News, leicester manager Claudio Ranieri denies there is a crisis at the club who have given him a vote of confidence ahead of the fa cup replay against derby. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Joining up health and social Care Services in england is one of the governments big ideas for easing the pressures on the health service. But according to a report out today, efforts to treat more patients in the community have neither saved money, nor taken pressure off hospitals. The scheme called the Better Care Fund was meant to save the nhs half a billion pounds in its first year. The Department Of Health insists its too soon to judge the success of its plans. Heres our health correspondent, dominic hughes. Bringing together the care received in homes like this one and the wider nhs is more complicated than it seems. The aim is to prevent people from being admitted to hospital in the first place, but when they are, get them home quicker. Some solutions are simple. This distinctive red bag contains patients notes, and it travels with them to hospital, meaning less confusion over their treatment. Weve been able to reduce length of stay for those Care Home Residents who Go Into Hospital by four days, which is massive when you think how the system is so stretched at the moment. Todays report says introducing joined up care has proved harder than the government anticipated. So far more than £5 billion of nhs and council money has failed to cut hospital admissions. In 2015, the aim was to reduce Emergency Admissions to hospital in england by more than 100,000. But the following year admissions actually went up by more than 80,000, costing an extra £300 million. And the number of days lost because people were stuck in hospital was meant to be reduced by nearly 300,000, but in fact went up by 185,000. Mps who looked at the plans two years ago say they warned then the scheme was flawed. They need to look at why this isnt working. What is it thats stopping the beds being available even when there is, at least in the short term, some money being thrown at the issue. Despite todays criticisms of the efforts so far, most Health Experts believe integrating care is the right way to go. I think in future the key will be managing people more effectively in the community. That will require more resources, but it also requires the way services are organised so that elderly people, for example, who have lots of different complex conditions, are more effectively managed in their own homes rather than having to be referred into hospital. The Department Of Health in england says its too soon to judge the impact of the Better Care Fund. But todays report shows bringing together Health And Social Care is a complex task that will take time. Dominic hughes, bbc news. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster. It was the whole issue of social ca re it was the whole issue of social care that dominated the early part of Prime Ministers questions . Extraordinary developments this lunchtime. Because you may remember last month s Surrey County council announced they were going to hold a referendum to raise their local council tax by 15 to pay for social care, such was the underfunding of the service in the county. Now, that provoked alarm in government because it was profoundly politically embarrassing to have a tory, Solidly Tory Cou Nty embarrassing to have a tory, solidly tory county council, the chancellor and the Health Secretary both local mps, threatening to raise council tax by 15 . More than that, the referendum would risk reinforcing the growing sense of crisis over social care. Yesterday, however, surrey announced they werent going ahead with the referendum. This lunchtimejeremy ahead with the referendum. This lunchtime Jeremy Corbyn ahead with the referendum. This lunchtimeJeremy Corbyn suggested he knew why that was. He has obtained lea ked knew why that was. He has obtained leaked texts between the leader of surrey council, david hodge, and an official in the department for local government in which it seems there may have been some sort of secret Sweetheart Deal to avoid surrey going ahead with the referendum. Ive been given one of these texts, let me read it to you, this is from david hodge to this official in the department for local governor. He says nick, ive received clarification from my chief executive, who confirms, and there are two people named here, have spoken, and the numbers you indicated are acceptable for me to call off the r. No guesses to what the r stands for. He goes on, if its possible for that info to be sent through i can then revert back. Then, i really want to kill this off. It suggests that some along the Line David Hodge was given reassu ra nces Line David Hodge was given reassurances 01 even, who Line David Hodge was given reassurances or even, who knows, maybe there was some suggestion of extra funding which enabled him to decide not to go ahead with the referendum. Now, that would be a hugely politically toxic moment if it was true. I have to say mr hodge, in the last few minutes, has issued a statement denying that, saying that there was no secret deal. Although telling me he goes on to say that he is confident the government now understands and appreciates the real pressures on social care. Norman smith with the latest from westminster, thank you. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt is here. With an ageing population, social ca re with an ageing population, social care is one of the biggest problems facing the nhs and there seems to be no obvious solution. We are seeing that time and time again over the last winter and in the summer months you could see the page on the nhs. The Better Care Fund which the National Audit office was critical of is meant to be part of the answer, getting health and care working together better so they free up working together better so they free up money to be used elsewhere. I have to say, where ive been into places where this is happening, staff are often evangelical about it because they can see that it makes a difference, makes life simpler for patients. At the fundamental problem is that we do have an ageing population, and also people are living longer with complex needs and that means that they need more support. Either in hospital or, preferably, in their own homes. And thats coming at the same time as local authorities who pay for social ca re are local authorities who pay for social care are having their budgets squeezed, and thats. Care are having their budgets squeezed, and thats. Councils have been warning for a long time that this is coming down the track and we seem that in terms of increased admissions and delayed discharges. Delayed discharge is something we will look at in more detail on the news at six this evening. The government, of course, will say that the Better Care Fund is the first step, one of the elements to getting the whole system to work much better for the needs of the population. Thank you. Mps will vote this evening on giving the Prime Minister the power to trigger article 50 the start of the formal process to leave the european union. Jeremy corbyn is facing a possible revolt in the labour ranks after imposing a three line whip on his mps to back the bill. 0ur Political CorrespondentCarole Walker reports from westminster. Have you seen off the rebels, Prime Minister . The Prime Minister hopes that by tonight she will be a significant step closer to beginning the formal brexit negotiations. Last night the government comfortably won a series of votes on the bill to trigger article 50. The ayes to the right, 293. There are more votes later but ministers hope the legislation will complete all its commons stages tonight. Good morning. For once the Labour Leader wants to support the government. He has ordered all his mps to vote for the bill. But that has already led to three resignations from his Shadow Cabinet, and there could be more. The shadow business secretary clive lewis said he has yet to decide how he will vote. It is a really tough call and i think lots of mps are really having a tough time at the moment on this one. One final thought, if you defy the whip tonight, will you resign your position in the Shadow Cabinet . I think if you defy the whip, you do resign. Questions to the Prime Minister. In the commons, the Prime Minister was challenged by the snp leader who said she did not have support in scotland to press ahead with the brexit negotiations. So given that the Scottish Parliament has voted overwhelmingly against her approach, and all bar one mp representing a scottish constituency in this House Of Commons has voted against her approach, she does not have an agreed uk wide approach. Theresa may insisted she would negotiate for the whole of the uk. The Supreme Court was very clear that the Scottish Parliament does not have a veto on the triggering of article 50. The bill that is going through the house obviously is giving the power to the government to trigger article 50. The bill also has to be considered by the lords but ministers are confident they will get it through parliament in time to start the formal brexit negotiations by the end of march as planned. Of course that will be just the start of the much bigger battle with other european leaders over the terms of our departure from the eu. Carole walker, bbc news, westminster. The entertainer, rolf harris, has been cleared of three sex offences by a jury at Southwark Crown court. But the jury couldnt reach verdicts on four other counts. Lets speak to our correspondent at the old bailey, sangita myskar. Tell us what happened in court. Thats right, rolf harris, in this trial, Faced A Total of eight counts. Today the jury took just over 26 hours to return three of those verdicts. They told the judge that he was going to be cleared of three counts but that they could not reach a verdict, even a Majority Verdict in five of those counts. The prosecution then stood up and asked for seven days to consider whether 01 for seven days to consider whether or not it wanted to ask for a retrial on those five counts. Now, rolf harris has maintained his innocence throughout this trial. And those accusations and allegations came from seven women in total and they dated back a0 years. But of course rolf harris will not be walking free from this court today because he is already serving time at stafford prison for assaulting four other women and girls. Thank you. A woman who was denied payments from her long term partners pension after he died suddenly has won a landmark Supreme Court appeal which could affect millions of other people who are co habiting. A2 year old Denise Brewster challenged a ruling that she was not automatically entitled to his local government pension because they werent married and he hadnt filled in the appropriate form. 0ur personal finance correspondent, Simon Gompertz is with me. Just explain what happened. Well, disease had been living with lenny, her partner, for ten years, before her partner, for ten years, before he died suddenly at the age of a3 denise had. And he had been working in the Northern Ireland public transport system. And through that he was earning a salary linked pension and she had the right to share in it if he died. However, as you say, there was a form to be filled in called a nomination form, and he hadnt done it. Now if you are married or in a Civil Partnership you didnt have to fill in the former. And what the Supreme Court found was that it was against her human rights according to the European Convention on human rights which lay down that you have the right to enjoy your possessions but crucially that should be secured without the scrum and eight, and they said that this was an unlawful discrimination. And it could affect an awful lot of cohabiting couples. There are 12 Million People who are members of Public Sector pension schemes, a lot of those nurses, teachers, civil servants, police schemes, a lot of those nurses, teachers, civilservants, police and fire officers, they have these Nomination Forms if they are cohabitees rather than married partners. The indication is they will be affected by this. Of those 12 Million People, some are working, some are already retired, so thats two groups. Its very likely these Nomination Forms will be got rid of, people dont tend to fill them in any way and thats why the problem occuis. Any way and thats why the problem occurs. What about those who have reached the age of retirement and have not been receiving a pension they might have been entitled to. The treasury say they are examining duplications carefully. Three federal appeal judges in california have been Hearing Arguments for and against reinstating president trumps temporary travel ban on people from seven mainly muslim countries. President trump says hes trying to keep america safe. But two us states have argued that the order discriminates against muslims as Richard Lister now reports from washington. Behind these walls, lawyers were doing battle in the biggest test of the trump presidency. Should his travel ban be reinstated or thrown out . The proceedings were streamed on the internet. First came the governments lawyer. The Executive Order at issue puts a temporary pause on entry for individuals from seven countries that congress and the last president determined in a similar context pose special risks in terms of Terrorist Infiltration into our country. How many federal offences have we had, been committed by people who came in with visas from these countries and. Ican. The answer was that there havent been any. But those alleging the Ban Harms People in the us were also challenged. Whats the irreparable harm to the state of washington . From the Executive Order . We detailed a number of irreparable harms, your honour. We had students and faculty at our State University who were stranded overseas, families separated, people from universities stranded overseas. We had families that were separated, we had long term residents who were not able to visit their relatives without knowing they would be able to come back. President trump will have to wait a little longer for the courts verdict. It should come this week. He made clear he will take the case to the Supreme Court if he loses. We are going to take it through the system. Its very important. Very important for the country, regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. We have to have security in our country. He did win one important victory, though. Confirmation of his embattled nominee for education secretary, betsy devos. So help me god. But only after the Vice President voted to break a deadlock in the senate after two republicans rejected the president s choice. That has never happened before. These Law Enforcement officers joked that mr trump was the new sheriff in town but with his full cabinet still not in place and his Immigration Policy stalled, he is finding limits on his power. Richard lister, bbc news, washington. 0ur correspondent kim ghattas is in washington. How long could this legal battle go on . We expect the court to rule by the end of the week possibly. It was quite extraordinary to hear those arguments being made over the phone into the court, very unusual. But this case has gripped the nation and more than 150,000 people tuned in to this conversation which was being streamed on line, on the court website. Thousands more watching live on television, all the News Channels carried it live as well. It was a very lively technical discussion and one that showed the importance and the weight of the Judicial Branch at this time in this country. As we heard Thejustice Department making the argument about National Secur