very good morning welcomes best tennis today on gb news tv, radio and now the most recent home office immigration statistics are being released as we speak. home secretary suella braverman says that we failed to control our borders well given that there were currently nearly 40,000 asylum seekers in british hotels , she might have a point. hotels, she might have a point. we're going to look at the latest immigration figures first thing this morning. now, anyone who's these awful who's been stung by these awful secret parking cameras will want to stay tuned for this. there's been a percent increase in the

amount of drivers hit by private parking tickets. these scammers. that's my take on it. issuing 30,000 each day. welcome to the surveillance state. how do you feel about these prying moneymaking machines .7 and we'll moneymaking machines? and we'll be crossing over to task . be crossing over to the task. the the world cup. the latest on the world cup. that's up after that's all coming up after a look the latest news . good look at the latest news. good morning. it's 10:04 on rhiannon jones morning. it's10:04 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom ofgem raised the energy price which will come into force from the 1st of january without government support. the average household bill which hit over £4,200 a year. but the energy price guarantee means customers will pay and a half thousand until . support has been promised until. support has been promised for 18 months. consultancy cornwall insight says means the government could end up paying aroun d £42 billion. levelling up around £42 billion. levelling up secretary , michael gove told gb secretary, michael gove told gb news. right measures have been

taken . protect people. taken. protect people. government is stepping in using taxpayers money to help people through this particular difficult winter. but it's also the case all of us can reduce our energy usage following certain basic principles. the best advice out there comes from the energy companies , from the energy companies, from independent voices. but the government also playing its part, encouraging all of us to do what can in order to keep our bills lower than they would otherwise be . while shadow otherwise be. while shadow financial james murray told us labour's the government needs to do more to help insulate properties . do more to help insulate properties. million homes do more to help insulate properties . million homes across properties. million homes across , the country that need better insulation . we have a draughty insulation. we have a draughty asylums in europe. if you invest in the insulation, it helps to bnng in the insulation, it helps to bring bills down permanently and yet the government has said they're not really going to do anything for another three years. so, you know that's a wasted three years when you could insulating people's could be insulating people's homes, bills homes, homes and bringing bills . founder of how to save it will, hodson supports the push

better insulation, especially given the current circumstances. we're in a historic position. you start because even with the price protection , british bill price protection, british bill payers have never so much for their energy. but we need more than tips and tricks around the house. britain got the oldest housing stock in europe, which means we've got the leo kearse homes in. europe as well. what we need is short of a national insulation scheme to help people bnng insulation scheme to help people bring down their bills and the burden to the taxpayer for good . 120 people have been arrested . the uk's biggest ever fraud sting. the global operation brought a website which helps criminals scam thousands of victims out of millions pounds. the site generated , a spoof the site generated, a spoof phone number which made it look as if calls were being made. banks, tax offices and official bodies. around thousand people will now be sent a text message asking them to police detective superintendent helen rance, who leads on cybercrime for the met

said at least 5000 victims in the uk were conned out of a total of £48 million. so in this country we that there have been 350,000 phone calls made using myspace and of that there are 2000 and unique phone numbers. of that 200,000 we've linked to 70,000 victims. to the suspects that we have identified every . that we have identified every. school across scotland is closed today. school across scotland is closed today . teachers staging their today. teachers staging their first national strike in almost years. thousands staff will demonstrate outside schools and parliament calling a 10% pay rise. members the educational institute of scotland are warning of further industrial if their demands aren't met. meanwhile, around 70,000 university and college union members have launched a two day strike and plan to walk out again on november the 30th. and postal workers at the royal mail

are also strike today. the communication workers claims royal mail is trying to spin people into thinking it's modernising service is calling for the government to intervene, saying the postal executive has made negotiations difficult and should be sacked . and the should be sacked. and the transport secretary says he won't negotiate with a rail boss when the two meet later today . when the two meet later today. mark harper's urging the unions employers to hammer out long running dispute over pay jobs and conditions. but rmt general mick lynch claims the minister has a direct say in the matter. well, yesterday the union announced fresh round of strikes to run over the festive period . to run over the festive period. and drivers are facing a 50% increase in the number of parking issued by private companies. data published by the dvla shows 2.7 million tickets were handed out between april and june this year. that amounts to 30,000 a day. founder parking

ticket expert don't come . barry ticket expert don't come. barry siegel told gb news the system needs changing . they're there to needs changing. they're there to make a profit . needs changing. they're there to make a profit. unlike needs changing. they're there to make a profit . unlike local make a profit. unlike local authorities which cannot issue parking tickets to make a profit. so you have that dichotomy straightaway. the position is with a massive increase 50% increase tells that the parking companies have got vigorous in making sure they catch every slight error that a motorist will make . and that's motorist will make. and that's why we need to change system dramatically . this why we need to change system dramatically. this is gb news opening more as it happens now though, it's back to bev turner to today . to today. very good morning . welcome to very good morning. welcome to bev turner today. it's thursday

isn't it? we nearly got to the end of the week. only one, two more days if to count. today until the weekend. now, this morning at the home office have released their quarterly immigration statistics a statement be filed statement which can be filed under the blinking obvious home secretary braverman that secretary suella braverman that we control our . we have failed to control our. do that she's. she do you think that she's. she says that illegal migration at fault for the processing turmoil . but isn't that very much her responsibility and this gets my blood boiling. a record point 7 million parking tickets handed out by private surveillance firms between april 20, 21 and june of this year. new research has found that private companies have hit drivers with a 50% increase in the number of parking fines during that time. what can we do . and black what can we do. and black friday. it's tomorrow, of course , they are well underway. and as always, we're being advised to shop safely. but with these deals always saving as much money as we think , is it all too money as we think, is it all too good to be true ? i'm going to be good to be true? i'm going to be talking to a consumer expert to find out. and, of course i would

very much like your views. don't forget in our twitter forget to vote in our twitter poll asking your poll. we're asking for your thoughts . the bradman's leaky thoughts. the bradman's leaky borders at the moment, but given that we've got a labour shortage , the higher , we're asking why the higher immigration to strikes or to immigration is to strikes or to relaxed. please do cast your now . so relaxed. please do cast your now. so conversation about and whether we're getting it right here in the uk the home secretary has admitted that the government has failed to control our border . failed to control our border. this comes as the home office are publishing the country's immigration statistic this morning. they show and this is little they just broken in the last 30 seconds that the uk has its highest net migration since the second world war and estimates it 504,000 more people came to the uk than last year and more than thousand people have crossed the channel in

dangerous, small . also this year dangerous, small. also this year , speaking to isabel and andrew pearce on breakfast this morning. levelling up secretary gove jumped to the defence of the home secretary dweller the house of commons and also in the committee yesterday was clear that there are challenges we need to address in an asylum system and the other . need to address in an asylum system and the other. in her time in office as making sure that the manston processing centre is up and running effectively after again the challenges there because of the number of people who were over. we've also secured an arrangement with the french government suella and her opposite number in france to better police the channel. but there is more be done in order to deal with the criminal who are trading in human misery. so joining me in the studio now discuss this is henry bolton , discuss this is henry bolton, border control expert , and ivan border control expert, and ivan simpson, immigration . we've been simpson, immigration. we've been sitting here, fellows, waiting for these figures come out whilst the news broadcast was on. any surprises in that, henry

7 on. any surprises in that, henry ? no surprise , that it's gone up ? no surprise, that it's gone up . surprised at the extent to which it's gone up? most certainly. and of course, the difficulty here , not only difficulty here, not only political, it's practical . we've political, it's practical. we've got local government at the moment, the country as we've seen in the house of commons when robert jenrick was was talking about a answering urgent questions on accommodation . you questions on accommodation. you know you've got mps from across the and it's sort of beyond one party here saying look what is happening . our local areas being happening. our local areas being now flooded with people on hotels being taken over. we have no no how long this is going to go on and no no idea what you're going to do about it. there is no plan. and that's the. and people say that a lot of i mean, we've got all sorts of different groups within that figure of 540,000. but you know, let's be generous and say they pay their taxes. that's all well and but those taxes don't to translate into increased services on the

ground . we're seeing cuts in ground. we're seeing cuts in policing effectively we're seeing cuts at local government level . so the idea that they level. so the idea that they contribute anyway so it balances is not correct because what we're seeing is additional strain in local communities, not not an increase in the services to match. ivan, let me ask you how do you think i know it's a bit mean of me to ask this? well just had it. but how do you think this half a million will break down? how many of those will be students, for instance, studying here? people coming over join family over just to join family members. be you members. how many will be you know out outside of europe? how many will be inside of europe? can you put any kind of detail on these figures at the moment? of course, we roughly get we issue about a million visas, a. now, the bulk of those will be people coming to work here under , the skilled worker visa route and there's been an increase of some 71% of those to kattegat since the pandemic. but that's a

reflection on the shortage of labourin reflection on the shortage of labour in the uk. reflection on the shortage of labour in the uk . we need people labour in the uk. we need people to fill the jobs . we're not to fill the jobs. we're not doing that with the resident labour market. and so employers are having to a much wider and then also the impact of brexit because those people that had free movement out now require skilled worker visas so that that increase a bulk of that for skilled workers eu nationals who now need a visa. but isn't it ironic though, henry, that i think a lot of people voted for brexit thought that we might see on net migration go down? we've just had the highest figure since world war. and didn't that happen. since world war. and didn't that happen . well, you know, i said happen. well, you know, i said even before the referendum the of brexit was not in leaving the european union, it was having a government and a civil service that was to be able to manage the process effectively. now brexit is no ifs and buts about this gave us a huge degree of independence in law, government and public administration so that our government, our people

in westminster could could make decisions in the best interests of the uk in relation to borders fisheries trade , you name it. fisheries trade, you name it. what we've seen is a total failure of vision, leadership and planning to be to exploit that new freedom that the all parliaments areas have got to deliver that that literally just human incompetence . or is there human incompetence. or is there a reason why a politician is aren't clamping down on this as hard as what i think the public would like? well think it is largely incompetence is slightly unfair . but largely incompetence is slightly unfair. but and this isn't a great analogy but. it illustrates the point. we've a prime minister who spent seven years in the house of commons, never had any training to do the job. if you had a general that you were going to appoint to command an army operations, you would expect do well would not expect him to do well if he'd been in army if he'd only been in the army for seven and never done for seven years and never done any and as say, any training. and as i say, that's not a perfect analogy, but throughout the system for ministers , junior ministers through, junior ministers through, junior ministers civil and

ministers through civil and through our parliamentarians , through our parliamentarians, all the way down to the people who assessing asylum claims , the who assessing asylum claims, the training and the preparation for what doing is simply an inadequate . and we don't select inadequate. and we don't select canada . it's for parliament on canada. it's for parliament on bafis canada. it's for parliament on basis of their leadership traits or their their ability to see the big and to be able to sort of plan on and run a big department like home office. well, look, 12 suella braverman has this department now. she had this home affairs select committee meeting yesterday. ivan, we were impressed by what she had to say. do you think she's the right person for this job? no she hasn't she hasn't got a grasp of the law. she hasn't she doesn't understand the refugee convention or she's not talking to the advisers. don't get it. get a grip it. she was asked about a young boy from africa who wishes to come here, claim asylum. she couldn't answer. question and her answer. that question and her aide , of aides, came to aide, one of her aides, came to her rescue and said, well, you can apply to unchr. that's all well even if you're well and good, even if you're recognised as a refugee by the

unchr, that doesn't that you can come here. so how do people come here? the way they can come in is, is it's not actually illegal entry coming as an asylum is not illegal. all means that you're coming. you're entering the uk without permission , perfectly without permission, perfectly lawful under the convention. it's not illegal and it's not criminal. so do you think the that we use is wrong? should we not be people, illegal immigrants? absolutely yeah. if so, what you prefer, like, because i think is really important actually in this immigration differentiate immigration to differentiate between refugees, asylum seekers, illegal immigrants . and seekers, illegal immigrants. and those people who are coming here welcome with visas paying tax registered on the system we know who they are we know what they're doing what would you like us to use? well the asylum applicants. but is the thing. the figure you gave of half a million of those. only 69,000 were asylum applications . and of were asylum applications. and of those only 15,000 have actually

had a decision . that's some 24% had a decision. that's some 24% down since people . also that's down since people. also that's 50% less than the number we were taking in the late nineties and early 2000s. so in actual fact we less asylum applications now than we did 20 years ago. is it go than we did 20 years ago. is it 9° 9° than we did 20 years ago. is it go go on then. i think in a way , looking at this in the in the wrong frame. i've helped 14 countries to reach to reorganise root and branch their borders to deal with certain challenges . a deal with certain challenges. a similar scale for those countries as we're facing here now. and you know, when you do that, you don't approach problem from a this is the situation that we have to live with. if the legacy nation is not allowing politicians to act in the way that the politicians and the way that the politicians and the nation believe to be in their best interests , then you their best interests, then you have to address the legislation . but you can't address the legislation . if you don't know legislation. if you don't know

what you're trying to achieve. and so you have to go back that sort of strategic national analysis get clear analysis, you get very clear political intent. this is what we want. and you've got to break that down to an extent because of the different groups, different types of migration. but then you make sure that you've got the structures and the legislation, the powers to act. the moment we've not act. and at the moment we've not got that. what we've got is we've ministers , the prime we've got ministers, the prime minister down who are saying show me something that i can present as a ten point plan or five point plan. this is a complex thing. and sorry, minister, you need to have a proper planning team. and i tell you what i would do, which i think suella braverman this the right person. she's forward leaning. get things leaning. she wants to get things done. she's not got done. but she's not got the support and the around support and the advice around her needs. what i would her that she needs. what i would say to her is and she knows who to speak to make this happen. i know does get some joint operations planners in from would make it very clear what your political intent is here and let them work out the opfions and let them work out the options that you've got. take

that deep breath do it and make time for it to happen because otherwise we just with the electorate sorry of course even if those decisions are unpopular the electorate. well let's unless you go through that strategic and planning you don't know what your options are and the implications are. none of that happened. i know none of that happened. i know none of that happened. i know none of that happened. and if otherwise, what we're going to have is, as i quite rightly says, we need to look at the un convention on. absolutely. we do . it's old. absolutely. we do. it's old. it's i think it's fit for purpose. we need to address that and we need to do that through the unhcr . but what we're going the unhcr. but what we're going to end up with is we're going end up with lots of little individual actions and responses, which deliver responses, none of which deliver any of that with . do you see it any of that with. do you see it very differently as an . you very differently as an. you know, what i we know, that's what i think we need to relook the convention. this problem for the this is a problem for the government. have safe government. if we have safe legal routes come to the uk. the end result is that net asylum . a

end result is that net asylum. a number of asylum seekers will probably double or triple . and probably double or triple. and that's the problem . the that's the problem. the government. so if they set up these safe legal routes, people will use them. what we can't have is asylum seekers , which have is asylum seekers, which country they want to go to. so we need to come out the convention. there's two things we need to have. asylum seeking asylum in the first safe country. and two, we need to know who they are at the moment. if you come across the channel, there's some of the most of them have no identity documents. can you imagine coming to the airport without a passport? would you be let into the country and it seems to two different systems. so if you come across the channel, you can enter the country with no documentation. but the airport, you can't. it's a risk to the security of the countries. we need to know who they are. and so we need to relook at the convention. my is and i've been told of by many my told of by many of my colleagues, i'm a human rights lawyer that we, you know, the convention is should be kept. my

belief is we come out of the convention our own rules which apply today's problems. yeah. well, gentlemen it's so nice to have this conversation with time to discuss it. i think suella braverman to get both of you in her office. frankly i'm you her office. frankly i'm sure you could sort out . her office. frankly i'm sure you could sort out. i'm up could sort it out. i'm up for that in moment. there you go. that in a moment. there you go. henry bolton and obviously some thank so much. after the thank so much. now after the break, to introduce my break, i'm going to introduce my brilliant going brilliant panel and we're going to we've got a lot to talk strikes. we've got a lot of them up. i think this of them coming up. i think this university strike in starting today, you're affected by today, if you're affected by that touch with me at that do get in touch with me at gbnews.uk. to vote gbnews.uk. don't forget to vote as in our twitter, as well, please in our twitter, we are asking given that we have a labour shortage , our a labour shortage, our immigration policy to strict or to relaxed. get in touch and let me know what you think . me know what you think. everything that we've been discussing, time for a quick break .

very good morning. it is 1025. this is ten today on gb news. thank you for joining this is ten today on gb news. thank you forjoining me. now thank you for joining me. now university lecturers, teachers go on strike today as industrial unrest continues spread across the country and disputes over pay the country and disputes over pay jobs and conditions. our reporter theo chikomba has more .today reporter theo chikomba has more . today belongs to the union. today belongs to the members. i am used to you. i'm proud and i really you are to. this was the moment tens of thousands of lecturers had been waiting for a nationwide strike to be the biggest ever to hit uk universities as they walk over pay universities as they walk over pay and conditions people are realising they won't be able to afford to pay their bills and that's the situation that affects students as much as lecturers we're seeing that the staff at universities a lot of whom are casualised on very short contracts effectively 0 hours in some cases are a great

deal as are many contracted members of staff . students are members of staff. students are also struggling. we're seeing that as as lecturers or people in professional services from today over 70,000 staff from 150 universities who strike over three days potentially the studies of more than two and a half million students. but what's the mood on campus when the staff get paid more , the the staff get paid more, the students get about great. because obviously when you're learning a learning environment, if the person teaching like kind of like a horrible situation, they're not getting paid . they're not getting paid. they're working crazy hours without enough pay . they're without enough pay. they're getting the pensions cut . it's getting the pensions cut. it's just the entire environment is just the entire environment is just like what a university should be. so, i mean, the of outcome for students i think from my perspective anyway should be that we want staff to be on proper and pay more. another concern is pensions .

another concern is pensions. universities uk which represents hundred and 40 institutions, say pension , were already at the pension, were already at the very limits of affordability and argue a period of stability in the economy is needed. the view that we have is that we need to see how fragile the current surplus situation is . things are surplus situation is. things are fairly strange. financial only at the moment, but if was to be something that continued , we something that continued, we would want to know what we could do to improve the pension scheme . it's not an unreasonable question from . the union and question from. the union and we're working very with them to try see what can be done. campus is across the country will be eerily quiet today as staff head to the picket in what the us describes as a strike to defend their jobs and take describes as a strike to defend theirjobs and take back describes as a strike to defend their jobs and take back their pensions . theo chikomba gb news pensions. theo chikomba gb news news . so let me introduce you to news. so let me introduce you to my panel this morning. am delighted to be joined by former labour adviser and writer gb news regular scarlett mcguire is here , barrister and political here, barrister and political commentator rupert myers and,

journalist and former mep patrick o'flynn. i don't know about you guys, but watching that i just think university students missed out on so much in the last couple of years there are some students have had almost their entire university education done down the line. it's just awful, isn't it ? yes, it's just awful, isn't it? yes, it's just awful, isn't it? yes, ihave it's just awful, isn't it? yes, i have children . that generation i have children. that generation they've had a terrible experience of university . some experience of university. some of them, as you say, almost completely not just learning , completely not just learning, but no particular social life, no sports teams, no societies debating societies . their whole debating societies. their whole experience of university , some experience of university, some of them have actually moved back family homes, hundreds of away from these universities, which which means missing out on the entire sort of developmental side, social side of the university . i mean, i have to university. i mean, i have to say, the student who was interviewed there is sort of a woke lamb to the slaughter , far woke lamb to the slaughter, far too nice to actually i'm cross . too nice to actually i'm cross. we're getting a bad deal here.

why do they say that scholar, that generation say i don't deserve better . that generation say i don't deserve better. i mean, i think what she was saying was that the lecturers are being paid rubbish . i mean, you have a vice chancellor who i don't know how much owned, but it'll be somewhere between two and 400,000 a year. who? who saying, no, we can't afford to give these people. i mean the junior lecturer is that they don't even i mean, they don't even have jobs. they have contracts. right. that might last for a yeah right. that might last for a year. i people are being told don't go into academic academia. there is one when i say no money, i mean people are not being able to live. i just think we have to understand, we have to think about how people are managing so agree about the students. i couldn't agree you more, but i mean, you cannot blame lecturers for the fact that the students aren't doing games aren't doing social. i mean, you know, covid happened. right. and these and what they

started doing lectures . and they started doing lectures. and they realised that they could put masses of people. i mean that was again the management and actually a lot of the lecturers it was really going online it was a completely well they weren't making out enough . they weren't making out enough. they should have been speaking out in support of their healthy students who were never at risk of they should have been of covid they should have been allowed to go university, shouldn't shouldn't we shouldn't they. oh, shouldn't we be prioritising the young people. is not a situation people. is this not a situation in youth being in which the youth are being compromised ? well, i mean, compromised? well, i mean, knowing people of a university age, they've certainly an age, they've certainly had an incredibly of and part incredibly deal of it. and part of that been covid lockdowns of that been covid and lockdowns and not the normal university experience. obviously, part of that incredible to young that is the incredible to young people the debt that we people and the debt that we laden with in order go to laden with in order to go to university. you've got to university. and you've got to wonder sustainable. the entire model when trying to model is when we're trying to force of young people force 50% of young people through . we can't through universal. if we can't afford people to teach afford to pay people to teach them and we can't afford to give them and we can't afford to give them the proper experience need to we should be

to have, maybe we should be asking ourselves as a society , asking ourselves as a society, is model broken? is if we is this model broken? is if we can't pay lecturers to do the job, why are we putting these people through this process? why are we sending so many people, young people out into the world with vast debt and little with vast debt and very little sometimes show for it? sometimes to show for it? i can't my head around patrick can't get my head around patrick when are paying such when students are paying such enormous sums to go to university the money not university the money is not there to pay the lecturers. better the distribution of these funds is clearly working. if the teachers are unhappy . yes. teachers are so unhappy. yes. i mean, you know, the thousand idea fees that they got trebled some years ago , there seems to some years ago, there seems to be, you know, a lot of universities pleading poverty. but as my fellow panellists note, the vice chancellors of universities , you look at their universities, you look at their pay universities, you look at their pay profile , their senior pay profile, their senior colleagues and it's skyrocket change so clearly that there's a degree of stretch between high paid university employees and the bog standard quote lecturer. it's not surprising. and by the

way atmosphere of 10% inflation they're all sorts of groups of workers are going go on strike but it's only going to make it living standards. yes, train strikes coming up. yeah. and we've got postal strikes looming on horizon . we'll be talking on the horizon. we'll be talking a about these as. well, a bit more about these as. well, in a moment, so don't in just a moment, guys. so don't go anywhere. and if you're a student, make a fuss, make a fuss. deserve make a fuss. fuss. you deserve make a fuss. go knock door of your vice go knock on door of your vice chancellor. their chancellor. ask what their is and that do and demand that they do something it. right now, private parking issuing . that's my parking issuing. that's my maternal moment for the day right after the break. private parking issuing 30,000 fines each day as the numberjumps to 50 jumps by 50% in a year. you've to be getting in touch about this and you're saying you don't want to take it. then park a little bit more sensibly. but these are surveillance cameras. you don't even know there. we're going talking that after going to be talking that after your news . morning. it's

your morning news. morning. it's 1033 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom 120 people have been arrested . the uk's biggest ever arrested. the uk's biggest ever fraud sting police operation brought down a website , helped brought down a website, helped criminals scam thousands victims out of millions of pounds. the site generated a spoof number which made it look as if calls were being made from banks and other bodies. around 70,000 potential victims will be sent a text message asking them to contact the police , a record contact the police, a record hundred and 4000 more people moved to the uk than left in the 12 months to june . the new 12 months to june. the new figures from the office for national show the highest level since the end of the second world war. the baroness says the sharp rise has been driven by unprecedented world events , unprecedented world events, including the ukraine war and end of covid restrictions . ofgem end of covid restrictions. ofgem raised the energy price cap , raised the energy price cap, which will come into force from the 1st of january without government support. the average household bill, which over

£4,200 a year. but the energy price guarantee means customers will pay two and a half thousand until april. support has been promised for 18 months. consultancy firm cornwall insight says it means government could end up paying around insight says it means government could end up paying aroun d £42 could end up paying around £42 billion every. could end up paying around £42 billion every . school across billion every. school across scotland is closed today . scotland is closed today. teachers staging their first national strike in almost 40 years. thousands of staff will demonstrate outside schools . demonstrate outside schools. parliament calling for a 10% pay rise. members of the educational institute of scotland are of further industrial action if their demands aren't met. meanwhile, around 70,000 university and college junior members have launched a two day strike and planned to walk out again on november the 30th . again on november the 30th. postal workers at the royal mail are also striking today. the communication workers union claims the royal mail is to spin people into thinking modernising the service. it's calling for

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thursday this is bev turner earth day on gb news. you have been sending in your views are of course very important to me and. we're going to talk about this just a moment. and. we're going to talk about thisjust a moment. i'm and. we're going to talk about this just a moment. i'm just going to put this out there, because some of you are basically getting a little bit cross with me. the idea that i might complain about parking tickets, mark said, if you don't want pay, won't more want to pay, won't be more vigilant park vigilant and don't park illegally. that's done. it's illegally. that's job done. it's not science. well i hope not rocket science. well i hope you're because you're watching, matt, because we're this. we're going to discuss this. you'll of what i'll you'll get sense of what i'll be deaung you'll get sense of what i'll be dealing in months. dealing with in just months. british motorists a 50% british motorists have a 50% increase the number parking increase in the number parking fines distributed by private companies. driver companies. analysis of driver vehicle licencing agency data at the dvla shows that a whopping 2.7 million tickets were issued between april and june. that means that somebody is getting very, very rich . howard cox is very, very rich. howard cox is the founder of the fuel campaign and he joins me now. howard, lovely to see you again . now, lovely to see you again. now, i think we would all agree that parking safely , courteously is

parking safely, courteously is a is a very important aspect of driving a car. right. we all have to the road. i have a particular problem with these tickets because they are often the ones that you don't know you're being spied and you about to get them that's happening here, isn't it ? absolutely here, isn't it? absolutely right. i mean of course. illegal parking and bad parking on site parking and bad parking on site parking everyone condemns and it's sad that people have to remind you that by coming email arguing, hearing or texting it the simple fact is i cannot believe there are 50% increase or more people parking badly compared to last. it just that's a huge number. you expect a fluctuation up or down very rarely see it go down the coast but 50% that's ridiculous. i had bad experience recently . i bad experience recently. i regularly come up to london to do shows yours and come up to see employees and i parked my car at the station. no, they act that i normally use which i use my phone to say i'm parking at the my phone to say i'm parking at th e £5.60 for the day wasn't the the £5.60 for the day wasn't the act was down so i put a sign on

my on the topic if i want to pay i couldn't pay because . your act i couldn't pay because. your act was down i came back i couldn't pay because. your act was down i came bac k £120 was down i came back £120 ticket. wow it does not surprise me. and then what do you do? i listen, i have walked in those shoes. how? i have regular had that happened to me. i've done the same. i spend lot of time in my week challenging these tickets. now yes . and that's the tickets. now yes. and that's the problem. i did this i've appealed against this and i've hadnt appealed against this and i've hadn't had time to do it. so i that thing up within 28 days only pa y £60. but i am i'm only pay £60. but i am i'm really aggrieved. and the problem was i went to the railway station the both have the tickets but that was close. we were totally not. we no choice and there was no and i tried to appeal and i did it within the 28 days and i still haven't heard anything back. and this is the wild west at the moment. these people are actually these parking schemes . actually these parking schemes. it's totally and utterly unfair. and the price the government have in their power about three

or four years ago that when you regulate is put in place to make it fairer , better signage, it fairer, better signage, better understanding, better communication . but the communication. but the government seem to be watching. folks know the police. it's like you say how it it's not that these tickets are necessarily bad parking it's not even as you say necessarily punishing people who haven't bothered to pay . and who haven't bothered to pay. and we know those people exist. i always them in london, not a million miles from where we are, they're often driving lamborghinis and ferraris and they zoom around and they don't care what, 120 care because. you know what, 120 quid matter to them. quid doesn't matter to them. they're not bothered. but for the of you and i, we're the likes of you and i, we're trying to do the right thing. and it feels like the system is working us in order just working against us in orderjust to make profits for a company. it's also very much, though, like you say , about the like you say, about the technology somehow the rules have not kept up with the technology here , have they? technology here, have they? because some of these are these private car parks where there's

just a camera spying on you . just a camera spying on you. yes, that's right. and it's signage is poor and sorry to say that i know a lot of people are not. i don't know how to put it. why, but let's put it this way. i've got a demented mother in law who actually, you know, she's not quick the uptake anymore not she's anymore and she's not she's a patient she's got a little car that she drives and she does that she she drives and she does understand although not understand the although it's not clear just putting clear old days it's just putting money into a slot to see. second, you need to have plastic you to have an act that you need to have an act that can't be right. and can't be fair. right. and i think there is a correlation between aspect and the fact between that aspect and the fact that these fines increased by 50. it's exactly that. and yet it feels like we are powerless to do anything about it. how it doesn't say it's the increasing creep of tech. when we were coming of lockdowns and we're moving towards a cashless society, we're moving towards doing everything on your phone for this is a glimpse of our future in some ways i'm glad this story is happening, cause i

hopeit this story is happening, cause i hope it wakes people up to what what we're dealing with now . but what we're dealing with now. but i'm just not sure what the solution is. you've a lot of solution is. you've got a lot of people saying, we just have to what? just have to obey. we just have obey. just work by have to obey. just just work by the and if you have to the rules. and if you have to pay the rules. and if you have to pay quid, then point is pay 120 quid, then the point is when confusing and you are when it is confusing and you are not a law breaker, you are honest, law abiding driver and citizen and don't understand citizen and you don't understand the and you don't want the process and you don't want to you because you can't do to use you because you can't do all this bad y fine or they spend these of things spend all these sorts of things mitigating circumstances risk being ignored by the government and the government. i'm i'm not sure . question if i'm going to sure. question if i'm going to be throughout all—party be writing throughout all—party parliamentary group for fairfield to fairfield employees. pleased to see i can some traction see if i can get some traction in government maybe we can ask a question on the floor of the house of commons. good you. well if you want some back, howard, just know. my just let me know. i'll put my boxing gloves on. i'd happily get involved in this. me get involved in this. let me give little story that give you a little story that happened to me other day. middle of nowhere out buckinghamshire, nothing and nothing but farmer's fields. and there's field, a car there's this one field, a car park sort of roughly

park, a little sort of roughly tarmac, park. we're to tarmac, car park. we're going to an party we park an engagement party and we park . any wi fi . there's barely any wi fi signals in the middle of nowhere. but i managed to my nowhere. but i managed to do my thing put the card details thing and i put the card details in it 20 and blah in and it 20 minutes and blah blah we're late and, it's blah blah. we're late and, it's hot day and i go into the engagement party and we think, yeah, you know we yeah, we did it, you know we paid what. they're quite paid it. what. they're not quite sure we're for. there's sure what we're for. there's nothing we're not you nothing here. we're not you know. field. it's know. this is just a field. it's not being maintained. and i not being maintained. and then i got ticket it and of got a ticket for it and of course in the hurry of a hot day and waiting to rush to get to this party. i'd put the wrong car. this party. i'd put the wrong can put this party. i'd put the wrong car. put my other little car. so i put my other little car. so i put my other little car rather than my main car go on the, my, my other half drive so and suddenly so i had to then appeal wouldn't let me appeal and they wouldn't let me off. thei it didn't off. they'd their £14. it didn't matter that it was the wrong car. they let off. car. they wouldn't let me off. it private company. i feel it was a private company. i feel this has been a bit of therapy for me. how it cox have clearly been desperate have been desperate to have this conversation. think of conversation. i think a lot of people share people probably share frustration, the good frustration, so keep up the good work. your website that work. what's your website that people if they people can seek it out if they want to support the work that you're doing. yes. fair

you're doing. please. yes. fair few comment. and i can few uk don't comment. and i can get to maps very quickly . got get to maps very quickly. got 1.7 million supporters. we've got 37 million drivers. i've still got a long way to go. well, it feels sometimes that your sole voice fighting for the motorist in ever changing motorist in an ever changing world you say is keeping world that as you say is keeping a lot people frankly at home a lot of people frankly at home because it can be too to leave the house and your car. so thank you much . cox, the founder of you so much. cox, the founder of fair fuel uk. let me read out some of your messages on this as i say, a lot of you were telling me all saying that if you don't want to take it, abide by the rules. i hope that's clarified the situation for you often we're trying to abide by but we're trying to abide by the but these private don't these private companies don't care . can you imagine owning care. can you imagine owning a field just every time a car field and just every time a car goes can just charge them goes in you can just charge them 100 quit they didn't get 100 quit because they didn't get round using that round to using the tech that they are the wi fi rights. paddy said this, is no brainer. if said this, is a no brainer. if people don't want parking people don't want a parking fine, a ticket or fine, either buy a ticket or don't private property. but don't park private property. but it's private property. it's not private property. if someone park on your someone decided to park on your drive, wouldn't happy and

drive, you wouldn't be happy and would want to be taken. there's no difference. really no difference. it's really difference an alien difference that putting an alien has said irresponsible people parking where they want and inconveniencing many others should fined. i would agree should be fined. i would agree with that. but not what it is built like. the little man, doesn't it? being always overseen by these massive technological companies rendering us powerless . now, if rendering us powerless. now, if you are looking for a bargain this christmas, then you're probably getting ready to find a steal in tomorrow's black friday. deals but maybe we should be thinking twice before with our cash. as research suggests , up to 98% of deals suggests, up to 98% of deals were not buying in last year. sales at the consumer group, which tens of thousands prices and found that almost of the deals were cheaper or the same price at other times of year. not only that but, you might not be getting the best quality to a trading standards have removed hundreds of potentially counterfeit from instagram ahead of the black friday sale. so is the famous big pre—christmas scale a scam. a scam . i'm

scale a scam. a scam. i'm delighted to be joined. now by harry wallop consumer. harry, i haven't seen you for ages. it's lovely to see you. i was so pleased to know you were going to be talking to us about this topic right . to be talking to us about this topic right. black to be talking to us about this topic right . black friday, to be talking to us about this topic right. black friday, is it going to be it's cracked up to be . well, lovely to see you, too be. well, lovely to see you, too . well, i think you know, which got a lot of very big headlines for that that so a scary stat that 8% of deals just weren't worth it on black friday you dig in a little the key thing was that prices were either cheaper at another time in the year or they were same price. so what you do have in some circumstances is that things do get in price of black friday but they then just stay that price all the way up until christmas and under that category which would say it was a bad deal and i think that's a little . the i think that's a little. the more the more truthful statistic stick is that 46% were cheap so not the same price what cheaper

than at some other point of the year the black friday is like any that we used to have. it's like the january sales. there are some deals, there are some rubbish deals . you just need to rubbish deals. you just need to do your homework . and how do you do your homework. and how do you know if there are particular types products that might be types of products that might be dipping the moment and then might go up again in the run up to christmas? i'm tech or anything like toys . yeah, anything like toys. yeah, absolutely. so there's one of the best things you should do if doing research is go into one of those price comparison sites and there are excellent ones now that just do the utilities and insurance and boring things they products and any product they do clothes and they do fryers and they do fridges . and this price they do fridges. and this price spy and idea low and sorts one cool price runner has gone through the data and they have worked out what is cheaper now a couple of months ago and what's more expensive so excuse me while i look at my notes so turntables vinyl turntable very

popular with the teens they are 27% cheaper than a couple of months ago. remote control toys have been cut by 2. power not a very sexy christmas present. but hey, maybe that's down 27. but some things gone up. so games, consoles are more expensive , 17% consoles are more expensive, 17% more expensive than just two months ago. toiletries and jewellery are both up compared a couple of months ago. is that right now you're your dad. i know that. what do you do in the run up to christmas with your with your consumer expert head on do you set yourself a budget for christmas presents or and then stick to it or how do you do it? i've been known to kind of things in october of buy things in october completely them completely forget about them and find march because . i'm find them in march because. i'm not disorganised . well, i've not disorganised. well, i've found something actually . only found something actually. only last in the presence last week in the presence cupboard . have present cupboard. have a present cupboard. have a present cupboard in america cupboard i bought in america a work for a nephew from the work trip for a nephew from the land of fisher price. i was at

fisher price headquarters. i was so excited to discover it that i'd already got the christmas presents. so it happens . the presents. so it happens. the best of us. you know, each family does it differently. we have tried to set price limits in the past . have tried to set price limits in the past. know let's only buy presents in the past. know let's only buy present s £20 each and then presents £20 each and then there's no arguments . but then there's no arguments. but then people cheat, you know and they get round it with sort of clever. i mean, i think the i mean personally thing i insist that everyone is make a christmas list of things you somebody will get you something that you want the kind of tokenistic thing that basically just up in oxfam seems a pointless of money and resources for everyone involved and the other i'm really going big on this year refurbished you know there's so much technology that is has an element of in—built obsolescence the expectation that every you should get a new smartphone crazy there's just no need you know that the apple iphone or the samsung galaxy that came out two years ago is really good it's full fantastic

get it refurbished you can save 200 quid by going to a very retailer and they will refurbish andifs retailer and they will refurbish and it's basically as good as. yeah and i did that recently my daughter's new phone she had no she thought it was a new one. i just got a refurbished one and it was in a relatively new looking box. you know, she didn't need anything than that, frankly, harry wallop, thank you so much. it's lovely to see you. not going happy christmas not going to say happy christmas because too early , but because it's way too early, but thank you for your advice on that we will talk you that doubt. we will talk to you in up to christmas about in the run up to christmas about what offer. thank you what else is on offer. thank you so harry. there so much harry. what there consumer now ofgem consumer journalist now ofgem has announced the energy price cap will rise to £4,279 a year from jan uary economics business editor liam halligan is hello liam. sorry your daughter doesn't watch the telly she should be at school okay. she's sufficiently young still living off and studying it. so she can still get. i can still get away

with. that still right? i remember talking about this price cap a little ago and we knew that this was coming where are we at now? well, where we are we at now? well, where we are now is this is kind of a hypothetical . what ofgem, the hypothetical. what ofgem, the energy regulator, are saying is the average household would bear with may be paying from january on their estimates. with may be paying from january on their estimates . £4,279 per on their estimates. £4,279 per year for their dual fuel, gas and electricity . this is the and electricity. this is the typical household based on where ofgem thinks wholesale energy pnces ofgem thinks wholesale energy prices are going. but of course households won't be paying that. they'll be paying on average two and a half thousand pounds because that's the government's energy price cap and we know that that's going be in place until april and then after april until april and then after april until spring of 2024. so for another year there's going to be another year there's going to be a slightly less price cap which means the average household bill

will about be about means the average household bill will about be abou t £3,000 a will about be about £3,000 a yeah will about be about £3,000 a year. so this 4729 number, beth and i think we should just pocket really because it's not what people are going to be paying what people are going to be paying it's just the hypothetical that ofgem saying without government support this is how much you would be paying but the average household be paying but the average household be paying about but the average household be paying abou t £2,000 less but the average household be paying about £2,000 less than that because of government support. what's important about it is when you look at the whole the macro economy because you will remember when we that mini budget and lots of the media were trying to say this, saying one of the trust budget and lots of the media was saying is insane. she's got a go. she's a and gilt prices were going up and gilt prices were going up and government apparently was about to be shut out of international bond markets. it wasn't, by the way, but that was the media narrative back that time. i remember people saying on telly, all the energy cap is going to cost 150 billion, 200 billion, because back then energy prices were much, much

higher than they are in wholesale markets. they've since come down quite a lot and this points to this ofgem because if look at where the energy price cap is , where the wholesale cap is, where the wholesale price is to ofgem, the energy price is to ofgem, the energy price caps are actually going to cost the government, not 100 or £200 billion a year, but it looks these estimates and they are estimates more like 40 or £50 billion difference. so a lot less now what is the still huge money, right? what's 50 blanket, 50 billion quid roughly is ten p of the basic of income tax. right. so it's massive amounts of money, 50 billion quid is what we more than we spend each year on defence. it's getting on for what we spend on schools. so i'm not saying it's irrelevant or insignificant for not one second what i am saying is that those of us who said that the energy price cap probably cost nearly as as the catastrophe lists we're trying to get trust in quoting of office were

predicting i said they would turn out to be wrong. they've turned out to be wrong. so let's today could be sat going i told you so i knew i wasn't over over overestimating this. this was always a bet on energy prices because government supports depends on where the cap is and where the wholesale prices and the government has to pay the difference where the taxpayer the taxpayer has to pay the difference cost to all of us of delivering energy price cap for me to say it won't nearly as much as everyone is saying was me surmising about wholesale energy prices. we're going to go it turned out. i was right. i could easily have been wrong. always or wrong. i probably wouldn't be talking about it to be honest. to be honest. the point is lot of this depends point is a lot of this depends on geopolitics, it on geopolitics, right? if it really gets seriously bad between , russia again , if russia between, russia again, if russia really turns the screw and cuts off all gas , western europe, the

off all gas, western europe, the costs of this price cap is two and a half grand. it's guaranteed to there until april will become much , much higher will become much, much higher for now at least . looks as if for now at least. looks as if the cost is less to us taxpayers than we thought. thank you. it's nice to on a slightly positive, if a little tentative note, but you are always right about everything in my opinion. right. we've to the end of our we've come to the end of our first hour. going to be first hour. we're going to be right back with more after a short break. hello there. the rest today, strong us, heavy rest of today, strong us, heavy rain tracking eastwards with a blustery showers to follow and a lively evening, particularly towards the west. so let's have a look at the bigger picture. it's all courtesy of this area of low with this cold front , of low with this cold front, which is rather pokey , some which is rather pokey, some heavy bursts likely the day as it tracks from the west towards the east. so you can see bright echoes representing , that heavy echoes representing, that heavy rain moving towards the central spine of the country by the evening it will be across eastern eastern england, down towards the south—east, and then the winds pick up again further . so there are wind and warnings

in force throughout the day across wales as well as central southern parts of england down towards the west country. so through this , yes, a very windy through this, yes, a very windy one to come associated with that rain band, that rain does clear, though, but showers move in particular cause irish sea , particular cause irish sea, western parts scotland, western parts of scotland, northern ireland gusts up to 5060 miles an hour for a time. and also but then things tend quieten down across england and wales, few showers lurking and always showery across central and northern parts of scotland as we enter , it will be a chilly as we enter, it will be a chilly start to the day as well, with some sunshine coming through once the sun rises. but you can see towards the northwest, see here towards the northwest, west, showery bursts of rain throughout also strong throughout and also that strong wind . there will be a few wind. there will be a few showers further south and west, particularly across south wales and the west country, but brighter but some brighter, breezy but some sunshine coming through as temperatures rise after a cold start to around ten, 11, 12 degrees celsius. so that's friday into friday night. many

areas becoming dry, fewer showers across , much of showers across, much of scotland, northern ireland , one scotland, northern ireland, one or two. and that leads into a cold start to saturday, likely to see some mist and fog patches to see some mist and fog patches to start the day isolated frost also and then more arrives and that rain sweeps the country stores across the southeast as we head through to sunday. still breezy .

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critical always critical feedback. always welcome look welcome right load to look before new figures before midday brand new figures . net migration the uk hit. . net migration to the uk hit. more than half a million people last year. a new post—war record . we're going to be discussing .we're going to be discussing why with mark white's you don't need to be a teacher to see impact the covid pandemic had on education. a new report out today explains the effects do not miss that . and as always, not miss that. and as always, i'm going to be joined by fantastic panel talking about the day's top. all coming up after look at latest news after a look at the latest news with rihanna . bev, thank you. with rihanna. bev, thank you. good morning. it's 11:02. with rihanna. bev, thank you. good morning. it's11:o2. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the number of migrants arriving . the uk has hit its arriving. the uk has hit its highest level since the second world war. the for national statistics data shows 504,000 more people moved to the uk than left in the year to june. the figure , the previous highest figure, the previous highest record . of 390,000 in 2015. the

record. of 390,000 in 2015. the onus , the sharp rise has been onus, the sharp rise has been dnven onus, the sharp rise has been driven by unprecedented events, including the war in ukraine and the end covid restrictions. border control, henry bolton told gb news there's an additional strain on local with no increase in services to match . you've got mps from across the country and it's sort of beyond one party here saying, look what is happening. one party here saying, look what is happening . our local areas is happening. our local areas being now flooded with people on hotels taken over. we have no no idea how long this is going to go on. and i no idea what you're going to do about. there is no plan. and that's the problem. well lawyer ivan sanson says the figures are a reflection of the domestic labour shortage . we domestic labour shortage. we issue about a million visas a year. issue about a million visas a year . now, the bulk of those year. now, the bulk of those will be people coming to work here under , the skilled worker here under, the skilled worker visa route and there's been an increase of some 71% of those to categories since the pandemic.

but that's reflection on the shortage of in the uk. we need people to fill the jobs . we're people to fill the jobs. we're not doing that with the resident market. 120 people have been arrested in the uk's biggest ever fraud sting. the operation brought down a website which , brought down a website which, helped criminals scam thousands of victims out of millions of pounds. site generated a spoof phone number which made it look as if calls were being made from banks tax offices and other official bodies. around 70,000 potential victims will now be a text message asking them contact police detective superintendent helen rance says least 5000 people in the uk conned out of a total of £58 million. so in this country know that there have been 350,000 phone calls made using myspace and. of that, there are 200,000 and unique phone. there are 200,000 and unique phone . of that 200,000. and phone. of that 200,000. and we've linked 70,000 victims to

the suspects . we have identified the suspects. we have identified ofgem has raised the energy price cap which will come into force from the 1st of january without government support . the without government support. the average household bill will hit over thousand £200 a year once the energy price guarantee means will pay two and a half thousand and april. support has been promised for 18 months. consult firm cornwall insight says means the government could end up paying the government could end up payin g £42 billion. levelling up paying £42 billion. levelling up secretary michael gove told gb news the right measures been taken to protect people . taken to protect people. government is stepping in using taxpayers money to , help people taxpayers money to, help people through this particular difficult winter. but also the case that all of us can reduce our energy usage by following certain basic principles . the certain basic principles. the best advice out there comes the energy companies from independent voices. but government is also playing its part encouraging all of us to do what we can order, to keep our

bills lower than we otherwise be. while shadow financial secretary james murray told us, labour says the government to do more to help insulate properties. 19 million homes across the country that need better insulation. we have a draft times in europe. if you invest in the insulation it helps to bring bills down permanently. and yet the government has said they're not really going to do anything for three years. it's you know that's wasted years when you that's a wasted years when you could people's could be insulation people's homes, bringing down homes, homes to bringing down every school across scotland is closed today with teachers . closed today with teachers. their first national strike almost 40 years. thousands of staff are demonstrating outside schools and parliament for a 10% pay schools and parliament for a 10% pay rise. members of the education institute of scotland warning of further industrial action . their demands aren't action. their demands aren't met. meanwhile, around 70,000 university and college members have launched a two day strike and planned to walk out again on

november 30th. they still, workers are also striking today the communication workers union royal mail is trying to spin into thinking it's modernising service. it's calling for the government to intervene, saying the postal chief executive has made negotiations difficult and should be sacked . and the should be sacked. and the transport says he won't negotiate with a rail boss when the two meet today. mark colvin urging the unions and employers hammer out the long running dispute , pay jobs and conditions dispute, pay jobs and conditions . but rmt general secretary mick lynch claims the minister has a direct say in the matter . direct say in the matter. yesterday the union announced fresh round of strikes to run over the festive period . former over the festive period. former rmt assistant general secretary hadley told us the strike won't stop people getting home for christmas day . this is gb news christmas day. this is gb news we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to bev turner today . good

to bev turner today. good morning . you are watching bev morning. you are watching bev turner today on gb news. i'm just chatting with mark white. we're going to be coming to that in a minute because of some big figures today. earlier, the home office confirms net migration hit more than half million people year arrived people last year who arrived here. y and are they likely to stay? mark and, i will be crunching numbers in just crunching the numbers in just a minute. the government minute. now the government is expected to meet with mick lynch on rmt planned rail strikes on the rmt planned rail strikes that the festive that will cripple the festive penod that will cripple the festive period unless something is done. but we continue to see more disruption across the network. could we see them reach an agreement? so. and as agreement? let's hope so. and as always, i'll be joined by my fantastic in about 20 minutes for analysis and debate of the day's biggest stories include . day's biggest stories include. the fact that gp's will be named and shamed over failure to see patients to , face face. do you patients to, face face. do you like the idea of that? and today on twitter we're asking you on our poll with the facing a labour shortage . hmm. our poll with the facing a labour shortage. hmm. is our

immigration policy too strict or too relaxed . well, 87% of you too relaxed. well, 87% of you say that the policy is too relaxed . do you cast your vote? relaxed. do you cast your vote? let me know what you think. me as well. gb news at gb news uk or tweet me at . gb news. now as or tweet me at. gb news. now as i say, more on our top this morning, the home office has confirmed net migration hit more than half a million people last an estimated 504,000 more people came to the uk than left in 2021. the amount since the second world war. the previous record was 390,000 set in 2015, which was of before brexit . so which was of before brexit. so mark weiss, i'm so that you're here and you've had time while. i've been presenting the show to work out what the actual are of these numbers. what do we know? well, i think those that answered the survey express concern just how immigration policy is relaxed will. be

rather alarmed at the figures , rather alarmed at the figures, as you say. net migration to this country. 540,000. now that is pretty much the of the city of bradford that have come to the uk in the past year million people came to the uk in the year about half that left which leaves half a million that need to be of course housed and assimilated into communities right across the country and thatis right across the country and that is adding additional on the pubuc that is adding additional on the public services which as we know, bev, are stretched now terms of the make up of that 500,000 504,000 figure, 476,000 were from student visas visa applications . remember, of applications. remember, of course some students will have left . that's why it's left. that's why it's particularly high and it's over a two year period. the visas, because it's taking account of .

because it's taking account of. the fact that we had a pandemic and over a two year period, not many as you would expect. so it compares to 2019 three pandemic levels of 77% rise. and the biggest applying for student visas are indian and nigerians who are coming across the other very big driver of people into country are the fleeing the conflict over there, 200,000 and visa applications were granted for ukrainians in the past year as well . so we would expect as well. so we would expect a lot those people to want to return home one day. whether thatis return home one day. whether that is to the that home after being graduates university or maybe going back to ukraine once peace is arrived. so these aren't necessarily how many people that we're going to stay going to stay here forever? well though? think the official though? i think the official figures show that the population in terms of migration , the

in terms of migration, the country does indeed grow, that many of those who come here don't end up leaving for whatever route and. some of the students that are here maybe go on to get jobs in, this country or some of them we've known previously disappeared the black economy when they're supposed to . they don't do that . but yeah, . they don't do that. but yeah, you're right. many will leave, but it still doesn't you know take away from the overall figure shows you year after year . yeah the population increasing and by half million in the last year and like you say in the immediate demand already hopeless public services and why does illegal sit in these figures mark. well illegal immigration as we know, of course, if we're just looking at small boats. crisis 42,000 people plus have arrived so far this year . people plus have arrived so far this year. and according to the home office , the biggest single home office, the biggest single group arriving on small boats is

, albanian, 30,000 plus applications for asylum were made by albanians the past year . half of that number are albanians that are very hard on small boats . and also in terms small boats. and also in terms of the albanians themselves , of the albanians themselves, we're told that only 10% of albanian males who then go on to apply for asylum are granted asylum. so 90% of them are being denied asylum, which then raises . question well, if that's the case , why are they not on the case, why are they not on the first plane out of the uk to tirana that ? particular question tirana that? particular question hasn't really been answered in a satisfactory manner by the home office . some of it is tied to office. some of it is tied to the fact that many of the albanians coming across claim they are the victims of trafficking and modern slavery. they then enter a tandem system to the asylum system where they have got to be assessed and

their stories verified or not their stories verified or not the threshold proving that someone's been trafficked and there's a victim of modern slavery is quite low and those circumstances actually quite a lot . the people who claim to lot. the people who claim to have been trafficked then go on to be granted asylum in the uk as . well, one point of good news as. well, one point of good news . the home office confirming that in recent weeks where we've had bad weather anyway, which the biggest single by parents really isn't it and those crossing the channel so we've not had really for the last couple of weeks anyone crossing the channel but in last month or so looking at the figures the home office revealed that the number of coming across is slowing down per, you know, proportionately speaking , nobody proportionately speaking, nobody knows the new mark quite and been one when priti patel had the job of sorting out immigration i had no sympathy for her at all. just didn't seem to be able to get a handle it.

she seemed to be all hot air and it didn't look like heart was in it. and obviously was the architect behind the rwanda, which at the hurdle. which fell at the first hurdle. do you have sympathy for suella braverman now? because she seems to saying the right to be saying all the right things. she just seems have things. she just seems to have no power to her elbow. yeah. and ihave no power to her elbow. yeah. and i have sympathy for priti patel . well i honestly think you know she was trying to get the number of illegal crossings irregular crossings they're termed by the home office down but you know she's she's in a she in and now suella braverman is in a very unenviable position trying to grapple with a situation that many believe will only be solved if . we come out of the european if. we come out of the european convention on human rights because that is giving those lawyers who are challenge urging the various policies that are being adopted by the british government the chance to try it, get through the courts. and we know, of course, that a rwanda

policy is mired in a legal we're still waiting for judges to come back with the deliberation of whether that policy is or not. and, of course , those general and, of course, those general asylum applications that approved or not, often when they're turned down, there is this appeal process that can go on and, on and on and actually a number of years . and so those number of years. and so those coming across on irregular routes and small boats. no, but actually, the odds are they will get stay in the end for a variety of reasons. one, because you know, they're told to throw away the documentation that it's hard to then get a handle on who they actually are they're schooled in many cases on the stories that they should tell immigration officials that can be difficult actually to check and verify the veracity of and because of those factors, the stories tell the difficulty and identify who they are and where

they've come from. it then makes it almost impossible some countries to actually them to those countries as well, if they were even to take these citizens in. so that means they are granted in indefinite leave to remain . and the fact is, the remain. and the fact is, the vast coming across via irregular routes at the end of the day years down the road sometimes, yeah will be granted leave to remain in the uk at the most extraordinary cost the british taxpayer about extraordinary cost the british taxpayer abou t £7 extraordinary cost the british taxpayer about £7 billion a day i think for hotels isn't it? mark, thank you so much. mark white, they're obviously bringing on these new bringing us all the on these new immigration figures. let me know what think? what you think? vaiews@gbnews.uk the vaiews@gbnews.uk uk. now the government is to meet marc lynch and the rmt union today. this comes as announced a series comes as they announced a series of strikes before after christmas that will bring huge disruption and have a massively detrimental effect on hospitality and retail , not to hospitality and retail, not to mention family relations over the festive period. so joining me now is our political reporter

catherine foster . me now is our political reporter catherine foster. good morning, catherine foster. good morning, catherine . tell us where you are catherine. tell us where you are today. catherine. tell us where you are today . what what action can we today. what what action can we expect to see today and what sort outcome might we . hope for? sort outcome might we. hope for? so i'm here at the department of transport in, westminster, because, of course , a 12 the rmt because, of course, a 12 the rmt secretary—general, mick lynch , secretary—general, mick lynch, be meeting with the transport secretary, mark harper to discuss these strikes which have been announced are obviously going to be massively disruptive both in the run up to and post christmas . both in the run up to and post christmas. now no both in the run up to and post christmas . now no doubt christmas. now no doubt everybody wants deal. but whether a deal will reached is probably still to be seen . probably still to be seen. certainly i wouldn't expect any massive today. the transport secretary has made it abundantly clear that he will not be negotiating with the unions. thatis

negotiating with the unions. that is not his job, he says they are. it is up to the employers to talk to network rail, apologies for all the noise i heard to get very the message far to and go . for that message far to and go. for that and another five plus. but it ultimately a deal can only be reached between the employers network rail the rail companies and the unions. it is not for the government to a deal. now, mick lynch has been blaming the state of affairs in a very much on the government. he said the employers told him there was deal that was going to be put to them on monday and with less than an hour's notice that was pulled. he says that the only people the rail employers of course is the trains sport department and therefore comes

back to mark harper mark harper is saying he's not going to start to allocate blame. but clearly this is very, very difficult. now the government, the transport questions morning in the commons mark, harper was keen to stress that the government are proper up the rail industry to the tune of around rail industry to the tune of aroun d £16 billion because rail around £16 billion because rail use is down about 20. prepare and services only down about 10. and stressing to that unions are going to have to compromise on pay going to have to compromise on pay and on conditions and that real reform to rail industry is needed. okay. thank you very . needed. okay. thank you very. catherine foster there. thank you for battling through the sirens as the perils of live tv. hey. well is plenty more to come the break. my panel will be talking us through some big stories, including news that some gp's will named and shamed over to see patients face to

face and you want to hear about the prof it's made by baroness over ppe contre . do not go over ppe contre. do not go anywhere anywhere . we've got a anywhere anywhere. we've got a poll up as well. i want to tell you about we're going to twitter poll given we've a labour shortage, is our immigration policy too strict too policy too strict or too relaxed? 8% of you say to relax, relaxed? 8% of you say to relax, relaxed cast your vote . now we relaxed cast your vote. now we have got this labour . do we want have got this labour. do we want more people here? well 88% of you no . time for a break.

very good . thank you forjoining very good. thank you for joining me, bev turner. today gb news. let me reintroduce panel to you. they've been having coffee , been they've been having coffee, been chatting in the background and getting the heads around these amazing stories. former labour

advisor and writer scarlett mcguire always has the mcguire is here. always has the fantastic opinions. a barrister and political commentator rupert myers i'm sure you do. to whip never never met you before today's day one. you've got a high bar here, scarlett next to you and journalist and former mep o'flynn . then i've mep patrick o'flynn. then i've seen you on the telly. patrick now story in the telegraph now this story in the telegraph today. now this story in the telegraph today . this is about gp's who today. this is about gp's who going to be named and shamed if . they fail to see patients face to face. what do you think about ? this. well, yeah, the latest from the tory clown show under we all live where nothing works. i think steve barclay, the health secretary's media people have done a good job for him on getting this story. you splash in the daily telegraph basically amounts to steve is going to put out and may already have done so today tables to tell people how often gp's see patients whether able to get appointments them now this certainly gives

impression of kind of dynamism and change but in fact what the follow through will be i don't know gp's represent is a grumbling that they're going to be league tables between practises about . what percentage practises about. what percentage of people are seen within this absurd target ? a fortnight which absurd target? a fortnight which the government seems to think is amazing stuff , used to be the government seems to think is amazing stuff, used to be on the government seems to think is amazing stuff , used to be on the amazing stuff, used to be on the day when i were in that and also how what all seen in person as opposed to online. well i call me a cynic i don't see there being any follow through on this the nhs is under huge strain as we know there's all sorts of blockages which means more and more people are just pitching up and a ambulances are queuing , and a ambulances are queuing, which means the ambulance response times are disastrous. people are dying. i really think publishing a few tables is amounts to a row of being . the amounts to a row of being. the other thing that it makes me

think about scala is whether this is also just demo realising for doctors already think that now they're going to have their results named shamed. i mean of course these i mean it's crazy and the other thing is it treats patients as though we have a choice. yeah i mean. oh yeah i don't really like this gp practise. i'll go to another. you must be kidding. the other isn't going to take me on. i mean it's just it's spin. i mean and that's that is absolutely pure . and yeah, we do need to do pure. and yeah, we do need to do there's nothing wrong with some appointments being on the phone i mean lots and lots of times actually all want to do is to say, look, i've this problem, you know, do you think you can sort blah but of we need to be able to go and see the rupert two thirds of appointments now take place in person compared to 8% before the pandemic. well remote medicine is obviously the way for lot of people. way forward for a lot of people. i've remote consultations. you can do it by would allow

can do it by it would allow patients see doctors who are patients to see doctors who are maybe in maybe not busy but in a different part of the country so it's fantastic development but it's a fantastic development but the problem here isn't the real problem here isn't i think that gp's are sitting around tetris and not seeing people , it's that are so people, it's that there are so many missed within nhs and many missed within the nhs and there discussion some time ago about putting down a deposit or being if you didn't turn up. i think the real problem here is unlikely to be doctors because i mean anyone who a doctor knows, they very it's more they work very hard. it's more likely people missing likely to be people missing those but missing likely to be people missing thorappointments but missing likely to be people missing thorappointments andit missing likely to be people missing thorappointments and therefore , the appointments and therefore, i there is some backlog i mean, there is some backlog problem that and the bed problem because that and the bed blocking with the don't like the phrase but phrase blocking blocking but elderly out elderly that can't released out of you've got of the system and you've got this this backlog that's of this this this backlog that's of that social care mean we have that social care i mean we have this conversation problem this whole conversation problem is social care library and if we could sort out social care we could sort out social care we could get into hospital we could get the could get the ambulances stopping and probably we could do a lot ease the pressure pressure on gp no pressure. scarlett pressure upon labour on

westminster council what's what's happening here about language. so what happen and is that the black the like the you've got to be careful how you says. yeah, okay. what what used to be called the bame start, which is black and asian ethnic. yes their network, they had a they had annual meeting and they said we do not want to be called by more. actually what we should be called is global majority globally . there are far more globally. there are far more people of ethnic minority than white and actually and so westminster council said well if this is what you want to be called then this is what we'll called then this is what we'll call . and actually this has been call. and actually this has been going on we don't call people of colour, disabled people . we call colour, disabled people. we call them people with disabilities . them people with disabilities. we do all of that and actually for decades the problem of people of colour as being

incredible. i mean , you know, i incredible. i mean, you know, i mean people don't like being called ethnic minority . you keep called ethnic minority. you keep going and going and going. so do you think about this, rupert? this mocked by a barrister who tweeted winter casey who tweeted, i am no longer a bame in westminster. i am a g m neither a or a weird fruit or vegetable, but a member a global majority. it doesn't make sense. firstly, because you can cut and slice the global majority you like. you'd say there's a global majority. people who want chinese. global chinese. there's a global majority. people want brazilian . is that that that in and of itself doesn't make a lot of sense. but the real problem is the policing of language has to the policing of language has to the a of people the point where a lot of people more concerned checking more concerned with checking that right word then that you've said right word then wondering about intention and your doing and the your reasons for doing and the meaning behind what you're saying i, i do worry. we've saying and. i, i do worry. we've created a society . it's created a society. it's a constantly evolving linguistic minefield where are always a couple of steps behind who's come up with some new brilliant phrase and. all they're really looking to do is critique the

use of terminology from people who i'm sure incredibly well, rather than focusing the real problems faced by people, ethnic minority . well, sirjohn hayes minority. well, sir john hayes of the common sense group said minorities, majorities are americans can't use the term majority out of context . it's majority out of context. it's important we put those in that we the language right we get the language right because is so because the language is so powerful issues. powerful in these issues. i think this is actually a very serious story. i note that westminster council, after being for tory four decades, went labour at the last local elections and this follows i think this obsession in country with dividing people by race is really because one of the most racially. i love three terms when everyone is judged on their character, the leader of melanin they've got in their skin. but scarlett let me just i'm so sorry. i've just got to we just want i want to get rupert's story in. oh, yeah. baroness rah. on, rupert mon. she is rah. come on, rupert mon. she is the owns lingerie the woman that owns lingerie empire . she has a she and her empire. she has a she and her children . this is according to

children. this is according to a newspaper report claimed she and her children received newspaper report claimed she and her children receive d £29 her children received £29 million in profit. it's from a committee firm that she recommended to this stinks . recommended to this stinks. well, legal disclaimer these are allegations but if any of these allegations but if any of these allegations uncovered i think first by the guardian are correct she lobbied for p metro to get a £200 million contract. she denies any involvement or any financial link with it. some 60 odd million in profits were skimmed off that went through an isle of man bank and of that came to her children . legal came to her children. legal disclaimer if any of that is correct, then she faces at the very, i would think, possible expulsion from the house of lords, if not know that there's also a fraud investigation . and also a fraud investigation. and this is in the context of, i believe it, something like nine or believe it, something like nine 0 r £10 billion of fpp was or £10 billion of fpp was completely useless. yeah and this is the tip of the iceberg . this is the tip of the iceberg. i'm kicking me. i've been kicking myself for two years. i've got matt hancock number. why didn't i texted him in the middle of this pandemic and made tens sounds decent

tens of millions sounds decent man. well or i did or i didn't didn't think of it but. the point people were point is, people were profiteering during the most acute and the most acute suffering of my lifetime in this country. if people had done this in the war. you know, going around and selling things and profiting it. they would be hounded out of public life. and yet had vip plane and we yet we had a vip plane and we had all these ways of, if you will, meets with someone in power. them up and let power. you call them up and let that seem to be getting the scrutiny, attention deserves. but they it. so they leave. but they got it. so they leave. and you. you're guys. and you. you're so right, guys. we move i'm so sorry, we got to move on. i'm so sorry, but it shouldn't be up to newspaper to be looking into this. be somebody this. there should be somebody scrutinising, standards this. there should be somebody scru these g, standards this. there should be somebody scruthese disgustingandards this. there should be somebody scru these disgusting profitsi and these disgusting profits that under the that were made under the auspices crisis. now after auspices of a crisis. now after break, education endowment break, the education endowment forum data looking long forum has data looking at long term of the coronavirus pandemic on young people's schooling. but what they find as coming up what did they find as coming up after news . it's 1133 on

after morning news. it's 1133 on rhiannon jones the gb newsroom the of migrants arriving in the uk hit its highest level since the second world war. data from . the office for national statistics shows hundred and 4000 more people moved to the uk than in the year to june. the figure beats the previous record of 390,000 in 2015. the onus says the sharp rise has been dnven says the sharp rise has been driven by events, including the war in ukraine and the end of covid restrictions . 120 people covid restrictions. 120 people have been arrested in the uk's ever fraud sting. the global brought down a website helps criminals scam thousands victims out of millions of pounds the site generated a spoof phone number which made it look as if calls were being made from banks , tax offices and other official bodies around 70,000 potential victims will now sent a text message asking to contact police . ofgem has raised the energy cap which will come into force

from the 1st of january without governments support. the average household bill would hit over £4,200 a year, but the energy price guarantee means customers will pay two and a half thousand until april. support been promised for 18 months. consultancy firm cornwall insights says it means the could end up paying around insights says it means the could end up paying aroun d £42 end up paying around £42 billion. a every school across scotland is closed today . scotland is closed today. teachers staging their first national strike in almost 40 years. thousands of staff are demonstrating outside schools and parliament calling for a 10% pay and parliament calling for a 10% pay rise. members of the educational institute of scotland are warning of further industrial action . their demands industrial action. their demands aren't met and postal workers also striking. today communication workers union claims mail is trying to spin people into thinking it's modernising the service . it's modernising the service. it's calling for the government to intervene saying the postal chief executive has made negotiations difficult and should be sacked . tv online on

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now, if you're just joining , now, if you're just joining, where have you been? we've had such a busy show. we've got another 20 minutes or so to go, so don't go anywhere. you are watching bev turner on now arguably, not arguably definitely lockdown was not the best children terms of

best for children in terms of and in school . the and reduced time in school. the education endowment for forum has released today. looking at the longer term impact of the covid measures on younger people's development, including their reading and maths skills. so what impact has the covid pandemic had on education? well, joining me now is tony breslin, the director of the breslin policy education consultancy . policy education consultancy. tony, thank you so for being here. and thank for looking into this for us and having strong opinion on it. how have children suffered. well think the first thing is that there has been one narrative around this. every child, every family , every class child, every family, every class and every school have had a different lockdown . so what different lockdown. so what we've got to come away from is a kind of one size fits all response. there are some children who actually progressed dunng children who actually progressed during lockdown. of course overall, it you know, the children are the most vulnerable who are always the those likely to suffer greatest in these situations. and we to make sure

that those children in particular get the support they need. particular get the support they need . so who were the children need. so who were the children who did well under, lockdown? well, of course, one the well, of course, one of the things that during things that we did during lockdown and i'm you lockdown perhaps and i'm you know, i'm a teacher by profession. i'm married, a headteacher. i'm really committed in every committed to schools in every sense word . there are a sense of the word. there are a significant children significant number of children who've enjoyed who've never really enjoyed school. work for them. yeah. school. yes work for them. yeah. some of those children we found thrive lockdown . we also thrive during lockdown. we also found that some of the vulnerable , particularly in the vulnerable, particularly in the second lockdown, that schools got school, found got into school, found themselves in the smaller groups that they've needed. so of that they've needed. so some of those children made real pros of the key workers children. well, actually, the children who were pupil premiums for social. right. okay. so some of the sort of very, very vulnerable socio economically might have got them into school in the second life, which we did in the second lockdown with some success . lockdown with some success. yeah, they found themselves in smaller groups that in a way they've always and there's some

evidence that those children became anxious when they knew everybody back not everybody was coming back not because they didn't want to see their because they their friends, but because they perhaps felt they were going back to bottom of class. back to bottom of the class. what so look at let's look at these. they advantage gaps which have emerged so year two which is about what seven, eight ages. yes. about isn't it. the disadvantage gap in spring 2022 was around six months of pro growth for reading and around five months for maths year three pupils. that gap was even around nine months progress gap for reading and eight months for math. that's what would normally expect them to have then. yeah. are they making these up tony. no not being made up. but i think we need to be proportionate about this . i'm proportionate about this. i'm chair of governors at bushey primary education federation . primary education federation. we're really keen that our children are where we want them to be, but these are children early in their school career. we know what they've missed. we're

able to measure it and teachers are working incredibly to make that space up now. and i have no doubt that the profession has the skills and the schools the skills to close those gaps especially for children who are earlier in their school career. but i'll tell you what less sure aboutisi but i'll tell you what less sure about is i don't know how a six year old catches up on a year's missed playdates. i don't know how a 14 year old catches up on not jostling in corridor in a in the way that used to drive me mad as a teacher but what was one of the ways in which i learned to be an adult as a teenagen learned to be an adult as a teenager. so i think what's become really clear during dunng become really clear during during the multiple lockdowns and all the rest of it is the social purpose of schools. you know in some senses we have discovered that children can learn and teachers can use online. in some cases incredibly effectively. and one of our challenges is to hold onto those

covid capes and the things have worked really well, but address the social social purpose of schools . it is absolutely schools. it is absolutely critical in the wider development of young people. so i'm not saying the maths, i'm not saying the writing doesn't matter, but i'm saying we can measure that, we can quantify , measure that, we can quantify, we can address it, we might need a bit help with the funding, but actually the social development of people, that's what we really need to agree and the maturation, if you like, particular clearly that generation that went from say 15, 16 to being 17 and 18 within that lockdown period , those are that lockdown period, those are the years in which are, you know, going out having your first snog, right? you're going out and doing all the things that make you into an adult, as you say, maybe getting your foot going out to have a meal on your own for the first time with your friends, if it's the chip shop, you that stuff that you know, all of that stuff that we them. what we stopped them. yeah. what would you to parents now who are deaung would you to parents now who are dealing with teenagers who are

immature for their years and have lost their confidence the children lost their confidence. well again we have to say some children will have their confidence. some children who've perhaps they did longer to grow up. in a sense they'll have been pleased that that's coming along a later not a year earlier. a year later not a year earlier. so we have to think of so again, we have to think of particular children's , but we do particular children's, but we do have to focus on the social because we know that children who are who are feel included , who are who are feel included, who are who are feel included, who feel content, they are learning thrives. so actually we got to really think about how we address that. that seems to me to be just one more question before we go. we've got the covid inquiry going on at the moment, baroness hallett inquiry. there was no provision for effect on children . the for the effect on children. the original terms of that of that inquiry, what optimism. do you have now that they will look at the effects on kids. well know this that if they don't look at the impact on children any inquiry that looks at covid and

doesn't look at the impact on children is not the job children is not doing the job and we have to capture lessons from lockdown now it's no good trying the children have been through this tomorrow as adults. yeah if the inquiry doesn't cover them. we learn the lessons well . thank you, tony, for the well. thank you, tony, for the work that you're doing. tony that director at breslin policy education consultancy. now a local authority in, devon, has launched legal action , the launched legal action, the government, over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. torbay council says that plans to hand over a hotel to migrants in torquay would result in increased pressure on services. all southwest of england report geoff moody has been in torquay . find out more sees torquay witnessed the international and whether its red in the sunset or white sails at noon. it's always a charming picture . the english a charming picture. the english riviera has been jewel in england's crown for years. entertaining holidaymakers from across the world. but there's a

storm brewing in recent weeks. two of torquay's best loved hotel have been requisitioned by the home to house migrants. fresh from the processing centre in manston torbay thought that was it . they didn't expect a was it. they didn't expect a third hotel to be taken out of torbay council says it had a legitimate expectation that no other hotels in the would be used. it also says that the home office hasn't taken into consideration the fact that this is a core tourism area and also extremely concerned about impacts on children . the impacts on children. the esplanade hotel in paignton already houses migrants at a cost already houses migrants at a cos t £1.5 million a year of the cost £1.5 million a year of the migrants that are said to be staying the esplanade hotel here in paignton, 20 of them have said that they're under the age of and that creates problem. it means that council's children's

services department needs to get every person under the age 18 on torbay council's requires monitoring helping safeguarding and that costs so when moves were made to turn a third hotel into an asylum seekers hostel, the council a pre proceedings letter to home office through their solicitors demanding the first hotel should not brought into operation . and just this into operation. and just this week, the home office a stay of execution . good news for the execution. good news for the caretakers , the may cliff hotel, caretakers, the may cliff hotel, who've been told to pack their bags and we just needed that extra . more than anything just extra. more than anything just so we could find something suitable . in a statement, the suitable. in a statement, the home office said , while we home office said, while we accept that hotels do not provide a long term solution . provide a long term solution. they do offer a safe, secure and clean accommodation . and we are clean accommodation. and we are working hard with the local authority to find appropriate accommodation during this challenging time , but safe for.

challenging time, but safe for. who? roxanne and myles had been told they had to leave . the told they had to leave. the migrants arrived because it wouldn't be safe for their children. the concern now for the elderly residents who live on the road. everybody needs to be bear in mind. you know, they have a duty of responsibility not only to the new people arriving in the country but also to the people and the residents for local area who are already the whole thing of the plans is welcome news in torquay. but no one knows long the hiatus one knows how long the hiatus will last, if at all. geoff moody gb news talk about hello right , my moody gb news talk about hello right, my panel aback. we're all having a natter about. some breaking news here. we're going to be we're going to be discussing this. just maybe. let me reintroduce you to who they are. know who they but are. i know who they are. but you just date. scarlett. you may just to date. scarlett. scarlett a barrister scarlett mcguire, a barrister and commentator. and political commentator. we put journalist and put miers and journalist and former mep patrick o'flynn. we're about jeremy we're talking here about jeremy trying to micro—manage our behaviour at home. it's not going down, it, rupert.

going down, this is it, rupert. let's look at the headlines. i've turn off our i've just broken turn off our radiators leave on standby radiators don't leave on standby insulate your ministers plot campaign urging to thwart putin's blackmail and save hundreds as new ofgem energy bill cap leaves the government facing bill cap leaves the government facin g £5 billion a month in facing £5 billion a month in subsidies . i quite like the subsidies. i quite like the government so let me make my own decisions and telling me decisions and stop telling me what put my what temperature is. put my boiler i don't there boiler on. i don't think there are people there who are many people out there who aren't be able aren't going to be able to connect their and the connect their prices and the amount they're spending on heating. i think people have probably that connection. probably made that connection. and people and i also think that people vastly overestimate much vastly overestimate how much electricity. for example, led lights light on lights use turning your light on and leave a room is and when you leave a room is barely of this. barely touching surface of this. the is that if we wanted the reality is that if we wanted to save amounts on energy bills we needed go back in time and spend a fraction of the money we're keeping we're now spending on keeping everybody's on everybody's bills low on insulating insulating homes would have saved this problem completely. you're completely. absolutely you're right we shouldn't the government mustn't just tell us how to our lives every how to live our lives every single respect scholar isn't it also that insulate

also the case that insulate britain the activist the environmental activists have given insulation a bad name and actually it's something we could all do. yeah i mean it's something that all should do. right. she says , about to get right. she says, about to get lost insulated . i discovered lost insulated. i discovered that it . but i mean, i think that it. but i mean, i think what's incredible is how patch noise is because actually i mean i mean there was an article about virtue signalling. it's all these people who don't put heating on but still go to the theatre . well, i think that's theatre. well, i think that's their business actually , to do their business actually, to do what you want. and i'm of them and i don't know any body who's got their heating on like it used to be last. got their heating on like it used to be last . lots of people used to be last. lots of people have it for an hour in the morning and these these are people are reasonably well—off. i think the people who are real problems got know i mean the thought they acting is too high the thought that they leave

their radiators if they have idea is on it totally it's just it's and it doesn't i mean i was listening to a nudge person who said, well, you know, you shouldn't have a shower in the morning, should strip wash. and you think, oh god, sure you think, oh god, i'm sure jeremy hunt is doing that. maybe he houses to he picks one of his houses to shower in the morning and shower in in the morning and another shower it in another house to shower it in the evening. yeah, i have no to more information, so instance, how much more does it cost you to boil a kettle that you've filled completely . it's a one filled completely. it's a one that's only half full and you're only making two cups of tea. fine. publish information. fine. publish the information. but multi—millionaires like but for multi—millionaires like jeremy and rishi sunak to jeremy hunt and rishi sunak to be telling us things , turn off be telling us things, turn off your radiators when you leave the house. i mean , what do they the house. i mean, what do they think we're doing? i know who isn't aware of that and some of the ideas listed seem pretty disappointing to me and obvious i think more information absolutely if i put something under an electric grill rather

frying it on a gas hob which is going to cost me more things like that i'm interested in but not patronising you know getting our common sense information largely the media by the consumer expert i'm speaking to earlier it's not as though we're living in an information vacuum when it comes to these kind of things. and yet the government suddenly have taken on this very patrisse attitude. can you patrisse an attitude. can you imagine margaret thatcher patrisse an attitude. can you imagtelling margaret thatcher patrisse an attitude. can you imagtelling theirgaret thatcher patrisse an attitude. can you imagtelling the nation,thatcher patrisse an attitude. can you imagtelling the nation, turn her ever telling the nation, turn your down. she your boiler down. well she wouldn't have had the gall wouldn't have have had the gall to that. think the problem to do that. i think the problem is recent years thanks to the is in recent years thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the government can government now feels it can intrude much every intrude on pretty much every aspect our i mean, aspect of our lives. i mean, having in our homes having locked us in our homes they tell us what we do they can now tell us what we do inside they feel like inside them or they feel like they. inside them or they feel like they . no, it inside them or they feel like they. no, it is it worrying. i do think there's lot of information for people out there. but what there really isn't is the long term energy solution planning that mean that will never be in this we to will never be in this we need to not be this situation ever not be in this situation ever again. to sure that again. we need to make sure that evil can't the taps evil dictators can't the taps off. we need energy. okay. off. yeah, we need energy. okay. right, let's move on to this big

story today this migration story today about this migration . scarlett's half a million people net to migration here in the last year. people net to migration here in the last year . what's your the last year. what's your feeling you hear that i'm feeling when you hear that i'm less of a lot less mother than patrick. i mean i think that we have to look at look why the figures are so high right and one is ukraine and two is two is hong kong and three is students, right? yeah so, so actually. but but i mean, what i find so awful about about the immigration is, is, is how bad we are processing immigrant is that we immigrants as though they're not real people that they don't matter that you have people in hotels who we might mind being in the hotels and we certainly mine how much they cost but they want to be in a hotel. they want to start. they want to know that they can have a life. we i mean, you know, it was so shocking that last year out of all the people needed processing for were done. i mean used to

process people in weeks . this process people in weeks. this isn't about a sudden influx this isn't about a sudden influx this is actually not doing the system not being right. patrick we don't treat these people humans. i think that that's completely wrong. we're obviously of the most welcoming countries in the world the real disgrace today again the clown show tory government this is the lie of all the mess to they've told they've been telling us for 12 consecutive years they were going to bring down net migration and for most of that time they said into the tens of thousands , they never delivered thousands, they never delivered it. it was always quarter of a million to produce half a million to produce half a million in a year is curtains for the conservatives. people in the red wall. people in the traditional shires, most of the british public thinks immigration is far too high. this is just a shambles. it is we but we've had a poll running today we were asking people because we have a labour shortage, does that give it a nuance to this debate? perhaps these are immigration policy too strict to our twitter poll,

strict or to our twitter poll, a 50 15% of you say, yes our policy is too strict, 85% of you say that is to relax . but we've say that is to relax. but we've got people tweeting , sorry, got people tweeting, sorry, messaging the show on gb views, saying that actually what we need to sort out, john says, is the work shift. you can't tell tell me that 5.5 million people can't work. they work or you reduce the benefits. we have a big problem in this country. people work and into work people into work and into work after periods of illness and there is no doubt that we need to do more to encourage those people to and help you get better . but let's tie all of better. but let's tie all of this together. we've looked today looked doctors today we've looked at doctors not people fast enough. not seeing people fast enough. we've looked at the education system on strike. we've system going on strike. we've looked fact the looked at the fact that the pubuc looked at the fact that the public generally public services generally are under stress . we can't take half under stress. we can't take half a million people in a year and process them and do all of the other things we need to do with them. we can't house them we can't heat the homes they have to live in. we're in a dire

situation. i think that patrick is right. to say yeah, we need there needs to be significant change this. thank guys change on this. well thank guys so been amazing so much. you've been amazing you've brilliant. rupert, so much. you've been amazing you'vescarlett illiant. rupert, so much. you've been amazing you'vescarlett mcguire,jpert, so much. you've been amazing you'vescarlett mcguire, patrick maya, scarlett mcguire, patrick o'flynn. thank you so for joining today. right am done joining me today. right am done for week. i'll be back on for this week. i'll be back on monday morning. coming up, his gb news stay with mark long. i'm bev turner. have a great weekend . there for rest of today, . hello there for rest of today, strong gusts , heavy rain strong gusts, heavy rain tracking eastwards with blustery showers to follow at a lively evening, particularly towards the west. so let's have a look at the bigger picture. it's all courtesy of this area of low pressure with this cold front which rather pokey, some heavy likely through the day as it tracks from the west towards east, you can see these bright echoes representing that heavy rain moving towards the central spine of the country by the evening it will be across eastern scotland, eastern england, down towards the south—east and the winds pick up again further west. so south—east and the winds pick up again further west . so there are again further west. so there are wind and rain warnings force throughout the day across wales . well, as central southern

parts england down towards parts of england down towards the west country . so through the west country. so through this evening, yes, a very windy one come associated with that one to come associated with that rain band. that rain does clear, though, but showers moving particular course irish sea coast, western of scotland. northern ireland, a gusts up to 50, 60 miles an hour for a time. and also but then things tend quieten down across england and wales , showers lurking and wales, few showers lurking and always showery across central and northern western parts of scotland as we enter friday, it will be a chilly start to the day well, with some sunshine day as well, with some sunshine coming through once the sun rises. but you can see here towards northwest, showery towards the northwest, showery bursts rain throughout and. bursts of rain throughout and. also strong wind . there also that strong wind. there will a few showers further will be a few showers further south—west, particularly across south wales and west country. but skies , breezy but but brighter skies, breezy but some sunshine coming through as temperatures rise after a cold start to around ten, 11, 12 degrees celsius. so that's friday into friday night. many areas becoming dry fewer showers across much of northern ireland,

seeing one or two. and that leads into a cold start to saturday. we're likely to see some mist and fog patches start the day. isolated frost and then more rain . and that rain sweeps more rain. and that rain sweeps the country stores across the south as we head through to sunday. a still breezy breezy .

hello 12:00 and you're with gb news live with me mark longhurst . and coming up, mick lynch and the rmt meeting. the transport secretary as we speak. it's a last ditch attempt to avoid rail strikes across the christmas penod strikes across the christmas period and the new year. but the government, it will not negotiate for the rail companies