dirty water crisis. cow manure is thought to be the cause for parasitic outbreak that has left dozens of people ill. as schools shut amid the chaos. >> chancellor jeremy hunt is set to pledge further tax cuts as he warns a labour government will raise taxes as sure as night follows. day >> that's as a gb news people's poll reveals that the majority of britons remain unsure about whether starmer is ready for the top job. >> and after a pub refuses, a woman attempting to pay with a £20 note we're asking this morning is it right for businesses to turn their noses up at physical cash.7 >> new research reveals that young entrepreneurs are working almost a day and a half extra per week, compared to the rest of us. we'll be finding out more

about how they fit everything in and in the sport this morning. >> we're leeds. make it to the championship play off final. they thrashed norwich four nil and they'll take on the winners of southampton versus west bromwich albion who play tonight. tyson fury wouldn't look at oleksandr usyk in the eye yesterday ahead of their world title fights . this is how world title fights. this is how intimidating you can be and who is the richest person in sport. we'll find out later. good morning. >> it's going to be a warmer day for most of us today, but there is a risk of thunderstorms for some. find out all the details with me a little later on. >> good morning to you. i'm ellie costello and i'm tom harwood this morning, although i'm tom harwood every morning. >> every morning. but i'm here this morning. this is breakfast on gb news . on gb news. >> well, welcome tom harwood this morning. >> it's a delight to be here. a slightly earlier alarm than

usual, but you know what.7 it's all worth it. >> what time did you wake up.7 3:00. did you.7 yeah. >> what time did you wake up? 3:00. did you? yeah. oh. >> very good. i've got to, you know. get ready, put on your moisturiser, my moisturiser, all of the makeup to make me look vaguely presentable. you always look presentable . but i do hear look presentable. but i do hear that you've been having tips on moisturiser. >> oh, yes , from from the shadow >> oh, yes, from from the shadow health secretary. >> the shadow health secretary? yeah wes streeting. >> this is true, which is a great story , i think. great story, i think. >> no, i think it's a good story. i mean, it seems to work for him. he looks younger. he does look very young, to be fair, but apparently wes streeting it's all about having moisturiser that has sun cream in it. spf factor. >> and how long have you been doing this? for a couple of years now. i think you look very young as it is, tom. i don't think, well, this thing i'm actually 56, but that's the trick. apparently. moisturiser with spf in it. >> yeah, well, it's the two things that age you the fastest sunlight and smoking. oh, and there are. there are all sorts of studies where they looked at

identical twins, where it so happens that one of them's a smoker and one of them isn't, or one of them has been on lots of summer holidays and one of them hasn't. and the difference is huge, particularly on fine lines and all the rest of it. >> well, i wear factor 50 every single day. wow. even. and you know, i've actually started to do it on my hands. >> well, no, you're upstaging me because mine's i think only factor 30. >> well, you need to up your game. jeez, you should have been speaking to wes streeting about that. perhaps. >> i hope he is not just dishing out sun cream advice and actually has some plans for the nhs. >> well, i think he does actually some. yeah, quite speaking. >> speaking at the, at the big laboun >> speaking at the, at the big labour, i suppose it was a rally announcement yesterday talking about everything that he's going to do to the nhs and it's to some extent has riled up some of the people that would normally be on the side of labour because he says it's not just more cash that it needs, but it needs reform as well, which is a, i think, a pretty, a pretty enticing line really, when it comes to how the health service runs. well it is. >> and there's a school of

thought that it has to be the labour party to reform the nhs because they, as the polls would suggest, are the ones that are trusted with the nhs. so if there's going to be root and branch reform of the nhs, it has to be the labour party. do you agree? let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay. and just before we move on, do you want to ask sir keir starmer with his sleeves rolled up yesterday, intentional do we think? >> i think entirely intentional. you'll notice on the on the pledge card that they unveiled yesterday. it's also he's not wearing a jacket on that either. yes. he's he's he's sort of looking like he's he's not sitting behind a desk. he's getting on for business. although i remember back in october when it was the labour party conference, and he stood up for his big speech, he was wearing a jacket initially and then a protester ran up and sprinkled glitter all over him, and he had to take the jacket off and roll up his sleeves. but but that ended up working quite well. worked out well for him. i wonder if i wonder if he's sort of learned a lesson in sort of how to present himself as a bit more, i don't know, out there at the coalface, rather than sort of the slightly snoozy, jacketed

, glasses wearing look that he had before. >> yeah. i mean, he wants to look like he's ready to get stuck in, but does it work for you? would you trust him to let us know what you think? gb news .com/ your say now to our top story this morning and southwest water has said that cattle manure could have led to the outbreak of a disease in devon that has led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea. it's all down to a parasite in the water, isn't it? >> not nice to talk about this time in the morning, but it's thought a damaged air valve on a pipe thought a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle that has been identified as a potential outbreak at the site. >> well, this comes as thousands of people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, as some schools have also been forced to shut. >> well, we're joined now by nhs gp doctor david lloyd and david just lay out for us what exactly this disease is doing, because i've read that some people are are likely to have symptoms for up to six months.

>> i yes, i think that's at the extreme end of the spectrum. it's a horrible condition to get in terms of the, the gastrointestinal side effects, diarrhoea and tummy pain. and it can last in most people for a couple of weeks. but if you do have any serious conditions that are altering your immune system, yes, you can have , more severe yes, you can have, more severe symptoms. but the, the important thing is that it's not in the world health authority's top ten of most deadly waterborne diseases . this isn't a terribly diseases. this isn't a terribly dangerous one, you'd much you'd much rather have this one than cholera or hepatitis a or something like that, it's a it's a it's a mild illness and virtually everybody gets over it , and it's got a fatality rate of about 0.017. so it's a it's a very mild illness in that respect, there was a there was a breakout in milwaukee in 1993,

and 403,000 people were affected very much the same sort of way. contaminated water in a reservoir , and they only had 69 reservoir, and they only had 69 deaths. so it's not a it's not a terrible disease, but it is a sign that . did you say 69 deaths sign that. did you say 69 deaths or six, two, nine deaths there? >> 69. so 69 still pretty significant in a in a developed country. >> yes. no, it's a it as i say, if you if you're immunocompromised, you can have a you can have a torrid time. and unfortunately there aren't any good drugs to treat it. there is a there is a, a rare drug that we use for treating this in people who really do need it. but, the average person in the street, i'm afraid there is no antibiotic cure for this. >> what sort of symptoms can we expect to see in people ? we're expect to see in people? we're heanng expect to see in people? we're hearing about sickness and diarrhoea and how is it affecting people? i mean, the young and the old. >> so i think that's right.

watery diarrhoea seems to be the number one. but you can get stomach cramps . and of course in stomach cramps. and of course in hot weather if you don't drink enough when you've got diarrhoea , you can get dehydrated and so you can feel a bit sick and you can occasionally vomit and get a fever and lose weight. so those are the sorts of typical gastrointestinal symptoms you get with any, any condition that causes diarrhoea . causes diarrhoea. >> it does seem extraordinary that this can just be transmitted through drinking water, something that people would ordinarily expect to be really rather safe . what really rather safe. what precautions can people take if they're in devon, if they're in this area? >> so i think, i think that , i >> so i think, i think that, i think the water company have issued alerts about boiling water, and they've also been issuing bottled water as well . issuing bottled water as well. so i think that's, that's that would be the standard advice. i don't think there's anything more you need to do in terms of protecting yourself that way , protecting yourself that way, yeah. no it is. but the trouble is, once it's in the in the reservoir or in the water supply, it is at such a tiny

organism that it's quite difficult to treat . and you difficult to treat. and you can't just filter it like you can't just filter it like you can with other bugs. you have to treat the water with ultraviolet light as well to kill wimereux. >> and people have been advised, as we've been hearing, to boil their tap water if they're going to drink it. what about washing? because, i mean, i don't have a background like yours, but would it be safe to shower in parasitic water? i don't know if i'd feel as though that would be safe. >> well, i think you'd be. keep your mouth shut. i think you're probably all right. yes >> okay, just just finally , if >> okay, just just finally, if this, entire reservoir is contaminated. infected? this could take quite some time to fix. how do you actually expunge a disease like this from a vast, vast water supply? and might it be stuck in all sorts of pipes and taps and how long might this last for people? >> golly, you're asking a doctor a very techie question there. the answer is, i don't know all i know is, is that if you treat

it with ultraviolet light, which is part of the standard process of processing water from reservoirs, you will kill off the cryptosporidium . the cryptosporidium. >> okay. good stuff. doctor david lloyd, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. and if you are in southwest devon and you have been affected by this toxic water, do you get in touch with us? we'd love to hear from you this morning. gbnews.com slash your say. we do have a statement from southwest water who said we are working with public health partners to urgently investigate the source. we apologise for the inconvenience caused and will continue to keep customers and businesses updated. >> well, turning to political news now, the chancellor has pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line between his party and the labour party. >> yes, he warns that labour will be forced to raise people's taxes to pay for their spending pledges , as he reiterates his pledges, as he reiterates his own commitment to eliminating national insurance. >> well, joining us now is gb news senior political commentator, nigel nelson. and nigel, it was telling, wasn't

it, yesterday in keir starmer's big launch of his six new pledges that none of them were about committing to tax cuts . about committing to tax cuts. >> no. and i don't expect labour to commit to tax cuts . i >> no. and i don't expect labour to commit to tax cuts. i mean the big dividing line is whether you're spending money on public services, things like the nhs or whether you would have put, put a little bit of extra money in people's pockets, which obviously jeremy hunt's already done with his two national insurance cuts, so no, i don't think labour are going to go down the road of tax cutting, jeremy hunt is talking about getting rid of national insurance altogether, labour accuses him of a £46 billion unfunded promise. but i think we're going to get an awful lot of this as we're now obviously in the firmly in the election campaign. so scaremongering and promises are exactly what politicians on both sides will do. >> nigel, is it clear to say

that perhaps the first time we're seeing clear blue water between labour and the tories in this campaign so far, it looks as though they're going to be the parties now of tax cutting and tax rises . and tax rises. >> well, i'm not sure that we're talking about tax rises as such. if you get a labour government, if you get a labour government, i mean, what keir starmer was claiming yesterday at his big policy launch was that everything that he was promising there is funded now as you've seen from the, from the gb news poll, not everybody is convinced about that. but certainly nothing in there was suggesting that taxes would have to rise to pay that taxes would have to rise to pay for it. >> on that point, though, there are tax rises that the labour party is talking about even more windfall taxes on energy companies, taxes on private schools, but also keeping these frozen thresholds until the end of the decade. these these stealth tax rises that as

inflation pushes people's wages up, the thresholds for tax levels remain the same , dragging levels remain the same, dragging many more people into higher tax brackets. the labour party's sticking with that. >> yes, you're right. sticking with that. >> yes, you're right . and so the >> yes, you're right. and so the tory party at the moment, so you're looking at the, at the higher sort of tax burden in more than 70 years and it doesn't look like either side will be able to reduce that significantly . but yes, i mean significantly. but yes, i mean there is this dividing line that the, the tories are, are banking everything now on tax cuts . and everything now on tax cuts. and it doesn't seem to be working. i mean certainly jeremy hunt was hoping for a bounce in the polls when he cut national insurance last year. cut it again this yeanis last year. cut it again this year, is promising to cut it later in the year in another, in another budget, and it doesn't seem to have happened as the poll, the poll this morning is showing at the moment, labour have a 27 point lead, which would almost if that was repeated in a general election,

pretty much wipe out the tories and make them the third party rather than the second one. >> but why isn't it working, nigel? are people just not feeling the pound in their pocket? >> yeah , i eddie, i think that's >> yeah, i eddie, i think that's that's absolutely right. that, cost of living still remains the top issue for voters . that's top issue for voters. that's followed by nhs waiting lists and people just aren't feeling better off. there was a tuc survey earlier on this week which showed that that had wages risen the same rate as the 16 years up to 2008, the average worker would be £10,400 a year better off now, it is the legacy of a variety of things. the the financial crash back to 2008 covid, the war in ukraine, all these things have mounted up to stop people's wages rising. but that's why they're feeling the pinch so much right now. >> nigel, you did mention this

poll that shows a huge lead for the labour party yet again , but the labour party yet again, but but also in this poll, perhaps something a little revealing about enthusiasm towards the opposition. just 29% of the pubuc opposition. just 29% of the public believe that the labour party are ready for government. so whilst whilst it seems that the public are pretty fed up of this government, the public are pretty fed up of this government , they're not this government, they're not entirely enthusiastic about the potential next one. >> no, tom, i think you're absolutely right. there's this kind of feeling of, disillusion with politics and politicians and, and at the moment, it really is the tories. in people's minds, doing so badly, which is which is the result of this poll. i mean, labour could almost sit back and do absolutely nothing and probably still win, win the election. and so what, we're coming down to is this sort of feeling of time for change. we've had 14 years of the tory government. people feel

that labour could do a better job if only a slightly better job. and that's the way these electoral cycles go. margaret thatcher lasted 13 years. new labour lasted 13 years. so probably it's time for a change and that's what people are feeling. but no, you're right. no great enthusiasm about it. >> no great enthusiasm. and it doesn't look as though there's a lot of trust . if you're looking lot of trust. if you're looking at this poll, only 5% of respondents said that they trust labour to deliver on these six pledges that were set out yesterday day, but 24% say they don't know, 23% say not at all. what did you make of those six pledges yesterday, nigel? >> well, i mean, all of them are achievable, i mean, one of the things that the that keir starmer has been criticised for is not enough figures tucked away in there, although there were more if you look a bit more closely. so the idea being that you can actually have, 40,000 more n.h.s ops , a week, that's

more n.h.s ops, a week, that's by, paying for nurses and doctors to work overtime. that should be deliverable . all should be deliverable. all great. british energy is a policy he's had out there for some time. that should be deliverable. cutting down on on anti—social behaviour didn't contain a figure , but actually contain a figure, but actually the figure behind that 13,000 more neighbourhood police and police support officers , and you police support officers, and you have the tax rise that tom was referring to by, removing the vat break for private schools that should pay for 6500 more teachers . teachers. >> of course, those teachers will have to be paid for because lots of private school kids might well end up going into the state sector. so they could be greater demand for those services as well, i suppose, is the flip side . but nigel, one of the flip side. but nigel, one of the flip side. but nigel, one of the big issues here is that this is being compared to tony blair compared to 1997, the five point pledge card that tony blair put out at that election. i suppose

keir starmer thinks he has a run on tony blair because his isn't five points, it's six points. but one of tony blair's points was that he wouldn't raise income tax. vat or national insurance. so cast iron guarantee that the new labour government would not raise any one of those three taxes. keir starmer is not making that same pledge . pledge. >> no, you're absolutely right. and if you actually look at the old 1997, tony blair pledge card, in fact, there were a lot of figures in there , but the of figures in there, but the ambitions were in fact fairly moderate, moderate . so, it was moderate, moderate. so, it was 100,000 off nhs waiting lists, for instance, he achieved that class sizes of under 30, for 5 to 7 year olds. he achieved that.in to 7 year olds. he achieved that. in fact, when it when it came to down the economy, he did inherit a much better one than keir starmer would if he becomes prime minister so tony blair managed to keep debt below 40, were now running at about 98. so it makes the job more difficult

for an incoming government. either government will have a problem dealing with that. whoever wins, okay. >> nigel nelson, good to see you this morning. thank you very much indeed. >> well, let's have a look at some of the other other stories that are coming into the newsroom this morning. >> and an internal nhs review has found that hospitals are struggling to treat people despite more staff and funding. it revealed that thousands of patients stranded on wards with nowhere to go, the study on efficiency has found health chiefs to accept there is an ongoing problem within the nhs that needs to be tackled. >> teachers, workloads are increasingly becoming more difficult as they're being forced to handle their pupils mental health and family problems. that's according to mps who've been critical of the government's efforts to tackle staff shortages in schools. the education select committee said that teachers are now spending more time addressing these issues that usually fall outside their remit, and a five year old

boy has died after falling from the upper floor of an apartment block in east london. >> it's believed the boy fell from the 15th floor of jacob's house in plaistow before 6 am. on thursday. air ambulance, paramedics, police and fire bngade paramedics, police and fire brigade all attended the scene, but the boy, unfortunate , passed away. >> cambridge university students could have the location of their graduation ceremonies moved from the building that it's taking place in since the 19 th century, pro—palestinian protests have forced the university to move the event from the senate house to an undisclosed location. the protesters said that this disrupting graduation ceremonies is a last resort, as the university has agreed to negotiate with them over the issue . issue. >> now an islamic extremist is due to be sentenced today for murdering a passer—by in the street. >> a moroccan asylum seeker,

ahmed alid, stabbed 70 year old terence carney, multiple times in hartlepool in october and told police it was in protest against the israel and gaza conflict as well. >> our reporter anna riley has the story a place dinner down, underground, down, down on the ground , down on the ground, now. ground, down on the ground, now. >> down on the ground. this is the moment asylum seeker ahmed alid was caught by police. >> you're under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder . suspicion of attempted murder. ahmad times two. you don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something later. lie—in in court. >> the moroccan national was found guilty of murder and attempted murder, which he said was prompted by the war in gaza. a 999 call recorded the screams of his housemate javid nouri, who alid stabbed with a kitchen knife in the hartlepool home. they shared jesus christ harmondsworth get up, please .

harmondsworth get up, please. >> what i said , hey, he's got a knife. >> when a badly injured mr nouri fought him off, alid fled the house and fatally knifed 70 year old terence carney six times whilst in custody. alid said in arabic that he would have killed thousands more people if he could . could. >> incumbent at the end of his police interview, alid attacked two female officers, causing his solicitor to contact emergency services . services. >> deputy chief constable victoria fuller of cleveland police, spoke after a jury found alid guilty last month. >> the shocking events in hartlepool on the 15th of october, 2023, which led to the tragic death of 70 year old terence carney , shook the local

terence carney, shook the local community to its core . community to its core. >> the family of pensioner mr carney have said. for them, things will never be the same again . anna riley gb news, again. anna riley gb news, middlesbrough . middlesbrough. >> i'll just absolutely horrific, isn't it ? horrific, isn't it? >> shocking story. >> shocking story. >> it is. and you can't even imagine how terence carney's family are feeling. a pensioner , family are feeling. a pensioner, really one of the most extraordinary things is that this was reported continuously. >> he kept saying that he was going to do something like this, and then, lo and behold, he did it. >> yeah, well, i'm sure questions are going to be asked rightly, that the sentencing is happening later on today. and of course, we'll bring that to you on gb news. and now, 6:23, let's take a look at the weather, shall we? with annie shuttleworth . shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather

update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england. southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon, and actually across more southern areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine, it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland, as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these are mainly fall across parts of the south west south west england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers across the east coast, though we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt.

well, we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening. now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening, but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time. when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry . this area of rain will push further west through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england, south of areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day. and once again also across central areas of scotland, but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day, bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from

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next. >> welcome back. this is breakfast on gb news with me. tom harwood and ellie costello. >> yes, it is, and it's time to go through all the latest sports news now with broadcaster paul coyte. it's very formal, isn't it? >> it's very formal. >> it's very formal. >> now, a broadcast to see you. and leeds hammered norwich . and leeds hammered norwich. >> they did. >> they did. >> well was the technical definition of a hammering. a hammering is probably i'd say probably won more than three. >> so it was leeds united four four. >> wow norwich city nil. >> wow norwich city nil. >> nil. >> nil. >> oh no that was a hammering. >> oh no that was a hammering. >> delia will be very upset. >> delia will be very upset. >> oh she will. yeah. she'll all the let's be have a new thing. it's let's not be avenue. let's all i know it's going to but anyway look norwich they're a bit yoyo as they have been. as soon as they go up then they often come down and then they go back up again. so interestingly, the manager of leeds is daniel farquhar , and daniel was the

farquhar, and daniel was the manager of norwich who's also taken them up and taking them down. so now he's now with leeds turncoat. well the thing is they did they did sort of give him the elbow. so really you can't you can't you can't blame faults. but it was nil nil because it's two legs. so nil nil was the first one when they played at carrow road in norwich and then back to leeds for nil. now leeds will be now in the play now leeds will be now in the play off. now they call this the richest game in history because it's worth so much when it comes to tv money. so some saying it's the billion pound game, some say it's the £100 million game. there's no real amount on it. but basically to get up to the premier league is where the big cash is and that's where you want to be. now leeds have been in the playoffs five times and have never actually been promoted via the playoffs. they went up a couple of years ago, but via the playoffs they've never done that, so they will play. are you still with me, tom i'm with you. i can see they're going to be playing, the winner of either southampton and west bromwich albion who play

tonight. so then the final will be at wembley. everything a week on saturday. >> everything hangs on this. so much money. so much fame. being on a different level on the fifa video games, i mean, this is all that's the most important thing. >> of course, that's exactly what it is. so this is a big, big game. and that happens a week on sunday. so we'll see who leeds play later tonight. yeah i love how we make it. >> make me more excited than i was about it. you stoked me up for the video game chats rather than the actual real physical sport. >> well, when you talk about physical sport, i mean, do you want to do a little boxing? yes. >> oh yes. let's try some fury versus oleksandr usyk. >> happy fans tomorrow night. so when we talk about money we're talking about huge money now. i mean i find it disappointing because the fact that it's in saudi arabia for many reasons. but the main the main reason i think for anybody else is the fact that it it would be great if it was in this country. it could be at wembley stadium. but money talks and saudi arabia are spending all the money on the sport. and so that's where it's

going to be. is there any sport that saudi arabia isn't trying to own? yeah. they haven't gone with crown green bowls yet. but i think that maybe that's going to be the future in riyadh now, there was the press conference. there we are. there they are at the press conference yesterday. so many chats. it's actually there's not a lot of trash talking going. >> no. well fury wasn't was refusing to let lucic in the eye. >> well that's it. >> well that's it. >> what do you like with that. what's that about stare yeah. you always have to look away. if someone like i'm. no, i think you're not. you haven't blinked once. no, you haven't blinked again. >> i am a robot. >> are you really? he is managed. >> i'm often told this. oh, i just like i too much . yeah, okay. >> but but listen, this is. let's hear. what, let's hear what was said by tyson fury yesterday because he was asked. yeah, the same old questions about this and that. what do you think? well, let's let's hear from tyson. let's see what tyson let's say i'm gonna make this short and simple. >> i want to thank god for the victory that i've received already. and i want to thank everybody involved in putting this massive event on. i want to

thank you for turning up and challenging me, and that's about it.thank challenging me, and that's about it. thank you to all the fans who travelled over to support me i >> -- >> it's just a m >> it's just a very moving it's very gracious, very, very gracious. >> and he was nice to usyk and he said, i hope we both walk out of the ring and we're both fine, go back to our families. and so it's the complete opposite of what we would normally see in boxing, where they're really giving who's going to win. oh, i knew you were going to say that. i i keep going from one to the other. i'd like to see tyson fury win the thing is, this is the huge fight because it's the unified wide world championship, which means i don't know if you're aware, but there are so many different world championships now. fury is the wbc world champion, the world boxing council world champion. usyk is the wba , wba, ibf and usyk is the wba, wba, ibf and ibo world champion. >> i'm not going to ask you what all of those things stand for, right? i'm imagining international boxing organisation, all the rest of it. but he's got many, many medals and trinkets and all the

rest of it. >> they have they that's what they win, is trinkets. that's what. >> that's exactly what they i think i'm going to get myself punched in the face by one of them one day. no, i don't think you will. i don't think you will. >> you'd stare them down. they'll they'll walk away. right. so. so the thing is, is that there's so many. then they can bring a new world champion. it used to be just one world champion. but nowadays there's all of those. but it's very rare that you actually get them unified because again, it's all about money. we'd like to fight this one. we've tried it and it's all it's just not simple. so finally, to get these two together is a really big deal. and it's the first time it would have been unified for 25 years. and that was another british boxer, lennox lewis, that won it last. >> goodness me lot riding on this a lot riding on this. >> so you did say who do i think's going to win i did yeah i was going to put that back to you. did you see the way i tom moore the politicians you've worked with. >> wow that wasn't bad was it. >> wow that wasn't bad was it. >> the deflection that was that was a very good bait and switch. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> you're not sure it could all play? >> i was thinking about it for some reason. i was thinking usyk, but but the thing is, tyson fury has lost a lot of

weight. he's the he's the lightest he's ever been. 17 stone may sound like quite heavy, but if you've seen how tyson fury has been over the years, but spencer oliver is our boxing specialist and he'll be with us at 830, and then he's the guy who will know, wow, i'm at the moment i'm going to say i'm going to say fury. >> look, want you to do something totally different with you, but i know you're going to love it because you like being put on the spot. yes. and have you seen this? it is the uk voting for the sexiest man in this country. and did you see who won? >> it's not clarkson, is it really jeremy clarkson second yearin really jeremy clarkson second year in the row came second year in the row. >> how do you feel about that i feel i feel cheated quite frankly. >> that's how i feel. >> that's how i feel. >> why tell me then ellie what's sexy about jeremy clarkson? i'm not saying that you find him sexy, but why would people find jeremy clarkson sexy? >> i don't get it. >> i don't get it. >> do people like farming? it's got to be that. it's got to be as new amazon show now in its third series. >> yeah, he's raising pigs this yeah >> yeah, he's raising pigs this year. he's very sort of paternalistic i suppose . paternalistic i suppose. >> oh, you think so? >> oh, you think so? >> cuddling these animals. >> cuddling these animals. >> is he now like a new man? is

he moving into those realms now, do you think? >> i think i think there's a certain. and of course, this is a poll of women on a dating site thatis a poll of women on a dating site that is that is determined. right. so this is real life people who perhaps, perhaps they like a landowning man. >> yes. >> yes. >> now, tom, are you a bit concerned that perhaps they've got a little bit confused because somebody else also starred someone else? amazon series. >> this is very true. i actually discovered this by chance last night. >> guy that looked like you. i was watching it the other day. >> and who is that leaning up against the cabinet office? is that the britain's sexiest, second most sexy man on the right, sexiest deputy political editor? >> no, this was this was when , >> no, this was this was when, two of the stars of clarkson's farm went to meet the prime minister. right. and they went into downing street about sort of a farm to fork initiative. >> and you were lurking around like you do. >> and i always lurk around downing street. of course i do. so they caught me there in the corner as they marched off to see the pm. >> i got to tell you, that's all very well, but see the fellow in

the yellow hi—viz jacket? oh yeah. the yellow hi—viz jacket? oh yeah . that's. you recognise me? yeah. that's. you recognise me? yeah. you had your back to me. >> that's why i missed you. >> that's why i missed you. >> see? there you go. that's it. yeah i like to wear my high vis jacket out around downing street, around the parliament areas. >> so maybe people just got confused. tom, i think that's got to be the answer. >> right. but jeremy clarkson came first. >> tom holland, who plays spider—man , came second. spider—man, came second. >> do you think do you think they also got confused because my name is quite similar there. >> oh, perhaps. yes, perhaps, prince william came third. gareth southgate. >> oh, you tennessee, who are these people? >> i like a waistcoat . they like >> i like a waistcoat. they like a waistcoat. really? >> maybe it's a waistcoat. i don't know , i saw someone don't know, i saw someone yesterday saying who is voting in this? octogenarians likewise. >> i think so, yeah. >> i think so, yeah. >> jeremy clarkson is not the uk sexiest man. no. no way, no beauty or indeed sexiness is in the eye of the beholder. but do get in touch. let us know what you think about the results of that one. gb news .com/ your say, are we done with the sport ? say, are we done with the sport? michael kill we are, we are. >> sadly, i veered off so much .

>> sadly, i veered off so much. >> sadly, i veered off so much. >> we'll have to do some more in the next hour. >> let's go on back. okay. >> let's go on back. okay. >> i've got so much for you, you sexy golfers . wow, sexy sports sexy golfers. wow, sexy sports people. >> well, what a tease. >> well, what a tease. >> and you're going to be telling us all about rich people as well, so it's going to be great. >> that's what i'd like to do. >> that's what i'd like to do. >> yeah. so make sure you stay tuned for that. and also lots of people saying they love seeing you tom, but they're also confused about where stephen is. it's stephen's wedding anniversary this weekend. oh there we go. and actually, fun facti there we go. and actually, fun fact i thought it was his first wedding anniversary. so i went to three different card shops. you'll appreciate this. took me an hour, didn't it? to find a first wedding anniversary card. and i wrote a big thing in the card about how lovely it is. they spent a year together. we've been married two years, haven't we? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i've got to tell you very, very, very quickly. yeah, i did that with my daughter, i bought her, she wanted a football shirt and i put her age on the back and i put her age on the back and it was wrong. and i got the age wrong. no your own daughter. my age wrong. no your own daughter. my own mother did me . but you my own mother did me. but you know what? they took it back and they changed it. it was like, oh, my god, that is i think that is a slightly larger faux pas than the wrong. >> well, yeah, you win. you win that one. >> she was one. i thought she

was 12. >> no . stephen did, boys don't >> no. stephen did, boys don't me last night with his husband, they were having a very, very good giggle about that. so anyway, hope you're enjoying your wedding anniversary. happy anniversary, the two of you. your second wedding anniversary, do you stay with us? we're going to be taking a look through the morning's papers next on

breakfast. welcome back to breakfast. we've been talking about this new. what would you call it, a poll? yes, a poll. jeremy clarkson won the sexiest man in the uk. don't ask me why. we've been asking who voted. i mean, who thinks jeremy clarkson is sexy on a dating site, isn't it? >> so, yeah. >> so, yeah. >> apparently , so we've just >> apparently, so we've just had. let me see if i can find it now. kathy. kathy is one of these women who thinks jeremy clarkson is really sexy. she says jeremy is intelligent, fun, sarcastic sense of humour and

not woke. he's a proper man and all of that makes him really sexy . so there you go, do keep sexy. so there you go, do keep your thoughts coming in on that poll, tom holland came second, prince william came third, gareth southgate fourth. >> problem with tom holland. he doesn't own a combined harvester. maybe that's what it is. it's all in. he's not holding a piggy. >> yeah, yeah. gb news .com/ usa. keep your thoughts coming in. we're going through the papers now with political commentator shahab mossavat and journalist and author ella whelan. good morning to you both. really good to see you . both. really good to see you. and shehab. let's start with the telegraph front page. actually it's on many of the front pages this morning. and this is a warning from jeremy hunt, isn't it, that saying labour party will raise taxes. >> yes. so where we heard this sort of dog whistle politics before, you know , it's so before, you know, it's so predictable. yes, of course we all expect taxes will go up under labour because labour, as usual, gives pledges to augment, to boost, public spending. but, you know, for a government that

now has an overall tax burden of 37% of gdp, which is close to the post—war high, i think it's quite rich for them to come along and try and post this as a marker, as a benchmark against which they're going to hold labour accountable. i think what they need to do is address their own troubles first and actually try and reduce that burden before they go after labour. >> well, the chancellor has said that he's cut national insurance now twice at two fiscal events in a row. he's saying that he's going to do that more, does that not convince you ? not convince you? >> no, it doesn't because because what they did, what they're doing is they're basically bailing out policies that they they went with before one was quite, quite acceptable . one was quite, quite acceptable. the furlough obviously, we were in a national crisis. it had to be funded and they did the right thing. but when it comes to the energy bailout, thing. but when it comes to the energy bailout , the energy energy bailout, the energy bailout was a completely preventable crisis . why? because preventable crisis. why? because the mix of the energy mix that we have in this country continues to be so fossil fuel heavy that we, you know, we

didn't take steps when we could have. so this is nick clegg. this is going back all the way back to 2011. yeah. we didn't build any new nuclear. >> we're closing more nuclear power stations than we're building. it's a travesty. absolutely. but ella, what do you make of this? i mean, is it is it going to be particularly salient, a pretty dry message about tax and spend ? about tax and spend? >> no, because i think what most people can tell is that they're the politicians feel very safe when talking about tax, even though , you know, there's this though, you know, there's this sort of contention about whether or not it's too high or too low, because what it means is they don't have to talk about the real issue of the economy, which is productivity. so you can tinker around with tax . and tinker around with tax. and starmer's quoted on the front page of the eye saying, there's nothing there's nothing concrete about. excuse me. his plans for tax . but he says i don't want to tax. but he says i don't want to raise them. but there's, there's just this sense that both parties are not putting forward anything in the realms of sort of the ambitious necessities that we need for the economy. nothing about, you know, raising people's not just raising people's not just raising people's wages, but raising people's wages, but raising people's quality of life. it's

all about tinkering on the sidelines. well, that's very sane. >> speaking of quality of life, you've picked out a story that is a really, really salient to that issue. this this, sewage dump being the worst record, worst year on record. >> yes. so a 54% increase on 2023. and we've just had the news a few days ago of, you know, the sort of diseased water causing people to have terrible diarrhoea and cramps and actually kids going into hospital and things like that. so very serious issues. and the worst offenders, the reports are in severn trent in birmingham, northumbrian water in durham and wessex water in bath. pretty much. if you're in bath, just do not go anywhere near the river avon because it looks absolutely disgusting . i mean, the question disgusting. i mean, the question is why this keeps happening? because there are water companies who have permits, which means they are allowed to do this. if there is, you know, a real surge in demand and you know, bad weather and they need to offload a little bit into the sea, but that's meant to be extremely regulated. they're meant to inform the environment board. but what's happening is

they're just pushing the flush button all the time. and the question is sunak has said he's going to have more quadrupling inspections, but the question is whether it's just that water companies are behaving badly. i think there's a bit of that, or whether actually the infrastructure here for managing water quality is just not fit for purpose. i think it's probably i mean , the infrastructure. >> i mean, we have an ever increasing population , don't we? increasing population, don't we? and we have a victorian water system. >> and unlike in reservoirs, unlike in many countries, no reservoirs. >> that's a really, really key thing. >> and whenever a reservoir is proposed, reservoirs are lovely things. you can say, look, a reservoir, you can walk around , reservoir, you can walk around, they're beautiful, they add to they're beautiful, they add to the landscape. and yet people keep keep opposing them. >> we did have an email in the other day saying that the reservoir is being built now, if you did email in, get in touch again gb news .com/ your say because i always say it's been 31 years since a reservoir was built. >> that might be about the south of england, so there might well be more construction in the north of england. >> we're going to get to the bottom. but, but not enough really is the upside of that one. one. >> one. >> well, shall we talk about the royal mail? shahab. you've

you've picked out a story in the mail. >> yes. that's right. so it's about it's about this, this czech gentleman who apparently would like to buy would like to purchase royal mail and i mean, you know, set against the background of the crisis still besetting the post office and all the all the reports that ofcom was, was delivering last month about royal mail and, and lowering the standards and the delivery for second class mail and all the things that are besetting really this , this besetting really this, this sector it seems it's a it's an interesting question. why would why would this gentleman, robert kazinsky want to come along and buy this , it's a monopoly. it's buy this, it's a monopoly. it's a form of monopoly now worth 3.5 billion. is it to me , it seems billion. is it to me, it seems like a dying industry. it's an albatross, which, you know, the government seems quite keen to get rid of because it can't manage it , get rid of because it can't manage it, and it certainly can't close it down. so the. i think what lies behind this is the fact that this is not a very, very profitable future

business. and the government is trying to offload this. and i think that there's a there's an editorial in the mail which accompanies that story by richard kay, and he starts to ask the correct questions, i think, which is, is this billionaire . who he calls, who's billionaire. who he calls, who's fought his way to the top of eastern europe's cut throat gangster capitalism. is he a fit and proper person to take on that mantle of responsibility for a national asset, it is a national asset, look, both of you wanted to show you this clip of suella braverman and patrick christys. they went to the university of cambridge yesterday. well, you'll know there's been a pro—palestine protest, many of those protesters camping out outside the university. this is how it went down with suella braverman and patrick christys took a walk around. what are you here protesting about ? protesting about? >> might not get a better opportunity than this to talk to. >> what's your message to the palestinian people ? what's your palestinian people? what's your message to hamas ? what's your message to hamas? what's your message to hamas? what's your message to hamas? what's your message to israel ? message to israel? >> no. okay. well, we can just we can just keep walking, can't

we? >> hi. i'm suella i'm keen to find out your views and what you're protesting about . you're protesting about. >> nothing at all. >> nothing at all. >> no. interested in why you're covering your faces . is it a covering your faces. is it a covid or a health measure ? no covid or a health measure? no comment. i'm really keen to hear what your message is to israel. yeah nothing interested to hear your message to hamas . no your message to hamas. no comment. do you think the hostages should be released now ? hostages should be released now? very nicely. i'm suella, can i ask you what your message is to the israel ? yep. right. could the israel? yep. right. could could i ask you what your message is to hamas ? silence message is to hamas? silence >> it's so odd. they're like zombies. they're covering their

faces and just sort of being in this bemused state of sort of semi, suspended animation. ella, what do you make of it all? >> it's very well , it's what do you make of it all? >> it's very well, it's very performative, because obviously perform ative, because obviously this performative, because obviously this is a deeply serious issue which these students say that they care very deeply about. and, you know , okay, suella and, you know, okay, suella braverman is doing a bit of a performative thing there herself because she knows they're not going to respond. but if you were serious about it and a british politician who has, she still has some relative influence in relation to what the government does and government policy. you should take the opportunity to and particularly on national television, make your voice heard , but there's you know, heard, but there's you know, that this is something that's happened at university , happened at university, particularly with these kind of protests, the sort of no debate tactic , which is just a very tactic, which is just a very sort of narcissistic, egotistical kind of i will do my performance with my mask and my sign and i won't engage anyone. and actually, it's probably not even suella that they're, just ignonng even suella that they're, just ignoring if there are any. there's been sort of videos going around on social media of

other people. students themselves will just, you know , themselves will just, you know, ordinary people who live in the area going up and trying to debate with them. and the minute they raise a different opinion, they raise a different opinion, they get shut down. so it's a pretty intolerant atmosphere on campus at the moment. >> shab what do you make of it? >> shab what do you make of it? >> yeah, i think i think ella touches on that. it's suella reputation clearly precedes her. i think if you sent along neil oliver, then i think you would have probably elicited a different response. i think that they might have been more forthcoming. i think that they are taking a stance. it is performative and what they're what they're saying is basically we are boycotting you. we're shutting you down. we're going to do the cancel culture on you here and, you know, that is so much a part of the unreasonableness of political discourse around the world. you know, we saw we saw a sitting prime minister shot two days ago in slovakia that i think speaks to the unreasonableness and the radicalisation of political discourse around the world. this is part of that. this is part of

that same malaise. people don't want to talk to each other. they want to talk to each other. they want to talk at each other or not at all. >> and this was what sort of we got right in the last 200 years, moving from a violent society to one where we sit and talk to one another. we might ferociously debate , but we get to an answer debate, but we get to an answer that way. it seems like we might be losing that a little bit, siobhan. >> and i'm afraid we're out of time, but we've got plenty more to come with you. up until 930 this morning. well, let's take a look at the weather, now, shall we? with annie shuttleworth. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon , heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland . that cloud southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon, and

actually across more southern areas of england and wales , areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine. it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland, as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the southwest southwest england parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent , little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers across the east coast, though, we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt where we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening . now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening, but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time. when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas

should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry . this area of rain will push further west through the day , further west through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england , southern south—west of england, southern areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day, and once again also across central areas of scotland . but elsewhere there'll scotland. but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day . bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

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friday, the 17th of may. coming up today . up today. >> devin's dirty water crisis. cow manure is thought to be the cause. the cause of a parasitic outbreak that has left dozens of people ill. as schools shut amid the chaos. >> chancellor jeremy hunt is set to pledge further tax cuts as he warns a labour government will raise taxes as sure as night follows. day >> that, says a gb news people's poll reveals that the majority of britons remain unsure about whether sir keir starmer is ready for the top job, after a pub refuses. >> a woman attempting to pay with a £20 note. we're asking this morning is it right for businesses to turn their noses up at physical cash? >> new research reveals that young entrepreneurs are working almost a day and a half extra per week. compared to the rest of us. we'll be finding out more about how they fit everything in and in the sport. >> leads make it to the

championship final playoff after thrashing norwich four nil, and they'll take on the winners of either southampton or west bromwich albion, who played tonight. tighten fury wouldn't look oleksandr usyk in the eye yesterday ahead of tomorrow's world title fight in riyadh. and where is the olympic flame today?i where is the olympic flame today? i hear you ask. >> where is the olympic flame today? paul coyte . today? paul coyte. >> you're obsessed. you're a man obsessed. >> where is where is the olympic flame today? i hear you ask. >> where is the olympic flame today? >> thank you. tom. there you go. well, i'll tell you later. >> oh. >> oh. >> good morning. it's going to be a warmer day for most of us today, but there is a risk of thunderstorms for some. find out all the details with me a little later on. >> well, i'm tom harwood and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. oh, ellie costello, and this is breakfast on gb news . oh, we've breakfast on gb news. oh, we've got you all going on this pole

with the sexiest man in the uk. jeremy clarkson came first. it's tom holland, odd pole came second. shahab on newspapers today. just said that he thinks it's a typo and it's actually meant to say tom harwood. >> i think that's correct. i think clearly, clearly the great british public have got confused i >> -- >> third place was prince william, fourth place gareth southgate . southgate. >> that is that. is that the hardest geezer in ninth place? >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. the man who ran across africa now i yeah i know that doesn't bemused me quite as much because i do think it's impressive what he did. >> yes. >> yes. >> and i think, well all of these people are impressive in their own way. >> yeah. but they didn't run the length of africa, did they? >> no, but i mean, it's impressive to be, i don't know, playing oppenheimer in a block buster movie. >> cillian murphy fifth place. >> cillian murphy fifth place. >> it's impressive to actually lead a campaign on knife crime as idris elba has done this yeah as idris elba has done this year. yeah, gareth southgate manages the football team, i understand. >> yeah, yeah, elaine parish has beenin >> yeah, yeah, elaine parish has been in touch, and she might

have, solved this mystery for us about jeremy clarkson. she said, look, i never had any time at all for jeremy clarkson until all forjeremy clarkson until i watched clarkson's farm. maybe it's because we show him being a little inept, but he's willing to learn and he faces bureaucracy, as we all do. plus, he is kind to animals. he's nice. >> clarkson. clarkson's farm, i think, is just a marvellous, marvellous piece of television . marvellous piece of television. it's on. it's on amazon. it's worth in the hours between midnight and 6 am. when gb news is not playing live tv. well, there you go. >> so you've got no. >> so you've got no. >> which is when i do all of my television watching. that isn't gb news very well, it's worth watching that, although i've got a i've got a sneaking suspicion now that, i might be getting up the sexy rankings because if clarkson's farm has this effect on people, then suddenly they're attractive for having appeared on it, well , attractive for having appeared on it, well, last night i discovered in the background, to be fair , of one of the shots in be fair, of one of the shots in saxon's farm of the show , saxon's farm of the show, clearly, yeah, i appeared there. i think we're going to try and

get this picture up because it was as , two of the stars of the was as, two of the stars of the show go to meet the prime minister to talk about farming issues. and as they're walking down past the cabinet office, who do we see lurking there, leaning up against the wall. here it is. >> oh, no, we don't have it. it's only our very own tom harwood. >> yeah, that's me, i reckon you could see yourself climbing up this list, i think. >> i think i think very clearly next to clarkson's farm. >> who knows, kirsty cat says, who the voted for clarkson , tom who the voted for clarkson, tom hardy for me. she says, and a few messages here about anne diamond saying, is she. well stephen's not here celebrating his wedding anniversary. is anne? well, she is back tomorrow and sunday during breakfast, and i will be taking the place of stephen. you're welcome. stephen, so . ellie, anne, ellie stephen, so. ellie, anne, ellie and anne. >> brilliant. >> brilliant. >> so it's going to be a very lovely weekend if you can join us. 6 to 930. so yes. >> marvellous stuff. >> marvellous stuff. >> good stuff, isn't it? >> good stuff, isn't it? >> well, go to our top story.

let's go to the top story. >> well, the southwest water has said that cattle manure could have led to the outbreak of a parasitic disease in devon. that's led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea. >> well, it's thought that a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle had been identified as the potential site of the outbreak, and this comes as thousands of people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, as schools have been forced to shut. well, earlier we spoke to nhs gp doctor david lloyd pre diarrhoea seems to be the number one that you can get stomach cramps and of course in hot weather if you don't drink enough when you've got diarrhoea you can get dehydrated and so you can get dehydrated and so you can get dehydrated and so you can feel a bit sick and you can occasionally vomit and get a fever and lose weight. >> so those are the sorts of typical gastrointestinal symptoms you get with any, any condition that causes diarrhoea . condition that causes diarrhoea. >> well joining us now is the senior lecturer of natural

sciences at bangor university, christian dunn. christian, it seems unusual, christian dunn. christian, it seems unusual , jul, that seems unusual, jul, that something like this could happen in a developed country like the united kingdom. have we seen anything like this before? >> yeah, we do occasionally have these these , these outbreaks. these these, these outbreaks. but i would stress that it is unusual. you know, in general, our water, our potable, our drinking water in the uk is one of the best in the world. so this is unusual. >> it is i mean it does highlight doesn't it, the trust that we put in our water companies, that the water that we consume, that we drink from our taps is safe to drink? >> i mean, it doesn't seem like a big ask, but it's a huge amount of trust that we put in them, isn't it? >> very much so and so when these sorts of issues happen, it does affect, it does affect the feeling that people as well have about water companies in the uk. because let's not forget, water companies and the water industry has come under a lot of flak recently over the coming years or previous years, because of

the pollution that they are contributing to in our rivers and our coasts. so it's not a good time , i don't think, to be good time, i don't think, to be in a water company at the present time. you're getting the flak from the pollution in our rivers and now you've got issues like this, but i must stress this is a rare occurrence . this is a rare occurrence. >> now, this is affecting, a reservoir , this will be reservoir, this will be affecting, perhaps not not connecting to the wider water system , but the state of our system, but the state of our rivers is something we return to again and again on this programme. does that risk this popping up programme. does that risk this popping up in in other areas too ? >> well, 7 >> well, there's always a risk for, problems with potable water. and this is why water companies invest so much money in it. and generally they do a fantastic job. i mean, i'm not here to defend water companies at all, but in general, in a potable water supplies, they're good. but what what do companies have to cope with is other issues in the landscape and the how we are using our landscape. an example of that would be if you're a water company and your

reservoir is surrounded by peatlands, so bogs and fens and marshes , what can happen there marshes, what can happen there is that because we've degraded those bogs and those peatlands over the years, because we've drained them, those grants from the government in the 80s to drain or peatlands that breaks down the peat and it produces like a brown colour, which ends up in our reservoirs , which the up in our reservoirs, which the water company has to remove because people don't like it. that brown colour, that's just carbon. it's actually completely harmless , but what people don't harmless, but what people don't like it. so water companies have to remove it. but by removing it, which is a problem that they have not caused this is because of different government policies. years ago because they have to clean it. that cleaning process can cause or produce harmful products and that's an issue. then the balance between removing the brown colour and making sure the water is safe enough, it's incredibly perfect, perfectly safe water that happens to be a little bit off colour . colour. >> trying to get out that colour can actually make that water unsafe . if it could be the case

unsafe. if it could be the case that the clearer the water is, the more danger it it is dangerous. it is in some cases only in certain circumstances . only in certain circumstances. >> but yes, that is there is a case there when you have a reservoir or your water supply is supplied by a peatland , bogs is supplied by a peatland, bogs and fens, a peatland catchment, it is an issue. doctor christian, based on what we know so far about about this case, we've seen that south west water have apologised, but it's understood that it could be cattle manure that led to this outbreak of a parasitic disease. >> was this preventable by south west water or is this almost impossible to prevent this parasite getting into the water? >> i wouldn't really be able to comment on the specific issue there for this one. but again, and i'm not defending water companies, but again, this is an issue that water companies get all the flak. but there's so many other issues at play here. you're talking about cattle manure there. so was the farming farmers around the area. were they following best practice when it comes to storing their manure? there's so many issues there which are water company

has to face. and then when it goes wrong it can go wrong in a very unfortunate way like this. and then the water company gets the flack in many ways, quite rightly, but it does just just highlight this issue that our water companies , and we have to water companies, and we have to look at how our water companies are operating in this country, and we have to have a bit of a root and branch rethink about this, because it's clearly the water industry is clearly not operating how we want as a society. and the environment wants as well. so we do have to look at how we pay for it, how much we pay for it, how it operates. and i think we're getting to the point now where this could be happening. you know, the water issue, the pollution issue, could be one of the contributing factors which could change the government in a few months time or whenever the next election is. >> goodness me. well doctor christian dunn, thank you so much for setting that out. so so clearly for us there, we should say that southwest water have issued a statement. they say that we're working with public health partners to urgently investigate the source . we investigate the source. we apologise for the inconvenience

caused and will continue to keep customers and businesses updated. >> and i think it's right there what doctor christian dunn was saying about it being an election issue, because i think for people that have been affected by by dirty water or unsafe water or not being able to swim in the sea with their children in the summer, they're angry and rightly so , and i angry and rightly so, and i think it will be, it will matter to people at the next general election. >> certainly will, although it's hard to see how there's an easy or a quick fix to something that relies on perhaps uprooting the entire water infrastructure in this country, because we've, unlike some countries, designed it, that rainwater goes into those, pipes as well. so if there's a lot of rain , yeah, it there's a lot of rain, yeah, it overflows overflowing, which leads to the issues that we're seeing. >> you know, this morning on the front page of the i sewage in our rivers. so do get in touch if you're affected in southwest devon. we'd really like to hear from you. gb news .com/ your say now to take a look at some politics, shall we. >> because the chancellor has pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line with

the labour party. >> yes. he warns that the labour party will be forced to raise people's taxes to pay for their spending pledges , as he spending pledges, as he reiterates his own commitment to eliminating national insurance. >> well, joining us now is former labour adviser kevin maher. and kevin, there is an issue here with the labour party traditionally being seen as the higher tax party and the conservative party today is going to try and push that issue i >> -- >> it is. i lam >> it is. i guess there must be an election in the offing , of an election in the offing, of course, jeremy hunt is in the kind of invidious position for a conservative chancellor of presiding over that. obviously, the biggest tax take that we've ever seen since the second world war. so he's got to say what he's got to say. i think partly this is a reaction to the latest opinion polls, which again , have opinion polls, which again, have this yawning gap between labour and the conservatives and time is running out. and if we're looking at an election possibly , looking at an election possibly, after after the next fiscal event. so, so perhaps an autumn

statement from jeremy hunt setting out some tax cuts and then an election off the back of it. it still feels fairly inadequate to the scale of the political challenge that the conservatives have got to, to, to narrow that yawning gap. now, of course , you know, all of course, you know, all chancellors facing an election say they're going to cut taxes . say they're going to cut taxes. why wouldn't they? but it's partly a credibility issue , you partly a credibility issue, you know, you can't you can't hike up taxes so much for so long and then get loads of political payback, loads of credit for bringing them back down to levels that you had when you, you know, you inherited the country in the first place. so, so i think i think it's, it's, it's, it's a pretty obvious move from jeremy hunt. he's obviously got to kind of quell, some fairly restive backbenchers who are looking at those polls and thinking, i'm not going to be here in the next parliament unless we do something dramatic. but he's kind of headroom for doing something dramatic . he's doing something dramatic. he's also incredibly limited, because i think the thing that's killing the tories , i suspect, more even the tories, i suspect, more even than tax tax, the tax level is interest rates hammering mortgage mortgage holders. and we've seen the advent of the 40

year mortgage, which, you know, is something that , you know, is is something that, you know, is just is just something to boggle at really. i think that's the thing that's really going to do the tories in. and of course, if he goes hard on tax cuts and can't bring interest rates down as a result of that, then frankly, it's cutting his nose off to spite his face, but does he have a point, though, mr jeremy hunt, that labour tax rises are as sure as night follows day? because if you're looking at those six pledges yesterday from sir keir starmer not raising taxes was not a promise on those six pledges. and that is something we saw from tony blair back in the 90s. >> so that's a good point actually. that's that's a perfectly fair point, i think. i think i think labour people are looking at this and sort of saying until we get behind the desk, until we open the books, until we have a proper look at the state of the public finances and what is possible , then we've and what is possible, then we've got to be ultra cautious in terms of what we actually promise. so so, you know, the pledges that were announced yesterday are fairly modest, fairly granular , and they were

fairly granular, and they were characterised by keir starmer as initial first steps of a labour government. so these are the kinds of things that, you know, they can move on pretty quickly. so he's talking about an extra 40,000 gp appointments every week and locking in that economic stability. and of course, some of this is from the new labour playbook of 1997. i mean, i can hear gordon brown talking about locking in economic stability and prudence with a purpose and all those kinds of phrases. but i think, i think what the big takeaway for, for those years, for keir starmer is to under—promise and overdeliver. and i think, i think that's very much the tenor of his, of his strategy at the moment, which, which is to say, look, we're miles ahead in the opinion polls because the government is falling to bits . government is falling to bits. but but if we go in there with big grandiose claims about how we're going to transform the country automatically, people won't buy that anymore. people are not going to believe that. but if we can, we can actually set out some direction of travel. if we can set out some modest achievements that we can get to very quickly, and then if we can get some economic growth blowing in the sales of the pubuc blowing in the sales of the public finances, then we can do some more exciting things over

the lifetime of that, of that government. and of course, back in 1997, you know, gordon brown inherited a pretty good economy at five years of economic growth. after we left the exchange rate mechanism in 1992. you know, the inheritance today is the worst that any incoming government will have had in the post—war era. so again, caution is paramount in the kind of the labour world they don't believe. the opinion polls at all, because i think i think all politicians are superstitious. but labour people worse than 1979, with the with the winter of discontent and sky high inflation, inflation beyond anything that we've seen in the last couple of years. >> i mean, that seems like a pretty poor inheritance to is but i think i mean, you know, just previous item about the water industry, you know, i mean, i think people have a sense of there is a general malaise in the country and nothing is working. >> catching a train as a nightmare, catching a bus is a nightmare. interest rates are much higher than we've experienced in the last 20 years. you know, the economy feels very sluggish even though it's coming out of a technical

recession . and it's that it's recession. and it's that it's that sense of, you know, you press the buttons in whitehall and nothing happens. and i think that's probably where a lot of conservative ministers are today, which is you push the buttons, you press the levers, you tell the officials you want to do something and nothing really seems to happen. and it's that sense on that note, we're going to have to leave it there. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. really appreciate it. >> yes. thank you very much indeed. >> yes. thank you very much indeed . now, new research has indeed. now, new research has revealed that on average, young entrepreneurs are working almost a day and a half extra per week compared to the rest of us. >> yes, almost three quarters of young entrepreneurs say they were more passionate about their side hustle. >> that's their secondary job than their 9 to 5. >> well, our north west england reporter, sophie reaper , spoke reporter, sophie reaper, spoke to one young businesswoman to find out what it is that drives her. >> if it's something you really, really enjoy, there will be a way that you'll make it work. >> since she was just 17, young entrepreneur jenna barton has entrepreneurjenna barton has always had a side hustle. she started out by offering make up

appointments on weekends, and since then her love of having her own business has continued to grow financially. >> yes, there is a benefit to it, but at the same time, i feel like a 9 to 5 can be quite mundane and sort of monotonous. as a creative person, i feel like i need to have an outlet to , you know, really exude my creativity. and that's what gets me going and keeps me excited as well for my job. so if i can have my 9 to 5 and that pay my bills and i've got the structure coming in there, but then i also enjoy myself on a weekend, keep myself busy, a bit of extra money, but also use my creativity to its fullest. >> after getting engaged last yean >> after getting engaged last year, her passion for social media combined with wedding planning brought about a new business opportunity . business opportunity. >> vie i just thought, you know what, if you can have this on your wedding day as sort of a behind the scenes experience on top of your wedding photographer and videographer, then why not? i'd love for it to eventually become my full time job. it's something i absolutely enjoy seeing people's love stories pan out in front of me as well .

out in front of me as well. >> but jenna is not alone. new research has found that on top of the normal 9 to 5, the average young entrepreneur is working an extra day and a half each week to try and grow their side hustle into a full time career. in fact, 71% said they were more passionate about their small business than their actual jobs. but with an average profit of £3.70 per hour, it's the earning potential that could be holding them back among young people. >> there's an incredible amount of talent, an incredible amount of talent, an incredible amount of passion, and it's important that actually, as a country, we harness that and make sure that we're encouraging people to consider setting up their own business from a young age. and increasingly, we're seeing younger people recognising that they could be their own boss, they could be their own boss, they could be their own boss, they could do something that they're really, really passionate about. >> as times change, so do our ways of working. and that means our younger generations taking their small businesses online. >> increasingly, we see a lot of

young entrepreneurs growing their business and marketing their business and marketing their business and marketing their business online using social media platforms. in the uk, there's 1.5 social media platforms. in the uk, there's1.5 million uk, there's 1.5 million businesses on tiktok, for example. so it is certainly worth considering for many young people like jenna in the uk, running their own business is a dream come true and despite the challenges , they're willing to challenges, they're willing to work hard to make that dream a reality . reality. >> sophie reaper gb news. >> sophie reaper gb news. >> now, at 7:20, let's take a look at the weather, shall we? with annie . with annie. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update . it's going to be a much update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start

for parts of northern england, southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon and actually across more southern areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland, well into the afternoon and in the sunshine, it's going to be feeling fairly warm. widely we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the southwest southwest england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers. across the east coast, though, we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt where we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening. now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening, but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. could see some drizzly rain for

a time. when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. nofice into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry. this area of rain will push further west through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england, south of areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day. and once again also across central areas of scotland, but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine . it saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day, bye bye . a great day, bye bye. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . solar sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> well now, as some of you may know, we've been nominated for a tric award on this channel in the best news program category

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the moment. the videos are on social media are well worth that. >> it was. it's we could have a similar scene. we hope this year eamonn holmes and nigel farage are up for best news presenter, breakfast is up for best news program and camilla tominey is interview with alastair stewart about his dementia diagnosis. this, i believe, is up for best interview, which i think would be so heartening if that one. yeah. so if you can submit a vote that would be lovely. please that's qr code on your screens. now if you've got your phone on you, you can use that. i did see an email on gbnews.com/yoursay it's not an email, is it? >> it's a comment post a comment post. >> thank you. yes i think the lady was called rose. maybe rose. if it's not, you'll know who you are. you said that you don't have social media and you don't have social media and you don't know to how do it. just go to trick no k.org. i think it is. you'll find the website .uk and you can just do it on the website. so don't worry, you don't need to be on social media and you don't need to use that qr code. there you go. poll—tric.org.uk just do it on the website. so don't panic. easy peasy. you've got until 5:00 pm today. also, a few people saying that they weren't able to submit their votes. now we had this last year, didn't

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breakfast. >> welcome back. now. a pub's refusal to accept cash has sparked an online debate after a woman was told she couldn't pay with a £20 note. >> well , this morning we're

>> well, this morning we're asking should a business be able to reject notes and coins? well, joining us now is former adviser to the bank of england and the uk treasury, doctor roger gewolb and personal finance blogger emma bradley. good morning to you both. very good to see you. rogen you both. very good to see you. roger. let's start with you. what do you make of it? is it is it right for a business to refuse cash? >> i think on an individual basis, businesses can do that. i think it's yesterday or the day before for the giant macquarie bankin before for the giant macquarie bank in australia to said that's it. no more branches, no more checksin it. no more branches, no more checks in or out, no cash. everything is digital and that's fine. but if it were to spread to the rest of the australian banking system, that would be a disaster. so there needs to as this evolves, there needs to be some sort of control framework in how far it can go. >> what do you make of that, emma, that there needs to be a framework to ensure that people, many people in this country still rely on cash day to day, this is a very concerning for

many people. there's a lot of benefits to getting rid of cash. >> it it's much more efficient for businesses. you know, it eliminates a lot more fraud. so there's a lot of benefits of going cashless as well as some of the concerns that people have at this point. >> okay. roger, what do you make of that eliminates fraud. >> there are benefits. >> there are benefits. >> there are benefits. >> there are benefits to some businesses in some people. but i think that generally older people, disabled and otherwise challenged people are not going to be able to use online banking or mobile apps , and they're or mobile apps, and they're going to be stuck. otherwise there are many sorts of particularly small businesses that simply trade in cash not to avoid vat or do anything crooked, but that's how they've always traded, and they need that. always traded, and they need that . thirdly, cash is the legal that. thirdly, cash is the legal tenderis that. thirdly, cash is the legal tender is the currency of the nation. it's part of the ethos, part of the culture. it really shouldn't disappear. and

fourthly, if you eliminated cash altogether the next thing you would move to from having only digital banking is a central bank, digital currency, which is a different thing and a different situation. but i believe that would follow very quickly. and a lot of people don't want that because all of our spending would be our income and our spending would be visible to bureaucrats . that's visible to bureaucrats. that's who very, very well might try to control us. >> yeah. emma, what do you make of this point about how if everything's digital, everything's digital, everything's tracked, everything's tracked, everything's being watched by the government? there's no privacy in what anyone does anymore. >> but there's also a lot more safety in that it, you know, it reduces muggings. safety in that it, you know, it reduces muggings . for example, reduces muggings. for example, people are carrying less cash , people are carrying less cash, so robberies are on the decrease. so there's a personal safety. there can also be benefits to going cashless. and i think cash can also be quite

unhygienic passing it around. so for the individual there are some benefits to going cashless . some benefits to going cashless. >> what about for young children though emma. because teaching young children about the value of cash, if it's all aethereal , of cash, if it's all aethereal, if it's all imaginary, it's all zeros and ones in a computer rather than being able to count out coins. this is how i learnt about the value of money pocket money being given every week, knowing sort of what it is that's worth something . isn't that's worth something. isn't that's worth something. isn't that a value? >> there is, there is that to it? but our children's lives are very, very different. you know, we're harking back to because we grew up in that society and that was our way of managing, you know, young people these days, they just look on their apps, they just look on their apps, they check their bank accounts, you know, they're their lives are so digitally enhanced anyway that they don't learn and need to learn in the same ways that we necessarily did. >> roger, last word to you, because we are running out . because we are running out. >> yeah, i don't i don't think i agree with that very strongly . i

agree with that very strongly. i think children still need to get some basic financial knowledge. l, some basic financial knowledge. i, i don't think too many people get sick from handling banknotes. i don't think the crime aspect , it's banknotes. i don't think the crime aspect, it's just as easy to say to somebody, i'm going to hit you on the head unless you withdraw something, you know, from your mobile app and give it to me or transfer it to my bank account. here's my number as it is to steal a few quid from their pocket. i think the things that emma are saying are not solid arguments to take away something that's so fundamental to society and how people interact with each other. cash is a kind of i've heard it described as a spiritualist medium of exchange . it's a way medium of exchange. it's a way that people exchange energies to get rid of it and replace it with a software. and the last thing i'll say is, which breaks that, you just want to have your clearing bank tell you they've got a tech problem and you can't do anything for two days. that's happened to me. so to be solely reliant on that is insane .

reliant on that is insane. >> okay. >> okay. >> well roger gewolb and emma bradley, really good to see you both this morning. thank you very much indeed. i'm seeing so many views coming through on this already. so we are going to share as many as we can throughout the program. keiton coming in gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but , who's coming in gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but, who's the coming in gbnews.com/yoursay. >> but , who's the richest sports >> but, who's the richest sports player in the world and do they have all their money in cash or is it all, aethereal. in a bank? well, do you know paul coyte will tell us up next on .

breakfast. >> welcome back to breakfast. it's sports time. paul coyte is here. hello. morning. should we start with leeds? >> yes, leeds for what? are you laughing at, tom? there's a there's a snicker. it's a joke, isn't it? you're going to do a joke before the show started? >> yeah. there was a word that was used to describe how leeds united did. right. and hammered.

>> hammered? hammered? yes. >> hammered? hammered? yes. >> and ellie and i were laughing about the word hammered. >> oh, right. okay, fine. >> oh, right. okay, fine. >> so now that's still amusing, but i've got that out of my system. >> you pleased to please behave yourself while i'm doing this? >> behave myself and pay attention. yeah, right. >> so leeds were hammered, now stop it. will you stop already? leeds. >> norwich was hammered by leeds. and you. you define a hammering as over three. >> yeah, i think that's fair. yeah. a spanking would be more than. will you stop again? goodness me. you're doing this on purpose. i'm not, i'm not. this is. this is football talk. so leeds will now play the winner of either southampton or west bromwich albion, who play tonight in the second play off game. so then the actual final which they call they always there's different numbers. it's like is it million. no it's is it 100 million. is it a billion. is it a is it a gazillion. it's just the biggest money earning game in football. it's the championship play off which is next sunday at wembley. because then you move into the premier league. that's where the big that's the real, that's where the big bucks are.

>> that's where money talks. >> that's where money talks. >> absolutely, should we look at the boxing, the big fight this weekend? yeah. >> quick look at that fury usyk. we've got spencer oliver who's going to join us in an hour. so he'll tell us more about that because he knows both of them very well. and tyson fury, there was i say, the press conference. there's non—stop press conferences , fury and usyk, conferences, fury and usyk, there's tyson fury was standing for if you have a little look oven for if you have a little look over, we'll see that, that's that's, that's his his trainer, by the way. look, there's usyk on the right looking very nice. love the white suit. wow. fury just looking forward, actually. is that a waxwork of usyk ? i'm is that a waxwork of usyk? i'm not sure whether that's actually him just completely still, it's like he's been petrified. it's not very exciting, is it? the way this. he's just standing there looking mean and moody, smiling , confident. and there we smiling, confident. and there we are, usyk now staring at him , are, usyk now staring at him, but tyson fury refusing to look him in the eye. look, what's that all about? >> what's the what's the mind games going on here. >> oh it's constant. see, the thing is they could stare each other off, but he's just thinking, i'm not going to look

at you. i'm going to look this way. so he's looking complete the other way. but anyway, the big fight is tomorrow in riyadh, in riyadh, in saudi arabia. >> yes. who seems to be trying to buy up every sport on the face of the earth. >> absolutely. every sport. and the thing is, it started with boxing a few years ago and it was like, oh my goodness me , how was like, oh my goodness me, how can you do this with human rights records? everything. and now a couple of fights that's all forgotten. and on we go. >> now, paul, you've been teasing this all program. where on earth is the olympic torch heading to? >> well, i'd like to tell you exactly where the olympic torch is. it's heading through france andifs is. it's heading through france and it's the. let's have a look. there it is, tom. look at it. it's the beautiful, beautiful walled city of carcassonne . carcassonne. >> carcassonne. >> carcassonne. >> medieval citadel and the watchtowers you can see there. paralympic long jumper dimitri pavard there. and olivia ruiz, the singer. and today, where could it possibly be? i don't know, no time to lose . to lose know, no time to lose. to lose their heading. >> no time to lose .

>> no time to lose. >> no time to lose. >> there's no time to lose. they are taking the olympic flame into toulouse and there we are. look at that. look he's nearly setting fire to her. can you see that? she's. he's holding the flame above her head. that could have been. she's got a real strut on so there we are. and they're handing over. it's very moving. that is the beautiful town of carcassonne . town of carcassonne. >> it's a bit. it's a bit of an odd sort of shape, isn't it, that it goes out and then in again, i normally think. >> have you never seen an olympic torch? >> man, i have seen olympic torches. i saw the one that came in 2012, in the uk, and that was a proper torch. narrow at the bottom, wide at the top. not this , not this peculiar sort of shape. >> that's the eu for you see. that's what it was all about then with their torches they go, well, justifies everything, doesn't it, so . doesn't it, so. >> well, thank you for continuing to track the olympic torch. >> well, i just feel as if it's something i should do. >> it is. yeah. it is fun. yeah it keeps you busy. >> it keeps me busy. and i feel as if it's. it's just something i'm doing. >> it's nice to keep. >> it's nice to keep. >> we really appreciate it.

>> we really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> you're welcome. >> thanks, paul coyte. >> thanks, paul coyte. >> now, do stay with us up next, we're going to be taking a look through this morning's papers. this

breakfast. welcome back to breakfast. we're going through the papers now. joining us this morning is political commentator shahab mossavat and journalist and author ella whelan. very good morning to you. both of you. and i wanted to start with these live pictures of a hospital in slovakia . i mean, they've just slovakia. i mean, they've just moved, actually, so we'll try and get those for you . but this and get those for you. but this is the front page of the guardian. then. this is about the slovakian prime minister who's obviously shot two days ago in an assassination attempt . shapps. >> yes. that's right. so. so the guardian decides to treat this as, as a, as a story about, about press freedom and the potential for a crackdown on, on

on the media, which i find incredible. we've got we've got mr fico fighting for his life. this is an attack on democracy, clearly an attack on democracy. and yet they decide to do this self—serving headline in which they say fico shooting could trigger media crackdown. i think i think what the story here really is about the radicalisation in public discourse. it's about not finding democracy merely where it suits our agenda, but actually being servants and protectors of democracy. the idea that this this 71 year old man can go along and shoot a sitting prime minister for me is quite outrageous. and what's really more interesting is that he's not some hothead young radical. this is somebody who's really thought about this. he's apparently a poet and a writer, and he's gone, gone, gone off. well, you know , but but but well, you know, but but but honestly, this is this is we're looking now at this hospital where, the slovakian prime minister is fighting for his life. >> he had intensive surgery over the last 24 hours. and it is just to many reports, touch and

go. >> correct. he's been shot five times in the in the abdomen and in the legs , he's lost a lot of in the legs, he's lost a lot of blood. it took quite a while to get him . they they they lifted get him. they they they lifted him out, airlifted him out with a with an air ambulance with a helicopter to this , to this helicopter to this, to this hospital, and yet , as helicopter to this, to this hospital, and yet, as i helicopter to this, to this hospital, and yet , as i say, the hospital, and yet, as i say, the guardian decides that this is the moment now to start talking about media crackdowns and what have you . yes, it may be that have you. yes, it may be that the government that he leads is not to the taste of the guardian and those worthies that lean that way. but i really do think that way. but i really do think that we've got to support democracy and accept the democratic verdict of the electorate. >> it reminds me of, this anecdote from when ronald reagan was shot in 1981. he was rushed to the hospital , and he turned to the hospital, and he turned to the hospital, and he turned to the hospital, and he turned to the surgeon just before he was put under and said , my was put under and said, my goodness, i hope you're a republican. and the surgeon who was an avowed democrat, said, mr president, today we're all republicans. >> well, you know , i mean, there

>> well, you know, i mean, there is a bit of a precedent here when it's obviously a different country and a different context. >> but when sir david amess was tragically killed, the in the aftermath of that event , there aftermath of that event, there were a load of politicians led by mark francois, who who lined up to say that what we really neededin up to say that what we really needed in the aftermath of this was a crackdown on online anonymity. and there was a big argument about sort of getting, you know, implementing measures to police the internet in order which by the way, had absolutely no relation to the attack itself. >> the terrorists didn't have an anonymous account on twitter, and it was completely unrelated . and it was completely unrelated. >> but what these things do happenin >> but what these things do happen in a sort of bid to do something in capital letters, governments often do implement these sort of draconian measures, and so it's fair enough to talk about press freedom, and it's fair enough to be cautious about those things because, you know, whether it's you know, post 911 or any time there's a big event like this and governments want to reach for the do something button that can often have bad consequences. >> yeah, elon, let stay with

you, shall we? >> and another story in the guardian this morning. this is about a 29 year old woman who's been granted assisted dying. >> and this is quite bleak from mourning's story. so apologies to viewers and listeners, but i just think it's important because there has been a topical. yeah, there's a real discussion about the question of assisted dying, whether it should be legal and to what extent for whom, and most people can, in fact, all people can relate to the suffering that happens when people feel that there's nothing left of their life, whether that's for physical reasons or mental reasons . and, you know, nobody reasons. and, you know, nobody would want anyone to live in pain , but i think this, this pain, but i think this, this story in the guardian really is an example of the problem with the dark problems of assisted dying. it was a young woman, she's 29, who has suffered all her life of mental illness, has gone through a various range of treatments and has a partner, a family who, you know , presumably family who, you know, presumably love her. there's no indication that they don't in this , but has that they don't in this, but has decided to end her life and is

going through this very cold, practical, technical means to end her life in the netherlands. and it's just a real it really hammers home the sort of, the inadequacies of the assisted dying argument, which is that basically we give up on people , basically we give up on people, you know, a young woman in her prime who should be convinced that her life is worth living rather than given the opportunity to end it. and there's been a really great documentary. i think, by liz carr on disabled actress who's done a documentary for the bbc talking about the fact that bringing in assisted dying would essentially open the door to saying there are certain lives that aren't worth living. and i think as a society, we really need to argue the opposite, which is that, you know , which is that, you know, everybody can picture, for example, somebody with a terminal illness at the end of their life who's in a lot of pain, and you know, that that that's worth considering. but doesn't mean you sort of justify the ending of life. this the only thing that's good about life is life is worth living . life is life is worth living. >> so what what do you make of

this story? >> i think i think this speaks of the prozac generation. you know , this this idea that know, this this idea that happiness is some somehow there's an entitlement to happiness, that happiness is a given. you know , life can be given. you know, life can be bleak. life has ups and downs, and it is in those in those ups and it is in those in those ups and downs, in those peaks and troughs that it actually has its majesty. you have something to look forward to. you're at a low ebb and you try harder. look forward to. you're at a low ebb and you try harder . you go ebb and you try harder. you go for it, you give it a bit more. and i do understand that depression is not something that's necessarily within our control, but i do think that when we say to people, you have the right to give up on life, what we're actually encouraging them to do, we're enabling and promoting that. and, and i just want to quote from the dutch law here, it says it is available. this this form of euthanasia is available when unbearable suffering with no prospect of improvement is present. well, that's open to all sorts of interpretation. and i think that's the thin end of the wedge. how do you interpret that? who's interpretation is it that? who's interpretation is it that there is no there's no chance of improvement if it's left up to the individual. they're bound to make mistakes.

>> and if the individual is determined to be mentally ill, yes. then are they compos mentis in making those decisions? >> exactly, exactly. >> exactly, exactly. >> the numbers are rising. the guardian points out in 2010 there was only two cases like this. 2019 there's a 2023 is 138. so it's obviously a growing problem. yeah. >> and i mean james trounson has been has been raising this topic of assisted dying hasn't she. so it is topical and it's right to raise issue. it certainly is. and ella and shehab thank you very much indeed. and we're going to look at the weather now with annie. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today , warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon , and

head towards the afternoon, and actually across more southern areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine, it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the south west southwest england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers. across the east coast, though we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt where we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening. now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening. but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think

most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. nofice into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry. this area of rain will push further west through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england, south of areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day and once again also across central areas of scotland. but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news

the parasitic outbreak that has left dozens of people ill as schools shut amid the chaos . schools shut amid the chaos. >> yes, southwest water says they are truly sorry and are looking at everything they can to solve the problem that has devastated this small south devon community. cold comfort though, for all the people that have fallen sick and the businesses that have been forced to close due to people drinking traces of animal faeces . traces of animal faeces. >> in political news, chancellor jeremy hunt is set to pledge further tax cuts as he warns a labour government will raise taxes as sure as night follows. day >> yes, jeremy hunt, the chancellor, has decided that it's chancellor, has decided that wsfime chancellor, has decided that it's time for the conservatives to go back to their low tax roots . but after the last five roots. but after the last five years, will the voting public

believe them? find out more with me very soon. >> well, that's as the gb news people's poll reveals that the majority of britons remain unsure about whether sir keir starmer is ready for the top job. >> and after a pub refuses, a woman attempting to pay with a £20 note. we're asking this morning is it right for businesses to turn their noses up at physical cash? >> new research reveals that young entrepreneurs are working almost a day and a half extra per week, compared to the rest of us. we'll be finding out more about how they fit everything in. >> and in the sport this morning, leeds make it to the championship play off final after thrashing norwich four nil. they'll take on the winners of southampton versus west brom, who play tonight. tyson fury would not look oleksandr usyk in the eye yesterday ahead of their world title fight. and who is the richest person in sport? >> good morning. it's going to be a warmer day for most of us today, but there is a risk of

thunderstorms for some. find out all the details with me a little later on. >> i'm tom harwood yes , good >> i'm tom harwood yes, good morning to you. >> and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on gb news. well, it's very good. lots of you getting in touch this morning. tom, you've picked out one about reservoirs, which are very passionate to talk about. >> yes, well, we were talking about reservoirs earlier, and you quite rightly said that there's not been a single reservoir built in the south—east in the last 33 years. but graham's got in touch to say that in havant thicket there is a new reservoir being constructed, although it won't be completed until 2029, so that means it will be 38 years of no new reservoir in the south—east. but by 2029, we'll finally have one. >> one. >> well, there you go. so at least one reservoir. it's not enough, is it? >> maybe fewer hosepipe bans, but only at the end of the decade. >> i wanted to find some on

cash.i >> i wanted to find some on cash. i found some good ones earlier on, but i'm having to dig around now, so i've been too busy looking up reservoirs. >> oh there you go. >> oh there you go. >> no don't worry it's fine. i've found them now. barry coates says cash is a legal tenderin coates says cash is a legal tender in the uk. we've been talking about this after a woman was refused, to pay with a £20 note in a pub. in a pub of all places. in a pub? yeah, we're talking about this. we were. >> i could sort of expect it in some. in an apple store. yeah, in very techie, you know, in a pub you expect to be able to pay with, with coins and notes. >> so we're essentially asking this morning, is it right that businesses are able to refuse cash? barry coates says cash is a legal tender in the uk. if a business refuses it, you should get the goods for free. you're not refusing to pay. the lady should go to the pub in question and order 15 drinks. if they refuse cash, they'll have to bin the drinks. they'll soon get sick of that. no cash. we're completely under control of the system and lots of other people making the point that what happens if that system goes down? we've seen it recently in supermarkets, haven't we? when onune supermarkets, haven't we? when online systems have have totally

crashed. yeah. >> so roger gewolb, our expert former bank of england advisor, was saying just that if a, if a system crashes, then how does how does anyone afford anything exactly. >> bevel simonsson makes the point that there is a transaction fee on digital purchases. no transaction fee with cash . and that makes such with cash. and that makes such a big difference, doesn't it? for small businesses, yes. especially >> although on the flip side, of course, for small businesses. and i know i've done this when i worked at a bar counting up the till at the end of the at the end of the, day's trading can be a really laborious and time consuming effort. >> can i just say, i'd love to see you work shift over? >> i was i'd pay good money to watch you behind a bar pouring pints. i can imagine . but i did pints. i can imagine. but i did often blame the taps. some were easier than others . okay. yeah. easier than others. okay. yeah. >> and just one more on glenn from glenn. sorry. saying boycott any shop that refuses to accept cash. they are part of the agenda pushing us into a cashless society. we'll do keep your views coming in on any of the stories that we're talking about today. gbnews.com slash your say. >> well, let's turn to our main

story today. southwest water has said that cattlemen could have led to the outbreak of a parasitic disease in devon. that's led to dozens of people experiencing vomiting and even diarrhoea. >> yes, it's thought that a damaged air valve on a pipe in a field containing cattle has been identified as the potential site of the outbreak. >> well, it comes as thousands of people have been told to stop using tap water for drinking without boiling it first, as schools have been forced to shut. >> well, joining us now is gb news southwest reporter jeff moody. good to see you this morning, jeff, what's the latest that. >> well, it's a beautiful sunny day here in south devon in brixham. the sun is shining on the harbour . brixham. the sun is shining on the harbour. all is right with his with the world. and god is in his heaven. but this belies the real situation , which is the real situation, which is that hundreds of people are feeling very sick indeed. although there has only been 22 cases diagnosed that doesn't

take into account the hundreds of people that say they're suffering from very, very severe diarrhoea and after the diarrhoea and after the diarrhoea passes, they're getting stomach cramps that they say is akin to childbirth . it's say is akin to childbirth. it's that severe. people say they've been very sick indeed. well, as you said just now, southwest water says they are truly sorry for the problem and they believe they now have identified it. they have found an air valve on a farm just outside the reservoir. the reservoir serves 40,000 people, by the way. so that's how many people could be affected by this. and they're saying that there's something faulty with that air valve and animal faeces, cow manure, all sorts of other animal faeces and dirty water from the ground has been leaking into the water supply. they say they're truly sorry. they say that they're working round the clock to try and sort the problem, but they're also saying it could

take a week. now this is cold comfort for the people that live here who are, first of all, feeling very sick indeed . and feeling very sick indeed. and secondly, they're saying, look, we warned southwest water about this virtually two weeks ago. it was two weeks ago that people first started to feel sick and people were contacting southwest water to say , look, the water water to say, look, the water doesn't taste right. the water coming out of the tap tastes funny and it's making me sick . funny and it's making me sick. and southwest water ignored this for nearly two weeks. they said, no, no, no, it's fine. carry on drinking the water. it was two only days ago at 1:00 in the afternoon, that they actually said no, hold on a minute. stop. don't touch any of the water. make sure that you boil water before you use it. and also make sure that you don't use it for cleaning your teeth. so that warning came very late. according to a lot of people that say, you know, they really should have been on the ball a lot sooner, it took the mp for this area to actually raise

questions in the house. he he held meetings in, in the houses, the house of commons to try and look at this situation. and it was him yesterday that revealed that it was this air valve that had been the problem, south west water have been issuing supplies of water to people. i was there all day yesterday . you may all day yesterday. you may remember, as people were cars were coming in bumper to bumper trying to get free water. literally all day long. people were queuing up to get this free water, some people are being very sort of, being, they're saying, look, you know, they're being patient about it, aren't they? they're saying, well, you know, it's a bit of a wartime spirit. everyone, these things happen every now and again. but then a lot of people are very angry people are saying, you know, we this didn't need to happen. and i think what's frightening people is that it can also be transmitted from human to human, from human to animal and from animal to human. some people are saying their

pets are very sick. somebody told me their cat was very sick. somebody else told me that they had a fish tank. and the other day they changed the water in their fish tank and all of their fish died. i mean , while the fish died. i mean, while the schools were closed yesterday, two primary schools were closed throughout the day. one of them opened briefly in the morning because the children year six had to, they had to sit various tests , their sat tests. so it tests, their sat tests. so it was open for a little while in the morning. there's still a question mark over whether those schools will carry on being open, or whether they will stay closed for another day, but of course, it's affecting businesses to shops , cafes, businesses to shops, cafes, restaurants. there's a lot of people that say that that have decided to close. and of course there's also a lack of communication. some people saying, look, well, should we dnnk saying, look, well, should we drink coffee that we've bought from a shop? because, okay, it's boiling. but then some people are saying, well, it's not quite boiling. these coffee machines, they don't they don't go up to 100 degrees. they hover around 90, 95 degrees. they're not

quite up to boiling . is that quite up to boiling. is that enough to stave off this illness? people don't really know the lack of information that they're getting from south west water has been very worrying for a lot of people , worrying for a lot of people, andifs worrying for a lot of people, and it's made lots of people very angry. meanwhile of course, elderly people are struggling and a very old lady spoke to me yesterday and she'd walked several miles to go to the car park. she had nobody to take her. and so all day long she was walking. walking walking to try and get some bottled water. of course there is a great community spirit. people turning up to get water for their neighbours, for friends and relatives and for people that are elderly. but it's also affecting children too. so it really is a dire situation here where people are feeling very, very confused, very , very angry, very confused, very, very angry, and more importantly, very, very sick . sick. >> jeff moody, thank you for bringing us up today. as you say, it's a dire situation. let's hope it's resolved very

quickly and lessons are learnt. it doesn't happen again. >> no? well, we should say that south west water has released a statement. they say we're working with public health partners to urgently investigate the source . we apologise for the the source. we apologise for the inconvenience caused and will continue to keep customers and businesses updated now. >> the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line with the labour party. >> yes, he's warned that labour will be forced to raise people's taxes to pay for all of their spending pledges. this is, he reiterates, his own commitment to eliminating national insurance over time. >> well, joining us now is gb news political correspondent . news political correspondent. olivia utley. very good morning to you, olivia. and this is clear blue water now isn't it. between labour and the tories. at least that's what the chancellor, jeremy hunt, wants to make clear. he says labour tax rises are as sure as night follows. day >> well, absolutely ellie, that's exactly what jeremy hunt is trying to do this morning, trying to show that there is a big difference between labour and the conservatives on the

economy. of course, it's very difficult for the conservatives to convey that message because over the last five years or so, britain has had a tax burden so high that it's comparable to something during the second world war. now, what jeremy hunt is going to say in his speech at 9:00 today is that the conservatives are making a distinction between the tax rises, which have been necessary over the last few years to cover the cost of the furlough scheme, to cover the cost of lockdowns in general, to cover that energy guarantee scheme. when russia invaded ukraine and the price of gas and oil went up, those tax rises, which the chancellor says were necessary, he also believes should be temporary. and the conservatives now think that tax should be going down to levels seen before the pandemic. now, meanwhile, keir starmer has said that he will, keep taxes to the lowest possible, but he has stopped short of saying that

they won't go up. and of course, jeremy hunt has seized on this. his message is that, yes, the conservatives have raised taxes, but everyone can see that they only raise taxes because in extraordinary circumstances over the last few years, those tax size tax rises were necessary. labour on the other hand, would keep taxes as high as they are now and even put them up further now. will the public be listening to that message ? listening to that message? jeremy hunt has already cut national insurance tax. both in the autumn budget and in the spnng the autumn budget and in the spring budget, and unfortunately for the conservatives, it did very little to help them give them a boost in the polls. hunters also said that eventually he would like to see national insurance scrapped altogether, something which would cost the treasury about 46 million. now, of course, that's something which is very, very tempting for workers. but as labour will be pointing out over the coming days, it could well come at a high cost to pensioners. national insurance is something paid only by those who are in jobs, so if it was

replaced by a more general form of income tax, which covers pensioners as well, it could mean a big tax rise for pensioners. and that's the card that labour will be playing over the coming days. but certainly this is the jeremy hunt's first serious attempt to show that the conservatives are very different from labour. on the economy. >> okay, olivia utley, there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed . very much indeed. >> well, let's have a little look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom. this morning. >> an internal nhs review has found that hospitals are struggling to treat people despite more staff and funding. it revealed that thousands of patients are stranded on wards with nowhere to go. the study on efficiency has forced health chiefs to accept that there is an ongoing problem within the nhs that needs to be tackled, teachers workloads are increasingly becoming more difficult as they're being forced to handle their pupils mental health and family problems. >> this, according to mps who have been critical of the government's efforts to tackle

staff shortages in schools . the staff shortages in schools. the education select committee has said that teachers are now spending more time addressing all of these issues that usually fall outside their remit . fall outside their remit. >> a five year old boy has died after falling from the upper floor of an apartment block in east london. it's believed the boy fell from the 15th floor of jacob's house in plaistow shortly before 6 am. on thursday . air ambulance, thursday. air ambulance, paramedics, police and fire bngade paramedics, police and fire brigade all attended the scene, but the boy unfortunately passed away and finally cambridge university could have the location of their graduation ceremonies moved from the building. >> that's taken place in since the 19th century. pro palestinian protesters have forced the university to move the event from the senate house to an undisclosed location . the to an undisclosed location. the protesters have said that disrupting graduation ceremonies is a last resort, as the university has bizarrely agreed to negotiate with them over the

issue . issue. >> a 8:16. let's take a look at the weather now, shall we? with annie . annie. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon, and actually across more southern areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbung bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright. parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine. it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland as the sunshine

develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the southwest southwest england, parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers across the east coast, though an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt where we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening. now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening, but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though. nofice into the southeast though. notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy, but fairly dry. this area of rain will push further west

through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england, southern areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day, and once again also across central areas of scotland. but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day. bye bye . a great day. bye bye. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> well, it's time for the great british giveaway now and your chance to win an astonishing £20,000 in tax free cash . but £20,000 in tax free cash. but before we tell you how you can win, let's catch up with victoria, who won our spring giveaway . she told us what it giveaway. she told us what it was like to be a gb news winner. let's take a listen. >> hi. i'm victoria, and i won the great british giveaway. i won £12,345, a pizza oven, a smart speaker, a games console

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next. >> 2024 a battleground year. >> 2024 a battleground year. >> the year the nation decides . >> the year the nation decides. >> the year the nation decides. >> as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? >> who will rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together. >> let's find out together. >> for every moment. the highs, the lows, the twists and turns we'll be with you for every step of this journey. in 2024. gb news is britain's election . channel. >> welcome back tom harwood ziv, steven. this morning, which it's a treat. >> yeah it is. and where is steven today ? steven today? >> it's his wedding anniversary. lots of you are very concerned. he is fine and well, it's his wedding anniversary. he's off for the weekend with his husband . anne diamond is back tomorrow and i'm going to be presenting

with ann as well, which is an eclectic mix. >> i'm stepping in. >> i'm stepping in. >> great. you're welcome. steven, lots of you getting in touch this morning. we're talking about cashless society because it's all about this lady, isn't it, who went into a pub with a £20 note, tried to pay pub with a £20 note, tried to pay with the £20 note, refused in a pub of all places? of all places. so we're asking this morning, is it right that businesses should reject cash? essentially, it turns out lots of companies do not accept cash anymore. joe. and the juice, which the coffee chain does is , which the coffee chain does is, maggie lee says pizza hut doesn't take cash anymore . pizza doesn't take cash anymore. pizza hut does, apparently. yeah. loads of you getting in touch saying that you've experienced it. so do keep those views coming in. it's quite shocking, isn't it? oh, really shocking when you when you sort of think. >> i mean, there are some businesses that don't take card which is perhaps more understandable. yeah >> that would make with the charges and things. and there was another story here that has flashed upon my screen saying that they went to a pub. they tried to pay with cash, the card system went down. they tried to pay system went down. they tried to pay with cash, and they said, yeah, we'll accept the cash, but we can't give you any change.

and they said, no, we'll be, we'll be, we'll be getting our change back. thank you very much. >> i'll give you a nick gibb they found going on. >> they found their change. i'm sure they did, but yes, this is happening. no. >> well, keep your keep your views coming in gbnews.com forward slash your say. because it does seem that this is a growing issue across the country. yeah. so yes. but shall we get to some new research now which has revealed that on average young entrepreneurs are working almost a day and a half extra per week compared to the rest of us. >> yes, almost three quarters of young entrepreneurs have said that they were more passionate about their side hustle or their passion project than they were their 9 to 5 jobs. >> well, our north west of england reporter sophie reaper has spoken to one young businesswoman to find out what drives her. >> it's something you really, really enjoy. there will be a way that you'll make it work. >> since she was just 17, young entrepreneur jenna barton has entrepreneurjenna barton has always had a side hustle. she started out by offering make up appointments on weekends, and since then, her love of having her own business has continued

to grow financially. >> yes, there is a benefit to it, but at the same time, i feel like a 9 to 5 can be quite mundane and sort of monotonous. as a creative person, i feel like i need to have an outlet to, you know, really exude my creativity. and that's what gets me going and keeps me excited as well for my job. so if i can have my 9 to 5 and that pay my bills and i've got the structure coming in there, but then i also enjoy myself on a weekend, keep myself busy, a bit of extra money, but also use my creativity to its fullest. >> after getting engaged last yean >> after getting engaged last year, her passion for social media combined with wedding planning brought about a new business opportunity. >> i just thought, do you know what? if you can have this on your wedding day as sort of a behind the scenes experience on top of your wedding photographer and videographer, then why not? i'd love for it to eventually become my full time job. it's something i absolutely enjoy seeing people's love stories pan out in front of me as well. >> but jenna is not alone. new research has found that on top of the normal 9 to 5, the

average young entrepreneur is working an extra day and a half each week to try and grow their side hustle into a full time career . in side hustle into a full time career. in fact, side hustle into a full time career . in fact, 71% side hustle into a full time career. in fact, 71% said side hustle into a full time career . in fact, 71% said they career. in fact, 71% said they were more passionate about their small business than their actual jobs. but with an average profit of £3.70 per hour, it's the earning potential that could be holding them back among young people. >> there's an incredible amount of talent, an incredible amount of talent, an incredible amount of passion, and it's important that actually, as a country, we harness that and make sure that we're encouraging people to consider setting up their own business from a young age. and increasingly, we're seeing younger people recognising that they could be their own boss. they could do something that they're really, really passionate about. >> as times change, so do our ways of working and that means our younger generations taking their small businesses online. >> increasingly, we see a lot of young entrepreneurs growing their business and marketing their business and marketing their business and marketing their business online using social media platforms. in the uk, there's1.5 million

uk, there's 1.5 million businesses on tiktok, for example. so it is certainly worth considering for many young people like jenna in the uk, running their own business is a dream come true, and despite the challenges , they're willing to challenges, they're willing to work hard to make that dream a reality . reality. >> sophie reaper gb news. >> sophie reaper gb news. >> well, as the fight between tyson fury and oleksandr usyk nears will speak to a former european champion, spencer oliver,

next. >> welcome back to breakfast. it's sports time . paul coyte is it's sports time. paul coyte is here to tell us about the richest people in sport. >> oh, yeah. it's the forbes rich list. the athletic, forbes rich list. i've got some. i've got some big names and huge money. huge money. so this is earnings for a year. giannis

antetokounmpo well done. thank you. who's that. he is a greek nigerian basketball player for the milwaukee bucks . oh and he the milwaukee bucks. oh and he is £88 million for him in a year . in a year one year 80. yeah he's only fifth 88,000,088 million. >> my goodness. you just have to work for a year and you'd be done. not even a few months. >> see, the thing is, i'm probably too lazy because i would retire. yeah. so i would play would retire. yeah. so i would play one season and then go. >> you'd give up your star basketball career, would you? >> i mean, the thing is, everybody's paying for me to play everybody's paying for me to play basketball. i'm spitting on my finger. and you know what? i'm going to walk away from the sport there, tom. i'm just going to walk away. lebron james, another, legendary basketball player, 101 million a year. now we get to the top three. lionel messi. yeah. went over to miami £107 million this year. wow. jon rahm the golfer 172 million. there's jon rahm. now the reason he got that sort of money is because he joined liv golf. and then the last one you saw that's then the last one you saw that's the number one still cristiano

ronaldo. it's gone over to play football in saudi arabia. he's there. we are more about saudi arabia saudi arabia £205 million for the year in one year, in one yean >> and in saudi arabia that's not going to be taxed at all, is it? no. my goodness how about that. >> just not bad money. talk about saudi arabia because we're talking about the boxing fury. usyk takes place in riyadh which is tomorrow night. this is honestly this is a huge fight. i always find the warm up to this just a little. i was going to be very hot, but it's a little strange. i find spencer oliver is with us now. spencer oliver, boxer. is with us now. spencer oliver, boxer . man that knows everything boxer. man that knows everything about the game. broadcaster. morning, spencer . morning, spencer. >> paul. how are we? >> paul. how are we? >> really good. good to see you . >> really good. good to see you. is it. is it just me or is this. do you find it all a little strange just taking so long to set this thing up? it's in riyadh. you've got the face off. nobody's talking to each other, but they're all very friendly. what have you made about the whole build up to this fight? spence? >> listen, paul, we've been waiting 25 years for this undisputed world heavyweight

title fight. the last one was lennox lewis when he beat evander holyfield back in 1999. so that's how long we've been waiting for this. and look, the build up, you know, is what is was expected really. tyson fury's the louder of the two. he's the he's the showman of the two. oleksandr usyk is quite quiet. he's a he's a big character himself. but he does it in a different sort of way. look we've got two guys here going for the undisputed 56 fights between them, no defeats and 38 kos. that's what it is. that's what's on the line between these two. who's going to win the fight? really? listen, we've all got an opinion, but none of us really know. like tyson fury has the size. didn't look particularly good last time out against oleksandr , sorry. against, oleksandr, sorry. against, ngannou. oleksandr, sorry. against, ngannou . you know, he looked ngannou. you know, he looked terrible there, but he's in completely different shape now. look at him. he looks, you know, physically, he looks brilliant . physically, he looks brilliant. he really does. and mentally he's good as well. a happy fighter. he's a dangerous fighter. he's a dangerous fighter. and tyson fury has been carrying himself very, very well over there. oleksandr. >> interesting. you say that a

happy fighter is a dangerous fighter because i guess if you get angry, you've got to keep your emotions in check , because your emotions in check, because obviously this is an art. this is not just a slugfest, especially the way these boys fight. you've got to keep it in check, haven't you ? check, haven't you? >> absolutely. listen, paul, listen, if a fighter when a fighter goes into a fight and he's left no stone unturned, that's when you know that he's happy. that's when you know he's dangerous because he knows that he's at the best of his ability. and i think that's what we've seen with tyson fury. we've seen him in the past where he's not wanted to interact with him with the media. he's not wanting to do stuff, and that's when he's not been in shape. you've seen him, you know, when he's carrying a little bit of timber and not looking particularly well physically. this one, he looks absolutely superb. i'm expecting the best tyson fury here. and also oleksandr usyk who's a couple of years older. but that that guy has just lived the life, you know, come up from cruiserweight as you know undisputed cruiserweight champion now looking to become undisputed heavyweight champion . undisputed heavyweight champion. and his speed and his movement

you know beat tyson fury who's physically the bigger who will get in there and he'll try and rough him up. he needs to hold centre of the ring, establish the jab early and sort of take control of it. because if oleksandr usyk gets into any sort of rhythm, if he gets into any sort of rhythm, it's going to be a tough night for fury. >> he's not going to be anywhere near the sort of rhythm that you're in at the moment, spence. i'll tell you, you're you're flying through this beautifully. i'm just worried. is it possible that maybe tyson fury has lost a little bit too much weight? or do i not need to worry about that because he looks very slim? >> well, he does look slim, but i think that he's. that's because he recognises what oleksandr usyk brings to the table. it's all about fighters andifs table. it's all about fighters and it's about that adaptability and it's about that adaptability and being able to look at your opponent and say , right, where opponent and say, right, where are my strengths going to be? where are my weaknesses going to be going into this one? he knows who's got speed. he knows he works the angles, comes off the line, he's light on his feet, puts the combinations together to fury, has to match him with that a little bit as well. yeah. we're getting into this a little bit here, aren't we? honestly, i am, i'm following the whole

thing. >> you've even got me. got me moving in time. here, listen, one more quick, one more quick one. and this is the fact is going back years, i remember being a kid listening to boxing on the radio. it's not going to be on the radio. i know you do a lot for talk sport. the bbc have been trying to make a deal. it's a bit bizarre, though, that no radio and obviously you've got to pay £25. so everybody that's watching it all come round to my place and spencer's going to come and we're going to watch the fight together. but a bit upsetting that it's not going to be on the radio this time don't you think? yes >> it's shame that it's not going to be on the radio. but you know, hopefully next time there's a there's one out there. they've got a5v5 frank warren versus eddie hearn. that's going on june the 1st. big fights going on to that as well. let's hope we get out there for that one. but yeah we're not there for this one paul. but i'm going to take you up on that invite mate. i'll come round. we'll do a little shadow boxing in front of the telly. lovely. oh, speak a little bit. i'll do a little bit as well and then we'll take it from there. but fantastic fight. who wins? i lean towards

tyson fury, but do not write off oleksandr usyk. >> spencer, enjoy the fight. look forward to seeing you tomorrow. thanks a lot. great job. >> cheers guys. all the best. >> cheers guys. all the best. >> thank you spencer oliver. isn't he great. >> so good. >> so good. >> you know he fought the way he talks. everything's in rhythm. it's all in time. it's just unbelievable. >> you can sense an enthused spasm. >> you can sense a presence i get excited i get excited just talking to him. i'm sort of ready for the fight now. >> and you're behind tyson fury now. he's got that out of you. >> yeah, i think so. oh, there you go. i thought maybe you think, but i think yeah, i think he's right. it's the weight thing because he's very very quick tyson. and the fact he's lost some weight looks like he's sort of a bollard stuck in the fight. i can't imagine he's a bollard, like sort of one way or the other. he's not. he's not as big as as tyson is. no, no. a short bollard, but a bollard nonetheless. nonetheless an unmoveable bollard. yes. be a great fight. so amazing. like spencer says, first time in 25 years in the heavyweight titles been unified. >> yeah, i've been waiting a long time for this one. paul coyte. thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> do you stay with us? we're going to be taking a look through this morning's papers

next. year >> very good morning to you. this is breakfast on gb news with eddie costello. and just for today, me tom harwood. and it's lovely to have you here, tom. thank you. well, i'm sure you'll be looking forward to the weekend as well, where you're presenting with anne diamond the legend , that is. legend, that is. >> yes. anne diamond saturday and sunday. yes. and it's izzy inaya next tuesday. >> actually, it's an eclectic ladies again smorgasbord. shall we get to the reviewing the papers now? >> we should, i think. yeah >> we should, i think. yeah >> well, joining us is political commentator shahab mossavat. and the journalist and author ella whelan shahab . you've picked out whelan shahab. you've picked out the sort of reverberations aftershocks from keir starmer's enormous speech yesterday . enormous speech yesterday. >> he does like to be enormous, hasn't he? he likes to roll up his sleeves and be very manly, doesn't he, you know, he says i'm not blair and it's different

from 1997. well, that's an understate . but then he promptly understate. but then he promptly produces a pledge card. you know, the thing about starmer's approach has been that it's been approach has been that it's been a blow by blow emulation of the blair mandelson, campbell playbook . it just seems to it playbook. it just seems to it seems to be, you know, played out exactly the same. but what's different. and he is right. he is different . what's different is different. what's different is different. what's different is that when blair came along with his five, five point pledge card , they were they had card, they were they had enumeration. they they told us exactly what he was going to go and do. whereas what you find on starmer's is that it's deeply inane and almost totally vague, apart from this very modest claim that he's going to recruit 6500 new teachers, which is a drop in the ocean , there are drop in the ocean, there are 570,000 teachers in this country, 6500 is not going to even touch the touch. the sides . even touch the touch. the sides. so, you know, all of this deliver economic, economic stability. >> that's the first point. it's very odd because about a year ago keir starmer was talking about bulldozing through planning restrictions and delivering growth and change. now he's just saying stability

as if he wants the line to be flat. >> exactly which government has ever come into power or tried to come into power saying that they were going to deliver economic chaos. of course they want to deliver economic stability and so does everybody else. you've got to put some meat on these bones. and there isn't. you know, i was i was saying to ella before we came on, i think we're in a bit of a bit of a political flux. we're in a bit of a crisis because what we need is real politics, real policies, real vision for the country. and it is a crisis when a party stands on the precipice of power purely by omission, because the other lot are so terrible. >> well, do you know what? let's talk to ella whelan about this too, because we've been doing some polling over the last week. gb news polling people , polling gb news polling people, polling by gb news, which suggests that there isn't much enthusiasm for starmer. just 29% of people say he's ready for government. >> well, i mean , i think the >> well, i mean, i think the story of this election, it's always unwise , perhaps, to make always unwise, perhaps, to make predictions because things are so volatile . that's probably the

so volatile. that's probably the only good thing to be said about elections at the moment. but i think if labour wins, which they probably will, it will be because of a disillusionment with the conservative party rather than a raw enthusiasm for starmer and labour. and i mean, he i think he knows that himself. there's a you know, he's talked about the sort of vagueness, the deliberate vagueness, the deliberate vagueness of labour's approach , vagueness of labour's approach, but i think it's not just the sort of hesitancy to announce details. it's actually that the keir starmer, under stands the way that he understands what's happened since 2019 is that he looks and says people don't like the chaos of the conservative party. what they want is sort of boring, steady, reliable, like you say, flat line politics. that's i would reject that. i think that's not true at all. the big ideas predominantly around brexit, that was the sort of forefront of the 2019 election haven't gone away in people's minds. it's not that people's minds. it's not that people are like, oh, well, that's not really that big a deal for me anymore . it's that deal for me anymore. it's that the conservative party failed to realise that exciting moment in

politics. and so the labour party now, you know, i think is very patronising to voters. it thinks that we just want a sort of managerial, technocratic approach to parliamentary politics and that will get us nowhere. i mean, i'm very depressed about this upcoming election because i think that it's going to be a very low turnout. people are going to be very disillusioned, and that it's going to be a kind of close your eyes and pick the worst, the best, worst on the ballot reminds me a bit of how theresa may became prime minister >> she didn't run a particularly good campaign or anything. she didn't really campaign at all. it's just all the other opponents took themselves out. yes and we got a prime minister by default, and perhaps that was one of the problems with theresa may. she was being they're trying to be strong and stable, but she wasn't road tested and it didn't work out that well for the country. >> well, that's when we were talking in the break. she was saying that there is a kind of a default nature to this election already. everybody pretty much knows there are some kind of upset that labour is going to win it. the conservatives have pretty much said, oh, we need a penod pretty much said, oh, we need a period in opposition , who cares?

period in opposition, who cares? and so they've kind of bowed out from the race already. and that means that you don't have that dynamism. you don't have that sort of pressure. and i actually think that keir starmer isn't under pressure . he doesn't need under pressure. he doesn't need to come up with a big plan for the economy. he doesn't need to do any of these big announcements because he sort of knows he's going to get in already. and that's not that's not a great sort of position for democracy to be in. >> well talking about not great positions, the nhs is having yet another crisis. ella, you've picked up this bed blocker story. >> i hate the word bed blocker because it's so ageist . it's because it's so ageist. it's a horrible phrase to say that at the start. but but the, the detail of this is and it was really weaponised , in previous really weaponised, in previous actually under theresa may, discussions of bed blockers were really weaponised against old people, but there has been an internal nhs review which looks at the fact that there has been at the fact that there has been a fair amount of money pumped in over the last few years. and actually, as a slight increase in staffing. and yet there is still a very big problems with waiting times, people being stranded on gurneys in the corridors and things like that. and, and actually the detail is

that the nhs hospitals are now 11% less productive than before the pandemic. so you cannot this isn't can't all be blamed on the pandemic. and the kind of closures and stoppages that actually there's a serious failing at the heart of this. the review suggests that it was because there is this hold up in the centre of the nhs, which is that people who have been treated then have to. that's where the bed blockers title comes on, have to remain in hospitals, taking up space where they could be put elsewhere. and i mean, that obviously means that you need to we need to look at increasing social care, better system of sort of triaging people. but it's that it's the age old issue of the nhs and it's not money, it's not staffing. it's that the system itself doesn't work. >> i have to say, i've visited a hospital down in devon alongside the prime minister, when he was opening a new discharge unit, where people could be moved from beds that were of critical care to sort of like a holding pen before they're dismissed and perhaps stay a few days or a week there, which seems to be a good solution, but that's not been rolled out across the country yet. shihab i, the nhs ,

country yet. shihab i, the nhs, yes, the budget of the nhs per year back in 2010 was £130 billion. right? it's now over £180 billion. it's the most enormous amount, tens of billions extra every year going into this. but it seems to be getting worse , not better, getting worse, not better, because nobody has actually, nobody has tackled the elephant in the room, which is that structurally the nhs is not fit for purpose. >> it isn't about privatising , >> it isn't about privatising, it isn't about reform for the sake of reform. it's about actually making it work and be answerable. one of the first things you need to do, and i think ella was pointing at this, is that the care system, social care and care for the elderly needs to be fully integrated into the nhs as one system. it has to be joined up so that you don't get people in the wrong places. it's a little bit like moving trains. if a train is in the wrong place, then it takes up that space. you need to move it to the right place so that it can run that service. if it's in the wrong place, it takes extra resource to put it into the

right place, and it gums up all of the trains that are behind it. absolutely. so to do that, to have an integrated system would mitigate such crises. and it isn't just one. there's the there's the beds crisis , but there's the beds crisis, but there's the beds crisis, but there's also the carer scandal. there's so many , so many issues there's so many, so many issues that are linked and yet there isn't joined up thinking . and isn't joined up thinking. and thatis isn't joined up thinking. and that is where the problem lies. >> shab, let's stay with you, shall we? and look at the times. and this is about universities in debt. it's a drop in international students. >> yes that's right. so so clearly for a long, long time, especially since we've had tuition fees come in. what we've been reliant on largely is, is for these students , largely from for these students, largely from the eu and overseas, to come and make up that shortfall . but it's make up that shortfall. but it's becoming increasingly less attractive to those students. but the headline isn't quite accurate, because what it says is that student numbers are falling. they're not actually falling. they're not actually falling. what's happening is that capacity is increasing because the expectation, the modelling that was done was that there were going to be more of these students coming, and it

relies on a certain number because they pay more than they they pay in more than they take out. >> it almost subsidise subsidises british students. >> that's right. so that's £9,250 figure that our students pay £9,250 figure that our students pay are home. students pay is subsidised exactly by what you say by fees which are sometimes double or even triple what uk students pay. if they disappear, then the government is going to be faced with a budgetary black hole and they're going to need to allow universities to increase that. if that happens, then we're going to be looking at people that numbers ucas are going to say is going to tail off, and then we're going to have less people go, i just want to say one last thing. i think this is a strategic national point that we are making here. do we back, do we invest in our future, you future proof the economy by having good, qualified people that stops immigration as well. >> really? really. what do you make of it? >> well, i think it's a disgrace that international students are treated like cash cows. and you know that that's been a sort of a truth of the university sector

for higher education sector for a very long time. but we also have to sort of ask the question. i mean, aside from the immigration point, the shapps makes , are too many people going makes, are too many people going to university? i mean, university now is seen as a means to get a job. and that's actually a con for a lot of young people because you don't i'm going to interrupt you because we can actually cross to the shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, peter, kyle and peter, just to start off, we have been talking about universities and the issue of a drop in international students restricting the funding for those universities. >> what's the labour view? should we have more international students or fewer ? international students or fewer? >> what we need to do is look at the entire university experience and the funding for it, because it's not just the visa challenges that they face. they also have research money which has been held stagnant . the has been held stagnant. the tuition fees have been kept the same, i think, since 2014, so the universities and then the universities have been subject, of course, to the inflation

crisis, which has been caused by the instability in the government because of the liz truss, experience and the mini—budget and of course, vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. so universities have been at the centre of all of these real, real challenges. so rather than just picking one aspect of the funding, what we need to do is have a look at the entire funding landscape for the universities, see where we are in 2020 is going forward because there's lots of opportunities for universities going forward that weren't there in the past, including partnerships with other organisations and companies and research institutes . and we need to institutes. and we need to figure out how we can get universities back onto a secure footing again, because there has been a war waged against universities . universities are universities. universities are a key driver of social mobility in our country . they are a key our country. they are a key driver of having young people explore their potential , both in explore their potential, both in the future workplace but also in themselves and the personal characteristics that they develop. and we need to make sure that we are still world leading in our university sector and the war against universities must end by this government. mr khan, i wanted to ask you about the six pledges that were set

out yesterday by sir keir starmer in essex. >> we've got a warning from the chancellor, jeremy hunt. he's about to speak in a few minutes time, actually, he warns that the labour party are sure as night follows day to hike up taxes.is night follows day to hike up taxes. is he correct ? taxes. is he correct? >> well, i rachel reeves , our >> well, i rachel reeves, our shadow chancellor, did a speech last week where she accused jeremy hunt of gaslighting the british public. >> and then a couple of days later, he comes out and talks about labour's plans for taxation. i wish once that jeremy hunt and the conservatives would accept responsibility for what they have done, because we have no growth in the economy because of the way they have managed our economy. we have the highest tax burden for 70 years and even after the tax cuts that were given in the last budget, the gimmicky ones they did, people will still be paying £780 more because of the taxes he put onto in 1997, than others to not raise income tax, national insurance or vat .

insurance or vat. >> why is keir starmer not making that same pledge today ? making that same pledge today? >> because we are inheriting an an economy which is broken. we have had no growth for 14 years. we are we are pledging to go forward for this next election with a manifesto over a decade of national renewal. we have those first steps. yesterday, the first step will be economic stability. our mission in government will be to become the fastest growing economy in the g7, because we have ambition for britain. we think it's a great country with huge potential that's being held back by this government. and once we get that growth into the economy, we can start returning money into people's pockets. once we do that, of course, families can start to do all sorts of things they weren't able to do before thatis they weren't able to do before that is our mission. thank you. >> but just look at the record of this, this government and the at the top of

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it's 9:00 on friday the 17th of may. coming up today , the may. coming up today, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is set to pledge further tax cuts as he warns a labour government will raise taxes as sure as night follows. >> day . >> day. >> day. >> yes. jeremy hunt has now decided that it's time for the conservatives to return to their low tax roots . but after the low tax roots. but after the last five years, will voters believe them ? find out more with believe them? find out more with me very soon. me very soon. >> me very soon. >> that's all. as a gb news people's poll reveals that the majority of britons remain unsure about whether starmer is ready for the top job. >> devin's dirty water crisis, cow manure is thought to be the cause of a parasitic outbreak that has left dozens of people ill as schools shut amid the chaos after a pub refuses, a woman attempting to pay with a £20 note we're asking this morning is it right for businesses to turn their noses

up at physical cash? new research reveals that young entrepreneurs are working almost a day and a half extra per week, compared to the rest of us. we'll be finding out more about how they fit everything in. >> good morning. it's going to be a warmer day for most of us today, but there is a risk of thunderstorms for some. find out all the details with me a little later on. >> very good morning to you. i'm tom harwood and i'm ellie costello, and this is breakfast on . gb news. on. gb news. >> lots of you getting in touch with us this morning . thank you with us this morning. thank you so much. lynn pepper says universities blair again with all of his ideas. there's a problem labour is always left us with an empty bank. >> yeah. it's interesting that peter kyle, the shadow science secretary, was saying he wants more people to go to university. there's been .a war more people to go to university. there's been .awar on there's been .a war on universities. there's some clear blue water. really between the

tory party and the labour party here. many tory ministers say that this 50% target everyone going to university , perhaps going to university, perhaps wasn't the best idea, but the labour party seems to want to double down on it. >> yeah, we are starting to see some clear blue water, which we're going to be talking about in a moment, actually, with with taxes at least that's what jeremy hunt is warning. but dicky clock has been in touch saying starmer won't be in power long enough to implement his pledges. i think that is something that came to the fore yesterday in essex. when we're talking about these six pledges, i mean, there are six of them and you might you're going to probably need longer than one term, i think, i think there was some suggestion yesterday that they'd need at least two terms. well, they were talking everything. >> they promised a ten year plan. well, yes. which does sound a little bit audacious. i mean, the election hasn't happened yet, but it's important these two it's important to note mark from sheffield has got in touch saying talking about all of these tax rises and the tax situation, the reason why taxes had to be raised, says mark, was supporting the poor during the covid crisis. and i think that

thatis covid crisis. and i think that that is such an important bit of context for all of this discussion. the country spent hundreds of billions of pounds. it did not have to get through that pandemic and then to subsidise everyone's energy bills. i mean, this stuff isn't free. it's not free for politicians to just say, we're going to splash out this money to everyone to and sort of get through it sailing by, you know, it does mean that then things have to be paid for, we've also beenin have to be paid for, we've also been in touch from somebody on gbnews.com/yoursay saying what is wrong with labour mps is they all spout exactly the same words. they're quoting the current party monologue like i chat bots, there's no personality or passion there . personality or passion there. just like starmer clones boring us with total rubbish . and us with total rubbish. and interesting. you say that because the gb news people's poll , there is a question in it poll, there is a question in it that says, is it on trust? >> how much do you trust to deliver ? deliver? >> or a labour ready for government? there you are. thank you. tom, 38% there. >> did i 38% of people say

they're not. jeremy hunt is giving a speech on exactly this. let's listen. let's listen in. >> good morning and thank you for coming today. i want to dispel two of the biggest myths in british politics. firstly, that our economy is doing worse than other similar countries , than other similar countries, and secondly, that there's not much difference between the economic policies of the two main parties . since 2010, the uk main parties. since 2010, the uk economy has faced not one but three massive external shocks deaung three massive external shocks dealing with the consequences of the financial crisis. a once in a century pandemic and a 1970s style energy shock caused by the invasion of ukraine. each time conservative governments have done what people elect conservative governments to do to take the tough and difficult decisions necessary to put the economy back on its feet .

economy back on its feet. indeed, that is exactly what rishi sunak and i have done since taking office just over 18 months ago . back then, inflation months ago. back then, inflation was over 11, the bank of england said. we faced the longest recession in a century. the obr said we would see the biggest fall in living standards on record , and families were record, and families were worried about their future . but worried about their future. but what actually happened ? what actually happened? inflation has fallen to just 3.2% and is expected to fall further next week, according to the ons. last week, the uk economy has not just exited a technical recession, but is now growing faster than any large european country, faster even than the united states. in other words, working with the bank of england, we have delivered the soft landing many thought impossible to point out , as the

impossible to point out, as the labour party do, that living standards have fallen. this parliament, without mentioning the pandemic or the energy crisis, is taking everyone for fools. in fact, a conservative government protected living standards with an unprecedented £3,200 in cost of living support for the average family and as a result, in the last year, living standards grew by 1.3. despite might the obr predicting they would fall by more than double that amount and real wages have gone up for ten months in a row, giving families confidence that we are winning the battle against inflation. even more significantly, we have used the last 18 months to take profoundly important decisions for the future of the economy , for the future of the economy, tackling labour shortages for companies wanting to expand with child care reforms, pension tax changes and welfare reforms.

tackling our productivity gap with the most generous investment allowances of any developed country, something the cbi called a game changer that will fire up the british economy . unblocking delays to infrastructure projects with planning reform, boosting clean energy projects by speeding up access to the national grid and securing more capital for growth industries. with the mansion house reforms , which back our house reforms, which back our technology sector now double the size of germany's and three times the size of france's . but times the size of france's. but it isn't just what the prime minister and i have done over the last year , over the last 14 the last year, over the last 14 years, our conservative predecessors have taken equally difficult decisions and today we can see the results. 4 million more jobs, more new jobs than nearly anywhere else in europe. indeed, around 800 more jobs for

every single day conservative governments have been in office for more greenfield foreign direct investment than anywhere in the world except the united states and china. faster growth than any large european economy, or indeed, japan and the imf predicting that we will continue to grow faster than any of those countries over the next six years, has that growth been lower than more benign periods when we haven't had similar international shocks? of course . international shocks? of course. but has that growth been higher than it would have been without conservative governments prepared to take difficult decisions to put the economy back on its feet after those shocks, of course, again , and shocks, of course, again, and thatis shocks, of course, again, and that is why the record of the last 14 years more jobs, more investment and more growth than our neighbours demonstrates that

we have rewarded the trust of people who vote conservative because they trust us to do the right thing on the economy . but right thing on the economy. but this is an election year. people won't just make a judgement about our record, they make a choice about the future. naturally, faced with that economic record, it suits labour to say they won't be making any big changes to conservative economic policy . but it's also big changes to conservative economic policy. but it's also a myth. indeed, the second big myth. indeed, the second big myth in british politics today . myth in british politics today. because when it comes to labour policies on jobs, welfare reform and tax, the difference if they are elected will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. let's start with jobs . country. let's start with jobs. the president of the cbi described the uk as a job creating factory . that's because creating factory. that's because over the last 14 years we have painstakingly built one of the most flexible labour markets in

europe . but angela rayner wants europe. but angela rayner wants 17 new burdens on employers, which would turn that job creating factory into a french style , inflexible labour market. style, inflexible labour market. that may sound good to offer full employment rights from day one and certainly pleases the unions . but one and certainly pleases the unions. but if one and certainly pleases the unions . but if the impact one and certainly pleases the unions. but if the impact is fewer, new jobs , then the impact fewer, new jobs, then the impact on young people and families up and down the country will be an unmitigated tragedy. unemployment in france is nearly double the uk. indeed, it's not far off where it was under the last labour government. here we must not turn the clock back on welfare reform. labour has said they are against sanctions. that will mean more people on our welfare rolls, not less . but welfare rolls, not less. but conservatives know that if businesses are going to find the workers they need without

depending on unlimited migration, we need to move people off welfare into work. mel strides welfare reforms will help 1 million people do just that, at a cost of £2.5 billion. the obr say the impact that will be to reduce the flow of people signed off work, and not having to look for work by two thirds. a quiet revolution that will make sure those who can work do work , and we give help where work, and we give help where it's needed . labour doesn't want it's needed. labour doesn't want to talk about these decisions because they would duck them, but conservatives know it is simply not possible to grow the economy without a plan for where additional workers will come from. and we have that plan . the from. and we have that plan. the final area of substantive difference between the parties is tax . in her may's lecture, is tax. in her may's lecture, the shadow chancellor spoke for

an hour, 8500 words. not once did she mention reducing the tax burden . but conservatives look burden. but conservatives look around the world. we notice that the lower taxed economies of nonh the lower taxed economies of north america and asia generally grow faster than the higher taxed economies of europe . taxed economies of europe. labour like to criticise recent tax rises , thinking people don't tax rises, thinking people don't know what caused them. the furlough scheme, the energy price guarantee and billions of poundsin price guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support . but labour supported those policies , which is why it is policies, which is why it is playground politics to use those tax rises to distract debate from the biggest divide in british politics today . what british politics today. what happens to the tax burden next? because conservatives recognise that whilst those tax rises may have been necessary, they should not be permanent. labour do not.

we are prepared to do the hard work to bring taxes back down, because we know that doing so will lead to more growth for the economy, more prosperity for british families. and that's why we've taken £0.04 off employees national insurance saving the average person in work £900 this yean average person in work £900 this year. that is vital relief for families after a cost of living squeeze. but it will also grow the economy. the obr say the cut in employee national insurance will lead to the equivalent of 200,000 more people in work filling nearly a quarter of vacancies in the economy . making vacancies in the economy. making work pay makes the economy work, too. as a result of these changes , since 2010, the changes, since 2010, the effective tax paid by someone on an average salary has fallen under conservative governments from 24% to 19. combined with

increasing to the national living wage, that means the after tax income of someone on the lowest legally payable wage has gone up by 35, and we're not stopping there. if we can afford to go further responsibly to reduce the double tax on work this autumn, that is what i will do , because over time we make no do, because over time we make no apology for wanting to keep cutting the double tax on work until it's gone, but only when we could do so without increasing borrowing and without cutting funding for public services or pensions. labour's approach is different. every single labour government since the 1970s has increased the tax burden . as we know, global burden. as we know, global shocks have sometimes forced conservative governments to do the same as i did in the autumn statement of 22. but conservative governments never

do so by choice, and we've never accepted such decisions need to be permanent. that is why, since that autumn statement, decisions in my fiscal events have reduced the tax burden by nearly 1% of gdp, compared to what it would have been. labour makes a different choice. for them. higher tax is a means to a progressive end, and today we produce the evidence that taxes would go up under a future labour government. we are publishing 15 new official costings of announced labour policies that show their commitments cost a total of £59 billion over the next four years. that's not even an exhaustive list of their commitments, just the ones they've talked about most visibly , given their fiscal visibly, given their fiscal rules, the only way to pay for such huge spending commitments is to raise taxes by

considerably more than the £20 billion of tax increases they have already outlined. in fact, the gap between what they will spend and what they will raise, according to these independent official costings, is . £38 official costings, is. £38 billion or £2100 per working household. keir starmer's first step upai we heard yesterday . step upai we heard yesterday. but to help himself to you and your family's wallets, crucially, in the final year of this forecast, labour would need to raise taxes by more than £10 billion or break their fiscal rules . that is the equivalent of rules. that is the equivalent of £0.02 on employee national insurance. the very £0.02 they refuse to vote for after the spnng refuse to vote for after the spring budget . now, they may spring budget. now, they may hope people won't notice . they

hope people won't notice. they may try to distract people by claiming the government has its own black hole of £46 billion. as a result of our ambition to aboush as a result of our ambition to abolish employee national insurance over time . but this is insurance over time. but this is nonsense, as even torsten bell at the resolution foundation has said, because unlike labour's commitments, which are for the next parliament, our ambition has no time commitment because we've been explicit that we will only deliver it when it can be afforded, it will come through growth in the economy and not by increasing borrowing or cutting spending. it is frankly disgusting to try to scare pensioners by misrepre hinting that policy, but it won't fool anyone. that policy, but it won't fool anyone . with £38 billion of anyone. with £38 billion of unfunded spending pledges in the next parliament, taxes will go up under any future labour government as sure as night follows day . but taxes will go

follows day. but taxes will go down under a conservative government because we will do the hard work necessary to keep our economy competitive . so my our economy competitive. so my challenge to the labour party today is simple. you refuse to vote for the national insurance cuts in the budget. so come clean with the british people. are you planning to reverse them and if not, which other taxes will you put up to pay for your £38 billion black hole? because on tax jobs and welfare reform, there isn't just clear blue water between the parties. there is deep blue water, an ocean of deep blue water that is the difference between more jobs or fewerjobs difference between more jobs or fewer jobs , more difference between more jobs or fewerjobs , more people on fewerjobs, more people on welfare or fewer tax cuts or tax rises, more growth or less growth. in short, a prosperous future or a poorer one. thank you. i'm happy to take questions

. and we're going to start with the great chris hope . the great chris hope. >> chancellor. thank you for taking gb news question. you say you want to cut taxes. you've been saying that for months, but you have cut national insurance twice, £900 off the average average person tax bill. but you've frozen tax thresholds and the polls aren't shifting. why not? is it you and your party? the country wants change? possibly. and secondly, do you want a second budget pre—election to cut taxes ? pre—election to cut taxes? >> it is, you know, not a great insight. with great respect to you, chris, to say that putting up taxes, as i had to do in the autumn statement in 2022, is not popular, but it was the right thing to do for the economy. and we can see today when the imf are saying that our economy will grow faster than any major european country over the next six years, that those decisions have been the right ones,

they've paid off and that's why we took them. but now we are in an election year and if people are worried about tax, then i would just say one very simple thing. there is a choice . the thing. there is a choice. the labour government, the labour party does not want and a future labour government does not want to cut the tax burden . a future to cut the tax burden. a future conservative government will. thatis conservative government will. that is the big choice in british politics. and our argument is this isn't just about, family budgets. we understand how important those are when it comes to cost of living pressures . our argument living pressures. our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors. they grow faster. and in the end that is more money for precious public services like the nhs second budget. >> well, that was the chancellor , jeremy hunt, giving a speech on what he describes will be tax rises under labour and taking a question from our own political

edhon question from our own political editor, christopher hope. we should say that. he says that the uk has avoided what was predicted to be the longest recession in our history, saying that instead the government delivered a soft landing. he accused the labour party of 70 new burdens on businesses, proposed by angela rayner, creating a french style economy with twice the level of unemployment when compared to the uk . he unemployment when compared to the uk. he said that unemployment when compared to the uk . he said that the shadow the uk. he said that the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, in her recent mays lecture, spoke for an hour but didn't. once talk about cutting taxes and indeed he said that labour has a £38 billion black hole and has not committed to , pay for much not committed to, pay for much of its spending, saying that it doesn't say whether it will reverse or not. his recent national insurance tax cuts , national insurance tax cuts, there was a lot there. our political correspondent, olivia utley was listening to it all. and, olivia, what on earth does this mean? it feels like we are now in the midst of an election campaign in.

>> it really does feel as though we're right in the middle of that general election campaign. i think that was the most unashamedly conservative speech that we've ever heard from jeremy hunt. right at the end there, when he was answering chris's question, he said that conservatives want to keep taxes low , not just for the sake of low, not just for the sake of family budgets, but also to grow the economy. and because it's been proved that tax a countries with lower taxes have a more dynamic public sector, etc, that is a message we very rarely hear from conservative government ministers. and there are lots of backbench conservatives who have been saying that we need to hear that message more often. we heard a lot. there also about jeremy hunts cuts to national insurance tax. he cut national insurance tax. he cut national insurance both in the autumn budget and in the spring budget. this year, labour didn't vote for those national insurance cuts, saying that it could end up damaging pensioners. national insurance is something which is only paid by workers, and so labour argues that the danger is

if you end up cutting national insurance, you'll just put the tax elsewhere and pensioners will bear the brunt of it, jeremy hunt said explicitly. there that that's not true. he wants to cut national insurance without raising income tax and he challenged labour, which i thought was very interesting to say, whether or not they would reverse the national insurance cuts that jeremy hunt has brought in. it was an interesting message there, and i think one which we will hear a lot more of over the coming weeks and months. there's not just clear blue water between labour and the conservatives. there is a deep ocean of clear blue water, lots and lots of blue water, lots and lots of blue water, lots and lots of blue water between the conservatives and labour. and it was all framed as sort of philosophical. it was about, yes, the conservatives raise taxes when necessary and temporarily during a pandemic or dunng temporarily during a pandemic or during an energy crisis. but fundamentally, jeremy hunt said, conserve natives believe that tax should be low, whereas fundamentally, he said, labour believes that taxes should be high, that high taxes are the sort of key to a progressive

future. now that, again, is a message that we don't often hear from conservative politicians, andifs from conservative politicians, and it's one that lots of backbench conservatives will be cheering from the rafters about. of course, the question for jeremy hunt is it just all a bit too late? there haven't really been conservatives making the argument for a low tax state. not seriously for the past 14 years, perhaps with a few exceptions . a few months out exceptions. a few months out from an election, will that message really hit home? >> oh, it's a good question. olivia utley there for us in westminster. thank you very much indeed. that is it from us today. thank you tom, thank you . today. thank you tom, thank you. it's been good to have you. and it will be myself and ann tomorrow and on sunday doing breakfast. up next is britain's newsroom with ben and nana. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's going to be a much

warmer day for most of us today, but there will be a mix of sunshine and also some showers that could turn a little bit heavier later on this afternoon , heavier later on this afternoon, but it's a bit of a cloudy start for parts of northern england, southern scotland . that cloud southern scotland. that cloud should lift and break up as we head towards the afternoon, and actually across more southern areas of england and wales , areas of england and wales, where it's a fairly bright start, we'll see a bit more in the way of cloud bubbling up, but it should stay bright for parts of northern ireland and much of scotland well into the afternoon and in the sunshine. it's going to be feeling fairly warm widely. we'll be getting into the low 20s, but it will be a slightly cooler day for the far north of scotland, as the sunshine develops. that will also allow a few showers to develop. these will mainly fall across parts of the south west south west england parts of wales as well. they could turn a little bit heavy and persistent , little bit heavy and persistent, but i think most areas should avoid the risk of showers across the east coast, though, we've got an onshore breeze and some cloud lingering through much of the day, so it will be cooler here and across the central belt where we could see some heavy showers, possibly thundery

showers, possibly thundery showers developing later on this afternoon into the early evening . now that cloud across the coast will push further inland through this evening, but it should be a fairly dry night across the uk. you could see some drizzly rain for a time. when we do see the cloud thicken up, but i think most areas should stay dry and there'll be long lived clear spells across more western areas into the southeast though notice we see some more persistent rain and that will become a feature through saturday. but it's going to be another fairly mild night for the time of year. so a bit of a wet start across the southeast to saturday. elsewhere, cloudy but fairly dry . this area of rain will push further west through the day , further west through the day, turning more showery, and it will affect parts of the south—west of england , southern south—west of england, southern areas of wales. that's where the greatest risk of showers is through the day, and once again also across central areas of scotland . but elsewhere there'll scotland. but elsewhere there'll be a mix of sunshine and showers through saturday and in the sunshine. it won't feel too bad at all. have a great day. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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