And any ties to Trumps Campaign. The former tv presenter rolf harris is being released on bail tomorrow. The veteran entertainer is currently on trial accused of indecently assaulting three girls between 1971 and 1983. Retail sales rose by 2. 3 last month defying Market Expectations that rising inflation would cause a consumer slowdown. Hello and good morning. Welcome to bbc news. Im sophie long, in West Yorkshire. Where theresa may will promise to address the rising cost of social care in england and curb immigration when she launches the Conservative Manifesto shortly. It has been delayed due to Travel Problems and there have been a couple of protests which have sprung up. Small protests at this stage. One to the side of the building and another to the entrance. Shortly theresa may will arrive here and unveiled the Conservative Party plans for the election. Lets take you through what we are expecting to hear from theresa may at this stage. The party is promising that no one will have
The brexit bill clears the commons and heads for the lords. Plenty of democratic debate . Not everyone thinks so. What is it about the procedures of this place that allow a bill of this constitutional significance to be railroaded through in this disgraceful fashion . The bill goes through unaltered. But there are concessions. A Brexit Minister promises that parliament will get a meaningful vote on the final eu exit deal. I can confirm that the government will bring forward a motion on the final agreement to be approved by both houses of parliament before its concluded. Also, a little local difficulty forjohn bercow, after he suggests President Trump is sexist and racist and shouldnt be allowed to make an official address in Westminster Hall. Has the speaker prompted a campaign to remove him . Funnily enough i dont think there was ever not a campaign to get rid of the speaker. Theres been a whole lot of tory mps, most of them in fact, who would be delighted to see him go. And. Message
Pledge, promise, and vow. Three words freighted with probity and trust. But, after anything but an explosive budget, a firecracker blew up in the chancellors face today over the issue of a promise. The question being, why does the government deny breaking a manifesto pledge on National Insurance when the 2015 Election Manifesto clearly said there would be no increase in National Insurance for the five years of an incoming conservative government . Is it ever right to to promise one thing and do another . The chancellor has raised the hackles of the right wing press, Tory Backbenchers of many stripes, and the opposition alike. Theresa may is in brussels tonight where, at a press conference, probably for the first time in her life, she was hoping for questions about brexit, but was pressed on this instead. Im joined by our political editor, nick watt. What did she had to say about National Insurance . She is standing by the fundamental principle of this Budget Change which is that the Se
Hello im ros atkins, welcome to outside source. Lets start with a major u turn by the uk government on huawei. By the time of the next election, we will have implemented in law, an irreversible path for the complete removal of huawei equipment from our 56 network. Ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of jeffrey epstien, is denied bail by a judge in new york. She has pleaded not guilty to charges that she helped him abuse underage girls. More than 125 Million People are going back into lockdown in india. And new figures show that the uk economys growth was even lower than expected and theres a warning it may take unitl 2024 to recover. Welcome. Lets begin with this decision by the uk government. The uk government has reversed its position on huawei the chinese firm is now barred from any part of the uks new 56 network, earlier in the year, the uk said huawei would be barred from elements of the network deemed sensitive for security reasons but it had been cleared to contribute to 35
And theres a warning it may take until 2024 to recover. Welcome. The uk government has reversed its position on huawei the chinese firm is now barred from any part of the uks new 56 network, earlier in the year, the uk had said huawei would be barred from elements of the network deemed sensitive for security reasons but it had been cleared to contribute to 35 of it. The risk was described as manageable not any more. Todays announcement says all huawei equipment must be gone from the network by 2027. For its part, huawei says says its a disappointing decision and bad certainly bad news for huawei. The statement goes on to say this. Well the news was announced earlier by the uk culture minister Oliver Dowden. The facts have changed, so has our approach. Thats why weve taken this decision that there can be no new huawei equipment from the end of this year and set out a clear timetable to exclude huawei com pletely timetable to exclude huawei completely by 2027 within your reversible path