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The leader of the Prime Minister's own local council has told BBC | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
London that central government and not local town halls should pay | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
for social care by putting up income tax and not council tax. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is not alone, | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
another Tory-led authority Hillingdon agrees and it's Leader | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
is calling for a rethink on how social care is funded. | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
Our political correspondent, Karl Mercer, has the details. | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
Care being delivered on a daily basis to people with | :00:37. | :00:44. | |
dementia here in the Prime Minister's constituency. | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
This centre in Windsor and Maidenhead offers a | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
getaway for those with the condition and a break for those who care for | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
A way for people like Roy to keep connected. | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
I had some time when I had been ill, I wasn't taking part | :00:57. | :00:59. | |
This has helped to get me integrated back into local | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
This sort of care doesn't come cheap, | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
though, but is cheaper than people living full time in care homes. | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
We are stopping people going into care. | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
We are also stopping carers having the kind of breakdown where | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
they can't cope any more because they're | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
Just to do your shopping, just to do doctor's | :01:24. | :01:33. | |
appointments on your own, an | :01:34. | :01:34. | |
ability to do that, isn't there, if you think about it? | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
The fact that we are preventing people going to the | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
much more expensive, as you quite rightly said, | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
long-term care system, it's got to be saving people. | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
much more expensive, as you quite rightly said, -- | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
long-term care system, it's got to be saving money. | :01:50. | :01:51. | |
It's this sort of care that is at the | :01:52. | :01:53. | |
centre of council tax rises across the country. | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
Here, they are raising theirs for the first time in seven | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
40% of the council's entire budget is spent on just 2500 local | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
But raising council tax isn't something | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
the local Conservative leader thinks he should have to do. | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
I don't think the appropriate place to fund growth | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
in this is at local Government level. | :02:10. | :02:10. | |
I think it has to be done at a national | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
level, so ultimately, it | :02:14. | :02:14. | |
has to come from national taxation, and potentially a change in the way | :02:15. | :02:17. | |
that people are contributing towards the cost of their own care. | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
Is that something you've said to your local | :02:20. | :02:21. | |
A few miles further into London, another Tory council leader, | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
but one who has frozen his council tax again this year. | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
He, too, though, thinks its central Government taxes that should be | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
The social care precept is not the only answer. | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
This is an income tax issue and should be | :02:37. | :02:38. | |
You wouldn't put two or three percent on council tax to fund a | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
local health issue, so why should you do it for adult social care? | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
Council leaders will be looking for answers and money from the | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
With more on this, our reporter Dan Freedman joins us | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
Dan, why are these councils lining up to speak out now? | :02:58. | :03:07. | |
Alex, you will remember the fiery exchanges in the Commons behind me | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
last weight. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn were going toe to toe in the | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
chamber of social care, and the Prime Minister on the Government was | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
forced to deny they had done some sort of sweetheart deal with Surrey | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
County Council on trying to alleviate the cost of funding it. | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
The council say they will have to hike their own council tax by 15%. | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
In the end, they have done it by only just under 5%, not an | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
inconsiderable amount in these chastened times. You can see that | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
local authorities are starting to rattle their sabres on this. They | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
want the Government to come forward with more. It is no coincidence that | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
Philip Hammond will announce how much the Government might be | :03:52. | :03:53. | |
contributing towards that next month. Observers will keep a keen | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
eye on that ahead of elections in May. Thank you. | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
It is one of the largest commercial landlords in the country, | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
with thousands of small businesses under its arches. | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
But tonight Network Rail is embroiled in yet another row | :04:06. | :04:07. | |
about gentrification and hiking up rents. | :04:08. | :04:08. | |
Traders in London Fields say they'll be ruined by rent rises | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
Below the train line into London Liverpool Street | :04:12. | :04:19. | |
Inside, dozens of mostly independent businesses. | :04:20. | :04:27. | |
But their landlord, Network Rail, have put the rent up. | :04:28. | :04:35. | |
Like this family garage, which has been here for 30 years, | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
but the rent has gone from ?18,000 to ?45,000. | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
Lots of stress on the family because we are struggling | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
A few arches down, Hugo Ramos runs a cafe, | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
His rent has gone up from 100,000 to 350,000. | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
We are part of Hackney, we started the brewery in Hackney. | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
At arch 384, tough decisions are already being made. | :05:06. | :05:20. | |
This family business has been here for 15 years. | :05:21. | :05:22. | |
They supply products to nail bars across the country and Europe. | :05:23. | :05:25. | |
The cost of three arches before 2014 was ?56,000. | :05:26. | :05:28. | |
My father will give this business to me, | :05:29. | :05:43. | |
For me, ten years down the line, I don't know where we will be. | :05:44. | :05:52. | |
This is a sought-after area to live in, you can see that | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
through the construction of new apartments | :05:56. | :05:57. | |
Traders say they have added to the desirability of this area, | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
that if they are priced out, this community will lose its soul. | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
But it's not the first time Network Rail has faced | :06:08. | :06:19. | |
These were protests in Brixton last year and businesses are worried | :06:20. | :06:27. | |
In some areas, like London Fields, it's the rent going up, | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
but right across the capital, smaller firms are going to get | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
clobbered with a completely disproportionate rise | :06:40. | :06:40. | |
For now, this garage says it is determined to stay and serve | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
the customers they have served for three decades. | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
Biggin Hill Airport maybe more famous now for its air shows | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
but for two world wars it stood as the first line of defence | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
So how better to celebrate its centenary than ask a one | :07:04. | :07:12. | |
hundred year old former Spitfire pilot to take to the skies again. | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
Ray Roberts was that man and we sent Caroline Davies to meet him... | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
The steps to the plane may be less easy now, | :07:19. | :07:20. | |
Really looking forward to going up, it will take me back. | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
I can't do aerobatic or anything because I have two damaged legs, | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
Injured after bailing out of a Spitfire, | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
Ray spent the war delivering planes to airbases. | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
Today, he is returning to the skies alongside his fellow 100-year-olds. | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
It will stay in my memory for the rest of my life. | :07:47. | :07:53. | |
It's all to remember 100 years of Biggin Hill. | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
Most famous as a base during the Battle of Britain, | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
fighters at Biggin Hill claimed 1,400 enemy aircraft. | :08:03. | :08:11. | |
Being scrambled, going up meeting the Luftwaffe, into the fray, and | :08:12. | :08:14. | |
defending the country, that is what they did. | :08:15. | :08:16. | |
They were defending the southern approaches to London. | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
The RAF base closed in 1992, but World War II aircraft are still | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
Just a few metres away from the Biggin Hill runway | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
They are still kept here, maintained but also restored | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
The airbase is mainly used for private flights now, but the team | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
Don't now where I'm landing, but I know I'll get | :08:49. | :08:57. | |
There was a slight mist over the ground, it was never clear | :08:58. | :09:14. | |
The weather may change, but Biggin Hill remains. | :09:15. | :09:23. | |
At 100 years old, it's the base that holds a special place | :09:24. | :09:26. | |
That's it from me, so I'll wish you goodnight and hand you over | :09:27. | :09:35. | |
If your shoulders have been like this against the cold, you might | :09:36. | :09:48. | |
find next week more relaxing. There may be some bright, sunny spells. | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
High Wycombe was at two Celsius yesterday. Nine Celsius today. Now | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
we just have to get rid of the cold easterly wind. It is still blowing | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
overnight. Through the week, the wind moves to a south-westerly | :10:08. | :10:10. | |
direction, which will do wonders for the temperature and the feel of the | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
day. Clear skies continue tonight. Enough of a breeze to keep things | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
stirred up and temperatures hovering just above freezing, but locally | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
there could be one or two frost patches. It will be chilly first | :10:26. | :10:33. | |
thing tomorrow. A little sunshine. Perhaps we will lose it from the | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
South West as the day moves on. Temperatures between eight and 10 | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
Celsius. On Wednesday, some sunny spells and one or two shelves. A | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
foggy start to Thursday, hopefully brightness later. You can see that | :10:53. | :10:59. | |
at the weekend it will be mild. Largely dry, perhaps a | :11:00. | :11:01. | |
at the weekend it will be mild. Largely dry, perhaps a wind -- windy | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
at Winter is not over, but it almost | :11:06. | :11:17. | |
felt like spring today. A beautiful day in some places, such as the West | :11:18. | :11:27. | |
Country. Some beautiful shots. A nice day in comparison to the | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
weekend for many, but not for all of us. Across the far north-east of | :11:32. | :11:34. | |
England and eastern Scotland, you are still shivering under the cloud. | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
Still some snow on the ground in Aberdeenshire. Even here, things | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
will turn milder. Not tonight, quite chilly out there, with temperatures | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
close to freezing in one or two spots. Some rain will turn up across | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
the far | :11:55. | :11:55. |