But our Political Editor nick watt has been around westminster finding out how this is all going down, and hes with me now. Can we put a figure on it . We can confirm that the uk has agreed to the eu framework for settling that financial divorce bill with eu when we leave. Stage one came in the Prime Ministers speech in florence when she said that the uk would agree to cover it share of the eu budget up to the end of 2020. The final stage has come just now, which is that the uk has agreed that it will meet its liabilities racked up as a member of the european union. Where you go from there is a matter of dispute. The sources i have been talking to say that they are not putting a number on the table. The Financial Times and the Daily Telegraph which broke this story, the Daily Telegraph is talking about a figure of up to 55 billion euros and the Financial Times is talking about 100 Million Euros but think it could be mass such down to half of that. The uk government do not want the figu
Ee gay metall represents about 2. 3 million workers and wants an above inflation 6 pay rise. The other key demand is the flexibility of switching to a 28 hour working week. The union is threatening more strikes. But one of the big concerns for companies is that unemployment is at a record low 3. 6 so theyre worried there wont be enough staff to fulfil all orders if those workers have the option of less hours. Unemployment has also been falling across the rest of the eurozone as the Global Economy continues to pick up, so workers are in a strong position to demand higher wages. If they get them, it could prove helpfulfor meeting the European Central banks target inflation target ofjust below 2 . Theyve been struggling to do that but moving toward it will help them unwind their stimulus programme. Lets get more on this story from Damien Mcguiness in berlin. Welcome. How are the workers justifying a 6 inflation busting pay rise . The past decade and a half has had a lot of wage restraint.
A deaf woman is suing the promoters of a little mix concert because there wasnt a sign Language Interpreter for the support acts. And all these years of hard work is paying off now aged 11, anna hursey is thought to be the youngest ever competitor in the Commonwealth Games. And coming up in the sport on bbc news defending champion Roger Federer is through to his 14th Australian Open semifinal, beating Tomas Berdych in straight sets in melbourne. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The organisers of a men only Charity Dinner have said theyre appalled by allegations of Sexual Harassment at the event, and have launched an investigation. Undercover journalists from the Financial Times say they were groped and propositioned at the president s club annual Charity Fundraiser in london. In light of the allegations, the bank of england said anyone whod bid in the events auction wont be able to take up the prize of tea with mark carney, and great ormond street hospital and the eve
A sign Language Interpreter for two support acts. Also, the former cabinet minister baroness tessa jowell, who has brain cancer, calls for innovative cancer treatments to be made available on the nhs. I feel every single ifeel every single bit i feel every single bit of my determination to go on creating better opportunities for people managing cancer. And more success for ant and dec as they claim the best presenters award for the 17th time at the National Television awards. Good morning. Its wednesday 24th january. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Lets start with some breaking news coming in on that story we were telling you about, the organisers of a men only Charity Dinner saying they are appalled by allegations of Sexual Harassment, and we are hearing that, in the wake of that, great ormond street hospital said they will return previous donations from the president s club after those allegations of Sexual Harassment at allegations of Sexual Harassment at a fundraiser, and also that t
Dame tessa jowells message, in herfirst interview since being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport, including. Phil neville, a rather controversial appointment . Absolutely, and definitely not the best start for the new england win ins manager. He has apologised for comments he made about women on social media and says they are not a true representation of his character. More on that later. See you later, holly. And the weather. Yes, hail storms, severe gales blowing through scotland. Things will get better later on but more on that in about half an hour. Thanks very much, tomasz, and coming up, whats with the big pout . 1000 camels a dozen camels have been disqualified from a camel beauty pageant in saudi arabia for receiving botox injections. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live and i am simon mccoy. I thought things had changed and it is absolutely clear that they havent. We have to send a clear message that this is unacceptable. The words of g