. > :03:47.say something or just do the right thing. What was your experience?

:03:48. > :03:51.It's very hard. Also awkward. I think what would I have said to me

:03:52. > :03:56.but Julia said it's acknowledging it, it's not shying away from it or

:03:57. > :04:02.dipping down the supermarket aisle but just acknowledging. Did that

:04:03. > :04:06.happen? Yes, people would cross the road duck into shops instead of

:04:07. > :04:10.speaking to me. As Julia said, it's such a taboo, people don't know what

:04:11. > :04:13.to say, we are all scared of grief because it's sad. What happened to

:04:14. > :04:18.me was wrong and they don't know what to say and how to express their

:04:19. > :04:22.feelings. Just acknowledge it, you know, I want to talk about Nico and

:04:23. > :04:26.Emily, they are still very much part of my life and it's acknowledging

:04:27. > :04:31.that pain. A thought on that one for people, that notion of what to say?

:04:32. > :04:35.A you are a friend of someone who's been bereaved, you don't have to fix

:04:36. > :04:39.it. By acknowledging it and reaching towards them, connecting with them

:04:40. > :04:43.and allow them to either talk about it or not, that is how the different

:04:44. > :04:48.stories show that very different versions of that, you know, there's

:04:49. > :04:52.no one kind of right way of doing it. But by being fearful, I think

:04:53. > :04:56.people are frightened that they are going to make it worse if they talk

:04:57. > :04:59.about it. The truth is, you cannot make this worse, this terrible

:05:00. > :05:05.thing's happened, this person has died, so the thing that helps is by

:05:06. > :05:10.acknowledging it, and saying I'm so sorry this has happened to you.

:05:11. > :05:12.That's probably the single most helpful sentence you can say. Thank

:05:13. > :05:14.you both very much for coming in. Julia's book is "Grief

:05:15. > :07:13.Works: Stories of Life, It's going to be a job to keep them

:07:14. > :07:20.quiet. The whole point is that you don't keep them quiet! It's Steps!

:07:21. > :07:24.Good morning. Good morning. Can we just read this first. Really? You do

:07:25. > :07:35.it, tell us the story of Steps. In the late 90s and early noughties,

:07:36. > :07:38.pop act Steps were a familiar name in the charts, with their energetic

:07:39. > :07:45.dance moves and flamboyant costumes. What was the real moment you got

:07:46. > :07:48.together? This year is our 20th anniversary of our first single so

:07:49. > :07:55.that's why we are back and telling everybody about it. We got together

:07:56. > :08:00.May 7th, 1997. Really? Who remembers meeting who? We all do. Lisa was in

:08:01. > :08:04.an orange dress, I remember her walking in, she was on the phone

:08:05. > :08:12.outside 679 She fancied you, that's why. Newsflash. I fan seed Lisa. I

:08:13. > :08:17.remember all the guys walking in and I remember thinking H was really

:08:18. > :08:28.cool, how wrong was I? ! And straight. H is very loud. Are you

:08:29. > :08:33.the loud one? 20 years. 20 years! And Claire gave me a lift home as

:08:34. > :08:38.well. We'd never met before. So hang on, it was an audition? Yes. You

:08:39. > :08:42.auditioned together, was it like being on one of the programmes? Like

:08:43. > :08:46.X Factor without the cameras, lots of different rounds, a singing and

:08:47. > :08:50.dancing round, interviews and talked to camera and things like that. It

:08:51. > :08:54.was quite in-depth. Do you know what we really need to do though, hear

:08:55. > :08:57.the music. # Tragedy

:08:58. > :09:01.# When the feeling's gone # And you can't go on

:09:02. > :09:23.# It's tragedy # When the morning cries... #

:09:24. > :09:28.# I know you're somewhere else right now

:09:29. > :09:35.# In love with someone else no doubt # But I'm one for sorrow

:09:36. > :09:42.# Ain't it too, too bad # .

:09:43. > :09:48.Cos I'm a deeper shade of you # And there's nothing I can do

:09:49. > :09:56.# You're so far, far away # . Oh, my goodness, that was a little

:09:57. > :10:03.racy at times there. Our most daring. Compares to acts these days,

:10:04. > :10:10.we keep our clothes on. 20 years on then, what has changed? Not a lot.

:10:11. > :10:15.We have new music and we have the first exclusive play at Radio Two at

:10:16. > :10:26.10 o'clock. With our new single. Can you not just sing a bit of it for us

:10:27. > :10:32.Some No. No, no. We have learnt the choreography for it today and

:10:33. > :10:39.learning the new dance routine. Is it another dance iconic thing? Do

:10:40. > :10:45.that, go on? No, no. We can't do that, I'm sorry, can't do that.

:10:46. > :10:50.Sorry. I like it already. Fascinated what happens. Had there been

:10:51. > :10:56.fallouts? Did anyone fall out with anyone? I don't know enough about

:10:57. > :11:01.Steps, soarry, but there were issues along the way? When we split,

:11:02. > :11:05.obviously, it was all a bit fractious. Traumatic. You spend a

:11:06. > :11:09.lot of time together when you're quite young travelling all over the

:11:10. > :11:13.place missing the people that you like. Missing the people you like.

:11:14. > :11:20.Yes, with a lot of fan who is do so much heavy work, you get burnt out,

:11:21. > :11:24.you do, and I think we do say in hindsight it was the right time to

:11:25. > :11:27.finish because we left a great legacy behind which meant that we

:11:28. > :11:38.could come back and do this again. Who was the one who sort of sent out

:11:39. > :11:43.the first signals... The first peace message. This time around? Like I

:11:44. > :11:45.said earlier, this is our celebration because it's the

:11:46. > :11:49.anniversary so that was the thing that prompted us to go OK let's

:11:50. > :11:55.celebrate what we achieved. That's why we are back with the Arena Tour

:11:56. > :12:01.and the album and single. So you are touring together again? Yes. The

:12:02. > :12:09.tickets are on sale tomorrow. On a bus or a plane? It's a UK tour. The

:12:10. > :12:16.tour is November and December and the tickets go on sale tomorrow.

:12:17. > :12:20.Watching those clips, there's a lovely simplicity, I don't mean that

:12:21. > :12:24.in a bad way at all. Times are funny at the moment, it's difficult,

:12:25. > :12:27.people are struggling, and there's something refreshing about seeing

:12:28. > :12:31.you do your things and it seemed like similar Police minister times

:12:32. > :12:34.in a way. Heart warming. People have said they need something like this

:12:35. > :12:39.right now because we bring a lot of fun back. That is what they say is

:12:40. > :12:42.missing at the moment. Is one of your songs co-written by one of the

:12:43. > :12:51.Abba song writers, is that right? Yes. So you have essentially got an

:12:52. > :12:55.Abba song? We have, yes. It's a cover, Benny and Byorn co-wrote it,

:12:56. > :13:00.so it's not really very well-known but we have got it. They let us

:13:01. > :13:05.record it and they loved the version. He's listened to it. We are

:13:06. > :13:09.thrilled to have an Abba song on the album. There is no greater praise.

:13:10. > :13:13.He said it was almost as good as his version. Lovely having you on this

:13:14. > :13:18.morning and as well, lots of people are excited ability you being here

:13:19. > :13:23.which is nice. Amazing. The office outside is much busier today than it

:13:24. > :13:28.normally is! It has been incredible. So much support, thank you to

:13:29. > :13:32.everybody out there. We are done now, Steps new single Corp scared of

:13:33. > :13:35.the Dark is out tomorrow. Back tomorrow. Bye!