in national insurance, point cut in national insurance, there is a big reduction in the tax bill for ordinary families, and that is because the economy has turned a corner. >> we've stuck to the plan. we have the forecasts are much more optimistic for the economy going forward . and as conservatives, forward. and as conservatives, we believe that if we bring down the tax burden that will fire up the tax burden that will fire up the economy, create more jobs , the economy, create more jobs, more money for public services like the nhs, one more. >> so what were the other key elements of that spring budget? well, first of all, the non—dom tax status will be scrapped and it's going to be replaced by what chancellor calling what the chancellor is calling a modern residency system. the great pub will also get great british pub will also get a boost from the government with a boost from the government with a freeze on alcohol duty and the child benefit threshold increases to £60,000 a year and there's a £0.05 cut to fuel duty and that's locked in for 12 months. the vat registered threshold goes up from 85 to £90,000 a year. the pensions

regulator will get new powers to make sure people with defined contribution patterns are getting value from their investments, and there's a new isa scheme with a £5,000 yearly allowance for investments in britain and the nhs. it systems will get a £35 million upgrade. now. in other news today, the house of lords has defeated the government in all ten votes on its rwanda bill. it sets the stage now for an extended battle between the commons and the house of lords over the government's flagship immigration policy. however, downing street says peers should be working with mps to protect innocent lives after the prime minister made stopping the boats a centrepiece of his leadership. five people were arrested for spraying red paint on a government building in scotland in a pro—palestinian protest, the activists scaled queen elizabeth house in edinburgh , elizabeth house in edinburgh, replacing the union flag with a palestinian one. the demonstrators say the uk government is complicit in the

gaza conflict and called for a boycott of companies supporting israel . that's the news. for the israel. that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . common alerts. >> it's budget day will jeremy hunt slash inheritance tax? will he fund our armed forces? will he fund our armed forces? will he pull a rabbit out of the hat that will win the tories the next election? >> as we mourn the tragic loss of life in israel and gaza, the prime minister reminded us last week of the need to fight extremism and heal divisions. so i start today by remembering the muslims who died in two world wars in the service of freedom and democracy. we need a memorial to honour them . i have memorial to honour them. i have decided to allocate £1 million towards the cost of building one. whatever your faith or colour or class, this country will never forget the sacrifices

made for our future are a £1 million statue to muslims who gave their lives in world war i and world war ii. >> hey, look. fine. all right, all right. look what else have you got there, mr hunt? i have three gorgeous children. >> the oldest of whom has been patiently listening in the gallery . the nhs is rightly the gallery. the nhs is rightly the biggest reason most of us are proud to be british, no. the reason most people are proud to be british is not because of our most bloated and dysfunctional pubuc most bloated and dysfunctional public service. we all went outside clapped for the nhs outside and clapped for the nhs dunng outside and clapped for the nhs during now we should just during covid. now we should just go set to fire a £50 go outside and set to fire a £50 note instead. that'll get them dancing . there we go. yeah. dancing. there we go. yeah. lovely stuff. he's promised to close to another £7 billion for the nhs . okay, for people who the nhs. okay, for people who bang on about the nhs being understaffed and under—resourced, figures show

that we will be spending around £180 billion on the nhs in the coming year . since 2013, the coming year. since 2013, the overall number of employees in the is up 35, doctors are up the nhs is up 35, doctors are up 37, nurses, midwives and health visitors are up 23. support for clinical staff up 45. nhs infrastructure and support staff up 41. we have around 1.3 million people working in the nhs . of course, the elephant in nhs. of course, the elephant in the room is here. rapid, huge population growth fuelled by mass migration. our population in 2013 was about 64 million. today it's about 68 million. by the mid 2030s, that's expected to be 73.7 million. we are heading towards the highest tax burden since 1948. what are we paying burden since 1948. what are we paying for? record waiting lists. billions of pounds in negligence claims. junior doctors out on strike every two minutes and they're all

overstretched . why could it be overstretched. why could it be anything to do with the millions more people we keep piling on top of it? jeremy hunt said three times at the despatch box today that the treasury couldn't keep relying on mass immigration and then wallop the office for budget responsibility upped its projected migration prediction from 245,000in the medium tum to 315,000. it's really great to have people coming to this country to work in the nhs. i want to make that absolutely, abundantly clear , and i will get abundantly clear, and i will get abundantly clear, and i will get a lot of comments from people here saying that if it wasn't for immigration, we wouldn't have yeah, absolutely. have an nhs. yeah, absolutely. fine. we have a lot of other fine. but we have a lot of other people coming here as well, don't we? did you know that the department and pensions department for work and pensions has telling us how many has stopped telling us how many people by their people are on welfare by their nationality, basically , they're nationality, basically, they're hiding how many immigrants are nationality, basically, they're hidbenefits many immigrants are nationality, basically, they're hidbenefits andy immigrants are nationality, basically, they're hidbenefits and hmrcigrants are nationality, basically, they're hidbenefits and hmrc isn'tts are on benefits and hmrc isn't revealing tax contributions by nationality. so we don't officially know which demographic now pays more tax. lovely our politicians are addicted to mass immigration.

our nhs is creaking at the seams and we're all paying for it. but let's get the thoughts now of my panel let's get the thoughts now of my panel. i've got the editor at large at the mail on sunday. it's the wonderful charlotte griffiths. businessman griffiths. i've got businessman and brooks , and i and activist adam brooks, and i have got journalist and author rebecca reid. and adam, i'll start with you. i mean, good grief, the elephant in the room about this budget for me today. certainly. when it came to the nhs, was what we're paying for it because rapid , massive it because of rapid, massive population it because of rapid, massive popare:ion can we have 30% or >> are we how can we have 30% or 35% more staff and still struggle record funding as well. >> so there's problems now. again, 4 million extra people in this country is going to put pressure on services. we've seen that try and get a doctor's appointment. a dentist appointment. a dentist appointment. you know, hospitals are full now . now covid has are full up now. now covid has got played a massive part as well. our national health service become the covid health service. it prioritised covid

over everything. so now we've got people that are still waiting for treatment that they should have had 2 or 3 years ago. we're having hundreds of thousands of people dying because get seen or because they didn't get seen or diagnosed during the covid era. i think that's unacceptable and unforgivable. we've also got things like, i think it's pfi that gordon brown brought in dunng that gordon brown brought in during the labour government, and trusts are still paying billions. a lot of their funding goes towards these loan repayments. so there's a lot going wrong with the nhs. this waste , there's corruption, waste, there's corruption, there's people that have jobs that shouldn't have jobs, it needs remodelling and we need to start again because we're not going to stop immigration. it's only going to get worse. so, you know, will we have a health service left in a few years? >> do you think it's time to acknowledge that one of the major factors in the problems with our nhs is the fact that we've got this rapid population growth ? growth? >> e course, we've >> definitely. of course, we've got that. and got to acknowledge that. and just , i had a baby just anecdotally, i had a baby last year, had this amazing midwife. been there for 30

midwife. she's been there for 30 years. she's never, midwife. she's been there for 30 yearsever she's never, midwife. she's been there for 30 yearsever been she's never, midwife. she's been there for 30 yearsever been busier never, midwife. she's been there for 30 yearsever been busier .ever, midwife. she's been there for 30 yearsever been busier. i/er, midwife. she's been there for 30 yearsever been busier. i then ever, ever been busier. i then went on to have the baby in a waiting in the hospital. waiting room in the hospital. they find it. was they couldn't find it. there was no there no midwives. no rooms, there was no midwives. the midwife was sweet. she the my midwife was sweet. she was like, never been was just like, i've never been so never found it so so busy. i've never found it so hard to work because are hard to work because there are language barriers and know, language barriers and you know, it that's one it was just that's just one example. but millions of example. but there's millions of examples. interesting that examples. it's interesting that this actually 41% examples. it's interesting that th infrastructure actually 41% examples. it's interesting that th infrastructure and ally 41% examples. it's interesting that thinfrastructure and support. is infrastructure and support. so obviously they're spending they're increasing too many staff who aren't nurses and doctors, but they're just there are too many people . and you are too many people. and you know, maybe it's time to have that other elephant in the room, which is the conversation about free of use. free at the point of use. because, you know, what's one way the number of way of kerbing the number of people who are taking advantage of the system is to question that foundation. yeah, absolutely. >> i mean, rebecca, look , it is >> i mean, rebecca, look, it is absolutely fair to say and it's just right to say really that as it currently stands, we would not have an nhs functioned not have an nhs that functioned if not have immigration. if we did not have immigration. so don't want to conflate the so i don't want to conflate the two between two issues here between immigrants in

immigrants coming and working in the nhs rapid population the nhs and rapid population growth hammering nhs as a growth hammering the nhs as a result of mass migration. >> but i'm not sure it's actually the key problem because . are multiple problems . so there are multiple problems with of them, yes, with the nhs. one of them, yes, is absolutely. the population growth line with the growth isn't in line with the nhs management, other things nhs management, but other things like ill like we are an incredibly ill country . there are more people country. there are more people who are off sick than there should there are more people should be. there are more people who than there who are in ill health than there should mentally should be. we're very mentally ill . that's a huge ill country. that's a huge burden. now immigration is supporting in one sense, supporting the nhs in one sense, because 17% nhs is because 17% of the nhs is immigrant based . there is no immigrant based. there is no support for the coming from support for the nhs coming from people we also have people being iller. we also have an population we an ageing population which we really, sleepwalking an ageing population which we realway sleepwalking an ageing population which we realway into sleepwalking an ageing population which we realway into a sleepwalking an ageing population which we realway into a crisiszpwalking an ageing population which we realway into a crisis with,king an ageing population which we realway into a crisis with, and our way into a crisis with, and therefore people that people therefore people in that people who need more care. who are older need more care. the of economic the majority of economic migrants 25 year old migrants who are 25 year old albanian are using the albanian men, are not using the nhs because nhs very much because demographically , 25 year old men demographically, 25 year old men don't very much. so don't need the nhs very much. so i recognise you're admitting, i do recognise you're admitting, we albanians are we do admit that albanians are now coming over and draining the country. i didn't when did i say they were draining the country? >> well, they're causing a problem, aren't they?

>> well, if listen to the >> well, if you listen to the whole that's the whole sentence, that's the opposite of what i said. i completely economic completely agree that economic migration our migration is not fair. and our and our immigration system doesn't have always doesn't work. i have always accepted saying is accepted that what i'm saying is the who are using it are the people who are using it are not year men the people who are using it are not come year men the people who are using it are not come over year men the people who are using it are not come over here ar men the people who are using it are not come over here and men the people who are using it are not come over here and generally who come over here and generally , in the case of the albanian immigrants, the majority of them , in the case of the albanian imrsending the majority of them , in the case of the albanian imr sending money |jority of them , in the case of the albanian imrsending money back of them , in the case of the albanian imrsending money back then.em are sending money back then. they're having families here. >> but let's also look at other things round, you know, things in the round, you know, education, school education, getting school places, that's places, for example. that's a massive the housing massive problem, the housing crisis things have crisis that these things have been a very , very been problems for a very, very long time. >> not specific to this. >> this is not specific to this. >> this is not specific to this. >> plonk another 700,000 people a year. >> and is a year. >> and the >> and this is where the many on the into the left tie themselves into knots they embrace this knots because they embrace this mass immigration hit at mass immigration and hit back at anyone that questions it, and then they want to moan about the services collapsing as well. you can't it both it's can't have it both ways. it's like the housing crisis. you're importing all these people into this country where they're going to be housed, but they're left to be housed, but they're left to tie themselves in knots with that. >> don't think anybody's tying >> i don't think anybody's tying themselves or not. i think people are recognising the immigration system doesn't work. it worse in it has got considerably worse in the 13 years. the tory

the last 13 years. the tory government, the right, the government, the right, not the left . oh, charlotte. on. left. oh, charlotte. go on. >> was to say there are >> i was going to say there are other things that we've got used to, do remember to, because i do remember when they putting signs they started putting up signs in hospitals languages hospitals and other languages and translation and offering translation services, and we were quite shocked that. and that was shocked about that. and that was a time ago. now it's a long, long time ago. now it's totally par the course. and totally par for the course. and this that i last this midwife that i met last year was saying, i'm really struggle speak struggle because i can't speak to i don't know to people because i don't know their and then you their language. and then you have get additional in have to get additional staff in to and it's to help translate. and it's a crisis because they're giving birth floor. and, birth on the floor. and, you know, these things up to know, all these things add up to a of confusion in the a huge sense of confusion in the nhs . nhs. >> i would my. nhs. >> i would the biggest in >> i would argue the biggest in terms maternity services, terms of maternity services, your biggest issue is they pay out in out millions and millions in negligent because the negligent costs because the number who lose baby number of people who lose a baby in is higher than it used in birth is higher than it used to be, which is extraordinary. >> yeah, is , it is >> yeah, it is, it is absolutely. i mean, our maternity this country is a maternity in this country is a shocking . shocking. >> yeah, it is shocking, especially postpartum where especially postpartum care where people on wards. >> it is made worse by too many people it. people using it. >> the biggest reasons >> one of the biggest reasons that use in medical that they use in all medical negligence just negligence claims, not just about idea of about maternity, is this idea of

being overworked and overstressed overtired, overstressed and overtired, and therefore . but i therefore the system. but i think everybody has to wonder why that is. >> i think everybody agrees >> but i think everybody agrees that people that that's an issue. but people agree. why. agree. people disagree on why. personally, about personally, i think it's about the of nhs, the management of the nhs, not solely usage of the nhs. solely the usage of the nhs. >> okay, adam, do you think a single person in this country today is more likely vote today is more likely to vote conservative off back of conservative off the back of jeremy budget? jeremy hunt's budget? >> today's has >> i think today's budget has lost votes . i was sat at lost them votes. i was sat at home screaming at the tv , it home screaming at the tv, it wasn't that interesting because look. >> what were you screaming? >> what were you screaming? >> i'm a publican. i've been a publican nearly 20 years. and this sort of gaslighting us that pubs are, we've got to celebrate, a freeze in alcohol duty or beer tax. you know, you can't celebrate something that doesn't make you better off. you're just putting it to off sort of hit us later down the line and it's for me, a lot of it was for pr headlines. there was no substance then. >> they didn't do a very good job because the pr headlines weren't ideal. >> no, not at all. and i know that there a lot of pushback

that there is a lot of pushback to this idea, the actual £1 to this idea, not the actual £1 million statue to muslim war heroes . but i thought the heroes itself. but i thought the positioning of that in the budget heck of a lot. the budget said a heck of a lot. the idea of leading with that, idea of leading in with that, i think a heck of a lot about think says a heck of a lot about where conservatives at where the conservatives are at the they did it. the moment and why they did it. we're just going quickly we're just going to hear quickly now business now from the shadow business secretary, reynolds, secretary, jonathan reynolds, who shocker who slammed the budget shocker earlier . earlier on gb news today. >> if look at the aggregate >> if you look at the aggregate effect tax changes effect of the tax changes announced in this parliament, people taxes people are paying higher taxes today than when the parliament was formed in 2019. the national insurance cuts are only giving you back maybe half of the increase you've already had to suffer through the tax thresholds frozen through thresholds being frozen through higher taxes, the higher council taxes, the government the government puts more of the burden of things like social care council tax band care onto the council tax band and know this. i mean, and people know this. i mean, people aren't stupid. know people aren't stupid. they know they're off. and it's they're not better off. and it's a that that's a tragedy that that's the reality. after years of reality. after 14 years of conservative government. but that case. that is the case. >> well, he's right, people aren't stupid and people can see that. aren't stupid and people can see that . labour got that. labour haven't got any policies that. labour haven't got any pol i ies that. labour haven't got any poll mean, yes we do. you guys >> i mean, yes we do. you guys nick one of them today.

>> that's the point. >> yeah, that's the point. >> yeah, that's the point. >> big one. everyone's >> the big one. everyone's talking is one of lots. talking about is one of my lots. >> only one, the arguably >> the only one, the arguably labour's they labour's only policy that they haven't at haven't really u—turned on at all this non—dom stuff isn't it? >> yeah. which i think is a fairly good idea. the only people about it are people who cross about it are people who cross about it are people there might be people who think there might be one most of those one one day, and most of those people not going to be one people are not going to be one one day. >> think the other who >> i think the other people who are cross about it is the are a bit cross about it is the idea that initially said idea that initially it was said that us £3 billion a that it'll save us £3 billion a yean that it'll save us £3 billion a year, okay, or make us £3 billion a year, and then they realise that a load of these people back in people might leave. and back in 2022, hunt 2022, i think jeremy hunt himself would actually 2022, i think jeremy hunt himsus would actually 2022, i think jeremy hunt himsus £8 would actually 2022, i think jeremy hunt himsus £8 billion uld actually 2022, i think jeremy hunt himsus £8 billion ad actually 2022, i think jeremy hunt himsus £8 billion a year.1ally cost us £8 billion a year. >> good. leave fine. i think there's thing. i think >> good. leave fine. i think thyou; thing. i think >> good. leave fine. i think thyou want thing. i think >> good. leave fine. i think thyou want to thing. i think >> good. leave fine. i think thyou want to live ng. i think >> good. leave fine. i think thyou want to live somewhere, if you want to live somewhere, you should pay to live where that now in. that we now live in. >> stands, with the >> as it stands, with the non—doms, highest non—doms, we've got the highest tax world two, tax burden since world war two, and they are a heck of a and they are paying a heck of a lot it. lot of it. >> p- p— >> i'm just so pleased to see rid that don't even rid of them that i don't even really care. i just if really care. i just think if you're you care you're because if you care so little the you little about the country you live that choose live in, that you would choose to pay on it, then i to not pay tax on it, then i think that's really ghastly. would if you would you voluntarily, if you grew and you can

grew up here and you can voluntarily more? voluntarily pay more? absolutely. i mean, me personally, i have personally, i'm not sure i have enough more enough money to pay more my childcare bill is nearly £30,000 a got a year to say until you've got it. i had it. yes, but i think if i had millions pounds, i might feel it. yes, but i think if i had mlittles pounds, i might feel it. yes, but i think if i had mlittles differently might feel it. yes, but i think if i had mlittles differently thant feel it. yes, but i think if i had mlittles differently than if eel it. yes, but i think if i had nhavees differently than ifeel it. yes, but i think if i had nhave the differently than if eel it. yes, but i think if i had nhave the amounttly than if eel it. yes, but i think if i had nhave the amounttly money eel it. yes, but i think if i had nhave the amounttly money that i have the amount of money that i have the amount of money that i have, childcare bill i have, which is childcare bill mortgage very mortgage and which i found very patronising and quite childish was to was jeremy hunt, saying to labour we labour about high taxes when we are sitting highest tax are sitting on the highest tax burden in 70 years. >> that judged >> i think that was ill judged to i think it was to say that. and i think it was embarrassing, but he was sorry. >> we'll e’“ gum >> so we'll just bang out of time. be returning time. but we will be returning to look, still to to all of this. look, still to come years on the come ten years on from the disappearance of malaysia flight mh370 happened mh370. so what really happened to vanishing jetliner and to this vanishing jetliner and the 239 people on board? aviation journalist jeff wise has been investigating the mystery . he has been investigating the mystery. he joins me has been investigating the mystery . he joins me live mystery. he joins me live shortly with some bombshell new leads that could finally solve the puzzle. but up next in our head head is top daily head to head is top daily telegraph columnist and friend of pearson . of the show, allison pearson. right to say that we should stop being islamophobia and being scared of islamophobia and start worrying about anglophobia sunil sharma, chief operating officer for the conservative friends of the commonwealth and human rights activist aisha ali khan, battle on that in just

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welcome back. now, coming up, ten years on from that disappearance that gripped the globe, what really happened to flight mh370 7 globe, what really happened to flight mh370 ? i'll speak to a flight mh370? i'll speak to a man who thinks he knows. but first, it's time for tonight's head to head . okay, so a damning head to head. okay, so a damning new opinion piece by daily

telegraph and gb news star allison pearson says that britain needs to stop being scared of islamophobia and start worrying about anglophobia. so she uses the real world example of miriam, a british woman forced for decades to live a cultural double life due to her muslim father's traditional and repressive views and fear of integration . so, allison writes, integration. so, allison writes, i thought of miriam when i watched george galloway revel in his victory at the rochdale by—election. there were no women on the ballot paper, and as far as i could there no as i could see, there were no female muslim female faces among the muslim brothers galloway rallies. brothers at galloway rallies. apart from george's foxy fourth wife, the islamic patriarchy ruled that her words, of course, and examples of anglophobia aren't that difficult to find. really. who remembers the london school forced to surrender to its students who burned a racist union jack flag? and just this week, the shadow culture secretary became the latest to join the rule britannia. critics

say it's a decision for the people who run the proms. >> and again, like i said, it shouldn't be politicians who tell people how to run cultural events. for a of events. i think for a lot of people, feels like a very people, that feels like a very sort moment, which sort of british moment, which i think be respected as think has to be respected as well. but for a lot of people, it feel as sheku it will feel as sheku kanneh—mason said, you know, it will alienating. meanwhile will feel alienating. meanwhile schools admitted in a recent government report that white, working class pupils are rapidly falling behind other students and are the group that school leaders are now most concerned about. >> so tonight i'm asking, should we being scared we stop being scared of islamophobia and start worrying more about anglophobia? let me know thoughts gb views or know your thoughts gb views or gbnews.com at gb news on twitter. you're there, go twitter. while you're there, go and vote in our poll. i'll bring you the results shortly . you the results very shortly. but first, going head to head on this of conservative this are the co of conservative friends of the commonwealth, sir nikhil rights nikhil sharma and human rights activist ali khan. both activist ayesha ali khan. both of you, thank you very much, sunil, with you . sunil, i'll start with you. should we worrying more about should we be worrying more about anglophobia, should we be worrying more about angyes.|obia, should we be worrying more about angyes. fora, should we be worrying more about angyes. for sure. i think the >> yes. for sure. i think the

threats of islamophobia have been completely overexaggerated . been completely overexaggerated. i think to the point now where you can't even criticise islamic extremism without being called islamophobic. extremism without being called islamophobic . so i think for islamophobic. so i think for sure, the, the threats to anglophobia are far superior than they are for islamophobia . than they are for islamophobia. and this is all backed up by pure statistics , pure facts, pure statistics, pure facts, nothing else. just looking at percentages . so we know for percentages. so we know for a fact that white british students are performing worse off than muslim based students. we know their literacy literacy rates are lower. we know their numeracy rates are lower. we know at gcse level they score lower than pretty much most groups. there's a couple of groups. there's a couple of groups that do. i think black canbbeans groups that do. i think black caribbeans fall a bit lower, travellers fall a bit lower. but aside from that, white british people in this country in terms of education wise, far of education wise, are far falling behind. and i think that's something that we should strongly address, considering thatis strongly address, considering that is a majority of the population particular. it's population in particular. it's more of a problem amongst white

boys. seeing a much a boys. so we're seeing a much a much bigger issue with, with boys in particular with education. but on a, on a broader spectrum, i think we need stop necessarily talking need to stop necessarily talking so islamophobia and so much about islamophobia and address the fact that the majority is majority of this country is white and british, and they are their standards are falling. >> back. i'll come their standards are falling. >> to back. i'll come their standards are falling. >> to you. back. i'll come their standards are falling. >> to you. i'll:k. i'll come their standards are falling. >> to you. i'll come come their standards are falling. >> to you. i'll come back; their standards are falling. >> to you. i'll come back to back to you. i'll come back to you. sure throw it over you. i'm sure i'll throw it over to a lot to come to you quite a lot to come back to you quite a lot to come back to then. think that to you then. go on, i think that we can't ignore islamophobia. we've had, like, 600% increase since last year, november of last year . i since last year, november of last year. i think what we need to of, islamophobic attacks against, muslims in this country. i think what sunil is highlighting is something that's been chronic in the british educational system. i've been the teacher for nearly 20 years, ihave the teacher for nearly 20 years, i have seen myself that of the sort of like the bottom two subgroups. it's white boys, white working class boys, which sunil just rightly pointed out, but also pakistanis and bangladeshi those two bangladeshi boys and those two sort of groups have popped, up

and down between themselves. i think this idea that , we should think this idea that, we should just ignore islamophobia and just ignore islamophobia and just concentrate on what's going on with islamophobia, with anglophobia is really unfair anglophobia is, is really unfair andifs anglophobia is, is really unfair and it's wrong. islamophobia does exist . there's so many does exist. there's so many examples. i've been a victim of it myself , and lots and lots of it myself, and lots and lots of insidious different ways as well . i can't just say somebody came up to me and said, the p—word to me, but there are examples, where gone a for where i've gone into a shop, for example , and my english friend example, and my english friend hasn't been followed, i hasn't been followed, but i have, think , oh, have, because they think, oh, she's a person, she's she's a brown person, she's going something. i going to steal something. i think need to understand think we also need to understand that column , that allison pearson's column, touched a real knife for me, with me , because that could have with me, because that could have been me. that story about miriam was my was my past is my past, i've grown up with a lot of my friends who went to pakistan , friends who went to pakistan, india and bangladesh. got married at 15, 16. had families disappeared from the educational system . i've had friends who've system. i've had friends who've beenin

system. i've had friends who've been in abusive marriages, were not able to leave because of cultural expectations. i've had friends who've also had to endure, abuse by their own family members, parents, siblings, and then also the in—laws. >> well, i think just just before i go back to sinner, with respect, does that not highlight anglophobia people not wanting to integrate into british culture, preferring to have more of their own traditional culture, as it were, and forcing that on young british girls ? that on young british girls? >> well, let me tell you. sorry, i was going to come to the point. patrick, so much has moved on from the, you know, 20, 30 years ago, so much has moved on. look at myself. i'm an education, educationalist. i'm a teacher , i went to university. i teacher, i went to university. i know family members , they've got know family members, they've got degrees as well, lots and lots of , young degrees as well, lots and lots of, young women are completely shunning , the practices of, the shunning, the practices of, the

community. they're deciding they're travelling, they're deciding to live on their own. they're happy to work. they're happy themselves. happy to support themselves. they rely on on their they do not rely on on their husbands, their fathers, their brothers. we are moving on. brothers. so we are moving on. and this column by alison, it's just it's just kind of pointing is blaming a community that can't defend themselves as easily as, say, other communities as well. >> so i think all right, okay, i'll come i'll come back to you. i'll come i'll come back to you. i'll come i'll come back to you. i'll come back to you on this. look, do see, you know, look, we do see, you know, quite regularly stuff now, things apparently being taught to kids in seem in schools that seem to desecrate culture or desecrate british culture or show it in a negative light in terms history, pupils terms of our history, pupils burning flag school burning the union flag at school in example , and in pimlico, for example, and arguably as well, some of the things that we see taking place on most saturdays on the streets most saturdays now anglophobia now is that anglophobia do you think ? think? >> yeah, i think it is, i want to go back on the point about how things have changed on isis , how things have changed on isis, i think. and they have. and they're getting better, for sure. parts of the islamic community are definitely integrating there are integrating more, but there are some cold, hard facts that still exist so 70% of muslim exist now. so 70% of muslim women are unemployed versus 20%

of christian women that are unemployed . we see to this day , unemployed. we see to this day, 53% of all british pakistanis are married to a blood relative. to this day. again, that's not necessarily first cousin. maybe second or third. 37% of all babies born between two thousand and seven and 2011 were subject to british, pakistani parents who were first cousins. we know for fact when these poor for a fact when these poor children babies are born from first cousins, that they have a double. this chance of being of observing , double. this chance of being of observing, having a birthing defect. so as much as is defect. so as much as it is changing, also isn't. and i changing, it also isn't. and i think that's why alison's piece is it raises is amazing, because it raises awareness that there is a secret life. is a opportunity in life. there is a opportunity in which here that we can actually address these issues and we don't have. it's not islamophobic to these issues islamophobic to say these issues because there's plenty of people, i would argue, the people, i would argue, in the islamic community that that article get them islamic community that that art speak get them islamic community that that art speak out get them islamic community that that art speak out and get them islamic community that that art speak out and make t them islamic community that that arispeak out and make athem to speak out and make a difference. i think her difference. so i think her piece is incredible, it's really is incredible, and it's really important we're not afraid important that we're not afraid to say these things. the problem

is the moment you talk about is now the moment you talk about anglophobia, the you talk anglophobia, the moment you talk about i've just discussed, about what i've just discussed, the first people say the first word people will say to you're to you is you're being islamophobic. to you is you're being islamophobic . and that's islamophobic. and i think that's unfair. the unfair. i think it shuts the discussion down, and it doesn't allow us to talk about what we talked terms of talked about earlier in terms of people burning down the union jack, drawing attention to the fact that white boys school fact that white boys at school are and and are are struggling and are and are continuing to struggle. it doesn't that doesn't highlight the fact that as we're seeing as a country, we're seeing large groups of people refusing to integrate into british society. >> that's yeah, well, a >> that's yeah, well, that's a good us to pass it good point for us to pass it back over to, to aisha, i think. do you want to come back on that kind refusal integrate? kind of refusal to integrate? perhaps just remind sunil that >> let me just remind sunil that i about cousin i was talking about cousin marriages years was marriages 20 years ago, i was actually campaigning against cousin marriages. i was campaigning for more muslim cousin marriages. i was campaigto ng for more muslim cousin marriages. i was campaigto haver more muslim cousin marriages. i was campaigto have accessmuslim cousin marriages. i was campaigto have access t01slim women to have access to education and to go to college, to be allowed learn the to be allowed to learn the language , of our homeland, language of, of our homeland, everything mentioned everything that you've mentioned has already been covered, and i'm so happy to say that the younger generation have taken it

on board. they've realised they've seen for themselves, they've seen for themselves, they've seen for themselves, they've seen siblings born with disabilities, seen disabilities, they've seen uncles through uncles and aunties go through abusive marriages, and they're saying, no, we're not going to do this . i think we're what do this. i think what we're what i alison's i find offensive about alison's article is that she's taking the community. >> oh, oh, i think we might have lost aisha, unfortunately, that that's a real shame. okay. all right, well, look , thank you right, well, look, thank you very much. it was a bad time to wrap anyway, unfortunately. but there go. of conservative there we go. ceo of conservative friends there we go. ceo of conservative friencsharma and human rights sunil sharma and human rights activist aisha ali khan. certainly a robust debate that wasn't say, well, look, who do you agree with? is telegraph columnist allison pearson right. to say that we should stop being scared of islamophobia, start worrying anglophobia . worrying more about anglophobia. joe on x says youngsters are ashamed now , but ashamed to be british now, but if you point that out, you're just called a racist. anglophobe here is a big problem. i think it's that what it is, that aspect whether it is aspect of whether or not it is shameful british. that's shameful to be british. that's certainly one thing that i'm concerned about. alex, access

concerned about. alex, on access islamophobia accusations are just thrown around by politicians avoid dealing politicians to avoid dealing with the actual issues. dave says no, because anglophobia doesn't exist compared to all the other issues. it's just not a problem. okay, dave's view then. look, your verdict is in 81% of you agree that allison pearson is right, that we should stop being scared of islamophobia, start worrying about anglophobia. 19% of you say she is not correct. i wonder if we could just do both, though, you know, really ? there. though, you know, really? there. but there we go. right. coming up, a sensational story that you will not miss. will not want to miss. a dominatrix who with dominatrix who partied with prince harry in his infamous las vegas trip is threatening to share snaps of the duke on share nude snaps of the duke on onlyfans. former bbc royal correspondent michael cole gets stuck into that. and whether the princess of wales uncle gary goldsmith, is embarrassing his niece and the royal family with his latest big brother shenanigans. have you not seen him yet? we'll show him to you. but it was the jumbo jet but next it was the jumbo jet that without trace

that disappeared without a trace over the indian ocean that's left the world scratching its chin so what chin for ten years now. so what really did happen to malaysia airlines flight mh370 ? aviation airlines flight mh370? aviation journalist jeff wise has been investigating the mystery. he joins me and he says he's got some bombshell new leads that could finally solve this puzzle. you

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prince harry on his infamous las vegas trip , is about to share vegas trip, is about to share nude pictures of the duke. apparently but first, this is a story that captivated the world. it still does. the disappearance of malaysian airways flight mh 370 on march the 8th, 2014, would go on to become one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time . all time. >> and we have breaking news right now . malaysia airlines right now. malaysia airlines confirms it has lost contact with the plane, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members local time in beijing. >> at this stage , a very sketchy >> at this stage, a very sketchy details rere re , remind you of details rere re, remind you of what we're finding out. >> the flight number is mh 370. >> the flight number is mh 370. >> it was . >> it was. >> it was. >> en contacto se encontraban . >> en contacto se encontraban. >> en contacto se encontraban. >> boeing 77 seems to have vanished into thin air. >> well, the flight bound for beijing disappeared somewhere over the indian ocean, apparently. but after a three year search, wreckage of the

plane was never really found. ten years on, and the disappearance mh370 has disappearance of mh370 has fuelled wild conspiracy theories, including internet speculation that the flight might have been consumed by a black hole. so what happened to mh 370? i'm joined now by the aviation journalist and co—host of the deep dive mh370 podcast, jeff wise . jeff, thank you very jeff wise. jeff, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. so look what happened . show. so look what happened. >> that is the burning question. i mean, i can't believe it's been ten years. and here we are still with no idea really what happened to this plane. it is the greatest aviation mystery i would say. and the authorities just really don't have answers for us. they spent years and hundreds of millions of dollars looking for this plane. they had a theory for where it went , but a theory for where it went, but when they searched the ocean, the seabed, there , it wasn't the seabed, there, it wasn't there. and they frankly don't have a good explanation for why that is. >> yeah, a lot of people have speculated that it might have even been shot down.

>> well, we know that a plane was shot down four months later, mh17, of course, and there has been well, look, there have been all kinds of theories, kind of. listen, we live in an age where anybody can say anything and some sort of rather crazy things get traction. listen, it's a complicated technical case when you really dig into it. seriously, it takes a lot of attention and a lot of care. it has a lot of math , it has a lot has a lot of math, it has a lot of science and technology. but i think it deserves the attention thatis think it deserves the attention that is required to really dig deep into it. that's why i have this podcast where every week we slice thinly through another aspect of the to case try to piece together what might have happened it. and do happened to it. and when you do that , when happened to it. and when you do that, when you take time that, when you take that time and attention, that and attention, you find that a lot of these rather silly ideas fall away pretty quickly , and fall away pretty quickly, and you're left with really two possibilities. somebody took this plane, somebody turned the electronics off, and in some cases back on again and

absconded with the plane. and what and how do we explain that is quite a tale . is quite a tale. >> well go on. so i mean, people thought maybe the pilot committed one of the greatest acts of mass murder that the world has ever seen. or wasn't there some issue with the flight simulator own home, where simulator in his own home, where they traced they thought he'd traced the route? absolutely route? his family absolutely deny it. there didn't appear to be he was be any indication that he was that person , i suppose, that kind of person, i suppose, although, know, quite although, you know, quite hard to so go on. what to tell. i think, so go on. what was your most compelling theory then? >> well, there's two possibilities. looking at the data that was sent by an automatic satellite communication system onboard the plane, the inmarsat data tells us that the plane either went north or went south. now, the what has become more and more apparent is that this plane had apparent is that this plane had a cybersecurity vulnerability. and this is something that at the time, nobody was really thinking about. the time, nobody was really thinking about . you know, thinking about. you know, aviation has been historically

very concerned with safety. that means making sure that things don't break, making sure that planes don't collide. there's been very little attention paid to security. meaning how do you make that malevolent make sure that malevolent attackers don't get into your system ? and so when the 777 was system? and so when the 777 was built in the 90s, there was no passwords, no security. there was an unlocked hatch into the electronics bay. so someone could have hacked this plane. >> you think someone could have hacked it ? hacked it? >> so. so tomorrow in this in the latest edition of the podcast that we're releasing, i don't want to give too much away, but i think people should tune dive mh370 tune in to deep dive mh370 because an interview because we have an interview with respected with a very well respected cybersecurity, professor who deals especially with aviation. and he says that, you know , this and he says that, you know, this system is wide open if you get into electronics bay, it's into that electronics bay, it's like getting on an internet with no passwords . no passwords. >> really. that is fascinating. i mean, i suppose the thing would were the would be what were the motivation be then, unless you were plane were going to land that plane

somewhere it parts somewhere and sell it for parts or would or something, why would someone want crash want to just hack it and crash it ocean ? it into the ocean? >> well, it's a complicated and rather technical story. what we have to look at before we can really deal with motives. you have to understand what happened. i like to happened. you know, i like to say you find, of say that if you find, a bunch of bodies underneath my house and i've obviously, you know, there's all these dead bodies buned there's all these dead bodies buried in shallow graves in my basement, you don't you don't start saying , you know, why start by saying, you know, why did he do you just sort of, did he do it? you just sort of, like, throw me in like, arrest me and throw me in jail. know, it's fact of jail. you know, it's the fact of what have come what happened. you have to come before we worrying about before we start worrying about motives. we really motives. and so what we really need to is solve the case first. look at possibilities. now, look at the possibilities. now, the know the important thing to know about the about this case is that the authorities in the authorities looked in the seabed. they seabed. it wasn't there. they can't to can't explain why we have to expand our possible range of expand our our possible range of explanations and look at things because some of the assumptions that the authorities made when they started to look, when they defined the search area must have wrong. have been wrong. >> okay all right. look, >> yeah. okay all right. look, jeff, thank you very, very much. jeff, thank you very, very much. jeff who is a journalist

jeff wiser, who is a journalist and a co—host of a podcast about mh370 . and look, hey, if it was mh370. and look, hey, if it was hacked and if indeed our aircraft are hackable, i'm not for one second saying they are. by for one second saying they are. by they are, though , by the way, if they are, though, then course will be then of course it will be interesting that up , interesting to cover that up, wouldn't it? because otherwise people with massive people will go with this massive fear $1 fear of flying and it's $1 billion industry. et cetera. et cetera. check out cetera. anyway, go and check out his podcast what he his podcast and see what he says. time for the says. now it's time for the latest great british getaway. even away. yeah, we even give away. yeah, there we go. there in the end. it's go. i got there in the end. it's a good job. it's not flight, a good job. it's not a flight, isn't anyway, chance isn't it? anyway, your chance to win £12,345 in cash and a whole host of seasonal treats. here's how be yours. how it could be yours. >> springing into spring >> we're springing into spring and giving you the chance to win the seasonal essentials . first, the seasonal essentials. first, there's an incredible £12,345 in tax free cash to be won, plus a spnng tax free cash to be won, plus a spring shopping spree with £500 in shopping vouchers to spend in the store of your choice, and finally, a garden gadget package to enjoy, including a handheld games console, a portable smart speaker and a pizza oven for

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begum. so stay tuned to find out what she has to say about both of those issues. but next, a dominatrix threatening dominatrix is threatening to pubush dominatrix is threatening to publish photographs of publish nude photographs of prince harry on the internet from las vegas from his infamous las vegas benden from his infamous las vegas bender. former bbc royal correspondent michael cole joins me live to analyse these potentially damaging issues looming for the duke and the behaviour of the princess of wales uncle, gary goldsmith, as he makes viewers squirm on big brother. it's patrick christys tonight. we're only

gb news. well, coming up at 10 pm, i bnng well, coming up at 10 pm, i bring you a post—budget exclusive with priti patel. but first, it's time for the royal dispatch . prince harry thought dispatch. prince harry thought that he'd found peace over in the states, but an american dominatrix and onlyfans star carrie royal is threatening to sell. never seen before pictures of the duke naked and infamous

las vegas party back in 2012. she told the sun i never release these pictures before out of respect. now it doesn't matter . respect. now it doesn't matter. he's a bloody idiot. her words obviously not ours. you may remember the headlines back in 2012 after a drunken, drunken duke was pictured playing naked billiards and forced to fly back to britain in disgrace . well, to britain in disgrace. well, i'm delighted to welcome former royal correspondent for the bbc, michael cole , onto the show now. michael cole, onto the show now. michael, very is michael, thank you very much. is this how his this another example of how his past him ? past coming back to haunt him? >> good evening patrick. what happensin >> good evening patrick. what happens in las vegas stays in las vegas, or so they say, but not on this occasion. >> we're going back here to 2012. >> so nearly 12 years ago now. and carrie, now 52, was 40 at the time. she's what is known as a dominatrix, i hope i've, pronounced that right, whatever that is. she went into his suite or room at the wynn hotel, there

were some strippers there. a game called strip billiards was being played. and she took these photographs, as you just explained . and. and now carrie explained. and. and now carrie plans to exhibit these online and charge people to see them, to see effectively, the crown jewels. i suppose . and she jewels. i suppose. and she expects to make $1 million out of this. i'm afraid i have to tell carrie there is a design fault in her plan, because she would have to get the permission of the person pictured for this website to allow the pictures to go website to allow the pictures to 9° up website to allow the pictures to go up . and i cannot think for go up. and i cannot think for a minute that prince harry, tucked away in california, is going to go over to las vegas and say, with my blessing, put these photographs on online. but i think it's worth saying this slightly more seriously , slightly more seriously, patrick. that was at a time when harry was falling out of nightclubs drunk and wearing nazi uniforms.

nightclubs drunk and wearing nazi uniforms . and, you know, in nazi uniforms. and, you know, in that time, his older brother didn't distance himself from him. he didn't criticise him publicly. he didn't disown him. he stayed loyal to him, which may have be perhaps something for harry to think about as he spends a lot of his time knocking spots off his family. >> no, indeed. and i'll be honest with you, as well, if this was another way around. i mean, this is essentially blackmail, isn't it? and if indeed he is naked, i mean , you indeed he is naked, i mean, you know, you can't go around doing things like that. you absolutely can't go around releasing can't go around just releasing naked. laws naked. i mean, there are laws against this. >> yeah. well, i actually know steve wynn . who? the hotel. steve wynn. who? the hotel. that's his hotel. the wynn hotel. he's probably the most powerful man in in las vegas. i can't imagine that he would have, smiled upon this or allowed it or sanctioned it had it been going on. but it was at that time, maybe the lowest point in prince harry's life there is coming out of the high court after another one of these

cases, months of litigation , cases, months of litigation, either winning or losing, but certainly carrying on. it's very, very sad, affair . certainly carrying on. it's very, very sad, affair. i'm sure that he will be looking at it closely. maybe in america he can get an injunction to stop it . get an injunction to stop it. but, you know, these things do come back and haunt you. and at that time, he was in a very, very poor state. i think the army made a man out of him, and that was probably the highest point in when he became the happy prince before his marriage. >> all right. okay now, look, the princess of wales is controversial. uncle gary goldsmith has entered the celebrity big brother house this week. he has a prediction for prince harry's future. >> it's pretty sad because i'm at some point i think he's going to come back and be part of the gang. he might he might need to. >> will he ? >> will he? >> will he? >> and it's yeah, but i think we're a very forgiving nature. >> i think everyone would give him a chance. i guess if he did. >> thinks harry's

>> so uncle gary thinks harry's coming back at some point . coming back at some point. >> patrick, let me just say that there are two chances of prince harry coming back to this country and being integrated in the royal family. >> in the magic words of muhammad ali, in a completely different context, there are two chances, slim and none. he's going to have to eat a humble pie about the size of buckingham palace behind your head, and he's going to have to grovel, i think, to his brother and to his his sister in law. and of course, there we have, uncle gary. he hasn't been, hired to go to the big brother house, because of his sparkling personality or repartee and sophisticated conversation. he's been invited because he's the uncle of the woman who will, in all probability, be the next queen. and they got him there because they want him to say

indiscreet things and to be slightly serious about it. he has, of course, said some disobliging things about harry and meghan in the past. our favourite people , but that does favourite people, but that does not help, the princess of wales. because if you think about it and you sometimes ought to look and you sometimes ought to look and we all ought to look during the whole of this saga with the sussexes . kate, princess of sussexes. kate, princess of wales, has not said one single word. no, in their disfavour. she hasn't criticised them. she hasn't reacted . she's maintained hasn't reacted. she's maintained fantastic dignity and poise. and that's to be hugely congratulated. and now at a time when she's recovering and we do hope collectively we all hope she's getting better very, very soon. the last thing she wants is a gabby gary, in the big brother house pontificating on affairs that are nothing really to do with him. >> well, exactly. this is this is the thing, isn't it? but

anyway, look, michael, thank you is the thing, isn't it? but anyvr much ok, michael, thank you is the thing, isn't it? but anyvmuch as michael, thank you is the thing, isn't it? but anyvr much as michael, thank you is the thing, isn't it? but anyvr much as michael cole, k you is the thing, isn't it? but anyvr much as michael cole, there very much as michael cole, there are fantastic royal correspondent. good stuff. now look, joined by look, coming up i am joined by one frontrunners to one of the top frontrunners to become the next conservative party leader. as she gives her first reaction to jeremy hunt's spnng first reaction to jeremy hunt's spring budget today. i'll say it. >> you know, we've got the highest tax burden in 70 years. thatis highest tax burden in 70 years. that is a fact. taxes are too high. taxes have been going up . high. taxes have been going up. >> she covers quite a few bases. she's talking about whether or not hunt got it right. she mentions the grooming gang special that we did yesterday. would she deport people who are from foreign countries, who come here and members of grooming here and are members of grooming gangs? and as the united nations wades again saying that wades in again saying that shamima begum should come back to britain, i asked priti patel, a former home secretary, what she knows about begum that is keeping her away as patrick christys tonight on gb news. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news.

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particularly through the midlands, east wales into later on parts of northern england. away from the showers, though, plenty of dry and bright weather. of sunshine in weather. best of the sunshine in the southwest. highs of the west and southwest. highs of 12 celsius, although still the west and southwest. highs of 12chill celsius, although still the west and southwest. highs of 12chill inelsius, although still the west and southwest. highs of 12chill in ther, although still the west and southwest. highs of 12chill in the east,hough still the west and southwest. highs of 12chill in the east, and|h still the west and southwest. highs of 12chill in the east, and it's:ill a chill in the east, and it's going to be increasingly breezy through into through thursday and into friday. that breeze coming from the it feel on the east will make it feel on the east will make it feel on the cold side, but increasingly sunny spells will develop in the south on friday and it's going to be largely dry. same can't be said for the weekend. increasingly spells of showery rain will move north across the country. eight celsius in the north, 12 further south. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> it's 10 pm. i'm patrick christys tonight . christys tonight. >> however, these people should be incarcerated for the crimes that they committed . and they

that they committed. and they should be allowed in should not be allowed back in the story . the community. end of story. >> priti patel tees off on grooming plus she grooming gangs. plus she explains why begum is not coming back and i'll say it. >> you know, we've got the highest tax burden in 70 years. thatis highest tax burden in 70 years. that is a fact. taxes are too high. taxes have been going up, does pretty back. >> hunt's budget also starmer needs to shed a few pounds and that would be an improvement. keir starmer isn't too fat to rule is he? he could become a vegan though. >> what puts me off labour a little bit is the fact that starmer is a vegetarian, but not a vegan. >> i've got all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages for you today with editor at large at the mail on sunday. charlotte griffiths, landlord and activist adam brooks journalist adam brooks and journalist rebecca this happened. >> why don't you go talk about jewish space lasers? and really, why don't you off? how about that ? that? >> get ready britain. here we go

an exclusive with the woman tipped by many to be the next conservative leader. stay tuned . conservative leader. stay tuned. >> and the stop the top story. even this hour today , the even this hour today, the chancellor unveiled his spring budget, cutting personal taxes to their lowest point in almost half a century. the key focus of the pre—election budget was a £0.02 reduction in the pound in national insurance, but figures suggest expected rises in council tax will wipe out any benefits felt by households speaking after his statement in the house of commons, jeremy hunt said his budget marks a big reduction in the tax bill for ordinary families . ordinary families. >> what you see is that after a four percentage point cut in national insurance , there is national insurance, there is a big reduction in the tax bill

for ordinary families, and that is because the economy has turned a corner . we've stuck to turned a corner. we've stuck to the plan. we have the forecasts are much more optimistic for the economy going forward. and as conservatives , we believe that conservatives, we believe that if we bring down the tax burden, that will fur up the economy, create more jobs, more for money pubuc create more jobs, more for money public services like the nhs, one more. >> well, the science secretary is facing calls to quit after taxpayers had to cover her £15,000 bill in damages and legal fees following her false accusations that she made about an academic, michel donelan, who has now retracted her comments, which accused professor kate tsang of supporting the terror group hamas after an investigation found the claims were baseless. labour says miss donelan's comments were a new low in government standards and to the united states now, where nikki haley has ended her long shot challenge against the former president donald trump to become the republican candidate

for president, the former governor of south carolina dropped out after the former president beat her in 14 out of 15 contests on super tuesday. justice haley was conceding the race. trump invited her supporters to join him and called upon joe biden to debate him in a post on his truth social platform. the presidential race now looks set to be a trump biden rematch in november's us election. let's bnng november's us election. let's bring you an update on that fire in east london, which has been raging since just after 4:00. we know that emergency services are still working into the night battling that blaze at the police station down in forest gate in east london, where the roof of the building is, we understand, completely alight. if you're watching on television, you can see the latest pictures coming to us. we understand 35 fire appliances there, 175 firefighters from three separate brigades attending the scene of that blaze. the roof of the police station completely alight at the

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to see living standards fall, confirmed by this budget today thatis confirmed by this budget today that is their record. it is still their record . give with still their record. give with one hand and take even more with the other, and nothing they do between now and the election will change that. >> jeremy hunt did make a fat joke about keir starmer in the light of what mandelson said. he also went angela rayner on also went off angela rayner on the gains tax run the old capital gains tax run and she did like .that. but and she did not like .that. but the first thing out of his mouth was about unveiling a statue to muslim war heroes, which left many scratching many people scratching their head, how it costs £1 head, especially how it costs £1 million. but it's time now for my exclusive interview with former home secretary priti patel . now starmer says that her patel. now starmer says that her party is doomed. i started by asking a whether or not today's budget can actually win the tories the next election. >> i think that's the wrong question to ask right now for very good reasons. the budget has only been announced today and patrick, i've mentioned to you previously, i've been a

treasury minister before. budgets are difficult things to do because it's a balancing act. it's a fiscal balancing act. and it's a fiscal balancing act. and i think we have to look at the measures that have been announced and what it announced today and what it actually know , actually means to, you know, your viewers, basically hard working the working families across the country , and they're going to be country, and they're going to be digesting the budget tonight when programme when they watch your programme and watch news and and watch the news and everything think we everything else. and i think we then back and then have to step back and actually at what does it actually look at what does it mean them. there are mean for them. and there are some good measures. we can talk about measures. about lots of measures. and, you know direction travel. know, direction of travel. this budget, view has budget, in my view has signalled, has been signalling quite a few things. basically yes, lower taxes in terms of employment taxes. so national insurance i think more will come . i suspect there'll be another fiscal event sometime this year. and then you could ask a question after that one. is it going to win the election implies that you think it's not going a election, then going to be a may election, then i will be i don't think there will be a may really don't. may election. i really don't. and, know, i could called and, you know, i could be called out the next two out on this in the next two weeks. it . but i think, weeks. so be it. but i think, look, hunt very clear

look, jeremy hunt was very clear in the budget today and his tone , you know, it's all in the tone and the presentation. you know , and the presentation. you know, times are difficult. we have economic challenges. we have structural issues. you know, i was in the treasury back in 2014. i remember what coalition government was like. post—financial crisis. currently, we're still reeling the effects of covid, the ukraine conflict, global inflation, inflation is still sticky, but thankfully the projection are that inflation is going to continue to come down. that's a great thing . that is a that's a great thing. that is a really good thing. >> do know a of our >> yeah, i do know a lot of our viewers who are keen to see viewers who are very keen to see something inheritance something done about inheritance tax, wasn't sure. tax, and there wasn't sure. >> no, it's costly thing >> well, no, it's a costly thing to so there are to do, you know. so there are lots of tax measures that i would personally like to see, you know, the changes that have come your viewers will have you know, the changes that have c(whole your viewers will have you know, the changes that have c(whole shoppingvers will have you know, the changes that have c(whole shopping list,will have you know, the changes that have c(whole shopping list, i've have you know, the changes that have c(whole shopping list, i've got; a whole shopping list, i've got no that. don't no doubt about that. but don't forget, costly forget, these are costly measures. so inheritance tax being one example, i mean the costs are very high. but also we

have to look at i say we the treasury , we our ministers in treasury, we our ministers in government would look at what who benefits from that . you who benefits from that. you know, does everyone benefit or is certain section of the is it a certain section of the population that benefits a bit too afraid though, this too afraid of that though, this idea headline in idea that they get a headline in the says, oh, the guardian that says, oh, look, a tax break look, you've given a tax break for i don't for the rich. no i don't actually, fairness, actually, in all fairness, i don't think it's really don't i think it's really important within the context of where are . and i'll say it, where we are. and i'll say it, you know, we've got the highest tax burden in 70 years. that is a fact. taxes are too high. taxes have been going up on that bafis. taxes have been going up on that basis . it's taxes have been going up on that basis. it's far more equitable to bring taxes down for working people and working families. that's why i'm very pro the national insurance cut, by the way. i think this government will be the government that will literally pave the way for the abolition national insurance. literally pave the way for the abthe on national insurance. literally pave the way for the abthe past, national insurance. literally pave the way for the abthe past, i'veonal insurance. literally pave the way for the abthe past, i've spoken urance. in the past, i've spoken about you know, even merging national insurance and income tax that is that complicated . but that that is complicated. but that could have been another way forward. that we've forward. but the fact that we've had second insurance had a second national insurance cut they are cut tells me that they are signalling for further

reductions in the potential abolition of and again, abolition of it. and again, working people will benefit from that. other point to that. and the other point to make about national insurance is that, you know , removing the that, you know, removing the disincentives for work. that's where government is at. and where this government is at. and i think that's commendable. and i think that's commendable. and i think that's commendable. and i think jeremy hunt should take some for that. i think jeremy hunt should take some we've)r that. i think jeremy hunt should take some we've definitely got to >> but we've definitely got to get into what get more people into work. what about stuff, though? get more people into work. what about have stuff, though? get more people into work. what about have accusedstuff, though? get more people into work. what about have accused you, though? get more people into work. what about have accused you of|ough? people have accused you of stealing labour's policy initially . they're saying it's initially. they're saying it's going about billion initially. they're saying it's gryear. about billion initially. they're saying it's gryear. the about billion initially. they're saying it's gryear. the concern: billion initially. they're saying it's gryear. the concern willbillion initially. they're saying it's gryear. the concern will be ion initially. they're saying it's gryear. the concern will be that a year. the concern will be that people will just leave. and that also apparently 2022. jeremy also apparently in 2022. jeremy hunt would cost hunt himself said it would cost us £8 billion. >> so that's the fact. you know, you can't once you've said things you can't things like that, you can't unsay but don't unsay it right. and but don't forget that 8 billion would have been on economic data at been based on economic data at the time. data shifts, obr forecasts change a lot and the margin of error is very high. i mean , it's a choice the mean, it's a choice the government has made. you know, they're going to do it at and you could argue the woes, the rights and wrongs of it. you rights and wrongs of it. do you agree with think we agree with it. so i think we have see what it now means. have to see what it now means. basically see the reaction to

it. very it. historically, i'll be very candid. you know, i love i love london, i love the city of london. you know, i was born in london. you know, i was born in london and brought up in and around and the southeast . around london and the southeast. i a global i think we've been a global financial very financial hub. we've been very attractive to foreign direct investment. and obviously people from here. investment. and obviously people frori here. investment. and obviously people frori think here. investment. and obviously people frori think it here. investment. and obviously people frori think it might here. investment. and obviously people frori think it might costiere. investment. and obviously people frori think it might cost us, >> i think it might cost us, i don't know, don't know. don't know, i don't know. >> say that because you've >> and i say that because you've got we're competing got to remember we're competing now in a totally different world. there are other big international hubs . we need to international hubs. we need to do much more here to attract caphal do much more here to attract capital, finance . you know, capital, finance. you know, foreign direct investment. london incredibly attractive. london is incredibly attractive. whatever people say, people want to come here, live here, work here and also come and shop here. you know, look at london. it is a beautiful city. but at the same time, we know that a lot of international people have aired their concerns around this. so don't to be too this. so i don't want to be too judgemental . well, you know, i judgemental. well, you know, i want our city, our capital city to thrive , be so successful, our to thrive, be so successful, our country to be successful. we country to be successful. but we will to wait and see in will have to wait and see in terms of what the overall and the labour's policy here hasn't

he? >> well he's adopted it. i won't say it . i think >> well he's adopted it. i won't say it. i think he's say nicked it. i think he's adopted it. they've clearly they've looked at it and there's no harm in that. there is no harm in it . no harm in that. there is no harm in it. but no harm in that. there is no harm in it . but at no harm in that. there is no harm in it. but at the end of the day, a practical person . the day, i'm a practical person. i'm only interested in the practicalities of it. if it's going if it's going to going to work, if it's going to deliver. and you what deliver. and you know what it also for the treasury also means for the treasury coffers as well. this is really important we're spending important because we're spending so much public money. public spending is 1.2 trillion. yeah, it's going up the size of the state. i'm very vocal about this. public spending is higher. the size of the state is very high. people me want to see high. people like me want to see lower taxes. but i'm a realist. you lower taxes when you only get lower taxes when you do much more in terms of curtailing spending and curtailing public spending and that means hard choices. >> stay for priti patel's >> stay tuned for priti patel's views on grooming gangs and shamima begum , but i'm going to shamima begum, but i'm going to bnngin shamima begum, but i'm going to bring in now the former labour mp ivor caplin. ivor thank you very, very much. look, must very, very much. look, you must be loving this. be you must be loving this. we've rich people paying we've got rich people paying more public more tax and massive public spending .

spending. >> well, i just thought that today what we actually saw was not much really in terms of the budget. i was pretty disappointed and i think one of the things that, rishi made in her comments just then we could talk about in reality . so, for talk about in reality. so, for instance, inheritance tax needs a proper overhaul . you can't a proper overhaul. you can't just play with it. and i've said this before on on gb news. we need to have people who are prepared to think over the whole concept of inheritance tax and what might happen . what about what might happen. what about the business rates? this was something that the tory government had said would happen to all businesses, who in the covid years had to deal with difficult business rates in that time. this is a part of the hospitality area which passionately needs some form of business rates review, you know, relook . so there's lots and lots

relook. so there's lots and lots of things there. so apart from the obvious things of the non—doms being stolen by jeremy hunt, you know, i think there is a lot for to labour look at in the next few years, starting with the general election, whenever that comes. >> i suppose what he's done, though, is tried to show that the tories can be trusted with the tories can be trusted with the and that, the economy and that, unfortunately is the unfortunately for you, is the great labour, great unknown with labour, isn't it ? it? >> it's always emm- it? >> it's always great unknown >> it's always the great unknown in general election. you in any general election. you know, we've all been through that and people say that to you. but i think at the moment what that looks like for the conservative party is pretty simple. it looks very similar to what happened, i don't know, a few months ago it was and it's just, you know, gone back another two and £0.02 to try and help a labour going to reduce pubuc help a labour going to reduce public spending though this is an issue. >> right. a labour are going to reduce the reduce public spending. the highest world war highest tax burdens is world war two. yeah >> so labour is going to have to look at the whole prospect. this is what i'm trying to say. and

i've tried so many times to say this. i know rachel reeves has also tried to say this. we've got to look at it in a much wider situation than we've done normally. normally we just look at things in very small areas, and i think it's time for a big relook at how these matters are taken on. >> and in particular, it's not a policy though, is it ? policy though, is it? >> the treasurer the treasury needs to account on needs to be held to account on that. needs to be held to account on that . sorry, patrick. that. sorry, patrick. >> sorry. just just with >> sorry. just just quickly with respect. not a policy in respect. that's not a policy in there, is there? it's just having a look things. no having a look at things. no i well, what i would like to see is, a wide policy on all is, is a wide policy on all these matters, particularly as i've said earlier on inheritance tax and things like this where we keep arguing about it. >> and yet lots of people like me well , why can't we have me say, well, why can't we have a proper organised relook at inheritance tax? and then everyone says, oh no, because that does this. we need to look at all these areas in real terms for the treasury and for what

can take, the united kingdom forward under a labour government. >> all right. and you don't think labour have already looked at that, i'm sure i'm sure we have. and what will be interesting is how and when this comes out. >> right. all right. well we wait with bated breath, to be honest with you, ivan, but thank you very much . look, massive you very much. look, massive pleasure on, pleasure for you coming on, especially this time of night. massively , right. massively appreciated, right. okay. you of massively appreciated, right. oktof you of massively appreciated, right. oktof that? you of massively appreciated, right. oktof that? that you of massively appreciated, right. oktof that? that was, ou of massively appreciated, right. oktof that? that was, former of all of that? that was, former labour mp ivor caplin. right. low come. more priti low still to come. more priti patel i think on some meatier issues actually, because she is going to be talking well, quite a actually about whether or a lot actually about whether or not the members of a grooming gang who are indeed refugees should be deported and also as well, she hits back at the united nations over their shamima begum ruling. a little bit of that priti patel story for you . for you. >> however, these people should be incarcerated for the crimes that they committed and they should not be allowed back in the community. story .

the community. end of story. >> yeah. so stay tuned for >> yeah. so look, stay tuned for more.

welcome back. it's patrick christys tonight. only on gb news and it is time now for the second part of my exclusive interview with former home secretary priti patel. we covered of ground, covered a lot of ground, including whether shamima begum should return uk. should return to the uk. the united nations certainly thinks so. and my report last night on

the latest grooming gang scandal. but i started by asking her about the country's soaring immigration figures , and three immigration figures, and three times at the despatch box that the treasury couldn't rely on mass immigration quite untimely. the obr has then increased the migration prediction from 245,000in the medium tum to 315,000. we are addicted to mass migration, so we are. >> i think we should be absolutely honest about this. and even when i was in government, you know, tried government, you know, i tried to bnng government, you know, i tried to bring you know, to bring in measures, you know, to and we, we actually the language i treasury i use was almost treasury language , like we had automatic language, like we had automatic levers basically say , you levers to basically say, you know, that's it. we've reached a level of migration that's enough. this is legal migration, by the way. yes, yes. differentiating between illegal and and on legal and illegal and on legal migration , having those migration, having those automatic measures means the caps you introduce caps . we caps you introduce caps. we could have brought in a cap. in fact, when i left the home office back in september 2022, we put programme in place for we put a programme in place for the new home secretary to basically even come to

parliament, look at caps, bring in proper measures. i say proper measures , measures to say that measures, measures to say that in following sectors we in the following sectors we have, you know, we've filled almost quotas . basically we've almost quotas. basically we've had enough people come in and therefore there's more that we need . but patrick, the need to do. but patrick, the real challenge is i say real challenge here is and i say this, you know, with my background as an economist as well, that we don't have a well, is that we don't have a labour market strategy for this country. i've been going on country. and i've been going on about this when in about this even when i was in government. we must have a labour strategy, because labour market strategy, because too in our economy too many sectors in our economy rely, as you have said on more migration, and actually in some quarters as unskilled migration, which is a no no, we should not be enabling that to happen. we should be doing much more . should be doing much more. employers should be paying people properly and we should have proper incentives for them to train more people . and that's to train more people. and that's the rebalancing that we need in our market. and i say our labour market. and i say this very good, good this for very good, good reasons. we've got a tight reasons. while we've got a tight labour market right now, we've also had high levels of

inflation. and the worst thing that happen is that could possibly happen is that could possibly happen is that inflation starts going up and unemployment up. you and unemployment goes up. you know, domestically. and we cannot that. got to cannot have that. we've got to do more with our domestic do much more with our domestic population in in population to invest in them in the long terme, not in the short terme, long terme. and that means skills , proper employment means skills, proper employment programmes and employment training. >> mean, e mean, also does >> yeah. i mean, it also does have a big impact on british culture i know, and on culture as well, i know, and on our as a whole, doesn't our society as a whole, doesn't it? if whether or it? and i wonder if whether or not something that should not that's something that should be factored a little bit. look, i've ask you well i've got to ask you as well about a couple here. i about a couple of things here. i did night that went did a story last night that went absolutely massive on social media, which was about it was a grooming gang and it was refugees involved . and there's refugees involved. and there's no talk of deporting these people. i've got to ask, with your former home secretary cap on, would you be looking to deport these people? >> so we we did. so i >> so we were and we did. so i think , you know, i didn't see think, you know, i didn't see your report. were your report. so there were probably some very specific cases. there syrians. cases. there were syrians. >> so let's be very >> so it's so let's be very clear about this, because quite frankly, been there.

frankly, i've been there. >> i've seen how difficult it is. number one, these are foreign national offenders. they are criminals. and they have caused un unrwa , you know, caused un unrwa, you know, terrible, terrible harm to individuals. they are in the criminal justice system. they should be removed. you just said they're syrians . so on that they're syrians. so on that basis, of the issue with basis, because of the issue with syria, it will be very difficult to actually remove them from the country because, you know, conflict in syria, etc. however, these people should be incarcerated for the crimes that they committed and they should not be allowed back in the community. of story. i have community. end of story. i have had cases, fact, from had cases, in fact, from rotherham in the past and to be fair, the grooming gang situation there was terrible. there's a lot of work actually, or credit to agencies, brilliant work taking place. these were british people that were involved in grooming and yet they were allowed to stay in the community. there were some that we actually removed back to pakistan, for example, and there were cases where we were constantly in the courts and we

were thwarted in those cases as well, which is really important based on the criminal evidence and and harm that and the abuse and the harm that they cause to the individuals. so we must at nothing . we so we must stop at nothing. we must stop at absolutely nothing to make sure these people not only prosecuted, put behind bars, allowed bars, but never allowed back in the and also when the community. and also when they're foreign national offenders, we must do everything to . okay. to remove them. okay. >> and very, very quickly. shamima has said shamima begum, the un has said that she was trafficked and they've credible they've got this credible evidence. about her evidence. there's talk about her coming in country. coming back in the country. every single person in government says if you knew what we knew, you wouldn't let her. >> absolutely clear. the >> that's absolutely clear. the un wrong this, basically. un are wrong on this, basically. and should be and the un should should not be getting involved in what is a very domestic of the united very domestic case of the united kingdom. you know, every home secretary , my predecessors, you secretary, my predecessors, you know, and those, i guess, that have followed me since have been very clear on this. that case is closed as far as we're concerned. and the evidence against her is so substantial. >> well, dame priti patel, let's get the instant reaction now

from my panel. we've got editor at large at the mail on sunday, charlotte griffiths, businessman and brooks, and activist adam brooks, an author and journalist rebecca reid. adam, she says that we should be deporting foreign born members of grooming gangs. >> i think if you asked, members of the public out in the high street or shopping centres or the pubs, 90 odd percent of people would say that these grooming gangs, or these asylum seekers that are committing crimes here should be deported. but i think it's pretty clear that a conservative government under rishi sunak will not deport these people. he hasn't got the balls to do that for whatever reason , they won't do whatever reason, they won't do it. but, you know, i believe if someone like priti patel was prime minister, that she would be forcing that and we'd have more of a chance. but at the moment , i've more of a chance. but at the moment, i've lost all more of a chance. but at the moment , i've lost all faith more of a chance. but at the moment, i've lost all faith in this government doing what the people actually expect them to do and putting public safety first. >> but, well, we've seen that

even if they can get them on the planes, these like wokies, chuck them off the planes. >> i mean, there's been there's been jamaican case, been that jamaican case, a couple ago where they couple of years ago where they kind realise he kind of they didn't realise he was a sort toting was a sort of gun toting murderer, dealer, and they murderer, drug dealer, and they kind of got him off the plane and they all cheered. and was and they all cheered. and it was in guardian. it's in the guardian. i mean, it's just it's very odd. >> they got virtue >> they got they got virtue points for doing that. >> virtue points. they had no idea even out idea they had even worked out what he did to get him deported. >> you make of >> what what do you make of this? this this? i mean, we covered this grooming gang issue yesterday. it's gone absolutely viral online. and the remarkable thing is we went home office is we went to the home office who said, are you actually at any point planning on deporting this said this lot? they initially said it's not really our responsibility. and we were like, hang minute. like, well, hang on a minute. maybe lot. if maybe that explains a lot. if you your you don't think it's your responsibility people. you don't think it's your respowent ity people. you don't think it's your respowent to people. you don't think it's your respowent to the people. you don't think it's your respowent to the ministry ople. you don't think it's your respowent to the ministry of .e. they went to the ministry of justice. referred us back they went to the ministry of jurthe. referred us back they went to the ministry of jurthe home referred us back they went to the ministry of jurthe home office,d us back they went to the ministry of jurthe home office, and back they went to the ministry of jurthe home office, and then to the home office, and then the home well, home office said to us, well, maybe, will. you home office said to us, well, mayb they will. you home office said to us, well, mayb they should?will. you think they should? >> i wouldn't be deporting them on the basis that think that on the basis that i think that if a member of grooming if he were a member of grooming gang, to prison gang, you need to go to prison and to serve time and you need to serve time for that. but the problem is that. but but the problem is, is that, speaking, that, well, generally speaking, what object to is having

what people object to is having them in the prison system here and here. now, and paying for them here. now, if talk about people if you want to talk about people serving year for serving a 20 year sentence for what then being what they did and then being deported, years should what they did and then being deported time years should what they did and then being deported time to years should what they did and then being deported time to getars should what they did and then being deported time to get youriould give you time to get your house in to order sure that in to order make sure that that happens. like happens. but what i don't like is people deport them is when people say deport them immediately, have immediately, because we have no way will immediately, because we have no wayoff will immediately, because we have no wayoff a will immediately, because we have no wayoff a plane will immediately, because we have no wayoff a plane and will immediately, because we have no wayoff a plane and then will immediately, because we have no wayoff a plane and then bell get off a plane and then be punished for what they did. they will to run off will just be allowed to run off and to other little girls and do it to other little girls somewhere and do it to other little girls somewhe well, indeed they >> yeah, well, as indeed they almost would almost definitely would actually. almost definitely would ac' be lly. almost definitely would ac'be talking in more detail to be talking in more detail because i know a lot of you have got very strong views on the actual budgets. we're going to be talking about that bit actual budgets. we're going to be ta on.g about that bit actual budgets. we're going to be ta on.g icouple1at bit actual budgets. we're going to be ta on. g icouple1at other later on. a couple of other key themes want to themes here, but i just want to introduce coming up, introduce to the fray coming up, was from the was this fat jibe from the chancellor sir keir starmer chancellor to sir keir starmer out of order today, is it a out of order today, or is it a little of fun? little bit of fun? >> he's been i know he's >> no, he's been i know he's been taking advice lord been taking advice from lord mandelson, rather mandelson, who yesterday rather uncharitably said he needed to shed a few pounds if he wants to join me on my marathon training. he's most welcome as well . he's most welcome as well. >> okay, i'm going to get my paneps >> okay, i'm going to get my panel's take on that when we get stuck into more of tomorrow's

newspaper pages newspaper front pages in my press was that fat shaming press pack was that fat shaming and a couple of other viral clips

gb news. all right. it is time now for your front pages. let's do it . your front pages. let's do it. okay. we've got the metro first. cut and run. hunt selection budget battle plan. so they've gone £450. giveaway as poll looms , they talk about toopi on looms, they talk about toopi on the national insurance of 27 million child benefit help. so anyway, we go to the indian pendant. they go £0.02. too little, too late. hunt bets on national insurance cut to revive the tories. i tell you what. it'll be the only thing everyone's talking about down the pub tonight , won't he? that the pub tonight, won't he? that toupee flipping out jeremy wright, the i love labour rules out taxing wealthy to avoid £20 billion cuts. interesting this. so labour won't try to squeeze high earners to plug the £20 billion black hole in britain's

pubuc billion black hole in britain's public spending if the party does win power. my initial takeaway from this is, well, they've u—turned on everything else, so why wouldn't they u—turn on this? the u—turn on this? but the guardian, desperate act guardian, a last desperate act tax at highest level since 1948. starmer condemns budget as a reflection of the failed tory party. they also have a point here at the bottom , which is here at the bottom, which is that nikki haley has dropped out of presidential race in the of the presidential race in the us, which means that basically it's biden. so it's trump versus biden. so there we go. the times we're turning corner hunt says turning the corner hunt says insurance, national insurance cuts fuel growth . he'll cuts will fuel growth. he'll seek to abolish an unfair tax. and they've also got it at a glance here. national insurance child benefit , inflation, child benefit, inflation, non—doms and productivity being the key takeaways. the sun have gone for something completely different. harry's pants sell for £250,000, and hunt has given us a few knicker two way exclusive strip party undies. so party girl, carrie royale, i'm assuming not a real name,

boasted last night that she has flogged a pair of prince harry's pants for nearly £200,000. be interesting to see whether or not they did a how would you prove it's harry's pants dna test? i don't know, there we go. anyway, now joining me is my press course am press pack. of course i am joined by the ever fabulous editor at the mail on editor at large at the mail on sunday, charlotte griffiths. i've got businessman and activist adam brooks and author and journalist rebecca reid. should he have just cut inheritance charlotte inheritance tax? charlotte i think he should have done. >> and i think the guardian said there's that. this was his last desperate that will desperate act. i think that will be desperate act. be his last desperate act. >> i think, you know, there could be another fiscal event to come and then he drop come and then he should drop that it be great. that one and it would be great. >> definitely vote for that. >> you would definitely vote for this is when we're in the territory now of actually because convinced no one because no, i'm convinced no one would this budget. this would vote for this budget. this budget really was about there not catastrophe not being a catastrophe in it. there catastrophe there wasn't a catastrophe on it. man delivers it. it was dull. man delivers dull budget. >> think voters i >> i think it put voters off. i know conservative voters that are today's budget are disgusted by today's budget at the end of the day, energy bills have gone up, our food's gone up , petrol has gone

bills have gone up, our food's gone up, petrol has gone up. what else has gone up, car insurance . i'm hundreds of insurance. i'm hundreds of pounds a week worse off. and they're throwing maybe a £10 little bonus at me for national insurance. come off it. it's a joke. it's insulting . it's put joke. it's insulting. it's put me off the conservatives even more. >> they might have actually even done that deliberately so that they can have a show stopping next budget inheritance tax. >> wants >> as someone that wants to leave that i've leave everything that i've worked hard for my whole life to my children, and there's a lot of people like us there, you of people like us out there, you know, are be tax exempt, know, there are be tax exempt, there even be a thing. inheritance tax should be got rid of. >> there are not a lot of people out there like you, because only 4% of people in this country are affected inheritance tax, 96% affected by inheritance tax, 96% of this country don't of people in this country don't pay ' of people in this country don't pay , because there pay it, because there is a £325,000 which £325,000 threshold, after which you pay £325,000 threshold, after which you pay 40% change massively. >> because the housing crisis, though, isn't it? >> the moment . and that's >> but at the moment. and that's that's a time >> but at the moment. and that's th.the a time >> but at the moment. and that's th.the moment. a time >> but at the moment. and that's th.the moment. that) time >> but at the moment. and that's th.the moment. that is time >> but at the moment. and that's th.the moment. that is a time >> but at the moment. and that's th.the moment. that is a hugea at the moment. that is a huge number of who pay it. >> but gam- it. >> but should people, why >> but why should people, why should seriously, should those people seriously, all unless they got all of them, unless they had got lucky, why should they

lucky, you know, why should they have to? >> because inheritance isn't your inheritance your own hard work. inheritance is lucky you is that you got lucky and you haven't to you haven't had people to leave you things. it's things. that's not a skill. it's not achievement. pure not an achievement. it's pure luck. on, on. >> hold on, hold on. >> hold on, hold on. >> yeah. >> hold on, hold on. >> donh. >> hold on, hold on. >> do you know how flat you >> hold on, hold on. >> do £325,000 how flat you >> hold on, hold on. >> do £325,000 ho london?:lat you get for £325,000 in london? >> like a one bedroom flat. >> the main thing is lots of people work hard and don't have a flat tire. that's not a metric. >> i don't as much time >> i don't spend as much time with because i with my children because i work hard. here, i've got hard. i work on here, i've got events company, i've got my pub. so i'm working as hard as i can, and i'm missing on things and i'm missing out on things with my kids to provide them down the line. i want to leave them everything, and it's unfair that i've paid tax for this hard work. and then they're going to get taxed on my tax. >> do you think adam's kid shouldn't get anything ? shouldn't get anything? >> i think i said to you in >> i think as i said to you in the break, delighted to pay the break, i am delighted to pay income anything the break, i am delighted to pay income parents anything the break, i am delighted to pay income parents had nything the break, i am delighted to pay income parents had nylot|g the break, i am delighted to pay income parents had nylot of to have parents who had a lot of money. think it's really good money. i think it's really good that more that given that i am more privileged people privileged than most people in this , i will give some this country, i will give some of back to state. i of that back to the state. i think appropriate and think it's very appropriate and very your very right to the state your whole while were alive. whole life while you were alive. but more, i should but if i have more, i should

give that's correct. >> it's that infuriates correct. >> i i s that infuriates correct. >> ii don't that infuriates correct. >> ii don't wantit infuriates correct. >> ii don't want the furiates correct. >> ii don't want the furi state me. i don't want the to state have anything mine. that's have anything of mine. that's really sad. well, it's not really sad. well, it's not really because community really sad. well, it's not really don'trse community really sad. well, it's not really don't care.�*mmunity really sad. well, it's not really don't care. i'm unity minded, i don't care. i'm thinking my children lifetime thinking of my children lifetime and i think tax and is passed on. i just think it's wildly selfish not to want to give, you know, what think might be i know, what i think might be i think might think people might be more sympathetic round with sympathetic in the round with what you were rebecca, what you were saying, rebecca, if though they were if they felt as though they were getting buck of getting bang for their buck of what tax on what we're spending our tax on anyway, was anyway, or they felt it was going right places. going to the right places. >> sure. and understand >> sure. and i understand that. and i think we all feel frustrated by cost living frustrated by the cost of living and that taxes are used. and the way that taxes are used. but problem but again, the problem with inheritance people inheritance tax is that people assume pay assume they're going to pay it. people how people do not realise how vanishingly is to pay it. at least my taxes funding >> at least my taxes are funding foreign wars in ukraine and whatever, great. whatever, you know. great. thanks. great value in the thanks. what great value in the nhs. >> but we think we do think there was bit a there was, there was a bit of a scoop in amongst that priti patel stuff. right, which is that absolutely adamant that she is absolutely adamant we're not to get a may we're not going to get a may election. mention election. and she did mention your fiscal event, which she thinks place. thinks is going to take place. well, obviously before the next election, which apparently could well so in that well be november. and so in that well be november. and so in that we might then have more

conversations where it conversations like this where it won't just be dull, man delivers dull budget. it'll be, oh, that's something there that's something. there we go. >> to lot >> they've got to do a lot because people had because people have had enough of the conservative party. we don't of the conservative party. we doryeah, sounds like on that of the conservative party. we dor�*thing sounds like on that of the conservative party. we dor�*thing alone,ds like on that of the conservative party. we dor�*thing alone, you'd on that of the conservative party. we dor�*thing alone, you'd actually one thing alone, you'd actually vote conservatives if vote for the conservatives if they scrapped inheritance tax, that might be enough. >> for me to vote >> you take a lot for me to vote for them. >> would voters >> that would present voters genuinely with an absolutely massive would massive choice, that it would move the dial. >> but the majority of them won't pay it. >> right. okay, fine. well, >> all right. okay, fine. well, there but would there we go. fine. but it would move dial, what i'm move the dial, is what i'm saying. he needs a bit of saying. and he needs a bit of that. starmer that. now, keir starmer has proven hunger that. now, keir starmer has pro power. hunger that. now, keir starmer has pro power. but hunger that. now, keir starmer has pro power. but rather1ger for power. but in a rather shocking interview yesterday, labour mandelson labour grandee lord mandelson slammed for slammed keir starmer for indulging in his appetite. >> starmer needs to shed a few pounds and that would be an improvement . improvement. >> if that wasn't already bad enough, jeremy hunt jumped on the shaming bandwagon during the fat shaming bandwagon during the budget today. no. >> i know he's been >> he's been i know he's been taking advice from lord mandelson, who yesterday rather uncharitably said he needed to shed a few pounds. ordinary families will shed more than a few pounds if that lot get in. if he wants to join me on my

marathon training, he's most welcome as well . welcome as well. >> jeremy hunt, stand up career going well. i see that. rebecca. is it ever okay to fat shame a politician if they'd said this about a woman, it would be terrible. >> yeah, i was thinking the same thing. that thing. i can't imagine that they would was appropriate thing. i can't imagine that they would that was appropriate thing. i can't imagine that they would that abouts appropriate thing. i can't imagine that they would that abouts iwoman,1te to say that about a woman, because be. would to say that about a woman, bec.that be. would to say that about a woman, bec.that mandelson be. would to say that about a woman, bec.that mandelson is. would to say that about a woman, bec.that mandelson is worsejld to say that about a woman, bec.that mandelson is worse than say that mandelson is worse than hunt least hunt here. hunt is at least trying funny. mandelson trying to be funny. mandelson was being and was just being mean and illogical. boris johnson was much keir starmer. much fatter than keir starmer. i think starmer quite think keir starmer is quite sexy. there's any . sexy. i don't think there's any. >> oh my seriously, you did >> oh my god, seriously, you did actually something to that actually tweet something to that effect earlier today. oh, you don't mind me saying, i think you that keir starmer would you said that keir starmer would quote it. quote get it. >> quote get it. » ma quote get it. >> he would. >> yes, patrick. he would. except, i'm really i'm except, you know, i'm really i'm in relationship. it's an army, in a relationship. it's an army, an . yeah. he looks an army jacket. yeah. he looks fit. yeah. they used be fit. yeah. they used to be a rumour that, the protagonist of bridget was based him. bridget jones was based on him. he's most nasal voice he's got the most nasal voice i've in my life. i i've ever heard in my life. i wouldn't wouldn't doing wouldn't he wouldn't be doing any talking at him. wouldn't he wouldn't be doing anywouldg at him. wouldn't he wouldn't be doing anywould seal1im. wouldn't he wouldn't be doing anywould seal his. wouldn't he wouldn't be doing anywould seal his mouth shut . >> would seal his mouth shut. >> would seal his mouth shut. >> this is not about the chatting. >> so? so we don't. so. right by the way, by the way, this is not us. fat shaming opposite ,

us. fat shaming is the opposite, apparently, but is deeply sexist, i think. >> hunt might have magic >> i think hunt might have magic mirrors home, you know, mirrors at home, you know, looking be fair, looking at himself. to be fair, i don't think he's got any right to a go. i don't think he's to have a go. i don't think he's bad to have a go. i don't think he's baci think it's quite attractive >> i think it's quite attractive . i also think angela rayner is very attractive. i'm an equal opportunity lawyer. >> that's fair enough. all right, enough. look, right, fair enough. well, look, apparently to insult to apparently to add insult to injury, one labour voter called injury, one labour voter called in yesterday . by the way, in to lbc yesterday. by the way, i am convinced this is a joke, but lbc yesterday to but called into lbc yesterday to take issue with the labour leader's . leader's diet. >> what puts me off labour a little bit is the fact that starmer is a vegetarian, but not a vegan. >> says something to me about >> it says something to me about his character, you know, that kind sitting on the fence thing. >> and don't why. >> and i don't know why. >> and i don't know why. >> just go the whole >> he just doesn't go the whole way mean, on, this is >> i mean, come on, this is brilliant . >> i mean, come on, this is brilliant. this >> i mean, come on, this is brilliant . this is brilliant. brilliant. this is brilliant. anyway. all right. look, yeah. moving on. you could win the spnng moving on. you could win the spring essentials in our latest great british giveaway . it's great british giveaway. it's a garden gadget package, a shopping spree, and 12,345. that's one, two, three four £5 in cash. here's all the details .

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listening on demand. good luck , listening on demand. good luck, good luck. >> coming up was actor sir michael gambon right to cut his mistress of 20 years out of his will? and was jk rowling wrong to lash out at a gobby trans activist on twitter. all the details on those two stories. when i crown tonight's greatest britain and union jackass, but she's to be donald britain and union jackass, but she's vice to be donald britain and union jackass, but she's vice president ald britain and union jackass, but she's vice president by some trump's vice president by some people. but why did marjorie taylor greene say this to emily maitlis? don't you go talk about jewish space lasers? >> and really, why don't you off? how about that ? off? how about that? >> are patrick christys tonight only on

gb news? it's patrick christys tonight. now it's time for more of your front pages . okay, we start with front pages. okay, we start with the telegraph. hunt signals the end of nai, they've got the

budget. glance on the side. look, a lot of other papers have done this as well. national insurance, child benefit, families benefit families giving a child benefit boost after income threshold raised from 50 to 60 k, 1 million more migrants to prop up the economy. the telegraph also goesin the economy. the telegraph also goes in with and six billions ploughed into our nhs as we go to the express britain ready for takeoff . wow. chancellor were on takeoff. wow. chancellor were on the path to lower taxes . the path to lower taxes. national insurance cut by £0.02 fuel and alcohol duty frozen leave arade dam inflation will finally drop below 2. all right, there we go. mirror stagnant stagnant stagnant after 14 years in power. is that the best you can do? we deserve better , says can do? we deserve better, says the mirror, the daily mail. will it be enough to see off labour? well, not by the sounds of this. will it be enough see off will it be enough to see off labour? for another two. labour? they go for another two. look, know the by look, we all know the drill by now, and have now, don't we. and they have got a the there a cartoon on the front there of what believe is supposed to be what i believe is supposed to be jeremy hunt with hat. jeremy hunt with an empty hat. no rabbit . in jeremy hunt with an empty hat. no rabbit. in fact, the rabbit is legging it away. so there we go. were no rabbits out of

go. there were no rabbits out of the jeremy okay the hat forjeremy hunt. okay all right, look, those are all your front pages. you will no doubt by now be sick of the budget. all right. joining budget. all right. here, joining me again is my press pack editor at large mail on sunday, charlotte griffiths, businessman and activist and and activist adam brooks. and author rebecca author and journalist rebecca reid. has the former bbc reid. now has the former bbc presenter maitlis met her presenter emily maitlis met her match. take a look at this encounter with republican vice president contender marjorie taylor greene over stateside. >> you tell me why so many people that support donald trump love conspiracy theories, including yourself . including yourself. >> he seems to attract lots of conspiracy theorists. >> well, let me tell you, you're a conspiracy theorist. and the left the media spreads more left and the media spreads more conspiracy theories. we like the truth. we like supporting our constitution, our freedoms, and america first. >> so what about jewish space lasers? us about jewish space. >> know why don't why don't you go talk about jewish space lasers? really, why don't lasers? and really, why don't you about that ? you off? how about that? >> thanks. thank you very much. well there we go.

>> apparently, greene said in a social media post six years ago that she believed california's deadliest wildfire was caused by space lasers that were connected to the rothschilds, a wealthy jewish banking family , jewish banking family, apparently. but this isn't the first time marjorie has gone viral . back in february, she viral. back in february, she said this to lord cameron and david cameron needs to worry about his own country. >> and frankly , he can kiss my ass. >> well, she shoots from the hip . that lady, doesn't she? she certainly from hip. certainly shoots from the hip. what me up, by the way, what cracks me up, by the way, was a load of other journalists getting emily maitlis showed astonishing in getting emily maitlis showed astcfaceing in getting emily maitlis showed astcfaceingthat in getting emily maitlis showed astcfaceingthat . in getting emily maitlis showed astcfaceingthat . what in getting emily maitlis showed astcfaceingthat . what do in getting emily maitlis showed astcfaceingthat . what do you the face of that. what do you want us to do, sinner? she asked a question. she's gone. she's getting told to f off. she didn't nose off. she didn't bite her nose off. she didn't bite her nose off. she did really well there anyway. adam, you make of adam, what did you make of marjorie's flare, i'm not a fan of maitlis. i find her of emily maitlis. i find her arrogant and i find her patronising. so so i think, it did make me laugh, but obviously what she said about space lasers. i don't particularly believe now. >> i'm not sure many people

actually believe what she said about . maybe they actually believe what she said abo but, . maybe they actually believe what she said abo but, yeah. . maybe they actually believe what she said abo but, yeah. i . maybe they actually believe what she said abo but, yeah. i mean, aybe they actually believe what she said abo but, yeah. i mean, do e they do, but, yeah. i mean, do you think deserved it ? think maitlis deserved it? >> so i think it is a really funny i've watched funny clip. and i've watched a lot today, actually lot of times today, but actually it worrying it also is slightly worrying because i'm concerned about somebody of somebody being at that level of diplomacy doesn't diplomacy who doesn't have a full temper full control over their temper and also for the contempt that they're showing are they're showing when they are approached press approached by the british press and british government. and by the british government. the david the way that she berates david cameron, the that cameron, that is the that is not appropriate. be appropriate. she should be respecting . emily respecting david cameron. emily maitlis may be less so, but i'm worried that woman. think maitlis may be less so, but i'm worriea that woman. think maitlis may be less so, but i'm worriea problem./oman. think maitlis may be less so, but i'm worriea problem. really? think she's a problem. really? >> do rumours that she >> yeah, i do rumours that she might really >> yeah, i do rumours that she mightshe really >> yeah, i do rumours that she mightshe is really >> yeah, i do rumours that she mightshe is going really >> yeah, i do rumours that she mightshe is going to really >> yeah, i do rumours that she mightshe is going to be.lly think she is going to be. >> i hope not, donald trump think she is going to be. >> i hsomeone donald trump think she is going to be. >> i hsomeone safeionald trump think she is going to be. >> i hsomeone safeionalsensible needs someone safe and sensible to calm him down. >> not that that i'll be >> not that i mean that i'll be honest with you. i'd love to see it, but i'm not sure i'd love to live under it, but. but there we go. you make of it? do live under it, but. but there we go. think you make of it? do live under it, but. but there we go. think emily| make of it? do live under it, but. but there we go. think emily maitlisof it? do live under it, but. but there we go. think emily maitlis has? do live under it, but. but there we go. think emily maitlis has been you think emily maitlis has been unfairly emily unfairly sworn out there, emily was it . did you unfairly sworn out there, emily was it. did you see was asking for it. did you see how she looked back at the camera? was happy camera? she was so happy she'd got shot her, got her money shot and her, like, money. >> and obviously, after >> quote. and obviously, after david cameron had said something along, said along, you know, she said something for something along those lines for david gunning david cameron, emily was gunning for reaction, for the same kind of reaction,

and a good look at that. and she got a good look at that. >> that's that's look. and she got a good look at that. >> she's; that's look. and she got a good look at that. >> she's happy. look. >> she's happy. >> she's happy. >> she's happy. >> she's like, nailed >> she is. she's like, nailed it. will be talked on it. this will be talked about on patrick christys tomorrow. >> what she's thinking. >> that's what she's thinking. you think, i'm i've you can think, oh, i'm glad i've been that been told. but then isn't that quite a worrying. >> worrying thing quite a worrying. >> journalismorrying thing quite a worrying. >> journalism inying thing quite a worrying. >> journalism in general,g about journalism in general, that time you see an that every time you see an interview, you tell that that every time you see an intervjournalist, tell that that every time you see an intervjournalist, leftll that that every time you see an intervjournalist, left or hat that every time you see an intervjournalist, left or right, that every time you see an in' looking nalist, left or right, that every time you see an in'looking to ist, left or right, that every time you see an in' looking to get left or right, that every time you see an in'looking to get the or right, that every time you see an in'looking to get the biggest, is looking to get the biggest grubbiest not ask grubbiest headline not to ask proper yeah it's proper questions. yeah it's outcome it's really outcome is bad. it's really worrying . worrying. >> well, on that note, if you're if you're too serious, come on, you're funny. if you're ever reading the newspaper, okay. and you flick letters you flick past the letters section, i advise you to reconsider. we spotted this earlier today. michelle dewberry actually alerted me to this earlier so thank you very earlier today, so thank you very much, so take a little much, jeeves. so take a little listen this. we've we've listen to this. we've we've we've put this to audio because i think the full effect of this can be had when you can only be had when you when you read out. okay, what jackie from gloucester had to say more than heartfelt thanks to the kind person who found my small trolley case on a gwr paddington

to gloucester train on wednesday and handed it in at cheltenham. >> among the contents was something of absolutely no monetary value, but which was irreplaceable . important to me. irreplaceable. important to me. blessings to you my friend. thank you too to lost property at cheltenham for contacting me . at cheltenham for contacting me. >> my mobile number was on the label and to the scum who helped themselves to two boxes of chocolates packed inside . i hope chocolates packed inside. i hope you them . you choke on them. >> a tale of two halves isn't it? blessings to the fair people who found my bag. oh, thank you so much . to the scummy wait, my so much. to the scummy wait, my chocolate. i hope you choke on them . anyway, i love that stuff, them. anyway, i love that stuff, i love it, it was so good. >> love the fact you've got >> i love the fact you've got a narrator for as well. narrator for it as well. excellent from excellent acting from that narrator. nailed it. jackie. >> it was indeed jackie. >> it was indeed no, jackie. i know you watch. i know you watch the show. jackie. you sound like someone who watches the show. i sound who sound like someone who could write monologues. right, sound like someone who could viwant monologues. right, sound like someone who could viwant youronologues. right, sound like someone who could viwant you on ologues. right, sound like someone who could viwant you on the ues. right, sound like someone who could viwant you on the show. right, sound like someone who could viwant you on the show. i right, sound like someone who could viwant you on the show. i want, i want you on the show. i want jackie gloucester this jackie from gloucester on this show night , jackie from gloucester on this show night, please. show tomorrow night, please. so. yes. obligers obligers. show tomorrow night, please. so. yes. it's obligers obligers. show tomorrow night, please. so. yes. it's time)bligers obligers. show tomorrow night, please. so. yes. it's time to igers obligers.

show tomorrow night, please. so. yes. it's time to revealbbligers. right. it's time to reveal today's greatest britain and union . all right, union jackass. all right, charlotte, who is your greatest britain my greatest britain is the lord—lieutenant of berkshire, who is basically, i'm sorry to say this, but a nobody. >> but he's been hanging out, gong, handing out gongs in place of all the royals that have gone awol for various reasons . so now awol for various reasons. so now there's some random guy from berkshire hanging out the gong and, you know, think princess and, you know, i think princess anne been better than anne would have been better than nobody . nobody. >> she's not off as well as she, anne. >> she was off today well. >> she was off today as well. >> she was off today as well. >> she off yesterday. yeah. >> she's the best one. she is yeah. >> best; the best one. she is yeah. >> best one. best one. she is yeah. >> best one. so ;t one. she is yeah. >> best one. so ifone. she is yeah. >> best one. so ifone. get is yeah. >> best one. so ifone. get if; the best one. so if you get if you get your gong right, you're expecting you're not expecting a royal but you're not getting your entire life >> so you work your entire life to knighthood or whatever. to get a knighthood or whatever. yeah, bloke to get a knighthood or whatever. yeah,berkshire bloke to get a knighthood or whatever. yeah,berkshire up bloke to get a knighthood or whatever. yeah,berkshire up and)loke from berkshire turns up and gives it to you. >> yeah, it's not on. >> but where's lady c? she'll do it. >> i'm sure you do it.— >> i'm sure you do it. >> you should do it, patrick. >> you should do it, patrick. >> would to love do i've >> i would to love do it. i've asked, i've asked, but apparently anneliese you. apparently no anneliese you. >> great britain is jk rowling for back at india. for hitting back at india. willoughby. and really putting

them back in her box or his box? okay >> all right. okay. there we go. rebecca. your greatest britain. >> mine is a surprise to me. it's, david cameron, who i think is doing a really is actually doing a really surprisingly good job. he has been on 36 visits to 26 different countries, and you have not heard a single peep about him screwing anything up. thatis about him screwing anything up. that is actually incredible . in that is actually incredible. in this day age where everyone this day and age where everyone watches so watches everything you do. so i think, you, david think, good on you, david cameron. good work. >> show you >> i believe we can show you some david cameron now, you lucky people. >> course i'm working with >> of course i'm working with the ministry defence to make >> of course i'm working with the iwe stry defence to make >> of course i'm working with the iwe really defence to make >> of course i'm working with the iwe really do efence to make >> of course i'm working with the iwe really do ramp to make >> of course i'm working with the iwe really do ramp to the le sure we really do ramp up the defence production that ukraine needs to needs and that we're going to needs and that we're going to need more dangerous world. need in a more dangerous world. >> done all those >> we've done all those things, but more to do, a but there's a lot more to do, a lot of do you having backers, would you would you, would you have him back as prime minister? >> come back. >> no. no one should come back. this bad reality tv this is not a bad reality tv show. some people show. he's find some new people who their who are good at theirjob who haven't screwed before. haven't screwed up before. >> right. you >> okay? all right. what do you think ? would you have him? think? would you have him? >> should come back. >> i think he should come back. i'd love. >> me tell you, i love >> let me just tell you, i love seeing david. >> he's diabolical.

>> he's diabolical. >> he should never be back anyway. and it's a big mistake. the conservative party brought him lost them. even him back. that's lost them. even more don't trust him. >> i e- e i don't trust >> no, i don't trust any of them. why not? >> no, i don't trust any of thejustihy not? >> no, i don't trust any of thejust don't»t? >> no, i don't trust any of thejust don't trust him. why >> just don't trust him. why >> just don't trust him. why >> what basis? you can't just say that with no evidence. >> they've been parachuted back. >> no. >> no. >> fair enough. >> no. >> fa stinksrgh. >> no. >> fa stinks because >> no. >> fastinks because things were >> it stinks because things were going . going badly. >> and people he had, he had some approval some of the best approval ratings office. yeah. ratings in office. yeah. >> okay. it is a bit of desperation now and he's a bit of but anyway. right. of a wet but anyway. right. today's britain is jk today's greatest britain is jk rowling. there we go. way right now. union has time. charlotte >> okay. controversially, i'm going with the fact that michael gambon didn't give his mistress any money because she wasn't just a mistress. she'd been with him for 20 years. his wife was on board with him. having this mistress , and she had two kids mistress, and she had two kids by who not really been by him who have not really been left been left left anything. they've been left £10,000 and they're left anything. they've been left £10,(sorry and they're left anything. they've been left £10,(sorry . and they're like, sorry. >> what? >> what? >> yeah. so he's got £1.5 million fortune. he left his wife everything. fair enough that she was his wife. but he also had a mistress for 20 years, with whom he had two

children. they've got nothing. well, they've got £10,000, but we're not to gambon's we're not about to have gambon's lawyers on the phone here, aren't we? >> this is. this guy >> i mean, this is. this guy is legit, mean , i think legit, isn't it? i mean, i think that's ghastly. >> i'm on your side. want to >> i'm on your side. i want to make i think that's make mine yours. i think that's awful right. yes. okay. >> okay. >> okay. >> is the un. yet again. >> mine is the un. yet again. they have appointed a trans woman to represent, women of the uk. there's 35 million women in this country . and they pick a this country. and they pick a trans woman, i.e. this country. and they pick a trans woman, le. a man. it's unacceptable. >> all right, well, i haven't seen that story, but there we go. go on. >> rebecca, i'm deaf. i'm cross with but, my with dumbledore now, but, my original choice was jeremy hunt mp. a little bit the fact. mp. a little bit for the fact. charming, but more for the fact that and referred to that he used. and he referred to angela as angela in the angela rayner as angela in the house, which was ignoring the correct say correct protocol which say the honourable lady or to use her job title. well, nice job title. well, not very nice behaviour. fancied behaviour. i thought you fancied him. of them. him. i fancy all of them. >> we go. okay >> oh well, there we go. okay well, today's union jackass is gambon . yeah, yeah. that's gambon. yeah, yeah. that's right. i was absolutely astonished when i found out this

story. so he decided to cut his mistress of 20 years and two children his will. yeah, children out of his will. yeah, because i'm also quite astonished that a man with his stature has managed to only leave £1.5 million. he's been in every single film for ages anyway. right. thank thank anyway. right. thank you, thank you, what a fantastic you, thank you. what a fantastic show this evening. i see show this evening. i will see you at p.m. you tomorrow night at 9 pm. it's headliners up next you. it's headliners up next for you. so the papers so i'm going to pick the papers apart more detail. apart even more detail. see you tomorrow at nine. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest gb news forecast from the met office. yeah, there was some warm sunny spells during wednesday, but for many over the next 24 hours it is going to be cloudy with an increased chance of developing through of showers developing through thursday. we've got high pressure east that's pressure to the east that's bringing a lot of low cloud into eastern parts. we keep the clear spells overnight in south

spells overnight in the south and we do have and the west, where we do have the clear spells. there'll be such a frost and some fog patches forming, a few showers continuing across parts of cornwall as well. otherwise many places will be dry. cornwall as well. otherwise many places will be dry . we start the places will be dry. we start the day with a bit of a chill in the air, certainly where we've got those frost and fog pockets in the west, but it will soon warm up . the cloud will lift as well, up. the cloud will lift as well, and actually with the rising cloud, it's going to be a brighter day across northeastern parts of the uk. still a lot of cloud and that cloud bubbling up some sharp showers will develop, particularly through the midlands, east wales into later on parts of northern england . on parts of northern england. away from the showers, though, plenty of dry bright plenty of dry and bright weather, the rest of the sunshine in the west and southwest. highs or 13 southwest. highs of 12 or 13 celsius, although still a chill in the east, and going to in the east, and it's going to be breezy through be increasingly breezy through thursday and into friday. that breeze east will breeze coming from the east will make it feel on the cold side, but increasingly sunny spells will develop in the south on friday and it's going to be

largely dry. same can't be said for the weekend . increasingly, for the weekend. increasingly, spells of showery rain will move north the country . eight north across the country. eight celsius in the north, 12 further south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers

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delivered his spring budget today with a mix of tax cuts and spending reforms. he cut personal taxes to their lowest level in nearly 50 years. and take took another £0.02 in the pound off national insurance . pound off national insurance. opposition parties, however, said expected rises in council tax will wipe out any benefits for households . also in the for households. also in the spnng for households. also in the spring budget, the non—dom tax status will be scrapped, he said, and replaced by a modern residency system. the great british pub will also get a boost from a freeze on alcohol duty . also in the budget child duty. also in the budget child benefit threshold, increasing to £60,000 a year and the £0.05 cut to fuel duty is locked in for 12 months. the vat registration threshold goes up from 85 to £90,000 a year, while the pensions regulator will get new powers to make sure people with defined contributions are getting value from their investment. and there's a new isa scheme with £5,000 a year

allowance for investments in britain , and nhs it systems will britain, and nhs it systems will get a £35 million upgrade. now lord david cameron has said tonight he's appalled to hear about the deaths of three sailors after what he called a reckless and indiscriminate houthi missile attack on a vessel in the red sea. it's understood three other crew members are missing and a number of others are seriously injured. around 20 people were on board at the time of the attack. it's the first fatal attack since houthi militants who are backed by iran, started striking commercial shipping in the gulf of aden in the united states. nikki haley has ended her long shot challenge against donald trump to become the republican candidate for president. the former governor of south carolina dropped out after the former president meet her, beat her in 14 out of 15 contests on america's super tuesday, justice

haley was conceding the race. trump invited her supporters to join him and called upon joe biden to a debate . in join him and called upon joe biden to a debate. in a join him and called upon joe biden to a debate . in a post on biden to a debate. in a post on his truth social platform . the his truth social platform. the presidential race now looks set to be a trump biden rematch in november's us election . and a november's us election. and a quick update for you on that fire on the police station in east london. it's still raging tonight . on east london. it's still raging tonight. on top of the building, the roof is completely alight . the roof is completely alight. if you're watching on tv, these are pictures from the scene where the london fire brigade has just told us. 30 fire engines and 175 fire top firefighters are still there, tackling the blaze. they also said in the last hour that four aerial appliances are now being used by crews to attack the flames from above. residents are being urged to keep windows and doors closed if they live nearby . the cause of the fire still not yet known and incredible disruption, no doubt tomorrow to traffic in newham in east

london, where that fire