>> very good morning to you. it's 930 on wednesday, 24th of july. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with miriam cates and ben elliott in for andrew pierce and bev turner. the kent soldier stabbing a british soldier is now fighting for his life after being attacked near an army barracks in kent . barracks in kent. >> disgraced dujardin, six times olympic medallist charlotte dujardin has been banned from the paris olympics just days ahead of the opening ceremony. she's been accused of whipping a horse's legs almost 30 times. we'll have the latest and starmer's show of strength. >> the pm suspends seven labour mps for voting against the

government, as today he prepares for his first battle at pmqs as prime minister and royal accounts published biofuel, bentleys and solar panels on castles. >> that's just two of the ways the monarchy is using our money, and stateside , kamala harris and stateside, kamala harris holds her first campaign rally since launching her bid for the presidency. >> take a listen. >> take a listen. >> i will spend the coming weeks continuing to unite our party so that we are ready to win. in november . november. >> meanwhile, is trouble on the honzon >> meanwhile, is trouble on the horizon for republican vice president nominee jd vance? old footage has resurfaced of him saying the democrats, including kamala harris, are led by a bunch of childless cat ladies. take a listen. >> we're effectively run in this country via the democrats, be it via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made. and so they want

to make the rest of the country miserable to. >> so let us know what you think about that . gbnews.com/yoursay. about that. gbnews.com/yoursay. he's getting a lot of stick for that resurfaced clip, but actually, does he have a point? do you need children before you get that perspective of, you know, what kind of future, what kind of world do we want to manifest, create? >> do you do you at least need to be surrounded by people who do have children and also how many resurfaced clips are they going to be in coming years of politicians saying all sorts of things for a long time ago, difficult time to be in politics. >> so the likes of emmanuel macron doesn't have children. kamala harris, of course, doesn't have children. she's got two step children. olaf scholz doesn't. theresa may famously didn't, although i understand she did want children. so it's an interesting debate. was he out of order? has he got a point? let us know. gbnews.com/yoursay big show coming up. but first, let's get your news headlines with tatiana sanchez.

>> ben, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories. the prime minister says he's shocked and appalled by the stabbing of a british army soldier near a barracks in kent. witnesses reported hearing a huge scream just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham . yesterday evening in gillingham. locals rushed to help the soldier just locals rushed to help the soldierjust in locals rushed to help the soldier just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask, as they fled on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. about 20 minutes later. the victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. sir keir starmer is to face tough questions in the commons today in his first prime ministers questions, amid tensions on the backbenches after he suspended seven labour mps. the prime minister will be quizzed by mps for the first time since entering number 10, after stripping labour rebels of the whip because they backed an snp motion to scrap the two child benefit cap. the commons

voted with a majority 260 to reject the amendment. the cap restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to the first two children born to most families. shadow education secretary damian hinds told gb news the government has some tricky questions to answer. >> i think the bigger question is what are some of the dividing lines, some of the disagreements within the within the labour party, you know, they've done pretty well in keeping that, you know, pretty much under wraps for the last few weeks and months, coming up to and in the general election campaign. but there are difficult decisions for them to make. look, they've known they've known what the pubuc known they've known what the public finances are and they've also known what their spending intentions are. for some time. but they've managed to dodge the question of which taxes they're going to put up to be able to do the things that they have said they want to do. they're not going to be able to dodge that forever. >> meanwhile, nominations open this evening to succeed rishi sunak as the leader of the conservative party. shadow home secretary james cleverly

announced last night he is running to take the party's top job. in a video emphasising this credentials , the former foreign credentials, the former foreign and home secretary said the tories need to re—establish a reputation as the party that helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations. he's the first to announce a leadership bid and any challenges will need to get in quick before nominations close on monday afternoon , two state on monday afternoon, two state bentley's used by the king to be converted to run on biofuel over the next year amid a boost in profits from the crown estate. there are also plans to switch the monarchy's fleet of official cars to run on electric, while solar panels have been introduced at windsor castle, it comes as the estate's profits hit eli comes as the estate's profits hit £1.1 billion, which is delivered to the treasury. it means the taxpayer funded sovereign grant will increase from 86 million to 132 million. the funds will also be used to complete the final stages of renovations to buckingham palace . renovations to buckingham palace. and those are the latest gb news

headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> hello. good morning. hope you're doing well this morning. big show coming up. lots of stories across. not just the uk but the world as well to get stuck into . it's 936. let's stuck into. it's 936. let's start with this. well breaking story overnight, a british soldier who's fighting for his life after being stabbed outside of the brompton barracks in kent. the victim, who is in his 40s, is said to have been in uniform when he was attacked by a man wearing a ski mask, and police have now, since arrested a 24 year old on suspicion of attempted murder. >> and sir keir starmer has written on x i'm shocked and appalled by the news that a soldier has been attacked in kent. all our thoughts are with

the soldier, his family and our armed forces community who serve us all to keep us safe . i wish us all to keep us safe. i wish him a swift recovery. >> let's cross now to our gb news home and security editor mark white, who is live from the scene . good morning mark. scene. good morning mark. shocking story. what's the latest please ? latest please? >> well , residents here latest please? >> well, residents here in this area are now just trying to absorb the horrific news that a soldier was attacked in this very brutal manner yesterday, just before 6 pm. in the evening. this is very much a military area, home to lots of military area, home to lots of military personnel and their families being so close, of course, to the brompton barracks. we've just had a statement through from the chief of the general staff, effectively the head of the army, general, sir raleigh walker. now, he has said, i am deeply saddened by the horrific and unprovoked attack on an officer. yesterday, our armed

forces make extraordinary sacrifices to defend our nation and deserve to be respected. my thoughts and best wishes are with him and his family. they have the full support of the chain of command as they recover from this horrendous incident. we know that that soldier who was in uniform at the time of this attack was treated here initially by medics at the scene and then airlifted to hospital. he is still in a serious condition. the suspect now in custody, a 24 year old man, to according witnesses, there was , according witnesses, there was, according witnesses, there was, a man who was in disguise, basically wearing a mask on a moped who carried out this attack and then disappeared on the moped. while police say they arrived on scene. and in about 24 or 25 minutes later, made the

arrest of a suspect. now, clearly, lots of people are concerned that what we witnessed here may have been terrorist related, and it absolutely bnngs related, and it absolutely brings back all of the horrific memories that people have about the murder of fusilier lee rigby in a terrorist attack 11 years ago in woolwich in south—east london. but sources are saying this morning that their line of inquiry is not leading them in the direction of a terrorist related incident at this stage . related incident at this stage. >> thank you, mark, and we'll be heanng >> thank you, mark, and we'll be hearing more from mark later. but now in the studio we've got theo usherwood with us, our political commentator theo, obviously a desperately tragic incident. people are very keen to know the motive, but we don't know more at this stage. >> do we know? we don't. and as mark was saying in his report there at the moment, the police aren't thinking that it is terror related. and of course, this this attack, this attempted

murder brings back those memories of that appalling murder of fusilier lee rigby down in woolwich in 2013. i think all of our thoughts and i'm sure the thoughts of everyone of gb news viewers are with the family and the friends and the colleagues of this man, of this soldier, and also the wider services family. you know, these men and women bravely put, put their lives on the line, whether it's in the army, the raf or the navy. it's a difficult job. it's a job that most of us would never even dream of doing. and then for this to happen in this, in this senseless way, our thoughts have to be with him and his family. >> yeah, some extraordinary detail in the newspapers this morning. apparently, the soldier's wife came out the to house stop the attack, the person, the perpetrator, the attacker was licking the knife clean of blood. very graphic. and terrifying details. but should we move to on sir keir starmer theo? because he's shown some strength. those would argue, by removing the whip from seven dissident mps. what's happened ? happened? >> ruthless from keir starmer

last night. now, he'd threatened that this was, of course, a vote on the king's speech. it was an snp amendment and that any labour mp who voted for that snp amendment to scrap the two child limit on benefits, child benefits, would lose the whip. he then went and followed through, and those seven mps and their big names on the left of their big names on the left of the party, let's not forget john mcdonnell, rebecca long—bailey, richard burgon. they may not be household names, but on the left of the labour party they are well known and well respected and keir starmer not have any truck with dissent . there were truck with dissent. there were another 42 labour mps who abstained. now some of those will have abstained. and you know this, miriam, because they will have valid reasons. they'd have been slipped, which means that they don't have to vote or they have an excuse, a valid excuse not for voting, but make no mistake, a number of them didn't vote for it, didn't vote for the amendment. they would like to have voted for the amendment. and they're not supporting keir starmer on this issue. >> isn't this a case of the snp now playing labour at their own

game? because throughout the last parliament, the labour party did this all the time. they put down amendments that they knew conservative mps couldn't vote for. but then they made a strong moral case and sometimes they were good moral cases. and then viciously attacked mps who didn't vote for it. the snp are now doing this to labour. are labour getting a taste of their own medicine? >> yeah, i mean these are these are the parliamentary shenanigans that go on. millom you're quite right to say that. and you know, they've got this huge majority and there is a case i think there's a strong case i think there's a strong case to say that keir starmer could have actually with his majority of more than 170, actually just given these mps a bit of space just to vent their concerns about this two child benefit cap and actually just vote against it and then allow them, allow them to carry on as normal. but i think there's a fear that this if you give them, if you let out the leash a little bit, then they'll only come back and bite you later. and, and you know, you that keir starmer, by showing some mercy and showing that he wouldn't follow through on his threats, would somehow create a rod for his own back because the rebellions would continue and they'd only get larger in size.

and it is a substantial punishment, six months losing the whip. that means that when these mps go to liverpool, they're still labour party members and liverpool, remember, is a very, you know, has a strong solidarity with the left of the labour party. there could be some fireworks. >> yeah, well it's another big day for sir keir starmer because it's prime minister's questions a bit later on at midday we've got a special show coming up. so tune in to that. tom and emily taking the reins, it's his first time at the dispatch box as prime minister. he's had plenty of practice. of course, as leader of the opposition. what's he going to be grilled on today? what will the tories and rishi sunak target him on? >> it's same, but not the same, isn't it? because of course, it's the role reverse and rishi sunakis it's the role reverse and rishi sunak is going to be the leader of the opposition. and actually he's done quite well at that job. most people think since he took, took, took that position. keir starmer i think i think you could expect small boats to come up potentially. i think the economy, i think rishi sunak and this is something that keir starmer was very good at, at opposition was he'd be wise to try and actually highlight that difference within keir starmer's own mps, particularly on this

issue of the benefits, because that was what keir starmer was always when he was leader of the opposition, what he did very well was trying to peel off conservative rebels on any particular issue of the day to try and get so to try and minimise the support. but you know, the dynamics of the house of commons will be vastly different from anything we've known previously. in recent years anyway, because you've got government benches of more than you know, 350. >> what do you make of this? this, sort of the chatter that rishi sunak's been a bit wet since losing the election. he's, you know, rubbing shoulders with starmer and joking with him, at the state opening of parliament, he's been all, you know, statesmanlike and he's, he's, he's i think i think it's a fair it's fair. >> it's fair. but i think, i think it's he's also he's he's got no there's nothing in it for him anymore. he's just got to hold it over hasn't he. >> the wonderful thing about our democracy is that it does force people to have decent personal relationships, whilst at the same time disagreeing, and i think that's something to treasure. but my question is, will starmer be more flexible as prime minister than he was as leader of the opposition? famously, he couldn't change

tack and he stuck to the brief. whatever happened, do you think he'll be slightly more confident, relaxed? i think he's i think whether you can whether you've got that ability to think on your feet, i think that comes naturally. >> and i don't think if you if you and i think it's harder. pmqs is always harder for the, for the prime minister who's facing the questions and can he and i think we'll hear a lot from starmer trying to pin the problems and put the questions back on to rishi sunak saying this was something we inherited from the conservatives. we're going to hear that for a long, we're going to hear that for a long time to come. >> all right, theo usherwood, great stuff. thank you very much. and of course, james cleverly launched his official leadership bid today, didn't he, so yeah, lots to go on that front. priti patel, suella braverman, who do you think is going to take the mantle. oh, me. yeah i commentary in the comment lots of very well qualified candidates out there. okay. right. plenty more coming up , including solar panels on up, including solar panels on windsor castle and bentleys fuelled by biofuel. they're just a few of the costs listed on the annual sovereign grant report,

paid for in part by you. the taxpayer. are the royals worthy of your hard earned dollar? let us know gbnews.com/yoursay you with britain's on gb news back

>> welcome back. it's 949. and this is britain's newsroom on gb news with ben and miriam. >> right now, the monarchy is set to receive a boost of more than £45 million. that's with a 53% jump in its official annual income to more than £130 million. next year. >> so historian and broadcaster rafe heydel—mankoo joins us now. good morning rafe good morning. is this actually true? are the taxpayer funding the royals or is it their own money that we give back to them? >> technically, yes. in reality, no is a simple answer to all of that. yes. what we've seen here is that the monarchy's finances are going to increase. well, the sovereign grant, which has given money given to the monarchy for

its official duties, travel costs, staff costs , maintaining costs, staff costs, maintaining its properties. that's currently around 86 million. yeah, it's going to increase next year to 132 million. and that's because of something called the crown estate. and the crown estate are a £16 billion portfolio owned by the king in right of the crown. so not just personal property, but as property as sovereign includes regent street, parts of saint james's , but also the saint james's, but also the seabed around the country. and it's that 12 mile seabed that's actually the reason for this temporary spike in profits, because the crown estate has been leasing off wind farm project rights, and because of that, they've they've had their profits more than doubled to 1.1 billion. now, the king at the start of his reign always surrenders all that money to the treasury. so the treasury gets 88% of that 1.1 billion 968, and the monarchy gets 12%, 132. so it's one of those things where everybody is a winner, which is a nice story to say. and actually, the king should be

getting 25% of that. he should actually be getting 275 million. but his his majesty , knowing but his his majesty, knowing that was going to have this windfall, decided that the bulk of that 13% should go to the pubuc of that 13% should go to the public good. so another reason to be grateful for our case. >> i'm going to play devil's advocate here, and i'm going to take the role of a republican and say, why do we need these royals prancing around in big palaces like buckingham palace, clarence house, and so on? they spent £166,000 having a jolly around kenya. charles and the king. there are lots of hardly a jolly , lots of other royal tours jolly, lots of other royal tours when so many people are struggling with the cost of living, there's a homelessness crisis. why should we be paying well for these people? >> the main point is, of course, as we've just explained, we're not paying actually. so whilst you know that that money could be spent for other causes , well, be spent for other causes, well, the important thing to realise, of course, is that the cost of the monarchy is actually only around £0.77 per person. if you exclude the cost of refurbishing buckingham palace, which of course you would need to do, the french still look after

versailles after all, don't they? so £0.77 per person? that's not even the price of a cup of tea at mcdonald's. >> this is the question, isn't it? do we want a presidential system that's not free at all? and it has political disadvantages, certainly. or do we want this rather uniquely british arrangement where we allow charles to be king? he gets to keep some of his money and we take the rest. it's very uniquely british, isn't it? yeah. >> i don't think £0.77 is a lot to pay for a thousand years of history and tradition and stability, and that's what the monarchy provides us with. and we're not a small country like belgium or the netherlands, which have basically monarchies. you know, we are a great power, a large country, and the monarchy must be seen to be believed because you have the monarch as the head of state, but also as head of the nation, as those important functions of social cohesion and civic society opening hospitals, going to soup kitchens , going to see to soup kitchens, going to see saint john's ambulance, homeless shelters . that's where the shelters. that's where the monarchy really comes into being as being a vital part of the social fabric of this country. so we need a large royal family to go up and down the breadth of

this land, performing those important functions. >> there's some great colour from the accounts. for example, prince william, took home £23 million of private income. he will pay tax on that, won't he? frogmore cottage, where harry and meghan were once living. they, of course, funded the 2.3, £2.5 million renovation that's been empty for the last year, >> so they've refunded that money. so they've paid. >> they've paid that back, paid that back. but also, solar panels on windsor castle. is this a sign of the king's green agenda at play? >> absolutely . we also learned >> absolutely. we also learned that the bentleys have been repurposed to run on biofuel, with a view to also having a fleet of electric cars. there are two new helicopters coming in. it should be said as well on the other side, but that's because the current ones are 15 years old and i think we could all understand that. but there's been a 17% decline in expenditure from, from from the previous years. it's gone from a 107 million down, down by 17%, which is rather to . good see which is rather to. good see also 2300 public engagements, 464 of which were done by his

majesty in despite, of course, his his poor health and the most expensive trip, of course, was to kenya, which was 166,000 to charter the flight, but it was an important visit and i think, you know, brand britain, you know, britain is the world's second leading soft power and the monarchy is a crucial part of that soft power. and the price of that, of course, is incalculable. you know, during the lovely sorry, sorry, just fast running out of time. >> i could listen to you all day. rafe. you're brilliant. your expertise is top notch. and i think you're quite right. you know, at a time when so much of our heritage and our identity is being eroded away from all parts, it's nice to have the royal family there as a, you know, sort of a comforting institution by our side. right? we'll be back in just a tick, yeah.the we'll be back in just a tick, yeah. the weather's coming up. here you go. fryston. i'm back in a second. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello. very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for

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>> good morning. it's 10 am. on wednesday. the 24th of july. we're live across the united kingdom and this is britain's newsroom with miriam cates and ben elliott standing in for andrew and bev. >> very good morning to you. hope you're well at home. the kent soldier stabbing a british soldier is fighting for his life after being attacked near an army barracks in kent. we'll have all the latest. >> and disgraced dujardin, six time olympic medallist charlotte dujardin has been banned from the paris olympics for whipping a horse's legs almost 30 times in a secret recording. is a ban justified, or is it an overreaction ? overreaction? >> and another trans athletes row the new culture secretary, lisa nandy, has said trans athletes should be allowed to take part in women's sports. are you as outraged as this? like

me? >> and starmer's show of strength. the prime minister suspends seven labour mps for voting against the government, as today he prepares for his first battle at prime minister's question time as the prime minister . minister. >> okay, so here we go. a few weeks into the new labour government and the wokeism comes en masse. the new culture secretary, lisa nandy, says, yeah, it's fine for biological men to play in women's sports. don't worry about massive muscle mass or increased atp or bigger lung capacity or bone density. as long as your testosterone is down, that's fine, no problem. >> yes, it seems crazy, doesn't it? because there's either a reason for women's sports or there isn't. and the reason is it's not fair to have men and women competing against each other. so what justification can there be in football for example, of letting men in? we'll have more later. and please do keep your views coming in. send them up by

tatiana. >> miriam, thank you very much and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister says he's shocked and appalled by the stabbing of a british army soldier near a barracks in kent. gb news understands the attack is not being treated as terror related . witnesses reported related. witnesses reported heanng related. witnesses reported hearing a huge scream. just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham . locals rushed to gillingham. locals rushed to help the soldier just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask as they fled on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder about 20 minutes later. the victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries . sir keir starmer is to injuries. sir keir starmer is to face his first prime minister's questions today amid tensions on the backbenches after he

suspended seven labour mps. it's after the prime minister withdrew the whip from labour rebels because they backed an snp motion to scrap the two child benefit cap. the commons voted with a majority 260, to reject the amendment. the cap, which was introduced by the conservatives in 2015, restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to most families. shadow education secretary damian hinds told gb news there are many other important issues labour must deal with. >> i think the bigger question is what are some of the dividing lines, some of the disagreements within the within the labour party, you know, they've done pretty well in keeping that, you know, pretty much under wraps for the last few weeks and months coming up to and in the general election campaign. but there are difficult decisions for them to make . look, they've for them to make. look, they've known they've known what the pubuc known they've known what the public finances are, and they've also known what their spending intentions are. for some time. but they've managed to dodge the question of which taxes they're going to put up to be able to do the things that they have said

they want to do. they're not going to be able to dodge that forever. >> meanwhile , nominations open >> meanwhile, nominations open this evening to succeed rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. shadow home secretary james cleverly announced last night he's running to take the party's top job. in a video emphasising his credentials, the former foreign and home secretary said the tories need to re—establish a reputation as the party that helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations . helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations. he's the first to announce a leadership bid and any challenges will need to get in quick before nominations close on monday. two state bentley's used by the king are to be converted to run on biofuel over the next year, amid a boost in profits from the crown estate. there are also plans to switch the monarchy's fleet of official cars to run on electric. while solar panels have been introduced at windsor castle. it comes as the estate's profits hit £i.i comes as the estate's profits hit £1.1 billion, which is delivered to the treasury. it means the taxpayer funded sovereign grant will increase

from £86 million to 132 million. the funds will also be used to complete the final stages of renovations to buckingham palace. now, a free trade agreement with india will be top of the agenda when the foreign secretary makes his first official trip to new delhi. david lammy is expected to press his indian counterpart on what he's called driving forward greater growth for both countries. that means reiterating britain's commitment to securing free trade with the country after negotiations by the previous government stretched for on two years without any agreement. locking in the deal would deliver an economic boost, giving the uk better access to a market of around 1.4 billion people. now a divers discovered a bronze cannon on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in 1665. the 17th century ship, called the london, formed part of a convoy sent in 1660 to collect charles

the second from the netherlands and restore him to the throne. the prized cannon was discovered buned the prized cannon was discovered buried in silt and clay on the seabed, where the protected wreck lies in two parts off southend pier in essex. and blues pioneer john mayall has blues pioneerjohn mayall has been remembered as a major influence on rock and roll after his death at the age of 90. similar to the baby how i think it. according to a statement on social media, the songwriter died at his home in california on monday surrounded by his family. the musician's influential band, the blues breakers , was a launching pad breakers, was a launching pad for stars including eric clapton and mick fleetwood. mail was made an obe in 2005. he is survived by his six children, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren . and those great grandchildren. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana

sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> welcome back. 1007 ben and miriam with you on britain's newsroom. some emails flying in about our previous conversation with rafe heydel—mankoo about the sovereign grant, how much money the royal family is getting from the taxpayer, a couple that i picked up and i'm just going to address them now. so dan said good morning to ben. stop playing devil's advocate. people who sit on the fence get splinters. as for your snarky remarks about foreign tours being a jolly, can you think of anything worse? such negativity doesn't suit you. charlie, you said, by the way , just for said, by the way, just for clarity, i said, look, rafe, let me play devil's advocate here and say the republicans who don't want a monarchy would say , don't want a monarchy would say, well, this, this money, these

tens of millions of pounds, this could be used towards homelessness, to charity projects. why do we need a royal family? i did make it quite clear i was playing devil's advocate. right. anyway, so charlie says, shame on you, ben, for questioning our royal family. when the story was 88% went to starmer to waste on other leftie projects and compo you say all gbn presenters are slowly revealing their leftie views. guys, the whole point of this channel was for free speech, for open debates, something that a lot of you and a lot of the nation were saying wasn't happening on other broadcasters. so i have to say, it at a time when i sit here and say, i'm just playing devil's advocate, to just widen the debate out, you know, we're all very pro royal family, but let's give the other view for two seconds. also we have to do that. according to our ofcom licence to stay on air, please don't say that i'm turning lefty or sitting on the fence or shame on you because it's i'll be honest, it's just fairly hypocritical, speaking of two sides of the debate, i've got another one here from mick. >> he says, just wondering, does the prime minister know what the

questions are before they are asked? this is at pmqs. i was wondering, as i always say, whoever the whoever was looking the prime minister in the eye in a folder when they're answering. well, i think what certainly what happened in the last government is if you have someone from your own side asking you a question as the prime minister, they'll tell you in advance, give you a heads up so you have a rough idea what to say. but if it's someone from the opposite side, you might not know at all. and that's why you need a red folder. of all the information about every single topic you can think of, so you can quickly flick through to health or education or whatever it is. so it's a bit of a guessing game. >> oh, i thought they did get the opposition's questions because they seem to answer on the ball very sharply. >> so i think what the advisors will do is look through a particular mps pet topics. so is there a hospital in their constituency that they want to be rebuilt or have they got a particular interest in another topic so they'll have something ready? but you do sometimes see the prime minister or another minister being completely caught off guard. and then they normally say, i'll write to the honourable gentleman. >> is it quite nerve racking

when you were a politician getting up in pm? have you ever asked a question? >> i've asked a few questions. it is because the house is so packed and because, of course all the media are following it. it's different on different days, but it's very, very high pressure. >> pressure. >> get up to the mic and you're a bit shaky. >> and i always took my heels off so that i didn't wobble. so there you go. brilliant, right? >> i just want to share something else with you. this clip doing the rounds last night of donald trump's vice presidential pick, jd vance. so this was a clip from 2021 when he was speaking to fox news in america, where he basically said that if you don't have kids, then you shouldn't really be in a leading political position because quite frankly, he says, you don't have skin in the game. take a look at this saying. >> is that we're effectively run in this country via the democrats, be it via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives. and the choices that they've made. and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too. and it's just a bafic miserable, too. and it's just a basic fact. you look at kamala harris, pete buttigieg, aoc, the entire future of the democrats is controlled by people without children. and how does it make any sense that we've turned our country over to people who don't really have a direct stake in

it? >> so is that something outrageous , or does he have a outrageous, or does he have a point? i don't think he's actually saying that people who don't have children should not be involved in politics. i think what he's saying is he's making an observation. if the top of a particular political party or institution is full of people without children, are they going to make family friendly, child friendly decisions? and i think that's an interesting point, particularly in a world where people have later and later people have later and later people have later and later people have children later and later and have fewer and fewer children. does that impact the kind of decisions that people make ? make? >> so the likes of angela merkel, theresa may although she has spoken previously about wanting children but couldn't . wanting children but couldn't. emmanuel macron kamala harris has two stepchildren who she met later in life. she didn't bring them up. olaf scholz they don't have children, it's difficult, isn't it? because i was saying to you, offer your perspective when you have children of the world does change. and i've got some friends who say, i don't want kids because i enjoy my social life. and, you know, i enjoy going to gigs. and so on. and i'd lose all that when i have kids. but i say to them quite gently, because it's a very sensitive subject. you

know, when you have kids and you won't realise this until you have them all that stuff really doesn't matter anymore because you prioritise your kids, you know? so it's an interesting debate to say the least. >> very much. we'll be talking about more later. so moving on now a british soldier is fighting for his life after being stabbed outside of the brompton barracks in kent last night. >> the victim, who is in his 40s, is said to have been in uniform on army uniform when he was attacked by a man wearing a ski mask, and police have since arrested a 24 year old on suspicion of attempted murder. >> and a gb news source says the stabbing is not being treated as a terror attack. >> let's go live now to our gb news home and security editor mark white, who is on the scene in gillingham. mark, what's the latest ? latest? >> well, that officer is still in a serious condition in hospital. in fact, the chief of the general staff, the head of the general staff, the head of the army, has confirmed that he was indeed a military officer. he was in uniform when he was a subject of a brutal and

unprovoked attack, stabbed multiple times and treated here at the scene by paramedics, by before being flown off to hospital in an air ambulance . hospital in an air ambulance. local residents here were alerted just before 6:00 in the evening to the sound of a scream. when residents came out, they saw that officer on the ground being stabbed and then the suspect, who was wearing a mask, jumping onto a moped and escaping the scene. when police arrived at the scene , they arrived at the scene, they managed to detain a suspect about 25 minutes or so after this incident happened. now the investigations are continuing, obviously, and there's stage, but what official sources are saying is that at the moment they are not treating this as a terrorist attack, quite what the

motivation was. we've not been told, but clearly there will be a great deal of concern because people still remember, even though it was now 11 years ago. people remember vividly the horrific nature of the fatal attack, the murder of fusilier lee rigby in south—east london in woolwich, when he was stabbed to death by two terrorists. so a lot of concern here, especially in this military town . in this military town. >> okay. thanks, mark. yeah, as you said , it's sparked horrible you said, it's sparked horrible memories of lee rigby's death 11 years ago. and no doubt, i suspect his family this morning will be thinking the same. we'll have the latest on that as the day progresses. we move on now to another of the day's top stories, including britain's joint most decorated female olympian has withdrawn from the paris games after allegedly being caught on video whipping a horse 24 times during a training session. >> charlotte dujardin, the dressage rider under fire, has said she is deeply ashamed and

is currently under investigation from the international federation for equestrian sports. we're joined now by communications manager at the people for ethical treatment of animals, jennifer white. so thank you so much for coming in, jennifer. so what's your reaction as someone who's obviously very keen on good treatment of animals, what's your reaction to this story? >> i mean, it's just horrendous and of course completely unacceptable, you know , these, unacceptable, you know, these, you know, with dressage especially, horses are forced to do these unnatural, awkward, difficult moves which are just, you know, completely unnatural to them. and the only way for, you know , many trainers and you know, many trainers and riders to get them to do this is to use coercion and violence. and it's something that we are seeing more and more of in this sport. and that's why peta is calling on the olympics to ban all equestrian events, all equestrian events. >> you would prefer there to be no horse riding events at all dunng no horse riding events at all during the olympics. is that something that there is strong support for? is that quite a

niche thing, or are the olympic authorities looking at it? >> well, what makes this even worse is that this is not an isolated event. there are patterns of abuse in this industry because of how hard it is to get horses to do something that just does not come naturally to them. and actually, in the olympics in tokyo in 2020, there were several instances of riders and trainers beating or whipping horses and because of that, in the modern pentathlon, they are now removing the horse element of that for the 2028 olympics. so there is progress being made. but of course, that's you know, that's not enough. they should be removing all horses now because animals will continue to suffer for as long as this goes on. >> jennifer. of course, everyone who's seen this video this morning condemns it. you know, it's animal cruelty. but the problem is, why was this released four years after the fact and just days before she was charlotte. dujardin was due to compete at the olympics. it seems pretty cynical. some are saying this morning, if you

really cared about animals that much, why would you wait four years and potentially allow that abuse to continue before releasing it? >> well , i releasing it? >> well, i mean, of course the motivation for that is a mystery to me too. but i think the point is, is that it shouldn't have had to even come for another rider or trainer to be caught abusing a horse. we know this is already happening in the industry, and at the end of the day, horses don't care about getting a gold medal. you know this is animal exploitation, all for human gain and it's just so unnecessary. >> my issue is you guys also want to get rid of horse racing altogether. and we've spoken about it this morning with the royal family. people are saying that, you know , there's an that, you know, there's an erosion of our identity, of our culture, of everything that we enjoy. i mean, to be frank, you just want to suck the fun out of everything, don't you? >> well, i mean, tradition is never an excuse for cruelty. and especially when we're talking about a horse being whipped 24 times, all for, you know, her personal gain and we condemn

that. >> but why should it be a reason to say, okay, let's just scrap everything, anything involving horses, let's get rid of it. the multi—million pound industry that the horses who are treated so well normally outside these isolated incidents, let's just get rid of it all because of a few bad apples. >> they're not isolated incidents that this is a pattern of abuse where we are frequently seeing, you know, again, at the 2020 olympics, an irish rider forced his horse to continue the event despite their nose pouring with blood. another swiss competitor , their horse was so competitor, their horse was so badly injured that they had to be euthanized after the event. and this is all for human entertainment. the olympics is about celebrating human greatness. we simply do not have to exploit animals to enjoy life . to exploit animals to enjoy life. >> life does involve risk, does it not? it's not just entertainment as such. it's sport. it's pushing humans and animals to their limits. >> they have the animals are not willing in, in in horse racing, there's plenty of animals. >> mad moose being a famous one who have refused to race, they theyi who have refused to race, they they i mean, mad moose refused to race in about 6 or 7 races in a row. they refused to come out

the stalls. >> so i don't think there's a broader point here, though, isn't there? because leaving aside the fact that this involves animal cruelty and obviously that's that's shocking and everybody condemns it, but there's also a broader point about whether people should be cancelled in effect for misdemeanours that could be years old. and is this actually a growing trend that, you know , a growing trend that, you know, leaving aside, of course, what she did was wrong. but if everything we all did was filmed all the time and played in public, i don't think any of us would have a job, would we? >> well, i mean, it's interesting with dressage specifically, over the last decade, they have made the moves that the horses are expected to do even more extreme and more exaggerated. >> and this means that more coercion and more violent techniques are having to be used to get the horses to do this. it's not easy to get a horse to do something they don't want to do, and it requires extreme measures. and that's why we are seeing more and more abuse in this industry. and whether or not it's being filmed, we know it's going on and that's why something has to just lastly, very briefly , because we're very briefly, because we're running out of time. >> what's your views on just recreational horse riding. are you okay with that? >> well, that's not what we're

to here talk about. >> we're obviously here i know it's a you're from you're from peter. it's just a curious question. do you agree with people horse riding across the south downs, for example, horse racing and the equestrian events at the olympics have to be banned. >> there's just no place for them in modern britain. >> but you're okay with horse riding? i mean, what people do in their free time, as long as they're being kind to horses, is not the issue that we're here to campaign against. >> okay. >> okay. >> all right. great. jennifer white from peta, thank you very much for joining white from peta, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. thank you so much. all right. great. still more to come, including pmqs live later today at midday with tom and emily. they've got a special show that's going to be with you at 1150 i believe. so we want your questions for the prime minister. go to gbnews.com/yoursay. tell us your name , where you're from and what name, where you're from and what would your question be for the pm and we'll read them out a bit later. for now, though, you're with britain's newsroom on gb news back in

1023, and this is britain's newsroom with miriam cates and ben leo standing in for andrew and bev. and we're joined now by former labour mp stephen pound and broadcaster mike parry here in the studio. morning. good morning . now, yesterday, nigel morning. now, yesterday, nigel farage made his maiden speech, something he's been waiting for years and years to do. and in it, he made a quite a controversial suggestion. should we have a referendum on the echr. and i think we've got a clip of him saying it right now. >> we will only stop this if we start deporting people that come illegally. then they won't pay the smugglers. but we'll only do that by leaving the echr. but i've got a fun suggestion that i think would liven up politics, engage the public and see a massively increased turnout. why don't we have a referendum on whether we continue to be members of the echr

>> so this is such absolute arrant nonsense. i mean, basically what he's talking about is, is a five week campaign for reform. but look, it's got a couple of things straight. the echr has been going since 1950, and there's only three european countries which aren't members, which is russia, belarus and sadly the vatican city. okay but but so nor is australia, the united states, new zealand, japan. >> well no, we're not part of the eu. the clue is that european. >> but why do we need it? european? i'll tell you why we need it, because we need to have some common, decent standards that actually apply to us in europe. but the key thing here is british courts do not have to obey the rulings of echr. no, but they always do. >> yes, they always do. and stephen, i'm completely 1% of echr rulings have actually affected the uk. >> less than one, yes. >> but unfortunately it sometimes, as an anonymous judge in the middle of the night, stopping people from leaving this country who legally have been told to get out. i mean, i'm sorry, it's a preposterous imposition on the british way of life, considering now we're not evenin life, considering now we're not even in europe, and we should get rid and nigel farage, by the

way, is just setting out his agenda right at the start of his parliamentary committee career. he knows there's not a hope in hell of this happening, stephen, in we actually you know, we got peter reich. >> he's our judge. we have >> he's ourjudge. we have a judge on the european court of human rights, a uk judge elected by when we had members of the european parliament. we should. >> stephen, isn't the problem that we because tony blair embedded the echr in our own law through the human rights act. actually, we don't have that choice . and although everybody choice. and although everybody agrees, the echr started with good intention , it's a living good intention, it's a living convention. judges just interpret it how they want to. >> i mean, as ever, you talk a lot of sense, but look, there's only one aspect of british law which is fundamentally affected, which is fundamentally affected, which is fundamentally affected, which is the northern ireland good friday agreement. if we pull out of echr we collapse the good friday agreement. >> i don't i totally disagree. thatis >> i don't i totally disagree. that is a red herring. and when you said not a red herring, it's a fact. and when you said there's, oh, there's a british judge in the echr, have you looked at the composition of the echr? most of the people in it are not judges. most of them are sort of legal advocates in

europe. they're not judges. it's not like they've all got robes and all that. there's 40. >> there's 46 judges elected by the 46 countries. all of them are legally qualified. >> they might be legally qualified, but they're not to judge status. believe me, they would not be able to sit at the old bailey in this country because they don't have the qualifications. it's a huge european bloc to try and make everybody obey them. but mike, isn't he isn't farage being a bit simplistic here because yes, there's lots of disadvantages of being the echr, but actually it does provide for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, things that are current domestic legislation doesn't. but that's what it was set up for. i think it was 48, actually, stephen, i think it was two years earlier than you said in 50 that qualified in 1950. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but in september 1950, churchill initiated i think in 1948. anyway, the point i'm saying is what you've just said, miriam, is why it was set up. but now it's tentacles spread into every area of our life. like where in like every area of our life. like, well, stopping a small boats. yeah the most important thing british law . important thing british law. stop that. no no no no no. okay.

law stop. when tony blair invented his human rights act, that was to give us a mirror image of the echr in europe from which we could never withdraw from. >> that's just paranoia . >> that's just paranoia. >> that's just paranoia. >> it's not paranoia. i'm not paranoid. >> i'm not sure i could face a referendum campaign . it'd be referendum campaign. it'd be like brexit again, as our friend brenda in bristol would say. >> another one, another one. >> another one, another one. >> oh, not another one. >> oh, not another one. >> right? should we move on? yes, what about britain? oh, let's do james cleverly. he's he's the first leader to announce his. sorry. the first leader. yeah. there we go . the leader. yeah. there we go. the first tory to announce his leadership credentials. he's launched his campaign. will he make a good leader of the opposition, stephen pound? i don't know, it's a job, to be honest. >> you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy at the present time. he's a strong candidate, without any doubt. but look, the point here is, actually, it's not so much james cleverly it's wear on the conservative spectrum. does the conservative spectrum. does the new leader come from, is it the new leader come from, is it the centre right? is it the far right? is it is it the one nafion right? is it is it the one nation tories cleverly has actually put his stall out quite well. he's known in parliament i

mean certainly i was in parliament with him. he was known for very plain speaking. i mean, you remember how he described the rwanda plan, you know, or a city in northern england? >> indeed. >> indeed. >> he was particularly fond of stockton. no, exactly. i mean, he's ex—forces you know, he's he's ex—forces you know, he's he's a strong character. i think there's some interesting people out there personally, from the labour point of view, the person we'd be most frightened of, i say, would be somebody like jeremy hunt. >> yeah, but mike, is there a problem at this? >> sorry to interject. i have to address that. jeremy, you think jeremy hunt should. what did you say about jeremy hunt? >> i think from the labour point of view, if you if you're looking when somebody who is not a member and i'm obviously not a conservative, i'm naturally looking at the person who a can do best for the country, but b can actually be somebody that we could actually work with. yeah. >> so you're saying they need someone in the mould of jeremy hunt? >> i think that is i mean, if all politics, if all elections are won on the middle ground, the centre ground, jeremy hunt, but they're not but they're not jeremy. >> no, the centre ground. >> no, the centre ground. >> doesn't it. no. this is total cobblers. you see, james cleverly is out of the running for me from this one expression, we need a broad appeal to win

the voters back. you don't need a broad appeal. you need small c conservative policies like mrs. thatcher brought us over a penod thatcher brought us over a period of years. and gradually work them in all this nonsense about, you know, one nation tories. and you can only win an election if you win it from the middle. i don't agree at all the reason that tories have been shambolic for the last 2 or 3 times they've been in power is because they haven't had any policies. david cameron started it moved towards liberal democrats and embraced them and it's been a shambles ever since. but isn't this the problem that people say they want unity? >> well, the party says they want unity, but they don't know what to unify around. do we need some philosophies before we have a leader? >> what we need is we need some small c conservative policies, lower taxes, smaller government. you know , self—reliance. those you know, self—reliance. those are the sort of things. why do you think the red wall was the red wall? because they're the qualities the people of the north of england embraced and thought, we get them here. but every time i hear a politician going right back to james callaghan talking about, oh, party's a broad church, what you mean is it's got a load of

differing views and you're not strong enough to isolate the ones that are going to win an election. >> well, harold wilson used to say it's a broad church, but it's full of knaves, and it has no religion as robert jenrick has said, and even a broad church, you have to move on. >> let's hope that pmqs is this lively. but now it's time for the news with tatiana sanchez . the news with tatiana sanchez. >> miriam, thank you very much and good morning. these are the top stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister says he's shocked and appalled by the stabbing of a british army soldier near a barracks in kent. army soldier near a barracks in kent . gb news understands the kent. gb news understands the attack is not being treated as terrorism related. witnesses reported hearing a huge scream just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham . locals evening in gillingham. locals rushed to help the soldier just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask, as they fled on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder about 20 minutes later. the victim , aged

minutes later. the victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries . hospital with serious injuries. sir keir starmer is to face his first prime minister's questions amid tensions on the backbenches after he suspended seven labour mps. the prime minister stripped labour rebels of the whip because they backed an snp motion to scrap the two child benefit cap. the commons voted with a majority 260, to reject the amendment. the cap restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to most families . first two children born to most families. meanwhile, nominations open this evening to succeed rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. shadow home secretary james cleverly announced last night he's running to take the party's top job. in a video emphasising his credentials , the former foreign credentials, the former foreign and home secretary said the tories need to re—establish a reputation as the party that helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations . helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations. he's the first to announce a leadership bid. nominations close on monday , and two state

close on monday, and two state bentley's used by the king to be converted to run on biofuel amid a boost in profits from the crown estate. there are also plans to switch the monarchy's fleet of official cars to run on electric, while solar panels have been introduced at windsor castle. it comes as the estate's profits hit £1.1 billion, all of which goes to the treasury . it which goes to the treasury. it means the taxpayer funded sovereign grant will increase from £86 million to 132 million. the funds will also be used to complete the final stages of renovations to buckingham palace . renovations to buckingham palace. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour 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 . forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's

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tick. hello. welcome back. it's 1037. ben and miriam with you on britain's newsroom only on gb news. now. trans athletes get . news. now. trans athletes get. this should be allowed to take part in women's sports. and that's according to labour's new culture secretary us lisa nandy has said that it should be up to individual sports to decide whether they allow biological males to compete against women in their respective fields. >> and we're joined now by the director of campaigns at sex matters, fiona mckenna. hello, fiona. great to see you. how are you doing ? you doing? >> morning. great. >> morning. great. >> thank you. now, of course, this doesn't actually represent any change from where we were before the election, does it ? before the election, does it? there are plenty of sports that have banned biological males from competing with women's sports, but there are also some that allow it under certain circumstances. is this really news or is it just the status quo? >>i quo? >> i think it's a sign of the times that we have to be grateful to hear the secretary

of state confirm that she thinks that biology matters in sport. it's a sorry state of affairs, but that's where we are. it's the essential starting point . the essential starting point. and i think you're right. broadly, nothing's changed. what we have is some good guidance from the sports councils that's now almost three years old. and for some reason many sports are still waiting. they claim they're reviewing or they, for whatever reason, have not been able to publish a new policy. and so we still have dozens of sports across the uk where there are male competitors in women's competitions, in women's changing rooms, you know , it's changing rooms, you know, it's andifs changing rooms, you know, it's and it's a major deterrent for a lot of women. and girls. but but as i say, it's to good see that that she has at least acknowledged that biology m atters. matters. >> and of course, we all understand from just common sense that men and women competing together isn't fair. and we actually saw a really nasty accident, didn't we? a year ago in football, where a woman received a very a career ending injury after a collision

with a trans woman. so a man. but the fa say that their rules are there to protect everybody as long as you suppress testosterone, you can be in a women's team. is that fair? does that mitigate for the difference between men and women ? between men and women? >> i think we're at the point now where everybody knows that's not fair. all the science says it's not fair. you can't turn a man into a woman by suppressing testosterone. if that were the case, then men undergoing prostate cancer treatment would have a lot to worry about. wouldn't they? you know it. we all know it's not fair. and i don't know how the football association can continue to defend their policy. they've got 72 male players in women's football in england alone, and those are the ones they know about. and every one of those 72 effects, dozens of women. >> but they would argue that their policy is lawful because if they banned trans women from competing in women's sport, that would be somehow discriminatory. it would be illegal. are they right? >> well, their policy may be lawful, but the alternative

policy would also be lawful. so they are allowed to segregate sport on the basis of sex. and that means biological sex. there is no other kind of sex. so they have a choice. and they have chosen not to restore fairness for women and girls. so they talk a lot about how they're promoting women's sport and growing the women's game. but at the same time, they're causing harm to women and girls. and that's true for a number of sports across the uk. there's pubuc sports across the uk. there's public money going into promoting women and girls participation. and at the same time, no one is insisting that these bodies use that public money. actually, for women and girls, they're letting men and boys turn up fiona as a man. >> i just don't understand why somebody would want to compete in a sporting environment, a competitive environment , against competitive environment, against women who are for most of the time, physically, you know , time, physically, you know, slower, not as strong and so on

and so on. what's the psychology behind it? why do these biological men want to compete against women? i think they're just cheats. quite frankly, i'm not sure if you'd use similar strong language, but what is the psychology behind it? >> yeah, that's a big question, isn't it? some would say they're not cheating because they're following the rules. and the problem here is the sport governing bodies have made the rules that allow this. others would say they know damn well they're cheating. and you know, they're cheating. and you know, they know they don't belong in they know they don't belong in the women's category because they have male bodies, i think what's happened is that people have decided that somehow identity has to be confirmed and validated at every turn, and they think that's kind, but this is really cruel to women and girls. it's really unkind to be saying to, to girls in particular, your feelings don't matter. fairness doesn't matter. even the injury risk doesn't matter because these people matter because these people matter more, because we often focus on the sporting side of this. >> is it fair? is it safe? but there's another side as well, isn't there? because most sports

require girls to get changed, players to get changed, and that requires single sex changing rooms. do you hear feedback from women who are uncomfortable with that side of the problem here, or is it just really the fairness we hear quite a lot about that actually, >> and the thing is that you don't know whether there's going to be a male in the changing room. now, if you if you're a member of, say, a tennis club or a hockey club and there's a trans person who sometimes turns up at that club , then you can't up at that club, then you can't go into the changing room ever knowing that it will be single sex, because that person can be there. and some of those sports have made a policy. tennis for example, that if a woman is uncomfortable with that , she uncomfortable with that, she needs to come changed and not use the changing room , the same use the changing room, the same is true in canoeing. the priority is to the trans person. they have the right to use that changing room. sorry. >> let me just get that straight. you're saying that the policy in tennis, the example you just gave, if the biological woman who's meant to be there is uncomfortable with the trans woman there, it's on the woman to remove herself from that

environment. is that what you just said? correct that is outrageous. >> that's the lta that's also, royal yachting. that's their policy. it's canoeing's policy . policy. it's canoeing's policy. yeah. so, you know, back to your question from before, what's the motivation of these, these male players? i don't know, there's probably a wide range of motivations, but i would say the motivations, but i would say the motivation doesn't matter , motivation doesn't matter, because if i walk into that changing room and there's a man in there, i don't know what his motivation is. and it's not it's not fair on me to have to try and guess. is he, you know, is he a good one or not a good one? that's why all men should stay out of women's changing rooms. >> so do we need to change the law? does the law allow sports to be single sex, or would we actually need to amend the law to make sure all sporting bodies followed a single sex rule? >> well, the equality and human rights commission has said that the law allows sex based sports andindeed the law allows sex based sports and indeed that single sex exceptions for changing rooms are also lawful. so they have

said, you can do this and they're waiting for sports to do it. i think what's painful here is why we're all having to wait, and why we're waiting so long. and i really would love to see the new secretary of state. take a firmer line, you know, we would love to tell her some of the stories we're hearing because it's pretty shocking. but but as you know, women and girls largely were afraid to talk about this. so it's a somewhat underreported problem . somewhat underreported problem. >> thank you. fiona. we're going to have to leave it there. but very much appreciate your time. we'll be back the break. see you shortly.

welcome back. it's 1048. and this is britain's newsroom on gb news with miriam and ben . news with miriam and ben. >> right. solar panel castles, biofuel , bentleys, king charles biofuel, bentleys, king charles royal palaces have gone green in his first year as monarch. >> the monarchy is to receive a

boost of more than £45 million, with a 53% jump in its official annual income to more than £130 million next year. >> okay, our man on the ground at buckingham palace, gb news national reporter charlie peters gives us the latest charlie , gives us the latest charlie, some republicans, some critics of the royal family would say this money is better spent on the needy, the homeless , the needy, the homeless, charitable causes. but actually it's just a fraction of what the crown estate earns, isn't it ? crown estate earns, isn't it? >> well hi there ben. hi, meera. you've joined me at a great time, actually, because it's the changing of the guard going on right now. as we speak. we just point to the camera here, the king's division there, the guards division coming through towards buckingham palace. there's huge crowds here gathering for that . on the day gathering for that. on the day that the sovereign grant report is published. and as you say, ben, there is this conversation about how this money is spent and should taxpayers money be spent on the royal family. but i think that's based on a short misunderstanding of how the system actually works. so the

sovereign grant is based on the crown estate. it's a £16 billion portfolio based on all of the land and property of the crown estate has possession of that generates quite a large amount of profit. as you can imagine, hundreds of millions of pounds. and they give 100% of that to the treasury. and his majesty's treasury in return, gives back 25% of that for the sovereign grant, 15% is for the core grant. a further 10% has been given in recent years for the resurfacing of buckingham palace, the grand palace behind me now, which is in rather a poor state of disrepair in some cases with leaks and concerns about fire at the top of the agenda there. so how much money actually gives it? well, it's £863 actually gives it? well, it's £86.3 million is the total of cash. that's been given in the sovereign grant. the core of thatis sovereign grant. the core of that is that £51.8 million. and what are they spend it on? well, it's the running of the day to day royal household operation , day royal household operation, some 500 plus staff there, £31

million at least in salaries. but then after that, this is where the controversy comes in. it's travel £4.2 million on travel and attending official dufiesin travel and attending official duties in the last year of 2023 to 24, and quite a lot of that was on foreign travel. the most expensive trip on an raf voyager was £166,000. on a flight to kenya , which also included a kenya, which also included a separate flights for household staff. of course, they've got to attend on every overseas visit . attend on every overseas visit. another trip also to france. the other, overseas state visits since the coronation taking in hundreds of thousands of pounds as well from the sovereign grant fund, the coronation itself, you have to remember that came in the last grant as well in may of last year. that cost £800,000 from the grant, millions of poundsin from the grant, millions of pounds in total. when you include the policing and military operation of such an occasion. but when it came to what buckingham palace had to spend 800 grand, quite a lot of that on resizing the king's imperial crown and indeed his

robes for both his majesty and the queen, both needing to have kit refitted for the big day. so how much is that cost us? the taxpayer per person? it's £0.77 for the core grant, £1.29. when you include the resurfacing of buckingham palace. but as i said, that's money coming from the crown estate. that's given back to buckingham palace. and that potentially quite confusing transfer of it going to the treasury and then being returned for them to spend as they see fit . fit. >> charlie. so it's quite a confusing arrangement, isn't it, because the royal family are privately very wealthy . they've privately very wealthy. they've built up property and land over hundreds and hundreds of years, and they profit from that. but they give it back to the taxpayer first, and then the taxpayer first, and then the taxpayer pays them back. is that how it works? >> that's how it works . yes. and >> that's how it works. yes. and it's based on two years prior the financial reports , not from the financial reports, not from the financial reports, not from the most recent year. and that's very interesting because this year the crown estate reported a

bumper profit of £1.1 billion, almost doubled their income. and that's due to the coastal areas they have. the sea beds being leased out to wind farms. that's bringing in significant profit from investment made in that area . so in a couple of years area. so in a couple of years time, we could see the sovereign grant bringing in a significantly more amount of money with that 15%. although there are expectations that it might be reduced as the resurfacing of buckingham palace is completed. that was passed in 2017 by parliament. those additional funds being given back from the treasury having originated from the crown estate. one more point i want to bnng estate. one more point i want to bring out from this sovereign grant report, and that's on diversity. now, we do know that there is an increased agenda from the monarchy to appear more in line with modern political trends, and they are keen to point out that now, 11.4% of staff in buckingham palace are from ethnic minority backgrounds. they've got a target of 15% by next year. >> okay, charlie . outside a sun >> okay, charlie. outside a sun drenched buckingham palace. not

jealous at all. thank you. we'll be back with you later during the show , okay? right. the show, okay? right. interesting. isn't it, i think it's great for our history, our heritage, our national identity. and at a time when everything is being eroded away slowly, there seems to be some kind of agenda at play. >> i'd be really interested to know if every year when these figures are published, do the approval ratings of the royals go approval ratings of the royals 9° up approval ratings of the royals go up or down? do people care about this? do they think it's a waste of money or something? they care. does it just remind them that the royal family are? i don't think they care. >> stay tuned. we're going live to pmqs very shortly. the prime minister is heading from downing street to parliament. but first, here is your weather with aiden. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello. >> hello. >> very good morning to you. welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. >> it's a fine start out there for many of us. early sunshine , for many of us. early sunshine, but it will turn cloudier into

the afternoon with some rain coming along later. >> 1 or 2 showers first thing in the east western scotland perhaps, as well as west wales, but otherwise most places getting off to a sunny start through the morning. the cloud will build and there will be further showers developing in the east of england, but there'll also be more persistent rain pushing into western scotland, northern ireland, west wales and the far south—west of cornwall, where we get the sunshine in the south and southeast. 2526 celsius feeling very warm indeed, but where we've got the rain moving in, it's going to start to feel more unpleasant. the breeze picking up as well into the afternoon and evening . by this stage the and evening. by this stage the rain reaching exmoor, dartmoor and covering much of cornwall. we keep the sunny spells into the evening for the east and south—east of england, but wales is turning increasingly cloudy and wet. northern ireland by this stage also reasonably damp, as well as northwest england and western scotland. 1 or 2 showers for the east of scotland. otherwise we cling on to some breaks in the cloud through the evening and temperatures of 18

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>> away . >> away. >> away. >> welcome back. it's 11 am. on wednesday. the 24th of july. live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with miriam cates and ben leo standing in for andrew and bev. >> very good morning to you, kent. >> very good morning to you, kent . soldier >> very good morning to you, kent. soldier stabbing a british soldier is fighting for his life after being attacked near an army barracks in kent , gb news army barracks in kent, gb news understands. it's not terror related and sir keir starmer will take on rishi sunak at midday in his first pmqs as prime minister. >> we'll have all the build up and disgrace du jour down. six times olympic medallist charlotte dujardin has been banned from the paris olympics for whipping a horse's legs almost 30 times in a secret recording. is a ban justified, or is it an overreaction? >> and the figures are out. the royal accounts have been published. biofuel. bentleys solar panels and windsor castle.

that's just two of the ways the monarchy is using your money. charlie peters has more. >> £86 million. that's the latest sovereign grant. that's £0.77 per person. but where's the cash coming from and how are they going to spend it ? they going to spend it? >> it's going to be really interesting, isn't it? seeing keir starmer in the prime minister's seat at pmqs later, do you think he'll be more agile than rishi sunak? do you think he'll be more relaxed? how do you think it's going to go? well, he's had plenty of practice, hasn't he? >> as leader of the opposition for, for many, many years. i found it interesting earlier when you said that the people who asked questions of the prime minister from their own party, the pm, gets briefed on it. but i always thought that works the other way as well. so when the opposition asked questions, they also get briefed. but you said not. >> well, if the mp wants a helpful answer. so let's say they want the prime minister to

say, yes, your hospital will be rebuilt in your constituency. then they will probably tell the prime minister in advance. but if it's a hostile question, if they're trying to catch the prime minister out, then they want to keep him on the spot . want to keep him on the spot. >> well, it's going to be interesting to see how rishi sunak performs today, because i made the comment earlier that he's arguably been a little bit wet since losing the election, rubbing shoulders with starmer, laughing and joking and, you know, being very statesmanlike and polite in parliament. you liked that because it was a you said it was a nice transition of power. but i think the tories need a bit of fight today. >> well, we may well see that because of course rishi sunak and all the frontbench have got recent experience of government. they know the figures, they know what's really going on was of course labour haven't known that for the last 14 years. so i think you'll see some good back and forth across the despatch box. >> that's all. to come. we've got a special show from 10 to 12 with tom and emily covering pmqs live, so stay tuned for that. but before we get stuck into anything else, tatiana sanchez has your news headlines.

>> ben. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. the prime minister says he's shocked and appalled by the stabbing of a british army soldier near a barracks in kent. witnesses reported hearing a huge scream just before 6:00 yesterday evening in gillingham. locals rushed to help the soldier just locals rushed to help the soldierjust in locals rushed to help the soldier just in time to see the attacker, who was wearing a mask as they fled on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder about 20 minutes later. the victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries . gb news understands injuries. gb news understands the attack is not being treated as terror related . sir keir as terror related. sir keir starmer is to face his first prime ministers questions soon amid tensions on the backbenches after he suspended seven labour mps. it's after the prime minister withdrew the whip from labour rebels because they backed an snp motion to scrap the two child benefit cap . the the two child benefit cap. the commons voted with a majority 260, to reject the amendment. the cap , which was introduced by the cap, which was introduced by

the conservatives in 2015, restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to the first two children born to most families. shadow education secretary damian hinds told gb news the government has some tricky questions to answer. >> i think the bigger question is what are some of the dividing lines, some of the disagreements within the within the labour party, you know , they've done party, you know, they've done pretty well in keeping that, you know, pretty much under wraps for the last few weeks and months coming up to and in the general election campaign. but there are difficult decisions for them to make. look, they've known they've known what the pubuc known they've known what the public finances are, and they've also known what their spending intentions are for some time. but they've managed to dodge the question of which taxes they're going to put up to be able to do the things that they have said they want to do. they're not going to be able to dodge that forever. >> meanwhile, nominations open this evening to succeed rishi sunak as the leader of the conservative party shadow home secretary james cleverly announced last night he's running to take the party's top job. in a video emphasising his

credentials, the former foreign and home secretary said the tories need to re—establish a reputation as the party that helps grow the economy and achieve their aspirations. he's the first to announce a leadership bid and any challenges will need to get in quickly before nominations close on monday . quickly before nominations close on monday. two quickly before nominations close on monday . two state bentleys on monday. two state bentleys used by the king are to be converted to run on biofuel over the next year , amid a boost in the next year, amid a boost in profits from the crown estates. there are also plans to switch the monarchy's entire fleet of official cars to run on electric. while solar panels have been used and introduced at windsor castle. it comes as the estates profits hit £1.1 billion, all of which goes to the treasury . it means the the treasury. it means the sovereign grant, which funds the monarchy , will increase from £86 monarchy, will increase from £86 million to 132. the funds will also be used to complete the final stages of renovations to buckingham palace . now, a free buckingham palace. now, a free trade agreement with india will be top of the agenda when the

foreign secretary makes his first official trip to new delhi. david lammy is expected to press his indian counterpart on what he's called driving forward greater growth for both countries. that means reiterating britain's commitment to securing free trade with the country after negotiations by the previous government stretched on for two years without an agreement, locking in the deal would deliver an economic boost, giving the uk better access to a market of around 1.4 billion people. now a diver has discovered a bronze cannon on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in 1665. the 17th century ship, called the london, formed part of a convoy sent in 1660 to collect charles ii from the netherlands and restore him to the throne. the pnzed restore him to the throne. the prized cannon was discovered buned prized cannon was discovered buried in silt and clay on the seabed , where the protected seabed, where the protected wreck lies in two parts off southend pier in essex . and

southend pier in essex. and finally, blues pioneer john mayall has been remembered as a major influence on rock and roll after his death at the age of 90. seem to do the baby how i think it. the songwriter died at his home in california on monday, surrounded by his family. his influential band, the blues breakers, was a launching pad for stars including eric clapton and mick fleetwood. john mayall was made an obe in 2005, and he's survived by his six children, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren . and those great grandchildren. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour 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 .

forward slash alerts. >> hello. welcome back. it's 1107. we've got some breaking news for you. now that just stop oil protesters have been arrested at london's heathrow airport as they tried to gain access to the runway to disrupt flights. it's breaking in the last couple of minutes, so nine arrests in two locations have been made at heathrow this morning. video footage which will endeavour to bring you imminently, shows the group, of course, turning up on bikes before being apprehended by the police. and it's part of an international bid to stop flights all across europe. so there's a similar situation going on in germany in switzerland, 11 activists in switzerland, 11 activists in switzerland have blocked main roads both around zurich and geneva airports. the met police have given us a statement in the last couple of minutes. they said nine just stop oil activists have been arrested this morning for conspiring to disrupt heathrow airport, thanks to the work of officers involved ,

to the work of officers involved, those arrested have been taken into custody and the met has prevented significant disruption to the airport and travelling public. and heathrow, of course, i think it is the busiest airport in the world, if not one of the busiest. of course, many families going on their summer holidays throughout the summer, and yet who knows what could have happened if they'd managed to gain access to the runway, not least for the safety of those protesters. so just to reiterate, nine just stop oil protesters arrested this morning at heathrow airport as they were trying to gain access to the tarmac. right elsewhere, we have some emails to get through, talking about the what's lisa nandy's revelation that she's to happy leave the decision for sporting bodies to allow trans women to compete in women's sports or not, aka biological men. she's basically saying, am i right in saying? she's basically saying it's down to the fa to decide or to the lta to decide. >> and of course, some sporting bodies have made a decision. no biological men and women's sports. but there are plenty

that haven't. so the fa is the key one. it's the biggest sporting body in the country and it does allow men and women's sport. but here's an email from somebody which is quite a good idea. why not make a separate category in sports for transgender people? so they can compete against each other? now that's a good idea. why not have an open category then? people who are transgender can still play who are transgender can still play sport, but it doesn't impinge on women's fairness and dignity. >> i'll tell you why. because biological men, trans women who want to compete against slower, feebler women in their own sport and obviously win. they do it because they want domination and power over women. and i would argue i don't care what you say. i'd argue they hate women and that's why they're competing in women's sports. they want to strip women of any pride, of any competitive spirit in their own sport , and that's why they do sport, and that's why they do it. and if you ask me, it's the equivalent of me going down to my child's nursery and playing football with them in their playground and then celebrating and having beaten them, i think it's pathetic. and i think they're losers. >> well, the whole point of rules in sport is fairness. they're not there to discriminate against people, are they? they're there to make the sport fair. but i think you

might get some emails about calling women feeble. ben. >> well, no, i mean not not if that's what you mean. >> i just naturally much less strong as you're absolutely right. >> i've done this myself in it with my language. no, just i mean, it's a fact that the majority of men are. i mean, that's why we. >> you're absolutely right. and we need to admit the facts of life. anyway. any more emails getting off the tricky topics? just you know, no more emails. >> haven't got time. we're going to move on because mark white is on standby, british soldier, of course, the big story of the day is fighting for his life after being stabbed outside of the brompton barracks in kent last night. the victim, who is in his 40s, is said to have been in uniform when he was attacked by a man wearing a ski mask, and police have since arrested a 24 year old man on suspicion of attempted murder . and a gb news attempted murder. and a gb news source says the stabbing is not being treated as a terror attack . being treated as a terror attack. i'm not sure. is mark white there? i think we're having some. here we go, mark. hello, mark. what's the latest ? oh, mark. what's the latest? oh, yeah. yeah, yeah . yeah. yeah, yeah. >> well, the sources that we've been speaking to say they're not

currently treating this as a terrorist incident. that doesn't mean that in the light of further information further down the line, the road, things might change. but clearly an absolutely horrific and unprovoked attack on this officer. and it's been confirmed by the head of the army, the chief of the general staff, that this was an army officer who was walking in uniform when he was targeted and attacked by a knife wielding suspect, stabbed multiple times. and we've been getting an indication from some neighbours around here about the horrific nature of that attack. i've just spoken to one neighbour, alex reynolds, who lives just a few doors up from where i'm standing, and he heard the sound of screams, captured it actually on his doorbell. camera will bring that to you a bit later, but understandably , bit later, but understandably, there's some swearing on that. it's quite distressing in

nature, so we've just got to edit some of that material and we'll bring that to you a little bit later. as well as an interview with alex reynolds and with his wife natasha reynolds. now, alex reynolds told me that at just about 5 to 6, he heard the sound of screams. he was there with his father in law at there with his father in law at the house at the time, and his father in law told him not to go out, but because he heard quite a lot of screams. he wanted to go to help, to see what he could do. and at that point he saw this victim in military uniform lying on the ground with about half a dozen people around them trying to give assistance. there were no other military personnel, no police or paramedics at this time . they arrived in the time. they arrived in the minutes after that. and alex reynolds said it was a truly shocking scene. clearly, he lives in this area. he's one of the few families in the area who

are not military families, but of course they live in an area which is full of military families, right next to the brompton barracks, he said. he never felt unsafe living in an area next to an army barracks. quite the opposite , but still quite the opposite, but still very unsettling, very disturbing for him and his family. for all those that witnessed those events last evening and mark this bring brings back memories, doesn't it? >> of the shocking murder of lee rigby i think 11 years ago. is there any sense that this is a similar kind of attack, or are we really very unclear on the motive at this point? >> well, it certainly similar in the sense that a member of the military was targeted and attacked in an unprovoked attack like this , whether it comes down like this, whether it comes down to terrorist ideology at the end, we'll have to wait for the authorities to either confirm or to rule that out properly . but i

to rule that out properly. but i remember 11 years ago i covered the story when fusilier lee rigby was stabbed to death and nearly decapitated outside woolwich barracks in south—east london, and then the subsequent trial of those two terrorists, michael adebolajo and michael adebowale, and michael adebowale, and michael adebowale, incidentally, was in his trial. his defence said. suffering from mental health issues as well. so even though there may be mental health issues at play, it doesn't mean that a person couldn't have been motivated by some kind of an ideology. many of the people that terrorists recruit are often vulnerable in nature, so let's just see as we go further into this investigation, actually, what the motivation was for what was clearly a very brutal attack, unprovoked , on brutal attack, unprovoked, on this army officer. >> thank you . mark and gb news

>> thank you. mark and gb news will be bringing you all the updates on that story as we go throughout the day. now, up next, a health adviser to the labour government has said that the long term sick must be forced to look for jobs to cut welfare costs. does that sound like a good idea to you? you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with miriam and ben

>> hello. welcome back. it's 1119. ben and miriam with you on britain's newsroom on gb news. and also we're joined by the presence of former labour mp stephen pound and broadcaster mike parry in the studio, hello, chaps. mike parry in the studio, hello, chaps . welcome back. chaps. welcome back. >> yes. thank you. >> yes. thank you. >> let's talk about long term sick. should have to seek work. i mean , this sounds like i mean, this sounds like a labour initiative that's being mooted or suggested by alan milburn. yes. sounds like a sort of right wing policy, doesn't it? >> well, alan milburn's not in

government anymore, is he? so he's coming in as an adviser and put it to them. and as far as i can understand, there's no commitment yet from the, the president, work, secretary, work and pensions secretary liz kendall is taking on. but the reason these stories always hit you in the face is because of the sheer numbers. look at these again. a record 2.8 million people are off work because of long term sickness. part of 9.4 million people. neither in employment nor looking for a job. and with the cost of sickness benefits going to reach 64 billion by the end of this parliament, we're all going to go bankrupt, aren't we? unless somebody does something, i think you've got to say, statistically, and i mean, i come from a slightly sort of soft, liberal lefty perspective on this. >> oh, really? there are a lot of people who are simply shirkers at barrack rooms. of course they are. and i can remember somebody coming to my surgery saying that they they suffered from chronic agoraphobia and they couldn't work. and i said, well, hang on a second. you've just come three

and a half miles and to my surgery. but look, the problem we have here is that the alan milburn who technically is he's in the house of lords. he says that seven out of ten of those people on long term sickness actually want to work. now, whether they're just saying that or not, i don't know. >> but if they want to work. i'm sorry to interrupt you, steve. why don't they go to the job? can't we? why don't they go to the job centre, go to the job centre and say, look, i want a job, please. there are plenty of vacancies. we can't fill vacancies. we can't fill vacancies in this country. >> what it all comes down to. i'm afraid yet again, it's stick and carrot. i mean, virtually every government will look at this. every government that comes in. we'll look at this great economic inactivity and think we shouldn't be paying them. they should be paying taxes. and the question is, how do you actually encourage it without ultimately sanctioning people and saying, i'm sorry, we're going to take away your benefits. the minute we do that in this country, people say, well, what about the kids? you know, what about the rest? >> so stephen isn't the problem is that not all sickness is the same. obviously there are some types of sickness where you actually can't work, but the rise that we've seen is actually in young people with anxiety and mental health problems. yes. and surely the answer to that is not to stay at home, but is to get

out to work. >> but that figure has gone up 40% since the start of covid. so suddenly, when people have been forced into isolation at home, they've suddenly either thought i quite like this or they've completely lost confidence in going out into the world again and trying to look after themselves, because the state is very generous in this country and we'll look after them. but i totally agree with you one. in my view, one of the best therapies for keeping yourself mentally alert is to work. therapies for keeping yourself mentally alert is to work . and mentally alert is to work. and not working very much depresses me . we've all had periods in our me. we've all had periods in our life where we've gone on gardening leave, you know, between jobs and that sort of stuff. and, and i find that very depressing. so i, i just can't understand why people aren't self—motivated to go and clean windows or wash cars or something. >> i'm talking to somebody in ourjob centre about this our job centre about this because we've got jobcentre plus where i'm in ely, and he said, i've never heard this expression before. people say i'm feeling a bit bluesy. and i said, what is a bit bluesy mean? he says, well, i just can't get out of bed. well, you know, everybody feels like that once in a while, but you're flipping well, get

out of bed. but otherwise there's no food on the table. >> this is precisely what nigel farage was talking about in parliament yesterday. and for weeks prior to that. >> he's saying quite a bit that nigel farage he's saying, you know, let's let's incentivise at the moment it doesn't pay. >> it doesn't pay to, to go to work. no it doesn't. so if you can just stay off, you know, sick being sick with anxiety or whatever else and you're getting paid for it and it's going to be a detriment if you do go back to work, why would you? >> so but that was the iain duncan smith's point. when iain duncan smith's point. when iain duncan smith's point. when iain duncan smith actually started bringing in his legislation. the thing there's a cliff edge whereby if you're on benefits, if you start work, you can actually be worse off working than you are on benefits. absolutely. iain duncan smith had this this idea that you can actually taper it so that you'd always be better off working. yeah. and yet we need to finish that job off. we need to and i think, you know, steve, i'm going to give credit to iain duncan. >> political question though is stephen is let's say that the labour government does adopt stricter sanctions around working. will the backbenchers vote for it ? vote for it? >> well, i should imagine the usual suspects won't. yeah, but don't forget only five voted against the bill. but again it would solve. >> surely it would give people

another reason to say we can now restrict the migrant problem. because if we can encourage more people in this country to take up the jobs which we have to bnng up the jobs which we have to bring migrants in to do, then surely it's a self—fulfilling prophecy. >> the legal migrant problem? >> the legal migrant problem? >> well, legal or illegal, because, you know, if you're going to pick fruit in a field or hospitality, the obvious one. >> yeah, we cannot actually staff our own care sectors, our own people's homes or sheltered housing and agriculture. >> but some people would argue that because we've brought in so many migrants from abroad who are willing to, to work for low wages. yeah, care bosses just haven't raised the wages. and actually, we need to stop the migration first. absolutely true. pay and conditions will increase. >> you've got to say if you paid somebody a million pounds to work in an old people's home, they did it. so the point is the money is the issue is the factor here. and at the moment you're absolutely right. and it's you know, people have actually taken the easy option and said, i bnng the easy option and said, i bring somebody in from the philippines, somebody in from bangladesh don't employ local people. we've got to we've got to restrict that legal input. >> yeah, maybe i'm just being a bit naive here, but i've never understood why some of the most important jobs in our country,

nursery workers who look after your kids, you know, care home workers, nurses, they're just paid pittance for the most important jobs in the country. yeah, teachers as well. >> and when you mentioned young people, by the way, i'm certain a lot of these young people who are struggling to find their role in life is because they've gone to university and got a hopeless degree, which is not valued in our society because too many young people go to university to take a degree, not knowing what it's useful for or where it's going to take them. >> none of this could matter because apparently we should be ready to fight a major war within the next three years. that's according to the new head of the army, who says that russia will seek revenge on the west for aiding ukraine. so are you ready to to, get strapped up in your your camo? >> very interesting story . in your your camo? >> very interesting story. this and the new head of the army is general sir ollie walker. and he says we've got to be ready to fight in three years. to be honest, i thought the role of the british army was to be ready to fight a war. today just in case anything happens. and it does sometimes it happened in the falklands, and we had to assemble a task force to go and

do it. so to me, almost this is saying to those who would be enemies of our country , we're enemies of our country, we're not ready to fight a war for the next three years. >> military doctrine says that , >> military doctrine says that, you know, you prepare for war, but you hope for peace. yeah. and i think the reality is that nato is becoming increasingly important. but look, we had a strategic defence review in 1998 which decided that warfare is no longer as it was in my day when you got one army in uniform, one navy in uniform, you know, approaching each other across the plains or across the seas. you've now got civilianised asymmetric warfare, where you , asymmetric warfare, where you, the person who you're fighting, looks like the person you're defending in many cases, yes. >> but hasn't ukraine actually reversed that thinking slightly because it is a much more conventional war? russia is fighting a war in the same way it did in the second world war and in the first world war. >> it's the trenches. >> it's the trenches. >> absolutely. and yes, you have drones and you have better communications, but essentially it's an infantry war, isn't it? do we not need more infantry? >> it depends where we go from. i mean, the infantry is the one job that they're called. we should call them the poor bloody infantry. it's the worst possible job. but look, i mean, the thing is, it is becoming

more mechanised. there's no question. i mean, the ships i served in had a crew of 140, 150. now they've got a crew of about 70 or 80. yeah. so it's becoming more technical and technological. but what he's talking about here i think is a much bigger picture that almost than who's actually going to do the fighting is the fighting going to happen. because if russia actually goes into a shooting war with nato, then i'm sorry, but we're in defcon one. >> we're actually okay. stephen pound mark perry, thank you very much. i mean, we can't even stop small dinghies crossing the channel small dinghies crossing the channel, let alone getting involved. and you're going to get called up, mate. >> at least. at least we're i'm getting called up . getting called up. >> am i still service? well, we'll see. >> thank you very much to our panel >> thank you very much to our panel. still to come. will former us president donald trump shaking. he's shaking in his boots as the first national poll since the election shows that kamala harris is more than him, you're with britain's newsroom on gb news

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to 12, we have a very special programme starting for prime minister's questions. tom and emily will be on hand. they're also going to be reading out your questions for the prime minister that lots of you have been sending in to the email address. so that's at ten to midday. and of course, it's a key pmqs me, remember, because it's sir keir starmer's first as prime minister. so all eyes on that tense midday stick around. but first here's your news headunes but first here's your news headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> ben, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. police in kent say the stabbing of a british army soldier near a barracks in gillingham is not terror related. witnesses reported hearing a huge scream just before 6:00 yesterday evening. locals rushed to help the soldier just in time to see the soldier just in time to see the attacker , who was wearing a the attacker, who was wearing a mask, as they fled on a moped. a suspect was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder about 20 minutes later. the

victim, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. the prime minister says he is shocked and appalled by the attack . sir keir starmer by the attack. sir keir starmer is to face his first prime ministers questions in just under half an hour's time . the under half an hour's time. the prime minister stripped the labour rebels of the whip last night after they backed an snp motion to scrap the two child benefit cap . the commons voted benefit cap. the commons voted with a majority , 260, to reject with a majority, 260, to reject the amendment. the cap restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to most families . first two children born to most families. nominations open this evening to succeed rishi sunak as leader of the conservative party. shadow home secretary james cleverly announced last night he's running to take the party's top job. in a video emphasising his credentials, he said the tories need to re—establish a reputation as the party that helps grow the economy and achieve their

aspirations . challenges will aspirations. challenges will need to get in quickly, though, before nominations close on monday . two state bentleys used monday. two state bentleys used by the king are to be converted to run on biofuel over the next year , amid a boost in profits year, amid a boost in profits from the crown estate. it comes as the estate's profits hit £1.1 billion, all of which goes to the treasury . it means these the treasury. it means these sovereign grants, which funds the monarchy , will increase from the monarchy, will increase from £86 million to 132. the funds will be also used to complete the final stages of renovations to buckingham palace , and those to buckingham palace, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more coming up soon 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 code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news

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fairly low. and also there was more democrats answered than republicans. is that right? >> well, i think that look, take this poll with a grain assault, actually not even a grain of salt. the entire shaker and a big part to this came just after, you know, tumultuous news, right? we have never seen what's going on right now. i hesitate to use the word historic. we've never used it so many times in the run up to the election. but this happened just after we got this news. we got the news that biden was stepping down. kamala harris will be the democrat likely to be the democratic nominee. she will get a poll bump from that, no question about that. so really take this with a grain of salt. this national poll, and as you say, a fairly small sample. it was done on the fly, done on the quick, the two point lead that she has opened up is well within the margin of error, which is three percentage points. so really it's interesting news. it's a talking point for us. but it's a talking point for us. but i you know, take this with, again, a big old shaker. the other thing that i think we need

to look at is as much as it's fun to talk about national polls, national polls aren't that relevant in the american electoral system. this election is going to come to down small votes, a small handful of votes in key swing states, wisconsin. and we see kamala harris speaking in wisconsin right here, wisconsin, michigan , here, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, arizona. this is where the election will be decided. so the national polls give us a guide. but we need to look at the state polling as well. >> and is there any sense yet of who her vice presidential nominee might be? because of course, that could make a difference to the polls as well. >> absolutely. and you bring up a very good point, and it looks pretty clear the democrats are going to look to a vice presidential candidate who can influence swing states. the name that really is on everybody's lips is a guy called josh shapiro, governor of pennsylvania. in fact, my home state, very popular in pennsylvania. and very popular. he has republican support as well as democratic support. pennsylvania is probably the

most important swing state. the problem with mr shapiro, though, is he has been quite outspoken about what's going on in israel. he's very pro—israel, so he could bring that very important state of pennsylvania. when we look at the electoral college . look at the electoral college. but he will lose the democrats. michigan, without a doubt , michigan, without a doubt, michigan, without a doubt, michigan has a very big arab american population, and i do not think michigan will go for shapiro. so if you choose shapiro, you get pennsylvania, you lose michigan. >> lori, can i just play you this clip? i'm sure you've seen it. but for the benefit of our viewers at home who haven't, donald trump's vice president pick jd vance, a resurfaced clip from some years back where he's talking about the fact that he doesn't think politicians who don't have children really should be in their position because they don't have skin in the game. i think we can just show it to you now saying is that we're effectively run in this country via the democrats, be it via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made and so they want to make the

rest of the country miserable, too. >> and it's just a basic fact. you look at kamala harris, pete buttigieg, aoc, the entire future of the democrats is controlled by people without children. and how does it make any sense that we've turned our country over to people who don't really have a direct stake in it? >> is that going to be a problem for him, lori? is he going to get skewered for that? >> my gosh, you know, every time i see that, it gets it gets more absurd, doesn't it, >> and i think the republicans, i think, have potentially a problem with jd vance. he hasn't been vetted all that well. he's only been in the senate since the last election. very little experience. and i've a couple of my sources in the republican party , one who's really quite party, one who's really quite high up, says that they are worried about this, and specifically they're worried about a september surprise or an october surprise, something that the democrats may be sitting on that's revealed closer to the election and certainly jd vance, is a risk for something to come out that could be damaging. that

said , the republicans, said, the republicans, particularly donald trump, seem to be immune to this sort of thing. remember, donald trump won the election a couple of weeks after he bragged about, you know, sexually assaulting women. so those sorts of things seem to matter more for the than the republicans. >> isn't this indicative of what's going on in western politics at the moment? because here in the uk, people are fed up of career politicians. they want people who are maybe a bit more genuine, who have spoken their mind in advance. but of course, the risk with that is that something will come up that is unpalatable, that could scupper their career. are there similar feelings in the states ? similar feelings in the states? >> absolutely. although in this election, make no mistake about it , this will be fought in it, this will be fought in personal terms . personal terms. >> kamala harris will try and go after donald trump , calling >> kamala harris will try and go after donald trump, calling him anti—democratic. she will bring up january sixth, right after the last election. i think that will feature quite prominently. it will be personal, and i think the republicans will focus on kamala harris, the narrative that's that's coming up in

republican circles is that kamala harris was a diversity pick when she was chosen for vice president. she's an inclusion candidate . and a lot inclusion candidate. and a lot of republicans have been really raising questions about her abilities, and saying, look, she's not up to the job. she was chosen because she's a black woman and look at that. wait for that narrative to really, sort of take effect. i think it'll run sort of underneath the republican campaign. and the republicans seem to be saying, look, white men have been excluded , right? they have. they excluded, right? they have. they are being pushed for aside inclusion candidates. and i think the republicans will lean into that theme. >> okay. laurie laird, fascinating. and i can't wait for this, well, is it is it exclusive? you just dropped a september or october surprise when it comes to jd vance. we'll come back to you then . come back to you then. >> republicans are worried about that. okay not for me. i'm just passing on the message. >> yeah, yeah, it's just just mooting the idea. okay. lorillard, us political journalist. thanks very much. thank you. laurie. i mean, if there is a september october

surprise, i mean, who knows whether it will have an effect. anyway, the access hollywood tapes with trump and the incident, she mentioned there, i mean, it had no effect whatsoever. >> things seem to bounce off trump, don't they? but up next, after the break, we'll be heanng after the break, we'll be hearing from the home secretary, yvette cooper, following that dreadful stabbing of a soldier in gillingham. you're with britain's newsroom

>> 1144 ben and miriam. with you >>1144 ben and miriam. with you on britain's newsroom. only on gb news. now to the big story of the day. soldiers fighting for his life after he was stabbed in kent last night. gb news understands it was not terrorism. and home secretary yvette cooper has given her reaction. take a listen. >> an appalling attack on a serving soldier. i know >> an appalling attack on a serving soldier . i know the serving soldier. i know the whole country's thoughts will be with the soldier and his family and wishing him a speedy recovery. this is a live investigation at the moment by kent police. i'm being kept updated, but i know everyone

will want to support kent police in their investigation. >> yeah, it just triggers really horrible memories of fusilier lee rigby's murder, doesn't it? miriam? 11 years ago today. i mean, we don't know the circumstances surrounding this, but it's i mean, what we do know is that it's one of our it's one of our our men, one of our serving. >> so what makes it so significant, isn't it? it's obviously dreadful. if anyone has stabbed. but these are the people who are literally giving their lives to protect our country. they should be safe here. if anywhere there was some really sort of shocking detail in the newspapers this morning, >> apparently the wife of the soldier who was attacked heard his screams . she rushed out of his screams. she rushed out of the house in the barracks, which was 50 yards away, to intervene. i mean, it's amazing that she wasn't attacked as well. and yeah, apparently the person involved , the attacker licked involved, the attacker licked the knife clean of blood. i mean, it's graphic, but it's something i think we should be aware of anyway. we, we pray for the soldier who's fighting for his life, and it's a moving investigation, so we can't talk about it too much . however,

about it too much. however, we'll bring you the updates as the day progresses . moving on the day progresses. moving on now to the royal family solar panel now to the royal family solar panel. castles and biofuel. bentleys. king charles's royal palaces have gone green in his first year as monarch. >> the monarch is to receive a boost of more than £45 million, with a 53% jump in its official annual income to more than £130 million next year. >> okay, we're joined now by our gb news national reporter charlie peters, who's live from buckingham palace. charlie, what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> well, the changing of the guard just took place here. so thousands of tourists who are gathering to watch that are moving on. we saw soldiers from the household division, the queen's, the king's guard and indeed, members of the household cavalry on parade here. but that's all paid for by the mod. and we're here to talk about the big palace behind me, the cause of so much of the cash going into the royal household at the moment, which is to refurbish buckingham palace, because the sovereign for grant the last

yean sovereign for grant the last year, 2023 to 24, is £86.3 million. that's a that's the additional part of the grant because the core grant is 51.8 million. that's 15% of all of million. that's15% of all of the profits from the crown estate's portfolio. they give all their profits to the treasury and they hand back 15%. that makes up the core grant, the additional 10% going towards the additional 10% going towards the refurbishment of buckingham palace. so if you think your taxes are high here at the royal household, it's 75%. so they're paying household, it's 75%. so they're paying a pretty penny on everything that comes out of that £16 billion crown estate portfolio. as you said, their profits have surged this year, but they won't see the benefit of that in terms of what they're allowed to spend on their staff and their activities for a couple more years. because the sovereign grant is based on two financial years prior. so with that, £518 financial years prior. so with that, £51.8 million, the core grant, what did they spend it on? well, the vast majority goes on? well, the vast majority goes on paying for the staff of the

royal household. there were over 500 working around buckingham palace and they take in salaries of £31.9 million. so beyond that, the second biggest expense is travel. attending those royal engagements, that's £4.2 million and the most costly of those trips was a trip to kenya. well over £170,000 to facilitate that trip from the king and the queen. and they also had a trip to france as well. the first two big engagements since the king's coronation last may that cost £800,000 for the household. much of that resizing the imperial crown and getting the robes refitted for the king and the queen in preparation for that significant national event. what else is the cash going on? well, they're keen to point out here at buckingham palace that this is a monarchy for modern times. they are in keeping with some of the national political trends that we're seeing, possibly a slight change in how things are previously done. they're keen to point out not only their green credentials, but also their

diversity credentials, because 11.4% of the staff are from an ethnic minority background, that's against the target of 15% set for next year . that's against the target of 15% set for next year. many people don't know this, but there are racial quotas for staff in buckingham palace. in effect, they have a target of what they need to hit and onto the green stuff. well, a palace spokesperson yesterday at a briefing in buckingham palace told us about the extensive plans to put sustainable aviation fuel in all of the royal transport that takes place, particularly by charter plane and also by helicopters. they're bringing in two more helicopters that will be purchased by his majesty's treasury, not by the sovereign grant. those will be augustawestland aircraft replacing the current aircraft. those rotary wings that have beenin those rotary wings that have been in service for 15 years. so new cash coming in for those events and they'll be funded by and fuelled by the sustainable green eco fuel. >> wow. charlie peters, you are certainly across the detail. thank you so much for that report. and we'll come back to

you later on during the day. yeah amazing detail in the accounts for the royal family. prince william earns something like £24 million, in his private investments as the duchy of cornwall, which he does actually pay cornwall, which he does actually pay tax on. believe it or not, a lot of tax. >> i think what people sometimes forget is that it's not a choice between the royal family and nothing. if we didn't have the royal family, we would need another head of state. and if you look at france or america or many other countries, the presidential system costs a lot of money too. so it's not a kind of money too. so it's not a kind of royal family or nothing. and i know which one i prefer. >> yes, definitely. right. still to come, the prime minister takes on rishi sunak at pmqs imminently at midday. stay with us for all the build up with tom and emily. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. aidan, how's your weather? >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello and welcome along to

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>> welcome back. that's all from miriam and myself today. we're back tomorrow. but we're going now live to tom harwood and emily carver for a special pmqs live. see you tomorrow. >> you are indeed. we are back for the first pmqs after the general election. it is of course, sir keir starmer's first prime minister's questions as prime minister's questions as prime minister's questions as prime minister and rishi sunak as leader of the opposition. it's that time of the week for you to be sending in all of your questions. what do you, our viewers and listeners, what would you ask the prime minister orindeed would you ask the prime minister or indeed the leader of the opposition? >> yes, please send in your questions. tell us who you are and where you come from and then we'll put them to our panel here in the studio . in the studio. gbnews.com/yoursay now pmqs live is all about you, but miriam,

very briefly, what would you ask the prime minister? were you still on those green benches? >> that's a great question. i suppose i would ask him where is he going to get the money from for net zero transition by 2030? i think that is a key question, one that's yet to be answered , one that's yet to be answered, >> what are you going to stop the small boats, prime minister haha. >> cracking stuff. thank you ben.thank >> cracking stuff. thank you ben. thank you miriam, goodness me, some big, big questions. i wonder, however, what rishi sunak will be answering? it is fast approaching midday. >> it is indeed. this is gb news, britain's news channel pmqs live starts right now . pmqs live starts right now. at. midday on wednesday, the 24th of july. this is pmqs live on gb news with me, emily carver and tom harwood. of course, while gloria and christopher

take a very well earned holiday. >> well, in just a moment, sir keir starmer and rishi sunak go head to head at prime minister's questions but not as we've all known it. of course they've swapped places. we'll have full coverage of every moment and we'll be getting full reaction here in the studio from mike tapp, the newly elected labour mp for dover and deal, and the conservative mp for romford, andrew rosindell . well, mike, andrew rosindell. well, mike, we're going to start with you, congratulations on your election . congratulations on your election. now, of course, if you were in the chamber, you'd be sitting behind keir starmer. but if you were to catch the speaker's eye, what would you ask? >> i think down in dover we've seen a real mess at the borders. not just small boats, but also failure to plan over seven years with the new entry exit system that's coming in in october. we've only got a few months to try and do what they failed to do in seven years. so i would ask how realistic that is. >> and andrew, well, i'd, i'd like to ask the prime minister if he's going to take up the challenge of nigel farage and

have a referendum on the echr because without that we can never sort out this problem of the illegal boats. so you go in hard with the echr question. same with you. borders related question too. >> oh, very foreign affairs, isn't it? i suppose, obviously today pmqs will likely kick off with the with the events that unfolded yesterday evening. that soldier being being horrifically attacked. i'd be very surprised if both leaders didn't didn't make a statement about that. mike. >> yeah, i think that makes sense. it's a really grim, horrible to see on social media. and obviously people shouldn't be sharing things on social media and go to the police with any information they have . but, any information they have. but, yeah, it was not nice to see our servicemen put their lives at risk abroad and we shouldn't see them at risk when they're at home with their families. >> and you should know, as a military man yourself, does it feel almost personal when another soldier is attacked like this? >> it does to an extent. you know , it's that sacrifice that know, it's that sacrifice that a lot of my colleagues have made and their families, when they were abroad serving and they simply shouldn't be in danger

when they're in the uk. and obviously it remains to be seen exactly what the motivations for this attack were. but it's, you know, grim and hopefully we can get more police on the streets and keep us safer. >> yeah, andrew, i think a lot of people are looking for answers here. >> well, it brings back horrific memories of the murder of lee rigby. any attack on our armed servicemen is absolutely unacceptable. any attack on anybody's . but to harm someone anybody's. but to harm someone who's actually serving king and country and defending our freedom and liberties, it's completely unacceptable. so i hope they find out the motive, because at the moment, the motive seems to be rather unclear. >> now, of course, this prime minister's questions is a bit of a holding pattern for the next few months. rishi sunak is there almost as an interim leader of the opposition, whilst the conservative leadership contest gets underway ? nominations open gets underway? nominations open tonight, if i'm not mistaken. yes andrew, have you decided who you're backing? >> well, i'm very much in favour of priti patel , robert jenrick of priti patel, robert jenrick and suella braverman. i think they're my three favourites. one is going to emerge and one i

hope will be our leader. but we've got to ensure that we win back the reform