taken to children, have been taken to hospital after they were stabbed in southport. >> local business owner says the incident was like a scene in a horror movie , and we also have horror movie, and we also have the rest of the day's news at 3:30 pm. today, rachel reeves will warn us britain is broke. >> in her first major speech as chancellor, the huge sell off of pubuc chancellor, the huge sell off of public buildings freezes on projects such as hsz and tax rises are expected to fill. a £20 billion black hole will spell out what it means for you, and that's all coming up between now and 6:00. thanks for your company. we'll have full coverage of the horrific incident in southport and we'll be live in the town a little later on in the show. but now it's time for your news headunes now it's time for your news headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. it's just

afternoon to you. it's just after 3:00 and we'll start then with a round up of that breaking news we've been covering in the last hour or so that at least eight people, we now know, including children, have been stabbed during what witnesses are describing as a horror movie attack in southport, north of liverpool. armed police arrested a man and seized a knife at the scene earlier on hart street, which is believed to be a children's club. victims have now been taken to various hospitals , with alder hey hospitals, with alder hey hospital declaring a major incident and urging parents to avoid its emergency department unless absolutely necessary. prime minister sir keir starmer says the multiple stabbings are horrendous and deeply shocking, and he's thanked emergency services for their response. well, earlier, home secretary yvette cooper expressed her deep concern. >> all of our thoughts will be with the family and loved ones of those who are affected. >> i have been in contact with the merseyside police and crime commissioner and the merseyside

mayor to convey my support to the police and our thanks to the police and emergency services for their swift and courageous response. >> the response to this awful incident is currently unfolding and the house and the public will be updated in due course. >> we yvette cooper there speaking earlier and we will of course keep across that story for you with any more details. well, junior doctors have reportedly been offered a pay increase of more than 20% in a bid to end their ongoing strike action. downing street is remaining tight lipped, though, about reports of a pay offer for junior doctors that could see, as i say, their earnings increase by around 20%, though it would be over two years. the prime minister's spokesman reiterated the government's commitment earlier to finding a solution, but stopped short of giving any details on the ongoing negotiations and their strikes have been severely impacting patients and waiting lists, with the government saying they are eager to end the

disruption . a high court judge disruption. a high court judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of tommy robinson after he fled the uk. it's after he breached a court order by showing a film at a protest in central london. he was arrested but released on bail sunday night before allegedly leaving the country. he was due to attend a hearing today for contempt of court, but his absence led to the judge to continue without him . the continue without him. the chancellor is set to announce major spending cuts to plug a £20 billion black hole in public finances , which she is claiming finances, which she is claiming was left by the previous conservative government. it's understood in the next few minutes , in fact, rachel reeves minutes, in fact, rachel reeves will be axing some road and rail projects and slashing spending on consultants among various other measures, to rein in spending. and she's also expected to accuse conservatives of covering up what she is calling the true scale of britain's economic difficulties. when she addresses parliament later . as soon as that happens, later. as soon as that happens, we will, of course, bring that to you live . in the meantime,

to you live. in the meantime, though, the tories say she's just trying to con the british pubuc just trying to con the british public so that she can raise taxes . well, six mps will battle taxes. well, six mps will battle to become the next tory leader after nominations closed half an hour ago. the winner will be announced on the 2nd of november. we understand former business secretary kemi badenoch became the sixth and the final tory to join the race. she's promising to refocus the party on britain's sovereignty and revive confidence in capitalism . revive confidence in capitalism. that came after suella braverman ruled herself out of the race, saying there's little point in her standing because the party's branded her, in her words, mad, bad and dangerous. global leaders are urging israel not to escalate tensions with lebanon after a rocket strike killed 12 children on a football pitch in golan heights. israel and the us have blamed hezbollah for the deaths there, claiming the weapon was launched from a part of the region the militant group controls. though the iranian backed group has denied any responsibility . lebanon's responsibility. lebanon's foreign minister, though, has

condemned the strikes. but says that it shouldn't give israel a license to kill here. meanwhile, the high court has ruled that an emergency ban on puberty blockers imposed by the previous conservative government was lawful. the advocacy group trans actual and a young claimant challenged that order restricting the prescription of the medication, which suppresses the medication, which suppresses the natural production of sex hormones to delay puberty, and the ban was put in place by the now shadow health secretary victoria atkins. her labour successor, wes streeting, has acknowledged what he's called lots of fear and anxiety around the issue and he is expected to support the ban moving forward . support the ban moving forward. and finally, some support for you. there had been some pain, but good news now there's delight for great britain's tom pidcock, who surged to gold in the men's cross country mountain biking this afternoon. just hours earlier, the defending team eventing champions secured their first gold for great britain two, so we're now two golds in those events. it

follows a shock defeat, though, for britain's adam peaty, who missed out on a historic third consecutive gold medal that was in last night's 100m breaststroke. and there has also been a dramatic first round win for andy murray, alongside his partner dan evans, in the men's doubles tennis last night. they saved multiple match points to triumph and, of course, kept murray's career going before he retires at the end of this games. kicking off the day earlier . day games. kicking off the day earlier. day three tom daley also won his fifth olympic diving medal after securing silver alongside his partner noah williams in the men's synchronised ten metre final. the pair finished second, though behind china, while canada came in third. those are the latest headunes in third. those are the latest headlines for now and we will of course keep across the breaking story in southport and any more gold medals coming into the team gb i'm sam francis much more 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 gb news. >> dot com. forward slash alerts . >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you sam. and we start with the horrific knife attack in southport. at least eight people, including some young children, have been stabbed on. >> police arrested a man and seized the knife after being called to the major incident at a property on hart street in the town at about 11:50 am. earlier on, >> we know some details so far, details that will chill every british parent. piers, this was at a day—care centre. it was a taylor swift dance and yoga event , years 2 to taylor swift dance and yoga event, years 2 to 6. this is the primary school age children aged 6 to 11. they most likely would have been in some kind of summer camp. of course , because now camp. of course, because now term has ended. millions of parents will do the same with their children to put them into

their children to put them into their local school while they work. presumably, we know that a man went into the premises, 13 ambulances were called, eight stabs. it seems one fatality, three local hospitals called into emergency action, including , into emergency action, including, the most chilling, perhaps. alder hey children's hospital declared a major incident and they urged parents to only bring their children to routine appointments if it is urgent . appointments if it is urgent. clearly, the information there that they were placing this incident as its main priority and dealing with casualties that were arriving a local business owner had said, it looked like something out of a horror film. and for a full update now, if you're just joining us on the show, we're going to cross through our home and security editor mark white. mark, welcome to the show. and as such, chilling and, you know, circumstances. but just saying there, this would be something

that sends chills down the spines of every parent in britain. this looks like a normal, normal school running a normal, normal school running a normal what appears to be a kind of end of term day—care centre for children aged 6 to 11 and then mark a tragedy ensue. tell us more. us more. >> us more. >> well, of course it's always deeply shocking. any time you get any word of a multiple stabbing incident. but when these incidents also involve the most vulnerable in society, either the very old or the very young, as in this case, then of course it is deeply, deeply concerning. and the reports that we've been getting out from eyewitnesses there of parents on in the streets screaming at what they've witnessed and obviously they've witnessed and obviously the trauma that they're experiencing is very disturbing indeed. what we can confirm is that , three area hospitals,

that, three area hospitals, major trauma centres , including major trauma centres, including the alder hey children's hospital in liverpool, are being used to deal with the casualties. eight people that have been stabbed , including have been stabbed, including children and indeed, alder hey children's hospital has declared a major incident. they are urging parents not to bring their children to the hospital to and divert to other locations because quite simply, all of the specialist trauma teams are involved in dealing with the casualties from this incident in hart street in southport. that first came to the notice, the attention of the police at 10 to 12 this morning. attention of the police at 10 to 12 this morning . and what we 12 this morning. and what we understand the information that we have received is that at this

decay day—care centre, there was an event, a yoga class for young children, a taylor swift inspired yoga class at this day—care centre involving young children from year two to year six. so basically 11 years and younger who were there with, we believe some adults as well. and that would indicate why the reports we've been getting of not just children but adults also injured in this multiple knife attack are coming through . knife attack are coming through. >> and mark, the latest information. it was believed to have been taken at the heart space, a unit within the norwood business centre behind holt street in southport . yeah, street in southport. yeah, having one of these end of term summer camps at millions and millions of parents across the country. mark white will have

used the course when they were working during the summer term. this is routine, and it's important to point out that the attacker has been apprehended and is in custody. attacker has been apprehended and is in custody . right, mark? and is in custody. right, mark? >> yes. their main suspect and alleged attacker is in police custody and arrested, according to merseyside police by armed response officers, any incident in which there are reports of a deadly weapon will often get an armed police response. they were there, pretty quickly, were told, unable to, effect an arrest and that has enabled merseyside police to now say that they are not looking for anyone else at this stage, and they don't believe that there is a wider threat . so the suspect a wider threat. so the suspect that they believe was responsible for the attack is the suspect that they've got in custody, i should say some more

details coming through as well. the north west air ambulance has issued a statement. martin, they say earlier today we received a call to attend an incident in southport. our crew is working closely with other agencies involved, including the police and north west ambulance service. they say our priority is the well—being of those involved and we ask that people resist speculating about the incident and avoid posting images and videos online. we would encourage dashcam or mobile phone footage to be given to the police. as such, material could prove vital in any ongoing investigation. >> thank you mark white for the latest update and of course we'll be crossing back to you throughout the show as information continues to pour in. and i'm joined now by norman brennan, who's the former metropolitan police officer and

is the founder of the law and order foundation, is also an expert on knife crime. norman, welcome to the show. can i first, get your take on. of course. there's been a rapid and very effective response from the police and the emergency services. they got a lot of criticism. norman brennan , but criticism. norman brennan, but they once again running into dangen they once again running into danger, dealing with this. and oftentimes what a lot of those people will see will be very traumatic for them to . traumatic for them to. >> absolutely. martin, my first comments will be my thoughts and prayers and i'm sure that of millions of other people in britain, to those involved and their families, and the two primary concerns are that the suspect who would pose a danger if he was still free, has been neutralised. he's not been shot. from what i understand, he's not been seriously injured, but he's been seriously injured, but he's been taken out of circulation. that has to always be the priority. and the second one is that all the victims are now

being treated in hospital. i'm sure some may well have life threatening injuries from what i read into this. and let's just pray that they're all saved and they're in the best hands possible . and here we are again possible. and here we are again with a major knife attack incident on the streets of britain. and what i want to make clear is this, martin, is that again , nobody should speculate. again, nobody should speculate. nobody should be posting on social media. horrific and gratuitous. images of children or any victim that are suffering. and another overview is this we've got to be calm . we is this we've got to be calm. we never know whether someone is a terrorist. self—radicalized someone that has got mental health issues or somebody that has actually just gone out with a knife and gone out and committed this absolute mayhem there. the four types of people that normally commit knife crime, and we could never know.

martin, there are times that we can never know if they're not on our radar, that someone is going to go and do this. we do not live in a perfect world. so let's be calm. let's be rational and less await the merseyside police to tell us the true facts of what's happened this morning. >> and norman brennan . it's also >> and norman brennan. it's also important to point out that these kind of incidents, mercifully, are incredibly rare in the united kingdom. in fact, the last knife attack, machete attack at a school was in 1996 that i could find in wolverhampton. that was an individual, called herbert campbell ended up getting life in prison. 18 children attacked at a teddy bears picnic in that instance, norman brennan, he was a paranoid schizophrenic. he made out that he heard voices of the children taunting him. he was sent down for life, a different case, but just making the point. norman brennan. these kind of cases random, it seems

random attacks on children are incredibly rare in britain, and incredibly rare in britain, and in this instance, the individual has been safely apprehended and the police have identified there is no wider threat to the community at present. >> yeah, you're absolutely right, martin. to make that explicitly clear, it is very rare that our children are stabbed and murdered in britain by strangers, most often it's done by, sadly, a parent or someone very close to the family. but just spreading out a little bit further from what you've stated . i post on you've stated. i post on homicide, gun and knife crime on a daily basis. i know the trends of crime around britain and transversely from what you're saying, and thankfully these stabbing attacks on children are so very rare. thank god . so very rare. thank god. however, in the past 2 or 3 weeks, i've posted about 10 or 12 double and triple stabbings in britain, not just london. around britain, knife crime in

britain is out of control. it's at an epidemic stage. the police sadly cannot control it, but thankfully on cases such as this morning in merseyside, they've got a very good armed response teams, they're turned up very quickly and the public should be proud of the great police officers that, as you rightly highlighted earlier on, run towards danger. they risk their lives and there are times when the police will risk their lives deaung the police will risk their lives dealing with a volatile situation, pretty much like we saw, almost a week ago, where they may seem to get it wrong. well, you try being a police officer dealing with probably a life threatening incident or an incident where you or your colleagues are likely to be seriously injured. we don't have robocops . we have human beings robocops. we have human beings that do their best, and you have got one of the best police services in the world. and i think today just highlights how the public should be proud of them . them. >> and norman brennan, it's also worth backing that point up by

the fact historically, back in the fact historically, back in the day, the merseyside police force, along with glasgow and others, had a big problem with knife crime and they formed violence reduction units and very effectively deployed stop and search and lowered fatalities and knife crime in their area. but you can never account. norman brennan, for a lone wolf, somebody who may just decide to do something like this, irrespective of where you are , where you are in britain. are, where you are in britain. and norman brennan, that turns on to the next point of the conversation, the availability of knives, the penalties, the punishment for carrying knives. and i know this is something that you're incredibly passionate about. what would you like to see changed? >> well, what i'd like to see martin is a prime minister, a home secretary and a government. take it seriously. when i was a serving police officer myself, i faced two life threatening assaults, one following the other. for four years. i went underwent operations. so i know the devastation of knife crime. i went to number 10 with a

number of homicide families. all had lost a child or a loved one through knife crime, and we pleaded with tony blair and the labour government back then on certain issues and initiatives that they needed to address. and in 30 years, 15 of them, whilst serving police officer, now as a retired police officer and a passionate campaigner on knife crime, there isn't one government martin that has listened and acted and taken knife crime seriously . they knife crime seriously. they always deal with the froth. well, it's time that this government, because they're in power now and will be for at least the next five years, start deaung least the next five years, start dealing with the substance . and dealing with the substance. and i've always advocated a minimum of five years imprisonment for carrying a knife. i know some people say, my god, five years is a long time. well, when you've been stabbed to death, you're dead for a long time. you're dead forever. and we need to start taking knife crime seriously. i don't know whether today is the right time to say. would it have saved these young girls from being seriously

injured and others that have been? but until this government take knife crime seriously, and the criminal justice system take it seriously, all this business about banning machetes, only 24 were, say, only 24. 24 out of all the hundreds of murders were by machetes. banning them were not stopped . children and young not stopped. children and young men carrying knives that they can pick up from their kitchen drawer, and going out and stabbing someone . we need to stabbing someone. we need to address it. we need a massive education programme. we need mass stop and search. we need mentors. we need people to go into prisons. we need to give kids something more positive to do . we've got too many people in do. we've got too many people in this generation that have got no hope, no values , often no value hope, no values, often no value of their life. so if they've got value of their life, they're not. think twice of taking another's life. and often it's the police officers that have to challenge these people. we need a big wake up call and a massive education, initiative put into place by norm brennan. >> thank you for sharing your knowledge. and, you know, sage

like wisdom on this, this traumatic day. norm brennan, who's a former metropolitan police officer and is the founder of the law and order foundation. thank you very much for joining us on the show. now, forjoining us on the show. now, the prime minister has also issued a short statement on the major incident in stockport . major incident in stockport. horrendous and deeply shocking news emerging from southport. my thoughts are with all of those affected. i would like to thank the police and emergency services for their swift response. i'm being kept updated as the situation develops and this is also what the home secretary said in a statement on x , formerly twitter yvette x, formerly twitter yvette coopen x, formerly twitter yvette cooper. i'm deeply concerned at the very serious incident in southport. all my thoughts are with the families and loved ones of those affected. i spoken to the merseyside police and crime commissioner to convey full support to the police and thanks to the emergency services for responding. and of course, we'll keep you across the latest from southport, where at least eight people have been stabbed in a knife attack. i martin daubney

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man and seized the knife after being called to the major incident at a property on hart street in the town at about 11:50 am. this morning, and i'm joined now by our home and security editor, mark white. mark, welcome back. for those just joining us, bring us up to speed on what is let's be honest, every parent's worst nightmare. mark white. >> well , it mark white. >> well, it was just before midday that the police received reports of a stabbing in hart street in southport, which is in the central area of southport. they attended and found multiple casualties. we now know some eight people have been stabbed , eight people have been stabbed, including children. they've been taken to three major trauma centres , including alder hey centres, including alder hey children's hospital, which has declared a major incident and is urging other parents not to bnng urging other parents not to

bring their children to that hospital for the time being because the medical staff are involved in dealing with multiple patients in their trauma centre at alder hey hosphal trauma centre at alder hey hospital. martin, we've had, eyewitnesses throughout the last couple of hours. speaking to journalists at the scene. one of them speaking to the press association, barry varathan, who owns a corner shop on hart street . he said that he was street. he said that he was asked by a member of staff. he was called up and told to come back to the shop. he said when he got there, he saw 7 to 10 kids outside the nursery. we're still not sure if this involved a nursery or actually a day. a day centre which has multiple areas within that day centre, but he said he saw that they were injured and bleeding. they

were injured and bleeding. they were running into the road from that building, he said that the from what he could see had been stabbed. he was indicating to the press association that those injuries were in the neck, back and chest injury, area. he said that all of the injured children that all of the injured children that he could see were aged about ten, and he said one of them was really seriously injured, and he's been helping the police, he said police were on the scene in terms of a couple of vehicles and ambulances initially, and then an absolute flood of vehicles attending that scene . martin, attending that scene. martin, just within the last few minutes, the home secretary, yvette cooper, has been speaking in the house of commons and paying in the house of commons and paying her thanks to that quick response of the emergency

services. this is what she said . services. this is what she said. >> this will be very concerned at the extremely serious incidents that is taking place incidents that is taking place in southport. >> we all of our thoughts will be with the family and loved ones of those who are affected. >> i have been in contact with the merseyside police and crime commissioner and the merseyside mayor to convey my support to the police and our thanks to the police and emergency services for their swift and courageous response. the response to this awful incident is currently unfolding and the house and the pubuc unfolding and the house and the public will be updated in due course. >> what makes this so chilling is the fact that, you know, millions of parents use these sorts of clubs. of course, it's the end of the summer term now this would be working. parents most likely bring their children into a taylor swift dance and

yoga event. and then this happens. but it's important to point out, mark, that the culprit has been apprehended, he's in custody, and there are believed to be no accomplices. so for now, although traumatised that community faces no further threat. is that correct ? threat. is that correct? >> well, the suspect has has been apprehended . yes, he will been apprehended. yes, he will still obviously have to be interviewed , investigated, interviewed, investigated, potentially charged and stand trial at some point. but the suspect that the police, were looking for was established relatively quickly at the scene and apprehended by armed police at the scene. now, we don't know in terms of this suspect who they were, who they are, what their motivation was, and indeed how cooperative they are being with the police, whether they are trying to explain away events that unfolded in this day

centre, or whether they're just saying nothing, if they're saying nothing, if they're saying nothing, if they're saying nothing, that makes the job of the police investigators, that bit more difficult as they have to delve into this individual's background to try to find out what on earth the motivation might have been for this absolutely horrific event. i should say that we've been getting reports all of the time coming in and statements from those involved. three separate air ambulance groups have been involved. we've had one statement from the great north air ambulance. martin which i'll just read to you that says great nonh just read to you that says great north air ambulance, which is based in cumbria in the north east, said that it attended the stabbing along with the north west air ambulance. they said we delivered advanced emergency care to one patient before accompanying them to hospital by road . so they were transported

road. so they were transported by road rather than in the helicopter. but clearly needed advanced medical care, according to the great north air ambulance . to the great north air ambulance. >> okay, thank you mark white. and in fact, we're now crossing to rachel reeves in the house. >> thank you, mr speaker. before i begin my statement, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the events in southport, and i am sure that the whole house will join me in paying the whole house will join me in paying tribute to our emergency services who are dealing with this ongoing situation . this ongoing situation. >> mr speaker, on my first day as chancellor of the exchequer , as chancellor of the exchequer, i asked treasury officials to assess the state of public spending. that work is now complete and i am today presenting it to this house. in this statement, i will do three things. >> first, i will expose the scale and the seriousness of what has been uncovered . what has been uncovered. >> second, i will lay out the at immediate action that we are taking to deal with the inheritance. and thirdly, i will set out our longer term plans to

fix the foundations of our economy . economy. >> let me take each of these in turn . turn. >> first, the inheritance before the election, i said that we would face the worst inheritance since the second world war. >> taxes at a 70 year high debt through the roof and economy only just coming out of recession . recession. >> mr speaker, i knew all of these things. i was honest about them during the campaign and the difficult choices that it makes. and the british people knew them too. that is why they voted for change here. but upon my arrival at the treasury, three weeks ago, it became clear that there were things that i did not know, things that the party opposite, things that the party opposite, things that the party opposite, things that the party opposite. >> order , order! >> order, order! >> order, order! >> this is an important statement for your constituents. >> and yes, sorry . >> and yes, sorry. >> and yes, sorry. >> it's important to my

constituents here as well. if i'm struggling to hear it though, struggling at home as well. so please, you'll get your chance to question. i think it's important to hear and then comment. chancellor of the exchequer . exchequer. >> things that the party opposite covered up, covered up from the opposition, covered up from the opposition, covered up from this house, covered up from the country . that is why we are the country. that is why we are today publishing a detailed audh today publishing a detailed audit of the real spending situation. a copy of which will be laid in the house of commons library. i want to take this opportunity to thank my right hon. friend, the chief secretary to the treasury, for his leadership and to treasury officials and to treasury officials and to treasury officials for all their work in producing this document. now, let me explain what it has uncovered . mr speaker, the uncovered. mr speaker, the government published its plans for day to day spending in the spnng for day to day spending in the spring budget in march. but when i arrived at the treasury on the very first day, i was alerted by officials that this was not how much the previous government expected to spend this year. it wasn't even close. in fact, the total pressures on these budgets

across a range of areas was an additional £35 billion. once you account for the slippage in budgets you usually see over a year and the reserve of £9 billion designed to respond to genuinely unexpected events . it genuinely unexpected events. it means, mr speaker, that we have inherited a projected overspend of £22 billion, a £22 billion hole in the public finances now, not in the future, but now £22 billion of spending this year that was covered up by the party opposite . if left unaddressed, opposite. if left unaddressed, it would mean a 25% increase in the budget deficit. this year. so i will today set out the necessary and urgent work that i have already done to reduce that pressure on the public finances by £5.5 billion this year and over £8 billion next year. let me be clear , i am not talking me be clear, i am not talking about costs for future years that they signed up to, but did

not include like the compensation for infected blood, which has cross—party support. i am not talking about the state of public services in the future, like the crisis in our prisons, which they have left for us to fix. i am talking about the money that they were already spending this year and had no ability to pay, for which they hid from the country. they had exhausted the reserve and they knew that, but nobody else did . yet they ducked the did. yet they ducked the difficult decisions . they put difficult decisions. they put party before country and they continued , and they continued to continued, and they continued to make unfunded commitments after unfunded commitment, knowing that their money was not there , that their money was not there, resulting in the position that we have now inherited. the reserve spent more than three times over only three months into the financial year. labuschagne. and they told no one. mr speaker, the scale of this overspend is not sustainable. not to act is simply not an option. we have already seen official ons figures this month showing that

borrowing is higher this year than the obr expected, and the disaster of liz truss's mini—budget shows what happen if you don't take tough decisions to maintain economic stability. some, including the leader of the opposition and the shadow chancellor, have claimed the books were open. how dare they? it is not true . it is not true. >> in and let me tell you why. >> in and let me tell you why. >> there are very clear instances of specific budgets that were overspent and unfunded promises that were made, but that , crucially, the obr was not that, crucially, the obr was not aware of. for their march forecast . i will now take each forecast. i will now take each of these in turn. first, the asylum system, the forecast for the number of asylum seekers has risen dramatically since the last spending review , and costs last spending review, and costs for asylum support have risen sevenfold in the past three years. but instead of reflecting these costs in the home office budget for this year, the

previous government covered up the true extent of this crisis and its spending implications. the document i am publishing today reveals a projected overspend on the asylum system, including their failed rwanda plan for this year alone of more than £64 billion. that was unfunded and it was undisclosed. next, in the wake of the pandemic, demand for rail services fell . but instead of services fell. but instead of developing a proper plan to adjust for this new reality, the government handed out cash to rail companies to make up for passenger shortfalls. but failed to budget for this adequately because of that, and because of industrial action, there is now an overspend of £1.6 billion in the transport budget that was unfunded, and it was undisclosed. mr speaker, since 2022, the government, with the support of this whole house, has rightly provided military assistance to ukraine in response to the russian

invasion. the spending audit has found that there is not enough money set aside for the to reserve fund all these costs. we will continue to honour these commitments in full and unlike the previous government, we will make sure that they are always fully funded on top of these new pressures. since 2021, inflation was above the bank of england's target for 33 months in a row, hitting 11% at its peak. but the previous government had not held a spending review since 2021. that means they never fully reflected the impact of inflation in departmental budgets . this has had a direct budgets. this has had a direct impact on budgets for public sector pay . when the last sector pay. when the last spending review was conducted, it was assumed that pay awards would be 2% this year. ordinarily, the government is expected to give evidence to the pay expected to give evidence to the pay review bodies on affordability , but affordability, but extraordinarily, this year the previous government provided no guidance on what could or could not be afforded to the pay

review bodies. this is almost unheard of, but that is exactly what they did . disgraceful. what they did. disgraceful. worse still, the former education secretary had the pay review body recommendation sitting on her desk. but instead of responding and dealing with the consequences , they shirked the consequences, they shirked the consequences, they shirked the decisions that needed to be taken . i will not repeat their taken. i will not repeat their mistakes where the previous government provided no transparency to the public and no certainty for public services, we will be open about the decisions which are needed and the steps that we are taking . and the steps that we are taking. that begins with accepting in full the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies and the details of these awards are being published today. and the details of these awards are being published today . that are being published today. that is the right decision for the people who work in and most importantly, the people who use our public services. giving hard working staff the pay rises they deserve while ensuring that we can recruit and retain the people we need. it should not

have taken this long to come to these decisions, and i do not want to be in this position again, so i will consider opfions again, so i will consider options to reform the timetable for responding to the pay review bodies in the future. this decision is in the best interests of our economy. to the last government presided over the worst set of strikes in a generation. this caused chaos and misery for the british pubuc and misery for the british public and it wreaked havoc on the public finances. industrial action in the nhs alone cost the taxpayer £1.7 billion last year. thatis taxpayer £1.7 billion last year. that is why i am pleased to announce today that the government has agreed an offer to the junior doctors , which the to the junior doctors, which the bma are recommending to their members. my right hon. friend, the health secretary will set out further details. let me pay tribute to him. his leadership on this issue has paved the way to ending a dispute , which has to ending a dispute, which has caused waiting lists to spiral , caused waiting lists to spiral, operations to be delayed, and agony for patients to be

prolonged. today marks the start of a new relationship between the government and staff working in our national health service and the whole country. the whole country will welcome that. mr speaker , were the previous speaker, were the previous government ducked the difficult decisions ? i am taking action decisions? i am taking action because knowing what they did about the state of the public finances, they continued to make unfunded commitments after unfunded commitments after unfunded commitments after unfunded commitments that they knew they could not afford. putting party before country, leaving us with an overspend of £22 billion this year, where they presided over recklessness. i will bring responsibility . i i will bring responsibility. i will take immediate action. let me set this out in detail. first, on pay, i have today set out our decision to meet the recommendation of the pay review bodies because the previous government failed to prepare for these recommendations in their departmental budgets, they come at an additional cost of £9 billion this year. so the first

difficult choice i am making is to ask all departments to find savings to absorb as much of this as possible, totalling at least £3 billion to support departments. as they do this. i will work with them to find savings ahead of the autumn budget, including through measures to stop all non—essential spending on consultancy and government communications. and i am taking action to ask departments to find 2% savings in their back office costs . mr speaker, i will office costs. mr speaker, i will now deal with a series of commitments made by the previous government which they did not fund because if we cannot afford it , we cannot do it. first at it, we cannot do it. first at conservative party conference last year, the former prime minister announced the introduction of a new qualification, the advanced british standard. that is a commitment costing nearly £200 million. next year, rising to billions across future years . mr billions across future years. mr speaken billions across future years. mr speaker, this was supposed to be the former prime minister's legacy, but it turns out he

didn't put aside a single penny to pay for it . so we will not go to pay for it. so we will not go ahead with that policy, because if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it next year. the illegal migration act passed by the previous government made it impossible to process asylum applications or remove people who have no right to be here. instead, they relied on a doomed policy to send asylum seekers to rwanda on planes that never took off, leaving tens of thousands off, leaving tens of thousands of people stuck in hotels on the pubuc of people stuck in hotels on the public purse. we need a properly controlled and managed asylum system where rules are enforced so that those with no right to be here are swiftly removed . so be here are swiftly removed. so we have scrapped their failed rwanda scheme , which placed huge rwanda scheme, which placed huge pressure on the home office budget to bring down these costs as soon as possible. my right hon. friend the home secretary has already laid legislation to remove the retrospective element of the illegal migration act, which will significantly reduce the use of hotel accommodation.

these measures will save nearly £800 million this year, and avoid costs spiralling even further. next year. this was a bad use of taxpayers money and we will not do it . bad use of taxpayers money and we will not do it. mr bad use of taxpayers money and we will not do it . mr speaker, we will not do it. mr speaker, the previous government claimed it was levelling up the country. it made promise after promise to the british people. but the spending audit has uncovered that some of those commitments weren't worth the paper that they were written on. at autumn statement last year, the former chancellor announced £150 million for an investment opportunity fund, but not a single project has been supported from that fund. so following discussions with my right hon. friend the deputy prime minister i am cancelling it today because if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it . the afford it, we cannot do it. the previous government also made a series of commitments on transport promises that people expected to be delivered, promises that many members across this house campaigned on in good faith , but the party

in good faith, but the party opposite has failed them. we have seen from the national audit office the chaos that the previous government presided over projects over budget and delayed again and again the spending audit has revealed £1 billion of unfunded transport projects that have been committed to next year. so my right hon. friend the transport secretary will undertake a thorough review of these commitments. as part of that work, she has agreed not to move forward with projects that the previous government refused to publicly cancel, despite knowing full well that they were unaffordable. that includes proposed work on the a303 and the a27. and my right hon. friend will also cancel the restoring our railway programme saving eight. £85 million next yean saving eight. £85 million next year, with individual projects to be assessed through her review. if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it . review. if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it. mr review. if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it . mr speaker, the we cannot do it. mr speaker, the previous government had plans . previous government had plans. the previous government had

plans for a retail sale of natwest shares. we intend to fully exit our shareholding in natwest by 20 2526, but having considered advice, i have concluded that a retail share sale offer would involve significant discounts that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds. it would therefore not represent value for money, and it will not go ahead. it is a bad use of taxpayers money and we will not do it. next, let me address the unfunded pressures in our nhs and our social care sector. in october 2020, the government announced that 40 new hospitals would be built by 2030. since then, only one new project has opened to patients and only six have started their main construction activity. the national audit office were clear that delivery was wildly off track, but since coming into office, it has become clear that the previous government continued to maintain its commitment to 40 hospitals without anywhere close to the funding required to deliver them. that gave our constituents

false hope. we need to be straight with the british people about what is deliverable and what is affordable, so we will conduct a complete review of the new hospital programme with a thorough , realistic and costed thorough, realistic and costed timetable for delivery . mr timetable for delivery. mr speaker , adult social care was speaker, adult social care was also neglected by the previous government. the sector needs reform to improve care and to support staff. in the previous parliament, the government made costly commitments to introduce aduu costly commitments to introduce adult social care reform charges, but they delayed them two years ago because they knew that local authorities were not ready and that their promises were not funded. so it will not be possible to take forward those charging reforms. this will save over £1 billion by the end of next year. will save over £1 billion by the end of next year . outrageous. mr end of next year. outrageous. mr speaker . order! order speaker. order! order >> i want this side to be quiet as well. i want to hear the chancellor of the exchequer, charles. >> i can understand why people

and members are angry. i am angry too. the previous government let people down here. mr speaker, the previous government made commitment after commitment without knowing where the money was going to come from. they did this repeatedly , from. they did this repeatedly, knowingly and deliberately to die. today i am calling out the conservatives cover up and i am taking the first steps to clean up what they have left behind. but the scale of the inheritance we have been left means the decisions we have so far announced will not be enough. this level of overspend is not sustainable. left unchecked, it is a risk to economic stability and unlike the party opposite, i will never take risks with our country's economic stability . so country's economic stability. so it therefore falls to us to take the difficult decisions now to make further in—year savings. mr speaken make further in—year savings. mr speaker, the scale of the situation we are dealing with means incredibly tough choices. i repeat today, the commitment that we made in our manifesto to

protect the triple lock. but today, i am making the difficult decision that those not in receipt of pension credit or certain other means tested benefits will no longer receive the winter fuel payments . from the winter fuel payments. from this year onwards . the this year onwards. the government will continue to provide winter fuel payments worth £200 to households receiving pension credit, or £300 to households in receipt of pension credit with someone over the age of 80. let me be clear this is not a decision i wanted to make , nor is it the one that to make, nor is it the one that i expected to make. but these are the necessary and urgent decisions that i must make. it is the responsible thing to do to fix the foundations of our economy and bring back economic stability . alongside this stability. alongside this change, i will work with my right hon. friend, the work and pensions secretary, to maximise the take up of pension credit by bringing forward the administration of housing benefit and pension credit, repeatedly pushed back by the

previous government and by working with older people's charities and local authorities to raise awareness of pension credit and help identify households not claiming it. mr speaken households not claiming it. mr speaker, this is the beginning of a process, not the end . i am of a process, not the end. i am announcing today. i am announcing today. i am announcing today. i am announcing today that i will hold a budget on october the 30th, alongside a full economic and fiscal forecast from the office for budget responsibility. i have to tell the house that the budget will involve taking difficult decisions to meet our fiscal rules across spending , welfare rules across spending, welfare and tax . mr speaker. mr speaker, and tax. mr speaker. mr speaker, they still don't get it today. parties in downing street crashing the economy, gambling on the election party before country every single time . mr country every single time. mr speaken country every single time. mr speaker, it will be a budget to fix the foundations of our economy, and it will be a budget

built on the principles that this new government was elected on. first, we will treat taxpayers money with respect by ensuring that every pound is well spent and we will interrogate every line of public spending to ensure it represents value for money. second, i can repeat from the dispatch box our manifesto commitment that we will not increase taxes on working people. that means we will not increase national insurance. the basic higher or additional rates of income tax or vat . and today, my hon. or vat. and today, my hon. friend, the exchequer secretary is publishing further detail on our manifesto commitments to close tax loopholes and clamp down on tax avoidance to ensure we bring in that money as quickly as possible. my third principle is that we will meet our fiscal rules. we will move the current budget into balance, and we will get debt falling as and we will get debt falling as a share of our economy by the end of the forecast. these are the principles that will guide me at the budget . but let me be me at the budget. but let me be honest. challenging trade offs

will still remain. so today i am launching a multi—year spending review. this review will set departmental budgets for at least three years, providing the long term certainty that has been lacking for too long. as part of that process, final budgets for this year and budgets for this year and budgets for this year and budgets for next year 20 2526 will be set alongside the budget on the 30th of october. i will look closely at our welfare system because if you can work, you should work. that is the principle of this government. yet under the previous government, welfare spending ballooned. while inactivity has risen sharply in recent years. so we will ensure that the welfare system is focused on supporting people into employment, and we will assess the unacceptable levels of fraud and error in our welfare system and error in our welfare system and take forward action to bring that down. mr speaker, to fix the foundations of our economy, we must ensure that never again can a government keep from the pubuc can a government keep from the public the true state of our

pubuc public the true state of our public finances. public the true state of our public finances . the fiscal public finances. the fiscal framework, which i have inherited had several flaws. it allowed the government to run down the clock on departmental budgets to avoid difficult decisions and push them back beyond the election. so i am announcing the most significant set of changes to our framework since the inception of the office for budget responsibility. these changes will come into effect in the autumn . first, we have autumn. first, we have introduced legislation to ensure we can never again see a repeat of the mini—budget. second, we will require the treasury to share with the office for budget responsibility its assessment of immediate public spending pressures and enshrine that rule in the charter for budget responsibility, so that no government can ever again cover up the true state of our public finances here. and finally, we will ensure that never again the pubuc will ensure that never again the public service budgets get set at only a few months notice. instead, spending reviews will

take place every two years, with a minimum planning horizon of three years to avoid uncertainty for departments and to bring stability to our public finances. i have already spoken to the chair of the office for budget responsibility to brief him on the findings of our audit and our reforms. mr speaker, by launching the spending review, i am also today starting the firing gun on a new approach to pubuc firing gun on a new approach to public service reform to drive greater productivity in the pubuc greater productivity in the public sector. we will embed an approach to government that is mission led, that is reform dnven mission led, that is reform driven with the greatest focus on prevention and integration of services at both a national and local level. and that is enabled by new technology, including through the work of my right hon. friend, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, on the opportunities of ai and technology, on the opportunities of al to improve our public services. we will establish a new office of value for money with an immediate focus on identifying areas where we can reduce , stop or improve

we can reduce, stop or improve the value of spending. and we will appoint a covid corruption commissioner to bring back money, to bring back money that is owed to taxpayers after contracts worth billions of pounds were handed out to the previous government during the pandemic . ahead of the spending pandemic. ahead of the spending review, i will also review the cost of our political system, including restricting eligibility for ministerial severance payments based on time in office. i expect i expect all levels of government to be run effectively and efficiently, and i will work with leaders across our country to deliver just that. that means effective local government, a civil service delivering good value for the british taxpayer , and reform of british taxpayer, and reform of our political institutions, including the house of lords, to keep costs as low as possible . keep costs as low as possible. mr speaker, the budget and spending review will also set out further progress on our number one mission to grow our economy , because economic growth economy, because economic growth is the only way to sustainably

improve our public services and sustainably improve our public finances. so we will use the spending review to prioritise specific areas of capital investment that leverage in billions more in private investment. it will not happen overnight. it will take time and it will take focus. but we have already made significant progress. planning reforms to get britain building and national wealth fund to catalyse private investment. a pensions investment review to unlock capital for our businesses. skills england to create shared national ambition to boost skills across our country and work across government on a new industrial strategy driven forward by a growth mission board to ensure we deliver on our commitments . our country has our commitments. our country has fundamental strengths on which we can build, and i look forward to welcoming business leaders to the international investment summit in britain later this yean summit in britain later this year, because i know that if we can create the stable conditions which investors need to thrive, we will return confidence to our economy. so that entrepreneurs

and businesses, big and small, know that this is the best place in the world to start and grow a business, because that is the bedrock on which economic growth must be built. mr bedrock on which economic growth must be built . mr speaker, the must be built. mr speaker, the inheritance from the previous government is unforgivable. after the chaos of partygate, when they knew trust in politics was at an all time low, they gave false hope to britain when people were already being hurt by their cost of living crisis. they promised solutions that they knew could never be paid for roads that would never be built, public transport that would never arrive, hospitals that would never treat a single patient. they spent like there was no tomorrow because they knew that someone else would pick up the bill. and then in the election, and perhaps this is the most shocking part, they campaigned on a platform to do it all over again . more unfunded it all over again. more unfunded

tax cuts, more spending pledges . tax cuts, more spending pledges. but all the time knowing they had no ability to pay for them, no regard for the taxpayer, no respect for ordinary hard working people. i will never do that. i will restore our country's economic stability. i will make the tough choices. i will make the tough choices. i will fix the foundations of our economy so we can rebuild britain and make every part of our country better off. i commend this statement to the house. >> may i now call the shadow chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt? to. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> thank you, mr speaker. and i thank the chancellor for advance sight of her statement. and i echo her thoughts for the people and emergency services of southport. >> today she will fool absolutely no one with a shameless attempt to lay the grounds for tax rises. she didn't have the courage to tell

us about. >> order, order! >> order, order! >> no. then this is the cabinet. >> no. then this is the cabinet. >> i want it to act like a cabinet, not like a rabble. >> that is trying to show the shadow chancellor, jeremy hunt. >> she says, mr speaker, the information is new. but she herself told the financial times, you do not need to win an election to find out the state of public finances, as we have got the obr now. paul johnson of the ifs says the state of public finances were apparent pre—election to anyone who cared to look, which is why he and other independent figures say her argument is not credible and won't wash. yeah those public finances were audited by the obr just ten weeks before the election was called. we are now expected to believe that in that short period, a £20 billion black hole has magically emerged. but every single day in that period, in fact, since

january, in line with constitutional convention, she has had privileged access to the treasury permanent secretary. she could find out absolutely anything she needed. so will she confirm today to the house? she did have meetings with the permanent secretary of the treasury before the election. will she tell the house if they discussed public finances? will she tell the house if they discussed any of the pressures she is talking about today? and if so, why are we only hearing today what she wants to do about them? that is why today's exercise is not economic. it is political . yeah, yeah, yeah. she political. yeah, yeah, yeah. she wants to blame the last conservative government for tax rises and project cancellations . rises and project cancellations. she's been planning all along . she's been planning all along. yes, the trouble is, even her own published numbers expose the fiction behind today's announcement. just four days

ago, she presented to the house the government's estimates of spending plans for the year. those estimates are a legal requirement, and the official guidance manual is clear. departments are responsible for ensuring that estimates are consistent with their best forecast of requirements. they are signed off by the most senior civil servants. the accounting officers in every department. yet four days on the chancellor is saying those estimates are wrong. >> are so who's right politically neutral civil servants or a political chancellor >> if she's right, will she ask the cabinet secretary to investigate those civil servants? and will she apologise to the for house laying misleading estimates ? of course misleading estimates? of course not. because she knows those civil servants are right and today's black hole is spurious. just like when she says she inherited the worst set of economic circumstances since the

second world war, when bbc verify asked a professor at the london school of economics about that claim, he responded i struggle to find a metric that would make that statement correct because mr speaker, the metrics speak for themselves. inflation is 2% today, nearly half what it was in 2010 when we had to clear up the mess, inherited from a labour government . unemployment is government. unemployment is nearly half what it was then, with more new jobs than nearly anywhere else in europe. and so far this year, we're the fastest growing g7 economy. and over the next six years, the imf say we will grow faster than france, italy, germany or japan. indeed, italy, germany orjapan. indeed, just two days before the election was called , the election was called, the managing director of the imf praised the previous government's handling of the economy and said it was in a good place. this week, the institute for fiscal studies said it was not a bad situation

to take charge of, and certainly not comparable to the 1940s or 19705. not comparable to the 1940s or 1970s. mr speaker, if you're in charge of the economy, it is time to stop trash talking. it what's the point of going to new york or brazil to bang the drum for more investment? if you come home with a cock and bull story about how bad everything is , she about how bad everything is, she should stop playing politics with britain's reputation and get on with running the economy. hey, yeah , yeah, yeah. so when hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. so when it comes. so when it comes to pubuc it comes. so when it comes to public finances, will she confirm to the house that far from being broke and broken as downing street briefed the media, the forecast deficit today is 4.4%, compared to 10.3% when labour left office in 2010. in other words, when labour was last in office, we were borrowing double current levels. and will she confirm another difference between today and 2010? the conservatives came to office then, being honest about our plans and saying very straightforwardly we needed to

cut the deficit , whereas she's cut the deficit, whereas she's just won an election, telling us repeatedly taxes will not go up . repeatedly taxes will not go up. how many seats were won on the back of commitments not to raise tax while she's quietly planning to do the exact opposite? so turning to the detail she's announced today, will she confirm that around half today's fictitious black hole comes from discretionary public sector pay awards? in other words, not something she has to do, but something she has to do, but something where she has a choice. will. will she confirm to the house that apart from the teachers recommendation, none of the other pay review body recommendations were seen by the last government as they arrived after the election was called. now, today, she has chosen to accept those recommendations, but before doing so , was she but before doing so, was she advised by officials to ask unions for productivity

enhancements before accepting above inflation pay awards to help pay for those awards? as the last government did? and if she was advised to do that, why did she reject that advice? and simply tell the unions, here's your money. thanks for your support . will she confirm ? will support. will she confirm? will she?! support. will she confirm? will she? i know they don't like the truth, but here it is. will she confirm that one of the reasons for her funding gap is that she's chosen to backdate a 22% pay she's chosen to backdate a 22% pay award to junior doctors to cover the time when they were striking? we are just. mr speaken striking? we are just. mr speaker, we are just three months into the financial year. so why did she not mention today that at the start of the year, the treasury had a reserve of £14 billion for unexpected revenue costs and £4 billion for unexpected capital costs? additionally, why is she not accounted for the treasury's ability to manage down in—year pressures on the reserve? last

year alone, by £9 billion. why has she apparently not accounted for? underspends typically £12 billion a year? has she totally abandoned the £12 billion of welfare savings planned by the last government? and if so, will she confirm that to the house? has she also abandoned £20 billion of annual productivity savings planned by the last government? and if so , and if government? and if so, and if so, if not, why aren't they in her numbers? and finally, for someone who claims continuously the mantle of fiscal rectitude will she confirm that in order to pay for her public spending plans, she will not change her fiscal rules to target a different debt measure? so she can increase borrowing and debt by the back door . every by the back door. every chancellor faces pressures on pubuc chancellor faces pressures on public finances after a pandemic and energy crisis. those pressures are particularly challenging, which is why in the autumn of 22, the previous

government took painful but necessary decisions on tax and spend. but we knew going forward that if we continued to take difficult decisions on pay , difficult decisions on pay, productivity and welfare reform, we could live within our means and start to bring taxes down. she, on the other hand, knew perfectly well a labour government would duck those difficult decisions. she's caved in to the unions on pay, left welfare reform out of the king's speech, soft pedalled on our productivity programme. and that is a choice, not a necessity. and that choice , that choice and that choice, that choice means that taxes will have to go up.and means that taxes will have to go up. and she chose not to tell us before the election . instead, in before the election. instead, in 24 days, just 24 days, she's announced £7.3 billion for gb energy, £8.3 billion for the national wealth fund and around £10 billion for public sector pay £10 billion for public sector pay awards . that's £24 billion

pay awards. that's £24 billion in 24 days, around £1 billion for every day. she's been in office, leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab for her profligacy and doing it this way. she makes the first major misstep of her time as chancellor because that great office of state depends more than any on trust. yet in her, in her first yes, in her first big moment, she breaks that trust with an utterly bogus attempt to hoodwink the public about the choices she has over 50 times in the election. they told us they had no plans to raise taxes. now, in a u—turn that will forever shame this labour government, she is laying the ground to break her word and when she does, her first budget will become the biggest betrayal in history by a new chancellor and working families will never

forgive her. aj the shadow chancellor had an opportunity this afternoon to admit what he had done, the legacy that he had left. >> but instead he takes. >> but instead he takes. >> he takes no responsibility. >> he takes no responsibility. >> the word the country was looking for today was sorry. yes, the shadow chancellor could not find those words . no wonder not find those words. no wonder the party opposite so definitively lost the trust of the british people at the election three and a half weeks ago, and we say never again, never again. should a party who plays fast and loose with the pubuc plays fast and loose with the public finance should be in charge of the public finances? >> order, order! can i just say to the whips who hold responsible jobs, and i expect you to keep them that way just because you might not be the end of the bench doesn't mean you're going to shunt it all the way through and pass comment. i don't need it and i won't put up with it. chancellor >> so first of all, specifically on the black hole, we couldn't

have known these numbers because the party opposite did not tell the party opposite did not tell the obr these numbers . that is the obr these numbers. that is why we are in the position we are in today. and that is the biggest scandal of them all. the shadow chancellor asks about the estimates. well, the estimates that we laid yesterday, he should recognise them because he produced them. we had to lay those estimates to allow public spending to continue. but since those estimates were produced, information was given to us by treasury officials about the true scale of the overspending by the party. opposite and the charts. the shadow chancellor mentions the ifs well, paul johnson for the ifs has just said that it appears that these overspends are genuinely unfunded. the word was made , but unfunded. the word was made, but the independent institute for fiscal studies, which the shadow chancellor referenced, the shadow chancellor mentioned what happened to the reserve? well, the reserve has been spent. shadow chancellor. it was spent by you three times over. that is

why we are in a position of a £22 billion in year gap between spending that was happening and the funding to produce it. now, if you could do all if the shadow chancellor could do all the things that he spoke about today, why weren't they in the forecasts if he was able, as he says, to make those in—year changes on welfare and on productivity, then they would have been in the forecasts . they have been in the forecasts. they were not on the issue of the pay review bodies, the previous government set the remit for the pay government set the remit for the pay review bodies, but they refused to give them any indication of affordability. thatis indication of affordability. that is almost unprecedented. the teachers reported before the election and that recommendation sat on the former education secretary's desk. today we are drawing a line on the industrial action. the £1.7 billion cost to the nhs alone last year, 1.4 million cancelled appointments and we are incorporating a third of those pay increases into

efficiencies into our public services, as the shadow chancellor suggested that we should. and when it comes to tax, i am not going to take any lessons from the party opposite. the party opposite the tax took the tax burden to the highest level in 70 years. mr speaker, the response of the shadow chancellor today just confirms what we already knew this previous government was deluded and out of touch and grossly irresponsible. today we begin to fix the mess that they have created . created. >> clive betts, thank you, mr speaken >> in 2010, we repeatedly heard the words that the labour government didn't fix the roof while the sun was shining. isn't the case with the previous government not merely didn't they fix the roof, they actually have destroyed the whole foundations of our public services. could i, amongst the difficult decisions, just welcome two points that my right hon. friend made. one is the encouragement to work with local

councils to increase the take up of pension credits. that's something the select committee called for repeatedly in the last parliament, and it wasn't taken up . that's really taken up. that's really important. secondly, in terms of multi year settlements, could the chancellor confirm that will be our intention as well to provide multi year settlements ultimately for local councils? it's something they've been calling for repeatedly. it will be welcome as a step to help them with a very difficult financial situation. they are facing . facing. >> chancellor, i thank my honourable friend for those questions . questions. >> first of all, yes, i can confirm that we will be doing multiyear settlements with local authorities as well with as well as with government departments is incredibly important that government departments and local authorities can plan for the future knowing what money is available, rather than running down the clock towards the end of the year. i would like also to thank my hon. friend for welcoming the announcement i made today about working with local government to improve the take up of pension credit. it is woeful that that take up a

pension credit is so low, it is vital that everybody gets the money that they are entitled to, especially pensioners, and that is why we have taken on those recommendations from elderly people's charities today to ensure that we work with local government to boost take up of that benefit . that benefit. >> lib dem spokesperson sarah olney . olney. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> i thank the chancellor for advance sight of her statement and i would like to associate myself with the expressions of gratitude towards our emergency services and the thoughts of all liberal democrats. were those affected by the incident in southport. years of conservative chaos and mismanagement have left our economy on life support and in desperate need of emergency care, and things cannot go on like this. any longer. we must now revive growth by getting people off nhs waiting lists and back into work. so we urge the government to invest wisely in gps, dentists and hospitals to not rachel reeves. >> there was given her statement. jeremy hunt, the shadow chancellor, responded and we'll have much more reaction to what rachel reeves said and more

from the major incident in southport soon. but first, some breaking news for you now through to us on former bbc huw edwards and joining us now is our correspondent cameron walker. with more on this story. cameron walker, what do we know martin. >> we've just had a statement through from the metropolitan police confirming that the former bbc news presenter, huw edwards, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. that is, following a police investigation. i'll read out the statements from the metropolitan police. huw edwards, 62 years old, of southwark, london, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children following a metropolitan police investigation. the offences, which are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022, relates to images shared on a whatsapp chat. edwards was arrested on the 8th of november, 2023. he was charged on wednesday. the 26th of june following authorisation

from the crown prosecution service . he has been bailed to service. he has been bailed to appear at westminster magistrates court on wednesday . magistrates court on wednesday. so that is this wednesday coming. the police are also reminding the public and the media that this is, of course, an active case and nothing should be in published that could prejudice any court appearances. now remember that huw edwards, the former bbc presenter the bbc announced last week that he was paid more more than £475,000 by the bbc last year before he resigned. so just to recap, huw edwards, former bbc presenter, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. he will appear in court on wednesday . wednesday. >> okay, thank you cameron, for that update and let's go back now. get reaction to what rachel reeves said in the house of commons. i'm joined in the studio by our reporter adam cherry . adam. so, a bold cherry. adam. so, a bold statement. a lengthy statement. rachel reeves started off by

pointing out the size of the black hole increased from 20 billion this morning to 22 billion, and a phrase she kept repeating, if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it. adam, what leapt out to you in her rather scything cuts? >> well, first of all, this is clearly a chancellor who knows she has an enormous mandate and can do this early in the premiership, can do this early in the premiership , because it's only premiership, because it's only three weeks since the election. so if you're going to grasp the nettle, now's the time to do it. and i mean, blimey , there's a and i mean, blimey, there's a lot here, isn't there? as you said. so 22 billion. that's worse than was briefed out. we expected 19 to 20. the biggest , expected 19 to 20. the biggest, biggest headline news here is on the winter fuel payments, which is now being means tested. i mean, this is something that you would expect to see from a george osborne. yeah this really reminded me of that of the 2010 coalition government with george osborne making, using similar rhetoric. you know, if we can't afford it, we can't do it. and so there's more to come on this. so we also learned that the, the

budget itself, when really the other part of this story is delivered, tax rises that will come on the 30th of october. and she didn't shy away from saying, look, this is going to be a painful a painful statement. so, we did expect that. but nonetheless, i think seeing it in the commons and seeing the energy in the room and how furious jeremy hunt was to see his and the prime and the former prime minister rishi sunak's legacy. if you want to call it that, torn up in front of them. so aggressively was really quite something. yeah. >> and they she went into some detail, £5.5 billion of costs to be cut this year. asylum support. she said. there's been a seven fold increase in that in the last three years. the projected overspend 6.4 billion. but no detail of how that could be cut. because you can't cut this cost unless you start deporting people. rail services £1.6 billion overspend. she then went on to say £1.7 billion, is

what they've been haggling on. the independent pay review body review . but she then went on to review. but she then went on to say that she would accept the recommendations of those pay reviews. and jeremy hunt was quick to hit back. it's like, well, you're talking about financial black hole, but how much of that is the money? you've just given to the public sector is projected to be £9 billion. i thought it was really interesting. >> jeremy hunt's response you bnng >> jeremy hunt's response you bring up there. so the line i think you'll hear from the opposition repeatedly is £24 billion spent since the election , billion spent since the election, which is roughly 1 billion a day. up to this point, that's on things like gb energy , roughly 8 things like gb energy, roughly 8 billion. the public sector pay rises and other things as well. so you know, already they're opening up the wallet and using the credit card quite readily . the credit card quite readily. and again that where does that money come from. we're going to find out in a few months time. i just it was absolutely astonishing the, the, the energy in that room, and funnily enough, he also she also mentioned what paul johnson had to say. now, paul johnson is the

director of the ifs institute for fiscal studies, who before the statement said , you know, if the statement said, you know, if rachel reeves is going to try and justify some of this, some of these measures by saying we didn't know how bad the books were, that's not quite credible. she knew that that was going to be mentioned. and actually, she had a counter attack ready and saying he has just tweeted in the last few moments during that speech regarding the overspend on the asylum seeker. oh, just drop my pin on the asylum seeker process saying 6.4 billion. that does seem to be that does seem to be, not covered in the current figures, and she referenced that to jeremy hunt's face. so at least she was ready for some of these, these attacks and had some counters to them. i thought it was quite a nimble response, actually. >> jeremy hadn't called it a fictional black hole. she then said you had the chance to say sorry, and you chose to ignore that. but i think you're right. the standout thing is this winter fuel payment. it very much felt like an austerity measure. a george osborne measure. a george osborne measure. we have maggie thatcher, milk snatcher . back in thatcher, milk snatcher. back in the day, we had the dementia tax

of the theresa may regime. all these things , stuck out . £2.5 these things, stuck out. £2.5 billion a year is what the winter fuel payment costs . now winter fuel payment costs. now it's going to be means tested now, is there some common sense on that? wealthier pensioners don't get it. that's is that a goodidea don't get it. that's is that a good idea or will this be along that lines of your you're basically allowing all people to freeze to death. will that be an attack line. do you think it's an interesting one? >> i think i think with with the public, it will probably be a more palatable option than with a lot of the labour mps. yeah i'd, i'd be really interested to hear and i'll try and speak to some after this. the reaction from the labour backbenchers, because in the last week we've had, labour, labour whips forcing the backbenchers to vote forcing the backbenchers to vote for a two child benefit cap and now for a means tested winter fuel allowance. this is not in the traditional terms, labour principles. so as i say, that's only something they can do because they have such an enormous majority and they're so early in their premiership. but the pain will come further down the pain will come further down the track and painful.

>> pensioners, adam share a huge amount of detail to unpack. no, that will do that over the coming hours. thank you very much for joining coming hours. thank you very much forjoining me in the much for joining me in the studio. now to the horrific knife attack in southport. at least eight people, including some young children, have been stabbed on police , arrested stabbed on police, arrested a man and seized the knife after being called to the major incident at a property on hart street in the town at about 11:50 am. earlier today. i'm joined now by our home security ednon joined now by our home security editor, mark white. mark, do we have any more details? since we last spoke ? last spoke? >> well, we've been getting more reports from people at the scene, eyewitnesses, local residents who were caught up in this incident who witnessed the aftermath of this event as well . aftermath of this event as well. we've been talking about a number of young girls who were targeted and stabbed , in this targeted and stabbed, in this attack that took place just before midday in hart street in

southport. now this event, according to the police, involved one man, this attacker , involved one man, this attacker, alleged attacker, who was, according to reports, seen leaving a taxi with a face mask and refusing to pay the taxi driver is what some eyewitnesses at the scene have said. they said that shortly after at that day. day centre, which has a number of events, including one event which was a taylor swift sort of end of term event, a yoga and dance class for young pupils aged between year two and year six. so i think all of them under 12 or 11 years old. a number of the girls, to according eyewitnesses, had ran from that particular day centre, some of them covered in blood .

some of them covered in blood. one of the local businessmen, a shopkeepen one of the local businessmen, a shopkeeper, has spoke of seeing a number of young girls with stab wounds to their torso and their neck. one girl in particular he described as being very seriously injured, and we've been hearing as well from the great north air ambulance, one of three air ambulances called to the scene. they said that they offered advanced medical care to one patient before transporting them via land ambulance to a major trauma centre. and as i say, both the nonh centre. and as i say, both the north west and the midlands air ambulances also attended the scene of this mass stabbing. the suspect, as you say, martin is in custody at this time . police in custody at this time. police are saying there is no wider threat. so in effect saying they

don't believe anyone else was involved. but depending on what they find out about their suspect, that will determine just how wide the investigation goes. we've been hearing from the home secretary, yvette coopen the home secretary, yvette cooper, who's been speaking in the house of commons and paying tribute to the speed of the emergency services. this is what she said . she said. >> all of our thoughts will be with the family and loved ones, of those who are affected . of those who are affected. >> i have been in contact with the merseyside police and crime commissioner and the merseyside mayor to convey my support to the police and our thanks to the police and emergency services for their swift and courageous response. the response to this awful incident is currently unfolding and the house and the pubuc unfolding and the house and the public will be updated in due course . course. >> thank you so much. mark wyatt,

and astonishing stories coming up here. a neighbour, saved ten children. he got them to safety of his house. if there's some decency in this, traumatic event. mark white, is these the heroic activities of ordinary citizens who step in and become superheroes? thank you so much , superheroes? thank you so much, mark white, that our main suspect as you said, in custody. and for now, the community, although ravaged by this earlier incident. for now, safe. thank you very much, mark white. and we'll bring you the latest from southport throughout the show. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 432. i'm martin daubney on gb news. we'll cross the line to southport after that. terrific knife attack. a little bit later. but first, it's your headunes bit later. but first, it's your headlines with polly middlehurst .

headlines with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour and first to that breaking news coming to us from southport in the north of england. >> we understand at least eight people, including children , have people, including children, have been stabbed during what witnesses are describing as like something out of a horror movie. armed police apparently arrested a man and seized a knife at the scene. if you're watching with us on television right now, this is the area of southport that you're seeing now. live pictures coming to us of the police cordon that is wrapped around that area in the hart street district. that is believed to be the location as well of a children's club . one witness children's club. one witness reported seeing 7 to 10 children with stab wounds outside the building. a large police cordon in place, as you can see, and police officers guarding that scene. victims have been taken to nearby hospitals. alder hey children's hospital has declared a major incident, with people being urged to avoid the

emergency department unless they absolutely need it. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, has commented on the incident and said it has been horrendous and deeply shocking. he thanked the emergency services for their response. further details on that coming up throughout the afternoon on gb news and some other breaking news coming to us within the last half hour. the former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. that was confirmed by the metropolitan police. the offences are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022, and relate to images shared on a whatsapp chat . and in other whatsapp chat. and in other news, rachel reeves has been delivering her assessment of the nation's finances in the house of commons this afternoon and has given the news that she'll be delivering her first budget on the 30th of october after inheriting what she described as a £22 billion financial black

hole. the chancellor has been addressing mps accusing the conservatives of covering it up. she set out what she called the urgent and necessary work to reduce the pressures on public finances by £5.5 billion. this year and over £8 billion next yeah year and over £8 billion next year. the conservatives said she was trying to calm the british pubuc was trying to calm the british public so she could raise taxes, and junior doctors have been offered a pay increase of more than 22% in a bid to end strike action. the chancellor confirmed the british medical association is now putting the offer to its members. it's understood the pay boost of 22.3% would take place over three years. over two years, rather, doctors have walked off the job 11 times since 2022 and have been demanding a 35% pay rise. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back with more news in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code ,

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welcome back. your time is 4.39. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. more on the horrific knife attack in southport. at least eight people, including some young children, have been stabbed on. police arrested a man and seized a knife after being called to the major incident at a property on hart street in the town at about 1150. this morning. we crossed to the scene now to speak to local reporter patrick trollop. patrick welcome to the show. details are emerging of eyewitnesses talking about a cohesive community, a community where everybody seems to know each other, struck by the most unimaginable horrors. his eyewitness accounts start to emerge. patrick, tell us, what are you hearing on the ground , are you hearing on the ground, >> the area is in shock, >> the area is in shock, >> we've been asked to not

speculate. still on the ongoing investigation, there's a lot of rumours and a lot of information flying around. some of it through, some of it incorrect . through, some of it incorrect. okay, we know that a man has been arrested, we know he's detained, and we are aware that for now, there is no immediate threat to locals in the area . threat to locals in the area. significant police presence we can still see is starting now to really take part. of course, there's a lot of evidence to go through, but in terms of the reaction from the community, what can you tell us about the levels of shock that's been felt there on the ground ? southport? there on the ground? southport? yeah, i think everybody is just stunned in the area, everybody is just looking at, who are in the area or just looking the area orjust looking completely stunned and just can't take it in. patrick. we're heanng can't take it in. patrick. we're hearing stories here about a local who came out and took ten

children that were fleeing the scene, got them into his house to keep them safe. another is of a local who works as a nurse, and she was saying that everybody here, must know somebody who went to this care centre, this children's club, a tight knit community. and this will have a huge impact as the details emerge. it will do. >> it's going to have a very tight, it's a very, very tight knit community. >> so it's going to be very, very, have a huge impact on people , it's very hard to people, it's very hard to describe the mood in the area . describe the mood in the area. okay. okay. thank you. patrick traub obviously, stunned there as there's no, no no understanding, no surprise at all. thank you very much for joining us from the scene there. live in southport. now, earlier on, we spoke to former police officer peter kirkham about the incident in southport. and here's what he had to tell us.

>> it will have been everybody that's available as quickly as possible , when you've got young possible, when you've got young people involved in an incident such as this and you've got the scale of the incident such as this, that will have become plain, fairly rapidly once the calls started coming in, then it is a case of sending everybody that's available as quickly as possible. in the, in the media, you'll finding that we're still in a stage of confusion about what has happened. well, that's exactly what the officer would find themselves in when they arrived, trying to establish what's gone on, trying to establish who the victims are, trying to ensure that everything is done to preserve life and deal with the injured parties , deal with the injured parties, especially the children and, also to try and establish who has been responsible, try and identify them, locate them and detain them. so there's a load of things that all need doing at

once, and it's a time when you initially have got few resources. they then keep, turning up in quick succession, and you're trying to brief those officers and deploy them as best you can, until, some sort of order can be, maintained. established and maintained at the scene . the scene. >> that's peter cook, and we'll have much more on southport throughout the show, of course. and a reminder of the story that we broke earlier this hour. the former bbc presenter huw edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children. the broadcaster faces three charges over alleged crimes committed between december 2020 and april 2022. edwards quit the bbc in april after 40 years of anchoring both bbc news and acting as their lead presenter for royal and political events. he was arrested last november and will appear at westminster

magistrates court this wednesday . magistrates court this wednesday. i'll be joined by a former police officer shortly to get his reaction to those stabbings in southport. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 447. i'm martin daubney on gb news. let's get some more reaction to the stabbings in southport. i'm joined by the former detective chief superintendent in the metropolitan police, kevin hurley . kevin, welcome to the hurley. kevin, welcome to the show. in a very difficult circumstances, a unordinary community with children in day care. at the end of term, millions of parents will have been through the situation themselves and then this horrific attack, which appears to have come out of nowhere, the individual, the main suspect is

now in custody. we don't know the motives or any of that, but can i ask you about the evidential process now? we can see a huge police response and presence at that. what is now an active crime scene . can you talk active crime scene. can you talk us through what would be the process from now forwards? kevin >> well, the main point at the moment is to seize every single piece of evidence that will enable the police put a proper report together of what the facts are and send them on to the crown prosecution service in terms of the actual offender they've got. so there will be a really significant number of crime scene investigators deployed to where all this terrible stabbings took place. it's a very coordinated approach in that they appoint a person called a crime scene manager who will decide how they're going to enter into that scene, because things thing, and i'll get into the unpleasant side of life. but

things like blood spatter patterns , footprints and so on patterns, footprints and so on are all going to be vital evidence to be able to explain to prosecutors and possibly a jury , to prosecutors and possibly a jury , what's gone on. so once, jury, what's gone on. so once, if you like the emergency life saving work and rescue work has gone on that scene will be closed off. and then a very careful planning process will be developed as to how they enter. and so for example, they may well use what are called foot plates that you put down so that you don't walk all over the scene. so some of the things that may or may not be relevant is depending on the flooring , is depending on the flooring, the actual shoe prints of the attacker may be relevant. so you don't want to tread on those because of course if you then get a subsequent suspect and he denies it was him, then what? you'll want to do is be able to show forensically that it was in

fact, his shoes that made the various marks, because people don't know this, but every shoe print is as different as a fingerprint because of the way stones, glass and so on affect our souls. the next thing is, of course, the suspect that they've detained will be treated as a crime scene because indeed he is, assuming they've got the right person, and all his clothes will be taken off him because they will want to get every form of evidence. so there's going to be fibre transfer there from the children's clothing, perhaps teachers or adults clothing. who's there? there may be blood spatters from the children. they'll be wanting to make sure they've got his fingerprints and his dna to be able to compare that with fingerprints and dna that with fingerprints and dna that may have been recovered from the knife, or any fingerprints that may be found at the crime scene, or any dna that may have been dropped from him, perhaps from his hair, his

saliva. if he's shouting, and so on. perhaps he wore gloves. they'll want to seize his gloves , they'll want to seize his gloves, because these gloves inside them will have dna, which shows that they're there. his gloves . and they're there. his gloves. and equally, they will then look at the pattern of what those gloves touch, because gloves also leave a pattern rather like fingerprints. so in short , it's fingerprints. so in short, it's going to be a very, very careful, meticulous, detailed examination. and of course it will all be videoed and photographed before anyone goes into that crime scene and interferes with it , because the interferes with it, because the police want to make sure they've got the maximum amount of evidence to demonstrate what went on on that day . went on on that day. >> and kevin, we also see kevin. we also see in the circumstances now, almost every time there's a huge amount of evidence that can be gathered from the neighbourhood, from doorbell cameras, from dash cameras, from any incidental video evidence that may have also taken place.

but what about the questioning of the individual? kevin, in terms of establishing who they are, what the motive is ? without are, what the motive is? without going into details, we can't speculate. how does that process work, and how long do you think it might be before we can expect to hear something from the local police? >> well, they'll probably want to do a very quick interview to see if he wants to tell them anything at all about what's happened, because it may be that he's working with other people. it may be part of the coordinated attack. you know, assuming this isn't a mentally disordered person , it could be disordered person, it could be someone who's carrying out part of a coordinated attack, albeit you need to be mentally disordered to do this, this sort of thing. >> but what they'll then do as the forensic evidence emerges , the forensic evidence emerges, the forensic evidence emerges, the cctv camera evidence emerges. >> the body worn cameras from the police emerge. they'll then put together an interview plan and that will be coordinated by someone who will control the way those interviews are conducted,

and the interviewers will be given very clear parameters on what approach they should be taking. so that part of that they'll want to be looking at what they can find out about this guy psychologically , how this guy psychologically, how what's the best way to approach him in an interview and so on. so it won't just be like you see on on jack frost or something. a lot of thought will go into how they approach this interview and initially they use a process called the peace process , which called the peace process, which essentially is a mnemonic for actually getting the person explaining to them why they're there, inviting them to talk, and then challenging afterwards. and they may cut that that short after a short interview, as i said, initially the 24 hours to question him to secure evidence by questioning this can be extended by an inspector up to 30, but by and by a superintendent, then up to 36

hours in custody. and then if they wish , they need to go back they wish, they need to go back to a magistrate for another 36 hours. >> thank you very much, kevin hardy. we have to leave it there. we're simply out of time. we'll speak to you soon. we'll cross live to southport for at least eight people have been stabbed. after this, i martin daubney on gb news. here's your weather with alex burkill. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello again. it's time for your latest gb news weather forecast coming to you from the met office . plenty of hot and met office. plenty of hot and sunny weather to come through the next couple of days. yes, across northern parts it's a bit cloudier here and there has been some rain today and there will be a little bit more rain to come because there is a front pushing its way in that's edging southeastwards across parts of scotland and northern ireland. as we go through this evening and overnight. but it's breaking

up, so most of that rain is actually going to ease and clear through as we go through the early hours of tomorrow morning. for many then it is going to be a dry night. some clear skies, the odd pocket of mist and fog for some, particularly across england and wales. perhaps a touch warmer than last night. maybe a bit more difficult for sleeping. but towards the northwest , sleeping. but towards the northwest, perhaps a sleeping. but towards the northwest , perhaps a little bit northwest, perhaps a little bit cooler than last night, as we go through tomorrow morning, like i said, there could be some mist and fog patches around, but these should quickly clear because there will be plenty of sunshine, a sunny start across, much of england and wales, a bit cloudier across the far north of england and a little bit of cloud. perhaps the odd shower across some parts of northern ireland and western scotland. but for eastern scotland it's actually looking largely fine. plenty of blue skies, plenty of sunshine here as well. through the day. yes, there could still be a few showers, most likely across parts of scotland. northern ireland and maybe into northern england too. but on the whole it's looking dry. plenty of sunshine around, and with that, temperatures are going to

rise . it's likely to be even rise. it's likely to be even hotter than today for many places. there's a good chance that we're going to get into the low 30s celsius with highs of around 32 celsius towards the south—east and even further north. we're looking at temperatures in the low to mid 20s for many places. as we go through later tuesday, we're sticking with the fine picture . sticking with the fine picture. another fine evening to come. plenty of late sunshine around, but there is a change on the cards . there's going to be a cards. there's going to be a thundery breakdown as we go through later this week, likely to be sometime wednesday into thursday with temperatures then dropping by by. >> looks like things are heating up boxt boilers

>>a >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster, all across the uk. on today's show, at least eight people, including a number of children, have been

taken to hospital after they were stabbed in southport. a local business owner says the incident was like a scene in a horror movie. we'll be straight to the scene shortly and it's the cover up. chancellor rachel reeves says the previous government covered up spending in the public finances, with shadow chancellor jeremy hunt says the chancellor is trash talking. the economy in what was a head to head in the house of commons earlier. that's all on the way between now and 6 pm. welcome to the show and we'll have full coverage of that horrific incident in southport, and will be live in the town until later. but before that, it's until later. but before that, wsfime until later. but before that, it's time for your headlines with polly middlehurst pippa catterall . catterall. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, at least eight people, including children, have been stabbed dunng children, have been stabbed during what witnesses are

describing as something out of a horror movie in southport that's north of liverpool, armed police arrested a man and seized a knife at the scene in the hart street area, which is believed to be near a children's club. one witness reported seeing 7 to 10 children with stab wounds being brought outside of the building. if you're watching on television, these are our live pictures coming to us from just outside that police cordon, which is in place while victims have been taken to nearby hospitals, alder hey, the nearest children's hospital, has declared a major incident and people have been urged to avoid using the emergency department unless it's necessary. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, says the incident is horrendous and deeply shocking, and he thanked the emergency services for their response. the home secretary , response. the home secretary, yvette cooper, has also expressed her deep concern. >> all of our thoughts will be with the family and loved ones of those who are affected. i have been in contact with the

merseyside police and crime commissioner and the merseyside mayor to convey my support to the police and our thanks to the police and emergency services for their swift and courageous response. the response to this awful incident is currently unfolding and the house and the pubuc unfolding and the house and the public will be updated in due course . course. >> well, in other news today, the former bbc presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. that was confirmed by the metropolitan police. the offences are alleged to have taken place between 2020 and 2022, and relate to images shared on a whatsapp chat . now shared on a whatsapp chat. now we learnt today the chancellor will be delivering her first budget on the 30th of october after inheriting. what she described is a £22 billion financial black hole . the financial black hole. the chancellor has been addressing mps in the commons this afternoon and she accused the

tory party of covering it all up. she set out what she called the urgent and necessary work to reduce the pressures on public finances by £5.5 billion this year and over £8 billion next yeah year and over £8 billion next year. rachel reeves also saying the government has agreed to pay junior doctors and settle their dispute. the conservative party says she's been trying to calm the british public so she can raise taxes. but mrs. reeves said the scale of the overspend isn't sustainable. >> i'm not talking about the state of public services in the future, like the crisis in our prisons, which they have left for us to fix. i am talking about the money that they were already spending this year and had no ability to pay, for which they hid from the country. they had exhausted the reserve and they knew that, but nobody else did. yet they ducked the difficult decisions. they put party before country and they continued , and they continued to continued, and they continued to make unfunded commitments after unfunded commitment, knowing

that their money was not there . that their money was not there. >> let's tell you a little bit more about the junior doctors settlement with the government. they've been offered a pay increase of more than 22% in a bid to end their strike action. the chancellor confirmed moments ago that the british medical association is now putting the offer to its members. it's understood that pay boost of 22.3% would be ramped up over two years. doctors have walked off the job 11 times since 2022, and have been demanding a 35% pay and have been demanding a 35% pay rise. if this latest offer is accepted by members, it would end the ongoing strikes. now, a high court judge today issued a warrant for the arrest of stephen yaxley—lennon, better known as tommy robinson, after he fled the uk. it's after he breached a court order by showing a film at a protest in central london. he was arrested but released on bail on sunday night before allegedly leaving the country. he was due to attend a hearing today for contempt of court, but his

absence led the judge to continue without him . so now we continue without him. so now we know then that six mps will battle to become the next conservative party leader. after nominations closed this afternoon. the winner will be announced on the 2nd of november. former business secretary kemi badenoch became the sixth and final to tory throw her hat in the ring, promising to refocus the party on britain's sovereignty and revive confidence in capitalism. and that comes after suella braverman ruled herself out, saying there's little point in her standing because the party has branded her mad, bad and dangerous. the high court ruled today that emergency ban on puberty blockers imposed by the previous government was lawful. the advocacy group trans actual and a young claimant challenged the order restricting the prescription of the medication, which suppresses the natural production of sex hormones, to delay puberty. the ban was put in place by the now shadow health secretary, victoria atkins, her labour successor .

atkins, her labour successor. wes streeting acknowledged what he called lots of fear and anxiety around the issue, though he does also support the ban . he does also support the ban. those are the latest gb news headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in half an houn middlehurst. i'm back in half an hour. see you then for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with the news that we broke in the last hour and former bbc presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children and gb news correspondent cameron walker has the latest . cameron, bring us up the latest. cameron, bring us up to speed. >> yes, martin. this follows a metropolitan police investigation. and as you said investigation. and as you said in the last hour, they have released a statement which confirms that the former bbc news presenter, huw edwards,

who's 62, has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. the offences they are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022, related to images shared on a whatsapp chat. edwards was arrested on the 8th of november last year. he was then charged on the 26th or 26th of june. that's following authorisation from the crown prosecution service. now, we know he's going to be appearing at westminster magistrates court on wednesday of this week. that's the 31st of july. now, you may remember last week the bbc announced that huw edwards was paid more than £475,000 by the corporation . last year, the corporation. last year, before he resigned, he had resigned from the corporation three months ago. so to just recap, he's been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children and he will appearin images of children and he will appear in court on wednesday. >> okay. thank you very much for

that. >> okay. thank you very much for that . update >> okay. thank you very much for that. update cameron >> okay. thank you very much for that . update cameron walker >> okay. thank you very much for that. update cameron walker on huw edwards. thank you . now huw edwards. thank you. now let's get back to the horrific knife attack. now in southport. at least eight people, including some young children, have been stabbed on police , arrested stabbed on police, arrested a man and seized the knife after being called to the to the major incident at a property on hart street in the town at about 1150 this morning and gb news reporter will hollis joins us from the scene in southport. will an horrific case, what do we know bring us up to speed? >> yes, martin. >> yes, martin. >> well, this is about as close as journalists can get. there's as journalists can get. there's a barrier as well as maybe about 300m of road between where the pubuc 300m of road between where the public and journalists can get as close to the scene of the incident. we've been hearing that eight people have been taken to hospital. eyewitnesses say that some of those people were children, and we know that three hospitals have been used for the incident, one of which

is a children's hospital. alder hey. now, that's a major incident that the trust is the trust that runs that hospital says that there's been a major incident which is consistent as well with merseyside police as well with merseyside police as well as north west ambulance service. now, the latest that we're hearing from the scene. a report by the liverpool echo is that police have taped off a local housing estate, which is about 15 minutes from here, and they believe that this is connected to the incident that school close, old school close in banks, which is about 15 minutes away. and there's a cordon in place and the echo is reporting that that is related to the stabbing. now, there is lots of journalists here on the scene, as well as obviously lots of concerned members of the pubuc of concerned members of the public as well, because this is a harrowing and traumatising thing to happen in your local community. martin. >> and what makes it even more traumatising is this was at a day—care day—care centre, a taylor swift dance and yoga

event at the former warehouse building believed to be the norwood business centre, which is often used for taking care of children. and of course, it's the summer holidays now. well, so this would be children at a day—care centre, no doubt. while parents worked and eyewitness reports coming in of locals coming into the streets will and taking children into their homes to protect them of supermarket workers offering food and water to those in the area affected of the high street closing down and just the sheer magnitude of this sinking in that in a small, tight knit community where nothing like this has ever happened before. bill hollis, a huge, huge sense of shock away from here to take them there to a place they wanted them. >> yes. >> yes. >> well, just driving into southport, this isn't just an incident that has closed off hart street and affected the local neighbourhood here. there is a large police presence

around . there is a youth centre around. there is a youth centre just down the road from where we are now, where we drove past and there's lots of police there as still, as well as a couple of ambulances as well, because when you've got an operation of this size, it isn't just about looking at the particular place where there's an incident about 300m down hart street where we are. but there needs to be all of the support that comes along with that. and we have been heanng with that. and we have been hearing that local supermarkets and their staff have been helping to provide for support for people, because when this happensin for people, because when this happens in your community, it almost feels like it has happened to you, even if maybe you're not directly affected by what is clearly quite a tragic, tragic incident. >> and we'll hear there are eyewitness reports of a nurse who works in the area going into the street saying she heard a mother cry. my girls, my girls and the very human stories now are starting to emerge. bill hollis of the fact that she says

here that the chances are everybody in this community will know a parent or know a child, that went to this day centre because it is a very tight knit community. >> yeah, really scary stuff. it's a worrying enough when this kind of thing happens in a community where we think it might be adults that have been attacked, where there's issues of violence between young men, for example. but when it's young children, it really does start to hit home. and some of those reports that we've been hearing today of the screams from the reaction of local people as this incident played out on their streets, we know that the police say that they have arrested one person and that person was arrested by armed police. and we know that they're not looking for anybody else. so that is encouraging . but still to see it encouraging. but still to see it happen, play out in your neighbourhood is incredibly worrying.

>> well, we're going to see you there in southport, a huge police operation in place. there will be comb in that area for forensic evidence and the whole area a locked down crime scene. will hollis, thank you very much for joining us there. as close as you can get to that scene in southport. thank you. now, the prime minister has issued a short statement on the major incident in stockport. he said horrendous and deeply shocking news emerging from southport. my thoughts are with all of those affected. i would like to thank the police and emergency services for their swift response. i'm being kept updated as the situation develops and this is what the home secretary yvette cooper, said in a statement on x formerly twitter. i am deeply concerned at the very serious incident in southport. all my thoughts are with the families of loved ones and those affected . i've spoken and those affected. i've spoken to the merseyside police and crime commissioner to convey full support to the police and thanks to the emergency services responding well. earlier on we

spoke to former police officer peter kirkham about the incident in southport and here's what he had to say. >> it will have been everybody that's available as quickly as possible. when you've got young people involved in an incident such as this and you've got the scale of the incident such as this, that will have become plain, fairly rapidly once the calls started coming in, then it is a case of sending everybody that's available as quickly as possible. in the, in the media, you'll find in that we're still in a stage of confusion about what has happened. well, that's exactly what the officer would find themselves in when they arrived trying to establish what's gone on, trying to establish who the victims are, trying to ensure that everything is done to preserve life and deal with the injured parties, especially the children . and, especially the children. and, also to try and establish who has been responsible, try and

identify them, locate them and detain them, so there's a load of things that all need doing at once, and it's a time when you initially have got few resources. they then keep, turning up in quick succession, and you're trying to brief those officers and deploy them as best you can. until, some sort of order can be, maintained, established and maintained at the scene . the scene. >> and that was peter kirkham, and i was joined earlier on in the show by the director of the law and order foundation, norman brennan. and here's what norman had to say. >> my first comments will be, my thoughts and prayers. and i'm sure that of millions of other people in britain , to those people in britain, to those involved and their families , and involved and their families, and the two primary concerns are that the suspect who would pose a danger if he was still free, has been neutralised. he's not been shot. and i understand he's

not been seriously injured, but he's been taken out of circulation. that has to always be the priority. and the second one is that all the victims are now being treated in hospital. i'm sure some may well have life threatening injuries from what i read into this. and let's just pray that they're all saved and they're in the best hands possible . and here we are again possible. and here we are again with a major knife attack incident on the streets of britain. and what i want to make clear is this, martin, is that again , nobody should speculate. again, nobody should speculate. nobody should be posting on social media. horrific and gratuitous. images of children or any victim that are suffering. and another overview is this we've got to be calm . we is this we've got to be calm. we never know whether someone is a terrorist. self—radicalized someone that has got mental

health issues or somebody that has actually just gone out with a knife and gone out and committed this absolute mayhem there. the four types of people that normally commit knife crime and we could never know. martin. there are times that we can never know if they're not on our radar, that someone is going to go and do this. we do not live in a perfect world, so let's be calm. let's be rational and less await the merseyside police to tell us the true facts of what has happened this morning . has happened this morning. >> that was norman brennan, and we'll have full updates from southport later in the show and also break down the chancellor's plans to break down the former government's projected £22 billion of over spending. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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october, day before halloween, after inheriting what she says is a £22 billion black hole. the chancellor has been addressing mps in the commons, accusing the tory party of covering it up. let's get reaction to what rachel reeves said in the house of commons in the studio now i'm joined by our reporter adam cherry. adam, there was a lot of punch and judy in the house earlier . punch and judy in the house earlier. rachel punch and judy in the house earlier . rachel reeves earlier. rachel reeves destroying jeremy hunt's previous legacy in front of him with the repeated mantra, if we cannot afford it, we cannot do it. tell us more. >> absolutely. yeah. this was the return of high drama in the commons. i think we've missed this for a little bit, haven't we, martin? it's been it's been very friendly and cordial, particularly in pmqs. not so today with this statement. rachel reeves really on the attack directly targeting the legacy of the now shadow chancellor jeremy legacy of the now shadow chancellorjeremy hunt. i think you know what? why don't we just take a look at it? this is what he this is what she had to say earlier this afternoon. >> i'm not talking about the state of public services in the future, like the crisis in our prisons, which they have left

for us to fix. i am talking about the money that they were already spending this year and had no ability to pay for which they hid from the country they had exhausted the reserve and they knew that, but nobody else did. yet they ducked the difficult decisions. they put party before country and they continued , and they continued to continued, and they continued to make unfunded commitments. after unfunded commitment, knowing that the money was not there . that the money was not there. >> yeah, pretty unbelievable stuff . so the headlines, as you stuff. so the headlines, as you said, as we've already said here, £22 billion black hole, which is more than we expected, it was briefed out to be 19 to 20 billion. it's actually more than that, public sector pay rises of up to around £9 billion, the universal winter fuel payment scrapped. it's now going to be means tested, which from a labour government is quite extraordinary. i'm sure we'll discuss that shortly. bons we'll discuss that shortly. boris johnson's pledge for 40 new hospitals paused. you know , new hospitals paused. you know, heaven knows when they'll return to that, the advanced british

standard, which was rishi sunak's big reform to a levels kind of an english baccalaureate scrapped, apparently there was no costing for that in the department of education whatsoever, transport projects scrapped , including the tunnel scrapped, including the tunnel under stonehenge, parts of the euston leg of hs2. that's all gone , department have been to gone, department have been to told find £3 billion each in, in efficiencies, in other words, cuts. and they have to do that by the 30th of october, which is when we'll have our budget. that's actually the second part of the equation. i think this is scary enough. right. so you see the tax rises, which are probably coming, in october. and rachel was not shy about saying expect more pain here, tax and spend. you know, it's pretty grisly stuff as you should also say martin, the adult social care cap, currently £86,000. that's the maximum which you pay, that's the maximum which you pay, to receive care in your old age. that's also scrapped, so it's an extraordinary statement. and as you said, watching jeremy

hunt react to this was something else, for his part, i thought it's worth pointing out that he, he had a good line on, well, 24 days of the labour government. and since then, they've managed to spend £24 billion new spending. so that's on things like gb energy. it's about 8 billion, the public sector pay rises and other things as well. so on the, on the one hand lots of cuts, but also, you know, caving in on, on the public sector pay pay demands is not cheap. yeah. so we have to figure we have to ask where's that money going to come from. >> and adam, jeremy hunt was quick to hit back saying rachel reeves will fall absolutely no one by blaming us for the tax rises. the £20 billion hasn't magically appeared this isn't economic. it's political . and economic. it's political. and then going on to say she wants to blame the tories for tax rises and cuts that she planned all along. so very much as you'd expect . jeremy hunt saying expect. jeremy hunt saying you're trying to blame us for

something you knew about anyway. and now, astonishingly, adam, it appears like rachel reeves today did her george osborne moment. this is an austerity style talk, the labour party saying we're cutting back on building hospitals. extraordinary. >> it is extraordinary. i mean , >> it is extraordinary. i mean, not just that, but the winter fuel payment last week, they were forced to vote. the labour backbenchers , some of them backbenchers, some of them really against their instincts , really against their instincts, voted against lifting the two two child benefit cap. i mean can you imagine this from a from a left wing, ostensibly a left wing government . not not really. wing government. not not really. this is this is, as you say , this is this is, as you say, sort of osborne nomics. this is, as i'm sure , some of the critics as i'm sure, some of the critics will say they'll call this austerity 2.0. i mean, it's not really quite that because there are spending a lot of money in other areas, and there's a lot of state intervention in certain in certain parts of the government. but nonetheless, yeah, as you say, some pretty shocking stuff. and you wouldn't be surprised to hear some of this come out of, of a conservative finance minister's mouth. >> okay. adam, gerri, thank you very much. and that budget due

on october the 30th. thank you very much for that detailed update. let's head now back to southport for some breaking news after the horrific knife attack earlier on today. and gb news reporter will hollis joins us from the scene. will, what's the latest? >> yes, well, merseyside police has just confirmed a few moments ago that a 17 year old from bank has been arrested in relation to the stabbings here in southport. police have confirmed as well that they do not suspect that the incident is terror related . the incident is terror related. just a few moments ago as well, we were talking about how there's been a report from the liverpool echo which said that police were raiding a property in nearby bank and where we are now, that's about 15 minutes from that where we can see what's happening on our screens right now. if you look all the way down there, this is hart street here and it's about 300m

away where there are a few moments ago, there were people going forensics officers who were clearly detailing this scene. there's a police all the way down here, and there's an officer here as well, which is just manning the barrier to my right and to my left. there are journalists from about maybe 10 to 15 different broadcasters as well as print outlets as well. just a reminder of the news is that eight people have been taken to hospital. three different hospitals are being used, including one of which which is alder. >> hey, about 13 miles away in liverpool. >> and that is a children's hospital. now, that's consistent with early reports that we've been hearing from local eyewitnesses that said that some of the people who were involved in these multiple stabbings were children. now, alder hey , the children. now, alder hey, the police service here in merseyside, as well as north west ambulance service have all made similar statements declaring what they describe as

major incidents. we've been heanng major incidents. we've been hearing as well from the prime minister keir starmer, as well as the home secretary , yvette as the home secretary, yvette coopen as the home secretary, yvette cooper, describing their horror as well as supporting the work of the police force and the emergency services. and what we found out not too long ago, there were early indications and suspicions that this was some sort of a day—care centre, but other reports have said that it was a dance school, a summer houday was a dance school, a summer holiday event where children were spending time enjoying their company with other people. but the last thing that we've heard, the most recent thing, is that a 17 year old has been arrested . arrested. >> thank you, will hollis, for that update . just confirmed that update. just confirmed you're joining us, a 17 year old has been arrested in conjunction with that attack. earlier on in southport. and this is not presently being treated as a terror related incident. there's lots more still to come now. between between now and 6:00, we'll have a full update on the

olympics. but first let's have your news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour. let's bring you some more on that breaking news coming to us from southport in lancashire. a 17 year old boy has been arrested in connection with those stabbings. what's understood to be a children's club. he's from banks, which is northeast of southport in lancashire. at least eight people, including children. we understand, were attacked in that incident this morning . that incident this morning. witnesses described what they saw as something out of a horror movie. one witness reported seeing 7 to 10 children with stab wounds being brought outside the building, the pictures that you're seeing on the screen right now are of that large police cordon which is in place. victims have been taken to nearby hospitals, including alder hey and that hospital in particular has declared a major incident, urging people to stay away unless it's absolutely necessary. they come to hospital. so merseyside police

then, within the last 15 minutes saying the 17 year old suspect is from banks northeast of southport , the incident not southport, the incident not being treated as terror related. also in the news today, the former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children. that was confirmed by the metropolitan police. the offences are alleged to have taken place between december 2020 and april 2022, and they relate to images shared on a whatsapp chat . also in the on a whatsapp chat. also in the news today, rachel reeves will deliver her first budget. we understand on the 30th of october, after inheriting what she has called a £22 billion black hole in the finances, the chancellor has been addressing mps in the commons this afternoon, and she's accused the conservative party of covering up the state of britain's finances. the conservatives, though , have hit back, saying though, have hit back, saying she's trying to calm the british people so she can put up taxes. and junior doctors have been

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news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you polly. and if you're just joining us, a quick update on that huge breaking news story from southport eight believed to have been stabbed earlier on today, just the news in a 17 year old man has been arrested in conjunction in connection with this crime , connection with this crime, believed to be from bank, an area around about 15 minutes away from the crime scene. 17 year old apprehended and no body else believed to be at large at the moment. now joining me is michelle dewberry dewbs & co michelle dewberry dewbs& co course, 6 or 7 michelle dewberry. you're a parent, same as me, no doubt. when you saw this story, this is an everyday occurrence. this is the place where no doubt you and i certainly have left my children at holiday care centres like

this during the summer holidays . this during the summer holidays. you take them there, you expect them to do dancing, to do yoga, and then something extraordinary happens. and then something extraordinary happens . michelle dewberry a happens. michelle dewberry a story i know will have caused you a great deal of concern. >> of course it's affected me. you and a great many of our viewers. i mean, just that announcement that you have there, i've got goosebumps on my arm. it's absolutely shocking. and i will tell you that the police are doing a press conference live at 630. so we will be crossing to that during my show to make sure that we all have the absolute latest, but it's just tragic. it's almost beyond words. and my heart, of course, goes out to anybody and everybody that's been affected by that. also, in addition, tonight on the program, i'll of course be looking at some of the things that rachel reeves have been saying today and what is perhaps coming our way when it comes to taxation and so on and so forth, and also , martin, i so forth, and also, martin, i really am quite keen tonight to talk about an event that took place in trafalgar square on saturday, an event that's been labelled far and wide as being a

far right protest. people who've attended that described as thugs and so on and so forth. i went down there myself to see it, so i experience it myself. actually, i didn't want to rely on media reports, martin, and i've got to tell you now, what i saw was average british men and women, different ages, different creeds, colours, you name it all unhed creeds, colours, you name it all united by a common purpose that they do not like the direction of travel, that this country is going in. i am sick and tired of these ordinary people being smeared as being far right. martin's. i'll be discussing that on my programme . also alan that on my programme. also alan miller, he was at the event as well. so looking forward to our conversation about that. but of course all of it, comes second place to listening to that press conference about the very latest on that stabbing . on that stabbing. >> well, michelle dewberry now, heaven knows we could do with some common purpose at the moment. we could do with some common sense and some community spirit. thank you very much. dewbs& co six till seven. thank

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strike gold before a miraculous comeback from tom pidcock saw him retain his olympic title in mountain biking . elsewhere, tom mountain biking. elsewhere, tom daley and noah williams won silver in the ten metre synchronised diving and adam burgess also claimed silver in the canoe slalom. i'm joined now by the sports broadcaster chris skudder chris, a fantastic day for british olympians. you said keep the faith of the football, you said keep the faith at the olympics and it's coming true a bumper day. tell us more . bumper day. tell us more. >> yeah. reigning medals martin two golds, two silver and a bronze as well because not just in the eventing team which the brits won in tokyo. >> and two survivors there, tom mcewan and laura collett . from mcewan and laura collett. from that day, back in tokyo three years ago, collett also got a bronze in the individual. so a fantastic day. we're really steeped in tradition in this event. going back a long time, 68 and 72, the gold medals for the team there, then a big gap,

but now back to back gold medals for the eventing team. great equestrian tradition and the best thing about it, martin, was that there was a massive french crowd watching this event. france were the opposition. it was nip and tuck between the brits and the french, and boy did they go quiet when the brits showed them a thing or two in the final. showjumping section of the eventing. so a fantastic day, well done to tom pidcock. you know his story in the, he had covid during the tour de france and in the mountain biking. he had a puncture today. he was the favourite to retain his title . he was coming. he his title. he was coming. he was. you probably seen that the mountain biking spectacular stuff, coming down he, he was leading had a puncture, had to get off, lost 40s again. there was a frenchman in front and it looked as though his hopes had gone, but he caught him up. and then it was a massive battle towards the bottom of the course. the leads changed hands a couple of times, but pidcock, who's a fantastic mountain biker and a road racer, came through

to win britain's second gold of the day. a legendary performance from the man who's 25 years old tomorrow. so that's pretty wonderful, tom daley's done it again. silver, with his new partner, noel williams in the diving, and just about half an hour ago in the, canoeing . oh, hour ago in the, canoeing. oh, there we are. there's tom. >> we hear from him . >> we hear from him. >> we hear from him. >> the achievement was getting back to . back to. >> no, that's tom day there. but okay, so chris, so we've heard, from the event so far and you seem to be taking particular delight in beating the french. no harm in that. it is after all, in paris. so it is, mate. so that's today. looking ahead, what should we be keeping our eyes on? do you think we could expect some more medals ? expect some more medals? >> yeah, could be some tonight. in fact, right now, the team, the men's team and the gymnastics, they've got of course, max whitlock , who's a course, max whitlock, who's a fantastic athlete, jake jarman as well. and a couple of youngsters as well. they're doing really well at the moment. they might well get a medal. i think the chinese are going to

win the gold probably. but japan, who are also fancied they just made a big mistake a couple of minutes ago. so it could be a maybe a silver on the way for britain in that, later on tonight there's a swimming with the for sorry , the, the 200 the for sorry, the, the 200 freestyle member duncan scott , freestyle member duncan scott, who's won, i think six olympic medals over the years. he got four in tokyo. he's going in the final tonight . second fastest final tonight. second fastest qualifier. so could be a medal there. and also, matt richards in the same race. so plenty to be optimistic about. and just, we talk about the medal table weren't we the other day. and >> okay. we lost. we lost chris there. no. no worries, i like there. no. no worries, i like the way he was particularly enjoying the fact we were beating the french. everything. chris, thank you very much. and have a full olympic update. of course, every day this week from chris gooders, throughout the show. now i'm about to be joined by the comedy legend bobby davro, who's taking his act to the edinburgh fringe festival next month. you will not want to miss that. i martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

>> and join me. camilla tominey. >> and join me. camilla tominey. >> for a frank and honest discussion. >> with those in power. that cuts through the spin and gets to the heart of the issues shaping our nation. >> you haven't confirmed that you want to stand as leader, but you want to stand as leader, but you haven't ruled it out either. >> this report basically says that he's not fit to stand trial. is he indecisive ? trial. is he indecisive? incompetent? i deliver the dose of reality westminster needs. >> that's the camilla tominey show at 930 every sunday on gb news. >> the people's channel, britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> welcome back to the show. so if you're joining us a quick update on the situation in southport . police have just southport. police have just announced a short while ago that announced a short while ago that a 17 year old has been arrested in connection with that mass stabbing, believed to be at a care centre. the hope of heart children's club, a former

warehouse building in the norwood business centre just behind the area where it was affected, the individual 17 year old was believed to live in the bank area around about 15 minutes from the scene. there's a huge police operation in effect there with forensic officers and crime scene officers and crime scene officers in and out, and we're going to have a full update as soon as we get one now. moving on.the soon as we get one now. moving on. the edinburgh fringe festival is usually home to weird and wonderful stage shows from a variety of different acts, but this year, visitors are in for something a little bit different, as the great bobby davro heads to the scottish capital, i'm delighted to say that bobby davro joins me now. bobby, welcome to the show . now. bobby, welcome to the show. we tried to get you on friday. let there be light . we've got let there be light. we've got you now, bobby. it brings me a particularjoy not you now, bobby. it brings me a particular joy not only to you now, bobby. it brings me a particularjoy not only to see particular joy not only to see you. a comedian i grew up with. you're an absolute living legend, but also the fact you're in the edinburgh fringe. i always thought that was full of

thespians and luvvies. so this is what they call putting the cat amongst the pigeons. tell us more. >> where do i fit in? weird and wonderful, i'm one of the old ones from the 80s. i'm still going. i'm the only one from the 80s that hasn't been arrested. and i'm out there doing my stuff. i did it last year. i did two nights at this venue called frankenstein's, and i enjoyed it so much. and they asked me, we did very well and they said, would you come back to do the whole run? and i'm coming back. i'm going to do the whole run, and i'm looking forward to it. in fact, i've been working today. i've got my i've got my impressionist coach here, mr danny postal. he helps me with my impressions . my impressions. >> well, let's have a little bit then. can you give us a flash, of some of your impression material? we might expect 20 days this tour. >> i'll be doing a bit of michael mcintyre, you know. is that any good, michael mcintyre is slightly higher. make me. you make me look rubbish . you know, make me look rubbish. you know, i'll be doing me. john bishop as well. you know, i don't do a bad job. it's any good. well, john bishop, you got to be slightly

loving. your thing is with john, the thing is, i want to know what i can do. alan carter. okay. oh yeah. alan carr, chatty man. there you go. the thing is of alan carr forever. he said you look like you're going to throw up. you know what i mean? you're ruining it for me. and he does me do do me. oh, well, that's dreadful dreadful dreadful dreadful. we're down the pub, martin, and we're having a little bit of a jolly down here tonight. it's good fun. >> well, i think everybody could do with a bit of cheering up at the moment. bobby. it's been one of those news days. there's a lot of serious stuff in the world, and comedy gives us a great escape from that. heaven knows we need it. tell us about, before you went last year, because, i mean, let's be honest, like i said, the fringe festival we associate with the thespians, the luvvies, the alternative comedians. bobby, you're a great survivor, a career spanning many decades. do you go a bit retro? do you go a bit non—pc? do you go off piece? and i guess that's what people want. >> i think . so it's getting >> i think. so it's getting difficult now, as in pc world yesterday, you can't say anything in there. i think that, i think that , people are coming i think that, people are coming

away from that. i think finally this the title of the show is everything is funny. if you can laugh at it. and it's, everyone is entitled to be offended, martin, but everyone is also entitled to not be offended. so thatis entitled to not be offended. so that is the rule of thumb for me. i think you come along if you don't really enjoy what we do, you don't have to spoil it or cancel us. just don't come or just leave if you're not enjoying it . but actually, the enjoying it. but actually, the majority of people enjoy what i do still. so as long as they're still laughing, i'll still be doing it. >> and tickets are available there. tell people bobby how they can get their mitts on a ticket, no doubt. just like last yean ticket, no doubt. just like last year, that's going to sell out like hotcakes. >> yes, i hope so. i love performing , this is i'm 46 years performing, this is i'm 46 years in the business, and, you know, i'm enjoying it, and that's what it's all about. >> and do you think, bobby, that they won't try and cancel you there? were they? i guess you'll have some boys on the door if they just stop oil or the. just stop. bobby davro is try and get in your muscle him out the way. >> i don't think i'll get cancelled. i'm not that controversial. i'm quite adult now, and. but i do tropical

stuff. it's not. a lot of people might think that i'm still doing frank spencer impressions, but of course i'm not. i'm doing all the modern ones that you know, the, you know, doing the, the what's his name, the president guy ' what's his name, the president guy , the donald j. trump. what guy, the donald j. trump. what is the j stand for? genius. do is thej stand for? genius. do your donald well, you know , your donald well, you know, donald's a great guy. what i love about donald is he looks like he's squeezing a ball. that's enough . anyway, we're that's enough. anyway, we're having a giggle . i had a i had having a giggle. i had a i had a stroke in, january and some of my impressions have struggled a bit. i've. i've had a bit of a dodgy voice and, and my, my friend danny has helped me a lot, so, hopefully i'm going to be in fine form when i get up to edinburgh. >> great. so if that's bobby davro. everything is funny. if you can laugh at it, that starts august. the second in edinburgh. get your hands on tickets again, thanks for joining us, get your hands on tickets again, thanks forjoining us, bobby. always a pleasure. now that's all from me for now. dewbs & co all from me for now. dewbs& co is up next. and don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev, and then tom and emily with

good afternoon britain from midday, and i'll be back on your screens at 7:00 this evening and then again at tomorrow at 3 pm. i'm also on nicola bulley. this is gb news. now it's your weather with alex berger . weather with alex berger. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> hello again. it's time for your latest gb news weather forecast coming to you from the met office . plenty of hot and met office. plenty of hot and sunny weather to come through the next couple of days. yes, across northern parts it's a bit cloudier here and there has been some rain today and there will be a little bit more rain to come because there is a front pushing its way in that's edging south eastwards across parts of scotland and northern ireland. as we go through this evening and overnight. but it's breaking up so most of that rain is actually going to ease and clear through as we go through the

early hours of tomorrow morning. for many, then it is going to be a dry night, some clear skies, the odd pocket of mist and fog for some, particularly across england and wales. perhaps a touch warmer than last night. maybe a bit more difficult for sleeping, but towards the northwest, perhaps a little bit cooler than last night. as we go through tomorrow morning, like i said, there could be some mist and fog patches around, but these should quickly clear because there will be plenty of sunshine . a sunny start across sunshine. a sunny start across much of england and wales, a bit cloudier across the far north of england, and a little bit of cloud . perhaps the odd shower cloud. perhaps the odd shower across some parts of northern ireland and western scotland, but for eastern scotland it's actually looking largely fine. plenty of blue skies , plenty of plenty of blue skies, plenty of sunshine here as well. through the day. yes, there could still be a few showers, most likely across parts of scotland, northern ireland and maybe into northern england too. but on the whole it's looking dry . plenty whole it's looking dry. plenty of sunshine around and with that , of sunshine around and with that, temperatures are going to rise. it's likely to be even hotter than today for many places.

there's a good chance that we're going to get into the low 30s celsius with highs of around 32 celsius with highs of around 32 celsius towards the south—east, and even further north. we're looking at temperatures in the low to mid 20s for many places as we go through later tuesday, we're sticking with the fine picture. another fine evening to come. plenty of late sunshine around, but there is a change on the cards. there's going to be a thundery breakdown as we go through later this week , likely through later this week, likely to be sometime wednesday into thursday with temperatures then dropping by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers . inside from boxt boilers. >> sponsors of weather on gb

single parent's worst nightmare. also coming up tonight, rachel reeves, she's been giving a statement you guessed it. i mean, you don't need to be a mind reader to predict what was going to happen. she basically says there's a huge black hole and we're going to have i would i would hazard a well, guess, tax rises. also, if you're used to your winter fuel allowance, bad news for you . also, an event bad news for you. also, an event took place at the weekend in trafalgar square. it was labelled far and wide by the press as being a far right protest. well, i attended and i've got to tell you, that's completely at odds with what i saw. i am sick and tired of average british people being labelled and smeared as far right. we'll cover that tonight . right. we'll cover that tonight. all that and more. but first, the 6:00 news headlines .

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