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Sums as a brexit bill. And this is the scene on centre court, whereJohanna Konta is aiming to become britains first female Semi Finalist since 1978. Currently, its on serve in the first set. Theresa may has ordered a uk wide inquiry into the use of contaminated Blood Products in the nhs in the 19705 and 805. 2,400 people have died as a result of what the Prime Minister, described as an appalling tragedy which should never have happened. The Health Secretaryjeremy Hunt will meet families of the victims before deciding on the style of the inquiry. Many of those were haemophiliacs who contracted hepatitis c and aids related illnesses. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said the inquiry should have the potential to trigger prosecutions. Jane Frances Kelly reports. For decades, the families of those affected by this scandal have fought for justice. During the 19705 and 805, haemophiliacs and others were infected with hepatitis c and hiv from imported Blood Products. Now, after pressure from mp5 and other political parties, the government has announced a Public Inquiry that will be uk wide in its remit. Lots of different people have recognised now the tragedy that this is, the huge number of people that have been affected by this. And that has built up some momentum to the point where, really, this is absolutely the right thing to do. And theres nothing else that can get answers about why this happened. The families of those who died believed their loved ones were not told of the risks involved and that there was a cover up. Patients with haemophilia needed regular treatment with a clotting agent called factor viii, which was made from donated blood. Much of the plasma used to make it came from donors 5uch a5 Prison Inmates in the us who sold their blood. In light of these concerns and the report of the evidence and allegations of potential criminality, we think it is important to understand the extent of what is claimed and the wider issues that arise. The families will be consulted about what form the inquiry should take. The Prime Minister has confirmed it could be a public, hillsborough style inquiry. It was obviously a serious, systemic failure. I think we need the strongest possible inquiry that can, if necessary, lead to prosecution and actions as a result of it, but above all, get to the bottom of it. So a broad, public, inquisitive inquiry is very important. Two inquirie5 have already investigated the issue and the nhs has released thousands of documents. Tho5e fighting for victims say todays announcement is a significant development. Something has triggered this. After all these years of refusing to have an inquiry. I went to the health ombud5man time and time again with an individual case from my constituency of a person who had hiv, and the health ombud5man would not look at the clear evidence of bad administration. The families of those affected hope that this new inquiry will bring Greater Transparency and reveal the true extent of what the government has described as an appalling injustice. With me is des collins, a solicitor representing more than 400 people affected. Thanks forjoining u5. Thanks forjoining us. Your response, first of all, that there i5 response, first of all, that there is now going to be an enquiry . Yes, a deep sense of relief that after so long and such a hard struggle, that the family now believe that there will be an enquiry. A sense of unreality. Its all happened very suddenly after a long period of weight. And a sense, creeping sense throughout the afternoon of anguish and sadness. A lot of people who do campaignfor and sadness. A lot of people who do campaign for this enquiry are now dead. What is your understanding of why this suddenly seemed almost, Out Of The Blue . Why now . Its difficult to attribute a reason for that. One reason is the fact that we have made an application for a Group Litigation or class action in the court last week. That is still pending but will be heard in a cobra, we believe. We also had andy burnham making his last speech to the House Of Commons, saying that he was in possession of information which he would take take to the police unless there was a public enquiry. So you have a civil action, you have the criminal action pending andi you have the criminal action pending and i think at the end of the day, the present Administration Just thought, this cannot go on. Its got to stop. And have you been able to speak to some of the families, people who presumably, regrettably have lost loved ones . Im interested. What their response after this time . I have managed to speak to two or three of them this afternoon. There is a sense of relief, a sense of. Still a sense of injustice. And a sense of slight sense of unreality, that, is this really happening . Pinch me . And it wont really happen because we have waited for so long and families have waited for so long and families have waited for so long and families have waited for so long but now it is happening. And we are told that the style of the enquiry will be decided after scratch back until after jeremy hunt has met the families. What would they want to see, both the style and what the outcome they would want to be . They want a full public enquiry. They want the chair of that enquiry to have the Power Disappearing Witnesses and for those witnesses to be examined and cross examined on oath. And they wa nt to cross examined on oath. And they want to be represented at that enquiry so their views are not ignored and in fact taken into account in the way the enquiry develops. Clearly, the scope of the enquiry is grown to be down, to a certain extent, to the chair, in due course, and those appointing the chair. But the victims and their families do want an input into that process so that it doesnt become too wide, submit it takes too long, or too narrow, were issuesjust felt to be determined. The power to force people to attend is important . Absolutely crucial. There has to be the power for people to be forced to attend and examined under oath. We had the archer inquiry, some years ago, that didnt have any teeth at all. In scotland, we had the penrose inquiry, which also didnt have any teeth. And when people were invited to give evidence, theyjust said, no, were not going to. And it is important that the Department Of Health and those representing the Department Of Health at the time to get into the witness box and tell the victims what happened. And as this, ultimately, about that quest for truth for those families for you, for the legal teams involved . Is it about prosecutions . What is your key aim . The key aim has to be the answer to all those questions, which have remained unanswered for so long. If those answers result in prosecutions, so be it. If they result in civil action, so be it. But those, the first step must be determined what went wrong, how it went wrong, and how there was a Systematic Of Rob first along a period. For a systematic period. After half past, i will be talking toa man after half past, i will be talking to a man who lost his son, his son was giving contaminated blood in that period and died in his early 405. So we will talk to him and get his reaction after 5 30pm. In the last hour, president trumps sun has released an e mail chain which he says shows was extensively offered Sensitive Information about Hillary Clinton as part of the Russian Governments support for his fathers president ial campaign. In a key exchange, journalist rob goldstone, who arranged a meeting between donald trump goldstone, who arranged a meeting between Donald Trumer goldstone, who arranged a meeting between Donald Trump Jr and goldstone, who arranged a meeting between Donald Trumer and a russian voyeur in june between Donald Trumer and a russian Voyeur Injune last year, says, this is of easily very high level and Sensitive Information. A russian lawyer. But it is part of the Russian Governments support for mrtrump. E mailto the Russian Governments support for mr trump. E mail to donald trump the Russian Governments support for mr trump. E mail to Donald Trumer, which he was on twitter, said, the Crown Prosecutor of russia had offered to provide the campaign with Document Information that would incriminate helu clinton Hillary Clinton in her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. Lets talk, first of all, to our North America reporter, and the director scott our North America reporter, and the d i Rector Scott Rattle our North America reporter, and the diRector Scott Rattle stop these e mails. These e mails have been the least in the last hour. Presumably, they are authentic was not because of what is there astonishing. It is astonishing. This is not ex compatriot for donald trump junior is not ex compatriot for Donald Trumpjunior is not ex compatriot for donald trump junior exculpatory for donald trump to your. He knew he was getting help from unofficial lawyer of the Russian Government to help his father because the russian woman wa nted his father because the russian woman wanted help his father. In the passage which is particularly damaging, he said, if its what you say, i love it, especially later in the summer. So not only was he willing to accept the help of the Russian Government, but he was also thinking about timing, later in the summer was when the president ial election really kicked into high gear. It was also later in the summer, about two months after this meeting, when the e mails that have been hacked from Democratic National committee servers and from senior Clinton Campaign team, started dropping and causing headaches for helu clinton has a president ial campaign. There is another key part about this. At the top of the e mail chain, it shows that donald trump about this. At the top of the e mail chain, it shows that Donald Trumer forwarded e mails to Donald Trumps son in law, Jared Kushner, and paul manafort, the campaign trip, his hat in on the meeting. They released a statement that they didnt know what the meeting was gone to be about when they went into it, but this seems to establish that at least, the day before the meeting, they had it e mails in the inbox that detailed exactly what the meeting was called to be about, the fact that it was being sent forward as a meeting with a Government Lawyer from russia he was going to provide damaging information from the government of russia itself to age Donald Trumps president ial bid. And the whole series of e mails is pretty remarkable, as you said. So many questions flow from this. Give us many questions flow from this. Give usa many questions flow from this. Give us a sense many questions flow from this. Give us a sense of the reaction in the last hour or so since they have, come i am sure is particularly whether people are saying, well, if this sort of language was said to you, back last year, surely, that should have been revealed at the time . Absolutely. You have to remember the context of this. For the past year, almost, donald trump and members of his senior ministers, from donald trump to Vice President mike pence to Jared Kushner, tojeff sessions, the attorney general, on down, have said there was no contact between Donald Trumps campaign and the Russian Government, there was no coverage in between the Trump Campaign and senior members of the Trump Campaign and the russian meant, but here, you have come even if nothing came from this, even if no documents exchanged hands, you have Donald Trumps sun and senior members of the Campaign Going into a meeting where they thought they were meeting where they thought they were meeting with a russian official who was going to provide aid to the campaign. That undercuts everything they have said and it makes custom light on why it like donald trump and the official administration had been very defensive about russia questions from the beginning. Every time they are questions about contact with irrational official, whether it is the Russian Ambassador ora whether it is the Russian Ambassador or a banker that Jared Kushner whether it is the Russian Ambassador or a banker thatJared Kushner met in december, the first reaction from clu b in december, the first reaction from Club Officials have been to deny it and later to go back and revise and say, yes, we had a meeting but it wasnt important, it was routine, it wasnt important, it was routine, it was a nothing burger is the term here, that has been kicked around a lot. The reaction in washington has obviously been very dramatic, eve ryo ne obviously been very dramatic, everyone has been poring over these e mails, i think the e mails are even more incriminating, more explosive than anyone imagined. Going into this last night. Thank very much for now. Lets talk as well to an investigative journalist in the us, she has covered white House Stories for many years. Thanks for talking to us. Your first reaction to this e mail chain . For talking to us. Your first reaction to this email chain . That it was absolutely as bad, or was, than anything we could have imagined. The thing that struck me was how very Black And White the offer of assistance was, how clear it was, but this came from the Russian Government, how the man that set up the meeting, rob goldstone, described how his contact had been ina described how his contact had been in a meeting with Russian Government officials, how it came out of that meeting that there was information that might be useful, the trail and the paper trailfrom that might be useful, the trail and the paper trail from one that might be useful, the trail and the paper trailfrom one person to another is, think, much starker than anyjournals another is, think, much starker than any journals could have another is, think, much starker than anyjournals could have envisioned and it is so much different than what the trump s and it is so much different than what the trump 5 official said. And it is so much different than what the trump s official said. And what the trump s official said. And what does that do, then, given the denials that we have been hearing, certainly, the vagaries that we had in hearing about any relationship between donald trump and his administration and russia . |j between donald trump and his administration and russia . I think it puts them on their heels in an entirely new way. I also think that the investigation and some of the focus will now shift to precisely what miles were made to him. So, you know, you can lie to the press, you can buy in interview, but you cant lie to the fbi and if youre in front of a congressional committee, youre also under oath. So the state m e nts youre also under oath. So the statements that were made about no knowledge of contact or no contact that were made to the fbi, iJared Kushner specifically, and that will be made in the coming days and weeks by trumpfamily be made in the coming days and weeks by trump Family Members and Campaign Aides to congressional committees about precisely this, dont have higher stakes attached to them than conversations that they may have had in the past. Will have higher sta kes. In the past. Will have higher stakes. This has been released, a p pa re ntly stakes. This has been released, apparently voluntarily, what does that tell us about the political mouse or awareness of the people doing that . The people who beat it, youre asking . Yes. Is the feeling rate you are, lets clarify, is the feeling where you are about this has been put on twitter in highly voluntarily . What is your understanding . Absolutely not. Mind sending that the by understanding is that the New York Times obtained these and was prepared to publish them and informed donald trump these and was prepared to publish them and informed Donald Trumer that they would be published, so he basically beat them to it by a few minutes and he claims in his statement that he is doing this for the sake of transparency but frankly, i dont buy that. 0k. And so, what does it tell us about the putter, awareness of those who were engaged in those conversations at that time . The political awareness. The notion that nothing struck Donald Trump Jr as awareness. The notion that nothing struck Donald Trumer as slightly off about this communication and about taking this meeting raises very serious questions about the ethics of an older way through the Trump Campaign, but what they were willing to do to win, who they were willing to do to win, who they were willing to do to win, who they were willing to seek out and what kind of associations they were willing to make. They come out of, understandably, out of a nonpolitical background, so perhaps, in business, the rules are a blogosphere about who you can do business with them to you cant. The rules are a lot listen. There are the rules are a lot listen. There a re less the rules are a lot listen. There are less considerations about how that would look if made public in the future, which politicians are co nsta ntly the future, which politicians are constantly aware of. The fact that nothing struck donald trump constantly aware of. The fact that nothing struck Donald Trumer about this as being off speaks to his, frankly, poor judgment. This as being off speaks to his, frankly, poorjudgment. Their interesting to talk to, packs for your time. Plasma thanks for your time. This is bbc news. These are tonights headlines country mac the government orders an inquiry into the contaminated Blood Scandal Blood Scandal in which nearly 2500 people died. President trumps sun releases an e mail chain which shows that he was offered damaging information about how would clinton a russian official. The Foreign Secretary borisjohnson suggests the eu can go whistle in a brexit divorce deal. And this is the scene on centre court, whereJohanna Konta is aiming to become britains first female Semi Finalist since 1978. You can follow that on bbc one. The winner will take on Venus Williams who has become the oldest wimbledon semifinalist in 20 years. And chris froome retains the overall lead in the Tour De France, and the yellow jerseys will stop more on those stories just after 5 30pm. Foreign secretary borisjohnson has suggested the uk has no intention of paying the eu what he said were extortionate sums as a brexit bill. Speaking in the House Of Commons he agreed with a conservative mp that the European Union could go whistle for any final payment. He also told mp5 there is no plan b if a deal isnt agreed with the eu, because the government is confident of securing a strong settlement. That get more from our chief political correspondence. Colourful language, it would seem, from the Foreign Secretary . Of course, which many people have come to expect, and some will simply laughed this off. But he is the Foreign Secretary, we are in the middle of delicate negotiations, we have had one round of talks already and another is coming next week. And that is where many expect us to be presented, possibly with this so called divorce bill. This is for liabilities that we may have, for programmes that we signed up to as we were members of the European Union and for ongoing costs as well, things like pensions for example. So all that could total 50 billion, some say it could be double that. Today, it was put to borisjohnson double that. Today, it was put to Boris Johnson that we should effectively tell the European Union that we had no intention of paying all this. This is how he responded. The sums that i have seen that they propose to demand from this country seem to me to be extortionate, and i think To Go Whistle is an entirely appropriate expression. This afternoon, the Prime Ministers official spokeswoman said that the days of spending vast large sums of money probably was over. That has been said many times before. But they also added that we will meet our legal obligations. The other thing that Boris Johnson our legal obligations. The other thing that borisjohnson said there that was the government had done no planning if there was no deal at all. That was contradicted, really, by the Prime Ministers spokeswoman this afternoon who said, as a responsible government, we are planning for all eventualities. You can probably imagine that Opposition Parties have Berated Mrjohnson for all of this. The liberal democrats, saying that these comments showed her shocking level of complacency and he was being glib. And jeremy corbyn, the labour leader, said it was ridiculous for the Foreign Secretary to approach important and serious negotiations with silly, arrogant language. This afternoon, david davis, the chief negotiator, did laugh when he heard the comments that Boris Johnson did laugh when he heard the comments that borisjohnson have made, but maybe they do end up getting a little bit frustrated that they are co nsta ntly little bit frustrated that they are constantly having to say, its just boris. Thanks for now. The author of a Government Review into Working Practices says hed like to see an end to the cash in hand economy. Matthew taylor, whos a former adviser to tony blair, said cash jobs such as Window Cleaning and decorating are worth up to £6 billion a year, much of it untaxed. His report recommends that people in the gig economy should have better protections, and that their employers should Pay National Insurance but it doesnt say zero hours contracts should be banned. More details from our economics correspondent andy verity. Tackling exploitation at work, clarifying the law, and removing distortions in the Labour Market created by the tax system those are the Ambitious Goals of the review of the world of work ordered by the government. Its author, matthew taylor, says the economy has created a record quantity ofjobs. Too often, they are not good jobs. The bad work insecure, exploitative, controlling is bad for health and well being, something that generates costs for vulnerable individuals but also for wider society. As the world of work changes, our practices and laws must properly reflect and accommodate those changes, because good work is in the interests of good business. These licensed cabs really are Self Employed, they own their cars and get their work from anyone that books them. What would change that is if they were controlled and supervised, dependent on just one company. The report says, in that case, that company should pay them benefits, like sick pay and holiday pay, and Pay National Insurance, as if they were employees. The report says unequal Tax Treatment creates distortions. The government loses out on £5. 1 billion a year from the lower rates of National Insurance paid on Self Employed labour. By 2020, it will lose another 3. 5 billion a year because people form their own companies to avoid tax. So it calls for Companies Using Self Employed labour, who currently pay no National Insurance, to pay more. The government should look at new rights for the Self Employed, like parental leave. Some work isnt taxed at all cash in hand, which deprives the government and other taxpayers of £6 billion a year. Some cleaners, decorators, or gardeners are paid cash in hand. The others that arent evading tax are at a disadvantage, its harder to compete on price. By moving to electronic payments, mr taylor says, you can tackle that. There is a huge black market economy, where there are lots of crash transactions. Workers willjust be going into peoples homes on recommendation, but also we are up against the new gig economy, which is digital platforms that link customers to consumers. And also agencies, which i call grey market, because they often subcontract an unregulated workforce. Both the black market and grey gig economy can keep their costs down, because they dont have all of these additional employment costs. The report says if workers like couriers are paid by the task, they have to prove they can comfortably make a fifth more than the minimum wage. Maggie dewhurst successfully took the courier firm who pays her to court. Shes disappointed in the report. We have been fighting for two years, or a bit over two years now, to get to a point where we can accessjustice and can make things better for a whole new generation of people. And it seems like theyre just rubber stamping a lot of the awful operations that already exist. The report has drawn a disappointed response from workplace unions, who say its not the game changer they hoped for to end insecurity at work. Less disappointed will be the treasury, which if recommendations are adopted, stands to receive billions more in tax, so there is less of a need to cut spending. Veterans who flew and worked on raf aircraft during the Second World War have been meeting Prince William on his visit to the battle of Britain Memorial flight. Today is the flights 60th anniversary. 0ur Correspondent danny savage reports. For 60 years, the raf has had a special squadron of preserved world war ii planes. It remembers the veterans who flew in these aircraft and those killed in action. I was at the front. Pilot and engineer. I was in control of the Engineering Aspect of the aircraft, yes. Would you love to still go up in it again . I would. Grab your parachute, turn it to the left. Drop out. Bernie harris was a rear gunner in a Lancaster Bomber. Hes thrilled that such a plane is still flying. It would be great. Its a real memory. I mean, its the only thing. I actually flew in tiger moths, andersons, wellingtons and this. And out of them, this is the best one. Its really got character. It was a joy. The battle of britain took place in the summer and autumn of 1940. Fought in the skies over southern england, it was a won by a handful of raf pilots. Such was the achievements of the raf that in the late 19505, a small site of spitfires and hurricanes was formed to preserve the memory of the services finest hour. In later years, the ever popular Lancaster Bomber was added to what had become known as the battle of Britain Memorial flight. Today, Prince William, the patron of the flight, came to coningsby to mark 60 years of displays by the vintage aircraft. The prince himself a former raf pilot spent time talking to the veterans and this afternoon will watch a display. Lovingly preserved flying machines that will hopefully educate and inform for many more years yet. This commemorates everybody who has lost their lives in service with the raf. We go further back than that, to the royal flying corps, our predecessor. 1940 up until today, everybody that has lost their lives 1914 up until today, everybody that has lost their lives in service with the raf. And thats got to be important. The battle of Britain Memorial flight is described as a Museum Without walls. It will be seen in the skies above us this summer. Its priceless artefacts aim to Inspire Future Generations and remember those who gave their lives for freedom. Some news coming through in the last few moments, firstly, a trial that you may be aware of. We are hearing that lord saint davids has been found guilty of two charges of posting menacing Facebook Comments about the brexit campaigner, jean 0muilleoir, gina miller, so guilty of two charges of posting menacing Facebook Messages relating to. That was the woman who began, was one of the key people beginning, the legal case around article 50. So he will be sentenced on thursday. We are being told he will be sentenced on thursday. Also to tell you come in relation to the Grenfell Tower fire in west london, we are hearing that the consultation period has been extended. This is the consultation into the terms of reference for the Public Inquiry. Trying to consult widely on that, so we are hearing now that that date has been extended to the 28th ofjuly. So the consultation period into the terms of reference for the inquiry, extended now until the 28th ofjuly. Much more to come in the next half an hour. We werejust much more to come in the next half an hour. We were just get the weather forecast. The roof is on in centre court . Yes, we have seen the rain moving in. This is what it looked like in Southern Wales in recent hours. Heavy rain setting in and pushing eastwards as well. The brighter colours show some heavy bursts working into South East England. Some big puddles building on the roads. It is quite heavy across parts of east anglia. 0vernight tonight, the rain having reached lincolnshire and yorkshire, will try to move into South East England, where it will become stranded. Clearer skies in the north west. Tomorrow, this rain band is moving away. An area of High Pressure building in across the British Isles. Expect some rain to start the day in South East England. That moves away quickly. The clouds break up. More sunshine across the whole of the British Isles than we have seen today. Temperatures ranging from 19 in glasgow to 23 in london. Cooler and fresher on the north sea coast. Pleasa nt coast. Pleasant in the sunshine. This is bbc news. The headlines the Prime Minister orders an inquiry into the contaminated Blood Scandal of the 19705 and 805, which left nearly 2,500 people dead. Many of those were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids related illnesses. President johns son has released any mill chain showing he was invited to a meeting at trump tower to discuss damaging information about Hillary Clinton that had been provided by the russian state. Borisjohnson has agreed with a conservative mp that the European Union can go whistle for any final payment from the uk when it leaves. Brussels has yet to reveal what it wants from britain by way of a divorce bill. The author of a Government Review into Working Practices says hed like to see an end to the cash in hand economy. Matthew taylor, whos a former adviser to tony blair, is recommending a new legal status of dependent contractor, with workers able to get benefits such as holiday and sick pay. We will be talking more about that story in ourfew we will be talking more about that story in our few moments. Before that, we find out what is happening in the tennis and all of the rest of the sport. Hello. Johanna konta is attempting to become the first british woman to reach a wimbledon semi final in 40 years. And its proving to be quite the scrap against simona halep. Lets get the latest from hugh woozencroft, whos at the All England Club for us. Hugh, how is she doing . Well, it has not been the start she wanted. Simona halep, the number two seed, won the first set. A break eachin seed, won the first set. A break each in the first set. Contact a goods to a tie break. Jo konta took it to a tie break. She lost it. It is with serve in the second set. Johanna konta trying to claw her way back into the match. She would become the first woman from britain since 1978 to reach the semifinals in wimbledon. That match continues on centre court. We do have some semifinalists already. The winner will play Venus Williams. The 37 year old, who has won the singles title five times, beat the french open champion, jelena 05tapenko, in straight sets. A very good win indeed. Garbine muguruza was a finalist at wimbledon two years ago. And shes One Step Away from another, after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets to reach the semis. 6 3 6 4, the score. We do have some names through. Meanwhile, Magdalena Rybarikova is a set up on court one against coco wandeweghe. The slovakian took the first set against the american 6 3. It was 2 2 in the second when they went off for rain. It does not look like there will be any more play on that court for some time because of the rain. I would imagine Novak Djokovic was pleased to get his game off today. The delay didnt seem to put him off . Yes, that late finish yesterday due to rafa nadal and Gilles Muller meant he had to return this morning for his match against adrian mannarino. He made light work of it, winning in straight sets. Very Co Mforta Ble Winning in straight sets. Very comfortable indeed for djokovic, going for his fourth title. After the match he was critical, as many players have been, of the condition of the courts. The cords honestly are not that great this year. Many players feel the same. It is what it is. The weather affects the grass. Im sure the groundsman Know Theirjob the best in the world. But the grass is probably the most complex service to make, to maintain. It is not easy. They are trying their best. But i have played on better courts. Jamie murray and Martina Hingis reached the fourth round of the mixed doubles. Play suspended a couple of times because of the bad weather during that match. They got it completed. A good win there. A quick update. Still 4 3 toJohanna Konta in our match against simona halep, but trailing by a set. The future of the british grand prix has been left very uncertain, after silverstones owner confirmed theyve activated a break clause in their contract with formula one to stop hosting the race after 2019. Silverstone has been home to the race every year since 1987. However, the British Racing drivers club. Which owns the circuit, is struggling with the financial cost of running the event. With 11 stages to go, chris froome still leads the Tour De France by 18 seconds. Germanys Marcel Kittel won stage 10. After a rest day yesterday, all the action happened in the last mile. And with many of his main sprint rivals like Mark Cavendish and peter sagan out of the race, kittel stormed to his fourth stage win this year. Froome finished safely in the main bunch to keep the leaders yellow jersey. That is all your sport. Much more at half past six. Thank you. The government has published a review into Working Practices in the modern economy. The review was led by matthew taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of the arts and former adviser to tony blair. The report calls for an end to the cash in hand economy like Window Cleaning and decorating, which are worth up to £6 billion a year. It recommends that people working in whats known as the gig economy should receive new legal protections, and their employers should make National Insurance contributions. And that strategies must be put in place to make sure that workers do not get stuck on the National Living wage. Mr taylor said flexibility in the Labour Market was a good thing, but that exploitation had to be tackled. 0ne sided flexibility is where employers seek to transfer all risk onto the shoulder of workers in ways that make people more insecure and makes their lives harder to manage. Its the people told to be ready for work, or travelling to work, only to be told none is available. Its the people who spent years working for a company on zero hours contracts, but who, without the guarantee of hours from week to week, cant get a mortgage or a loan. Its the people who feel if they ever raise legitimate concerns about their treatment, they will simply be denied the hours they so desperately need. Theresa may welcomed recommendations that workers on short Term Contracts should qualify for sick pay and holiday pay, while their employers should make National Insurance contributions. But the Prime Minister said she didnt want to stop the clock, and it wouldnt mean zero hours contracts would be outlawed. But as the report also highlights, that flexibility cannot be one sided, with workers shouldering the requirement to be available for work at very short notice, without any guarantee that work will actually be available, or that they will be rewarded for their flexibility. So while matthews report is very clear that many workers value the flexibility that zero hours offer them and that banning such contracts altogether would harm more people than it would help it is important that we continue to ensure that employers do not use these contracts to exploit people. Tim roache is General Secretary of the trade union, the gmb. He says the report is a missed opportunity. What the report contains will help some people in this casualised gig economy. But it clearly doesnt go far enough. People need to understand that in the last seven or eight years under a conservative government, weve seen this explosion of casualisation. 10 million workers caught in this trap those workers range from home care worker, delivery drivers, taxi drivers, who depend on a bit of work and hand outs from their employer. Now, what this report does, it identifies many of the issues, but it doesnt identify the solutions that is the view of the gmb. Joining me now to talk about this isjennifer 0donnell, who runs a Cleaning Business in south london. And also henry chango lopez, president of the independent Workers Union of great britain, and who himself works as a porter at the University Of London. A warm welcome to both of you. Jennifer, explain first of all, because you employ a number of people and i know you felt very strongly that he wanted to do things perhaps aboveboa rd . Strongly that he wanted to do things perhaps aboveboard . Yes, i started my company four years ago, and i was very clear i wanted to employ all of my stuff. I want wanted to make sure they were protected by employment rights, not only holiday pay and sick pay, Maternity Pay and provision for pension, it also meant the right to grievance and the right to health and Safety Training. It was very important to me they had those rights. But my company is a commercial and domestic cleaning company. Particularly in the domestic sector it is rife with Black Market Cash on hand transactions. A lot of consumers do not know they are doing anything wrong by hiring somebody they got on recommendation. Peoplejust wrong by hiring somebody they got on recommendation. People just want a quick and cheap solution further cleaning. They have busy lives. And so there is a lot of cash in Hand Payments that go on in this sector. As well as that, there is what i call the grey economy, which is agencies. They will sub contract the work to an underregulated workforce who will be Self Employed. Work to an underregulated workforce who will be selfemployed. A quick thought on that. They will be people listening thinking, if there is as much cash in hand work as you say, and perhaps some bigger lara whereof, how do you make your Business Model work . Whereof, how do you make your Business Modelwork . It whereof, how do you make your Business Model work . It is extremely tricky. It is very difficult. Both of these models, the black market and the grey market, they can keep their prices down because they dont have any employment costs. One of the key issues for me is that i also have the charge vat to private households. That is 20 on top of what we are charging them. And that vat, that charge doesnt exist in the black economy. In the grey economy. If it does exist at all, it is only a small charge on the agencys free. Henry, your own situation first of all in terms of yourjob were you taken on and given the Benefits Thatjennifer is talking about for your staff . Would you get holiday and sick pay . Definitely. I get minimum sick pay. Holidays. That is what normally the Outsourcing Company gives. Especially in the University Of London, we have fought for better conditions. We have six month full pay, sick pay, for instance, cleaners, porters, securities. And we have extra holidays. But you got those because you fought for them . Exactly. Normally it would be the people who represent. You only got that because you fought for it and the University Contract out the job you do. Yes, we are outsourced. What do you think when you hear Matthew Taylors recommendations . do you think when you hear Matthew Taylors recommendations . I didnt read the whole report, but i watched it on the news and saw it in the newspapers. I agree with what he said about having a fair and decent job for everyone. But im disappointed the recommendations. There is nothing that says they are banning zero hours contracts, for example, which is a big problem at the University Of London come where we have people who before would have normal permanent contracts, because these contracts are allowed, they have got rid of people who used to have got rid of people who used to have permanent contracts, and most of the people working there are on zero hours contracts. You are concerned because they have not been banned . Yes. It is basically a trap for workers. You cannot live a decent life in this country, especially in the city, where things are so expensive. Especially in the city, where things are so expensive. Yes, london you are so expensive. Yes, london you are referring to. Jennifer, it is it going to help, is it a step in the right direction . And that improves workers daily lives is a step in the right direction but i dont think it does go far enough. It doesnt address the ambiguity of self employment. For companies, i think they dont know sometimes if they can operate with Self Employed workers, and consumers dont know if they go to an agency if they are doing the right or the wrong thing. It depends on contract is. I have concerns about this. I think it enables Companies Working in the gig economy, it enables them to give workers some rights but not all rights. They can still bring their costs down and they can still operate without having to charge the vat, as i do, and that means they are kind of getting the best of both worlds. Fundamentally, it seems we are talking about a huge cultural shift, because it is so embedded in this country, it seems to me and you would know much more. How do all of us, those who employ and are the employers, move away from that . There are certain sectors it is embedded in. Domestic cleaning is one. Many people will get their cars washed out one of those places on the corner. There will be somebody there in flip flops in the middle of winter. As that person had health and Safety Training . We dont think about it because we want our car cleaned. There has to be a huge cultural shift and i dont know how that will be enforced in the review. There is someone tomorrow i would love to as both of you. It is fantastic to have you both here with your experiences. Thank you very much indeed. We may well be talking again. Before we move onto the next story, just tell you a Little Information coming through about donald trump tell you a Little Information coming through about Donald Trumer. You will have heard of us talking about the e mail chain he released, he put on twitter in the last couple of hours. 0n the riders agency, the Senate Intelligence committee wants to hear from Senate Intelligence committee wants to hearfrom him, essentially. A Senate Sources telling the Reuters News Agency that the Senate Intelligence committee is requesting those documents from him. That is that e mail chain, we believe, he has released into the public domain. You see some of it here. He says that last year he was specifically offered information that could be damaging to Hillary Clinton, who was at the time the democratic president ial candidate. He says he was offered that by a russian individual and he has released this long e mail chain today. The Senate Intelligence committee, according to reuters, wants to see those documents. Reaction emerging all the time in relation to that story. That is the latest regarding Donald Trump Jr. Lets return now to the announcement from the government there will be a uk wide inquiry into the contaminated Blood Scandal, following a Long Campaign on the issue. At least 2,400 people are thought to have died after being given nhs Blood Products infected with hepatitis c and hiv during the 19705 and 19805. Lets talk to one man badly affected in the worst possible way. Joining me now from cardiff is tony summers, whose son paul died in 2008, after being infected with contaminated blood, and who has campaigned for a uk wide Public Inquiry. It is so very good of you to talk to us. Thank you so much for speaking to us. After all these years, there is to be a Public Inquiry, what on earth went through your mind when you heard that would finally happen . Relief. All the hard work. Hopefully it will put it to rest. We will get some honest answers and closure. How it will help those who have already lost a son or my gay partner, it is ha rd to lost a son or my gay partner, it is hard to say. Im sure everybody involved will now feel relieved that there is to be a Public Inquiry. That we can find out what did happen all those years ago. We are seeing photographs of your son. You lost him when he was only 44 years old. He had a young child. What sort of a nswe rs a re he had a young child. What sort of answers are you looking for . What do you want to learn . What would he say to you about what he wants to come out of a Public Inquiry . to you about what he wants to come out of a Public Inquiry . I think we wa nt out of a Public Inquiry . I think we wantan out of a Public Inquiry . I think we want an open honesty as to what went wrong, why they continued to issue this blood when it was obviously known that it was a problem. At the time, before he was infected, we were told this was the only way forward and it would help the quality of his life for the future. You have to accept that was the case at the time. We didnt know any better. But as the years went on, we heard lots of rumours, lots of problems, and we discovered he had contracted hiv as a result of the contaminated blood. For a young man starting out in his University Life and for us as a family, it was devastating. But we continued to help them with his progress. Just to see how his life could pan out for him. He did manage quite a good career. It is still difficult to believe it has been taken away from us ata believe it has been taken away from us at a time when he had so much to live for. It is the same for many others as well. Our concern is not only about paul but other people affected, people we have met over the last 25, 26 years, and seeing these friends dying. That is the ha rd est these friends dying. That is the hardest part. What we are looking for is something that will help towards the closure. It will never give us a final answer, because it should never have happened in the first place. But you may perhaps, you and the other families, make come to understand how and why. As there always been anger, our frustration . I dont want to put words in your mouth. But an anger that you have tried to fathom, tried to understand how this could happen, and yet nobody has explained it to you . Exactly. The anger and the frustration gradually disappears. Theres no point in continuing with the anger. What you need our answers as to why it happened, why did all these young men go through this agony and why did their families have to go through it . Why was it avoided in giving us the answer for so many years . Was paul angry . I think he was angry at the thought that his life was going to be shortened and he wouldnt have the time with his child that he wanted to see her progress. That is where his anger lay. And the fact that his career had so much more to offer. He was an architect . Yes. He was an architect. He designed a lot of buildings in south wales and he also worked in london and in bristol. He became quite well known. It is such a big loss to his industry. People have told us that his future would have told us that his future would have been very, very good. It doesnt give us. It gives us some comfort but it doesnt bring him back. Of course. Tony summers, it is really good of you to talk to us on a difficult day. We wish you well, and your little granddaughter as well. Thank you. Lets turn to other news. That story regarding gina miller, the woman instrumental in bringing the woman instrumental in bringing the case about article 50. As we reported tom if i can has been found guilty of two charges of posting menacing Facebook Comments. 0ne guilty of two charges of posting menacing Facebook Comments. One of those counts relates to gina miller. The other was about an immigrant who featured in a newspaper article. Rhodri phillips posted under his title of viscount st davids, and is now facing a custodial sentence. He will appear in Court On Thursday for sentencing. He was acquitted of a third count. 0ur Correspondent is at westminster magistrates. For people who may not be aware of this case, its plain what has happened . The viscount has been found guilty of two charges of posting menacing communications via facebook. 0ne two charges of posting menacing communications via facebook. One of them was directed atjena miller. That was four days before she spearheaded the court battle to force the government to consult parliament before invoking article 50. That, the Chief Magistrate said, he posted his comment which put a bounty on jena millers he posted his comment which put a bounty onjena millers head. She said she had no doubt it was threatening and menacing. He responded to a mail online story. He wrote £5,000 for the first person to accidentally run over this bloody troublesome first generation immigrant. He described her as a bold jumper. And added, if this is what we should expect from immigrants, send them back to their stinking jungles. In two other comments regarding a family from luton, he used the word monkey. He said, please will someone smoke this ghastly insult to this country, and added, a return to planet of the aids. Ina added, a return to planet of the aids. In a series of exchanges with the Chief Magistrate today, she was asking him why he thought it wasnt racist. He said that smoking someone out was in the context of smoking and animal out of it then. He was asked about a reference he made to planet of the apes. He said that reference was it could have been nicola sturgeon. You can have fair skinned white apes. He was found guilty on two counts. He will be sentenced on thursday. The Chief Magistrate has said he faces a custodial sentence. Sentencing on thursday. Thank you very much. We will just thursday. Thank you very much. We willjust go back to wimbledon and find out the very latest. Johanna konta playing the number two seed. Lets talk to john watson. Konta playing the number two seed. Lets talk tojohn watson. If konta playing the number two seed. Lets talk to john watson. If you havent been drowned out lucky there is a roof. Phil us in . Well, it wouldnt be wimbledon without the rain. It wouldnt be wimbledon without a british player putting the Great British public through the ringer. That is whatJohanna Konta is doing. She is playing simona halep. It is underneath the roof. It wasjohanna halep. It is underneath the roof. It was Johanna Konta halep. It is underneath the roof. It wasJohanna Konta who dropped the first set on a tie break. It looks like we could be heading for a tie break in the second. These pictures live from centre court. Hallat took the first set. It is 6 6 in the second set. It is incredibly tight as we head into the tie break. It has been an incredible story for Johanna Konta. You might remember that she has been the pretournament favourite, one of the favourites. As a lot of the top seeds fell away the attention fell on her. Having made it through to the quarterfinals alongside andy murray, the first british player to have done that since 1973, can she reached the semifinals . She is certainly up against it. It would be some achievement if she could do it. Against it. It would be some achievement if she could do itm is exhausting just watching. Thank you. Go and find some dry. Thank you. Go and find some dry. Thank you. It is going to a tie break. We know what the weather is in london. Lets find out what it is like wherever you are. The rain will stay in wimbledon for the rest of the day to day. Some particularly wet weather swinging its way across and wales. This shows the rain coming down in wales earlier in the day. We can see how the brain has been heading across eastern england. The brighter colours working into london, indicating where the heaviest rain is. The rain having got all the way into parts of yorkshire, will swing south east overnight. It will become stranded across South East England overnight. Drier weather in northern pa rt overnight. Drier weather in northern part of the country. It will turn chilly in rural parts of scotland. Temperatures down to single figures. Tomorrow the rain clears out of the way. High pressure building behind it. And improving weather picture. In fact, we will see more sunshine then we have seen today. Temperatures average for the time of the year. Highs of 19 degrees in glasgow, 20 belfast and 23 in london. Feeling warm in thejuly suntan. Sunshine. Raced into a 3 1 lead in the first set tie break. Umpire let, first service. That looked like it was about six inches over the net. Thats what she explained about in the first point of the tie breaker i think. Applause that was a point that halep desperately wanted. Contaminated blood the worst Treatment Scandal in the history of the nhs the government orders an inquiry. More than 2000 people died after being given Blood Products in the 705 and 805 contaminated with hiv and hepatitis c