Is due in a couple of hours. Ministers warn they will withdraw the brexit bill if they lose the timetable motion, and theyll push for a general election. Well have the latest on the debate in the commons. Well be looking ahead to the votes and well be examining the likely options, so stay with us. Its 5 oclock. Were live at westminster just a few hours ahead of two crucial votes which will dictate the future of the Brexit Process. At around 7 oclock tonight the house of commons will vote on the main brexit legislation, the Withdrawal Agreement bill, and then, crucially, on the parliamentary timetable for scrutiny of the bill, which is limited to just three days of debate. Many mps believe this is totally insufficient given the complexity and importance of the legislation, but the Prime Minister told mps this afternoon that if the timetable is rejected, and if hes faced with another long delay offered by the eu, he will withdraw the bill and try to call a general election. So, to underl
I stand before you today to tell you, the british people, that those critics are wrong, the doubters and doomsters, the gloomsters, they will get it wrong again. The people who bet against britain will lose their shirts, because we will restore trust in our democracy. And we are going to fulfil the repeated promises of parliament to the people and come out of the eu on the 31st of october, no ifs or buts. Brexit, he promised his domestic agenda, too. More police officers, Infrastructure Investment and a Better Health service. No problem seemed intractable. He also pledged to ta ke seemed intractable. He also pledged to take personal response ability for his actions. I am announcing now, on the steps of downing street, that we will fix the crisis in the social care once and for all, with a clear plan we have prepared, to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve. Myjob is to make sure your kids get a superb education, wherever they are. I will ta ke education, wherev
New rules mean electric cars must now make a noise at lower speeds. England prepare to face india in a crucial World Cup Group stage game at edgbaston. And the papers is coming up at 9 30am. President trump has become the first serving us president to step foot inside north korea after a symbolic meeting with kim jong un took place at the demilitarised zone on the korean border earlier this morning. This is the moment the two men met at the border. After handshakes and a brief chat, President Trump was welcomed across the border by the north Korean Leader. The event has been presented by the white house as being somewhat of an impromtu meeting, and some critics have dismissed it as pure political theatre. However, there will be hopes that it will pave the way for future constructive talks. This is the third time the pair have met, although their last meeting in vietnam ended abruptly, without any progress being made. Well, kim jong un was the first to speak heres what he had to say. Tr
Is like an awkward date you wait for them to show up at the restaurant, after ten years you decide they are probably not coming. The obr has assumed at each of the last 16 fiscal events that productivity growth would return to its pre crisis trend of about 2 a year, but it has remained stubbornly flat. So today they revise down the outlook for productivity growth, business investment, and gdp growth across the forecast period. That line was more important than Everything Else in the speech combined. But a Second Striking feature of this budget concerns public spending and austerity. After the last six elections, weve had big tax rises to pay for extra public spending. Not this time. An historic shift. And yet, we still have spending cuts baked in to our plans, sizeable spending cuts. Heres the graph. Per capita spending on Government Services from 2015 to 2022. So is this really do able . Today the chancellor bunged some billions into the Public Sector to ease the pain in the next coup
Pulled out of the Australian Open because of this long term hip problem. He is contemplating surgery now. What effect could it have on his future career . We will talk to you later. In the weather, darren, its been wet and windy and now its going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to get cold. Yeah, we are going to look at the extreme weather we have been seeing in north america in the next hour. Here at home we are going to replace the cloudy wet and windy weather with something much colder as the weekend goes on. More later on. Thank you very much. Also coming up. The real italian job, a multiMillion Pound heist at the doges palace in venice. Thieves made off with several treasures owned by a member of the qatari royal family. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. No change for five years thats the message to britains farmers many of whom were getting increasingly worried about what brexit will mean for them. The environment secretary michael g