Owfi allowed the Conservative Party to own the idea of the northern powerhouse. Many people on the left was saying how did we let this happen . George osborne looks like the champion of Working People in the north. This is the next stage of that. Theresa may is seeking to message Working People with a party that really cares about you, now eight conservative traditional interpretation of that is that taxes too something that i believe and Working People will hear and feel. But shes very good at broadening, David Cameron didnt message as well to the tabloid has theresa may. People care about these issues that are fought over, shes doing very well. She is but copeland isa doing very well. She is but copeland is a slightly special case, we shouldnt ignore that, Sellafield Nuclear plant and whatever else we would think about labour, knowing about the Nuclear Policy is one of the more perplexing things . There are always local factors, but the big messages that labour should be winning the seat is very co mforta bly. Winning the seat is very comfortably. From across the water i think, i think David Miliband, still in new york. David miliband saying that labour is at the weakest for 50 yea rs. That labour is at the weakest for 50 years. I cant figure out, whether this is efforts by those within labour, in very searingly positions, trying to shake all been out of his position at last. Or if it is simply more moaning from the sidelines for those who are not in the battle. Actually the funny thing about politics is that both may be true. David miliband is off on his Thunderbirds International rescue job in new york, comes back to the uk, andjust in job in new york, comes back to the uk, and just in time to kick labour and say you are the weakest ui and 50 yea rs and say you are the weakest ui and 50 years to which many people will say, you didnt stay and fight, you we re say, you didnt stay and fight, you were oui say, you didnt stay and fight, you were our most promising person at ok you lost your own brother, debt over it, you could have been helping us instead of living it up on the other side of the pond. I think the other thing to say about David Miliband, while he was a very promising leadership candidate, i see no real appetite to see him back, i do see. But the point Thatjeremy Corbyn keeps on making is that he has got this wonderful bedrock of support. That doesnt change no matter what is happening in the by elections. And David Miliband about his future, we dont know what is going to happen but what is the point of saying never . Is there a possibility of him coming back . |j saying never . Is there a possibility of him coming back . I think the bedrock of support. Not happy. But the cadre, is gone, the almost cultish enthusiasm for him as their saviour. I think not the majority but i think some of them will be looking at this, thinking hang on, maybe some of these doubts are right. This cannot go on, maybe the penny is finally dropping. It is dropping among the union movement. Indeed, you are queueing up the i, the front page. Here we have got, corbin given final warning. We can only see the front page, we dont know who it is, but we think you probably know who it is. Yes it is probably know who it is. Yes it is probably dave prentice, head of the Public Services union. Variant on land the unions were very much behind corbyn. So, any union guy, Big Senior Union Guy who comes out and says, they are worried about jeremy corbyn, final warning. That is significant because that is an important part of his base and if these guys are starting to say this cant go on. That will be very worrying. Is it down to Jeremy Corbyns departure . Worrying. Is it down to Jeremy Corbyns departure . |j worrying. Is it down to Jeremy Corbyns departure . I dont know about that, i dont know whether this is going to shake the tree on the next step, because of course he still does have the Len Mccluskey s of this world. And even if they came out against him, they dont control their members votes, for a long time their members votes, for a long time the Union Block Vote was to cried as anti democratic. Now the bosses may feel that even if they come out against a leader like corbin, their members might still vote for him had in fact they would be quite likely to. Lets move on, we talked about theresa may, great day, wonderful victory. But lots of things around the corner. We think brexit, but the ft has a slightly different thing, that she faces a Disability Benefits battle. What is this about . Theresa may and her government, it is funny that politics always wants to personalise and make it about the leader. Actually this is about the government and an initiative that began with Iain Duncan Smith and his attempt to change the welfare system. The point that the government made in opposition under ids and his Centre For Social Justice is that many people when they get onto benefits never come off them. In effect, you were trapped in an environment where, you would never be asked in again if you are sick and you are financially centre buys never to rejoin the workforce. An attempt to fix that has led to an enormous backlash saying that many people who should never be forced into work or even to have an assessment are being assessed and assessed unfairly. Theresa may now and her government now face a situation where there is a significant deficit, as there is in every department in government. £3. 7 billion hole. Lure we had to be able to help those who can work back into work and that instinct is admirable, but on the other hand there has to be a point below nobody can fall. And taxes the price that we pay to be in a civilised society. Wedding that balance right and being seen to get that balance right is something that the Conservative Party has to try to do. 0k, something that the Conservative Party has to try to do. Ok, then . This is interesting because this is the reality behind some of the rhetoric, the party of the Working People, the compassionate face of the conservatives because these are benefit cuts that date back to George Osborne time. He trained these cuts, and they are integral to his plan of balancing the budget. Theresa may has not reversed those, this is one element of them. But the big element is the cuts to tax credits which will fall on a lot of Working People. The idea. That is different to these Disability Benefits. The package that George Osborne put through, it is part of the legacy. I can agree with you about tax benefits that might disincentive eyes people, but, i think the government is right to say, a disability. It is a hard message to make. The disability packages too generous and people who are not sick, claimed to be sick or stay on sick. It is the old problem. Facing governments, particularly tory ones. And the Daily Telegraph story, about The Netherlands. The netherlands holds in quarry on whether it could ditch your row. This is something that could be the beginning of something really big . Explain to us what could happen. The netherlands have elections on the 15th of march, important parliamentary elections to decide the composition of a new government and they have very powerful forces of your scepticism bubbling up, The Netherlands is one of the core countries of the eurozone of euroscepticism. The assumption is that if countries like that start to leave, the whole edifice could colla pse to leave, the whole edifice could collapse to the fact that they are having a parliamentary enquiring into it, and they will discuss it after the new elections. Implies that it would be a big issue potentially at those elections, and if this is your sceptic further, gets built up a head of steam, there is no telling where it might end. This is all about how planking this character girt builders. This is an attempt to trawl the sting out of the eurosceptic movement. This is about forcing people to be able to say, dont worry, we can do with that after the election. Dealing with that thing that is most strong for the eurosceptic movement. Most people dont question the eu but they do question the impact of the euro. In wealthy nations like The Netherlands they deeply resent bailing out poorer countries like greece. It is worth reflecting it is notjust bailing greece. It is worth reflecting it is not just bailing them greece. It is worth reflecting it is notjust bailing them out, the greeks spend the money themselves that got them into debt but keeping them ina that got them into debt but keeping them in a currency in which they plainly have no place, that is the eus falls and degeneration of greek youth have been sacrificed on the altar of the european union. Any decent minded dutchman would look at that and say is this what we want to be part of . Yes but this could be something, we know all about us exiting, but one of the mainstays of the european union, if it starts to move away from the currency. Rip the euro . We saw how the markets react. Potentially, crumbling, breaking apart, it is trade is going really nuts about the prospect. Four. They forced the greeks to stay in for political reasons. The greeks would have come out and devalued. They we re have come out and devalued. They were forced to stay in because of the project, not just were forced to stay in because of the project, notjust economic. Lets move on, the daily mail, minister says beware of buying a diesel. This is chris grayling, the trust for secretary. It is worth saying on the inside pages the Department For Transport guy is saying this is in no way saying that you shouldnt buy diesel. This is the minister saying that people should be environmentally aware in making the decisions they had to make. Chris grayling has said that people should be aware of and alive to the point that if you are making busy journeys and to the point that if you are making busyjourneys and city environments than the habs there is a better environmental choice for you than diesel. Dad is probably true, it on the other hand it is another Mood Music Move against diesel, after a time where people were positively encouraged to go to diesel. That is what is unfair, many people up and down the country thought they were doing the right thing, ok they thought they were getting many more miles to the gallon, but they thought they were doing the right thing when they bought a diesel car, but they have seen environments in which government is up and down the land, ministers in westminster and merrill in many cities are looking at how. Pretty diesel cars into an environment even having them on the road, it is far too fast to be fair because many people bought diesel in an environment where they were positively encourage. At the same time, you would think that peoples attention should be drawn to the polluting effect. Governments have been doing similar things for many yea rs been doing similar things for many years touring courage in the congestion charge, in london is based on how much the outfit from their car, search it isjust a move from lack. You can look at it in two ways, on the surface you can say that it looks like arthur daley, but on the other hand you might be right comedies pushing on an open door. It is well known that diesel is not the pa na cea for is well known that diesel is not the panacea for the environment, or for the driver that it was once presented as. We have had the Whole Vw Scandal has totally tarnished the brand of diesel. So in that sense you might argue that it is the bit ofa you might argue that it is the bit of a nudge policy. The diesel scrapping scheme, and i suspect this is all part and parcel of bad agenda so maybe he is trying to nudge things in the right ways. The other reason why they mean notches because theyve lost the case over their environmental emissions, controlled to clean earth, saying they are not moving far enough. And they may not wa nt moving far enough. And they may not want to lose a game like that. The daily mail is talking about business rates. Not just daily mail is talking about business rates. Notjust business rate. Small firms may be forced to work out their own rates. Li there is the suggestion that firms who ready face enormous hikes, not quite as enormous hikes, not quite as enormous as the mail says, it is 300 . Never wrong for long. These firms may then have to try to their own rate. As we all know, if the taxman makes an error in your favour, you dont get paid interest on it and nobody gets into trouble when it is finally corrected but if you make an error that is contrary to the taxmans favour then you had to the taxmans favour then you had to pay up in retrospect a quite a lot of money. Imagine that you are a Small Business com you debt have a full time accountancy department, we dont have somebody working on this, you have not only to work out your own rate but if you get it wrong, you may face punitive punishment going back years. I had to say, it isa going back years. I had to say, it is a bit ofa going back years. I had to say, it is a bit of a complex matter, it is worth reading to the end, the revenue and customs, and the treasury. They say it does not indicate a government preference. It is quiet is the context in the way that Small Businesses work with business rates, they have this very infrequent evaluations, one of the reasons why there is such a furore, theyre not done it in seven years, it is done on this way. He paid is often successful. It is possible, it is possible that it might be better for firms to say, this is what we think. If they disagree with that. The trouble is that local government doesnt have enough money, what we are doing is forcing local businesses to take on the risk of these calculations. One story we must do is go to the back pages, all papers have this story about Paul Rolf Ranieri getting the boot. Poor old ranieri. Interesting slant on it in the express, who wants to have a go at this . Jose mourinho wading in . Key has been there, he has been in that position, players dont perform and then he gets the boot. As a winning manager. It is really interesting, that for the players, he is saying they are out. They started thinking about money and they started not performing and they let ranieri down. That is what happened in the chelsea boot room, i will be at palace against middlesbrough and everybody will be talking about ranieri going. It is such a rich is to iraq story and it is so sad, win the title and out next season, that is modern football, if i owned the club, could you guarantee wouldnt do it . Thank you guarantee wouldnt do it . Thank you very much indeed, we have to leave it there. That is it for the papers tonight. And if missed the any you missed the programme, any evening. Can watch it later on evening you can watch it later on the bbc i play. From us all, goodbye. So after the storm we have got some sunshine, nor absolutely everywhere but overall, a pretty good day across but overall, a pretty good day a cross m ost but overall, a pretty good day across most of the uk, a few clouds bubbling up, but look at the shield of Cloud Invading the country, rain coming through, this is the Weather Front, in fact the first Weather Front, in fact the first Weather Front crossing the country in a series of france. There is a big area of low pressure across the north atlantic, one front and another one here, and another one heading our way through. That tra nslates heading our way through. That translates to rain at times across the uk. The winds will increase but nothing like we have had. At least it will be miles. So a mixed bag on the way. Here is a look at friday evening, we can see the rain crossing many northern and western areas. The evening should stay dry, and by the early house trips and france will reach for example london and norwich. Some of these areas make even try out through the night, a mild nine orten in make even try out through the night, a mild nine or ten in plymouth, six or seven degrees. Across the north. Tomorrow another Weather Front crosses through, very windy, very blustery across the hills. Heavy rain, heading to mostly western parts of the uk. It is the hilly areas that will get most of the rain. Temperatures, this is lunchtime on saturday around nine or 10 degrees. It will feed a bit cooler because of the wind but particularly across the northwest, it could fetch a fair bit of rain i think, through the course of the weekend. And maybe brightening up through the time through the course of saturday in the north. Scotland may have a bit of sunshine towards the end of saturday and if you are out saturday evening, we can see where the rain is across the west and the south western areas. That lump of rain out of the way on sunday, this is the next round of where the front is heading. And winds will increase, the rain will reach northern ireland, scotland and the northwest early in the day and through the afternoon, perhaps reaching wales. Eastern and south eastern areas may get away with some bright weather, miles, 10 degrees. 0ne with some bright weather, miles, 10 degrees. One area that we are watching, is the North Western portion of the uk. It could be a lot of rain through the weekend. That is it from me. This is bbc news. I nicholas 0wen. Im nicholas 0wen. The headlines at 11 00pm. Theresa may hails an historic victory, as the conservatives win a seat in cumbria held by labour for more than 80 years. This truly is a government that is working for everyone and for every pa rt working for everyone and for every part of the country. Meanwhile labour does hang on to its seat in stoke central, seeing off a challenge by ukip. It isa it is a message about the economy. It is a message about the economy. It is a message about the economy. It isa it is a message about the economy. It is a message about the economy. It is a message about the economy. It is a message aboutjobs. It is a message about this country. But above all, above all, it was a message that Hope Triumphs over fears. Hope triumphs over fear. The half brother of north koreas leader was killed by a substance