good evening at 6:00. i'm tamzin roberts in the gb newsroom, the met police say the murders of two teenagers in south—east london are linked. the 16 year old boy's counselling becky and charlie put out both stabbed to death yesterday afternoon around a mile apart in greenwich . a mile apart in greenwich. police were granted additional search powers to determine whether the murders were related . holding a press conference the met's east deputy commander has appealed for information on saturday evening. that's around 5:10 police were called to report of two people injured in two locations. the locations are approx approximately one mile apart . emergency attended

apart. emergency attended immediately and at each location they found a 16 year old boy suffering injuries . tragically suffering injuries. tragically both boys died of injuries . suffering injuries. tragically both boys died of injuries. i confirm the two young boys are charlie bartolo and kiana solanki . the government says the solanki. the government says the onune solanki. the government says the online safety bill will be updated next month to criminalise the encourage of self—harm . it says the changes self—harm. it says the changes have been influenced . the death have been influenced. the death of marie russell, the 41 year old who ended her life in 2017 after viewing linked to suicide self—harm. the new bill target onune self—harm. the new bill target online material that manipulates the vulnerable it illegal . alice the vulnerable it illegal. alice hendyis the vulnerable it illegal. alice hendy is the founder of a prevention charity . she lost her prevention charity. she lost her brother to suicide and says the bill should have come out

soonen bill should have come out sooner. the online safety bill itself has taken far too long to come out . i mean, we've seen come out. i mean, we've seen countless delays , countless countless delays, countless revisions. it's revisions now under three prime ministers. this is an urgent bell and the we leave it the more lives unfortunately are going to be destroyed and the more families out there are going to feel like mine the business secretary has warned energy firms not hike customers direct debit payments amid rising cost of living. customers direct debit payments amid rising cost of living . in amid rising cost of living. in an open letter to energy grant shapps as he was to reports that some direct debit a rising . when some direct debit a rising. when they're making huge efforts to save money, mr. shapps has also energy regulator ofgem to look at how suppliers can make their billing more responsive to consumer behaviour. cases diphtheria among asylum seekers in a kent migrant centre are

thought to have risen. it's after a man at the ftx migrant processing centre is thought to have died from the disease . have died from the disease. concerns have been raised over the spread of the infection as people were moved from the overcrowded facility to hotels around the country . tomorrow the around the country. tomorrow the government is expected to announce the number of infections has climbed to around 50. dr. andrew vallance owen, former medical and chief medical officer of before group, says there is low risk to the british people . i do think that people people. i do think that people who are looking after these immigrants and who have contact with them should at least be offered the booster vaccine and thatis offered the booster vaccine and that is being because they are they could possibly pick it up . they could possibly pick it up. so that is the only place where think british people, if you might be affected . greater might be affected. greater manchester police say a whose body was found covered in potentially hazardous substances was sprayed with acid . 38 year

was sprayed with acid. 38 year old liam smith body was found in the street in kilburn drive in wigan on thursday. had also been shot. wigan on thursday. had also been shot . the area is still cordoned shot. the area is still cordoned off and who are feeling unwell are being to contact the authorities . a murder authorities. a murder investigation is ongoing, saying at least three people, including at least three people, including a young girl, have died after a in italy yesterday . the island in italy yesterday. the island of skin and naples was engulfed by heavy rain causing a mudslide that flooded homes and swept cars away. search and rescue operations are continuing today with ten people still missing , with ten people still missing, around 100 people living close to the landslide have been evacuated evacuated . protest evacuated evacuated. protest against covid lockdown measures are continuing in china after ten people died in a tower block. fire in urumqi . block. fire in urumqi. demonstrators claim coronavirus measures which have seen residents lockdown for over three months, may have impeded

their escape. civil unrest has now spread to shanghai and beijing with chants calling for president. xie to resign . the president. xie to resign. the police have said it is fully prepared. potential activist disruption . london ahead of disruption. london ahead of christmas . the force believes christmas. the force believes just stop oil protesters are planning activity in the capital from until the 48th of december. it says has policing measures in place respond to disruption the climate group has been using resistance as part of its campaign to stop future gas and oil projects , including holding oil projects, including holding up the m20 five. the and princess of wales have paid tribute to a rugby union great doddie weir who died yesterday, aged 52. in a tweet the royal couple called former scotland international and, british and irish lion a hero and an inspiration . dotty who had inspiration. dotty who had suffered from motor neurone

disease since thousand and 16, used his profile raise awareness of the condition and to generate funds through charity. there is currently cure for. paul thompson, director of fund raising for my name's doddie , raising for my name's doddie, says his legacy is the fight mmd. so the foundation has been focussed on a world free of harm and that's the vision we have and. that's the vision that he's set us on as the vision that he's left us. so until make real progress and continue to make real progress for effective treatments for the condition. the still done. so his the work still not done. so his legacy the progress we legacy is the progress that we make energy . the queen make against energy. the queen consort is to break with a time old tradition of having ladies in waiting. opting for queen's instead . buckingham palace has instead. buckingham palace has announced names of the six women who will support camilla in her official duties . who will support camilla in her official duties. in addition to her private and deputy private secretaries , it's believed the secretaries, it's believed the companions work will be similar but not extensive, as the late

queen's ladies in waiting. over 50,000 driving tests a year are taken by learners who have already at least five times. the gracie charity says just 40% of that number pass the tests . in that number pass the tests. in research they also that examiners had to physically intervene to avoid a dangerous incident in one in eight tests. the charity's that driving may be for some people . tv online be for some people. tv online and dab+ radio this is gb news will have more news for you at the top of the next hour . the top of the next hour. looking ahead to this evening's weather and the uk is looking wet in the east with some showers across western parts. let's take a look at the details. south west in england will see a mix of clear spells and scattered showers. this evening. the showers will be

mainly devon and cornwall and could locally heavy. skies across the south—east of england will remain cloudy and we can expect some rain at times especially for kent and sussex. wales see a showery end to sunday, with winds also remaining brisk along the west coast. eastern areas, though, will see some lengthy spells. sun however, will end on a dry note across the midlands with the clearer skies across the north and west. a few mist and fog patches may also , as the fog patches may also, as the evening goes on. north eastern england will also be largely dry. that further west there will be some showers , some of will be some showers, some of which may be heavy. it will be breezy along irish sea coast. lighter winds elsewhere . showers lighter winds elsewhere. showers will be quite widespread across scotland this evening. but showers heavy in places . the far showers heavy in places. the far north—east, though, may avoid most of the showers and state largely dry. northern ireland, though, won't be so lucky with scattered showers continuing here throughout the evening. when will be brisk, especially

along the coast and over the hills overnight. will see further showers in the west of the uk but drier further east with some list of fog patches forming. and that's how the weather is shaping overnight into tomorrow morning . i'm into tomorrow morning. i'm gloria del piero. welcome to gloria del piero. welcome to gloria meets where we do political interviews in a different way and we get across the country to get to know you better , to see politics through better, to see politics through your eyes. coming up, spouts off commons. meet the outspoken wife of minister john, immersive commons. meet the outspoken wife of ministerjohn, immersive for of minister john, immersive for her unique take on politics. you posted social media so that prime minister liz truss was an imbecile. yeah but i wasn't wrong then, was i? is britain on the right track? i've been to redcar to chat to voters before. never unlikely to be voted

conservative. well and former conservative. well and former conservative cabinet minister kit malthouse . yeah. i was kit malthouse. yeah. i was obviously disappointed . but as obviously disappointed. but as i say, you've always got to have you backpacked and you've always got to have plan b. felicity so excited to be able chat to you your obviously a person in your own right you're a very opinionated person are right we know that through social media. but i thought that talking and seeing politics and government through a minister politicians, spouses would give us an view and insight into how our politics works and what doesn't work. what the most surprising thing that you have discovered politics, government . oh, my politics, government. oh, my gosh. gloria, start a big question. how long have you got 7 question. how long have you got ? most surprising thing, because

there were almost so many things that i kind of wish i didn't know. you know sometimes i think with politics, it can displace the most surprising thing for me. was when we first asked it off was how people would be in john. and not. and the fact that that went way beyond just what he does in the political arena seems to be everything about him. his hair cars his everything. and that has been i think, the biggest surprise and the biggest adjustment that we as a family have had to make that it was just everything about him is because we're in the public domain so we were very naive when we started and we think that this, you know , we think that this, you know, that would be the scope would be so massive. so you suddenly property and you very much talk about we not just him because you know the elected one. did you know the elected one. did you have to make a just means. yeah loads of adjustments and i don't want to be that annoying wife but it's just sort of talks about how husband if we are one

person because i don't want to do i don't want to me dilute the hard work that he does but because such a team. we've because we're such a team. we've always team. we are we always been a team. we are we joined you know, joined at the hip. you know, he's best buddy and. do he's my best buddy and. we do everything together. i think everything together. and i think that was that's what's us through this and all the sort of interest in us because we are a team . which is why it always team. which is why it always makes me laugh when i tweet and people say, oh, you've ruined your husband's career. i think of the children, you know, the dramatics and it's just like, well, do why would you think that? i would put anything out there tony hasn't off on? there that tony hasn't off on? you know , and he totally you know, and he totally understands me what i'm about. and that actually love seeing the human side . so this whole the human side. so this whole idea that i'm sort of trying to destroy his career so when your husband's johnny mercer was sacked by liz truss. yes. you posted on social media did that . minister liz truss was , an . minister liz truss was, an imbecile. yeah, but i wrong. that was i strategy actually. it was awful and. you know what? i

don't want to be a smoker because i have wished that episode on anyone not on her, not on the members. i mean, it was humiliating for everyone. so i don't to be smug . it, you i don't to be smug. it, you know, i told you so for me it spoke to a really wider issue because it wasn't fact that tony lost his job. that's politics. that's that happens , you know, that's that happens, you know, like the wind. that's fine . but like the wind. that's fine. but it was the fact it spoke to the sort the bigger issue that she wasn't going to listen to certain people, their expertise. she going listen tony certain people, their expertise. sh

and of course, i'm slightly naive, you i don't think, naive, you know, i don't think, oh, going on the oh, that's going to be on the news tomorrow. oops, i'm what it is how it feels and. i think it's have it's really i think people have found it really interesting to see that is how see oh god that is how a reshuffle feels and not just a standard reshuffle. reshuffle standard reshuffle. a reshuffle where tried to really where you've tried to really something out for a huge of people. take you to people. let's take you to a happier on social media, happier place on social media, because this was just very funny . you are very funny. so you you post a picture of your heart. yes asleep my face and you post. so a funny story the prime minister who was then boris johnson. it's been moving quickly . so a funny story. the quickly. so a funny story. the prime minister tonight directly after an afternoon of football and england rugby and johnny was so i'll say drunk he used a word beginning with p that he can't remember what he said a plymouth alcohol were paying chelsea mean it was a huge day of sport and i think there was rugby internationals as well and that's the only time that johnny really gets on it, you know. and

he was having a lovely day. this call was not scheduled, so he was having a great and of course then boris rang out of the blue and i could hearjohnny the call and i could hearjohnny the call and try to not slur his words. and then a few lines. it is like, oh my god, boris called me something. what on earth are we talking about? and then obviously he passed out in sofa and thought, is this and i just thought, this is this is to get this is to is just to get it's this is to get to the take the snap. and so, yeah, i've got a tattoo. mr. tomorrow when he up and it tomorrow when he wakes up and it was just, it was, was lovely. was just, it was, it was lovely. i really enjoyed it and everyone really of mp said really it and lots of mp said that what a brilliant tweet that was what a brilliant tweet that was what a brilliant tweet that was what a brilliant tweet that was funny because also you know wasn't i, i think know it wasn't i, i think i think the thing is i think think that the thing is i think i start not be able see the wood from the trees because i know these for it's just oh these people for me it's just oh that's bit of laugh that that's a bit of a laugh that would but of course to the would funny but of course to the pubucifs would funny but of course to the public it's oh my gosh. public it's like, oh my gosh. but been talking the but he's been talking to the prime minister seems like prime minister and it seems like this deal. but when you're this huge deal. but when you're in middle , it, it doesn't it in the middle, it, it doesn't it doesn't seem like huge deal. it's oh, it boris will find

it's just oh, it boris will find that funny and it appreciate that funny and it appreciate that have or your family ever felt threatened in the job so yes it is a good question. one day i opened a parcel in kitchen. a parcel i wasn't and didn't think anything of . i'd didn't think anything of. i'd pull out a nappy full of human faces. see, i used the word faces. see, i used the word faces learning and i thought, all right, okay . it was all right, okay. it was addressed to me and it was addressed to me and it was addressed to me and it was addressed to my home address. you know, i wasn't in the constituency office. i was at home and i thought, well, it was going to come to me , you know, going to come to me, you know, it was a real shock. but when did this sort of die down? i thought, well, actually, this is the abuse is going to come to me anyway, you know, and a lot of the abuse, because i was on social media, jenny just wouldn't show me know people wouldn't show me know people would say things me being would say things about me being a plymouth. i've a prostitute in plymouth. i've given way. given that out, by the way. let's just just before you move on from that, just because

people think, well, i just people might think, well, i just like to have to do bit of like just to have to do bit of explanation of how it was running was a running joke that someone had called me a prostitute on plymouth and i don't where it came from. i've no idea. you know, i don't know. but johnny jumped on it in a very like style. i don't know . very like style. i don't know. he was thinking, but he sort of jumped all over it and said, i'll give you chance, honestly. did you insinuate wife because he got hold of the person says it and it came across very trump like and so obviously everyone a really good giggle at that so kind of became more about the way johnny attacked it rather than what was being so now it's this running and it's and the it was in the comment section plymouth herald so the plymouth herald was thrilled because they then went viral and. so, you know, it was a public service to plymouth herald was a horrible thing to said. yes but you thing to be said. yes but you know this is crazy thing know this is the crazy thing about this job. i just it's just become standard. i mean, how sad is that? that's just normal. and

when you got this package so when you got this package so when i got this package, i just thought, okay, it's going to come to me anyway. why not just not embrace it because it sounds weird, but why not just own it, i suppose, as a way of saying it, take control and change the narrative fit to fit the fact narrative to fit to fit the fact that we just a normal family doing a job and trying to be normal and just crack on like everybody else . and thought if everybody else. and i thought if i then go go social i if i then go go on social media, you know, twitter, especially twitter is my favourite platform. it's awesome . i mean, it's horrendously bad the things that people think that they can say to people. i just thought, would, you know, if those jokes, if can own those jokes, turn them around, the abuse them around, find the abuse around , it becomes mine, you around, it becomes mine, you know , he's you know, he's the know, he's you know, he's the person i know and i know him all these people who say what they they don't know him. the most. i've never even met him . so i'm i've never even met him. so i'm going to own it and i'm going to turn it around and yeah. found a new hobbies five. i love it . new hobbies five. i love it. it's very interesting. it's so

bad because all social media is too easy sometimes, you know, i think a lot of these trolls didn't really think it through. bless them. but it's hilarious. and if you can help person and one person think that's how she deals with it and i'm getting the abuse so can deal with it like that i can choose you can choose how you deal with it and if you want to make it funny, i think it's the best way to do it. and i've learnt that from his military side, you know, it's not funny, it's not funny felicity. the so we felicity. i get all the so we just laugh and it's really just to laugh and it's really worked and then even worked for us and then even girls do go at it now and girls can do go at it now and they've done some, you know they do some great daddy trolling as well. it's a well. we've just it's become a thing, you know, just turn it around i think that was the around and i think that was the best deal with it. but best way to deal with it. but it's evolved organically. it's also evolved organically. when on twitter, it was when i went on twitter, it was more response to the nappy of more in response to the nappy of poo thought, want to poo as thought, i don't want to guys, you know, i'm going to hide from this anymore. it's going anyway. but it going to find me anyway. but it sort into this hobby. sort of evolved into this hobby. yeah anyone find the yeah did anyone find did the police the saying, police find, the person saying, oh, are brilliant and

oh, the police are brilliant and supportive and? actually, they will. it down will. they did whittle it down and some a few key details . and to some a few key details. but to the conclusion but i came to the conclusion that this woman it was a woman is defaecating in an app and sending it to someone i reckon she's got a few problems of her own deal with. and i'm thinking don't really want to add to that life's obviously not going to be going well is it so . we left going too well is it so. we left it. we left it alone. we left it alone. there's of spouses, male and female of mps, spouses , yes. and female of mps, spouses, yes. what advice would you give any current or somebody perhaps who's who's wife or husband is standing for parliament next time? and i think was what was going to happen to me was published his words of advice to change. i've changed how i feel about it. i would be completely honest with them. you i wouldn't just be all gung ho like yes going to be great. we need people that you crack on. come on in. i'd have to honest and

on in. i'd have to be honest and say , how thick is your skin ? you say, how thick is your skin? you know, how how well you cope with this, how well with your children with this, where do they go to school? do they go school in the constituency? how do it's really do you feel that it's really sad, but those are the questions i'd i'd ask so it's not quite as yippv it i'd i'd ask so it's not quite as yippy it used to be, if that yippy as it used to be, if that makes sense. it makes perfect sense. final is there sense. final question, is there a spouse network in parliament? do you all get together and have dnnks do you all get together and have drinks and support each other? there there is. and there there is. there is. and there are brilliant trying are some really brilliant trying their best get group of their very best get a group of people live all over the people who live all over the country together. it's hard, i think a lot of the time they sort group around things sort of group around things that are happening in parliament knowing to be knowing that people are to be around maybe around party around or maybe around a party conference time. so is they've called something brilliant called it something brilliant like . wasps, wives, husbands and like. wasps, wives, husbands and spouses, fake wasps. spouses, some fake wasps. brilliant israel whatsapp group. that's want to know that's what we all want to know now. there i'm not now. well, if there is, i'm not here, i don't know now. not here, so i don't know now. not that i know of . if i want to that i know of. if i want to stay away from it. she's mental. yeah. so i don't know. i don't

think so . okay. i think it's, think so. okay. i think it's, i think so. okay. i think it's, i think , we all have enough with think, we all have enough with the mums groups at school telling traffic's telling us what the traffic's like in the morning. so like at six in the morning. so i'm not sure if i'm going to want, to add to that but yeah the is there which is the support is there which is great. think everyone has great. but i think everyone has their through , you their own journeys through, you know, it's you just to we just there's no handbook. being there's no handbook. so being a parent just to make up parent you just have to make up as go along hope for the as you go along and hope for the best. really want its best. felicity really want its chances. thank you have chances. thank you. you have been as as. i knew been as brilliant as. i knew you would be. promise would be. well, i promise wouldn't on tv yet. here wouldn't come on tv yet. here i am . i know because i will come am. i know because i will come out across as a complete loon. i hopei out across as a complete loon. i hope i you been be interested to hear you have hear what everyone you have given most unique given us the most unique perspective smiles can can perspective only smiles can can see politics through those eyes. thank you. well, i hope it helps somebody thank you fascinating . somebody thank you fascinating. thanks for having me. thank you . coming up . thanks for having me. thank you . coming up. is britain on the right track? i've been to redcar to chat to voters . think 2019. to chat to voters. think 2019. it was an air of optimism in the country. it was fantastic . and

country. it was fantastic. and former conservative cabinet minister kit malthouse said, if i was to face, you know one of these awful ends my life, i would want to have some sense control over that , about the control over that, about the timing and the nature and the manner .

i mean, the work is a in the north—east of england, it's in the constituency redcar has elected a labour mp throughout his history until 2010, when it went dem labour won it back in 2015 and held it in 20 1718 and then in 2019. for the first time even then in 2019. for the first time ever, it elected its first conservative mp like so many of the red wall. so what's the of the red wall. so what's the of the north—east like say we're going to chat about that with pete trevor michelle , andy and .

pete trevor michelle, andy and. harriet pete you buy the voting lot for a lot of years . how many lot for a lot of years. how many is . probably lot for a lot of years. how many is. probably 30 years lot for a lot of years. how many is . probably 30 years really is. probably 30 years really disillusioned? it never changes around you can remember your vote for you did you used to vote for you did you used to vote ? i think i voted for labour vote? i think i voted for labour a lot of years ago. yes, yes. everybody labour up there in those days. yeah so i worked in the steelworks a lot. he has gone not so good. yeah and now every single place is very hard. trevor yes. i think you have voted conservative all of your. yes, yeah. yeah and when it comes to that next election you decide what you going to on the side. it's more but i won't be voting everybody would likely be voting everybody would likely be voting conservative as well so possibly. yeah . one of the possibly. yeah. one of the smaller parties. right okay. do you think you've might vote conservative? it's possible but that's not such became a bit right. okay michelle and under

you're not the same person wife. you've always voted conservative. yes. and come on next election you'll vote conservative. doubtful very doubtful . what about you and doubtful. what about you and undecided . undecided who might undecided. undecided who might you vote for ? are labour in the you vote for? are labour in the shop? never would be one of the smaller parties , right? smaller parties, right? potentially yeah. undecided just taking all the information . then taking all the information. then when it comes down to the crunch, make the decision at the ballot box . harriet, you've ballot box. harriet, you've always voted labour. i have indeed. and you'll stick with labour at the next election. do are you optimistic or pessimist stick about the direction the country is in? i think the country is in? i think the country it'll take about two or three years to recover. eventually it will. you know, it's a bit like peaks and troughs with their stocks and shares. yeah, we're going through a bad time notebook will come out the side come out the other side eventually probably take three

years i would say before going to on our feet again. to get back on our feet again. what does else think? optimistic or. pessimistic about what's out there in this there in the business in this area? been bad for lot area? it's been bad for a lot years enough . there's nothing years enough. there's nothing sure it's going to get any better mean we have this statement last week there was nothing in it for business to sell that i could see the you know what's going to happen we get a bit of help with the electric and at the moment electric and gas at the moment when it comes to april what a clue what's going on and how do you do . i'll give you some you do. i'll give you some pessimistic words about the direction what about you guys ? direction what about you guys? well, i'm very pessimistic about the country's going at the moment. we've got high inflation. we've got very low wages. we've got a chancellor who has just announced that he's going to give pensioners 10% in a rise next, which is all very nice . i am a pensioner, clearly, nice. i am a pensioner, clearly, but i am now in the tax bracket

. so although they're going to give me that amount of money i am now going to start paying tax at about you guys optimistic or pessimistic about this country's direction pessimistic. i think it was bad budget all around. i think 2019. there was an no optimism in the country. it was fantastic . everything just fantastic. everything just seemed to be on the up to the north—east particularly northeast. yeah everywhere financial wise , you know, the financial wise, you know, the countries just seem to be starting to fly. and then we were hit with covid. i put the brakes on everything and we just seem to be punch drunk with a fighting between labour and the conservative party. they should be working together for the benefit of everybody they're not pulling each other apart. benefit of everybody they're not pulling each other apart . and as pulling each other apart. and as a consequence the man in the lady the street is suffering lady in the street is suffering because of him coming is britain on the right track. i've been redcar to chat to voters

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don't be such a cranky that mini budget was the tip of the iceberg and on saturday show just got bigger from eight it's mark dolan tonight saturday night it can't govern the country if you can't speak , stop country if you can't speak, stop talking my god we reached the end never been early in my life. only on the people's

channel was the biggest issue country is facing illegal immigration . yeah facing illegal immigration. yeah i think the solution is get a cruise liner port and decide in engush cruise liner port and decide in english what it is issues are they the french justice side and then process them on the cruise liner so the abscond and then disappear and then the ones who allowed to come over well good luck not the problem with the ones they want but stand by so

illegal immigration, you know to the number one concern, anybody got any and any different i think it's bigger than that because whether it's legitimate or illegitimate the have to be processed it's putting it's putting a strain on all other services within the country such . as you know social services education doctors, the nhs. it's has a knock on effect . so, you has a knock on effect. so, you know, at the gentleman's right in respects that illegal immigration is a big issue but that needs be sorted for everything else to be sorted as well. any time i. i'm sorry, i don't agree with that. i really don't. and i think the biggest issue is the fact that we've got very high energy bills and we've got people who are desperate to be looked after . i got people who are desperate to be looked after. i think we have to look at our own government. we have to look at our own issues and we have to look at ourselves to how we can manage

what's going on in the country. you've got it. you've got to think about energy. you've to think about energy. you've to think about energy. you've to think about social services. you've got think about you've got to think about children's everything children's services. everything has cooked to the bone and has been cooked to the bone and then even suggesting cutting it even that's because of even more. and that's because of illegal immigration . that's illegal immigration. that's because of the we're cold. it has impacted on us which are not impacted on people's mental health . and then you've got the health. and then you've got the issues coming out of covid and everybody's so desperate that they're unhappy and unhappy people don't make an optimistic populace and don't they don't optimistic about wanting to deport like the gentleman down there he doesn't want to vote because disillusioned he is anything would make you vote anybody anything . erm not the anybody anything. erm not the main but you seem to do the same. they just for me, most politician is are millionaires and they don't live in real world. and you've got a clue what it's like to try and ruin a business. so home down a job in

the last few months has your financial position improved worsened or stayed the same? worsened in the last few months and is due to energy prices ? i and is due to energy prices? i mean . all right the government mean. all right the government i don't know about my goodness level 1200 you know this year i applaud them for that but next year we're going to have to looks like it's only going to be £930,000 energy bills on average . it's going to be stronger next year worse this year. yeah any other comments on that you feel like in the last few months your financial position has got worst i the same on a business sense that every time you put in i well twice in the last few months the prices have gone up on the boiler. i've never seen just keeps going up and we just can't pass own because people won't come in. yeah, but it's not me, sabina. the gas. yeah, everything you buy is just spiralling of control . yeah. spiralling out of control. yeah. if you felt in the last few

months it's absolutely not. doesn't look like it's just ridiculous. i live with my daughter, so i hope the financial contributing there. yeah but my daughter only has one single agent. she only got her husband's wage coming in and she's actually disabled and she needs to be on oxygen. so now. she's having to reduce the amount oxygen she uses with her converter because she can't afford to use the electricity to run it . and that that is it. run it. and that that is it. that's not just rebecca there's a lot of disabled people there who need the electricity to run the things that they to keep themselves alive and that concerns me i'm just been shopping and i've spent farting pound on two loaves of bread and a bag of like a fries. it's ridiculous. if there was a general election in six months time, what do you think the outcome would be now? how would you? for who would you sit? what do you think the outcome would be? i'd be terrified . i think be? i'd be terrified. i think the party get they the labour party will get they have huge lead the moment and

have a huge lead the moment and i think the labour party will get do it. whether it's a good thing or not, it's scary business. forget it until they will area. yeah, will back in this area. yeah, definitely do you expect elect do people . there'll be a labour do people. there'll be a labour government for the general election months. election within six months. there is probably a year or so away but you expect the outcome of the next general to be a labour government. some of you like that harriet. i would expect so, yes. yeah you expect so. if the polls , so. even if the polls, everything, what people say . but everything, what people say. but if you look at the polls with brexit was vastly wrong. a week is a long time in politics yeah so is your lifetime isn't it. who knows . i guess. a question who knows. i guess. a question to you guys because you have always worked conservative and you think you might vote for one of the smaller parties. you're considering it this time, i guess. what would you when i come the conservative party, i would you if you do would say to you is if you do that, more likely make that, you're more likely to make labour government, which you're petrified happen. does this that's the rub . that's the way

that's the rub. that's the way that's the rub. that's the way that's set up. this is con socialist to me. ritchie what's the difference fiscally wise, tax wise? what the difference? i i'll probably same as what you're thinking about as well the yeah. reform but then again you got the ballot box and you have little pencil and you think, oh my god, what a worst case scenario. yeah. oh yeah. well for really sure it's it, it's , you can't tell you can't it's, you can't tell you can't you actually know this election is one of those moments . yeah. is one of those moments. yeah. yeah in hindsight was brilliant or wrong to leave the european union right , or wrong to leave the european union right, right but i voted to remain more. union right, right but i voted to remain more . well to remain more. well interesting. you've got to remind your family didn't your bill pleased . i'm pleased that bill pleased. i'm pleased that we're out now. yes. yeah and you didn't even even vote in that referendum, did you. i didn't vote no on to me it doesn't seem

to made a lot of difference one way or the other. you still getting all the immigration rubbish right. getting all the immigration rubbish right . you can't rubbish right. you can't disagree in you think you both slave. yeah. and we were to go . slave. yeah. and we were to go. and you were together. yes. and were together and i voted to leave. you vote to leave and with hindsight, would you think that was the right thing to do? i would still vote to leave. yeah so we only got one, one person who voted remain here. but but you switched. so nobody. no over the brexit despite what we see seen a lot of opinion polls which goes back to your point michel you never can trust opinion polls fascinating stuff fascinating stuff you thank you for joining the workers in redcar and give me that slice of your of your views of your hopes your of your views of your hopes your fears of your real lives and of your politics. thank you. know, what's going on is coming

up, former conservative cabinet minister kit malthouse . i think minister kit malthouse. i think any mp would claim some kind of party on its own expenses out of their mind .

kit malthouse you were . kit malthouse you were. education secretary for four briefly yes days until just last month really i'm not to sugarcoat it so you were sacked by sunak when he became prime minister and leader of your party as bruce listen at. yeah it is a brutal game i mean look he was very polite about it and. i was offered another position but. i didn't it wasn't something that i wanted to do and. i don't think it's any secret . over the previous year secret. over the previous year there'd been a kind of divergence of views shall we say

about economic policy . and so, about economic policy. and so, you know , i mean, you know, it's you know, i mean, you know, it's like in this game or you've always got to have you backpacked and you know, it is brutal, but look, i had 49 days. it was fascinating . and i felt it was fascinating. and i felt frustrated because i've the department in a position where we would just about to step off and hopefully the succeeds and hopefully the team succeeds will that was . the will do exactly that was. the process to get a phone call . how process to get a phone call. how doesit process to get a phone call. how does it work? yeah, you get a phone call, you get asked to see the prime minister. a particular time that you sort of know something's up. because i think if it's a negative, you get asked to see him in the and if it's a positive get the walk up downing street stuff. and so you get a hint pretty early on. but to be honest with you, i kind of guessed in the during the leadership that that was the way things were going to go. and so, you you just have to sit you know, you just have to sit there, offer the smooth and, you know, upside that those know, the upside is that those views i was giving views that i was giving in private now given in private can now be given in public. and that budget has faced from some on the

faced criticism from some on the on the centre. right, right . on the centre. right, right. they not conserve of they say that's not conserve of budget. look it's a very difficult budget for like me who spent their entire political existence dedicated to kind of low tax my total philosophy about leaving as much money as possible in the pockets of the people that we serve so they can make their own choices about, how they spend it, how they invest it, how they grow it, and invest it, how they grow it, and in particular, giving people the room , the space and the room, the space and the incentive to build wealth and businesses. right. i started my own business 20 odd years ago. it's a tough challenges, a bloody hard to do. you're married. do you have three children? do when dads or husbands loses their job and is husbands loses theirjob and is on the news does it most impact on the news does it most impact on them a bit ? on the news does it most impact on them a bit? yeah i mean obviously everybody is upset they'd rather have stayed where i was but i've kind of condition everybody to the in the families the fact that the politics a kind of random game you just

don't know what the you know based on merit and you don't know what's going to happen to you from one day to the next and certainly we've been through a very turbulent years . i very turbulent few years. i mean, i was elected in 2015. you know, we've had whatever general elections, leaders , elections, several leaders, monarchs, a pandemic, you know, a war. i mean, anything could happen, right and so i think there's an element that, i mean, to honest with you, the kids are quite that they're seeing quite happy that they're seeing more great. and, more me, which is great. and, you family are filled you know, your family are filled with dark thoughts of how, you know, anger and all the rest of it. but you've got to take it. but you've just got to take the with this man in this the rough with this man in this game, will turn again. game, the wheel will turn again. plus know, i didn't plus also, you know, i didn't necessarily it to necessarily come it to be a minister. i came because minister. i came into because i have strong views about the have very strong views about the path of the country and the way i think should heading in i think we should be heading in the economy that we the type of economy that we should be building the type should be building and the type of frankly, that we of country, frankly, that we should particularly post should be, particularly post brexit. those the brexit. and so those are the that's what animates really. it's be a minister, it's lovely to be a minister, but be just as but actually you can be just as effective backbencher. my effective as backbencher. my view didn't a tear did

view so you didn't a tear did you have you ever whine when you have did you ever whine when you have did you ever whine when you how you've come you got out you how you've come down it. i was kind of down from it. i was kind of yeah.i down from it. i was kind of yeah. i mean i yeah, i was obviously disappointed. but as i say, you've always good to have you backpacked you've always you backpacked and you've always got there are lots got to have b and there are lots of that are important of things that are important to me well. for example i'm me as well. so for example i'm one of the biggest in one of the biggest proponents in the assisted dying. so the house assisted dying. so just i went back just yesterday i went back having co—chair the having been co—chair of the appg, i'm back doing that. appg, i'm now back doing that. so to pushing that so i'm going to be pushing that campaign quite hard as i campaigned hard on, on education funding and that was successful in the budget too. lots in the budget too. there's lots of you can do in of things that you can do in many the frustrating many ways the most frustrating job to be a non cabinet job is to be a non cabinet minister because you're not at the top table, so you call influence direction, but you're also not able to say what you actually think you have to toe the government line and you do all the work in the middle and it's very frustrating. and you were offered job outside cabinet, assume was offered cabinet, i assume i was offered a job that would have been as a demotion. yes. okay so assisted dying, that's where you're going

to turn your campaigning efforts. why that important to you and how are you going to do it? yeah, it's a really good question. i've been convicted of the need for this to die in this country pretty much since i was a teenager and it came out from a teenager and it came out from a kind of mixture over the years of a personal experience of members of my family , been members of my family, been through horrible experiences , through horrible experiences, but also a conviction myself that if i was to face, you know, one of these awful ends to my life, i would want to have some sense of control over that, about the timing and the and the manner of it that allied with the fact that , as you will know, the fact that, as you will know, we've got the to go to switzerland if we want to , and switzerland if we want to, and the injustice of that that effectively we've got business class assisted . if you've got class assisted. if you've got ten, 15 grand, you can go if you haven't, you have to die in horrible circumstances here meant that when i came into the houseit meant that when i came into the house it was one of the big issues that came in to try and

do something about. so i became chair of the all—party group and course we had the vote in 2015. when you were when you left, which sadly, we lost. and since then, i've trying to help then, i've been trying to help then, i've been trying to help the to build a change the campaign to build a change people's minds happily. the numbers are shifting in all direction , but i don't think direction, but i don't think we're quite there yet . i think we're quite there yet. i think our objective is to think in the next parliament, how could we possibly have another vote, try and shift it. and the at the same time as parliament been slowly actually the slowly shifting, actually the mood country has been mood in the country has been substantially shifting. so we know there's an overwhelming number. people who support assisted dying, you know, between 70 and 80% now that are favour and it just seems to me that compassionate and sensible thing to do and of course we lagging behind other parts of the world canada parts the the world canada parts of the state australia that's looking at it now and they think they may have legislation year the isle of man jersey you know it's coming to us the question is how

quickly we can get it and of course the longer we delay the more there are people dying in horrible, awful, degrading circumstance . others who would circumstance. others who would like to have it. you mentioned seeing some of your family members in pain, but just just one. is there one experience memory that sticks with you so a member of my extended family died many years ago actually of multiple sclerosis and horrible circumstance answers and more closely a death in my wife's family from breast cancer, both of which reinforced in me the idea that , you know, if i were idea that, you know, if i were to face if anyone was to face those horrible circumstance, i'd at least like the choice this is the thing that happens that people don't realise about assisted dying is that the vast majority you have of people who have a right to assisted dying don't actually it and the reason they don't is because they don't have to be worried about their eventual death . if you get eventual death. if you get a horrible disease , motor neurone horrible disease, motor neurone disease, you your whole time worrying about how you're going

to die because your death , no to die because your death, no matter good the palliative matter how good the palliative care be, you know, care is going to be, you know, really awful but know , really awful. but if you know, can access assisted dying , you can access assisted dying, you can access assisted dying, you can spend what time you've got left enjoying yourself, but you don't have to worry that pain. and the if you don't and in the end, if you don't want to use it, don't have want to use it, you don't have to. so the there's a sort to. right. so the there's a sort of compassion there about the individual as well as a sense of control being to somebody at the end that has enormous benefits. ihave end that has enormous benefits. i have to say one of the things when i when i became a member of parliament and i declared that i was a process, the dying in my constituency was amazed at the number of people who came forward and said a they were very proud but be that they'd taken their relatives to switzerland in particular. yeah a guy called tom billy spicer, who taken his mum to switzerland . he became a big campaigner. he's done lots of with dignity in dying and he had a little barber shop hairdresser in my constituency . and he's talked constituency. and he's talked very movingly about his

experiences of doing that and this is the thing. there are lots of lots of people out there who've been through this experience. either somebody dying in dreadful circumstances or going switzerland. and it means the campaign is building. so i'm happy whatever small way i am to help you have a lot of through politics of policing you are policing minister for three years when you were in local working for boris johnson you were in charge of policing most police officers. it goes without saying they are the defenders put their life on line to protect us . most are great protect us. most are great people . there was a report out people. there was a report out a few weeks ago that police vetting standards not high enough and it's to easy for the wrong people to both join and stay in the police . how and why

stay in the police. how and why with your your what did you learn? of course you were policing minister during sarah everard's murder . yeah. yeah. everard's murder. yeah. yeah. no, you're right i mean look we became concerned about vetting , became concerned about vetting, and it has been flagged again and it has been flagged again and again. the police, after a number of inspections . and so we number of inspections. and so we asked the inspector , have a look asked the inspector, have a look again at vetting . and obviously again at vetting. and obviously with vetting you're kind of to try and hit a moving target. so you've got two points. you get point which people come into point of which people come into the were areas the force and there were areas that be improved. so, for that could be improved. so, for example, new areas like at people's social profile people's social media profile that to be added in and that needed to be added in and that needed to be added in and that started. but then there's the kind notion of ongoing the kind of notion of ongoing vetting people's over a 30 year career, people's behaviours , the career, people's behaviours, the influencers things might change . and having ongoing vetting . and so having ongoing vetting i certainly that i think certainly the case that the, the police it took a bit of time to catch up with the modern world from a vetting point of view and big forces like view and some big forces like the matter have got a huge amount still to do it. to me, like the new management, there

are will be on it on it sharpish . i mean you know we are going through a period of post overhaul of a kind of general not to the confidence that people have in policing think, you know across the board final . question so. ipsa yeah. have this week said that you can claim food for your staff christmas is totally bonkers no but i do understand where this has come from. i do not know a single mp who who's asked for this. i mean you i you had jess phillips on yesterday. she she said yesterday she was amazed they would bring this out right . so i have no idea where that has come from. again. mp would claim some kind of party on, its expensesis claim some kind of party on, its expenses is out of their mind . expenses is out of their mind. kit malthouse , really great to kit malthouse, really great to talk to you . thank you so much.

talk to you. thank you so much. looking ahead , this evening's looking ahead, this evening's weather and the uk looking wet in the southeast with showers across western parts . let's take across western parts. let's take across western parts. let's take a look at the details . south a look at the details. south western england will a mix of clear spells and scattered this evening. the showers will be mainly across devon and cornwall and could be locally heavy . and could be locally heavy. skies across the south—east of england remain cloudy and we can expect further rain at times, especially kent and sussex wales will see a showery end to sunday winds also remaining brisk. the west coast. eastern areas, though, will see some lengthy spells. sunday, however , end on spells. sunday, however, end on a dry note across the midlands , a dry note across the midlands, the clearest skies across the north—west. a few mist and fog patches may also form . the patches may also form. the evening goes on. north eastern england will also be largely dry that further west there will be some showers, some of which may be heavy. it will be breezy along irish sea coast, but lighter winds elsewhere. showers will be widespread across

scotland evening with the showers heavy in places. the far north, though, may avoid most of the and state largely dry . the and state largely dry. northern ireland though won't be so lucky with scattered showers continuing here throughout the evening winds will be brisk especially along the coast and over the hills overnight . we'll over the hills overnight. we'll see further showers in the west of . the uk but see further showers in the west of. the uk but drier further east with, some mist patches forming and that's how the weather is shaping up into tomorrow morning . monday, tomorrow morning. monday, thursday on gb news. it's bev turner today from 10 am. we're going to be here for you, our gb news family keep you up to date, but also make you smile. the guy went from to adultery and i can't to bring a few of my own opinions . i can't to bring a few of my own opinions. i have no time for cultural totality in itself will engagein cultural totality in itself will engage in passionate but always polite debate with your and opinions at. the centre of this whole monday to thursday 10 to 12 on tv, on radio and online to

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