:00:00. > 3:59:59can remember. We'll Biamou lies in what it says about the president and
:00:00. > :00:19.his administration. More than 40 North West companies
:00:20. > :00:22.were today named and shamed The guilty firms included
:00:23. > :00:25.a Michelin-starred hotel, an historic golf club and even
:00:26. > :00:27.two law firms. But some say their only crime
:00:28. > :00:30.was to try to help their workers by advancing them money and later
:00:31. > :00:33.deducting it from their wages. Chefs prepare meals
:00:34. > :00:43.at the Northcote Hotel. It underpaid more than ?6,000
:00:44. > :00:46.to 22 workers partly to realise when staff reached 21,
:00:47. > :00:55.meaning they should have been paid more and partly
:00:56. > :00:58.because they deducted money from wages to pay for
:00:59. > :01:05.staff accommodation The law says you can't do that if it
:01:06. > :01:10.takes pay below the legal minimum. These are errors of judgment
:01:11. > :01:12.in terms of how we have interpreted the law,
:01:13. > :01:15.some of which we are not aware of which we are now but I do think
:01:16. > :01:19.some of the practice is incorrect. Some people would say an
:01:20. > :01:21.organisation like yours should have been aware of the rules
:01:22. > :01:24.and shouldn't have I understand that, but when you see
:01:25. > :01:33.that as an error, you've had an agreement from the staff member
:01:34. > :01:37.to be able to do that, it's not that you are taking it away on purpose,
:01:38. > :01:40.it's just a way of paying it It's a similar story
:01:41. > :01:43.at Glover's bakery. two workers who had money deducted
:01:44. > :01:53.for company flats they live in. Glover's should have paid them
:01:54. > :01:55.the full wage and then charged them. I should have known the rules,
:01:56. > :01:59.but it is what has been done for years, this only applies
:02:00. > :02:01.to people on minimum wage. It doesn't apply to people
:02:02. > :02:04.who are not on minimum wage. In total, 44 North West
:02:05. > :02:06.firms were told to repay The two North West companies we
:02:07. > :02:21.featured tonight say they are guilty of breaking the letter of the law,
:02:22. > :02:24.but they did it inadvertently. The Government says publishing this
:02:25. > :02:26.list sends a clear message to employers that minimum wage
:02:27. > :02:33.abuses will not be tolerated. While firms like this say
:02:34. > :02:36.they did not intend to cheat, the TUC says there should be
:02:37. > :02:38.prosecutions and higher fines for those who
:02:39. > :02:45.deliberately avoid the law. There are different rates
:02:46. > :02:48.of minimum wage according to things like your age
:02:49. > :02:51.or whether you are fully trained. Earlier Sarah Evans -
:02:52. > :02:53.who's an employment lawyer - told me all firms are legally
:02:54. > :03:00.obliged to pay the correct rate. It's not rocket science,
:03:01. > :03:03.it's a tabular formula that you use of a certain age doing certain work,
:03:04. > :03:09.there is an hourly rate What advice would you give
:03:10. > :03:13.to someone who thinks they're Fortunately, it's one of the easier
:03:14. > :03:17.things to put right in employment law, especially
:03:18. > :03:18.with the Government's intervention in terms
:03:19. > :03:19.of the business and enterprise
:03:20. > :03:23.and innovation. Even if it's an awkward
:03:24. > :03:25.conversation with an employer? You're entitled to be
:03:26. > :03:27.paid and the minimum You can check what your wages should
:03:28. > :03:38.be by using an internet tool. You can report to your company
:03:39. > :03:42.or phone Acas who will let HMRC know and it will work out
:03:43. > :03:47.what you should be entitled to and whether there are any fines
:03:48. > :03:52.or intervention that needs to go on. You can bring an unlawful
:03:53. > :03:54.deduction from wages claim within your employment,
:03:55. > :03:57.you don't have to resign or take any drastic steps like that
:03:58. > :03:59.to be able to enforce it. Sometimes a letter saying, "Hang on,
:04:00. > :04:06.you've got this wrong," might be enough to put it right,
:04:07. > :04:10.but there is no reason to go to work and not be paid for the work that
:04:11. > :04:15.you do, especially at low wages. The first elected Mayor of London,
:04:16. > :04:18.Ken Livingstone, has told North West Tonight directly elected
:04:19. > :04:21.mayors here will give the region a stronger voice and help
:04:22. > :04:23.secure better investment. Greater Manchester and
:04:24. > :04:25.the Liverpool City Region will go Ken Livingstone's been
:04:26. > :04:29.talking to our political Think mayor and you might picture
:04:30. > :04:38.the person with a funky collar and an expensive necklace who gets
:04:39. > :04:42.to greet important visitors. But if you live in Greater
:04:43. > :04:46.Manchester or the Liverpool City Along with council leaders,
:04:47. > :04:52.your new mayor will decide on things like what routes your buses take,
:04:53. > :04:55.what new houses are built near your home, even the training
:04:56. > :04:59.opportunities your children but perhaps the most important
:05:00. > :05:06.change is that you will get mayor since the year 2000
:05:07. > :05:21.and Ken Livingston knows what it's Are cities better
:05:22. > :05:23.for having a mayor? London has boomed and a lot
:05:24. > :05:30.of people in the North are really angry that so much investment went
:05:31. > :05:33.to London, but you had a mayor Who's been making the case
:05:34. > :05:37.for Greater Liverpool, Soon we will have our first
:05:38. > :05:42.directly elected mayor. It is not just the most
:05:43. > :05:50.important thing you'll do, If you get it right, your city
:05:51. > :05:57.will be booming in a decade's time. The best of luck to all
:05:58. > :05:59.of our mayoral candidates. The Business Secretary is travelling
:06:00. > :06:08.to Paris tonight for urgent talks over the future of Vauxhall,
:06:09. > :06:11.which could be sold to Peugeot. Greg Clarke will meet
:06:12. > :06:15.executives from the firm and the French Government
:06:16. > :06:17.to try to secure jobs at Vauxhall, including
:06:18. > :06:20.at its Ellesmere Port plant. The Pennine Acute Hospital Trust,
:06:21. > :06:23.which was rated inadequate by inspectors, has announced it's
:06:24. > :06:28.investing ?30 million It runs hospitals in Oldham,
:06:29. > :06:31.Rochdale, Bury and North Manchester and wants to recruit hundreds
:06:32. > :06:34.of nurses, midwives and doctors over Council tax in Cumbria will rise
:06:35. > :06:42.by almost 4% next year. It will add an average of ?1 a week
:06:43. > :06:44.for a band-D property. Half the money will be ring fenced
:06:45. > :06:51.for adult social care. A conservation group,
:06:52. > :06:53.the Twentieth Century Society, has become the latest to oppose
:06:54. > :06:55.development plans by two former The plan - by Gary Neville
:06:56. > :07:01.and Ryan Giggs - is one of several which campaigners think
:07:02. > :07:03.will ruin the city. If you want to gauge how well
:07:04. > :07:12.a city is doing, they say, It's boom time - nearly 7,000
:07:13. > :07:19.new homes are being built Ten new schemes for tower blocks
:07:20. > :07:24.more than 25 storeys So Manchester is changing,
:07:25. > :07:33.all right, but is it for the better? Last year, Gary Neville showed me
:07:34. > :07:36.the derelict police station and pub he and Ryan Giggs
:07:37. > :07:40.want to knock down. They want to replace them with two
:07:41. > :07:42.tower blocks centred This is how it would change the view
:07:43. > :07:48.from the town hall square. One conservation group,
:07:49. > :07:51.the Twentieth Century Society, wants the Secretary of State
:07:52. > :07:54.to get involved. Historic England, the Government's
:07:55. > :07:56.adviser on heritage buildings, We absolutely support the fact
:07:57. > :08:01.that something needs but we'd like to see the right
:08:02. > :08:06.scheme and something that benefits Manchester and doesn't overshadow
:08:07. > :08:10.these civic buildings. A company called Renaker wants
:08:11. > :08:12.to build two tower blocks Castlefield is a nationally
:08:13. > :08:21.significant conservation area. It's the home of the world's first
:08:22. > :08:23.canal, the world's first passenger railway and it's
:08:24. > :08:26.the birthplace of the and this building simply
:08:27. > :08:29.is completely out of The newish Beetham Tower is now
:08:30. > :08:36.on the list of buildings that guide Jonathan Scofield
:08:37. > :08:39.shows his tour groups. He's relaxed about the way the city
:08:40. > :08:43.he knows so well is changing. Buildings are humans, in a way -
:08:44. > :08:49.they move and they change and if you try to keep them still,
:08:50. > :08:52.keep them the same, we lose the essential
:08:53. > :08:54.character of what a city is, which is about innovation,
:08:55. > :08:57.new ideas and moving on. Construction work in Manchester
:08:58. > :08:59.is back to the levels of before the financial crash and there's no
:09:00. > :09:24.sign of a let-up. Manchester United won against
:09:25. > :09:26.dissent Ed Sheeran DeNiro bullied. -- St-Etienne.
:09:27. > :09:28.And it was this man - Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
:09:29. > :09:31.who gave them a three-nil cushion - to take to France.
:09:32. > :09:33.His first goal - a free-kick - dribbled
:09:34. > :09:38.He added a second from close range towards the end of the second half.
:09:39. > :09:51.And then - after he was fouled in the box -
:09:52. > :09:59.When the sun comes out at the moment, it does feel a little
:10:00. > :10:02.Spells of sunshine do make a massive difference.
:10:03. > :10:10.We might not see too many through the weekend,
:10:11. > :10:13.there will be a lot of cloud cover but the saving grace is the sun
:10:14. > :10:17.comes out every now and then it will continue to be quite mild.
:10:18. > :10:19.We've got this rain trying to get towards us.
:10:20. > :10:22.As it moves towards us, it starts to fall apart
:10:23. > :10:25.so that is not that much and towards the early hours of
:10:26. > :10:26.the morning, many places will become drier,
:10:27. > :10:28.maybe not completely dry and
:10:29. > :10:30.over high ground we could see a mist.
:10:31. > :10:33.Overnight, temperatures are very good, six,
:10:34. > :10:34.seven, eight Celsius for
:10:35. > :10:43.The other side of the Pennines in Scotland could get a frost
:10:44. > :10:46.so the rain does us a favour, believe it or not.
:10:47. > :10:48.It lingers in the morning but not for too long.
:10:49. > :10:51.A grey start, brighter spells will try to work their way
:10:52. > :10:55.It won't be a fantastic afternoon, but the breeze is light
:10:56. > :10:57.and when the sun comes out it won't feel too bad.
:10:58. > :11:00.Top temperature nine, ten Celsius and the weekend, plenty of cloud.
:11:01. > :11:09.forthcoming weekend. Here is Nick Miller with a resume of the National
:11:10. > :11:13.weather picture. Hello, rain for some of us today
:11:14. > :11:17.although it won't make much of a dent in the dry winter so far across
:11:18. > :11:21.much of the UK. A few threatening clouds in Cumbria but more than a
:11:22. > :11:26.threat of rain across the pond for Friday. The wettest weather system
:11:27. > :11:29.of the season is over heading into California, and there have been a
:11:30. > :11:35.few, with copious amounts of rain and lots of mountain snow.
:11:36. > :11:37.Record-breaking wet winter so far in parts of California. In Los