:00:00. > :00:13.There was relief for the retail sector facing a huge
:00:14. > :00:15.hike in business rates, but will it be enough to stop
:00:16. > :00:28.I don't know what we will do about it. We will probably pay but it is
:00:29. > :00:31.sucking the life out of us, really. And MPs in London slam the extra
:00:32. > :00:34.funds for social care saying it We'll have full
:00:35. > :00:37.analysis of the budget. Calls for new powers to restrict
:00:38. > :00:40.the amount of toxins from building sites,
:00:41. > :00:55.to improve the quality of our air. Construction is a power thirsty
:00:56. > :00:59.business. Whenever going to be able to pull down an old factory like
:01:00. > :01:02.this without vast amounts of diesel in powerful machinery.
:01:03. > :01:06.And the boy with a rare liver condition that means he has to spend
:01:07. > :01:14.the rest of his life, living under a lamp.
:01:15. > :01:21.Further devolution for London is the headline announcement made
:01:22. > :01:24.by the Chancellor in his budget, which is exactly what our
:01:25. > :01:30.But there was a lot more talked about, so let's have a look
:01:31. > :01:32.at the main areas in bite size Budget chunks.
:01:33. > :01:36.A massive issue in and around London.
:01:37. > :01:39.Well, ?2 billion has been announced for Social Care over
:01:40. > :01:43.the next three years, but that's for the whole of England.
:01:44. > :01:52.Changes to the system mean firms here are facing steep rises,
:01:53. > :01:55.so a hardship fund has been announced to the tune of more
:01:56. > :02:03.On top of that, there's ?1,000 discount in rates for pubs.
:02:04. > :02:08.It'll get many people excited, but there are no new powers
:02:09. > :02:11.for City Hall, and nothing's been announced that we didn't
:02:12. > :02:17.Not a mention of Crossrail 2 or a new Thames crossing,
:02:18. > :02:21.which will be a massive disappointment to many.
:02:22. > :02:24.As for policing, there's no more money for that either.
:02:25. > :02:27.And that's something the Mayor of London isn't happy about.
:02:28. > :02:29.It'll also put added pressure on the new Commissioner
:02:30. > :02:34.And when it comes to our schools, which have led the entire country
:02:35. > :02:39.when it comes to improvements, there's no more money there.
:02:40. > :02:44.Instead, many are set to lose out under a new funding formula.
:02:45. > :02:46.I'll be putting some of those points to the Minister
:02:47. > :02:49.for London very shortly, but first let's look at social care
:02:50. > :02:52.with our Political Editor, Tim Donovan, who's at Westminster.
:02:53. > :03:07.Pressure on hospital wards this winter has combined with a growing
:03:08. > :03:13.awareness of a growing population here in the capital with needs that
:03:14. > :03:20.are often not straightforward and need complex care. And that has
:03:21. > :03:24.shocked -- shot this issue up the agenda. The local authorities who
:03:25. > :03:27.have become so associated with the political difficulties over solving
:03:28. > :03:29.this will get more money. Every council has the potential to get
:03:30. > :03:31.more under a new fund. Catherine was among many
:03:32. > :03:33.watching closely today. She has multiple sclerosis and has
:03:34. > :03:36.been in this private care home Pleased the Chancellor was offering
:03:37. > :03:43.more help, so far as it goes. I don't think it's
:03:44. > :03:45.the end of the problems. It is certainly a big move
:03:46. > :03:47.towards helping council But the main problem,
:03:48. > :03:59.which is a national problem, not just here in Surrey,
:04:00. > :04:02.is that social care has been completely
:04:03. > :04:09.underfunded and is in crisis. Not just in Surrey, but Surrey has
:04:10. > :04:11.now achieved a special status in all this because first
:04:12. > :04:14.there was a thread from its Tory leader to raise council tax by 15%,
:04:15. > :04:17.and then questions about why that Today, just minutes before
:04:18. > :04:26.the budget, it boiled over Saying that the leader
:04:27. > :04:35.of Surrey County Council, David Hodgkin said there
:04:36. > :04:39.was a gentleman 's agreement between him and the government
:04:40. > :04:42.which meant they would not have My question is what deal was done
:04:43. > :04:51.with Surrey County Council? He said I didn't answer the question
:04:52. > :04:54.about a special deal for Surrey. I think I've answered it now three
:04:55. > :04:57.times but I'll do to fourth time. There was no special deal
:04:58. > :05:00.for Surrey that was not Taking to the dance floor
:05:01. > :05:07.in Westminster this afternoon, a borough where the adult care
:05:08. > :05:10.budget has had to be cut by a third It will keep people out
:05:11. > :05:14.of hospitals, and all that. And people who can't afford
:05:15. > :05:17.to look after themselves, This is a gift given
:05:18. > :05:23.to people in transition. But Labour said the extra money
:05:24. > :05:31.announced today wouldn't make much Our hospitals are having
:05:32. > :05:36.to keep patients wardful, two wardful of patients
:05:37. > :05:39.that they cannot discharge into the community because there
:05:40. > :05:43.are no services available for them. So, yes, this is welcome but it goes
:05:44. > :05:47.nowhere near far enough. Others say, though welcome,
:05:48. > :05:50.it'll take more than cash. It has to be about the
:05:51. > :05:54.services and what works. Local authorities, the NHS working
:05:55. > :05:59.together, and we've got So, an emergency bailout
:06:00. > :06:05.this year but bigger, When it comes to business rates,
:06:06. > :06:19.changes to the system mean many firms in London will see massive
:06:20. > :06:22.hikes in the amount they pay. So the Chancellor today
:06:23. > :06:24.announced an emergency fund Nevertheless, the Institute
:06:25. > :06:26.for Fiscal Studies estimates companies here will still be worse
:06:27. > :06:31.off in the coming years, while firms in the north
:06:32. > :06:34.of England will benefit. Karl Mercer has been gauging
:06:35. > :06:40.opinion in the East End. There is one further area
:06:41. > :06:43.in which I can announce action The Communities Secretary and I have
:06:44. > :06:51.listened to the concerns raised The revaluation and has undoubtedly
:06:52. > :07:00.raised some hard cases. While the Chancellor
:07:01. > :07:03.was on his feet in the Commons, Hackney's Brewers were on theirs
:07:04. > :07:08.on the bottling line. Two small firms, like hundreds
:07:09. > :07:11.across London, who are facing big You go from the right,
:07:12. > :07:20.four in, that's my grandad. Bob Cooke was born in the flat
:07:21. > :07:26.above his Hackney pie and mash shop. At 69, he is still
:07:27. > :07:29.making 700 pies a day. But, from April, his business rates
:07:30. > :07:32.are set to go up nearly ?2000. I said to my wife, it's
:07:33. > :07:35.a terrible thing, I don't know We will probably pay it, but it's
:07:36. > :07:48.sucking the life out of us, really. Just around the corner, it's
:07:49. > :07:51.a similar story at this brewery. Four years old tomorrow, they, too,
:07:52. > :07:54.will see their rates go up. In Hackney itself,
:07:55. > :08:00.the average is 46% rate hike. And these are all people that make
:08:01. > :08:06.up our local community. They are neighbours,
:08:07. > :08:08.they are friends, Today, the Chancellor announced
:08:09. > :08:13.a little help for London. ?72 million will come to London's
:08:14. > :08:16.councils to help businesses hardest My first impressions
:08:17. > :08:21.are it's not enough. I've been speaking to small
:08:22. > :08:23.businesses across London over the last few weeks and months,
:08:24. > :08:26.including those who represent The Chancellor appears to have
:08:27. > :08:30.listened a bit but his announcement My worry is that small
:08:31. > :08:36.businesses in London, who worked their socks off,
:08:37. > :08:38.may go under. London will remain as one of only
:08:39. > :08:42.two cities in the UK where business The majority of cities, actually,
:08:43. > :08:45.business rates will go down. What we see is in the most
:08:46. > :08:48.successful cities, London and Reading, actually,
:08:49. > :08:50.business rates will go up. What that means for businesses
:08:51. > :08:52.in London, particularly large businesses, is they are the ones
:08:53. > :08:54.that will bear the brunt Details of the scheme to help
:08:55. > :08:59.firms affected will be Well, the Chancellor also announced
:09:00. > :09:03.that he'd reached a deal with the Mayor of London,
:09:04. > :09:05.Sadiq Khan on further Karl Mercer, you've
:09:06. > :09:17.looked into this. It didn't take me long to look at
:09:18. > :09:23.it, either. Five pages. First page title page, second page, a load of
:09:24. > :09:27.signatures. 2.5 sides of the actual deal. It isn't a weighty tome, there
:09:28. > :09:32.isn't a lot in there we did know before. Just a couple of things.
:09:33. > :09:36.They're talking about piloting new ways of raising money to pay for big
:09:37. > :09:41.infrastructure. More control of business rates. And more powers to
:09:42. > :09:45.tackle congestion, some pilot projects going on about that. From
:09:46. > :09:52.my point of view, not too much in there. I wonder what the mayor
:09:53. > :09:56.thought. You can look at this as a glass half full or empty. This is a
:09:57. > :10:00.glass half full. It's good news because the government still
:10:01. > :10:05.believes individuation. It recognises that decisions are best
:10:06. > :10:11.made when they can pack those that they affect. That is good news for
:10:12. > :10:13.us. Talking the talk, playing nicely with the government. I understand
:10:14. > :10:18.there something we haven't heard today, maybe an announcement next
:10:19. > :10:22.week about health devolution for London. Giving London hospitals more
:10:23. > :10:26.power than anywhere else in the country to keep the money they raise
:10:27. > :10:28.from selling land. We will look closely at that.
:10:29. > :10:32.And there's nobody better to chat to on the subject
:10:33. > :10:33.than Gavin Barwell, the Minister for London.
:10:34. > :10:42.When it comes to concrete actions that matter, committing to Crossrail
:10:43. > :10:46.to or funding for policing or schools, we heard nothing. Instead,
:10:47. > :10:50.a piece of paper signed by yourself but it isn't much to go on. I think
:10:51. > :10:55.we had a lot of concrete things in this budget. We had extra funding
:10:56. > :11:02.for social care, which is a huge issue. We had relief for small
:11:03. > :11:07.businesses and for our pubs in terms of business rates. Extra funding for
:11:08. > :11:10.new schools and extra money for maintenance for existing schools.
:11:11. > :11:14.And this important step forward for devolution so I think there is a lot
:11:15. > :11:19.in here Londoners should welcome. How much for social care in London?
:11:20. > :11:26.?2 billion across England, how much for London? So, we're going to get
:11:27. > :11:29.the individual funding local authority by local authority but ?2
:11:30. > :11:33.billion is a very significant injection of funding and it shows
:11:34. > :11:36.the Chancellor has this and the concerns people have in London and
:11:37. > :11:41.across the country in terms of making sure we get the social care
:11:42. > :11:44.issue right. He said something else important as well which is we will
:11:45. > :11:48.come forward with a green paper to have a look at how we reform the
:11:49. > :11:51.social care system because it is crucial in terms of making sure our
:11:52. > :11:56.National Health Service can cope with the changes. Another thing you
:11:57. > :11:59.mentioned was business rates, how the Chancellor has announced help
:12:00. > :12:05.for small businesses. All that does is he is admitting he got it wrong,
:12:06. > :12:09.announcing changes and then he has to introduce an emergency fund to
:12:10. > :12:15.help the people he has made the changes to. He'd already introduced
:12:16. > :12:21.a ?3.5 billion transition fund to help businesses facing higher bills
:12:22. > :12:25.as a result of this. When he listens to the concerns expressed to him, we
:12:26. > :12:30.should welcome that. There are three things he's done. A ?300 million
:12:31. > :12:36.fund for local authority to help hardship cases. There's also
:12:37. > :12:40.specific help for our pubs, and for about 16,000 small businesses that
:12:41. > :12:45.are the worst affected because their rates have gone up so they are
:12:46. > :12:50.losing the small business rate relief. You may be pleased and the
:12:51. > :12:55.Chancellor may be pleased but the CBI are not pleased. They say it
:12:56. > :12:58.isn't enough. The Institute for fiscal policy says London businesses
:12:59. > :13:03.will be worse off over the next five years while businesses up north will
:13:04. > :13:08.be better off. We are still funding businesses outside London. It is the
:13:09. > :13:14.case London is one of those parts of the country well later both --
:13:15. > :13:18.rateable values are going up, that's a sign of our good economy. But the
:13:19. > :13:24.Chancellor has listened to the concerns London businesses have
:13:25. > :13:27.concerned and there is a total of ?400 million more funding to go
:13:28. > :13:31.ahead with the relief. One more thing, infrastructure. We heard
:13:32. > :13:36.nothing about Crossrail two, nothing about a new Thames crossing. With
:13:37. > :13:41.the autumn budget, is that where he has had a word with you and said,
:13:42. > :13:46.don't worry, wait for the next budget, you'll be fine? On Crossrail
:13:47. > :13:51.two, we're waiting for the interim business case to come shortly, that
:13:52. > :13:54.is the key moment where we can reassure ourselves about the funding
:13:55. > :13:58.of the scheme and it releases the crucial housing we desperately need.
:13:59. > :14:05.The government is clear in principle be want to see Crossrail two to
:14:06. > :14:06.happen. Thank you for joining us on the programme.
:14:07. > :14:08.This is BBC London News on Budget Day.
:14:09. > :14:11.Stay with us, as we've got other things to come too, including...
:14:12. > :14:15.The little boy trapped in his room for 20 hours a day due to a rare
:14:16. > :14:24.condition that affects just 100 people in the world.
:14:25. > :14:29.I'll be with Pauline Collins and Joan Collins having the time of
:14:30. > :14:33.their lives at the premiere of their new film.
:14:34. > :14:36.But, first, the Mayor of London has been very vocal
:14:37. > :14:39.about dealing with air pollution since he was elected last year,
:14:40. > :14:42.which is why he's now got the construction industry fixed
:14:43. > :14:51.You may not think it, but building sites are thought
:14:52. > :14:57.to produce extremely high levels of nitrogen oxide, which is why,
:14:58. > :14:59.as part of our Toxic London series, Jim Wheble has
:15:00. > :15:12.The careful dismantling of Ford's stamping plant at Dagenham.
:15:13. > :15:16.But amidst the mess is a quiet, clean revolution in construction.
:15:17. > :15:20.This is one of our normal diesel generators that's running
:15:21. > :15:24.And this is one of our hybrid generators, which,
:15:25. > :15:27.when it is running, is completely silent.
:15:28. > :15:31.Before the hybrids, only diesel generators would have supplied
:15:32. > :15:34.the electricity to this type of site.
:15:35. > :15:38.And considering just clearing all this lot will take 2.5 years,
:15:39. > :15:42.that's a great deal less diesel being consumed.
:15:43. > :15:45.We've been using our hybrids here for one month and we've already
:15:46. > :15:49.saved over 3000 litres of diesel we haven't had to use to power
:15:50. > :15:54.And that's probably about ten tonnes of carbon that we've
:15:55. > :15:57.saved from being emitted into the atmosphere.
:15:58. > :16:01.It's estimated that up to 7% of London's and nitrogen oxides
:16:02. > :16:08.Because since the VW omissions scandal, there is now doubt
:16:09. > :16:24.What we're doing now with the project is figuring out
:16:25. > :16:26.onop the sites and we're doing something called PEMS, portable
:16:27. > :16:28.emissions measurement systems, and we're taking total emissions
:16:29. > :16:30.measurements from those engines to see how they perform in
:16:31. > :16:34.In 2015, City Hall did ban the use of older types of polluting
:16:35. > :16:37.But they are pushing for more broader powers.
:16:38. > :16:41.So, what we'd like is the powers akin to what we're using for the low
:16:42. > :16:43.emission zone, so the ability to enforce emissions
:16:44. > :16:47.standards across London, like we do with vehicles,
:16:48. > :16:49.but to do it for construction machinery, machinery used
:16:50. > :17:00.In the shadow of the ultimate symbol of green energy.
:17:01. > :17:04.Powering demolition this way might be the stuff of Mad Max movies,
:17:05. > :17:07.but it's hoped the dawn of a cleaner age in construction
:17:08. > :17:15.A Commissioner from the Independent Police Complaints Commission has
:17:16. > :17:19.stepped down from her duties while Police Scotland investigate
:17:20. > :17:24.Jennifer Izekor was in charge of the inquiry into three police
:17:25. > :17:30.The case collapsed and all were cleared last July.
:17:31. > :17:33.Scotland Yard has confirmed they're looking at two criminal
:17:34. > :17:38.It's said the suspension does not indicate any concern
:17:39. > :17:49.He lives in Luton and he is one of just a hundred people
:17:50. > :17:52.in the world who suffers from a liver disease called
:17:53. > :17:58.It means he has to spend 20 hours of every day sitting and lying
:17:59. > :18:04.Alpa Patel has been to meet him and his family, who are desperate
:18:05. > :18:21.Four-year-old Ismail has spent almost his entire life like this. A
:18:22. > :18:27.rare liver condition means he eats, sleeps and plays under phototherapy
:18:28. > :18:33.lights for a minimum of 20 hours a day. Because he is missing an enzyme
:18:34. > :18:38.in his liver to break down what we call jaundice, he hasn't got that at
:18:39. > :18:43.all, so unfortunately because it builds up, it is a toxin in the
:18:44. > :18:50.blood, and as a toxin if it goes to the brain first thing they said is
:18:51. > :18:55.he will get death, he will get brain damage, may be permanent. He has to
:18:56. > :18:59.be propped up in his medical phototherapy bed, which she hates,
:19:00. > :19:03.especially because we have a seven-year-old sister. So he wants
:19:04. > :19:07.to run around like a normal for your old boy, run around the house and
:19:08. > :19:14.play around with her. It is almost like a prison for him. It's hard.
:19:15. > :19:22.Your family take care of him 24 hours a day. How are you coping? Not
:19:23. > :19:26.very well, to be honest. The family have a care that comes for six hours
:19:27. > :19:30.a week but they are hoping to raise money through a crowdfunding page
:19:31. > :19:35.for a full-time carer. Sleepless nights. Our little sister, the
:19:36. > :19:39.seven-year-old, isn't getting any quality of life either. We're
:19:40. > :19:45.basically spending all our time with him, in and out of hospital, so we
:19:46. > :19:49.don't get to play with her. Having someone to be with him, we can at
:19:50. > :19:53.least get a bit of a break, a little bit of a rest and then be able to
:19:54. > :20:00.concentrate on caring for him even more. It's very likely that Ismail
:20:01. > :20:03.will spend the rest of his life restricted by his rare condition.
:20:04. > :20:09.Frustrating for an energetic and cheeky little boy. But his family
:20:10. > :20:19.say they'll do everything they can to make sure he has the best quality
:20:20. > :20:22.of life possible. And our best wishes to Ismail and his family.
:20:23. > :20:24.Now, our next guests have decades of film
:20:25. > :20:28.One is best known for her role as Shirley Valentine, the other
:20:29. > :20:31.It is of course Pauline Collins and Joan Collins,
:20:32. > :20:33.who are at the premiere of their latest film
:20:34. > :20:36.Before we hear from Alice Bhandukravi who's with them,
:20:37. > :20:41.here's a clip from The Time of Their Lives.
:20:42. > :20:50.I want to enjoy the rest of my life. So to why. I'm going to reinvent
:20:51. > :21:00.myself out of the Ashes. Is your wife dead or, shopping? I want
:21:01. > :21:03.another chance at life. Here they are now, Joan Collins, Pauline
:21:04. > :21:10.Collins. I have to say you both look stunning. Thank you. You've been on
:21:11. > :21:16.a bit of an adventure in this film. We certainly higher. We went on a
:21:17. > :21:21.great adventure, we went all through England, France, we went on buses,
:21:22. > :21:25.caravans, coaches, ferries... And we're nothing like each other,
:21:26. > :21:29.either in my full-time dig-mac the film. It's two women who would never
:21:30. > :21:37.meet, from different planets to come together. This is the dominant one.
:21:38. > :21:55.Surprise surprise. To help her get two more funeral. Franco Nero, he is
:21:56. > :22:01.worth dying for. Pauline is an abuse housewife and I see her as that. She
:22:02. > :22:05.doesn't believe she is, but she is. When she says she sees me, she means
:22:06. > :22:13.in the character. Not the real Pauline. It's International Women's
:22:14. > :22:17.Day today. It's a wonderful day to open and I was going to ask you
:22:18. > :22:22.about the fact there aren't that many roles for women where the women
:22:23. > :22:26.are the protagonists, particularly older women, where they are the
:22:27. > :22:33.protagonists in the story. There is this one. I cannot think of any one
:22:34. > :22:38.except for the Marigold Hotel. And this is really... We other leads, we
:22:39. > :22:45.are in every scene, we dominate the screen, I hope. Well, she dominates
:22:46. > :22:51.it. We're very, very lucky to have these roles. I hope more films, long
:22:52. > :22:57.showing women in this light. There are more women of our age now. That
:22:58. > :23:04.may be want to see life doesn't stop. And maybe coming back to you
:23:05. > :23:08.in 20 years' time. It's never too late for another chance, as the
:23:09. > :23:09.byline of the film says. Thank you very much for joining us.
:23:10. > :23:22.How glamorous are they! We go from the red carpet to the
:23:23. > :23:26.grey skies because sunshine was very, very difficult to find today.
:23:27. > :23:30.However watchers had a go but they didn't have much luck. This was the
:23:31. > :23:37.scene in talking earlier on. Very cloudy skies. How about Richmond
:23:38. > :23:42.Park? Cloudy here as well. It produced outbreaks of rain.
:23:43. > :23:49.Tomorrow's forecast, it'll look very different, much brighter with spells
:23:50. > :23:54.of sunshine developing, and it still feel mild. Today, some splashes of
:23:55. > :23:58.rain. It was quite patchy and light through the afternoon but there are
:23:59. > :24:02.still some bits and pieces of drizzle. This evening and tonight,
:24:03. > :24:08.particularly to the south of town, it'll stay cloudy, very crisply,
:24:09. > :24:14.misty and murky, probably largely dry in the north. Wherever you are,
:24:15. > :24:18.it is a mild night. When you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll notice mild
:24:19. > :24:24.fuel to the weather. There will be some cloud around but it will break
:24:25. > :24:28.up very nicely. Getting on into the afternoon, more in the way of
:24:29. > :24:33.sunshine developing, the best of that across northern parts of the
:24:34. > :24:39.region. Look at the temperatures. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we
:24:40. > :24:43.got 16 degrees. Not bad going at all for this point in March and it will
:24:44. > :24:47.feel very pleasant with a sunshine. Turning chilly tomorrow evening with
:24:48. > :24:51.those clear skies but high-pressure pretty close by as we go through
:24:52. > :24:56.tomorrow night, which means fine weather. A rather chilly feel on
:24:57. > :25:01.Friday morning. A fine start to the day but the cloud is lurking, moving
:25:02. > :25:13.in from the West, with it a little bit of patchy rain so by the middle
:25:14. > :25:15.part of Friday, cloudy, with the odd spot of rain, temperatures up to the
:25:16. > :25:18.teams. There will be some sunshine through the weekend.
:25:19. > :25:21.Before we go, a reminder of what's making the headlines on Budget Day
:25:22. > :25:24.The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has delivered the Budget.
:25:25. > :25:26.Labour has accused him of "utter complacency" with a budget
:25:27. > :25:30.which ignored the state of the economy.
:25:31. > :25:33.And let's get a final thought from our Political Editor,
:25:34. > :25:40.Tim, is it fair to say this was a very anti-London budget?
:25:41. > :25:48.That would be going a little bit too far but the issue is it is a verdict
:25:49. > :25:52.pending because we have to wait to see how these big national pots are
:25:53. > :25:56.redistributed, so how much do London councils get for social care, how
:25:57. > :26:00.much exactly for business rates. There is a national competition for
:26:01. > :26:06.original ways of dealing with congestion. Could London get 700
:26:07. > :26:10.million? Nothing on Crossrail. Some people feel the emphasis has moved
:26:11. > :26:14.to infrastructure elsewhere. And then the devolution, the talk was of
:26:15. > :26:19.pilots, future announcements, not the kind of changes which could lead
:26:20. > :26:24.to the capital addressing its own needs with the money it can raise
:26:25. > :26:29.from its own people. Some way to go on that. OK, thanks very much.
:26:30. > :26:31.That's it from us this Wednesday evening, but there's more
:26:32. > :26:33.from us later tonight, at 10:30pm on BBC One,
:26:34. > :27:22.Let's Sing And Dance exploded onto our screens,
:27:23. > :27:25.setting the stage alight...literally.
:27:26. > :27:31.Stars were a-swinging... Could somebody help me?