say their teaching on marriage shouldn t change, and that gay clergy should remain celibate. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may is preparing to meet donald trump in the white house in a few hours time, the first foreign leader to visit since mr trump became president. global security and a trade deal after brexit are likely to be high on the agenda. in a speech to us republicans last night, mrs may said the uk and america could not return to failed military interventions to try to remake the world . here s our correspondent, richard lister. as she began her day in arlington cemetery, paying her respects to america s war dead. security is at the heart of the meeting but so is trade, it is hope of the future deal driving this visit. in liverpool, ca i’s driving this visit. in liverpool, cars down for the united states and construction equipment as well. president trump has promised a building boom in britain wants a pa rt building boom in britain wants
wednesday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. on this programme, the bill that triggers the uk s eu departure process finally clears the commons and heads for the lords. the ayes to the right, 494. the noes to the left, 122. as a local authority abandons a large council tax rise to pay for social care, the labour leader presses theresa may on whether a deal was done. is the same sweetheart deal on offer to every council facing the social care crisis created by her government? the last thing social care providers need is another one of labour s bouncing cheques! and crisis, what crisis? a minister in the lords calms fears about those absent vegetables in the supermarkets. the only shortage will be of iceberg lettuce, which we think will be for about a few months and there is a wonderful variety called cos, which is even better. but first, the bill that authorises ministers to trigger article 50, the process by which the uk starts its de
the brexit bill clears the commons and heads for the lords. plenty of democratic debate? not everyone thinks so. what is it about the procedures of this place that allow a bill of this constitutional significance to be railroaded through in this disgraceful fashion? the bill goes through unaltered. but there are concessions. a brexit minister promises that parliament will get a meaningful vote on the final eu exit deal. i can confirm that the government will bring forward a motion on the final agreement to be approved by both houses of parliament before it s concluded. also, a little local difficulty forjohn bercow, after he suggests president trump is sexist and racist and shouldn t be allowed to make an official address in westminster hall. has the speaker prompted a campaign to remove him? funnily enough i don t think there was ever not a campaign to get rid of the speaker. there s been a whole lot of tory mps, most of them in fact, who would be delighted to see him go. an
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Hugh pym, reports. for many nurses, it is a call for action on boosting workforce numbers and better pat’- jodie, who s an rcn branch rep, voted for the strike. she said she had to give up her pension contributions. i couldn t afford to contribute to it any more at the moment, because it was a choice between either doing that or being in debt every month and getting to the bottom of two overd rafts. but ian, who s a nurse in cornwall, voted against strike action. i will not walk out. i will offer to work in any department to cover any loss of nurses in that area. i believe it s my duty as my registration as a nurse. the union s general secretary says urgent care will won t be affected, though walk outs will lead to postponements of planned treatment. if there are walk outs, wouldn t that make backlogs long waits for operations and treatment and so on even worse? well, those backlogs are there because of the vacancies in our profession. those patients are sitting on waiting lists