Should measure, and there was aware she should look measure, and there was aware she should look for answers to her questIon should look for answers to her cuestIon. , should look for answers to her questIon should look for answers to her cuestIon. ,. , � , questIon. She Is wastIng the houses tIme, questIon. She Is wastIng the houses tIme. Because questIon. She Is wastIng the houses tIme, because he questIon. She Is wastIng the houses tIme, because he Is questIon. She Is wastIng the houses tIme, because he Is not questIon. She Is wastIng the houses tIme, because he Is not answerIng I tIme, because he Is not answerIng the questIon. There are three Important poInts the mInIster dId make In hIs openIng statement today. The fIrst was, It Is ImpossIble to say what the Impact on Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts wIll be from thIs, that Is the fIrst thIng the mInIster told us today. The second was that spendIng for local authorItIes would be consIdered In the budget, so there Is no detaIl at all In what many local authorItIes wIll get, and we are beIng asked to vote for a Imarsana.com/news/tax-Increase'>Tax Increase wIthout a plan to fIx Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. The thIrd poInt, In answer to the chaIr of the select commIttees poInt, Is that councIls wIll pay thIs levy as employers, so they wIll face Increased costs, but wIthout any guarantee they wIll get addItIonal money to fund care. ThIs Is not a plan to fIx Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. And there Is no plan for Imarsana.com/news/care-workers'>Care Workers who have been underpaId and undervalued before the pandemIc, and before beIng sent out onto the Imarsana.com/news/front-lIne'>Front LIne by thIs government wIthout the ppe that they needed to protect them. £8 bIllIon has been cut by tory governments In the years before thIs pandemIc, IgnorIng the rIsIng demand wIth Imarsana.com/news/care-workers'>Care Workers paId less than they can lIve on. I am not Interested, thIs government Is not Interested, thIs government Is not Interested In brIngIng employers and unIons together to brIng forward a posItIve plan, they are not Interested In makIng the Imarsana.com/news/care-sector'>Care Sector a sector of choIce. We know that half Imarsana.com/news/a-mIllIon'>A MIllIon Imarsana.com/news/care-workers'>Care Workers are needed by 2050, there are 100,000 vacancIes before the pandemIc, but thIs Is only set to Increase wIth the gmb predIctIng 160,000 vacancIes for Imarsana.com/news/care-workers'>Care Workers by The End of the year, one In tenjobs unfaIl. Labour plans wIll prIorItIse older and dIsabled people, shIftIng the focus towards preventIve care, and the emphasIs wIll be home fIrst, because Imarsana.com/news/thatIs-emphasIs'>ThatIs EmphasIs wIll be home fIrst, because that Is what people want. The mInIster referenced a plan a second Imarsana.com/news/ao-mInIster'>Ao MInIster referenced a plan a second ago go. MInIster referenced a plan a second ago go. He mInIster referenced a plan a second ago go, he has been asked repeatedly from hIs ago go, he has been asked repeatedly from hIs bench Is how thIs money wIll be from hIs bench Is how thIs money wIll be spent, and I return to every one of wIll be spent, and I return to every one of the wIll be spent, and I return to every one of the InterventIons, he has saId waIt one of the InterventIons, he has saId waIt for the forthcomIng Imarsana.com/news/whIte-paper'>WhIte Paper, saId waIt for the forthcomIng Imarsana.com/news/whIte-paper'>WhIte Paper, waIts for the forthcomIng bIll. Paper, waIts for the forthcomIng bIll Isnt paper, waIts for the forthcomIng bIll. Isnt It true that thIs Is the bIggest bIll. Isnt It true that thIs Is the bIggest Imarsana.com/news/blank-cheque'>Blank Cheque any government has asked bIggest Imarsana.com/news/blank-cheque'>Blank Cheque any government has asked us to pay and It would be IrresponsIble for us to do so wIthoul IrresponsIble for us to do so wIthout them tellIng us how they wIll spend It . the wIthout them tellIng us how they wIll spend It . wIll spend It . the truth Is the torIes are wIll spend It . the truth Is the torIes are all wIll spend It . the truth Is the torIes are all tax wIll spend It . the truth Is the torIes are all tax and wIll spend It . the truth Is the torIes are all tax and no wIll spend It . the truth Is the. TorIes are all tax and no strategy. When It comes to the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, as here the publIc clapped them, thIs year the Imarsana.com/news/torIes-tax'>TorIes Tax them. There are far too many outstandIng questIons wIth no detaIl publIshed yesterday. What other Imarsana.com/news/tax-rIse'>Tax RIses on workIng people are set for further down the lIne, gIven the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster refused to rule them out yesterday . WIll Imarsana.com/news/councIl-tax'>CouncIl Tax have to rIse to make the sums add up, and how wIll the government relIeve the burden on councIls and care homes, agaIn on whIch there was no Imarsana.com/news/detaIl-yesterday'>DetaIl Yesterday and no Imarsana.com/news/detaIl-today'>DetaIl Today . The Independent Imarsana.com/news/care-group'>Care Group has saId It Is not clear how the money Is goIng to the Imarsana.com/news/front-lIne'>Front LIne. That means provIders are squeezed and workIng condItIons and pay are Impacted. Mr deputy speaker, there just does not add up. I wIll take an InterventIon. I thank my honourable frIend, and we all recognIse the sIgnIfIcant crIsIs faced all recognIse the sIgnIfIcant crIsIs faced wIthIn the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System, but Isnt faced wIthIn the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System, but Isnt It faced wIthIn the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System, but Imarsana.com/news/Isnt-Itjust'>Isnt Itjust another broken conservatIve Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse, because conservatIve Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse, because they pledged to approach thIs In because they pledged to approach thIs In a because they pledged to approach thIs In a Imarsana.com/news/cross-party-consensus'>Cross Party Consensus manner . ThIs In a Imarsana.com/news/cross-party-consensus'>Cross Party Consensus manner . In thIs In a Imarsana.com/news/cross-party-consensus'>Cross Party Consensus manner . In the manner In whIch thIs has been manner . In the manner In whIch thIs has been brought forward, Imarsana.com/news/out-of-the-blue'>Out Of The Blue taxatIon measures on some of the poorest blue taxatIon measures on some of the poorest workIng people In thIs country. The poorest workIng people In thIs country, does nothIng to buIld that consensus country, does nothIng to buIld that consensus and just broadens that gap that we consensus and just broadens that gap that we know many famIlIes face In meetIng that we know many famIlIes face In meetIng the costs of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . My meetIng the costs of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . Honourable meetIng the costs of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . Ij� I honourable frIend meetIng the costs of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . M honourable frIend Is meetIng the costs of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . MI honourable frIend Is exactly meetIng the costs of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . MI honourable frIend Is exactly rIght, and the conservatIves walked out of Imarsana.com/news/cross-party'>Cross Party talks In 2010, and despIte offers my honourable frIend the memberfor despIte offers my honourable frIend the member for leIcester west, despIte offers my honourable frIend the memberfor leIcester west, they have never resumed. So much for the plan. What does thIs mean for ordInary people fIndIng It . Well, the Imarsana.com/news/tax-onjobsjust'>Tax Onjobsjust ordInary people fIndIng It . Well, the tax on jobs just doesnt lead down those needIng care or workIng In the sector. It Is a tax on all those In work. As daIly covId cases contInue to clImb, the only shIeldIng that thIs government Is Interested In Is preparIng the wealthIest few from payIng more tax. A prIvate landlord rentIng out multIple propertIes wIll not pay a penny more, yet theIr hard workIng tenants, workIng for a lIvIng, wIll be hIt hard. It Is deeply unfaIr. I thank the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-secretary'>Shadow Secretary of state for gIvIng thank the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-secretary'>Shadow Secretary of state for gIvIng way. Would you agree that the questIon on Imarsana.com/news/everybodys-mInd'>Everybodys MInd Is, when the questIon on Imarsana.com/news/everybodys-mInd'>Everybodys MInd Is, when It the questIon on Imarsana.com/news/everybodys-mInd'>Everybodys MInd Is, when It Is the questIon on Imarsana.com/news/everybodys-mInd'>Everybodys MInd Is, when It Is my the questIon on Imarsana.com/news/everybodys-mInd'>Everybodys MInd Is, when It Is my operatIon goIng to happen . When It Is my operatIon goIng to happen . And yet the Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State happen . And yet the Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State for happen . And yet the Imarsana.com/news/secretary-of-state'>Secretary Of State for health does not seem to be able to state for health does not seem to be able to answer that basIc questIon, when able to answer that basIc questIon, when well able to answer that basIc questIon, when well be Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts be over . When when well be Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts be over . When wIll when well be Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts be over . When wIll we have to stop waItIng for that when wIll we have to stop waItIng for that crucIal operatIon . That when wIll we have to stop waItIng for that crucIal operatIon . For that crucIal operatIon . That Is exactly the for that crucIal operatIon . That Is exactly the questIon for that crucIal operatIon . That Is exactly the questIon that for that crucIal operatIon . That Is exactly the questIon that all for that crucIal operatIon . That Is exactly the questIon that all of I for that crucIal operatIon . That Is l exactly the questIon that all of our Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents ask, but as the mInIster has faIled to say today, when the backlog wIll be cleared, you have got to wonder whether thIs plan wIll gIve any money for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Mr deputy speaker, for thIs government, the Incomes of workIng people just are not of Interest. I asked the excellent staff at the house of Imarsana.com/news/commons-lIbrary'>Commons LIbrary to examIne the Impact on a typIcal worker In constItuencIes lIke mIne In Imarsana.com/news/leeds-west'>Leeds West, lIke the mInIsters In hereford, unlIke the chancellors as well. Lets ImagIne our work Is a new polIce constable, a sIngle mum wIth two chIldren earnIng £26,000 a year. She rents a home In the prIvate sector, she Is elIgIble for Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt. What has thIs government done for her . The honourable members laugh but they wIll not be laughIng when they come to theIr surgerIes and ask why thIs government Is takIng money away from them I thInk the Honourable Lady should lIsten to thIs. What has thIs government done for her and her famIly . The chancel has frozen her pay thIs year, the chancellor has frozen her Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax personal allowance. The chancellor Is takIng £20 a week from her and herfamIly on Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt, and her Imarsana.com/news/councIl-tax'>CouncIl Tax bIll has gone up by £80. And now the chancellor Is comIng back for more, and he Is askIng for 1. 25 of her Income or Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Mr deputy speaker, why does thIs government keep comIng after the same people tIme after tIme after tIme, askIng ordInary workIng class people to pay more of theIr Incomes. Because If you added up the total cost to her and her kIds, and thIs Is all of our Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents, the total cost wIll be an extra £1234 next year. And thIs Isntjust a one off. AnalysIs shows that 2. 5 mIllIon Imarsana.com/news/workIng-households'>WorkIng Households wIll be hIt by the tory Imarsana.com/news/double-whammy'>Double Whammy of cuts to Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt and to the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Put that on your leaflets at the next electIon I wIll gIve way to the Honourable Lady, I am Interested to hear what she would say to her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I hear what she would say to her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. Hear what she would say to her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. , , Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I would be Interested If the honourable Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I would be Interested If the Honourable LadyImarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I would be Interested If the Honourable Lady would Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I would be Interested If the Honourable Lady would lead l Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I would be Interestedl If the Honourable Lady would lead us know at If the Honourable Lady would lead us know at whIch poInt a massIve global pandemIc know at whIch poInt a massIve global pandemIc appeared on any of the commItments made durIng the 2019 Imarsana.com/news/general-commItments'>General CommItments made durIng the 2019 general electIon, and whether the labour general electIon, and whether the Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party would contInue to have unfunded Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party would contInue to have unfunded promIses that we have to borrow unfunded promIses that we have to borrow from the markets or whether they would borrow from the markets or whether they would contInue to kIck the can of a gnarly they would contInue to kIck the can of a gnarly problem down the road, where of a gnarly problem down the road, where I of a gnarly problem down the road, where I have had Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents of mIne where I have had Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents of mIne worrIed about Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care all summer. MIne worrIed about Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care all summer. It mIne worrIed about Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care all summer, It Is a problem that people have ducked for generatIons, and we are doIng have ducked for generatIons, and we are doIng Imarsana.com/news/It-have'>It Have ducked for generatIons, and we are doIng It In a way that we can afford are doIng It In a way that we can afford. � ,. , are doIng It In a way that we can afford. � , I. Afford. BuryIng your head In the sand I afford. BuryIng your head In the sand I know afford. BuryIng your head In the sand I know what afford. BuryIng your head In the sand I know what her afford. BuryIng your head In the Imarsana.com/news/I-sand'>I Sand I know what her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents wIll say when sand I know what her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents wIll say when they sand I know what her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents wIll say when they see sand I know what her Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents wIll say when they see theIr wIll say when they see theIr paycheques, after seeIng less and less money, because of decIsIons by thIs government, and they are choIces, dIffIcult ones, and thIs government Is choosIng to attack ordInary workIng class people. On thIs sIde of the house, we would ask the wealthIest In our communItIes to pay more. ThIs government make a dIfference choIce, they can justIfy that to theIr Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. I wIll gIve way to the chaIr of the select commIttee. I gIve way to the chaIr of the select commIttee gIve way to the chaIr of the select commIttee. I brIng my honourable frIend back commIttee. I brIng my honourable frIend back to commIttee. I brIng my honourable frIend back to the commIttee. I brIng my honourable frIend back to the paragraph commIttee. I brIng my honourable frIend back to the paragraph that l commIttee. I brIng my honourable frIend back to the paragraph that I asked frIend back to the paragraph that I asked the frIend back to the paragraph that I asked the mInIster about, paragraph 36 seenIs asked the mInIster about, paragraph 36 seems absolutely key, because there 36 seems absolutely key, because there Is 36 seems absolutely key, because there Is In 36 seems absolutely key, because there Is In any clear money from thIs levy there Is In any clear money from thIs levy towards Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. That Is what thIs levy towards Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. That Is what the thIs levy towards Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. That Is what the Imarsana.com/news/government-mInIster'>Government MInIster saId, Is what the Imarsana.com/news/government-mInIster'>Government MInIster saId. That Is what the Imarsana.com/news/government-mInIster'>Government MInIster saId, that It would be revealed In the spendIng revIew. The government wIll make the spendIng revIew. The government wIll make sure that local authorItIes have access to sustaIned fundIng authorItIes have access to sustaIned fundIng for authorItIes have access to sustaIned Imarsana.com/news/fundIng-fortheIr'>FundIng FortheIr authorItIes have access to sustaIned fundIng for theIr core servIces, we expect fundIng for theIr core servIces, we expect Imarsana.com/news/cost-fundIng'>Cost FundIng for theIr core servIces, we expect cost wIll be met through councIl expect cost wIll be met through Imarsana.com/news/councIl-tax'>CouncIl Tax, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care precept. Expect cost wIll be met through councIltax, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care precept. So on top councIltax, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care precept. So on top of councIltax, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care precept. So on top ofall councIltax, Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care precept. So on top of all the other hIt that workIng on top of all the other hIt that workIng famIlIes are goIng to get, can they workIng famIlIes are goIng to get, can they expect an above Imarsana.com/news/InflatIon-rIse'>InflatIon RIse In can they expect an above Imarsana.com/news/InflatIon-rIse'>InflatIon RIse In Imarsana.com/news/councIl-tax'>CouncIl Tax next year to pay for the rIse In Imarsana.com/news/councIl-tax'>CouncIl Tax next year to pay for the Imarsana.com/news/governments-faIlure'>Governments FaIlure to fund socIal for the Imarsana.com/news/governments-faIlure'>Governments FaIlure to fund Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care for the Imarsana.com/news/governments-faIlure'>Governments FaIlure to fund Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care properly . I for the Imarsana.com/news/governments-faIlure'>Governments FaIlure to fund Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care properly . SocIal care properly . I thInk many councIls and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care properly . I thInk many councIls and people Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care properly . I thInk many councIls and people who Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care properly . I thInk many councIls and people who work Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care properly . I thInk many councIls and people who work for| councIls and people who work for them and provIde Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care at a local level wIll be IncredIbly worrIed about what they are hearIng from thIs government, councIl costs are goIng to go up whIle they are gettIng no addItIonal money. So, In contrast, I wIll gIve way In a moment, I have taken a lot of InterventIons, more than a mInIster. In contrast, who has been shIelded by the chancellor . WhIch types of Income wIll pay no addItIonal tax . It Includes those who get theIr Income from fInancIal assets, stocks and shares, from sales of property, pensIon Incomes, annuItIes, property rental Income, InherItance Income. Fancy that, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker I dont doubt that the Champagne Glasses were clInkIng In mayfaIr last nIght, toastIng the chancellor, but not In mansfIeld, not In mIddlesbrough, not In south Imarsana.com/news/rIbble-or-thIrsk'>RIbble Or ThIrsk eIther 95 , mIddlesbrough, not In south Imarsana.com/news/rIbble-orthIrsk'>RIbble OrthIrsk eIther 95 , 95 mIddlesbrough, not In south Imarsana.com/news/rIbble-or-thIrsk'>RIbble Or ThIrsk eIther 95 , 95 of the revenue that the government plans to raIse from thIs Imarsana.com/news/tax-bombshell'>Tax Bombshell comes from employment. What a contrast. Let me just make thIs poInt. What a contrast. Yesterday, amazon reported an addItIonal £1. 9 bIllIon worth of sales, but they are only payIng £3. 8 mIllIon more In corporatIon tax. Yet wIth the changes announced yesterday, a graduate on a typIcal Imarsana.com/news/entry-level-salary'>Entry Level Salary wIll now pay a margInal Imarsana.com/news/tax-rate'>Tax Rate of almost 50 , and not a word from the chancellor or hIs mInIsters about any of thIs. PolItIcs Is about choIces, and there are other ways to raIse thIs money. The chancellor once the country to belIeve that thIs. Sales on property, on fInancIal assets lIke stocks and shares, there are no addItIonal taxes on people gettIng theIr Incomes In that way, but plenty of addItIonal taxes on ordInary workIng class people. Now, the chancellor wants the country to belIeve that thIs Is the only way to do thIs, but the poInt Is, It Is not. The prIme Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-and-chancellor'>MInIster And Chancellor have delIberately chosen to go after those who are workIng hard for theIr money. Labour understands, I understand, hard for theIr money. Labour understands, Iunderstand, how hard for theIr money. Labour understands, I understand, how hard people work for theIr wages. Mr deputy speaker, I dont belIeve that the chancellor consIders the lIves of people outsIde of thIs place In any detaIl before he takes decIsIons lIke thIs. The government, as the honourable member mentIoned earlIer, Is rushIng thIs through, wIthout publIshIng proper analysIs of the Impact onjobs, on dIfferent parts of the country, and on dIfferent Incomes, and not even allowIng for amendments eIther. Members wIll know we are lImIted In how we can amend thIs bIll thIs evenIng, and that Is why we have put forward an amendment callIng for the assessment of thIs tax on jobs, callIng for the assessment of thIs tax onjobs, an callIng for the assessment of thIs tax on jobs, an assessment that the chancellor Is unwIllIng to provIde. I wIll gIve way twIce more, to my honourable frIend and then to the honourable frIend and then to the Honourable Lady. In honourable frIend and then to the Honourable Lady. Honourable frIend and then to the Honourable Lady. In my constItuency and next door Honourable Lady. In my constItuency and next door In Honourable Lady. In my constItuency and next door In my Honourable Lady. In my constItuency and next door In my honourable and next door In my honourable neIghbours constItuency, we have nIany neIghbours constItuency, we have many people at the start of theIr workIng many people at the start of theIr workIng lIves payIng, as she says, nearly workIng lIves payIng, as she says, nearly 50 workIng lIves payIng, as she says, nearly 50 In tax after thIs change, very hIgh nearly 50 In tax after thIs change, very hIgh prIvate rents, effectIvely no dIsposable Income. TheIr dreams of ever no dIsposable Income. TheIr dreams of ever ownIng a home are beIng destroyed of ever ownIng a home are beIng destroyed by the members opposIte, doesnt destroyed by the members opposIte, doesnt she agree . Doesnt she agree . Well, my honourable doesnt she agree . Well, my honourable frIend doesnt she agree . Well, my honourable frIend speaks doesnt she agree . Well, my| honourable frIend speaks well doesnt she agree . Well, my honourable frIend speaks well of what our constItuency and leeds Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West and Imarsana.com/news/leeds-west'>Leeds West wIll be facIng wIth a Imarsana.com/news/double-whammy'>Double Whammy of Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt and they natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-Increase'>Insurance Increase, but In addItIon the other Imarsana.com/news/tax-Increase'>Tax Increases from thIs government. I wIll take the fInal InterventIon and then I wIll start to wInd up. I InterventIon and then I wIll start to Imarsana.com/news/wInd-op-InterventIon'>WInd Op InterventIon and then I wIll start to Imarsana.com/news/wInd-u.'>WInd U. ,. ,. ,. , to wInd up. I thank the honourable lad for to wInd up. I thank the Honourable Lady for gIvIng to wInd up. I thank the Honourable Lady for gIvIng way to wInd up. I thank the Honourable Lady for gIvIng way. There to wInd up. I thank the Honourable Lady for gIvIng way. There Is lady for gIvIng way. There Is obvIous lady for gIvIng way. There Is obvIous Imarsana.com/news/precedent-lady'>Precedent Lady for gIvIng way. There Is obvIous precedent for lady for gIvIng way. There Is obvIous precedent for thIs Imarsana.com/news/l-lady'>L Lady for gIvIng way. There Is obvIous precedent for thIs Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance obvIous precedent for thIs natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse. ObvIous precedent for thIs natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In obvIous precedent for thIs natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In 2003, obvIous precedent for thIs natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In 2003, were obvIous precedent for thIs natIonal. Insurance rIse, In 2003, were Imarsana.com/news/labour-wrong'>Labour Wrong Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In 2003, were Imarsana.com/news/labour-wrong'>Labour Wrong to Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In 2003, were Imarsana.com/news/labour-wrong'>Labour Wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In 2003, were Imarsana.com/news/labour-wrong'>Labour Wrong to raIse natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse, In 2003, were Imarsana.com/news/labour-wrong'>Labour Wrong to raIse natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-wrong'>Insurance Wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance for the wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance for the nhs wrong to raIse natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-forthe'>Insurance Forthe nhs In wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance for the nhs In 2003 . Wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance for the nhs In 2003 . We wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance for the nhs In 2003 . Wrong to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear lan for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear [an to for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear plan to brIng for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear plan to brIng down for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear plan to brIng down waItIng for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear plan to brIng down Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts, for the nhs In 2003 . We had a clear plan to brIng down Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts, a I plan to brIng down Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts, a plan to brIng down Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIsts, a plan that thIs government Is sorely lackIng, and the economIc cIrcumstances are dIfferent too. The Imarsana.com/news/governments-tax'>Governments Tax on jobs comes at the worst possIble tIme. BusInesses wIll drIve our recovery. Labour are a party that are pro worker and proudly pro busIness, and I am proud of the decIsIons at the former prIme Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-and-chancellor'>MInIster And Chancellor made that brought down Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIst to theIr lowest ever level, targets that have never been met under 11 years of tory government. And we want a busIness to succeed, to Invest more, to employ more, to pay more, and to create more wealth. These are stIll precarIous tImes. Many of us are not back to full capacIty, and others consIderIng how they wIll repay the loan Is taken on durIng the pandemIc. What does the chancellor and the mInIster thInk the effect of thIs Imarsana.com/news/tax-rIse'>Tax RIse on jobs wIll be . He hasnt set It out. It could mean an attempted squeeze on wages and condItIons, even hIgher prIces for customers, orthe condItIons, even hIgher prIces for customers, or the scalIng back of growth plans. It wIll affect people and the exchequer too. It Is a false economy. The chancellor and mInIster, do not take my word for It, the brItIsh Chamber Of Commerce descrIbe It as a Imarsana.com/news/drag-anchor'>Drag Anchor on Imarsana.com/news/jobs-growth'>Jobs Growth and belIevIng It wIll dampen the entrepreneurIal spIrIt needed to drIve the recovery. It Is Ill tImed and IllogIcal. The cbI say It wIll dIrectly hurt Imarsana.com/news/busInesss-abIlIty'>BusInesss AbIlIty to hIre staff at a tIme they have faced a torrId 18 months. The federatIon of small busInesses say thIs Increase wIll stIfle recruItment, Investment and efforts to up skIll. They are joIned by the trade unIons, the tuc say It Is wrong to hIt young people and low paId workers whIle leavIng the wealthIest on touch. We agree wIth those busInesses and the trades unIons too. They are rIght, thIs Is a tax onjobs, trades unIons too. They are rIght, thIs Is a tax on jobs, attacks on the economIc recovery, and we wIll not support It. So, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker, lets go back to the key questIons that need answerIng. WIll thIs plan delIver what Is promIsed for health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . No wIll It clear the Imarsana.com/news/nhs-backlog'>Nhs Backlog In thIs parlIament . No the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary says no. WIll It gIve Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care the resources It needs for the next three years . No Is there a plan to reform Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care . No wIll It create more and betterjobs . No Is It faIr across the regIons . No wIll people be prevented from sellIng theIr homes to fund theIr care . No wIll the Imarsana.com/news/tax-bombshell'>Tax Bombshell help our economIc recovery . No and Is at the last Imarsana.com/news/tax-Increase'>Tax Increase In thIs parlIament . No thIs whole thIng Is unravellIng. No wonder that mInIsters are In a desperate rush to get It through. And the chancellor, absent today, perhaps, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker, he has gone for a swIm. CovId has tested the people of our country lIke nothIng else In any of our lIfetImes. After the last year and a half, the country deserves a much better future, and a half, the country deserves a much betterfuture, a recovery whIch enhances and enrIches all of our lIves In all parts of the country. SocIal care Is a huge challenge, and there are other challenges comIng too. We need to do thIngs dIfferently. The Imarsana.com/news/labour-test'>Labour Test Is sImple does It fIx the problem In a faIr way . The answer to both of these questIons Is no, and that Is why labour wIll vote agaInst thIs unfaIr, job taxIng, manIfesto shreddIng, Imarsana.com/news/tax-bombshell'>Tax Bombshell thIs evenIng shreddIng, Imarsana.com/news/tax-bombshell'>Tax Bombshell thIs evenIna . , ~ , evenIng order, order. As you can see, evenIng order, order. As you can see. There evenIng order, order. As you can see. There Is evenIng order, order. As you can see. There Is a evenIng order, order. As you can see, there Is a fIve evenIng order, order. As you can see, there Is a fIve mInute evenIng order, order. As you can see, there Is a fIve mInute lImIt. EvenIng order, order. As you can | see, there Is a fIve mInute lImIt on all backbench contrIbutIons, and we wIll start all backbench contrIbutIons, and we wIll start wIth mel strIde. WIll start wIth mel strIde. Thank ou, mr wIll start wIth mel strIde. Thank you. Mr deputy wIll start wIth mel strIde. Thank you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker. WIll start wIth mel strIde. Thank you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker. Can II wIll start wIth mel strIde. Thank I you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker. Can I rIse to welcome, broadly, thIs motIon . It seems to me that Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care Is one of those Issues that partIes of both colours have grappled wIth for many years, and yet now we are at last at a poInt where a government has the courage and Is sensIble enough to actually come forward wIth some realIstIc proposals. As to the breakIng of manIfesto commItments, of course, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker, no party wIshes ever to do that, but lIstenIng to the opposItIon, It seems to me as If the global pandemIc never occurred, as If the economy never shrank by the greatest level sInce 1709 and the great frost of that year, as If mIllIons ofjobs whenever In perIl, as If thIs government never had to step In In a way that no government outsIde wartIme has ever had to do, and such posItIve effects as well. And when It comes to the honesty or otherwIse of what the government has done, I thInk they have been upfront, clear and honest, In makIng It clear that they have broken that commItment. UnlIke you, I have to say, the less straIghtforward way In whIch, repeatedly In thIs debate, the opposItIon and the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-chancellor'>Shadow Chancellor have ducked the fundamental questIon, what Is the opposItIons Imarsana.com/news/alternatIve-plan'>AlternatIve Plan . The realIty Is, In response to an InterventIon from one of my colleagues, the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-chancellor'>Shadow Chancellor, when asked why labour had supported an Increase In nI chancellor, when asked why labour had supported an Increase In n In 2003 saId, well, we had a plan. I humbly remInd her that was 18 years ago, and what we need to see now Is ago, and what we need to see now Is a plan from the opposItIon. I gIve way to the honourable gentleman. He and I have known Each Other for a very and I have known Each Other for a very long and I have known Each Other for a very long tIme. Ijust hope you could very long tIme. Ijust hope you could explaIn to my Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents why It Is rIght could explaIn to my Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents why It Is rIght that practIcally everybody In the rondo would have to sell theIr everybody In the rondo would have to sell theIr home to meet the £86,000. Rhondda~ sell theIr home to meet the £86,000. Rhondda. Where Is next to nobody would rhondda. Where Is next to nobody would have rhondda. Where Is next to nobody would have to do so In hIs constItuency. Would have to do so In hIs constItuen. , constItuency. FIrstly, the rIght honourable constItuency. FIrstly, the rIght honourable gentlemans constItuency. FIrstly, the rIght honourable Imarsana.com/news/gentlemans-knowledge'>Gentlemans Knowledge of my constItuency Is rather defIcIent, because I would have much In common wIth hIs. I do not dIspute the fact that any major fIscal moves, such as puttIng up Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, wIll have complexItIes and dIffIcultIes assocIated wIth It, and my pledge to the house Is that The Treasury select commIttee wIll, I am sure of the prIvate dIscussIon, decIde we wIsh to look more closely at a number of the Issues that are beIng raIsed In thIs debate, IncludIng The One that the honourable gentleman has raIsed. But lets be honest about the optIons avaIlable to The Treasury. How could we have squared the cIrcle and funded £10 bIllIon plus per year . The fIrst In The Treasury could have done Is to seek to cut expendIture In other areas, and yet I have No Doubt that If they came forward wIth any proposals of that nature, the opposItIon would have fIercely resIsted at that as austerIty all over agaIn, and we have to understand that under the current projectIons goIng forward, there are many unfunded commItments, such as keepIng the raIlways goIng, the addItIonalfundIng such as keepIng the raIlways goIng, the addItIonal fundIng needed for Imarsana.com/news/school-catch'>School Catch up and so on. The second area would be to rely. I wIll take the InterventIon. I am grateful to the honourable gentleman. GIven hIs experIence on the commIttee, would he not agree that a tax of thIs scale could be, If It were necessary, could be more faIrly and equItably carrIed out If the Imarsana.com/news/tax-burden'>Tax Burden was spread across a number of dIfferent taxes, rather than 100 on one sIngle narrowly based tax . Well, I wIll come back to the honourable gentlemans very poInt In a moment, but If I could stIck wIth the optIons, the second was to lean Into growth, to assume that we could grow our way out of thIs problem. We that we could grow our way out of thIs problem thIs problem. We have ust had a hue thIs problem. We have ust had a huge contractIon thIs problem. We have ust had a huge contractIon of thIs problem. We have just had a huge contractIon of the thIs problem. We have just had a | huge contractIon of the economy, although huge contractIon of the economy, although the Bank Of England thInks we nray although the Bank Of England thInks we may arrIva at a pre Imarsana.com/news/pandemIc-poInt'>PandemIc PoInt we may arrIva at a pre Imarsana.com/news/pandemIc-poInt'>PandemIc PoInt soon. We may arrIva at a pre Imarsana.com/news/pandemIc-poInt'>PandemIc PoInt soon, and we have many headwInds, not least logIstIcs Issues, but The Treasury least logIstIcs Issues, but The Treasury could have borrowed more money. Treasury could have borrowed more money. And treasury could have borrowed more money, and that Is probably what the opposItIon money, and that Is probably what the opposItIon would have done In thIs Imarsana.com/news/sItuatIon-opposItIon'>SItuatIon OpposItIon would have done In thIs sItuatIon. DespIte the fact that the bank of sItuatIon. DespIte the fact that the Bank Of England seems to feel, and I thInk the Bank Of England seems to feel, and I thInk the 0br would say at the tIme of the thInk the 0br would say at the tIme of the budget that there Is more nIoney of the budget that there Is more money because the economy Is doIng a bIt better money because the economy Is doIng a bIt better than we expected to the tune of bIt better than we expected to the tune of about 25 bIllIon, It would be a tune of about 25 bIllIon, It would be a very tune of about 25 bIllIon, It would be a very brave chancellor Indeed who started to borrow yet more and more. Who started to borrow yet more and more, knowIng that one day It Is possIble more, knowIng that one day It Is possIble that the markets mIght look at the possIble that the markets mIght look at the unIted kIngdom and say that they no at the unIted kIngdom and say that they no longer have confIdence to lend to they no longer have confIdence to lend to us. They no longer have confIdence to lend to us, that would be a very dark lend to us, that would be a very dark day. Lend to us, that would be a very dark day, and that Is the sort of danIocles dark day, and that Is the sort of damocles that hangs over hIm, over the chancellor. That leads you to taxatIon. The chancellor. That leads you to taxatIon, and If you look at taxatIon taxatIon, and If you look at taxatIon and the amounts Involved here. TaxatIon and the amounts Involved here. There taxatIon and the amounts Involved here, there are only three taxes that you here, there are only three taxes that you could look at. About two thIrds that you could look at. About two thIrds of that you could look at. About two thIrds of all tax Is raIsed through InconIe thIrds of all tax Is raIsed through Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and vat. Income tax, Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and vat. And Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance and vat, and then you ask yourself what crIterIa vat, and then you ask yourself what crIterIa we vat, and then you ask yourself what crIterIa we are goIng to apply to the tax crIterIa we are goIng to apply to the Tax Measures to test whether they are the Tax Measures to test whether they are the rIght ones or not. I say there they are the rIght ones or not. I say there are two, one beIng that we should say there are two, one beIng that we should look say there are two, one beIng that we should look after the least advantaged In our socIety, the lowest advantaged In our socIety, the lowest paId, and the second Is that we should lowest paId, and the second Is that we should look after those that are youngest. We should look after those that are youngest, who have borne the greatest youngest, who have borne the greatest brunt of the economIc consequences of the pandemIc. I am very short consequences of the pandemIc. I am very short of consequences of the pandemIc. I am very short of tIme. The younger generatIons who we are lookIng to to some generatIons who we are lookIng to to some sIgnIfIcant degree to fund predomInantly the needs of elderly people predomInantly the needs of elderly people and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. If you look at those people and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. If you look at those taxes, Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax rIses would at those taxes, Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax rIses would have at those taxes, Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax rIses would have been very progressIve, No Doubt would have been very progressIve, No Doubt about would have been very progressIve, No Doubt about that. We would have had to have doubt about that. We would have had to have about twIce the level of Increase to have about twIce the level of Increase that we are lookIng at a natIonal Increase that we are lookIng at a Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to raIse the same amount Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to raIse the same amount of Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to raIse the same amount of money. And the poInt made by the amount of money. And the poInt made by the mInIster at the despatch box, we need by the mInIster at the despatch box, we need a by the mInIster at the despatch box, we need a uk wIde solutIon to thIs, not one we need a uk wIde solutIon to thIs, not one based on Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, where of course not one based on Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax, where of course elements of Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax are devolved of course elements of Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax are devolved to of course elements of Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax are devolved to other natIons across the unIted devolved to other natIons across the unIted kIngdom. WIth vat, If we were puttIng unIted kIngdom. WIth vat, If we were puttIng up unIted kIngdom. WIth vat, If we were puttIng up vat, that would be hugely regressIve. PuttIng up vat, that would be hugely regressIve, partIcularly In terms of the level regressIve, partIcularly In terms of the level of regressIve, partIcularly In terms of the level of Income receIved, rather than expendIture, and I thInk that would than expendIture, and I thInk that would have been wrong, and I thInk near the would have been wrong, and I thInk near the upper would have been wrong, and I thInk nearthe upper lImIt of would have been wrong, and I thInk near the upper lImIt of where vat should near the upper lImIt of where vat should be near the upper lImIt of where vat should be at 20 In terms of the dIstortIon should be at 20 In terms of the dIstortIon consequences of goIng further dIstortIon consequences of goIng further. That leads you, therefore, InevItably. Further. That leads you, therefore, InevItably, to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, ust InevItably, to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, just what InevItably, to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, just what labour wIll lead to In 2005 just what labour wIll lead to In 2005 the just what labour wIll lead to In 2003. The orIgInal proposal, It seems 2003. The orIgInal proposal, It seems to 2003. The orIgInal proposal, It seems to me, faIled both of my tests seems to me, faIled both of my tests I seems to me, faIled both of my tests. I thInk If we had just put up natIonal tests. I thInk If we had just put up Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, It would have been Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, It would have been regressIve, It would have hIt the poorest hardest, but what Is rIght the poorest hardest, but what Is rIght about the Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-approach'>Chancellors Approach Is that he has extended It to be approach Is that he has extended It to be on approach Is that he has extended It to be on the scope and target, and he has to be on the scope and target, and he has extended to those who are receIvIng he has extended to those who are receIvIng Income by way of dIvIdends, and that a crItIcal move that makes dIvIdends, and that a crItIcal move that makes thIs, I thInk, In general. That makes thIs, I thInk, In general, the rIght approach. There are, general, the rIght approach. There are. Of general, the rIght approach. There are, of course, many Issues that he commItted are, of course, many Issues that he commItted No Doubt well be lookIng at. CommItted No Doubt well be lookIng at one commItted No Doubt well be lookIng at one of commItted No Doubt well be lookIng at. One of them Is that a regrettable consequence of the Increase regrettable consequence of the Increase In the employers natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-Increase'>Insurance Increase In the employers natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rate'>Insurance Rate Is that It wIll exacerbate the so called three people exacerbate the so called three people problem, whereby the dIfferent Imarsana.com/news/tax-treatment'>Tax Treatment of the employed, Self Employed and those receIvIng employed, Self Employed and those receIvIng Income through theIr own company receIvIng Income through theIr own company wIll be wIdened, wIth consequences. I have run out of tIme. Consequences. I have run out of tIme. Thank consequences. I have run out of tIme, thank you very much Indeed, I support tIme, thank you very much Indeed, I support thIs tIme, thank you very much Indeed, I support thIs Imarsana.com/news/motIon-today'>MotIon Today. Front bench contrIbutIon, support thIs Imarsana.com/news/motIon-today'>MotIon Today. Front bench contrIbutIon, Imarsana.com/news/alIson-support'>AlIson Support thIs Imarsana.com/news/motIon-today'>MotIon Today. Front bench contrIbutIon, alIson thewlIss. Thank bench contrIbutIon, alIson thewlIss. Thank you. Bench contrIbutIon, alIson thewlIss. Thank you. Mr bench contrIbutIon, alIson thewlIss. Thank you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy bench contrIbutIon, alIson thewlIss. Thank you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker. Bench contrIbutIon, alIson thewlIss. Thank you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker. I thank you, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker. I would lIke to start by gIvIng the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government some credIt, they are masters of IllusIon and deflectIon, sImply tryIng to get them to answer a questIon Is lIke pInnIng jelly to a questIon Is lIke pInnIng jelly to a wall, and the mInIsters are astonIshIngly unperturbed by goIng out to argue for polIcIes that contradIct the Imarsana.com/news/cast-Iron'>Cast Iron promIses they made when they stood for electIon. We In the snp are clear that raIsIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance Is a blunt tool to fund Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, lIkely to dIsproportIonately hIt young people and lower earners, and we would force the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government to come clean on the dIstrIbutIonal Impact of thIs polIcy. We would love to be able to amend the motIon more broadly, but we do have lImItatIons In our abIlIty to do so thIs afternoon, whIch Is hugely frustratIng. 0uramendment afternoon, whIch Is hugely frustratIng. Imarsana.com/news/0ur-amendment'>0ur Amendment therefore covers the amendment by age, because we know that young people wIll be affected the worst, but we know that Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance Is regressIve and wIll hammer lower earners by wealth, because those wIth unearned Incomes stand to be the bIg wInners, and the key polItIcal motIve seems to be for the torIes to baIl out well heeled voters agaInst losIng theIr InherItance. In place of resIdence, because It Is a Imarsana.com/news/uk-tax'>Uk Tax for an england polIcy crIsIs, the Imarsana.com/news/resolutIon-foundatIon'>ResolutIon FoundatIon Is clear that thIs wIll benefIt the Imarsana.com/news/south-east'>South East of the most. It Is no surprIse to me that the Imarsana.com/news/uk-tory'>Uk Tory Imarsana.com/news/governments-tax'>Governments Tax hIke Is drawIng crItIcIsm from all sIdes. The telegraph and mIra, the cabInet and the back of course. I am crateful to cabInet and the back of course. I am grateful to my cabInet and the back of course. I am grateful to my honourable frIend, makIng grateful to my honourable frIend, makIng a grateful to my honourable frIend, makIng a number of very Important poInts an anonymous member of the cabInet Is quoted an anonymous member of the cabInet Is quoted In an anonymous member of the cabInet Is quoted In the telegraph as beIng very crItIcal of the polIcy, sayIng If you very crItIcal of the polIcy, sayIng If you get very crItIcal of the polIcy, sayIng If you get all your Income from Investments and property, you do not pay a Investments and property, you do not pay a penny. Investments and property, you do not pay a penny, but If you work your guts pay a penny, but If you work your guts out pay a penny, but If you work your guts out for pay a penny, but If you work your guts out for the mInImum wage, you et guts out for the mInImum wage, you get clobbered. Can she hazard a guess get clobbered. Can she hazard a guess as get clobbered. Can she hazard a guess as to what the torIes have agaInst guess as to what the torIes have agaInst taxIng unearned Income . I would agaInst taxIng unearned Income . Would be agaInst taxIng unearned Income . I would be very curIous to know why thatIs, would be very curIous to know why that Is, and I was goIng to go on to read out the very quote that she had mentIoned, because three former conservatIve leaders, IncludIng former Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters and chancellors, have spoken out agaInst the move. There anonymous member of the move. There anonymous member of the conservatIve party saId puttIng up the conservatIve party saId puttIng up Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance would be morally, economIcally and polItIcally wrong, and I cannot serIously be thInkIng of a Imarsana.com/news/tax-raId'>Tax RaId on Supermarket Workers and nurses so the chIldren of surrey homeowners can receIve bIgger InherItances. Well, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker, Indeed they are. I well, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker, Indeed they are. ~ , well, Imarsana.com/news/mr-deputy'>Mr Deputy speaker, Indeed they are. ,. , are. I thank my colleague for gIvIng wa. Is It are. I thank my colleague for gIvIng way Is It not are. I thank my colleague for gIvIng way. Is It not the are. I thank my colleague for gIvIng way. Is It not the case are. I thank my colleague for gIvIng way. Is It not the case that are. I thank my colleague for gIvIng way. Is It not the case that the way. Is It not the case that the talk way. Is It not the case that the talk Is way. Is It not the case that the talk Is about makIng lIfe better for socIal talk Is about makIng lIfe better for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care talk Is about makIng lIfe better for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care staff, but actually they are exactly the people who wIll lose £1000 are exactly the people who wIll lose £1000 a are exactly the people who wIll lose £1000 a year In the unIversal Imarsana.com/news/credIt-cut'>CredIt Cut and £1000 a year In the unIversal Imarsana.com/news/credIt-cut'>CredIt Cut and wIll £1000 a year In the unIversal Imarsana.com/news/credIt-cut'>CredIt Cut and wIll now face thIs extra cost . Cut and wIll now face thIs extra cost . , cut and wIll now face thIs extra cost . G. ,. ,. , cost . My honourable frIend Is absolutely cost . My honourable frIend Is absolutely rIght, cost . My honourable frIend Is absolutely rIght, It cost . My honourable frIend Is absolutely rIght, It Is cost . My honourable frIend Is absolutely rIght, It Is the cost . My honourable frIend Is I absolutely rIght, It Is the people who can least afford thIs and the people who have worked the hardest through thIs pandemIc, thIs government should be thankIng, not taxIng. We have been asked to vote today on measures that the eye of us have descrIbed as better than nothIng, whIch Is about as possIble. Very few people would dIspute the need for actIon In health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In england, but an Increase to Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance contrIbutIons Is not the faIrest way to go about It, and I would be Interested to know why he thInks It Is faIr for hIs Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. Why he thInks It Is faIr for hIs Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. ,,. ,. ,. ConstItuents. The 155 has noted that over the last Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. The 155 has noted that over the last ten Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. The 155 has noted that over the last ten years, Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents. The 155 has noted that over the last ten years, health over the last ten years, Health Spend over the last ten years, Health Spend has over the last ten years, Health Spend has grown by 1. 2 In scotland, compared spend has grown by 1. 2 In scotland, compared to spend has grown by 1. 2 In scotland, compared to 3. 6 In england, lIke for lIke basIs. It Is astonIshIng to be votIng agaInst £1 bIllIon astonIshIng to be votIng agaInst £1 bIllIon extra Investment In the scottIsh bIllIon extra Investment In the scottIsh nhs. We bIllIon extra Investment In the scottIsh nus. BIllIon extra Investment In the scottIsh nhs. ~. ,. , scottIsh nhs. We are startIng from very dIfferent scottIsh nhs. We are startIng from very dIfferent poInts. ScottIsh nhs. We are startIng from very dIfferent poInts. But scottIsh nhs. We are startIng from very dIfferent poInts. But he very dIfferent poInts. But he doesnt acknowledge or understand that. The response from the antIImarsana.com/news/poverty-and-equalIty'>Poverty And EqualIty groups has been absolutely damnIng. 0ne antIImarsana.com/news/poverty-and-equalIty'>Poverty And EqualIty groups has been absolutely damnIng. One group saId, we belIeve there Is a faIr way to fund Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, because as they currently stand, It Is more regressIve than Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax. The Imarsana.com/news/resolutIon-foundatIon'>ResolutIon FoundatIon has descrIbed the change Is generatIonally unfaIr. Pauljohnson has saId Is remaIns the case that pensIoners wIll pay nothIng for thIs package, overwhelmIngly to be paId by workIng age people. There are many ways thIs could have been made progressIve. 0ne could have been made progressIve. One of the ways Is to look at the 0ne of the ways Is to look at the upper one of the ways Is to look at the upper threshold for Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, but whIch has not been addressed Insurance, but whIch has not been addressed by thIs, and It now means that the addressed by thIs, and It now means that the young graduates wIll have a margInal that the young graduates wIll have a margInal Imarsana.com/news/tax-rate'>Tax Rate hIgher than a rIch conservatIve earnIng on the benches across conservatIve earnIng on the benches across the conservatIve earnIng on the benches across the way. An excellent poInt. And for young people who have struggled thIs year, her goIng out Is the world of work, thIs Is a real Imarsana.com/news/hammer-blow'>Hammer Blow to theIr prospects. Many famIlIes are already facIng a hIstorIc at theIr annual Incomes, standIng down the barrel of other cuts, Imarsana.com/news/rowntree-foundatIon'>Rowntree FoundatIon descrIbed thIs as addIng Insult to Injury. Its been calculated 2. 5 mIllIon Imarsana.com/news/workIng-households'>WorkIng Households wIll be affected by the £20 a week cut to Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt and the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Imarsana.com/news/0n-unIversal-credIt'>0n UnIversal CredIt and the Increase In Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. On average, losIng out by £1290 In the next fInancIal year. WorkIng households. DoIng theIr very best to put food on the table, to support theIr chIldren, In thIs cruel Imarsana.com/news/uk-tory'>Uk Tory government takes the legs from under them. If he can explaIn why Its faIr to the them. If he can explaIn why Its faIrto the famIly them. If he can explaIn why Its faIr to the famIly Is workIng so hard. I faIr to the famIly Is workIng so hard. , � , hard. I wonder whether shes. O. Ed hard. I wonder whether shes popped out hard. I wonder whether shes popped out to hard. I wonder whether shes popped out to the hard. I wonder whether shes popped out to the vote hard. I wonder whether shes popped out to the Imarsana.com/news/vote-offIce-l'>Vote OffIce L hard. I wonder whether shes I popped out to the Imarsana.com/news/vote-offIce'>Vote OffIce and pIcked popped out to the Imarsana.com/news/vote-offIce'>Vote OffIce and pIcked up popped out to the Imarsana.com/news/vote-offIce'>Vote OffIce and pIcked up thIs dIstrIbutIonal analysIs pIcked up thIs dIstrIbutIonal analysIs the government publIshed, showIng analysIs the government publIshed, showIng the Impact across the Income In thIs showIng the Impact across the Income In thIs country. It doesnt bear out what In thIs country. It doesnt bear out what shes In thIs country. It doesnt bear out what shes sayIng. I would encourage anybody what shes sayIng. I would encourage anybody out there to pIck up thIs Imarsana.com/news/analysIs-anybody'>AnalysIs Anybody out there to pIck up thIs anal sIs. analysIs. There are dIfferent anal ses analysIs. There are dIfferent analyses Ive analysIs. There are dIfferent analyses Ive seen analysIs. There are dIfferent analyses Ive seen and analysIs. There are dIfferent analyses Ive seen and I analysIs. There are dIfferent I analyses Ive seen and I would analysIs. There are dIfferent analyses Ive seen and I would urge hIm to look at that because It gIves a very dIfferent pIcture to The One the government Is presentIng. I thInk thats why you need to have more analysIs of thIs polIcy. It wIll also Impact upon our recovery from thIs pandemIc. BusInesses who weathered such a challengIng year has spoken out In the strongest terms agaInst It. The federatIon of small busInesses called the hIke antI job, antI small busIness, antI start start up. PoIntIng out It wIll stIfle recruItment, Investment and efforts to up skIll and Improve productIvIty. I and efforts to up skIll and Improve productIvIty productIvIty. I thank her for gIvIng wa. Is productIvIty. I thank her for gIvIng way Is she productIvIty. I thank her for gIvIng way. Is she worrIed productIvIty. I thank her for gIvIng way. Is she worrIed that productIvIty. I thank her for gIvIng way. Is she worrIed that thIs way. Is she worrIed that thIs government appears to be IncreasIng Imarsana.com/news/taxes-government'>Taxes Government appears to be IncreasIng taxes at government appears to be IncreasIng taxes at a government appears to be IncreasIng taxes at a far earlIer stage of the economIc taxes at a far earlIer stage of the economIc recovery from the pandemIc than other economIc recovery from the pandemIc than other sImIlar economIes are doIng than other sImIlar economIes are doInu. , , than other sImIlar economIes are doInu. ,. DoIng. She Is absolutely correct, the ve doIng. She Is absolutely correct, theyve learnt doIng. She Is absolutely correct, theyve learnt nothIng doIng. She Is absolutely correct, theyve learnt nothIng from doIng. She Is absolutely correct, theyve learnt nothIng from the Imarsana.com/news/l-theyve'>L Theyve learnt nothIng from the austerIty that caused so much damage from the last crash. Theyre about to repeat the mIstakes and those on the lowest Incomes wIll agaIn be the most hammered from It. The InstItute of dIrectors call thIs hIke polItIcal opportunIsm, and hIghlIghted the dIvIdends whIch wIll hIt sole traders and dIrectors many of whom are unjustIfIably excluded from support durIng the pandemIc. It Imarsana.com/news/rubs-salt'>Rubs Salt In the wounds. Rubs salt In the wounds. Thank you. Im Imarsana.com/news/rubs-salt'>Rubs Salt In the wounds. Thank you. Lm grateful Imarsana.com/news/rubs-salt'>Rubs Salt In the wounds. Thank you. Im grateful for Imarsana.com/news/rubs-salt'>Rubs Salt In the wounds. Thank you. Im grateful for her Imarsana.com/news/rubs-salt'>Rubs Salt In the wounds. Thank you. Im grateful for her gIvIng Imarsana.com/news/rubs-salt'>Rubs Salt In the wounds. Thank you. Im grateful for her gIvIng way. Rubs salt In the wounds. Thank you. Im grateful for her gIvIng way. In IIm gratefulfor her gIvIng way. In my experIence In my constItuency, many of the same famIlIes who are affected, and she has been very wIse In poIntIng thIs out, I would lIke to reIterate It, It appears to me the same group of people, very hard workIng, many key workers, many wIth small busInesses, are beIng dIsproportIonately affected by thIs unfaIr Imarsana.com/news/tax-rIse'>Tax RIse. At the same tIme, Its not solvIng the fundamental problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It Its not solvIng the fundamental problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It does nothIn problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It does nothIng to problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It does nothIng to resolve problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It does nothIng to resolve eIther problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It does nothIng to resolve eIther of problems of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. It does Imarsana.com/news/l-nothIng'>L NothIng to resolve eIther of those Issues and It makes It all the harder for those people have suffered so hard durIng the pandemIc, who are excluded from support, to get back on theIr feet and brIng money back Into the economy agaIn. It makes absolutely no economIc sense whatsoever. And of course thIs unjust effect of the natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-hIke'>Insurance HIke wIll be compounded In scotland because the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster Is proposIng scottIsh contrIbutIons are used to fund england only polIcIes. My Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents and people across scotland are generous people, and Im sure very few would begrudge the prIncIple of fundIng the nhs and fIxIng Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care after the pandemIc, If they had any faIth that thIs government was capable of fIxIng anythIng. As thIngs stand, scots, the welsh, northern IrIsh, stand to be taxed twIce. FIrst of the health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System they actually receIved by theIr own governments, and then agaIn by the nhs Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In england for servIces they dont have access to and where money more often than not appears to be squandered on dodgy contracts and cronyIsm scandals. And we know from the Internal Imarsana.com/news/market-bIll'>Market BIll and other Imarsana.com/news/brexIt-legIslatIon'>BrexIt LegIslatIon that we cannot trust those In the government benches to respect our hard won devolutIon. Im not at all In the slIghtest reassured by the Imarsana.com/news/talk-yesterday'>Talk Yesterday from the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster on dIrectIng money raIsed from the new levy Into health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care servIces In scotland. Im extremely grateful for her gIvIng Im extremely grateful for her gIvIng way and I thInk she makes very Important poInt. Is she aware of any very Important poInt. Is she aware of any dIscussIons held between treasury of any dIscussIons held between treasury mInIsters and scottIsh Imarsana.com/news/mInIsters-treasury'>MInIsters Treasury mInIsters and scottIsh mInIsters and her Imarsana.com/news/party-or-labour'>Party Or Labour mInIsters mInIsters and her Imarsana.com/news/party-or-labour'>Party Or Labour mInIsters In mInIsters and her Imarsana.com/news/party-or-labour'>Party Or Labour mInIsters In the welsh government because mInIsters In the welsh government because It mInIsters In the welsh government because It seems we have the brItIsh government usIng a uk wIde tax to Imarsana.com/news/fund-englIsh'>Fund EnglIsh prIorItIes. He Is absolutely Imarsana.com/news/fund-englIsh'>Fund EnglIsh prIorItIes. He Is absolutely correct. Fund englIsh prIorItIes. He Is absolutely correct. These IImarsana.com/news/fund-englIsh'>Fund EnglIsh prIorItIes. He Is| absolutely correct. These are Imarsana.com/news/fund-englIsh'>Fund EnglIsh prIorItIes. He Is absolutely correct. These are not our prIorItIes, we already have these servIces In our own natIons. If the honourable members on the other sIde wIll come down, I wIll try to brIng them In at some poInt. I want other people to be able to make theIr speeches. GIve me peace. Its not for the prIme Imarsana.com/news/mInIster-or-anybody'>MInIster Or Anybody else on the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government to dIrect how devolved budgets are spent. The It tIes the money In a further undermInIng of Imarsana.com/news/decIsIon-makIng'>DecIsIon MakIng and lack of understandIng of how these servIces are provIded In scotland. We had no Insurance from the Imarsana.com/news/uk-tory'>Uk Tory government about the extent of barnett consequentIals that wIll be generated and I seek clarIty on that. We cannot support measures whIch are so manIfestly unfaIr to our Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents and where the fInancIal Imarsana.com/news/consequences-amount'>Consequences Amount to a pIg fInancIal Imarsana.com/news/consequences-amount'>Consequences Amount to a pIg In a poke. The foundatIon has poInted out that whIle Imarsana.com/news/health-spendIng'>Health SpendIng may go up, then spendIng In other departments such as local government have gone down compared to pre pandemIc plans. Local government provIdes a sIgnIfIcant proportIon of the Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care the torIes on the benches opposIte, who would do better to lIsten than chatter away, they claIm to care. I thInk youve done more talkIng In thIs place than lIstenIng, and It would be useful If you would sIt down cheerIng well saId . ,. , cheerIng well saId . , well saId absolutely the spendIng cuts wIll have well saId absolutely the spendIng cuts wIll have an well saId absolutely the spendIng cuts wIll have an Impact well saId absolutely the spendIng cuts wIll have an Impact on well saId absolutely the spendIng cuts wIll have an Impact on barnettl cuts wIll have an Impact on barnett consequentIals and It would be just lIke thIs government to appear to gIve wIth one hand whIle pIckIng scotlands pockets wIth the other. A new tory Imarsana.com/news/poll-tax'>Poll Tax whIch punIshes those on the lowest Incomes Is beIng forced on scotland by a government we dId not vote for. And If he wants to explaIn thIs to hIs Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents, Id be glad to hear It Id be glad to hear It shes been makIn a Id be glad to hear It shes been makIng a very Id be glad to hear It shes been makIng a very serIous Id be glad to hear It shes been makIng a very serIous Imarsana.com/news/speech-Id'>Speech Id be glad to hear It shes been l makIng a very serIous speech wIth lots of makIng a very serIous speech wIth lots of very makIng a very serIous speech wIth lots of very pertInent poInts, many of whIch lots of very pertInent poInts, many of whIch I lots of very pertInent poInts, many of whIch I dIsagree wIth, but we have of whIch I dIsagree wIth, but we have come of whIch I dIsagree wIth, but we have come to the crux of the matter because have come to the crux of the matter because thIs have come to the crux of the matter because thIs actIon by thIs government wIll actually delIver over It government wIll actually delIver over £1 bIllIon of extra fundIng to scotlands over £1 bIllIon of extra fundIng to scotlands natIonal Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce, and the scotlands natIonal Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce, and the fact Is the real reason they oppose and the fact Is the real reason they oppose thIs Imarsana.com/news/motIon-today'>MotIon Today Is they would oppose thIs Imarsana.com/news/motIon-today'>MotIon Today Is they would rather the scotlands nhs was poorer would rather the scotlands nhs was poorer rather than benefItIng from beIng poorer rather than benefItIng from beIng part poorer rather than benefItIng from beIng part of thIs unIted kIngdom. That Is beIng part of thIs unIted kIngdom. That Is a beIng part of thIs unIted kIngdom. That Is a fact. We beIng part of thIs unIted kIngdom. That Is a fact that Is a fact. We already spend more er that Is a fact. We already spend more per head that Is a fact. We already spend more per head on that Is a fact. We already spend more per head on the that Is a fact. We already spend more per head on the nhs that Is a fact. We already spend more per head on the nhs that| that Is a fact. We already spend I more per head on the nhs that Is spent In england, we already have better servIces In scotland than In england. And thIs Is an entIrely regressIve form of taxatIon that does nothIng for hIs Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents and It does nothIng for mIne. Some have saId that at I would just lIke to hIghlIght wIth my honourable frIend that scotland already spends 43 more per head on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care and that allows us to be the only natIon that allows us to be the only natIon that delIvers free Personal Care and has extended It to people under 65. That was why we raIsed the extra penny that was why we raIsed the extra Penny On That was why we raIsed the extra penny on tax, scots are already payIng penny on tax, scots are already payIng for penny on tax, scots are already payIng for that and they are already gaInIng payIng for that and they are already gaInIng from It. That should be controlled by the scottIsh parlIament. Controlled by the scottIsh parlIament. , ,. , parlIament. She speaks the absolute truth on thIs parlIament. She speaks the absolute truth on thIs Issue parlIament. She speaks the absolute truth on thIs Issue and parlIament. She speaks the absolute truth on thIs Issue and she parlIament. She speaks the absolute truth on thIs Issue and she Is truth on thIs Issue and she Is absolutely correct to do so. There Is a huge contrast between what has been proposed on the Garment Benches and whats been delIvered In scotland already. Some have saId what Is the alternatIve . FIxIng englands Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care crIsIs Is not for the snp to decIde. HavIng heard evIdence on the select commIttee, I know success Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Governments have faIled to act, then Ignore the evIdence as dIffIcultIes mounted, another Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster has come to thIs house In shamelessly usIng covId as cover. I wIll gIve way. In terms of the suffIcIency of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care budgets In scotland, there Is now an 11 Imarsana.com/news/week-waIt'>Week WaIt In parts of scotland for dIscharges from hospItal Into a care home. If you honestly sayIng she doesnt need extra resources In the scottIsh health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System . LIrrufhat health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System . What I would sa health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System . What I would say Is health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System . What I would say Is he health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System . What I would say Is he should health and socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System . xIIIIsgt I would say Is he should look for the comparatIve fIgures In hIs own constItuency. Im the comparatIve fIgures In hIs own constItuency. Im not sayIng for a second, that everythIng In scotland Is perfect, but we are makIng good progress and we Intend to make more. The Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care fundIng announced by the government may amount on The End to as lIttle as 20 raIsed by thIs tax hIke, not even for a few years. The brItIsh assocIatIon of socIal workers have saId thIs raIses more questIons than answers, and they feel they need somethIng for servIces rIght now. Not at some poInt In the future. Early analysIs demonstrates the sheen Is orally comIng off thIs polIcy. In contrast, the snp has used Its tIme In government to Introduce health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care IntegratIon, self dIrected support, and the carers act, we have a self and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care partnershIps on the ground workIng way to delIver more Integrated servIces to our Imarsana.com/news/constItuents-'>ConstItuents, free Personal Care has been avaIlable In scotland for adults aged 65 and over sInce 2002, extended In 2019 to people of all ages who requIre It. The scottIsh Imarsana.com/news/governments-programme'>Governments Programme for Imarsana.com/news/governments-programme'>Governments Programme for Imarsana.com/news/government-yesterday'>Government Yesterday set out the doubt tImetable for establIshIng a natIonal Imarsana.com/news/care-servIce'>Care ServIce, the most sIgnIfIcant publIc Imarsana.com/news/servIce-reform'>ServIce Reform sInce the creatIon of the nhs. A Imarsana.com/news/westmInster-power-grab'>WestmInster Power Grab on devolved Imarsana.com/news/health-care'>Health Care and the democratIc InstItutIons of scotland, wales and northern Ireland, taxIng people to paIrfor theIr northern Ireland, taxIng people to paIr for theIr chaotIc mIshandlIng of health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In england, undermInIng our recovery by puttIng a tax on employers, punIshIng workIng people In low pay by cuttIng the Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt, and hIkIng taxes on theIr meagre wages. Mr deputy speaker, thIs Is no unIon dIvIdend, Is the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster lIkes to claIm. It Is a unIon dead end and the people of scotland must have the choIce to take the fastest road out of here to Independence. CheerIng that was the snps treasury spokesperson, alIce and a takIng part In a debate about Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reform. PrevIously we heard from the show chancellor, sayIng she felt thIs was an unfaIr way of makIng sure Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care was reformed and properly funded. DescrIbIng It as regressIve. 0ur polItIcal correspondent Is at westmInster, hes 0ur polItIcal correspondent Is at westmInster, hes been lIstenIng to the debate. Its westmInster, hes been lIstenIng to the debate. Its been quIte feIsty but theyre not gettIng a lot of support, the government, from the opposItIon benches. TrIte support, the government, from the opposItIon benches. OpposItIon benches. We are In a ecuhar opposItIon benches. We are In a peculIar Imarsana.com/news/sItuatIon-opposItIon'>SItuatIon OpposItIon benches. We are In a peculIar sItuatIon where opposItIon benches. We are In a peculIar sItuatIon where the opposItIon benches. We are In a I peculIar sItuatIon where the Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party Is goIng to vote agaInst a Imarsana.com/news/tax-rIse'>Tax RIse to spend more money on socIal securIty, whIle the conservatIve party Is tryIng to defend and sell saId Imarsana.com/news/tax-rIse'>Tax RIse. GIven the sIze of the tory majorIty, we expect It to go through easIly at around seven oclock thIs evenIng, we had expected there to be somethIng of a backlash when the announcement came yesterday from the tory backbenches, In the event a lot of them have kInd of decIded Its In the event a lot of them have kInd of decIded Its ok now. I spoke to one would be rebel a few moments ago who saId he was plannIng to now to abstaIn. He doesnt lIke the Idea of abstaIn. He doesnt lIke the Idea of a Imarsana.com/news/tax-rIse'>Tax RIse In and of Itself, but accepts the need for more money to go fIrst and foremost Into the nhs to clear the backlog caused by the pandemIc, then ultImately to go Into Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care as well. SocIal care as well. What though Is the alternatIve . SocIal care as well. What though Is the alternatIve . That Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care as well. What though Is the alternatIve . That was Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care as well. What though Is the alternatIve . That was the I the alternatIve . That was the crItIcIsm of the government. Its the alternatIve . That was the crItIcIsm of the government. Its ok to say to, what you want In Its place . To say to, what you want In Its lace . ,. , to say to, what you want In Its lace . ,. To say to, what you want In Its lace . ,. , place . That was the central part of the Imarsana.com/news/exchanges-place'>Exchanges Place . That was the central part of the exchanges at place . That was the central part of the exchanges at Imarsana.com/news/pmqs-place'>Pmqs Place . That was the central part of the exchanges at pmqs at place . That was the central part of the exchanges at pmqs at mIdday. Place . That was the central part of I the exchanges at pmqs at mIdday. SIr Imarsana.com/news/keIr-starmer-saInt'>KeIr Starmer SaInt borIsjohnson, can you guarantee no one wIll have to sell theIr home to pay for theIr care . BorIsjohnson Imarsana.com/news/couldnt-answer'>Couldnt Answer that. I suppose Its ImpossIble for hIm at thIs stage. But he saId, whats your Imarsana.com/news/alternatIve-plan'>AlternatIve Plan to raIse the money . And he poInted out that a member of Imarsana.com/news/keIr-starmer'>KeIr Starmers top team, the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-care-mInIster'>Shadow Care MInIster a few years ago, backed a plan to use Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, rIse and that, to pay for some form of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care levy. QuIte a good to and fro at pmqs, Imarsana.com/news/keIr-starmer'>KeIr Starmerthen levy. QuIte a good to and fro at pmqs, Imarsana.com/news/keIr-starmer'>KeIr Starmer then sayIng to borIsjohnson, well, a few years ago you descrIbed the Idea of natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIses as a regressIve thIng, but It was packed, the House Of Commons, the pmqs for the fIrst tIme sInce sprIng last year. At thIs debate now on the IntrIcacIes of the plan wIll go on for some hours yet. EvenIf plan wIll go on for some hours yet. Even If a lot of mps feel they havent really been gIven enough tIme to dIejust havent really been gIven enough tIme to dIe just yet, gIven the announcement only came 24 hour to go. Announcement only came 24hour to to, , announcement only came 24hour to go. Lets talk about kevan wIllIamson. Go. Lets talk about kevan wIllIamson. He go. Lets talk about kevan wIllIamson. He mIstook. Go. Lets talk about kevan I wIllIamson. He mIstook Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford the footballer for Imarsana.com/news/maro-Itoje'>Maro Itoje. Tell us what the reactIon has been. Itoje. Tell us what the reactIon has been. ,. , Itoje. Tell us what the reactIon has been. ,. , been. ThIs Is an Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary-IntervIew'>EducatIon Secretary IntervIew for been. ThIs Is an Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary-IntervIew'>EducatIon Secretary IntervIew for the been. ThIs Is an Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary-IntervIew'>EducatIon Secretary IntervIew for the evenIng been. ThIs Is an Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary-IntervIew'>EducatIon Secretary IntervIew for the Imarsana.com/news/evenIng-standard'>EvenIng Standard, | IntervIew for the Imarsana.com/news/evenIng-standard'>EvenIng Standard, and one quote, he says of Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, we met over zoom, he seemed IncredIbly engaged, compassIonate and charmIng, but then he had to shoot off, I dIdnt want to be The One holdIng hIm back from traInIng. The artIcle then goes on to say that offIcIals close to Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson saId no, he dIdnt meet Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, he actually met murrell Itoje. Marcus rashford hImself has love thIs off, he tweeted, the accent could have been a gIveaway. Marcus rashford Is from manchester, Itoje Is from london. We had a statement sayIng marcus Is consIstent ask to those In power has been collaboratIon, more often than not thIs Is rebuffed. They are two IncredIbly successful young black men but there Is lIttle more they have In common. We contacted the department for educatIon and sources close to Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson, they are yet to respond to thIs story. But If Its true Its yet to respond to thIs story. But If Its true Its quIte an embarrassIng one for the Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary gIven the talk around westmInster In recent weeks and months about a potentIal Imarsana.com/news/cabInet-reshuffle'>CabInet Reshuffle and Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson In partIcular among those mInIsters has been under a lot of pressure. Those mInIsters has been under a lot of pressure of pressure. Peter, thank you very much. Of pressure. Peter, thank you very much much of pressure. Peter, thank you very much. Much more of pressure. Peter, thank you very much. Much more reactIon of pressure. Peter, thank you very much. Much more reactIon and I much. Much more Imarsana.com/news/reactIon-and-analysIs'>ReactIon And AnalysIs of that debate about Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care reform and how It should be funded throughout the afternoon here on bbc news. Lets turn our attentIon to afghanIstan. The former afghan presIdent has taken to socIal medIa, regrettIng how It ended. A very long statement been placed on twItter, we can take a look at It now. I wont read all of It but he says he hopes the afghan people an explanatIon of why he left couple so quIckly on the 15th of august. When a tell unexpectedly entered the cIty. Of course, theIr progress across the country took many by surprIse. He goes on to say he was advIsed for the sake of the 6 mIllIon people In the sake of the 6 mIllIon people In the cIty of couple to get out, to try to prevent too much fIghtIng and vIolence. The second paragraph Is partIcularly InterestIng. Now Is not the moment for a long assessment of the moment for a long assessment of the events leadIng up to my departure, I wIll address them In detaIl In the near future. Departure, I wIll address them In detaIl In the nearfuture. I must now address baseless allegatIons that I left kabul I took wIth me mIllIons of dollars belongIng to the afghan people. These charges are completely false, quIck there were corruptIon as a plague that has cut crIppled our country for decades, and fIghtIng corruptIon has been on my central focus of presIdent. I InherIted a monster that could not quIckly be defeated. He goes on to explaIn how he and hIs wIfe have always been careful to dIsclose theIr fInancIal sItuatIon, and to agaIn say later on In the statement that he very much belIeves that a democratIc republIc was the only way afghanIstan could be sovereIgn, peaceful and prosperous. QuIte a lot there to pIck over, and as he says, more explanatIons of what happened In those events leadIng up to the talIban takIng over need to be forthcomIng. Hundreds more people have crossed the Imarsana.com/news/channel-today'>Channel Today In calm weather. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Imarsana.com/news/prItI-patel'>PrItI Patel Is meetIng her french counterpart to dIscuss the Issue. The Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce says 785 people made the journey on monday alone. Our correspondent sImon jones Is In dover. Many people takIng advantage of the relatIvely calm condItIons out there. , relatIvely calm condItIons out there. ,. RelatIvely calm condItIons out there. ,. , relatIvely calm condItIons out there. ,. ,. There. Yes, very calm at sea, In the ast few there. Yes, very calm at sea, In the past few mInutes there. Yes, very calm at sea, In the past few mInutes wIth there. Yes, very calm at sea, In the past few mInutes wIth symbol I there. Yes, very calm at sea, In the past few mInutes wIth symbol for I past few mInutes wIth symbol for sprIng another group of mIgrants Into the port, just down there. Also weve Into the port, just down there. Also weve had IncIdents reported of eastbourne, hastIngs, dungeness. Its clear hundreds more people have made the crossIng today. Yesterday the fIgure was 4500 people yet to be confIrmed by the Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce. On monday It was almost 800 people In a sIngle day. Im 27 boats wIll stop so It gIves you a sense of the scale of the numbers arrIvIng here. In terms of the calm weather In the channel, I dont thInk that calm spIrIt Is goIng to be matched In thIs meetIng thats goIng to be takIng place between Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary and her french counterpart. Thats goIng to be at the Imarsana.com/news/g7-meetIng-InterIor'>G7 MeetIng InterIor mInIsters. PrItI patel early thIs week speakIng to conservatIve mps made clear her anger at the number of people gettIng through. She saId she was consIderIng wIthdrawIng some of the £54 mIllIon that brItaIn had pledged to france to up patrols on beaches In northern france. I thInk Its goIng to be InterestIng to see what sort of tone she takes In the meetIng wIth the french InterIor mInIster today, wIll she go Into that meetIng and bang her fIsts on the Imarsana.com/news/table-and-demand'>Table And Demand more actIon . I thInk In realIty we wIll probably see a more concIlIatory tone, because the realIty Is mIgratIon Is an InternatIonal Issue, and much of the government talks about takIng control of brItaIns borders, Is not an Issue they can solve alone. But It very much an Issue they can solve alone. But It very much was one of the mantras durIng the Imarsana.com/news/brexIt-campaIgn'>BrexIt CampaIgn of those who wanted to leave the eu, that It would be much easIer to do It If we were not part of that block. Yes. Were not part of that block. Yes, and I were not part of that block. Yes, and I thInk were not part of that block. Yes, and I thInk the were not part of that block. Yes, and I thInk the realIty were not part of that block. Yes, and I thInk the realIty Is were not part of that block. IeIs and I thInk the realIty Is turnIng out to be rather dIfferent In terms of mIgratIon across the channel. After The End of the brexIt transItIon perIod, somethIng called the dublIn regulatIons, whIch allowed brItaIn to return people to other eu countrIes If they had already claImed asylum there are passed through those countrIes, that was no longer In force, and there Is nothIng to replace It. As far as we know of all the people who arrIve by boat so far thIs year, not one has been returned to a safe eu country, because there are sImply not the agreements In place to do that. You speak to the Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce, they say negotIatIons are ongoIng, they dont want to gIve a runnIng commentary, but Is now several months on from january sInce the sItuatIon arose, no agreement on sIte, so a dIffIcult one for the Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce as they are tryIng to send out a deterrent message sayIng people should not rIsk theIr lIves attemptIng thIs crossIng, gettIng across the channel, but the realIty Is If people get halfway across they wIll be pIcked up by the Imarsana.com/news/border-force'>Border Force or the lIfeboat, brought to dover, and at the moment the possIbIlIty of gettIng those people removed from the uk back to safe eu countrIes Is very lImIted. The uk back to safe eu countrIes Is very lImIted the uk back to safe eu countrIes Is very lImIted. SImon, thank you very much. The bIggest trIal In frances modern hIstory has opened In parIs, amId tIght securIty. 20 men are accused of Involvement In a strIng of coordInated attacks In 2015, kIllIng 130 people and woundIng hundreds more. The attack on bars, restaurants and the bataclan Imarsana.com/news/concert-hall'>Concert Hall was frances worst post war atrocIty. Among the defendants appearIng In the specIally buIlt chamber Is Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam the only survIvIng gunman. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/hugh-schofIeld'>Hugh SchofIeld reports from parIs. As you can ImagIne, peak securIty here, and half of the Island has been sealed off by securIty forces. And InsIde the hIstorIc palaIs de justIce behInd me here, around a specIally constructed courtroom there Is a throng of lawyers, journalIsts, polIce and survIvors. ThIs promIses to be a long, emotIonal and a pot makIng trIal, as we hear In thIs report from my colleague, lucy wIllIamson. It was a nIght wIth no safe haven, when no one knew where to run. When gunmen brought chaos to Imarsana.com/news/parIs-bars'>ParIs Bars and restaurants. Its football stadIum. The bataclan Imarsana.com/news/concert-hall'>Concert Hall. Stephan lost hIs son, hugo, that nIght at the bataclan. No trIal, he says, can heal the paIn. It Is complIcated because It Is, fIrst of all, a personal loss, the loss of a chIld, my son. And Its also a collectIve loss. And then It was sometImes dIffIcult to manage these two sItuatIons. 20 defendants are accused of murder, complIcIty and terrorIst conspIracy. Salah abdeslam, the only suspected attacker to survIve that nIght, Is facIng the most serIous charges. 19 others are accused of Involvement, IncludIng mohamed abrInI, who prosecutors say accompanIed the attackers to parIs from theIr home In belgIum. SIx of the accused are beIng trIed In absentIa. And for a unIque event, a unIque locatIon. ThIs temporary courtroom, buIlt exclusIvely for the trIal, sIts wIthIn the hIstorIc Imarsana.com/news/court-ofjustIce'>Court OfjustIce In parIs. The lIght colours have been chosen to promote a sense of calm. There Is a secure box for the defendants, and ten cameras to record the trIal for frances natIonal hIstory. The trauma of that nIght has contInued to rIpple through france. SIx years on, what wIll It mean to see Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam standIng In the dock . You know, you just ImagIne the devIl, you just ImagIne somebody wIth a strong Intellectual. Maybe, maybe Im wrong, but people wIth that. ThIs kInd of man who has done such awful thIngs. Stephane says he doesnt need to see the key defendant, but he wants abdeslam to see hIm. After sIx years, Its very Important for me to face hIm and to face the others, and to say, ok, look at me, I am there, I am alIve, my son Is not there, but through me he Is stIll here, we are stIll standIng, you dIdnt wIn. For stephane, thIs trIal marks the moment when natIonal trauma becomes natIonal hIstory. EasIerfor a natIon to move on, he says, than for hIm. Lucy wIllIamson, bbc news, parIs. Well, a short tIme ago, proceedIngs dId get under way, and the accused have now been brought Into the court, Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam was the last to come In, dressed In a black Imarsana.com/news/t-shIrt'>T ShIrt wIth a black beard, he was asked by the presIdIng judge what was hIs professIon . He saId, soldIer of IslamIc state. InItIal results of a postmortem examInatIon on geronImo the alpaca show no sIgn that bovIne tb was present In the anImal. GeronImo was taken from a farm In south gloucestershIre last week and put down by defra offIcIals, after he twIce tested posItIve for the dIsease. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/andrew-plant'>Andrew Plant Is outsIde the department for envIronment, food and rural affaIrs thIs afternoon where protesters are gatherIng. A couple of hundred people have gathered outsIde the Imarsana.com/news/defra-headquarters'>Defra Headquarters here In Central London to protest today. Among them, helen mcdonald, the owner of geronImo the alpaca. And for her, of course, these InItIal results come as no surprIse. She has long maIntaIned that her alpaca was bovIne tuberculosIs free. It was Imported from New Zealand four years ago, then had a couple of posItIve test results, but she thought they were flawed and she has fought through the courts for over four years now to try to save her alpacas lIfe. That was a battle she lost about sIx weeks ago, and then thIs tIme last week offIcIals from defra came to her farm In south gloucestershIre and took geronImo away. The whole thIng, though, has sparked a debate about exactly how accurate the bovIne Imarsana.com/news/tuberculosIs-testIng-programme'>TuberculosIs TestIng Programme Is. It Is desIgned of course to keep cattle and cattle farms safe, keep them tradIng, but stIll, more than 40,000 carers every sIngle year on average are put down after posItIve tests. And the helen mcdonald, these InItIal results really arent The End of the process. They are not conclusIve proof that geronImo was bovIne tuberculosIs free. They wIll now have to take cells from the anImal, send them to a lab, and try to culture those In a dIsh under a mIcroscope, and that Is as long a process as It sounds. We are told It can take anythIng from eIght weeks up to three or four months. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. Hello there. For most of us, the hot, sunny weather Is goIng to contInue throughout the day today. However, for some theres already been a change to thundery weather, partIcularly across south Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England, where In places the heavens have really opened, brIngIng reports of floodIng for example, weve had some floodIng reported around the salcombe area. These Imarsana.com/news/thunderstorms-stretch'>Thunderstorms Stretch from Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West france, across the channel, Into south Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England and just runnIng Into southern wales as well. They wIll be there throughout the afternoon, brIngIng as much as 30 to 50 mIllImetres of raIn over just a few hours, hence the rIsk of some localIsed Imarsana.com/news/flash-floodIng'>Flash FloodIng. The amount of raIn we get from these storms Is goIng to vary a lot from place to place some areas wont get that much In the way of raIn at all. Away from those storms, weve got lots of hot sunshIne, temperatures agaIn wIdely Into the hIgh 20s around the london area, the mIdlands, Into the Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West of both england and wales, and Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West scotland too. Theres probably goIng to be one or two spots that get pretty close to that 30 Imarsana.com/news/degree-mark'>Degree Mark once agaIn. OvernIght tonIght, thunderstorms contInue to work In across england and wales, reachIng northern Ireland too. They could keep you awake but If they dont, maybe the temperatures wIll. These are the kInd of temperatures, as you are perhaps thInkIng of gettIng some sleep at 11 oclock stIll well up Into the 20s In a number of our towns and cItIes, so very warm for sleepIng. Its goIng to be a warm start to the day on thursday as well, but It Is a day where low pressure Is goIng to be movIng In, so you can forget all about those sunny skIes and the really hot weather Instead, weve got thunderstorms that are goIng to be wIdespread, agaIn posIng a threat of some localIsed Imarsana.com/news/flash-floodIng'>Flash FloodIng from the heavIest of the downpours. StIll quIte warm across eastern england, though 25 degrees In norwIch, 24 In hull. Further west, generally hIgh teens to low 20s. And that low pressure, through thursday nIght, wIll push those storms more bodIly Into scotland and could cause one or two Issues locally. Now, the low pressure Is stIll wIth us for frIday. Its quIte a slow movIng feature, so agaIn Its goIng to be an unsettled day wIth showers and thunderstorms, sunny spells In between these, and temperatures comIng down generally Into the low 20s so closer to normal, really, for the tIme of year. Now, for the weekend, our area of low pressure looks set to slowly pull out of the way. There could be some areas of raIn around thIs weekend, but I thInk generally the weather wIll try to settle down and there wIll probably be a lIttle bIt of sunshIne pokIng through the clouds. The maIn feature you wIll notIce, though, across Northern Areas of the uk, Is Its goIng to turn much cooler and fresher by the second half of the weekend. Thats your weather. ThIs Is bbc news, Im martIne croxall. The headlInes mps are due to vote on the governments controversIal plan to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons. The tax, whIch breaks a Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge, has come under attack from labour In the commons thIs afternoon. The Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax on jobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the sector. It Is a tax on all those In work. The government has provIded over £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and to the natIon as a whole In the course of fIghtIng the pandemIc, so It Is, In that sense, and It has been recognIsed to be by reputable Independent commentators, a Broad Based approach. Over A Thousand people crossIng the channel In small boats thIs week. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is to hold talks wIth her french counterpart. The bIggest Imarsana.com/news/terror-trIal'>Terror TrIal ever In france gets under way amId tIght securIty. 130 people were kIlled In coordInated IslamIst attacks In 2015. And all eyes on brItaIns Imarsana.com/news/emma-raducanu'>Emma Raducanu, as she battles for a place In the semIfInals at the Us OpenIn New York. Mps are to vote thIs afternoon on the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters plans for a natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse to pay for the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Yesterday borIsjohnson announced what he called the bIggest Catch Up ProgrammeIn the hIstory of the nhs, £36 bIllIon raIsed over three years to deal wIth the backlog caused by the pandemIc. The move breaks a conservatIve Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge not to raIse taxes, justIfIed, saId mrjohnson, because of the effects of covId. ThIs lunchtIme, at Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters questIons, the labour leader, sIr Imarsana.com/news/keIr-starmer'>KeIr Starmer, attacked the government, sayIng some people needIng care would stIll have to sell theIr homes. The fInancIal secretary to The Treasury, Imarsana.com/news/jesse-norman'>Jesse Norman, opened the debate. The government has provIded over £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and to the natIon as a whole In the course of fIghtIng the pandemIc, so It Is, In that sense, a Broad Based, and It has been recognIsed to be by reputable, Independent commentators, a Broad Based approach. From aprIl 2023, once hmrc systems have been updated, a formal legal surcharge of 1. 25 wIll replace the temporary Increase In nIcs rates, whIch wIll return to theIr prevIous level. AgaIn, thIs revenue wIll be rIngfenced In law for health and for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care only. As the chancellor stated yesterday, thIs Is no stealth tax. That Is why the exact amount that each employee pays wIll also be vIsIble as a separate lIne on theIr payslIp. For the Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party on the opposItIon benches, the Imarsana.com/news/shadow-chancellor'>Shadow Chancellor of the exchequer, rachel reeves, set out why her party would not be votIng In favour of the Increase. So much for the plan. What does thIs mean for ordInary people fundIng It . Well, the Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax onjobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the sector. It Is a tax on all those In work. And as daIly covId cases contInue to clImb, the only shIeldIng that thIs government Is Interested In Is protectIng the wealthIest few from payIng more tax. As I saId, a prIvate landlord rentIng out multIple propertIes wIll not pay a penny more, yet theIr hard workIng tenants, workIng for a lIvIng, wIll be hIt hard. It Is deeply unfaIr. Rachel reeves speakIng In the House Of Commons a lIttle earlIer. Well, our polItIcal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-peter-saull'>Correspondent Peter Saull Is at westmInster and has been followIng the debate wIth us thIs afternoon. Peter. Good afternoon, that debate wIll go on untIl about seven oclock thIs evenIng when mps wIll vote on thIs huge package announced yesterday by borIsjohnson. We had, I suppose, huge package announced yesterday by borIsjohnson. We had, Isuppose, In the Run Up to the announcement, expected there to be a backlash from hIs own sIde. In the event, there may be a handful of abstentIons from concerned conservatIve mps, but that wIll be It, we expected to go through faIrly comfortably. The opposItIon partIes wIll be votIng agaInst It, IncludIng the lIberal democrats, and Im joIned by Imarsana.com/news/sIr-ed'>SIr Ed davey, outlIne your concerns about what the government has announced. It doesnt go anywhere near enough to help carers and the people they care for. I am partIcularly concerned about care staff, there are huge vacancIes, and people who are huge vacancIes, and people who are unpaId carers at home, people who are Ill, elderly, dIsabled even dyIng, the government has not done enough for them. But I am also concerned thIs Is a massIve breach In the conservatIve electIon promIses. In the 2019 Imarsana.com/news/electIon-manIfesto'>ElectIon ManIfesto for the conservatIves, they stated quIte categorIcally they would not raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance. Here they are breakIng that electIon promIse, and they need to be held to account. ThIs Is an unfaIr way of payIng for the nhs, and that Is why It Is rIght that opposItIon partIes, the lIb dems, wIll hold them to account. ~. The lIb dems, wIll hold them to account. ~. ,. The lIb dems, wIll hold them to account. , account. What Is a faIr way of a In account. What Is a faIr way of payIng for account. What Is a faIr way of payIng for nhs account. What Is a faIr way of payIng for nhs and account. What Is a faIr way of payIng for nhs and care . I account. What Is a faIr way of I payIng for nhs and care . Income account. What Is a faIr way of payIng for nhs and care . Income tax. We had In our payIng for nhs and care . Income tax. We had In our manIfesto payIng for nhs and care . Income tax. We had In our manIfesto a payIng for nhs and care . Income tax. We had In our manIfesto a 1p payIng for nhs and care . Income tax. We had In our manIfesto a Imarsana.com/news/1p-rIse'>1p RIse I payIng for nhs and care . Income tax. We had In our manIfesto a Imarsana.com/news/1p-rIse'>1p RIse In I we had In our manIfesto a Imarsana.com/news/1p-rIse'>1p RIse In Imarsana.com/news/Income-tax'>Income Tax to pay for the nhs and care, unlIke the conservatIves, who saId they wouldnt raIse taxes at all, and that Is what they are doIng. I thInk voters across the country, and In the blue wall seats where the lIberal democrats are challengIng the conservatIves especIally, I thInk they are goIng to punIsh the conservatIves for breachIng theIr solemn Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge. LIberal democrats beat the conservatIves before the Imarsana.com/news/summer-recess'>Summer Recess In a by electIon whIch was prevIously consIdered a safe conservatIve seat, In rock solId blue buckInghamshIre. We are fIndIng that people have been sayIng the conservatIves have taken us for granted, borIsjohnson Is not a decent person, he Is takIng us for granted. WIth thIs breach of theIr electIon Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse, I thInk thatIs electIon Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse, I thInk that Is goIng to grow and grow and grow, so the lIberal democrats wIll be takIng It to voters and sayIng to them, you Imarsana.com/news/cant-trust'>Cant Trust the conservatIves. Them, you Imarsana.com/news/cant-trust'>Cant Trust the conservatIves. ,. ,. , conservatIves. There Is some way to no on conservatIves. There Is some way to go on thIs. ConservatIves. There Is some way to go on thIs. The conservatIves. There Is some way to go on thIs, the vote conservatIves. There Is some way to go on thIs, the vote Is conservatIves. There Is some way to go on thIs, the vote Is expected I conservatIves. There Is some way to go on thIs, the vote Is expected to l go on thIs, the vote Is expected to go on thIs, the vote Is expected to go through, are you consIderIng ways to work wIth other partIes to put down amendments to affect what mIght happen on thIs . Happen on thIs . Well, we wIll look at everythIng happen on thIs . Well, we wIll look at everythIng we happen on thIs . Well, we wIll look at everythIng. We have happen on thIs . Well, we wIll look at everythIng. We have got happen on thIs . Well, we wIll look at everythIng. We have got to I happen on thIs . Well, we wIll lookl at everythIng. We have got to stand up at everythIng. We have got to stand up for carers and the people they are carIng for. I have been a carer most of my lIfe, I am stIll a carer, and I know how tough It can be, and I have spoken to hundreds of people In my constItuency, carers and organIsatIons across the country. They are not happy wIth thIs package. The Imarsana.com/news/package-yesterday'>Package Yesterday completely forgot famIly carers, people lookIng after loved ones at home, people who are dIsabled, and the conservatIve government has forgotten them. Lets remember, these famIly carers are takIng the vast bulk of carIng In socIety, and they contInually are beIng forgotten. I am determIned the lIb dems wIll be theIr voIce. LIrrIlhat forgotten. I am determIned the lIb dems wIll be theIr voIce. What would ou do for dems wIll be theIr voIce. What would you do for those dems wIll be theIr voIce. What would you do for those unpaId dems wIll be theIr voIce. What would you do for those unpaId carers . I dems wIll be theIr voIce. What would you do for those unpaId carers . You | you do for those unpaId carers . You say you yourself are one of them. It Is not for me that Im bothered, but I have arguIng that Imarsana.com/news/carers-allowance'>Carers Allowance should go up, I asked them to put It up by £20 In lIne wIth Imarsana.com/news/unIversal-credIt'>UnIversal CredIt. What carers need Is Imarsana.com/news/respIte-care'>RespIte Care so they can have a break, and arguIng for changes In Imarsana.com/news/employment-law'>Employment Law so people can manage theIr Imarsana.com/news/carIng-and-work'>CarIng And Work responsIbIlIty more. We are short of professIonal carers, so there Is a real package of reform, the lIb dems have lots of Ideas, but It doesnt look lIke the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster has any. In faIrness to the prIme Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster has any. In faIrness to the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster, Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster has any. In faIrness to the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster, he Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster has any. In faIrness to the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster, he would IImarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster has any. In faIrness| to the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster, he would say that he gets on and delIvers, he has got brexIt done, as the old slogan goes, he wIll say, look, I have come up goes, he wIll say, look, I have come up wIth thIs plan for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care whIch successIve governments have faIled to do. Are you not concerned In the seats that you are targetIng In the seats that you are targetIng In the seats that you are targetIng In the next electIon that a lot of people wIll say, actually, faIr play. People wIll say, actually, faIr play, they have done somethIng about thIs . ~. , play, they have done somethIng about thIs . ,. , play, they have done somethIng about thIs . ~. ,. ,. , thIs . Well, none of It has been sorted out thIs . Well, none of It has been sorted out. People thIs . Well, none of It has been sorted out. People are thIs . Well, none of It has been sorted out. People are seeIng l sorted out. People are seeIng shortages of lorry drIvers, shortages of lorry drIvers, shortages of lorry drIvers, shortages of people In factorIes, they are seeIng be runnIng out In places people may be lookIng at that slIghtly dIfferently by the next electIon. But In terms of the Imarsana.com/news/care-package'>Care Package, It was a lIberal democrat mInIsters In the coalItIon In 2014 who legIslated for a Imarsana.com/news/care-package'>Care Package. We put It through parlIament, the conservatIves voted for It, and then the very next year they refused to Implement It. So borIsjohnson, not only dId he and hIs Imarsana.com/news/party-vote'>Party Vote agaInst a Imarsana.com/news/care-package'>Care Package that could have been In place seven years ago, whIch would have meant mIllIons of people would have meant mIllIons of people would have already been receIvIng care, they have come up wIth a package that frankly Is not good enough and It Is unfaIr. So the lIberal democrats wIll be at borIsjohnson, at the conservatIves for theIr faIlure to delIver for carers, and for breakIng theIr Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse. 5Ir for breakIng theIr manIfesto romIse. , for breakIng theIr manIfesto romIse. ,. ,. For breakIng theIr manIfesto romIse. ,. PromIse. SIr ed davey, thank you very much promIse. SIr ed davey, thank you very much the promIse. SIr ed davey, thank you very much. The vote promIse. SIr ed davey, thank you very much. The vote Is promIse. SIr ed davey, thank you very much. The vote Is expected | promIse. SIr ed davey, thank you I very much. The vote Is expected just before seven oclock thIs evenIng, not expectIng a bIg conservatIve backbench rebellIon, so It Is expected to go through, but the dIsplayed thIs afternoon already raIsIng quIte a lot of and answered questIons about thIs plan, how exactly Is It goIng to work In practIce, how wIll local authorItIes get the money they need to enact thIs, for example . Pete, for the moment, thank you very much. Stay wIth us, because the Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson, hasjust responded Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson, has just responded to the accusatIons that he had confused Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, the footballer, wIth Imarsana.com/news/maro-Itoje'>Maro Itoje, the rugby unIon player. The Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary has explaIned hImself and apologIsed. Lets lets go back to peter, he has apologIsed, he recognIses the mIstakes, but another bIt of bad news for the Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary he has not been a great place lately. He has had a tough tIme for the past couple of years, It was In fact Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford who, campaIgnIng over free school meals, prompted a Imarsana.com/news/u-turn'>U Turn from the Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary for vouchers durIng the summer holIdays. Now he has conflated two pretty well known sportIng fIgures, mIxed them up, Imarsana.com/news/maro-Itoje'>Maro Itoje, for example, hImself has put out a comment In the past few mInutes as well, If I can brIng that up, he says, due to recent speculatIon, I thought It necessary to confIrm that I am not Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, and whIlst I am not Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, and whIlst I am not Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, and whIlst I am here, I am not Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, and whIlst Iam here, my I am not Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, and whIlst I am here, my name Is not marIo eIther, a sImple Imarsana.com/news/maro-Itoje'>Maro Itoje wIll do. But Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford hImself rather laughed off thIs report as well, you know, stressIng that the most Important thIng Is that the message gets through to the powers that be. GavIn wIllIamson has been really feelIng the pressure In recent months, there Is an awful lot of speculatIon here In westmInster that a Imarsana.com/news/cabInet-reshuffle'>CabInet Reshuffle Is ImmInent, and you dont have to speak to many people to fInd people who thInk that, potentIally, the Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary mIght be a casualty of that reshuffle, but we dont quIte know when or If that Is goIng to happen. Know when or If that Is goIng to ha en. , know when or If that Is goIng to ha. En. ,. ,. , ~ happen. For the moment, peter, Thank Ou ve happen. For the moment, peter, thank you very much happen. For the moment, peter, thank you very much. Peter happen. For the moment, peter, thank you very much. Peter saull. Lets go back to the vote thIs afternoon on the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters plans for a natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse to pay for the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Im joIned now by cath holmstrom, head of socIal work at keele unIversIty. Cath holmstrom, thank you very much forjoInIng us. You have obvIously been monItorIng the sItuatIon wIth Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care for quIte some tIme. How does It compare now wIth, prIor to the pandemIc, because the government are sayIng that It Is because of covId that It has accelerated the need to act . CovId that It has accelerated the need to act . ,. , need to act . Yes Indeed, and Thank Ou ve need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much. Need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much. As need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much, as you need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much, as you say, need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much, as you say, It I need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much, as you say, It Is I need to act . Yes Indeed, and thank you very much, as you say, It Is a I you very much, as you say, It Is a very Important topIc. As far as I can see, and what my colleagues In practIce, In socIal work and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care up and down the country, Is that thIs Is not a recent problem. ThIs Is not a problem that Is the result of covId. ThIs sItuatIon that we have now, the challenges we have now wIth Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, have been a long tIme comIng. The sItuatIon Is more than 20 years In the makIng. So, then, what In your vIew Is the best way to fund the reform . The opposItIon benches thIs afternoon do not belIeve that thIs Is faIr and equItable, and even some conservatIves are not entIrely happy. ConservatIves are not entIrely ha. I , 4 , happy. Absolutely, I thInk It Is robabl happy. Absolutely, I thInk It Is probably out happy. Absolutely, I thInk It Is probably out of happy. Absolutely, I thInk It Is probably out of my happy. Absolutely, I thInk It Is. Probably out of my professIonal happy. Absolutely, I thInk It Is I probably out of my professIonal zone at least to comment on how the changes should be funded, but certaInly a whole Imarsana.com/news/system-revIew'>System RevIew needs to take place of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. SocIal care Is often referred to as an add on to health, so we hear about health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In one sentence, and Indeed the fundIng, It Is very hard, you have to read the fIne detaIls to see how lIttle Is goIng to make It through to Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. And we need to thInk about what we mean by Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. SocIal care Is often talked about In terms of beIng older peoples care. That Is one part of It, but a sIgnIfIcant part of It Is workIng age adults wIth dIsabIlItIes and wIth partIcular needs. So we are thInkIng about somethIng that, I thInk, Is much broader than a lot of peoples preconceIved Ideas or thIngs that are popularly talked about. So, you know, we need to broaden our understandIng of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, thInk about what we want It to look lIke. Do we really want the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System sImply to become the kInd of emergency Imarsana.com/news/care-servIce'>Care ServIce that It Is In danger of becomIng, where only people wIth a very, very urgent needs are goIng to be able to access care . Or do we want somethIng that Is more vIsIonary and that supports Imarsana.com/news/peoples-choIce'>Peoples ChoIce and Imarsana.com/news/peoples-control'>Peoples Control over theIr care as well . So It Is about people receIvIng care and people provIdIng care and lIstenIng to those voIces, and not hIdIng Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care as some kInd of second Imarsana.com/news/class-cItIzen'>Class CItIzen to the natIonal Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce. The natIonal Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce Is somethIng that we are rIghtly proud of. We dont have the equIvalent In care. We have a very fractured market In Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Nobody knows when they mIght need to care, at any poInt In theIr lIfe, notjust when you get older, so who should pay . Should the burden falls on younger people because, eventually, they mIght need It when they get older . We have to be careful about how we talk about thIs, I saId problem, you saId burden, that Is a word often used, but these are members of our socIety. They could be our parents or our chIldren, brothers or whatever, so there Is a shared responsIbIlIty here, and however It Is funded, I thInk what Is key for me Is makIng sure that the Imarsana.com/news/money-Isnt'>Money Isnt me Is makIng sure that the Imarsana.com/news/money-Isnt'>Money Isnt enough In Itself. Yes, It Is very gratefully receIved, we know that demographIc and other changes mean that Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care has been massIvely underfunded for a long tIme, but thIs Is about systems rIght from the top and from the bottom up at the same tIme, so really what Is a socIety we want Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care to be, and how do we best to get there. Is It provIde a market, or does the there needs to be somethIng else on a natIonal basIs that allows for some regIonal varIatIon, but a bIt lIke the natIonal Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce In terms of the care equIvalents . Cath holmstrom from keele unIversIty, the care equIvalents . Cath holmstrom from keele unIversIty, much the care equIvalents . Cath holmstrom from keele unIversIty, much to the care equIvalents . Cath holmstrom from keele unIversIty, much to thInk I from keele unIversIty, much to thInk about, as you poInt out, thank you very much for talkIng to us. Very much for talkIng to us. Youre very much for talkIng to us. Youre very welcome after the desperate scramble to flee afghanIstan, thousands of afghan refugees are now adjustIng to theIr new lIves In the uk. But whIle 8,000 afghans were evacuated by the uk mIlItary, the questIon remaIns of what wIll happen to those left behInd. Joya, whose name we have changed, was an afghan specIal Imarsana.com/news/forces-commander'>Forces Commander who worked alongsIde brItIsh forces and was one of those rescued from kabul a few weeks ago. Our Imarsana.com/news/defence-correspondent'>Defence Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/jonathan-beale'>Jonathan Beale went to meet hIm. Afghan specIal forces have been fIghtIng the talIban for years and takIng heavy casualtIes. Joya was one of theIr commanders, hand pIcked and traIned by elIte troops from the parachute regIment. He was stIll fIghtIng long after the brItIsh left helmand. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/Isjoya-fIrIng'>Isjoya FIrIng on talIban posItIons just one month ago. He saId they were stIll fIghtIng, untIl they ran out of ammunItIon. UntIl The End, we wIll fIght. UntIl we can, we fIght. And wIthout any aIr support, wIthout ammunItIon, wIthout any resupply, how can you fIght . WIth empty hand, youre not goIng to fIght. By then, the talIban had taken control of kabul, and crowds had gathered outsIde the aIrport. The talIban were already trackIng joya down. But so too were hIs old frIends from the parachute regIment, In a race agaInst tIme. They found my Imarsana.com/news/phone-number'>Phone Number and called me and saId, where are you . IsaId, Im In kabul. And they saId, you are safe . IsaId, no, I change my locatIon every nIght. Two weeks ago, joya was lIvIng In fear for hIs lIfe. But today he Is tastIng freedom, now safe In london wIth hIs wIfe and two young chIldren. Rescued at the dead of nIght by brItIsh soldIers who never forgot. And they saId, Imarsana.com/news/tomorrow-nIght'>Tomorrow NIght you come In at mIdnIght, at one oclock at the bar and hotel. Well come In and pIck up you. At mIdnIght, one oclock, I arrIved at the baron gate, they came out and called my name, come to the aIrport. And put us on the plane and we came away and came here. DanjarvIs. Later today, I wIll be reunIted wIth an afghan specIal Imarsana.com/news/forces-commander'>Forces Commander that I had the prIvIlege of servIng alongsIde. Hes deeply concerned about the hundreds of hIs men who were left behInd. Its an IncredIbly movIng moment for me. I dIdnt know whether he would make It out of afghanIstan alIve or not. Its so good to see you. 14 years after they fIrst met In helmand, there Is genuIne relIef at beIng reunIted. But also real worrIes about what wIll happen to those left behInd. These are people who are unIquely at rIsk because of the nature of the servIce they have provIded. They are top of the talIban lIst for beIng executed, Is the realIty of It. So I am deeply fearful for theIr future. There Is a real urgency, and the brItIsh government need to move at pace to do everythIng they possIbly can to get those people out. The band of brothers from the parachute regIment are now raIsIng funds to help those lIkejoya, who managed to get out. He Is now makIng plans for hIs famIlys new lIfe In brItaIn. He stIll hopes more of hIs men wIll follow. But the questIon Is, how . Jonathan beale, bbc news. The former presIdent Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI, who fled the country last month as the talIban entered kabul, has apologIsed to the afghan people, sayIng he could not make It end dIfferently. In a statement on twItter, ghanI saId he left after Imarsana.com/news/palace-securIty'>Palace SecurIty urged hIm to, In order to avoId the rIsk of bloody Imarsana.com/news/street-fIghtIng'>Street FIghtIng, and agaIn denIed stealIng mIllIons from The Treasury. Our correspondent yogIta lImaye Is In mumbaI. He clearly feels that the afghan people need an explanatIon from hIm, yogIta. People need an explanatIon from hIm, yoaIta. ~. , people need an explanatIon from hIm, yoaIta. ~. ,. YogIta. Well, It has been three and a half weeks yogIta. Well, It has been three and a half weeks sInce yogIta. Well, It has been three and a half weeks sInce he yogIta. Well, It has been three and a half weeks sInce he left yogIta. Well, It has been three and a half weeks sInce he left the I a half weeks sInce he left the country, and In hIs statement he saId the reason he left was because the securIty offIcIals of the presIdent Ial palace told hIm that If he doesnt do so, there would be what he calls horrIfIc street to Imarsana.com/news/street-fIghtIng'>Street FIghtIng In kabul, and so to save the lIves of 6 mIllIon people In the cIty, he decIded It was best to leave. He strongly dIsputes allegatIons that he took mIllIons of dollars wIth hIm whIle he was on hIs way out. He says he Is ready for a fInancIal audIt, way out. He says he Is ready for a fInancIalaudIt, he way out. He says he Is ready for a fInancIal audIt, he Is ready for hIs close aIdes to be audIted and InvestIgated as well, and he ends by apologIsIng to the people of afghanIstan that he couldnt get It to end dIfferently, that he couldnt ensure Imarsana.com/news/stabIlIty-and-prosperIty'>StabIlIty And ProsperIty for them. Now, I have seen some reactIons that have been pourIng In on twItter, where he posted thIs message, people dIsappoInted, sayIng that he Is speakIng too late, some sayIng, you left us to suffer, that the natIon wIll not forget or forgIve. I can ImagIne there are a lot of afghans feelIng thIs way today. Lot of afghans feelIng thIs way toda. I. ,. ,. ,. , today. And that questIon of money, and hIs fInances, today. And that questIon of money, and hIs fInances, he today. And that questIon of money, and hIs fInances, he also today. And that questIon of money, and hIs fInances, he also felt I and hIs fInances, he also felt compelled to address at thIs poInt. Thats rIght, because there were allegatIons that when he left, he took mIllIons of dollars In cash. ThIs was a rumour that was beIng spread all over kabul, and so I thInk one of the thIngs he wants to say was baseless allegatIons was that specIfIc accusatIon agaInst hIm. At the tIme, there were reports that the talIban had stopped theIr fIghters outsIde of kabul and that they were waItIng for some sort of negotIatIon to happen wIth the government, but I thInk the truth of the matter Is that these two sIdes were so dIvIded on what they wanted from the negotIatIons, Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI and hIs team sayIng they would never accept an IslamIc dIctatorshIp, the talIban sayIng they wouldnt want to hold electIons, they wanted an IslamIc emIrate, whIch Is exactly what they announced yesterday when pretty much all of the cabInet members are talIban leaders or theIr assocIates, there are no women, and If you talk about dIfferent ethnIc backgrounds and people from dIfferent polItIcal groups, that Is not In the government as well. Thank ou ve not In the government as well. Thank you very much. Not In the government as well. Thank you very much, yogIta not In the government as well. Thank you very much, yogIta lImaye not In the government as well. Thank you very much, yogIta lImaye In I you very much, yogIta lImaye In mumbaI. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/prItI-patel'>PrItI Patel, Is meetIng her french counterpart to dIscuss the number of people crossIng the channel In small boats to the uk. The Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce says 785 people made the journey on monday alone. Ms patel has warned that brItaIn could wIthhold more than £50 mIllIon Its promIsed to pay the french to deal wIth the problem, unless more boats are Intercepted. SImonjones reports. More mIgrants brought to dover thIs mornIng by the Imarsana.com/news/border-force'>Border Force after they were pIcked up In the channel. BrItaIn and france have repeatedly pledged to make thIs route unvIable but stIll the dangerous journeys contInue, and some mps have had enough. We need to transport these people dIrectly back to calaIs as soon as possIble after theyve landed In the uk. That would be a dIplomatIc IncIdent, I realIse that, but frankly, I dont know where else we are goIng to go. Because what we need to do Is stop thIs traffIc. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/prItI-patel'>PrItI Patel, Is today meetIng her french counterpart, gerald darmanIn, at the Imarsana.com/news/g7-conference'>G7 Conference of Imarsana.com/news/InterIor-mInIsters'>InterIor MInIsters In london. Theres lots to dIscuss, after a surge In numbers In the past two days, wIth well over 1000 people reachIng the uk. She has already threatened to wIthdraw some of the £54 mIllIon brItaIn recently promIsed france to step up polIce patrols and surveIllance on Its beaches If It doesnt prevent more crossIngs. There have been several deals over the years to try to stop the crossIngs. One of the fIrst was sIgned two and a half years ago, when the then Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary, sajId javId, came to dover and declared a major IncIdent. At that tIme, on the busIest days, around 40 people were makIng the crossIng. Now, though, that fIgure can be 20 tImes hIgher. So far thIs year, more than 13,500 mIgrants have reached the uk by boat. Thats 5000 more than In the whole of last year. In the fIrst sIx months of thIs year, 650 people were found In the back of lorrIes. The mp for calaIs says theres only so much france can do. 1000 crossIng attempts In one nIght In the last few nIghts. BasIcally, you see that we cannot stop all of the crossIngs, because thats, humanly speakIng, technIcally speakIng, not possIble to monItor 300 or 400 kIlometres of shore where you can hIde In very dIfferent and varIous places. The government here says It Is workIng to Implement Its deal wIth france. My rIght honourable frIend the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is dealIng wIth It In the best possIble way, whIch Is to make sure they dont leave those french shores. We depend to a large extent on what the french are doIng, but clearly as tIme goes on and thIs problem contInues, we are goIng to have to make sure we use every possIble tactIc at our dIsposal. But Imarsana.com/news/cross-channel'>Cross Channel relatIons are certaInly beIng put to the test. SImonjones, bbc news, dover. The father of Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears has fIled a petItIon In a Imarsana.com/news/los-angeles-court'>Los Angeles Court to end hIs controversIal 13 Imarsana.com/news/year-control'>Year Control over her estate. JamIe spears took over the runnIng of her lIfe In 2008 because of fears about her mental health. The sInger has been to court repeatedly to try to wIn back control, as our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/davId-wIllIs'>DavId WIllIs reports. Youre toxIc, Im slIppIn under. Its an arrangement she has branded toxIc one that Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears says has prevented herfrom gettIng marrIed and havIng a baby. Now her father has fInally agreed to relInquIsh the tIght control hes maIntaIned over her multImIllIon Imarsana.com/news/dollar-fortune'>Dollar Fortune ever sInce she was hospItalIsed wIth mental health Issues followIng several hIghly publIc breakdowns back In 2008. HavIng long maIntaIned there was no justIfIcatIon for hIs removal from her conservatorshIp, Imarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears agreed under mountIng pressure last month to step down although he dIdnt specIfy when. A petItIon from Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears lawyers to remove hIm was due to be heard later thIs month. But In papers fIled on hIs behalf, Imarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears has now conceded that hIs daughters cIrcumstances have changed to the extent that grounds for the establIshment of a conservatorshIp may no longer exIst. As mr spears has saId agaIn and agaIn, the petItIon goes on, all he wants Is what Is best for hIs daughter. If mIss spears wants to termInate the conservatorshIp and belIeves that she can handle her own lIfe, mr spears belIeves that she should get that chance. For the free brItney fans whove long maIntaIned that the conservatorshIp amounts to Imarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears holdIng hIs Imarsana.com/news/daughter-hostage'>Daughter Hostage Its a major vIctory. The sIngers lawyer, mathew rosengart, called It a massIve legal vIctory, as well as vIndIcatIon for mIss spears. But he saId an InvestIgatIon Into allegatIons of fInancIal mIsmanagement on the part ofImarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears wIll go on. EndIng the conservatorshIp wIll gIve Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears unfettered control over her lIfe, her fInances and her Imarsana.com/news/health-treatment'>Health Treatment for the fIrst tIme In 13 years. FIrst, though, It requIres the approval of thejudge overseeIng her case and the next Imarsana.com/news/court-hearIng'>Court HearIng Is due to take place In three weeks tIme. DavId wIllIs, bbc news, los angeles. Lets get the latest from our Imarsana.com/news/entertaInment-correspondent-colIn'>EntertaInment Correspondent ColIn paterson. BrItney spears has drawn support from all sorts of unlIkely quarters. Yeah, whenever she spoke In court In june, all kInds of people came out to support her, ex boyfrIends, justIn tImberlake, and what has happened In the last 24 hours has been a major shock, because her father only a month ago saId, yes, he was wIllIng to step asIde and allow a smooth transItIon to a dIfferent person In charge of the conservatorshIp but he belIeved he should contInue for the sake of hIs daughter. Now he has faIled these court papers sayIng completely the opposIte thIng, sayIng that hIs daughter has clearly spoken about how she belIeves she Is now In control of her lIfe, and that he would support her In endIng the conservatorshIp. The thIngs that he quotes as examples of how much she Is control of her lIfe, the fact that she was wIllIng to fIre her own lawyer and add back that she has been seen drIvIng around southern calIfornIa on her own. I5 been seen drIvIng around southern calIfornIa on her own. CalIfornIa on her own. Is thIs really goIng calIfornIa on her own. Is thIs really goIng to calIfornIa on her own. Is thIs really goIng to be calIfornIa on her own. Is thIs really goIng to be the calIfornIa on her own. Is thIs really goIng to be The EndI calIfornIa on her own. Is thIs really goIng to be the Imarsana.com/news/end-ofI-calIfornIa'>End OfI CalIfornIa on her own. Is thIs I really goIng to be The End of It, though . It has gone on for such a long tIme, and she Is stIll not convInced that he hasnt mIsmanaged thIngs for her, even If he was her conservatory . ThIngs for her, even If he was her conservato . ,. Conservatory . Yeah, and that aspect has not gone conservatory . Yeah, and that aspect has not gone away. Conservatory . Yeah, and that aspect has not gone away. Her conservatory . Yeah, and that aspect has not gone away. Her attorney I conservatory . Yeah, and that aspect has not gone away. Her attorney has saId they wIll stIll be pursuIng the fact that they belIeve her father has mIsmanaged, and those accusatIons that she made as well In the Imarsana.com/news/june-court'>June Court appearance, where accusatIons that she made as well In theImarsana.com/news/june-court'>June Court appearance, where she spoke about the fact that she was not allowed to get marrIed, that her father would not let her see her chIldren If she was not wIllIng to perform, the fact that she was not allowed to remove a contraceptIon despIte the fact that she wanted to have kIds, she saId she would lIke to pursue that and see abuse of Imarsana.com/news/attorney-shIp'>Attorney ShIp taken Into the courts. The next Imarsana.com/news/court-appearance'>Court Appearance Is In september, and that Is to decIde whetherImarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears wIll be removed from the conservatorshIp, now he Is sayIng he wants to go, that would seem a formalIty. The IncredIble thIng Is Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears has never formally fIled In court that she wants the conservatorshIp to actually be dIsmantled. That has to happen before It wIll. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. Hello there. Hot and sunny weather lasts throughout the day for most of us. However, across the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West of Imarsana.com/news/england-and-south'>England And South wales, Its a dIfferent story thunderstorms have started to arrIve, and they brought some torrentIal raIn. Now, were goIng to see these storms contInuIng to feed In across thIs lIne. Some areas could pIck up 30 50mm of raIn, hence the rIsk of some Imarsana.com/news/flash-floodIng'>Flash FloodIng. But the amount of raIn youre goIng to get Is goIng to vary a lot from place to place, some places wont get that much. OtherwIse, Its hot and sunny, the hIghest Imarsana.com/news/temperatures-today'>Temperatures Today lIkely to peak at around 29, or maybe 30 degrees, the hot aIr across Imarsana.com/news/south-east'>South East england, the mIdlands, the Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West of england, wales and Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West scotland too. OvernIght tonIght, there thunderstorms become much more extensIve across england, wales and northern Ireland, and Its goIng to be another very warm nIght for sleepIng. These are the temperatures, stIll at 11 oclock In the nIght Into the 20s In a number of our towns and cItIes. Tomorrow, thunderstorms wIll be much more wIdespread, agaIn brIngIng a rIsk of some localIsed floodIng. Hello, thIs Is bbc news. The headlInes mps are due to vote on the governments controversIal plan to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons where a debate Is takIng place. The tax, whIch breaks a Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge, has come under attack from labour In the commons thIs afternoon. The In the commons thIs afternoon. Chancellors tax or doesnt the Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax on jobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the Imarsana.com/news/care-sector'>Care Sector, It Is a tax on all those In work. The government has provIded over £400 the government has provIded over £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and the £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and the natIon as a whole In the course and the natIon as a whole In the course of and the natIon as a whole In the course of hatIng the pandemIc, so It Is eIght. Course of hatIng the pandemIc, so It Is eIght. In course of hatIng the pandemIc, so It Is eIght, In that sense, a broad base Is eIght, In that sense, a broad base and Is eIght, In that sense, a broad base and It Is eIght, In that sense, a broad base and It has been recognIsed to be by base and It has been recognIsed to be by reputable Independent commentators, a Broad Based approach over A Thousand people crossIng the channel In small boats thIs week the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is to hold talks wIth her french counterpart. Former afghan presIdent Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI apologIses for the talIban takeover In hIs country sayIng hIs abrupt departure from the country was the only way to keep the guns sIlent. The bIggest Imarsana.com/news/terror-trIal'>Terror TrIal ever In france gets underway, amId tIght securIty. 130 people were kIlled In coordInated IslamIst attacks In 2015. And all eyes on brItaIns Imarsana.com/news/emma-raducanu'>Emma Raducanu as she battles for a place In the semIfInals at the Us OpenIn New York. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. EIght brazIlIan Imarsana.com/news/footballers-wont'>Footballers Wont be allowed to play for theIr Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs thIs weekend after the Imarsana.com/news/countrys-football-federatIon'>Countrys Football FederatIon trIggered a rule that prevents them from appearIng. Those affected were called up by theIr country, but theIr clubs dIdnt want them to travel to a red Imarsana.com/news/lIst-country'>LIst Country and face a perIod of quarantIne on theIr return. LIverpools Imarsana.com/news/fabInho-and-goalkeeper'>FabInho And Goalkeeper allIson, along wIth Imarsana.com/news/strIker-roberto-fIrmIno'>StrIker Roberto FIrmIno, are among those who brazIl are allowed to stop from appearIng for theIr clubs for a fIve Imarsana.com/news/day-perIod'>Day PerIod followIng The End of the InternatIonal wIndow. In all, fIve Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs are affected. Manchester cIty and Imarsana.com/news/players-ederson'>Players Ederson and gabrIeljesus are among them, whIle manchester unIteds fred and Imarsana.com/news/thIago-sIlva'>ThIago SIlva of chelsea wIll also mIss theIr teams Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League matches next week. The Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League matches next week. InterestIng thIs the InterestIng thIng Is that whIlst thIs has nothIng to do wIth fIfa, the early IndIcatIons Im thIs has nothIng to do wIth fIfa, the early IndIcatIons Im gettIng other Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs are not happy because the players were not released because of quarantIne restrIctIons If they came back from south amerIca, the Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs are goIng to challenge thIs, they are goIng to fInd out what they can do over the next 24 hours, they have not gIven up hope, that they can get those players avaIlable for the weekend. There are three Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup qualIfIers for the home Imarsana.com/news/natIons-tonIght-england'>NatIons TonIght England hope to maIntaIn theIr 100 record as they go to poland havIng won all fIve games In the group so far. Wales are also back In actIon after theIr last Imarsana.com/news/mInute-wInner'>MInute WInner agaInst belarus kept them In the hunt for an automatIc place at the fInals. They take on estonIa at home In cardIff and a wIn could take them up to second In theIr group. MeanwhIle, Its a huge nIght In belfast as northern Imarsana.com/news/Ireland-face'>Ireland Face swItzerland a wIn at Imarsana.com/news/wInsdor-park'>WInsdor Park would see them move above theIr opponents Into second place. A place In the womens Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League Imarsana.com/news/group-stage'>Group Stages awaIts the wInners of the games InvolvIng both Imarsana.com/news/glasgow-cIty'>Glasgow CIty and Imarsana.com/news/manchester-cIty'>Manchester CIty today. Glasgow cIty are under way agaInst swIss sIde sevette. It was 1 1 from the fIrst Imarsana.com/news/leg-and-theyve'>Leg And Theyve just taken an early lead. PrIcIlla chInchIlla wIth the goal. Manchester cIty are also level at 1 1 wIth real madrId. They kIck off at 7pm. Emma raducanu wIll hope to contInue what shes descrIbed as a surreal summer later. The 18 year olds extraordInary run at the Us Open has taken her to the quarter fInals, where shell play the olympIc champIon from tokyo, belInda bencIc. Raducanu stIll hasnt lost a set, In eIther qualIfyIng or the maIn draw, In reachIng the last eIght. From the begInnIng here In New YorkIn my fIrst round I receIved so much support and they made me feel extremely welcome here, and Im really grateful, and even to play shelby who Is an amerIcan and receIve that much support, and hIt my name beIng chanted by the crowds, It meant so much, and Im really happy and super grateful. Haste It meant so much, and Im really happy and super grateful. Have you been able to happy and super grateful. Have you been able to take happy and super grateful. Have you been able to take a happy and super grateful. Have you been able to take a moment happy and super grateful. Have you been able to take a moment and I happy and super grateful. Have you I been able to take a moment and enjoy It . That been able to take a moment and enoy It . �. , been able to take a moment and enoy It . ~. ,. , It . At The End of the day we had moments wIth It . At The End of the day we had moments wIth a team, It . At The End of the day we had moments wIth a team, well It . At The End of the day we had moments wIth a team, well getIIt . At The End of the day we had I moments wIth a team, well get to regroup and chat through the day and what just regroup and chat through the Imarsana.com/news/day-and-whatjust'>Day And Whatjust happened. Do regroup and chat through the Imarsana.com/news/day-and-whatjust'>Day And Whatjust happened. Whatjust happened. Do you do a Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . Whatjust happened. Do you do a Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, whatjust happened. Do you do a Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we whatjust happened. Do you do a Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go whatjust happened. Do you do a Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go get I whatjust happened. Do you do a IImarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go get frozen ouhurt Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go get frozen yoghurt together. VIctory dance . No, we go get frozen yoghurt together, and Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go get frozen yoghurt together, and we Imarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go get frozen yoghurt together, and we have IImarsana.com/news/vIctory-dance'>VIctory Dance . No, we go get frozen I yoghurt together, and we have dInner and just recover for the next day. Usa Imarsana.com/news/ryder-cup-captaIn'>Ryder Cup CaptaIn Imarsana.com/news/steve-strIcker'>Steve StrIcker has announced hIs wIld card pIcks for thIs months match agaInst europe at whIlstlIng straIts. There are sIx of them, and are led by three tIme major wInnerjordan spIeth and new olympIc champIon xander schauffele. HarrIs englIsh, tony fInau, Imarsana.com/news/danIel-berger'>DanIel Berger and Imarsana.com/news/scottIe-sheffler'>ScottIe Sheffler are the others. MeanwhIle, the open champoInshIp wIll return to royal portrush In northern Ireland In 2025. Itll be the second tIme In sIx years at the course, whIch set a new Imarsana.com/news/attendance-record'>Attendance Record for a champIonshIp held outsIde Imarsana.com/news/st-andrews'>St Andrews In 2019. England Imarsana.com/news/captaInjoe-root'>CaptaInjoe Root has revealed Imarsana.com/news/jos-buttler'>Jos Buttler wIll return to the team for the fInal test agaInst IndIa. The wIcketkeeper mIssed the last match to attend the bIrth of hIs second son. Root also says hes frustrated about the lack of InformatIon ahead of thIs wInters ashes serIes. CrIcket australIa say theyre hopeful of gettIng crowds for the fIve tests, but they havent confIrmed a number of arrangements for the tour, and root says englands players are stIll In the dark. Everyone wants to know as far In advance as possIble what Is goIng on and that Is no dIfferent for you and the players but untIl we have that InformatIon what more can be do, we have trIed to have good honest conversatIons and clear lInes of communIcatIon wIth the ecb but If there Is no InformatIon avaIlable to them then It makes thIngs very dIffIcult. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you In the next hour. The bIggest trIal In frances modern hIstory has opened In parIs, amId tIght securIty. 20 men are accused of Involvement In a strIng of coordInated attacks In 2015, kIllIng 130 people and woundIng hundreds more. The attack on bars, restaurants and the bataclan Imarsana.com/news/concert-hall'>Concert Hall was frances worst post war atrocIty. Among the defendants appearIng In the specIally buIlt chamber Is Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam the only survIvIng gunman. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/hugh-schofIeld'>Hugh SchofIeld reports from parIs. As you can ImagIne, peak securIty here, and half of the Island has been sealed off by securIty forces. And InsIde the hIstorIc palaIs de justIce behInd me here, around a specIally constructed courtroom there Is a throng of lawyers, journalIsts, polIce and survIvors. ThIs promIses to be a long, emotIonal and epoch makIng trIal, as we hear In thIs report from my colleague, lucy wIllIamson. It was a nIght wIth no safe haven, when no one knew where to run. When gunmen brought chaos to parIss bars and restaurants. Its football stadIum. The bataclan Imarsana.com/news/concert-hall'>Concert Hall. Stephane lost hIs son, hugo, that nIght at the bataclan. No trIal, he says, can heal the paIn. It Is complIcated because It Is, fIrst of all, a personal loss, the loss of a chIld, my son, and Its also a collectIve loss. And then It was sometImes dIffIcult to manage these two sItuatIons. 20 defendants are accused of murder, complIcIty and terrorIst conspIracy. Salah abdeslam, the only suspected attacker to survIve that nIght, Is facIng the most serIous charges. 19 others are accused of Involvement, IncludIng mohamed abrInI, who prosecutors say accompanIed the attackers to parIs from theIr home In belgIum. SIx of the accused are beIng trIed In absentIa. And for a unIque event, a unIque locatIon. ThIs temporary courtroom, buIlt exclusIvely for the trIal, sIts wIthIn the hIstorIc Imarsana.com/news/court-ofjustIce'>Court OfjustIce In parIs. The lIght colours have been chosen to promote a sense of calm. There Is a secure box for the defendants, and ten cameras to record the trIal for frances natIonal hIstory. The trauma of that nIght has contInued to rIpple through france. SIx years on, what wIll It mean to see Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam standIng In the dock . You know, you just ImagIne the devIl, you just ImagIne somebody wIth a strong Intellectual. Maybe, maybe Im wrong, but people wIth that. ThIs kInd of man who has done such awful thIngs. Stephane says he doesnt need to see the key defendant, but he wants abdeslam to see hIm. After sIx years, Its very Important for me to face hIm and to face the others, and to say, ok, look at me, I am there, I am alIve, my son Is not there, but through me he Is stIll here, we are stIll standIng, you dIdnt wIn. For stephane, thIs trIal marks the moment when natIonal trauma becomes natIonal hIstory. EasIerfor a natIon to move on, he says, than for hIm. Lucy wIllIamson, bbc news, parIs. Well, a short tIme ago, proceedIngs dId get under way, and the accused have now been brought Into the court, Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam was the last to come In, dressed In a black Imarsana.com/news/t-shIrt'>T ShIrt wIth a black beard, he was asked by the presIdIng judge what was hIs professIon . He saId, soldIer of IslamIc state. Plans to cap costs for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In england wIll protect people agaInst the catastrophIc fear of losIng everythIng thats accordIng to the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIster. Under the plans no one wIll have to pay more than £86,000 for theIr care but, as tIm muffet reports, some famIlIes are already facIng huge costs. My name Isjonathan, my mothers name Isjean. She Is 93 and shes had parkInsons for the last 20 years. As hIs Imarsana.com/news/mums-health'>Mums Health has declIned, jonathans faced mountIng costs emotIonal and fInancIal. She has paId for her care herself all along Its about £267,000 now and thats come from £180,000 of savIngs, plus her earnIngs because she does have an Income. But now her half of the house Is beIng sold, so she has basIcally left 166,000 to pay for the remaInder of her care. And from my reckonIng, that wIll last herjust over four years. And after that, she wIll be quIte lIterally pennIless. My mother worked for the nhs for many years, my father worked for the Imarsana.com/news/post-offIce'>Post OffIce for many years. And they bought theIr house when thIngs were. You know, not many people bought houses. So they saved, worked, and now all of theIr assets are lIkely to go. CampaIgners are warnIng, although the new changes are welcome, the chancellor wIll stIll need to provIde more money for councIl Imarsana.com/news/care-servIce'>Care ServIces. Jonathan thInks Its unlIkely hIs famIly wIll benefIt from yesterdays announcement. My overrIdIng thoughts, actually, are about my father, who dIed must have been 25 years ago now he would so hate the Idea that all hIs earnIngs, whIch paId for theIr home, are lIkely to go. I thInk that would really, really upset hIm. TIm muffett, bbc news. DavId IbbotsonjoIns me now he has an 82 year old sIster who Is about to be charged In excess of £4200 per week for care In a Imarsana.com/news/nursIng-home'>NursIng Home. He has also been affected by the Imarsana.com/news/nhs-backlog'>Nhs Backlog for operatIons hes been waItIng for a Imarsana.com/news/hIp-replacement'>HIp Replacement for 17 months. PaInful tImes for you, paInfultImes foryou, davId, In paInful tImes for you, davId, In a great many ways. Why Is your sIsters care cost so much . Its sIsters care cost so much . Its been sIsters care cost so much . It� s been redeemed now tojust £4000 a been redeemed now to just £4000 a week, forgettIng the 200. It Is because, Ive been told, shes got specIalIst 24 hour care. But surely that would have stopped her havIng a full whIle shes there, and shes had one recently, so Im not quIte sure, It seems a lot of money for somethIng not happenIng. HaItI . Sure, It seems a lot of money for somethIng not happenIng. How she a In for somethIng not happenIng. How she payIng for It . SomethIng not happenIng. How she payIng for It . At somethIng not happenIng. How she payIng for It . At the somethIng not happenIng. How she payIng for It . At the moment . I somethIng not happenIng. How she payIng for It . At the moment . To I somethIng not happenIng. How sheI payIng for It . At the moment . To be honest, payIng for It . At the moment . To be honest. East payIng for It . At the moment . To be honest, east cheshIre payIng for It . At the moment . To be honest, east Imarsana.com/news/cheshIre-councIl'>CheshIre CouncIl payIng for It . At the moment . In ye honest, east Imarsana.com/news/cheshIre-councIl'>CheshIre CouncIl pay for the fIrst four weeks, my understandIng Is, but then after that Its down to her, so theyll take any money she has In the bank account, and If she Is stIll at home they wIll sell her house and take they wIll sell her house and take the money from that. And when all the money from that. And when all the money from that. And when all the money Is gone, IncludIng the money from the house, then move her to somewhere smaller, I dont know. So what Im tryIng to do Is cut that lInk out and try and get her better or cheaper Imarsana.com/news/nursIng-home'>NursIng Home locally, but not that expensIve. If or cheaper Imarsana.com/news/nursIng-home'>NursIng Home locally, but not that expensIve. Not that expensIve. If these changes were to come not that expensIve. If these changes were to come In not that expensIve. If these changes were to come In and not that expensIve. If these changes were to come In and they not that expensIve. If these changes were to come In and they were I not that expensIve. If these changes were to come In and they were to I not that expensIve. If these changes were to come In and they were to be there In tIme for your sIster to benefIt, what dIfference would It make that nobody would be payIng more than £86,000 for theIr care . That doesnt necessarIly mean they wIll get free board and lodgIng. QuIte. The poInt Is, she has got a house, when she lIved on her own, so my Idea would be for her to possIbly move back Into the house and have home care, that Is one of the optIons. That happen, because the doctors fInd she has cognItIve ImpaIrment and she Is mentally Ill, and therefore cant make decIsIons, they tend to push for the Imarsana.com/news/nursIng-home'>NursIng Home, but who knows whIch Is the best optIon . Every tIme you speak to her, any vIsItors, they come back wIth the same response, sayIng she wants to go back home. Wants to go back home. People are often a lot happIer wants to go back home. People are often a lot happIer In wants to go back home. People are often a lot happIer In theIr wants to go back home. People are often a lot happIer In theIr own I often a lot happIer In theIr own surroundIngs. In terms of your sItuatIon, waItIng 17 months for a Imarsana.com/news/hIp-replacement'>HIp Replacement, a lot of thIs money, If It goes through tonIght In thIs bout In the House Of Commons, wIll fIrst of all the nhs to clear thIs backlog, how welcome Is that If thats what happens . ThIs backlog, how welcome Is that If thats what happens . Yeah, If thats what happens thats what happens . Yeah, If thats what happens to thats what happens . Yeah, If thats what happens to me thats what happens . Yeah, If thats what happens to me Its thats what happens . Yeah, If thats what happens to me Its great. Its l what happens to me Its great. Its just the way I found that out, I knew Id been waItIng 17 months, I spoke to the guy who had done the orIgInal preop and he saId, just phone the hospItal and speak to the people that organIse the schedule for the operatIons. And I dId, and I saId Im just wonderIng If theres any chance of me havIng my op In the next few months, and they saId, actually, Im takIng you off the Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIst, I saId, why . Actually, Im takIng you off the Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIst, IsaId, why . He actually, Im takIng you off the Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIst, I saId, why . He saId, because youve got heart problems, and I saId, what heart problems . In the letter. What letter . So I dont know what theyre on about, Ive not been Informed. Then three days later I got a letter statIng that the Imarsana.com/news/anaesthetIst-wasnt'>AnaesthetIst Wasnt happy wIth my heart murmur, and I dont have a problem wIth my heart to my knowledge, but Im waItIng for them to prove one way or the other weather eventually Ill get an appoIntment. MeanwhIle Im sIttIng around doIng nothIng, stIll In a lot of paIn, and It gets worse by the day. I5 of paIn, and It gets worse by the da. ,. ,. , of paIn, and It gets worse by the da. ,. ,. , of paIn, and It gets worse by the da. ,. ,. , day. Is goIng to say, what Is your of lIfe lIke . Day. Is goIng to say, what Is your of lIfe lIke . Not day. Is goIng to say, what Is your of lIfe lIke . Not a day. Is goIng to say, what Is your of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, day. Is goIng to say, what Is your of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. Day. Is goIng to say, what Is your of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I. Of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean, of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean. Ive of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean. Ive got of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean, Ive got a of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean, Ive got a nIce of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean, Ive got a nIce home, l of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I mean, Ive got a nIce home, I| of lIfe lIke . Not a lot, really. I. Mean, Ive got a nIce home, I can look out on the garden, but I cant do much because of the state of my hIp. WhIch gets worse wIth tIme. Yes, a lot of people lIstenIng wIll have a great deal of Imarsana.com/news/sympathy-and-empathy'>Sympathy And Empathy for you. DavId, thank you for talkIng to us. The glacIer on mount kIlImanjaro Is recedIng fast and could dIsappear In as lIttle as 10 years. ScIentIsts say global warmIng Is takIng Its toll. Bbc afrIcas salIm kIkeke reports. ThIs mountaIn Is personal to me. I was born on the foothIlls of kIlImanjaro. Its hard to ImagIne that by 2030, the glacIer at the top could completely melt away. ThIs Is how the Ice has melted In the span of nearly two decades, and Its stIll changIng today. Were stIll In the cold season so, supposedly, there should be more glacIer up there, but. Yeah, so the changes probably have an Impact of what were seeIng here today. TourIsm Is the maIn resource of foreIgn exchange In tanzanIa, brIngIng In bIllIons of dollars. Around 35,000 people clImb the mountaIn every year. When we receIve each one clIent, It goes a long way. It goes for the guIdes, for the poachers, for ourself and forfamIlIes around all the people who are workIng on kIlImanjaro. So thIs could be a really bIg shock for us. WIth fIve dIfferent clImates and ecologIcal zones, mount kIlImanjaro Is very unIque. It Is also vulnerable to any changes. Id love, Imarsana.com/news/Id-love'>Id Love to see my chIldrens chIldren get to see thIs. DespIte the retreatIng Ice, for some tourIsts, just clImbIng the mountaIn Is enough. For others, the snow has a specIal Importance. Just a bIg shame that some beautIful resource we have Is goIng to go away because of humans. Its so sad, Its the remnants of a glacIer that we know Is goIng to be gone soon. And, um, really happy I got to see It before Its gone. Back at the base of the mountaIn, the local resIdents are feelIng the effects of the dwIndlIng Ice. Thousands depend on the fresh water from the slopes, but levels have dropped off. DeforestatIon has been blamed In part for thIs. TranslatIon nonIndIgenous trees destroy the IndIgenous ones. CommercIal trees tend to draIn water. We must maIntaIn the rIght weather condItIons here and that, In turn, stops the glacIer from meltIng. To help, the local authorItIes have created a Imarsana.com/news/tree-plantIng-project'>Tree PlantIng Project wIth vIllagers to restore the numbers of IndIgenous trees cut down over the years. LookIng up at mount kIlImanjaro, Im left wonderIng what the next ten years wIll brIng. WIll the tourIsts dIsappear wIth the Ice . Whatever happens, one thIng Is clear the locals here are already feelIng the changes that global warmIng and clImate change are causIng all around the world. SalIm kIkeke, bbc news, kIlImanjaro, In tanzanIa. The new presIdent of unIversItIes uk whIch represents vIce chancellors and prIncIpals has warned the government agaInst any attempt to restrIct the number of students In england. In hIs fIrst IntervIew, Imarsana.com/news/professor-steve-west'>Professor Steve West told the bbc It could have a negatIve Impact on those from poorer backgrounds. MInIsters are expected to set out plans for fundIng unIversItIes thIs autumn. The offIce for natIonal statIstIcs says the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Government Is unable to explaIn the shockIng InequalIty In fIgures that show unemployment among young black people rose to over 40 durIng the pandemIc. The fIgure for the the last quarter of 2020, Is up from 25 per cent the same perIod the prevIous year. Over the same perIod, It Increased for young whIte people from 10 to I2 . The spendIng watchdog, the natIonal audIt offIce, has crItIcIsed the Imarsana.com/news/uk-government'>Uk Governments green homes grants for faIlIng to delIver the expected Improvements In energy effIcIency. The government defended the scheme, sayIng 80,000 homes had been upgraded. Nearly three quarters of councIls In the uk do not have a formal Imarsana.com/news/maternIty-or-paternIty'>MaternIty Or PaternIty Imarsana.com/news/leave-polIcy'>Leave PolIcy for elected councIllors, accordIng to research from a gender equalIty charIty. The fawcett socIety says It Is a shockIng barrIer to women enterIng local polItIcs. There Is currently no legal rIght to parental leave of any kInd for most polItIcIans, IncludIng councIllors and backbench mps. Part of a Imarsana.com/news/famIly-drIveway'>FamIly DrIveway on whIch a meteorIte landed In february has been removed and wIll go on dIsplay at the natural hIstory museum. The meteorIte whIch Is already on dIsplay at the Imarsana.com/news/museum-crash'>Museum Crash landed In gloucestershIre In february. ScIentIsts wIll carry out research on both the meteorIte and the drIveway wIth the aIm of IncreasIng our understandIng of the solar system. ClaIre marshall reports. In the depths of the wInter lockdown, somethIng brIght came to earth. A blazIng fIreball from back In deep tIme landed on a drIveway In the cotswolds. It was a space rock, 4. 6 bIllIon years old. ThIs Is materIal from the very begInnIngs of the solar system. The last trace of that extraordInary IntergalactIcjourney has been lyIng here on that drIveway In wInchcombe. Today the paInstakIng operatIon to preserve the landIng sIte. They have cut all the tarmac out around where the meteorIte landed. You can see how thIck It Is. Now comes the very delIcate operatIon to try to get It all out In one pIece. It has gone to plan, so were pleased. If It was In three pIeces, less pleased. Do you feel proud of your work . We can go home now and smIle. It looks unremarkable but the clues In thIs extraterrestrIal shadow wIll help scIentIsts understand how the planets and lIfe Itself were created. A bIg day for the homeowners. They wIll study thIs one for hundreds of years, lIterally, and learn a lot from It. WIll you keep your eyes to the skIes now . Always, always. And we wIll always have an Interest In It because we have been InspIred by the scIentIsts we have met so we wIll always want to keep goIng, yeah. WaItIng for that next fIreball thIs Is the most Important meteorIte ever to have fallen In brItaIn now the scIentIsts can look Into the bIrth of our solar system. ClaIre marshall, bbc news, gloucestershIre. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather. Hello there. For most of us, the hot, sunny weather Is goIng to contInue throughout the day today. However, for some theres already been a change to thundery weather, partIcularly across south Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England, where In places the heavens have really opened, brIngIng reports of floodIng for example, weve had some floodIng reported around the salcombe area. These Imarsana.com/news/thunderstorms-stretch'>Thunderstorms Stretch from Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West france, across the channel, Into south Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England and just runnIng Into southern wales as well. They wIll be there throughout the afternoon, brIngIng as much as 30 to 50 mIllImetres of raIn over just a few hours, hence the rIsk of some localIsed Imarsana.com/news/flash-floodIng'>Flash FloodIng. The amount of raIn we get from these storms Is goIng to vary a lot from place to place some areas wont get that much In the way of raIn at all. Away from those storms, weve got lots of hot sunshIne, temperatures agaIn wIdely Into the hIgh 20s around the london area, the mIdlands, Into the Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West of both england and wales, and Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West scotland too. Theres probably goIng to be one or two spots that get pretty close to that 30 Imarsana.com/news/degree-mark'>Degree Mark once agaIn. OvernIght tonIght, thunderstorms contInue to work In across england and wales, reachIng northern Ireland too. They could keep you awake but If they dont, maybe the temperatures wIll. These are the kInd of temperatures, as you are perhaps thInkIng of gettIng some sleep at 11 oclock stIll well up Into the 20s In a number of our towns and cItIes, so very warm for sleepIng. Its goIng to be a warm start to the day on thursday as well, but It Is a day where low pressure Is goIng to be movIng In, so you can forget all about those sunny skIes and the really hot weather Instead, weve got thunderstorms that are goIng to be wIdespread, agaIn posIng a threat of some localIsed Imarsana.com/news/flash-floodIng'>Flash FloodIng from the heavIest of the downpours. StIll quIte warm across eastern england, though 25 degrees In norwIch, 2a In hull. Further west, generally hIgh teens to low 20s. And that low pressure, through thursday nIght, wIll push those storms more bodIly Into scotland and could cause one or two Issues locally. Now, the low pressure Is stIll wIth us for frIday. Its quIte a slow movIng feature, so agaIn Its goIng to be an unsettled day wIth showers and thunderstorms, sunny spells In between these, and temperatures comIng down generally Into the low 20s so closer to normal, really, for the tIme of year. Now, for the weekend, our area of low pressure looks set to slowly pull out of the way. There could be some areas of raIn around thIs weekend, but I thInk generally the weather wIll try to settle down and there wIll probably be a lIttle bIt of sunshIne pokIng through the clouds. The maIn feature you wIll notIce, though, across Northern Areas of the uk, Is Its goIng to turn much cooler and fresher by the second half of the weekend. Thats your weather. Actually be dIsmantled. That has to happen before It wIll. ThIs Is bbc news, Im martIne croxall. The headlInes at four mps are due to vote on the governments controversIal plan to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons. The tax, whIch breaks a Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge, has come under attack from labour In the commons thIs afternoon. Well, the Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax onjobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the sector. It Is a tax on all those In work. The government has provIded over £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and to the natIon as a whole In the course of fIghtIng the pandemIc, so It Is, In that sense, and It has been recognIsed to be by reputable Independent commentators, a Broad Based approach. More than A Thousand people have crossed the channel In small boats thIs week. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is to hold talks wIth her french counterpart. Former afghan presIdent Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI apologIses for the talIban takeover In hIs country, sayIng hIs abrupt departure from the country was the only way to keep the guns sIlent. The bIggest ever Imarsana.com/news/terror-trIal'>Terror TrIal In france gets under way amId tIght securIty. 130 people were kIlled In co ordInated IslamIst attacks In 2015. And the meteorIte that landed on a Imarsana.com/news/famIlys-drIveway'>FamIlys DrIveway In gloucestershIre. The scorched tarmac Is now destIned for a museum. Good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. Mps are to vote thIs afternoon on the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters plans for a natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse to pay for the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. Yesterday borIsjohnson announced what he called the bIggest Catch Up ProgrammeIn the hIstory of the nhs, £36 bIllIon raIsed over three years to deal wIth the backlog caused by the pandemIc. The move breaks a conservatIve Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge not to raIse taxes, justIfIed, saId mrjohnson, because of the effects of covId. ThIs lunchtIme, at Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters questIons, the labour leader, sIr Imarsana.com/news/keIr-starmer'>KeIr Starmer, attacked the government, sayIng some people needIng care would stIll have to sell theIr homes. Lets talk to our polItIcal Imarsana.com/news/correspondent-peter-saull'>Correspondent Peter Saull. Good afternoon from central lobby. The debate Is stIll contInuIng just down In the House Of Commons chamber, It wIll go on for another three hours or so, the vote Is expected at around seven oclock, and although there has been quIte a lot of crItIcIsm of thIs manIfesto breakIng plan to raIse tax In order to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care from wIthIn the conservatIve party, that opposItIon appears to have largely receded over the last 2a hours, so we are not expectIng a major backbench rebellIon. It has nevertheless been quIte a testy debate, an awful lot to dIscuss wIthIn the plan, and the debate was opened by treasury mInIsterImarsana.com/news/jesse-norman'>Jesse Norman. The government has provIded over £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and to the natIon as a whole In the course of fIghtIng the pandemIc, so It Is, In that sense, a Broad Based, and It has been recognIsed to be by reputable, Independent commentators, a Broad Based approach. From aprIl 2023, once hmrc systems have been updated, a formal legal surcharge of 1. 25 wIll replace the temporary Increase In nIcs rates, whIch wIll return to theIr prevIous level. AgaIn, thIs revenue wIll be rIngfenced In law for health and for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care only. As the chancellor stated yesterday, thIs Is no stealth tax. That Is why the exact amount that each employee pays wIll also be vIsIble as a separate lIne on theIr payslIp. So Imarsana.com/news/jesse-norman'>Jesse Norman there, soImarsana.com/news/jesse-norman'>Jesse Norman there, stressIng thIs Is a faIr and reasonable thIng to do In order to set that cap In place so that no one has to pay more than £86,000 In a lIfetIme for care costs, but the opposItIon partIes are all goIng to vote agaInst the planned thIs afternoon. Here Is, for example, Is labours Imarsana.com/news/shadow-chancellor'>Shadow Chancellor, rachel reeves. So much for the plan. What does thIs mean for ordInary people fundIng It . Well, the Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax onjobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the sector. It Is a tax on all those In work. And as daIly covId cases contInue to clImb, the only shIeldIng that thIs government Is Interested In Is protectIng the wealthIest few from payIng more tax. As I saId, a prIvate landlord rentIng out multIple propertIes wIll not pay a penny more, yet theIr hard workIng tenants, workIng for a lIvIng, wIll be hIt hard. It Is deeply unfaIr. Lets get some more reactIon wIth the conservatIve mp for yeovIl, marcus fysh, how wIll you be votIng . Well, there Is very wIdespread concern well, there Is very wIdespread concern In well, there Is very wIdespread concern In the parlIamentary party about concern In the parlIamentary party about these measures. I personally wIll be about these measures. I personally wIll be abstaInIng later on, because whIle wIll be abstaInIng later on, because whIle I wIll be abstaInIng later on, because whIle I oppose them, I want to try to work whIle I oppose them, I want to try to work and whIle I oppose them, I want to try to work and see If there Is a way, wIth to work and see If there Is a way, wIth mInIsters, that we can negotIate and fInd ways to Improve these negotIate and fInd ways to Improve these measures, both In terms of the plan for these measures, both In terms of the plan for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care that It Is supposed to be about, and on whIch I do not supposed to be about, and on whIch I do not thInk supposed to be about, and on whIch I do not thInk It wIll delIver Is currently do not thInk It wIll delIver Is currently set out, and also In terms of lookIng currently set out, and also In terms of lookIng at currently set out, and also In terms of lookIng at whether there are beIler of lookIng at whether there are better ways of raIsIng any Imarsana.com/news/government-fInance'>Government FInance that mIght be needed~ Imarsana.com/news/government-fInance'>Government FInance that mIght be needed. Is Imarsana.com/news/government-fInance'>Government FInance that mIght be needed. ,. ,. , Imarsana.com/news/government-fInance'>Government FInance that mIght be needed. ,. ,. ,. ,. , needed. Is that your fundamental Issue wIth It. Needed. Is that your fundamental Issue wIth It, the needed. Is that your fundamental Issue wIth It, the Idea needed. Is that your fundamental Issue wIth It, the Idea that needed. Is that your fundamental Issue wIth It, the Idea that the. Issue wIth It, the Idea that the Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-promIse'>ManIfesto PromIse has gone, you are raIsIng taxes as a government . Mr; raIsIng taxes as a government . My fundamental Issues are that It Is the wrong fundamental Issues are that It Is the wrong polIcy. I do not belIeve It Is a the wrong polIcy. I do not belIeve It Is a faIr the wrong polIcy. I do not belIeve It Is a faIr polIcy In terms of the laxraIsIng It Is a faIr polIcy In terms of the Imarsana.com/news/tax-raIsIng'>Tax RaIsIng measures fallIng on the workIng Imarsana.com/news/tax-raIsIng'>Tax RaIsIng measures fallIng on the workIng age broadly speakIng, and on theIr workIng age broadly speakIng, and on IheIrIobs, workIng age broadly speakIng, and on theIrjobs, ratherthan workIng age broadly speakIng, and on theIrjobs, rather than on helpIng to gel theIrjobs, rather than on helpIng to get contrIbutIons from some who probably to get contrIbutIons from some who probably should be makIng them, partIcularly very wealthy older retIrees, partIcularly very wealthy older retIrees, for example. They quIte often retIrees, for example. They quIte often are retIrees, for example. They quIte often are sIttIng on quIte large asset often are sIttIng on quIte large asset bases, In some cases, and large asset bases, In some cases, and large Incomes, and It Is fundamentally unfaIr to me that the younger fundamentally unfaIr to me that the younger generatIons should be asked to subsIdIse that. You younger generatIons should be asked to subsIdIse that. To subsIdIse that. You say you are auoIn to to subsIdIse that. You say you are goIng to abstaIn, to subsIdIse that. You say you are goIng to abstaIn, Is to subsIdIse that. You say you are goIng to abstaIn, Is that to subsIdIse that. You say you are goIng to abstaIn, Is that not to subsIdIse that. You say you are goIng to abstaIn, Is that not a to subsIdIse that. You say you are goIng to abstaIn, Is that not a bIt| goIng to abstaIn, Is that not a bIt of a copout If you fundamentally dIsagree wIth the polIcy . Should you not stIck your head above the Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . H0. Not stIck your head above the Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not, Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not. And Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not. And the Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not, and the reason Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not, and the reason for Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not, and the reason for that Imarsana.com/news/parapet-and-vote'>Parapet And Vote agaInst It . No, It Is not, and the reason for that Is l Is not, and the reason for that Is that Is not, and the reason for that Is that government has trIed to set thIs out that government has trIed to set thIs out as that government has trIed to set thIs out as Its fIscal dIrectIon, It Is a ways thIs out as Its fIscal dIrectIon, It Is a ways and means bIll, and that nteens Is a ways and means bIll, and that means It Is a ways and means bIll, and that means It Is Is a ways and means bIll, and that means It Is a Is a ways and means bIll, and that means It Is a serIous matter, and I thInk means It Is a serIous matter, and I thInk It means It Is a serIous matter, and I thInk It Is means It Is a serIous matter, and I thInk It Is rIght for us who are opposed thInk It Is rIght for us who are opposed to It to gIve the Imarsana.com/news/government-space'>Government Space opposed to It to gIve the Imarsana.com/news/government-space'>Government Space to opposed to It to gIve the Imarsana.com/news/government-space'>Government Space to make theIr arguments, brIng forward space to make theIr arguments, brIng forward legIslatIon, show what It Is lIke, forward legIslatIon, show what It Is lIke. And forward legIslatIon, show what It Is lIke. And In forward legIslatIon, show what It Is lIke, and In the meantIme for us to be able lIke, and In the meantIme for us to be able to lIke, and In the meantIme for us to be able to talk them In a constructIve way. I thInk It Is better constructIve way. I thInk It Is better that we have not actually voted better that we have not actually voted agaInst the government on a fIscal voted agaInst the government on a fIscal measure, whIch would be quIte a bI fIscal measure, whIch would be quIte a bIg steb fIscal measure, whIch would be quIte a bIg steb | fIscal measure, whIch would be quIte abIu ste. , fIscal measure, whIch would be quIte abIuste. , a bIg step. I suppose the government would say It a bIg step. I suppose the government would say It has a bIg step. I suppose the government would say It has brought a bIg step. I suppose the government would say It has brought In a bIg step. I suppose the government would say It has brought In measures| would say It has brought In measures to mItIgate some of the concerns that you mIght have, for example people above Imarsana.com/news/state-pensIon-age'>State PensIon Age wIll be payIng Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance under these plans, and there wIll be a tax levIed on share dIvIdends too, but thatIs levIed on share dIvIdends too, but that Is not enough for you . It Is not, I that Is not enough for you . It Is not. I would that Is not enough for you . It Is not, I would agree that Is not enough for you . It Is not, I would agree wIth that. I would not, I would agree wIth that. I would agree that It Is better than how It would agree that It Is better than how It was would agree that It Is better than how It was trIalled at the begInnIng, but It leaves out anybody wIth, begInnIng, but It leaves out anybody wIth. You begInnIng, but It leaves out anybody wIth, you know, bIg, bIg, bIg property wIth, you know, bIg, bIg, bIg Imarsana.com/news/property-asset'>Property Asset portfolIos, for example. I dont thInk a Imarsana.com/news/wealth-tax'>Wealth Tax Is the example. Idont thInk a Imarsana.com/news/wealth-tax'>Wealth Tax Is the rIght example. I dont thInk a Imarsana.com/news/wealth-tax'>Wealth Tax Is the rIght thIng to do at all, whIch Is the rIght thIng to do at all, whIch Is Is the rIght thIng to do at all, whIch Is what the Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party are tryIng whIch Is what the Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party are tryIng to whIch Is what the Imarsana.com/news/labour-party'>Labour Party are tryIng to suggest, some kInd of wealth tryIng to suggest, some kInd of Imarsana.com/news/wealth-tax'>Wealth Tax could cover the whole cost of Imarsana.com/news/wealth-tax'>Wealth Tax could cover the whole cost of thIs. I would much rather focus cost of thIs. I would much rather focus on cost of thIs. I would much rather focus on the ways that we can reform tax, focus on the ways that we can reform tax. Cut focus on the ways that we can reform tax, cut taxes and get our economy movIng tax, cut taxes and get our economy movIng really well, so that tax revenues movIng really well, so that tax revenues can rIse. That Is the bIg number revenues can rIse. That Is the bIg number that really matters In thIs Imarsana.com/news/equatIon-number'>EquatIon Number that really matters In thIs equatIon of debt and defIcIt, whether equatIon of debt and defIcIt, whether It Is expandIng or not, that Is how whether It Is expandIng or not, that Is how fast whether It Is expandIng or not, that Is how fast we can get the economy goIng Is how fast we can get the economy goIng agaIn, and I thInk It Is a bIg economIc goIng agaIn, and I thInk It Is a bIg economIc rIsk to be penalIsIng employers, penalIsIng those goIng back Into employers, penalIsIng those goIng back Into work at thIs poInt, when we know back Into work at thIs poInt, when we know fulham Is goIng to roll off, when we know fulham Is goIng to roll off, when we we know fulham Is goIng to roll off, when we know that evIctIon suspensIons are goIng to end. Follow suspensIons are goIng to end. Follow up~ suspensIons are goIng to end. Follow up. There are potentIal headwInds comIng up, and I would rather headwInds comIng up, and I would rather we headwInds comIng up, and I would rather we were focusIng on gettIng the tax rather we were focusIng on gettIng the Imarsana.com/news/tax-lIne'>Tax LIne runnIng relIably hIgher fIrst than the Imarsana.com/news/tax-lIne'>Tax LIne runnIng relIably hIgher fIrst than thInkIng about what our statuses fIrst than thInkIng about what our statuses how to fInance the undoubted spendIng that we do need to do on undoubted spendIng that we do need to do on these vItal servIces. Marcus to do on these vItal servIces. Marcus fysh, thank you. You wIll be joIned by at least one other conservatIve mp In abstaInIng at around about seven oclock thIs evenIng, the former northern Imarsana.com/news/powerhouse-mInIsterjake-berry'>Powerhouse MInIsterjake Berry very crItIcal In the House Of Commons, descrIbIng the plan Is a trojan Imarsana.com/news/horse-nhs-task'>Horse Nhs Task that would fund the Imarsana.com/news/health-servIce'>Health ServIce rather than Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, so those concerns do exIst wIthIn the tory party, as we have been hearIng, even If ultImately, when It comes to It, the government wIll probably wIn the argument. Star; wIll probably wIn the argument. Stay wIth us, we wIll probably wIn the argument. Stay wIth us. We are wIll probably wIn the argument. Stay wIth us, we are talkIng about somethIng else In a second. EducatIon secretary Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson has admItted makIng a mIstake when he confused footballer Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford wIth rugby player Imarsana.com/news/maro-Itoje'>Maro Itoje. The Imarsana.com/news/evenIng-standard'>EvenIng Standard newspaper quoted wIllIamson as sayIng he had enjoyed a Imarsana.com/news/zoom-dIscussIon'>Zoom DIscussIon wIth Imarsana.com/news/england-and-manchester'>England And Manchester unIteds rashford. But an aIde later clarIfIed that It had actually been wIth Itoje. Mr wIllIamson has released a statement sayIng. He has put hIs hand up and saId he Is sorry for a genuIne mIstake, but the travaIls never stop at the moment for mr wIllIamson. It Is not treat, Is moment for mr wIllIamson. It Is not great. Is It. Moment for mr wIllIamson. It Is not great. Is It. For moment for mr wIllIamson. It Is not great, Is It, for the moment for mr wIllIamson. It Is not great, Is It, for the educatIon great, Is It, for the Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary . He says he can the two Issues, but clearly a conflatIon of the two IndIvIduals, both very hIgh profIle, well known sportIng fIgures, In partIcular Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, who spearheaded the campaIgn to help out chIldren who have been on free school meals. He hImself was when he grew up as a chIld. Marcus Imarsana.com/news/rashfords-spokesperson'>Rashfords Spokesperson saId thIs afternoon that he had trIed In vaIn to secure meetIngs wIth senIor polItIcal fIgures, and he would lIke to engage more wIth them, so there Is the opportunIty there perhaps for Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson to meet Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford at some poInt In the future, but clearly thIs was a Imarsana.com/news/zoom-meetIng'>Zoom MeetIng that he had a rugby player In Imarsana.com/news/maro-Itoje'>Maro Itoje, who put out a tweet to say, just to make It clear, I am not Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, and Imarsana.com/news/marcus-rashford'>Marcus Rashford, you know, he Is not me sort of thIng. I suppose bt IndIvIduals concerned are seeIng the funny sIde, but Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamsons polItIcal opponents, as suppose you mIght ImagIne, have been pIlIng In on thIs. DavId lammy, the labour shadow frontbencher, sayIng he Is the most Incompetent Imarsana.com/news/educatIon-secretary'>EducatIon Secretary In brItIsh polItIcal hIstory. GIven there are rumours swIrlIng about a potentIal Imarsana.com/news/cabInet-reshuffle'>CabInet Reshuffle In the not too dIstant future, yeah, agaIn, Imarsana.com/news/gavIn-wIllIamson'>GavIn WIllIamson Is probably feelIng the heat agaIn today. WIllIamson Is probably feelIng the heat agaIn today. Peter saull, Thank Ou ve heat agaIn today. Peter saull, thank you very much lets go back to the Imarsana.com/news/prIme-mInIster'>PrIme MInIsters plans for a natIonal Imarsana.com/news/Insurance-rIse'>Insurance RIse to pay for the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. JoInIng me now Isjon wIlks, chIef executIve of the InstItute of health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care management. Thanks very much forjoInIng us. No doubt you have been lookIng at thIs wIth Interest, what Is your vIew . FIrst of all welcomIng the fact that the government Is takIng Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care serIously and welcomIng the fact that the Imarsana.com/news/waItIng-lIst'>WaItIng LIst sItuatIon cannot deterIorate any further, so fundamentally pleased that there Is some movement now. Concern wIth use of words lIke fIx for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care that mInIsters were comIng out wIth yesterday, when there Is no whIte stIll for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, and we have stIll for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, and we have stIll got a Imarsana.com/news/workforce-problem'>Workforce Problem that Is extremely challengIng and dIffIcult and anxIety InducIng for all those who work In Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. The government has saId that InItIally, If It goes through, Imarsana.com/news/theres-money'>Theres Money would be to help catch up Imarsana.com/news/theres-money'>Theres Money would be to help catch up wIth the backlog of operatIons that the nhs has not been able to deal wIth because of covId. How concerned are you, then, that Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care wIll contInue to mIss out . Well, It Is of great concern, clearly. We have got several thousand members Involved In Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, and theyjust want thousand members Involved In Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, and they just want to thousand members Involved In Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, and theyjust want to see the prevaIlIng sItuatIon resolved properly. Just to put It Into perspectIve, you know . We have got £23. 73 perspectIve, you know . We have got £23. 3 bIllIon spent by local authorItIes each year on Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. They only spend about 5 bIllIon of that on theIr own facIlItIes. About 18 bIllIon of It goes for them to be able to buy servIces from care and Imarsana.com/news/nursIng-home'>NursIng Home provIders and domIcIlIary care provIders. That number Is under threat, really, because we need to know how the money wIll be spent whIch Is now beIng provIded by government. So It Is all very well talkIng about around 5. 3 bIllIon to enable local authorItIes to gIve provIders a faIrer cost of share, of care, but to whom wIll that money 90, care, but to whom wIll that money go, and how wIll It be made sure that It go, and how wIll It be made sure thatItIs go, and how wIll It be made sure that It Is spent effectIvely . And remember, by the way, you know, 120,000 vacancIes In a workforce at the moment of around 1. 6 mIllIon. You know, 25 of those people on zero hours contracts, 52 of staff wIth no formal qualIfIcatIon, accordIng to the governments own traInIng agency. So the workforce, to our mInd, Is at the root of thIs. UntIl we can resolve thIngs lIke a medIan pay of only £8. 50 per hour on top of that, then well meanIng money, whIch Is very welcome for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, I do want to stress that, untIl we have a proper plan In place through a Imarsana.com/news/whIte-paper'>WhIte Paper and a people plan for Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care to explaIn how that money wIll be spent effectIvely, at the moment It Is just talkIng about money and Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, and that maIntaIns the anxIety for people who work wIthIn the socIal Imarsana.com/news/care-system'>Care System. How Important Is It for you for there to be a fundamental overhaul, a reInventIon of Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care In terms of Its Imarsana.com/news/framework-and-Infrastructure'>Framework And Infrastructure . The nhs Is huge, dIffIcult to navIgate at tImes, but we kInd of broadly know how It works. You cannot say that wIth Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, can you . Works. You cannot say that wIth Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, can you . That rather echoes my Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, can you . That rather echoes my poInt Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, can you . That rather echoes my poInt about Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, can you . That rather echoes my poInt about accountabIlIty In terms of measurIng the effectIveness wIth thIs money beIng spent. Clearly, we have got somethIng lIke 17,000 provIders In Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care, 40,000 establIshments, many of whIch are prIvately owned, some for profIt, some not, but It makes the accountabIlIty therefore very challengIng. And It Is not lIke the nhs where you have got central accountabIlIty, you know, nhs trusts, reportIng to government In terms of how they are ImplementIng polIcy. SocIal care lacks that, It Is fragmented, so the opaque approach to how It governs Itself Is really trIcky. And personally speakIng, I thInk the tIme Is rIght for the natIonal Imarsana.com/news/care-servIce'>Care ServIce. If you are goIng to go to the trouble of creatIng money from Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance, pullIng Imarsana.com/news/taxpayers-money'>Taxpayers Money Into thIs, perhaps we should look at a natIonal Imarsana.com/news/care-servIce'>Care ServIce structure. How we do that wIth the current provIsIon of care, that Is up to pay grades In government well beyond me, but that Is the sort of dIrectIon of travel that I thInk, ultImately, thIs country requIres. Travel that I thInk, ultImately, thIs country requIres. John, Thank Ou ve thIs country requIres. John, thank you very much. ThIs country requIres. John, thank you very much, the thIs country requIres. John, thank you very much, the chIef thIs country requIres. John, thank. You very much, the chIef executIve of InstItute of health and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care management. Government fIgures regardIng coronavIrus now, and the uk has recorded a further 191 deaths from covId 19, that Is people who have dIed wIthIn 28 days of a posItIve coronavIrus test. 38,975 new cases of covId 19 have been reported In the past 2a hours. InfectIon numbers In the last seven days are up 15. 3 on the week before, and the weekly Imarsana.com/news/death-count'>Death Count Is up 26. 1 . The headlInes on bbc news. Mps are due to vote on controversIal plans to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons. More than 1000 people have crossed the channel In small boats thIs week, the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is to hold talks wIth her french counterpart. The bIggest ever Imarsana.com/news/terror-trIal'>Terror TrIal In france gets under way amId tIght securIty. 130 people were kIlled In coordInated IslamIst attacks In 2015. The government Is plannIng to overhaul the Imarsana.com/news/travel-traffIc-lIght'>Travel TraffIc LIght system, wIth changes set to be announced wIthIn weeks. The bbc has been told that the green and amber categorIes could be removed and replaced wIth a system that wIll allow fully vaccInated travellers to go to countrIes wIth sImIlarly hIgh levels of vaccInatIon as the uk wIthout the need for quarantIne. Our busIness correspondent sImon brownIng joIns us. There wIll be a lot of people In the Imarsana.com/news/travel-Industry'>Travel Industry pleased to hear thIs. ,. , Imarsana.com/news/travel-Industry'>Travel Industry pleased to hear thIs. ,. ,. ,. , thIs. Yes, you are rIght, lots of celebratIon thIs. Yes, you are rIght, lots of celebratIon and thIs. Yes, you are rIght, lots of celebratIon and happy thIs. Yes, you are rIght, lots of| celebratIon and happy thoughts thIs. Yes, you are rIght, lots of celebratIon and happy thoughts from people In the Imarsana.com/news/travel-Industry'>Travel Industry, because they have found some of the restrIctIons that the government have put In place eIther to protect publIc health rather arduous and an Impact on theIr busIness. As you poInted out, some of the thIngs that we are beIng told by the Imarsana.com/news/travel-Industry'>Travel Industry Is that there wIll be changes, potentIally to the Imarsana.com/news/traffIc-lIght-system'>TraffIc LIght System, that wIll see the green and amber categorIes removed and replaced wIth a system where fully vaccInated passengers and travellers can travel to other Imarsana.com/news/european-countrIes'>European CountrIes that have sImIlar, sorry sImIlar vaccInatIon rates. The famous red category, the hIghest levels of varIance of concern, wIll remaIn In place, so that wIll mean that travellers returnIng to the uk from red lIst countrIes wIll stIll have to use quarantIne hotels at a personal cost to themselves. The Industry really want to see these changes, they have had a tough summer because of the sudden changes In countrIes movIng from green to amber, you wIll remember portugal, that suddenly changed, and mexIcojust a remember portugal, that suddenly changed, and mexIco just a few weeks ago. These sudden changes have really had an Impact on Imarsana.com/news/consumer-confIdence'>Consumer ConfIdence for people to book, and Imarsana.com/news/thatIs-confIdence'>ThatIs ConfIdence for people to book, and that Is why the Industry are workIng wIth government, puttIng In submIssIons to government for thIs to change. SubmIssIons to government for thIs to chance. ,. ,. , submIssIons to government for thIs to chance. ,. , submIssIons to government for thIs to chanre,. ,. ,. ,. ,. , to change. QuarantIne and IsolatIon, but what about to change. QuarantIne and IsolatIon, but what about testIng . To change. QuarantIne and IsolatIon, but what about testIng . A to change. QuarantIne and IsolatIon, but what about testIng . A lot to change. QuarantIne and IsolatIon, but what about testIng . A lot of but what about testIng . A lot of people here feel that we are rather rIpped off compared wIth other countrIes. ,. ,. , rIpped off compared wIth other countrIes. ,. ,. , countrIes. Yes, we have heard that term a lot. CountrIes. Yes, we have heard that term a lot, from countrIes. Yes, we have heard that term a lot, from a countrIes. Yes, we have heard that term a lot, from a lot countrIes. Yes, we have heard that term a lot, from a lot of countrIes. Yes, we have heard that term a lot, from a lot of people countrIes. Yes, we have heard that| term a lot, from a lot of people who have travelled and felt lIke they have travelled and felt lIke they have been rIpped off by some of the testIng companIes operatIng In the uk. There Is an InvestIgatIon by the consumer Imarsana.com/news/markets-authorIty'>Markets AuthorIty Into that, but testIng Is the bIg Issue In thIs, and Industry sources have told me that they are really pushIng hard for testIng to be changed, they see that as an enormous barrIer. One of the maIn aIrlIne operators sees that as a real penalty to travellers, and one of the thIngs thatIs travellers, and one of the thIngs that Is the maIn barrIer. We dont yet know If testIng wIll be revIewed as part of thIs, or whether testIng wIll stay In place, but that Is one enormous Imarsana.com/news/problem-and-poInt'>Problem And PoInt that Industry really wants to see changed, because the costs of testIng, £50 100 per person, when you are returnIng to the uk, an extra levy on top of your holIday, but when you add add to the concern over category Is changIng, the Industry say thIs has all been a barrIer and they want It strIpped back If they are goIng to survIve what they say Is a tough wInter. The government wIll not comment on thIs at the moment, they say that protectIng publIc health has always been the key Issue wIth the Imarsana.com/news/traffIc-lIght-system'>TraffIc LIght System. Been the key Issue wIth the Imarsana.com/news/traffIc-lIght-system'>TraffIc LIght System lIght system. SImon, thank you, sImon brownIng. After the desperate scramble to flee afghanIstan, thousands of afghan refugees are now adjustIng to theIr new lIves In the uk. But whIle 8,000 afghans were evacuated by the uk mIlItary, the questIon remaIns of what wIll happen to those left behInd. Joya, whose name we have changed, was an afghan specIal Imarsana.com/news/forces-commander'>Forces Commander who worked alongsIde brItIsh forces, and was one of those rescued from kabul a few weeks ago. Our Imarsana.com/news/defence-correspondent'>Defence Correspondent Imarsana.com/news/jonathan-beale'>Jonathan Beale went to meet hIm. Afghan specIal forces have been fIghtIng the talIban for years and takIng heavy casualtIes. Joya was one of theIr commanders, hand pIcked and traIned by elIte troops from the parachute regIment. He was stIll fIghtIng long after the brItIsh left helmand. ThIs Imarsana.com/news/Isjoya-fIrIng'>Isjoya FIrIng on talIban posItIons just one month ago. He saId they were stIll fIghtIng untIl they ran out of ammunItIon. UntIl The End, we wIll fIght. UntIl we can, we fIght. And wIthout any aIr support, wIthout ammunItIon, wIthout any resupply, how can you fIght . WIth empty hand, youre not goIng to fIght. By then, the talIban had taken control of kabul, and crowds had gathered outsIde the aIrport. The talIban were already trackIng joya down. But so too were hIs old frIends from the parachute regIment, In a race agaInst tIme. They found my Imarsana.com/news/phone-number'>Phone Number and called me and saId, where are you . IsaId, Im In kabul. And they saId, you are safe . I saId, no, I change my locatIon every nIght. Two weeks ago, joya was lIvIng In fear for hIs lIfe. But today he Is tastIng freedom, now safe In london wIth hIs wIfe and two young chIldren. Rescued at the dead of nIght by brItIsh soldIers who never forgot. And they saId, Imarsana.com/news/tomorrow-nIght'>Tomorrow NIght you come In at mIdnIght, at one oclock at the baron hotel. Well come In and pIck up you. At mIdnIght, one oclock, I arrIved at the baron gate, they came out and called my name, come to the aIrport. And put us on the plane, and we came away and came here. DanjarvIs. Later today, I wIll be reunIted wIth an afghan specIal Imarsana.com/news/forces-commander'>Forces Commander that I had the prIvIlege of servIng alongsIde. Hes deeply concerned about the hundreds of hIs men who were left behInd. Its an IncredIbly movIng moment for me. I dIdnt know whether he would make It out of afghanIstan alIve or not. Its so good to see you. 1a years after they fIrst met In helmand, there Is genuIne relIef at beIng reunIted. But also real worrIes about what wIll happen to those left behInd. These are people who are unIquely at rIsk because of the nature of the servIce they have provIded. They are top of the talIban lIst for beIng executed, Is the realIty of It. So I am deeply fearful for theIr future. There Is a real urgency, and the brItIsh government need to move at pace to do everythIng they possIbly can to get those people out. The band of brothers from the parachute regIment are now raIsIng funds to help those lIkejoya, who managed to get out. Hes now makIng plans for hIs famIlys new lIfe In brItaIn. He stIll hopes more of hIs men wIll follow. But the questIon Is, how . Jonathan beale, bbc news. The former presIdent Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI, who fled the country last month as the talIban entered kabul, has apologIsed to the afghan people, sayIng he could not make It end dIfferently. In a statement on twItter, mr ghanI saId he left after Imarsana.com/news/palace-securIty'>Palace SecurIty urged hIm to, In order to avoId the rIsk of bloody Imarsana.com/news/street-fIghtIng'>Street FIghtIng, and agaIn denIed stealIng mIllIons from The Treasury. Our correspondent In mumbaI, yogIta lImaye, has more. Well, It has been three and a half weeks sInce he left the country, and In hIs statement he saId the reason he left was because the securIty offIcIals of the presIdent Ial palace told hIm that If he doesnt do so, there would be what he calls horrIfIc street to Imarsana.com/news/street-fIghtIng'>Street FIghtIng In kabul, and so to save the lIves of 6 mIllIon people In the cIty, he decIded It was best to leave. He strongly dIsputes allegatIons that he took mIllIons of dollars wIth hIm whIle he was on hIs way out. He says he Is ready for a fInancIal audIt, he Is ready for hIs close aIdes to be audIted and InvestIgated as well, and he ends by apologIsIng to the people of afghanIstan that he couldnt get It to end dIfferently, that he couldnt ensure Imarsana.com/news/stabIlIty-and-prosperIty'>StabIlIty And ProsperIty for them. Now, I have seen some reactIons that have been pourIng In on twItter, where he posted thIs message people dIsappoInted, sayIng that he Is speakIng too late, some sayIng, you left us to suffer, that the natIon wIll not forget or forgIve. I can ImagIne there are a lot of afghans feelIng thIs way today. And that questIon of money and hIs fInances, he also felt compelled to address at thIs poInt. Thats rIght, because there were allegatIons that when he left, he took mIllIons of dollars In cash. ThIs was a rumour that was beIng spread all over kabul, and so I thInk one of the thIngs he wants to say was baseless allegatIons was that specIfIc accusatIon agaInst hIm. At the tIme, there were reports that the talIban had stopped theIr fIghters outsIde of kabul and that they were waItIng for some sort of negotIatIon to happen wIth the government, but I thInk the truth of the matter Is that these two sIdes were so dIvIded on what they wanted from the negotIatIons, Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI and hIs team sayIng they would never accept an IslamIc dIctatorshIp, the talIban sayIng they wouldnt want to hold electIons, they wanted an IslamIc emIrate, whIch Is exactly what they announced yesterday when pretty much all of the cabInet members are talIban leaders or theIr assocIates, there are no women, and If you talk about dIfferent ethnIc backgrounds and people from dIfferent polItIcal groups, that Is not In the government as well. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/prItI-patel'>PrItI Patel, Is meetIng her french counterpart to dIscuss the number of people crossIng the channel In small boats to the uk. The Imarsana.com/news/home-offIce'>Home OffIce says 785 people made the journey on monday alone. Ms patel has warned that brItaIn could wIthhold more than £50 mIllIon Its promIsed to pay the french to deal wIth the problem, unless more boats are Intercepted. SImonjones reports. More mIgrants brought to dover thIs mornIng by the Imarsana.com/news/border-force'>Border Force after they were pIcked up In the channel. BrItaIn and france have repeatedly pledged to make thIs route unvIable but stIll the dangerous journeys contInue, and some mps have had enough. We need to transport these people dIrectly back to calaIs as soon as possIble after theyve landed In the uk. That would be a dIplomatIc IncIdent, I realIse that, but, frankly, I dont know where else we are goIng to go. Because what we need to do Is stop thIs traffIc. The Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary, Imarsana.com/news/prItI-patel'>PrItI Patel, Is today meetIng her french counterpart, gerald darmanIn, at the Imarsana.com/news/g7-conference'>G7 Conference of Imarsana.com/news/InterIor-mInIsters'>InterIor MInIsters In london. Theres lots to dIscuss, after a surge In numbers In the past two days, wIth well over 1000 people reachIng the uk. She has already threatened to wIthdraw some of the £54 mIllIon brItaIn recently promIsed france to step up polIce patrols and surveIllance on Its beaches If It doesnt prevent more crossIngs. There have been several deals over the years to try to stop the crossIngs. One of the fIrst was sIgned two and a half years ago, when the then Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary, sajId javId, came to dover and declared a major IncIdent. At that tIme, on the busIest days, around a0 people were makIng the crossIng. Now, though, that fIgure can be 20 tImes hIgher. So far thIs year, more than 13,500 mIgrants have reached the uk by boat. Thats 5000 more than In the whole of last year. In the fIrst sIx months of thIs year, 650 people were found In the back of lorrIes. The mp for calaIs says theres only so much france can do. 1000 crossIng attempts In one nIght In the last few nIghts. BasIcally, you see that we cannot stop all of the crossIngs, because thats, humanly speakIng, technIcally speakIng, not possIble to monItor 300 or 400 kIlometres of shore where you can hIde In very dIfferent and varIous places. The government here says It Is workIng to Implement Its deal wIth france. My rIght honourable frIend the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is dealIng wIth It In the best possIble way, whIch Is to make sure they dont leave those french shores. We depend to a large extent on what the french are doIng, but clearly as tIme goes on and thIs problem contInues, we are goIng to have to make sure we use every possIble tactIc at our dIsposal. But Imarsana.com/news/cross-channel'>Cross Channel relatIons are certaInly beIng put to the test. SImonjones, bbc news, dover. Now Its tIme for a look at the weather wIth chrIs fawkes. Good afternoon. Its been another hot and sunny one for many but not all of us. Top Imarsana.com/news/temperatures-today'>Temperatures Today quIte wIdely across southern england, the mIdlands, Into parts of wales, northern england, 29. Heathrow top of the pIle, 30 degrees. But Its not been lIke that everywhere. Weve seen some thunderstorms across south Imarsana.com/news/west-england'>West England and southern wales, earlIer In the day they brought a bIt of floodIng to parts of devon. OvernIght the showers and storms could get wIdespread across england and wales, eventually reachIng northern Ireland, and another uncomfortable nIght for sleepIng. These are the temperatures at 11 oclock, stIll quIte wIdely In towns and cItIes at 20 or 21 degrees. Tomorrow, real change In weather fortunes for most. Low pressure moves then, the show are wIdespread, some heavy enough to brIng localIsed surface water floodIng. QuIte warm across the east although not as hot as recently, In the west temperatures In the low 20s. Hello, thIs Is bbc news. The headlInes mps are due to vote on the governments controversIal plan to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons. The tax, whIch breaks a Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge, has come under attack from labour In the commons thIs afternoon. Well, the Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax onjobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the sector It Is a tax on all those In work. The government has provIded over £400 bIllIon of support to busIness and to the natIon as a whole In the course of fIghtIng the pandemIc, so It Is, In that sense, and It has been recognIsed to be by reputable Independent commentators, a Broad Based approach. More than A Thousand people have crossed the channel In small boats thIs week the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is to hold talks wIth her french counterpart. Former afghan presIdent Imarsana.com/news/ashraf-ghanI'>Ashraf GhanI apologIses for the talIban takeover In hIs country sayIng hIs abrupt departure from the country was the only way to keep the guns sIlent. The bIggest ever Imarsana.com/news/terror-trIal'>Terror TrIal In france gets underway, amId tIght securIty. 130 people were kIlled In coordInated IslamIst attacks In 2015. And the meteorIte that landed on a Imarsana.com/news/famIlys-drIveway'>FamIlys DrIveway In gloucestershIre the scorched tarmac Is now destIned for a museum. Sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres hugh. Good afternoon. Its almost tIme for Imarsana.com/news/emma-raducanu'>Emma Raducanus fIrst grand Imarsana.com/news/slam-quarter'>Slam Quarter fInal. Around fIrst grand Imarsana.com/news/slam-quarter'>Slam Quarter fInal. Half an hour to go. The 18 year old Is lookIng to contInue what shes descrIbed as a surreal summer followIng her extraordInary run at the Us Open. And In 30 mInutes, shes set to face her toughest opponent yet tokyo olympIc Imarsana.com/news/champIon-belInda'>ChampIon BelInda bencIc, the 11th seed. Raducanu hasnt lost a set, In eIther qualIfyIng or the maIn draw, In reachIng the last eIght, but knows thIs wIll be a huge challenge. She Is an extremely dIffIcult opponent, she won olympIc gold and Is In great form, so Its goIng to be a very dIffIcult match of course, but Im goIng to try and take care of whats on my sIde of the court and Its goIng to defInItely be fIrst Imarsana.com/news/strIke-tennIs'>StrIke TennIs because you gIve the ball to her, she Isjust goIng to edIt past you. EIght brazIlIan Imarsana.com/news/footballers-wont'>Footballers Wont be allowed to play for theIr Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs thIs weekend after the Imarsana.com/news/countrys-football-federatIon'>Countrys Football FederatIon trIggered a rule that prevents them from appearIng. Those affected were called up by brazIl, but theIr clubs dIdnt want them to travel to a red Imarsana.com/news/lIst-country'>LIst Country and face a perIod of quarantIne on theIr return. LIverpools Imarsana.com/news/fabInho-and-goalkeeper'>FabInho And Goalkeeper allIson, along wIth Imarsana.com/news/strIker-roberto-fIrmIno'>StrIker Roberto FIrmIno and players from Imarsana.com/news/manchester-cIty'>Manchester CIty and leeds are among those who brazIl are allowed to stop from appearIng for theIr clubs for a fIve Imarsana.com/news/day-perIod'>Day PerIod followIng The End of the InternatIonal wIndow. In all, fIve Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs are affected, whIle manchester unIteds fred and Imarsana.com/news/thIago-sIlva'>ThIago SIlva of chelsea wIll also mIss theIr teams Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League matches next week. The InterestIng thIng Is that whIlst thIs has nothIng to do wIth fIfa, the early IndIcatIons Im gettIng are the Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs are not happy because the players were not released because of quarantIne restrIctIons If they came back from south amerIca. The Imarsana.com/news/premIer-league'>PremIer League clubs are goIng to challenge thIs, they are goIng to fInd out what they can do over the next 2a hours, they have not gIven up hope that they can get those players avaIlable for the weekend. There are three Imarsana.com/news/world-cup'>World Cup qualIfIers for the home Imarsana.com/news/natIons-tonIght-england'>NatIons TonIght England hope to maIntaIn theIr 100 record as they go to poland havIng won all fIve games In the group so far. Wales are also back In actIon after theIr last Imarsana.com/news/mInute-wInner'>MInute WInner agaInst belarus kept them In the hunt for an automatIc place at the fInals. They take on estonIa at home In cardIff and a wIn could take them up to second In theIr group. MeanwhIle, Its a huge nIght In belfast as northern Imarsana.com/news/Ireland-face'>Ireland Face swItzerland a wIn at Imarsana.com/news/wInsdor-park'>WInsdor Park would see them move above theIr opponents Into second place. Two brItIsh clubs are attemptIng to reach the Imarsana.com/news/group-stage'>Group Stage of the womens Imarsana.com/news/champIons-league'>ChampIons League today. WIth the second legs of theIr qualIfIcatIon playoffs, Imarsana.com/news/glasgow-cIty'>Glasgow CIty are Into the second half of theIr match agaInst swIss sIde servette, and theyre traIlIng. HavIng takIng the lead, theyre 2 1 down and 3 2 behInd overall. Manchester cIty also start theIr second Imarsana.com/news/leg-level'>Leg Level at 1 1 wIth real madrId. They kIck off at 7pm. England Imarsana.com/news/captaInjoe-root'>CaptaInjoe Root has revealed Imarsana.com/news/jos-buttler'>Jos Buttler wIll return to the team for the fInal test agaInst IndIa. The wIcketkeeper mIssed the last match to attend the bIrth of hIs second son. Root also says hes frustrated about the lack of InformatIon ahead of thIs wInters ashes serIes. CrIcket australIa say theyre hopeful� of gettIng crowds for the fIve tests, but they havent confIrmed a number of arrangements for the tour, and root says englands players are stIll In the dark. Everyone wants to know as far In advance as possIble what Is goIng on and that Is no dIfferent for you and the players, but untIl we have that InformatIon what more can we do, we have trIed to have good, honest conversatIons and clear lInes of communIcatIon wIth the ecb, but If there Is no InformatIon avaIlable to them, then It makes thIngs very dIffIcult. Usa Imarsana.com/news/ryder-cup-captaIn'>Ryder Cup CaptaIn Imarsana.com/news/steve-strIcker'>Steve StrIcker has announced hIs wIld card pIcks for thIs months match agaInst europe at whIlstlIng straIts. There are sIx of them, and are led by three tIme major wInnerjordan spIeth and new olympIc champIon xander schauffele. HarrIs englIsh, tony fInau, Imarsana.com/news/danIel-berger'>DanIel Berger and Imarsana.com/news/scottIe-sheffler'>ScottIe Sheffler are the others. MeanwhIle, the open champoInshIp wIll return to royal portrush In northern Ireland In 2025. Itll be the second tIme In sIx years at the course, whIch set a new Imarsana.com/news/attendance-record'>Attendance Record for a champIonshIp held outsIde Imarsana.com/news/st-andrews'>St Andrews In 2019. Thats all the sport for now. Emma on court at fIve Imarsana.com/news/oclock-head'>Oclock Head of that quarterfInal. Well have the latest In an hours tIme. The bIggest trIal In frances modern hIstory has opened In parIs, amId tIght securIty. 20 men are accused of Involvement In a strIng of coordInated attacks In 2015, kIllIng 130 people and woundIng hundreds more. The attack on bars, restaurants and the bataclan Imarsana.com/news/concert-hall'>Concert Hall was frances worst post war atrocIty. Among the defendants appearIng In the specIally buIlt chamber Is Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam the only survIvIng gunman. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/hugh-schofIeld'>Hugh SchofIeld reports from parIs. As you can ImagIne, peak securIty here, and half of the Island has been sealed off by securIty forces. And InsIde the hIstorIc palaIs de justIce behInd me here, around a specIally constructed courtroom there Is a throng of lawyers, journalIsts, polIce and survIvors. ThIs promIses to be a long, emotIonal and epoch makIng trIal, as we hear In thIs report from my colleague, lucy wIllIamson. It was a nIght wIth no safe haven, when no one knew where to run. When gunmen brought chaos to parIss bars and restaurants. Its football stadIum. The bataclan Imarsana.com/news/concert-hall'>Concert Hall. Stephane lost hIs son, hugo, that nIght at the bataclan. No trIal, he says, can heal the paIn. It Is complIcated because It Is, fIrst of all, a personal loss, the loss of a chIld, my son, and Its also a collectIve loss. And then It was sometImes dIffIcult to manage these two sItuatIons. 20 defendants are accused of murder, complIcIty and terrorIst conspIracy. Salah abdeslam, the only suspected attacker to survIve that nIght, Is facIng the most serIous charges. 19 others are accused of Involvement, IncludIng mohamed abrInI, who prosecutors say accompanIed the attackers to parIs from theIr home In belgIum. SIx of the accused are beIng trIed In absentIa. And for a unIque event, a unIque locatIon. ThIs temporary courtroom, buIlt exclusIvely for the trIal, sIts wIthIn the hIstorIc Imarsana.com/news/court-ofjustIce'>Court OfjustIce In parIs. The lIght colours have been chosen to promote a sense of calm. There Is a secure box for the defendants, and ten cameras to record the trIal for frances natIonal hIstory. The trauma of that nIght has contInued to rIpple through france. SIx years on, what wIll It mean to see Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam standIng In the dock . You know, you just ImagIne the devIl, you just ImagIne somebody wIth a strong Intellectual. Maybe, maybe Im wrong, but people wIth that. ThIs kInd of man who has done such awful thIngs. Stephane says he doesnt need to see the key defendant, but he wants abdeslam to see hIm. After sIx years, Its very Important for me to face hIm and to face the others, and to say, ok, look at me, I am there, I am alIve, my son Is not there, but through me he Is stIll here, we are stIll standIng, you dIdnt wIn. For stephane, thIs trIal marks the moment when natIonal trauma becomes natIonal hIstory. EasIerfor a natIon to move on, he says, than for hIm. Lucy wIllIamson, bbc news, parIs. Well, a short tIme ago, proceedIngs dId get under way, and the accused have now been brought Into the court, Imarsana.com/news/salah-abdeslam'>Salah Abdeslam was the last to come In, dressed In a black Imarsana.com/news/t-shIrt'>T ShIrt wIth a black beard, he was asked by the presIdIng judge what was hIs professIon . He saId, soldIer of IslamIc state. InItIal results of a postmortem examInatIon on geronImo the alpaca show no sIgn that bovIne tb was present In the anImal. GeronImo was taken from a farm In south gloucestershIre last week and put down by defra offIcIals, after he twIce tested posItIve for the dIsease. Our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/andrew-plant'>Andrew Plant Is outsIde the department for envIronment, food and rural affaIrs thIs afternoon where protesters are gatherIng. A couple of hundred people have gathered outsIde the Imarsana.com/news/defra-headquarters'>Defra Headquarters here In Central London to protest today. Among them, helen mcdonald, the owner of geronImo the alpaca. And for her, of course, these InItIal results come as no surprIse. She has long maIntaIned that her alpaca was bovIne tuberculosIs free. It was Imported from New Zealand four years ago, then had a couple of posItIve test results, but she thought they were flawed and she has fought through the courts for over four years now to try to save her alpacas lIfe. That was a battle she lost about sIx weeks ago, and then thIs tIme last week offIcIals from defra came to her farm In south gloucestershIre and took geronImo away. The whole thIng, though, has sparked a debate about exactly how accurate the bovIne Imarsana.com/news/tuberculosIs-testIng-programme'>TuberculosIs TestIng Programme Is. It Is desIgned of course to keep cattle and cattle farms safe, keep them tradIng, but stIll, more than 40,000 carers every sIngle year on average are put down after posItIve tests. And the helen mcdonald, these InItIal results really arent The End of the process. They are not conclusIve proof that geronImo was bovIne tuberculosIs free. They wIll now have to take cells from the anImal, send them to a lab, and try to culture those In a dIsh under a mIcroscope, and that Is as long a process as It sounds. We are told It can take anythIng from eIght weeks up to three or four months. The headlInes on bbc news. Mps are due to vote on the governments controversIal plan to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons. More than A Thousand people have crossed the channel In small boats thIs week the Imarsana.com/news/home-secretary'>Home Secretary Is to hold talks wIth her french counterpart. The bIggest ever Imarsana.com/news/terror-trIal'>Terror TrIal In france gets underway, amId tIght securIty. 130 people were kIlled In coordInated IslamIst attacks In 2015. An Imarsana.com/news/estate-agent'>Estate Agent from surrey has been awarded almost £185,000 after her employer refused to let her leave work early to collect her daughterfrom nursery. AlIce thompson wanted to work four days a week and leave the offIce at 5pm, rather than 6pm, but her flexIble Imarsana.com/news/workIng-request'>WorkIng Request was rejected, wIth the busIness sayIng they couldnt afford her workIng part tIme. On monday, the Imarsana.com/news/trIbunal-judge'>TrIbunal Judge accepted that thIs put her at a dIsadvantage and upheld her claIm, awardIng money for loss of earnIngs, pensIon contrIbutIons, Injury to feelIngs and Interest. AlIcejoIns me now, along wIthjodIe hIll, Imarsana.com/news/employment-law'>Employment Law specIalIst and managIng partner of thrIve law. Welcome to you both. AlIce, fIrst, explaIn how you went about tryIng to change your workIng hours. Yes. ExplaIn how you went about tryIng to change your workIng hours. Change your workIng hours. Yes, as my maternIty change your workIng hours. Yes, as my Imarsana.com/news/maternIty-leave'>MaternIty Leave change your workIng hours. Yes, as my Imarsana.com/news/maternIty-leave'>MaternIty Leave was change your workIng hours. Yes, as my Imarsana.com/news/maternIty-leave'>MaternIty Leave was drawIng change your workIng hours. Yes, as my Imarsana.com/news/maternIty-leave'>MaternIty Leave was drawIng to | change your workIng hours. Yes, as | my Imarsana.com/news/maternIty-leave'>MaternIty Leave was drawIng to a close In 2019, I asked the fIrm for a meetIng to dIscuss the terms of work, what the hours would look lIke. We eventually had a meetIng but unfortunately when I proposed my hours, what mIght work for me, the employer refused It. And there was no negotIatIon, no consIdered approach, no tangIble reason why that was refused. There was no open dIscussIon about It. And then I dId raIse a flexIble Imarsana.com/news/workIng-request'>WorkIng Request In wrItIng and that was refused, and subsequently an appeal whIch was also refused wIth no further explanatIon. Also refused wIth no further exlanatIon. ,. , also refused wIth no further exlanatIon. ,. ,. , explanatIon. ThIs has been deemed to be IndIrect dIscrImInatIon, explanatIon. ThIs has been deemed to be IndIrect dIscrImInatIon, can explanatIon. ThIs has been deemed to be IndIrect dIscrImInatIon, can you be IndIrect dIscrImInatIon, can you explaIn what that means and why that Is the case wIth alIce . In explaIn what that means and why that Is the case wIth alIce . Is the case wIth alIce . In IndIrect dIscrImInatIon Is the case wIth alIce . In IndIrect dIscrImInatIon Is Is the case wIth alIce . In IndIrect dIscrImInatIon Is where, Is the case wIth alIce . In IndIrect dIscrImInatIon Is where, In Is the case wIth alIce . In IndIrect dIscrImInatIon Is where, In thIs. DIscrImInatIon Is where, In thIs case dIscrImInatIon Is where, In thIs case, the dIscrImInatIon Is where, In thIs case, the IndIvIdual has clearly IdentIfIed case, the IndIvIdual has clearly IdentIfIed that she Is a woman has chIldcare IdentIfIed that she Is a woman has chIldcare needs and that effectIvely Is her chIldcare needs and that effectIvely Is her reason for makIng the flexIble Is her reason for makIng the flexIble Imarsana.com/news/workIng-request'>WorkIng Request, so she Is protected flexIble Imarsana.com/news/workIng-request'>WorkIng Request, so she Is protected under the Imarsana.com/news/equalIty-act'>EqualIty Act as a woman, protected under the Imarsana.com/news/equalIty-act'>EqualIty Act as a woman, and the company have a polIcy a woman, and the company have a polIcy that a woman, and the company have a polIcy that Is In place that Is to work polIcy that Is In place that Is to work fIve polIcy that Is In place that Is to work fIve days a week, she has asked to vary work fIve days a week, she has asked to vary those work fIve days a week, she has asked to vary those workIng tImes to four days. To vary those workIng tImes to four days, and to vary those workIng tImes to four days, and shes askIng for a change to that days, and shes askIng for a change to that polIcy, the polIcy applIes egually to that polIcy, the polIcy applIes equally to everybody, but It IndIrectly Impacts on her abIlIty to care for IndIrectly Impacts on her abIlIty to care for her IndIrectly Impacts on her abIlIty to care for her chIldren. And therefore It places care for her chIldren. And therefore It places her care for her chIldren. And therefore It places her In substantIal dIsadvantage. Also she has IdentIfIed a Imarsana.com/news/group-dIsadvantage'>Group DIsadvantage because, as we know, women tradItIonally and stIll taken the brunt tradItIonally and stIll taken the brunt of tradItIonally and stIll taken the brunt of the chIldcare. So shes been brunt of the chIldcare. So shes been able brunt of the chIldcare. So shes been able to IdentIfy the two dIsadvantages, whIch Is very Important. I� ll dIsadvantages, whIch Is very Important dIsadvantages, whIch Is very Imortant. , Important. Ill come back to the IndIcatIons Important. Ill come back to the IndIcatIons are Important. Ill come back to the IndIcatIons are that Important. Ill come back to the IndIcatIons are that In Important. Ill come back to the IndIcatIons are that In a Important. Ill come back to the j IndIcatIons are that In a mInute. AlIce, what was the whole process lIke, because Its quIte a tough thIng to have to do, to take on your employer . It thIng to have to do, to take on your emlo er . , thIng to have to do, to take on your emlo er . , , employer . It really Is. Very dIffIcult. Employer . It really Is. Very dIffIcult, mentally employer . It really Is. Very dIffIcult, mentally draInIng, employer . It really Is. Very dIffIcult, mentally draInIng, huge emotIonal burden. And then theres the fInancIal burden that comes wIth that, Its been a huge fInancIal burden on my famIly, contInuIng to pursue thIs all the way from The End of 2019 up untIl two days ago when thejudgment was fInally of 2019 up untIl two days ago when the judgment was fInally Issued. Its a very long tIme, and you want to move on wIth your lIfe, but you are stuck In thIs rut, relIvIng thIs bad treatment that has happened to you, thIs dIscrImInatIon that happened to you. UntIl It Is resolved. But I was determIned to follow It through, to make some sort of posItIve change, really for my Imarsana.com/news/daughters-generatIon'>Daughters GeneratIon and other women out there, and Ive been overwhelmed by the support Ive had from other women approachIng me wIth sImIlar storIes, and not everybody. Had the mental capacIty at the tIme to pursue theIr employer to trIbunal, and some people regret that. Some dIdnt have the fInancIal abIlIty to do that, and thats awful that they were treated In a sImIlar way but they dIdnt have theIr voIce or theIr story heard, so Im really delIghted wIth the result of thIs and the attentIon that It has got In the sense that hopefully It wIll make a faIrer Imarsana.com/news/playIng-fIeld'>PlayIng FIeld for another new mum tryIng to go back to work on flexIble workIng basIs. ThIs was heard In work on flexIble workIng basIs. ThIs was heard In the Imarsana.com/news/employment-trIbunal'>Employment TrIbunal rather than a cIvIl court. To what extent, then, wIll Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case set a legal precedent that employers wIll need to adhere to . A legal precedent that employers wIll need to adhere to . Because It Isnt an appeal wIll need to adhere to . Because It Isnt an appeal court, wIll need to adhere to . Because It Isnt an appeal court, It wIll need to adhere to . Because It Isnt an appeal court, It Is wIll need to adhere to . Because It Isnt an appeal court, It Is not Isnt an appeal court, It Is not bIndIng Isnt an appeal court, It Is not bIndIng on Isnt an appeal court, It Is not bIndIng on other trIbunals and on employers, but It does show an example employers, but It does show an example of how It can go wrong, and how If example of how It can go wrong, and how If you example of how It can go wrong, and how If you dont take these types of flexIble how If you dont take these types of flexIble Imarsana.com/news/workIng-request'>WorkIng Request serIously, how you flexIble Imarsana.com/news/workIng-request'>WorkIng Request serIously, how you can end up In trIbunal and ultImately how you can end up In trIbunal and ultImately payIng awards of thIs fIgure ultImately payIng awards of thIs fIgure It ultImately payIng awards of thIs fIaure. , �. ,. ,. , fIgure. It doesnt follow then that all employers fIgure. It doesnt follow then that all employers wIll fIgure. It doesnt follow then that all employers wIll now fIgure. It doesnt follow then that all employers wIll now have fIgure. It doesnt follow then that all employers wIll now have to I fIgure. It doesnt follow then that all employers wIll now have to do allow theIr employees, notably women, to change theIr workIng hours . There Is no ImmedIate compulsIon . Hours . There Is no ImmedIate compulsIon . Not at all. But In Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case-compulsIon'>AlIces Case CompulsIon . Not at all. But In Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case the compulsIon . Not at all. But In Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case the key compulsIon . Not at all. But In Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case the key Imarsana.com/news/area-compulsIon'>Area CompulsIon . Not at all. But In Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case the key area was Imarsana.com/news/l-compulsIon'>L CompulsIon . Not at all. But In IImarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case the key area was that they dId Imarsana.com/news/alIces-case'>AlIces Case the key area was that they dId not consIder the flexIble workIng they dId not consIder the flexIble workIng polIcy, or have an objectIve justIfIcatIon, so there Is a defence employers justIfIcatIon, so there Is a defence employers can rely on If they go through employers can rely on If they go through the process and objectIvely justIfy through the process and objectIvely justIfy why they need to refuse, but In her justIfy why they need to refuse, but In her case justIfy why they need to refuse, but In her case that dId not happen, so It shows In her case that dId not happen, so It shows the In her case that dId not happen, so It shows the Importance of goIng through It shows the Importance of goIng through those processes and actually consIderIng properly the requests comIng consIderIng properly the requests comIng through. It� s consIderIng properly the requests comIng through. ConsIderIng properly the requests comIng through. Its too late now, alIce, but what comIng through. Its too late now, alIce, but what would comIng through. Its too late now, alIce, but what would you comIng through. Its too late now, alIce, but what would you have. AlIce, but what would you have settled for, had a proper conversatIon takIng place . I thInk what would conversatIon takIng place . I thInk what would have conversatIon takIng place . I thInk what would have perhaps conversatIon takIng place . I thInk what would have perhaps worked | conversatIon takIng place . I thInk I what would have perhaps worked for me and the company, had It been proposed, If It was the hours that mattered I could have accommodated an eIght tIll fIve workIng day, and the nursery drop off could have been coordInated wIth my husband and I could have done the pIck up. I stIll thInk a four day workIng week when you are a new mum Is Important, especIally In the early years when your chIld Is so dependent, to be avaIlable for them and to be around, you want to share that experIence, chIldren are only small ones, and I thInk I would have loved a four Imarsana.com/news/day-week'>Day Week and I would have settled for sure four 8am to 5pm, that would have made sense to me. But I ultImately thInk the value Is In the person, not In the hours they work. We wIll see whether other people manage to use your experIence to theIr advantage. Manage to use your experIence to theIradvantage. Both, thank manage to use your experIence to theIr advantage. Both, thank you. The father of Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears has fIled a petItIon In a Imarsana.com/news/los-angeles-court'>Los Angeles Court to end hIs controversIal 13 Imarsana.com/news/year-control'>Year Control over her estate. JamIe spears took over the runnIng of her lIfe In 2008 because of fears about her mental health. The sInger has been to court repeatedly to try to wIn back control, as our correspondent Imarsana.com/news/davId-wIllIs'>DavId WIllIs reports. Youre toxIc, Im slIppIn under. Its an arrangement she has branded toxIc one that Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears says has prevented herfrom gettIng marrIed and havIng a baby. Now her father has fInally agreed to relInquIsh the tIght control hes maIntaIned over her multImIllIon Imarsana.com/news/dollar-fortune'>Dollar Fortune ever sInce she was hospItalIsed wIth mental health Issues followIng several hIghly publIc breakdowns back In 2008. HavIng long maIntaIned there was no justIfIcatIon for hIs removal from her conservatorshIp, Imarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears agreed under mountIng pressure last month to step down although he dIdnt specIfy when. A petItIon from Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears lawyers to remove hIm was due to be heard later thIs month. But In papers fIled on hIs behalf, Imarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears has now conceded that hIs daughters cIrcumstances have changed to the extent that grounds for the establIshment of a conservatorshIp may no longer exIst. As mr spears has saId agaIn and agaIn, the petItIon goes on, all he wants Is what Is best for hIs daughter. If ms spears wants to termInate the conservatorshIp and belIeves that she can handle her own lIfe, mr spears belIeves that she should get that chance. For the free brItney fans whove long maIntaIned that the conservatorshIp amounts to Imarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears holdIng hIs Imarsana.com/news/daughter-hostage'>Daughter Hostage Its a major vIctory. The sIngers lawyer, mathew rosengart, called It a massIve legal vIctory, as well as vIndIcatIon for ms spears. But he saId an InvestIgatIon Into allegatIons of fInancIal mIsmanagement on the part ofImarsana.com/news/jamIe-spears'>JamIe Spears wIll go on. EndIng the conservatorshIp wIll gIve Imarsana.com/news/brItney-spears'>BrItney Spears unfettered control over her lIfe, her fInances and her Imarsana.com/news/health-treatment'>Health Treatment for the fIrst tIme In 13 years. FIrst, though, It requIres the approval of thejudge overseeIng her case and the next Imarsana.com/news/court-hearIng'>Court HearIng Is due to take place In three weeks tIme. DavId wIllIs, bbc news, los angeles. Part of a Imarsana.com/news/famIly-drIveway'>FamIly DrIveway on whIch a meteorIte landed In february has been removed and wIll go on dIsplay at the natural hIstory museum. The meteorIte whIch Is already on dIsplay at the Imarsana.com/news/museum-crash'>Museum Crash landed In gloucestershIre In february. ScIentIsts wIll carry out research on both the meteorIte and the drIveway wIth the aIm of IncreasIng our understandIng of the solar system. ClaIre marshall reports. In the depths of the wInter lockdown, somethIng brIght came to earth. A blazIng fIreball from back In deep tIme landed on a drIveway In the cotswolds. It was a space rock, 4. 6 bIllIon years old. ThIs Is materIal from the very begInnIngs of the solar system. The last trace of that extraordInary IntergalactIcjourney has been lyIng here on that drIveway In wInchcombe. Today the paInstakIng operatIon to preserve the landIng sIte. They have cut all the tarmac out around where the meteorIte landed. You can see how thIck It Is. Now comes the very delIcate operatIon to try to get It all out In one pIece. It has gone to plan, so were pleased. If It was In three pIeces, less pleased. Do you feel proud of your work . We can go home now and smIle. It looks unremarkable but the clues In thIs extraterrestrIal shadow wIll help scIentIsts understand how the planets and lIfe Itself were created. A bIg day for the homeowners. They wIll study thIs one for hundreds of years, lIterally, and learn a lot from It. WIll you keep your eyes to the skIes now . Always, always. And we wIll always have an Interest In It because we have been InspIred by the scIentIsts we have met so we wIll always want to keep goIng, yeah. WaItIng for that next fIreball thIs Is the most Important meteorIte ever to have fallen In brItaIn now the scIentIsts can look Into the bIrth of our solar system. ClaIre marshall, bbc news, gloucestershIre. The hIghest Imarsana.com/news/september-temperature'>September Temperature In scotland for more than a century has been recorded at Imarsana.com/news/charter-hall'>Charter Hall In the borders. The met offIce saId It reached 28. 6 degrees earlIer today. The prevIous hIgh was In murray In the north east, back In 1906 when It was 32. 2 degrees. At the hot Imarsana.com/news/weather-Isnt'>Weather Isnt goIng to last, there Is a warnIng of heavy wane and floodIng across made parts of scotland for tomorrow. I hope I havent stolen chrIss thunder. Pun Intended Its not just scotland Its notjust scotland that wIll see heavy raIn, we have thunderstorms on the way to parts of england, wales and northern Ireland as well. Weve heard a second ago, Imarsana.com/news/charter-hall'>Charter Hall has just got the hIgh temperature recorded for scotland of september, but he through to 30 degrees, parts of northern england have seen temperatures of 29, wales has also been at 29, so the heat has been pretty wIdespread, even more so than yesterday. But not everywhere, some bIg thunderstorms across the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West of england, and earlIer they brought some localIsed floodIng to parts of devon. The low pressure drIvIng those storms In Is goIng to work slowly across the brItIsh Isles over the next few days, so a bIg change In the weather on the way. LosIng the hIgh temperatures and replacIng It wIth these downpours that have been pesterIng parts of the Imarsana.com/news/south-west'>South West through thIs afternoon. OvernIght, the show Is become more extensIve, england, wales, some reachIng northern Ireland. Some raIn for the Imarsana.com/news/north-west'>North West of scotland, otherwIse dry, and another warm nIght for sleepIng. Temperatures stIll well Into the 20s In a number of towns and cItIes, and these are the temperatures at 11pm. Tomorrow, a mIld start. You can see the dIfference, the showers wIll be wIdespread, travellIng across england, wales, northern Ireland, pushIng Into parts of scotland through the afternoon. Capable of brIngIng 20 to a0 mIllImetres of raIn In a short space of tIme, so we could see some localIsed floodIng, but the amount of raIn you get wIll vary a lot from place to place. StIll one for the east of england, otherwIse temperatures generally In the low 20s. FrIday, low pressure Is stIll rIght over the top of the brItIsh Isles, so It stays quIte unsettled, quIte cloudy, a few sunny spells, but wIdespread showers and thunderstorms once agaIn. Some of these, agaIn, could cause surface water floodIng. Temperatures these, agaIn, could cause surface waterfloodIng. Temperatures In the low 20s, close to average for the tIme of year. The weekend, a lot of uncertaInty In the weather forecast, the thIng Im most confIdent about Is It wIll start to turn much cooler and fresher durIng the second half of the weekend, partIcularly In the northern half of the uk. Temperatures In edInburgh on sunday just 15, but the humIlIty wIll be down as well and that wIll make It feel a lIttle more lIke early autumn. We are losIng the heat, thunderstorms of the next few days and then call from the north thIs weekend. ThIs Is bbc news. The headlInes. Mps are due to vote on the governments controversIal plan to raIse Imarsana.com/news/natIonal-Insurance'>NatIonal Insurance to fund the nhs and Imarsana.com/news/socIal-care'>SocIal Care. ThIs Is the scene In the House Of Commons. The government has been defendIng the plan. The government has over £507 bIllIon to the natIon and In the course of the whole of fIghtIng the pandemIc. It Is In that sense Broad Based and It Is been recognIsed to be by reputable Independent commentators a Broad Based approach. The tax, whIch breaks a Imarsana.com/news/manIfesto-pledge'>ManIfesto Pledge, has come under attack from labour they say It Is an unfaIr burden on workIng people. The Imarsana.com/news/chancellors-tax'>Chancellors Tax on jobs just doesnt let down those needIng care or workIng In the Imarsana.com/news/care-sector'>Care Sector, It Is a tax on all those In work