very good morning. welcome spent ten of today on gb news. the health secretary will meet with nhs leaders today amid warnings that future strikes could put patients at risk. i'm going to be speaking at the top of the show to one woman who tried to

actually lost her husband only last calling the last week after calling the ambulance six times. her story really brings home the real effects of nhs strikes . also, effects of nhs strikes. also, the big news questions that we constantly analyse in today's to challenge. i'm asking does the uk need more or less immigration 7 uk need more or less immigration ? with uk need more or less immigration .7 with two absolute experts plus panellists emma webb and ed gemmell. that's all coming up after. look at the latest news . after. look at the latest news. good morning. it's 10:01 on rhiannon good morning. it's10:01 on rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment fell slightly in november from a record 7.21 million in october to 7.19 million. the figures from nhs england come ahead of a meeting between the health secretary, steve barclay, and nhs leaders today. there are warnings future strikes could put patients at risk. nhs workers, including nurses,

ambulance staff and physiotherapists are due to walk out again later this month and a dispute over pay and conditions . shadow attorney general emily thornberry told gb news the only way to resolve the issue is for the government to sit down with unions and negotiate a deal. much better surely is to use the system that we already have , system that we already have, which is that people negotiate. they are basic safety levels and you can see nurses running off picket lines in order to go and help when there is a particular crisis . that's the reality. crisis. that's the reality. that's what's always happened. and we know that even if they do pass this legislation is not going to help with the current situation. the current situation can only helped if the can only be helped if the government stops playing games, sits down and talks to the unions and negotiates a deal. meanwhile, the prime minister's promise to reduce nhs waiting times and to tackle illegal migration . in his first migration. in his first political broadcast last night, rishi sunak blamed the covid

pandemic for creating the backlogs in the health service , backlogs in the health service, but promised not to let those on the waiting list down. mr. sunak also promised hard headed, commonsense an approaching illegal migration . the irish illegal migration. the irish premier and labour leader will meet political parties at stormont later in a bid to resolve the row over the northern ireland protocol . leo northern ireland protocol. leo varadkar and sir keir starmer will travel to belfast to discuss the post—brexit deadlock over trade rules on the irish land border. the protocols become a contentious issue , with become a contentious issue, with the dup blocking the formation of a government until it's dramatically altered or removed . russian mercenaries are claiming they found a body belonging to one of the two british aid workers missing in ukraine. the volcanic group hasn't specified which of the two has reportedly been found, but documents belonging to both brits are understood to have been on the body . ukrainian been on the body. ukrainian police say andrew bagshaw and

christopher parry left the city of kramatorsk for the town of soledar on friday morning and were reported missing on saturday evening. gb news is unable to verify the claims . an unable to verify the claims. an energy watchdog says more than 3 million people in the uk ran out of credit on their pre—pay payment metres last year. citizens advice says more than 2 million were being disconnected at least once a month, leaving them unable to turn the heating on or cook a meal. the charity's now calling for a total ban on forced pre—payment metre installations until new protections are introduced . that protections are introduced. that is the annual income needed for people to have a minimum standard of living when they retire has jumped by nearly a fifth in a year. the pensions and lifetime savings association says the lowest possible lifestyle cost for a single person has risen by 18% to almost person has risen by 18% to almos t £13,000 for a person has risen by 18% to almost £13,000 for a couple. it's gone up 19% to almost

£20,000 . travel disruption £20,000. travel disruption continues for passengers in london today, with strikes on the newly opened elizabeth line. members from transport salaried staff association and prospect are walking off the job over pay and pensions as the two unions reject as a 4.4% increase this yeah reject as a 4.4% increase this year. transport for london has warned of short notice cancellations and changes more women will be able to get checked for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 the government announced £10 million in funding towards nhs screening units . the initiative screening units. the initiative will make screening more accessible for thousands of women with 29 unit being set up . the investment will also see upgrade to ultrasound and x—rays to better detect cancer using new and improved software . winds new and improved software. winds of up to 60 miles per hour. expect it in parts of the uk today. expect it in parts of the uk today . a yellow weather warning

today. a yellow weather warning for heavy rain in wales and southwest england is also in place until five this afternoon. the met office is warning of possible power cuts, dangerous driving conditions and delays to pubuc. driving conditions and delays to public . transport driving conditions and delays to public. transport king charles will carry out his first public engagement today since the release of prince harry's memoir, spare . the king will memoir, spare. the king will travel to aberdeenshire to visit the aboyne and mid deeside community shed, where he'll tour its new facilities and meet local support groups. his son, the duke of sussex, is memoir became the fastest selling non—fiction book in history when it went on sale on tuesday . and it went on sale on tuesday. and tributes continue to pour in for jeff beck regard it as one of the greatest guitarist of all time. he died last night. ozzy osborne says it was such an honour to know and play with him on his most recent album. jemmy page tweeted i'll miss you along

with your millions of fans. the eight time grammy award winner rose to fame as part of the yardbirds in the sixties before forming the just that group with rod stewart . he was 78. this forming the just that group with rod stewart. he was 78 . this is rod stewart. he was 78. this is gb news will bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back to . back to. best right? good morning . welcome to right? good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb views . bev turner. today on gb views. here's what's coming up on the show this morning. on the day the nhs england release their plan form and statistics, i'm going to speak to leslie weekley, her husband tragically had a heart attack last week and it took us six calls to the ambulance service before the paramedics arrived at her home in wales and she very sadly lost him, which is tragic . but i

him, which is tragic. but i think it brings home the human face of these these strikes, this industrial action . we're this industrial action. we're going to have also the two chart challenge. now, this is where we try to ask the big news stories of our time. and it's one the home secretary suella braverman should take a keen interest in if she's watching. two expert voices will join us with fact to back up their opposing opinions on the question. we want the answer to this morning is still the uk need more immigration and throughout my show my panel will give their take on the day's top stories. political commentator emma webb and leader of the climate party , ed gamble, joined climate party, ed gamble, joined me in the studio . and just me in the studio. and just a short while to go to the big news stories of the day. and of course, the show is nothing without you and your views. don't forget to vote in our twitter poll today, would you? well, of chart well, in light of all two chart challenge, i'm asking you, is legal into the uk legal immigration into the uk too high, too low or about ? too high, too low or about? right. that's on twitter at gb

news. you can also email me your views, please, gb views at gb news dot uk or tweet me. have your say . all of that to come. your say. all of that to come. this is the only place to be to find out what you need to know on. is it thursday? yes thursday. it's been a long week . now, a food blogger from northamptonshire is encouraging people to save money and support british by eating more british farmers by eating more seasonal vegetables . may five seasonal vegetables. may five says that filling your plate with locally grown vegetables like sprouts and kale like brussel sprouts and kale can during cost of can help during the cost of living crisis last month, food inflation rose to more than 30. the highest rate on record . east the highest rate on record. east midlands reporter will hollis has more . in yeovil topped the has more. in yeovil topped the final few sprouts in millie's garden are making their way onto the menu. tonight's at a time when costs are increasing. the food blogging mum says. eating seasonal veg grown locally instead of imported stuff can

save you cash and growing your own is even cheaper. so at the moment we're in winter and brassicas are in season at the moment . so your brussel sprouts moment. so your brussel sprouts and kale are full of iron and vitamin business. they're so fresh and buying in season means that it's low food miles. but it also is cheaper on the on the purse as well. last month, food inflation rose to 13.3, according to the british retail consortium, the highest rate on record. come on, girls. well, as a farming family, millie and her husband andrew know first hand how the cost of food is challenging consumers in this particular building. we've got some of this year's springwatch calves, which have recently been weaned . so they're they're just weaned. so they're they're just getting used to being inside. now. they've come in because it's so wet outside now. andrew's been a farmer for 12 years. the cost of production to produce these animals is as small as doubled to us in the

last 18 months or so. the cost to the consumer, unfortunately, will have to go up because if it doesn't go up, we will have evidently stopped doing it. so therefore, food . food has to go therefore, food. food has to go up.the therefore, food. food has to go up. the uk food and farming industry pumps up. the uk food and farming industry pump s £120 billion into industry pumps £120 billion into the economy. the national farmers union says that farmers produce healthy, affordable , produce healthy, affordable, quality food to world leading standards , all while protecting standards, all while protecting and enhancing our precious countryside . and that buying countryside. and that buying british produce not only means you're supporting our farmers, but also that you're cutting down on food miles. milly started blogging about the meals she makes to try and connect others with food grown by british farmers. now she's released a new cookery book, endorsed by her royal highness, the princess royal . it's filled the princess royal. it's filled with simple meals for busy parents. for me , sausages are parents. for me, sausages are a real hero ingredient. and it's one of the things that i always have in my fridge or in my freezer. a packet of sausages

can be as low as sort 0 f £1.50 can be as low as sort of £1.50 £2. for me, it's really important to be able to cook a meal from scratch and feed my family while using fresh, seasonal produce, which i know that will make them happy and healthy . and all of these meals healthy. and all of these meals that quick , they're very easy that quick, they're very easy that quick, they're very easy that no fuss . while increasing that no fuss. while increasing costs all run avoidable, the effect of rising prices doesn't have to mean a drop in the standard of your meals will always. for gb news in yelverton . he always. for gb news in yelverton. he turner today. you're listening to me also on the radio. my panel have joined me. i'm delighted to be in the studio today with emma political today with emma webb, political commentator , writer and leader commentator, writer and leader of the climate party at gemmell . all hi, guys. i've seen you in the show before, right? right. in the beginning, haven't i knew emma but not together before you allowed to say exactly what you won't be. got to be nice each won't be. got to be nice to each other. that's generally the rule, let's start rule, right. ed, let's start with story in guardian. so with a story in the guardian. so front the guardian fury front page of the guardian fury as prepaid energy

as millions on prepaid energy metres cold and metres plunged into cold and dark . i don't really understand dark. i don't really understand this . do you know who dark. i don't really understand this. do you know who has dark. i don't really understand this . do you know who has the this. do you know who has the prepaid metre and why? well i mean, to be honest, i'm reading the article like i'm not an expert on prepaid metres, but i mean it much looks like mean it very much looks like those struggling, those those who were struggling, those who pay their who are struggling to pay their heating that sort of heating bills and that sort of thing, and now getting pre—payment metres foisted on them actually them which is actually increasing it. increasing that costs. got it. okay i'd estimate it's okay so i'd estimate it's 600,000 people forced to 600,000 people were forced to make the switch away from credit metres racking up debt metres after racking up debt with their energy suppliers in 2022. they were. and there's a very interesting thing about the stats that come out in the article. i mean, it's about 350,000 of them that were forcibly installed through those stats, in stats, but they were mainly in ten so in terms of ten areas. so in terms of magistrates at 150 magistrates in the country , only ten of them in the country, only ten of them are doing about 90% of grants for forced installations. and of those, almost 30% are in portsmouth. now, the story doesn't seem to dig into that. it was in the graphs and that that was done and it would it

seems to me that there seems to be somewhat more investigative journalism needs done journalism that needs to be done on that list. so it on that absolute list. so it looks like emma and the problem with prepaid metres is with these prepaid metres is that weren't then able to that they weren't then able to top them up. yeah and it says, it says here that 32 sorry. 3.2 million people, the equivalent of one person every 10 seconds was left with a cold and dark homes. as a result of this. a fifth of those on on prepay reported going without heat or light for at least 24 hours. and some of the stories in in this in this report are of people who weren't able to store that diabetics, not able to store that insulin in the fridge . that insulin in the fridge. people who had long conditions, who weren't able to use the long, long breathing equipment . long, long breathing equipment. yeah. yeah. so this is having a serious impact on on people's lives. and it seems to be a way of, as you were saying, of

counteract doing the debt that some people go into because of the high energy costs. but, of course, these prepaid metres are charging people at a much higher rate . and therefore, as a result rate. and therefore, as a result they're not able to afford it. and so they have to go without heat and without light. so you're you're beholden to a sort of blackmailing energies system. i mean, they just said that's what it is, isn't it? you are punished for paying your punished for not paying your bills i think think bills on time. i think i think you're probably but you're probably right. but i think also, if we take this sort of overall system of the energy problem that of thing, problem and that sort of thing, why even here in the why are we even here in the point yes we know point we are? yes we know there's some global issues there's some some global issues that have led to it and that sort thing. but also, if sort of thing. but also, if we've installing, know, we've been installing, you know, solar everywhere 20, solar into everywhere 20, 30 years we've been years ago, if we've been insulating we went insulating our homes, if we went ahead and properly insulated 20 million homes, we wouldn't million uk homes, we wouldn't be having those having this issue because those people got the people that have got the problems have lower bills, problems would have lower bills, they'd have more comfortable homes with, and we homes to start off with, and we wouldn't in that place yet. wouldn't be in that place yet. where on money where do you stand on money being by the state to

being spent by the state to insulate people's homes? i'm not sure. sure how feasible insulate people's homes? i'm not slis. sure how feasible insulate people's homes? i'm not slis for sure how feasible insulate people's homes? i'm not slis for there sure how feasible insulate people's homes? i'm not slis for there are how feasible insulate people's homes? i'm not slis for there are so >w feasible insulate people's homes? i'm not slis for there are so manysible it is for there are so many homes around the country that i can imagine and not, you know, new build homes. of easy new build homes. of course, easy to from get go, but to insulate from the get go, but there be sorts of homes there will be all sorts of homes around country that not around the country that are not so straightforward. you probably know to know the answer to that question, well, question, don't you? well, i think if you're looking at it, it's pretty about thirds of it's pretty about two thirds of the are relatively easy to the homes are relatively easy to install, relatively easy. it takes scale, etc. takes training, take scale, etc. but what we've got to do but i mean, what we've got to do is get at it. and at the moment we've a 60 billion that we we've got a 60 billion that we put into this. the first sort of subsidies that we've had our subsidies that we've had on our heat. then during the energy heat. and then during the energy crisis, crisis crisis, now our energy crisis subsidies, go up subsidies, that's going to go up as of it, although as extensions of it, although it's been curtailed from what liz truss but if we spend liz truss said. but if we spend that of money, could be that kind of money, we could be insulating 10 million to 20 insulating it. 10 million to 20 million british homes and potentially solar potentially putting solar on top, energy crisis top, removing the energy crisis pretty all those pretty much from all those families the families vastly from the country, making it a whole country, and making it a whole lot easier for us on a whole lot of different counts. seems to of different counts. so seems to be that we should be something that we should be spending on, spending public money on, though. say though. i have to say i

completely disagree with you. i mean, think it's public money mean, i think it's public money that public that has to lead public procurement. leads. but procurement. that leads. but once once public money sets, the scene in place and scene gets the aims in place and starts scale, then private starts to scale, then private money it's always money comes in. so it's always generated government or generated by government money or government direction, at least at beginning. that should be at the beginning. that should be means tested. a lot of means tested. maybe a lot of these who on these people who go on prepayment who prepayment metres, who can't afford quite like afford their bills, i quite like the of them to pay the idea of them having to pay less long term by having less in the long term by having a really well—insulated house. yeah, i think can't force yeah, i think you can't force people insulate their homes yeah, i think you can't force pethey insulate their homes yeah, i think you can't force pethey don't;ulate their homes yeah, i think you can't force pethey don't want their homes yeah, i think you can't force pethey don't want to. air homes yeah, i think you can't force pethey don't want to. those1es if they don't want to. those people who afford to do it people who can afford to do it if they want to do it, should. and people who perhaps and those people who who perhaps might but can't afford might like to but can't afford to, there be to, maybe there should be government available. it government grants available. it feels really feels like a really, really important solution. important long term solution. right appears right somebody who appears to not thinking about not have been thinking about the long term this week, long term at all this week, prince of course, this prince harry, of course, this story's going hopefully story's going on. and hopefully we've of the we've heard enough of the interviews for now from him. but we've been waiting to see, haven't the royal family haven't we, how the royal family would they haven't would respond? they haven't officially responded. emma but rumours senior rumours are that the senior royals that he will royals are saying that he will not at the not be welcome at the coronation. really coronation. not really surprised. surprise surprised. what a surprise exactly. i think that

exactly. you know, i think that the thing would be the polite thing to do would be for them to be invited to the coronation and for them to politely but i don't politely decline. but i don't think have shown think that they have shown themselves to be dignified enough to expect that enough for us to expect that they that. so so much. they do that. so so much. a beautifully english way, isn't it? we're not going to actually tackle elephant room. tackle the elephant in the room. we're to you're going tackle the elephant in the room. weup to you're going tackle the elephant in the room. weup saying,o you're going tackle the elephant in the room. weup saying, no, you're going tackle the elephant in the room. weup saying, no, thankj're going tackle the elephant in the room. weup saying, no, thank you.ioing tackle the elephant in the room. weup saying, no, thank you. i'm] to up saying, no, thank you. i'm not available. but it's interesting they're afraid interesting that they're afraid that end in the that they might end up in the paperback, which suggests that maybe an update to maybe they might do an update to spare is out spare once the coronation is out of way. i think know, of the way. i think you know, this is reasonable. the this is totally reasonable. the ball, harry thinks the ball, whatever harry thinks the ball, whatever harry thinks the ball court, he's done ball is in his court, he's done something absolutely abominable to his family. it is for not them to try and mend any bridges or hold out any olive branches if he had any dignity , which i if he had any dignity, which i don't believe he has, he would stay well away from the coronation. i personally think that we should go the whole hog stripped him of their titles, remove them from the line of succession send into succession and send them into exile in california. i think you're do. i think you're right. i do. i think you're right. i do. i think you're right. i do. i think you're right. we've been you're right. i mean, we've been talking every at talking about this every day at

the that his head, the the irony that his head, the monster in his world, what he calls evil, is the press. and he's cast himself as a tabloid journalist in the eyes of the royal family. they want to have him at party. i mean, him at the party. i mean, i think the whole thing's ridiculous, you know, mean, ridiculous, you know, i mean, and the press and to some extent, the press will with you if you're going will go with you if you're going to in that to keep pushing in that direction, will direction, the press will amplify you. so i think amplify it for you. so i think it's ridiculous. i mean, i really, really have to say that talking about now, utterly talking about this now, utterly bored whole thing, bored by the whole thing, i should of should think majority of the british are. i just british public are. and i just wish weren't talking about wish we weren't talking about it. sorry i you here on it. i'm sorry i all you here on my programme and what i tell you about nice to meet you. well, fair enough that for next fair enough for that for next many. too i'll be watching many. so too i'll be watching for mileage me for this for some mileage in me for this day. i'd like to in just a second. i think i think one of the things that upsets me so much it is they're much about it is that they're making a stack of money and doing doesn't wholly doing it. it doesn't seem wholly genuine. which is genuine. which is which is a worry it. but even if you worry about it. but even if you thought it was wholly genuine, there is very, upsets in there is a very, very upsets in trouble. middle aged trouble. a middle aged man, i wouldn't call a young man wouldn't call him a young man anymore. really should just

anymore. he really should just be own stuff be dealing with his own stuff behind scenes and not having be dealing with his own stuff be hang scenes and not having be dealing with his own stuff be hang out;cenes and not having be dealing with his own stuff be hang out his es and not having be dealing with his own stuff be hang out his dirty|d not having be dealing with his own stuff be hang out his dirty washing ving be dealing with his own stuff be hang out his dirty washing in|g to hang out his dirty washing in public. i mean, i'd like to think of my kids. i mean, if i thought my kids could have a fight couple of boys with each fight a couple of boys with each other get paid 20 other and then get paid 20 million writing biography, million for writing a biography, i fight, i might recommend the fight, but, i just think the but, you know, i just think the whole thing's ridiculous. i would i emma's would say i think emma's solution, see, whether they get ianed solution, see, whether they get invited and then they politely decline, and be decline, is poetic and would be a to do it. and a lovely way to do it. and i think i would just say one comment actually what we may comment on actually what we may do is that i think the father should be really making should be the one really making the decision and rest us the decision and the rest of us should just him know what should just let him know what a difficult between difficult situation between being king and being the being the king and being the dad. it's time for quick dad. it's time for a quick break. a few break. we'll see you in a few minutes. going to speak minutes. we're going to speak after break to leslie after the break to leslie weekley. she's whose weekley. she's a lady whose husband died she called husband died after she called the ambulance times they the ambulance six times and they didn't go didn't make it. don't go anywhere. you need her. hear her story

good morning at 1022, this is beth tennis today on gb news tv radio and online. now, the health secretary will meet with nhs leaders today amid warnings that future strikes could put patients at risk. this comes as a record of 54,500 people waited more than 12 hours in a&e departments last month to be admitted. with average ambulance response times to collapse in england last month, the longest on record . but i think it's on record. but i think it's important to bring to life the real and very distressing repercussions of the actions of striking workers . this is a striking workers. this is a heartbreaking story . striking workers. this is a heartbreaking story. i striking workers. this is a heartbreaking story . i want to heartbreaking story. i want to introduce you now to lesley weekly. good morning , lesley. weekly. good morning, lesley. thank you so much for joining weekly. good morning, lesley. thank you so much forjoining us now. and we're so sorry for your loss. and i really appreciate you joining us. loss. and i really appreciate you joining us . so soon after you joining us. so soon after you joining us. so soon after you lost your husband, i think it's really important to make people understand this. the

implications of these ambulance strikes. so would you mind just telling us what happened to you . my telling us what happened to you. my 1:00 saying and he had ended gestione. can i get a couple of tablets ? which i did. but when i tablets? which i did. but when i went to get them to him, he was slow , in his words, and he was slow, in his words, and he was almost seeing her hearing and he was coming in sweaty and ice cold. so i just straightaway picked my phone up and down 999, and they said, a clinician will bnng and they said, a clinician will bring you back if he deteriorates . bring me back. deteriorates. bring me back. bnng deteriorates. bring me back. bring us back. deteriorates. bring me back. bring us back . and i did that bring us back. and i did that every time i rang. i said, he's teary , he's getting worse . and teary, he's getting worse. and our clinician will bring you if you deteriorate , ring back, and you deteriorate, ring back, and then the third time i rang, i said, i can't feel his pulse. and i didn't know he was still breathing , and i didn't know he was still breathing, but i didn't know then what that means. but the paramedics told me his body was

shutting down and it was the heart's way of protecting it. so to take blood from the extremities and that's why i couldn't get a pulse . and then couldn't get a pulse. and then on the phone call, still no phone call from the clinician. and he stopped breathing while i was on the phone. and attacked them off the badge and started doing cpr . and i've been doing doing cpr. and i've been doing it for about . three, about 20 it for about. three, about 20 minutes. and i was exhausted. so how to do and i wasn't sure i was doing it correctly in the end because there was no strength left in my arms and then the paramedics came and they were absolute amazing and they were absolute amazing and they just would not give up and they just would not give up and they just would not give up and they just threw everything, you know, and then they told me that that he had a past. so that the

timing of this, lesley, i think you rang did you ring 999 about just after 2:00 in the morning. yes no, it was actually it was 156. i think that first time and it was 322 to 6 time. 156. i think that first time and it was 322 to 6 time . so nearly it was 322 to 6 time. so nearly an hour and a half you were ringing 999, six times. and they kept saying to me, the clinician will ring you , but he never did will ring you, but he never did . alone with rob on your own, not not knowing what to do. no one was real otherwise. well was it? was he a well man ? they came it? was he a well man? they came out. he'd never been to the never been to the doctors ever . never been to the doctors ever. and he was just so fit and well . i can't none of us can believe it . it's truly, truly it. it's truly, truly heartbreaking . and when the heartbreaking. and when the paramedics arrived, lesley, did

they did they have any explanation as to why it had taken them so long to get to you? no they just had just received the cold when they came to me . so this this wasn't to me. so this this wasn't actually on a day when there was an official strike even. no, this was just the poor service in your area. if. this was just the poor service in your area. if . what was he in your area. if. what was he like ? the first thing was. and like? the first thing was. and the ambulance is parked up on a road near us. they joined with the fire service and the paramedics left about 5:30. i think . and my friend went to think. and my friend went to work at 10 to 6, pass the ambulance and, and there were 59 ambulances there . so tell us ambulances there. so tell us about rob leslie and what what a loss this is for you . he was loss this is for you. he was just delightful and always on a

level, never moody and very positive and always loved to debate, loved to chat . and yeah, debate, loved to chat. and yeah, and all round a great music and he was with london, welsh male voice choir for ten years and just to round lovely guy and a real a real family man i believe so this will be a huge shock to all of you, not just for you, but for your whole episode . but for your whole episode. suddenly it just i mean, every every single i mean, i had no idea how much he was loved and in the wider community and how people held in high esteem and the flowers and cards and phone calls that we tried to is just been amazing . and he just was so been amazing. and he just was so unassuming and he just an all round, lovely guy . and the

round, lovely guy. and the paramedic , i understand, lesley paramedic, i understand, lesley did did say to you that if we'd got here earlier , he would have got here earlier, he would have had a really . yeah if they would had a really. yeah if they would have called if they were dispatched after my first phone call . and he would have survived call. and he would have survived if you had any feedback from the local trust, if you made any sort of official complaint, are you considering any sort of legal action or investor at all? i haven't really thought about it, to be honest. i just i mean, it, to be honest. ijust i mean, i got up in the early hours of the morning and sent an email to rishi sunak and the chief exec of the nhs federation and just saying, i wanted answers because it i'm just sort of lost and at the moment i just feel numb. but i know, i know it's so hard . i know, i know it's so hard. it's so difficult . but i i know, i know it's so hard.

it's so difficult. but i think what you're doing, speaking out is really important because we talk about strikes a lot and we see people on picket lines and we know the nhs is in a terrible state, but it can be sometimes quite hard to make the connection between what we're seeing on the political sphere. we see mps fighting about it in the house of commons and i think stories like yours, leslie and rob, it's an important, but we're not in any way. we've just become a statistic and you know, the more this goes out, you know, the more you hear of people going through more is the same thing. and why can't all the political parties get together, not just the one that's in power at the moment, but all of them and just make radical change is just just i don't want to keep you too long, lesley, because i know this is such a difficult conversation to have, but we've all grown up in in a country, haven't we, where we presume that when you we just presume that when you ring emergency , that ring 999 in an emergency, that

ambulance come . we've just ambulance will come. we've just taken that. the granted. maybe what was it like? just just just explain that sense when you were waiting for the ambulance, the emotions that you were going through ? when i was sort of through? when i was sort of trying to say, no, i couldn't really i couldn't have a chance to cuddle because . so and it's to cuddle because. so and it's all right. it's all right. thank you. it's all right. lesley i think it's incredibly brave . think it's incredibly brave. take a breath . it and this take a breath. it and this morning . funnily enough, i was morning. funnily enough, i was thinking about it and i'll forget it was said to me. did you ask , did you mention a heart you ask, did you mention a heart when you first phoned? and i honestly couldn't remember if i did . but the fact that they told did. but the fact that they told me, first of all, to give him four aspirins to show age, and

when i went to do it, started vomiting. so she said, don't give him the aspirin , but if he give him the aspirin, but if he deteriorates , we no, no, no. and deteriorates, we no, no, no. and again and so he was getting worse. and i phoned again and it was a male call handler and he said, give him the rings and make sure he choose them . so make sure he choose them. so they must have known it was a heart problem for them to recommend me giving him aspirin . yeah. yeah, that was clearly the suspicion, wasn't it ? and the suspicion, wasn't it? and lesley, i'm so sorry . we are. lesley, i'm so sorry. we are. we're so sorry, but thank you so much. honestly, i know this is a really hard conversation, but i think it's incredibly important because we talk about it. we talk about this issue, we talk about the nhs politically theoretically terms of policy theoretically in terms of policy , the human tragic , but to see the human tragic and suffering because of this, i think is incredibly powerful. leslie weakly , thank you so much leslie weakly, thank you so much . lesley, who lost her health? thank you. thank you. take care, mother . now, thank you. thank you. take care, mother. now, liam williams ,

mother. now, liam williams, executive director of quality and nursing at the welsh ambulance service, has set . we ambulance service, has set. we are really sorry to hear about such a distressing incident and send our deepest condolences to mrs. weekley and her family. this is not the service we aim to deliver . we know that this to deliver. we know that this must have been a very upsetting and traumatic for and traumatic experience for mrs. will mrs. wheatley. we will be contacting mrs. wheatley to listen concerns , listen to her concerns, investigate the circumstances of our response mr. weekley , and our response to mr. weekley, and answer any questions that she might have. the pressures on services across the nhs and social care are well documented as they go on. we recognise that too many patients are having a poor experience of our service, which is something that we are extremely concerned about . we're extremely concerned about. we're working hard with health board colleagues and welsh government to to waits to find solutions to long waits in the community for ambulances. but issues complex and but these issues are complex and not fixed dependent as not easily fixed dependent as they are on so many elements in they are on so many elements in the meantime. we send our sincere condolences mrs. sincere condolences to mrs. weekley and her family, and we will be in with her will be in touch with her

shortly . going to be back after shortly. going to be back after morning news. it's coming up to 10:34 am. rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom ambulance response times in england last month with the longest on record newly released nhs england data shows it took an average of an hour and a half to respond to call outs in december. the latest figures also found the number of people waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted to. a&e has risen above 50,000 for the first time. the figures come out of a meeting between the health secretary, steve barclay, and health today in an attempt to resolve pay disputes . shadow resolve pay disputes. shadow attorney general emily thornberry told gb news it's the only way to resolve the issue much better. surely is to use the system that we already have, which is that people negotiate

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welcome back , bev turner. today welcome back, bev turner. today on gb news. a lot of you sending in your views. let me know what you think of that story of that lady as well, leslie weekly, that we just spoke to who lost her husband, rob, because the ambulance time. ambulance didn't arrive in time. it's stuff of nightmares, isn't it? and as leslie said, she's it? and as as leslie said, she's not alone. there are more cases like were just like this. now, we were just talking earlier about energy and about prepaid metres and ed kamau leader the climate policy who's here with me was saying that actually a lot of old properties , a lot of property properties, a lot of property should be insulated. and nic said all properties are not suitable for excessive insulation method. these properties need to as . properties need to breed as. they will sweat and then cause damp issues the flow is damp issues as the air flow is reduced good point, nick. and reduced. good point, nick. and john says the majority of homes getting insulated social getting insulated are social housing houses. people housing council houses. people like myself who has working

like myself who has a working family income f £23,000. but it family income of £23,000. but it was my own home. i could not afford to proper insulation afford to get proper insulation for house, someone for my house, but someone could be same money on benefits be on the same money on benefits in a council house and will get it good points, keep it all. good points, john. keep your views coming, vaiews@gbnews.uk . now it's time vaiews@gbnews.uk. now it's time for the to chart challenge. this is where we try to get to the bottom of the big news issues of our day. they may not necessarily be on the front pages every day, but it's certainly the kind of thing that we with mates, isn't we discuss with our mates, isn't it? of thing we need to it? the kind of thing we need to have to? and today i'm have an answer to? and today i'm asking, need more asking, does the uk need more immigration? to so expert voices? me now with facts to back up their opposing opinions, let me introduce to you social policy analyst dr. rajeev sharma and the former australian foreign minister alexander downer . good morning, gentlemen. downer. good morning, gentlemen. lovely to see you. right. rakhi, let me start with you. do we need more legal immigration in this country ? i think that the this country? i think that the one thing we need to focus is reducing our dependence on

immigration. when it comes to our economic development . i've our economic development. i've said for some time that one of the greatest failures of conservative led governments over the past 12 years is boosting skills in our domestic workforce and i think you saw that with the relatively short truss government where you heard ideas of trying to fuel or engineer quick growth through high levels of immigration. i just don't think that's the way forward in terms of trying to foster a more durable and stronger economy. and there's also the discussion in terms of what kind of impact that can have on social cohesion in modern britain. okay. alexander downer, just just respond to that as your opening gambit. well i don't have an opposite view to that . i mean, some of view to that. i mean, some of that i view to that. i mean, some of thati do view to that. i mean, some of that i do do agree with i think what you need is a coherent and comprehensible immigration policy. so it's a good thing to

have migrants. policy. so it's a good thing to have migrants . you want, policy. so it's a good thing to have migrants . you want , for have migrants. you want, for example, to inject more dynamism from abroad into the economy. you want to fill gaps, particularly amongst skilled workers in the in the workforce. although it's true, you have to spend time training your own people. british young, british people. british young, british people need to be trained to fill special special jobs and. but but it's a slightly different point. you can't do that overnight. so you need to work out very carefully how many migrants you need. and you also need to work out how many migrants you can absorb. because right now , this programme's right now, this programme's morning has focussed very much on the problems of the nhs and the ambulance service . if you the ambulance service. if you just bring people in willy nilly into the country, you'll put all of those sorts of services . in of those sorts of services. in addition, education and the like

under huge pressure, not to mention housing and the effect that this all has on the housing pnces. that this all has on the housing prices . so. that this all has on the housing prices. so. so you need that this all has on the housing prices . so. so you need that you prices. so. so you need that you need to have a cohesive immigration policy and you need to cap the number of migrants that are brought into the country so that you balance all of these things effectively . of these things effectively. okay. keep the uk. so similar levels of migration compared to other high income countries hasn't it? let's just just have a look at a chart here . so what a look at a chart here. so what does this us and what do we take from it in terms of the positives and the negatives of immigration? well, if i'm looking at that growth correctly , referring to the foreign born population as a share of the overall population, i think that when looking at recent figures, the most recent net migration figure was 504,000, which is exceptionally high. but that's largely down to one off factors

such as bespoke resettlement routes for ukrainians fleeing the kremlin led invasion of that country , and also a bespoke country, and also a bespoke route for hongkongers fleeing chinese state tyranny. and there was also the recent removal of posts, a recent removal of post sort of the post covid flow of international students coming in after those travel restrictions . so i say with the pandemic removed, i think that more broadly , what we need to talk broadly, what we need to talk aboutis broadly, what we need to talk about is we need to have a well—structured immigration system which does address urgent gapsin system which does address urgent gaps in the labour market. but we need to have a more longer term approach terms of the kind of economy that we have, in terms of economic sustainment ability. and that does involve an active industrial strategy, which includes boosting skills in the domestic workforce and reducing our dependence on immigration in the long term . immigration in the long term. alexander so, so last year net migration to the uk was

unusually high. do we know why that was ? well, i think you just that was? well, i think you just heard that was some one off factors there. this was in reaction very substantially to covid and all the restrictions of covid people coming . students of covid people coming. students taking up positions they couldn't take up because of covid restrictions . and then the covid restrictions. and then the ukraine war, the ukrainian at the ukrainian refugees , afghan the ukrainian refugees, afghan refugees after president biden pulled out of afghanistan. so there were those one off factors which necessarily be repeated . i which necessarily be repeated. i wouldn't draw too many conclusions from that. one year's figures. but i think, look, think what is wrong with the british immigration system is that it is insofar fortunately planned in terms of skilled migrants in particular, what sort of scope migrants does

the uk need ? many doesn't need the uk need? many doesn't need how many cannot absorb . and how many cannot absorb. and let's not take more than the number of skilled migrants that we can absorb so we don't push up housing prices. put the nhs under more pressure, but schools under more pressure, but schools under more pressure, but schools under more pressure. and let's take some refugees, let's raise settled refugees, but let's stop people gaming the and coming illegally for example, across the channel. but you know, you do need to introduce a system of caps on immigration and a coherent strategy for immigration that is the best way to do it. then immigration can work for the country and work for the economy , and the public for the economy, and the public will be satisfied with it. and the public won't be against immigration. full stop. they are against chaotic moderation on planned, unregulated immigration. that's what the pubuc immigration. that's what the public don't want. rocky what's the main reason that non eu

migrants come to the uk? because that's where we've seen the increase in the last couple of years. are coming here mainly to study . well, they'll be study. well, they'll be a massive factor that in terms of their educational aspirations . their educational aspirations. and one of the things we do have in our country, we have a highly respected, universal system, especially the commonwealth. that they'll be one factor. and then, to be honest, there'll be other factors that many non eu migrants originate from countries where there isn't a great deal of social stability. many of these countries are suffering from longstanding civil unrest, not sharp forms of governance . and the and the governance. and the and the economic opportunities are simply not there . so much of the simply not there. so much of the reason will be for looking for a better life . well, i think i'd better life. well, i think i'd often make this point that not britain's role to maximise global welfare , but it's global welfare, but it's something that i say quite often in my writings . something that i say quite often in my writings. but something that i say quite often in my writings . but what it in my writings. but what it needsis in my writings. but what it needs is a well—structured

immigration system which contributes positively to our economy. and we the social infrastructure in place to absorb newcomers so that they can live a proper life and contribute positively in the economic, cultural and social spheres of british life . okay. spheres of british life. okay. well, a lot to agree on that , well, a lot to agree on that, gentlemen. thank you very much. alexander downer and dr. ricky . alexander downer and dr. ricky. let me know what you think. gb views at gbnews.uk. my panel arestill here. political commentator emma webb and leader of the climate party at gammel. right now, emma. of the climate party at gammel. right now, emma . first of all, right now, emma. first of all, just about reference to that. what's your feeling about immigration? do we have it about right ? it was it wasn't a lot to right? it was it wasn't a lot to argue with that really was there. i as a as a country, i think we've got it all wrong. i think we've got it all wrong. i think that that was an eminently reasonable discussion. i think that the one key aspect that came out in that discussion is very often the way the migration debate is framed is so that on the one hand, you have these sort of rabid racists. you don't want anyone to come in. and on

the other hand, you have open borders. but the reality is that the people in this the majority of people in this country limited, reasonable country want limited, reasonable immigration. saying no immigration. no one saying no immigration. no one saying no immigration people immigration at all. some people might moratorium with all might like a moratorium with all the being closed for the doors being closed for a certain so that certain period of time so that there's time to adjust and integration happen. most integration can happen. but most people have very reasonable people have a very reasonable view just simply wanting people have a very reasonable view immigration. wanting people have a very reasonable view immigration.i/anting people have a very reasonable view immigration. ithink; limited immigration. i think that's where the discussion should which is should be happening, which is sort of in the in the bounds of what everyday people think. yeah what leader of what do you think at leader of the party, what would the climate party, what would your immigration? your policy be on immigration? i think got you. look at two things. i think business needs the right people coming in now. this isn't a about this isn't a question about that. need get the right that. we need to get the right skilled people and we need to get them at the right levels and we them while we need we need them now while we need them work. in the them to work. i think in the longer we've got a massive longer term, we've got a massive train crash coming down, down the line. will get mass the line. we will get mass migration happening all over the world climate unfolds, world as climate change unfolds, as africa and many as sub—saharan africa and many other even of other areas, even south of spain and italy, become and italy, that become uninhabitable the 40,000 or uninhabitable and the 40,000 or the 50,000 are getting coming

across the channel at the moment. will be, you know, moment. we will be, you know, and we think we need moment. we will be, you know, an solve we think we need moment. we will be, you know, an solve it, we think we need moment. we will be, you know, an solve it, butne think we need moment. we will be, you know, an solve it, but we think we need moment. we will be, you know, an solve it, but we needwe need moment. we will be, you know, an solve it, but we need to need moment. we will be, you know, an solve it, but we need to takei to solve it, but we need to take the action now in order to not see happening in a decade or see it happening in a decade or two so we can't wait two this time. so we can't wait decade or more, 500 years. 545 this is absolute rubbish. i mean, if it's out to decades then would be a long time. then that would be a long time. i mean, the are coming i mean, the effects are coming down line now. the down the line now. the dissatisfaction already dissatisfaction is already happening. people are already moving. but there is currently the displaced. the entire energy displaced. right. countries become right. but as countries become unable to actually keep them internally, going internally, they're going to move for all the move and we will for all the effects we're going to have, we'll have the better climate compared to most quite compared to most for quite a long come long time. they're going to come here. need to do it. we here. so we need to do it. we need to take green action now. and that's to stop immigration in years i look on all in 20 years time. i look on all things i take a sort of sceptical position i that sceptical position. i mean, that puts us in good stead. i know where i, i remain unconvinced by the catastrophe. catastrophe over climate . i think that the over climate. i think that the reasons why we need to deal with immigration isn't, you know, you can , you can merge all sorts of

can, you can merge all sorts of different issues together. the reason why we need to deal with immigration now is because of its impact on people's lives, its impact on people's lives, its impact on their homes. that's what people are concerned about and have been concerned about and have been concerned about and have been concerned about and ignore over four decades. it's a tough sell. your your your kind of vision for the world, isn't it? like that's a tough sell to sell. tell people we to stop. we need to we we need to stop. we need to we need climate action now need to take climate action now in to limit immigration in in order to limit immigration in 20 years. and it's bit profit. you take the action now to make sure you profit more in the future and you have grace, prosperity. i mean, it's not cheap. there are no are no cheap. there are no there are no that action simply to limit that take action simply to limit their they action their damage. they take action in increase their in order to increase their profit future. so let's profit in the future. so let's plan. right, invest now. get the private investment going in many, areas and many, many different areas and then from it then profit from it from it rather than scared of it. but rather than be scared of it. but we to recognise that there we have to recognise that there are issues that are coming are these issues that are coming and now okay, and prepare for them. now okay, all go on on, but all we could go on and on, but we're still talking about money, right? retirement. emma webb this long away for you this is a long way away for you

all. planning for now. all. you're planning for it now. this story that is in all this is a story that is in all the much do you need the today. how much do you need for decent retirement? the cost of a basic lifestyle soars almost 20% to £12,800 as inflation almost 20% to £12,800 as infl hardest . this is make me the hardest. this is make me a little bit worried so be honest. i like to think i've got a piggybank for your pension going. is. i mean, i'm going. this is. i mean, i'm a saver for sure, but this is not something that i've had at the forefront of my there have forefront of my mind. there have been which i have been points at which i have actively out of paying actively opted out of paying into a pension through into a pension pot through a company and that of thing. company and that kind of thing. i think i'm probably in i think i think i'm probably in good company. i think many people and i think people at 29, right. and i think many my mean, please many of my i mean, please correct twitter if i'm correct me on twitter if i'm wrong, i think of my wrong, but i think many of my peers and my generation of probably the same mind, they're not they're thinking about the situation cost living is situation now. cost of living is very know , people are very high. you know, people are thinking their financial thinking about their financial situation a house, situation, when to buy a house, to have a family and all of these things and not necessarily thinking as far ahead what they're to when they they're going to do when they reach also reach retirement. and also because seem so uncertain because things seem so uncertain so future , we have no so far in the future, we have no

idea even if there will be a state pension by that but state pension by that point. but this the statistics in this in this the statistics in this in this report, but the cost of a bafic this report, but the cost of a basic , basic lifestyle is up by basic, basic lifestyle is up by 20% to £12,800 a year, which i find quite surprising, because i can't imagine unless you already own your property, how survive off of own your property, how survive off 0 f £12,800 a year would give off of £12,800 a year would give you a basic lifestyle what is that not because you're 29 so you eat out with deliveroo night and expect to get ubers everywhere. rail you know my , my everywhere. rail you know my, my 19 year old son, you know, him and his mates, they go through money like it's going out of fashion, she says, sounding like her own mother . you know, the her own mother. you know, the idea that they might compromise go something in order to go without something in order to save think, ed? save. what do you think, ed? isn't that profligate isn't all that profligate youngsters emma just youngsters like emma just blowing money, rather, blowing all their money, rather, for a pension? no i think i think particularly if you're looking london that looking at london and that sort of if you do as of thing, i mean, if you do as emma says, if didn't have a

emma says, if you didn't have a property that you own, look at what you're paying on rent, even if got single room if you've just got single room in how of this have in london. how of this have you then order to keep then got left in order to keep yourself so in same yourself going? so in the same much the areas around london so that that does worry me vastly and me that we're and it worries me that we're that looking after that probably not looking after the much as we the vulnerable as much as we should a system should be. there's a system which have which is meant to which we have which is meant to do that, but it clearly isn't working. change it. i'm working. how we change it. i'm not expert in this area, so not an expert in this area, so i presume you have a pension pot. i'm really my three i'm really doing my three property, just through property, so it's just through my the main my property. so that's the main area. very much doing area. i'm very much doing climate. there's plenty climate. oh, there's plenty of people actually lot people who actually buy, a lot of making a lot of money of people making a lot of money out of the green agenda as well. and online said some and online said there's some profit well, that's profit to be made. well, that's certainly line. they seem certainly a line. they seem to think my is being think that my salary is being paid the world economic paid by the world economic forum. but i keep wondering who it paying. i'm seeing it is he's paying. i'm seeing the yes, i wonder the money. yes, but i wonder whether a cultural whether there is a cultural problem because what this problem here, because what this article is pointing out, the fact that is fact that there is that it is getting more expensive. we are living longer. going to living longer. we're going to want things in age

want to do things in our old age and yet think my generation, and yet i think my generation, we're taught to consider and we're all taught to consider and plan the future. there plan a bit for the future. there is about like is something about you like being light in the being all very light in the moment. instant gratification, failing to look ahead. why why? i'm not sure how true that is. so think that's certainly true so i think that's certainly true of but i don't of some people. but i don't think you could say in think that you could say that in general. i'm a broad general. i'm making a broad generalisation. reason generalisation. but the reason is, i said, i'm i'm a safer is, as i said, i'm i'm a safer i'm a penny pincher and i think because my generation have grown up with so much financial uncertainty and with an it can send you in either direction , send you in either direction, either the idea that it's almost impossible for you to own a home either that sends you in the direction of thinking, oh , well, direction of thinking, oh, well, screw it, i'm going to spend my money anyway. that's for you. focus all of your attention on saving every single penny. you can be quite fatalistic about it. right? okay. go to the it. right? okay. we go to the end our first next, end of our first hour. next, we're going stoke into rishi we're going to stoke into rishi sunak passionate address to sunak mp passionate address to the a bit flat the nation. so it's a bit flat personally, but first, here's your . hello. i'm alex

your weapon. hello. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office. wet weather in the south clearing away today. blustery showers across scotland and northern ireland. some sunny spells in between. here's the big picture . low pressure is big picture. low pressure is dominating in these fronts, brought some fairly heavy rain through the morning and still some downpours to come across parts of southern england through the afternoon . moving through the afternoon. moving through, though, and clearing away slowly but surely. still pretty blustery as well. a few showers over northern england, plenty for northern plenty of showers for northern parts of northern ireland and western scotland with some snow in blustery in the hills. a gusty, blustery feel , as i in the hills. a gusty, blustery feel, as i said, in between some places it'll be dry and bright this afternoon and temperatures are going to be above average, although turning cooler although actually turning cooler quite quickly through this evening and feeling cooler with the winds . speaking of the the winds. speaking of the winds, they pick up winds, they really pick up tonight ireland. tonight across northern ireland. then north wales northern then north wales and northern parts of england. we do have met office yellow warning place. office yellow warning in place. those winds could cause some disruption, likely to disruption, certainly likely to wake through the night . wake you up through the night. showers through that

showers rattling through that wind as well . wind will help to wind as well. wind will help to keep the temperatures up close to freezing in northern scotland where the showers will be falling as snow once more over the hills, further south, it'll be a quiet today , i think a be a quiet today, i think a calmer day during friday. a blustery, windy morning certainly with still a few showers for northern ireland, north—west england, north wales and some wetter weather, especially during the afternoon over southwest scotland . a over southwest scotland. a mixture of sunny spells and showers over northern scotland. but much of the south, i think we'll have a largely dry day with sunny spells temperatures close but again, close to average, but again, feeling a bit cooler with the wind. the winds will be wind. now the winds will be easing the afternoon and easing through the afternoon and into but then into the evening. but then another rain is likely another pulse of rain is likely to arrive during friday evening. over parts of wales. northern ireland spreading into scotland in rain awaiting in this more rain awaiting behind me to come in during saturday. so another wet spell . saturday. so another wet spell. the weather, though, is calming down but turning colder as we go into next week . sundays on gb

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speech of 2023, pledging to halve inflation and bring down the nhs waiting list. but can i deliver on these promises? we're going to be discussing that. we're also going to be talking about safety bill and about the online safety bill and if giants should be blamed if tech giants should be blamed for harmful content slip for letting harmful content slip out onto the internet , i'm for letting harmful content slip out onto the internet, i'm going to joined by advocates of the to be joined by advocates of the bill, the show and bill, friend of the show and conservative mp miriam cates, as well. coming up after a look at the latest news news . good the latest news news. good morning. it's 11:01. the latest news news. good morning. it's11:01. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom ambulance response times in england month were the longest on record. newly released nhs england data shows it took an average of an hour and a half to respond to call outs in december. the latest figures also found the number of people waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted to a&e had risen above 50,000 for the first time. the figures come ahead of a meeting between the health secretary, steve barclay, and

health leaders in an attempt to resolve pay disputes. shadow attorney general emily thornberry told gb news news that's the only way to resolve the issue. much better, surely, is to use the that we already have , which is that people have, which is that people negotiate. they basic safety levels and you can see nurses running off lines in order to go and help when there is a particular crisis . that's the particular crisis. that's the reality. that's what's always happened. and we know that even if they do pass this legislation is not going to help with the current situation. the current situation can only be if the government stops playing games, sits down and talks to the unions and negotiate a deal. leslie wheatley from barry told us her husband rob died last wednesday after waiting 2 hours for an ambulance to arrive if they were dispatched after my first phone call and he would survive it, i got up early in

the morning and sent an email to rishi sunak , the chief exec of rishi sunak, the chief exec of the nhs federation . and just the nhs federation. and just saying i wanted answers . the saying i wanted answers. the irish premier and labour leader all meeting political parties at stormont today in a bid to resolve the row over the northern ireland protocol . leo northern ireland protocol. leo varadkar and sir keir starmer are discussing the post—brexit deadlock over trade rules on the irish land border. the dup is blocking the formation of a government until the protocol is dramatically altered or removed . russian mercenaries are claiming they found a body belonging to one of the two british aid workers missing in ukraine. the volunteer group hasn't specified which of the two has reportedly been found . two has reportedly been found. the documents belonging to both brits are understood to have been found on the body. ukrainian police say andrew backshall and christopher parry were last seen heading to the town of soledar on friday

morning. they were reported missing on saturday evening. gb news is unable to verify the claims claims. news is unable to verify the claims claims . an energy claims claims. an energy watchdog says more than 3 million people in the uk ran out of credit on their pre—payment metres last year. citizens advice says more than 2 million were being disconnected at least once a month, leaving them unable to turn the heating on or cook a meal. the charity is calling for a total ban on forced pre—payment metres installations until new protections are introduced and the annual income needed for people to have a minimum of living when they retire has jumped by nearly a fifth in a yeah jumped by nearly a fifth in a year. the pensions and lifetime savings association says the lowest possible lifestyle cost for a single person has risen by 18% to almost £13,000. for a couple, it's gone up 19% to almos t £20,000. travel

almost £20,000. travel disruption continues for passengers in london today, with strikes on the newly opened elizabeth line members. the transport salaried staffs association and prospect are walking off the job over pay and pensions. the two unions rejected a 4.4% increase this yeah rejected a 4.4% increase this year. transport for london has warned of short notice cancellations and changes to services . more women will be services. more women will be able to get checked out for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 million government announced £10 million in funding towards nhs screening units. the initiative will make screening work assessable for thousands of women with 29 units being set up . the investment being set up. the investment will also see to ultrasound and x—ray to better detect cancer using new and improved software . ukr using new and improved software. ukr russia has attacked a maternity hospital in the port city of hessen . video footage shows hessen. video footage shows aftermath of the strike with

heavy damaged windows and offices. it comes after zelenskyy praised the of his forces in the eastern donbas region region . back here, winds region region. back here, winds of up to 60 miles per hour are expected in parts of the uk today. a weather warning for heavy rain . wales and southwest heavy rain. wales and southwest england is also place until five this afternoon. the met office is warning of possible power cuts , dangerous driving cuts, dangerous driving conditions and delays to public transport routes . and king transport routes. and king charles is carrying his first pubuc charles is carrying his first public engage judgements since the release of prince harry's memoir spare today . the king memoir spare today. the king will travel to aberdeenshire to visit the aboyne and mid deeside community sheds, where he'll tour its facilities , new tour its facilities, new facilities and meet local support . the duke of sussex is support. the duke of sussex is memoir became the fastest selling non—fiction book in history. when it went on sale on tuesday . this is gb news will

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held accountable for protecting children from harmful online ? children from harmful online? i'm going to be joined shortly by a superb conservative, miriam cates. she's a big advocate of the bill and she will tell us where we're up to . i am going to where we're up to. i am going to be joined back in the studio by, the smartest guests on tv in about 15 minutes with a look at the day's biggest stories. political commentator emma and leader party at leader of the climate party at camel. course, i want all camel. and of course, i want all of your thoughts and views as well twitter. got well today, twitter. we've got a poll asking you whether illegal immigration in uk is too high , immigration in uk is too high, too low or about right. keep your votes coming in. email me gb views at gb news dot uk to have your say . so the prime have your say. so the prime minister has pledged to reduce the nhs waiting list and tackle immigration. his first political brawl party political broadcast 2023. did you see it? rishi sunak blamed the pandemic for

creating backlogs in the health service , but he promised to not service, but he promised to not let down those who are on the waiting list. also reiterated his hard headed sense approach to tackling both the nhs and economy. let's take a look . economy. let's take a look. under my leadership, economy. let's take a look. under my leadership , the under my leadership, the government's priorities are your priorities. the people's priorities. the people's priorities . together, we're priorities. together, we're putting your needs above politics to repair the economy , politics to repair the economy, strengthen our nhs tackle illegal migration and restore pride in the united kingdom. our great country . okay, well, great country. okay, well, joining me for more analysis on this is political editor darren mccaffrey. good morning , darren. mccaffrey. good morning, darren. so this is the of rishi sunak's party political broadcast. it was very statesmanlike. he was thought a lot like he was locked in a bit of a basement with two union jack flags behind him. i wasn't sure who'd kidnapped him when i saw that. how has it been

received there in received down there in westminster ? yeah. addressing westminster? yeah. addressing the nation . and i think that it the nation. and i think that it was brave, branded as but it is a political broadcast to all political parties get to have one. we're not like the united states where you lie to advertise on the television, if you like, with different political campaign ads rather. the bbc and itv and others give 5 minutes every so often to the different party political leaders to make their case . and leaders to make their case. and as you say, rishi sunak's case was about his fight for authority about most notably on the national health service and on the small boats crisis in the engush on the small boats crisis in the english channel, trying to get both of those figures down, if you like, in terms of lists and also the numbers of people crossing the channel. i think the question, course, for the big question, of course, for the big question, of course, for the is, yes, it's the prime minister is, yes, it's very well and good saying you want to get these things, but what the actual target what are the actual target you're achieve? and by you're trying to achieve? and by and because and frankly, because there is not awful lot transparency not an awful lot of transparency when it to all of this so when it comes to all of this so when it comes to all of this so when look at some of the when you look at some of the detail the

detail this morning with the national health in national health service in england, it's pretty grim reading. it be said round reading. it must be said round for government new for the government with new figures showing that more figures now showing that more than half of people who turn up to a&e in england are having to wait more than 4 hours. so you know a&e when you go to a&e is pretty serious. it's accident and emergency. pretty serious. it's accident and emergency . and yet more than and emergency. and yet more than half of people turning up ever not being seen within 4 hours. they are top of that. they are on top of that. the number of being seen by number of people being seen by ambulances. so just paramedics turning up your door. if turning up at your door. if you've a car to. that's life you've had a car to. that's life threatening emergency . the call threatening emergency. the call was 10 minutes and 57 seconds, but category , this is but category, this is extraordinary. these are people who've had heart attacks and strokes and the first time their wait time was over an hour and a half. the target's 18 minutes. oh so people. nine, nine, nine. the average 27 to an hour and a half. it's extraordinary. and you know, darren, we've had an exclusive interview this morning with one lady who lost her

husband when she waited 90 minutes and called the ambulance six times. the paramedics said if they'd arrived earlier , he if they'd arrived earlier, he would survived and he would have survived and he died of a attack. i'm going of a heart attack. i'm going back to this party political broadcast that rishi sunak gifted to us yesterday. he does have this, unfortunately , of have this, unfortunately, of man, child demeanour and is there a sense that he's going to lose the next election for the conservatives if they don't do something about him . boris something about him. boris johnson, of course, never very far away from the political scene , is kind of loitering in scene, is kind of loitering in the wings. the press are starting to see some of the left wing. press is starting to stick the knife into him again. what's feeling down there at westminster? rishi westminster? should rishi be worried? effectively worried? because effectively they've got to get in general election fairly soon? election footing fairly soon? yeah, i mean that general election has to happen well within the next two years. i mean the last possible time having taken it to the very end of this parliament will be january 2025. now they expectation the election expectation is the election will happen next year either in the

spring. i suggest will probably be autumn of be as late as the autumn of 2024. yeah. rishi sunak in that video last night. you know many people when he first people bit like when he first became minister. became prime minister. i think he a little bit stilted, he can be a little bit stilted, not terribly comfortable in that role, actually. he's much better just dealing off the cuff and talking with people than he is and reading order cues and staring down the barrel of a camera. if i should say he's getting better. apmc views than he at that style. at the end he is at that style. at the end of the day , of course, being of the day, of course, being prime minister isn't all presentation. it's not how you see him on tv or on social media. it's about the actual decisions make. but within the conservative party, of conservative party, yes, of course. rishi sunak course. you know, rishi sunak since he became prime minister. he didn't. he the formal he didn't. he without the formal backing of the political party, there was no actual votes . there there was no actual votes. there was no vote amongst the membership . and there is membership. and there is disquiet. of course, this is a thatis disquiet. of course, this is a that is deeply divided . the that is deeply divided. the opinion polls haven't swung back as much as many conservative mpas would like. rishi sunak , mpas would like. rishi sunak, though personally is more popular than the conservative

party. as for boris johnson, he was in london the other night on the daily, the portraits to himself when he was prime. i think he would like us to think that he might potentially come back. for me personally, i think he's really, really unlikely to change considerably again , i'm change considerably again, i'm not entirely sure a lot of the pubuc not entirely sure a lot of the public would buy that, even if it was boris johnson and i think the conservative party almost neveh the conservative party almost never, never guarantee anything in politics over almost certainly whatever rishi sunak leads them into . okay. thank leads them into. okay. thank you, daryn . well, we are in the you, daryn. well, we are in the best pair of hands that are with our political editor, darren mccaffrey. anything that happens, you will hear it here first. one of his five first. now, as one of his five pledges to the british public that we see on that slightly that we did see on that slightly stilted video, rishi sunak has promised to bring growth back to britain. what truss britain. that's what liz truss wants well, isn't it? but wants it as well, isn't it? but then got kicked for that then she got kicked out for that idea. figures for the idea. trading figures for the festive are in full festive season are in full chains. tesco a mess at a chains. tesco in a mess at a glance. make good reading . glance. they make good reading. liam tell me liam halligan don't tell me you're to me some good

you're here to give me some good news that would be news because that would be a first. there is some good news here. i do try. i don't mean to be the dismal scientist which economist? ray economist? you are always a ray of in sunshine trying of sunshine in sunshine trying to that's why we get on well right what's happened so tesco's britain's biggest retailer of course dominates the supermarket landscape. it has been losing market as we've been reporting here on gb news to the discounters like oldie and little waitrose also has been moving, losing market share. but as a mid—market brand, tesco has been fighting back , bringing been fighting back, bringing some of its own discounts and it's just chalked up to successive quarters of growth. the first time that that's happenedin the first time that that's happened in five years, what weight , a lockdown and happened in five years, what weight, a lockdown and all happened in five years, what weight , a lockdown and all the weight, a lockdown and all the rest of it . and also we saw 5.3% rest of it. and also we saw 5.3% rise in for like sales on the previous year, in the months before christmas for tesco. now i'm seeing lots of headlines that i mean that's done really well as well and it's food have been pretty good , but i must say been pretty good, but i must say it's clothing and home

department actually saw a 25% drop in sales just three months before christmas . so it is before christmas. so it is actually a mixed picture i would say is minus tends to be for all its fabulous success over many years. it is, of course, a british institution. yeah, it tends to be a bit more an up—market place doesn't it, for the polite society, the middle class is if they want to get down to some some expensive or so on and they do seem to have suffered as the cost of living squeeze has come in, as more and more of us trying to make ends meet are looking for a bargain well. if you've been in the dresses, department of marks and spencers i spend i'm there most saturday you know saturday afternoons as you know because find anything i because i cannot find anything i would in that would want to wear in that i walk most expensive walk around most expensive clothing and just clothing department and just think who is designing these clothes? are these for? clothes? who are these for? who's wear there who's going to wear the. there were adult pyjamas with like mickey them mickey mouse on them at christmas who's going to wear that mickey mouse that i'll call mickey mouse ones. oh, no. that is ones. yes oh, no. that is another it's a scottish it's a

boarding confessions is i mean, the dress department now obviously mass goes in cycles sometimes clothes on point and. they are they are rich same brass and other times , of brass and other times, of course, they tend to go the ball as fashion ebbs and flows and a huge business to keep up. yeah. what i would i don't want to pour cold water on what generally pretty good sales two of our biggest retailers of course who employ you know between them tens of thousands of people and they end up lots of people and they end up lots of british high streets in towns and cities. we want these stores to succeed we want to celebrate their success on gb news. but i wouldn't be liam halligan unless i pointed out that even though these headline figures are very good, they are less than the rate of inflation, which is of course ten or 11. so though the amount of money people are spending is going up by 5, 6% in real time in terms of the goods, they're actually getting the volume of goods falling because the value of their money is

being that what i was just going to say. this is what inflation does. it turns really good. headune does. it turns really good. headline figures when you look under the bonnet as it were, into rather more concerning headune into rather more concerning headline and we to headline figures. and we to point that out too. so it's not necessarily that they've sold most they've sold stuff more had more income from that. but that's because the prices were higher. that's right. so they've sold lower volume times the amount that the absolute number of pounds and pence gone up. but the lower volumes and consumers are getting less because stuff is more expensive. yeah particularly food. we know that food price inflation is more like 15 or even 20. we know that from the likes of the british retail consortium, we even know that from the office for national statistics numbers all followed that liam i was at the supermarket, i was at tesco's last night actually, and i was chatting to my checkout counter apex. i was going a few apex. i was going for a few beds. you spent 100 quid? that's what and i was what happened. and i was chatting to the checkout lady because i deliberately the because i deliberately do the one a human being quite one with a human being on quite like to be a theme of

like you tend to be a theme of the so we have little the show and so we have little chat and she was pretty shocked. oh look the only food has gone up. look the bread. up. oh, look at the bread. that's up. and she in that's gone up. and she was in an are they taking an etc. where are they taking the mickey? they need to the mickey? they don't need to be charging prices now, be charging these prices now, do they? wouldn't aspersions they? i wouldn't the aspersions on mains high street on any of our mains high street food retailers i'd live food retailers and i'd say live there is a lot of profiteering going on there a lot of what we call price gouging. yeah there are of companies in the uk are lots of companies in the uk and elsewhere who use an inflationary environment to the mickey. yeah we say on daytime television , i don't think that television, i don't think that the food retail is into that category. i do think food retailing in this country is broadly pretty competitive right. we're seeing how old in little are being for their discounting strategies and we're seeing the mid—market it brands tesco's sainsbury , asda even tesco's sainsbury, asda even waitrose more up—market responds where there is competition consumers and i do think we have retail competition among all food retailers foremost i would

say they get a raw deal. yeah but i think consumers get a decent deal where there isn't decent deal where there isn't decent competition, i may say. so this is a point of view they would deny. of course you're on a things like the housebuilding industry, industry industry, the telecoms industry , of petrol retailers. , some of the petrol retailers. i don't think there is full and fair competition in those sectors , but again, that is sectors, but again, that is a point of view . that's not point of view. that's not a fact. i'm very deplore massively and beautifully part liam halligan when are you coming to mickey the next i charge mickey mouse? the next i charge extra inflation, darling. yeah right. don't forget to vote in our twitter poll. we're asking , our twitter poll. we're asking, is legal immigration the uk to high to , low or about right. high to, low or about right. well surprise , surprise, 82% of well surprise, surprise, 82% of you think it is too high at the moment. there is the vote, please do vote in our poll. well it's pretty categorical right there, isn't it ? as always, send there, isn't it? as always, send me an email gb views at gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. now, after the break and i'll be joined back in the studio by my brilliant guest commentator emma webb and leader

of the climate party , gemmell. of the climate party, gemmell. lots including lots to discuss, including oceans being hotter than ever , oceans being hotter than ever, quite like a warm swim in a few minutes .

very good morning. it's 1124 very good morning. it's1124 on thursday. this is best today on gb news. my guess . back with me, gb news. my guess. back with me, political commentator emma webb and leader of the climate party, ed gemmell. right emma, let's come to you first. rishi sunak party political broadcast to the nation. he vowed to fix the challenges awaiting you over. no, not at all. i. well, firstly, i think that this broadcast was just dull as dishwater the way that it was edhed dishwater the way that it was edited together was also very strange. it seemed like it had been really heavily edited and i believe that this was also

filmed before christmas . so filmed before christmas. so that's the reason why it's been so it's been criticised for not including anything to do with the strikes in it. but this is because it was filmed so long ago. wonder is, full of ago. no wonder is, full of platitudes cliches, platitudes and cliches, and i think reasoning that it's think the reasoning is that it's because basically pushed because he's basically pushed for is dealing with all of for and is dealing with all of these other things and that's why they felt, although this is something you turn something that you could turn around quickly, around quite quickly, but obviously a obviously it's required quite a lot spinning because it does lot of spinning because it does seem to as i say, quite seem to be, as i say, quite heavily edited. i can't i can't live world anymore and live in world anymore and there's nothing. how is it that there's nothing. how is it that the prime minister is so pushed for that he has to do as for time that he has to do as part this whole broadcast part of this whole broadcast like it, as like three months before it, as it absolutely it sounds absolutely extraordinary. i have to extraordinary. i mean, i have to confess do it. oh, he's obviously extremely busy solving all country all the issues of. the country just haven't seen results just we haven't seen the results yet, anyway, know, yet, but anyway, you know, i mean, be to be honest on that mean, to be to be honest on that vote, time. i mean, vote, give him time. i mean, look, he's got to get his feet under the table and get on with it. of the exchequer it. he's just of the exchequer for a long time. he was. yes he was. no, not. let him off

was. no, no i'm not. let him off for that. talk about any for that. some talk about any times forward, i mean, you times going forward, i mean, you know, i seen it but i'm reading the of it and that sort the reports of it and that sort of i it sounds of thing. i mean, it sounds strange as well when you see a quote out it saying quote coming out of it saying britain always be a place quote coming out of it saying brittalent always be a place quote coming out of it saying brittalent and nays be a place quote coming out of it saying brittalent and inls be a place quote coming out of it saying brittalent and in diree a place quote coming out of it saying brittalent and in dire need. ce for talent and in dire need. i don't sense what you talk don't even sense what you talk about yeah, about that at all. yeah, exactly. nowhere exactly. and nowhere in the people. you've got to people. so you've either got to be an value to have an be an economic value to have an absolute need well by absolute need well spotted by you transfer you wouldn't think it's transfer of in history more of wealth wealth in history more billionaires, more haves and have absolutely have nots. you're absolutely mean. was actually mean. maybe he was actually telling he he telling us the truth. he he continues in that sentence by saying, human decency saying, but basic human decency must hard must be accompanied by hard headed i agree, headed sense. and now i agree, with agree him, with him and i agree with him, say that we to deal with the channel the channel boat crisis, we with the crisis we need to deal with the crisis in but the fact is in the nhs. but the fact is that, you know, was in, he in the nhs. but the fact is thatinou know, was in, he in the nhs. but the fact is thatin a| know, was in, he in the nhs. but the fact is thatin a position was in, he in the nhs. but the fact is thatin a position ofnas in, he in the nhs. but the fact is thatin a position of influence was in a position of influence as chancellor we as chancellor already do we really as he claims really believe that as he claims that these these things, these issues will stop under his government again, all issues will stop under his gcisernment again, all issues will stop under his gcis justent again, all issues will stop under his gcis just words again, all issues will stop under his gcis just words and again, all issues will stop under his gcis just words and we gain, all issues will stop under his gcis just words and we really|ll it is just words and we really need you the proof in need you know, the proof is in the we to see the pudding. we need to see action, not just talking. and this broadcast seems be the beginning of his campaign for re—election. i think rather

anything. yes, it has any to it. yeah. go on. it i mean i totally agree. i think it's full of platitudes i mean, from the reports it just looks like platitudes think we're platitudes to me. i think we're looking real looking for some real, real leadership here and think leadership here. and i think when lady before when you had on the lady before lesley and her particularly poignant and awful and personal situation on the nhs and i you know everybody's going to be praying for her her praying for her and for her family you see this the issues that are affecting normal people in straight away. in the streets straight away. i mean in little way for mean, even in a little way for myself during these strikes myself during these nhs strikes , i mean i fell over when we had the ice. i fell over wearing my kilt, back from an event kilt, coming back from an event in london and i fell over, people over because people ran over because i obviously i really hit obviously look like i really hit the wasn't there the ground. cat no wasn't there in went only had in order to win went only had one except think one drink except i think very good and it wasn't good you know then and it wasn't it was an event that i got see and i was actually on a pensions event very, very interesting of course and having and having gone a of went home gone to that a lot of went home early, over early, slipped straight over as i the station, four i came at the station, four urine my rib . i came at the station, four urine my rib. but urine and a crack. my rib. but as i got up, the first thing on my mind please don't make

my mind was, please don't make this be enough to go this be bad enough for me to go to. i was terrified of the to. and i was terrified of the idea that might be forced 24 idea that i might be forced 24 hours any it was or hours and any because it was or that be worse than that that it could be worse than that actually grip. and i've actually a crack grip. and i've just through it over actually a crack grip. and i've justlast through it over actually a crack grip. and i've justlast weeks|rough it over actually a crack grip. and i've justlast weeks andih it over actually a crack grip. and i've justlast weeks and you over actually a crack grip. and i've justlast weeks and you know so the last weeks and you know so and yeah, you know and it's like, yeah, you know but we once we heard earlier our relationship with nhs is sort of changed so significantly. the like i said we dread having we always dread to go. but always dread having to go. but the you dread having to the moment you dread having to go because don't believe you go because you don't believe you going the service going to get the service that you're as of our you're going to need as of our terrible we covered terrible story that we covered earlier and going to talk earlier and we're going to talk about most at you know, about war, most at you know, i like i like it when i go go on houday like i like it when i go go on holiday and the water is a little bit warmer to swim in. yes, we absolutely like is that well i mean obviously you went by train to get there didn't need to make sure you didn't do like what you saying that wasn't flew. yeah. mean a you like what you saying that wasn't flew.a yeah. mean a you like what you saying that wasn't flew.a train'eah. mean a you like what you saying that wasn't flew.a train to h. mean a you like what you saying that wasn't flew.a train to a mean a you like what you saying that wasn't flew.a train to a warm n a you like what you saying that wasn't flew.a train to a warm ocean.| take a train to a warm ocean. well you say it's a well you, you can say it's a warmer anyway. don't let me have here. anyway i mean here. so anyway look i mean massive issue but it's massive massive issue but it's an of the much much an illustration of the much much bigger issue that's happening all i mean,

all around the planet. i mean, europe its hottest europe and the uk, its hottest year . last year we've year on record. last year we've had eight of the hottest years on in the last ten on the planet in the last ten years records we years from the records that we have, from the records that we have, from the records that we have, records we have, from the records that we have. to not have. yes. and we're to not magazine ago. but magazine billions years ago. but let's talk sort of records that are based industrial are all based industrial revolution. and that's something they human human period of being in as oceans warm . in control as the oceans warm. the biggest worry about it is that get thermal expansion so it we see rising sea levels all around the country am i seeing lots of country and world you've also got the fact that it will not absorb as much co2. the not absorb as much co2. so the oceans are exorbitant. quite a lot of that that we're lot of that co2 that we're pumping the pumping extra into the atmosphere top of natural atmosphere on top of the natural cycles. of that's been cycles. and a lot of that's been going the oceans. we won't going into the oceans. we won't see as much going into it. so we've got big problem we've got a big, big problem coming moment. coming of this at the moment. now from a uk, we should be getting should be getting a grip, we should be taking target to taking the 2030 target to decarbonise seeing as decarbonise eyes and seeing as that leading decarbonisation that is leading decarbonisation revolution as an opportunity to make profit and get prosperity for the country then we wouldn't have some of these issues we may have some of these issues we may have the nhs the cost of

have for the nhs the cost of living crisis, and living crisis, pensions and splitting of money splitting the pots of money because making more because we'd be making more money. only money. but if we delay. not only are we on the science side warmer , warmer oceans and worse warmer, warmer oceans and worse effects in terms of weather, but we're missing out on the opportunity. i we're opportunity. i mean, we're paying opportunity. i mean, we're paying for our paying china already for our solar panels. germany is leading lot eco tech. and it lot of the eco tech. and it shouldn't be them. it should us. we need get the right we need to get the right targets. webb targets. emma webb as a self—confessed sceptic , self—confessed climate sceptic, i'll take that as well. but climate sceptic is that a persuasive argument to use the okay, if we have we are having warm a warming planet. if we can monetise this in a positive way whilst also protecting people's ability to turn on the cooker. how is that bad ? look, i, i love how is that bad? look, i, i love the environment. i love nature , the environment. i love nature, i care about it. and i think that everybody should be doing everything they to be good custodians of the planet. so this is not an argument against that. this is not an argument against that . but when this is not an argument against that. but when comes to this is not an argument against that . but when comes to the that. but when comes to the sorts of measures that are being recommended to combat climate crisis , i think that, you know ,

crisis, i think that, you know, those are, as you alluded , at those are, as you alluded, at the cost of people's lives . and the cost of people's lives. and what we're seeing in the netherlands at the moment we're seeing around the world with this sort of to meet net zero targets, i think is anti—human views. humanity is this sort of scourge on the planet. and isn't considering people's lives particularly those in poorer countries as well, those in countries as well, those in countries that haven't fully industrialised yet . and so i do industrialised yet. and so i do not not to say that i don't think that we should be concerned about bio—dome versity and ecosystems within our oceans. i think all of things are very important . but the way are very important. but the way in which i'm sceptical is that i in which i'm sceptical is that i in general , in which i'm sceptical is that i in general, not just in relation to this , sceptical about the to this, sceptical about the impact that human beings have and the our power to to, control things, to control our, the situation that we live in. and so whilst i think it's important for us to be good custodians, what i would urge against is,

like i said earlier, this kind of catastrophe ism that leads us into what seem to me to be ill thought through anti—human policies while the oceans are running hotter. that must make your run colder as yes. so also it depends which way you look at it. but yeah, i mean, it's, it's, i mean and c emma says a lot of sensible about being good custodians of course, but that's not the is to not the point. the point is to advantage of the opportunity. it's coming down the road anyway . country going . every single country is going to . they've got to decarbonise. they've all got net plans already net zero plans in place already . the weather getting . the weather impacts getting worse, to bring worse, so they're going to bring them should be at them forward. we should be at them forward. we should be at the forefront it the forefront running it and doing it should be done doing it and it should be done now. okay time for now. all right. okay time for another quick break. i'm going to conservative to be joined back. conservative mp cates , she's huge mp miriam cates, she's a huge advocate of online bill, advocate of the online bill, getting and getting it getting it right and getting it through. i'm going to be discussing the discussing with miriam if the big companies be big tech companies should be held that held for harmful content that appears on their platforms. that's all. after your morning. you . it's 1132.

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break good morning. it's 1137. break good morning. it's1137. this is bev turner today on gb news. thank you so much for joining us. now, we talked about the online safety bill quite a lot on this program because internet can be a pretty lawless environment, especially for children . many parents worried children. many parents worried about their kids safety , 3500 about their kids safety, 3500 onune about their kids safety, 3500 online child sex offences recorded by police every month , recorded by police every month, and it was revealed that children on social platform tik tok have been exposed to suicide content within 3 minutes of joining is just one example, so the need for more protections in this area , one could say, is this area, one could say, is pretty . but should big tech be

pretty. but should big tech be held accountable for the harm felt harmful content shared on their platform ? or is this up to their platform? or is this up to parents? well, joining now is conservative mp for penistone and stocksbridge , friend of the and stocksbridge, friend of the show, miriam cates. lovely to see you, miriam. and now i read your your piece , a really great your your piece, a really great piece in the telegraph about this. and you said for children , the internet is a modern, wild , a lawless and predatory environment where their daily where they daily encounter content intended , draw them in content intended, draw them in to self—harm, addiction and sexual abuse. some might say, well, that's a bit of an exaggeration. miriam it's not that bad, is it? there's a lot of good on the internet. how would you respond ? oh, of course would you respond? oh, of course there is good on the internet . there is good on the internet. but i think the problem is that it's so unregulated at the moment, that there's awful also an lot of harm. and of an awful lot of harm. and of course, we're all aware of the tragic cases of children who sadly took their own lives like like molly russell. but it's just a handful of individuals , just a handful of individuals, all children who are online and

on on social media are being pushed by these harmful algorithm dms with, you know, content that is just beyond our imagination as adults in terms of the harm that doing. and we all know about these algorithms. so as a kind little so just as a kind little example, i'm quite a big fan of the of wales and i've the princess of wales and i've looked her on looked at some of her on instagram and instagram instagram and now instagram comes me videos comes stop me, sends me videos and pictures of the princess of wales. that's fine. but wales. well, that's fine. but imagine that content that imagine if that was content that was tempt me into self—harm and i child you know we know i was a child you know we know that it's kind of the that it's not just kind of the odd of a harmful image or odd case of a harmful image or harmful idea, but these images these ideas, this content is being pushed relentlessly on our children and it is having untold harms. and i think the public is becoming increasing fully aware of that . so with the online of that. so with the online safety bill, will that include any sort of restrictions on those kind of algorithms that you're describing ? well, it will you're describing? well, it will make sure text boxes are accountable for allowing those

algorithms to knowingly harm . so algorithms to knowingly harm. so the bill, as it stands so the bill was drafted, does introduce some fairly significant fines for tech companies that fail in their child safety duties , but their child safety duties, but it doesn't have any press , no it doesn't have any press, no criminal liability for the tech directors. and we can the weakness of this approach for in example, the molly russell case because at the inquest, instagram executives, you know, admitted that they knew about these algorithms , that they knew these algorithms, that they knew they were pushing this really destructive content to vulnerable children . and even vulnerable children. and even they defended the content, which is quite astounding but under the bill, as it stands, the only thing that they would be guilty of is a failure to share information data ofcom. information data with ofcom. nobody no individual would actually be criminally liable for allowing children to come to harm. and that's quite unthinkable in a civilised society . if a driver could hit society. if a driver could hit a child and drive off and face no criminal sanctions. i mean, we've seen similar legislation in other industries , the in other industries, the construction industry, if someone an accident, maybe someone has an accident, maybe

dies site , an dies on a building site, an individual as well as a company can be criminally liable. can be held criminally liable. so we believe that without that kind of teeth, the online safety bill have the bill just will not have the protective that it's protective effect that it's meant . have meant to have. have you got support many mps for that amendment to the bill? miriam yes , got very strong support. so yes, got very strong support. so obviously this is a conservative amendment in the name of myself. and so bill cash , who is an and so bill cash, who is an absolute hero on top attention. so we've got think we have officially got 36 conservative mps up to this, but we know we accumulating more and we understand that the labour party will back us because they have them selves. tried to introduce similar amendments along these lines during the passage of the bill most recently in december, they, margaret hodge, tried to introduce an amendment the introduce an amendment in the house of commons. so yes, we've got increase in support from conservative backbenchers who all say that this is our final opportunity to strengthen the bill. and so the government is taking it seriously. we're

talking to the secretary of state, to the department and we want to work them, but the guarantees have to strong enough . yesterday labour mp alex davis suggested that rishi sunak should act on andrew tate the misogyny spread in schools. what do you think about that? we've kind of moving into this area where we feel like the government should just be involved . yes. involved in everything. yes. i mean, this is a really difficult one, but it very well with the topic of the online safety bill, because i think , you know, because i think, you know, firstly , you know, andrew tate firstly, you know, andrew tate is clearly been going through a criminal process in romania. we can't pre—empt that. but certainly what he's been accused of is appalling. certainly what he's been accused of is appalling . and if he is of is appalling. and if he is guilty of these crimes , you guilty of these crimes, you know, we should question whether he should be having influence over young boys. but we've also got to understand why there is the demands that consents and you know what? young boys are kind of missing in their lives in order to want to kind of explore those ideas. and that's

a much bigger societal debate. and my concern, as you know, from other things that i've been involved schools are involved in, that schools are actually not giving children , actually not giving children, you know, kind of neutral political information . they are political information. they are coming down very much on what the let's i mean, not the side, let's say i mean, not talking this maybe, talking about this issue maybe, but know , on the gender but on, you know, on the gender debate . and that's damaging to debate. and that's damaging to me to be a neutral . yeah, me to be a neutral. yeah, absolutely. i think the andrew tate story is interesting. why have young men sought him out? thatis have young men sought him out? that is that that is a big question. miriam cates, conservative mp, thank you so much for me. keep us updated . much for me. keep us updated. what you know, you're working very hard on, the bill, and we're always speak to we're always happy to speak to you. brilliant. finally. you. now brilliant. finally. thanks miriam. okay. earlier i spoke to leslie wheatley. this was a the widow who tragically lost her rob, during the period of ambulance strikes. and with the nhs being on knees, we spoke about the real and very distressing repercussions of the actions of workers striking dunng actions of workers striking during this period of a. discretion is advised. this is a

upsetting and heartbreaking story . my husband woke me up story. my husband woke me up about 1:00 saying and he had indigestion. can i get cabinet of tablets, which i did . but of tablets, which i did. but when i went to give them to , he when i went to give them to, he was slurring his words and he was slurring his words and he was almost incoherent and he was clammy and sweaty and ice cold. so i'm just straight through. i put my phone up and dialled 999, and they said, well , put my phone up and dialled 999, and they said, well, a clinician will bring you back if he deteriorates, bring back bring us back . and i did that every us back. and i did that every time i rang. i said, he's deteriorate he's getting worse . deteriorate he's getting worse. and our clinician will you if you deteriorate ring back and then the third time i rang i said i can't his pulse and i didn't know exactly what he was still breathing but i didn't know then what that means. but the paramedics told me his his body was shutting down and it was the heart's way of

protecting itself to take blood from the extremities. and that's why i couldn't get a pulse . and why i couldn't get a pulse. and then on the six phone call, student on a phone call from the clinician and he stopped while i was on the phone and i'll get him off the bed and started doing cpr . and i was doing it doing cpr. and i was doing it for about three, about 20 minutes. and . i was exhausted. minutes. and. i was exhausted. it's so hard to do and i wasn't sure i was doing it correctly in the end because there was no strength left in my arms and. the awful thing was the ambulance is parked up on a road near us . they join with the fire near us. they join with the fire service and the paramedics left about 5:30. i think . and my about 5:30. i think. and my friend went to work at 10 to 6, pass the ambulance and they were

15 ambulances there if we would just become a statistic and you know the more this goes out the more you hear people going through more , it's the same through more, it's the same thing. and why can't all the political parties get together, not just that's in power at the moment, but of them and just make radical changes. moment, but of them and just make radical changes . awful, make radical changes. awful, tragic . the make radical changes. awful, tragic. the human face of make radical changes. awful, tragic . the human face of these tragic. the human face of these disputes at the moment are so moving . and we really, really moving. and we really, really thank leslie again for talking to us. now, let me reintroduce my guest to you this morning, political commentator webb, leader the climate party at leader of the climate party at gamble. right. and also your views. let me just go to a couple of as well. i keep couple of those as well. i keep asking and it's asking you for them and it's remiss of to get to them. remiss of me not to get to them. kelly has said no more tories or labouh kelly has said no more tories or labour. all that broken promises they themselves a steal they are for themselves a steal from tony, i said. trouble from tony, i said. the trouble is this was the is sunak speech. this was the party that did party political that he did yesterday. all talking and no yesterday. so all talking and no walking. the public are sick. it

most listening to most probably not listening to them now and this was about christmas trading we had in the studio a moment ago say that the christmas figures had been really good. john says tesco's report in the second successive quarter of growth does that show that they are overcharging customers during cost of customers during the cost of living crisis price gouging. liam said that's cool. that was a new one to me. apparently not, no evidence of that. couldn't possibly accuse any supermarkets of . now, emma , a lot of doing that. now, emma, a lot of doing that. now, emma, a lot of are off work. they don't want go to work. so what is government's solution? this is a very, very interesting story . so very, very interesting story. so this is basically that people who are currently claiming sickness benefits and now as a caveat to this, i'm not sure why they're focusing on people who are out of work because of ill health when there are lots of people are out of work for other reasons. there was recently a story younger people who story about younger people who had no plans at all whatsoever to go into work or to work at

any point in their lives. so i'm not why they're focusing on not sure why they're focusing on the this story the sick, but this this story is claiming that those are on claiming that those who are on sickness benefits will be able to return to work while still claiming sickness benefits and be offered tax breaks for getting for the first couple of years that they're working . and years that they're working. and what strikes me about this this so, so strange and maybe i'm misunderstanding the story is that this is supposed be a reform to deal with our perverse the perverse incentives that people have to stay out of work . but this in itself seems a bit perverse. but government source , as i think many people will be thinking at home a government source that source has pointed out that surely is going to cause resentment. those in work, surely already surely those who were already working with some tax working could do with some tax cuts sure how this cuts. so i'm not sure how this is going to solve problem. is going to solve the problem. it this actually it seems that this actually might even more problems might create even more problems , possibly even worse problems in the incentives that in terms the incentives that they're offering . yeah. so they're offering. yeah. so apparently pandemic apparently since the pandemic successful disability claim up 70% and the office for budget

responsibility said that as a result of long term , long term result of long term, long term sickness, benefits will cost the taxpayers sickness, benefits will cost the taxpayer s £3.7 billion more than taxpayers £3.7 billion more than previously estimated. this year, rising to 8.2 billion by 2027. how is this a conservative government at i find extraordinary. yeah absolutely right i mean i mean i find the story completely baffling, but i also find the whole issue a complete conundrum. i mean , if complete conundrum. i mean, if you're going to pay people extra to get back to work, potentially alienating those who've been in work and have been working all the way through, then you're going to come to point where going to come to the point where we have enough to do we don't have enough money to do it. going it. inevitably, we're not going have to do that. have enough money to do that. we're doing anyway. so then you can to those benefits can have to pull those benefits or pay the other or you have to pay the other ones but minute you do ones more. but the minute you do that, whole gets bigger that, the whole gets bigger financially. see happy financially. i don't see a happy ending mean, i would ending to this. i mean, i would only it a slightly only to look at it in a slightly different way, although think different way, although i think this just currently sort this is now just currently sort of imagination. of dreaming and imagination. maybe looking at maybe we need to be looking at the bit different, the whole thing a bit different, like a national mission. i know i'd climate, let's i'd mentioned climate, but let's keep national keep it. and national mission

for to go a for where we want to go as a country and engage people country and then engage people with need with that. maybe we need to be getting one top getting to one of the top appetising agencies saying, look, we need a national mission. we better mission. we need to better communicate it properly. everybody you everybody on board with us, you don't to an advertising don't need go to an advertising agency and spend on that at and my i could come up with my webinar. i could come up with it sure you it between us. so i'm sure you think hard gets out of bed in the morning don't go to work if you're just you're sick if you just if you're sick if you just if you're not are sick stay you're not if you are sick stay at but don't expect to be at home but don't expect to be sick and go to work and get sick. that's common sense. sick. that's been common sense. it sense but it sounds like common sense but we're incentivise it we're trying to incentivise it with way or with billions going one way or the while alienate the other while we alienate people is seems people work working is all seems very, difficult to balance. very, very difficult to balance. it's like the benefit it's just feel like the benefit system such mess. it system is in such a mess. it would handing out money would just a handing out money hand we've hand over face. we've got the highest in 70 years highest tax burden in 70 years hitting of us the pocket. hitting all of us in the pocket. so hard . i just so we're working hard. i just think i have to sort of i don't know and the atmosphere that that creates well by up taxes know and the atmosphere that themuch. es well by up taxes know and the atmosphere that themuch. it's well by up taxes know and the atmosphere that themuch. it's hardly by up taxes know and the atmosphere that themuch. it's hardly going taxes know and the atmosphere that themuch. it's hardly going to (es so much. it's hardly going to create an economically product of culture, an economically productive environment when people that they're working people feel that they're working for just for most of their money, just simply the

simply taken away by the government. so younger people, as discussing before as we were discussing before with and younger people with pensions and younger people attitude home attitude towards money, home ownership, a family, ownership, starting a family, all of things, all of these sorts of things, all of these sorts of things, all is disempower and all of this is disempower and demotivating and so like i said, that story about younger people who just simply don't want to have don't plan to go into work at be focusing at all. they should be focusing their energies those their energies not on those people sick . and people who are sick. and apparently rise in people apparently this rise in people on benefits has been driven by mental health conditions . rather mental health conditions. rather than focusing on these people , than focusing on these people, they should be focusing on creating economically creating an economically productive because the productive culture because the moment even just covered effect of covid people working from home, people deciding to leave , home, people deciding to leave, to leave their jobs, particularly older and to leave, leave the jobs market entirely . leave the jobs market entirely. the impact of that culturally and psychology on a people is profound. seismic absolutely seismic. right? let's about rishi sunak flying by taxpayer funded private plane to leeds for an nhs visit. i promise you not just looking for stories , not just looking for stories, out of which rishi sunak does badly , but they just keep coming

badly, but they just keep coming and go. i mean , it's just and go. i mean, it's just ridiculous. i mean, honestly, he went there for face of opportunity. it's you know, opportunity. it's a you know, it's care home. why couldn't opportunity. it's a you know, it'shavere home. why couldn't opportunity. it's a you know, it's have it home. why couldn't opportunity. it's a you know, it's have it somewhere couldn't opportunity. it's a you know, it's have it somewhere close n't opportunity. it's a you know, it's have it somewhere close to he have it somewhere close to home in the first place if it really just a face of really was just a face of opportunity didn't to opportunity that didn't seem to be for it, at be anything else for it, at least story. thing least from the story. next thing is the money that's being spent on for goodness sake, on that. i for goodness sake, why putting money why aren't we putting that money making and making our railways better? and whether trying to whether or not that's trying to solve issues we've whether or not that's trying to solv at issues we've whether or not that's trying to solv at the issues we've whether or not that's trying to solv at the momentjes we've whether or not that's trying to solv at the moment or we've whether or not that's trying to solv at the moment or actually got at the moment or actually improve railways, improve technically railways, we should them should be doing one of them instead it on this. instead of spending it on this. absolutely and the absolutely ridiculous. and the idea do idea that saving time i can do some work the train, the rest some work on the train, the rest of us. well the train from london around london to leeds takes around 2 hours and 50 minutes, standard hours and 50 minutes, a standard available for about 100 quid. okay. but chose to take a private jet , a luxury business private jet, a luxury business to do the 200 mile journey. i'm a i actually find it quite hard to get riled up about this story so on the one hand, yes , so on the one hand, yes, completely. there are so ways in which the government is spending an enormous amount of money on things that they shouldn't be.

yeah and that we are being taxed up to our eyeballs so that they can spend this money on pointless . so i can pointless things. so i can understand why people angry understand why people are angry about that aspect of it. but this story itself, i feel, is a distraction from so many. more important, even what we were discussing about the nhs and that poor lady who who had to witness her husband dying before eyes because the ambulance didn't . the paramedics, didn't send. the paramedics, there many things that there were so many things that we should be about. and we should be talking about. and i this i think there's always this temptation for these sort of hit stories to nit pick about certain politicians behaviour. as with rishi and him using private health care, which i think also was a silly story with stupidity. so i understand people are angry about the money aspect of this. it's but isn't it? but i think his extraction it? but i think his extraction it is to death. you think the whole government they are told that they have emergency services. we have nurses striking because they can't fill the fridge at home. and here we have rishi sunak us to live a green life to and be all environmentally friendly and. then he gets a private jet to i

mean, having that, they say mean, having said that, they say . creasy absolutely. i agree with but actually with you. but you actually surprised. i mean, look, he was with you. but you actually sl27rised. i mean, look, he was with you. but you actually sl27 only i mean, look, he was with you. but you actually sl27 only a mean, look, he was with you. but you actually sl27 only a month look, he was with you. but you actually sl27 only a month or)k, he was with you. but you actually sl27 only a month or two e was with you. but you actually sl27 only a month or two before a 27 only a month or two before we signed second an we signed a second time, an agreement to phase down coal. so we signed that. and there were any cumbrian coal mines. so we signed saying we're signed an agreement saying we're facing international facing on coal, an international agreement, weeks we agreement, and within weeks we get permission for a cumbrian coal how coal mine. i mean, how ridiculous just ridiculous this is just illustrative want to illustrative of i didn't want to face railway maybe face the railway workers. maybe why i didn't get on the train. those but at least go in and call like even the car wash ship the taxpayers tax funded private jet to leeds for a photo opportunity need to justify that he work in the car. i'm happy to drive him. he can work in the back on the way there. you know what all very of you who said earlier, it's all talk and none of the walk but the point. don't talk about your values and you need to choose these stupid videos and do that. videos and. then go and do that. even itis videos and. then go and do that. even it is case that he's even if it is the case that he's pushed time, then is pushed for time, then this is something that should have been

cut his schedule. cut out of his schedule. yeah they should have found another way it. okay at home in way to do it. okay at home in middle london, you know what, middle london, if you know what, if short of talk to if you're short of time, talk to some today, they'll tell if you're short of time, talk to somwhat today, they'll tell if you're short of time, talk to somwhat torabsolutely tell if you're short of time, talk to somwhat torabsolutely prime you what being absolutely prime looks on looks like. but and on that beautiful segway, run beautiful segway, we have run out webb at out of time, emma webb at gamble, so much. gamble, thank you so much. pleasure to see you. thank you. also for all of your messages today. also for all of your messages today . if you're not enough of today. if you're not enough of me yet, you might have done. but for my mum and dad, i'm hosting mark steyn show tonight , so i'll mark steyn show tonight, so i'll be back on telly this evening. seven till eight. we've been asking you illegal immigration, legal immigration. 81% to you think that it too high? that was because we had a couple of experts earlier talking about the benefit or the cost to great britain. right. thank you so much. it's flown by again . up much. it's flown by again. up next is gb news live with . next is gb news live with. stephen dixon. i'm bev turner. i'll see this evening at seven. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office. wet weather in the south, clearing away today. bluster three showers across scotland and northern ireland.

some sunny spells between. here's the big picture . low here's the big picture. low pressure is dominating and these weather fronts brought some fairly heavy rain through the morning and still some to come across parts of england through the afternoon . moving through, the afternoon. moving through, though, and clearing away slowly but surely. still pretty blustery as well. a few showers over england, plenty of showers for northern parts of northern ireland and western scotland with some snow in the hills. a gusty, feel , as i said, gusty, blustery feel, as i said, in between some places it'll be dry and bright afternoon. temperatures are going to be above average, although actually turning cooler quite quickly through this evening and feeling with the winds speaking , the with the winds speaking, the winds they really pick up tonight across, northern ireland, then wales and ireland, then north wales and northern parts of england. we have met office yellow warning in those winds could cause some disruption certainly likely to wake you up through the night's showers rattling through on that wind as well. wind will help to keep the temperatures up close to freezing in northern scotland

where the showers will be falling as snow once more over the hills further south, it'll be a quieter day, i think a calmer day during friday a blustery, windy morning with still a few showers for northern ireland, north—west england, north wales and some wetter weather , especially during the weather, especially during the afternoon over south scotland, a mixture of sunny spells and showers over northern scotland . showers over northern scotland. much of the south, i think we'll have a largely dry day with sunny spells temperatures close to average but again, feeling a bit cooler with the wind. now, the winds will be easing through the winds will be easing through the and into the the afternoon and into the evening. pulse evening. but then another pulse of rain is likely to arrive dunng of rain is likely to arrive during friday evening over parts of wales. northern ireland spreading into scotland this spreading into scotland in this more rain behind me to more rain awaiting behind me to come in during saturday. so another wet spell. the weather, though is coming down but turning colder as we get into next week . i'm committed to next week. i'm committed to many. join me on gb news on sunday morning for a politic show with personality on tv, radio and online gb news the

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