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Will Gompertz, BBC News. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:11 | |
Good evening and welcome
to BBC London News, | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
with me, Louisa Preston. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:15 | |
First tonight: Another report
warning of dire consequences | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
of Britain leaving the EU. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
This time from experts commissioned
by the Mayor to look into the impact | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
Brexit will have on London. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
It says the economy would suffer
for at least a decade. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
But Sadiq Khan's critics have
dismissed the findings, | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
accusing him of scaremongering. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:33 | |
Here's our political
editor, Tim Donovan. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:38 | |
At Canary Wharf a self-styled
community of more than 200 | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
start-ups, new technological answers
to old financial questions. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:46 | |
Today's report says a hard Brexit
could lead to 29,000 fewer | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
financial jobs by 2030. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:56 | |
Both of these two have
set up companies. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
She helps banks, offering
software to do audits | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
and comply with regulations. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
He's challenging banks with an app
and card enabling you to send | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
and spend money around the world. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
So far, no big worries here
of talent or investment drying up. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:15 | |
We are become a global company
and a British company. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:19 | |
We see everything as a bed
of roses, so we do not see | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
a struggle because of Brexit. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
Evidence shows access to capital has
not dried up and if any thing | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
capital is coming in and it always
follows good businesses. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:34 | |
This analysis suggests if we stay
as we are London's economic output | 0:01:34 | 0:01:38 | |
would be worth £510 billion by 2030,
but under a soft Brexit, | 0:01:38 | 0:01:44 | |
where we stay in the single market,
but came out of the customs union, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:50 | |
affecting trade, the cost
of the capital would be £4 billion | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
and 30,000 jobs potentially lost. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
But in the worst-case scenario,
a hard Brexit with no deal next | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
year, London would be £11 billion
poorer and with 87,000 fewer jobs | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
created than if we stayed in. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:12 | |
What is clear is the harder
the Brexit deal, the worse | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
it is for jobs, the worse
it is for investment | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
and economic output. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:24 | |
The boss here says
fears are exaggerated | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
and London wins from change. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
This report is based on a set
of static assumptions, | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
but London is dynamic and very
good at change. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:37 | |
It misses the opportunity
to consider the benefits | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
and opportunities created
as a result of our changing | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
relationship with Europe. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
At a chemistry lab at UCL,
EU funding pays for more | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
than a tenth of research
and the report warns 11,000 new jobs | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
are jeopardised in this
sector by hard Brexit. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
Here research programmes
are guaranteed for now. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
There is a lot of concern among EU
staff who we want to keep here doing | 0:02:59 | 0:03:04 | |
brilliant work they are doing
and it is not clear yet | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
what the longer term impact will be. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
My biggest fear is it
will start to undermine | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
relationships and collaboration
that is so important. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
We do not know what
Brexit will look like. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
Negotiations are ongoing. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
This is scaremongering speculation. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
What is found is high-value sectors
like finance make London more | 0:03:24 | 0:03:27 | |
resilient than the rest
of the country, but there | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
is a warning that construction
and hospitality sectors are more | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
vulnerable, because of
the important role played by EU | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
workers, so far at least. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:41 | |
Well, Tim joins us now
from Mansion House in the City, | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
where the Mayor has just given
a speech at the annual | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
London Government Dinner. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:47 | |
So Tim, it was a fairly sombre
warning earlier today - | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
any answers this evening
from the Mayor? | 0:03:50 | 0:03:58 | |
Well, he's dedicated much of his
address tonight to this issue and | 0:03:58 | 0:04:02 | |
this analysis. Quite a highly
politicised speech. Not always the | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
way, at these annual mayoral
occasions. He described as | 0:04:05 | 0:04:10 | |
astonishing the government's lack of
preparedness and said the inequality | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
that could result from Brexit could
lead to social tension. History will | 0:04:13 | 0:04:19 | |
judge this government on how they
deal with Brexit, but it will judge | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
all of us here as well, and whether
we managed to influence the debate, | 0:04:23 | 0:04:29 | |
and what we did to stir the
government to take the right course | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
and on how successful we were at
protecting the jobs, livelihoods and | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
the quality of life of Londoners.
He's stressing, the mayor is | 0:04:37 | 0:04:44 | |
stressing that this is important,
because it's providing comparisons, | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
letting people know what could
happen depending on where the | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
negotiations go. He's gone come
under fire from quite a few | 0:04:50 | 0:04:55 | |
quarters, who argue why is he
dedicating research to insisting on | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
staying in the single market and the
customs union and being in the EU, | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
when we've already made that
decision, and should he not be | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
dedicating research, investment,
into how London should adapt, be | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
resilient in the future. Tim, thanks
very much, Tim Donovan there. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:15 | |
A teenage victim of London's growing
knife crime has been speaking | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
about the attack which left him
fighting for his life. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
He suffered appalling injuries
and lost a limb when he was stabbed | 0:05:20 | 0:05:23 | |
in Dagenham last summer. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:24 | |
Today, Tyler Dawson and his mother
wanted to warn young | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
people about the dangers
of carrying a weapon. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:28 | |
Alpa Patel reports. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
Graphic photos of 18-year-old Tyler
Dawson as he fights for his life. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:37 | |
His mother Kerry gave these pictures
to BBC London to show | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
people what her son went
through after he was stabbed. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
When he first went in,
with all the tubes, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
that was the most harrowing. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:51 | |
That was life and death. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:52 | |
We really did not know
if he would come through. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
Tyler is lucky to have survived. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
He almost died four times,
but lost his leg after being | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
stabbed in the groin. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
What has it been
like to lose your leg? | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
You're restricted for everything. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
You can't walk, play
football, ride a bike. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
You just can't do anything, really. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
His mother says he also has a brain
injury and has lost all confidence. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:23 | |
He has to have his mum do
this and that for him. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
Getting in and out of
the bath, for example. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
What 18-year-old wants their parents
helping him in and out of the bath? | 0:06:31 | 0:06:35 | |
Tyler was stabbed at this spot
in June, a mile away from his home. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:41 | |
A boy came up to him on a bike
and stabbed him in the groin. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
His attacker was sentenced to nine
years and ten months in prison. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:51 | |
His attacker has just turned 18. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:56 | |
At the end of the day,
whatever he would have got, | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
he's still walking with two legs,
he still has his life ahead | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
of him when he comes out
because he will still be | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
a young man. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:09 | |
Tyler is having physiotherapy
and desperately hopes | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
for a prosthetic leg in the future. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
I would not like to see anyone
going through this, regardless. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
It's so horrendous, life changing. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
Not just life changing for him,
it is also life changing | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
for his brothers and sisters. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:36 | |
Overseas students contribute
billions of pounds to London's | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
economy, according to new research. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:41 | |
Around 55,000 students
come to study here every | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
year from all over the world. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
It's estimated that
they generate around | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
£4.6 billion per year
in the capital. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
That's through paying tuition
fees and living costs. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:53 | |
Our education reporter Marc Ashdown
has been to East London | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
where the benefits are said
to be greatest. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:05 | |
It's Nigeria versus India, the
venue, the University of East London | 0:08:05 | 0:08:11 | |
of course, where international
students are making a real impact. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
So why choose here to study? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:20 | |
I feel the United Kingdom is the
best option for me to come and | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
study. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
This is the first time the cost
and benefits of students who come | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
from the EU and further afield
to study here have been assessed, | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
but do students themselves
feel it's worth it? | 0:08:33 | 0:08:35 | |
It is so substantially
cheaper than my country. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
I feel like I'm able to get more
bang for my buck, so to speak. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
Especially because of in the job
market, if you come | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
back with a UK degree,
that is really highly regarded. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
The report estimates each overseas
students generates up | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
to £100,000 every year. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:50 | |
About £40,000 of that is course fees
and living costs like rent. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
£60,000 is through indirect
spending - buying goods | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
and services in the local area. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
On average, every single
London resident benefits | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
to the tune of £549 every year
from their spending. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:06 | |
Which flies in the face
of some political rhetoric, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
questioning their worth and motives
for being here. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
I would love to go back home
and try to spread the knowledge I'm | 0:09:12 | 0:09:13 | |
Post-study, my plan is to try
to take it back home and explain | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
to people how interesting
it is to study here and also it | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
gives you an opportunity to work
with a very good company in Nigeria. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:24 | |
Many experts are baffled then,
why lucrative international students | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
are still in the immigration
figures, which the government | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
is desperate to reduce. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:29 | |
They need to take them out
of the immigration figures, | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
because I think that the perception
is wrong at this point in time. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
They contribute a lot
to the economy. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
What we really want to do is to grow
international numbers, | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
so that in future trade deals,
because obviously following Brexit, | 0:09:41 | 0:09:44 | |
we're going to need as much support
as possible from a number | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
of our partners. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
The Home Office says it has no plans
to remove international students | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
from immigration figures and insists
it doesn't hamper recruitment. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:54 | |
Today's report shows how
valuable it is to encourage | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
even more arrivals. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:03 | |
That's it from me. I'll hand you | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
That's it from me. I'll hand you
over to Chris Fawkes for | 0:10:06 | 0:10:07 | |
That's it from me. I'll hand you
over to Chris Fawkes for the | 0:10:07 | 0:10:07 | |
weather.
I confess this week hasn't been the | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
most interesting, weather-wise. We
had a lot of cloud today, a lot of | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
dull weather, Griesel. Our pictures
show this cloud on the top of the | 0:10:14 | 0:10:20 | |
tallest buildings. The cloud was
pretty low today. Tomorrow, it's | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
cloudy again but the cloud is
probably a bit higher up in the sky. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:27 | |
Overnight tonight the cloud is the
king of foreign occasional spot of | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
light drizzle from time to time. A
bit misty over the hills, the Downs | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
and Chilterns, not too cold with the
cloud around, temperatures down to | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
4-6. Tomorrow, for most of the day
it's going to stay pretty cloudy. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
The cloud could then at times but
for the majority of the day it will | 0:10:42 | 0:10:50 | |
be different shades of grey, coming
and going. There could be an odd | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
spot of drizzle but foremost, a dry
afternoon. Temperatures similar to | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
today, a high of nine Celsius in
centre of town. At the weekend, more | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
of a say. -- same. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 |