this is a key seat in blackpool south and it is| seat in blackpool south and it is part of what is knownlly voted labour and in 2019 switched to the conservatives. at some point they will pledge to get it done. he was then filmed as you mentioned by undercover reporters from the times newspaper appearing to offer to lobby for the gambling industry to take a paid role and he said he broke no rules referring himself to the commons standards committee but they have decided that it was a serious breach of the rules and he gave the impression in the committee's reports, words that he was corrupt and they said it was a serious breach and they recommended this quite high suspension of 35 days as an mp. this quite high suspension of 35 days as an mr— days as an mp. lets go back to moscow where _ days as an mp. lets go back to moscow where russia - days as an mp. lets go back to moscow where russia pot i days as an mp. lets go back to i moscow where russia pot president putin is delivering what is usually his annual news conference which did not happen last year or so this is the first time he ha

exactly, is the key seat of blackpool south and is j key seat of blackpool south and is part of the redhad traditionally typically voted labour and in 2019 switch to the conservatives as part of the conservatives' pledge at that point to get brexit done. so it's really a key seat that rishi sunak will be wanting to keep hold of. scott benton was filmed by undercover reporters from the times newspaper appearing to offer to lobby for the gambling industry to take a paid role. he says he broke no rules, he referred himself to the commons standards committee but they have decided that it was a serious breach of the rules. he gave the impression in the committee's reports that he was corrupt and other members of the house were corrupt as well. they said it was a serious breach and they have recommended this high suspension of 35 days as an mp. recommended this high suspension of 35 days as an mr— 35 days as an mp. briefly, any wider reaction from _ 35 days as an mp. briefly, any wider reaction from the _ 35 days as an mp. briefly, any wider reaction from the conservative - 35 days as an mp.

conservative mp for blackpool south scott benton, it's been recommended that he is suspended from thelobbying scandal. we will have more on that when we get it throughout the morning. moving on to the eu summit we were mentioning in our headlines. as mentioned, the european council is meeting in brussels today at a summit to discuss key decisions regarding ukraine — increasing providing more funding and starting formal talks on the joining the bloc. the move comes as the european union leaders' agree to release more than 10 billions euros' worth of funding to hungary — which had previously been frozen over concerns about the rule of law in the country. prime minister, viktor orban, had been threatening to block the eu's plans to help ukraine. live now the bbc�*s europe reporter sofia bettiza who's in brussels. bring us up—to—date with what's happening in this meeting? goad happening in this meeting? good morninu. happening in this meeting? good morning- we _ happening in this meeting? good morning. we are _ happening in this meeting? (emt. morning. we are expecting a bit of diplomatic

certainly the blackpool south labour the blackpool south to labour and probably the wellingborough by—electionon good form the moment. andrew good form at the moment. andrew and bev he's a party last and bev he's at a party last night with tory mps making jokes about mafia and about about about the mafia and about the families and mark the five families and mark francois he in francois and the like. he in private, he's quite chipper. you might be surprised to hear i am surprised hear. surprised to hear. >> we've got a tory mp >> well, we've got a tory mp with us, chris. >> thanks for that, tom hunt, mp for ipswich, is here. you for ipswich, is here. were you at the christmas party last night 10? i was night in number 10? i was briefly, yeah. you're never out of 10 because you of number 10 because i saw you going breakfast the other going in for breakfast the other day. you, what were day. yeah were you, what were you um so when i went you fed with? um so when i went on tuesday morning, will geddes bacon rolls, fruit salad. uh, you know, but, you know, >> uh, you know, but, you know, obviously

the blackpool south mp scandal.nfidential information to gambling industry chiefs . mr gambling industry chiefs. mr benton was secretly being filmed by reporters for the times , who by reporters for the times, who offered him between 2000 and £4000 for two days work. the mp says he didn't breach any rules . says he didn't breach any rules. the father, stepmother and uncle of ten year old saira sharif have pleaded not guilty to her murder. the ten year old's body was discovered at her home in surrey august , the day before surrey in august, the day before saira was discovered . the three saira was discovered. the three defendants uk for defendants left the uk for pakistan with five children before returning a month later. the trial of all three will be in september of next year. the trial of all three will be in september of next year . the in september of next year. the uk is banning entry for those responsible for settler violence against palestinians . foreign against palestinians. foreign secretary david cameron

what it means is it could trigger a by—election in his constituency of blackpool south.ive party, he sits as a conservative mp, but it means rishi sunak could be facing a by—election in this key target seat for the labour party in the coming weeks. thank you very much, harry. the time is 1.17. our top story this afternoon: latest figures from the nhs in england show slight improvements in waiting times for accident and emergency care and routine hospital treatment. and still to come we get a look at the brand new panini women's super league stickers collection. coming up on bbc news... after daring to dream on their return to the champions league after 20 years away, newcastle united's european ambitions for this season were ended by milan at stjames' park. as britishjews celebrate the final days of hannukah, new figures reveal the number of anti—semitic attacks against them has reached more than 2,000 since the attacks on israel on 7th 0ctober — up from around 300 in the same period last year. our special correspondent lucy manning went to meet a group of young jewish t

scott has let us down in blackpool south where live, in blackpool south where i live, margaret write write blackpool quickly. there blackpool off so quickly. there is going on. there's is so much going on. there's huge, um , hotel investment, she huge, um, hotel investment, she says. uh marco pierre white opening a restaurant in town, etc. that's good. i like the etc. so that's good. i like the fact that you think your town is on the up. that's what i want. but i just worry that perhaps other people, certainly people in politics, perhaps share in politics, perhaps don't share the those areas that the visions for those areas that i would say perhaps they should. anyway uh, biden, he anyway look, uh, joe biden, he has talking out about has been talking out about israel. uh, he's been suggesting that starting lose, uh, that it's starting to lose, uh, international support over its basic, uh, bombing campaign of gaza. i also noticed as well, the israeli ambassador to the uk , she was speaking out. let's just listen to what she had to say. >> i think it's about time for the world to reali

of 3690, in blackpool majority. of 3690, in blackpool south.te next year. the polls could look better , but certainly better, but certainly a challenge now. mr benton has been given a ban from the house of commons, suspended from the house of commons for 30 days or so, ten times. so three times more than the ten day suspend limit, which normally would trigger a possible referendum on a recall by—election so, uh, people living in blackpool south will have a chance now to say whether they want a by—election in in in mr benton and whether to remove him as an mp . and if to remove him as an mp. and if more than 10% say they want one, they'll get one. we're already facing by—election facing a by—election wellingborough peter bone, a veteran tory mp. huge, huge. uh um, um, majority of 19,000. he's facing probably about uh, losing of losing the he's fighting i think i understood to be not wanting i should say um, a referendum on his time as a as an mp. he should face a by—election in, in the new year. and should. mr benton, you've got these two twin b

mps from the uk's committee on standards have recommended that the member for blackpool south, scott in a lobbying scandal. if the house of commons agrees with the recommendation, it will trigger a recall petition, which could lead to a by—election in his constituency. the father, step—mother and uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif — who died at her home in woking in august — have pleaded not guilty to her murder. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik appeared at the old bailey by video link. they also pleaded not guilty to a second charge of causing or allowing the death of a child. the welsh government minister for the economy — vaughan gething — has become the first to declare his candidacy to lead welsh labour and become the next first minister of wales. mr gething said on social media, that he had "strong support from right across the party". mark drakeford announced he was quitting as welsh labour leader on wednesday. european union leaders have been meeting in brussels. it's a summit dominated by divisions between hungary and the rest of the bloc over ukraine. high on th

if mps approve the suspension it could lead to a by election in his blackpool south constituency.artonshire 27 years ago. caroline glachan�*s body was found in the river leven in august 1996. police say they were able to make the convictions after opening a reinvestigation in 2019. from the high court in glasgow, catriona renton reports. caroline glachan was just 1a years old when her body was found in the river leven. her mother, margaret, has waited for more than 27 years forjustice for her only child. it will not bring her back but at least we know who is responsible is serving time for it because for the past 25 years they have lived their life and they have had their christmases and their birthdays. and my caroline was in the ground, so this is a great day. it was a saturday night when caroline left her home in bonhill in west dunbartonshire to go and meet her then 18 year old boyfriend, robert o'brien. she told friends she'd be back before her mother was home, but caroline's body was found the next day in the river leven. he had serious head injuries. herfriends remember a b

well blackpool south was a l.gordon marsden.ong time. pound..gordon marsden was time. pound. well blackpool south was a l.gordon marsden was thee. pound. well blackpool south was a l.gordon marsden was the mp >> gordon marsden was the mp there and scott benton only won it time. reality is it last time. the reality is that unlikely that it's most unlikely statistically. look at statistically. if you look at peter power , he's written peter paddy power, he's written it off already. it's a labour gain. got no doubt about gain. we've got no doubt about that. what's what's really that. but what's what's really horrific is not horrific about this is not i mean, scott burton, you know, we're benton. we're just parked scott benton. let's leave him as a let's just leave him as a as a footprint in on the sands of time. but look, this is yet again an image of mps as being greedy, venal, toerags the again an image of mps as being gree

south, should be suspended for 35 days. behalf of the gambling industry. the standards committee says he had sent out the message that he was "corrupt and for sale". live now to westminster and our political correspondent, harry farley. the standards committee could not have been any clearer in their assessment. it is more embarrassment and another problem for the government. it and another problem for the government.— and another problem for the government. it really is. the committee — government. it really is. the committee said _ government. it really is. the committee said this - government. it really is. the committee said this was - government. it really is. the committee said this was an l government. it really is. the - committee said this was an extremely serious breach of the mp rules earlier this year, scott benton had a meeting with what he thought was an investing company in the gambling industry. it wasn't actually, it was fake, and it was part of a sting operation by the times newspaper. he was offering sett

mps from the committee on standards have recommended that the member for blackpool south, scott bentoner being caught in a lobbying scandal. if the house of commons agrees with the recommendation it will trigger a recall petition which could lead to a by—election in his constituency. the father, stepmother and uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif have pleaded guilty to her murder. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik appeared at the old bailey by video link. urfan sharif, beinash batool and faisal malik appeared at the old bailey by video link. he said on social media that he had strong support from right across the party. mark drakeford announced he was quitting as welsh labour leader on wednesday. you are life with bbc news. that is get more on the war in ukraine. high on the agenda is a huge package of financial and military support, and the opening of formal entry talks with kyiv. but hungary has threatened to veto both. president zelensky is making an unannounced visit to germany. he addressed the council remotely earlier in the day and he warned that now was not the time fo

mps from the uk's committee on standards have recommended the member for blackpool south scott bentonght in a lobbying scandal. if the house of commons agrees with the recommendation, it will triggera recommendation, it will trigger a recall recommendation, it will triggera recall petition which could lead to a by—election in his constituency. the father, stepmother and uncle of ten—year—old sara sharif who died at her home in woking and august have pleaded not guilty to her murder. they appeared at the old bailey by video link and also pitted not guilty to a second charge of causing or allowing the death of a child. the wealth minister has declared his candidacy to lead welsh labour and become the next first minister of wales. he has had on social media that he had strong support from right across the party. mark drakeford announced on wednesday he was quitting as welsh labour leader. you are life with bbc news. we return to remain story because president biden's national advisor jake sullivan is meeting with netanyahu in tel aviv as is really forces continue their offensive against

the blackpool south mp was secretly filmed by reporters from the times, offering to leak confidential information to gambling industry chiefs who had offered him between 2 and £4000 for just two days work. the mp forjust two days work. the mp says he didn't breach any rules as and today the funeral for the former minister, baroness kinnock , has been taking place. kinnock, has been taking place. the family of the mep and wife of ex—labour leader lord kinnock says she was a proud democratic socialist who campaigned for justice and against poverty all her life . she had been diagnosed her life. she had been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2017. sir keir starmer described her as a true fighter for the labour party. he was seen arriving at the ceremony earlier and he was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . that's the news on gb news across the uk, on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . and. news channel. and. >> thank you polly and welcome to farage at gb

independent for blackpool independent mp for blackpool south.in regardless of what the star chamber lawyers have said . but of course more said. but of course more meetings and more meetings at 6 pm. so it's going to be really fascinating if the bill passes at all, by what degree it passes , which can of >> we've got this merry go round of prime ministers and of chancellors of the exchequer, huge instable party in the government. we seem to be back to that position now with the latest conservative prime minister's authority shredded once again and it really is time to give the british people their say rather than having a government in office where frankly its only purpose is trying to secure its own survival really isn't in the interests of the country . i interests of the country. i think it is for the british people to have their say as soon as possible. and that, frankly, is what the prime minister should be doing rather than just continuing in this way, causing damage to the country , which is damage to the country, which is what's happenin

just beforebenton, independent mp for scott benton, independent mp for blackpool south, has joined usn. scott so you voted in the rwanda vote last night for the bill. were you in any doubt and why did you support the prime minister in this? >> i was hugely conflicted, richard. ahead of the vote, to tell you the truth, i was in a plethora of meetings with those so—called five conservative families. we heard a range of different views from colleagues about why the bill is difficult, point about how it doesn't get us to where we want to be. but to be fair to the prime minister it takes us one step further to the goal. both you and i want to see, which is stopping the boats. so the bill isn't perfect , but in fact it's far from that. but voting it down at the first hurdle when we weren't guaranteed anything else and scotland is obviously there's lots more hurdles . lots more hurdles. >> so we've got a slide here which shows how much more it's got to go. hopefully this will come up on screen in terms of the steps required in the house of commons. there you've got it's got committee stage r

just beforebenton, independent mp for scott benton, independent mp for blackpool south, has joined usn. scott so you voted in the rwanda vote last night for the bill. were you in any doubt and why did you support the prime minister in this? >> i was hugely conflicted, richard. ahead of the vote, to tell you the truth, i was in a plethora of meetings with those so—called five conservative families. we heard a range of different views from colleagues about why the bill is difficult, point about how it doesn't get us to where we want to be. but to be fair to the prime minister it takes us one step further to the goal. both you and i want to see, which is stopping the boats. so the bill isn't perfect , but in fact it's far from that. but voting it down at the first hurdle when we weren't guaranteed anything else and scotland is obviously there's lots more hurdles . lots more hurdles. >> so we've got a slide here which shows how much more it's got to go. hopefully this will come up on screen in terms of the steps required in the house of commons. there you've got it's got committee stage r

the blackpool south mp was secretly filmed by reporters from the times, offering to leak confidential information to gambling industry chiefs who had offered him between 2 and £4000 for just two days work. the mp forjust two days work. the mp says he didn't breach any rules as and today the funeral for the former minister, baroness kinnock , has been taking place. kinnock, has been taking place. the family of the mep and wife of ex—labour leader lord kinnock says she was a proud democratic socialist who campaigned for justice and against poverty all her life . she had been diagnosed her life. she had been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2017. sir keir starmer described her as a true fighter for the labour party. he was seen arriving at the ceremony earlier and he was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . that's the news on gb news across the uk, on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news this is britain's news channel . and. news channel. and. >> thank you polly and welcome to farage at gb

blackpool south will be the one to watch for me. >> well, die hard tories would say you know, ukip got, ukip got 4 million votes in 2015 and one seat and they're accusation is if you're going to vote reform, you're going hand starmer the you're going to hand starmer the keys to number 10. but i still speak to a of reform voters speak to a lot of reform voters and reform fans who say i don't care. it's principle. they're and reform fans who say i don't care. it' my inciple. they're and reform fans who say i don't care. it' my incip because �*e and reform fans who say i don't care. it' my incip because they've getting my vote because they've just trust in the just lost all trust in the conservative party. >> think there a large >> and i think there is a large cohort people feel that cohort of people who feel that way. of the people whose way. most of the people whose minds changed who minds will be changed and who the main two parties will be chasing will be those voters in the middle who are who will switch from to labour tory, tory to sometimes dem to labour. sometimes lib dem dependin

the blackpool south mp was secretly filmed by reporters offering to leak confidential information toing industry chiefs , who offered him between chiefs, who offered him between 2 and £4000 for two days work. the mp says he didn't breach any rules . and finally the funeral rules. and finally the funeral for the former minister, baroness kinnock , took place baroness kinnock, took place today. the family of the mep and wife of the ex—labour leader , wife of the ex—labour leader, lord kinnock, says she was a proud, democratic, socially who campaigned for justice and against poverty. all her life. she'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2017. sir keir starmer described her as a true fighter for the labour party. he was seen arriving at the ceremony earlier on and he was joined by gordon brown , tony was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan. was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . that's the blair and sadiq khan. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by say

the blackpool south mp was secretly filmed by reporters offering to leak confidential information toing industry chiefs , who offered him between chiefs, who offered him between 2 and £4000 for two days work. the mp says he didn't breach any rules . and finally the funeral rules. and finally the funeral for the former minister, baroness kinnock , took place baroness kinnock, took place today. the family of the mep and wife of the ex—labour leader , wife of the ex—labour leader, lord kinnock, says she was a proud, democratic, socially who campaigned for justice and against poverty. all her life. she'd been diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2017. sir keir starmer described her as a true fighter for the labour party. he was seen arriving at the ceremony earlier on and he was joined by gordon brown , tony was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan. was joined by gordon brown, tony blair and sadiq khan . that's the blair and sadiq khan. that's the news on gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by say

i know we haven't, but he's the mp for blackpool south. he looks, well, dodgy. was found dodgy. so scott benton was found to committed a very serious to have committed a very serious breach of parliamentary rules after a marks after remarks he made to undercover reporters, he was filmed offering to lobby ministers and leak confidential information to fake gambling company, and the committee said he was clearly motivated by the desire for financial gain . and desire for financial gain. and this feels to me now like a death by a thousand cuts, another by—election. i have lost count of how many by elections we have had recently. there'll be no need for a general election next year because by the time we get there, we've had just enough by elections to know what the country want, right? >> yeah. a point. mean, >> yeah. a good point. i mean, and for balance, have and just for balance, i have to say does look, well, say he does not look, well, dodgy. um, but that's a subjective opinion. it's a subjective opinion. it's a subjective opinion. it's a subjective opinion. s

i know we haven't, but he's the mp for blackpool south. he looks, well, dodgy. was found dodgy. so scott benton was found to committed a very serious to have committed a very serious breach of parliamentary rules after a marks after remarks he made to undercover reporters, he was filmed offering to lobby ministers and leak confidential information to fake gambling company, and the committee said he was clearly motivated by the desire for financial gain . and desire for financial gain. and this feels to me now like a death by a thousand cuts, another by—election. i have lost count of how many by elections we have had recently. there'll be no need for a general election next year because by the time we get there, we've had just enough by elections to know what the country want, right? >> yeah. a point. mean, >> yeah. a good point. i mean, and for balance, have and just for balance, i have to say does look, well, say he does not look, well, dodgy. um, but that's a subjective opinion. it's a subjective opinion. it's a subjective opinion. it's a subjective opinion. s

, south was won by just a 3700 votes majority .d luck holding on to that one. tories but do the conservatives need to rip the conservatives need to rip the plaster off and get this show the road? so tonight i'm show on the road? so tonight i'm asking, should we just have a general election now? let me know thoughts email know your thoughts. email gb views news. com you can views at gb news. com you can tweet me at gb news while you're there, go and take in our there, go and take part in our poll. you the results poll. i'll bring you the results very, well, to very, very shortly. well, to debate joined by debate this, i'm now joined by conservative graham debate this, i'm now joined by conspolitical graham debate this, i'm now joined by conspolitical commentator'aham debate this, i'm now joined by conspolitical commentator andn and political commentator and former editor of the sunday mirror, paul connew. both of you.thank mirror, paul connew. both of you. thank you very, very much. great on the show. great to have you on the show.

andrew this is relation to the blackpool is in relation to the blackpool south mp, scott benton.after being caught in 35 days after being caught in a lobbying scandal. this is according committee according to the committee on standards. doesn't standards. actually doesn't say which he's tory, which party he is. he's tory, he's tory. he's a tory. >> it's another tory. so if it was week suspension, it'd be was six week suspension, it'd be they'd certainly they'd be almost certainly a trigger by—election so we could end by—election. end up with a by—election. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i suspect he'll say just >> but i suspect he'll say just shy of it. okay so yes, another crisis for rishi sunak. >> pre—christmas the pm. >> yeah i think, um, forget all your troubles. >> great british >> enter our great british giveaway competition. great pfizes giveaway competition. great prizes to be won. uh, may able assistant here will model them for you. >> tell you about an iphone, shopping vouchers and ten grand in cash. in good hard cash. >> here's all the details of how you can enter. >> it's the g

, south was won by just a 3700 votes majority .d luck holding on to that one. tories but do the conservatives need to rip the conservatives need to rip the plaster off and get this show the road? so tonight i'm show on the road? so tonight i'm asking, should we just have a general election now? let me know thoughts email know your thoughts. email gb views news. com you can views at gb news. com you can tweet me at gb news while you're there, go and take in our there, go and take part in our poll. you the results poll. i'll bring you the results very, well, to very, very shortly. well, to debate joined by debate this, i'm now joined by conservative graham debate this, i'm now joined by conspolitical graham debate this, i'm now joined by conspolitical commentator'aham debate this, i'm now joined by conspolitical commentator andn and political commentator and former editor of the sunday mirror, paul connew. both of you.thank mirror, paul connew. both of you. thank you very, very much. great on the show. great to have you on the show.