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Health and social care managers are tonight | :00:12. | :00:13. | |
assessing the likely impact of new government | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
money to help ease the | :00:16. | :00:16. | |
In today's budget, the Chancellor announced an | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
extra ?2 billion nationally over the next three years. | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
It saying that is easing the pressure on our | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
hospitals, but how much of a difference will it make? | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
Well, I'm joined now by our health correspondent Jenny Walrond. | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
Jenny, what kind of reaction have we seen | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
Only a couple of weeks ago, the councils in the | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
south-west were criticising the government for not giving them | :00:41. | :00:42. | |
enough funding to address what they described | :00:43. | :00:44. | |
Today, some of them said that there were clues that the government | :00:45. | :00:53. | |
has listened to their concerns but warned that | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
a long-term solution is | :00:56. | :00:56. | |
required, and we're likely to find out what that | :00:57. | :00:58. | |
long-term solution is | :00:59. | :00:59. | |
likely to be later in the year when the government its proposals in a | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
green paper, which is a consultation document. | :01:03. | :01:04. | |
We've also heard today from Sarah Wallace an MP who is a | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
She said that she's been assured that this is new funding, | :01:08. | :01:15. | |
it's not being raided from other budgets, but ?2 billion over three | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
Well, one think tank, the Local Government Information Unit, | :01:19. | :01:24. | |
And briefly, Jenny, any other big announcements | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
Well, the Chancellor has promised an extra ?100 million to put more | :01:28. | :01:37. | |
GPs in accident and emergency department | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
to ease the pressure for next winter. | :01:40. | :01:40. | |
That's something that's already happening in some of our | :01:41. | :01:42. | |
hospitals, and also ?325 million for sustainability | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
Now, these are the reorganisations of health services | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
that have been causing a loss of anxiety in | :01:49. | :01:50. | |
closure of commutable hospital beds, the possible loss of some services | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
such as maternity, and this funding will go to set up different | :01:55. | :02:05. | |
services, things such as services that care for you in your own home. | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Jenny, we'll have to leave it there, thank you. | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
Elsewhere the budget brought some relief | :02:12. | :02:12. | |
But there'll be hikes in National Insurance | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
Our business correspondent Neil Gallagher is live | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
in Tavistock for us tonight. Neil. | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
I reckon if you had to pick a proper south west market | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
town to do business in, you might well choose | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
But even here it's a low wage economy built around small | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
businesses with a lot of self employment. | :02:33. | :02:33. | |
So the raise in National Insurance Contributions for self employed | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
FSB locally described it as a good way to put people off | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
West Devon is one of those places that feels it's in danger | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
Some previous chancellors have had more to say about our transport | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
links here than Phillip Hammond did, and that point wasn't | :02:58. | :02:59. | |
lost on one customer of the Cornish, | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
who represents the business community. | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
As you say, lots about north and Midlands, lots about Wales, | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
Scotland and Ireland, nothing about the south-west at all, and given | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
that we had assurances previously, we were really hoping to get those | :03:13. | :03:15. | |
firmed up in terms of some commitment to both rail and road. | :03:16. | :03:26. | |
Lots of rises in business rates had been looming. | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
Today the Chancellor said small and medium sized pubs would get | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
a ?1,000 discount on the rates they were expecting... | :03:33. | :03:34. | |
Going forward, I see there needs to be a | :03:35. | :03:43. | |
full review of the way business rates are dished out, really, | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
because it's quite archaic, especially businesses by gas on the | :03:47. | :03:48. | |
high Street which have got bricks and mortar, they're going to be | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
severely punished in comparison to the big guys in the new digital age. | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
Somewhere that had been fearing some of the biggest rises in business | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
Today the Chancellor's moves to soften these seemed | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
We have to pass on so much of the price increases | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
to our customers, or absorb the price rises ourselves. | :04:14. | :04:15. | |
It's a great day, but there is still that need | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
for long-term reform for | :04:19. | :04:19. | |
the feature to ensure that doesn't happen in the future. | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
The current business rates just tax business | :04:26. | :04:26. | |
whether a customer walks through the door or not, | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
and I think everybody would say it's fairer to tax on | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
profits, and that makes it more competitive and investment strategy | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
for businesses rather than just having big rises just for actually | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
existing, and opening your door on day one. | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
One final thought from St Austell brewery who own this pub: | :04:43. | :04:44. | |
2p on a pint: "extremely disappointing | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
"a real body blow" to the industry. | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
And from Tavistock to Westminster, where our political editor | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
Martyn Oates has been following today's announcements. | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
We've got used to little lists of goodies for the south-west being | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
This time I think the only two specific | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
references were one to the | :05:08. | :05:08. | |
Exeter mathematics school, and the news that the Plymouth MP Oliver | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
Colville will be the government's official representative for the | :05:12. | :05:13. | |
Mayflower 400 centenary celebrations. | :05:14. | :05:14. | |
And I'm joined now by both of the favoured duo, Oliver | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
Colville, and the Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw. | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
Oliver Colville, to begin with, a lot of people have made the | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
point today that there was nothing in the budget today with your other | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
hat on as the leader of the group of MPs campaigning for better rail | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
We've been having serious conversations with | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
ministers, and it's quite clear that the government is very much | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
committed to improving the railways, and indeed at a recent meeting they | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
made it quite clear as well that we are | :05:42. | :05:43. | |
starting to do work on the | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
Dawlish line in a roundabout 2019, and then they'll look at what they | :05:46. | :05:48. | |
can do as far as the Tavistock line concerned probably some little while | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
The top priority is most certainly going to be sorting out | :05:52. | :06:08. | |
that Dawlish line, that we don't ever again | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
see our economy west of | :06:11. | :06:11. | |
Exeter being mucked around in the way in which it was when that | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
Ben Bradshaw, the government is moving to deliver on | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
Oh, it seems to me that Mrs May has quietly dropped those | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
grandiose promises that were made by George Osborne and David Cameron | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
We all remember what they were, big in | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
the structure investment in the south-west | :06:28. | :06:28. | |
we are halfway through the parliament is now and we've seen | :06:29. | :06:32. | |
The governments does seem to have listened | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
and delivered help both on | :06:36. | :06:36. | |
social care and help with the business rates increase. | :06:37. | :06:38. | |
Yes, I'm pleased about what they said on | :06:39. | :06:40. | |
business rate and social care, although I think the social care is | :06:41. | :06:43. | |
a sticking plaster, it's not a long-term solution, | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
it doesn't make up for the big cats we've already | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
suffered, and of course another broken election promise on | :06:49. | :06:50. | |
increasing national insurance contributions will be self-employed. | :06:51. | :06:51. | |
Oliver, that's really interesting, isn't it, for a Conservative | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
You'll know that lots of Conservative backbenchers are cross | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
about this increase in national insurance contributions for small | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
businesses and small business constituencies are one which | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
traditionally the Conservative Party looks to. | :07:02. | :07:12. | |
It most certainly is, it is a very important one and | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
especially in my constituency there is a large amount of small | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
I think we need to remember two things, though, one is | :07:19. | :07:21. | |
that people who are repaying their money through PAYE, they need to be | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
treated on a level playing field I would argue, with the small | :07:25. | :07:27. | |
Secondly, we will have to see the debates that are taking | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
the announcement get made during the Budget Statement, but we | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
do need to see how this is now going to develop | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
number of people who are speaking very firmly on that issue. | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
Are you suggesting that you might be opposed to it and the government | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
No, no, all I'm just saying is that we need to | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
have a conversation about it, that's a bit of a priority. | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
To ensure that this government actually does | :07:51. | :07:52. | |
OK, Oliver Colville, Ben Bradshaw, thank you both very much. | :07:53. | :08:00. | |
The background of this of course politically in the south-west is | :08:01. | :08:02. | |
that all of the MPs, bar Ben Bradshaw, | :08:03. | :08:04. | |
are Conservative MPs, and | :08:05. | :08:05. | |
as they seem to like reminding us they know that there will be public | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
pressure on them to deliver as a lobbying force in Westminster. | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
Onto other news now, and campaigners from the south west have been | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
protesting in London today over changes to women's pension age. | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
They say they've had up to six years added on, | :08:20. | :08:22. | |
with little or no notice, and are calling on the Government | :08:23. | :08:24. | |
They claim the changes to the state pension scheme amount | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
Police searching for a 26-year-old missing woman in North Devon have | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
Lauren Phillips' car was last seen in Woolacombe almost two weeks ago. | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
Devon Councillors are threatening to refer plans to close 71 | :08:39. | :08:47. | |
Community Hospital beds to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. | :08:48. | :08:49. | |
They want health commissioners to assure them it's good | :08:50. | :08:51. | |
for the local health service and that the consultation | :08:52. | :08:54. | |
Investigators think plastic packaging accidentally left | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
on a sauna heater caused a major fire in Exeter. | :09:03. | :09:04. | |
The Riverside Leisure Centre was severely damaged in the fire | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
It's not known how long the centre will remain closed. | :09:08. | :09:16. | |
Let's take a look at the weather now - here's David. | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
Hello, good evening. Missed and low cloud causing a few problems for us | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
at the moment, quite extensive and pretty poor visibility out there. It | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
may be that tomorrow the drizzle and Mr Will clear, steadily to the | :09:34. | :09:36. | |
south, mainly affecting the English Channel posts, and the more western | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
parts of Cornwall with somewhat brighter conditions nudging in from | :09:41. | :09:43. | |
the north but for tonight and tomorrow, the Hill and coastal fog | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
is quite thick, and if it is causing problem is on our roads it would be | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
for updates. This weather front for updates. This weather front | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
straight across Cornwall for the middle of the day, and by the middle | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
day on Friday as lot of moist air but it has moved away but I am able | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
there will be bricks on the cloud on Friday. Showers overnight surmising | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
that drizzle and missed and low cloud as I mentioned, poor | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
visibility and a miles 10-11 degrees minimum damage. Tomorrow, along the | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
south coast the drizzle probably continues but further north there is | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
a good chance of some breaks in the cloud, but where that happens we | :10:19. | :10:21. | |
will get some pretty good stab at it,. Always very misty and rather | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
cloudy for the more western parts of Cornwall. On Friday we start the day | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
similarly, lots of cloud of mist, but it will brighten up and by the | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
afternoon clouds holes developed to let the sunshine income of 13 to 14 | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
the top temperature. Showers possible on Saturday and Sunday, but | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
turning fresher at the same time. Having at night. | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
Lots more online - breakfast bulletins start from 6.25 tomorrow. | :10:48. | :10:49. | |
Good night though, from all of us here. | :10:50. | :10:59. | |
outlook, staying mild and Nick has the bigger picture across the UK. | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
Hello. Spring is in the air with temperatures reaching 14 or 15 in a | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
few spots today as they will again over the next few days. Very | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
pleasant in the sun. The daffodils were loving that in York. More | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
places under blue sky tomorrow and dry. Tonight heavy showers moving | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
across Scotland on strong to gale force winds, some may clip Northern | :11:30. | :11:32. | |
Ireland. It's a mild night in southern England and South Wales but | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
damp and drizzly, misty with coastal and hill fog elsewhere. Temperatures | :11:38. | :11:46. | |
in between and dry: This damp weather hangs on from parts of the | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
Channel Islands, to Cornwall. Elsewhere, it's getting brighter in | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
South Wales and southern England. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
some sunny spells around from the word go. The | :12:00. | :12:00. |