which we have a series of rolling disputes which are we have a series of rolling disputes which are causing great inconvenience to the public and are not being inconvenience to the public and are not being resolved. pat not being resolved. pat mcfadden, shadow chief secretary to the treasury, thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i m thomas magill. the met says it s increasing patrols in areas where school children are being robbed for mobile phones and expensive clothing. across london, robbery rose by 20% last year. commissioner sir mark rowley says police are arresting more repeat offenders and carrying out extra patrols in hot spots such as ilford where a third of robbery victims are under the age of 18. rail services aren t expected to return to normal until next week ahead of another 48 hour walk out by members of the rmt union which starts today. the strike action is over pay,
he knows the lot! we are awaiting a statement from chancellor this morning. labour is calling on the prime minister to face mps in parliament today after a series of u turns left her premiership injeopardy. we re joined now by pat mcfadden, shadow chief secretary to the treasury. good morning, mr mclagan. youjoin us at events as ever are moving very quickly. mr mcfadden. the chancellor is going to spas track many billions of plans from the debt plan, and that s a fortnight earlier than expected. your reaction to the changes coming today? the than expected. your reaction to the changes coming today? than expected. your reaction to the changes coming today? the fact that the chancellor changes coming today? the fact that the chancellor is changes coming today? the fact that the chancellor is having changes coming today? the fact that the chancellor is having to changes coming today? the fact that the chancellor is having to bring - the chancellor is having to bring forward me
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let s get more now on the office for budget responsibility preparing to submit its initialjudgment to the british government about its economic prospects. let s speak to pat mcfadden, labour s shadow chief secretary to the treasury. thank you for your time today. so we re not going to hear the details of this initial assessment from the office for budget responsibility, the independent forecasters who basically take a look and assess whether what there is saying about the economic process and our prospects match what they see. doesn t matter at this stage that we are not to see this initial forecast? we would not in normal circumstances but given everything that s happened over the last couple of weeks, do you think the public should see some of that detail? yes. should see some of that detail? yes, i do. and should see some of that detail? yes, i do- and i should see some of that detail? yes, i do- and i do should see some of that detail? yes, i do. and i do think should see some