First, britains house of lords has dealt a blow to the British Governments plans to leave the European Union. Voted to house has give parliament a veto on Prime Minister theresa mays final agreement with the eu. It is the Second Amendment to the brexit bill that cleared Parliament Last month. The first after a clause to eject the rights of eu citizens already living in the u. K. What the house of lords have actually backed is an amendment for what they call a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final brexit deal. That was really a comfortable win, 366 votes to 268. So the backers of all this meant that amendment say its about theresawarning may and her ministers have consistently said this is unnecessary. It will tie the Prime Ministers hands and incentivize other eu countries to give britain a bad deal in the hope that the British Parliament will then veto it, but they were not successful. They did not persuade the lords. The conservatives do not have a majority, so what is going to
First, britains house of lords has dealt a blow to the British Governments plans to leave the European Union. Voted to house has give parliament a veto on Prime Minister theresa mays final agreement with the eu. It is the Second Amendment to the brexit bill that cleared Parliament Last month. The first after a clause to eject the rights of eu citizens already living in the u. K. What the house of lords have actually backed is an amendment for what they call a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final brexit deal. That was really a comfortable win, 366 votes to 268. So the backers of all this meant that amendment say its about theresawarning may and her ministers have consistently said this is unnecessary. It will tie the Prime Ministers hands and incentivize other eu countries to give britain a bad deal in the hope that the British Parliament will then veto it, but they were not successful. They did not persuade the lords. The conservatives do not have a majority, so what is going to
Report. Feast or famine . Its budget day in the uk, with the chancellor poised to deliver an upbeat speech. But how much money has he got to hand out and who will get it . And what does the boss of Renault Nissan think about brexit now . He gets a grilling from simonjack at the Geneva Motor Show. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme, a Chinese Telecoms Company gets slammed with the biggest fine ever by the us for braking Sanctions Against Iran and north korea. Rico has more on that. But first the chancellor of the exchequer, or uk finance minister, will deliver the countrys final budget before the government triggers article 50 and britain begins its negotiations to leave the european union. Despite the ongoing uncertainty over brexit, Philip Hammond received an Eve Of Budget Boost from the organisation for economic co operation and development. It now expects growth in the uk of 1. 6 this year, up from its previous estimate of 1. 2 . In theory this
Financial markets as they open in europe. Investors look ahead to the uk budget. Whats the secret behind the worlds most successful brands . Is it simply a case of advertising spend or is there more to the story . Well speak to one of the industrys leading experts later in the programme. Its International Womens day so let us know whos your most inspirational woman in business . Perhaps its the head of the worlds most powerful central bank . Or maybe its mary barra, the boss of General Motors . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. In a few hours time, the uks Finance Minister or chancellor as we call him here, phillip hammond, will deliver the countrys final budget before the government triggers article 50, and britain begins its negotiations to leave the european union. Despite the ongoing uncertainty over brexit, Philip Hammond received an Eve Of Budget Boost from the organisation for economic co operation and development. It now expects growth in the uk of 1. 6
One mans backyard. Early today starts right now. Good to be with you. Im frances rivera. Today wikileaks claims they have only released 1 of what theyve got inside the cia. Investigators are now in full on crisis mode scrambling to figure out how classified hacking tools were stowingen. It may be one of the worse u. S. Intelligence breaches in modern history with the publication of thousand of documents wikileaks claim were stolen from the agency. Nbc news now learning from a senior u. S. Official the documents contain authentic information. And now there is a race to find out who is behind it all with some worrying it could be one of their own. If i were inside the agency today i would be looking at what was disclosed, who had access to that information, what would be their motivations and abilities to reveal it, and whether or not a foreign country like russia was involved. Two intelligence sources say russia is suspect because of its ties to wikileaks and the hacked emails during th