gb news. way. >> good afternoon. britain it's 12:00 on wednesday, the 12th of june. i'm tom harwood , and i'm june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. don't give starmer a supermajority. that's the new warning from senior conservative figures ahead of the general election. but is this simply an admission of defeat from the downtrodden conservatives .7 downtrodden conservatives? >> meanwhile, is labour being transparent over its tax plans? there are growing warnings that the party isn't being open enough about huge taxes that may come , and joe biden's son, come, and joe biden's son, hunter, becomes the first child of a sitting us president to be convicted of a crime. >> what does this mean for the general election campaign?

>> and, rishi sunak. he left the d—day commemorations early to take an interview with itv's paul brand and there's been a few clangers that have come out of it, haven't they? >> there have been, there have been. although i mean, also in the interview, he did talk very movingly about the veterans that he met, the british events he'd been to, it just did seem very, very odd that he didn't go to the international event . the international event. >> yeah. and he's been pushed. he was pushed on what he had to go without as a child , and the go without as a child, and the only thing he could think of was sky tv. now, of course, the accusation is that he's totally out of touch and that no, when he was a child, most people did not have sky tv , and that's not have sky tv, and that's hardly something that you would look back on as something that you would do without. >> the question was opened with rishi sunak, you're richer than the king have you ever been without anything? and he said, and i think this is more

compelling, that his parents, you know, worked very, very hard. they weren't millionaires growing up. they were they were well off. well, i mean, upper middle class, middle class. i'm not sure . probably upper middle not sure. probably upper middle class. but why didn't he. middle class? why didn't he just say tom? >> why didn't he just say, you know what, i've got nothing to complain about. i had a very nice life. my parents worked hard. i did well at school. and no, there isn't something that i went without actually, that i would like to say at this stage. >> well, i think that's the that's the wise political thing to say, but i'm sure that if you're the if you're the boy at winchester whose both parents work, whose mum works in a pharmacy and dad is a gp where all your friends probably have landed gentry parents or whatever, you probably feel like you went without a lot of stuff, even if compared to the average person. >> is it a fair question anyway? is it what some would call gutter journalism? these type of questions let us know . questions let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay. but it's your headlines with . aaron. your headlines with. aaron. >> good afternoon. it's three

minutes past midday. i'm aaron armstrong . rishi sunak claimed armstrong. rishi sunak claimed the economy has turned a corner, has been dealt a blow as new figures indicated there was zero growth in april. retail sales were down, construction output also contracted, partly because of the wet weather. that month. the tories pointed to figures showing the economy had actually grown between january and march, but the lib dems say the party has utterly failed to deliver around their promises. and labour leader sir keir starmer says april's figures is further growth . their economic plan growth. their economic plan isn't working. the one thing that everybody expected and needed from rishi sunak was stability after the disaster of liz truss. >> what he's now done is become the latest version of liz truss, with unfunded commitments . and i with unfunded commitments. and i think the public know voters know that there's a cost to that and they want an alternative. and that's why i'm really pleased that tomorrow in our manifesto, we will take a different approach . we will set different approach. we will set out the case for growth, for

rebuilding , for putting our rebuilding, for putting our nafion rebuilding, for putting our nation first to go forward . nation first to go forward. >> the green party has launched its election manifesto with a promise to raise taxes for the wealthiest in society , and to wealthiest in society, and to ensure no one is scared to put the kettle on. the party would add a 1% tax on assets worth more than £10 million and 8% national insurance, on wages over £50,000 a year. they say proceeds would be used to fund improvements in housing, transport and the green economy. and they've also launched plans to boost spending on health and social care by £50 billion a yeah social care by £50 billion a year. labour's promising to fix the uk's pothole problem and is blaming the tories for soaring car insurance costs. the party claims damage caused by poorly maintained roads, along with an increase in theft caused by tory cuts to the police, has contributed to higher insurance premiums. shadow transport secretary louise haigh has pledged to direct special funding to councils to fix potholes , and says labour will potholes, and says labour will turn the tide of neglect .

turn the tide of neglect. >> the state of our roads is a massive cost of living issue for drivers. we're all seeing our car insurance premiums driven up because of the cost of repairs. it's estimated that drivers had to shell out £500 million last yearin to shell out £500 million last year in pothole related incidents, and with an average of £250 per driver , the liberal of £250 per driver, the liberal democrats have outlined plans to end what they've described as a sewage scandal in england and wales. >> they've promised to transform water firms into public benefit companies, to ban bonuses for water bosses . until the leaks water bosses. until the leaks stop. and they've planned they've pledged to replace the regulator, ofwat, with a tough governing body . the party says governing body. the party says the clean water authority would be given new powers to help reform the sector . nigel farage reform the sector. nigel farage has been offered additional private security by the home office after objects were thrown at him during campaigning. office after objects were thrown at him during campaigning . a man at him during campaigning. a man has been charged after a coffee cup and other items from a

building site narrowly missed the reform. uk leader on an open top bus in barnsley yesterday, 28 year old josh greely has been charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence . he's been released on violence. he's been released on bail and will appear in court later this month . brendan cox, later this month. brendan cox, husband of the murdered labour mp jo cox, says violence has no place in politics. >> i think it's deeply i think it's deeply depressing that people think that you can resolve political disagreements with intimidation, with violence and, you know , some people think and, you know, some people think these things are a joke. the throwing of the milkshakes, the throwing of the milkshakes, the throwing of the milkshakes, the throwing of eggs, the throwing of paper cups. but these things aren't because what they do is that they create a poisonous culture in our democracy . they culture in our democracy. they make people who are willing to go further than that , not just go further than that, not just throw things, perhaps throw a punch. perhaps worse than that , punch. perhaps worse than that, more likely to do that so you

can disagree vehemently with people like farage, which i certainly do. but we have a responsibility to uphold the right of candidates, no matter their views. >> a second man has now denied chopping down the sycamore gap tree last year. daniel graham and adam carruthers are accused of causing £622,000 worth of damage to the famous landmark and further damaging hadrian's wall. mr graham had previously denied the offence. mr carruthers has entered a not guilty plea today. it stood in a dramatic dip in northumberland for more than two centuries. the tree until it was felled in september, sparking a national outcry . the pair attended court outcry. the pair attended court wearing balaclavas over their heads. wearing balaclavas over their heads . we can get more on all of heads. we can get more on all of our stories by signing up to gb news alerts the codes on your screen. details are also on our website gb news. com now back to tom and . emily.

tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 and it's been another busy day of general election campaigning. is it all over yet? i don't think so, sadly. the challenge for the tories is to close a significant gap on the labour party , but some senior labour party, but some senior conservative figures are now warning voters against giving labour a super majority . labour a super majority. >> simple point is that if you want to make sure that in this next government , whoever forms next government, whoever forms it, that there's a proper system of accountability vie, then we would argue that you want to make. you don't want to have somebody receive a super majority. and in this case, of course , the concern would be course, the concern would be that if keir starmer were to go into number 10, it will either be rishi sunak or keir starmer. there's no other outcome to this election and that power was in some way unchecked. it would be very bad news for people in this country. a blank check approach,

allowing someone to do anything they wanted, particularly when their particular set of plans are so vague and they say change, but you've no idea what they actually want to to . change they actually want to to. change >> interesting stuff. does this mean that the conservative moves have already consigned themselves to defeat ? themselves to defeat? >> well, well, should we get the view of conservative parliamentary candidate miriam cates, who joins us now? miriam, thank you very much indeed for your time, interesting . the your time, interesting. the change in messaging here. now grant shapps so very senior conservative, saying that we should be warned against a supermajority for labour. why? why does he feel the need to say such a thing ? such a thing? >> well, i think it's really important to set out to the pubuc important to set out to the public all the different possibilities that might happen on on july the 5th. obviously conservative party very much hoping to get every vote that we can. but labour are ahead in the polls . and i think it's polls. and i think it's important that people understand

what a labour government might be. we're going to hear their manifesto tomorrow . but the size manifesto tomorrow. but the size of the opposition, if we were in opposition, does matter . and i opposition, does matter. and i think if we think back to covid, when there was no opposition, when there was no opposition, when there was no opposition, when the labour party didn't oppose anything that the government proposed, in fact they wanted more lockdown, more spending, more borrowing. we saw the kind of thing that can happen unchecked power. and when there is no serious opposition. and of course, it's right to warn the public that that may that could in fact happen again. if some of the polls are true. but i don't think it's admitting defeat at all. i think it's putting before people the kind of choices that are on offer, because there are all sorts of ways of thinking about how you vote, aren't there? there's do i like the local candidate? do i like the local candidate? do i like the local candidate? do i like the party that they represent ? some people vote represent? some people vote tactically in our first past the post system. they vote against a party rather. >> miriam two two days ago you, you took to twitter to give the reasons why you will not be going to the reform party again. why did you feel the need to do that ? that? >> because i've been asked so many times by so many people if

i was going to join reform, that i was going to join reform, that i thought it was betterjust i was going to join reform, that i thought it was better just to answer it straight out. why i won't be joining reform. why am i conservative? why i want to stand as a conservative and why i'm seeking votes as a conservative. and i think, you know, i know a lot of my colleagues feel the same. of course, we share a lot of frustrations that people who are considering voting for reform share on immigration and those kind of things. but, you know, i am a conservative. i have stood up on those issues. and i do think that that is, you know, there's where i belong. so i'll be standing there. but no , i be standing there. but no, i think, you know, democracy is an amazing thing in many ways , amazing thing in many ways, isn't it? and when i'm talking to voters, there's no such thing as an average voter. of course there are. you can put people in different categories, but people vote for all sorts of different reasons. some vote for party, some vote for person , some vote some vote for person, some vote on a single issue. that might be women's rights, for example. that's quite a big motivator of women's votes, and i think it's important to have these discussions openly, honestly about what the next government might look like and how that might look like and how that might influence people's vote. >> miriam , i remember following >> miriam, i remember following the 2019 general election very

closely going around the country, hearing the arguments , country, hearing the arguments, one of the arguments that boris johnson made was that actually the majorities had been far too small since 2010, that there was first a coalition, then a tiny majority, then a minority government reliant on votes from other parties like the dup , other parties like the dup, surely you can't have it both ways. he was asking for a big majority then for stable government. and now you're saying big majority governments are bad thing ? are bad thing? >> well, that's cakeism, isn't it? no, i mean, i, i what i think the point that boris johnson was making and certainly theresa may tried to make in 2017, but failed, was that something like brexit that needed enough votes to go through? couldn't happen without that majority. and we saw that majority in 2019 and we delivered it, but i think there's a difference between the kind of 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 seat majority , and the kind of seat majority, and the kind of majority that potentially labour could have if reform split the conservative vote. and of course , again, our first past the post

system is far from perfect and we saw in 2015 ukip got 4 million votes and just one seat. and you could say that's very anti—democratic. and perhaps it is actually perhaps our voting system does need reform. but we have what we have for this election. and i think people need to think carefully in each seat. who could win here? who do i want to be? my mp from whatever party that is. and what does that mean nationally? and there's no right answer to that, is there? that's democracy. it's people's free choice of who they for . vote but of course, we for. vote but of course, we should be looking at what the polls suggest and what that might mean, going forward. and i think, you know, we look back to tony blair's massive majority in 1997. and as conservatives , that 1997. and as conservatives, that was a disaster. the kind of things that he embedded in our constitution, the vandalism of our constitution, and many of the problems that this government has faced in controlling immigration, particularly , are as a direct particularly, are as a direct result of the power that was taken away from parliament by blair's government. now, of course, you could argue we should have done something about that. should have done something about that . and part of the reason we that. and part of the reason we haven't done something about thatis haven't done something about that is we didn't have big majorities in 2010 and 2015, but

my fear for a big labour majority would be that that constitutional vandalism would go further and further and be very hard to reverse. >> okay. well, thank you very much indeed. miriam cates, great to speak to you. >> well, let's cross live now to our political editor, christopher hope, who's been with the prime minister today. and, christopher, i hear that you've asked the prime minister this precise question . this precise question. >> yes. hi, tom. hi emily. that's right. we're on the on the pm's battlebus. the pm is on board with us. we're heading towards grimsby. that's right. we asked him that very question. why have you apparently. have i asked a question? have you given up? why is this idea that a supermajority is now being accepted , or at least mentioned accepted, or at least mentioned by senior labour ministers, like grant shapps? now, he replied that that's not what i'm saying. what i'm saying is don't give them a blank check, which is rather similar to. he made very clear. he feels pumped. he described himself as genuinely energised, always pumped for tonight's . then i think sir keir

tonight's. then i think sir keir starmer follows him, later on in grimsby, so he's clearly feeling that now he's got the opportunity to sell his manifesto across the country. this is this is the second stage of his campaign. up to this point. he was talking about ideas , hinting at ideas in a ideas, hinting at ideas in a manifesto. now we have the prospectus , of course, £17.2 prospectus, of course, £17.2 billion worth of tax cuts paid for, with £18 billion worth of savings from welfare reform and closing the tax gap, making more people pay their right amount of tax. he thinks with that offering he can try and turn his polls around. but the polls haven't budged. they are still at least 20 points behind and reform is snapping at the heels. but he's making very clear he is prime minister. he's not giving up at all. he is keeping going. he's got energy and wants to keep going for hope. >> thank you very much for bringing us that . an interesting bringing us that. an interesting change of tactic at this midpoint , change of tactic at this midpoint, perhaps in the general election campaign. >> is there a difference between

writing a blank cheque and a supermajority in political terms ? >> 7. >>i 7- >> i don't ? >> i don't think 7 >> i don't think either are have have a clear definition in political science , it's a bit political science, it's a bit vague. generally. generally a supermajority is two thirds, is referred to as two thirds. but if we're to believe some of the polls that we've been seeing, i think it's going to be beyond a supermajority. it's going to be a super duper majority. and we've got this exit. yeah i was going to go super supercalifragilisticexpialidocious quadruple. alrighty, and this new survey was saying a quarter of two 2019 tory voters want the tories to lose all of their seats, it's not looking good for the conservatives, but with us, we have the former labour mp , we have the former labour mp, gloria de piero. gloria, thank you very much. as always , for you very much. as always, for joining us. a super majority for the labour party . would that be the labour party. would that be spell disaster for the country as grant shapps says, no. but i think it's really important to say that the labour party is absolutely not complacent. i

don't believe there's going to be a super majority. listen, when you've been in the labour party as long as i have, actually, we're really good at losing things and not winning things. >> we very, very rarely in government, so stay cautious. >> don't take a single vote for granted. getting over the line is not something that the labour party has done for 20 years. >> emily. >> emily. >> so all this talk of super , >> so all this talk of super, some of some of the shadow frontbench are not taking it for granted that they're going to win. >> i'm because look, the signs rachel reeves is she being transparent enough on tax. we've interviewed jonathan ashworth many a time and he hasn't always been on top of all the policies that may or may not be in the manifestos. >> no vat rises, no national insurance rises. >> apart from those frozen thresholds . thresholds. >> those are the taxes that you and i that everybody who is watching or listening, lots of other ones aren't there and feel duty, council tax, capital gains tax , corporation tax, the list tax, corporation tax, the list goes on. >> customs duties . >> customs duties. >> customs duties. >> every single thing that you will see announced in that

manifesto tomorrow will be fully costed and not require a single penny of extra spending. >> the trouble with that is that assumes that the labour party is going to stick to jeremy hunt's spending plans, which the ifs described as fictitious, where a number of different departments are going to have to reduce their spending by several percentage points . percentage points. >> you have to grow the economy, tom, because you can't just tax people , you have to grow the people, you have to grow the economy. and what has been problematic under this government is it hasn't grown. >> it's flatlining . >> it's flatlining. >> it's flatlining. >> and so if you so the way to grow the economy is to get our businesses making more , selling businesses making more, selling more. that's the way you should get your tax, not just simply having to take it off individuals. >> of course, this quarter we've seen positive economic growth figures out this morning saying the month for the month the quarter. >> so we'll argue about months or quarters. i'm arguing about today's figures of economic growth. and today's figures are not good for the it's not been super duper growth. it hasn't it hasn't supercalifragilisticexpialidocious growth. >> very good. >> very good.

>> but the united states of course growing gangbusters faster than the united kingdom. the united. >> that's why a social democratic government does for you or or that's all that's very cheap energy. >> and fracking does for you . >> and fracking does for you. but you know, we can argue the toss on that. the what we can't argue is that germany is having argue is that germany is having a torrid time. france is having a torrid time. france is having a torrid time. italy is having a torrid time. we're bumbling along in that european pack. it's not out of the ordinary. the growth rates we're seeing in the uk compared to our european. i'm going to talk to you again in a couple of hours, and i will look , because i don't want to look, because i don't want to sort of misspeak, but i think from my memory, looking at that sort of list of where we are , sort of list of where we are, we're quite far down in europe in terms of growth. >> i will check that to make sure i'm not mistaking the eastern european, european economies where lower, but compared to the large. >> what i'm saying european, our viewers and listeners, well i mean they're very welcome if they live in italy, germany, france or wherever. france or wherever. >> france or wherever. >> but i'm talking about british, british viewers and listeners. do you feel better off than you did when these this lot came into power? that's lot. >> that's the question a lot of people will be asking themselves

when they go to the ballot box. another policy issue, gloria, for you, the conservatives are promising now that the 90,000 or so illegal migrants that have arrived in this country in the past year or so will be deported . i don't believe they are re—elected. okay, you may not believe the conservative. and yes, one can argue that no rwanda flights have taken off. i've also they do have a plan for manifesto for tory manifestos. >> the last four elections. they've said immigration will come down okay. >> but we've also spoken, promised in that manifesto broken. we're talking about illegal migration on this, on this one. and yvette cooper, the shadow home secretary, she wants to be in charge of this area of policy, doesn't seem to know what she's going to do with those who have arrived illegally in this country. right okay. >> so the problem is there are so many people whose claims are not being processed. that's why we've got so many people in hotels. it is ridiculous. and within that first year, the labour government, if we are lucky enough to be in government, will have another thousand caseworkers. you've got

to go through those. >> and if we say no, let's say we say no to half of them, or 60, 70, 80% of them, then what? >> well, you have to have a proper a proper conversation . proper a proper conversation. and let me finish my point here. you have to have a proper agreement with the countries that people are arriving from who have no right to be here from. >> does that mean does that mean you need an agreement with afghanistan, with the taliban? >> well, well, no . afghanistan. >> well, well, no. afghanistan. if you have been in afghanistan, we have we have routes for you to come here. i think we recognise . recognise. >> so anyone from afghanistan will be allowed to stay. look >> anyone know? >> anyone know? >> look, it depends on it depends on how it falls apart. >> gloria. no it doesn't. you need a third country. >> what falls do you do? need you do need to have agreements with with other countries. but let me say this. let me say this. because the last labour government , we had this. because the last labour government, we had our problems with illegal, immigration. we had people. it was a different vehicle. it wasn't boats, it was people coming under lorries from calais, entering our country

illegally. and we sorted it. we sorted it and we stopped it. you can check those figures. we have a record in dealing with illegal immigration. we did it last time. jackie smith , david time. jackie smith, david blunkett, this lot. haven't done it. give labour a chance. who have promised, by the way, that immigration will fall if we are elected. okay well, there you go. >> gloria de piero, former labour mp , a good stuff. labour mp, a good stuff. >> oh, to be an incoming government when illegal migration and legal migration are expected to both fall with with no policy changes. but but there we go. throughout the election, we've been hearing, of course, from people across the country about what matters to them. >> yes. today we met david lee from mansfield. >> i'm david lee, i'm 45, from mansfield. the biggest issue for me is basically putting money back into people's pockets . back into people's pockets. shops are closing, people are out of jobs and the regeneration of a place like this is really needed. i'm a business owner. i've got a small shoe repair shop. i've got to put my prices up because my costs everywhere have gone up. so to put money

back into people's pockets, lower taxes and get more shops open, that's what i want to see in a place like this. i think people around here feel disillusioned with politics, with government . they talk about with government. they talk about all this money that this town's being given to level up, and our money is going to be given to the places in the north to level up. but what levelling up has happenedin up. but what levelling up has happened in mansfield , this happened in mansfield, this marketplace, it used to be full of stalls. now as you look at it, there's a handful of stalls. mansfield has always been laboun mansfield has always been labour. you put a red ribbon on a donkey round here and it would have got in, but then we come to 2017 and it switched allegiances and it went conservative and i think a big reason for that was obviously brexit. in the past i voted for labour, for conservative, even for ukip. but at the moment i'm on the fence of which way i'm going to vote and i'm not going to look at rishi sunak or keir starmer on

which one of those i'm going to for , vote or even the other for, vote or even the other parties. i'm going to look at what the politicians say they're going to do for my town, mansfield . mansfield. >> interesting stuff. but shall we get to some of these wider issues affecting the united kingdom? because, of course , we kingdom? because, of course, we mentioned this with gloria a little bit. the uk economy recorded no growth in april. that's according to official figures from the ons. >> yes. was it the weather or was it something else? it's a pre—election blow for the prime minister, that's for sure. with any hopes of economic growth dashed ahead of the bank of england's interest rate decision next week, although could low growth actually mean that time time to cut interest rates might have arrived? >> justin urquhart stewart is with us. justin >> why yes, should be cutting interest rates so this could actually be good news for interest rates. >> but but let's let's zoom out widely. obviously no one likes a flatlining economy across the but this is perhaps a month blip i >> -- >> this is 5mm >> this is one figure one month these this figure is highly

unreliable. and so it could easily move one way or the other. put it into context over the past few months as well. all the past few months as well. all the figures we've had are was a 0.1, 0.2 up or down, i.e. very small . you haven't seen any small. you haven't seen any significant moves one way or the other. so really, you know, we can get worked up over it. it's all i would say quite ignore it. what it's doing is reflecting what we're seeing around most of the rest of the world. it's low and slow, and so we've been seeing some growth . but when seeing some growth. but when people have been saying, yes, but we're the fastest growing. yeah, but in a pretty slow race, it's the slow bicycle race. so if you're winning that one, it's not exactly gripping stuff. no. the bit that's really, i think and this is impacts on the economy more is confidence . it's economy more is confidence. it's this sort of figure comes out and you have no confidence to actually sit there and say actually sit there and say actually it's growing. and this is important. international vie because people look at britain now and they go, hang on, how many prime ministers you've been through now? what's been happening? and so they are holding off investing and they'll wait almost like doing shows like this, reporting numbers like this could become a

self—fulfilling prophecy. absolutely. the issue is , i absolutely. the issue is, i don't know, because if you look to the continent , if you look to to the continent, if you look to the united states, politics is all over the place . all over the place. >> yeah. you have prime ministers calling snap elections in france, the president there you have belgium. prime minister i mean, it's chaos everywhere, isn't it? i mean, european elections are far more chaotic than ours. >> it's a fairly mad world at the moment, seeing what we've been through with covid and all of that. and also wars breaking out and trade wars, you know, so all of those elements are actually really dramatic. see, china now is going to have to have 100, extra duty on its electric cars coming out to go into america. well, these sort of things don't exactly lead to great trade agreements, do they? so it's a very uncertain time if actually what you want at the moment is some silence. actually, just if people are just quiet, make rubbish programming, i appreciate it. >> well, is that not keir starmer's big pitch? he's a deeply boring man. and could it

be that actually what the markets want right now is just some very , very boring people some very, very boring people sitting back and not doing all that much at all? >> i can think of nothing worse, but you're absolutely right. and what he's got to do is and don't make a mistake. what's a mistake? probably opening his mouth just to say absolutely nothing. keep quiet and everyone will sit there and say, well, not making mistakes over there. >> but is he boring, is he bonng >> but is he boring, is he boring or could there be big tax hikes coming? could there be huge labour market regulation and intervention? certainly. could there be big changes to our economy? >> certainly going to be tax rises because they've already been put in place. they're baked into the system. unfortunately that can be reversed of course. will there be other things coming through . well it's labour coming through. well it's labour so yes, you're going to see other things coming through. but it's you know, frankly it's not in his interest to do so. if i were him, take it low and slow for the moment. and if you wish to, then bring in other, more populist issues for his to for his support , then you can do his support, then you can do that later on in things like costly nationalisation , all costly nationalisation, all things like, wide sweeping labour market regulation , all of

labour market regulation, all of those elements don't do that now. do that later on, particularly then if you then want to win the next election, which, of course, is what tony blair would be doing when he was first coming in, you know, everyone was saying, that's very exciting. he said, no, no. next one. we're here for two terms at least. >> and it's interesting in the first term of blair's government, he stuck to those tory spending plans. he opened the floodgates after 2001. that's when the nhs budget almost doubled and lots of borrowing to invest came about, argued to be setting up in a pretty poor state for 2000 and 708. and he was very lucky, of course, because when the tory government that he then left of course, who was in charge of it, you had the chancellor of the exchequer, one ken clarke, and the 4% growth. >> exactly. and the tory mps of that time were , he said, for that time were, he said, for heaven's sake, do a giveaway, but we can afford to do it. he said, no, the responsible thing to do is actually it's a good growing economy leaves it. so blair was being a lovely birthday present for that one. >> and one last thing. earlier this week we heard that unemployment unemployment is at its highest for three years. why? >> well, you actually think what

has changed? well, first of all, you've seen all those people who didn't go to work because of covid and haven't come back. now, why hasn't we still don't know why that hasn't happened. do they need to? do they suddenly say, i'll retire early or suddenly flush with cash? well, you know, it seems rather strange. that will change quite quickly when they suddenly realise. hang on. cost of living has gone up quite a lot. i better go back and get some work. also, the style of work has changed now. we had an awful lot of people then in the service area now. it's fascinating because you go to restaurants and they're still got shortages of people. you know, they used to be, of course , you know, the continental people serving tables and this, that and the other. of people serving tables and this, that and the other . of course, that and the other. of course, they've all gone home, so who wants to do that? and our domestic workers don't want to domestic workers don't want to do that sort of thing. what we need to do is upgrade the quality of people to be able to do other jobs. >> but also one of the things you know, in france and on the continent, people, you know, hospitality is a proper seen as a proper career. >> it's highly regarded. yes >> it's highly regarded. yes >> alas, not always in this country, although in some places elon musk is making lots of robots and it will solve

everything . well, thank you very everything. well, thank you very much indeed, justin urquhart stewart, always great to get your take on all things economy. >> well, still to come, we'll be speaking to a shadow minister on the claim that the labour party will raise certain taxes if it wins the election. what's the truth? but first, it's your headunes truth? but first, it's your headlines with . aaron. headlines with. aaron. >> good afternoon. it's 12:30. i'm aaron armstrong, rishi sunak . and to see hasn't given up hope of winning the general election and has warned voters not to give labour a blank check. his comments come as new figures show the economy flatlined in april, with zero growth as wet weather affected the retail and construction sectors. a setback to the prime minister's claims. the country has turned a corner and the tories pointed to figures that demonstrate the economy had grown in the previous three months, 2nd april. but the lib dems say the tories have utterly failed to deliver on their promises and shadow chancellor rachel reeves says it exposes the damage done after 14 years

of conservative chaos . of conservative chaos. >> it's this prime minister and this chancellor that has presided over this state of affairs with an economy that's barely grown these last 14 years. yesterday the prime minister published a desperate wish list of giveaways . but the wish list of giveaways. but the frankly, the money is not there. and if the prime minister did have a chance to implement this , have a chance to implement this, what would end up happening is that mortgages would go up by £4,800 for the average family. the country can't afford five more years. of the conservatives, only labour has a plan to grow our economy and tackle the cost of living crisis i >> -- >> the green party has launched its manifesto with a promise to raise taxes for the wealthiest and to ensure no one is scared to put the kettle on. the party would add a 1% tax on assets worth more than £10 million, and they'd add 8% national insurance on wages over £50,000 a year. they say the proceeds would be used to fund improvements to housing, transport, health and

the green economy . the liberal the green economy. the liberal democrats have outlined plans to end what they have described as a sewage scandal in england and wales. they've promised to transform water firms into pubuc transform water firms into public benefit companies. transform water firms into public benefit companies . they public benefit companies. they would ban bosses, banned bonuses for water bosses until the leaks stop, and they would replace the regulator, ofwat, with a tougher governing body . you can get more governing body. you can get more on all of our stories and our political coverage by signing up to gb news alerts, the qr codes on your screen, the details are @gbnews. com slash alerts . @gbnews. com slash alerts. >> right. well, 33 is the time. good afternoon britain. now the us president, good afternoon britain. now the us president , joe biden, has us president, joe biden, has said he will respect a jury's decision to find his son guilty of gun crimes, but that he and first lady jill biden are proud of him and will support him well. >> hunter biden faces possible jail time following the verdict,

and is the first child of a sitting president to be convicted . just a few weeks convicted. just a few weeks after presidential candidate donald trump was convicted in his hush money trial. >> so what will this all mean for the us election later this year? joining us now to discuss this is spokesperson for republicans overseas. errol moorcock. thank you very much. errol, for joining us. moorcock. thank you very much. errol, forjoining us. i guess that's the question. what will this mean for the election? will it make a difference in one way or another? >> well, ultimately , i don't >> well, ultimately, i don't believe so. i it does play a minor role in the narrative. >> and i would say that if joe biden was to pardon hunter before the, before the election, it would play a role. >> but we're not really running against hunter biden, the allegations against the biden family are much deeper than this. and on a side note, our party supports, you know, second amendment rights. so there isn't a lot of celebratory , oh, we got a lot of celebratory, oh, we got him. we're kind of disappointed that, you know , he he had to go that, you know, he he had to go through this process. it was a legal process and it's

distracting from the campaign. but he is guilty completely of the crime. and so that's one of those things. when this came out, it was an obvious crime that everybody saw. they checked that everybody saw. they checked that box. it wasn't a violent crime . i don't think hunter crime. i don't think hunter biden is playing a central role in where this election is going, but it certainly isn't helping joe biden. now, the question is, will he pardon his son or will he leave them, leave him there as goodwill bait until he thinks he wins the election? and on the flip side, would donald trump, in this upcoming debate offer to pardon his son as a goodwill gesture? i think these are ways that it can impact the election. if trump was to come out in the debate and say, first off, crack cocaine, very sad going to pardon your son. you hate to see it. that would then start to play it. that would then start to play into it. but otherwise i don't think that a lot of americans are hinging on on how hunter biden's behaviour is. we know what kind of a person he is. i mean, you can take the trail out of the trash. you can't take the trash out of the trailer. he's he's he's not a good person. and we all know that. we saw how he treated his family, how the biden family has been doing all sorts of

interesting things with money. but ultimately, hunter biden was a drug addled person who shouldn't have had access to a weapon. he did. his wife threw it away in a trash can, and it was found by some random citizen. and this is a crime and it doesn't look good. and that's probably the end of the story. now errol, remind us when this big presidential debate between , big presidential debate between, trump and biden is scheduled to be. >> could this be a big feature in that debate? you know, it's up to trump because obviously, joe biden is only going to play it down or minimise it or get very angry and say, i'm a father. >> well, donald trump's a father too. and keep in mind, donald trump's brother, he lost his brother to addiction. so president trump is a sensitive , president trump is a sensitive, empathetic person who might, you know, have some compassion for hunter in that situation and not want to see him in prison. what i what i advise him to bring it up in the debate. yes i would advise him to bring it up in a positive way, showing that, you know, here's an olive branch to you and your family who's going through a tough time. but i don't think that outside of that, it will play a lot. besides perhaps in the in the

coffee shops and bars around the country where people are sitting there saying, you know, the guy who's making all the rules , his who's making all the rules, his son's breaking all the rules. and that could sway the very few moderates left. but i don't think it's going to be huge in the debate unless donald trump really brings it to it. >> well, errol moorcock of republicans overseas really appreciate your time. thanks for joining us. >> well, labour has pledged to fix 1 million potholes every yearif fix 1 million potholes every year if they're elected on the 4th of july, they say they'll turn the tide on the neglect of the uk's roads. >> the party claims pothole damage costs drivers almost £500 million each and every year , but million each and every year, but the conservative party says it will take no lectures on backing drivers, stating that labour has declared war on motorists across britain. well, let's speak now to the shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, jonathan reynolds joins us now. and, jonathan, before we get on to potholes , i want to turn to the potholes, i want to turn to the issue of growth. this month. of course, we have seen figures from april that show there was zero growth. and i want to ask you some quick fire questions on

things that an incoming labour government could do to get growth going . question number growth going. question number one, would the labour party back a third runway at heathrow ? a third runway at heathrow? >> good afternoon tom from stalybridge. >> the, questions you're asking. obviously i think growth is the big question. >> i think that is why the national finances are where they are at on aviation expansion anywhere across the uk. >> they would have to be a case for that. demand obviously did tail off in the pandemic , but tail off in the pandemic, but there would have to be consistent. >> is that a yes or a no that people have been trying to build a third runway at heathrow for 50 years. politicians have been stopping private investors from building this thing. stopping private investors from building this thing . is the building this thing. is the labour party going to continue to equivocate? >> well , i to equivocate? >> well, i strongly agree to equivocate? >> well , i strongly agree with >> well, i strongly agree with you that the blocking of private investment is at the heart of our problems. >> if there was a case for a third runway, and obviously it would have to be in the main privately funded , and that was privately funded, and that was consistent with our climate and net zero objectives. >> jonathan, you've lost. you've lost me at the first hurdle here. i was so hopeful that you

were going to bulldoze through these planning laws that we were going to build, build, build. we're going to have another runway. i mean, it's a ridiculous . runway. i mean, it's a ridiculous. our runway. i mean, it's a ridiculous . our largest airport ridiculous. our largest airport in the country only has two runways. no other country in the world that is in any way developed has that sort of hobbung developed has that sort of hobbling nature in their largest airports. but maybe we can try another issue, because of course, our big growth regions are sort of biotech, med tech, all of these new science areas, the lab space that we are restricts around oxford and cambridge is a big hobbler for our growth. now, the michael gove, to his credit, said that he's going to build upwards of 100,000 new houses in a sort of new town in cambridge. will the party back that plan? >> and there's going to be very good stuff , very similar to that good stuff, very similar to that in the manifesto tomorrow, which i'm not going to pre—empt. >> but yes, on the principle of building homes, new towns, having a planning system that delivers that, and a system of investment that brings the private investment because this really, really, really matters . really, really, really matters. >> plonking a new town in the

middle of nowhere. next to a place that doesn't have high economic activity , is not going economic activity, is not going to have the same economic impact of expanding the place that really wants to build more labs and have more growth. a place like cambridge, would you commit to expanding cambridge? >> we would want to see cambridge expand. yes. >> right. that's, those are my questions on growth. but we want to turn to tax as well. >> yes, interested to know about the labour tax plans. we've heard from rachel reeves that no increase in national insurance, no increase in vat, no increase in income tax, income tax threshold will remain as they are, though, so people will be brought to in a higher tax band, which isn't good news for a lot of working people, but can rachel reeves has so far failed to rule out other tax rises, hasn't she? things like capital gains, could you rule that out for us? >> well, look, i admire your

attempt to pre—empt the election and have a budget written on air, and i know i understand the interest in that. but, look, there will not be significant tax surprises in the labour manifesto tomorrow. and the simple reason for that is taxes are already high. i think that's got to be acknowledged. i think the fact that taxes are at a 70 year high, and it's not because pubuc year high, and it's not because public services are particularly good. >> you're expecting us to believe, though. you're expecting the british public to believe who you're asking for their votes. you're expecting them to believe that clamping down on non—dom tax loopholes is, cracking down. more on tax evasion and slapping extra taxes on private schools is going to fund all these massive improvements in our public services . the british people services. the british people simply won't believe that . simply won't believe that. >> well, the first steps are funded in that way. so as you said , the fees on private said, the fees on private education fund to state school teachers , the lack of loopholes teachers, the lack of loopholes in the non—dom tax regime changes going to the nhs. but the bigger picture and what the british public should believe because they've seen it over the last 14 years with their own

eyes, is if the economy had grown anything like it did under the last labour government for the last labour government for the last labour government for the last 14 years, we wouldn't even need to have this question about tax rises . we would have about tax rises. we would have have billions of pounds more being able to be spent on public services. and that comes back to tom's point about why have we had such a stagnant economy for 14 years? why are we not getting the private investment? why have we got the lowest business investment of any g7 country? it comes to those things, and you will if you agree with that prescription. like very much what's in the manifesto from the labour party tomorrow. because it's not just about things like planning, it's about industrial strategy. >> jonathan reynolds, keir starmer keir starmer has called himself a socialist. he says that very clearly. you've got the green party who are suggesting now a wealth tax to raise billions to try and fund pubuc raise billions to try and fund public services. better. why won't the labour party talk about wealth taxes? >> well, the first point is that taxes are high and i think you've got to acknowledge that. and the second point is, you know, when i look at some of, you know, i'm not here to diss the other political parties in the other political parties in the manifestos, but sometimes i

see things both in the green and the lib dem manifestos. and i think, you know, where in the world is a tax like that performing like that? where is it bringing in that kind of revenue? those other parties have said so. and if you can't see a country comparable to the uk, that's bringing in the kind of money they're saying, i think you should be sceptical about it. i think there are, you know, the tax on share buybacks and the tax on share buybacks and the lib dem manifesto i don't think would raise any money. and then, of course, when it comes to the conservative party, it's a it's a total fantasy. i mean, the idea you can fund things through, you know, £12 billion of welfare savings. not at all. so look, they've got to put their cases forward. but i'm very confident in what labour has put out because i know and can say that each of those first steps can be funded in the way that we put forward. and i know the things we're putting forward on the longer term future of the economy will make a real difference to businesses investing, getting infrastructure and homes built infrastructure and homes built in the uk. >> now, of course, homes need infrastructure. it's a very important point. and for years, for decades , water companies for decades, water companies have been trying to construct new reservoirs in the south—east of england. they've been blocked by local politicians , including

by local politicians, including local labour councillors . i'm local labour councillors. i'm going to ask you specifically about one reservoir in oxfordshire, the abingdon reservoir. they've been trying to build this thing, since the 2000. private companies, private money, politicians are blocking them. would labour make that a nationally significant project and force it through? >> look, i'm going to be frank. i actually don't know the specific circumstances of that one. but we will build reservoirs and there'll be a specific reference to that tomorrow. >> well, there we go. a bit of news there. jonathan reynolds, thank you very much for joining us, look forward to the manifesto. >> okay. well, still to come , >> okay. well, still to come, tom, have you noticed it's june? is it ? it tom, have you noticed it's june? is it? it feels like november does. it was february. it's june, it's june , why is it so june, it's june, why is it so flipping cold? we're going to be asking an expert very soon. stay with us. you're watching. good afternoon. britain on

gb news. >> good afternoon. britain, it's. it's 47 minutes past midday. but here's a curious one for you. on the day that we've learned that the economy isn't growing fast enough, the greens have pledged to stop all new fossil fuel projects in the uk in their manifesto launch in brighton. where else, well , brighton. where else, well, they've been launching that today. they're promising to be more ambitious than any other party. yes. >> co—leaders of the party, adrian ramsey and carla denyer, also pledged to mend broken britain by completely overhauling the tax system. >> well, let's cross live to gb news. their reporter theo chikomba, who's in hove for us. and theo, it looked like a fairly strange manifesto launch. they're all terribly close to the wall. it was a bit like a police line up. are they okay? >> well, it's 22 days until the general election, and of course they will all forming on that stage here this morning . and of

stage here this morning. and of course, today they launched their manifesto outlining some of those issues we've been heanng of those issues we've been hearing about from people in the last couple of weeks. and of course, it was kicked off by sian berry, who was one of the co—leaders for the green party between 2018 and 2021. and she spoke about her story about renting and she said she's been a life long renter and she's saying that rents are simply unaffordable for many people in this area and across the country. a few moments later, we then saw carla daniel and adrian ramsey, the co—leaders of the green party, highlighting some of those things which are in their manifesto, and we'll just quickly run through some of those things. so they started off talking about tax, which has been a huge issue in the last couple of weeks. and the party said they would raise national insurance to 8% on people earning overjust £50,000. and earning over just £50,000. and they would also introduce a 1% wealth tax on assets over £10 million and a 2% on wealth over

£1 billion. now. interestingly, though, we then moved to on nuclear weapons and adrian ramsey was quickly on this point saying that it is no good use for public funds. and he's saying it's an outdated system . saying it's an outdated system. and he said the answer to this is to ensure that the money is being spent on defence, mainly on personnel and humanitarian work. but he was clearly saying that it's an outdated system. and then we move on to climate. and then we move on to climate. and they said they would pump £40 billion a year to shift the green economy. and the way they will do this is by charging carbon tax. and this is essentially a charge on any activities that involve the emission of carbon dioxide . now, emission of carbon dioxide. now, of course, we've been looking at analysis from economists and they say this would help to speed up the process when it comes to transitioning, lower to lower carbon economy. but it

would come at a cost to almost everyone right across the country. and then we go onto housing. this is one of their big pledges, actually. they're saying they would want to build about 150,000 properties per year during their time in office. and this is through a mixture of new homes and refurbishing old homes. they're saying this is a crisis that needs to be tackled and reducing the amount of houses that needs to be built every single year, but also providing affordable housing through what they have called a right homes, right place and the right charter . and place and the right charter. and then finally, just very quickly, we wanted to hear about the nhs. now, carla dan azeez from bristol. and earlier this year we were there covering the story about a dental practices where we saw people queuing up for hours over several days. and she's saying their party would want to tackle this issue, allowing people to get access to dentists and of course, help the nhs . and then this will be

nhs. and then this will be tackled by an immediate boost to nhs pay, a year on year reduction in waiting lists. now, of course, plenty of pledges in their manifesto today. will it be enough for those who will be voting looking to vote in a couple of weeks time? >> well, thank you very much indeed. >> well, thank you very much indeed . theo chikomba, live from indeed. theo chikomba, live from hove. i they were talking about there's a housing crisis. >> clearly not enough supply. housing is too expensive. and their big solution is to reduce their big solution is to reduce the targets for building houses from 320,000 a year to 150,000 a yean from 320,000 a year to 150,000 a year, halving the number of houses being built. how's that going to solve anything? and they want to completely liberalise immigration, anyway , liberalise immigration, anyway, you may have noticed that it was the warmest may on record. yes. not me. me either. but the weather appears to be getting worse. is it really this cold? mid—june do we all just think it's cold because of recent warmer summers ? as we find out warmer summers? as we find out from an expert, weather journalist nathan row, nathan,

thank you very much indeed. it is very , very cold. is very, very cold. >> it is absolutely cold. and you're you're not imagining it, emily. >> it is. it's about six degrees lower than it should be for the time of year . and we have this time of year. and we have this month already had about 130 ground frosts. would you believe that actually isn't so far above average than normal? but we had 140 throughout the whole of june last year , and i'm afraid to say last year, and i'm afraid to say that if you are hoping for a scorchio any time soon, you are not going to get one at all, because this is the pattern we are stuck in, certainly right up until the middle of june, after the summer solstice. next week , the summer solstice. next week, it's looking decidedly unpleasant. >> what about end of june, nathan? what about end of june? what are you wondering that emily just just wondering what about end of june? >> are you at the end of june? i see what i can magic up. >> really? the moderate to long term outlook is through next week. we're going to get lower pressure in charge , which means pressure in charge, which means it's going to be wetter. >> it'll be a bit milder, but it's going to be wetter now towards the end of june.

>> in the next three months, the met office have released their three month sort of general trend of an outlook report. >> now, this gives an idea of what we can expect through summer. >> summer. >> i'm going to caveat this by saying what we've seen. so far does not inspire me and fill me with hope. however, there is about two times the average chance we might get a hotter than average summer yet, so that probably slips into the end of june , if that's what you're june, if that's what you're hoping for. but certainly for the time being , we are stuck in the time being, we are stuck in this very miserable , cool period this very miserable, cool period of weather. >> you're tantalising. some warm weather for emily's wedding. let's, let's hope, let's hope, but, nathan, ralph, thank you so much for joining but, nathan, ralph, thank you so much forjoining us and talking much for joining us and talking through what is a baffling issue i >> -- >> it is baffling. also, i do i shouldn't say this, but i do not believe that may was the hottest on record. surely not. it was. it was very, very mediocre. >> yeah. i don't know. just sometimes things just don't feel like like the way that they perhaps should be. but, that's all for this hour. do stay with us for the next hour. put a put a pullover on and we'll be

covering the tories plans to tackle illegal migration. we've been combing over the manifesto. do these plans stack up? this is good afternoon, britain . good afternoon, britain. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. for many, it's a good looking day out there . it's not particularly out there. it's not particularly warm, although with a bit less of a breeze . it does feel a bit of a breeze. it does feel a bit warmer at least than yesterday. less windy because the isobars are opening up. high pressure is moving in, but out in the atlantic there is plenty of wet weather. that's for tomorrow. but back to today and there are a few showers around scattered across northeastern scotland, with 1 or 2 across eastern parts of england. but for most places it's dry. yes, some cloud developing, but a mixture of cloud and sunny spells. through the afternoon we'll see

temperatures ticking up to mid to high. teens still feeling pretty chilly in the east, but as i said, the winds at least a little lighter than yesterday so it doesn't feel quite as fresh as it did then going to turn quite cool, quite quickly this evening, however. still a few showers just drifting in on the northerly breeze across the northern isles, perhaps into the north of aberdeen, but most places will be dry this evening . places will be dry this evening. some good spells of sunshine across western scotland generally fine conditions too for northern ireland, although at times it will be fairly cloudy here. to end the day, a mixture of cloud and sunny spells for england and wales. still, as i said, 1 or 2 isolated showers across the east and those temperatures starting to drop away as soon as the sun sets, it's going to be a pretty cold night yet again. but out west we are seeing signs of a change. the cloud thickening up across northern ireland, the winds picking up as well, and rain trickling into northern ireland by the end of the night. for most, though, it's a dry night and a clear night and it will be turning quite cold. temperatures down into single figures in most towns and cities. rural spots well, only 3

or 4 degrees for some, and there will be some ground frost in a few locations. not for northern ireland though , because the ireland though, because the cloud and the rain moves in here. wet starts tomorrow. that rain spreading into most of wales, southwest england, southwest scotland by lunchtime and then into the midlands and through the central belt. by the end of the day, much of eastern england will be dry, just clouding over until later on when the rain arrives and it gets very windy around western coasts, particularly in the afternoon. goodbye >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> emily carver and i'm tom harwood . harwood. >> don't give starmer a supermajority. that's the warning from senior tory figures ahead of the general election. but is it an admission of defeat from the conservatives? >> meanwhile , is labour being

>> meanwhile, is labour being entirely transparent over its tax plans ? there are growing tax plans? there are growing warnings that the top party isn't being open about huge tax hikes and indeed the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, once wrote that investment taxes should be almost doubled and the conservatives have vowed to deport 90,000 illegal migrants who came to the uk in the past yeah >> but can that be done? and what would labour do if it came to power ? to power? >> and joe biden's son, hunter, becomes the first child of a sitting us president to be convicted of a crime. what does this mean for the election campaign? >> tax. >> tax. >> it's an interesting point. a point of contention in this general election. but perhaps we haven't got to the truth of it. the labour party has said they wouldn't raise the headline rate of three taxes income tax, vat

or national insurance. they haven't made such guarantees about all sorts of other taxes. and here is a point. it's just been highlighted by george eaton of the left leaning new statesman magazine, saying that in 2018, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves, wrote a pamphlet called the everyday economy. in this pamphlet, she said she wanted to raise the taxes on wealth in the country, shifting taxation towards wealth, re—evaluating all council tax bands and reforming capital gains tax, levelling it at the top rate of 45% instead of 28. that's a huge tax hike , and what that's a huge tax hike, and what labour will say is that their manifesto has not been published yet. >> it is due tomorrow to be launched, but it will be very interesting to see what exactly is in there on tax, whether they will say anything about taxes

like capital gains, what about fuel duty ? lots of people asking fuel duty? lots of people asking about that. the government has frozen that for rather a long time since 2010. so what's happening with these taxes? should we know more? are we being told everything that may well be coming down the road because there's lots of public spending pledges. do the does the tax match. >> and it is interesting because of course we all know that keir starmer said a lot of things in the leadership election in 2020 to become labour leader, promising to nationalise the world and everything else. people have sort of almost excused that to say that that was an election campaign. he was trying to defeat corbyn all the rest of it, but this 2018 pamphlet from rachel reeves, she didn't have any incense. she wasn't running in an election. this is what she believes raising capital gains tax from 28% to 45. now that could have some pretty profound implications for investment in the uk economy. >> well , get the uk economy. >> well, get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to. but let's get the headlines with . aaron.

with. aaron. >> very good afternoon to you. i'm aaron armstrong. it is 1:03. rishi sunak insists he hasn't given up hope of winning the general election, but has warned voters not to give labour a blank check. his comments come as new figures show the economy stagnated in april, with zero growth, a setback to the prime minister's claim it had turned a corner. wet weather affected the retail and construction sectors that month. the tories point to figures that demonstrate the economy had actually grown in the previous three months to april. but the lib dems say rishi sunak's utterly failed to deliver on his promises, and shadow chancellor rachel reeves says it exposes the damage done after 14 years of conservative chaos. >> the one thing that everybody expected and needed from rishi sunak was stability. after the disaster of liz truss. what he's now done is become the latest version of liz truss with unfunded commitment . and i think

unfunded commitment. and i think the public know voters know that there's a cost to that and they want an alternative. and that's why i'm really pleased that tomorrow in our manifesto, we will take a different approach. we will set out the case for growth, for rebuilding , for growth, for rebuilding, for putting our nation first to go forward . forward. >> the green party has launched its election manifesto with a promise to tax the super rich to help mend broken britain. the party says it would tax the wealthiest 1% of british people , wealthiest 1% of british people, and would add 8% national insurance for those earning more than £50,000 a year. that would raise £50 billion, they say, to invest in health and social care, to defend and restore the nhs. the greens have also pledged to bring water companies , railways and the big five retail energy companies into pubuc retail energy companies into public ownership and also build more social housing. labour is promising to fix the uk's pothole problem, and is blaming the tories for soaring car insurance costs. the party claims damage caused by poorly

maintained roads and an increase in theft caused by tory cuts to the police, has contributed to higher insurance premiums . higher insurance premiums. shadow transport secretary louise haigh has pledged to direct special funding to councils to fix the holes , and councils to fix the holes, and says labour will turn the tide of neglect. the state of our roads is a massive cost of living issue for drivers. >> we're all seeing our car insurance premiums driven up because of the cost of repairs. it's estimated that drivers had to shell out £500 million last yearin to shell out £500 million last year in pothole related incidents, and with an average of £250 per driver . of £250 per driver. >> the liberal democrats have outlined plans to end what they've described as a sewage scandal in england and wales. they've promised to transform water firms into public benefit companies. they promised to ban bonuses for bosses until the leak stop, and to replace the regulator , ofwat, with a tougher regulator, ofwat, with a tougher governing body. the party says

there clean water authority would also be given new powers to reform the sector. nigel farage has been offered additional private security by the home office after objects were thrown at him during campaigning. a man has been charged after a coffee cup and other items from a building site narrowly missed the reform uk leader while he was on top of an open top bus in barnsley yesterday, 28 year old josh greely has been charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence. he's been released on bail and will appearin been released on bail and will appear in court later this month . brendan cox, husband of the murdered labour mp jo cox, says violence has no place in politics. i think it's deeply i think it's deeply depressing that people think that you can resolve political disagreements with intimidation , often with violence. >> and, you know, some people think these things are a joke. they're throwing of the milkshakes, the throwing of eggs, the throwing of paper cups

. but these things aren't because what they do is that they create a poisonous culture in our democracy . they make in our democracy. they make people who are willing to go further than that , not just further than that, not just throw things, perhaps throw a punch. perhaps worse than that , punch. perhaps worse than that, more likely to do that so you can disagree vehemently with people like farage, which i certainly do. but we have a responsibility to uphold the right of candidates, no matter their views. >> a second man has denied chopping down the sycamore gap tree. last year, 31 year old adam crothers is accused of causing £622,000 worth of damage to the tree. a second man, 38 year old daniel graham, was unavoidably detained and today and did not appear in court, but has previously entered a not guilty plea. the tree was a popular attraction for visitors. it stood by hadrian's wall in a dramatic dip in northumberland for more than two centuries, until it was felled in september, sparking a national outcry . if the latest stories,

outcry. if the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. the qr code is there on your screen and the details are on our website gb news. com now it's back to tom and . emily. it's back to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:08 now. we're expecting another clash tonight between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer. they're going head to headin starmer. they're going head to head in their second tv debate. >> yes , they will likely face >> yes, they will likely face heavy questioning on some key battlegrounds like the economy and immigration. plus they'll both have to defend themselves amid a range of accusations . amid a range of accusations. >> keir starmer will be quizzed on labour's plans for taxation and the prime minister on whether he's detached from voters. yes this all comes as rishi sunak admits that he went without sky tv due to parental sacrifices . sacrifices. >> you are wealthier than the king. >> what do you do? day to day to make sure you're still in touch with the kind of struggles

ordinary people face? >> have you ever gone without something? yeah. i mean, i grew up, my family, emigrated here with very little and that's how i was raised. i was raised with the values of hard work . what the values of hard work. what did you go without as a child? i went out with lots of things right, because my parents wanted to put everything into our education and that was a priority. so what sort of things have to be sacrificed? lots of things, right? i mean, give me an example. all sorts of things , an example. all sorts of things, like lots of people. there'll be all sorts of things that i would have wanted as a kid that i couldn't have. right? famously, sky tv. so that was something that we never had growing up, actually. and but it was lots of things. but again, that's that's my experience is obviously going to be what my experience was. what is more important in my values and how i was raised. and i was raised in a household where hard work was really important. you had to work very hard at, and family was important. service to your community was important. >> well, let's cross live to gb news political correspondent katherine forster, who's in a very windy grimsby.

katherine forster, who's in a very windy grimsby . oh, yes she very windy grimsby. oh, yes she is. yes. ahead of tonight's debate , catherine, now the last debate, catherine, now the last head to head tv debate, rishi sunak actually came out marginally on top according to the snap yougov poll. i think it was of people who'd been watching and listening, he needs to this time . to this time. >> yes. good afternoon, tom and emily. he really does need a breakthrough, doesn't he, rishi sunak, they've thrown so many things into this campaign, so many new announcements. >> the manifesto launch yesterday . yesterday. >> but nothing, nothing currently seems to be shifting the dial for the conservatives. still, an average of 20 points behind labour in the polls. >> so yes, rishi sunak has got frankly, nothing to lose tonight in this debate in grimsby. >> i think it's worth just focusing for a minute on why we're here. actually standing beside the sea in cleethorpes, just down the road from grimsby, and this is one of those classic red wall seats that lent their

votes to the conservatives back in 2019. the conservatives currently have a 7000 majority here, but you've got to go back to 1935 to find when the conservatives last won here before then. this has been a labour stronghold. labour unsurprisingly, expect to take this seat back in three and a half weeks. grimsby was a huge fishing port, still is a big fishing port, still is a big fishing port, still is a big fishing port of course. lots of, investment here in offshore energy now. but, you know, arriving in the city in the town centre, as we see up and down the country , so many shops the country, so many shops boarded up, you know , round the boarded up, you know, round the country, you see this over and over again in town centres, don't you? so, yeah . rishi sunak don't you? so, yeah. rishi sunak needs something to go right for him tonight. and already, as we've just heard from the little bits of that itv interview, which have been trailed, it's looking like another bad day

because he can't win in the battle of who had it harder growing up with sir keir starmer, who said, you know, there was a window that was broken that his father just, boarded up and didn't fix that. he they had to not pay the phone bill. rishi sunak, you know, didn't have that sort of upbringing. so saying that he went without sky tv, i think really just illustrates perhaps that, you know, he doesn't understand in the way that perhaps sir keir starmer does what it is like , for people. so what it is like, for people. so tonight, the debate, the one thing that's really changed, since the last one, of course, apart from, tory manifesto libdems manifesto, etc, is that d—day debacle, frankly, which happened last thursday and rishi sunak has been apologising over and over again, most recently saying he hoped people can find

it, you know, in their heart to forgive him. so i think that's certain. i would say to be brought up also tax. he was one. i put that in inverted commas because some polls later found that they thought keir starmer had won, but basically by hammering labour on tax, saying they're going to put your taxes up there was a lot of questions, wasn't there though, afterwards about that figure and the accuracy of that. will he go on that again tonight? and i think sir keir starmer will need to be. he was a bit flat footed last time. so perhaps a bit more energetic. but rishi sunak is saying that he's pumped up for tonight, let's see what happens. we'll bring you all the action this evening before and after the debate. of course. >> excellent stuff. catherine and thank you for battling the wind up there in grimsby. and thank you for battling the wind up there in grimsby . really wind up there in grimsby. really great stuff. look forward to it actually, because now that the tories have got their manifesto out there, that's done. the labour party is announcing their manifesto tomorrow. i suppose this is the last night where

keir starmer can actually answer any question with, well, you're going to have to wait for the manifesto. >> quite, shall we discuss this further with telegraph columnist, tim stanley , tim, columnist, tim stanley, tim, interested to get your view on what we've heard from rishi sunakin what we've heard from rishi sunak in the last few days and what this might mean for the debate tonight . yes. he's been debate tonight. yes. he's been caught out for saying that, he went without sky tv as if that was perhaps something that, i don't know, it was a great sight and a sign of being a hard done by as a child, and of course, the d—day debacle, what are your thoughts ? thoughts? >> oh, well, growing up, we didn't have television either. >> we just sat around in a circle reading shakespeare to each other , very relatable. each other, very relatable. >> i find this, this comparison of childhoods rather tiresome. >> and it's what happens when there's no philosophy in campaign. >> keir starmer is not socialist. >> rishi sunak is not a conservative. therefore they're not arguing on the basis of first principles. they're not saying , i'm

first principles. they're not saying, i'm going to do first principles. they're not saying , i'm going to do x saying, i'm going to do x because i believe y . because i believe y. >> when you don't have a philosophy, you have to reach back into biography . back into biography. >> and that's when you start to say, i'm going to do x, because growing up i saw y. and the problem is in that kind of competition in rishi sunak can't win because keir starmer has has built this image for himself as the toolmakers son. but i just find it so interesting how much of this campaign is dominated by family history and by memory? ed davey has talked a lot very movingly about caring for his mother . he's movingly about caring for his mother. he's talked about caring for his son, rishi sunak has told us repeatedly that he grew up on the floor of a chemist's and keir starmer. if i have to hear one more time that his father was a toolmaker , i think father was a toolmaker, i think i shall scream. but in all cases , three men who philosophically are very similar have policies that are very similar, are all trying to bribe you to vote for them in the absence of ideals and vision, are instead trying to sell themselves as

personalities. and the sad thing is, is that in many cases, they don't have much of a personality to sell. we're looking at footage right now of keir starmer speaking to a group of people in some part of the country. i don't know where, and you'll notice the look of sheer boredom on everyone's face. believe me, i would not be watching tonight's debate if i wasn't paid as a journalist to do it. neither man is particularly interesting. they're running on personality . they're running on personality. they're running on personality. they don't have a personality. i wish they would get back to philosophy , i think. philosophy, i think. >> i think you've hit something on the head there , tim, but on the head there, tim, but i wonder if there's a point of difference here in that for one of these men, they don't particularly have an ideology for another one. perhaps they're trying to hide their ideology, that it's a conscious calculation, a decision to not run in an ideological way. they've been listening to focus groups. they don't want to say what they'll be doing. i'm talking, of course, about keir starmer, who, growing up was actually quite a radical socialist. he would promote the

abolition of the monarchy, talk about nationalising all sorts of things, actually not even growing up. or as a young lawyer writing publications in socialist pamphlets. but even when he stood to be leader of the labour party, he said far more socialist things than he does today. i suppose there's a risk for people in terms of asking the question who is the real keir starmer? is it the guy thatis real keir starmer? is it the guy that is saying all of these sort of things decide about his family history, designed to steer away from policy? or is it the person who actually used to talk quite a lot about policy, about nationalising things and raising taxes ? raising taxes? >> you may well be right. and that's what the tories are encouraging people to think. of course, i have to vote on the bafis course, i have to vote on the basis of what someone says. i can't infer what someone's going to do. and i think sometimes it's unfair to infer from people's past what it is they're going to do, because when i was young, i was a proper marxist right ? i know what socialism right? i know what socialism actually is. socialism. well, hang on, tim, hang on. >> just on that point, tim don't

have to infer too much because it was at the last debate where he was asked where keir starmer was, asked whether if, you know, a relative had no other option, would he, you know, aid them in getting private health care? and he said, absolutely not. so he put ideology there before , you put ideology there before, you know, perhaps the health of a relative. >> well, i'm going to be fair to rishi sunak and say that i think it's i don't think it's a very illuminating question to ask. if he had to give up things when he was younger, he struggled to come up with an answer. he came up with a daft one. likewise, i'm going to be fair to up with a daft one. likewise, i'm going to be fairto keir i'm going to be fair to keir starmer. i think when i heard that question, i felt the question was saying , would you question was saying, would you choose to use private health care and there are a lot of people in this country who feel i was born on the nhs. i was raised on the nhs, i've invested in it. i have a right to use it. so i would never consider using private health care. i know a lot of people like that, but just to go back, i understanding what socialism actually is control of the means of production . when i hear people production. when i hear people calling keir starmer socialist, i'm not sure he is. i don't see

much that in policy terms. he's come up with that socialist . come up with that socialist. what i think he probably is a class warrior. i think it's a better way of looking at it because as people have been saying about things like the tax on private schools, there's no point to it. there's it raises very little money. it doesn't in any way make society that much more equal. it just punishes a group of people because they could afford to go private and they choose to. i think there's a strain of class war running through labour's bench, but i don't think it's necessarily ideological socialism. >> no, i think i think that's a fair point. it depends on our definition of socialism. >> he calls himself a socialist, but rachel reeves calls herself a social democrat. >> so did so. john smith called himself a socialist. but i don't think we'd say that he's in the same vein as jeremy corbyn. you, tim. thank you. tim. tim disappeared. but, but i do i do think that there is something in this that keir starmer is actually much more of a traditional labour leader. he's not, he's not he's not a jeremy corbyn, but he's not a tony blair. he's somewhere he's he's a sort of he's a neil kinnock or a sort of he's a neil kinnock or a john smith. >> well we'll see the manifesto tomorrow coming up, oil giant bp

is tightening its rules on workplace relationships. now this is following the dismissal of their former boss over something similar. so we're asking our workplace romances acceptable. should you have to tell the boss if you happen to go out with someone in the office? we'll be debating this shortly

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:23. now, the trial of former nurse lucy letby gets underway at manchester crown court today . at manchester crown court today. >> yes. she's accused of attempting to murder a baby girl in february 2016 when working at the countess of chester hosphal >> well, the 34 year old from hereford was previously convicted of a number of murders and attempted murders. >> well, joining us from manchester crown court is our

nonh manchester crown court is our north west reporter , sophie north west reporter, sophie reapeh north west reporter, sophie reaper. sophie, bring us up to date . well, this morning the date. well, this morning the prosecution began their opening statements here at manchester crown court. >> nick johnson kc , of the >> nick johnson kc, of the prosecution, told the jury about libby's previous convictions, seven counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder that a jury also here at manchester crown court found her guilty of last august . crown court found her guilty of last august. he told crown court found her guilty of last august . he told the crown court found her guilty of last august. he told the jury putting it in a nutshell, we are saying that her status as a multiple murderer and attempted murderer is an important piece of the evidence that you can, if you wish, take into account when you wish, take into account when you are considering whether we have made you sure that she attempted to murder child k, he then told the jury that the prosecution alleged that letby attempted to murder child k on the 17th of february 2016, as well as the fact that the jury last year were unable to reach a verdict surrounding child care, and it is now their job to reach the verdict on whether or not

she is guilty of that attempted murder charge. the court this morning was also shown a walkthrough video of the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, the prosecution saying that was so the jury would be able to visualise it when witnesses would refer to it. later on in the court case, the video showed various parts of the unit the kitchen , the nursing station, kitchen, the nursing station, various nurseries including nursery one which would have been used to house the most sick babies on the unit. now the prosecution made a point of pausing the video at that point to acknowledge the fact that nursery one would be a key part of the case surrounding child k. now, throughout this morning, lucy letby sat in the dock in the courtroom. throughout these proceedings . she, of course, proceedings. she, of course, pleading not guilty to the charge . attempted murder of charge. attempted murder of child k. we are now taking a short break, but the prosecution will continue their opening once again here at manchester crown court once lunch has finished.

>> well, sophie, thank you very much for bringing us the very latest. there really serious case. >> yes, indeed. well, i wonder if we turn to some of your views very quickly. >> i've got one that i've been itching to read out ever since we were talking to jonathan reynolds. the shadow. is it, i've got it. what do you mean? i've. i've written it down. oh, you've written it down. pen and papeh you've written it down. pen and paper. go on then. so it's a traditional , you're talking traditional, you're talking about. we should write things down with pen and paper. more. the other day. so i've taken your advice, but kerry has written in to say, because we were talking about reservoirs in the south—east of england, now, basically none has been built. and i said they've been trying to build this reservoir, in, in abingdon in oxfordshire for two decades. well, kerry has written into correct me , it's not just into correct me, it's not just two decades. kerry used to work for , the thames water authority, for, the thames water authority, and he knows they've been trying to build this reservoir since the 1980s. and local politicians have been saying , no, you can't have been saying, no, you can't have been saying, no, you can't have it here. it's too, too

disruptive. can't have a lovely reservoir in our in our beautiful countryside. >> so it's so frustrating is that you have a population . that you have a population. we've had huge population growth, millions and millions . growth, millions and millions. don't you think we need a bit more water? is that not critical for our needs as humans ? for our needs as humans? >> well, i what i really struggle to understand is the mindset of someone who lives near a sort of fairly nondescript field and thinks it wouldn't be improved by i love reservoirs . i mean, they're reservoirs. i mean, they're brilliant for wildlife . they brilliant for wildlife. they they look attractive. i used to sail on a reservoir , near me in sail on a reservoir, near me in east anglia. i mean, these why wouldn't you want one? >> well, lots of love for tim stanley, who we just had on mark says tim talks sense. it's a clear case of baffling . i won't clear case of baffling. i won't repeat what you wrote. baffling brains. at the moment. they're all promising. brains. at the moment. they're all promising . the world in in all promising. the world in in reality will deliver none of it. well, it's interesting you say that because a survey out today in the newspaper hears about how trust in politics, trust in

politicians is now at a record low . so i suppose politicians is now at a record low. so i suppose a politicians is now at a record low . so i suppose a lot of low. so i suppose a lot of people, when they go to the ballot box, may, may well not be voting for something with great passion, oomph and drive, but rather voting against whatever the alternative is in their mind. so let us know your thoughts on that as well. >> no, certainly. but it is a fascinating time in this election campaign because we've also been talking about tax and tax is something that i think is going to come up tonight. as katherine forster was saying in her preview of that debate between sunak and starmer, i've been digging up some old issues with, with what the labour party said not a million years ago, but only a couple of years ago. we mentioned earlier in the programme this 2018 memo from rachel reeves about raising capital gains tax from 28 to 45. well, more recently, 2021, keir starmer said in his labour conference speech, he asked how

can it be right that buying and selling stocks and shares should pay selling stocks and shares should pay just £0.20 in the pound? he said that taxes on property, on stocks and shares and on dividends should rise as well. so those are three tax rises that they're not saying they won't do. and as recently as 2021 they said they would do. i mean it's hard to work out is it. >> it'll be interesting to see what sir keir starmer says tonight. will he say, well, the manifesto is being published tomorrow. rachel reeves has ruled out these taxes on working people, although of course, that will be put on private school fees, but, yes , it's fees, but, yes, it's interesting. could there be other clearly, clearly what the calculation here is that people won't think that a tax on dividends, stocks and shares or property is a tax on working people. >> but of course it has knock on effects. it has huge economic effects. it has huge economic effects. if you're going to double the rate of tax that people are paying when they're investing, they're going to investing, they're going to invest less. and if there's less

investment, there are fewer jobs. so yes, it's not a direct tax on many working people, but my goodness, is it a tax on this economy . economy. >> yes. some people seem to think that you can just raise taxes wherever and how by however much you like, and there'll be no repercussions lie—ins no changes of behaviour, no difference in how people choose to invest, save, spend their money and so on. these things, all these choices have huge ramifications . lie—ins huge ramifications. lie—ins whatever you do. so there you go.keep whatever you do. so there you go. keep your views coming in, still to come, the prime minister has pledged to deport 90,000 illegal immigrants who came to the uk in the past year, or so. is that possible? and what would labour do ? you're what would labour do? you're watching. good afternoon britain. where on . gb news. britain. where on. gb news. >> hi there it is, 131. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. rishi sunak insists he hasn't given up hope of winning the general election, but has warned voters not to give labour a blank check. his comments come

as new figures show the economy flatlined in april, with zero growth, a setback to the prime minister's claim . it has turned minister's claim. it has turned a corner. and it comes as tory colleagues voiced concerns about labour winning a super majority at the general election . now, at the general election. now, the tories say the economy grew 0.7% in the previous three months to april. but shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the figures expose the damage done after 14 years of conservative chaos. >> it's this prime minister and this chancellor that has presided over this state of affairs with an economy that's barely grown these last 14 years. yesterday, the prime minister published a desperate wish list of giveaways . but the wish list of giveaways. but the frankly, the money is not there. and if the prime minister did have a chance to implement this, what would end up happening is that mortgages would go up by £4,800 for the average family . £4,800 for the average family. the country can't afford five more years. of the conservatives only labour has a plan to grow our economy and tackle the cost of living crisis. >> the green party has launched

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>> it's 137 now. is it okay? in your view to date your work colleagues? >> well, the oil giant bp has tightened its rules on workplace

relationships, telling employees they must disclose any intimate relationships with colleagues or risk losing their jobs. >> well, this follows the dismissal of bp's former boss, who failed to disclose details about his personal relationships with colleagues. should work, romance be allowed? that's the question today. >> well, joining us now is teacher and broadcaster bobby seagull, who thinks you shouldn't date work colleagues and broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford , psychotherapist lucy beresford, who thinks it's completely fine to date in the workplace? well, bobby, we're going to start with you. why ever not? >> so i think it's multiple issues. firstly, you're thinking about work dynamics. so work is ultimately a professional environment where you're there to do a job. >> again. if you're a teacher, deliver lessons. >> if you're in healthcare , >> if you're in healthcare, deliver healthcare. >> if you're in a media company, deliver the news. and if you get into sort of personal again, people have personal relationships . but if you get relationships. but if you get into intimate relationships, it changes the work dynamic. >> and i think what this impacts not just the two people there, because again, there could be accusations of favouritism bias, but also it impacts other people

around you because if you're working with colleagues and suddenly two of your colleagues are dating , how do you treat are dating, how do you treat them again? >> can you share confidences? one person, because, you know it might get leaked to the other person. again, there's a hierarchy there. >> there's power imbalance and dynamics. so i think obviously , dynamics. so i think obviously, again, i know historically 20 to 40% of all relationships start at work. >> but since online dating again, there's a whole new debate about that since online dating, i think if you're at work, i think you're there to do a job. and that's not dating. >> sadly, lucy is a bobby worrying a bit too much. should we just let people be people? oh, i can't hear lucy. is she there? we'll see if we can establish that sound. >> well, let's put that to bobby, bobby, i think you're worrying a bit too much. and apparently, according to a survey in 2013, if you meet at the workplace , you're more the workplace, you're more likely to get married. >> yeah, i can understand that. >> yeah, i can understand that. >> historically , you know, in >> historically, you know, in the 90s, noughties, in the 20105, the 90s, noughties, in the 2010s, pre—pandemic, we're actually meeting someone at work could have made sense. whereas now there's a lot of hoops you've got to jump through ,

you've got to jump through, you've got to jump through, you've got to be a lot more careful. like, again, i hate using the word political correctness, but you've got to be much more careful about what you do in the workplace. and if you do in the workplace. and if you date a colleague and you know, god forbid it goes wrong , know, god forbid it goes wrong, what happens then in the office, in the workplace? imagine, like going back into the staff room i dated, let's say, an english teacher. i'm a maths teacher. walk back in and then the voice is suddenly drop like, honestly , is suddenly drop like, honestly, i can see if you move on from that workplace, you change environments . yes, but in the environments. yes, but in the same environment, it's just you're asking, you're opening up a pandora's box of trickiness here. >> okay, let's throw that to lucy . i believe we've got your lucy. i believe we've got your sound working now. a pandora's box. >> well, all relationships are a pandora's box. >> if you split up and you're still friends with all of your friendship group, that can also be awkward. >> the problem with this idea, that's come from bp is that it just doesn't work on three levels. >> it's impractical because you can't legislate for who your heart falls in love with, and in most workplaces, there tend to be people of the same age, same background, similar interests. >> it's immoral, in my view,

because i just don't want my boss prying into my sex life. and i also think it's impractical because what you're in danger of creating is a climate of secrecy, as people recognise that they can't be transparent with their peer group in case they lose their job. now there is a phrase that was doing the rounds when i worked in a department of 200 people, 100 men, 100 women, which is that you shouldn't dip your pen in company inc, which was more to do with the fact that it can be a bit awkward. but as long as people are comfortable with the fact that you are open and you do declare, you are open and you do declare, you say to your boss, you know, i am. actually, i got off with this person at the christmas party, or we are actually dating and we're going to get married then actually, everybody knows what the situation is. it's the danger of turning it into something that people want to keep secret. and that's subterfuge could be very corrosive . corrosive. >> on the other hand, lucy, could you not see an issue that could you not see an issue that could be avoided with casual relationships rather than these true love relationships that

you're talking about, very, i suppose heartfelt . lee, is it suppose heartfelt. lee, is it not perhaps wise to , to warn not perhaps wise to, to warn people against sort of what one might describe as dabbling at a christmas party or whatever else? because that can cause a lot of problems. >> oh, and it can and it can create relationships, but it can also break them up. and if particularly if it is a work sanctioned christmas party where the company has perhaps provided the company has perhaps provided the alcohol and provided the slow dance music on the dance floor. you know, you could argue that they're responsible for some of those hook ups, but nevertheless, all relationships have those hurdles. and those, i suppose the fraught with things that have to be negotiated and navigated. and just because they are are initiated within the workplace. and i stress again, there's a reason why. and the majority of people meet within the workplace is because that's when you're thrown together for extended periods of time and people can see you in a 360

degree way. you're not just going on a date with these people. they're seeing what you're like when there's a crisis at work . crisis at work. >> back to bobby. now that you're you're working with people who probably you're pretty compatible with. >> yeah. i mean, again, i completely understand why you might want to sort of engage in a relationship, try and date someone at work because you see them monday to friday, 9 to 5, whatever your hours are. but the thing is, when you join a company, you enter into a contractual obligation with that organisation to fulfil their objectives, their missions , the objectives, their missions, the missions of the shareholders, and that is ultimately to make that company money or meet their targets. it isn't for you to enter into relationships at your benefit. and again, i would love to date work colleagues, but ultimately, if i did date , i'm ultimately, if i did date, i'm not saying any of my particular colleagues, but if i did, i think i'm compromising my ability to work in the organisation. >> bobby, too you're far, too serious. you're far too serious. we're all adults here, aren't we? >> declare your interest. >> declare your interest. >> we're all adults, lucy . >> we're all adults, lucy. >> we're all adults, lucy. >> robots. i speak as someone who has dated people that she's

worked with. and as i say, it was a big pool of people. 200 men, 100 women. what is going to happen when everyone is in their 20s and 30s? what was going to happen ? there was no surprises happen? there was no surprises that actually tons of relationships started. and that's because that's the prime moment at which you are perhaps going about your business and the problem is people are working so many hours nowadays that the idea that you would meet people in other ways , maybe meet people in other ways, maybe going, socialising, going to parties, that's actually cut off from a lot of people for sure. there are brilliant dating apps out there. there are even dating apps, you know, like ashley madison for married people. there are dating apps for all sorts of interests and passions, but you probably find your greatest supportive peer group amongst the people that you work with. you go through the same trials you go through projects together, you deepen your understanding of each other. you see each other good and bad, and that could be a brilliant absolutely right.

>> it's actually better, isn't it? it's more natural than getting all dolled up and putting on your best face just for a single evening date. thank you very much. we'll have to end it there. you say that as if we bobby seagull up and lucy beresford. yeah, but we know how you turn up, thank you very much indeed. so, have we decided it is okay to dip your pen in the company ink? well, emily, i think you decided that several several months ago. >> several years ago. oh well, no. >> absolutely not, well, let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay. perhaps you met your partner , at work. do met your partner, at work. do you think we're all getting a little bit too prudish ? that is little bit too prudish? that is about it all that is that, you know, worse things have happened than being dumped and having to work with someone. i mean, it's not the biggest disaster, is it? >> the other thing it depends on degree, doesn't it? depends on the harshness of the dumping. >> we'll get your views in coming up. which party can be trusted to deal with illegal immigration. there's some interesting pledges out you're watching. good afternoon britain. we're on

>> good afternoon. britain. it is 12 minutes to two and planes to rwanda. well, we're told they are set to get very busy. that's if the tories win the next general election. >> yes, because in their manifesto, the conservatives are vowing to deport all 90,000 illegal migrants from the uk if they are still in number 10 on they are still in number 10 on the 5th of july. their illegal migration act will come into full force, giving ministers powers to detain and remove arrivals to the african nation or to their home countries as well. >> joining us now is the executive director of migration watch, doctor mike jones and mike rishi sunak keeps saying this, that the planes have been chartered. the individuals have been for want of a better phrase, rounded up, and these flights will leave in july. do you believe him ? you believe him? >> well, no. he's called the election . so, for the time election. so, for the time being, the rwanda plan has been

shelved, you've got to remember, i think i think the conservatives have a more robust policy than labour do on this, but mr sunak faces a number of problems with rwanda. the first is legal. there will be a merry go round and a flurry of individual appeals, which will slow everything down. there's an operational issue in terms of actually maintaining contact with all of these asylum seekers , many of them will have absconded. and then, of course , absconded. and then, of course, there's a capacity issue, which relates to detention centres here and obviously within rwanda itself, you know, can mr kagame deliver his promise at speed and at scale? >> now, the labour party is, very much ahead in the polls. so they're looking like the likely winners of this general election in. and in which case, it's very important that their policy on illegal migration gets. scrutinee they say that they

will have more caseworkers so they'll get through these claims quicker than the conservatives have. there is a question mark over what happens next, because they don't want a third country to send people to, like the rwanda policy, and they say that those who don't pass the claim don't get, refugee status here will be deported . but it's very will be deported. but it's very difficult to deport people to countries deemed unsafe. there have been accusations potentially this is an amnesty policy in disguise. what's your take? >> well, tory hq has described the labour plan as not credible. i think that's an understatement of the century. labour's plan is dangerous and counterproductive. i mean, first of all, they're going to mothball the rwanda plan and the vast majority of illegal migrants come from countries that are deemed unsafe by the human rights lawyers. so how are you going to deport those people that they can't be deported? but on the other hand ,

deported? but on the other hand, labour has promised to bring many of these illegal immigrants into the asylum system, and they're obviously going to fast track these applications, fast tracking essentially amounts to a de facto amnesty. so this this policy will, not only will it be a betrayal of their manifesto pledges, but it will actually increase the pull factor for more illegal migrants to make the journey across the channel. >> mike, is what you're saying, that if anyone comes by any mechanism , whether it's by small mechanism, whether it's by small boat or clinging onto a lorry or just overstaying a visa, travelling on holiday , if anyone travelling on holiday, if anyone comes from any country deemed to be unsafe by lawyers, they'll have the right to stay basically under under the labour policy . under under the labour policy. >> yeah. i mean, it's easier to deport. foreign national offenders, ethnos and some of them a very small number are sent back. but if you're a non fno, an illegal migrant and, you

know, in that sense you have to wait for them to do a crime. well, yes. and even then many of them aren't deported. but essentially this comes back to the human rights act and what they call the principle of non—refoulement . that sounds non—refoulement. that sounds quite complicated, but it's very simple . basically, you cannot simple. basically, you cannot deport somebody to a country where that person may be at risk of, you know, harassment or humiliation. >> and mike, mike, we spoke to yvette cooper, the shadow home secretary, a couple of weeks ago. i think it was. and she seemed to say that they would work harder than the conservatives and would be able to return more illegal migrants as a result of that, without a third country in use . i mean, i third country in use. i mean, i mean, how long would it take to go through these cases individually? it seems seems a lot of work , it's a load of lot of work, it's a load of hogwash. it's for the birds, you know, it's not a case of working hard. it's about having the

legal architecture in place that allows you to fulfil your manifesto pledges. so the most important question in a legal migration policy is this if somebody arrives illegally, can you deport , deport them? now, in you deport, deport them? now, in the vast majority of cases, the answer to that is no. and the conservatives have a partial roundabout solution to this. the rwanda plan . the labour party rwanda plan. the labour party has absolutely no answer to this at all. the situation will get worse. it will spiral out of control . control. >> goodness me. well, we've got the choice of something that might work, but is a bit of a half baked solution or something that's no solution at all. what a joyful choice, doctor mike jones, thank you so much for joining us and talking through that crucial issue in this general election campaign. >> yes, coming up, we're going to be back hitting the campaign trail, the question today really is, have the conservatives all but given up ? we've heard from but given up? we've heard from grant shapps that he's expecting a super majority , or at least

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain it's 2:00 on wednesday, the 12th of june. i'm tom harwood , and i'm june. i'm tom harwood, and i'm emily carver. the prime minister is to clash with the labour leader tonight in yet another tv debate . but the tories are being debate. but the tories are being accused of already accepting defeat by warning voters simply

not to give keir starmer supermajority. >> yes, superm ajority. >> yes, meaning supermajority. >> yes, meaning while is labour being transparent over its tax plans, there are growing warnings that the party isn't being open enough about potential tax hikes to come . potential tax hikes to come. >> and the conservatives have vowed to deport 90,000 illegal migrants who came to the uk in the past year, but can that really be done? and what would labour do if it came to power ? labour do if it came to power? >> well, a supermajority, it's not exactly a very confident way to pitch for voters saying, oh, vote for us because you don't want the opposition who've been out of government for 14 years to , to, to win, to get a super majority. >> i think they're underplaying it. the supermajority that to me would say maybe two thirds of the seats. i mean, looking at

some of these projections from some of these projections from some of these polls, it's not going to be a super majority . going to be a super majority. it's going to be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious majority . majority. >> i think it was actually gloria de piero who made that joke earlier . gloria de piero who made that joke earlier. tom. first. you made it first, did you? okay, well, we'll have to play it back and find out. we will. but get your views in. what do you think that's all about? do you think the conservatives have all but given up? we had miriam cates on earlier who were went on twitter to tell all of her followers why she's not moving to reform. it's not the sort of thing you'd do if you were confident in your party's prospects, is it? >> no, but i think they're being i mean, maybe finally they're being realistic about it, all right. because it's a bit early to be realistic in the election campaign. >> polls aren't narrowing really at all. >> we've still got a 20 point lead. we started with a 20 point lead. we started with a 20 point lead a month ago. there was a 20 point lead a month before that, there was a 20 point lead. there's been some movement with the smaller parties, but the gap and this is what matters for the scale of majority, the gap between first and second place has remained, basically entirely

stagnant, consistent. >> do you think it's possible that , reform will get a >> do you think it's possible that, reform will get a higher vote share than the conservatives could happen? >> i think it's i think it's less likely than more likely. but if it did, we're not we're not even talking about sort of a small and diminished opposition. we're talking about basically no opposition at all. >> well, on that note , >> well, on that note, gbnews.com/yoursay, please do get in touch, but it's the headunes get in touch, but it's the headlines with . aaron. headlines with. aaron. >> very good afternoon to you. it is 2:02. i'm aaron armstrong. rishi sunak insists he hasn't given up hope of winning the general election, but has warned voters not to give labour a blank check. the prime minister's campaigning at a school in north east lincolnshire today as new figures show the economy stagnated in april with zero growth. it is a setback to his claim the uk has turned a corner. the tories pointed to figures, though, that demonstrate the economy had grown in the months to april,

the three months leading up to april. but the lib dems say rishi sunak's utterly failed to deliver on his promises. shadow chancellor rachel reeves says it exposes the damage done after 14 years of conservative chaos. >> the one thing that everybody expected and needed from rishi sunak was stability. after the disaster of liz truss . what he's disaster of liz truss. what he's now done is become the latest version of liz trust with unfunded commitments. and i think the public know voters know that there's a cost to that and they want an alternative . and they want an alternative. and that's why i'm really pleased that tomorrow in our manifesto, we will take a different approach. we will set out the for case growth, for rebuilding, for putting our nafion rebuilding, for putting our nation first to go forward. >> the green party has launched its manifesto with a promise to tax the super rich to help mend broken britain. the party says it would tax the wealthiest 1% of people and would add 8% national insurance for those earning more than £50,000 that they say would raise £50 billion

to invest in health and social care to, in their words, defend and restore the nhs . the greens and restore the nhs. the greens have also pledged to bring water companies, railways and the big five retail energy companies into public ownership and also build more social housing. labouris build more social housing. labour is promising to fix the uk's pothole problem and is blaming the tories for soaring, soaring car insurance costs. the party claims damage caused by poorly maintained roads and an increase in theft caused by tory cuts to the police, has contributed to higher insurance premiums. shadow transport secretary louise haigh has pledged to direct special funding to councils to fix potholes, and says labour will turn the tide of neglect . turn the tide of neglect. >> the state of our roads is a massive cost of living issue for drivers. we're all seeing our car insurance premiums driven up because of the cost of repairs , because of the cost of repairs, andifs because of the cost of repairs, and it's estimated that drivers had to shell out £500 million last year in pothole related

incidents , and with an average incidents, and with an average of £250 per driver, the liberal democrats have outlined plans to end what they have described as a sewage scandal in england and wales. >> they've promised to transform water firms into public benefit companies . they've promised to companies. they've promised to ban bonuses for water bosses until the leaks stop , ban bonuses for water bosses until the leaks stop, and to replace the regulator, ofwat, with a tougher governing body. the party says their clean water authority would be given new powers to help reform the sector . nigel farage has been offered additional private security by the home office after objects were thrown at him during campaigning . a man has been campaigning. a man has been charged after a coffee cup and other items from a building site narrowly missed the reform. uk leader on an open top bus in barnsley yesterday, 28 year old josh greely has been charged with using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence . he's provoke unlawful violence. he's been released on bail and will

appearin been released on bail and will appear in court later this month . a second man has now denied chopping down the sycamore gap tree. last year, 31 year old adam crothers is accused of causing . £622,000 worth of causing. £622,000 worth of damage to the tree. a second man, 38 year old daniel graham, was unavoidably detained, according to his barrister, and didn't appear in court earlier, but has previously entered a not guilty plea . the tree was guilty plea. the tree was a popular attraction for visitors. it stood by hadrian's wall in a dramatic dip in northumberland. for more than two centuries, until it was felled in september , sparking a national outcry. flights have been grounded in majorca after heavy rain caused flooding at spain's third busiest airport. flooding at spain's third busiest airport . this video, busiest airport. this video, posted to social media shows water spilling into a parking area. while some cars are seen partially submerged outside the terminal, spain's weather agency has recorded five centimetres of rain per hour with peaks of up

to nine centimetres. the mediterranean island is famous for its picturesque beaches and sunny weather. it's very popular amongst british tourists , and amongst british tourists, and you can get more on our stories by signing up to gb news alerts, details on the screen there and also on the website gb news. com now back to tom and . emily. now back to tom and. emily. well, hello. >> it's 2:07. another busy day of general election campaigning. of course, the challenge for the conservatives is to close this significant gap, this persistent gap with the labour party as some senior conservative figures warn that voters, or at least are warning voters to not give the labour party a supermajority us. >> labour is pledging to fix a million potholes a year in england. i think some of the funding for that is coming from , funding for that is coming from, not going ahead with various , not going ahead with various, road constructions, bypasses in

fact, it comes ahead of another clash tonight between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer as they go head to head in their second tv debate . second tv debate. >> but let's cross live to our political correspondent katherine forster, who's in grimsby, where that debate is taking place. and catherine, what can we expect ? what can we expect? >> yes, well, it's just over a week since the last head to head debate between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer. that one apparently the first snap poll suggested that the prime minister had very narrowly won that. minister had very narrowly won that . but basically he minister had very narrowly won that. but basically he did that with repeatedly hammering this message that he said the labour party are going to put your taxes up by £2,000. now that was in fact over four years. and there was a lot of, backlash to that because the figures were questioned and questionable, so that created a row, though the conservative party does still seem to be hammering that line. and i expect that's their

central attack line is still don't trust labour. they're going to put your taxes up and you don't know what they stand for. but sir keir starmer , of for. but sir keir starmer, of course, is, possibly a bit better at being empathetic. he certainly was in that debate last week and a bit better at being in touch with ordinary voters, partly because of his background and of course , we've background and of course, we've heard from that trail of the itv interview that rishi sunak recorded on the day of the d—day commemorations about he talks about not having sky as if that's some sort of measure of, of, of going without. that's quite difficult, and of course, the fact that the conservative manifesto was published yesterday , over 70 pages, it's yesterday, over 70 pages, it's all out there for us to pick through and take apart and question. whereas the labour manifesto is not being published until tomorrow , morrow. so

until tomorrow, morrow. so they'll presumably be quite a lot of questions about what labour will do if they come into office. and, you know, labour have faced a lot of criticism by not being clear about what they will do by being a little bit woolly, and sir keir starmer will be able to say, well, you'll, you'll find out tomorrow in the manifesto. but, it's rumoured to be only about 30 pages long and i suspect even tomorrow it may be quite light on detail because labour are still sitting pretty 20 points aheadin still sitting pretty 20 points ahead in the polls. they haven't really shifted, have they? all they need to do now is avoid some sort of catastrophe. i mean, look at theresa may and the dementia tax. she was 20 points ahead and it all went out the window. i don't think labour are going to make that mistake. they're being super, super, super careful okay. some people will say that's a bit dull. but they have it all to lose. will

things change tonight? rishi sunak desperately needs a breakthrough, and i think it's just worth saying that , there's just worth saying that, there's been a real shift in tone over the last day or so, hasn't there? because there's a sort of tacit admissions. now, rishi sunak said it yesterday about keir starmer trying to get , sunak said it yesterday about keir starmer trying to get, you know, votes for 16 and 17 year olds. and he said, you know, if you put them into power they could be there for a very long time. defence secretary grant shapps basically talking about the dangers of labour having a supermajority and some of the projections , as you know, paint projections, as you know, paint the conservatives possibly as not even being the party of opposition. some say that even that could be the lib dems. so, will the strategy now to shift just trying to minimise , losses just trying to minimise, losses to trying to scare the electorate? basically into not giving a labour a massive majority ? vie. majority? vie. >> well, katherine forster,

thank you very much for bringing us that. a live from grimsby. >> yes. and with us in the studio is the former labour mp gloria de piero, i guess a big night tonight, for the, the two leaders, what do you expect to go down? >> i think the labour party's strategy is pretty clear now . strategy is pretty clear now. it's to be cautious, not make any promises which they can't deliver or which are not costed and just to be a responsible looking potential party of government. we see these massive polls, emily. i don't believe them . not a single vote has been them. not a single vote has been cast. still, three weeks ago. i think tomorrow is the halfway point in this campaign. so keir starmer is right to be cautious. rishi sunak , well, it's an rishi sunak, well, it's an interesting strategy . i mean, interesting strategy. i mean, there is lots of new commitments emerging from this campaign. a couple of questions emerge from that for me. why haven't they doneit that for me. why haven't they done it already and how is it

going to be paid for? but he is he's clearly full of energy. i'll give him that. he's clearly full of energy. i'll give him that . he's clearly i'll give him that. he's clearly looks like he's fighting on fighting to win. looks like he's fighting on fighting to win . so it looks fighting to win. so it looks more energetic, but i'm not sure it's , i'm not sure i'm trusting it's, i'm not sure i'm trusting it. and keir starmer is much more cautious, perhaps even more boring. but i think a bit of boredom wouldn't go amiss. >> actually, gloria, should we expect any surprises , though, expect any surprises, though, tomorrow in this manifesto, do you think we'll hear anything we haven't heard before ? no, haven't heard before? no, nothing at all, i don't know, i have not seen it . no capital have not seen it. no capital gains increase? no. >> certainly not. >> certainly not. >> certainly not. and >> certainly not. and you >> certainly not. and you know, some of the key promises have been made already . some of the key promises have been made already. no rises in the next parliament. if there is a labour government and your income tax in your vat and your national insurance , those are national insurance, those are the big taxes that we all, hate and recognise eyes. >> and yet you see that this is not going to go in the manifesto, this big rumoured increase. it's not rumoured. >> it's not rumoured. >> it's not rumoured. >> the markets are expecting this. this was on the front page of the financial times last week. it's not this is not a

conspiracy theory. >> it is and rachel reeves and keir starmer have said they have no plans to increase it. >> but no plans. but they haven't ruled it out. but gloria, you and you and i both know. >> let me answer. let me answer. let me answer. >> you finish. let me answer. >> you finish. let me answer. >> so i did anticipate you raising this, mr harwood, and i thought i would have a look actually at capital gains tax. and who pays because i talked about the three taxes we all know and love or hate. >> only ones. >> only ones. >> hang on, hang on, hang on. so the last proper study, which went from 2010 to 2020, do you know how many people paid capital gains tax? it was 3. and another fact i'll give you . and another fact i'll give you. and there were more people who paid in notting hill, which is that posh bit of london which none of us could afford to buy a shed in then manchester, liverpool and newcastle. yes. >> so do you not think that this is a risk though? right. >> i don't think they're going to do it three, 3% of people pay this tax and you say that i don't think they're going to raise it. we're talking only hypothetical 3% of people because i believe in capital gains tax is tax on investment.

>> that investment produces jobs, produces growth, employs people. just because 3% of people. just because 3% of people pay this tax, that doesn't mean that 3% are more interested in income tax . interested in income tax. >> this is real national insurance. >> this is real investment. >> this is real investment. >> and in vat, i'm interested in the taxes. the 70 year high tax taxes, by the way, brought in by this government which are causing people be delighted, which are causing people daily pain. >> but they're not saying they're going to cut them. glory. no, they're not, they're complaining about this tax burden. no. but she, she's about how it's at a seven year high and absolutely no plans to tax. we've only heard of tax increases rachel rachel no . increases rachel rachel no. >> yes. >> yes. >> we haven't. that's on private school fees. >> that's i'm sorry but that's not an a tax that affects many people. >> it's 93 labour going to cut. so i will tell you what the leader of the labour party and the shadow chancellor have said. they have said they would like to cut taxes on working people now. they can't afford to now because of the mess that the tories have left the economy.

but if there was a priority to cut tax, it would be income tax. i want people listening at home are thinking right now. >> they're thinking they've made some absolute guarantees on three taxes. >> yeah, the taxes that lower taxes. >> they say, oh we've got no plans, no plans. >> capital gains tax guarantee . >> capital gains tax guarantee. >> capital gains tax guarantee. >> that's not a guarantee 70 high. >> that's what you've had. i tell you what you need like to cut taxes. i tell you what you need to be worried about. tom harwood a sugar tax because i've never seen so many somebody so many biscuits. i am worried about a sugar tax. >> terrible, terrible tax. oh, that's now that one is. >> because now let's get to that actually, because there's been quite a lot of nanny state stuff coming from the labour party. you know, the tooth brushing in the schools, the ban on id for i had my i was talking when i went to school like , you know, the to school like, you know, the school nurse comes in and teaches you how to brush your teeth. >> i mean, did you know. no, not no, it's not daily. it's not tory. it is not daily like assembly every day. >> i think it is actually. and free breakfast for every single child in the country. free breakfast for every single child in the country . that's child in the country. that's ridiculous. do you not think that's ridiculous ? overreach? that's ridiculous? overreach? >> no, no, i'll tell you why. it really helps families to go to

work earlier as well. >> so you think it's going to be a boon to the economy? is that the big selling point? >> i actually think this hours of the school day are really not conducive to families with young children. so actually, i think it will have that benefit as well. >> so you don't think that actually it's quite nice for a family to, you know, eat breakfast together or for mum to make a meal. it would be lovely for the employer if employers enable that flexible working. >> but some employers do, emily. but i'm sure breakfast clubs, breakfast clubs, a more flexible working. >> i was actually looking at some menus for breakfast clubs at schools and at the moment people pay. so you pay about £3 and there's a choice of eggs, crumpets, toast , nice various crumpets, toast, nice various cereals. so i wonder if the state backed ones will under labouh >> obviously. no. >> obviously. no. >> no energy drinks, no energy dnnks >> no energy drinks, no energy drinks , but coffees allowed. drinks, but coffees allowed. >> that was advertised. advertising it's about an advertising. >> advertising quote unquote junk food. >> but but after the watershed after when it comes to energy drinks, you know, red bull monster, other brands are

available banning for under 16 seconds. probably it's not. they're not very good for you, are they? >> but why why keep coffee? they're not very high. intensively caffeinated coffee. >> teenager wants to drink a cup of coffee. >> well, it's a class thing, isn't it? it's anti anti working class mochaccino. but we do want to hear baby chino. the prime minister has been saying because there's a big question about whether or not he's out of touch. have a listen to this. >> you are wealthier than the king. >> what do you do day to day to make sure you're still in touch with the kind of struggles ordinary people face? >> have you ever gone without something? >> yeah , i mean, i grew up, my >> yeah, i mean, i grew up, my family emigrated here with very little , and that's how i was raised. >> i was raised with the values of hard work. >> what did you go without as child? >> i went out with lots of things. right, because my parents wanted to put everything into our education and that was a priority. >> so what sort of things had to be sacrificed? >> lots of things. right? i mean, give me an example . all mean, give me an example. all sorts of things, like lots of people, there'll be all sorts of things that i would have wanted as a kid that i couldn't have. right? famously sky tv. so that

was something that we never had growing up, actually. and but it was lots of things. but again, that's that's my experience is obviously going to be what my experience was. what is more important in my values and how i was raised. and i was raised in a household where hard work was really important. you had to work very hard and family was important. service to your community was important. >> he's right, isn't he? what's more important is your values. you may like them or you may not like them when it comes to rishi sunak, but that is more important than a sort of stand off or on who had it worse as a kid. >> yeah, i think it's best to sort of own your background. rishi sunak was incredibly lucky , had a great start in life. david cameron, he went to a very posh private school. david cameron was even posher, by the way, than rishi sunak and went to even posh, a private school, but he owned it. he said. i had a very privileged, start in life. that doesn't mean i don't want to help other people who who haven't, and i think that's the way to do it . keir starmer

the way to do it. keir starmer can lean into this a little bit more because he had a more working class, because we don't want to demonise the son of, to, to a gp and a pharmacist. >> surely that's a good thing? >> surely that's a good thing? >> no, ijust >> surely that's a good thing? >> no, i just think it was silly to say that, you know, my biggest sacrifice was not having sky sally . sky sally. >> i mean, he's only been an mp since 2015. yeah, same amount of time, actually, as keir starmer . time, actually, as keir starmer. david cameron had five years as leader of the opposition before he became prime minister and then five years of prime minister before that, 2015 election, when he got a lot of these questions thrown at him. i wonder if this was just a bit of an experience on on rishi sunak's behalf, i think he's actually anxious about it because the focus grouping actually when people are this is rightly or wrongly, it's just the fact that when people are asked in focus groups what words come to mind when they're talking about rishi sunak, sort of rich comes up. >> it looms large because , i >> it looms large because, i mean, he is richer than the king. >> so it's actually not doesn't help that it starts the same letters as his first name. what

rishi. rishi i mean. >> oh yeah. yeah yeah yeah, yeah. so i think he's probably quite uncomfortable about it. and when you're uncomfortable about things, you sort of manage , you manage to perhaps not come up , you manage to perhaps not come up with the right answer. >> yeah, possibly . >> yeah, possibly. >> yeah, possibly. >> thank you so much, gloria. as always, sir, did you have sky tv growing up? >> no, i didn't even have a wee. i mean, betamax was still a thing when i was a kid, but we didn't have one. i wanted a vhs so much, and you'd even have never got one. that's how that's how poor we were. wow. small violin. >> no, i, i did have vhs, but did not have sky tv . did not have sky tv. >> yes, i had sky. anyway, coming up, we're speaking to conservative parliamentary candidate geoffrey cox. stay with

us. right. it's 225. good afternoon . right. it's 225. good afternoon. britain, you're with me. emily and tom. now. conservative parliamentary candidate sir geoffrey cox joins us now. sir

geoffrey, thank you very much indeed for coming on the show. all this talk of handing a supermajority to the to the labour party. are the conservatives admitting defeat at. >> well, i think what grant shapps was saying was that if you believe the polls now three weeks out, the country is sleepwalking into a one party socialist state. >> and that would be profoundly unhealthy for british democracy , unhealthy for british democracy, certainly for conservative right wing values . we would be facing wing values. we would be facing a government with untrammelled power . and it's a wake up call. power. and it's a wake up call. it doesn't mean it's going to happen. it doesn't mean it's going to happen . it needn't happen. we've happen. it needn't happen. we've got three weeks to go and we have to fight with every fibre of our beings to prevent it, because the disaster it would mean for the future direction of this country, with the gradual and stealthy reversal of brexit, with the getting rid of the rwanda scheme, which is our only serious means at the moment of

deterring boats coming across the channel the tightest immigration laws in history will be simply removed at one stroke of a pen because the majority will be so vast that keir starmer and angela rayner will have that power. but what if thatis have that power. but what if that is keir starmer? what if that is keir starmer? what if thatis that is keir starmer? what if that is what he's a human rights lawyer? >> what if that is what the british public now want? i mean, you've got a new poll out today saying a quarter of 2019 tory voters think the party now deserves to lose every seat , deserves to lose every seat, what if that is what the british want ? want? >> well, i could i can understand that people are frustrated and many people are angry. we've had a inflationary spiral that has made the cost of living very difficult for people. we're now got that substantially down. it's now down to target 2.3. almost interest rates will go down. but the real risk if we give vent to that annoyance and heaven knows

i completely understand why people may feel it is that what we will face is a one party socialist state. if you have only 150 seats on one side and 450 on the other, you don't even have an opposition that can seriously hold a government to account. and that is the risk that grant was referring to. but it is not inevitable. there is three weeks to go. we can stop any labour majority if we simply realise the damage. this will do i >> geoffrey cox, did you not cheerin >> geoffrey cox, did you not cheer in december 2019 when the labour party was reduced to their smallest seat share since 1935, did the conservative campaign in 2019 not say precisely the opposite of what you're saying right now? that marginal majorities or even minority governments are unstuck . double that from 2010 right through to 2019, the conservatives simply didn't have

enough seats and that people needed to put their faith in the conservative party to give them a big majority to actually get things done . are you not arguing things done. are you not arguing against the arguments that you promoted four years ago ? promoted four years ago? >> well, tom, you know that's not right. of course , an 80 seat not right. of course, an 80 seat majority is a good, healthy majority is a good, healthy majority , but it isn't majority, but it isn't a majority, but it isn't a majority that can't at times when the country's interests need it, give way to a rallying of the opposition, with some on the conservative or the government benches. a majority of 200 seats would be impossible at any point to challenge anything that the government wanted to do. there is a dimensional difference between an 80 seat majority, a good and healthy one, and a super majority of the kind. grant shapps was warning against. we are sleepwalking into a one party state that is anti—democratic. that's what he was saying. but it isn't inevitable. we've got three weeks to go and we must fight.

>> sir geoffrey cox , are you >> sir geoffrey cox, are you personally disappointed in the performance of the prime minister in this election campaign? has he let you and some of your colleagues down? >> i'm not interested in the personalities at the moment. they have. the prime minister made an error which for which he has apologised. what matters is that in every constituency, conservatives wake up to realise that what we are facing is something unheard of in a hundred years. that is what grant shapps was warning about and that is what he is right to warn about. the extent extinction of any democratic opposition. if you believe the polls today, but we have three weeks to go , it is not weeks to go, it is not inevitable. and unless we wake up and realise it, we are going to sleepwalk into a one party socialist state. that's what grant was saying. but we've it's not inevitable. we have to realise that on the right of politics, if we are divided down

the middle, what we will hand is a massive labour majority and they will be able to do anything they will be able to do anything they want every politically correct, every stealth manoeuvre to reverse the verdict of the british people in 2016, for which, as you will know, i stood up and fought very hard for, well, sir geoffrey cox, thank you for coming on here, making your case in the usual way that your case in the usual way that you make your case really appreciate it. >> and, my goodness me, i think of all of the orators in parliament, geoffrey cox is certainly up there. >> yes, i can see some coming comments coming in. who'd be a fantastic narrator, people saying, yes . a one party saying, yes. a one party socialist state. that's what sir geoffrey cox is warning. >> the last time we had that, i think it was the 19 1933 election, if i recall. 32, 33 and the labour party lost over 100 seats. they went down to about 40 seats. well, it took a world war to reverse the situation that that parliament created. >> well, in other news, the

green party has launched their election manifesto. today they're pledging to stop all new fossil fuel projects in the uk. they're also vowing to raise taxes on the rich, all in a bid to boost the nhs and other things . things. >> well, gb news reporter theo chikomba was at the events in hove. chikomba was at the events in hove . joins us now, theo, what hove. joins us now, theo, what on earth went on? >> yes. well, with 22 days left until the general election, the green party were here are launching at their manifesto pitch side here at the sussex county cricket ground and they spoke about a whole host of things, from the nhs to housing to security and much more . but to security and much more. but in the last sort of hour or so, we've been getting some of that reaction from people across the industry and the ifs . the industry and the ifs. the institute for fiscal studies are saying that the green party is looking to have ambitions that allow the state to have a bigger role. they're looking at better funded service services and so much more . funded service services and so much more. but funded service services and so much more . but they said this. much more. but they said this. they said it's unlikely that the

specific tax raising measures they are proposing to help achieve some of these goals that they have set out, they say they wouldn't be able to raise these sums that they claim, and certainly not without real economic cost . now we can go economic cost. now we can go into briefly some of those measures. they were talking about today. we've heard in the last couple of weeks about the issue of tax , how is this going issue of tax, how is this going to impact working people. and the party said they would raise national insurance to 8% on people who are earning just over £50,000. and then another key one is that they would also introduce a 1% wealth tax on assets over £10 million and 2% on over £1 billion, and another issue, which isn't that popular with many people across the country, is this issue of nuclear weapons. now, adrian ramsey, who is one of the co—leaders , he was saying that co—leaders, he was saying that is not good use of public funds and that it is an outdated system, and they would rather focus on ensuring that those

people who are working in the army, for example, and doing humanitarian work, are supported. but they did list a whole host of pledges , including whole host of pledges, including supporting the nhs and funding those public services, which they say are in crisis . they say are in crisis. >> well, theo chikomba, thank you for bringing us that and i find it personally quite baffling, baffling that they go on and on about the, housing crisis. and then they say we want to build fewer houses. anyway, coming up, bp has put restrictions on workplace romances. we're going to be asking, is that okay? that's after the . news. after the. news. >> it is almost 230 for good afternoon to you. i'm aaron armstrong. rishi sunak insists he hasn't given up hope of winning the general election, but has warned voters not to give labour a blank check. the prime minister's campaigning at a school in north east lincolnshire today, a new figures show the economy stagnated in april with zero

growth, a setback to his claim. the uk's turned a corner. now the tories have pointed to figures that demonstrate that the economy had grown in the previous three months to april . previous three months to april. but shadow chancellor rachel reeves says the figures exposed the damage done after 14 years of conservative chaos. >> it's this prime minister and this chancellor that has presided over this state of affairs with an economy that's barely grown these last 14 years. yesterday day, the prime minister published a desperate wish list of giveaways. but the frankly, the money is not there . frankly, the money is not there. and if the prime minister did have a chance to implement this, what would end up happening is that mortgages would go up by £4,800 for the average family. the country can't afford five more years of the conservative, only labour has a plan to grow our economy and tackle the cost of living crisis. >> the green party has launched its election manifesto with a promise to raise taxes for the wealthiest and boost health and social care spending . the party

social care spending. the party would add a 1% tax on assets more over £10 million and 8% national insurance on wages over £50,000 a year. they say the proceeds would be used to fund improvements to health, housing, transport and the green economy . transport and the green economy. flights are grounded in majorca today after heavy rain caused flooding at spain's third busiest airport. videos on social media can show water flooding a parking area, some cars partially submerged outside the terminal, the weather agency in spain has recorded five centimetres of rain per hour , centimetres of rain per hour, with peaks of up to nine centimetres, which could upset some holiday plans. the mediterranean island, famous for its picturesque beaches and its good weather, it's very popular among british tourists . more on among british tourists. more on all of our stories, on our gb news alerts the qr codes there on your screen. the details are on your screen. the details are on our website, gbnews.com

>> 239 is the time, and it is none other than martin daubney. up none other than martin daubney. up next at 3:00. he joins us now , martin, what is coming up? >> fantastic show today , fellas. >> fantastic show today, fellas. >> fantastic show today, fellas. >> look, today was the day when the tories officially threw in the tories officially threw in the towel. they've given up sukh their majority. they're now weighing up how bad the end game is going to be for them. and an astonishing revelation . dame astonishing revelation. dame andrea jenkins comes in today. guess who she's got on her general election leaflet. is it rishi? is it boris? no, it's nigel farage and no mention at all of the conservative brand anywhere. now she's out campaigning today. we'll have to wait till tomorrow to get her on

the show. is this the beginning of a non—aggression pact between reform and the tories? at many sensible people on the political right would like to see also an astonishing 58% of voters have no faith of any politicians in any party, and 2016 leave voters are the most pessimistic of all. and who can blame them? i love the reports author sir john curtice on the show. and finally , an absurd new report is claiming that we should sacrifice british firms having after work drinks on a friday because it's not inclusive of muslims. well we speak to a guy who thinks they should put a cork in it. that's all. come in between 3 and 6 pm. >> oh, calm muslims just get, you know, like a zero alcohol beeh you know, like a zero alcohol beer. like is that, is that beyond the realms of possibility ? there's some really lovely zero alcohol beers now. well, martin, it looks like a fantastic show. and i'm particularly interested to hear what sir john curtice has to say and what the technical

definition of a supermajority actually is. >> yeah. you mean there's other things you could do? you could go for a walk, you could have a coffee after work, you could , go coffee after work, you could, go to pottery classes, i think have to pottery classes, i think have to not everything has to be at the pub. >> yeah, but it's quite fun at the pub, isn't it? >> no comment. >> no comment. >> you just don't have to drink alcohol at a pub. no you don't. >> you can have a diet coke. yes, you can indeed . earlier or yes, you can indeed. earlier or a coke. full sugar coke, earlier we debated whether it's ever pepsl >> also available pepsi also available and other brands, other brands , earlier we debated other brands, earlier we debated whether it's ever okay to date a colleague. this is following a bp's tighter rules on workplace relationships. >> well, we heard from lucy beresford, who thinks it's totally fine some way and the majority of people meet within the workplaces because that's when you're thrown together for extended periods of time. >> and people can see you in a 360 degree way. you're not just going on a date with these people . they're seeing what people. they're seeing what you're like. >> but bobby seagull disagrees.

he thinks it's problematic. >> you get into sort of personal. again, people have personal. again, people have personal relationships , but if personal relationships, but if you're going into intimate relationships, it changes the work dynamic. and i think what this impacts not just the two people there, because again, there could be accusations of favouritism bias, but also it impacts other people around you . impacts other people around you. >> well, we're going to turn now to an expert joining us is hr director and employment lawyer amanda lennon . and amanda, amanda lennon. and amanda, i actually found myself being swayed when we had this debate. whenever either one of our panellists spoke, they made they made good and important points, where is the right place to stand on all of this ? stand on all of this? >> well, i think it is a grey area, which is why you can see the benefits of both sides of the benefits of both sides of the argument, the benefits of both sides of the argument , the issue though, the argument, the issue though, is that because it's not clear cut , you have to be sensitive to cut, you have to be sensitive to both the company's needs, wanting to prevent a conflict of interest, which is which was the

issue with bernard looney at bp, and also respecting the individual employees right to a private life. that right is enshrined in european law. so when you're writing any policy like this, you have to take those matters into account. and ihave those matters into account. and i have no issue in principle with relationships at work. and indeed the bp, policy, which has now been tightened previously it said that, if you were dating somebody at work and you deemed there to be a conflict of interest, you had to inform your superiors. now they've tightened the rules to say that if you're involved with anyone at work and involved with anyone at work and in the past three years, you have to disclose that to your bosses and therefore it's down to the company to decide if there's a conflict of interest , there's a conflict of interest, that's, quite a lot of control, isn't it ? over, over. people who isn't it? over, over. people who are working in the company , it's are working in the company, it's are working in the company, it's a difficult one because a lot of people, when they talk about this, say, well, if they're in a more senior position than you,

then that throws up different issues that potentially could be taken advantage of . if you're a taken advantage of. if you're a junior colleague as opposed to a senior one. i mean, is that really true ? i mean, people are really true? i mean, people are always going to date, higher position or a lower position than them. >> i think the reality is that plenty of people meet their significant other at work, but i think the issue does become more serious the higher up you get in the organisation. because as a leader, you're supposed to be role modelling behaviours, demonstrating integrity and trust. and i think if you are in a situation where you've got an employee dating their manager, as one of your previous commentators said, it's not just the impact on that couple. it's also the perceptions of those around them. is the boss treating that employee that they're dating more favourably than others? it also, i think, risks generating a culture where people don't feel they can

openly talk , and that affects openly talk, and that affects the team dynamic and team spirit because they're worried that whatever they say will get back to their boss through the person that they're dating. >> now, i have to say, i was watching a marvellous film the other day. bridget jones's diary , and i was actually rather taken aback because i didn't remember quite how flirty, renee zellweger was with hugh grant sending, and he was her boss of office fun. they were sending incredibly flirty messages , and incredibly flirty messages, and i was thinking, goodness me, i didn't realise. i think social attitudes must have changed even quite a way since the late 90s or early 2000. well, he does end up being a love rat. he does end up being a love rat. he does end up being a love rat. but but to step out of the weeds of this particular film , it does seem particular film, it does seem that things that were perhaps considered acceptable 20 years ago are now seen very much in a different light. >> i think you're right. different light. >> i think you're right . and >> i think you're right. and that's particularly the case with the advancement of the metoo movement and, various pubuc metoo movement and, various public figures being , called to public figures being, called to account, such as harvey

weinstein and, but but i think as, as a leader , you take on as, as a leader, you take on certain, certain behaviours and in line with the culture and values of your company, i think, you know, there's a balance between common sense. there's a lot of common sense here. i think you need to carefully consider whether you are in a position where you could be accused of abusing your position, breaching trust . and position, breaching trust. and the other issue for the company with this sort of dynamic is that it potentially opens the company, and that individual up to claims for sexual harassment, discrimination , etc, which then discrimination, etc, which then give more legal risk. >> and on the flip side, i know there's an american writer called richard hanania who's written about this, about how there are some ceos who are now less likely to want to be in a room alone with a woman, less likely to want to promote women or be on one on one meetings with women in case something is perceived to be wrong and that can actually harm or just can actually harm orjust a company through companies. >> just a harmless compliment.

thank you amanda, we'll have to leave it there. amanda lenon, hr director and employment lawyer. yes i director and employment lawyer. yesi do director and employment lawyer. yes i do wonder sometimes there was a there was a lot of, what's the word? moral panic, wasn't there around metoo , lots of there around metoo, lots of accusations. of course, a lot of bad things did happen and do happenin bad things did happen and do happen in workplaces, but perhaps it went all a little bit too far. that's my controversial opinion for the day. >> well, coming up, we'll be taking a sneak peek inside pro rory divorce u—turn that

next. good afternoon. britain. it's 10 to 3 now. pro golfer rory mcilroy and his wife, erica stoll have ended divorce proceedings . and they said proceedings. and they said they're looking forward to a new beginning. as a family. yes. >> the couple have been married for seven years. they have one daughter. rory filed for divorce last month, but just weeks later called it all off, saying they'd realised their best future was

as a family together. >> goodness me. well, we're joined now by jane kerr, partner in the family and divorce team at kingsley napley llp. now goodness me, where do we even start with this? is this particularly common that people i mean, we've all heard about cold feet before a wedding day . cold feet before a wedding day. i haven't quite heard about cold feet before a divorce date . feet before a divorce date. >> well, from the lawyer's perspective , it's probably a lot perspective, it's probably a lot more common than we ever hear about, because by the time people come to us, they've generally made the decision that they want to divorce . they want to divorce. >> but, but if this is a reconciliation, it's great news, and a couple can, if they want to decide to back up any arrangements that they've made, perhaps there might be some financial terms, in a they can do it in a formal contract called a postnuptial agreement. sometimes we call them reconciliation contracts. so that's a good news story. yeah. >> it does sound like a good news story , how often do, does news story, how often do, does someone come to you and say, i've had enough? i'm filing the

divorce papers, and then they sleep on it in the next day. they say, oh , actually, sorry. they say, oh, actually, sorry. yeah, he's not that bad . yeah, he's not that bad. >> it's, it happens quite regularly. >> and i think one of the least known things about divorce lawyers is that our first job is to see what we can do to try and help the couple, get back together and put things right, by and large, by the time most people come in, they've made a decision. or perhaps it's a mutual splitting, but sometimes when someone's suffered a, let's say they found out about an affair or something's gone badly wrong, the knee jerk reaction can be right. that's it. i want a divorce. >> it's all over, and we'll say, well, you know, you've got lot. >> will you really don't you don't don't divorce lawyers have a financial interest here in in ensuring a separation, don't you don't you get the big bucks that way. yeah. >> i think that's putting it a little bit, a bit glibly, if i might say so . might say so. >> i mean, yes, of course, we make our fees from divorces that precede and divorces that are

contested, but there are so many other services that we call upon, like mediators , upon, like mediators, arbitrators, conciliators to try and put things back together. because if you are a divorce lawyer like that and you just go straight to court, you're not actually going to have much of a practice because people will get to know that you're like that. >> so very interesting. >> so very interesting. >> so very interesting. >> so you don't want to look you don't want to look callous as a as a divorce lawyer. of course you don't, thank you so much, jane. we'll have to leave it there as we're coming to the end of the hour. but really great to get your perspective on that, as i can imagine, you know, in a fit of pique, saying that's it. i've had enough. and then. oh, hold on, you know. yeah maybe not this time. anyway, that's it for today. tomorrow is a big day. >> it is, of course, the labour party are finally unveiling their much anticipated manifesto , what promises are in it? and, crucially, will it all add up? we'll have all of the analysis here on good afternoon britain . here on good afternoon britain. >> don't worry, we're going to get that fine tooth comb out to dissect it all so you don't have to. will there be any surprise . to. will there be any surprise. that's the big question.

anything on tax. yeah. >> so we're going to be there looking through it all for you here on gb news on good afternoon britain. don't go anywhere. join us at midday tomorrow . but anywhere. join us at midday tomorrow. but up anywhere. join us at midday tomorrow . but up next of course tomorrow. but up next of course it's martin daubney. so stick around for that. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. for many, it's a good looking day out there. it's not particularly warm, although with a bit less of a breeze. it does feel a bit warmer at least than yesterday. less windy because the isobars are opening up. high pressure is moving in, but out in the atlantic there is plenty of wet weather. that's for tomorrow . weather. that's for tomorrow. but back to today and there are a few showers around. scattered across northeastern scotland, 1 or 2 across eastern parts of england. but for most places it's dry. yes some cloud developing, but a mixture of cloud and sunny spells . through cloud and sunny spells. through the afternoon we'll see temperatures ticking up to mid

to high. teens still feeling pretty chilly in the east, but as i said, the winds at least a little lighter than yesterday so it doesn't feel quite as fresh as it did then going to turn quite cool quite quickly this evening, however, still a few showers just drifting in on the northerly breeze across the northern isles, perhaps into the north of aberdeen , but most north of aberdeen, but most places will be dry this evening. some good spells of sunshine across western scotland, generally fine conditions too for northern ireland, although at times it will be fairly cloudy here. to end the day, a mixture of cloud and sunny spells for england and wales. still, as i said, 1 or 2 isolated showers across the east and those temperatures starting to drop away as soon as the sun sets. it's going to be a pretty cold night yet again . but out cold night yet again. but out west we are seeing signs of a change, the cloud thickening up across northern ireland, the winds picking up as well, and rain trickling into northern ireland by the end of the night. for most, though, it's a dry night and a clear night and it will be turning quite cold. temperatures down into single figures in most towns and cities. rural spots well, only 3 or 4 degrees for some, and there will be some ground frost in a

few locations. not for northern ireland though, because the cloud and the rain moves in here. wet starts tomorrow. that rain spreading into most of wales, southwest england, southwest scotland by lunchtime and then into the midlands and through the central belt. by the end of the day. much of eastern england will be dry, just clouding over until later on when the rain arrives and it gets very windy around western coasts, particularly in the afternoon. goodbye >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

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