hello you're watching on chips here on tv news with you until pm. lots to talk about digesting all the big stories in the political , all the big stories in the political, international and showbiz world from this week. here's what's coming up on the show. jeremy hunt delivered his long awaited autumn statement unveiling billions of spending cuts. and i watering tax rises as he vowed tackle the cost of living crisis and, rebuild the economy. lots of people aren't happy, including me and including lots of mps. we'll be getting all the fallout this.

more strikes are on the way as members of the fire brigades are the latest to be balloted the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. i'm going to be speaking with a firefighter and trade unionist paul embery on this. also discussing latest from the jungle that former secretary matt hancock. is he going to be kicked out tonight? i'll flippin hope so. there's been 1100 ofcom complaints already . and i'm complaints already. and i'm going to be speaking to the former contestant and, former celebrity contestant and, lib dem mp lamberto brnabic about. all of this. digesting all this with me for the all of this with me for the first 2 my programme i'm first 2 hours, my programme i'm going joined by going to be joined by the broadcaster who wrote for the daily all egg. daily star an all round egg. dawn neilson and you at home. it's such an important part of the what are opinions the show. what are your opinions of this week's event? the budget. how disappointed or otherwise are you with jeremy hunt? i'm furious. email me at gbs at gbnews.uk and i'll put your points of to those i speak to and perhaps even speak to you live on air. all that coming up before that . let's get the

before that. let's get the headunes. before that. let's get the headlines . good afternoon . headlines. good afternoon. coming up to 12:02 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the chancellor's defended his economic plans in yesterday's autumn statement . it was the autumn statement. it was the right thing to do. hunt's admitted the next two years will be challenging, but people want a government that makes difficult decisions. labour says the chancellor could have made choices and has called a serious plan for economic growth. experts predict living standards will fall over the next two years to levels not since 2014. well, director , the institute well, director, the institute for fiscal studies paul johnson says we shouldn't expect tax cuts any time soon. one hesitate to make about sharp changes persistent. but i would be most surprised if the burden gets back down to long term. pre—covid average at any time in

the next several decades . quite the next several decades. quite honestly, higher tax is a bigger state. look to me to be here to stay unless something radical changes. stay unless something radical changes . retail sales rebounded changes. retail sales rebounded last , according to official last, according to official figures the office for national statistics says sales increased by nought point percent in october . that's higher than october. that's higher than analysts had predicted , but it analysts had predicted, but it marks an increase on september. saw a 1.5% drop, thought to be due to . the queen's funeral . due to. the queen's funeral. well, to help with the worsening cost of living crisis the uk's biggest retailer is offering its staff advances their pay under the tesco scheme around 280,000 workers can receive up to a quarter of their pay early . the quarter of their pay early. the supermarket chain says it'll help avoid having to take on expensive debt with high interest . staff are allowed one interest. staff are allowed one advance per pay period at fee of just unde r £1.50 . the owner of

just under £1.50. the owner of a luxury in kent has told gb news he rejected a government offer to house asylum seekers because he wasn't prepared to make staff redundant . he wasn't prepared to make staff redundant. in an he wasn't prepared to make staff redundant . in an exclusive redundant. in an exclusive interview, richard , who owns the interview, richard, who owns the blazing donkey hotel near sandwich, said was offered over £1,000,000 for a one year contract. he said he couldn't of anything more absurd and didn't want to let down the community that relies on his venue for. this is used exclusively for our special events mainly weddings and posted two and a half thousand in here since we created this space. so for the asylum seekers that were intended to stay here absolutely no purpose . in other news, no purpose. in other news, a swedish prosecutor said damage to the nord stream pipeline in the baltic sea in september was caused by sabotage . caused by sabotage. investigators have found of explosives at the site of the damaged gas pipelines linking russia and germany. swedish and danish authorities are

investigating holes in the pipes . russia has claimed british navy personnel were responsible. allegations the mod denies . and allegations the mod denies. and japan warning a missile fired by nonh japan warning a missile fired by north korea overnight had sufficient range hit the us mainland . the us has condemned mainland. the us has condemned the launch, calling it a brazen, vile nation of multiple un resolutions . it's the latest in resolutions. it's the latest in a series of missiles launched by nonh a series of missiles launched by north korea this year. back here union, bosses are warning of serious delays for heathrow passengers after ground staff walked out over pay 350 members of unite to for private contractor menzies voted to strike for 72 hours. the union says play a critical safety role . the airport heathrow , though, . the airport heathrow, though, claims flight cancellations aren't expected. travel experts , calder told us the strike could cause problems for travelling fans heading to the world in qatar . you are advised

world in qatar. you are advised to check your airline before , to check your airline before, you travel. but all the airlines checked with say, yep, everything's going normally. we shall see . once kind of first shall see. once kind of first contact with reality which will be probably a few hours time and of course going an extremely busy weekend in terms of the world cup . this is when all the world cup. this is when all the wales fans, england fans are heading across to qatar and staying with walk outs . royal staying with walk outs. royal mail workers have announced further series of strikes in the run up to christmas. the communication workers union will walk out on six dates in december, including eve. that's in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail has the action damaging . twitter has damaging. twitter has temporarily closed offices amid a wave , staff resignations. the a wave, staff resignations. the measure was reportedly prompted by fears disgruntled staff could sabotage the company . hundreds sabotage the company. hundreds of employees are believed have

quit after . of employees are believed have quit after. musk asked them to sign up for long hours at high intensity or leave. musk has tweeted he isn't worried about the resignations the best people. he says , are staying. people. he says, are staying. while twitter says offices will reopen on monday and fifa says will not be sold , the world cups will not be sold, the world cups eight stadia and qatar announced the change to its policy two days before the tournament off in the muslim country. fans had previously been told they wouldn't be allowed to drink within the ticketed perimeter of each stadium. alcoholic drinks will still be available at some selected fan zones budweiser, a major sponsor of fifa , took to major sponsor of fifa, took to social media, saying, major sponsor of fifa, took to social media, saying , well, major sponsor of fifa, took to social media, saying, well, this is awkward . that tweet has since is awkward. that tweet has since been deleted . this is gb news. been deleted. this is gb news. i'll bring you more as it happens. now they're back to angry .

angry. well, the chance has finally delivered long awaited autumn statement unveiling , billions of statement unveiling, billions of pounds of eye—watering spending and tax rises. he's vowed tackle the cost of living crisis and rebuild the economy. hunt is hoping his package of measures will offer some stability after predecessor's ill fated . not so predecessor's ill fated. not so many budget left so—called trust nomics debt in the water. after spooking markets, leaving many to conclude interests. we cannot trust so state pensions and benefits rise in line with inflation. and hunt's also pledged to protect the pension triple lock. but with rates rising , triple lock. but with rates rising, energy triple lock. but with rates rising , energy bills, triple lock. but with rates rising, energy bills, millions facing the squeeze is the chancellor's plan to taxing many and ps on his own benches. they sat , didn't they and ps on his own benches. they sat, didn't they in and ps on his own benches. they sat , didn't they in silence and ps on his own benches. they sat, didn't they in silence many of them during the budget aren't happy. and with me in the studio fresh from finishing her own show on gb news is the tory member of parliament. tatton esther mcvey . esther, why are so

esther mcvey. esther, why are so many tory mp very, very unhappy including you? well i think all the say it, don't they? the pain of tax for many years to and it was how do we grow the how do we support people what are we planning do and do we have to do this big tax rate . some of us this big tax rate. some of us said not when i stood up on the floor of the house say there are other things we could do and the conservative government's problem wasn't do with taxation . we certainly weren't undertaxed . we were already at undertaxed. we were already at a 70 year high. so i said we need to look at our spending . what to look at our spending. what are we doing? and then you cut spending. anybody would prioritise spend , do you really prioritise spend, do you really need things? and for me, a big issue is high speed to 150 billion northwards and actually does that help? who does that survey it now out of date? lots and lots different reasons. and so i said, don't do this don't taxes we're now into a

recession. what we need is growth and support and not this way. and you so talk about cuts i'd say this is all about taxation and they do it don't they on this in my view the expression is a stealth tax , but expression is a stealth tax, but i call it something it's sly . i call it something it's sly. what he's done the chancellor he's frozen people's allowances. so effectively that's going to take millions of workers. aspin of workers into the 40 tax rate for the first time. what do you make of that. well, it's no longer a higher rate sort of tax rate, is it? if you've now got millions more people go into it andifs millions more people go into it and it's into a to a middle earners . and i think you've got earners. and i think you've got to think of people home. so you've got energy bills going up, you've got food prices up, you've got inflation going up , you've got inflation going up, got your mortgage going up. what you don't then is less of your earnings coming into your pocket and i think as various have written fraser nelson will have

it was this the end of the tory party for while to come this autumn statement there is this going to be a nail the coffin for the next general election . i for the next general election. i certainly do not agree with all of those tax rises , i would be of those tax rises, i would be far more pragmatic and say what else can we have done. i i'm looking back when nigel introduced that 43 tax rate in 1988, in effect, 1.7 million paid it by 2028, just a few years away it'll be 8 million. nearly a fifth of the workforce . how can a tory government do that to the workers? aspirational workers? it's a kick in the aspirations and it is on. i don't i don't agree with it equally you'll see business as business are going to be squeeze significantly and who we need at the moment we need people with no aspiration who are i don't know going to employ people going to set up

businesses they need and some support and comfort to get us through what could be a very period. and just finally here as to tell us what happens in parliament does this financial have to go through line line to get approval from from employees because if it does imagine a lot of tory mps would vote against the so called stealth tax rise, which i call the slight tax . how which i call the slight tax. how doesit which i call the slight tax. how does it work? you raise a good there and it should be tuesday if we are voting because they have really done it by stealth, i.e. it's about freezing of those levels . it could be how those levels. it could be how far scrutiny than if it had been increases in basic levels . and increases in basic levels. and like i've said, i can't be these rises. i said at the places that you could have saved the money and got better value for the british people and we were just talking about in programme before when people that the

british people are going to be as they see it now squeezed and yet we are seeing what seems like luxury for people who are coming into the that people put it up hotels and looked at that juxtaposition of people now all trying to sort of you know budget sort of food whatever you can get turning the heating that's a very very uncomfortable position be in it certainly is. we'll be talking more about that. esther, thanks so much. that's esther. she's the tory mp for tatton , of course, a gb news for tatton, of course, a gb news presenter . for tatton, of course, a gb news presenter. i'm going to join now to unpick of details of to unpick some of details of the chancellor's by gerard chancellor's statement by gerard lyons, the economist charles , lyons, the economist charles, and he is of course very close to johnson. gerard lyons , can i to johnson. gerard lyons, can i ask your reaction? is this a conservative budget at all? well, good afternoon. strikes going to show well, obviously it's a conservative budget, but that could have been better aspects of the budget . but the aspects of the budget. but the

chancellor's a difficult situation. so i think we need to untie the next year or so from beyond that. so i think the in terms of the next year or so , he terms of the next year or so, he had to make a difficult judgements . i think in answer to judgements. i think in answer to your question, it's what happens beyond that? because right next year ? two, he's inherited year? two, he's inherited economic forecasts from the are that basically suggest the economy is going to be a unemployment is going to by over half a million. he is right to stress that this is not a uk specific situation. it's a global in the west european. but then his choices are these as he grow as he borrow, does he have austerity or does he have tax increases in the next year or so? i think it's import to avoid austerity . and as far as much as austerity. and as far as much as he can , it's important to avoid he can, it's important to avoid raising taxes. he can, it's important to avoid raising taxes . when you tighten raising taxes. when you tighten fiscal policy going into a recession, you make the situation worse . what happens

situation worse. what happens beyond that is coming back to previous. asked about the balance right between spending and taxation and that's where he can legitimately be held to account, he really looked at reform of the public sector and in terms of better value for money, in terms of public spending . so it's quality as spending. so it's quality as well as quantity and when we come to taxes and the supply side to the economy yesterday the chancellor talked about basically in nation an infrastructure those are important areas what failed to talk about enough yesterday was investment and incentives and incentives to massive for an economy both in terms of taxation and regulation. so in answer to your question he's got answer to your question he's got a very difficult situation in the next year and a half to get us through the recession he was right to avoid austerity . it right to avoid austerity. it didn't work the first time but once look beyond the next year and a half , he once look beyond the next year and a half, he hasn't really provided us with enough vision

for where that growth is going to come from . if there was one to come from. if there was one measure, you would have preferred him to have introduced jerrold, what would it have been ? well, in of yesterday, investments , if you look at the investments, if you look at the whole supply side of the economy , one of the big problems for the uk has been the lack of investment for some time, there was very little there yesterday with the corporation tax going back up a little bit yesterday to incentivise and medium sized firms that were already facing squeeze on all their margins. so there could have been better measures to help the whole investment and i think that was from it also . what was lacking from it also. what was lacking yesterday is let's the chancellor has a 5 to 6 year vision he had tax increases for the whole of the period so there was little light at the end of the tunnel . what one would have the tunnel. what one would have hopedis the tunnel. what one would have hoped is that against the backdrop that better growth backdrop of that better growth that the of the office

projecting admittedly on the bafis projecting admittedly on the basis of the increase one would have hoped to have seen a better mix of that growth picture four, five, six years ahead. so more vision in respect that he just, jerrold, have tax cuts become a new dirty word for the party. well i the issue is not just tax cuts it's about having a real pro—growth vision. and that means that in answer to your question, i have three arrows to it monetary and stability. and let's not forget , the bank of let's not forget, the bank of england has led us to a very low inflation environment , which is inflation environment, which is the root cause of many of these first areas, getting that under control monetary, financial, stability the second is fiscal credibility , and the third is credibility, and the third is the whole supply side. and the supply side incentives. well, as investment matter and for incentives, you do need to have tax cuts or low taxes . at the tax cuts or low taxes. at the moment, we've gone from being a low growth since 2000. the

global financial we've been a low growth , low productivity, low growth, low productivity, low growth, low productivity, low economy. now we're also a high spend and high economy and. we need to get out of that and best way to get out of that is through economic and that needs a whole basically improved supply side which does need more investment and more incentives for people and for firms to invest and low taxes not higher taxes have to be part of that story. all right. that's gerard lyons , the economist. he's a lyons, the economist. he's a senior fellow at the policy exchange. thanks so much for joining well, joining me joining. well, joining me throughout program today or joining. well, joining me thr

with the policies of gordon brown the sun remember in 1992 when kelly mackenzie, the editor claimed it was a somewhat won it for john major tax hell thank for john major tax hell thank for the footy will it be thank god the footy if we do well in the world cup the times rupert murdoch paper years of tax pain ahead the only newspaper that seems to have goodwill towards budget victory because the charter has at least honoured the triple lock promise that headuneis the triple lock promise that headline is completely wrong for what happened yesterday. i look, i completely agree. i think the headunes i completely agree. i think the headlines if you are jeremy hunt or a member of the cabinet up this morning and look if you got any sleep that is looking at these headlines you going to be thoroughly depressed and. i think as this point earlier on, if they not careful now this is the end of the tory party in power for a generation i would say it's very depressing for them in fact when you've newspapers left leaning the guardian and the mirror actually being kinder to the budget than

the right papers, you know that , you basically don't have a conservative budget anymore . i conservative budget anymore. i mean, this is where we are now. it's is everybody is going to be poorer. everybody and you were talking about sort of a earners being dragged into paying more tax, but let's not get 3.2, 3.2 million low earners will be dragged into paying tax for the first time. so this is affecting absolutely everybody. andrew and i just think that it's know i can't get my head what's happened to as we've gone in the space of a few short weeks that's all it is a complete about on from giving it all away yeah let's drive the economy to no let's put a hold on the economy that's what this is and jared had a very interesting point about you know innovation being a dirty word. well is a dirty word now for the conservative party. tax cuts are a dirty word ambition drive

improving your own lot without . improving your own lot without. the government helping you step by step . we saw it during the by step. we saw it during the pandemic, andrew. we saw that the government micro our lives so they took away that drive that the conservative used to have you know the margaret thatcher ethos and i wasn't biggest fan apart from that she was a woman you that ethos was a woman you know that ethos improve yourself to improve your lot to work hard to get you know, get better. my dad was a labour party member, a union representative, but he brought me and my sister up to achieve things to, to improve our lot, to be better . our lives are to be better. our lives are better than his generation and my grandparents and that seems where in this budget is that message it's not there . i message it's not there. i completely agree with you that's doing this and she's going to with me here until 2:00. the chances also announced in that budget the new devolution deal, gosh, you must all be jumping j'oy gosh, you must all be jumping joy at that. it will bring an elected leader similar to the role of london mayor to suffolk with similar devolution in

norfolk cornwall . sara, how norfolk and cornwall. sara, how exciting . our political exciting. our political reporter, olivia utley is in suffolk to give us the local reaction from residents. olivia yes, there's a slightly more complicated than just local mayors for suffolk. basically, what's is that? i did for devolution for counties like suffolk and norfolk has been in the pipes for a while now but local councils have actually strenuously opposed that because they're worried about their own being diluted. so essentially, the compromise that the government and the local council in suffolk has come to is that the government said, fine, if you don't want to directly elected mayor, you can have a direct elected council leader . direct elected council leader. and to sweeten the pill will, give suffolk a whole load of funding. now, talking to people , they've pretty mixed messages . they're generally quite interested in more devolution for. suffolk they like the idea of decisions being made local people rather than in

westminster. they're not enthralled by the idea of . local enthralled by the idea of. local mayors, they are really aware of what local mayors and parts of the country have done . but what the country have done. but what they're really worried about is that the extra funding the government is promising. suffolk as a result of this deal will end up with them being with much higher council taxes and easy to see why. because yesterday hunt made a change in the way that council tax boundaries are adapted , meaning that instead of adapted, meaning that instead of councils having have a referendum if they're planning to raise council tax about 3, they now only have to have a referendum if they raise tax above 5, which means that those in band d, which is the average band are likely to see their council rise band are likely to see their council tax ris e £250 a year. council tax rise £250 a year. and that the concern that i and that is the concern that i keep hearing on the ground here in kaja he just in suffolk, kaja kallas he just finally briefly olivia, finally and briefly olivia, one person, course , you could run person, of course, you could run for that job elected mayor for that job as elected mayor suffolk is one the local suffolk is one of the local suffolk is one of the local suffolk matt hancock , who's suffolk mp matt hancock, who's currently jungle, should currently in the jungle, should be out in my

be booted out a.s.a.p. in my view , i think he'll be kicked view, i think he'll be kicked out by his local party. he could. might looking for could. he might be looking for a new perhaps he could be the new job. perhaps he could be the first mayor of suffolk, first elected mayor of suffolk, has enough deserve . has done enough to deserve. i thought you might suggest matt hancock that was definitely doing the rounds on twitter as well. i don't think before people suffolk have done enough to deserve matt hancock, but we'll have to wait say all right that's actually she is in suffolk we'll be talking about matt hancock the idea in the jungle a little later on the programme with here programme. do stay with us here on gb news with andrew pearce because up next i'm going to speaking firefighter speaking with a firefighter and trade because trade paul embery because firefighters are now being balloted in the coming weeks about strike action about a possible strike action after rejecting a pay offer . but after rejecting a pay offer. but before that let's take a look at the weather .

welcome back . you're watching welcome back. you're watching andrew pierce here on gb news well, i'm sorry to say we could have more strikes the way this time. firefighters are to vote on after rejecting a 5% on strikes after rejecting a 5% pay on strikes after rejecting a 5% pay offer. members of the fire brigades union going to be balloted in the coming weeks on whether launch a campaign whether to launch a campaign industrial action whether to industrial action and whether to vote in favour of it. it would threaten national threaten the first national strike pay in 20 years for strike over pay in 20 years for general secretary matt wrack has said . we have firefighters using said. we have firefighters using foodbanks . our members work foodbanks. our members work through the pandemic to help protect their communities taking on dufies protect their communities taking on duties to so. so the on extra duties to so. so the real terms pay cut is an absolute disgusting way to thank . well joining me now is firefighter trade unionist paul embery . paul, are you going to embery. paul, are you going to vote favour of a strike . i will. vote favour of a strike. i will. andrew i'll do so. reluctant lee i've served in the fire service 25 years. i didn't join . the 25 years. i didn't join. the fire service nobody does to my

laboun fire service nobody does to my labour. you join it because you want to protect people . the want to protect people. the reality is the firefighters , it reality is the firefighters, it being treated abysmally at the moment. they were originally offered a 2% pay increase . it's offered a 2% pay increase. it's increased to 5, but with the of inflation being what is the rate of inflation being what it is , of inflation being what it is, the pressures on firefighters just as they are on every other worker are enormous. i mean, i've spoken to colleagues in the service really are struggling to make ends meet. colleagues who are worried about how they're going to by christmas presents for their children colleagues who are worried about paying their mortgage when the interest rates go as undoubtedly they will again. people are struggling to pay their energy bills and for frontline service workers, vital work is to put their lives on the line every day, to protect people to be in sort of predicament. i think is absolutely inexcusable . i will absolutely inexcusable. i will be voting to strike reluctant ,

be voting to strike reluctant, but i think it's the only option we've got . what if there's a we've got. what if there's a major firepower you and your colleagues have gone on strike. are people going to die. is it worth taking that risk ? well, worth taking that risk? well, it's an agonising decision. andrew for any essential worker withdraw their labour. i've it before in my time in the fire service. you always wrestle with your conscience and always think about the consequences . but you about the consequences. but you also have to weigh up what the alternative. and the alternative is that firefighters just go on year after year in paltry pay increase sees the real wages of firefighters have fallen by something like £4,000 over the last decade . and as i say, you last decade. and as i say, you know in recent times particularly firefighters were on the frontline . the pandemic, on the frontline. the pandemic, despite wildfires and so on. and, you know, people are a bit sick and tired, frankly, of being told how valuable they are and. having politicians turn up to the scene of , major incidents to the scene of, major incidents and saying how wonderful

firefighters are , firefighters fighters are, paying firefighters fighters are, paying tribute and cockiness, but when it comes to actually paying but when it comes to actually paying firefighters a decent , paying firefighters a decent, they don't come up with the goods and of the praise in the world doesn't pay the bills at the end of the day. so we're very in the same boat as everybody . and, you know, everybody. and, you know, i would really urge the government and the national fire service employers, look, you've got to come up with more money. you cannot another real pay cannot another real terms pay cut firefighters, because many of are simply at breaking of them are simply at breaking point. i just ask you, paul, a lot of firefighters , second lot of firefighters, second jobs. in law , a jobs. my brother in law, a firefighter for 30 years, he did he did decorating work. he worked for an undertakers, too. so income much swelled so his income was much swelled those second jobs. do you have a second job and too many of your colleagues jobs . well, i colleagues have jobs. well, i mean, if the reason people have second jobs in the fire service is because they struggle to make ends meet often with their first job and because the nature of the shift system in the fire service, it gives a bit of

flexibility for people to go out and work. i mean, i, i know people who, for example clean windows in their in own private time in order to try increase their income i know people who work on building sites in order to increase their income now firefighters work a 42 hour week contractually and the job itself is tough enough and if the job paid the rate then people wouldn't that it was necessary in order to be able feed their families and pay the mortgage to go out and hold those job. so for most people , it's simply for most people, it's simply dnven for most people, it's simply driven by necessity rather than any sort of greedy desire , get any sort of greedy desire, get as much money as they can . all as much money as they can. all right, paul, we have to leave it there. that's embery. he's a firefighter trade. and that firefighter and trade. and that vote place in the next vote will take place in the next few weeks. let's get my thoughts from guest, the former from my studio guest, the former editor star, dawn editor of the daily star, dawn lisa jones. thank you. i mean, firefighters going on strike. there's blaze a there's a major blaze in a potentially fire . people potentially a house fire. people die. paul mp said agonises it's a struggle with . his client. you a struggle with. his client. you guys just how can you possibly

go on strike . well, we've had go on strike. well, we've had before haven't we, to have the green goddess sit on the armed forces. we don't have as many armed forces now as did back in the day. so the is i mean, it's the day. so the is i mean, it's the post workers, the rail workers, the nhs , nurses, junior workers, the nhs, nurses, junior doctors, but generally i mean, you know , everybody pretty much you know, everybody pretty much demanding an inflation busting pay demanding an inflation busting pay rise. if inflation is going to hit 11. andrew as we know from the autumn statement , there from the autumn statement, there is no money . so how are we going is no money. so how are we going to afford all these? i'm not saying people don't deserve pay rises, of course. i mean, no sympathy killer. i mean, so by, you know, be entry level nurses of can be on £23,000 whilst of like can be on £23,000 whilst they have manages in nhs on 200,000. like however i'm 200,000. it's like however i'm not saying people deserve not saying people don't deserve pay not saying people don't deserve pay rises, we just can't . it pay rises, but we just can't. it this is the thing i mean it's like is the whole country going go strike? mean i'd like go on strike? i mean i'd like 11% pay rise. i think the trade are plotting together working together to bring down a conservative government because

they know keir starmer the late leader's pretty andrew that's the point they don't even need to do that the conservative government to themselves government to bring themselves they depressing they are i know it's depressing if it's a difficult if you were it's a difficult thing but can you conceive if were working in a service like nursing police army fire that you would go on strike . you you would go on strike. you would have to be at the very of your tether, wouldn't you ? you your tether, wouldn't you? you really would. i mean, i have obviously worked to newspapers , obviously worked to newspapers, as you mentioned, very kindly, for a very long time. and i've never been on strike. however i did have staff that went on strike and i pretty much went in and the newspaper out single handedly. remember that makes me a scab or whatever. i don't know, my ethos is always to do my job and try and find another way around the problem. i'm assuming the firefighters union and the unite and the others going on strike have the talking routes , i'm not so sure . i'm not routes, i'm not so sure. i'm not so sure, though. this is the thing . think there might be

thing. think there might be political motivation behind some of it? it has to be said, you're you're watching me. actually andrew pearce. oh, you could be listening to on the radio. of course. andrew pearce here on gb news. stay with us. because coming up, going to be heading across to speak our across the country to speak our reporters about how people about jeremy statement , jeremy hunt's autumn statement, let's call a budget, because let's call it a budget, because that's but first, that's what it was. but first, it's update with . it's your news update with. hundred thank you andrew. it's 34 your top stories from the gb newsroom the for fiscal studies warns england what it calls england is in for a shock. the independent economic think tanks warning the fall in standards will be the largest since records began. jeremy hunt has defended his autumn statement plans is the right to do, but the ifs says those on middle incomes see their wages fall , incomes see their wages fall, taxes rise and. they won't

benefit from targeted . retail benefit from targeted. retail sales rebounded month, according to official figures . office for to official figures. office for national statistics says increased by 0.6% in october, higher than analysts predicted. it marks an increase on september, which saw a 1.5% drop thought to be due to . the thought to be due to. the queen's funeral . the owner of queen's funeral. the owner of a luxury hotel in kent has told gb news rejected a government offer to asylum seekers because he wasn't prepared to make his staff redundant . in an exclusive staff redundant. in an exclusive interview, richard martin, who owns the blazing donkey hotel near sandwich, said he was offered over a pounds for a one year contract. mr. martin says he couldn't think of anything more . well, metalworkers have more. well, metalworkers have announced a further series of strikes , the run up to strikes, the run up to christmas, the communication workers union will walk out on six dates in december, including christmas eve. that's in addition to the days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail called the action damaging . and

mail called the action damaging. and be sold at the world cups and cations announced the change to its policy just two days before the tournament off in the muslim country . fans had previously country. fans had previously been told they'd be allowed to dnnk been told they'd be allowed to drink within the ticketed of each stadium . budweiser, a major each stadium. budweiser, a major sponsor of fifa , took to social sponsor of fifa, took to social media, saying, sponsor of fifa, took to social media, saying , well, sponsor of fifa, took to social media, saying, well, this is awkward . that tweet has since awkward. that tweet has since been deleted . tv online and plus been deleted. tv online and plus radio. this is don't go anywhere. and we're back in just anywhere. and we're back in just a moment .

welcome back to gb news pearce with you, jeremy hunt's autumn or budget got a pretty rough ride on the front pages of the

newspapers today, but how is it going down in the great british countryside ? joining me now are countryside? joining me now are two of our reporters. let's first go our yorkshire and first go to our yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley. anna do they like it . good afternoon, do they like it. good afternoon, andrew . well, i'm in bawtry at andrew. well, i'm in bawtry at crown hotel and i'm joined now by craig . he crown hotel and i'm joined now by craig. he is crown hotel and i'm joined now by craig . he is the managing by craig. he is the managing director to here. so 77 bed hotel , four star luxury. it hotel, four star luxury. it looks lovely . we're in the room looks lovely. we're in the room where they hold the weddings at the moment. craig, what's been your take on the autumn statement ? what's come out of statement? what's come out of it? well think it's been fairly light on a stealth tax so right . it's not going to make a significant to a lot of people because rises are going to come in over the you know , it could in over the you know, it could have been a lot worse. but on top of all of this, the energy pnces top of all of this, the energy prices and food prices and the interest rates going up, it's really hit the hospitality sector again . but one thing

sector again. but one thing about the hospitality sector, we are very resilient. we've been through recessions 2008. we've been through covid. so we have been through covid. so we have been battered many times. but the one thing you know, the rules are the rules that governments laid out, you know what actually happened. and as such, as a band, know, we've such, as a band, you know, we've got the game in of got to play the game in front of us will be resolute, we us and we will be resolute, we will firm behind in our will be firm behind in our decision making , but ultimately decision making, but ultimately we will look after our customers. we will trade through this and do whatever we have to do , actually right. do to, actually make it right. and it will be a good it will be so make happen. and so hard to make it happen. and speaking customers , have speaking of your customers, have you downturn at all? no, you seen a downturn at all? no, it's been fairly i mean, this last couple of weeks, it's the quiet, the coming out, the wedding season , ready for wedding season, ready for the really christmas season. really vibrant christmas season. we're so busy . christmas and new we're so busy. christmas and new year. we're so busy. christmas and new year . i think we're so busy. christmas and new year. i think it was going to be a telling point of a january to easter because. traditionally, thatis easter because. traditionally, that is a slow period for us, and when , i suppose, as a and that's when, i suppose, as a business we've got to be really, really honest with ourselves and look 12 week trading

look at that 12 week trading penod look at that 12 week trading period and make whatever decisions do costs on decisions we have to do costs on purchasing and how we actually manage hotel you know to the wedding season kicks in after easter. so you've a lot of things like you say the pandemic this one you think you can weather the financially they'll come long enough in the tooth now we've been all this before. i believe this is going to be the time, certainly of my career it's going to be the hardest time. you know, we've had laid out for us. we have been through so much the last four or five years where, you resolute years where, you know, resolute . we are are strong . you . we are we are strong. you know, we believe in ourselves . know, we believe in ourselves. and, you know, you've got to play and, you know, you've got to play game in front of you. play the game in front of you. and that's exactly what we're to do. to those rules do. we stick to those rules the government's lord . we government's laid the lord. we will know what the will comply. we know what the rules now, i'm just going rules are. now, i'm just going to to work so hard , you to have to work so hard, you know, actually get through know, to actually get through the months. the next sort of six months. definitely so thank you there, craig. so it's definitely a glass half full approach here in bawtry with craig and he says he's going to weather this storm

great craig showing a good bit of british spirit which we of. let's now cross over northern ireland to speak to our reporter dougie , who's been getting dougie, who's been getting reaction from business over there. dougie . well, hello and there. dougie. well, hello and welcome . the dundonald welcome. the dundonald international ice ball. why am i here? to be here. come clear in a moment. but last i had to wash my face, tidy myself up and go back to the aib business. i and belfast. and there caught up with glen roberts of and i call him neil of hospitality ulster and richard buckley, the editor of business . and here's what of business. and here's what they thought about the budget a lot of stealth taxes in there national insurance on all their taxes that will impact on small businesses not just the northern but throughout the uk. i to say it but i think it disappointing we expected more the chancellor talked growth but there was not a lot in there to practically help businesses to grow. it's

like everything all budgets you got to get under the skin all of it and actually takes a few days work out but the headline they mentioned support for rates they mentioned support for rates they mentioned continued support for energy and the pacific league did mention hospitality, which at least is encouraging . look, at least is encouraging. look, there has to be some sort of we can't because we can't be entirely we a business is very resilient. we've been through years of the don't forget in addition to covid in addition where we are now hopefully that optimism might turn into a shallow short recession, which is what chancellor is trying to persuade us, will and let's hope so. so a certain amount of optimism, but obviously problems out there . well you can see out there. well you can see there from those amanda straight at the heart of business in northern ireland. the both retail sector and the hospitality sector are very worried about rates and rates are of course are set the domestic grip on the regional

rate. well, northern ireland doesn't a government you doesn't have a government you had richard buckley there are talking northern ireland talking about northern ireland having government before having no government before dunng having no government before during the troubles. well this is place that will put is the very place that will put that dundonald international that the dundonald international pulled back in 1985 was built when we had government everything was done . westminster everything was done. westminster and local councils and councils acted like a private body building places like this that brought in much needed to the parties , kept the rates down and parties, kept the rates down and therefore encourage business . therefore encourage business. but it also made the private sector very much with the public sector very much with the public sector . why 72% of our jobs in sector. why 72% of our jobs in northern ireland are very much dependent on the public sector. they contracts that come off the pubuc they contracts that come off the public sector through ideas and business just like this behind me, that are creating wealth for the ratepayers and their own business right. the ratepayers and their own business right . all right. business right. all right. that's dougie beattie . what's that's dougie beattie. what's going on with that ice rink? not many people. oh, that was a friday afternoon. i i suppose it is now the owner of a luxury hotel kent has told news

hotel in kent has told gb news how he rejected a £1.1 million government offer to house asylum seekers for a year. richard martin owns the curiously named blazing donkey boutique hotel near sandwich. said he just wasn't prepared to make most of his 50 plus staff redundant and let down his community. oh. home editor mark white, he has a story . tucked away in the east story. tucked away in the east kent countryside is a little gem of a hotel that's won awards for its survey as it is the most candidate to the latest hotel housing asylum seekers . yet housing asylum seekers. yet that's exactly what have happened. had they accepted more than happened. had they accepted more tha n £1 million offer from than £1 million offer from a home office contractor this also a popular venue for weddings and other events owner richard martin says the impact on the

community of handing over his hotel to the government would have been huge . so this is our have been huge. so this is our wedding and special events marking it looks very impressive. i have to say richard when you come in here, you can just see actually how this would be for an asylum seekers venue in. tyler, this is years exclusive only for our special events, mainly and we've hosted two and a half thousand in here since we created this . in here since we created this. and so for the asylum seekers that were intended to stay absolutely no purpose and it's a valuable asset the for the people in this local area as well as obviously an of course this space is locally very well and if you if you mention our name the blushing donkey locally they would just think weddings and where it all takes and this is where it all takes place the donkey has also been one of the top glamping in the uk . as absurd as it sounds these uk. as absurd as it sounds these luxury tents and would also have had to asylum seekers if the

hotel had accepted the home office contract and it would have meant housekeeper annie and more than 50 other staff here in peak season would have been out a job. but i don't think you would get that come will do they call it comradery that you would get here we all sort of clubbing andifs get here we all sort of clubbing and it's really lovely like many people the hotel's director trevor squire lost his previous job during covid going through all that again with he says been unbearable for and also for another couple so we live here this is our home this isn't just our job. this is our home this isn't just ourjob. this is my home. and i see it as my home and, you know, i'm not a young man so it would have been terrifying with more than 42,000 people having crossed the channel in small boats so far year. the pressure on authorities trying to find them suitable accommodation is intense but this luxury country

hotel is surely not what the immigration minister meant when he said channel migrants should be in basic accommodation . mark be in basic accommodation. mark white gb news in east kent . well white gb news in east kent. well done that hotel owner richard martin how it would stick in people's craw to think that asylum seekers most of whom in my view are migrants can be put up in a five star hotel with three meals a day, probably hot meal at lunchtime, hot meal in the evening , when there's meal at lunchtime, hot meal in the evening, when there's a meal at lunchtime, hot meal in the evening , when there's a lot the evening, when there's a lot of people in this country, people watching programme people watching this programme today this today and listening to this programme radio are programme still on the radio are worrying the worrying about turning on the heating, probably wearing in bed, seeing these bed, and yet seeing these refugees being put up in luxury accommodation. so well done. richard martin now i want to change the subject because . matt change the subject because. matt hancock's time in the jungle you know who he is. he's the health secretary, the one who said he put a protective arm around every care home in the country dunng every care home in the country during pandemic. that didn't during the pandemic. that didn't go when his in the go well, did it, when his in the jungle still causing a stir

jungle is still causing a stir among the public with the regulator, ofcom confirming , regulator, ofcom confirming, they've received more than 1100 complaints over the health sector. former health secretary's time in the jungle should the mp for west sussex there or should he be back home helping to represent his constituents during the economic crisis ? well, the popularity crisis? well, the popularity will be tested tonight . the will be tested tonight. the first eviction from the jungle . first eviction from the jungle. could hancock be saved ? let's could hancock be saved? let's get thoughts of my press friends . neeson now i've got a confession make oh, my guilty now my guilty . this is the first now my guilty. this is the first time i've watched the jungle regularly. and that is of him. and therein lies the rub . and therein lies the rub. therein lies the rub, doesn't it . he's in there because he's getting viewing and that is working. he's getting good viewing figures this year. and my paper the paper i wrote a column for the daily star , been column for the daily star, been campaigning for readers to phone in and vote to get matt hancock to do every single trial. now initially quite good fun eating a bit of sort of like rather than talking out of his own he

used to do yeah but but but but he's loving it he's really off on it in those little beady of his and that laugh andrew that laugh and i could never even hear that laugh that is scary . hear that laugh that is scary. so i actually there's been evictions and i and i haven't actually i've been catching up on social media and pieces of not time to watch. unfortunately and but i actually think he might stay in because his winning people a friend of mine a close friend of mine who works for your newspaper admitted she fancied him. she did. katie hi . fancied him. she did. katie hi. yeah. showbiz editor you what? i tweeted about that. yes, i've made an urgent appointment at specsavers . i think she must be specsavers. i think she must be blind. she thinks. he's hot. i think it's more than eye health that needs checking. probably a mental well, be mental health as well, to be honest i mean, honest with you. but i mean, seriously, think . he seriously, i don't think. he should think he should should be in. i think he should be not facing a bushtucker trial. i he should be on trial. i think he should be on trial. i think he should be on trial a courtroom his trial in a courtroom for his behaviour pandemic. to be behaviour to the pandemic. to be honest i think honest with you. i think appalling how he behaved. i think lies told some of think the lies he told some of the interesting contracts

the interesting ppe contracts were handed out. i hope get his the landlord of his local pub yes yeah. to . in just think that yes yeah. to. in just think that man should not prime time entertainment i mean i honestly can't watch it because of him it's a bit like the football going on in cattle . i can't going on in cattle. i can't watch that either because i'm found against what that country does profoundly . what matt does profoundly. what matt hancock when was health hancock did when he was health secretary. it's interesting secretary. but it's interesting you say he may be winning friends that the friends because that was the gamble took because spoke gamble he took because i spoke to people. was he was to his people. he was he was allowed to keep phone for allowed to keep his phone for the days until he the first few days until he went in the and he was calling in the jungle and he was calling employees up saying, i'm going to from jungle as of to emerge from the jungle as of britain's popular britain's most popular celebrities . he britain's most popular celebrities. he said did celebrities. he said that he did . that's how to do it is he's a .that's how to do it is he's a politician and but don't you think people that aeroplane that flew over the jungle with the band reminding people about the covid deaths and he is being paid for covid deaths and he is being paid fo r £100,000 he's not doing paid for £100,000 he's not doing his job he gets paid

paid for £100,000 he's not doing his job he gets pai d £84,000 his job he gets paid £84,000 a year and be it's the way he abandoned his wife children. the children must be human to the guy in the jungle . that video guy in the jungle. that video and the video with him furtively padding across his ministerial suite of offices , you know, suite of offices, you know, putting her in a clinch and sticking his hands in her backside tongue down . awful, backside tongue down. awful, awful. that's nasty. it was a complete video nasty. i'm permanently scarred by that one. i actually feel sorry for the critters in the and how people in suffolk feeling maybe they're glad to see the back of him and you know the thought of him . you know the thought of him. mayor in suffolk i mean can you what have i done ? i've done. what have i done? i've done. it's because of that. so you you think a gamble that's paid think it's a gamble that's paid off for makers of the jungle off for the makers of the jungle programme i'm programme because i say i'm watching know a lot of watching it and i know a lot of my mates who've never watched it before are watching for the before are watching it for the same have voted for same reason i have voted for him to bushtucker trial than to do a bushtucker trial than once. yes i think once. oh, andrew. yes i think it's off itv and. i it's paid off for itv and. i can't blame them for do they can't blame them for do it. they are enterprise. i cannot blame them for doing for getting

them for doing it, for getting him the pipe boy george. him in the pipe boy george. £500,000. i think that's what he has over very well. i think has come over very well. i think he across as a bit he hasn't come across as a bit lonely a bit and that's the lonely and a bit and that's the one thing you be in the one thing you can't be in the jungle to fair to matt hancock on this hurts he has been very very positive here if he hasn't been about anyone he's rolled up his sleeves and got on with and i really don't want to say that about him, but that is why he's winning people because winning people over because people jungle people who win the jungle have to don't have to to be nice. they don't have to form , they just have to form clicks, they just have to be egg as it's a phrase be a good egg as it's a phrase you used run ironically like matt hancock is actually doing that so that is why he's winning. on if i don't blame itv for paying you all that money. as you say, a lot of people are watching who wouldn't necessarily watch it for reason he's good trials he's doing good at the trials i mean i know the barrel snake to do what did during the pandemic is not going to have any problem by a rat whilst buried in a coffin and having worked for it over just finally dawn who do you think will. oh, golly, gosh.

now, carol, remember what, eight years ago, i remember writing a few stories the times and few stories on the times and saying most popular saying she's the most popular thatcher we've ever had. britain. popular mother britain. yes, popular mother ever i really are. ever was. i think i really are. the favourite is jill the footballer? she's she's lovely. she hasn't done much because she's not allowed because matt hancock is doing all the blaming trials isn't it. so i would like to see her winks. i mean she's genuine inspiration as , a genuine inspiration as, a lioness. so i'd like to see her win . not sure she will, because win. not sure she will, because she has not she got that much air time and she's bit boring as well, which she hasn't told me things. nice nice things. she's very nice nice wins. andrew if i was putting money on it. i'd say. mike tindall, who's matches are philip's did the budgie smugglers . that was a bit of a smugglers. that was a bit of a show that was. yeah that must be very very cold water in that very very cold water in that very cold water. i know where this conversation is going. i'm to going further to stop you going any further with win ? i with that. who's going to win? i i'd like jill to win , but i i'd like jill to win, but i think it might be mike tindall.

and do you think hank scott will still be in the jungle this time tomorrow? i think you will. i might be wrong. and i really hope i'm wrong. i really hope i'm. but i think he will. and i think he might even keep it. i think he might even keep it. i think he might even keep it. i think he might even make final day because it's in interests of the show to keep in there. and it's all the editing. is that still missing ? lots of you've still missing? lots of you've been getting in touch, sharing thoughts on yesterday's autumn statement or budget. or we could say the great british rip off because taxpayers are being pred because taxpayers are being ripped off. ron says , something ripped off. ron says, something that hasn't been mentioned , the that hasn't been mentioned, the financial situation been financial situation has been caused and large mp caused and large by the mp themselves and then they expect themselves and then they expect the nation's taxpayers to bail them they consistently them out. they consistently waste on unnecessary waste our money on unnecessary projects. on that point . by the projects. on that point. by the way , ron and ps pay i checked way, ron and ps pay i checked has gone up in the last 12 years by 28. inflation has been nothing like that . alright for nothing like that. alright for some isn't it now david, looking at the benches during the speech

that's the commons benches, it appeared like taurean peas realised they're going to be toast at next general toast at the next general election preoccupied , election and we're preoccupied, it were going to it was what they were going to do , they're made redundant. do when, they're made redundant. peter desperately peter says. we desperately need a revamped tax system for example on earth. do people get tax credits ? the simple solution tax credits? the simple solution is lower income tax rates because the tories want to put them that's why. why tax them up. that's why. why tax excessively when it directly stymies the economy and leads to increased inflation so none of it makes sense . you're watching it makes sense. you're watching andrew has plenty more to come over next 2 hours. we're over the next 2 hours. we're getting this getting reaction from this week's events . and don't week's big events. and don't forget in touch. don't forget to get views. do get touch with your views. do you appear on my show? you want appear on my show? because like you to use . because like you to use. gbnews.uk before that the weather . hello gbnews.uk before that the weather. hello i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office . mcgivern from the met office. rain in eastern scotland finally easing, but it's staying damp here for the rest of the day. clear spells elsewhere . as clear spells elsewhere. as a result, a chilly night to come . result, a chilly night to come. we've got low pressure still

close to the north—east of scotland and that's still bringing some wet weather. scotland and that's still bringing some wet weather . but bringing some wet weather. but the rain is easing as an area of high starts to move in from the west. that's bringing clear spells already for northern ireland. much wales in the south of further coming in of england. further coming in for overnight it's even for a time overnight it's even these become confined to coast and ease later the rain less heavy, less persistent across scotland although still some damp weather and some outbreaks of light rain to the east of england overnight as well, staying in the north staying frost free in the north and east. for southwest and east. but for southwest scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales, the parts of wales, in the southwest, frost first southwest, a of frost first thing, ireland, coldest thing, northern ireland, coldest spots three in spots minus two, minus three in places and, some dense fog patches. first thing they'll be slow to clear and it'll be cold where those fog patches persist. otherwise bright skies for the western half of the uk. cloudier conditions in east but the rain tending be light on and off. no in areas heavy and persistent as it's been in places , a cold ish it's been in places, a cold ish afternoon compared to what we've seen recently. it's 11 or 12 celsius in the south, eight or

nine in the north, but for many it's bright skies and, largely dry until the evening when some heavy and persistent rain pushes into northern ireland reaching western wales the southwest western wales in the southwest by midnight. that sweeps across country accompanied by coastal gales around parts of western scotland and northern ireland. it's replaced by showers and it's a milder night because of the breeze and the rain, but cold enough for flakes of snow over the scottish mountains. perhaps the pennines as well, up around four or 500 metres. the pushes into the north sea blustery follows some heavy downpours the west and that's how it looks on sunday a day of sunny but also some of these lively downpours a gusty breeze and monday tuesday sees unsettled weather .

hello you're watching andrew pierce here on tv news with you . 3:00 this afternoon digesting all the big stories in the political international and showbiz world from the last seven days. here's what's coming up in the next hour. that man, jeremy hunt, thinks he's a member of the tory party announced this autumn statement in the house of commons. he said billions of pounds spending billions of pounds in spending and tax rises while vowing to tackle the cost of living crisis. we'll be getting expert opinion on this and yours will also be talking about how poland and are at odds over that missile that hit poland. the other day with president zelenskyy denying the missile was from ukraine. fuel duty rise by the end of march 2023, but get this figure a staggering 23% leading petrol . diesel prices leading petrol. diesel prices could soar within months . they could soar within months. they could soar within months. they could reach an extra 12. he

unleashed . digesting all of this unleashed. digesting all of this with me to the next hour of my programme is the broadcast and former regiment's daily staff is known to this viewers of this station dawn neeson and you at home. such an important part of the . what opinions the show. what are your opinions of week's events . how of this week's events. how disappointed eyes are disappointed about the eyes are you jeremy budget . i you with jeremy hunt's budget. i think it was a disaster politically and a disaster for who pay taxes . email me at gb who pay taxes. email me at gb news gbnews.uk. and i'll your points of view to those i speak to and perhaps you can speak to you live on air. all that coming up but before that. the latest . up but before that. the latest. good afternoon it's minutes past one on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the institute for fiscal studies is warning what it refers to as england. it's for in a shock. the independent economic think tank predicts the fall in living will be the largest since records began. jeremy hunt defended his autumn

statement plans as the right thing to do, promising to protect the vulnerable. however ifs director paul johnson says those on middle incomes will see their wages fall. taxes and won't benefit from targeted support. one hesitates to forecasts about sharp changes being persistent. but i would be most if the tax burden gets back down to its long term pre—covid average at any time in the next several decades. quite higher taxes . a bigger state. look to taxes. a bigger state. look to me be here to stay unless something quite radical changes . retail sales rebounded last month, according official figures. the office for national statistics says sales increased by 0.6% in october. that's higher than had predicted. it an increase on september saw a 1.5% drop up thought to be due . the drop up thought to be due. the queen's funeral and to help with the worsening of living crisis.

the uk's biggest retailer is offering its staff advances on their pay under the tesco scheme, around 280,000 workers can receive up to a quarter of their pay early . the supermarket their pay early. the supermarket chain says it'll staff avoid having to take on expensive debt with high interest repayments . with high interest repayments. the owner of a luxury hotel in kent has told gb news he rejects government offer to house asylum seekers because he wasn't prepared to . make his staff prepared to. make his staff redundant. in an exclusive interview, richard martin owns the blazing donkey hotel near sandwich said he was offered over a pounds for a one year contract. he said he think of anything more absurd and didn't want to let down the community relies on his venue for. in other news , swedish prosecutor other news, swedish prosecutor has said damage the nord stream pipelines in the baltic sea in september was caused by sabotage investigate to have found traces of explosive at the site of the

damaged gas pipelines linking russia and germany . swedish and russia and germany. swedish and danish authorities are investigating four holes. russia's claimed british navy personnel were responsible on allegations the energy denies . allegations the energy denies. meanwhile warning a missile fired by north korea overnight had sufficient range to hit the us mainland . the us has us mainland. the us has condemned the launch, calling it a brazen violation of multiple un resolutions . it's the latest un resolutions. it's the latest in a series of missiles launched by north korea this year. back here, royal mail workers have announced a further series of strikes . the run up to strikes. the run up to christmas. the workers union will walk on six states in december , including christmas december, including christmas eve. in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks, royal mail has called the act the action damaging while union bosses are warning of serious delays for passengers after ground walked out over pay

. 350 members of unite to work for private contractor menzies to strike for 72 hours. union says they play a critical safety role at the airport but heathrow claims cancellations aren't expected . well, travel expert expected. well, travel expert simon calder us the strike could cause for travelling football fans or hoping to head to qatar. you are advised to check with your airline before you travel . your airline before you travel. but all the airlines i've checked with. yep everything's going normally. checked with. yep everything's going normally . we shall see going normally. we shall see once of first contact with reality begins, which will be probably a few hours time. and of course going an extremely busy weekend in terms of the world cup. this is when all the wales fans, the england fans are heading to qatar. wales fans, the england fans are heading to qatar . and with the heading to qatar. and with the world cup. fifa says alcohol will not be at the eight stadia in qatar all its announced the change to its policy two days

before the tournament kicks off. in the muslim country fans had previously been told they would be allowed to drink within the ticketed perimeter of each stadium. alcoholic drinks still be available at some selected fan zones. budweiser a major sponsor of fifa initially took to social media saying, well this is awkward. that tweet has since been deleted and twitter has temporarily closed its amid a wave of staff resignations. the measure was reportedly prompted by fears staff could sabotage the country. the company i should say hundreds of are believed to have quit . owner are believed to have quit. owner musk asked them to sign up for long hours at high or leave . long hours at high or leave. musk has tweeted he isn't worried about the resignations because the best he says are staying . twitter says the staying. twitter says the offices will reopen on monday . offices will reopen on monday. this is gb newsroom. more as it happens now, though, it's back

to andrew . to andrew. well, let's get back to the discussion about the big event of the year. probably the biggest event of the year, unless you count the resignation. boris johnson and that minister truss. that other prime minister truss. it's chancellor's autumn it's the chancellor's autumn statement effectively was statement budget effectively was announced yesterday. he the office for budget responsibility has now confirmed that the united is in recession. he then salaries plan for a battery of, tax rises and spending cuts , tax rises and spending cuts, reducing the threshold of income tax from 150,000 to roughly 125,000. the top rate taxpayers the windfall on oil and gas giants will increase 25% to 35. could have gone higher, couldn't he? he also went on say that the national living wage increase from april. the hourly rate will b e £10.42. the government is be £10.42. the government is also going to pay vulnerable

cost of living payments. 900 £900 for people on benefits , £900 for people on benefits, £300 for pensioners an d £150 for £300 for pensioners and £150 for those that have disability benefits. the former education secretary, justine greening , she secretary, justine greening, she says the devil is in the detail this statement. and here with us to go through some of that detail is , the independent detail is, the independent economist julian jessop . julian, economist julian jessop. julian, if i can use your first name. good afternoon to you. i still can't believe the words that came out of the chancellor's mouth came from a conservative chancellor i thought gordon brown was back at the dispatch box . i a lot of people have that box. i a lot of people have that that same feeling. i know a lot of commentators, both from the from the right and the left weren't quite sure what to make this budget. i mean, certainly large parts precisely large parts were precisely what the would do. in the labour would do. in particular an increasing tax on higher earners and on whacking energy companies. not just now, but all the way out to 2028,

when surely any windfall they have got from the current energy crisis be will be done behind us . i'm trying find some positives here . they're not going to come here. they're not going to come up with, is it? it could have been worse. no. at least he is delaying the worst of the tax increases , spending cuts for a increases, spending cuts for a couple of years. so he's not whacking the economy when it's already heading into recession straight away . and also, he is straight away. and also, he is providing a bit more support for the most vulnerable over the next 6 to 12 months to do with to do with the energy crisis. so i saw it could have been worse. i saw it could have been worse. i think most people feel quite gloomy on the back of this announcement. i really don't blame. it's going up in line blame. it's a going up in line with inflation. you know julian i know some people who on are malingering. they don't want work. many people who are working. will be lucky if they get three or 4% pay rises . a get three or 4% pay rises. a very sympathetic to that mean clearly if you have increase in benefits for everybody, there will be some people who who

don't deserve it, who shouldn't be getting that money . that be getting that money. that said, it is generally the case that people on benefits by definition and are on lower incomes than than the rest of us. so they are more vulnerable to a squeeze in the cost living and also not as if we have a sort of exacted data base out there of those people are deserving and those people who are who are not so if we were much stricter in payments that we were making, there would be a significant chance that some of the deserving poor do fall through the safety net. so i'm comfortable with this. i don't think i don't think anybody. but, you know, sometimes the system is the best way to support who most risk , a support who are most at risk, a cost of living crisis and i understand that's why the government decides to do what it's doing. what i don't get i'm not economist. julian, not an economist. so, julian, you why we're talking to you that's why we're talking to you, chancellor you, is why when chancellor confirms, according to the office budget responsibility, we are recession , he then are now in recession, he then hits with tax which hits us with a load of tax which is going to drive a surely even more into recession because people won't have money people won't have as much money to spend . it's obvious, isn't

to spend. it's obvious, isn't it? as i say, i mean, it? yeah as i say, i mean, that's one of the judgements he's made where he's, he's erred on the side of caution because you're right, there are big in tax and also some tax coming and also some spending cuts they're not spending cuts but they're not going to kick in straight away and that's he's it and that's because he's done it through , not increasing the through, not increasing the thresholds at which you start to pay thresholds at which you start to pay tax by as much as he would otherwise have done. and the effect that is that actually most people be paying significantly more this year or next they would otherwise have done that would be stealth tax instead of the next to three, four or five years. so not racked up the tax bills . most racked up the tax bills. most people now instead he's actually increased , as i say, increased, as i say, particularly on cost of living support and help with energy . so support and help with energy. so i think the criticism that he's raising taxes , slashing spending raising taxes, slashing spending just as the economy is hiding a recession is probably overdone. however even if the tax increases aren't happening now, they're still having a big impact on on confidence and

we're seeing the headlines about the burden going to record high . and if we don't start paying those taxes now, we're still going be much more cautious when spending. so even if the tax increases are delayed, i still think it's another headwind for growth that we need now. all right. that's economist. julian jessop, thanks much for joining us. now among groups hardest hit by the updates. my pleasure . the by the updates. my pleasure. the among the groups hit have been pensioners over the years. we and we i've just picked you torn . absolutely. please. we're just we're just going to go to package. we're just going to go to package . they call it a stealth package. they call it a stealth tax , but i call it a slight tax. tax, but i call it a slight tax. it out there. it is absolutely that. it out there. it is absolutely that . and the husband said this that. and the husband said this morning said to me, how much more, going to be paying more, are we going to be paying over the next five years? you don't know because don't want to know because once you delve into the you actually delve down into the figures, scary . i figures, it's actually scary. i mean, lock pension mean, the triple lock pension thing, think it's good thing, i, i think it's a good thing, i, i think it's a good thing, obviously thing, but obviously it's keeping are keeping tory voters who are mostly elderly on side, isn't

it? but you know, we're talking the benefits just now. i mean, it's like, you know if you think back the pandemic, back to the pandemic, andrew, 7.6% . th e £113 billion and 7.6% of. the £113 billion and that were paid out in benefits were. so you know this this government do not a good record on the benefits , do they? they on the benefits, do they? they don't. and, you know there are people out there and in particular people who do need an awful lot of help and that the benefits on the whole. i agree with that there are people malingering. and for people who are of like know are sort of like you know worrying, about paying their bills, , this this bills, you know, this this winter, i said to my mum winter, as i said to my mum who's in her eighties i said mum, you only get a nice hotel for the winter to france, come back dinghy, i'll sure it's for the winter to france, come b.safe dinghy, i'll sure it's for the winter to france, come b.safe d i'miy, i'll sure it's for the winter to france, come b.safe d i'miy, i'igettingt's for the winter to france, come b.safe d i'miy, i'igetting the a safe one. i'm just getting the whole sorted . you're. whole winter sorted. you're. you're that's you're so right that's doing this she's with me here this. and she's with me here until 2:00. now, the until 2:00. now, among the groups by rising groups hardest by the rising cost of housing are, pensioners, of are a of course, who are often on a fixed income and that, of course, more time home course, spend more time at home and charities that many and national charities that many vulnerable elderly people are being forced to choose between heating and a charity in

heating and eating. a charity in yorkshire launched a new scheme to its community. our to help out its community. our reporter riley , she's got reporter anna riley, she's got the story . a hot meal, a warm to the story. a hot meal, a warm to shelter and a chance to socialise. that's what older people in this east community are being offered . it's all part are being offered. it's all part of a new lunch scheme launched by a national who want to ease the burden for pensioners. some of whom are forced to decide eating or heating their homes. nobody likes to get into debt, but especially older people. so they will pay . those they will pay. those astronomical fuel bills and have nothing left for food . and nothing left for food. and that's a big problem. you when it's food or heating and food is and that is why this lunch club is here so that people don't to choose between heating or food pensioners at the lunch club appreciate the support during economic times beginning of next

year arrives. it would probably a bit of a shock . like everyone a bit of a shock. like everyone is saying it's going to be and i'm turning , is saying it's going to be and i'm turning, eating down and wearing warm and being sensible . and i think it's a sensible with what you do you can men like all those people who are really in need and i'm talking about real need now not people who just grumble because things go who just grumble because things 9° up who just grumble because things go up you know. the town mayor fully backs the scheme. it is going to be a struggle for some people and i think that it doesn't come down to choice between eating and eating. that is like , yes, it's like this. is like, yes, it's like this. i've come into being and that's what makes the initiative is so, so good and so exciting as . so good and so exciting as. winter sets in and the cost of living continues to rise . clubs

living continues to rise. clubs like this are set be needed more than ever across . britain and like this are set be needed more than ever across. britain and a really gb news had a. well, let's get more on the pensions and go. jeremy hunt announced that state pensions increase by 10.1% and the triple lock which was dropped last year, is guaranteed until . april 20, 23. guaranteed until. april 20, 23. while the elderly will also able to get a cost of living payment from the government of £300. let's talk to caroline . she's let's talk to caroline. she's director of age . caroline, there director of age. caroline, there was lot of speculation about the triple lock. i would if you could have knocked me over with a feather. if the tory government at abandoned it for a second year running, we know many people vote the most, many people who vote the most, the section of the the largest section of the community votes people community that votes are people who retired. often they who are retired. and often they vote conservative. yes right. of course, though it must have been reasons for why the government did what it did. but actually it was also the right to do this time because . it's absolutely no time because. it's absolutely no doubt that at the triple lock

not be is going to be restored. we would have been really worried about how pensioners would coped year and as would have coped year and as really in your package and really in your package and really interesting hearing what the old people and the worker was saying . the problem is old was saying. the problem is old people don't going into debt so they'll do it almost to avoid it. and our biggest worry was that if they didn't if they didn't have any more money coming down track for them in the spring, they would over ration their heating and their eating through the winter . they eating through the winter. they really need to keep warm and really do need to keep warm and well—nourished to keep fit and well—nourished to keep fit and well because otherwise we're just going pile pressure onto just going to pile pressure onto the so we're heartily the nhs. so we're heartily relieved and obviously very pleased and grateful that the government the triple lock . government has the triple lock. but wouldn't you have preferred it, if been it, caroline, if it had been means which would meant means tested, which would meant more go to more money could go to pensioners need the money more because it's a one size fits all. it the king. tony blair to people who don't need any help from the taxpayer are getting the same pension increase as people very other end the people at the very other end the income . well i understand

income scale. well i understand that argument. income scale. well i understand that argument . there's a couple that argument. there's a couple of points to make about that. the first that the state the first is that the state pension worth about the first is that the state pension is worth abou a pension is worth about £9,000 a year average . some people get year on average. some people get rather that when they're rather less that when they're older . so no rather less that when they're older. so no one's rich rather less that when they're older . so no one's rich because older. so no one's rich because of the state pension and. actually more than half of all overall pension popular. therefore, more than half of them. the state pension comprises . more than half of comprises. more than half of their annual income. so in other words, of course there are some people who are extremely well off good for them, but the majority of older people aren't really as well off as we're often told. so that's first problem. the second problem is that means testing doesn't work very with older people . very well with older people. there's one very important means tested benefit for those on very low incomes. it's called pension , was also , which properly was also uprated . they wrote chancellor, uprated. they wrote chancellor, but many years despite everybody these efforts, at least one in three of all the people eligible for it haven't got it. and that

means over a million older people who are pretty dire straits, but actually not getting the help they're entitled because they don't claim it. so problem and there's lots of reasons for that. one is stigma because don't want to feel that they're getting handouts as they might put it rather than an entitlement. and also people aren't aware of it all those complicated people with not very well all sorts of reasons come together. but that has told me over many years of fortune means testing doesn't work . now, if it were possible work. now, if it were possible to come with a system which meant that the central authorities, the revenue dwp would identify people on the lowest incomes and target money to them. we'd a little proposition. i'm really not at the moment. all right that's caroline abraham. she's director of , age uk. caroline abraham. she's director of, age uk. thanks so much for joining us. well, our reporters are out and about the country gathering reaction to that budget . we're gathering reaction to that budget .we're going budget statement. we're going to go eastwood and, go now to eastwood and, nottinghamshire, will nottinghamshire, where will hollis the dog parrot hollis is the dog and parrot pub. what a great wrap up which some the regulars . such a lovely

some the regulars. such a lovely couple. a great name for a pub and a great atmosphere in here. we've been watching people coming in and having a conversation with them. one of the that is regular the people that is a regular here who's retired teacher here is who's a retired teacher . nicola the big thing for teachers , or at least for the teachers, or at least for the education system, an extra education system, is an extra £23 billion, works about education system, is an extra £23 billion, works abou t £1,000 £2.3 billion, works about £1,000 extra a year per student . is extra a year per student. is that the kind of thing that teachers need from a teachers perspective , from a teachers perspective, from a teachers perspective, from a teachers perspective , we need more to be perspective, we need more to be able almost £1,000, maybe suitable for some pupils . but suitable for some pupils. but pupils that have got special needs or have got extra needs basically needs or have got extra needs basicall y £1,000 is not even basically £1,000 is not even going to touch the bowel on it. it's not going to help them in any shape or form . and any shape or form. and headteachers are struggling . old headteachers are struggling. old buildings that are struggling , buildings that are struggling, rundown facilities. got to budget number one to keep up building time to heat up building time to heat up

building and to keep providing the services do to the students. but the same time they're having to budget for more students the school. they're having to for extra staff which they're going to struggle . they are struggling to struggle. they are struggling at the moment to get because the wages are particularly for teachers the same as the wages aren't brilliant for nhs staff and. things like national insurance tax and everything else is going on. and in the end, you've got that are actually going to the foodbank not in this day and age you are really surprised to find that teachers are actually having to use food banks supplement their wages . so ho w £1,000 is going to wages. so how £1,000 is going to equate to a student that has got special needs or a student that needs more. i really know. yeah. so that's from your as a teacher but as a perspective as a mom and then as a grandma, we know that you've got your grandson here. how does outlook for here. how does the outlook for you the next 20 years as somebody who has lived through

recessions before in the seventies and then obviously in 20? how does the next years look for as person leads for you as a person leads a family in a matriarchal setting 7 family in a matriarchal setting ? yeah, i worry my grandson. i worry about the state of education at moment. i worry about the funding for education. but at the same i worry as he goes into his first jobs. how much he's going to have to pay. i don't know touch to help or the people in the sense of things like and things like that. how much is his national insurance bill going to be? how much is his tax going to bill going to be his? he going to be able to either afford to own his own home because if kids nowadays in the twenties and thirties are not to even afford their own home. how is he going to afford that in 20 years time? i think a worrying outlook for particularly for you as a as a family person. but very worrying for lots of people in. the pub they some of them do come here to keep warm because it is a little bit harder to heat your homes. just by having

homes. i'm warm just by having a cup though. no beer for cup of tea, though. no beer for me yet. andrew what me as of yet. andrew that's what he tells us. do you believe him? i'm sure i exactly. now. i'm not sure i exactly. now. coming we'll getting the coming up, we'll getting the latest on the missile strike that poland going be that hit poland are going to be talking guest. talking to my studio guest. tony's cost of filling tony's about the cost of filling up . but before we're up a car. but before that we're going to take a short break.

ukraine poland are still at odds over that missile that hit poland a few days ago . ukraine's poland a few days ago. ukraine's president zelenskyy is his country, is not to blame . the country, is not to blame. the explosion which killed two people on that polish . polish people on that polish. polish officials are saying that ukraine get access to the site where the missile strike struck . we're where the missile strike struck .we're joining me now to where the missile strike struck . we're joining me now to talk .we're joining me now to talk about this is keir giles. he's the senior consulting fellow at the senior consulting fellow at the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. good to you.

keir we have to hope, don't we, that the missile did from ukraine, because if it was an act of hostility by. russia that tips us closer to a potential military nuclear conflagration between . russia and nato . yes, between. russia and nato. yes, it was always unlikely this was going to be a deliberate act . going to be a deliberate act. russia, because the very last thing that russia wants is direct confrontation with nato. that would be catalyst traffic for russia and they know that. there was always a chance that this could be recklessness or carelessness or a mistake by russia. now we do see poland and poland's allies saying that they think is most likely to have been a ukrainian air defence missile combined with a russian missile. we've seen these videos of the russian cruise missiles flying over ukraine and being intercepted and, in some cases being damaged and flying on. that may be what has happened . that may be what has happened. but all sides are agreed that we have to get the facts on what has happened. and been a has happened. and there's been a very measured from

very calm measured response from most of europe. there were a lot of calls for immediate action against russia based the assumption had to be assumption that this had to be russian action, instead russian action, but instead you've had this careful and, slow process of weighing all of the facts before any further statement is made. joe biden at the 620 statement is made. joe biden at the g20 said to the likely trajectory of the missile suggested it hadn't come from it had come from ukraine. did he know that or was that more was that wishful thinking ? that was that wishful thinking? that was that wishful thinking? that was that wasn't exact what he said. and unfortunately, joe does have a bit of a habit of speaking off the cuff and, delivering messages that later on have to walked back in this particular. he seems to have been out ahead of what was actually known at the. now there are different reasons why he might have said that was unlike to be that it was unlike to be a russian a russian missile. one of them could be the trajectory of them could be the trajectory of them could be the trajectory of them simply be that of them could simply be that it was that would was unlikely that russia would deliberately this. but again, deliberately do this. but again, it's a case of waiting. the actual established . it actual facts are established. it is a positive step. if ukraine

can be invited in to join the investigation, because the only reason to exclude ukraine from helping with finding out what happenedis helping with finding out what happened is if nobody trusts ukraine not to behave like russia and obstruct the investigation, instead assisting it to use what do you detect the reason for zelenskyy who's a great man? he's going to be man the year isn't he great hero being so adamant that it wasn't . do you think he actually would like to suck nato into this conflict with russia ? absolutely conflict with russia? absolutely he knows that that is not the way . he knows that although way. he knows that although would be a vastly bigger if unhed would be a vastly bigger if united were involved , it would united were involved, it would also be catastrophic. now russia is these attacks on to try to force it to surrender . so it's force it to surrender. so it's absolutely critical for ukraine to keep the backing of and western countries in order that it can stay in the fight and that's not just the military aid of which so much has been delivered. it's also

humanitarian help keeping ukrainian people alive through the while . russia is the winter while. russia is doing very to life doing its very best to make life impossible that impossible for them and that means that zelenskyy's key task is making sure that he maintains that support across europe . and that support across europe. and in that respect, if he is not 100% certain that against additional information which allows him to make very firm categorical statements that this was not a ukrainian missile, then it may be a communications misstep which is very rare for him as he is consummate communicator. he's is that that's jobs he's senior consulting fellow chatham . well consulting fellow chatham. well let's talk to george bush since he's a journalist and political commentator now . george, your commentator now. george, your poush commentator now. george, your polish this has been a event in poland . what is the view of most poland. what is the view of most poush poland. what is the view of most polish people ? do they think it polish people? do they think it was russia or do they suspect? actually, it was a misfire from ukraine. i think people at, the very beginning were terrified. they did think that it was russia. i think the polish

government's approach was very good because it was steady. it was calm. there was no statement published at the very beginning, as we understand now it was a 300 anti—aircraft guided missile fired by ukraine, most probably the investigators . and this is the investigators. and this is still ongoing . but such things still ongoing. but such things may happen . ukraine was may happen. ukraine was defending its territory. people in poland know very well that zero missile would have hit poland if russia wasn't pursuing this continuous campaign terror in ukraine and. people know it is russia's fault , even though is russia's fault, even though it may have been a ukrainian defending its territory . she defending its territory. she made that point, defending its territory. she made that point , george, because made that point, george, because that's what i was going to say. a lot of people are saying, oh, it was ukraine. so it ukraine. so they have fired that to so they would have fired that to bnng so they would have fired that to bring missile bring down a russian missile because invaded . so because russia has invaded. so russia has in my complete responsibility for this . responsibility for this. i absolutely agree. and on the

ukrainian can ensure that it won't happen again . it is won't happen again. it is president zelenskyy that published the ten proposals for and russia to send ten rockets for each point of that proposal. it was spokesperson mr. who admitted that they want force ukraine to negotiate on the russian terms. mean that's terrorism. they're admitting they're sending rockets destroying their civilian critical infrastructure just because they want their terms in the negotiations . this may cause the negotiations. this may cause another wave . migrants into another wave. migrants into europe with such a difficult for ukrainian with no with no electricity . there may be more electricity. there may be more refugees coming europe because of russia's actions . just of russia's actions. just finally and briefly, george , how finally and briefly, george, how nervous are people in poland about putin, who's clearly mad about putin, who's clearly mad about intentions towards poland . how

about intentions towards poland. how that being an nato provide security? but historically belonged to the best alliances in the world? but then when soviets or russians came the aid from the west arrived a little bit too late . so people are bit too late. so people are really considering that after georgia after ukraine, perhaps baltic states, poland may be , baltic states, poland may be, and i'm quoting the late polish president who died in thousand and ten and the plane crashed in. smolensk in russia . that was in. smolensk in russia. that was his statement. so people do know that if russia would this possibility perhaps would want to increase their sphere of influence and take over poland at the moment that's very unlikely. that's not realistic . unlikely. that's not realistic. people are rather confident that being in nato is a serious security . so yes, but i a few security. so yes, but i a few people that are actually

prepared for some kind of blackouts or some kind of a conflict there. they've stored food . they stored water sources food. they stored water sources . so yes, does the smarter people that history likes to repeat itself. and we must be ready everything but i think with such great allies as the united kingdom, as the united states , polish people can feel states, polish people can feel safe . glad to hear that. that's safe. glad to hear that. that's george brzezinski, who's a poush george brzezinski, who's a polish journalist and political commentator. now, coming up after the break, we're going to be talking about a fuel duty rise that you noticed chancellor didn't fuel once in his didn't mention fuel once in his hour speech, getting more reaction to the autumn statement. the it's your latest news update update . good news update update. good afternoon. it's 134 m. news update update. good afternoon. it's134 m. rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom, the institute for fiscal studies is warning what it refers to is middle england. it's in a shock. the independent economic tank predicts the fall in living

standards will be the largest records began. jeremy hunt has defended his autumn statement plans as the right thing to promising to protect the vulnerable. however, ifs paul johnson says those middle incomes will see their wages fall taxes rise and benefit from targeted . retail sales rebounded targeted. retail sales rebounded month, according to official figures . the office for national figures. the office for national statistics says sales increased by 0.6% in october. that's higher than analysts had predicted in an increase on september saw a 1.5% drop thought to be due to the queen's. the owner of a luxury in kent has told gb news rejected a government offer to house seekers because he wasn't prepared to make his staff redundant . prepared to make his staff redundant. in an prepared to make his staff redundant . in an exclusive redundant. in an exclusive interview , martin, who owns the interview, martin, who owns the blazing hotel near sandwich , blazing hotel near sandwich, said he was offered over £1,000,000 for a one year contract. mr. martin says he

couldn't think of anything more absurd . royal mail workers have absurd. royal mail workers have announced a further of strikes in the run up to christmas. the communication workers union will walk out on six states in december. include in christmas eve. in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks, royal mail has called the action damaging damaging and the football supporters association has criticised fifa's u—turn on the sale of alcohol at the world in qatar just two days before the tournament kicks off. it comes after fifa announced will not be sold at the eight stadia. the fsa . it demonstrates the the fsa. it demonstrates the strong influence the islamic host country has over tournament organisers . tv online and david organisers. tv online and david frost radio. this is don't go anywhere andrew we're in just a moment .

chancellor jeremy hunt chancellorjeremy hunt or chancellor jeremy hunt or was chancellorjeremy hunt or was it chancellor jeremy hunt or was it in fact gordon brown in disguise delivered his autumn statement to the house of commons just three months on from the last budget . they couldn't have been budget. they couldn't have been more they? as more different, could they? as announced by his predecessor, kwasi setting out kwasi kwarteng, setting out plans to reduce inflation, promote growth and stable the uk's crumbling economy . hunt uk's crumbling economy. hunt unveiled a series of, uk's crumbling economy. hunt unveiled a series of , frankly, unveiled a series of, frankly, eye—watering spending cuts and tax rises. and with the of budget response office of budget responsibility officially declared a recession. let's hope this budget is more successful than the last one. well, joining me run through this is our economics and business liam halligan with on the money . liam halligan with on the money. liam neeson's hasto i'm just looking at the tax impact the impact on

people's taxes . millions of people's taxes. millions of people's taxes. millions of people brought into for the first time. millions people are going to be taken into the 40 pe tax rate for the first time. the top rate of tax which we were always told doesn't, it's counterproductive . increase it. counterproductive. increase it. more people are being into that. it's been lowered because the transfer was below 250,000 125,000. i mean i'm making a joke about that. that was actually gordon brown in disguise, but it was like a labour party budget. it absolutely . i labour party budget. it absolutely. i think it was a disingenuous . yeah, in many disingenuous. yeah, in many ways. i think it tries to take the british public for fools. theidea the british public for fools. the idea that we wouldn't understand and our pretty little that being taxed more just that we're being taxed more just because headline rate of tax because the headline rate of tax hasn't changed we all understand that if you freeze the threshold as inflation and washes through the and wages gradually creep upwards more and more people are pulled into those top tax brackets by 2020 an extra 2 million people at least will be paying million people at least will be paying tax. who weren't paying

income tax. of them on benefits and credits with the state taken with one hand and giving it back to the other. nice for the civil servants if you can get it. another couple of million people on not a particularly modest, you know, flashy incomes and not particularly senior jobs. yeah. mid—ranking mid—ranking nurses. they're going to be paying tax at the top . that's ridiculous. at the top. that's ridiculous. the inheritance tax threshold frozen again . it's been in the frozen again. it's been in the same place since 2009. what a tax on aspiration, striving , tax on aspiration, striving, buying a home, leaving it to your kids. that freezing the thresholds on where companies start vat freezing thresholds over which you don't actually benefit . you don't get any child benefit. you don't get any child benefit. you don't get any child benefit even if you have kids. there are many, many many areas where they've used this trick of fiscal drag. freezing thresholds . a high inflation environment to drag in more and more tax . to drag in more and more tax. they should have just levelled with us and said taxes going up.

here are the rates and this is you can expect to pay and try, isn't it? i mean i mean , what isn't it? i mean i mean, what really infuriates me is the of these thresholds because they call it a stealth tax. i call it sly tax. they are trying to bamboozle us because the top because they haven't raised the income tax rate but effectively millions more have gone to pay tax. do you think we're stupid mean you're so rightly and they actually think if we don't understand what they're doing then they get away with it. they won't get away . this is, won't get away. this is, i think, would be the budget think, would be the last budget actually of like try and actually sort of like try and pull the wool over our eyes because they won't be allowed to do but, you know, the do it again. but, you know, the real shock with this budget, gentlemen, that any us gentlemen, is the that any of us are actually because of are actually shocked because of the see the pandemic. if we didn't see this coming and, wasn't this coming and, it wasn't mentioned, say all mentioned, then we'll say all this free money that's suddenly grown trees. no mentioned grown on trees. no one mentioned then. way, you don't have to then. by way, you don't have to pay then. by way, you don't have to pay for it because it's actually money already. money we're spending already. that then and i think that mentioned then and i think all those people that wanted and

harder and lockdowns going on and on and on years they're the ones who should be paying more taxes. it's not the pensioners it's not the people of middle incomes. it's the people that want harder. lockdowns that want it harder. lockdowns that will money . indeed, will cost us more money. indeed, that's and now duty that's still news. and now duty could increase by a staggering 12 per litre, sending the cost of petrol and diesel soaring within months. the huge 23% increase, which would be the first time fuel duty would have gone up since. it would be the first time fuel duty has gone up since 2011. it could kick in from the end march year from the end of march next year to official documents despite . to official documents despite. it raising a potential to official documents despite. it raising a potentia l £5.7 it raising a potential £5.7 billion for the treasury the mammoth boost was not even mentioned by the chancellor jeremy house commons jeremy hunt in the house commons yesterday. a word was about yesterday. not a word was about fuel duty . instead, the proposal fuel duty. instead, the proposal was buried in papers released by the office of budget responsibility alongside . responsibility alongside. yesterday's budget. liam halligan, who spotted the fuel duty increasing , the official duty increasing, the official autumn statement documents and broke the story news is still broke the story gb news is still with but first, i'm going to

with me. but first, i'm going to talk to howard cox, the founder of campaign. he of fat the fearful campaign. he joins now . howard, good joins us now. howard, good afternoon to you . hello, andrew. afternoon to you. hello, andrew. nice to speak to you. it's infuriates , isn't it? it got infuriates, isn't it? it got through an hour speech and didn't use those words. fuel duty . well, it's the most duty. well, it's the most dishonest budget. oh or whatever you want to call it. the autumn statement ever seen. it was ridiculous . statement ever seen. it was ridiculous. thank you. to liam halligan, who called me virtually immediately. it was announced press announced at the press conference that this ridiculous 23% increase in fuel duty. don't forget . yes, that's 12 paid the forget. yes, that's 12 paid the it goes on top . that makes it it goes on top. that makes it 15. you said the average family car will have to pay an extra 8 t 0 £9 to fill car will have to pay an extra 8 to £9 to fill up their car in a time of a cost of living crisis when. all of the other problems are hitting and i'm so infuriated . good news is that we infuriated. good news is that we managed to get a lot of mps on board and jonathan karl is mp for stoke on trent. put together a letter. i wrote letter and a letter. i wrote the letter and he together sent he put it together and sent it to . jeremy who we insisted to. jeremy hunt, who we insisted on clarification and we've got

loads of big employees brandon lewis , graham brady, patel lewis, graham brady, priti patel loads of mps actually jumping board to say what the hell is going on because they're not to vote for that liam halligan i mean, well done you on spotting that the test the chancellor's the defensive today because of your story and he's saying i haven't decided yet whether to increase duty in the in the spnng increase duty in the in the spring budget. have you ever known a chance to get through a entire budget statement without talking about fuel duty? i have a right make issue. it is definitely particularly at a time of high inflation when . a time of high inflation when. a lot of the inflation is being dnven lot of the inflation is being driven by fuel costs anyway and particularly at a time when the conservative is under a lot of scrutiny for its adherence , scrutiny for its adherence, so—called net zero policies and a lot of ordinary folk , ordinary a lot of ordinary folk, ordinary voters are saying hang about for my car isn't a luxury. i voters are saying hang about for my car isn't a luxury . i live voters are saying hang about for my car isn't a luxury. i live in the countryside when i drive van for a living, you know , many of for a living, you know, many of us have to drive our and vans

literally to make ends meet have any kind of life at all and this was buried in the obe all documents it the plan 23% increase in fuel duty in late march 23 wrote the obe are which as hundred 5.7 billion to receipts next year. that's what they say it's expected to raise price of petrol and diesel by around pence per litre. well what would that do to inflation figures alone? people won't be able to afford to fill up the car. well, it's a what would it do know, the do to, you know, the conservative there'll be conservative party. there'll be absolute this do to the absolute at what this do to the man van. how would this go down to red wall. so the to the red wall. so the treasury's on the defensive and phone was red hot with people from whitehall ignore me from whitehall who ignore me most the time every time, most the time and every time, mike suddenly they mike recalls suddenly they wanted to me and jeremy wanted to talk to me and jeremy was earlier was asked about this earlier today. was asked about this earlier today . let me clear up. this is today. let me clear up. this is not government policy, said the chancellor . not government policy, said the chancellor. make a decision on that at the budget in the spring. this was just an assumption the opi are made yet yet. andrew it's assumption that

obama made , which means the obama made, which means the revenue is in the numbers. exactly the revenue is in. that's all can assume given that the obe are have put it in their documents and he didn't it out, they didn't rule it out how it what say you to that . well liam what say you to that. well liam is spot on about that they knew about these the treasury the chancellor knew about these numbers it was printed it was ready to go. it was handed out to the press conference . he knew to the press conference. he knew about it. and i've been told by about it. and i've been told by a treasury, very reliable a treasury, a very reliable senior insider who said, yes, it's true. jeremy hunt knew about that fact , that there was. about that fact, that there was. and the word is really operative in sort thing , and the word is really operative in sort thing, in and the word is really operative in sort thing , in that in this sort of thing, in that statement a draws out liam statement is a draws out liam that's the thing planned now we knew the five pay cut this year was going to be be put back. well that was the promise from rishi sunak last year when he produced it, which didn't touch the sides as you know. but this is a 12 page plus vat , you know, is a 12 page plus vat, you know, again, 15 to $0.16 increase at the past .

again, 15 to $0.16 increase at the past. this will be crippling the past. this will be crippling the economy column v and it will cripple the conservatives. any chance general chance avoiding a general election . how id cox found election. how id cox found a fair few kate liam just just in the interests of fairness let me reiterate again i'm i'm a reporter i read the tax documents. i take them seriously . i take our assumptions very seriously because they generate the forecasts and the the growth forecasts and the inflation forecasts upon which taxes are now raised. and spending is being slowed. but as far as the government is concerned, sorry, it's right. in fairness , jeremy hunt says this fairness, jeremy hunt says this is not government policy. let me clear up this. we will make a decision on at the next budget in the spring on fuel duty that just an assumption that the obe all made i would say chancellor these would be our assumptions very very important because they drive numbers which drive numbers upon which you make policy which affects all of us. say again, he could us. and i say again, he could have said, i'm not doing it. he certainly could ask liam halligan. of you've halligan. now, lots of you've been your thoughts been in touch with your thoughts on budget and it means to on the budget and it means to you, dave says a pensioner, you, dave says as a pensioner, welcome lock being welcome the triple lock being

retained. is only retained. but this is only clickbait of clickbait to get votes of pensioners. to the last pensioners. i voted to the last election, but the present party isn't what voted for and. the isn't what i voted for and. the policies presented now would not have won them. the election would have election, would have lost mere election, bnan would have lost mere election, brian suddenly the trust brian says. suddenly the trust budget more like a tory budget looks more like a tory budget looks more like a tory budget and the right one the budget and the right one for the country. if she'd been country. if only she'd been better not going better advised and not going about like a bull in a china about it like a bull in a china shop. her budget would have delivered what was necessary for the . joining me now the country. joining me now until i say on the show is gb news to a frank melling. frank, afternoon to you. good afternoon . andrew, it's lovely to be with you. very good to be with you two. now, are you pleased about the lock? least i'm the triple lock? at least i'm pleased about the whole budget, but it needs putting in perspective too, as far as i'm concerned , i think the country concerned, i think the country is in a five star mess. i'd make one mind a comment about the proposed all the suggested increase in diesel price . i'm a increase in diesel price. i'm a country dweller . we live and

country dweller. we live and work in the countryside and it's effectively impossible to use red diesel now in agricultural machines and so all the costs so things like hedge cutting are zoomed because you've got to use white diesel and that 12 pe if it happens if it's not hyperbole it happens if it's not hyperbole it will impact the countryside even further . regarding the even further. regarding the budget this may be deeply unpopular with your guests and with gb news, but basically what i want , ed, is with gb news, but basically what i want, ed, is a sound bill. careful meticulous chancellor i'm fed up with lizz truss and that silliness . i'm fed up with lizz truss and that silliness. i'm fed up with bofis that silliness. i'm fed up with boris johnson and cheese and wine . i wanted somebody that i wine. i wanted somebody that i could look at and say , you're could look at and say, you're going to turn in every morning at 9:00 on or at 8:00, and you're going to do a solid sound work . and i think that we all

work. and i think that we all have to recognise we're in big trouble , completely big trouble trouble, completely big trouble . i've been around a long time and i've never seen such an unholy mess as this and i think we have a duty to future generations for us all to take a hit . and that's why i was so hit. and that's why i was so pleased that the most vulnerable are being protected and at the same time i was delighted to see that the bank of governor has refused a pay rise . i would put refused a pay rise. i would put all the mpc, i the minimum wage for them is 84,000. i wish that they side would say we're not taking a pay rise when that happens you've got a situation where the single mum in a council house who's really struggling to make ends. council house who's really struggling to make ends . at that struggling to make ends. at that point she can look back and say, well, everybody's in this together. all right , frank together. all right, frank melling, thanks so much for us. of course, mp just for the

record, their pay has increased by 28% over the last 12 years. so they've done their bit, haven't they, for austerity though now, this is one of the great stories of the i've absolutely dined out on it. wagatha christie is a saga that just on giving . the two just on giving. the two footballers wives remember the discovery channel documentary about the vardy versus rooney trial is set to air tomorrow. now, back in 2019, coleen rooney accused rebekah vardy , the accused rebekah vardy, the married to two of the most famous footballers, the land of leaking posts from private instagram to the sun newspaper. it escalated the high courts of justice when sued rooney for. but the court, of course dismissed vardy's claims and said that rooney was telling the truth . rebekah vardy was left truth. rebekah vardy was left with a £3 million legal bill a subsequent hearing. she was also to pay 90% of coleen's legal costs. let's turn now to to

rebecca me, who's a showbiz journalist. rebecca, i love this . she was insane to have gone to court over. it was rebekah . she court over. it was rebekah. she lost games , a match, but she lost games, a match, but she still hasn't , it appears, still hasn't, it appears, accepted defeat by what she's been saying in this documentary . she will never, ever give up on this. she is hell bent that she did nothing and she is the victim in all this. and what so interesting is that documentary that's coming tomorrow is to that's coming out tomorrow is to be and her legal team be her and her legal team explaining just how terrible a scenario she was put through in the courts. and then the second half of this documentary , we'll half of this documentary, we'll also look at coleen's legal and how she built her case . it's how she built her case. it's very clever of rebekah because . very clever of rebekah because. she's not hidden away for too long. she's coming back to sort of show how been of show how much she's been through it. it's in a in a way to empathy from other people because obviously the public aren't too favourable about her now because of the way this case went. and think she's on big went. and i think she's on a big mission change her mission to sort of change her pubuc mission to sort of change her public perception and do that whereas coleen is going to do a

documentary but think she's documentary but i think she's going much more what it going to get much more what it was married to was like to be married to a footballer and she went about, you know, isolate was you know, isolate who was actually stories , actually selling these stories, her. you think will her. but do you think it will provoke sympathy? because effectively by losing that trial, court decided that trial, the court decided that vardy was lying . i don't think vardy was lying. i don't think it will be the end of it because if she wants to actually up on mobility and talk a lot more because one of the things about rebekah vardy this is what rebekah vardy and this is what came she in i'm came across when she was in i'm a celeb that she's very a celeb is that she's a very strong and sometimes strong woman. and sometimes people don't particularly and that them that doesn't really endear them to the public. and what she's done her done is just throughout her career actually done lots of babies to india herself babies actually to india herself to fans. babies actually to india herself to fans . she's done to female fans. she's done things like offshore children . things like offshore children. she posed with what's called a real body. and shortly after having her one of her children, she of india up she sort of india is up to women. what see now is women. so what we'll see now is that try and show a bit that see her try and show a bit more explain how her more mobility explain how her situation was for her and it was you know when put you know, when she was put through, you know , going through, you know, going on the stand coleen rooney's stand and coleen rooney's lawyer, david chapple , was

lawyer, david chapple, was quite, quite sort of mocking of her, especially, you know, david in his locker a comment which i think a lot can remember when she was completely clueless. there was a lot of sort of a way, in my opinion, a bit of cruelty her, because she cruelty towards her, because she did feel very much that she was horrifically while horrifically trolled while pregnant . coleen put pregnant when. coleen rooney put out that post. so she does feel very done by because she's very hard done by because she's adamant nothing adamant that she did nothing wrong. do listen do you think this documentary is going to trigger any sympathy for rebekah vardy? because i think she's appalling they're both appalling. i think they're both appalling, to be honest with you. i that that the whole court case was endlessly fascinating. it's mad sad bad world of wags it. yeah these women both had way too much money and way too , way too much money and way too, much time their hands. and as much time on their hands. and as we've discussed all morning we've all discussed all morning about cost crisis and about the cost living crisis and the autumn and these are the autumn and these women are blowing of pounds over the most pathetic thing mean the stories that would allegedly link to the sun on post and it was a flooded basement. i mean who cares. no

one cares. but i mean rebekah vardy or rather jamie vardy husband has to pay a vardy or rather jamie vardy husband has to pay a £3 million legal costs husband has to pay a £3 million legal cost s £1.5 million to legal costs £15 million to coleen rooney , £1.5 million to coleen rooney, £1.5 million to trash yourself court. i don't know what is paid by his football , but they do get a lot football, but they do get a lot of money . probably a couple of of money. probably a couple of years. pay you know what i mean? and to be fair, both of the men accompany their wives to court. i so than than i mean, why more so than than jamie? but why would dutifully carrying coleen's handbag integral knowing that the end of the day it was his money. well he was going to pay an absolute fortune and now he's managing team out in america. so he's earning more money for earning more money to pay for this. honestly, wanted this. but honestly, just wanted to slap. to give them both a slap. i thought was depressing for thought it was depressing for women this. i why? it's women to do this. i why? it's not this not there's not good. rebekah to me, just finally, this be the end of it. you this won't be the end of it. you she's continue. is she? she's going to continue. is she? rebekah rehabilitate rebekah to try to rehabilitate her reputation, which is effectively trashed ? it will.

effectively trashed? it will. and i think i would say the one thing about the celebrity outed entertainment is that it does provide some lightness to the rest of news agenda, which is difficult and depressing. so i think . difficult and depressing. so i think. that's one thing. that's one. let's say they've given up and there is going to be drama coming out later this year. there's to more there's going to more documentaries, coleen's doing one so there one with disney plus so there will keep being conversation about this interviews docu entries for years to come. we will be dining out on this forever because. the public interest in this was so phenomenal. i think it also came at time we just wanted at time where we just wanted kind of light news to all get excited it invested rather than the of the news agenda, which like i said, is quite difficult to digest . just finally, rebekah to digest. just finally, rebekah , it is a fascinating insight into . the privileged, rich, mad into. the privileged, rich, mad world of footballers wives, isn't it ? it's a it's an isn't it? it's a it's an incredible insight. and i think the reason this case was so fascinating is because we all remember the word culture being born in the germany 2016 world cup . and i think it was

cup. and i think it was a brilliant part of popular culture at that time. that was horrific , brilliant soap opera horrific, brilliant soap opera called football wives that everyone really enjoyed . it was everyone really enjoyed. it was playing out like one of those. this is the sort of case where it felt like we were all in the of a soap opera. so i think really where culture has changed, i think we've got so many reality now. there's a lot of kind those of dramas and of kind of those of dramas and things, but there's just something his wife's something football. his wife's well , people seem completely well, people seem completely fascinated and absolutely, i'm afraid i am that's rebecca to me the show is talking about the latest twist in the wagatha war words. you're watching andrew pierce . plenty more to come in pierce. plenty more to come in the final . the programme. i'll the final. the programme. i'll be saying goodbye to dawn nissen , to be talking , but we're going to be talking about we facing about migrant. are we facing another of discontent this ? time another of discontent this? time the royal mail is talking about strikes donald trump's announcement he'll for president again in 2024 and the qatar world just two days away. i'm not exactly by that. all of this go anywhere. thank you to all for being me. now a short break.

hello thank you for staying with me. you're watching andrew pierce here on gb news with you for one more hour until 3 pm. we're looking at the biggest stories from this week coming up in next we've more in the next hour. we've got more on the winter of discontent, royal mail workers could be walking christmas of all walking out on christmas of all days and the ongoing dispute over jobs, pay and conditions overjobs, pay and conditions will be getting a union rep to justify this and will also you the latest from itv news exclusive where the owner a exclusive where the owner of a luxury hotel in has chosen to reject massive government payout. i call it a bribe to house seekers meaning they have to lay off his staff and. the engush to lay off his staff and. the english team are in qatar.

should they be? they've also seen training today and getting as normal. but that's not stop . as normal. but that's not stop. ongoing debate over one of the most controversial sporting tournament's in recent history. we'll be talking human and qatar's last minute u—turn. what are the fans going to be able to dnnk? are the fans going to be able to drink? moving to afford it, discussing all of this with me for the next hour by is former labour adviser writer scarlett mcguire. and you at home, of course, an important part the show. what are your opinions of this events? as always , i want this events? as always, i want to hear what you think. i'll be reading as views out as i reading as many views out as i can hour. e—mailed me can in the hour. so e—mailed me right now at gb news at gb news uk. and i'll put your point of views to as i speak to perhaps even speak to you live on air. all of that coming up. but now the latest news headlines . now the latest news headlines. now it's 2:02. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the institute for fiscal studies warning that

middle earners in the uk in for a shock as taxes go up and pnces a shock as taxes go up and prices soar . the a shock as taxes go up and prices soar. the warning a shock as taxes go up and prices soar . the warning follows prices soar. the warning follows the chancellor's autumn announcement yesterday in economic think tank predicts fall in living standards will be the since records . jeremy hunt the since records. jeremy hunt has defended his plans is the right thing to do promising to protect the vulnerable. but ifs director paul johnson says those on middling homes will see their wages fall rise and won't from targeted support . one hesitates targeted support. one hesitates to make for asked about shop changes being persistent but i would be most surprised if the tax burden gets back down to its long term pre—covid average at time in the next several decades. quite honestly, higher taxes a bigger state look to me to here to stay unless something quite changes. to here to stay unless something quite changes . retail sales last quite changes. retail sales last month according to official

figures the office for national statistics says sales increased by nought point 6% in october. that's higher. by nought point 6% in october. that's higher . analysts had that's higher. analysts had predicted . it marks an increase predicted. it marks an increase on september , saw a 1.5% drop up on september, saw a 1.5% drop up thought to be due to the queen's funeral and to help with the worsening cost of living crisis. the uk's biggest retailers , its the uk's biggest retailers, its staff advances on their pay under the tesco scheme , around under the tesco scheme, around 280,000 workers can receive up a quarter of their pay early . the quarter of their pay early. the supermarket chain says it'll staff avoid having to take expensive debt with , high expensive debt with, high interest payments. staff are allowed one advance for pay penod allowed one advance for pay period at a fee of just under £1.50 . the owner of a luxury £1.50. the owner of a luxury hotel in has told gb news he rejected a government offer to house asylum seekers because he wasn't to make his staff redundant . wasn't to make his staff redundant. in an wasn't to make his staff redundant . in an exclusive redundant. in an exclusive interview , martin, who owns the interview, martin, who owns the blazing hotel near sandwich, said he offered around

£1,000,000 for a one year contract. he said he couldn't think of anything more absurd and didn't want to let down the community relies on his venue for . in other news, a swedish for. in other news, a swedish prosecutor has said damage to the nord pipelines in the baltic sea september was caused an act of sabotage . investigators have of sabotage. investigators have found traces explosives at the site of damaged gas pipelines linking russia and germany. swedish and danish are investigating four holes. russia has claimed british navy personnel were responsible . the personnel were responsible. the a.g. denies . meanwhile south a.g. denies. meanwhile south korea and the united states have held a joint air drill in response to north korea's latest missile launch. the exercises included against targets simulating launches. japan has the missile fired by pyongyang had sufficient range to the us mainland was fired overnight. the us had condemned the launch

. it a brazen violation . . it a brazen violation. multiple un resolutions as two strikes royal mail workers have announced a further series of walkouts in the run up to christmas. the communication workers union will walk out of six states in december including christmas eve . in addition to christmas eve. in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail has called the action damaging for that as bosses are warning of serious delays for passengers at heathrow after ground staff walked out over pay. 350 members of unite to work for private menzies voted to strike 72 hours. the union they play a critical safety role at the airport but heathrow does claim flight cancellations expected. while travel experts . simon while travel experts. simon calder told us the strike could problems for travelling football fans hoping to qatar. you are advised to check with airline before you , but all the airlines

before you, but all the airlines i've checked with say yep. everything's normally. we shall see once kind of first contact with reality , which will be with reality, which will be probably in a few hours time. and of course going an extremely busy weekend in terms of the world cup . this is when all the world cup. this is when all the wales fans the england fans are heading across to qatar and staying with the world cup, the football supporters association has criticised over its u—turn on alcohol. it comes after fifa announced that they will not sold at the islamic countries world cup stadia. the fsa criticise the lateness of the decision which comes just two days before the tournament kicks off. fans had previously told they would be allowed to drink within the ticketed perimeter of each match venue . on has each match venue. on has temporarily closed its offices amid a wave of staff resignations. the measure was reportedly prompted fears

disgruntled staff sabotage the company. well, hundreds of employees are believed to have quit after owner elon musk asked them to sign up for long hours , them to sign up for long hours, high intensity or leave. musk has tweeted he isn't worried about the resignations because the best , he says, are staying . the best, he says, are staying. twitter says the offices will on monday . this is i'll bring you monday. this is i'll bring you more as it happens. now though hits back to andrew . hits back to andrew. now unsurprisingly , royal mail now unsurprisingly, royal mail workers are now planning to stage even more days of strike action in couldn't be any more damaging time it including christmas eve so get your cards or your gifts sent early. members of the workers union announced six more days when they walk out next. it's an argument over the usual pay jobs and working conditions. workers already took action in august

and september but no agreement was made . joining me down the was made. joining me down the line is , the appropriately named line is, the appropriately named andy assistant general secretary at the communications workers union who represents postmasters and postal workers. andy i'm tempted to say, a, you taking a leave of your senses . december leave of your senses. december is the most important month the delivering of letters and cards and you're going on strike. well, i think that question should be directed at mail. and simon thompson, the ceo . the simon thompson, the ceo. the responsibility for this dispute lies firmly and squarely his doon he lies firmly and squarely his door. he knows actions has provoked our members currently . provoked our members currently. i think royal mail is losing provoked our members currently. i think royal mail is losin g £1 i think royal mail is losing £1 million a day. this is going to mean the and they are going to be dramatically higher. and don't get fact if people don't you get the fact if people can't post christmas cards via royal they'll find other ways to it. your commercial rivals will lap up all the extra work and that will probably put even more pressure on your who pressure on your members who could potentially then even lose

their . well, let's be their jobs. well, let's be clear. our members don't want to take strike action to do well. just about to explain that. actually, let me finish , please. actually, let me finish, please. i remember. i want to strike action. what they want to do is to get a fair deal that them job security. you talked about security. you talked about security where folks in 10,000 job losses and compulsory . so job losses and compulsory. so let's be clear, the wants an agreement . i've left a meeting agreement. i've left a meeting with going cas to take this to a tv interview . we are in talks. tv interview. we are in talks. we are trying to find a way through this. but to get a deal. royal mail has got to behave more reasonably and they've got to respect their key worker employer . now, of the employer. now, in terms of the money you they're losing per day . the reality is they declared a profit of £750 million back in may and they paid shareholder dividends , buybacks of shares to dividends, buybacks of shares to tune of £567 million this year alone , they can afford to alone, they can afford to provide our members a much better deal. and to put this

context, they're only offering and a half percent pay rise from the 1st of april next year. simply not good enough. our members need to keep a roof over their heads. they should be able to feed the family and, pay the electricity and gas bills. the reality is the responsibility for this dispute lies with simon thompson, the ceo , and he needs thompson, the ceo, and he needs to come to the bargaining to thrash out deal . and it will thrash out a deal. and it will stay there because we've been getting lot response from getting lot of response from viewers of programme about viewers of this programme about , the ballot. roger says with the cost living crisis, why shouldn't people go on? there's plenty money hotels for plenty of money for hotels for anyone who wants to enter the country about country legally. and it's about time looked after time the government looked after who pay the money in gary says yet frontline yet another supposed frontline special service going on strike. it's the police and armed forces can't strike. then fire can't strike. then the fire service profession service medical profession postal workers should not be able so either. what able to do so either. what do you that, particularly to you say to that, particularly to the andy ? well, the second point, andy? well, we've conducted ballots and got unprecedented ground breaking numbers of members targeted for

strike action . something like we strike action. something like we published, 115,000 people and we got 97. yes votes in those strike ballots with nearly 80% turnout. these numbers are not well. and please get elected by our members of had their when they voted democrat and we are conducting a dispute. we are following law. our members are only what they are entitled to doing and that is to withdraw their labour and. they will do so in magnificent numbers if we cannot get an agreement just on that point. again, though, and it the most important months of the for the royal mail and you're withdrawing your labour effectively for a whole week that's going to mean a lot of business lost to the royal mail will it ever back and if will it ever come back and if 10,000 are already under 10,000 jobs are already under threat members threat aren't your members voting turkeys voting for voting like turkeys voting for christmas now? well be absolutely clear . cw and christmas now? well be absolutely clear. cw and our members cherish , the service we members cherish, the service we provide to the public , we have

provide to the public, we have kept that service going during the pandemic. our members deliver to 32 million addresses across the uk six days a week and we are clapped as key workers by it. they are done a magnificent job. there are good men and women to provide a great service to the public they need to be treated with dignity and respect the employer. we respect by the employer. we don't want strike don't want to take strike action. message is very very action. my message is very very clear to the royal mail board come bargaining table in come to the bargaining table in a realistic and sensible way and we will meet you there and we broker deal that we can broker a deal that we can deliver want strike deliver by we don't want strike action . we want agreement. action. we want an agreement. but responsible legacy for but the responsible legacy for that that we've royal mail that lies that we've royal mail board. all right, andy furey from the communication workers with me studio now for with me in the studio now for the houris with me in the studio now for the hour is scarlett the next hour is scarlett mcguire, former labour adviser scarlett , i mcguire, former labour adviser scarlett, i can't mcguire, former labour adviser scarlett , i can't get my head scarlett, i can't get my head around this strike . i appreciate around this strike. i appreciate andy says pay and andy furey says pay and conditions, but six days christmas when people there's a lot of last minute mail goes through the door cards granny and grandpa's christmas presents that people will find ways to

deliver their mail yes but if you look at it if you go on strike have to go on strike at a time that matters. right. so december it really matters . so december it really matters. so what they're hoping clear from what they're hoping clear from what he said, nobody wants to go on strike. if you go strike, the odds are you will never the money back. i mean, remember, if you go strike, you don't get paid that so aren't paid that day. so these aren't people who are desperate to go on strike, but also these are people who actually need need not just want more 1. so we've got inflation in over 10% and they're being offered they're being offered one and a half. and they know, as he said, that were paid out to shareholders because shareholders are more important than staff. so actually, what they're hoping for is that they'll be serious negotiations and that's what they're trying to do is they're trying to make everybody concentrate if we don't if we don't get a deal, if all going

to talk to us seriously , then to talk to us seriously, then we're going to go on strike. i think i think it's very likely it'll be called off. i think very likely that there'll a deal very likely that there'll a deal. do you think they should on strike? no i think there should be a deal. i think they should be a deal. i think they should be a deal. i think they should be offered more. if you were advising, should be offered more. if you were advising , would should be offered more. if you were advising, would you should be offered more. if you were advising , would you advise were advising, would you advise them to go strike? i think them to go on strike? i think them to go on strike? i think the workers i mean i mean , it the workers i mean i mean, it was really i've never i mean, before this year, i've never heard the sort of numbers for a strike that are at the moment, 97% voted for strike. these are people who are really i mean , people who are really i mean, they're angry and they're desperate. right. because actually, they're going to have to look for other job. they're going have to look for better jobs that solve the problem is if you can't leave , you have to if you can't leave, you have to go somewhere else. i mean, you say, oh, well, you know , and say, oh, well, you know, and it's quite right. people will find other ways of sending cards i still get i already get lots of christmas cards emailed .

of christmas cards emailed. right. | of christmas cards emailed. right. i put those in by email and that's going to is that's going to affect card shops delivery men and women. yeah but instead blaming postal instead of blaming postal workers themselves out of the job scarlett that that what they're doing is they're raising stakes so that they can negotiate is what they're hoping is that they can a deal that's what they want. it is clear from what they want. it is clear from what he said he wants a deal maybe royal mail is this union into a trap because other parts of the business make lot of money. we know this part of the business does not. it's losing a million a day and perhaps they want more postal to want and more postal workers to lose more people to lose their jobs, more people to turn on posting turn their back on posting letters , card. are they falling letters, card. are they falling are they getting trapped here? these workers ? well, in the end these workers? well, in the end , if they're not earning money to keep their families to keep to keep their families to keep to keep their families to keep to keep them , they've got to to keep them, they've got to find other work . to keep them, they've got to find other work. i mean, we can't go on and also, i mean, what's so appalling is, as you said, this is just another i mean, we've got nurses your

newspaper called the royal college nursing, a militant union. it is the least militant we've ever come across right . we've ever come across right. because they're talking about going out on strike. yeah, it's over and over. and what's it all about? it's one respect. i mean, you listen to him. he talked about respect, dignity. people feel clap for carers, clap for people. and then let's not pay them. but i can smell it in the i suspect unions are working in concert together . this is a concert together. this is a concerted action isn't it, to the government because because people, if they can't get if trains aren't running, people, if they can't get if trains aren't running , doctors trains aren't running, doctors aren't working, nurses going on strike. well but the people who are voting right for the strike, i mean you have a strike without a . and the reaction is never a. and the reaction is never published. the figure of you the individual trusts we where if nurses are voted to or not but they've never given us an overall figure for how of their members voted because i suspect the voted against

the majority voted against i andrew. i think if that was true they'd be out. i mean there's no that if add up all i mean i'm sure there are a lot of journalists who added up all trust things and found out that most of the people voted on. i mean, you know the nurses coming on this programme saying weren't voting yes so what i'm saying is we don't know how many abstained , how many voted against, how many voted for and you because i spent a lot of time in hospitals in the last year , the hosts the in the last year, the hosts the nurses i come across overworked and underpaid and they are pretty bloody angry . i can tell pretty bloody angry. i can tell you that scarlet , she's a former you that scarlet, she's a former labour party adviser. i don't suppose you're surprised that she's a former labour party adviser. we disagree. but actually some of actually in some of this programme we're actually going programme, we're actually going to be agreeing is first. to be agreeing which is a first. but with us here. but do stay with us here. gp news coming up we've got news because coming up we've got an exclusive with hotel where an exclusive with a hotel where the said no have a the owner said no to have a government payout to house so he can protect community and his staff's jobs. but before that

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well, now the owner of a luxury hotel in kent has told ap news why he rejected a £1.1 million government offer to house asylum

seekers for a year. richard martin owns the blazing donkey boutique hotel near sandwich and he said he wasn't prepared to make most of his 50 plus staff redundant and also let down his local community . our home local community. our home edhon local community. our home editor, mark white, he's got more . tucked away more. tucked away in the east kent countryside . it's a little kent countryside. it's a little gem of a hotel that's won awards for its service . it is the most for its service. it is the most unlike likely candidate to become latest hotel housing seekers. yet that's exactly what would happened had they accepted a more than would happened had they accepted a more tha n £1 million offer a more than £1 million offer from a home contractor. this also a popular venue for and other events . owner richard other events. owner richard martin says the impact on the community of handing over his hotel to the government would have been huge . so this is our

have been huge. so this is our wedding and special events. mark right here. it looks very impressive i have to say, richard . well, when you come richard. well, when you come here, you can just see actually how this would be for an asylum seekers venue entirely. this is used exclusively for our special events mainly weddings. and we posted two and a half thousand in here since we created this space. and so for the asylum seekers that were intended to stay here, absolutely no purpose andifs stay here, absolutely no purpose and it's a file valuable asset for the for the people in this area as well as obviously employer. of course this space is known locally very well. and if you if you mention our name, the blind donkey, they would just think weddings and this is where it all takes place . the where it all takes place. the blazing also been blazing donkey has also been voted one of the top glamping sites in the uk as absurd it sounds these luxury tents and huts would also have had to house asylum seekers if the hotel had accepted home office

contract and it would have meant host keeper arnie and more than 50 other staff here in peak season would have been out of a job. but i don't think you would get that. come what do they call it? comradery that you would get here . we all sort of clubby and here. we all sort of clubby and it's really lovely . like many it's really lovely. like many people, the director, trevor squire lost his previous job dunng squire lost his previous job during covid going through that again, which he says have unbearable. for and also for another couple. so we live here this is our this isn't just our job. this is my home. and i see it as my home and, you know, i'm not a young man. so it would have been terrifying with than 42,000 people having crossed the channelin 42,000 people having crossed the channel in small boats so far this year, the pressure on authorities trying to find them suitable, accommodation is intense, but this luxury country hotel is surely not what the immigration minister meant when

he said channel migrants should be housed . basic accommodation . be housed. basic accommodation. mark white going use in east kent well why is at the blazing donkey hotel ? mark surely this donkey hotel? mark surely this hotel far too luxurious to house migrants for the foreseeable future? what's the community reaction been to all of this ? reaction been to all of this? well, people in the are absolutely delighted because it is seen as a very significant asset to the local area. two and asset to the local area. two and a half thousand weddings have been held here in recent . now, been held here in recent. now, where we are now under is in the glamping in the grounds of, where we are now under is in the glamping in the grounds of , the glamping in the grounds of, the hotel. it's one of the best glamping in the uk racking organised internationally as you can see beautiful quaint countryside around there. the sea of course the channel these migrant boats over so often there's one of the glamping huts , there are glamping tents as

well. now you might not think luxurious, but actually when you inside them it is. luxurious, but actually when you inside them it is . and they're inside them it is. and they're actually in the process of constructing a hot tub there as well. so is really kind of high end glamping. i want to take you into this particular hut is called sweet briar and we can speak to inside sweet briar trevor squire who featured in our there he actually one of the directors here designed this particular glamping set up here how unsuitable trevor with the be do you think for asylum . well be do you think for asylum. well it's just not really acceptable this is high holiday glamping where we invite family to come from all over the country they want to get away for it to enjoy the beautiful or the beautiful amenities we do. we have the hotel close with the food and everything. it'sjust hotel close with the food and everything. it's just work for

asylum seekers . it'd be asylum seekers. it'd be upsetting for many people to see, you know, beautiful like our copper bars , jacuzzi going our copper bars, jacuzzi going in it. all these have been used by them. yeah. as we chat to you, jim. hopefully can get you some shots of around this really carbon in here that that is clearly very popular now since his report aired andrew pearce was asking how the local have reacted but people have contacting you from all around the world from everywhere we've had emails from australia , we've had emails from australia, we've had emails from australia, we've had emails from florida , isle of had emails from florida, isle of man , reasons one telephone calls man, reasons one telephone calls and are talking to thousands of messages and message has been positive whether . we email positive whether. we email message social media, telephone call where they've seen this this is well obviously they're watching online and this is where a lot in australia foreign australia and florida you know the telephone calls started 4:00

this morning where people from around the globe, not thinking about time differences a phoning but there's not been one negative comment which has just been amazing you know and to hear especially our older folk of the uk you know and they found quite emotional which has been beautiful to listen to their stories as well . and it is their stories as well. and it is as was seeing an asset to the community two and a half thousand weddings and events that have been held and in your big marquee here that would have been lost. i take if it was signed over to asylum seekers we would just remove the i mean but this everybody gets married here they become fabric of this property and they become part of the history that some lot of them become friends they come back and see we start back and see us. we start meeting children then from the marriages and it's just, you know, they become part of family of the malaysian donkey is a family from entire surrounding area . and we know how important area. and we know how important this is to you, not just as a

place of employment, but actually it is your home. it is by far know i came here, you know , obviously very as i said know, obviously very as i said to you when we spoke, you know, i was made redundant. you know, when you do you know, you worry about what's going to happen and the have been better about what's going to happen and the me have been better about what's going to happen and the me and have been better about what's going to happen and the me and it's have been better about what's going to happen and the me and it's juste been better about what's going to happen and the me and it's just gonen better about what's going to happen and the me and it's just gone fromter for me and it's just gone from strength strength. i be strength to strength. i be happier. i'd hate to think this would an well great would come to an end. well great to that . be keeping your to hear that. be keeping your job and the here will of course also keeping the asset there is this hotel that know and love and a amazing i think andrew that he has had thousands of people emailing phoning just before you came to us actually took another phone call . a woman took another phone call. a woman had seen his on gb news. they are really reacting. it's real traction this and clearly hello to our viewers in florida and australia that's what we are editor there at the wonderfully named blazing don quixote well in cannes scarlet mcguire is

here with me if i just got it i think it's already infuriating large parts of the country that some 40,000 people have illegally crossed the channel but how infuriating is it even more to think that they might be put up in luxury for five star hotels when some of these people won't even get afford to put their heating on this? you know, look this is a complete disaster. there's question we should not be putting seekers up in hotels because instead taking 4 to 5 years to process an application we should be taking weeks , which is what used to weeks, which is what used to happen until they decided to downgrade the civil service sacked lots of civil servants. this is crazy absolute crazy . a this is crazy absolute crazy. a complete and utter waste of money. we should have we should have proper processes. so people are either processed, they're either refugees, and if they if they're not as asylum seekers , they're not as asylum seekers, if they fail, they're sent back . but this this is i mean, we've

got hotels all over the country that are housing asylum seekers and of course, it what it means is, you know, we saw somebody who before he committed suicide, clearly had problems . but i clearly had problems. but i mean, you know, he was throwing he was throwing because it's causing it's understandably causing it's understandably causing huge resentment . causing huge resentment. absolutely. absolutely. and it be like that. and it's and the government has actually got to take responsibility for what it is they agree it's a broken asylum system . but the way to asylum system. but the way to fix it is actually process people false stuff . i mean, in people false stuff. i mean, in the first place, the fault is with people crossing the channel because they shouldn't be how else to refugees get to britain stay in a safe country called france but if you want if well it's a safe . oh i know but it's a safe. oh i know but before just before they got britain they'd gone to greece, they got up here they got here there are masses who stay and there are masses who stay and there are masses who stay in france. there are masses who stay germany so and they stay in germany. so, so and they process through and these are

people often with family in family who speak english , but family who speak english, but they want take refuge in britain there is no other way of . there is no other way of. becoming a refugee in britain unless you do that is so—called illegal. but this is happening. this is happening. illegal. but this is happening. this is happening . we know this this is happening. we know this is happening. this has been happening for a long time. why aren't we processing it? why we spending millions. millions of pounds on hotels instead of actually hiring people to process the to start getting? it's not just farms. you've got to go to the headlines, but would say the 8 million extra or 10 million extra that britain has given to france patrol the beaches would been better beaches would have been better spent servants to the spent civil servants to the asylum applications and kick them out within two weeks of arriving. two days if we could . arriving. two days if we could. well, they have been sending albanians , but i mean, not albanians, but i mean, not enoughi albanians, but i mean, not enough i do think there are a lot of afghan us and who we let down. right. we let a lot of afghans down who now are coming

overin afghans down who now are coming over in boats syrians are who are fleeing for their lives . over in boats syrians are who are fleeing for their lives. i do think we have to remember, you know, a lot of these people who are coming over on are desperate . a lot of them are desperate. a lot of them are also economic . so scarlett also economic. so scarlett maguire, i would never agree on that. now do stay us here on gb news because up we're getting more on the ongoing controversy surrounding cup . the surrounding the world cup. the controversy around qatar is abolishing the football to me i'll speaking to former professional footballer jason cundy here in the studio . but cundy here in the studio. but before that news with rhiannon . before that news with rhiannon. andrew, thank you . 233 your top andrew, thank you. 233 your top stories , the gb newsroom. labour stories, the gb newsroom. labour leader sir keir starmer has accused government of locking the country into economic doom loop . the comments follow the loop. the comments follow the chancellor's autumn statement yesterday that as the institute for fiscal studies warns the fall in living standards will be the largest since records began.

jeremy hunt has his plans as right thing to do . jordan right thing to do. jordan mcsweeney has pleaded guilty to the murder zara and lena in june , the 29 year old attacked the local in east london as she was walking home from a night out . walking home from a night out. mr. lena was found with severe head injuries. she later died in hospital while male workers announced a further series of strike in the run up to christmas, the communication workers union will walk of six dates in december , including dates in december, including christmas eve. that's in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail has called the action damaging a. swedish prosecutor has said damage the nord stream pipelines in. the baltic sea in september was caused by an act of sabotage . investigators have of sabotage. investigators have found traces of explosives at the site . the damaged gas the site. the damaged gas pipelines linking and germany. swedish and authorities are

investigating four holes. russia has claimed british navy personnel will respond allegations the energy . and the allegations the energy. and the football supporters association has criticised over its late u—turn on alcohol. fifa announced beer will not be sold at the countries world cup stadia just two days before the tournament off. fans had previously been told they would be allowed to drink within the ticketed perimeter of each stadium . tv online and radio. stadium. tv online and radio. this gb news don't go anywhere. andrew will be back in just a moment .

welcome back. a mother has written to the england squad

asking them to remember her daughter who was raped and murdered in qatar. murdered while in qatar. paterson was working as a teacher . qatar, when she was teacher. qatar, when she was killed in 2013. gb news is geoff moody. went to meet her mother. continued to speak out about dangers to women in. qatar lauren paterson was working a teacher in qatar when . she was teacher in qatar when. she was raped and brutally murdered . her raped and brutally murdered. her charred remains were found in the desert. she was 24. she loved travelling and she was a really happy person. really chatty. little bit too chatty. sometimes you know she'd have conversations . on three or four conversations. on three or four at once and you'd be like, slow down, slow down. the man who killed her, given the death sentence , but out of the blue sentence, but out of the blue that was reduced to ten years. he'll be out soon. shortly after world cup. he will be out next yeah world cup. he will be out next year. and he's a young man so he can get married. he have children. he can do the things

that lauren do. lauren's mum has written to gareth southgate , the written to gareth southgate, the rest of the england squad , rest of the england squad, asking them to form an l—shaped with their hands when they score a not just for lauren, but for change in qatar change in their system. change minorities are treated so it means something important , treated so it means something important, not just all about lauren , about everyone as a lauren, about everyone as a whole . in the years following whole. in the years following their daughter's . lauren's their daughter's. lauren's parents travelled to doha and saw qatari justice in action . saw qatari justice in action. they were shocked at the lack of sympathy, the lack of understanding and the lack of respect in court. lauren's was forced to stand side by side with the killer and his accomplice . there was no empathy accomplice. there was no empathy . know i wouldn't want anyone to have to stand up like i did next

to murderers of your daughter. and it seemed as though it was just. just normal. you know, you stand there and, you know, i could feel my legs shaking and was really shaking. and i know husband wants to get up and hold my hand again. you can't do that . they couldn't do that because the time lauren's parents weren't married. qatari law recognise unmarried couples. it was like lauren's dad exist. when and kevin first heard the world cup was taking place qatar. it brought the whole thing back. i was angry and upset and then i took a step back. upset and then i took a step back . i upset and then i took a step back. i saw upset and then i took a step back . i saw it's football . it's back. i saw it's football. it's a game . it's something that can a game. it's something that can bnng a game. it's something that can bring everyone . so perhaps some bring everyone. so perhaps some ways it's ball case , you know, ways it's ball case, you know, to the forefront. again with the help of 27 letters to all the england players and to beckham, too, he's ambassador to qatar,

paid handsomely to promote the gulf state . but he's not talking gulf state. but he's not talking about this . he could do so , so about this. he could do so, so much . he is hero out there . and much. he is hero out there. and it would be a marvel opportunity if he could stand and do something. alison kevin will watch the world cup . they've watch the world cup. they've made a life in wales now . made a life in wales now. they'll be cheering both sides and looking out for a sign from the players that they've read the players that they've read the that they remember lauren it would mean every thing if someone did . do you think they . someone did. do you think they. ihope someone did. do you think they. i hope they will. jeff moody gb news. well joining me now in the studio is former top flight jason cundy. jason story hard to watch. it seems f the controversy qatar is overshadowing the football which hasn't even started yet. they often because you take a world cup to qatar we know the human rights out there. it's so

politically it really keep sport and politics out of one of their intrinsic linked and it's going to be one of those world cup. so remember we went to south africa and russia there was all these scaremongering stories about how the was be the world cup was going to be played going to happen, played out, was going to happen, people mugged. people were going to be mugged. the south africa, the streets of south africa, russian going beating russian thugs going to beating the never the fans. it never quite materialise. we of materialise. i think we kind of have wait see exactly have to wait and see exactly happens. when you a world happens. but when you a world cup qatar they're we knew cup to qatar and they're we knew of getting into bed with this is not the shock the not the biggest shock in the world 12 years world been coming 12 years inevitably stories were going to come it's devastating come out and it's devastating for really for the family really devastating and what of david beckham for instance you david beckham for instance you david beckham very well you know, no one even know who you are . and i one even know who you are. and i had to ask, of course, which team jason played for, because i'm not the greatest football authority, but that david beckham is a very high profile figure. world famous . if you figure. world famous. if you were advising him, is he really doing the right thing? you know . david beckham has been around the world more times than i have. and knows exactly what

he's advisers . he's doing. he's got advisers. again, i go back to the point i made is connected with eyes made is connected with his eyes wide knows what he's wide open. he knows what he's getting he knows the getting bed with. he knows the controversy that's going to be surrounded with world cup. surrounded with this world cup. he the qataris he knows exactly who the qataris and issues . you and the human rights issues. you know , what do you want to say? know, what do you want to say? it's his decision . it's you it's his decision. it's you know, if it my decision, i would say to him to rethink this one. but listen , beckham is david but listen, beckham is david beckham is a global he knows what he's doing. he's getting 10,000, what he's doing. he's getting 10,000 , £10 million. that 10,000, £10 million. that presumably buys . there's a presumably buys. there's a reason. yeah yeah. you know, you make your own judgement about that and are going to talk that and we are going to talk about football because we've about the football because we've got here a welsh fan, got joining us here a welsh fan, right. because of course are in the world, i think for the first time, jason, since 1950 eight, 56. it took the time they've taken the television now they've a last minute ban on beer the football state so that . joining football state so that. joining me now is steph kight who is going to qatar and he's welsh fan. steph do you think about

the ban on beer in the stadium. hello steph . no. yeah think to hello steph. no. yeah think to be honest, it's a little bit crazy especially because of the fact that it's come as a last minute u—turn . a lot of the part minute u—turn. a lot of the part , the welsh fan culture these wales away trips is on a couple of drinks you know i'm going to sing song and enjoy in on if like that's been taken away from us. unlike jason's mentioned just know is kind of hard to enjoy yourself when you're going up to this country and don't know if you're going to be safe. you don't know what's going to happen.cani you don't know what's going to happen. can i ask how much it's costing you to go out there and. expensive trip, right? okay i'm only going to fill you out and get myself on. that's costing around about a pounds before spend the money when you're out the office for the accommodation travel and you know it's the office for the accommodation travel and you know it' s £11, travel and you know it's £11, £64 steph she you know £64 a beer steph she you know that i was away. yeah yeah, yeah. let's bring jason back into the story and should they

be allowed to drink beer in the stadium? well, look, budweiser price, stadium? well, look, budweiser price , £73 million. sponsor price, £73 million. sponsor fifa. i mean, i can only imagine if you seen that tweet from budweiser, right? yeah this is awkward. right. so the conversation between them, the qataris made , i think this qataris have made, i think this is premeditated . think they is premeditated. i think they knew they were knew exactly what they were going when they were going to do and when they were going to do and when they were going late going to do it. it's too late to. turn around now. no beer. to. turn it around now. no beer. that's now tough. we make that's it for now tough. we make the rules . where'd you go? what the rules. where'd you go? what do you got for me ? what do you do you got for me? what do you do? how you that do? how can you turn that around? sure there going around? i'm sure there are going to . i would to some compensation. i would have thought if your. but punch you but let we're talking about budweiser. you know there's zero sin alcohol was being sold in around stadiums right so that brand is still going to be there. right. i'm wondering there. all right. i'm wondering where this goes on behind scenes. let's bring the non—football fans scarlet mugabe to because scarlet to discussion because scarlet knows about football as knows as much about football as i . you could fit on the back i do. you could fit on the back of a you could feel and i have about back of a postage about on the back of a postage stamp been shrunk. now stamp that i've been shrunk. now it's occurred at

it's kind of occurred to me at a lot of the footballers wives will be out there this is a country where women exactly have very they don't have many rights i think it's really shocking actually that the wives and girlfriends are going out i understand that the team that the team goes out that's deal it was decided and it would be wrong to pull them back but the wives and girlfriends the way going to get treated i mean i think that's steph said you all we going to be safe well how are they going to treat the women fans out there and how are they going to treat the gay for the gay and lesbians out there as well? i think it's really really it's completely right that stories were told about africa and about and about russia. but actually qatar has has been worse . i mean, you know, you worse. i mean, you know, you have an ambassador saying that being gay is mentally unstable. right you have to today the beer overturned. we know the way

women with the women are treated i mean i actually think for the first time that it's not just that actually that that it's not it's going to be a very very difficult match out there. yeah so we need this. yeah. you know, this a conversation because at 12 years ago. yes. and reason perhaps it took the world cup to get out was to try and change, you know, football is one of those the only sport actually that across that can actually reach across everyone is it's all let's hope that's the case . all right. that's the case. all right. well, i think that it's what's changed actually is not qatar , changed actually is not qatar, but football is i think for harry kane to say i'm going to wear know a one love badge. i think for australians to say, you know , in favour of gay and you know, in favour of gay and lesbians, i think that what's it's really, really good as you said football and politics they oh no we don't want to but actually they all together and the have made the right be careful i'm sorry because wasn't

that long ago that being kind australia was banned so i think yes okay yet through that let's let's just that their country long way behind i think we have to sometimes accept that some changing the for that country as well have to ask you a football question and so wales how far away is going to get in the tournament get knocked out straight away . yeah yeah. i mean straight away. yeah yeah. i mean you know because during the same time england and they're in the same group as england couldn't care less about wales any more than the welsh can care about the english stuff. you you've heard said. wants heard what jason said. he wants you away . don't you out straight away. don't worry . i'm exactly the same with worry. i'm exactly the same with england. they all we've told the group of nine points on they finish bottom of the group with zero isn't that way zero points isn't that the way it be you know healthy it should be you know healthy rivalry right. yeah the welsh and the english and the scots that's how it should be goes back centuries. yeah. there's wrong that. the $6 million wrong with that. the $6 million question i don't wales are question i don't think wales are going the world cup. going to win the world cup. little it. little do i know about it. although congratulations they've got time since

got for the first time since 1958. far can england 1958. how far can england progress got to progress now? we got to the final euros and i final, the euros do. and i watched it first. all the matter of watching 25 years. i was in the kitchen during the pandemic, drinking because was too drinking of because it was too awful couldn't bear the penalties far can we get penalties but how far can we get in this . i think looking at the in this. i think looking at the way the groups are i think we'll probably get knocked out in courts that's how courts by france. that's how it feels or not feels got france to win or not a france unfortunately under this the down the line the further down the line they've beaten us but you know you never know because we've finished the group in finished second in the group in the cup we got to the last world cup and we got to the last world cup and we got to the it kind of worked the semis and it kind of worked in favour. you don't in our favour. right. you don't know other are going to know how the other are going to go. depends other teams go. it depends where other teams finish, it's finish, but the way it's predicted got predicted and i've got to go out, court was against. out, the court was against. right. and who's going to win? france. that's my france. france, brazil that's my final final . france. france, brazil that's my final final. i'm glad final say. the final. i'm glad i should because. question i'm ever going to you going to ever going to you who's going to win cup will just win the world cup will i just listen and going to listen to an expert and going to go with him go my prediction go with him i go my prediction i'm predicting england are going to win the world cup which is obviously the absolute kiss of

death . so due to me. think you death. so due to me. think you going to make a prediction? another prediction ? no, i mean, another prediction? no, i mean, i think i think it's highly likely that brazil will win again . if they're the again. if they're the favourites. are they the favourites? yeah. if they win argentina going go very close to game. it depends injury still i suspect might be a refereeing decision. things can change but all right that is. and don't forget to join nigel farage live tonight p.m. forget to join nigel farage live tonight pm. for a tonight at 8 pm. for a brilliant pints brilliant talking pints world cup don't miss him , by the way. cup don't miss him, by the way. i've not been invited. he has got a special guest. it's the world cup winner, sir geoff hurst, who i think jason is still the only footballer ever to scored a hat trick in a world correct. answer knowledge is bet in the uk that he played for west ham. he did. and the other goalin west ham. he did. and the other goal in the world cup final was scored by martin peters, who also this is no, this also west ham. this is no, this is good at is actually i'm quite good at history, i don't know about history, but i don't know about now from qatar united now from qatar the united states. hectic we states. it's been a hectic we can politics over there the republican party won narrow

republican party won a narrow majority house of majority in the house of representatives after representatives eight days after election . many predicted election night. many predicted a so—called , more of a so—called red wave, more of a red dribble . but the more red dribble. but the more damaging than perhaps thought, nancy pelosi , the speaker, has nancy pelosi, the speaker, has stepped down after decades of democratic leadership in the lower chamber of commerce , lower chamber of commerce, donald trump's announced he is running, after all, to be president of the united yet again. joining now from new york is rich valdez, a radio host and political commentator . rich, political commentator. rich, you're a trump, aren't you? good morning, andrew. yes, sir. why? he's awful . well, i think he's awful. well, i think i think he has a record to stand on. i think the four years that trump was in office were probably the best four years i've seen in a very long time time. but the midterm election results , you know, rich, were results, you know, rich, were a shocker . you were going to get shocker. you were going to get the senate. you didn't. shocker. you were going to get the senate. you didn't . you only the senate. you didn't. you only squeezed home in house of representatives and even trump supposed running mate in. she didn't win . yeah i don't think

didn't win. yeah i don't think that was trump's running . i that was trump's running. i think that there's a movement to the left , the media here in the the left, the media here in the united states created several narratives and ran with them . narratives and ran with them. that's quite frankly, just not the case. i think we've seen what we always we're going to see. mitch mcconnell was never on board to see this happen. he doesn't the desire to even have a majority. he's very content being right where he is and he ensured that he he worked ensured that he was he worked very defeat republican very hard to defeat republican candidates him. so candidates that wouldn't him. so that's the senate part in the house. that's the senate part in the house . i think we expected house. i think we expected a majority and we one and i think they're going to continue the business that they have to do. i think trump is as strong as he even think trump is as strong as he ever. think we just need ever. and i think we just need to it a little bit of time. to give it a little bit of time. he's got a running right now. he's got a running right now. he's he's not a very he's not but he's not a very good is he? thinks good loser. is he? still thinks he last election and his he won the last election and his initial response to not doing so well in the midterms, he blamed his wife . what'd you do with his his wife. what'd you do with his wife ? i haven't seen him blame wife? i haven't seen him blame his wife, but i thought he did.

you know, he's probably taking page from the democrats. they have been very, very focussed on saying that they didn't lose 2020. they didn't lose in 2016. there's been a long history of democrats crying about election machines and election fraud. so think anything trump is saying is nothing . and it was something is nothing. and it was something pioneered by democrats to begin with . do you really think he can with. do you really think he can it he'll be 78 next time . we it he'll be 78 next time. we don't know if he'll be up against. president biden, who's let's be honest cognitive power seem to be receding by the hour. let the day. can you really it again at that age i don't think he's even going to get the nomination. isn't that good looking guy? the charismatic winner in florida? isn't he going to be the next republican candidate ? well, think i think candidate? well, i think i think there's an opportunity , a there's an opportunity, a primary. but i mean, these are just some of the same things that we said about biden saying. oh, old. he's, oh, he's too old. he's, you know, lacklustre. doesn't know, lacklustre. he doesn't have and you know, have it in him. and you know, here he is in the white house. so donald trump and joe

so i think donald trump and joe biden, them side biden, if you look at them side by trump outpaces on by side, trump outpaces them on energy and ideas and i can't see why donald wouldn't be able to win when look at the field of candidates , governor desantis is candidates, governor desantis is fantastic i like to call him america's governor and i think that he just got to a four year term and seems very intent on completing that term . i don't completing that term. i don't think he's going to be an obstacle that's. my opinion . all obstacle that's. my opinion. all right. and you're you're confident , you that right. and you're you're confident, you that he's going to be on that ticket in two years time ? i don't believe years time? i don't believe don't i don't think this at this has president aspirations for 2024. i think well positioned for a 28 run especially if he supports donald trump this time around it would create you know 1212 years of republican leadership should they win . so leadership should they win. so i think that's the right way to look at it. and i think ron desantis , a very savvy desantis, a very savvy politician who wouldn't necessarily he put himself out there when he need to. all right

. victor valdes, radio host and political commentator. scott, i'll go to the last word . you i'll go to the last word. you i think we might be in danger of agreeing to. it's extraordinary that a country size of the united states, a population 330 million, put on the ballot papen million, put on the ballot paper, a guy who's got clear problems with his mental capacities , and trump, who's capacities, and trump, who's ghastly . yeah and trump beat ghastly. yeah and trump beat biden. and what have to remember is, is that trump lost by 7 million. yeah, right and when your your person the democrats complained about that they they didn't really lose in 2020. i mean actually , they did win the mean actually, they did win the popular vote . so that's two to popular vote. so that's two to elections that. trump did not win the popular popular vote. and i think as soon as he's up, i mean long before he stands for president, which people are really worried about. but i mean, he's such a bad loser. he's mean and he's completely i

mean he is destroy the republican party . that's what republican party. that's what he's done. and you . i mean, of he's done. and you. i mean, of course it's never before has the opposition party not not won both the senate and the congress and not you can't blame the media. no, i suspect will blame the media. he'll blame everybody else because he's even blamed his wife for the fact didn't do so well. i see. well, that's it for watching for me. you've watching me. andrew on gb andrew pearce here on gb news i'll back again week. i'll be back again next week. i want thank my host guest if want to thank my host guest if scarlet maguire plenty more still next in the still to come up next in the briefing with arlene foster before we're going to get before that we're going to get the weather . hello. i'm before that we're going to get the weather. hello. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office . mcgivern from the met office. rain in eastern scotland is finally easing, but it's staying damp here for the rest of the day. clear spells elsewhere . as day. clear spells elsewhere. as a result, a chilly night to come we've got low pressure still close to the north—east of scotland and that's still bringing some wet weather. scotland and that's still bringing some wet weather . but bringing some wet weather. but the rain is easing as an area of high starts to move in from the west. that's bringing clear

spells already for northern ireland. much wales in the south of england. further coming in for time overnight it's even for a time overnight it's even these become confined to coast and ease later the rain less heavy, less persistent across scotland although still some damp weather and some outbreaks of light rain to the east of england overnight as well, staying the north staying frost free in the north and east. but for south—west scotland, northern parts of wales southwest, a of wales in the southwest, a of frost first thing northern ireland, the coldest spots minus two celsius in two minus three celsius in places and dense fog places and some dense fog patches. first thing, they'll be slow to clear and it'll be cold where fog patches persist. where those fog patches persist. otherwise bright skies for the western half of the uk. cloudy conditions in east but the rain tending be light and on and off. nowhere near as heavy and persistent as it's been in places a cold afternoon places a cold ish afternoon compared to what we've seen recently. 11 or celsius in recently. 11 or 12 celsius in the south, eight in the the south, eight or nine in the north. but for many it's bright skies and largely dry until evening when some heavy and persistent pushes into northern ireland, reaching scotland,

wales in the southwest by midnight. that sweeps across country accompanied by coastal gales around parts of western scotland and northern ireland. it's replaced by showers and it's mild tonight because of the breeze and the rain, but cold enough for flakes of snow over the scottish mountains. perhaps the scottish mountains. perhaps the pennines as well above , the pennines as well above, around four or 500 metres. the pushes into the north sea blustery follows some heavy downpours the west and that's how it looks on sunday a day of sunny spells but also some of these lively downpours a gusty breeze and monday tuesday sees more unsettled weather .

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