due this weekend, at the protest due this weekend, will all be pleased. mm. your thoughts on that? and get this right. europe's largest local authority birmingham. it is an absolute mess today. they've been voting about whether or to not ultimately increase council tax by a massive 21% in total. while you guessed it, reducing the services that they provide. shame on all of you councillors involved in that. but i'm asking, do you think this is going to be the shape of things to come? and speaking of councils 300% increase in councils 300% increase in council tax for empty houses , is council tax for empty houses, is that a good idea to incentivise people to put these houses to good use? or essentially, is it your house, your business, what your house, your business, what you do with it, your thoughts? also, the budget tomorrow? what do you want to see within it? what will make your life better? do you trust actually, that any of it will be really beneficial to your life and make changes ? to your life and make changes? also today if i get round to it, super tuesday, yes. will it be trump ? should it be trump . we're

trump? should it be trump. we're going to get stuck into all of that and more. but before we do, let's cross live for tonight's latest news headlines as . latest news headlines as. >> michelle, thank you and good evening to you. it's 6:01. i'm polly middlehurst in the gb newsroom. and the top story tonight the chancellor looks set tonight the chancellor looks set to unveil a £0.02 in the pound. cut to national insurance contributions he prepares to contributions as he prepares to set out britain's budget tomorrow . jeremy hunt will tomorrow. jeremy hunt will attempt to put the uk's economy back on track and revive rishi sunak's popular rmt, despite the fiscal watchdog giving the government little headroom for tax cuts. analysts are suggesting the nhs could be facing real terms. funding cuts of £2 billion annually amid rising costs and a promise to tackle waiting lists . and also tackle waiting lists. and also in the news today , the leader of

in the news today, the leader of the labour led birmingham city council has unreservedly apologised to the city's residents for the budget he set out today . the cost cutting plan out today. the cost cutting plan includes slashing more than £200 million from public services across britain's second biggest city, after it effectively declared itself bankrupt last yeah declared itself bankrupt last year. the cuts come amid what councillor john cotton described as a raging crisis in local government finances caused. he says, by the conservatives calling them cheerleaders for austerity . we're expecting to austerity. we're expecting to hear the outcome of the council's vote on its budget plans and the details of what they intend to cut later on today. now suella braverman has told gp news today she doesn't believe the former tory mp lee anderson is islamophobic . in anderson is islamophobic. in today's exclusive interview with the former home secretary comes after mr anderson claimed islamists had got control of the london mayor >> lee anderson is a great colleague of mine. i'm totally

abhor the accusations that have been launched against him. he is not racist , he is not not racist, he is not islamophobic. he's calling out very poor performance by the mayor of london, who is completely failed to hold the met commissioner to account, and which is why we've seen emboldened islamism in the streets of london. we've seen an mp hounded out of office because of islamism . we've seen of islamism. we've seen parliament, uh, totally subverted in the proper procedures, abused , and because procedures, abused, and because out of fear now gb news understands that the policing nevertheless of a pro—palestinian protest in london this weekend remains unchanged . unchanged. >> and that's despite the prime minister's call for a crackdown on extremists . we're told on extremists. we're told officers will reportedly use existing public order and anti—terror laws . that's after anti—terror laws. that's after rishi sunak called on the police to draw a line and clamp down on extremist behaviour . a 42 year extremist behaviour. a 42 year old man has admitted to starting a fire at the constituency office belonging to conservative

mp mike freer, on christmas eve last year. paul harwood denies the attack was politically motivated, but pleaded guilty to two charges of arson at the old bailey earlier on today. a second person, a 32 year old defendant, zahra kasuri, denied the charges. both defendants were remanded in custody and there's a further hearing set for march 12th. and that follows the justice minister announcement. he's quitting politics after being the target of several death threats , an of several death threats, an agreement on a revised offer for hospital consultants in england has been reached in a potential step towards solving the ongoing dispute , unions will now dispute, unions will now recommend the offer to their members ahead of an expected vote. the health secretary says it paves the way for an end to strikes, while the prime minister says it's proof that seeking a fair agreement is the best way forward for everyone. in a separate dispute involving junior doctors, however, is ongoing . just before i

junior doctors, however, is ongoing .just before i go, let's ongoing. just before i go, let's bnng ongoing. just before i go, let's bring you some breaking news concerning government minister michelle donelan. she's agreed to pay , we're told, undisclosed to pay, we're told, undisclosed damages to an academic after claiming they supported hamas. i can tell you that the science secretary has retracted her comments and apologised, saying there was no evidence to back that accusation . and in a tweet that accusation. and in a tweet in november. in october, rather, miss donelan said she was disgusted and outraged that katie sang at another academic doctor. kamna patel had shared extremist views. a government investigation found both sang and patel failed post baseless allegations. however the academics say they remain very disturbed by the way in which michelle donelan behaved . that michelle donelan behaved. that news justin . a couple of bits of news justin. a couple of bits of good for news you. well, particularly if you work at greggs bakery. thousands of staff there are to get a can i call it a slice of the action. more than £17 million in bonuses. days after the high

street bakery's profits rose by 27% in the last year, all staff can see the extra dough in their pay can see the extra dough in their pay packets at the end of this month to recognise their hard work , and it is the icing on the work, and it is the icing on the cake for workers who already get a share of the profits each yeah a share of the profits each year. and michelle was touching on it. earlier in the united states , the white says states, the white house says it's monitoring of mass it's monitoring reports of mass outages facebook and outages across facebook and instagram . parent company meta instagram. parent company meta says it's aware of reports that users all over the world have been locked their been locked out of their accounts. they the issue is accounts. they say the issue is now resolved and will now resolved and people will start to regain access across platforms . one last story for platforms. one last story for you in this rather long bulletin today, but it's definitely worth it, especially if you're a fan of soap operas. in the 1990s. you'll probably remember this. take a look sunday people stand in the darkness . are you singing in the darkness. are you singing along to the theme tune of baywatch, which became the world's most watched tv series dunng world's most watched tv series during the original run from 89

to 99? well, now those bathing suits and slow motion jogs are to make a comeback in a new series expected to premiere this autumn . i'm seeing a whole new autumn. i'm seeing a whole new generation of lifeguards embarking on those daring ocean rescues. the original series made superstars of its cast , of made superstars of its cast, of course, including david hasselhoff and pamela anderson . hasselhoff and pamela anderson. for the latest stories to sign up to gb news alerts, scan that qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. com slash alerts michelle back to you . alerts michelle back to you. >> thanks for that, polly. blimey, those baywatch shots. there was, um, i think one of my panel was referencing. maybe he used perhaps look like used to, uh, perhaps look like that back in the day. but if there's gents, if there's there's any gents, if there's any gents sitting there going, oh, anderson, off oh, that pamela anderson, off i go to go and, uh, look up on go now to go and, uh, look up on youtube and look up. wait youtube and look her up. wait until programme's finished, until my programme's finished, please. don't mind. please. if you don't mind. uh, i am michelle. yes. look at am michelle. oh yes. look at that. there you go. what a

treat. i mean, listen, everyone, far be it from me objectify far be it from me to objectify men, but, mean, you know, in men, but, i mean, you know, in fact, do you know fact, actually, do you know what? should probably up , what? i should probably shut up, because in this pc day because this pc in this pc day and age, uh, stuff can come out of my mouth that i tell you everyone would get me into trouble. so i'll just leave it there i'll look back, there and i'll just look back, misty eyed on those baywatch days, michelle days, shall i? i'm michelle dewberry i'm with you till dewberry and i'm with you till 7:00 tonight alongside me. i've got conservative life here in got my conservative life here in the lords. daniel the house of lords. daniel moylan visiting moylan and the visiting professor at staffordshire university, and university, tom buick. and i won't which one of won't tell you which one of those two chaps were reminiscing, perhaps their reminiscing, perhaps on their beach day. beach bodies back in the day. i'll to your i'll leave that to your imagination. know the drill, imagination. you know the drill, don't you? it's just about don't you? it's not just about us it is about you guys us three. it is about you guys at well. what's on your at home as well. what's on your mind tonight? apart from pamela anderson, mind tonight? apart from pamela andin;on, mind tonight? apart from pamela andin touch with me all the get in touch with me all the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com is get hold of me on is how you get hold of me on email. or can tweet me gb email. or you can tweet me at gb news. one of my viewers, news. use one of my viewers, francis. um, you're quick off the you've already said the mark. you've already said michelle, we have two michelle, can we have two tickets, for the tickets, please, for the whitehaven event tomorrow? you're talking about the budget

special, do? special, what you've got to do? i just been on the i think it's just been on the screen. i'll just get it back up for you in second. you've got for you in a second. you've got to get your smartphone out. you've to a picture of you've got to take a picture of that qr code on the screen, and it'll give you all details. it'll give you all the details. there that little, there it is. it's that little, uh, squiggly box thing there at the bottom of screen. or you the bottom of the screen. or you can to our website for more can go to our website for more details that is how you can sort yourself tickets for yourself out with tickets for the special tomorrow. the budget special tomorrow. how exciting going be? exciting is that going to be? everyone going to be everyone um, it's going to be in a pub, that's going to a pub, so that's going to be nice, it? i can't wait, nice, isn't it? i can't wait, quite frankly. anyway, i've got lots i want talk to you lots that i want to talk to you guys tonight. councils um, guys about tonight. councils um, particularly you particularly birmingham. are you in birmingham? be in birmingham? you must be absolutely shaking with rage today everything today with everything that's going wondering, going on. and i'm wondering, these massive rises, 21, perhaps over of years. that over a couple of years. is that the things to come? the shape of things to come? i think pretty damn think it's pretty damn disgraceful, you disgraceful, actually, when you see done. um, see what they've done. um, i also want to talk to you about policing and protests and lots more. i get that, more. before i get into that, though, it would be remiss of me, that i have member me, given that i have a member of of lords alongside of the house of lords alongside me, moylan, you'd remiss me, lord moylan, you'd be remiss of me to briefly touch upon,

of me not to briefly touch upon, uh, rwanda yesterday. uh, the rwanda vote yesterday. >> more votes tomorrow. >> yes, of course, against the government if you missed it. long the government long story short, the government got you know, i'm got a kicking. um, you know, i'm assuming voted with the government. >> i voted with the government on all the votes, and i'll do so tomorrow well. tomorrow as well. >> of this really >> does any of this really matter, though? >> it's sort of >> um, well, it's sort of matters, what happens >> um, well, it's sort of mattiss, what happens >> um, well, it's sort of mattis after what happens >> um, well, it's sort of mattis after tomorrow, happens >> um, well, it's sort of mattis after tomorrow, hathe ns now is after tomorrow, as the bill goes to the commons bill goes back to the commons with those changes and the commons has to decide whether to accept that's basically accept them, that's basically the to decide the government has to decide whether them they whether to accept them and they may i don't know, may accept some. i don't know, but probably accept but they probably won't accept most they are most of them because they are aimed wrecking the purpose of aimed at wrecking the purpose of the bill. they peers say that's not really they not the case, but really they take out of the bill. take the guts out of the bill. so if commons then reverses so if the commons then reverses them, come back to the them, they come back to the lords. is called ping pong. lords. this is called ping pong. that'll in a week so's that'll happen in a week or so's time. and then there'll be some more and you'd expect more votes and you'd expect at some of lords some point the house of lords would way, because would probably give way, because the is elected the commons is the elected house, and can go back and house, and it can go back and forth several times. the forth several times. um, the commons is the elected house. and they want something to go

and if they want something to go through the lords should probably give way. that's the normal doctrine , but it will normal doctrine, but it will take some time. and of course the are in a the anti—gun the lords are in a the anti—gun lords, which include a lot of crossbencher liberal democrats, not just labour. um, they are in a state of high, high excitement and they may forget these constitutional convention issues and keep going and keep the ping pong going a long time. >> well, you guys weren't happy with it all at home, i can tell you. i remember talking to you about yesterday and as we about it yesterday and as we just mentioning, more votes just been mentioning, more votes on this tomorrow. tom bewick, briefly, on that? briefly, your thoughts on that? >> daniel >> i'm disappointed. daniel has got huge felt he had to got a huge brain felt he had to be into the lobbies to be whipped into the lobbies to vote failing rwanda vote for this failing rwanda plan. you assuming that plan. why are you assuming that he had to be whipped into that? >> i went relish. i didn't >> i went with relish. i didn't have be whipped have to be whipped at all. i think. brilliant bill. >> to try and >> well, i'm going to try and encourage you. perhaps when the votes come again, then to votes come up again, then to votes come up again, then to vote down. i mean, for vote this bill down. i mean, for starters, it's costing starters, it's, it's costing taxpayers billion taxpayers half £1 billion a yeah taxpayers half £1 billion a year. that's £150,000 per migrant. when you look at the

number of irregular migrants that come into the country, even if rwanda is a rip roaring success, it will deport just 1% of that figure . so it's not a of that figure. so it's not a plan that's even going to act. >> tom, how much of a deterrent is it going to be? >> i mean, at the moment we've sent more cabinet ministers over to rwanda than we have those who've come across. >> it's fault, is it? the government had their way then migrants in migrants would have been in rwanda. everyone rwanda. it's everyone frustrating the process. that's why. frustrating the process. that's wthell, i think could >> well, where i think we could all we want to stop the all agree is we want to stop the boats and the human misery that's going on every day coming across channel. want across the channel. and we want to the criminal gangs. to smash the criminal gangs. what we to build what i think we need to build on, actually, the discussions on, actually, is the discussions that have been taken place today with northern european with our northern european neighbours , um, neighbours in brussels, um, around agreement. i around a returns agreement. i mean, when albanians were coming over and they had no right to be here or claim asylum, we did that deal with the albanian government and thousands them government and thousands of them were only way were sent back. the only way we're stop this human we're going to stop this human misery across the channel is if

we enter into a returns agreement with those northern nora forster, or if the european turned back. well, how do you turned back. well, how do you turn back then, michel? turn them back then, michel? >> way that they used >> well, the way that they used to it in australia, there's to do it in australia, there's ways of pulling a boat ways and means of pulling a boat back. a boat back. back. pushing a boat back. there's lots of ways and means of doing but the problem of doing that. but the problem is, won't even is, tom, that people won't even allow potential allow that, um, potential solution be explored. solution even to be explored. well seven year died well all seven year old died trying to cross the channel last week. >> yeah . horrendous. how many >> yeah. horrendous. how many would got into the would die if we got into the business using royal navy business of using the royal navy or the customs patrol service to start boats back the start dragging boats back the way to get them back to calais or or anywhere else? frankly, they're coming from in northern europe to enter into a europe is to enter into a returns agreement. >> but this all this is fantasy about a return. >> all. it worked >> it's not at all. it worked with albania, these countries. >> yeah, but albania was taking back own nationals, its own back its own nationals, its own people. is not what you'd people. that is not what you'd be france and belgium and be asking france and belgium and whatever countries whatever other countries included mean, included in this to do. i mean, i welcome been agreed i welcome what's been agreed today about further cooperation on crime fighting in order to address this , because of course, address this, because of course, this is a pan european pan

global network. this is an international network of criminals who are shipping these people across and charging very high fees for doing so. and people will have to think twice if they're going to rwanda, even if they're going to rwanda, even if there's a smallish chance they they'll have they go to rwanda, they'll have to think twice about whether laying 4 or £5000 for that laying out 4 or £5000 for that trip across the channel is actually worthwhile, and choking off like that, it's a off demand like that, it's a very important part. >> so we agree on that. we need to these. so we agree on to stop these. so we agree on that we? but the way we agree that do we? but the way we agree on that. yeah, we don't i mean it's of how we stop it's the means of how we stop the boats. i don't think i haven't heard i haven't heard you a plausible bill. but you give a plausible bill. but what the boats is if what would stop the boats is if you criminal gangs by you smash the criminal gangs by taking disincentive taking the disincentive of getting a dinghy and coming getting in a dinghy and coming across the channel in all ways. >> and that's what the >> yeah, and that's what the billthat's what will. well, >> that's what will. well, i don't think that's to work don't think that's going to work only it accounts for 1. 1. only when it accounts for 1. 1. well that came well 52,000 irregulars that came in. a smaller number in. it's a smaller number now. >> so it'll a bigger percentage. >> what do you think at home as

always, you guys can have the final say. i'll tell you something else that caught my eye. remember on friday eye. do you remember on friday rishi sunak talking tough, rishi sunak was talking tough, wasn't about policing the wasn't he, about policing the protests? remind ourselves. shall listen. i've met shall we? let's listen. i've met with police officers and with senior police officers and made clear it is the public's expectation that they will not merely manage these protests, but police them . but police them. >> and i say this to the police. we will back you when you take action. but if we are asking more of the police, we in government must also back up that call with action. to that end, this month the government will implement a new robust framework for how it deals with this issue. >> well, sir mark rowley , met >> well, sir mark rowley, met police commissioner, he was speaking out today. listen to this . this. >> we're obviously operating in a very challenging and political environment where tensions remain high and, um, hate crime is still a long way above pre—october seventh levels. in this context of polarised public

debate . um, i do this context of polarised public debate. um, i do think this context of polarised public debate . um, i do think sometimes debate. um, i do think sometimes that we're the first people to be able to be labelled simultaneously woke and fascists . i fully understand the strength of feeling , but to strength of feeling, but to suggest that, um, we are not where the law permits us as the law allows policing robustly is inaccurate . we have to police inaccurate. we have to police the law as it is not as others would wish it to be. >> well, i can tell you who wishes it to be different. suella braverman listen , i we suella braverman listen, i we need to say see? >> see a step change in the police response. they need to be enforcing the law. they need to be arresting people who are using, or abusive using, threatening or abusive language. we need to be holding the police to account in a better way. and i would have liked to have seen an emergency law introduced actually law introduced to actually empower and empower empower ministers and empower all those policy makers who all of those policy makers who are, uh, responsible for this issue, to actually take, uh, steps to restrict some of these marches. >> i can tell you, daniel,

apparently, gb news, who's revealed today that the police are not going to, um, behave differently at all this weekend on this big planned protest that's set happen in london. that's set to happen in london. where are you on all this? well i'm with the prime minister. >> i thought the prime minister's speech was very good. i thought it put his finger on a lot of concerns that people are concerns a lot people concerns that a lot of people have thought he have had. and i thought he delivered very well to delivered it very well to obviously, mark rowley obviously, sir mark rowley is not listening and that, not really listening and that, you know , goes to heart of you know, goes to the heart of who accountable . for policing who is accountable. for policing in this country. he's responsible directly to the mayor of london who sets the policy as police and crime commissioner for london. and he's responding to him. he's not listening obviously, what listening, obviously, to what the minister said . listening, obviously, to what the minister said. um, the prime minister said. um, there to be some thought there needs to be some thought given whether this given to, you know, whether this can go on. at the same time, i do understand the police. police want they want to want a quiet life. they want to manage this. they don't want any trouble. let people get trouble. so they let people get away not with murder, but away with not with murder, but with you know are with things that, you know are not acceptable level. um,

not really acceptable level. um, and they let them get away with them. but it's not what people want see. i think these want to see. and i think these marches, some of which now have become completely unplanned and sudden, uh, strikes on not sort of, you know, you can plan for it. you can be parked your car on, you can be in a traffic jam on, you can be in a traffic jam on tower bridge and suddenly find bridge absolutely find tired bridge is absolutely blocked completely by marchers, by demonstrators . this sort by by demonstrators. this sort of thing can't go on. this is beyond protest. this is not protest at this is this is disruption to the daily lives of ordinary people. and it's not acceptable . acceptable. >> yeah, i wouldn't say, though, our police are looking for a quiet life. it's it is a tough job and i would agree with sir mark rowley in so far as pointing out that, you know, we are unfortunately living in very polarised times. that said, something to pick up on there. also what sir mark rowley said was the importance of policing the law. and i think there are, you know, fair minded people in this country who've looked at their screens in their television screens in recent and they've seen recent weeks and they've seen

plenty of examples, frankly, where have not where the police have not intervened, they've not policed the law. antisemitic tropes being projected onto the front of big ben is just one example. we've seen statues that have been defaced. we've seen the cenotaph that's been scaled also by protesters , and you can see by protesters, and you can see often police just standing by and watching these things happen. so i think it's one of those cases, michel, where we need from the police commissioner , commissioner, commissioner, commissioner, don't tell us, show us that you're not only can police by consent, which is what something very special we have in this country, but you also need to police in the public interest as well. do you think there's double standards policing double standards in policing then? think seeing then? i think we are seeing double standards. i think double standards. but i think we're seeing quite we're also seeing quite a chilling environment the chilling environment for the police. looking at police. when i was looking at the figures nearly the figures earlier, nearly a third police officers his third of police officers his last year in england and wales, this is had a complaint lodged against them. so there's something going on, i think in our society that perhaps where police do step in to try and

police do step in to try and police the law , if they feel police the law, if they feel that they are potentially going to be on a misconduct or gross misconduct charge . so i think misconduct charge. so i think we've got to get, you know, the balance right between, as i say , balance right between, as i say, policing by consent, but also policing by consent, but also policing the law and policing in the public interest. >> you see people will say about double standards, daniel, because there was there were three women who you had the, you know, the hamas paratroop images. they had them on their jackets them on these jackets, they had them on these placards all the rest of it. placards and all the rest of it. and they not sent to and they were not sent to prison. but then there's this other regarded other fella who's been regarded as activist that was as a far right activist that was doing a stickering campaign. i quote, he was sentenced to quote, and he was sentenced to two years in prison. this is two years in prison. and this is a problem many in a problem that many people in society feel. you know, society just feel. you know, we talk oh, need this new talk about, oh, we need this new framework. rishi sunak are we going to create this new robust framework policing these framework for policing these protests? many protests? there are so many protests? there are so many protests . does, that go into protests. does, um, that go into central protest that central london to protest that they are immediately clamped down on by the police? there's no new laws required. seemingly. there's no new frameworks required, seemingly. so this

double standard is something that many people . that infuriates many people. >> and i think that's right. and i think the reference to hate crime there that the we heard the commissioner was the commissioner make was slightly know, slightly troubling. you know, the hamas is a the fact is that hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation and support for hamas is contrary to law , hamas is contrary to law, whereas an awful lot of the hate crimes that the police go around giving informal warnings about are not really crimes at all. and when they when they get to court , if they ever do, they court, if they ever do, they turn out to collapse. >> yeah. and some of you might have seen that viral video. it's gone around actually. um, there's one jewish man. um, apparently in london is surrounded of surrounded by loads of pro—palestinian protesters . and pro—palestinian protesters. and these palestinian protesters are basically saying we should beat you up to the jewish guy. and guess what? there's a couple of police stood literally police officers stood literally arm's distance . away from all of arm's distance. away from all of this. not intervening at all. i mean, it's not quite right, is it ? i want your thoughts on all it? i want your thoughts on all of that. vaiews@gbnews.com is

how you get a hold of me after the break. i want to talk to you about councils, the largest in europe, to be precise. that's birmingham. absolute birmingham. what an absolute shambles created shambles they have created for themselves. is going to themselves. but who is going to be left picking up the tab? you guessed it, it's you, the taxpayers within that city, up to 21. uh, over a couple of years . that will be your to 21. uh, over a couple of years. that will be your hike in tax rises. do you think that thatis tax rises. do you think that that is the picture that we're going to be seeing getting rolled out across the country more and more? tell me and i'll see you in two.

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tv , radio and online. tv, radio and online. >> this is gb news, britain's news channel . news channel. >> hello there! i'm michelle dewberry keeping you company until 7:00 tonight alongside me remain lord moylan and tom buick. welcome back everybody . buick. welcome back everybody. um, john says michelle, let's see some kahunas. um, john says michelle, let's see some kahunas . that's not the see some kahunas. that's not the word you use. um, let's see the government override the house of lords on the rwanda situation. i think you'll find that's actually what's going to happen. um, the guy she means, um, michelle, the guy she means, tom, is spot on regarding rwanda . scandal. it's . it's another scandal. it's costing much money. it's costing too much money. it's time to knock it on the head. well, would have time to knock it on the head. weyour would have time to knock it on the head. weyour deterrentvould have time to knock it on the head. weyour deterrent then? have time to knock it on the head. weyour deterrent then? what ave as your deterrent then? what would your policy get in would your policy be? get in touch and let know. i touch and let me know. lisa, i don't even know why we're bothering stupid bothering with this stupid rwanda only to rwanda plan. it's only going to be reversed by labour. um, cheney simple. cheney said it's simple. michelle, the army. michelle, bring in the army. they'll get some law and order back into this country. it's all gone far already . back into this country. it's all gone far already. um, back into this country. it's all gone far already . um, let back into this country. it's all gone far already. um, let me

gone too far already. um, let me tell you what has gone too far as birmingham city council as well. birmingham city council . absolute shambles . um, . what an absolute shambles. um, this local council is umahat actually breaks for anyone , um, actually breaks for anyone, um, that lives in that place because it's just an absolute farce. you know, by now the amount of debt they're in, they've had problems with equal pay lawsuits. they weren't paying people accurately. they've had a massive scandal in relation to an it project that has set them again into lots and lots of debt. they've been voting today on whether or not to raise council tax. they're by a massive 21. it will end up perhaps over two years. i can tell you now . right. they're not tell you now. right. they're not wanting to raise council tax by a bumper amount in order to increase the services or no, they want to move to things like fortnightly bin collections. they want to reduce funding on things like libraries. um, some of sen funding you name it, of the sen funding you name it, dimming streetlights and on and on it goes. i found this pretty disgraceful. daniel moylan, where you on it? where are you on it? >> well, first of we need >> well, first of all, we need to put it in context. there's a

campaign going on by local campaign going on by the local government association at the moment the impression moment to give the impression that run out that all councils have run out of in fact, when you look of money. in fact, when you look carefully at what they're saying, saying that they saying, they're saying that they will run out money some will run out of money at some point the they're not point in the future. they're not running the running out of money at the moment. there some councils. moment. there are some councils. birmingham is one of them. where there particular there are particular circumstances this circumstances that apply in this particular case, there's an historic claim, equal historic claim, um, for equal pay, historic claim, um, for equal pay, which lost , historic claim, um, for equal pay, which lost, which pay, which they lost, which means hundreds means they have hundreds of millions they've pay out millions. they've got to pay out to from the past. and to people from the past. and there are things that have there are other things that have gone wrong. >> it's than that. >> well, it's more than that. they've out over a billion. they've paid out over a billion. it's far. and there is it's about so far. and there is more, you say, hundreds more millions. >> there's hundreds more millions they've millions to come and they've got to and it just to pay this out. and it just goes to show how some of our equalities legislation is completely because they completely bonkers, because they won't decisions won't have made these decisions in the place without in the first place without taking they there taking legal advice. they there are serious counsel. birmingham they're they're joke they're not they're not a joke outfit and they're quite a joke. they have taken as other they have taken as many other people. there's joke people. well, there's no joke going on here. this is a serious council. law. council. they're obliged by law. every is to set every council is to set a balanced budget. so if they

don't do that, all go to don't do that, they'll all go to jail. so they will set a balanced budget. and that's what this requires. unfortunately this requires. and unfortunately it in council tax terms. it falls in council tax terms. and in service terms on the people of birmingham who will be very cross about it. but they'll have an opportunity at local elections. i don't know when they're elections they're having local elections in birmingham, this in birmingham, whether it's this year but they'll have year or next, but they'll have an local an opportunity at local elections make decision elections to make a decision about stewardship that about the stewardship of that council the current council under the current incumbents. our incumbents. that's part of our democracy, julie says. >> live in birmingham, >> our live in birmingham, michelle and i appalled by michelle and i am appalled by the service that the council has provided for years now. where are going to face more are we? we're going to face more flytipping rubbish will are we? we're going to face more flytibe ng rubbish will are we? we're going to face more flytibe collected rubbish will are we? we're going to face more flytibe collected weekly. ;h will are we? we're going to face more flytibe collected weekly. we're not be collected weekly. we're going walking the going to feel unsafe walking the streets reduced street streets due to reduced street lights, table. lights, less food on the table. now for families due to the increase in council tax, you ask a julie. why a simple question julie. why should ordinary people , should we, the ordinary people, be for other people's be penalised for other people's incompetence hope incompetence? she says i hope heads will roll, she says. if i was incompetent , my job, i'd be was incompetent, my job, i'd be fired. i'm fuming, she says, where are you on it, tom? >> well, julie will get the opportunity, won't to vote

opportunity, won't she, to vote for one of 101 councillors in birmingham of which 65 formed the majority labour run council . the majority labour run council. i mean, just on the broader point, daniel mentions the local government association and the institute of government are respected think tank. i don't expect them . uh, it's not expect them. uh, it's not a political organisation though, daniel. mean, they it is they daniel. i mean, they it is they have found that real terms spending in local government . spending in local government. this is across the board since 2010. and the george osborne austerity years has reduced by 71. so there's less spending power across local government on the issue of birmingham city council, i struggle with this one. i'm a former councillor myself. i know this time of year in terms of budget setting, you do have to set a balanced budget. there's more than an hour here. i have to say, unfortunately, of head in the sand particular group sand from this particular group of councillors, they've known about equal pay claim for about this equal pay claim for many years. that said, it is europe's biggest local authority . by definition, it employs a huge workforce. it's got to find

out over £800 million to settle this agreement. that's a huge i mean, that's the equivalent of my old budget for the whole council in brighton and hove. so that's just the scale here of what we're talking about . what we're talking about. >> and as you talk, that central government , >> and as you talk, that central government, he >> and as you talk, that central government , i.e. taxpayers in government, he taxpayers in the rest country should the rest of the country should bail mess out, i, i bail this mess out, i, i struggle with that one for the simple reason that for many years i've been a staunch champion of local decision making. >> these are local services. that said , unlike other oecd that said, unlike other oecd countries , only 5% actually of countries, only 5% actually of tax revenues is raised locally. most councils are funded through various formulas. i won't go into the technical detail , various formulas. i won't go into the technical detail, but daniel will know, as a former serving councillor, just how difficult it is to move funds between these different category . his. i actually think, given the doom loop, frankly, that all local government faces in terms of these local public services dnven of these local public services driven by technology and demographic change, it's time perhaps actually to take social care and children's services out

of the local budget. that's what's actually tipping a lot of councils over. if you look at what's forcing them to declare these so—called section 144 bankruptcy, i mean, technically they're not bankrupt, but that's what's going on around the country . so but then the balance country. so but then the balance there is, do we want more local decision making and local finance raise? then we get into the whole issue of we need to reform the council tax, which has not been reformed. they want since the 90s decisions, but because people to be because people seem to be running amok public running amok with public finances, with no accountability, because it's not their money, so they don't really care what happens. >> kinds of >> speculating all kinds of ridiculous property , ridiculous commercial property, um, really um, endeavours that really end up up. all this up going belly up. all of this equal claim situation, this has been for long time. been going on for a long time. people buried their head in people have buried their head in the sand. why only are they the sand. why only now are they coming forward with this planned the sand. why only now are they coming and/ard with this planned the sand. why only now are they coming and all with this planned the sand. why only now are they coming and all of th this planned the sand. why only now are they coming and all of these; planned budget and all of these proposals. on for proposals. this has gone on for a long time. yeah, i'm not a very long time. yeah, i'm not sitting here trying to defend the indefensible, by the way, and ifs the indefensible, by the way, and it's shocking that and i think it's shocking that youth going to youth services are going to be cut the extent they are cut to the extent that they are in actually 25 in birmingham, actually 25 libraries, they're

libraries, i believe they're voting this right now. libraries, i believe they're votithat this right now. libraries, i believe they're votithat wills right now. libraries, i believe they're votithat will be ght now. libraries, i believe they're votithat will be closed v. libraries, i believe they're votithat will be closed down. >> that will be closed down. it's the young people, it's the businesses. think the businesses. and i think the danger of this 21% hike in danger now of this 21% hike in rates it will rates there is that it will actually lead to a sort of hollowing out, you know, because the richer who afford the richer people who can afford to will outside to the to move will move outside to the neighbouring, of them tory neighbouring, many of them tory shire counties, where they'll pay shire counties, where they'll pay council tax. so you get pay less council tax. so you get this sort of race to bottom this sort of race to the bottom if we're careful. so maybe if we're not careful. so maybe there a case for the uk there is a case for the uk government to bail. part of the bill. >> well, do you want to do that? are you sitting in whatever i don't know. are you in grimsby or wigan or wherever? you or wigan or wherever? are you sitting there thinking, i know or wigan or wherever? are you sittini there thinking, i know or wigan or wherever? are you sittini need thinking, i know or wigan or wherever? are you sittini need toinking, i know or wigan or wherever? are you sittini need to doing, i know or wigan or wherever? are you sittini need to do with know or wigan or wherever? are you sittini need to do with my)w or wigan or wherever? are you sittini need to do with my hard what i need to do with my hard earned tax. i need to bail out birmingham city council. is that what think your what you think your responsibility and responsibility should be and why? is it why? my background is it transformation? roll transformation? i used to roll out massive. it and digital projects life me . i projects for the life of me. i cannot understand why the public service gets this so wrong. birmingham, for example, when you the absolute farce you look at the absolute farce that they have of their new that they have made of their new it system, it's cost taxpayers now . i think it system, it's cost taxpayers now. i think it's something like

£100 million. it's absolutely scandalous. but yet nobody i bet my bottom dollar nobody will be truly held to account. i'll let you have the final word on that before i go to my next before i just go to my next break. let me just ask you quickly. there's been proposals in different council in a different council that if there's empty at there's an empty property at daniel tax could be daniel council tax could be increased by 300% try and increased by 300% to try and force people to stop keeping properties empty. force people to stop keeping properties empty . what do you properties empty. what do you make to that? >> don't it'll >> well, i don't think it'll have that it'll increase have that effect. it'll increase revenue the councils. they revenue to the councils. they might get more if might get some more money if they collected. but i mean, they ever collected. but i mean, properties empty either properties are empty either because to in because nobody wants to live in them. and are parts of the them. and there are parts of the country where properties are empty reason or they're country where properties are empty because reason or they're country where properties are empty because they've»r they're country where properties are empty because they've passede empty because they've passed into some sort of bleak house, um, twilight zone, where the owner sort nobody knows owner is sort of nobody knows who the owner is or the owner is somebody you know, somebody who's, you know, forgotten it. and they're forgotten about it. and they're demented there demented or whatever. there are things like that happen. and you're not going force people you're not going to force people into houses back on into into putting houses back on the market in those circumstance . chances by putting up the council tax, which relatively council tax, which is relatively trivial, probably won't

trivial, you probably won't collect the money for that reason . you'll to wait reason. um, you'll have to wait until the house is sold, when you can step in and try and collect it at point. so i collect it at that point. so i think is performative think this is performative action much as anything else. action as much as anything else. i don't there's going i don't think there's going to have effect. have a great effect. >> i think a sticking >> i think it's a sticking plaster, but i can understand again local councils are again why local councils are having uh, you know, having to do this. uh, you know, in my neck woods, we have in my neck of the woods, we have obviously universities. in my neck of the woods, we have obvihouses universities. in my neck of the woods, we have obvi houses of universities. in my neck of the woods, we have obvi houses of multiple es. had houses of multiple occupation. the council does have try and manage those have to try and manage those particular properties , not least particular properties, not least because primary schools , the because primary schools, the rolls go down because families can't move into these homes. so i think there is a for i think there is a role for local government, but it's a sticking in the sense of sticking plaster in the sense of we're just not building enough houses. 160,000 were built houses. 160,000 units were built last year experts reckon last year. the experts reckon we've build a minimum of we've got to build a minimum of 300,000 units a year . 300,000 housing units a year. we've obviously got this ons data that's come out about the population projections. five, 6 million people moving into the country. that's net migration over the next few years. these are people who don't bring houses with them. so until we've

got a proper housing strategy in this country building enough this country of building enough homes to buy, but also homes not just to buy, but also no social homes to rent, homes not just to buy, but also no social homes to rent , that's no social homes to rent, that's really the seed of this whole crisis which has been going on, i admit, for decades. >> has this whole council >> it has this whole council situation. it's such a mess, isn't it? it's not a birmingham, by though, in a pickle. by the way, though, in a pickle. i so councils now are i mean so many councils now are issuing poor bankruptcy issuing these poor bankruptcy notices even get me notices and don't even get me started on the likes of croydon. have state the have you seen the state of the goings on there? anyway i do have to be fair and read out a statement from the leader of birmingham he birmingham city council, he said. this is a said. and i quote, this is a budget. i never wanted or envisaged the envisaged to bring to the council. are not the council. these are not the things into politics to things i came into politics to do . i believe in public service. do. i believe in public service. i in tackling inequality i believe in tackling inequality . believe championing . i believe in championing opportunities for the people of birmingham . um, yeah, sounds birmingham. um, yeah, sounds like it. love. anyway if you're in birmingham, you tell me what you make to it all coming up after the break, i want to talk to you about budget. what do to you about the budget. what do you to come tend you want to see? come tend within tell me and i'll see within it. tell me and i'll see you two.

hi there. i'm michelle dewberry with until 7:00 tonight. the conservative life peer in the house of lords, daniel moylan, and the visiting professor at staffordshire university, tom buick, remain alongside me. so many people in that break, they're to say, they're getting in touch to say, why we start shedding the why don't we start shedding the number of councillors? why do we need so many of these people in the first place? well, i can tell you now, it's not for their fantastic decision making, is it? that. it? let's be honest about that. anyway. this time anyway. look, this time tomorrow. oh, what a treat for everybody. out everybody. we will be live out and about in whitehaven. i've told you this by now. we'll be looking, um, at everything contained within the chancellor's budget. chancellor's spring budget. we'll live audience. um, we'll have a live audience. um, so i'll be able to get your feedback as it happens, myself and nigel will be there. um, i've mentioned already how to get the tickets. you can scan that qr code that's on the screen, or you can go to gbnews.com, which leads me

nicely then, doesn't it? to the budget. there's been budget. indeed there's been loads speculation what loads of speculation about what should in it. should and should not be in it. let's cut to the chase. what should be in it, lord moylan? >> well, i would like to see a cut tax, and i would cut in income tax, and i would like see a in stamp duty like to see a cut in stamp duty on property, because i think that up the housing that would free up the housing market, it easier for market, make it easier for people move out of large people to move out of large properties. older people move out large properties to out of large properties to smaller think smaller ones, which i think would a of people. um, would help a lot of people. um, and think, you know, you want and i think, you know, you want and i think, you know, you want a thriving housing market, you don't put a big tax on don't want to put a big tax on transactions. i'd like to transactions. um, i'd like to see are the sort see that, um, those are the sort of i'd like. what of of things i'd like. what kind of cut income tax? cut in income tax? >> i don't know. >> oh, i don't know. >> oh, i don't know. >> i think probably what's being briefed most the briefed out is the most the chancellor could afford is a penny the income penny off the income tax. i think would help. but think that would help. but i think that would help. but i think what he's likely to do, according to the newspapers. now, i know? i know now, what do i know? i know nothing i read in nothing except what i read in the newspapers. you've the newspapers. um, you've put your the pulse. well, your finger on the pulse. well, no, no, no, you've got you earlier on, on a previous show, you liam halligan. he is you had liam halligan. he is the great guru, great prophet. you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, great prophet. you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, aboutt prophet. you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, about these het.

you had liam halligan. he is the gre ki'iowsi, about these things. he knows all about these things. i know about them, but i don't know about them, but what we're hearing is that we're going a cut in national going to see a cut in national insurance. which of course, will help work and help people who are in work and under of under under the age of under pensionable doesn't do pensionable age doesn't do anything pensioners because anything for pensioners because they national they don't pay national insurance place. insurance in the first place. um, so that's what we're going to might a to see. and that might be a larger cut. therefore it might be as much as £0.02 national be as much as £0.02 off national insurance, national insurance, 2% off national insurance. and that seems to be what's being briefed. but i don't out chancellor don't rule out the chancellor coming surprises. most coming up with surprises. most chancellors keep some chancellors do keep some surprises up their sleeve for the itself, and i expect the day itself, and i expect jeremy a few as jeremy hunt will have a few as well. interesting. jeremy hunt will have a few as well. intbuickig. jeremy hunt will have a few as well. intbuick have a few. >> tom buick have a few. >> tom buick have a few. >> i do wonder, actually, whether it'll worth tuning in whether it'll be worth tuning in tomorrow, that two tomorrow, given that two headune tomorrow, given that two headline already have headline policies already have been briefed out to the press today. >> definitely worth tuning in here on gb news will be. i mean, come on, i was i was saying tuning into the chancellor as opposed to tuning in to you. >> but, you know, >> uh, michelle. but, you know, um, the £0.02 cut, the 2% cut in national insurance, the £0.05 freezing the fuel levy . they freezing the fuel levy. they appear to be briefed out, which ,

appear to be briefed out, which, by the way, i mean, there was a time, um, before my time. i have to say. but you'll probably remember this, daniel. not that you were around either in 1947, but hugh dalton famously, you know, the labour chancellor who let slip as he was going into the chamber . let slip as he was going into the chamber. a couple of the budget items ended up having to resign, but he seemed to be right. in a culture these days where these things just get briefed, news management is at the of government. the heart of government. >> fact, news management is >> in fact, news management is government to some extent. >> though, about government to some extent. >> budget though, about government to some extent. >> budget and though, about government to some extent. >> budget and what ugh, about government to some extent. >> budget and what igh, about government to some extent. >> budget and what i do about government to some extent. >> budget and what i do welcome the budget and what i do welcome about direction of travel. about the direction of travel. i think fact that we're think the fact that we're finally having a debate in this country about reducing taxes on working mean, working people, i mean, i support the reduction in national insurance, both the one that's already happened and the one that we believe is still to come because i think it does potentially set up a debate if labour are in government later this year for really a bigger debate about the whole shape of tax ation, we've got 46% of working people in this country who pay no tax at all. we've got

people who pay marginal tax rates of 20 and 30% on millions of pounds of earnings because they get their money through capital gains tax, whereas the head teacher , the public sector head teacher, the public sector worker, those working in private business, in middle management positions are paying 40, sometimes 45, tax applies to everyone. >> it doesn't just apply to the super rich. so the capital gains thresholds. if the headmaster's got some i don't know, investments whatever that investments in whatever that capital rate is applicable. >> but there are very, very few young under of 40 young people under the age of 40 who've kind of capital who've got those kind of capital assets that they're drawing an income, got any assets . my point income, got any assets. my point is not that people get gains. >> yeah, indeed. >> yeah, indeed. >> but my point is not that people get income from these sources. i just there sources. i just think there should be a level playing field. i mean, actually, you saw both the leader the opposition and the leader of the opposition and rishi published their rishi sunak published their tax returns. that's a returns. so that's become a staple. now our british staple. now of our british political system. um, each year, um way round it um, i forget which way round it was, but one of them paid an effective tax rate of 33. the

other one paid a tax rate effective tax rate on all of their earnings of 22. there are your viewers and listeners, michelle, who would love to go to work and only pay 20 odd percent on their earnings and keep the rest. >> but that's silly, though i think this whole comparison about all rishi sunak structured, uh , his affairs in structured, uh, his affairs in this kind of way, it's not a special rishi sunak tax rate. >> i'm not saying it is possible to anyone wants go off to anyone that wants to go off and whatever x, y, and financially. >> i find that comparison a bit odd. >> i don't, because i think it's about, you know, do we want to tax people's work and their wages? that's really wages? that's that's really where tax economy where the productive tax economy gains as income. i think we should treat capital gains income and taxes assets in a income and taxes on assets in a very similar way to how we treat i >> -- >> so despite the fact that there's risk involved with capital gains, despite the fact that many capital gains assets are acquired in many cases by pers taxed income . pers taxed income. >> um, that's a different point. i you've you give, you i think you've got you give, you give. isn't . so for example, give. it isn't. so for example, capital loss. no we've got a thing called following year. no,

we've called we've got a thing called entrepreneur's tax release. if you tax relief , if you entrepreneur's tax release. if you tax relief, if you build you do tax relief, if you build a business through your your hard sweat and you sell that business at the end, you only pay business at the end, you only pay 10% tax. fully support pay 10% tax. i fully support that. are equally that. but there are equally people are , you know, making people who are, you know, making money from unearned , unearned income. >> they get a final word to you guys. i can tell you now, right. many of you are saying exactly the suggestion. steve um, the same suggestion. steve um, martin, of you are saying, martin, lots of you are saying, why don't we raise the tax threshold? the income tax threshold? the income tax threshold at £15,000, um, is the rate that you guys are suggesting. so no tax at all. up until that £15,000 threshold. um, neil says why can't we cut vat back to 15% or even less ? vat back to 15% or even less? um, interesting. many of you are asking for higher pensions. um, interesting. many of you are asking for higher pensions . um, asking for higher pensions. um, yeah. lots to get our teeth stuck into there. keep your thoughts coming in. vaiews@gbnews.com. i'll bring some more of your views in after the break. also in states the break. also in the states today, super tuesday. um, what do we think to this then? is it going to be, uh, donald trump

for the win or not? it be for the win or not? should it be your thoughts? i'll see you in two.

hi there. i'm michelle dewberry with you till seven. conservative life in the house of lords daniel moylan alongside me as the visiting professor at staffordshire university. tom buick, so many of you are getting in touch with me about this local council situation and the tax one. so i'm going to revisit that in just quick revisit that in just a quick second. but before i do, the polls did open in america. it's called super tuesdays. basically. will basically. so many people will be to, uh, the ballot basically. so many people will be to to, uh, the ballot basically. so many people will be to vote to, uh, the ballot basically. so many people will be to vote in uh, the ballot basically. so many people will be to vote in the the ballot basically. so many people will be to vote in the primariest basically. so many people will be to vote in the primaries for box to vote in the primaries for who want their presidential who they want their presidential candidate be. richard, one of candidate to be. richard, one of my says trump for my viewers says trump for president. sooner president. the sooner the better. you agree, daniel ? better. do you agree, daniel? >> well, i don't know. but i do know that by the end today, know that by the end of today, we're have the we're going to have the nominations effectively be over because , we believe, is because trump, we believe, is going to win vast majority of these 15 states. the voting, i think it's 15. and he'll have

think it's15. and he'll have wrapped up the nomination for the republicans. and biden will wrapped up the nomination for thethe)ublicans. and biden will wrapped up the nomination for thethe candidate and biden will wrapped up the nomination for thethe candidate for! biden will wrapped up the nomination for thethe candidate for the ten will be the candidate for the nominated candidate . boil it down. >> then. who do you think should be the next president of the united states? trump. >> i think it's i think it's probably going to have to be trump, because don't think trump, because i don't think biden is competent, mentally competent to the four competent to do the for job four years four months. years or indeed four months. trump tom burke none trump beau biden tom burke none of the above. >> i mean, ijust think of the above. >> i mean, i just think that the that's an option wasn't that's not an option that wasn't on my ballot box. well, i don't have in the american have a vote in the american election. frankly, if i was if i was in the us, i, i seriously wouldn't to for either wouldn't want to vote for either of them. and that's as in of them. and that's as much in a democracy. my right to do that. i mean, it's just so i mean, i think it's just so sad, isn't it, that got sad, isn't it, that we've got this massive of polarisation in american seeing this massive of polarisation in arhere an seeing this massive of polarisation in arhere in seeing this massive of polarisation in arhere in our seeing this massive of polarisation in arhere in our own seeing this massive of polarisation in arhere in our own polity seeing this massive of polarisation in arhere in our own polity aseing it here in our own polity as well. why the prime well. that's why the prime minister the lectern minister took to the lectern in downing other day. downing street the other day. what i will say, though, about trump is, you know, here is a politician off politician that feeds off a division. appeals to division. he appeals really to prejudice as opposed to appealing to rational argument that said, i don't think the democratic liberal establishment

have done themselves any favours. they need to take some responsibility, frankly, for creating the monster that is trump . and indeed, we're seeing trump. and indeed, we're seeing that with, you know, the kind of court cases that are going through at the through the system at the moment, bringing it, bringing it back budget. back to the budget. >> conversation that's been >> the conversation that's been having tax, many people having about tax, many people are it should be are actually saying it should be £20,000. be £20,000. that should be the threshold you threshold before you start paying threshold before you start paying tax at all in this paying any tax at all in this country. what would you think to that, tom, if we want a society where every one of working age who work is contributing to who can work is contributing to the economic , we'll write to the the economic, we'll write to the pubuc the economic, we'll write to the public services in this country, itake public services in this country, i take view, actually, that i take the view, actually, that the personal allowance is too high. >> i'd like to see how it was, you know, when i started work in the 80s, where more people contributed to tax. as i said to you earlier, michelle, 46% of people of working age are not paying people of working age are not paying any income tax at all, 1, by the way, of the top earners are paying a third of all income tax. so the whole structure of taxation is completely out of out of sync .

out of sync. >> uh, quite a few of my viewers are pointing out i was talking about housing earlier on in the program. they're out, program. they're pointing out, michelle, just do michelle, can you just do me a favour? can you point out that we have a housing crisis we don't have a housing crisis in this country? have a rate in this country? we have a rate of population increase this of population increase in this country, noted. um, julie says michelle, put in michelle, please, you put it in capital so i know you capital letters. so i know you mean you're saying mean business. you're saying stop saying headmasters, please . stop saying headmasters, please. can us head teachers? can you call us head teachers? i'm head teacher. i'm not i'm a head teacher. i'm not a head and i'm head mistress, and i'm surrounded women heads. surrounded by women heads. hooray that! she says , uh, hooray for that! she says, uh, in a second i'm going to play you a clip because i do like to issue, uh, good words of wisdom and some solid life advice on this program. very, very this program. very very, very quickly, i do, many quickly, before i do, many people should cut people suggesting we should cut the councillors , local the number of councillors, local councillors. do you agree with that? daniel >> cut the number of >> you can cut the number of local councillors, but the consequence those consequence would be that those who would be and who are left would be more and more time. more full time. >> oh well, there you go. it's not a perfect world that we have. look here my life have. look here is my life advice. take a at this, advice. take a look at this, everyone. eye everyone. it caught my eye today. word of advice. today. just a word of advice. look this poor woman. if

look at this poor woman. if you're listening. not watching this poor woman, she was stood casually, to, um. casually, leaning close to, um. what do you call this thing? like a shutter. she got an item of her clothing, uh, connected to shutter and up. she to that shutter and up. she went. everybody. she bought a shopping basket with her. luckily for her, a member of staff dashed out and unhooked her from , um, that pesky shutter her from, um, that pesky shutter . up she goes. everybody, i've got to say, nice little life lesson for you. do not lean against shutters, please. to say no one was harmed. um, as far as we know, within that video. look, it's all i've got time for. thanks, gents. up next is nigel farage. nanites . great nigel farage. nanites. great a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest weather update from the

met office for gb news showers today, but they are fading away and most will have a dry night. a little bit of fog and frost likely in the southwest. low pressure is out in the atlantic. it tries to move in, but it's getting blocked stopped getting blocked and stopped by a big high pressure that big area of high pressure that is the dominant feature and it is the dominant feature and it is a more cloud to is allowing a bit more cloud to drift the east. we've seen drift into the east. we've seen some heavy showers across the southeast. drifting southeast. they are drifting away. few scattered away. still a few scattered showers and through showers here and there through the lot of cloud in the night. a lot of cloud in eastern england and eastern scotland skies further scotland. clearer skies further west it to turn west that will allow it to turn quite cold. a touch frost quite cold. a touch of frost through of wales and through rural parts of wales and southwest england, and some freezing fog patches around maybe the m4 and the maybe affecting the m4 and the m5. first thing in the morning could take a few hours to clear away. generally quite a grey day again in the east, particularly on the east coast, with a breeze freshening here through the day. a few scattered showers over eastern parts of england. a bit of rain at times eastern of rain at times in eastern scotland, mostly the hills scotland, mostly over the hills and showers creeping and some showers creeping into cornwall the cornwall later, but much of the west, bright through west, dry and bright through tomorrow with some decent spells

west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine th some decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine .1 some decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine . 11;ome decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine . 11 one decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine . 11 or 12 decent spells west, dry and bright through t0|sunshine . 11 or 12 here.t spells of sunshine. 11 or 12 here. colder in the east, where it stays cloudy, and that cloud likely to stick around on thursday . we'll see a few more thursday. we'll see a few more showers, i suspect thursday showers, i suspect on thursday over southern england, over parts of southern england, then wales then developing through wales and, uh, the midlands. some heavy downpours are possible. they'll be hit and miss, but do watch out for a lively shower on thursday. again. many places dry. some sunny in the thursday. again. many places dry. syand sunny in the thursday. again. many places dry. syand west. in the thursday. again. many places dry. syand west. fairly in the thursday. again. many places dry. syand west. fairly glumie thursday. again. many places dry. syand west. fairly glum and south and west. fairly glum and chilly in the east. >> like things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good evening. not notice very much. george galloway yesterday said the next election will be all about the muslim vote. we debate . is he actually right debate. is he actually right about the budget coming up

tomorrow and we're being told yes , jeremy hunt tells us that yes, jeremy hunt tells us that we're going to cut back on funding for all sorts of diversity and inclusion managers. but haven't we heard all of this before? and of course , in america it is super course, in america it is super tuesday. it looks like trump and biden are going to win. but we talked to a top american pollster . how are talked to a top american pollster. how are things looking ahead of the november fifth general election? but before all of that, let's get the news with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> nigel, thank you. and good evening to you. well, our top story tonight is that tomorrow the chancellor will unveil the new budget and it's being rumoured he could announce a £0.02 in the pound cut to national insurance contributions. jeremy hunt is aiming to put the uk's economy and rishi sunak's popularity back on the road to recovery. that's despite the fiscal watchdog giving the government little scope for tax cuts. analysts are saying the nhs could be facing real terms.