the 1.5 million new homes across the country, including a new wave of council houses like the one that gave me and my family that security. yeah. you see, mr speaken security. yeah. you see, mr speaker, i still remember that daily commute from a, b and b in kings cross and the excitement on my mum's face when we received the keys to permanent housing. yes, we no longer had to lug our belongings in a black bag , but to lug our belongings in a black bag, but sadly this is the case for so many people. still in 2024. yes vauxhall and camberwell green is home to a high number of people, many of whom are private renters. the power that section 21 gives immoral landlords to evict tenants for no reason is an outrage . yeah, i'm glad that outrage. yeah, i'm glad that this government will finally ban no fault evictions for good. amen. lastly, i'm proud to be an advocate for the eradication of hiv and aids, an issue on which we have made so much progress in

recent months . as my fellow recent months. as my fellow co—chairs of the all party parliamentary group on hiv and aids in november last year, we had the honour of hosting a reception in mr speaker's house to thank sir elton john for his work in this field over the last 40 years. it was a fantastic event and our new prime minister reaffirmed his commitment to ending new hiv transmissions in the uk by 2030. coincidentally, also means that today's royal event i've had the privilege of speaking , and it's the second speaking, and it's the second one in the last 12 months because we can all agree sir elton is music royalty . this elton is music royalty. this parliament sees a large churn of mps and may i take this opportunity to congratulate and welcome new members? literally do not worry if you get lost. i've been here almost five years and i still get lost. my one

piece of advice is this make sure you know where westminster hall is, because you'll always find the member for strangford. they're on hand to point you in the right direction. although this is after he's finished speaking in whatever debates going on that day . and, mr going on that day. and, mr speaken going on that day. and, mr speaker, while it was wonderful seeing so many labour mps winning on the 4th of july, it was mixed with a slight sadness that we have to say goodbye to colleagues who worked across this house with great dedication for their constituents. i'm delighted to see the member for cities of london and westminster in her place on these benches, but i'd like to reference the importance of the work i did with her predecessor. my friend nicky aitken, as the two mps responsible for westminster bridge. we worked together in the last parliament, not only to commemorate the horrific westminster bridge attack, which happenedin westminster bridge attack, which happened in 2017, where six people sadly lost their lives, including the late pc keith palmer. we also worked to

improve the safety of what is a very busy and active part of london. nicky also worked tirelessly to make sure the pedicabs act was brought into law. despite the persistent objections of the member for christchurch , which again, i'm christchurch, which again, i'm sure many new members will get used to. i also pay tribute to the outgoing father of the house, sir peter bottomley . like house, sir peter bottomley. like new mps and members, i remember walking in as a new mp into a meeting of the all party parliamentary group for votes at 16. the room was buzzing with excitement and energy and all these young people and to my surprise , sir peter was in the surprise, sir peter was in the chair. he really proved that age is just a number. chair. he really proved that age isjust a number. i must mention is just a number. i must mention my good friend and former constituency neighbour , the new constituency neighbour, the new baroness harriet harman . her 42 baroness harriet harman. her 42 years in office blazed the trail for the rights of women in

politics and wider society . when politics and wider society. when harriet was elected , just 3% of harriet was elected, just 3% of mps were women and now this figure stands at 40. so while there's some way to go, that rise is a testament to how undarum work and drive from harriet to never take no for an answer . and harriet to never take no for an answer. and while i'm daunted to have the responsibility of representing parts of her former constituency in camberwell green, i could not have had a better example to learn from my pledge to her and to the new constituents. is that how i do my to best carry on her legacy and being a strong voice in parliament for those communities? lastly, i cannot think of a more fitting replacement as the mother of the house than my good friend , our house than my good friend, our auntie, the right honourable member for hackney north and stoke newington . she was elected stoke newington. she was elected

when i was just six years old and seeing her in the media, making a voice of black women heard in parliament gave me the confidence that i could stand here and make sure that people in my community could have a voice in the decisions that impact them. we stand on your shoulders and we respect and salute you. thank you . i welcome salute you. thank you. i welcome the government's plan to introduce draft race equalities legislation to build on this work, and i look forward to working with ministers to develop it. we should not underestimate the difficulties that both baroness harman and the right honourable member for hackney north and stoke newington have gone through to make their voices heard and the challenges they face even now. but their trailblazing examples means that those of us elected today face far fewer challenges in representing our communities, and we have more friends to go through those challenges with

and because of them. mr speaker, it means that a black working class girl from a south london estate can stand before you today with the honour of seconding this loyal address today. >> the question is that the humble address be presented to his majesty as follows. most gracious sovereign , we, your gracious sovereign, we, your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects. the commons of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland in parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to your majesty for the gracious speech which your majesty has addressed to both houses of parliament. i now call the leader of the opposition, which is here. >> well, thank you, mr speaker. >> well, thank you, mr speaker. >> and before i turn to the address, i am sure the whole house would like to join me in paying house would like to join me in paying tribute to his majesty the king. >> it is typical of his dedication to duty that despite the medical challenges he has

recently faced , he was here recently faced, he was here today to open parliament and will travel to the commonwealth heads of government meeting in samoa and to australia this autumn. the king is a true model of public service . i know that of public service. i know that the prime minister will value his audiences with his majesty as much as i did, and i think we all recognise that the king is aided by the constant support of her majesty the queen. and i know the whole house will join me in wishing her a very happy birthday here today we also pay tribute to tony lloyd. tony served the people of greater manchester for 45 years, and for 36 of those as a member of this house. he was a great parliamentarian , kind and wise. parliamentarian, kind and wise. his family should have enormous pride in the contribution he made to this place and to the community that he loved and served. they are in all our thoughts today. i would also like to welcome all new members to their places. being elected as a member of parliament is a

great honour and a great responsibility. we serve our communities and our united kingdom. i know that whatever our political differences might be, we are all motivated by a desire to make life better for our constituents and our country stronger . and i know that the stronger. and i know that the whole house will join me in deploring the assassination attempt on president trump. our thoughts are with the victims . thoughts are with the victims. violence and intimidation have no place in the democratic process. now, mr speaker, i commend the proposer on his excellent speech. i know that the whole house will agree with me that the honourable member for bootle has set a very high bar for speeches in this new parliament. now my little sister always reminds me that being the youngest means you have to learn how to make yourself heard . how to make yourself heard. well, well. the honourable member is the youngest of eight and it really shows . and i had and it really shows. and i had the good fortune of getting to know the honourable member when he was shadow chief secretary to

the treasury, and he was always courteous and pleasant as an opposite number to me, and as he outlined, the honourable member for bootle comes from a family committed to public service both of his great uncles were members of his great uncles were members of this house and he himself, even though he was very modest about it, has been in public service for more than 40 years. yes, the new members of this house have much to learn from the honourable gentleman, and i know i speak for the whole house in saying how much we all admire his personal bravery in campaigning for more victim support following the tragic death of his daughter in a hit and run accident. now, not only is he one of the most popular members of this house, as we heard, he is also the most popular constituency mp enjoying the biggest majority of any member of this place and in a recent election, he even won an

astonishing 84% of the vote. he might be. he might be the only person who can persuade kim jong un of the benefits of democracy. although the people's republic of bootle doesn't quite have the same ring to it now, i wonder. i wonder, though i wonder whether he was chosen to speak today, actually to head off him reintroducing his ten minute rule bill. i speak, of course, of the honourable member's bill for a four day week. now. i'm not sure if he's consulted with his whips on how compatible that would be. with their desire to make fridays a new norm. sitting day. i'll say this to the honourable gentleman if they won't let him have his ten minute rule bill, he should work to rule . although i suspect the to rule. although i suspect the labour member for merseyside needs no tips from this former banker on trade union organising . banker on trade union organising. now the honourable member for vauxhall and camberwell green spoke with typical verve. she is

someone inspired by a desire to serve and her strong faith. but she never lets any of this go to her head. today she was chosen because of the high regard she has held in, but she is also one of the kindest members of this house, regularly baking victoria sponges for her staff and others. although post the election result , others. although post the election result, perhaps red velvet might be now on the menu . velvet might be now on the menu. and the honourable lady has campaigned bravely against gang violence, both in the london assembly and in this house. and she is so right that we must not become desensitised to knife crime . she represents the place crime. she represents the place where she grew up and does so with passion and determination and now that i have a lot more time on my hands, i intend to be a regular visitor to her constituency, especially in the summer months. one of my favourite places to watch cricket is, of course, the oval, and as prime minister i had the privilege of playing there with

the wonderful emily rainford—brent and the young black cricketers on the ace programme. i applaud the honourable lady for her work with that scheme. i can reassure her, though, that i won't go as far as the last conservative prime minister to speak from this dispatch box who propose moving that part of her constituency to a desert island, along with his eight favourite records . the honourable lady records. the honourable lady story is truly an inspirational one to go from caring for your mother as a teenager to this house shows what is possible in our country, but the online abuse that the honourable member has received an experience that is far too often common in this house, shows one of the challenges facing our democracy. the intimidation that some candidates received in this election , both physical and election, both physical and digital, was completely unacceptable and is a threat to our electoral process . there can our electoral process. there can be no excuse. mr speaker , for be no excuse. mr speaker, for threats of physical violence or intimidatory protests outside politicians homes . now, the

politicians homes. now, the honourable lady will have been picked to second the loyal address because the whips office have got her down as one who will go far. if i may offer some words of advice to members opposite on the government benches. life comes at you fast . benches. life comes at you fast. soon you might be fortunate enough to be tapped on the shoulder and offered a junior ministerial role . then you'll ministerial role. then you'll find yourself attending cabinet, then in the cabinet and then when the prime minister's position becomes untenable, you might you might end up being called to the highest office. and before you know it, you have a bright future behind you and you are left wondering whether you are left wondering whether you can credibly be an elder statesman at the age of 44. now it is right to begin by congratulating the prime minister on his decisive victory in the election. he deserves the goodwill of all of us in this house as he takes on the most

demanding of jobs in the increasingly uncertain world. in which we now live. now the party opposite has successfully tapped into the public's desire for change. but they now must deliver change. and we on this side of the house will hold them accountable for delivering on the commitments that they made to the british people in the national interest . we will not national interest. we will not oppose for the sake of it. but when we disagree with a government, it is our responsibility as the opposition to say so. and what will guide us will be our principles. sound pubuc us will be our principles. sound public finances, a belief that people know how to spend their own money better than governments do. that private enterprise, not state intervention, is the key to delivering growth and prosperity . delivering growth and prosperity. pubuc delivering growth and prosperity. public services that work for those who need them. an education system that gives everyone the best start in life, secure borders and a strong national defence. i welcome the government's decision to bring forward martyn's law . i government's decision to bring forward martyn's law. i am sure that the prime minister will find, as i did , that one of the find, as i did, that one of the most humbling parts of the job

is seeing people whose lives have been touched by tragedy and seeing how they don't turn to anger or bitterness, but campaign to ensure that other families do not have to endure the same pain that they did . and the same pain that they did. and i particularly commend figen murray for her work to get this law onto the statute book . i can law onto the statute book. i can assure her that this measure will command consensus in this house, and we will work with the government to make sure that it becomes law as soon as possible. i am also glad that the government will continue with plans for a smoke free generation . i know there are generation. i know there are deeply held views on both sides of this issue, and i have deep respect for those, especially on my own benches, who disagree with me on this question . with me on this question. measures that end access to products are never easy, but i do believe that ensuring that our children can be the first generation that doesn't have to suffer the false choice to quit smoking or not because they will have never started, is a truly worthy aim . it will make us a worthy aim. it will make us a healthier, fairer country where people live longer and better

lives . now, the first duty of lives. now, the first duty of government is the defence of the realm, and we're fortunate in our country to be to be protected by armed forces who are unrivalled in the world for their professionalism, bravery and skill. and i know the whole house will agree with me that they are truly the best of us. >> yeah , every month in my >> yeah, every month in my previous job, i became more concerned about the threats to our country's security. >> we live in an increasingly uncertain world. we need greater investment in our military if we are to deter our enemies and defend our interests. and as i warned earlier, this year, there is an axis of authoritarian states who are a threat to our values freedom, democracy and the rule of law. and we must collectively stand up to them. the world is more dangerous now than it has been at any time since the end of the cold war. so i would urge the prime minister to commit to boosting defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. and if we lead the way

on this , we can make 2.5. the on this, we can make 2.5. the new nato benchmark for defence investment. this is the single best way to strengthen the alliance. it will show the americans that we do not expect them to bear every burden, and it would show president putin that nato is serious about bolstering its defences and will also be the most effective way to deter further acts of russian aggression . now, in the last few aggression. now, in the last few years, there has been an impressive amount of consensus across the house on foreign policy, on the importance of supporting ukraine, on the centrality of nato to our national defence. and in that spirit, i commend the prime minister on his work at the nato summit, and i am glad that he and the secretary of state for defence have taken such rapid steps to demonstrate that while the government has changed this country's commitment to ukraine's security remains constant . and i also welcome the constant. and i also welcome the right honourable member for tottenham's visit to the middle east. it is a fundamental importance to this country that

as we make real progress towards as we make real progress towards a two state solution, our friend and ally israel has a right to defend itself and to live in peace. and let me turn next to another crucial issue facing not just our country, but the broader western world. illegal migration. now, the fundamental question is what to do with people who arrive here illegally but cannot be returned to their own home country. now, our approach was to send them to a safe third country. the prime minister was clear that he would scrap those plans, and i acknowledge that. and our fear remains that without such a deterrent, the country will end up having to accept that a large number of those who cross the channel illegally will end up remaining here. and how to prevent that? that is something that the government i know will soon look to address. and when it comes to legal migration, i urge the home secretary to retain the measures that we implemented, which are forecast to halve net migration in the next 12 months. now, if i may turn next to the economy, i

understand well that the chancellor is keen to paint a bleak a picture as possible , but bleak a picture as possible, but i would just gently point out that this is not exactly what the facts say . yeah, in the facts say. yeah, in inflation, at 2, unemployment 4, and the fastest growing economy in the g7 so far , yeah, yeah, in the g7 so far, yeah, yeah, yeah.the in the g7 so far, yeah, yeah, yeah. the party opposite has inherited an economy that is already on an upward trajectory . already on an upward trajectory. now the government, the government have set out plans. the government has set out plans to strengthen the role of the office for budget responsibility, and we will examine those proposals carefully. but the work of the obr already means that the party opposite did have the full details of the public finances when they set out their manifesto. now the obr has rightly taken away from governments the ability to make forecasts, say what they want them to, but they have also taken away from oppositions

coming into government. the ability to say that they did not know the true state of the pubuc know the true state of the public finances , as paul johnson public finances, as paul johnson of the institute for fiscal studies has said, the books are wide open, fully transparent, in his words, trying to pretend that things are worse than expected really won't wash. now the party opposite promise no tax rises on working people and no plans for tax rises beyond what is in their manifesto in full knowledge of the public finances. it would be difficult for them to claim that things are worse than they thought and then renege on those pledges, and we will hold the government to its own promises. come the budget . yeah, yeah, yeah. i note budget. yeah, yeah, yeah. i note plans for new employment legislation now in this country. our employment rate is far lower than the european average. and thatis than the european average. and that is thanks in part to our flexible labour market. i would urge the party opposite not to impose new burdens on businesses, but business leaders themselves have warned of the

unintended consequences of those plans, that they could lead to firms being less likely to invest, less likely to hire and so increasing unemployment in the long term and i further note, the government's desire to impose new, potentially rigid legislation on technologies like artificial intelligence. now, we are third only to the us and china in the size of our fast growing technology sector and lead the world when it comes to ai safety, and we should all in this house be careful not to endanger this country's leading position in this field, which will drive growth and prosperity for decades to come. yeah and while today's speech did contain a slew of bills, what was missing was a concrete plan to tackle the unsustainable post—covid rise in the welfare bill. without action, the cost of providing benefits to the working age population with a disability or health condition will rise to £90 billion more than we spend on our national defence schools or policing.

now, that's not only unsustainable, but also unfair to taxpayers. and that's why in government we had laid out a plan to significantly reduce the welfare bill. but crucially, to support all those that could back into work. now, i hope the government looks at those proposals when it has the time to study them in detail on this side of the house, we will continue to advocate for a welfare system that is both compassionate and fair to those who need it, but also fair to those who pay for it . now, the those who pay for it. now, the government has set .out plans to change the planning system. we will, of course, study these thoroughly as well as we all wish to see more homes built and the planning process speeded up. but i would say that a system that does not allow local people to have a say will damage public consent for more housing in the long term, and i regret, i regret that there was no mention of rural communities and farming in the king's speech, much like my own. but i hope in time the government will bring forward proposals . now, turning to net

proposals. now, turning to net zero, this country has decarbonised quicker than any other major country, and we have managed to do that while growing the economy as a country. and across this whole house. i know we will all be proud of that achievement. now the government plans to decarbonise the grid by 2030, but there is a real dangen 2030, but there is a real danger. but if the government puts the speed of doing this ahead of family finances and our energy security, then we will again lose public consent for the measures necessary to ensure that we actually reach our 2050 net zero target, a target on which there is genuine consensus between our two parties, as even one of the prime minister's own supporters has warned . this 20 supporters has warned. this 20 plan will, and i quote, just mean we will have to import our energy strategically . we become energy strategically. we become more vulnerable. we will pay more vulnerable. we will pay more money for our energy. so i hope that the energy secretary reflects on those thoughts. now. lastly, mr speaker, the government has set out plans for reforms to the other place.

looking at the benches opposite, there can be no doubt about the government's ability to get them through this house. but the effects of these changes will last long beyond this parliament, long beyond our tenures in these jobs. i would suggest that when it comes to constitutional reform , it would constitutional reform, it would be good to proceed on a cross—party basis rather than to use a simple majority in this house to push things through. and that consensus should include should include the crossbenchers whose convenor would be removed by the government's proposals. i also suspect that the public would prefer the government to prioritise practical, real world issues over constitutional wrangling. however, however , i wrangling. however, however, i welcome the news that the government has paused on their plan to force members of the other place to retire at 80. now, this proposal always felt like it would be a blunt instrument. and indeed, in the dissolution honours, the prime minister nominated rightly the former right honourable member former right honourable member for derby south, who will be a

strong addition to the other place, despite the right honourable lady being already over the retirement age that the labour manifesto proposed. so, mr speaker, let me close by saying that we of course, recognise that the british people have entrusted the party opposite with the task of governing our country on our side of the house. we will fulfil our duties as the loyal opposition , professionally and opposition, professionally and effectively, and across this house we are all first and foremost patriots. we all wish to see our country and our people flourish and succeed. and in that spirit, i wish the new prime minister and the new government well , here i now call government well, here i now call the prime minister, sir keir starmer . starmer. >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> before we begin, may i join the leader of the opposition in his tribute to his majesty the king? it is so heartening to see him in his rightful place,

delivering the gracious speech. >> and i am sure the whole house will not mind once again wishing him a speedy recovery. >> can i also join in wishing her majesty the queen a happy birthday? mr speaker, we also wish president trump a speedy recovery from the appalling attempt on his life at the weekend, i spoke with president trump on sunday night to pass our best wishes, but also to share our revulsion at the senseless violence which has no place in democracy. last time this address took place and i stood at that despatch box, i could see for the first time that their new plaque now behind me , commemorating the memory of me, commemorating the memory of sir david amess and i know how hard that loss was for members on the opposite benches . and now on the opposite benches. and now standing on this side, i can see

for the first time in front of me the plaque to our dear friend jo cox with her words that catch the air of this chamber even more at a moment like this, more in common. so while our thoughts at this time are, of course, with president trump and the american people, we cannot think that this . this is something that this. this is something that this. this is something that only happens elsewhere. we must heed the words of president biden to lower the temperature of our democracy, work across our disagreements, and find each other's common decency. mr speaken other's common decency. mr speaker, i also want to congratulate the england football team for their achievements in the euro, something the leader of the opposition and i were talking about this morning . yes, the about this morning. yes, the trophy eluded us again, but the team can be proud of another

exceptional performance , exceptional performance, something i am sure the whole house would be only too pleased to recognise . and we pay tribute to recognise. and we pay tribute to recognise. and we pay tribute to gareth southgate , who to gareth southgate, who shouldered the burden of national leadership with such dignity. mr speaker , this dignity. mr speaker, this government has been elected to deliver nothing less than national renewal to stop the chaos of the past 14 years. turn the page on an era of politics as noisy performance and return it to public service and start the work of rebuilding our country. a determined rebuilding a patient, rebuilding a calm rebuilding , a patient, rebuilding a calm rebuilding, a a patient, rebuilding a calm rebuilding , a rejection in this rebuilding, a rejection in this complicated and volatile world of those who can only offer the easy answer, the snake oil charm of populism . mr speaker, as the

of populism. mr speaker, as the last 14 years have shown that road is a dead end for this country, it does nothing to fix our foundations and the british people have rejected it as they have throughout our history. what people really want is change, and change is what this government of service will deliver. a king's speech that takes the brakes off our economy and shows to the british people that politics can be a force for good.the that politics can be a force for good. the vehicle for improving lives of millions, no matter who you voted for. mr speaker, it is a day when we get on with the serious business of government. and yet a house with no time for levity would go against the grain of our traditions. so it is fantastic to hear my honourable friend the member from bootle in such fine fettle today, when proposing the humble address . he

today, when proposing the humble address. he spoke today, when proposing the humble address . he spoke with great address. he spoke with great passion, as he always does for his constituency. famous as he himself mentioned, for the antony gormley sculptures on crosby beach as a work of art thatis crosby beach as a work of art that is entitled another place , that is entitled another place, a collection of gently rusting figures for whom the tide is perpetually coming in a solid grounding should he ever consider a career in the other place . but i'm consider a career in the other place. but i'm sure this consider a career in the other place . but i'm sure this house place. but i'm sure this house will agree . he is also one of will agree. he is also one of the warmest and most generous members, a generosity that, ahead of a previous election, extended to an offer to hand deliver conservative leaflets. a commitment to the democratic process that should be applauded , process that should be applauded, not least because it resulted in a stonking increase in his majority for . labour.

a stonking increase in his majority for. labour. but mr speaken majority for. labour. but mr speaker, as anyone who knows, my honourable friend will confirm , honourable friend will confirm, while he does like to relax with a glass of wine and listen to engelbert humperdinck for him, family always comes first and the leader of the opposition referred to his daughter, and growing up, he was cared for by his four sisters and now he is never happier than when he is with his grandchildren , who are with his grandchildren, who are convinced that he knows mary poppins personally, a belief i note he has never discouraged . note he has never discouraged. he has been a tremendous servant to our family, the labour family and we thank him for his outstanding speech today . mr outstanding speech today. mr speaken outstanding speech today. mr speaker, the address was seconded by the honourable friend , the member for vauxhall friend, the member for vauxhall and camberwell green, a fitting tribute for a royal occasion, as

i am told she is known as queen flo on instagram. the house will know her as a tireless champion for her community, as well as a founding member of one of our most vital affiliates , the most vital affiliates, the labour friends of karaoke . in labour friends of karaoke. in fact, mr speaker, i am reliably told that queen flo does not mean queen bee, which we look forward to hearing at labour conference but mr speaker, truly it was a fantastic speech. another demonstration that, my honourable friend, is a shining example of our movement. a young carer when growing up, a fighter for their causes on aids and hiv, on the health inequalities which still deliver poorer outcomes for black women , and on outcomes for black women, and on sickle cell , which her late outcomes for black women, and on sickle cell, which her late mum suffered from . i know what it's suffered from. i know what it's like to watch your mum move in

and out of hospital as a child , and out of hospital as a child, and out of hospital as a child, and so i respect and admire the way she now champions young people from poorer households and fights for the opportunities that they deserve . perhaps most that they deserve. perhaps most powerfully of all, she has spoken about her own experience arriving at the scene of a stabbing and has rightly demanded that we never allow ourselves to become desensitised to the tragedy of knife crime. as a fellow in a london mp, i know how much this is hurting our city as it is towns and cities across the country. i know how much potential is lost and how many families fear that their child could be next. so be under no doubt turning the tide on this violence is absolutely central. a key mission that this government of service will take

on. mr speaker, both speeches were in the finest traditions of this house. let me also follow the leader of the opposition and mark the passing of our colleagues in the traditional way , because since the last way, because since the last gracious address, the labour party has lost a stalwart of our movement. with the passing of tony lloyd, who served in 36 years of distinction, the communities of rochdale, manchester central and stretford. i had the chance to speak to tony just days before he left us. that was when he was leaving hospital to go home and he knew it was for the last time that he wouldn't see a day like this . and without being this. and without being partisan, i can tell you he would have loved to see the house set up as it is today. he would have told us, using his experience to use every precious moments that we have to serve

those communities that he held so dear, because that is what he stood for. the best of our movement , a stood for. the best of our movement, a champion of politics as a force for good. and mr speaker , that is the great test speaker, that is the great test of our times . the fight for of our times. the fight for trust is the battle that defines our political era, and it is a task not just for this government, but for the whole parliament. we are all responsible for the tone and standards that we set and i want to thank the right hon. gentleman in every exchange that we have had since the election and in his words today , he has and in his words today, he has gone well beyond the usual standards of generosity, and i thank him for that . and in that thank him for that. and in that spirit, this king's speech picks up some of the important business not concluded in the last session, and so on. football governance and the

reduction of smoking, smoking. we hope to proceed in a manner that recognises the previous consensus. that recognises the previous consensus . we will also carry consensus. we will also carry forward the holocaust memorial bill. so we build that memorial next to this parliament and make sure every generation reaffirms our commitment to never again . our commitment to never again. and we will also honour the promises that i made and the leader of the opposition made to the family of martyn hett and all the families affected by the horrific events in manchester that day . figen murray, martyn's that day. figen murray, martyn's mum, walked 200 miles to tell us that britain needs that law quickly. i told her then that she would get that from a labour government and we honour that promise today and i am very grateful for the indication of the cross—party support we will have on that very important provision , because the security provision, because the security of the british people is the

most fundamental priority of any government, and whether our fight is against terrorists, the vile criminal smuggling gangs that weaken our borders or foreign powers which threaten the security of this nation, we will leave no stone unturned when it comes to keeping the british people safe , and we will british people safe, and we will recognise the bravery of those on the front line of keeping us safe with a new armed forces commissioner. that is not just a name or a role, but a strong and independent champion for those who have committed to the ultimate service as a way we can show our respect, we will also move quickly on the lessons from the infected blood scandal that the infected blood scandal that the house debated in almost the final act of the last session , a final act of the last session, a day when we undertook all of us a solemn responsibility not just

to deliver justice to those people, but also to take on the work of prevention, to make sure that those lessons shape the future of public service in our country . because scandals like country. because scandals like infected blood, windrush , infected blood, windrush, horizon, hillsborough are united not just by the scale of the injustice , but also by the injustice, but also by the indignity that the victims and their families have been put through merely for standing up for truth and justice. so it is high time to bring in a duty of candoun high time to bring in a duty of candour. the hillsborough law , candour. the hillsborough law, because a government of service must also be a government of accountability and justice. that is what service means , yes i will. >> i thank the prime minister for giving way during his excellent speech outlining the hope and renewal within this

king's speech. much needed in constituencies like mine in luton north, where over 45% of children are growing up in relative poverty. what reassurances can the prime minister give me and my constituents that he personally takes this issue very seriously and that his government will address it ? address it? >> the prime minister, i'm grateful for that intervention, and i give my assurance to her and i give my assurance to her and to the whole house that i do take child poverty extremely seriously. i'm proud of the record of the last labour government in reducing child poverty. it clearly had a strategy, and we will have a strategy. and i'm very pleased to have announced today the task force that will lead our strategy to reduce child poverty. no child should be growing up in poverty and we will work across the house on that issue, and i will take an intervention. >> i'm very grateful.

>> i'm very grateful. >> thank you , mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> i'm very grateful to the prime minister for giving way on his newly announced taskforce, which, of course, beth rigby was announcing on twitter. >> as we were all within this chamber, mr speaker, can the prime minister outline how many children will remain in poverty whilst that taskforce undertakes the work which will ultimately lead to the same conclusion? we are proposing to scrap the two child benefit cap in scotland. well, look, i do welcome this. i know this is an issue across the whole house. i do not think there is a single member that doesn't care about child poverty. the point of the taskforce is to devise a strategy, as we did last in government, to drive those numbers down. it can't be a single issue. it's across a number of strands and we will work with people across the house in order to do it. what matters, what matters is the commitment to do it and to drive those numbers down. and that is what we did last in government, and we will do it again. what we did last in government, and we will do it again . but, mr and we will do it again. but, mr speaken and we will do it again. but, mr speaker, i'll just make some progress and then i will. mr

speaken progress and then i will. mr speaker, whilst i respect the tone of the leader of the opposition's contribution, i can't stop my mind wandering back to nine months ago when he was at this despatch box. his great political hero, nigel lawson, once said to govern is to choose . and every day serving to choose. and every day serving the people of this country is a chance to make a difference for them . yet, mr speaker, the last them. yet, mr speaker, the last king's speech was the day when the vale of his choices slipped and we all saw a party. his party content to let our country's problems fester, content to push aside the national interest as they focused almost entirely on trying to save their own skins. mr speaker , we will have time mr speaker, we will have time over the weeks, months and years to debate the measures in this king's speech and the choices of this government. but i defy

anyone on those benches or elsewhere to look at the ambition and purpose of our intent, and to not receive a return to the serious business of government. no more wedge issues, no more gimmicks, no more party political strategy masquerading as policy. more party political strategy masquerading as policy . this is masquerading as policy. this is an agenda focused entirely on delivering for the people of this country. legislation for the national interest that seeks to only fix our foundations and make people better off solve problems, not exploit them . problems, not exploit them. because i will just make some progress in the world. because, mr speaker, with each day that passes, my government is finding new and unexpected marks of their care . scars of the last 14 their care. scars of the last 14 years where politics was put

above the national interest decline . deep in the marrow of decline. deep in the marrow of our institutions, we have seen that in our prisons writ large, we've seen it in our rivers and seas, even worse than we thought, and we've seen it in our councils , pushed to the our councils, pushed to the bnnk our councils, pushed to the brink by the previous government. now unable even to deliver basic services to children with special educational needs . mr speaker, educational needs. mr speaker, we have already taken the first steps on so many of the priorities we put before the british people . the work of british people. the work of change has begun , but we know as change has begun, but we know as they do that national renewal is not a quick fix. the rot of 14 years will take time to repair. nonetheless, i will be there. >> i'm grateful to the prime minister for giving way. and he talks about priorities. well, of course, people in rural communities around the country see the vast majority which the

right hon. gentleman has assembled, and they're afraid they see a manifesto in which just 87 words are used about farming. >> they see. they see a king's speech. >> they see a king's speech with no mention of rural communities or rural priorities. >> will the prime minister please take this opportunity to reassure people in in rural and farming communities that his labour government will take nofice labour government will take notice of them ? notice of them? >> prime minister, just to say , >> prime minister, just to say, prime minister, just to say, look, intervention is one thing, but to actually make a speech is not the best time to do it. prime minister >> well, let me take this opportunity to reassure those in rural communities. i grew up in a rural community myself, and i think that if you look at the places that are now represented on these benches . you will see on these benches. you will see the reassurance that has been given that will also be given again , the king's speech we have again, the king's speech we have brought to this house today is a

marker of our intent, not only a certain destination for the future of this country, but a new way of governing, a government of service guided by clear missions with a long term plan to fix the foundations. a plan to fix the foundations. a plan which starts as it must with our economy under his watch. the last parliament was the first in modern history to leave living standards in a worse place than they found them. the consequence? the consequence not just of tory irresponsibility , but of a more irresponsibility, but of a more pervasive inability to face the future, a ducking of the hard choices, eyes fixed, always on the horse trading of westminster politics. i will, in a moment, rather than the long term national interest. mr speaker, we do not just turn the page on that today. we close the door on it forever . hey a budget it forever. hey a budget responsibility bill that will protect the living standards of

working people from the chaos they endured under the last government . a commitment, no government. a commitment, no matter how fierce the storms, to economic stability as the foundation we build on that is a changed labour party at work and then on that foundation, we take then on that foundation, we take the brakes off britain, go further and faster on measures to generate higher economic growth. workers and business unhedin growth. workers and business united in the cause of wealth creation . we will reform the creation. we will reform the planning rules, a choice ignored for 14 years to build the homes and infrastructure that britain needs. we will level up rights at work, a choice ignored for 14 years to deliver security and dignity at work. we will create a new industrial strategy invest in cleaner, cheaper british energy, harness the power of artificial intelligence, improve our public transport, confront our public transport, confront our historic challenges on technical education, transform

our skills agenda in partnership with business and push forward devolution to the cities, regions and councils of england. a plan for wealth creation that will finally lead us out of the pay will finally lead us out of the pay more, get less doom. that is their legacy . and let me be their legacy. and let me be clear we will work with anyone invested in the future of our country. i have said i will just complete this . i said that we complete this. i said that we would serve everyone, whether they voted for us or not, and i meant it. so let me say directly to the benches opposite , if you to the benches opposite, if you are invested in the success of your community, we will work with you . this is a new era. we with you. this is a new era. we are turning the page. we are turning to politics service because that is what the people of this country want to see from their politicians . and service their politicians. and service is a stronger bond than political self—interest . that is

political self—interest. that is what country first means. the only way we can restore trust. and the reason this government of service was elected . mr of service was elected. mr speaken of service was elected. mr speaker, we were also elected to repair our public services with investment and reform to make them once again beacons of justice for the communities that they serve , a signal to our they serve, a signal to our country of the cause that fires national renewal . my national renewal. my determination for everyone in our country england, scotland, northern ireland, wales, no matter where they started in life to feel that success belongs to them. it is a cause, mr speaker, that i do believe unhes mr speaker, that i do believe unites this house and indeed the people of this great nation. so i would . say. i would. say. >> mr speaker, can i commend the prime minister? there are many within this house, both sides of this chamber, both in

opposition, but also in your party, who welcome your your election as prime minister and look forward to the delivery of some feel good factors for all of this great nation of the united kingdom, of great britain and northern ireland. always better together. what i always say and even those in the chamber who maybe have different ideas, perhaps think the same as well. prime minister and the paper of my provincial paper two weeks ago. we recognise that northern ireland was very much part of your ten year plan. can i ask the prime minister? can he perhaps outline exactly what that plan will be for northern ireland to ensure our position will never weaken and always get stronger? >> can i just say , jim, you'll >> can i just say, jim, you'll be definitely bottom of the list. >> but don't worry, prime minister >> i'm grateful for that intervention. it was very important to me , and to my important to me, and to my government that within days of being elected, i went to scotland, to northern ireland and wales with the message that i did about working together. as he will know, i worked in

northern ireland for five years on reforms to the police service in northern ireland. it matters to me that we make progress on all matters across all of our nations, and that is the way that we will operate as a government. that was a statement of intent going as i did in those early days, and i will continue in that vein in direct answer to his question, mr speaker , so as well as our plan speaker, so as well as our plan to cut waiting times, we will modernise the mental health act and finally drag it into the 21st century. and we will raise standards in our schools, improve the confidence, the wellbeing and the happiness of our children because that is so often the barrier that holds them back. we will also work on landmark legislation on race equality, tackle the structural injustice of unfair, discriminatory pay. now britain has come a long way on matters like this one. look at this parliament shows that we're moving forward and i recognise

the efforts of so many in this house on all sides to tackle this injustice. but, mr speaker, we can still do more and therefore we must and we will. we will also begin work on banning conversion practices and bnng banning conversion practices and bring forward tough new protections for renters , protections for renters, promises that have lingered in the lobby of good intentions for far too long. and, mr speaker, we will signal our intent to transform society with measures on crime and justice that will not only rid our streets of antisocial behaviour , but also antisocial behaviour, but also launch a new mission to reduce violence against women and girls by 50. in this , we're inspired by 50. in this, we're inspired by 50. in this, we're inspired by the work of unbelievable campaigners mina smallman, claire waxman, melanie brown and my friends john and penny clough . my friends john and penny clough. mr speaker, i will never forget

the day that john and penny came to my office and told me what they had been through just to get justice for their daughter. jane murdered in the car park of the blackpool hospital where she worked by the man awaiting trial on multiple charges of raping her. i gave them my word then that i would do what i could, not just for john and that i would do what i could, not just forjohn and penny and jane, but for all the johns, penny's and jane's in our country . mr speaker, it's an country. mr speaker, it's an enormous undertaking. i wish it wasn't, but it is. just listen to the contribution made every yearin to the contribution made every year in this house by my honourable friend, the member for birmingham yardley, a grim reminder of just how many women are killed every year by domestic violence. and yet, as

everybody who works in public service knows , government can service knows, government can make or break a life. i've seen it myself as a public servant, and i also know from those campaigners what service can do when it listens and empowers people far beyond the walls of the state. so, mr speaker, this is how we will go about our business mission driven, focused on ambitious goals, bringing together the best of our country , together the best of our country, committed to the practical difference, big and small, that we can make together. that is the reward and the hope of service , the business of change service, the business of change and the work of this government of service that we will take on. we will stop the chaos, fix our foundations and take the brakes off britain. a king's speech that returns politics to serious government that returns government that returns government to public service, and the returns public service to the interests of working

people . that is the path of people. that is the path of national renewal. the rebuilding of our country. and we take another step today. thank you, mr speaker . aj you . mr speaker. aj you. >> order, order! i now call the leader of the order. please, let's show respect to each other. let us not set off on the back foot. we want to be on the right foot. i now call the leader of the lib dems. ed davey hay . hay. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> and on behalf of the liberal democrats, i want to add our sincere thanks to his majesty king charles for his gracious speech and like other party leaders, wish him to continue on his recovery and also join them in sending our best returns. >> happy returns on the birthday of her majesty . and as we of her majesty. and as we remember , members who were remember, members who were killed in service and condemn

the appalling assassination attempts on president trump, we should all commit ourselves to a new politics where we respect where we disagree with respect and we listen to each other and we try to bring the dialogue on politics in our country together. from the divisions we have seen . and can i join others have seen. and can i join others in paying tribute to the late tony lloyd? he had many campaigns and many issues that he championed in this house. i had the huge privilege of joining him on an all party trip to israel and gaza , because one to israel and gaza, because one of his commitments was to peace in the middle east, forjustice in the middle east, for justice for the palestinians, and for a two state solution . and let us two state solution. and let us all commit ourselves to that again . and i would also like to again. and i would also like to pay again. and i would also like to pay tribute, mr speaker, to the honourable members for bootle and vauxhall and camberwell green for their accomplished speeches proposing and seconding the loyal address. i know the

member for bootle comes from a political family, he explained that in some detail, and i believe his great uncle peter, once the labour mp for preston south, later became a liberal councillor in liverpool. so may i say to the honourable gentleman, if he does follow in his great uncle's footsteps, he won't be the first in his family to see the liberal light. and our door is always open . the our door is always open. the honourable member for vauxhall and camberwell green made an impressive mark in her first parliament as she campaigned on things like knife crime on the nhs and on housing, and also spoke very eloquently on an issue that's close to her heart and mine care. issue that's close to her heart and mine care . she spoke and mine care. she spoke movingly about how she cared for her mum when she was just a very young child , learning at a young young child, learning at a young age about all the different

painkillers needed to treat her mum. and as someone who believes we need to hear the voice of carers in this chamber far more often, it was a pleasure to listen to her speech today, and i am left in no doubt that she will make an even bigger mark in her second parliament. and while i am paying tribute, mr speaker, let me add our thanks to the three lions who captivated the whole nation and came so agonisingly close to ending all those years of hurt . they agonisingly close to ending all those years of hurt. they did us proud. and let's hope the lionesses will retain their european crown next year. and so my welcome the prime minister to his place and congratulate him and his party on their election victory. as he says , they now victory. as he says, they now have an enormous undertaking and we wish them well. i read somewhere that the prime minister apparently surfed to power on a wave of conservative

failure. but can i say to him gently, with a pang of envy, water sports are my thing. but but, mr speaker, the challenge awaiting this new government are certainly great and set against that challenging backdrop, there is much to welcome in the programme set out today , not programme set out today, not least the government's focus on getting our economy growing strongly again . and the prime strongly again. and the prime minister is right to say that building more homes is an essential part of that. as you can see from the work of many brilliant liberal democrat councils, from cumbria to eastleigh, and in my own area, the royal borough of kingston, the royal borough of kingston, the best way to build the many extra homes we need, especially those extra social and affordable homes, is to properly engage local people and communities and bring them along with you and that is the community led approach that we

on these benches will continue to champion. i'm very happy to give way. i'm delighted to see that the leader of the liberal democrats seems to be openly advocating the work of eastleigh borough council. >> can i just remind him that he is that that council is only building double the number of houses required because his party leadership has got them into £800 million worth of debt to pay off the debts that they accrued . accrued. >> well, i'm delighted to say that today we welcome the new honourable member for eastleigh to the liberal democrat benches , to the liberal democrat benches, and i'm sure she will have all the answers. the honourable gentleman needs . but growth and gentleman needs. but growth and housebuilding are not the only challenges crucial though they are . i'm sure challenges crucial though they are. i'm sure of us, all of us across the house as we knocked on doors during the election campaign, heard the same from so many people. a common refrain from people of all backgrounds and all walks of life that nothing seems to be working as it should. from the health and

care crisis to the sewage scandal, to the cost of living, the british people have overwhelmingly rejected the past out—of—touch conservative government that has gone. but after so many years of being taken for granted, many people have simply lost faith in our political system to solve their problems. so we on these benches do recognise the scale of the challenge. now facing the new government. they have a big to job do and so do we. we will work hard on behalf of our constituents. we will scrutinise the government's plans carefully and strive to improve them and, mr speaker, we will oppose them when we think they have got it wrong. but where they act in the national interest to solve these problems and improve people's lives, we will support them. one issue that came up more than any other on door after door, and i'm sure it's the same for members in all parties . the

members in all parties. the issue of health and care patients waiting weeks to see a gp or an nhs dentist if they could find one. more than 6 million people waiting on nhs waiting lists, tens and thousands of cancer patients waiting months to start. urgent treatment. patients stuck in hospital ready to leave wanting and waiting to leave, sometimes for weeks. but unable to because the care home place wasn't there. the care worker and support for their family carer wasn't in place, and mr speaker, fixing this crisis in our nhs is essential not for only people's health and wellbeing but also for our economy, for growth. only if we get people off these waiting lists and into work can we get our economy growing strongly again . i have to give strongly again. i have to give away . away. >> he mentions the delays and the waiting times in social care. so how much does he regret

his role in the five years he spentin his role in the five years he spent in coalition with the conservatives? creating that situation ? situation? >> well, i do disappointed in the honourable gentleman's intervention because we could all go back to things that other parties did in government and say that they were wrong, and i would just say to the honourable gentleman, i come to this task now in a spirit of constructive opposition to work through for the best for our country, and i hope he and other members too . hope he and other members too. will and it's why i welcome in the king's speech a number of measures for the nhs, for reducing waiting times, and particularly on mental health. we want to work with the government to improve those they are long overdue . but i would are long overdue. but i would also urge the government, of course, to look at the proposals in our manifesto on the nhs boosting gp numbers. so that everyone can get an appointment within seven days or 24 hours if it's urgent ,

within seven days or 24 hours if it's urgent, improving access to dentists and crucially , to local dentists and crucially, to local pharmacists too. because if more people can get the care they need early and locally, fewer people go into hospital giving cancer patients the care they deserve with a cast iron guarantee that they will start treatment within two months after diagnosis. this is the scale of ambition we need, mr speaken scale of ambition we need, mr speaker, for our nhs right now and i hope the government will show it. but there is another part of this crisis that needs to be fixed and it needs urgent attention , and that's care. attention, and that's care. i spoke about my own caring journey during the election for first for my mum when i was a teenager, then for my dear nana. and now, as emily and i care for our severely disabled son john. mr speaker, i have been incredibly touched by the response from colleagues from across the house who have reached out to tell me how important it is that we speak

out on care for people who need care and for their carers by professional social care workers and for family carers, people looking after their loved ones. i've had the chance to hear from carers all over the country of all ages, as they shared their personal stories with me, like the couple who care for her son with similar care needs to john, who reached out to say they know what it's like to worry about what it's like to worry about what happens when you're no longer there to look after your disabled son. and they offered me advice. i was so touched by their kindness and generosity. mr speaker, each care story is so different , mr speaker, each care story is so different, and yet in many ways they have much in common. we all share in the special, wonderful bond we have with the ones we care for, and we all share in that feeling like no one else understands us. caring

has been in the shadows for far too long. let this be the parliament. when carers voices are heard . when we become the are heard. when we become the caring nation . because caring is caring nation. because caring is actually people doing extraordinary things every day for the ones they love, often in the face of difficult circumstances, physical challenges, no breaks, mountains of paperwork, countless appointments, endless phone calls, trying to navigate a broken system that is simply not designed to work for carers. so we on these benches will do our very best to get a fair deal for carers, whether on issues like carer's allowance or the big challenge of fixing social care so that our loved ones get the support they need , when and support they need, when and where they need it. now this of course , will not be easy. mr course, will not be easy. mr speaken course, will not be easy. mr speaker, after years of neglect, fixing social care will be incredibly complicated, but we

cannot shy away from it. so although it wasn't in the king's speech today, i am encouraged by reports that the government is planning a cross—party commission on social care. we urgently need that to find a solution that will stand the test of time. so i hope we will hear more about that from the government very soon. fixing social care is essential not just to give people the care and dignity they deserve to support family carers, but also to fix our nhs. without it, we cannot. now, if health and care was the only major crisis facing the government that would be a big enough task. but clearly it's not. inflation may have finally come to down normal levels, but the cost of living crisis persists . families and persists. families and pensioners are still facing recalled energy bills. sky high housing costs and food bills. they need support and understanding and that begins

with the government's promise to be fiscally responsible . it be fiscally responsible. it would mark a big and welcome shift from the previous government's rather reckless approach to the budget . but with approach to the budget. but with energy bills forecast to rise by 10% in october, clearly we need bold action to bring costs down from home insulation to expanding renewable power. the liberal democrats have a proud record of investing in renewable power , almost quadrupling it power, almost quadrupling it when we ran energy policy and our policy drove the cost of renewable electricity below fossil fuel generated power. so ihope fossil fuel generated power. so i hope this government will act with the same level of ambition to tackle not only the cost of living crisis, but climate too , living crisis, but climate too, change because urgent action is needed now to prevent catastrophic climate change. and we've shown how it can be done, and that if you do it well, it benefits consumers. the economy

and the environment too. so we welcome the focus the government has placed on this challenge, and we will push them to meet it, as we will when it comes to another environmental challenge ending the sewage crisis. the election campaign showed clearly for anyone who still doubted the strength of public anger about the pollution being put into our rivers , into our lakes and onto rivers, into our lakes and onto our beaches, the government has made some initial welcome noises about holding the water companies to account, about making sure they put these environmental issues before profit, but we on these benches will be pushing ministers to act as quickly and decisively as possible to put an end to this appalling scandal. health and care, the cost of living , care, the cost of living, climate change, sewage these are big crises that just got worse and worse over the last years of the last government, and that government's failure to address

them is a big part of why people's trust in politics is so low . this people's trust in politics is so low. this year's british people's trust in politics is so low . this year's british social low. this year's british social attitudes survey found that 45% of people, 45% almost never trust the government to put the national interest first, a record high. i'm sure i speak for everyone in the house when i hope this government will prove that wrong, but restoring public trust and confidence in our politics is a major task for us all. right, across this house, no matter our party. and i think there are two parts of how we restore that trust. the first is by tackling the root causes of so many scandals that have caused so much harm and done so much damage to public trust, from hillsborough to horizon to infected blood . we therefore infected blood. we therefore welcome the promised hillsborough law with its

statutory duty of candour on pubuc statutory duty of candour on public officials. but we would urge the government to go further in this area, given the vital role that whistleblowers have played in exposing these scandals, can i urge ministers to look at our proposals for stronger protections for whistleblowers, including a new office of the whistleblower? the second way to restore trust is by transforming our politics. so it is relevant, engaging and responsive to people's needs and to their dreams. the measures that the government have promised to strengthen democratic rights and participation are therefore welcome. also welcome is the principle of shifting more power out of westminster and whitehall. so local decisions are made by the people for them and the communities they live in. but i'm sure the prime minister will know that the devil is in the detail. so we will scrutinise these plans carefully when they come. we fear they won't go far enough, for it won't surprise anyone in

this house. mr speaker, to hear that we on these benches believe that we on these benches believe that political reform must include electoral reform , include electoral reform, proportional representation, giving everyone equal power to hold members of parliament properly to account, and maybe even the conservatives support that these days. and i note that according to the same social attitudes survey , a majority of attitudes survey, a majority of the public agree with us here. mr speaker, i focused on many big domestic challenges facing us, but i want to conclude by touching on the enormous , touching on the enormous, challenging international picture too, from vladimir putin's appalling war in ukraine to the dreadful conflict in israel and gaza with the terrible humanitarian catastrophe there and hostages still being held by hamas, these are tumultuous times. indeed, they demand that we work together with our allies through international institutions. and

yes , that means working yes, that means working constructively with our european neighbours to rebuild the ties of trust, trade and friendship with our european friends. so badly damaged by the conservatives as liberals , we conservatives as liberals, we believe that the uk can be an incredible force for good. when we stand tall on the world stage, championing the vital british values of democracy, liberty, human rights and the rule of law. so when the government does that, they will have our full support. government does that, they will have our full support . mr have our full support. mr speaken have our full support. mr speaker, i would like to close by paying tribute to those on the front lines of that effort. our armed forces deployed around the world where the securing nato's flanks in eastern europe , nato's flanks in eastern europe, combating daesh terrorists in the middle east or supporting peacekeeping missions in africa . peacekeeping missions in africa. they serve our country with incredible courage and professionalism, and we all owe

them an eternal debt . them an eternal debt. >> dame meg hillier. >> dame meg hillier. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> mr speaker , it's a pleasure >> mr speaker, it's a pleasure to follow the honourable gentleman, the member for kingston and surbiton. >> but i have to confess . >> but i have to confess. >> but i have to confess. >> okay. and you're joining us now on the martin daubney show. >> it's 4:15, almost. this is the debate on the king's speech picking up with our political editor in the studio, christopher hope. chris, welcome to the show. >> so, rishi sunak and was very magnanimous in defeat, very charming, very generous. seemed very relaxed. maybe now power has been taken from his shoulders. seems to agree with most of the stuff that sir keir starmer has put forward. and i wonder actually, if that's the point, it feels like a king's speech full of bills that could have been conservative. >> martin grenfell on the show again with you, there's 40 bills or draft bills, i reckon 1 in 4 would have found their way in

some form into a conservative party. king's speech, a fifth term of tory government. we're not going to see that the labour won, won the election, but i just wonder whether to me, is this what labour activists have been waiting 14 years for? i mean, where's the radicalism you have got measures in here, notably on workers rights day one, rights to sick pay to paternity pay, that kind of thing. that's great for big companies. but small companies might think, well, can i afford to hire somebody? what might happen, as happens in some parts of continental europe, is you don't want to hire people on normal contracts because you can't afford the other bits that come with them. so we may stop people getting proper jobs. if people getting properjobs. if they're young people, that could be a problem. i just wonder whether where is the where is the real ambition? where's the moment where you go, wow, you know, that's rubbing the toilers face in it. >> yeah. and i wonder if it feels like you know, this getting politics back on track. >> it felt more like making politics boring again. yeah without, you know, we just got rid of gareth southgate. >> do you think in many ways,

sir keir starmer feels a bit like the gareth southgate manager now of politics? he was kind of very well meaning, but we were waiting for that oomph. >> yeah, waiting for the big sort of firework in the box and it didn't seem to come. >> that's not really who he is though, is it? i mean, that's not who keir starmer is. i mean, in the sense the there's more excitement around the blair government in 97. and of course this is comparable in number of seats won. essentially he's stuck with what was in the manifesto. he hasn't gone much further than that in some in some areas he's withdrawn from that on peerages. he's getting rid of hereditary peerages but not ditching peers over the age of 80, perhaps worried about how that looks for people like alf dubs. very respectable. peer in his 90s. i wonder if they have pulled back in some parts of this. they have almost not gone as far as they would. and there are areas in it which i find quite baffling. there's the northern ireland legacy legislation. they're going to repeal protections for members of the armed forces who were being prosecuted for deaths dunng being prosecuted for deaths during the troubles. and it

looks like reading the notes around this king's speech, they may start the prosecutions again. and that's not really where sir keir starmer, the man of the veterans, the man who was on d—day , not where many of us on d—day, not where many of us thought he was. and that's a surprise to me. >> that actually was a policy of jeremy corbyn. >> i mean, i campaigned in the 2019 election and that position, the historical pursual of veterans, particularly in northern ireland, was such a strong sentiment against the labour party. >> veterans are putting signs on their door saying warning veteran lives here. labour party don't knock. this is back to those days suing people for historical wrongdoings many, many decades ago . many decades ago. >> well, it does seem that way and we'll wait to see the actual detail. we've got 103 pages in this extensive document here explaining what's in the king's speech from the government. i've counted up the numbers of the word brexit being used. martin, i know you're formerly of the brexit party. six times in the last king's speech used by the tory government. not a single mention of brexit in this document, 15 mentions of the european union union. i wonder,

martin, is brexit a dirty word ? martin, is brexit a dirty word? >> it's don't mention the war. >> it's don't mention the war. >> it's don't mention the war. >> i think it's don't mention the war because everybody's looking for a back pedal on brexit from this government. >> a lot of people feel that this cosying up to brussels, we saw at the nato summit meeting with the german chancellor, with the swedish premier, with the dutch premier already, positioning already been on a charm offensive to brussels on the eurostar, the old, the old, free fizz, no doubt flowing well on a serious point. they both mr sunak and mr starmer today both noted donald trump the assassination attempt. we must not go to those politics over here. violence has no place in politics. they both said, sir keir starmer, i thought movingly looked at the jo cox memorial plaque, which he was able to see for the first time as the prime looking over. but then he went on to, if i may , just on that he on to, if i may, just on that he did actually, in actual the introduction from the prime minister to the king's speech. >> sorry to interrupt you, martin. he did he did attack what he calls the snake oil

charm of populism. he said that to make that point. so forgive me. sorry, martin, but that may sound seductive, but it drives us into a dead end of further division and greater disappointment. his target isn't isn't really rishi sunak. no one thinks he's a real populist. no, he's going after liz truss and bofis he's going after liz truss and boris johnson and nigel farage and obviously nigel farage, now and obviously nigel farage, now an mp, and we look forward to heanng an mp, and we look forward to hearing from him in the king's speech debate at some point. the mp for clacton. but yeah, no question. i mean i think that they clearly are seeing that they clearly are seeing that they define themselves change for this government is not being populist and there's consensus on the smoking ban. >> they agree on that consensus policy. yeah. tory policy consensus on nato and the continued giving of money. >> martin's lane, hillsborough bill i think was looked at by the tory government, certainly all sorts of areas where you might expect a tory government to do it. i mean, there are left wing things happening here. you've got the gradual renationalisation of railways. that's interesting. yes the planning bill is something which i think any government would have to have done. the last tory

government surrendered to the backbench pressure of the nimby bngade backbench pressure of the nimby brigade to use that term, this government is a yimby. yes, in my backyard, they say. but wait till that that policy comes into contact with communities around the country. and we'll see how long it lasts for. because it'll be, it'll be, it'll be difficult. i think, for this government. >> and one thing that really leapt out there was this new draft bill, legislation of equal pay draft bill, legislation of equal pay for people of colour . this pay for people of colour. this could be a can of worms. chris, we saw a similar notion. bankrupt at birmingham city council, the gender pay recognition bill there cost them many, many tens of millions. could this be an awful can of worms where you have a grievance in every boardroom, in every company, in britain where people demanding equal pay on the lines of what it's already legal to pay, of what it's already legal to pay, people could let's break down. >> we could do, let's break down what it is. it's a draft equality brackets race and disability bill. what that means is it won't happen in the next two years before the next king's speech. it's a draft bill. they are committing to publishing the

bill. what that means is i think they are expecting a big row about it . the policy is they are about it. the policy is they are trying to, mirror measures in the equality act 2010, which forces big companies employing oven forces big companies employing over. i think it's 250 people. i think that's right to publish what men and women are paid. and if there's a gender pay gap to own up to it and address it. now what that doesn't happen so far in the cases of those people of colour and people who are disabled and they want to equalise that , that's what they equalise that, that's what they want to do, but they recognise it could trigger what you're describing and that's the concern. and that's why it's a draft bill. let's see where it lands and see if see if it's in the next king's speech in two years time. >> but it's such a massive majority. >> this is an early indicator of the precise kind of laws that could just get pushed through with little opposition. >> ed davey there said, i won't oppose labour purely for the sake of it. >> exactly what sunak says. these people are paid money. well my point about, rishi sunak sunakis well my point about, rishi sunak sunak is all very well saying that. and i said to you yesterday, i've talked to mps who have got ptsd,

post—traumatic sunak disorder. they want this guy to show a bit of fight. he may be, leader of the opposition until i expect october, november, when the new leader takes over. but he's getting 50 grand per per annum to be in a be a leader of the opposition. do it please. rishi, is what the tories will be saying. >> good words. chris. thanks for joining us. we'll come back to you throughout the show. but let's moving on to another story now in today's king speech. and it's this foreign criminals will be deported as part of the government's drive to ease the prison crisis. around 12% of inmates in british jails are foreign nationals , and a bill foreign nationals, and a bill mentioned in the king's speech will see prisoners serving part of their sentences in their home country. other offenders could be thrown out of the uk altogether. well, i'm joined now by the human rights lawyer shahab khan. welcome to the show. >> hi, martin. >> hi, martin. >> well , to the show, mr khan, >> well, to the show, mr khan, what do you make of this? this sounds like a conservative style policy. kick foreign criminals out of the country. but wannabe human rights lawyers like you that stopped this happening,

>> yes, it does sound pretty conservative, which, i mean, i guess it goes to show that there's not much that the tories actually set out to do that they achieved. i mean, obviously, i mean, i don't know how much, you know, if the prisons weren't, you know, at breaking point as they are now , where the labour they are now, where the labour would have introduced such a policy otherwise, or whether they just, they're just being forced to do that, but other than that, of course, i mean, i think we have to look at very carefully, the human rights aspects of this, the human humanitarian aspects of this, of course, these are people we're talking about. you know, they're not commodities. it's not you know, they're not just objects where we think, you know, we have too many of them. there's not enough. let's you know, deport them, send them to another country, let's export them the whole point is, you know, they might have set up family lives, their private lives, their being in the uk for so many years. so of course, i think that's a very important part of the balancing exercise as it's known. and that has to be carefully considered. >> well, mr cohen, i'm smiling here not to be patronising, but because i suspect the labour party will be facing precisely the same barriers that the

conservative party, faced with their rwanda bill, and that is human rights lawyers. the european court of human rights, stepping in to prevent government policy even when it appears to be common sense. and what chance do you think we have of removing a drug dealer, say, from albania, when it took more than eight years to extradite hate preacher abu hamza al—masri ? hate preacher abu hamza al—masri? captain hook, who had 14 terrorism charges against him, there's no chance of such policy becoming actually an actor, is there? so long as the human rights of criminals, they supersede the human rights of british citizens. >> i mean, obviously, why would you say that? that's i mean, to be honest, with all due respect, that's utter nonsense, isn't it? that's the whole point. for human rights everyone, every human has their rights. the point is, i mean, it just depends. now i'm british, i'm in the uk. i'm no in no danger of being deported from this country. and therefore, you know, someone else who is in danger of that, obviously their human rights is what we have to consider in that case. so of

course it's the human rights of the criminals. if you like, or the criminals. if you like, or the offenders who we have to look at some parts, you know, i think are particularly objectionable or concerning, like for instance, instead of prosecuting and once someone is arrested , potentially charged, arrested, potentially charged, then, you know, there will be given the option or they will be deported and without being prosecuted and even sentence , prosecuted and even sentence, which i mean, to me at least, i mean, we've not seen the details yet. i think that's completely unacceptable. why would that be the case? i mean, we don't start. okay, let's let's let's look at a potential test case, then. >> so. so the king's speech today proposes that say, for example, a rapist from who was born overseas is serving, i don't know , five, six, seven don't know, five, six, seven years for rape in britain . and years for rape in britain. and the government policy says, okay, you are going back to your home country because that's now the government policy. would you, as a human rights lawyer, step in and say, no, this rapist has human rights. we're going to make sure he doesn't get deported back to his country and damn the victim , damn the victim, >> well, i mean, those are four completely different points you

make. firstly, the rapist has human rights. yes, he's a human, so of course he has rights. so you would. the victim has victim's rights of course. those rights are there. but the main point is, what is he being deported for? why is he being. where is what will happen to them in his home country? is he going to complete a sentence there, or will he just roam the streets there? because if he's going to roam the streets there, i think the legislation is very clear. mr cohen. the legislation is very clear. >> if you're in prison now and you're a foreign criminal, say you're a foreign criminal, say you're a foreign criminal, say you're a rapist and you you meet the criteria, then you'll be sent back to your home country and finish the rest of your sentence there. what's wrong about that? that's a reasonable use of government time. is it not? >> yeah. so. so what's wrong about that? is that we don't know. does he have family here? does he have a wife? does he have children? does he have a british wife? does he have british wife? does he have british children here? so of course, just as like happens with any british person who's committed rape, you go to prison, you serve your time. hopefully you're rehabilitated. hopefully you're rehabilitated. hopefully the government is doing enough to actually, you know, make you a better person and hopefully you won't come out and hopefully you won't come out and reoffend and rape somebody

else in britain again. >> but isn't the point . this law >> but isn't the point. this law would send criminals back to their home country and many, many people now, including the labour government. this is not some far right crackpot idea . some far right crackpot idea. this is a labour party proposition to send dangerous foreign criminals back to their home country and you're saying you'd oppose it? >> i'm not saying i would oppose it. i'm saying every case is different. the point is, if he has, three british children and a british wife, and he's going to be released in three and a half years, i think those children have a right to be with the father in four years. once he served his time, just as we do with any british citizen. we don't, you know, lock them up forever. you can never see your children again. depends where we're sending them. there's a fundamental difference, mr cohen. there's a fundamental difference. >> if somebody is released from prison and they're a british citizen, then of course, their place is on the streets of britain . this is a fundamental britain. this is a fundamental difference. if you're a foreign, dangerous criminal, you'd be sent to your home country where you're born to serve out your time. and if you were released and if you reoffended, that's the problem of that country.

it's no longer a british problem. this is a proposed labour party policy . labour party policy. >> so why is a dangerous rapist? as long as he's british, he's got a british passport. he's safer to roam our streets, which generally shows no, no , no, no, generally shows no, no, no, no, this is nothing to do with pubuc this is nothing to do with public safety. then is it ? this public safety. then is it? this is nothing to do with public safety. how is the public safety? it is because it's reducing. >> it's reducing. there are 12% of the british prison population were born overseas. this is 10,422 foreign nationals , 10,422 foreign nationals, prisoners. prisons are already bursting at the seams. we only have 700 places left. surely getting rid of 10,000, 10,500 dangerous foreign criminals. not only protects british citizens when they get out, but it it it alleviates the pressure on the prison system. and that can only be good for the british taxpayer . be good for the british taxpayer. >> i mean, i think that, you know, just from what you've said now, those few lines, it just points out, you know, so many problems with our system. so if someone's been in the system for seven years, ten years, been in

prison and they've not been rehabilitated, no treatment has been they've not, you know, there's been no improvement in that. that just shows what a failure our criminal justice system is and also why our, our, our prisons are bursting at the seams. the point is, you know, again, because governments, politicians don't actually want to do anything constructive about criminal justice. the easy solution is lock everyone up. and i think that's, you know, we rely on prison too much . so many rely on prison too much. so many people are the reason. >> part of the reason. mr cohen, our prisons are so full. we have 10,500 foreign born criminals who've committed violent crimes who've committed violent crimes who are in prison. so this policy specifically and directly targets prison overcrowding, dangerous criminals and equality within britain. and it's a labour policy. this is not donald trump. it's not even bofis donald trump. it's not even boris johnson and rishi sunak. this is the labour party , to be this is the labour party, to be honest, when it comes to human rights or anything else, i don't think to me personally it makes a difference. >> who proposed the policy. so again, you know, i mean repeatedly saying it's a labour policy and i think that, you

know, that's why it gives us at least some hope maybe with keir starmer, you know, former human rights lawyer or lawyer at least, and some of the other cabinet ministers is selected, they might actually look at it more carefully. it might be slightly more new policy than it would be if it was a tory policy. so we have that slight hope, but otherwise i don't think it makes a difference who the government is. the point is, if what we're doing is, is going to be a blanket policy, anyone who serves more than five years, regardless of your life in the uk, anything, you will be deported automatically. that is something that i would oppose. okay, shahab khan, we'll have to leave it there. >> we've got a change of government, but we haven't got a change of position on the human rights of criminals. thanks very much for joining rights of criminals. thanks very much forjoining us. now, chris, hope you're still here in the studio. i know you were itching to get into that debate there, but i simply had to press on. is this an example? do you think of how the human rights lawyers historically have always frustrated the conservative party? now the labour party are about to get a taste of their own medicine. >> well, it might well do. i was going to ask to ask, sir, that that guest there. is it the case that guest there. is it the case that we have lots of brits overseas in prisons? and is it

simply a revolving door? we, we even if they get even half that many sent overseas, will a lot come back and be repatriated to our to our penal system here? i'm never quite sure what the net gain might be by doing this, but it is a problem. i mean, why are 12% of our inmates foreign, foreign nationals? >> but when specifically pushed on the matter, they're now, as an example, a hypothetical question. we have a dangerous foreign born rapist. this government wants to get them back to their country. he said, no, no, no. we protect our human rights and allow them to hopefully not reoffend in britain . britain. >> it's dogged labour government's going back to the noughties. i mean, the issue of foreign prisoners there, you couldn't send them back. and why can't we many people watching this will be wondering that question just now. >> and i wonder if the human rights lawyers, the human rights industry, which for so long is frustrated the conservatives now, ironically, with a huge dollop of irony, might become a problem for this new labour government. chris. oh excellent stuff. now, lots of all still to come. between now and 5:00, i'll have the latest from the united states where some pretty wild conspiracy theories surrounding the attempted assassination of donald trump on knocking about .

donald trump on knocking about. but first, it's your latest news headlines, and it's polly middlehurst. >> martin thank you. good afternoon. >> the top stories this hour. >> the top stories this hour. >> we begin with some breaking news. >> two people have died and two children are in hospital following a house fire in blackpool in lancashire. >> this morning. local police confirmed a man and a woman in their 20s were killed, while two children are in a poorly condition. also in the news today, mps have been debating the king's speech in the commons. a short while ago, the prime minister, sir keir starmer, promised national renewal after 14 years of chaos. it's after the king officially opened the new session of parliament, setting out the government's planned programme of new laws . in total, 40 new of new laws. in total, 40 new pieces of legislation were announced. meanwhile, more than 30 protesters have been arrested in central london over plans to disrupt the state opening of parliament. ten members of the group youth demand were detained

in westminster, while another 20 protesters were arrested a short distance from the houses of parliament. police say they're being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, and police have released new images of a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of a nine year old girl in east london, a gunman on a motorbike opened fire on a restaurant in dalston on the 29th of may. the child's family says she remains in a critical condition , and the latest condition, and the latest figures show inflation held at the bank of england's 2% target last month . all eyes will now be last month. all eyes will now be on the central bank and whether it will cut the interest rate this summer. the government says the data is welcome news, but added prices are still high because of the economic chaos they inherited from the conservatives. those are the latest gb news headlines . for latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour. see you then. >> for the very latest gb news to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning

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as well as being by her husband's side during the king's speech. this morning, is also celebrating her 77th birthday today. happy birthday mom. now today. happy birthday mom. now to the latest on who will become the new leader of the conservative party. and it's been reported that dame priti patel will enter the race. patel was the home secretary between 2019 to 2022, and it's been said she's been urged to run by other tory mps. well, i'm joined in the studio by the former transport minister, kevin foster. welcome to the show, kevin foster. and i'm still still got chris hope in the studio. we've got a clip on screen there. can we, can we show that again? i want your reaction to this kevin foster. we see that clip. it's a short while ago after the debate in the house of commons on the king's speech. it's rishi sunak who's now the leader of the opposition, and sir keir starmer , opposition, and sir keir starmer, and they're slapping each other on the back. they look like the best of friends. and is that really we've got it on the screen now. look, this is just from the commons a short while ago, look, they're the best of

pals. they're laughing away the new chumocracy. >> who's there for you? martin? that's rishi sunak, oliver dowden, sir oliver dowden, give a knighthood in the dissolution honours with angela rayner and keir starmer. so the two top people in the two main parties, one of which in government, some might say why on earth are they doing that? certainly tory mps who i know who lost their seats. martin, the election will be spitting tacks at those those images. >> and kevin, that's that's a good time to bring you in. they call sir keir starmer sir flip flop. it looks to me like rishi sunak's already got his flip flops on. he's got one foot on the beach. he looks like a man who's on his way out. he looks very relaxed, very chilled out, shaking hands slap slapping on the back. what do you make of videos like that? i think it's going to make a lot of hard work in tories who've been knocking on doors and losing their seats actually a bit cross. >> yeah, i think a lot of my members, activists seeing that would just think, you know, there's for all having a professional relationship between the two main parties. >> absolutely. but to be slapping people on the back, celebrating on a day that

actually a lot of people, including me, will have been looking on thinking, you know, could have been there myself, but for a slightly better performance, it must be said, from both mr sunak and mr mr dowden . but as you've touched on dowden. but as you've touched on martin, you know rishi sunak is now on his way out. he quite clearly has said he'll be resigning fairly soon as leader of the party wants the process for electing, the new leader is set out and that person is selected . but yeah, this is, you selected. but yeah, this is, you know, watching that. i think chris touched on it. you know, it's not really the sort of thing you want to see slapping on the backs and laughing and joking. this is supposed to be serious politics. >> have you spoken to your leader since the election and you lost your seat? >> yeah, he rung me up on the sunday. >> i think to, in his words, apologise that he wasn't able to turn back the national tide . turn back the national tide. well, you know, what do you say to him? >> well, late rishi you know. >> well, late rishi you know. >> yeah. basically something along those lines a little bit late. but look, you know, it is what it is to be fair to him, we were coming at the end of 14 years with all the arguing we'd seen , the lack of delivery on seen, the lack of delivery on certain issues. you know,

whoever it was, we'd been very unlikely to be winning. >> and we can see that image there again of them slapping on there again of them slapping on the back. that brings us neatly on to, okay, so who's next? so you've written a piece today for gb news and you're firmly of the mind . priti patel should be the mind. priti patel should be the next conservative party leader. tell us why. >> look, i work with pretty in the home office on some of the knottiest issues in things like migration, home affairs, all the issues we had around the balance around policing during during covid. and, you know, she's someone who's absolutely determined to get things done. and, you know, we've got to face the fact that for the next 18 months, not many people are going to be listening to us policy wise. you know, given the scale of the government's majority and the defeat we've just had. so she's someone who understands the party innately can get the reforms in the conservative party that are needed, bring back basic discipline, ethics and competencies, which i think are safe to say we've been lacking for the last six months. and then present a truly conservative vision for this country as we approach the next general election. >> now, in terms of the betting odds, she's an outsider. it's the first time she's thrown a

hat in the ring to be a potential leader. so that's novel. she's 8 to 1 at the moment with the bookies. kemi badenoch 6 to 4, tom tugendhat 5 to 1 more of a centrist suella outside a 14 to 1, james clever 11 to 2 and robert jenrick 7 to 2. what can pretty do about the nigel farage problem? because there is a nigel farage problem . there is a nigel farage problem. he's nibbling away, he won't be quiet and he sees himself as the natural successor of the actual conservative movement. do you neutralise him or do you absorb him ? him? >> well, i suppose i don't want to dwell too much on betting odds, given the experience we had during the recent election campaign around people putting bets on. but i think actually we when we talk about the farage problem, we actually talk about issues. why is it that 8000 people wanted to vote reform in torbay? why is it that people went to and it's not just because they like nigel or they enjoy his show on gb news it's because of issues. >> it's because of perceived failure to delivered on immigration, on crime, it's on tax. it's those sort of issues .

tax. it's those sort of issues. >> we can tackle the issues, we can get the voters back. >> but what are they offering simple solutions to complex issues.i simple solutions to complex issues. i mean, the problem you've got in government or in government was that you know how hard it is to deal with small boats, crisis or net immigration. nigel farage can chuck in a nice, headline grabbing policy which will never have to implement because he's never been in government. and so people went for the easy solution. and your problem was you didn't communicate that. that's that's for the birds. this is how hard it is in government. >> well, you might say, chris, that, you know, it's easy for a party that isn't going to form a government, either reform or the lib dems or the green party to chuck out anything at general election. however, you know, when we look like a disorganised rabble, it's very hard to push back on that if we are organised, competent, effective, with real plans and that we can show how we would deliver them to that group of voters, we can get them back. but if we just think it's about an individual, we'll make a mistake. we think it's about issues and delivering on those issues. that's where we start to reconnect with those voters. >> if we talk specifically about the issue of immigration, both legal and the legal immigration, obviously, you know, the reform party have made this see, immigration election, priti patel was home secretary before.

a lot of people say she didn't have the rosiest of records on both of those issues. what would be different this time around? >> i think first the difference would be one in a leadership role. it gives you a much more an ability to decide for yourself what the direction should be. and i can remember we've got some scars on my back from some of the battles with sector based departments about why visa wasn't the solution to every recruitment problem, and also sometimes with the treasury about why actually investing in things like accommodation centres and sorting out our processing system was a way of cutting spending on asylum seekers , not increasing, not seekers, not increasing, not increasing it. so i don't think it's someone who can bring a clear conservative direction to this and ultimately not just on migration and on national security and on policing vital for reform based voters, but also the wider gambit of being able to appeal to people on a bafis able to appeal to people on a basis of competence and wider economic issues. >> can i clarify, is she definitely standing? by the way , definitely standing? by the way, because so far she hasn't commented? kevin, have you been have you even put it out there as an outrider? >> a patel outrider tells me, like the kites are being flown. >> well, it's interesting to have that type of type of

description. she usually doesn't need anyone to speak for her, that's for sure. but look, i haven't spoken to her in recent days, but i understand. i've seen some of the reports that she may well be putting in back in 2022. initially, i'd hoped she would run , then i'd she would run, then i'd obviously be very keen to see her enter the contest this time. give people a clear conservative choice who wasn't involved, and a lot of them mucking around for the last two years. that cost us dearly at this election. >> well, i'd be very keen to see her in the studio, to go back and have a word. thank you very much. kevin foster, former tory mp for joining much. kevin foster, former tory mp forjoining us on gb news. great stuff. now if you listen to some people, foreign governments were behind the assassination attempt on donald trump. i'm about to discuss some of the wildest conspiracy theories that are being posted on social media around those astonishing events. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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nation. >> you haven't confirmed that you want to stand as leader, but you want to stand as leader, but you haven't ruled it out either. >> this report basically says that he's not fit to stand trial. is he indecisive? incompetent? i deliver the dose of reality westminster needs. that's the camilla tominey show at 930 every sunday on gb news. the people's channel, britain's news channel . news channel. >> welcome back. it's 449. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. it's four days since donald trump survived an assassination attempt. and there are some pretty wild conspiracy theories circulating in the united states. an adviser to a major donon states. an adviser to a major donor, the democrats, apologised after suggesting that the incident was staged elsewhere. it's been claimed that foreign governments were behind the attack. it's even been said that it was planned by republicans. what on earth is going on? let's try and make some sense of that now. and i'm joined by the us

political analyst, eric hamm. eric, always an absolute pleasure to have your company. it was an astonishing moment, one that would that has changed this election and could have changed all of political history. and now the rumours, the conspiracies going around are simply staggering. tell us what's going on. >> well, right now there is an investigation to actually try to find out the motives behind what led this 20 year old individual to so brazenly attempt this assassination on the life of former president donald trump. now, of course, in addition to that, there are reports from us intelligence agencies that iran was also planning to or to or trying to plot an assassination of the former president . we're of the former president. we're learning that they also provided that information to the campaign as well. and secret service certainly was aware of that. but what we are now, what we do know is at least right now, sources are saying that there was no collaboration between this 20

year old suspected shooter and a possible plot by iran to assassinate the former president , assassinate the former president, then eric. >> we also have accusations about the secret service being in on it, the local police force turning a blind eye to reports, blaming a sloped roof for being too dangerous. then it was jill biden asking for diversity hire. so we had women who were no good at their job or too short or incompetent at the job. and then we've got some democrats out, right out rightly believing this is a false flag, that the entire thing was somehow fabricated for votes . votes. >> well, i do know that already that there have been calls for the head of the secret service to actually appear before congress to answer questions about what exactly happened. how was this able to happen, and what measures need to be put in place to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again , like this doesn't happen again, it's very striking because

again, we're talking about the potential assassination of an ex—president. something like this hasn't happened in more than 40 years. and right now, we're getting very little information about that, including the fact of the health. and actually, what happened to donald trump . we're happened to donald trump. we're told that a bullet actually pierced his ear, but we don't have any medical records. we haven't heard from the attending physician who actually saw donald trump after in the wake of this shooting. and so there's very little information that's out there right now. we see a bandage on the former president's ear while he's at his republican convention. but still no more details in terms of his health. what actually happened, and more importantly, how is his health right now? and what exactly happened? was it was it glass shard that actually shattered his ear, or was it an actual bullet? we just don't know at this time. >> eric, can we have a quick minute left? donald trump, of course, is due to speak tomorrow at the republican national convention. do you think we'll see a different, more thoughtful

trump? what do you think it will quickly revert to form? >> i think we will get a very clear detail of what we're going to hear and see from the ex—president, based on what we know that his running mate will say tonight. and now there's been some red meat, there's been some, some, outreach to the other side, we heard last night from nikki haley, but it's unclear what we're going to hear from donald trump beginning tomorrow night. which is why i think so many people will be tuning in. >> and as you'd expect, eric hamm is already turned. the photographs of that attempted assassination into t shirts and marketing and fundraising events. that's just what he does. eric hamm it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company. thank you, and i hope to see much more of you ahead of november the 5th. the greatest show on earth. eric hamm, thanks for joining us. now, footage forjoining us. now, footage from the house of commons shows sir keir starmer, rishi sunak and other senior figures from labour and the tories laughing and joking with each other. what are they playing at? they're meant to be the opposition rishi

sunak has just said, and ed davey just said they will not oppose the labour party for the sake of it. well, what's the point of them then? what's the point of them then? what's the point of them then? what's the point of opposition? i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel. now it's time for your weather with alex deakin. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news afternoon. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb. news. cloudy, a day across parts of scotland and northern ireland tomorrow with some rain around, but another by and large fine day for england and wales thanks to high pressure. and it is going to get a little hotter, particularly across the south and east. further west, though, we do have weather fronts encroaching , bringing thicker encroaching, bringing thicker cloud at the moment to the west of northern ireland and western scotland. to that thickening cloud will provide some outbreaks of rain, particularly later this evening and overnight, where actually the

rain could turn heavy across the west of northern ireland and the west of northern ireland and the west coast of scotland. elsewhere, most places fine and dry. some mist and fog patches , dry. some mist and fog patches, temperatures mostly holding up at 14 to 16 degrees. so quite a warm night. a fine start to thursday for england and wales. some early mist and fog that should disappear. a few showers drifting up across north and west wales, and a very wet start in western scotland. but something a bit brighter along the east coast but certainly cloudier than today. dull and damp through the central belt to begin with, and quite a grey and damp morning across northern ireland as well. a few showers could drift into northwest england and across the north and west of wales, but most of england and wales, having a fine start, a little bit of mist and fog early on, but that should tend to disappear pretty rapidly soon after rush hour, if not before, and then plenty of sunshine over the midlands, eastern and southern england, south wales as well. a cloudy day over north—west england, the odd shower possible here, staying pretty damp on the west coast of scotland and for

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>>a >> a very, very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. on today's show , the king's on today's show, the king's speech promises fairness and

opportunity for all, according to sir keir starmer. but with 16 mentions of the european union and zero mentions of brexit, new equal pay laws for black ethnic minorities and workers rights laws that could hamper small businesses. is this really the case? we'll have full expert analysis and housing was a massive theme in the speech with the king outlining labour's plans to get britain building, pledging to reform planning procedures and accelerate housebuilding across the country. have the nimbys been overtaken by the nimbys ? and overtaken by the nimbys? and there are claims that prince harry is scrambling for more sensational material as publishers are craving to release a paperback copy of spare. could more dirt be dished ? spare. could more dirt be dished? that's all coming in your next hour. houn hour. what's the show? always a pleasure to have your company

also coming in around about 15 minutes time. i'll speak to lee evans from facts4eu's .org. an astonishing new report has just been released exclusively to gb news that details the staggering levels of illegal immigration into 27 european union member states , a cataclysmic failure to states, a cataclysmic failure to control the outside borders of the eu means that all those people are being funnelled towards the french coast and our illegal immigration integration system is being pummelled because of the eu's inability to control its own borders. you will not believe the numbers we will not believe the numbers we will not believe the numbers we will not believe the size of this problem waiting over the horizon. get in touch, send your views gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's time for your news headunes now it's time for your news headlines and it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story today. mps have been discussing the king's speech in

the house of commons this afternoon, and a short time ago the prime minister, sir keir starmer, promised national renewal after 14 years of what he described as chaos. it comes after king charles officially opened the new session of parliament, setting out the government's planned programme of new laws in total, 40 pieces of new laws in total, 40 pieces of legislation were announced, with promises to get britain building, deliver greater devolution and enhance employment rights. the speech also proposed a football regulator, house of lords reform and a plan to tackle organised immigration crime . sir keir immigration crime. sir keir starmer says his government will solve problems, not exploit them. >> the last king's speech was the day when the veil of his choices slipped, and we all saw a party. his party content to let our country's problems fester, content to push aside the national interest as they focused almost entirely on

trying to save their own skins. but i defy anyone on those benches or elsewhere to look at the ambition and purpose of our intent, and not to receive a return to the serious business of government. no more wedge issues, no more gimmicks, no more party political strategy masquerading as policy. >> sir keir starmer well, the now leader of the opposition, rishi sunak, vowed to hold the government to account on all its promises . promises. >> it is right to begin by congratulating the prime minister on his decisive victory in the election . he deserves the in the election. he deserves the goodwill of all of us in this house as he takes on the most demanding of jobs in the increasingly uncertain world in which we now live. now the party opposite has successfully tapped into the public's desire for change. but they now must deliver change. and we, on this side of the house will hold them accountable for delivering on the commitments that they made

to the british people in the national interest. we will not oppose for the sake of it, but when we disagree with a government, it is our responsibility as the opposition to say so. >> rishi sunak, the economy and the latest figures show inflation held at the bank of england's 2% target last month. all eyes now will be on whether or not it will cut interest rates. this summer. the government says the data is welcome news, but prices are still high because of the economic chaos inherited from the conservatives. shadow leader of the house of commons, chris philp, accused labour of shameless spin, though, and suggested the party will introduce what he's calling sneaky tax rises. >> this stuff , the rachel reeves >> this stuff, the rachel reeves has been saying, claiming that the fiscal position is worse than she expected is obvious nonsense. the obr obviously assess our fiscal position . assess our fiscal position. >> they published their own forecasts a few months ago that she obviously saw, and we've seen today's inflation figure staying down at 2% on target lower than the eurozone , lower lower than the eurozone, lower than the usa growth top of g7 chris philp, now the family of a

nine year old girl who was shot in east london, say she may never walk or talk again. >> detectives have released new images of the prime suspect, 49 days after a lone gunman on a motorbike opened fire on a restaurant from the road . three restaurant from the road. three men were sitting outside. they were hit by the gunfire but weren't seriously injured. the little nine year old girl remains in a critical condition , remains in a critical condition, andifs remains in a critical condition, and it's feared two british men reported missing in sweden may have been killed. police have launched a double murder investigation after two bodies were found in a burnt out car in malmo on sunday, local media is reporting. they were shot. local police are still working to identify the victims here. a former army general has admitted disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind after being accused of sexual assault. james roddis pleaded guilty to the lesser charge at bulford military court in salisbury. the court was told. the complainant indicated she was content with

the count. roddis was made an m.b.e. and also earned two queen's commendations for his service. he'll be sentenced in september . traces of cyanide september. traces of cyanide have been found in teacups inside a hotel room where six people were found dead in thailand . police say the three thailand. police say the three men and three women were likely poisoned by one of those who died in the hotel room in bangkok, which was locked from the inside. investigators say money may have been a motive after evidence showed financial transactions had made been made between the group . prisoners of between the group. prisoners of war have been exchanged following an agreement between ukraine and russia. 95 soldiers from each side were returned. the ukrainian men appearing emotional as they left the bus. if you're watching on television, you can see those pictures of them getting off the coach as they land on home soil, president volodymyr zelenskyy says all of the freed prisoners were from the armed forces. he also thanked the united arab emirates for its help in

facilitating the deal. it's the third such swap in seven weeks. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an houn >> see you then for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you paulie. now we start with the king's speech and the new government's plans to make its mark. after 14 years of conservative rule , kings charles conservative rule, kings charles announced plans for 40 bills. the most at a state opening since 2005, and the speech included more than 1400 words, the longest for 21 years. well, i'm now joined by the new climate minister, sarah jones. sarah, welcome to the show. thank you very much for sparing some time to speak to us. can i talk to you about great british

energy? it's now been talked in on the king's speech. it's now official. it's going to happen. i've been asking many minister for a long time about the 650,000 green jobs that have been touted about it. what are the jobs? where will they be and how much will they pay? yeah well, firstly, i'm minister for industry and decarbonisation. >> so industry and climate go together. >> and the whole of this king's speech is all about growth. and we can't do that without industry. and business working handin industry. and business working hand in glove. so that's a kind of really important starting point. and great british energy is going to be a publicly owned institution based in scotland. that's where its headquarters will be. and it will own, manage and operate green energy. so if you look around the world right now, there are countries in a race for who is going to provide the jobs of the future. and we know whether it's hydrogen, whether it's, solar, whether it's wind, whether it's floating

offshore wind, all these new green energies are going to provide jobs for the countries that get this right. so provide jobs for the countries that get this right . so great that get this right. so great british energy is about getting this right and about putting the right jobs and the right infrastructure across the country so that we can have that energy security. so we don't have to rely on putin anymore, have to rely on putin anymore, have the jobs in the areas where we've seen deindustrialisation in the past, and we need really good, well—paid jobs and have a system where we are not going to have that huge up and down of energy costs that we saw over the last couple of years, because we'll have home grown energy. it's really powerful tool. and importantly, it sits alongside some other tools as well. so having an industrial strategy , having the national strategy, having the national wealth fund, which is this partnership with the private sector where every pound we spend, we want £3 from the private sector and that is going to be about creating the industry that we need across the country. so all these tools are all targeted towards economic growth so we can put more money in people's pockets. >> i get that and we heard all

of that before you were elected into power. what i'm simply asking is where will the jobs be? what will they pay if i live? say for example, in nottingham, will there be jobs in nottingham? what kind of jobs will they be and what will they pay-7 pay? >> pay-7 >> so if you look at some of the documents that we put out before the election, there are a kind of regional mix of jobs and it depends where you are. so you look at somewhere like south wales, say, for example , you wales, say, for example, you look at port talbot, the steel industry there. we know, that there are well, we are having huge conversations with tata, who owned british, who owned the steel company , to look at what steel company, to look at what happens to those jobs. but if you look at that area, if you look at things like what you could do with a port, what you could do with a port, what you could do with floating offshore wind, how you could put a whole raft of different industries. if we get this right into that area, that's what we want to do. so it means bringing people together. it means talking to industry where there is investments that are hard, that are a big risk for industry to

make. maybe we can help along the way where there are partnerships where we can bring people together, maybe we can help along the way with great british energy in some cases, we'll be generating some of the energy that we'll need as well. so we'll help in that way. but it's all about creating jobs for people. if you look at the gaps, we already have as well, look at who we're bringing in, you know, from other countries where we're needing to bring in engineers , needing to bring in engineers, welders because we haven't got enough of our own people. so we've got the skills as well. we have to train up those people to do those, but they're also going to be a lot of jobs lost. >> for example, in the north sea industry, already companies are fleeing the idea of investing in britain if they're going to be looking at the down the barrel and 85% windfall tax from the labour party's policy seems to be just stop oil. but what people really care about are their utility bills. so great, great british energy fantastic. its gleaming , its new, it its gleaming, its new, it shines. when are our bills going to come down?

>> so we've said by the end of the parliament the bills will come down £300, but but it's, it's, it's more important than that because you know, the way that because you know, the way that bills shot up and now they're coming back down again. that's what we need to avoid happening in the future. and that's what we will avoid. and just on your point about oil and gas is really important. you know, this is real people. we're talking about real jobs. we've seen the number of people working in oil and gas industry half over the last decade. we want to be creating jobs for the future. we know that oil and gas will go down over time. although we're going to rely on it for some time to come. let's be honest . but we have some time to come. let's be honest. but we have an opportunity to create the new jobs that everybody else is fighting to create across the world. if you look at what america is doing, you look at what europe is doing. they're all creating incentives for business to come and invest. and we have you've got to look at our geography as well. we're an island, so we can make the most of our incredible infrastructure. so we can have carbon capture, but we could , carbon capture, but we could, but we could make but we could make the oil. >> sarah.

>> sarah. offshore >> sarah. offshore wind. >> sarah. offshore wind. >> sarah. offshore wind. >> sarah. with respect, we could make the most of our north sea oil resources. but ed miliband blocked them on the first day in the job. >> so all the existing licences continue. nothing changes with the existing licences. it's the new licences that will be stopped and we know we have to do these things because of the climate situation. >> we don't have to . america >> we don't have to. america hasn't the point. >> the point , the point of, this >> the point, the point of, this labour government, the whole point of it is to drive economic growth . so we're going to use growth. so we're going to use every lever we possibly to can create those jobs of the future. we've got to look to new technologies. we've got to look to ai. we've got to look to the changing technologies of the future, and we've got to go for those. and that's why we've been to talking industry, to business for the last four years. since keir was elected. we've been having those conversations time and time again so that there's no surprises that they know what's coming and that we know we can work with them. it's why rachel reeves has spent so much

time building those relationships, because they'll be key to getting those new jobs. >> okay, sarah, i'm joined in the studio by our political edhon the studio by our political editor, chris hope. he has a question for you. >> hi, sarah. thanks for taking the question. just a quick one. your plans are for onshore. hi onshore wind farms and better connectivity with the grid. what do you say to communities who don't want to wind farms next to them or pylons? i mean, would you live next door to wind farm or a pylon? do you understand why they might fight them ? yeah. why they might fight them? yeah. >> so this is really important question because it goes to the heart of what we're trying to do. we say on the one hand, we're trying to create jobs and we're trying to create jobs and we're trying to create jobs and we're trying to create growth, but we also want to do that. we want to do that alongside people. we don't want to be forcing things on people in a way that, that really doesn't give them any benefits. and it's why rachel reeves has been really clear. if you are taking infrastructure in your community that we need as a country, then you should get some benefits from that. you should, whether it's cheaper bills or whatever structures we put in place, you should get a benefit. but the

second point i would just make quickly is we were very clear about these plans in the election campaign, and that's what people have voted for, because we have to turn the country around and get us to a point where we're growing the economy. we have to do that. and i think that's what people have accepted. that's what people voted for in the election. but we of course, we've got to take people with us of course we have, because these things are big pieces of infrastructure that will need to be we'll need to be having if we're going to thrive as a country. so we want people to get benefits for them too. >> okay . sarah jones, the battle >> okay. sarah jones, the battle of big ben is tall seems an opportune moment to leave it there. climate minister sarah jones, thank you very much for joining us here on gb news. and i'm now joined by the former labour mp bill rammell. bill, welcome to the show . always welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. i want to talk to you about brexit bill. i love talking to you about brexit in the king's speech today , guess how many speech today, guess how many times brexit has mentioned zero? guess how many times the european union is mentioned.

1616 mentions the european union , 1616 mentions the european union, zero mentions of brexit. can i ask you, bill rammell is brexit now a dirty word with the labour party ? party? >> no it's not. we accept the outcome of the referendum, there is no return to the european union, there's no return to the single market and there's no return to the customs union. it's also the case. there's no legislation within the king's speech, around european union. but there is a commitment. and actually, if you look at the polling evidence, it's what most people want to see happen that we develop a closer working relationship in our mutual national interest with the european union. so for example, and particularly working together on defence and security cooperation , which given the cooperation, which given the threats that we face across the globe and given some of the risks with you know, if president trump is elected and some of his critical comments about nato, one, we're going to

have to turn that around and ensure we do have a strengthened nato, nato, but also we're going to need to work with our partners in the european union on defence and security cooperation. that's in their interests. and it's certainly in our interests. >> okay. i'm joined by joined by chris hope in the studio. he's got a question for you, bill. >> you're a veteran a former tory labour mp, labour mp. forgive me. do you see this video of shortly after the king's speech, we saw rishi sunak chatting with sir keir starmer, angela rayner chatting. you see it there on screen now with oliver dowden, the deputy prime minister and deputy leader of the labour party respectively, and behind them, jeremy hunt, chatting away with rachel reeves, former and current chancellors. together it's a complete chumocracy this bunch, isn't it? i mean, we've heard earlier from rishi sunak saying he won't oppose for opposition's sake. we heard the same language from ed davey. i mean, what on earth have voters got here? a kind of national government where everyone agrees on stuff . on stuff. >> now there's huge divisions

between the parties. but look, you know, politicians, despite their differences, are human beings. and of course, people talk across the party divide, because, you know, you want engagement and you want people where they can to cooperate and work together, but be in no doubt there are huge differences between the parties. and what really struck me about the king's speech was the real sense of momentum. 40 separate pieces of momentum. 40 separate pieces of legislation dwarfing the number of bills that came forward under the last tory government because they were so divided, they couldn't bring forward legislation because they couldn't guarantee to get it through the house. so there's real momentum, real change. but of course, we talk to each other. >> are you happy, bill, with the entire, the entire king's speech? there's one bill in there which appears to allow prosecutions of veterans in northern ireland to go forward again. i mean , is that something again. i mean, is that something you're happy with? >> i think overall, the bill is

the king's speech is a very impressive one. real momentum. i think we're going to want to see. the devil will be in the detail on that piece of legislation. i think this was a previous commitment by, the last conservative government to effectively, for all time exonerate, people. and in a sense that puts them above the law. but also we need to see the detail of this piece of legislation to ensure that previous troops are protected . previous troops are protected. >> well, bill, the detail is here. i've got i've got the document in my hand right here and it says very clearly in the king's speech proposed by sir keir starmer, that we will repeal immunity, especially in in northern ireland. this is corbynism, this is exactly what jeremy corbyn did when i was knocking on doors in 2019. people were putting signs on their door saying warning veteran lives here, do not knock if you're from the labour party,

this is corbynism wrapped up in starmer's new king speech . starmer's new king speech. >> it's not corbynism in any way, shape or form, and i think the concept of a blanket immunity is a risky one. we need to be proportionate. there needs to be proportionate. there needs to be proportionate. there needs to be safeguards. and when we get to the detail of the legislation, i think that will become clear . even if it's not become clear. even if it's not in the draft. i'm certain under amendments that will be put forward, not just by the opposition, but by labour members as well. we'll get this right. but i think the concept of blanket immunity for former troops sets a very, very dangerous precedent about the conduct of military operations , conduct of military operations, and that's what we're seeking to tackle. >> so, so, so bill rammell, what that says in in plain language is the human rights lawyers will will be able to pick apart these historical cases. they'll be

able to get veterans from northern ireland before a court of law for grievances from many decades ago. it's precisely the same thing as before. just admit it. this is the same look, look, i was minister of state for the armed forces in the last labour government, and i spent time and effort resisting, the worst kind of human rights lawyers who were bringing spurious claims against our troops. >> and it's right that any government does that. but the concept of blanket immunity sends out a signal about what is acceptable conduct in military operations that i don't think we want to countenance. and that's what this piece of legislation is trying to tackle . is trying to tackle. >> okay. bill rammell well answered. robust questioning. thank you very much for joining us. always a delight to have your company. thank you very much for joining your company. thank you very much forjoining us on the show. much for joining us on the show. thank you. thank you. now, still plenty of time to grab your chance to win £30,000 in the

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it's 526. now to a report that shows illegal immigration to the european union. has more than doubled in just five years. and the study claims that the blame for the uk's illegal migrant crisis lies solely with the european union. let's break those figures for down you. illegal migration to the eu went up from almost 628,000 in 2019

to more than 1.265 million in 2023, and that's an increase of over 101. germany detected the most illegal arrivals in that time, with 2.15 million. next on the list was greece and hungary and france also had more than a million migrants and wait for this a whopping 82% of illegal migrants in the european union last year were male. now, this independent study was produced by the british think tank facts4eu's .org, which is an affiliate of the campaign for an independent britain. and i'm joined now by lee evans, who's the chairman of facts for eu.org. lee. welcome to the show. an astonishing report simply staggering and a great line that you pull out of this is that you solely blame the continued illegal migrant crisis we have in the united kingdom on the eu's inability to control its own borders .

its own borders. >> that's right. i think it's very difficult to see it any other way. if you look at our report, this report, by the way, is it came about, from a fairly innocuous document produced by the eu commission statistics agency. and whenever those documents look like they're innocuous, they get our interest. and so my team then accessed the data, dived right into the detail and hence the report, which we provided exclusively in advance to gb news. >> and the reason we did that is because gb news has been unafraid of covering these types of subjects for years now , so we of subjects for years now, so we were very flattered to have that. >> but let's get back to the real concern here. if we've got over 1.25 million men flooding into 82% of them flooding into the european union, and they're able just to wander throughout

that entire area, then inexorably, they're ending up on the french coast. looking ahead, lee to the government, we've just just been sworn in on the king's speech today. do you think that that plan that they're offering will in any way deter this, or do you think that we're looking at an even bigger problem coming to our shores? >> i think the latter , martin, >> i think the latter, martin, if i'm honest, we're non—partisan, as you know, we dealin non—partisan, as you know, we deal in facts and we tend not to deal in facts and we tend not to dealin deal in facts and we tend not to deal in forecasts , we leave that deal in forecasts, we leave that to the remainer rejoiner. side of things, but if you look at the overall numbers, martin, they are quite staggering. and i can give you just a few extra examples in the last 12 years, the eu has detected 10 million illegal migrants. now, i the eu has detected 10 million illegal migrants . now, i choose illegal migrants. now, i choose my words carefully detected. that doesn't mean that that is

the total. it just means those are the ones that they found. so that's an extraordinary number over the last 12 years. but what was particularly interesting , was particularly interesting, which you highlighted at the start of this segment, was the increase over the last few years, the doubling in five years. now that shows that despite all of the concerns about illegal immigration in the eu, which is very similar to the concerns that you, the audience will have in the uk , despite will have in the uk, despite those concerns, the eu seems unable to gain control of its borders. now the obvious, the obvious implication of that is that a proportion, at the very least a proportion of these illegal migrants will come to the uk and the more there are in the uk and the more there are in the eu. all things being equal, the eu. all things being equal, the more probably will come to the more probably will come to the uk. so, if you look at the

first 12 days of sir keir starmer, his, premiership, from the day his first day when he announced rwanda was to be scrapped, there's been nigh on 1200 migrants that have crossed. i know you've reported that, so that gives some indication. the second thing, obviously, that gb news, viewers and listeners, will probably be aware of is that we're looking at record numbers already this year , numbers already this year, they're up by 12, based on previous years and previous years were bad enough. so it seemed reasonable to us to look at the source. where is this coming from? and they're all coming from? and they're all coming from? and they're all coming from the eu, all of them. so the more porous the eu's borders are, and the more illegal migrants they allow in, the greater the possibility that our numbers of illegal boat migrants will just carry on

going up and up and up. >> okay. we have to leave it there. it's an excellent report. and thank you so much for your work. i know you do lots and lots of reports. get on to those facts for eu. org got a great twitter account all over social media. thank you for giving that exclusive to us. lee evans. always an absolute delight. thank you my friend. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including claims that prince harry is scrambling for more sensational material its publishers are craving to release a saucy paperback copy. >> i'm pleased you liked my hometown. >> first, your latest news headlines, and it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin. thank you. the headunes >> martin. thank you. the headlines this hour mps have been debating the king's speech in the commons. a short while ago, the prime minister promising national renewal after 14 years of chaos. it's after king charles officially opened the new session of parliament,

setting out the government's planned programme of new laws . planned programme of new laws. ahead of the proceedings, more than 30 protesters were arrested in central london over plans to disrupt the state opening of parliament. ten members of the group were detained in westminster and other 20 protesters were arrested a short distance from the houses of parliament. police say they're being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, and police have released new images of a suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of a nine year old girl outside a restaurant in east london. a gunman on a motorbike fired shots at the restaurant on the 29th of may. the child's family says she remains in a critical condition , and it's critical condition, and it's feared two british men reported missing in sweden may have been killed. police have launched a double murder investigation after two bodies were found in a burnt out car in malmo at the weekend, local media is reporting. they were shot . the reporting. they were shot. the authorities are still trying to identify the victims and here the latest figures show

inflation held at the bank of england's 2% target last month. all now all eyes now on whether or not it will cut the interest rate in the coming months. the government says the data is welcome news but added prices are still high because of the economic chaos inherited from the conservatives. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour. >> see you then for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> quick look at the figures for you. first of all, the pound buying in $1.3004 and ,1.1899. the price of gold is £1,892.31 an ounce, and the ftse 100 has closed at 8187 points.

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>> britain's news channel. >> britain's news channel. >> welcome back. your time is 539. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. locals won't be able to block new housing under new labour plans. keir starmer has warned that his government will consult on how, not if developments should take place , developments should take place, as part of his pledge to take the brakes off britain. well, i'm rejoined in the studio now by gb news political editor chris hope. so, chris, the era of the nimbys about to be replaced by the era of the nimbys. >> that's what the government wants and keir starmer has said i am a yimby now what that means is, yes, in my backyard rather than a nimby no in my backyard. that's where he thinks he can as he's trying to get a mood, a mood behind building more properties, there's no question the government feels they've got to try and get communities to recognise. they got to allow more building to get to their

350,000 new homes a year, target up 350,000 new homes a year, target ”p by 350,000 new homes a year, target up by about 100,000 or so from what the tories did in opposition in government, i should say, the way they'll do this, they'll republish with a new requirement to allow building the national planning policy framework, the planning rule book for planners. so if a if an idea comes up for some new development, the plan is look at it and say, well, is it against is it allowed? and if there's a presumption for building there, it will happen. they're looking at building in the so—called grey belt, which is part of the green belt, which aren't very nice waste ground garages, former garages, car parks , that former garages, car parks, that kind of thing. within the green belt, they want to get more homes built. i think anybody would recognise that, particularly if you've got children in their early 20s. you want to. everyone wants all children to get your kids as they grow up, to get on to the housing ladder. here's an example of why they think it's right. i do keep asking though. ministers. i asked sarah jones, they're your guests earlier, would you allow planning or building near you in this case, a windmill or a wind farm or

maybe a pylon because it's all very well in whitehall saying, well, why can't that happen? let's build there. but if you live next to these developments and if you feel they're not in keeping with the area you're living in, you will fight them. and is there a moral duty not to oppose them? is the question. >> and chris, there have already been people going through the social media history of labour mps and ministers, and a lot of them actually in the past they were nimbys too. thanks, chris. i'm joined now by the head of policy at britain remade, sam demetriou. sam, welcome to the show. so the era of the nimby is oven show. so the era of the nimby is over. it seems to replace by the era of the yimby, the former prime minister rishi sunak. thoughin prime minister rishi sunak. though in the commons earlier on said this a system that does not allow locals to have a say is unfair. what's your take? >> so i think under the proposals put forward today, there are still going to be a local say in terms of how the housing itself is delivered, >> you know, for instance ,

>> you know, for instance, locals could be able to insist on things like how the, the design of the buildings, whether they're all very, very tall. and then a lot of green space around or whether you have a more of a gentler form of density. so there are there is still a role for local people, but i think what we have to recognise is that britain hasn't built enough homes for a very, very , very homes for a very, very, very long time and we've built up a massive , massive debt result. massive, massive debt result. house prices, rents, they're through the roof and they're not affordable to the vast majority of the population anymore . and of the population anymore. and we need to bring that down by building more homes. but particularly building them in the right places . the parts of the right places. the parts of britain which have the best job markets , where there are the markets, where there are the best opportunities for work and where, you know, prices are telling you that we need to build more homes here. >> okay, sam, i'm joined in the studio by our political editor, chris hope. he's got a question for you. >> but sam , in defence of nimbys >> but sam, in defence of nimbys and not trying to defend them, but at least understand where they come from. if we are allowing net migration to run at

200,000 250,000 a year for ten years as the treasury says, then all all you're doing is building new homes for migrants arriving here. i mean, under the under the tory policy, it was bananas build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone. at least this is nimby. and then maybe you understood why that happened. but do you not understand the point? i mean, surely planning reform should come alongside controlling net migration too. >> so i think population growth definitely has a role to play in the in housing affordability. but i think we have to remember that even if net migration was at zero or it was negative, we would still be far off the amount of homes we need to build. and i think , you know, build. and i think, you know, it's quite easy to just say, well , if we it's quite easy to just say, well, if we didn't have any immigration, we wouldn't need any homes at all. but that's just not true, and so sure have have the debate about migration , have the debate about migration, but also talk about the other factors in, in that drive house prices, whether that's, to places where they have better

job opportunities. i don't think it's right that, you know , we it's right that, you know, we have we have migration into the uk, but we also have migration across the uk. and at the moment, part of the problem is you can't move to take up a new job in different cities because you'll end up worse off. and that has to change. >> sam, don't you think the prospect of an entire new town just being dumped to next another town is for the birds? theidea another town is for the birds? the idea that locals are going to roll over and allow this is a fantasy . fantasy. >> so, i mean, if you look at the history of new towns, there was never really an easy case where people just said, okay, sure , fine. famously, lewis sure, fine. famously, lewis silkin, the planning minister under the attlee government who was building stevenage , his, was building stevenage, his, exhaust pipe , sorry, in his gas exhaust pipe, sorry, in his gas tank, to try and, send him away and send him packing. but ultimately that did get built. and i think there are going to have to be some fights, and there are going to have to be some arguments. but the potential with things like new

towns, particularly if you build them in the right location, for instance, where there are really, really good transport links that are being untapped, then you can create a lot of winners and you can reward locals who otherwise would be objecting. maybe they get new gp surgeries, maybe they get better shops , maybe they also, can shops, maybe they also, can benefit from other things like more economic opportunity . more economic opportunity. >> well let's see what the political fallout of this is because i suspect a lot of these already quite dense labour constituencies won't be the areas where these houses or new towns or whatever the developments are going to be built. they'll be built in lib dem, conservative areas. this one i think will roll on and on. but sam demetriou, thank you very much for joining but sam demetriou, thank you very much forjoining us on the very much for joining us on the show. fascinating stuff. now coming up, there are claims that prince harry is scrambling for more sensational material. its publishers are craving to release a paperback copy of spare more dirt, being dished. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back 549. the final, final furlong. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. prince harry is reportedly scrambling for yet more sensational material as publishers are craving a paperback version of his memoir spare. however, given that his family have been keeping at arm's length since his infamous interview with oprah winfrey, will he have enough material left to satisfy his publishers? and meanwhile, the prince and princess of wales have been leading the well—wishes to queen camilla, who turns 77 today. well, i'm now joined by the royal commentator richard fitzwilliams. richard, welcome to the show. let's start with spare. will there be more dishing of the dirt, do you think, in the paperback version? >> well, now this is a huge question. >> i do have to say it because

normally i mean a best seller. there's no question about it. it was also, in my opinion, extremely unwise for him to have written it, and i think he himself might even have come to that conclusion. i say this because very often when there's a best seller within six months or a year, you'll get it in paperback from the hardback. there's been no paperback . now, there's been no paperback. now, with reference to the material we specifically know, because harry gave an interview with the journalist bryony gordon where he talked of having cut 400 pages from spare because it contained material that, well , contained material that, well, he thought that others might find unacceptable. but considering the material that was actually in it, and also the interviews that he gave, this, interviews that he gave, this, in fact absolutely infuriated william. as you know, there was an alleged attack physically by william on harry. and also we know his criticism of queen

camilla led it is reported to the sussexes eviction from frogmore cottage, which was their home in britain. i mean, it has caused an enormous amount of trouble . if he were to do of trouble. if he were to do anything more at all, and especially now, i mean, at this time when two senior royals are seriously ill, i think it would be unforgivable. but what he did was shameful. then no wonder the publishers want to make more money. but i do think that the sussexes, if they even remotely, careful of their reputation, would be very, very ill advised to touch anything of the kind at the moment. >> okay, richard fitzwilliams, it's all enough to make queen camilla have a drink, but that's okay. it's a birthday today. 77. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and i think that she's putting it mildly. she's earned it. and of course, actually commemorating this at the state

opening of parliament where you've got the magnificent show and you've got the importance of such an event for our constitution. and also you've got, of course, her supporting king charles, which is what she's done absolutely brilliantly for so many years. and most particularly in these very, very difficult months. and it's so wonderful to see the king, at so many events and hopefully at more. and as you know, they're planning to go to samoa for the chogrm in october and thereafter to australia. so i think we must all wish queen camilla a very, very happy birthday. thank her for the charitable work that she's been doing for so many important charities , whether it is charities, whether it is a literacy or domestic abuse or sufferers from sexual abuse or osteoporosis. i mean, she's an absolutely remarkable person. if anyone has deserved, she has a difficult time . difficult time. >> okay, richard fitzwilliams,

we have to leave it there. happy birthday, her majesty. now then, i've got a few of your your sayings. let's go through. before the end of the show. we showed an extraordinary video of rishi sunak sir keir starmer chumming up to each other in westminster. earlier on, it certainly rattled your cages. nigel says this, the leaders of labour and the conservatives laughing , joking, patting each laughing, joking, patting each other on the back. why are you surprised? they are two cheeks of the same. we can guess the rest on that one. darren says this the left and the right in british politics are wings of the same bird. more polite there, darren. nothing is going to change. they are all the same. and this was demonstrated by all in this chumocracy video . by all in this chumocracy video. however, nellie doesn't agree. it's got no problem with it. nellie says i voted reform, seeing mps treating each other like human beings as a welcome and refreshing change, especially in light of what's happened to donald trump . now happened to donald trump. now that's it from me. dewbs& co is up next. now, don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with stephen and

ali, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev, and then tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday. and i'll be back at 3:00 tomorrow. in fact, i'll be back at 7:00 tonight. i'm covering for nigel farage. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. thanks for your company. now your weather with alex deakin . your weather with alex deakin. >> it looks like things are heating up . heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb. >> news afternoon. >> news afternoon. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb. news. cloudy today across parts of scotland and northern ireland tomorrow with some rain around , but with some rain around, but another by and large fine day for england and wales. thanks to high pressure and it is going to get a little hotter, particularly across the south and east. further west though, we do have weather fronts encroaching, bringing thicker cloud at the moment to the west of northern ireland and western scotland to that thickening cloud will provide some outbreaks of rain, particularly

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shall we? and i'll ask you, do you like what you see? was anything missing, or was there anything in there that you feel perhaps shouldn't have been? and are you like sir keir starmer tonight, feeling optimistic that a new era has begun ? ben habib and aaron begun? ben habib and aaron bastani will be keeping me company to get stuck into all of that. but first, let's grab tonight's 6:00 news headlines. >> michelle, thank you, and good evening to you . well, mps have evening to you. well, mps have been discussing the king's speech in the house of commons today. the prime minister, sir keir starmer , promised national keir starmer, promised national renewal after what he called 14 years of tory chaos and it comes after king charles officially opened the new session of parliament, setting out the government's planned programme of new laws. in total, 40 pieces of new laws. in total, 40 pieces of legislation were announced, with promises to get britain

building, deliver greater devolution and