good afternoon . wonderful good afternoon. wonderful people. happy thursday. partly here on gb news. and coming up today marks rishi sunak's first 100 days in office and he's reiterated his top priorities. i'm going to be picking them apart with mps political experts

and crucially, you are lovely viewers. here's some of sunak's statement. i know this has been a tough winter. statement. i know this has been a tough winter . our country a tough winter. our country faces some of the biggest challenges any of us will have seen in our lifetimes with our economy me and our nhs on our borders . doing were being ruled borders. doing were being ruled by artificial . but there we go . by artificial. but there we go. well, we're focusing on the nhs, on immigration as sunak looks to stop the strikes , stop the small stop the strikes, stop the small boats . hurray! that's the artist boats. hurray! that's the artist formerly known as prince harry is not welcome . the king's is not welcome. the king's coronation, that's according to sources close to the royal family. do you think you should do favour and just do everyone a favour and just stay william and. kate stay away? william and. kate they're doing what they do best at keeping calm. they're carrying on prince and carrying on the prince and princess wales visit today on princess of wales visit today on their first official engagement since prince harry's controversial , controversial memoir was, published in force, his ghost—writer has forced into defending of inaccuracies defending some of inaccuracies in what sort of reaction you think the royal couple will

receive , and a british receive, though. and a british aid worker has been killed and. ukraine reports suggest a russian group has claimed its fighters have found the body of one of two british aid workers reported missing in eastern ukraine in recent days. we've got that with our got the latest that with our homeland editor marc homeland security editor marc wise . but of course, i want your wise. but of course, i want your thoughts this afternoon . you can thoughts this afternoon. you can email me at gbviews@gbnews.uk we got ritchie sitting out when it comes him stop with the nhs comes to him stop with the nhs crisis and stop the small boat crisis. i think big ones crisis. but i think the big ones adulation. gentlemen, your adulation. gentlemen, get your views why should views coming and off. why should harry stay from the harry stay away from the coronation? now he's had coronation? but now he's had lots . enough it's 3:02. i'm lots. enough it's 3:02. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the government says a meeting between health secretary and health leaders was good and constructive . it comes as new constructive. it comes as new nhs data shows ambulances an hour and a half on average respond to call outs in december

. that's the longest response on record details . pay weren't record details. pay weren't discussed at today's , but steve discussed at today's, but steve barclay was he must address the workforce crisis . shadow workforce crisis. shadow attorney general emily told gb news talks the only way forward much better is to use the system that already have which is that people negotiate the basic safety levels and you can see nurses running off picket lines in order to go and help when there is a particular. that's there is a particular. that's the reality that's what's always happened. and we that even if they do passes is not going to help with the current situation . the current situation can only helped if the government stops playing games sits down and talks to the unions and negotiate a deal . meanwhile, negotiate a deal. meanwhile, 100,000 civil servants will strike next month on february the first. the decision follows another meeting with the government held today. one the

pubuc government held today. one the public and commercial services union has called a total farce. union has called a total farce. union met to discuss the ongoing over pay, jobs and. it follows weeks war counts including the strike border force staff over christmas . strike border force staff over christmas. union leaders have said more money will have to be offered in order prevent further industrial . and travel industrial. and travel disruption continues for passengers in london today strikes on the newly opened aliza beth line. members from transport salaried staff association prospect have walked off the over pay and pensions the two unions rejected 4.4% increase this year. transport for london has warned of short nofice for london has warned of short notice cancellations and changes . th notice cancellations and changes. th has said still a way to go to resolve row over the northern ireland protocol warning the following flashing images. ireland protocol warning the following flashing images . the following flashing images. the irish premier labour leader have

met political parties at stormont to discuss the post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border. post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border . the post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border. the dup has been blocking the formation of a government until the protocols altered or removed . russian 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 did say they had found, but did say they had document belonging to both gb news whose is unable to verify the claims . the news whose is unable to verify the claims. the foreign news whose is unable to verify the claims . the foreign office the claims. the foreign office says it's supporting the families of andrew backshall and chris parry while they await more information . that as more information. that as ukrainian authorities say, russia has attacked a maternity hospital in the port city of her son. video footage shows the aftermath of the with heavy, heavy damage windows and offices . there have been no confirmed deaths . it comes after president deaths. it comes after president zelenskyy the resilience of his forces in the eastern donbass .

forces in the eastern donbass. my forces in the eastern donbass. my care and energy watchdog says more than 3 million people in the uk run out of credit on their pre—payment last year. citizens advice says more than 2 million were being disconnect at least once a month. leaving them unable to turn the on or cook a meal . unable to turn the on or cook a meal. charities calling for a total ban on the forced installation of prepaid metres until new protections are introduced on the annual income needed for people to have a minimum of living when they retire has jumped by nearly a fifth in a year. the pensions lifetime savings association says the lowest possible lifestyle for a single person has risen 18% to almost lifestyle for a single person has risen 18% to almost £13,000. for couple, it has gone up 19% to almost for couple, it has gone up 19% to almost £20,000. more women will be able to get checked for breast cancer after the government announced breast cancer after the government announce d £10 million government announced £10 million in funding towards nhs screening

units. the initiative will make screening more accessible for thousands of women with 29 new units being set. thousands of women with 29 new units being set . the investment units being set. the investment will also see upgrades to ultrasound x—rays to better detect using new and improved . detect using new and improved. winds of up to 60 miles per hour expected in parts of the uk today. a yellow weather warning for heavy rain in. wales and south southwest england is also in place until five this afternoon. the met office is warning of possible power cuts , warning of possible power cuts, driving conditions and to public . tr driving conditions and to public. tr the prince and princess of wales have appeared in public for the first time since the release . first time since the release. the duke of sussex memoir spare. william and kate made a visit to merseyside where they opened the royal liverpool university hospital . they are also meeting hospital. they are also meeting with health and mental health staff . thank them for their staff. thank them for their efforts during the winter months. meanwhile, king charles

has been in aberdeen visiting the aboyne and mid deeside community shed . this gb news to community shed. this gb news to bnng community shed. this gb news to bring you more as it happens now though, it's back to . though, it's back to. patrick okay. welcome aboard, everybody. let's straight on, shall we? he's been in office for 100 days and the prime minister has vowed to let you down. during his first party political broadcast rishi sunak pledged to reduce nhs waiting list, blaming the pandemic for creating huge backlogs in the health. he also reiterated that the conservatives were taking decisive action on tackling illegal immigration. let's just have a quick look at the big broadcast now, shall we? under my leadership, the priorities are , your priorities , the are, your priorities, the people's priorities . together

people's priorities. together we're putting your needs above politics to repair the economy strengthen our nhs tackle illegal migration and restore pride in the united kingdom. our great country . yeah. i mean , great country. yeah. i mean, once more with feeling rishi. anyone no, just me. alright, well, let's go to gb news first gallery, sir. darren mccaffrey, who's in westminster and hopefully isn't going to talk to us like a robot. darren what do you make of rishi sunak's reiteration that his top five priorities ? i don't think priorities? i don't think anyone's ever accused me of that. i quite the opposite of anyways patrick ever after doing from a pretty miserable westminster . yeah. what do i westminster. yeah. what do i think of . you know this is rishi think of. you know this is rishi sunak to the party broadcasts. was he pretty stilted? yes, he was. he's never been terribly comfortable with really . and comfortable with really. and staring down the barrel a camera. he's actually much better at face to face. i do indeed get the better of prime

minister's question time in terms of these five pledges he's made that frankly could well decide will well decide whether he remains as prime minister after the next general election. now, in some actually, the big question is what are these targets actually mean ? so, for targets actually mean? so, for example, he's talked about halving inflation. when inflation is going to come down anyway, simply the fact that energy prices are coming down, it's to down six and a half% in the united states today. well, john was, over a year ago. let's at the small migrant crisis in the channel again . what is the the channel again. what is the measure of success that no one crossing the english channel? not entirely. we're going to get to there and then it comes to the national health, trying to clear backlog. now let's clear that backlog. now let's start some good and start with some good news and there for the there is some good news for the government today. that is that 70,000 more elective treatments were delivered december last were delivered in december last year than compared to 2019. so that's pretty good news. and also that year long waits are beginning to dropped on 4000

from the month before . however, from the month before. however, in the immediate term, things are pretty difficult. patrick to be frank with the nhs. well people say it's in crisis. you look at figures we saw from the nhs today and include it's pretty bad if you've attack or a stroke. in the last couple of and you called an ambulance the average length it took the average length it took the average for that ambulance to arrive you was an hour and a half an hour and a half. it's meant to 80 minutes. more than 50% of people turning up to a&e wait more than 4 hours. accident, emergency, wait than 4 hours to get treated. and i, for all the political and the potential aspirations , the potential aspirations, the success of maybe trying to achieve those targets frankly the mobile everyone is focussed on and i suspect everyone home is trying to deal with the immediate term problems and that is an nhs that really is struggling to cope. this winter. we obviously look, i think it's pretty clear to start pretty clear he wants to start again, he wants to again, doesn't say he wants to go before? go right. what happened before? before now just from before this is me now just from this time and let's be

this moment in time and let's be honest, i suppose that's what he has to still, about 18 has to do. still, about 18 months to wait the months to years, wait for the next election things next general election if things start improve, then yes, i suppose chance. but suppose he got chance. but darren, very much. and darren, thank you very much. and hopefully find yourself somewhere dry and was not a stilted performance. it's all it never mccaffrey that never is darren mccaffrey that our political allies from a wet and me live and windy but joining me live now we know rather warm studio is former labour special adviser columnist paul riches. paul really appreciate you coming in now where do you want to start when it comes to what sunak's knocks first 100 days because to be keir starmer's first 100 days were anonymous weren't they? so at least rishi doing something well. starmer off in the backdrop of the covid and he was lost the public mind because we were all focussed other things. i mean if you look at his record since he's done rather better thought rushdie's performance last straight finchley last night straight finchley unprofessional a man who is supposed to be so slick, unproven i felt it felt to me like the work experience kate had wanted in front of the altar here by mistake. you know, bit here by mistake. you know, a bit like student . it's

like an a—level student. it's the men's club at the moment. now, i think for me and no, just blindly defending rishi. if i fall from it i think is in performances camera performances in front of camera being stilted not being incredibly stilted not whatsoever. to be whatsoever. keir starmer to be found, i think he's only lights up a room to say no but i suppose you know if he would have prime minister, have become the prime minister, do all of the panoply do then get all of the panoply of as get the of support as pm. you get the red in the and the red boxes in the and the international travel which she seems diminished seems to be diminished by becoming minister to becoming prime minister seems to becoming prime minister seems to be an effect. it is be less of an effect. it is interesting. i do wonder if grow into in of his into it in terms of his priorities call the top priorities they call the top three top priorities. three sorry, the top priorities. you them into you can't condense them into bafic you can't condense them into basic things. economy, the basic things. the economy, the budget, broadcast had three. budget, the broadcast had three. yeah we can take forever. well, that's. well exactly but also that's. well it exactly but also it was not five. just squish it was not top five. just squish it was not top five. just squish it into three is to it down into three is easy to remember anyway, it, when remember anyway, isn't it, when it comes to the nhs to start with rishi sunak has got a tncky with rishi sunak has got a tricky situation because we are saying things like if you had a heart know lot of heart attack, i know a lot of our viewers and listeners our viewers and our listeners have situations have been in situations with loved where. loved ones like this where. they've an ambulance they've called an ambulance waiting sometimes waiting 90 minutes. sometimes the survived, not

the person is not survived, not as . gp appointments have as well. gp appointments have been up, nhs waiting been backing up, nhs waiting times been backing up . so he's times been backing up. so he's got to fix the nhs which in got to fix the nhs which is in crisis . do got to fix the nhs which is in crisis. do you think he's got any way of actually doing that. well a broadcast isn't well doing a broadcast isn't going to help and the you know he goes on telly to talk he goes on the telly to talk about crisis, blaming it on about the crisis, blaming it on the pandemic, by the way, but other not the same other health are not the same crisis ours. doesn't even crisis as ours. it doesn't even mention strikes in the nhs, crisis as ours. it doesn't even merknow, strikes in the nhs, crisis as ours. it doesn't even merknow, on;trikes in the nhs, crisis as ours. it doesn't even merknow, on thees in the nhs, crisis as ours. it doesn't even merknow, on the day the nhs, crisis as ours. it doesn't even merknow, on the day whenihs, crisis as ours. it doesn't even mer know, on the day when there you know, on the day when there was ambulance driver was actual ambulance driver strike on. i thought that was an odd even the daily odd thing to do. even the daily mail pointed out that's a mail has pointed out that's a strange to today. so strange thing to do today. so that was odd. and then, of course, the other elephant, the room is own use of room for him is his own use of the private now, there's the private sector. now, there's nothing if nothing wrong with that. but if you're you would you're the minister, you would sort you knew how the sort hope that you knew how the nhs we involved so nhs works and we involved so i just there's something just say there's something a little all little disingenuous about all of this, because yeah. as this, paul, because yeah. as a lot of media companies out there, i don't happen to know some of the wing ones as some of the left wing ones as well where they give all of well, where they give all of their employees private health care. might be for care. and so they might be for saying things on the front page like load

like we are with you to load nurses, they're not with nurses, but they're not with them the british them in a&e. but the british government doesn't provide, you know, health to its know, private health care to its employees, if employees, does it? i mean, if you're leader the nation, you're the leader of the nation, you're the leader of the nation, you're the leader of the nation, you're the knife. i you're supposed to the knife. i mean, a but mean, if you had a heart. but yeah, but the point is, if yeah, but but the point is, if you stand the experience you've just people waiting just described of people waiting but sorry is but you wouldn't even sorry is it a little bit of a it not a little bit of a misconception because misconception it's because if you attack you would you had a heart attack you would go nhs, wouldn't call go to the nhs, you wouldn't call people. presumably people. so we presumably would have is if you have to make space is if you wanted surgery. well wanted an elective surgery. well if some elective if you wanted some elective surgery. the surgery. he's taking the pressure nhs . sure, pressure off the nhs. sure, sure. point the broader sure. but the point the broader point making, he's out of point i'm making, he's out of touch and that's experience is that will that your viewers will experience to get experience of being able to get a appointment knowing experience of being able to get a a anintment knowing experience of being able to get a a an ambulance knowing experience of being able to get a a an ambulance will|owing experience of being able to get a a an ambulance will turng whether an ambulance will turn up granny when up. not for that granny when she's full, know she's had a full, you know he doesn't understand things. doesn't understand those things. so he doesn't experience them. so he doesn't experience them. so of last night's so the substance of last night's broadcast very me, broadcast was very trust me, look me , dad was a doctor but look at me, dad was a doctor but people will be asking, okay, but what you going do what's what are you going to do what's the of it? it was not the substance of it? it was not particularly well spun as we've discussed, wasn't discussed, but there wasn't much substance underneath it either. yeah, we've had yeah, well, i mean, we've had a lot people banging about

lot of people banging on about what do. someone's dad what that does do. someone's dad was driver and of that was a bus driver and all of that said, know, stories for said, you know, back stories for the is personal for the banks, this is personal for me, this is personal. i mean yeah good grief. but i'm for the day. someone pops, someone goes my top was a convict and all this stuff is now i know my dad was. never met my was. never i've never met my dad. exactly. yeah. dad. yeah exactly. yeah. that probably quite i'd say probably go down quite i'd say when it comes to migration boats crisis going on the crisis that's going on in the channel at moment. channel at the moment. he's absolutely identify as absolutely right to identify as one in terms of passing the pub test. the vast majority british people strong on people have got a strong view on that. one way the other. they that. one way or the other. they do. wants to is try do. what he wants to do is try to multi—pronged approach to create multi—pronged approach . you him fixing the small . you see him fixing the small boats was only boats crisis. that was the only area jeopardy in his three area of jeopardy in his three points. but i think waiting points. but i think just waiting less come down less will probably come down anyway will be that. well i will let you listen to something about. they are probably to about. well they are probably to be because can be on the turn because he can manipulate because manipulate those now because we're the belly of the beast, we're in the belly of the beast, i.e. when of today the i.e. when as of today by the way. so he's probably on relatively safe ground. i think it's probably safe ground that the jeopardy for me the the bits of jeopardy for me the small crisis if he doesn't

small boats crisis if he doesn't get that right then i think the british public is to have to make a very strong there. i mean, there's a bit of public policy is not hard to fix actually in that you can do things to choke off the supply, actually in that you can do thin know, :hoke off the supply, actually in that you can do thin know, tackle ff the supply, actually in that you can do thin know, tackle the re supply, actually in that you can do thin know, tackle the gangs)ly, actually in that you can do thin know, tackle the gangs do you know, tackle the gangs do more cooperation the french more cooperation with the french all the things he probably all the things that he probably doesn't to do. my doesn't quite want to do. my question would be, why that question would be, why is that one his top three out of one of his top three out of everything wrong with ? the everything going wrong with? the country not country priorities? why not fixing the rail system that is broken people get broken and people can't get to work? know, our work? you know, what about our schools, you the education schools, you know, the education system ? a strange to pick system? a strange thing to pick out. do you think out. i mean, do you think a cynic might suggest was a cynic might suggest it was a little dog whistle rather little bit a dog whistle rather than a serious policy thing. i suppose the counterargument to that frankly that that is b would be frankly that you're massively of touch because i, i live on because i think if i, i live on the south coast, you know i'm very in with the fact very much in tune with the fact that are hotels filled that there are hotels filled with everywhere with from sudan and everywhere else it's a very live issue. of course it is. but i'm saying, is it really a top three issue? i think for of people this think for a lot of people this country when they see that. country now, when they see that. well, well, well, you argue that

you get to london because you can't get to london because there's you know, one there's one you know, one service, a in moon . service, a once in a blue moon. isn't important? isn't that more important? i think i think that think so. well, i think that things are changing, aren't they? of they? and that's one of the reasons why negotiations with the going particularly the trains going particularly well it's well at the minute, because it's a a lot of a diminishing service. a lot of people and people working from home. and clearly, refusing, clearly, if they're refusing, accept that accept a decent pay offer. that may another thing. may be. but it's another thing. this is going wrong. the country is working you get so is working you can't get it. so what would you're so you're what would so you're so you're going don't think going up so you don't you think genuinely you see now genuinely that you see now was right include the small boats right to include the small boats crisis or illegal immigration . i crisis or illegal immigration. i can why he would include can see why he would include it politically patrick, politically lately, patrick, but i'm but you don't i'm not sure. but you don't listen nation. if was listen to the nation. if i was advising , would well, advising, i would say, well, that that of food price. that is in that of food price. well, that is in sort of the small boat that is interesting because and your capacity and i can't but wonder this is can't help but wonder this is very because i'm getting very brief because i'm getting shouted were shouted out. paul but you were former special and former labour special and i can't help but wonder whether or not. this is one of the reasons why a lot of people don't want to vote labour is because genuinely don't feel like that policy immigration policy about illegal immigration and like you don't i do care

and it like you don't i do care it deeply i want to stop it and i want people to be well looked after. i also when you after. but i think also when you go the shops weekend, go to the shops this weekend, you come feed for the food you come on a feed for the food that's, a bigger okay, that's, a bigger issue. okay, fair you fair enough. alright, thank you very good to have you very much and good to have you in you much. okay. in studio. you very much. okay. that's richards, former that's paul richards, the former special course, and special adviser, of course, and columnist from columnist he's react saying from the the side, the labour side, the left side, too. really struck had to too. what really struck had to say, which was night we say, which was last night we were treated weren't we, to a rather robotic where she said look you i'm being look hey if, you think i'm being out here. saying out of order here. i'm saying then touch me. gb then get in touch with me. gb views know a lot views gbnews.uk. i know a lot of people . well, he deserves a bit people. well, he deserves a bit of of course he deserves of time. of course he deserves a little bit of it was little bit of time, but it was a bit still, if you ask me. but we're away that now for we're moving away that now for focusing specific element we're moving away that now for fo

the could lead to the news could lead to more patient deaths. wait to be patient deaths. they wait to be seen, obviously . well, the news seen, obviously. well, the news comes after . comes just a day after. ambulance out in ambulance workers walked out in a pay. today a dispute over pay. and today the health met with medical leaders to discuss pay and concerns. the department of health spokesperson branded the meeting constructive, which is nice, but union leader said that there was no commitment to , there was no commitment to, extra pay. and this is for doctor . okay so extra pay. and this is for doctor. okay so joining me now is dr. richard votary , bma, gp is dr. richard votary, bma, gp committee chair. great to have you on the show. thank you very much. we're hearing a lot about at lower end of the spectrum at the lower end of the spectrum in it were, lower end in the nhs as it were, lower end of the spectrum. i so of the spectrum. i mean, so you've got, know, says you've got, you know, says paramedics, nhs paramedics, what your nhs call handlers on that record is a huge sympathy for doctors in this economic got this economic climate has got pay this economic climate has got pay well is there that. pay rise as well is there that. well doctors as we know that health care workers are working harder than they'd ever done and are really concerned the service that they're to provide to their patients. we don't want to see patients. we don't want to see patients waiting long periods

time for procedures. we don't them to be waiting unnecessarily . and we don't want them to be waiting hospital to be discharged into social. but we do need the government act on this very okay. i need you educate me. not for the first time, of course, but i do need you to educate me on this. why would paying more help so waiting times in a well, we've a real crisis in our workforce at the not only in training or doctors, but the in retaining doctors, but the in retaining doctors . and what are the issues doctors. and what are the issues about retaining is treating her fairly but we've seen for the last decade and doctors pay increase in relative compared with inflation and so we do need to actually restore all that pay to actually restore all that pay to levels comparable with 2008 two 2010 because that was the tracks. oh, okay. what when i read right dr. richard. what, what is the pay. what you paid . what is the pay. what you paid. all doctors are paid very different levels of pay depending on. okay well give

give me just take it take me through take me through the spectrum then, we spectrum then, because we need to know, really. and to know, don't we really. and also pension also as well pension contributions gods and pension . contributions gods and pension. well again, what of issues relating to pensions ? that is, relating to pensions? that is, the government have pledged to try and resolve some of the pensions issues relating to doctors pay entrance of you doctors pay and entrance of you have failed to do so and so when doctors do work additional hours and work expensively . what is and work expensively. what is happening is often they're faced with huge tax bills which acts as a defence entity, but to doing additional work. now doing the additional work. now this a very there is this is this is a very there is an issue here , particularly with an issue here, particularly with junior doctors who are starting on so who are very low levels of pay on so who are very low levels of pay and which is actually much less in relative terms than . it less in relative terms than. it was ten years ago . now this is less in relative terms than. it was ten years ago. now this is a really interesting point you've made that because i don't think enough has made if this is the a disincentive for gp's especially to do the kind of overtime that we need them to do in to get

people to see their gp's. in this current climate . because this current climate. because actually if you , you move up actually if you, you move up into a higher tax bracket and you get taxed to i haven't as result of that because if that is the whilst that is very unfortunate . the gp's what i unfortunate. the gp's what i think a lot of people in the middle of a cost of living crisis will be hearing now is “v crisis will be hearing now is cry me a river you've moved into a tax bracket, you're on a higher tax bracket, you're on of money. yes. this isn't just about gp, this is about senior doctors and other senior care workers well . and this is a workers as well. and this is a tax issue that the government and the treasury need to address when jeremy hunt was in his role as chair of the house committee, he identified it as a major problem and yet as chancellor has yet been able, has not yet been able to fix this. we do need to take action because we do need to enable doctors to have every incentive to work those hours that they're able to when they . i do i do that. and when they. i do i do that. and i can't actually. i'm not against

obviously things wealth creation just sorry very finally very quickly as hopefully a bit of a yes or no answer if a junior gets a student loan to train a degree in country and then decides to go and work abroad , decides to go and work abroad, they have to pay that student loan back . no. most doctors who loan back. no. most doctors who go to work abroad come back to the nhs and work in the ed. yeah, but increasingly they're going abroad and that's a problem because british taxpayer is junior doctors is training up junior doctors who go and work for who then go and work abroad for more don't pay the more money and don't pay the taxpayer isn't that right? taxpayer back. isn't that right? well, similarly , we large well, similarly, we get large numbers international medical numbers of international medical graduates coming in in graduates coming in to work in our nhs whom we're really our nhs for whom we're really dependent on. so does all the dependent on. so it does all the british are leaving it . well, we british are leaving it. well, we need to do more to retain all doctors in our nhs mean because just some people might say paper fairly but it's not a bit cheeky using the british academic system and taxpayers money. go and get your degree and then jetting off to australia and not paying jetting off to australia and not paying it back is a bit cheeky.

i don't think so. we, we, the skills of those doctors , they skills of those doctors, they come back with the benefits of the whole of the nhs until the whole about population. if you say we're relying on them coming back. all right. okay doctor richard, you very much. richard, thank you very much. i could day about could talk to you all day about this hour. i enjoyed that this almost hour. i enjoyed that back and forth. richard back and forth. dr. richard virtue, pm committee virtue, that former pm committee chair. with me, chair. okay, you're with me, patrick gb news. only 25 patrick on gb news. only 25 minutes already minutes in. i've already massively overrun sorry. production to business production team back to business as usual for the royals though prince wales prince and princess of wales visit merseyside this afternoon on their official on their first official engagement since . prince harry's engagement since. prince harry's controversial was controversial memoir was published. will the published. what will the reaction ? want hear from reaction be? i want to hear from you. views gb news dot uk you. gb views gb news dot uk should harry swerve the coronation that's it .

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and princess wales have stepped out on their first official visit since harry's explosive hit the shelves. prince william and catherine look to present a unhed and catherine look to present a united front as open the new royal liverpool university hosphal royal liverpool university hospital. the king has also been in today and prince harry's book, which became the fastest selling work non—fiction on his first day of release included details of physical fights between the brothers and a fractious friendship between meghan and kate . let's go live meghan and kate. let's go live now to gb news royal cameron walker, who's in liverpool . walker, who's in liverpool. cameron, thank you very, very much. now obviously, i want to talk to you a little bit. the coronation, what may or may not happen there. first and happen there. but first and foremost, liverpool, foremost, you are in liverpool, what's are what's happening where you are are ? i am patrick. well, despite are? i am patrick. well, despite the sussex storm has bruised you to prince memoir dropping this week and quite literal storm that swept through the west of the united kingdom and here in liverpool it very windy and liverpool it was very windy and rainy . prince princess rainy. the prince and princess of wales been focusing on that dufies of wales been focusing on that duties as working members of the

royal family. first of all, they were at the royal universal , were at the royal universal, royal liverpool universal also where they have been thanking staff . the work they've been staff. the work they've been doing over the months. they've also met some mental health workers there. one nurse even asked the royal couple for a selfie and they were more than happy they're opening happy to oblige. they're opening the new buildings here at the hospital . it's the biggest hospital. it's the biggest in the country , actually, which has the country, actually, which has 100% rooms with en and single single bedrooms , which is single bedrooms, which is thought to of make the patients experience a lot better than it would . now elsewhere , they have would. now elsewhere, they have also visited a mental health charity specifically for people and shine a spotlight on the provision , mental health of provision, mental health of young people . but of course, young people. but of course, patrick, there is a big elephant , the room, and that is harry's memoir spare. and that that memoir, of course, there's this text text exchange between will and kate. harry alleges that kate made meghan cry from what was said in those attacks. he also alleges that his own

brother physically attacked in 2019. kensington palace have not responded to any of the allegations made in that memoir . they have focussed very . they have been focussed very much on the engagements here in liverpool today as working members . the royal family, as members of. the royal family, as you mentioned your link you mentioned in your link as well. was aberdeen , well. the king was in aberdeen, he was visiting a organisation which helps mend with rural, lonely and from the pictures up in aberdeen he was pretty smiley. there was lots of members of the public willing to greet him , them showing them greet him, them showing them their pets etc. so all in all it was a day out and about for the working members of the royal family carrying on with their dufies. family carrying on with their duties . of course, it's only duties. of course, it's only a few months until the king's coronation and there is a big question mark over whether or not harry and meghan are going to be attending . yes, indeed. to be attending. yes, indeed. well, there is a massive question, royal. wow. people allegedly to our family i suppose said that they would not be welcome there. some people, cameron would say that should maybe do the decent thing and just it . yeah. in the

just swerve it. yeah. in the papers today there are reports that the princess anne's family and prince edward's family think it's going to be a pretty bad idea if harry and meghan are ianed idea if harry and meghan are invited to the coronation, because it would take the whole narrative away from the king's coronation, away from the crowning, the sacred christian ceremony, which is for people of the united kingdom to almost officially welcome that new monarch. it would take it away from that and put it right back onto what some people dubbed the duke and of montecito there is a bit of a precedent for not inviting the royal couple just before queen elizabeth ii coronation in 1953, that then the former king edward the eighth, who, of course, the abdicated throne in favour of his brother , was the late his brother, was the late queen's dad, and he actually released a memoirjust for the coronation , of course, could coronation, of course, could have been a big distraction . it have been a big distraction. it was the british government, winston churchill, who was prime minister time told minister at the time. he told the king he wasn't

the former king he wasn't welcome so looks like it's the government is actually the government's of whether or not to invite harry is not the king's decision. well might actually be quite handy for the king, but of course, harry, bless in light his massive bless him in light his massive personal security concerns . if personal security concerns. if we, the taxpayer, can't afford to secure. is this a cost of living crisis coming forward the security and be a shame if it wasn't safe for him and he wasn't safe for him and he wasn't to attend. come wasn't able to attend. come on, walker. very walker. thank you very much. royal correspondent out there pounding the pavement of liverpool where william liverpool where kate and william are their thing are just doing their thing serenely calmly on serenely calmly carrying on opening hospital service to opening a hospital service to the public . that's how the british public. that's how it's done. harry anyway, you're with patrick christie's with me. patrick christie's on gb up , a with me. patrick christie's on gb up, a russian gb news coming up, a russian mercenary claimed its mercenary group has claimed its fighters have found the body of one two british aid workers one of two british aid workers who were reported missing in eastern ukraine in recent interesting there. interesting development there. and we will have a look through with our very own home security edhon with our very own home security editor, mark wye and reports today that ministers are looking today that ministers are looking to unemployed aid over five to give unemployed aid over five days a complete tactic exemption

if they return to work the government is concerned that millions of people have opted out of the labour market since the pandemic how you feel the pandemic how would you feel about getting about over 50 getting a tax break people who break also. well people who can claim benefits claim disability benefits whilst they as well which seems they work as well which seems a little bit strange for me as a taxpayer. anyway, get your views coming vaiews@gbnews.uk now coming in vaiews@gbnews.uk now to outlines . is 34. coming in vaiews@gbnews.uk now to outlines. is 34. i'm coming in vaiews@gbnews.uk now to outlines . is 34. i'm rhiannon to outlines. is 34. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom the says a meeting between the health secretary and health leaders was constructed if it comes as new nhs data shows ambulances took an hour and a half on average respond to call outs in december. half on average respond to call outs in december . that's the outs in december. that's the longest response times on record details pay weren't discussed at today's but steve barclay was warned he must address the crisis . shadow attorney general crisis. shadow attorney general emily thornberry gb news talks are the only forward a much

better is to use the system that already have which that people negotiate the 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 , what's always the reality, what's always happened and we know that even if they do passes legislation is not going to help with the current situation and the current situation and the current situation and the current situation can only be helped if the government stops playing games sits down and talks to the unions and negotiates a deal . a northern negotiates a deal. a northern ireland secretary has said there's still a way to go to resolve the row over the northern ireland protocol. a warning following contained flashing images. the irish and labour leader met political parties at stormont today to the post—brexit trade rules the irish land border. the has been blocking the formation of a government until the protocols altered or removed . russian altered or removed. russian mercenaries are claiming found a

body belonging to of the two british aid workers missing in ukraine. the volcanic group hasn't specified which the two hasn't specified which the two has reportedly been found , but has reportedly been found, but did say they had documents belonging to both brits. gb news is unable to verify the claims. the foreign office says it's supporting families of andrew backshall and christopher parry while they await information . while they await information. single lee ryan has been found guilty of racially aggravated assault . the incident happened assault. the incident happened on a british airways flight last july. ealing court heard the former member blue also asked a female flight attendant to kiss him. the former pop stars apologised for behaviour. him. the former pop stars apologised for behaviour . and apologised for behaviour. and the prince and princess of wales have appeared public for the first time since the release of duke of sussex. his memoir, spare prince william and kate have been in merseyside to officially the new royal liverpool university hospital.

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okay. loads still come in the back end of this particular houn back end of this particular hour. let's start with the fact that a russian mercenary group has claimed that its fighters have found the body of one of two british workers missing two british aid workers missing in in recent . in eastern ukraine in recent. the foreign office has told gb news. it is aware the claim by the volunteer group and it supports the families of andrew bagshaw and christopher parry while . they await more while. they await more information. two men were believed to be heading for the embattled in eastern embattled of soledar in eastern ukraine to help evacuate

civilians when they disappeared over the weekend . our security over the weekend. our security edhon over the weekend. our security editor, mark white has more . the editor, mark white has more. the battle around . the eastern town battle around. the eastern town of soledar is with claims and counterclaims over exactly who is now in control. here, in truth , we still don't really truth, we still don't really know is horribly clear, though , know is horribly clear, though, is that there is very little of this town left . ukrainian drone this town left. ukrainian drone footage showing most of the neighbourhoods here have been obliterated . it's against this obliterated. it's against this backdrop that british aid workers andrew bagshaw and christopher parry disappeared in days and russian mercenaries, the wagner claim to have recovered the body of one of the men in the area. recovered the body of one of the men in the area . there's no men in the area. there's no independent verification of this. or indeed, whether it is one of the missing volunteers . one of the missing volunteers. so merry christmas over recent .

so merry christmas over recent. christopher parry has documented his work in helping evacuate and provide aid for the area's elderly and infirm. the office said it was of the reports and is supporting the families of men while they await more information. the wagner group is spearheading operation to try to take of soledar . other ukrainian take of soledar. other ukrainian drone footage shows what are believed to be wagner fighters attempting to advance while clearly coming under fire. russia desperate to prevail here . after many weeks in which ukrainian counter offensives seem to have made all the key gains with moscow determined to regain momentum . russia's top regain momentum. russia's top general ukraine has been replaced . just three months replaced. just three months after sergei sirotkin on the left here took charge . he's now left here took charge. he's now been replaced by the man . the been replaced by the man. the right. chief of the general, valery gadzama . many analysts

valery gadzama. many analysts believe the move isn't just indicative of the need for a change of military strategy on the ground , but points to a the ground, but points to a degree of political infighting in moscow , throughout ukraine. in moscow, throughout ukraine. many communities continue to come under heavy russian here , come under heavy russian here, the southern city of harrison . the southern city of harrison. images show a maternity hospital which was struck a number of injuries , according to ukrainian injuries, according to ukrainian officials . and in the months officials. and in the months ahead, the fighting across battered nation will only intensify as both ukraine and russia prepare for spring offence moves. mark white . gb offence moves. mark white. gb news mark white joins me in the studio right now. so how confident . they've actually got confident. they've actually got this particular jobs body. well the signs don't look good. clearly the viking group, the notorious . and you know you

notorious. and you know you wouldn't trust what they say in the past days. but they have on the past days. but they have on the telegram messaging site on their account are posted passports of the two men andrew bagshaw and christopher parry , bagshaw and christopher parry, showing those passports and other documentation they claim was recovered on the body that the fighters have found what haven't said is which of the two men they believe that might be. so clearly there will be backchannels are operational there to try to get some verification of whether this is one of the two missing aid workers but terrible time for the families here in the uk and in new zealand where mr. bugg shows families who are watching events and being supported by staff from the foreign and commonwealth office. now of course , why is there much fierce course, why is there much fierce fighting about what appears to

be a relatively small salt mine base town ? yeah, well the reason base town? yeah, well the reason town is important in. this story is because it's where these two aid workers were heading job that they were doing out there , that they were doing out there, not involved in the fighting. we are told . but what we're are told. but what we're involved in trying to help evacuate the elderly and infirm from these embattled towns . they from these embattled towns. they were heading to soledar because as it is, the scene of such fierce fighting, there are residents there who trapped in their homes and unable to leave. so that's what they've been doing to try to get them out . doing to try to get them out. that fighting is continuing to wagner group the group of mercenaries who have posted these documents the telegram website and claim it's the fighters have found that they are spearheading the russian operation to try and take this town. now the reason it's important it's not an important town really 10,000 population. it's because those the russians

just have not really had the momentum with them at all in recent months. counter offensive serve been taking place by the ukrainians. they seem to have had all the momentum. so psychologically it would be very important to take soledar. strategically there is some value there as well because it's very near a strategically important called beth mead, which is an area of lots fighting. so if they were to take, it would give them a strategic push towards baquba . strategic push towards baquba. but ahmed as well. yeah, okay . but ahmed as well. yeah, okay. fair enough. and no end in sight as then presumably for this particular and of course, with no end in sight, british taxpayer pounds going there as well. no. well, the british government have said, patrick, that are committed to this fight for the long term as well, that are going march the efforts are going to march the efforts of billions of pounds went from the uk to the ukraine last year . this year as well. wow. so there we go. look, mark, thank you very, very much. you for bringing us that package as

well. i'm sure you'll be with us as any developments come in. thick that's not why thick and fast. that's not why they have a security they don't have a security audhon they don't have a security auditor. you very auditor. just bring you the very latest fact that, yes, latest about the fact that, yes, potentially body the potentially a body found the search missing british search for that missing british aid worker over there in ukraine and well, can see, and also. well, we can see, can't that there is no can't we, now that there is no end in sight? very much. so no end in sight? very much. so no end sight for british end in sight for british taxpayers over to taxpayers going over there to help ukraine. do help fight in ukraine. what do you and gentlemen, you make of that? and gentlemen, now sunak, now back to you. sunak, who's been office for 100 days and been in office for 100 days and he's on a mission to prove that he's on a mission to prove that he's the right to lead the he's the right man to lead the he's the right man to lead the he's pledged to improve the economy tackle migrants crossing the channel. it's more and bndges the channel. it's more and bridges nhs waiting times. bridges the nhs waiting times. let's listen now to how he plans to actually do that. so here he is his first party political broadcast as prime minister. take it away. rishi there is difficult decisions also allowed us give the nhs record more funding , more doctors, more funding, more doctors, more nurses every worries about getting the nhs care they need

for their parents, grandparents or children that covid has done huge to the nhs . it's created huge to the nhs. it's created massive backlogs which we are working through . but britain's working through. but britain's heroic response to covid shows that where political will exists to really grip a problem, we can bnng to really grip a problem, we can bring everyone together and achieve the unthinkable that takes leadership . so i've takes leadership. so i've immediately set in train a new approach and taken the best of experience from fighting covid to reduce nhs and get patients quicker. my dad was a doctor and mum was a pharmacist. this is personal for me and i'm determined to get the number of people on waiting lists falling and i will not let you down. okay. well, so sunak's that now it does . i said it before. i'll it does. i said it before. i'll say it again. just a piers that we might be being led by a i

have yet to see a much more stilted broadcast in that particular one completely devoid of personality. but maybe you feel as though he's the feel as though he's got the substance. so get in substance. okay. so get in touch. we're going to go to email shortly. i want to email shortly. things i want to give today give you email about today really, was about really, the first one was about whether the whether or not you think the prince should swerve the prince harry should swerve the coronation. relation coronation. that's in relation to out to the latest noises out of royal do appear to say royal circles do appear to say he's not welcome that god. the other though is rishi other one though is rishi sunak's first 100 days housing impressed you yet gb views out gbnews.uk to top topics , but gbnews.uk to top topics, but we're moving on slightly now because liam halligan our economics and business editor me in the studio supermarket tesco and marks and spencer recorded record trading over the christmas period despite , not christmas period despite, not being in the middle of the cost of living. both retailers , a of living. both retailers, a growth in sales as higher on food drove up revenue . but the food drove up revenue. but the story isn't quite peachy for onune story isn't quite peachy for online clothing . asos you've online clothing. asos you've seen a fall sales amongst delivery disruption and polled purse strings. joining me now is

our economics and editor liam halligan with all the . money so halligan with all the. money so are you saying i have ordered that dress or face offs , but it that dress or face offs, but it seems factory it just seems yourself so silly. they only pay friday nights anyway . right? friday nights anyway. right? carry on. what you got? so we spoke about record sales tesco and minus two of our major. of course, tesco's the biggest retailer in in britain. they talk about record sales but in the end that's because we've had more inflation . and so the more inflation. and so the actual number of panels and pence that people are spending are up and indeed the numbers pretty good i can show you on a graphic here and radio listeners can bear with me . overall uk can bear with me. overall uk sales for tesco were up 5.3% and their food sales up 8.1. these were in the few months in the run up to christmas marks spencer to overall uk sales up 7.2% and food up 6.3% and they

do look like fantastic numbers. patrick and how does that square with the cost of living crisis? yeah, well if you think about it they always numbers i gave you were less than 10.9% and 10.9% is the rate of inflation . so the is the rate of inflation. so the actual value, the volume as it were of the goods and services that people buying underneath those numbers is less because the growth is less the rate of inflation. so the real value is, as economists say , of the goods as economists say, of the goods is going down. this is what inflation does. it turns what look like good numbers into not so good numbers. if you look the bonnet because the purchasing power of the pounds and pence that we the pounds and pence is not bank accounts, our persons and wallets is less so these figures look good. they are record figures in terms of the numbers of pounds and pence, but they are less in real than last yeah they are less in real than last year. they are, but they're not catastrophic. i'm not at not at all. they're bearing up. but we can't say that this a bumper

christmas . and in the end christmas. and in the end i talked about food there food is necessity. but if you look at marks and spencers clothing and homeware, that was down by 25% because these are more discretionary spends you us about asos fashion is more of a discretionary spend yet and this is the issue inflation hits the poorer the hardest because they spend more of their money on those necessities . food like those necessities. food like fuel filling up the car and the van and. those goods have gone up much faster than the headline rate of ten or 11. yeah and just a slightly wider point there. we've been talking a lot about rishi sunak's statement you made last is party political , last night. is party political, certain elements that be picking apart later on, they immigration side of it. we've done a on side of it. we've done a bit on the but yes, one of it is the nhs, but yes, one of it is directly relevant here. of course inflation course which is the inflation side in sorting our side of things in sorting our economy. make him economy. what do you make of him ? well, he gave five point ? well, he gave this five point pledge week in his opening speech of the new year, the day

after keir starmer opening speech of the new year . and i speech of the new year. and i must say, i don't want to be too cynical, but i'm a journalist. it's my job to be inform and sceptical and as an informal sceptic, i would say the pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year is pretty much almost certainly going to happen anyway. it's a bit like saying it's january now, i guarantee you because of my actions there will be more sunshine in june than in january. there will be a full moon this month. it strikes me that similarly with the waiting list pledge in terms of the nhs because when got record waiting lists because the nhs has down when the has been locked down when the nhs isn't locked down and people then lists are still horrendously high loads of human misery , certainly not making misery, certainly not making light of and i'm making the light of it. and i'm making the cost living crisis . but these cost of living crisis. but these metrics certain to metrics are almost certain to improve as the year goes , almost improve as the year goes, almost by mathematical inevitability. so i don't see these pledges as particularly, if i may say so impressive digging those numbers. the pharmacist, oddly,

he's never he never goes on about! he's never he never goes on about i say no , but could be about i say no, but could be because the knows about . because the nhs knows about. he should that should really raise that actually . now really actually because. now it really makes doesn't it. so makes you think doesn't it. so all nhs is personal to all over the nhs is personal to it. yeah really. aslam thank you very liam halligan narayan very much. liam halligan narayan always in business editor on money to delve money rise. i'm going to delve into my inbox into the terrifying of my inbox by vaiews@gbnews.uk by the way vaiews@gbnews.uk lots of you've been giving your hot takes just want me not asking for it, which is weird. on steve barclay meeting with the bma who represent i the bma who represent doctors. i think to the think it be in relation to the doctors had had doctors chats i had on, we had a former gp representative on the way and was basically saying woe is us we're not paid that much money. he did also reveal though, is something i'm though, which is something i'm glad finally actually glad someone finally actually said, which is if you train using a student loan in this country to a medical professional, a junior professional, le. a junior doctor , you then the doctor, you can then take the taxpayers train in this country and then go and work abroad. and you don't have to pay your student loan back. so a lot of them are doing that and i think that's a cheeky. but billy that's a bit cheeky. but billy says, genie exist in says, yes, the genie do exist in low they earn a fair low pay, but they earn a fair

old they're qualified. old wage when they're qualified. like them do. like you say, some of them do. the yeah, they go the training here, yeah, they go abroad paying their abroad without paying back their student should made student loan. they should made to pay it back if they have a great with great australia. i agree with you. that we've you. we keep hearing that we've got a recruitment the end and a retention in nhs and retention crisis in the nhs and junior aren't paid junior doctors aren't paid enough they get enough but they basically get trained for free at the taxpayers expense then they can go and join an australia and never have to pay it back. that's a pretty deal. if that's a pretty deal. and if they do it out there as they do stick it out there as well, do on quite well, they do end up on quite a big watch. and their argument against doing overtime is because it would move them into a higher bracket and they wouldn't on that wouldn't see much return on that money. i understand that money. now, i do understand that people are families and they don't but i think don't want to do it, but i think people moving into a higher people here moving into a higher tax bracket and the sympathy evaporate like sarah. sarah says, tax doesn't seem a says, higher tax doesn't seem a problem when they do their private stuff private work. interesting stuff .thus private work. interesting stuff . thus sarah has a good point. i wish maybe i put that to the job everyone pays more tax. the more hours not hours that they work is not unique when people unique to them. when people say pay unique to them. when people say pay but qualify, pay is low but don't qualify, what low, their argument what low, then their argument isn't strong yes, say isn't a strong. yes, i did say god , the doctor didn't die. what

god, the doctor didn't die. what are you paid ? he didn't answer are you paid? he didn't answer me. aeschylus. what me. it's not aeschylus. and what about an end of that. so he didn't i said, what about didn't say. i said, what about your didn't say, and your pension? he didn't say, and it of they it did emerge. of course they can for free. don't can trade here for free. don't go and work abroad, not just as doctors are doctors and nurses are overworked, underpaid , generally overworked, underpaid, generally dissatisfied demoralised dissatisfied and demoralised because managers are not because the managers are not doing job. see, i was my doing theirjob. see, i was my own children 25 per but own children 25 per year, but they do problems helping they don't do problems helping etc. hidden thing. think etc. yes, hidden thing. i think the structure. thank the management structure. thank you everybody for you very much everybody for getting touch. got loads getting in touch. i've got loads more next hour, of more coming your next hour, of course. first 100 course. rishi sunak's, first 100 days pick up his premiership, days we pick up his premiership, so far. should prince harry be banned to the coronation banned coming to the coronation as well? oh, yes. we've got a little of an immigration special for christys for you. i'm patrick christys this is gb news. hello, i'm alex deakin and. this is your latest weather update from the met office. it stays windy, especially windy tonight over northern ireland. parts of north wales and north—west england for . the to come as well to . the showers to come as well to be a little bit drier as the winds slow li ease tomorrow. but low is in control and low pressure is in control and as these bars a pinching

as these icy bars a pinching together it is getting very windy across northern windy now across northern ireland very blustery this evening . and the strong winds evening. and the strong winds that across the sea into that move across the sea into parts of north—west england nonh parts of north—west england north through the night north wales through the night could structural could cause some structural damage, certainly some disruption to ferry services . disruption to ferry services. those strong winds will blow in plenty of showers. the rain easing touch, though, overnight across western parts . scotland across western parts. scotland further south, not too many showers. that strong winds stopping, temperatures dropping down, freezing. most of us started about four or five, but it will feel cold in the wind on friday morning. plenty of showers to come on friday morning for northern ireland, northwest england and north wales with northern wales along with northern scotland. but many eastern southern areas not seeing too many showers. and showers to many showers. and the showers to ease off in many places the afternoon. although i think we'll always keep some coming in to south—west some sunny spells lifting the temperatures to around average or a touch above in some spots. but it'll feel colder because of that wind. so a chilly friday, more rain then

comes in during friday evening into the west. but look at this and a batch of heavy , persistent and a batch of heavy, persistent swamps across the country to start the weekend . so a soggy start the weekend. so a soggy saturday morning . there'll be saturday morning. there'll be some snow in the hills across parts of scotland, clearing from northern ireland perhaps during the morning. and then the rain should spill away reasonably quickly during the afternoon . so quickly during the afternoon. so tending a little bit drier , but tending a little bit drier, but there'll be showers there'll be more showers following on behind and it will be windy early day. we be windy early in the day. we could get up to 11 or 12 celsius, but temperatures dropping as that rain through the that a the afternoon and that is a sign of things to come mild after time on saturday. but look at this, blue this, the maps turning blue colder, arriving for colder, conditions arriving for next return of frost and next with a return of frost and ice this year on gb news ice, we've got brand new members of the join us across entire united kingdom. we the issues that matter to gb news will always stay honest balanced and fair. we want to hear whatever is on your mind and we don't down to you.the

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channel alright. the rmt general mick lynch has met with the rail delivery group, have the ongoing job security and pay dispute and he's actually speaking right outside the studio . let's cross outside the studio. let's cross like we are working jointly towards the revised offer for this section of the dispute. we've that over the next couple of days we continue to work on that through discussions . of days we continue to work on that through discussions. i will see what comes it that's that's all we can say at this time fred

. you know so we're working on it so that be that there's not any more to say sorry to disappoint you but that's where we are in the way of you're going to be on like so well, that's what you do . that's okay that's what you do. that's okay . so that was a very brief interaction with mick lynch. there who is of course general, secretary of the rnc. we'll have more detail on he just said there, but he did a little particularly happy today in relation the meetings relation to the latest meetings with to try to stop with over pay to try to stop more strikes . i'm going to more rail strikes. i'm going to love you over now get your love you over now to get your latest of course, latest headlines, of course, with polish east . with the wonderful polish east. patrick, thank you. good afternoon to you. the top story on gb news. the government says a meeting between the health secretary and health leaders was good and constructive . it comes good and constructive. it comes as new nhs england data shows ambulances took an and a half on

average to respond to call outs in the month of december. the longest response on record. details on pay, we believe, weren't at today's meeting , but weren't at today's meeting, but steve barclay has warned we must address the workforce crisis. shadow attorney general emily thornberry told gb news talks are the only way forward . much are the only way forward. much better , surely, is to use the better, surely, is to use the system that we already have, which that people negotiate the bafic which that people negotiate the basic safety . and you can see basic safety. 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 , what's that's the reality, what's always happened and we know that even if they do persist , even if they do persist, legislation is not going to help with the current situation. the current situation can only be helped if the government stops playing games, sits down and talks to the unions , negotiates talks to the unions, negotiates a deal . meanwhile, 100,000 civil a deal. meanwhile, 100,000 civil servants will strike next on february the first decision

follows another meeting with the government, one the public and commercial services has called a total false . union leaders met total false. union leaders met total false. union leaders met to discuss ongoing dispute over pay to discuss ongoing dispute over pay jobs and conditions. it follows weeks of walkouts, including the strike by border force staff over christmas . force staff over christmas. union leaders have said more money will have to be offered in order to prevent further industrial action and travel disruption continues for passengers . london today with passengers. london today with strikes on the newly opened elizabeth line , members from the elizabeth line, members from the transport salaries staff association and prospect have walked off the job over pay and conditions. the two unions rejected . a 4.4% increase for rejected. a 4.4% increase for this year . rejected. a 4.4% increase for this year. transport for london has warned of a shorten notice cancellation schedule and many changes now northern ireland secretary has said there is still a way to go to resolve row over the northern ireland protocol and a warning for those watching on television. the following does contain some

flashing images. the irish premier and labour have met political parties at stormont today to discuss the post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border . dup trade rules on the irish land border. dup has been blocking the formation of a government until the protocol dramatically altered . all international news altered. all international news and russian mercenaries are claiming they have 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, but did they had documents belonging to both brits? gb news is to verify those claims , and is to verify those claims, and the foreign office says it supports the families of andrew bagshaw and christopher parry while they await more . we'll while they await more. we'll keep you up to date on that as soon as we have anything new. meanwhile ukrainian authorities say russia attacked a maternity hospital in the port city of carcassonne . video footage shows carcassonne. video footage shows the aftermath of the strike with

heavy damage to windows and offices . there have been no offices. there have been no confirmed deaths . that comes confirmed deaths. that comes after president praised the resilience of his forces in the eastern donbass region . the eastern donbass region. the singer lee ryan has been found guilty of racially aggravated assault. the incident happened on a british airways flight last july on a british airways flight last july . ealing magistrates court july. ealing magistrates court heard the former member of blue also asked a flight attendant to kiss him. the former pop has apologised for his behaviour. kiss him. the former pop has apologised for his behaviour . an apologised for his behaviour. an energy watchdog says more than 3 million people in the uk ran out of credit on their pre—payment last year. citizens advice says more than 2 million people were being disconnect fitted at least once a month leaving them unable to turn heating on or cook a meal. the is calling for a total ban on the forced installation of pre—payment metres until new protections introduced . more protections introduced. more women will be able to get

checked for breast cancer after the government announced checked for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 the government announced £10 million in funding towards eight nhs screening units. the initiative will make screening more accessible for thousands of women . with 29 new units being women. with 29 new units being set up , the investment will also set up, the investment will also see upgrade ultrasound and x—rays better detect cancer using new and improved software . kin using new and improved software. kin princess of wales have appeared in public for the first time since the release , the duke of since the release, the duke of sussex. his memoir. william and kate a visit to merseyside, where they opened the royal liverpool university hospital. they're also meeting health workers and mental health to thank them for their during the winter months . meanwhile, king winter months. meanwhile, king charles has been in aberdeenshire visiting the aboyne and mid deeside shed as it's . and lastly chester zoo has it's. and lastly chester zoo has boosted its conservation efforts with a new arrival. a critically endangered chimpanzee bay b the

baby boy said to be in good health and has bonded well with mummy as can see clinging on to her tummy there. if you're watching on television well as the rest of the troop he's only the rest of the troop he's only the fourth chimp to have been born the zoo in five years, born at the zoo in five years, but first male in more than but the first male in more than a decade old type. that's set you up to date on gb news mornings as we have it now. back to . to. patrick well, sunak outlined his priorities for government last night , his priorities for government last night, his first policy political broadcast as minister on the agenda , blaming the on the agenda, blaming the pandemic for an nhs backlog . pandemic for an nhs backlog. pledges to tackle illegal migration and measures to repair the economy . here's just a the economy. here's just a little flavour of what he had to say . under my leadership, little flavour of what he had to say . under my leadership , the say. under my leadership, the government's priorities are your

priorities . the people's 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 kingdom. our great country is . does it look like country is. does it look like someone's lettuce is up there anyway? rishi sunak has been in number 10 for 100 days. for 100 days today. has he impressed you and most importantly, would you vote for him? so 100 days in? how would you give me your verdict on riches. do not 100 days in gb views out gbnews.uk let's be nice gb news is political editor darren mccaffrey re who is in westminster rishi outlining his priorities . westminster rishi outlining his priorities. he it is indeed at least he's lasted longer than liz truss and the latter is something he can hold on to, isn't it? yeah and yes it's trying to set out these priorities. we heard this at the

start of the year didn't we. these kind of five targets. he his government now you know what the kind of quite lofty something frankly many there would like to see happen sooner rather than later whether that's the small boats crisis in the channel the small boats crisis in the channel, whether it's tackling inflation , whether is trying inflation, whether it is trying to tackle that backlog the to tackle that backlog with the national service. labour and others, critics would point out , well, you know, they ought to loft in the sense that actually they're not very detailed, you know, precise how quickly you ought to get that backlog on the nhs down is it's down to 2019 levels are 2010 levels. is it stopping all the migrant going across the english channel or is it trying to get those numbers and inflation's going to fall anyway almost , irrespective of anyway almost, irrespective of what this government does? but there is some good hope or some optimism, i should say at least the government today, there's not that around not been much of that around there with there recently. patrick, with suggestions that, things are starting corner when starting to turn a corner when it to the national health it comes to the national health service the backlog, for service with the backlog, for example , that were 70,000

example, that there were 70,000 more elective treatments in december than there was at the same in 2019. so pre the pandemic and also that the number of people on year long waits has fallen is really for down thousand on the month before, but still it's heading in the right direction. i think irrespective of all of that in that political party election broadcast party, political broadcast party, political broadcast last night, many people want the prime minister to focus the more immediate term issues , not least of all what's issues, not least of all what's happening with the national health service, particularly in england, given the figures that have been released have just been released today suggesting have suggesting that if you have stroke heart attack, can stroke or a heart attack, can you call nine? well you call nine nine? it may well take hour and a half on average for that ambulance to turn up . for that ambulance to turn up. quite extraordinary, given fact, the target is 80 minutes. all that if you turn up to accident and emergency again and that you might have to wait more 4 hours. more than half of the number people or having to do so and are the worst records of the worst essentially that we've ever on records and we've ever seen on records and we've got potentially more strikes

coming out. well, we know we've got nurses going on strike next week. we know paramedics going to the same the week after. it is possible. we see is possible. we may well see that on months and that carry on for months and months . junior doctors months to come. junior doctors balloting about balloting as well about potential action. so, yes potential strike action. so, yes , the prime minister trying to out his ambitions for the rest of this parliament, trying to convince he gets convince people that if he gets these achieved in the these things achieved in the next year and a half, two years, that he'll get re—elected. but the patrick, on, what, the end, patrick, on, what, january 12, 2023 lot people say so, right . these problems january 12, 2023 lot people say so, right. these problems in the weeks and months to come. please okay. good stuff, darren. thank you very much. darren mccaffrey there, our political editor. let's in now is going to let's focus in now is going to be throughout the course be doing throughout the course of show variety of of the show a variety of different elements. what rishi had and. one of big had to say and. one of the big ones we're on now, of ones we're focusing on now, of course, illegal course, tackling illegal migration. you got migration. firstly you got a former labour special adviser who didn't think who said that he didn't think the migration anywhere the illegal migration anywhere near the country's top priorities . you thought priorities. you thought of things prices, etc. things like food prices, etc. i can the point you can understand the point you say, but isn't this part of the problem ? it comes to people problem? it comes to people really trusting what keir

starmer when he says starmer is saying when he says that about solving that he's bothered about solving the crisis. the small boats crisis. the channel. i'm not sure channel. because i'm not sure that labour being that genuine about that is one of about the fact that is one of their anyway. so their priorities anyway. so is that government's hundreds that the government's hundreds is not putting is rishi say not putting hundreds of agents to stop hundreds of new agents to stop crossings the channel. rishi crossings of the channel. rishi sunak also said the people who arrive in the uk illegally will not have the right to stay and will be removed . it's simply not will be removed. it's simply not right that people come here illegally . it's unfair right that people come here illegally. it's unfair on right that people come here illegally . it's unfair on those illegally. it's unfair on those who follow the rules on those who follow the rules on those who really deserve our help and above all, it's unfair on british taxpayers . it must stop british taxpayers. it must stop under my government . it will under my government. it will stop . we're taking decisive stop. we're taking decisive action , deploying hundreds of action, deploying hundreds of new agents to tackle immigration criminals , putting an end to the criminals, putting an end to the situation where taxpayers are paying situation where taxpayers are paying to keep illegal migrants in hotel doors and will

introduce new laws that make it unambiguously clear that if you come to our illegally , you will come to our illegally, you will not have the right to stay and will be removed . okay the words will be removed. okay the words error occurred whether or not you believe him is a different question or undeniably something needs to be done about you. can i you imagine if i i just say, can you imagine if i were reading get were living reading the also get lucky reasonable ticket . let's lucky reasonable ticket. let's speak chief speak to former chief immigration officer uk border force kevin saunders kevin goss sorry i watched rishi sunak impression, right? okay he says it is unfair on the british taxpayer and he's going to actually stop the small boats crisis and the illegal immigrants will be removed. let's with the latter let's start with the latter there. how is he going remove all these people ? i have all of these people? i have absolutely no idea at all because they're undocumented and you can't remove people if they haven't got a document for the country that you want to remove them to. so and something that i

don't know i don't know how he's going to do it and he's not made any reference to , you or people any reference to, you or people as far as you're aware in the border force as to exactly how you are going to be expected to collect all of these people coming off the channel and then help remove . no you can't do it help remove. no you can't do it because they're undocumented . so because they're undocumented. so they're not they're not telling you their real names. they're not any real dates of birth , not any real dates of birth, nationality. we get the nationality. we get the nationality out of them. but you can't remove them unless you've got a document for that country . and if you go to the country and, say, come, we have a document, they want the name and the date of birth of the person , but you want the document for and they're not giving us that. so you can't remove them unless you have a deal like . we've got you have a deal like. we've got with albania where albanians will will take them anyway .

will will take them anyway. okay. alright, services zero's big thing is that he's 100 okay. alright, services zero's big thing is that he's100 days big thing is that he's 100 days in now and. they are taking decisive action on illegal immigration. decisive action on illegal immigration . what decisive immigration. what decisive action have you seen so far ? action have you seen so far? well, he's increased . the well, he's increased. the national crime agency. he's put more , more money and more people more, more money and more people into the nca. so they can trace the people smugglers. and he's people over france in a role, whether what the french are doing , they can't actually do doing, they can't actually do anything . but they can look and anything. but they can look and see what the french doing about . the people on the beaches and in the control centres. but patrick, i've been saying for god knows , how long? if you want god knows, how long? if you want to solve problem, you've got to convince the french to get the french naval forces out the channel to stop the boats. right. | channel to stop the boats. right. i could do it tomorrow if they wanted to, but they done so

realistically they do that. we've had added so potentially down % really giving him the down% really giving him the benefit of the doubt here. she said, you know, he doesn't want to reveal the exact negotiations he's with the he doesn't he's having with the he doesn't want his hand . he want to reveal his hand. he doesn't us false doesn't want to give us false hope. but what would convince the french to actually patrol that of the and stop the that of the channel and stop the boats coming because that is the claim from which see not by claim from which you see not by the that he will stop the the way, that he will stop the small boats. you're saying the only do that is by only way you can do that is by getting the french to stop them? how get the french to how does he get the french to stop? got to some sort of stop? he's got to some sort of deal with france . to stop it. deal with france. to stop it. now, the if you look at what's on at the moment, relations with france have been they're much better now , but they've been better now, but they've been much now because we're doing commercial business with france. we've done the nuclear reactors , bit with them where they're going to build nuclear reactors for us . and you're not you will for us. and you're not you will have noticed that the once that

was announced the french were more helpful about the channel. now what sunak has got to do is that macron look , what is it that macron look, what is it that macron look, what is it that you want from us and let's see if we can do it? feeling is it'll probably be something . it'll probably be something. northern ireland, perhaps fishing, something like that . fishing, something like that. and if you can get agreement with that, then you might see france being more understanding about the migrants . okay. about the migrants. okay. alright that's one way of doing it, i suppose. another way of doing it potentially will be to get other deals with other countries other than rwanda and actually get some flights to take but just, just one take off. but just, just one thing that he is saying is that he's to increase the he's going to increase the amount patrols that i amount of force patrols that i think a lot of people would argue is just a sticking plaster because does that just make it easier and for people who are in the into. yes it the channel to get into. yes it does. we need more stuff .

does. we need more stuff. there's absolutely no doubt that we need more staff. i mean , i we need more staff. i mean, i believe they've also the thousand. but if they had offered 5000, that would have been would have been better . but been would have been better. but it takes time to train these guys. you need to train to train somebody to go in the control of an upright properly is a good six months to a year before they're doing it rightly . okay. they're doing it rightly. okay. lovely volokh thank you very much for giving your take. saunders the former chief immigration officer at uk border force on what rishi sunak has said. one of his top priorities course is stopping illegal immigration , and he has said immigration, and he has said some rather strong words that stop the boats. he's also spoken . anyone coming here illegally will removed. unfortunately as it currently stands unless something new emerges, it doesn't seem immediately obvious as to how we're going be able to remove all of these people. we've just heard their former chief immigration officer, uk force say a lot of these people, what they tell you where they're

from will be from and they will be undocumented, it's undocumented, which means it's hard them . rishi hard to remove them. rishi sunak, also he sunak, of course, has also he wants to the asylum wants to slash the asylum backlog, in fact remove it entirely . well, the two that go entirely. well, the two that go handin entirely. well, the two that go hand in hand do that because if he doesn't know where they're from or where to send the boxes, then that backlog increases. maybe a win of that, maybe not after a win of that, although very although course very well—meaning. the other thing there he's there is saying that he's going to patrols the to put more patrols in the channel. what have heard there is yes, again , a is that is. yes, again, a sticking plaster. so when it comes so far what you've comes to that so far what you've heard sunak top promises heard sunak and his top promises a lot of them are going to happen anyway. one happen anyway. the only one where there's jeopardy. where there's any jeopardy. i would on in the would is what's going on in the channel from we know so far channel and from we know so far that he said is going to sort it . does mean for you . so what does that mean for you as i asking a lot as a voter? i was asking a lot of to get in touch and thank of you to get in touch and thank you much. for those you you very much. for those of you have neil. says the have people, neil. he says the policy broadcast is policy political broadcast is one worst sees it's one of the worst he sees as it's so robot repeating . so like a robot repeating. things he doesn't believe. yeah. so you go. there's a lot so there you go. there's a lot of this coming in, by way. of this coming in, by the way. i'm to some positive i'm trying to find some positive ones, there are huge ones, but there are a huge amount positive ones. but

amount of positive ones. but yeah, keep your views coming . it yeah, keep your views coming. it does to me as though i does appear to me as though i think nail on the think you hit the nail on the head neil about a chaplain head that neil about a chaplain maybe doesn't quite that maybe doesn't quite believe that he has the power fix he actually has the power to fix things, issues. things, blaming on other issues. so coronavirus, so the nhs coronavirus, the economy on ukraine and then trying to stick sticking plaster over what is going on in the channel and moving on the. department of health and social care. say steve, recognises the significant staff significant pressures that staff are under nhs are working under in the nhs dunng are working under in the nhs during talks with employers and union leaders earlier today. junior doctors are currently being on possible strike action in based on pay and conditions and whilst neither side said an agreement was reached , the agreement was reached, the government described it as constructive. figures out , constructive. figures out, though, show that a&e waiting times have hit a new high , with times have hit a new high, with more than half of the people in waiting more than 4 hours to be seen. we've now it's councillor stu carroll, a conservative representing the royal borough of windsor and maidenhead and health comes under your brief. stewart well, doesn't it? what do you make of these latest

figures and massive waiting times in a&e . good afternoon, times in a&e. good afternoon, patrick. good afternoon to you viewers. it's very concerning and i think one of the things we really need to do with the nhs is above and beyond what the health secretary is really trying to do, which is go to resolute and to the situation we to have, i think, an honest discussion where we are with the nhs and what the nhs should be for looking ahead to the future . ever since 1948, the nhs has been operating on its principles of comprehensive free at the point of need. that was a time when we had different life expectancy a different size of population, and now we're deaung population, and now we're dealing with a number of challenges on multiple fronts which have been exacerbated the pandemic and the costs of crisis. of that, there's no doubt. crisis. of that, there's no doubt . but i crisis. of that, there's no doubt. but i do think there's got to be an honest national conversation led by government, led by politicians about what the nhs should doing and what it

shouldn't be doing because. these figures show in so football an analogy the nhs is in the relegation zone and if we don't do something drastic soon it's going to go down and the consequences of that are enormous because so many of us rely and depend the nhs. yeah well, what should be done to fix that. have you got some solutions to this problem. yes i've written ask a recently on this and i think what we have to do is take an emergency approach and let's focus in on five critical things . that's got to critical things. that's got to of course, be primary care and consultations and need to start strategically using health care professionals, particularly pharmacists to enable quick, effective, safe appointment . effective, safe appointment. it's a&e ambulance is vital. we've got to place an emphasis on getting speed and safety elective operations particularly on the 12th my backlog and an emphasis on paediatric and early is vaccination screening diagnostics that has to be a

continued emphasis to try and stop the mandates in the nhs and mental health services which we know has had an enormous amount of pressure placed . its not of pressure placed. its not least because of the pandemic . least because of the pandemic. also, we've got to get real about the fact that suicide remains , one of the biggest remains, one of the biggest killers in this country, particularly of men under the age of 50. we need to have a priority emergency action plan there and however hard and tense and it may be anything else needs to be the third is nice to do until we to follow my analogy to get out of relegation and move up to a more secure mid—table position with the nhs. what else would an option. what down option. but if i keep heanng down option. but if i keep hearing about which i do junior doctors training here in this country doing their degrees here in this country taking out student loans that to taxpayers expense in this country and then going to australia because they say is better. why don't we just copy the australian system ? i copy the australian system? i think we have to look at these

opfionsin think we have to look at these options in terms of particularly the stuff and the staff shortage and the skill shortages that you're making reference to. we have to face up to the fact that we a problem there. we have a gap there and we can't just keep doing einstein would say the definition insanity doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results that some the things i would point some of the things i would point out well which out patrick here as well which are in room that we are also in the room and that we have to fix adult care for nearly six years i was responsible for that at a local level and it remains a massive problem because of the issue with this charge. and we have to start looking in a more radical approach to community care . approach to community care. government have to government has failed on that, frankly. and do need to have a serious reform package. and the other thing is, you know, the national health service, it's a bit of a misnomer. it's really illness misnomer. it's really a illness service national hospital service or national hospital service. we need to really have a proper definition of and what do we mean by it? what are we

asking of the health service? again and how are we ensuring for across we are place in the right emphasis on health? and a couple of things . again, we know couple of things. again, we know magnified because. well, look, thank you very, very much . great thank you very, very much. great to have you back on the show. councillor carroll, that conservative the conservative represents the royal of windsor, our royal borough of windsor, our maiden hat health falls under maiden hat in health falls under his brief. with me his brief. you're with me patrick christys on gb news prince princess wales prince and princess of wales opened in the opened, a new hospital in the liverpool area today. the king has been up in aberdeenshire life on for the life is carrying on for the working royals despite of course, harry's bombshell claims on latest being reported on the latest being reported today is that harry will not be welcome at the coronation . get welcome at the coronation. get your views coming in, gb views gbnews.uk. i'll be back. and it's .

at prince william and catherine have officially opened new royal liverpool university hospital

dunng liverpool university hospital during their first official visit following release of prince harry's bombshell book and the explosive personal anecdotes in the duke of sussex. his memoir have cast doubt over his attendance at the king's coronation . sources have coronation. sources have revealed senior royals are hesitant about inviting harry to the coronation due to worries that their conversations will end up in a future bestseller. yeah exactly. let's cross live now to is royal reporter cameron walker liverpool cameron there you go. harry it would appear as and truly burns his bridges it would appear so the moment patrick yes but despite the sussex storm bringing across the other side of la, because of that memoir and the literal storm blowing through liverpool in the west of the united kingdom today, the prince and princess of wales were very much focussed their public duties focussed on their public duties as working members, royal as working members, the royal family, started their day family, they started their day here liverpool at royal here in liverpool at the royal university hospital . they're university hospital. they're meeting staff and thanking staff for the work they've been doing

over months. they're over the winter months. they're also opening the new also officially opening the new buildings here . is this the buildings here. is this the biggest in the country. there's also a 100% of the patient rooms are en suite and privacy is expected to improve the patients experience quite a bit. so they also unveiled plaque and visited also unveiled plaque and visited a charity supports mental health in young people but of course the big elephant the room was the big elephant the room was the prince and princess wales so sorry was harry's memoir being released. they were actually heckled by one journalist as they entered the hospital behind me here. but but they definitely did respond to any of the allegations actions which were thrown at them of in prince harry's memoir. he talks about a text exchange . meghan and kate's text exchange. meghan and kate's kate allegedly meets meghan . he kate allegedly meets meghan. he also talks about a heated confrontation between him and his brother, william, where he alleges william physically attacked him . kensington palace attacked him. kensington palace has not responded to any of the allegations in the memoir. they

were very much focussed today on the engagements here. the show of public duties for the prince and princess of wales. elsewhere the king. he has been in aberdeen . he's been visiting an aberdeen. he's been visiting an organisation which supports men who are, who are affected by, verbal loneliness and princess anne. she has been in cyprus visiting a military families . so visiting a military families. so as for the working members of the royal family, it's very much a united here and putting on businesses usual fulfilling their duties as working members of the royal family and of course it's only a few months patrick until the king's coronation and there is a big question mark over whether whether harry and meghan are going to be attending that. yes well, i think they should probably do the a favour and steer clear of it, carol karen walker, our royal reporter who is in liverpool, goes on normal day to day service , well and day to day service, well and truly resumed the other working members of the royal family . members of the royal family. i've got a few emails for you. just quickly vaiews@gbnews.uk

ianes just quickly vaiews@gbnews.uk invites harry to coronation and a whinge about security having to leave his wife and children behind or his wife being blanked. no one talking to him, being sat at the blah blah being sat at the back, blah blah blah. invite , but he'll blah. don't invite, but he'll only about not being only whinge about not being ianed only whinge about not being invited so don't invite him. that's comment. okay. so that's comment. yes. okay. so limiting the amount whinging limiting the amount of whinging that can do. that whingeing ginge can do. i think john's approach to not about i suppose they've about option i suppose they've got maybe the option to got to give maybe the option to got to give maybe the option to go hope that harry go and would hope that harry would right thing would do the right thing and not it into opera. but yeah it into a soap opera. but yeah how on earth can anyone trust a word say? by way, word that harry say? by the way, there a clip from audio book there is a clip from audio book which appears be, i would which appears to be, i would argue , kind afro idiom argue, kind of like afro idiom saga, which involves the frostbite that he had in a private of his body and a rather bizarre memory of his mother. but we'll talk about that's a bit later. people over 50 could be exempt from paying income tax difference . tory is under plans difference. tory is under plans being considered the government to get older people back , work being considered the government to fill older people back , work being considered the government to fill old shortages back , work being considered the government to fill old shortages .ack , work being considered the government to fill old shortages . will work being considered the government to fill old shortages . will hear to fill job shortages. will hear from our economics and business editor liam next. also rather interesting stuff. if you were on disability benefits, you

might benefits might get disability benefits whilst being in work. how do you feel that though feel about that now though as you headlines. feel about that now though as you headlines . patrick thank you headlines. patrick thank you.the you headlines. patrick thank you. the latest headlines this houn you. the latest headlines this hour, the government, a meeting between the health secretary and health was good and. it health leaders was good and. it comes as new nhs england data shows took an hour and a half on average to respond to call outs in the month of december. that's the longest response time on record. details on pay weren't discussed at today's meetings, but steve barclay has warned he must address workforce crisis. the shadow attorney general, emily thornberry , told gb news emily thornberry, told gb news talks are the only way forward . talks are the only way forward. much better, surely is to use the system that we already , the system that we already, which is that people negotiate the basic safety levels and you can see nurses running picket lines in order to go and when there is a particular crisis .

there is a particular crisis. that's the reality. that's what's happened. and we know that even if they do pass this legislation , not going to help legislation, not going to help with the current situation . the with the current situation. the current situation can only helped if the government stops playing games sits down and talks to the unions and negotiate deal . the northern negotiate deal. the northern ireland secretary says still a way to go to resolve the row over the northern ireland protocol and a warning the following pictures do contain some flashing images. the irish premier and the labour leader met this morning with other political parties at stormont today discuss the post brexit today to discuss the post brexit trade rules on the irish land border. the has blocking the border. the dup has blocking the formation of a government until the protocol is altered or removed . russian mercenaries are removed. russian mercenaries are claiming they have found a body belonging one of the two british aid workers missing in ukraine. the bargaining group hasn't specified of the two has reportedly been found , but did reportedly been found, but did say they had documents to both gb news has been unable to

verify those claims and the foreign office says. it is supporting the families . andrew supporting the families. andrew bagshaw and christopher parry , bagshaw and christopher parry, while they await more . the while they await more. the singer lee ryan has been guilty of racially aggravated . the of racially aggravated. the incident happened on a british airways flight last july . ealing airways flight last july. ealing magistrates court , west london, magistrates court, west london, heard the former member of blue also asked a female flight attendant to kiss him. the former pop star has apologised former pop star has apologised for his behaviour and as you've been hearing, for his behaviour and as you've been hearing , the prince and been hearing, the prince and princess of wales have appeared in public for the first time since the publication of prince harry's memoir, spare prince william and kate are merseyside to officially open the royal liverpool university hospital. the two are meeting health care and mental health staff to thank them . their ongoing work them. their ongoing work throughout winter months. those are your latest news headlines. you up to date on tv, online , you up to date on tv, online, dab, plus radio . this is gb dab, plus radio. this is gb news. we're back in a bit.

okay. welcome back now. ministers are looking into new ways to fill growing inactivity problem with vast gaps in the labour market across industries. prime minister rishi sunak's say we need see where we can incentivise who can be in work now. this could include people over being exempt from income tax and disabled workers still having the option to claim benefits should they return to work. to quite big headlines already. so people over 50 being enficed already. so people over 50 being enticed into work so they don't pay enticed into work so they don't pay income tax, which is massive, really . and also people massive, really. and also people on disabled benefits still getting those benefits whilst working beyond if you ask me. but anyway, i had to take pounds out. this is our economics business editor is liam halligan

with on the money . okay so . i'm with on the money. okay so. i'm going to start with the stuff, if that's all right. if i were on disability benefits. presumably that's because i can't work . but then if i do can't work. but then if i do work , i still get my disability work, i still get my disability benefits . isn't that a bit odd ? benefits. isn't that a bit odd? well, this story is , patrick, well, this story is, patrick, it's known in the journalistic trade as a flyer. it's known in the journalistic trade as a flyer . so some trade as a flyer. so some special adviser , some somebody special adviser, some somebody voice in the dark. will have talked to a newspaperjournalist and said, oh, we're thinking about this. they're flying a kite, seeing the public thinks. there are no on the record quotes from ministers about this subject . but what is true is subject. but what is true is disability claims the value cost of disability benefit claims are up 70% since before the pandemic. and at the same time, there are almost a quarter of a million more over 50 who have quit the workforce before regular age. again, since the

pandemic . because a lot of pandemic. because a lot of people got to staying at home dunng people got to staying at home during lockdown and this is now starting to seriously impact the economy in the national accounts we talk lot about the number of vacancies that there are. you know it might partly because over fifties they don't like going to workplaces because they've to watch they've got to be told to watch their pronouns and they really understand wars . understand the culture wars. yeah, i think it's partly that i do i don't think that's a flippant point. i think i flippant point. i think that i agree but i also think agree with you but i also think that a lot people are staying that a lot of people are staying at and the treasury in at home and the treasury in particular is worried particular is getting worried about it's starting about this because it's starting to economic growth and tax revenues. idea is it is revenues. so the idea is it is just an idea that maybe some fifties will pay less income tax. the idea that all over 50 don't going to pay income tax is not. yeah because over fifties this earned more money and the idea you're going to cut income tax for all people many of whom own you know is for the birds and i do but i do is a very

important point is that you do need to incentivise some of those to come back to work maybe by raising the value of their pension so they can pay more attention without being penalised by tax, particularly doctors, for instance. that is an active idea going around in the treasury and on the disability side there certainly is what we call a trap. you sometimes get to the situation where you work a little bit, then you can lose so much of your benefits that it doesn't pay you your benefits that it doesn't pay you to work. so you'll kind be irrational if you actually get up and go to work. yeah think because a lot of people would look at this and go too many people just going to many people are just going to get double bubble going to claim that for disability that benefits for disability working in and working and they can join in and in is a waste money in a sense is a waste of money for the british taxpayer. there are benefits are are some disability benefits are kind mobility kind of living with mobility allowances on people who allowances and so on people who are you capable of working able bodied or partially able bodied in some sense, but they do need additional help. and the state rightly my does help them rightly in my does help them

with additional help maybe with that additional help maybe if you have equipment or other assist that's a so maybe extra help with their electricity payments because some disabled people you know, have equipment which they need to help them. so i don't think this is a completely flip idea . certainly completely flip idea. certainly the tapering disability benefit as people work , some forms of as people work, some forms of disability benefit and mobility allowance. but the idea that you know the headline is over 50 might pay income tax nuts might not pay income tax nuts but how are they going to entice someone over 50 let's say like fifties who's had a lifetime of working in environment trudging into the city single day trudging out of that now they're saying oh they can see time they come into the office this rainbow flags and social minefields everywhere you know hey joan departments running fings hey joan departments running rings around people forjust rings around people for just danng rings around people for just daring shake someone's hand daring to shake someone's hand inappropriately, supposedly. well incentivise them to get off couch in their own house with the telephone in the background and if their well, and work. if their laptop. well, it be that they are, you it might be that they are, you know , if employers need kind of

know, if employers need kind of experienced people , you know, we experienced people, you know, we are foregoing a lot of experience and expertise in our economy and women of 50 plus who aren't going to work regularly the way that they used to work. and it may be that if they want their expertise , say, well, you their expertise, say, well, you can work from home, a number of days per week to make it easier for. yeah, it may be, as i said, that the exchequer says you can add bit more your pension pots add a bit more your pension pots without penalised for tax. you have of lifetime have a kind of lifetime allowance yeah. as you allowance as. yeah. as you people are getting lazier . i people are getting lazier. i think a lot of people have yet to recover from lockdown . there to recover from lockdown. there is a much higher rate of economic inactivity. i think that's completely true. the uk is almost unique among european nafions. is almost unique among european nations . a lot more of our nations. a lot more of our people haven't gone back to work after lockdown than almost all other major european economies. i think it's probably to do with the inadequacies of our transport system yet to be honest. and you know, since the pandemic had train strikes and all kinds of other issues . so

all kinds of other issues. so i do think the uk got some ways to go. i do think the government's to be looking at ways to incentivise people to get back to work. it could be that they disability benefits , but the disability benefits, but the idea that people about 51 have to pay and come tax is a non—starter in my view. liam thank you very much as ever. liam halligan our economic and business editor on show, business editor now on my show, i always want to hear your thoughts on topics that thoughts on the topics that we're joining we're discussing. so joining me is could back to is someone who could go back to work, tax free apparently work, income tax free apparently if the plans are enacted . cox if the plans are enacted. cox who's in felixstowe and you're an avid viewer of this show. good stuff. lovely to meet you. anyway, thank you very much . anyway, thank you very much. thank you very much. appreciate it. get to the show. i'm being a part of it now. you've got yourself on the telly, which is great could it put you great so what could it put you on planning your personal on is planning your personal circumstances the circumstances to me at the moment. so you work moment. so do you work from home? are home? what circumstances are early ? at 51, i lived abroad early? at 51, i lived abroad a while. come back pretty confident . been here ever since

confident. been here ever since . i've got a small company pension, but from that i'm living off savings . okay, so living off savings. okay, so i'm. i'm 64. i was going to ask that and of course i'm very shocked to hear it as well i must say. but what could incentive as you age, go back to what have you got any desire to really go back to work? i have contemplated , but i have got a contemplated, but i have got a very full life. i've got a lot of hobbies and i would actually like to maybe do some voluntary work know helping the elderly and that sort of sort of things . but in terms of me going back and being exempt from tax , i and being exempt from tax, i would need to earn and being exempt from tax, i would need to ear n £30,000 would need to earn £30,000 a year and i'm buried mind hypothetically . they're saying hypothetically. they're saying that for one year i would need to own that for one year i would need to ow n £13,000 a year and would to own £13,000 a year and would save just under to own £13,000 a year and would save just unde r £4,000. tax save just under £4,000. tax highly unlikely. i would get a job earning £30,000 a year. i probably get minimum wage

working in supermarket, in which case a year's worth of tax savings would less than £1,000, barely mind the rate of inflation. my while i'm living all has you know, the inflation is 20. my savings have gone down by 20. so you know i don't think that to save that tax would be a sense and transport as well. so presumably costs getting in and out and often when you're at work you nip to the shop across road from work and buy your lunch, your dinner there and then you know, all expenses and what you could make home and what you could make at home and things. it's not things. i suppose it's not personal well, but personal enjoyment as well, but what do you make of it you see in general so far as 100 days in, he's outlined his big five point which can definitely point plan, which can definitely easily into three easily condense into three points. think about points. what do you think about i am i think the moment he just depends a lot of people are i don't believe that he's i want to see him doing what he says he's going to do . mm. are you he's going to do. mm. are you willing to give him the time to

do that though. do you trust the actually will do it because he just seem a little bit rigid at the minute. no i don't think he will, i don't think he will do it. think it's all talk at it. i do think it's all talk at the and what of the the moment and what of the issues. just find leave. that's what i say when it comes sorting out the economy, sorting out the nhs or dealing with illegal immigration, which one is the big issue for you ? the biggest big issue for you? the biggest issue for me is illegal immigration. i think that in because that impacts on all of our infrastructure , not only our infrastructure, not only doesit our infrastructure, not only does it cost thousands and thousands keeping people in hotels, it it it puts so much pressure on other aspect of our lives nhs in particular. and i think the reason the nhs struggling now is because they , struggling now is because they, you know, the population of this country has gone up near 10 million in the last 30 years. excite there certainly there

certainly hasn't been hospitals to accommodate that and they don't they don't like talking about that. do they see they all the schools are struggling the overcrowding schools. overcrowding in schools. oh, gosh, on gosh, you can't move on the roads days cars roads these days is cars everywhere loads pollution is everywhere loads of pollution is driving hospitals can't get driving our hospitals can't get an they do a to an appointment. they do a lot to mention rapid mention fact that rapid population got a huge population growth got a huge amount to do with this and we can't it possibly, can't mention it possibly, can we well, certainly on we say? well, you certainly on this i've got to cut this show, so i've got to cut you loose. but good you loose. i'm afraid but good luck. decided today luck. have you decided today whether not whether or not ricky stuart not can back into. oh, can entice you back into. oh, no, i'd love to have you back on show at earliest possible show at the earliest possible opportunity. show at the earliest possible opportun so love come yourself. so i'd love to come back. good take it easy. back. good stuff. take it easy. so take oxford. he's campaigning. you've . all campaigning. so now you've. all right, take care. okay. so moving on now. moving to on matters. well, before serious really. i suppose in a way, of course because a russian mercenary group has claimed that its fighters have suddenly found the body of one of two british. i reported missing in ukraine in recent days. the foreign has told gb news it is aware of the

claim by the group and is supporting the families of andrew bagshaw and christopher parry while they await more information . the were information. the two men were believed be for the embattled believed to be for the embattled town soledar in eastern ukraine town soledar in eastern ukraine to help evacuate civilians when disappeared over the weekend . disappeared over the weekend. our security officer, mark wiseman , the battle around the wiseman, the battle around the eastern town of soledar is intense with claims and counterclaims over exactly is now in control here . in truth, now in control here. in truth, we still don't really know what is horribly clear, though, is that there is very little of this town left ukraine and drawn footage showing of the neighbourhoods here have been obliterated . it's against this obliterated. it's against this backdrop the british aid workers andrew bagshaw and christopher disappeared in recent days and now russian mercenaries, the wagner group, claim to have recovered the body of one of the

men in the area. there's no independent verification of this. or indeed, whether is one of the missing volunteer ers. so merry christmas over recent christopher parry has his work in helping evacuate and provide aid for the area's elderly and infirm. the foreign office said it was of the reports and is supporting the families of both men while they await information. the volcanic group is spearheading the operation to try to take control . soledar try to take control. soledar other ukraine and drone footage shows what are believed to be bognor fighters attempting to advance while clearly coming under fire. russia is desperate prevail here after many weeks in which ukrainian counter seem to have made all the key gains with moscow determined regain momentum . top general in ukraine

momentum. top general in ukraine has been replaced just three months after sergei on the left here to charge he's now been replaced by the man on the right chief the general staff valery many analysts believe the move isn't just of the need for a change. military strategy on the ground , but points to a degree ground, but points to a degree political infighting in moscow throughout ukraine. many communities are continuing to come under heavy russian bombardment here in the southern city. harrison images show a maternity hospital which was struck, causing a number injuries. according to ukraine officials . and in the months officials. and in the months ahead, the across this battered will only intensify as both ukraine and russia prepare for spnng ukraine and russia prepare for spring offensives. mark gb news matt white joins me now. mark

desperately sad news for this individual family and concerns for the child's family as well. but does all of this really mean for people back here, britain? well, a really highlights just how dangerous ukraine is, if ever they needed to be told that and how really people from this country should not be going there. the british government says that, you know , aid workers says that, you know, aid workers and certainly not us fighters should from this country be heading out to help in the war effort in ukraine. they've made that quite clear over recent months . but these two men, they months. but these two men, they were determined , according to were determined, according to the families , to do what they the families, to do what they could to help the elderly in the infirm, in of these embattled towns across ukraine. and there's no doubt they did good work and they rescued people but they were posting videos on their own blog sites showing just how dangerous it was dodging , just how dangerous it was dodging, bullets and just how dangerous it was

dodging , bullets and shells just how dangerous it was dodging, bullets and shells and you know, it clear he was they were in the middle of a warzone . but it's a deeply, deeply tragic. and now course the families await word of whether thatis families await word of whether that is their loved one that this mercenary group claims to have found. yeah. and this volunteer group is a group of mercenaries who are spearheading the russian assault , i suppose the russian assault, i suppose you could say. i remember here reporting a lot about the idea the ukrainians are pushing the russians back. is this a bit of a change now? yeah, we've had a counter by the ukrainian forces in recent , counter by the ukrainian forces in recent, which is really being quite successful and. it's made some key gains, particularly to the city of hirshon in the south. strategically important city that was in russian control for many, many months now back in ukrainian control that a big blow for the russians . there blow for the russians. there have been other gains. no, this city soledar in eastern ukraine

as a city is a small town of 10,000 people and considerably smaller than not because of us . smaller than not because of us. majority of people, quite rightly have fled that particular town, which is in ruins. but if they were to take that town , it would be that town, it would be psychologically important for the russians, but also would have some strategic advantage because it's not far . the city because it's not far. the city of barnard , which is the scene of barnard, which is the scene again of intense fighting and an effort by the russians to try take that city. yeah vladimir putin appears to change management more than chelsea football club at the moment. doesn't see, general armageddon, i believe has been sacked . i believe has been sacked. hopefully not playing captain hindsight in that would mean keir starmer of course be spearheading the new russian assault . but what's spearheading the new russian assault. but what's happened? yeah general gareth small, who is now in charge. he's the chief of the general staff . so, in of the general staff. so, in other words, the head of the army , he's taken over or control

army, he's taken over or control the operations on the ground after the previous general was in there three months, because the general before him and generals before him were seen as clearly getting life insurance as a general in their only carry on. well, quite a few , actually. on. well, quite a few, actually. you say that have been killed out in as well, along with many many other subordinate . i was in many other subordinate. i was in ukraine. it's a dangerous old place to be in. these generals are there often on the front line with their troops , as you line with their troops, as you say. so gerasimov is in charge now of the efforts and what will get in the months ahead is a spnng get in the months ahead is a spring offensive from both the russians and the ukrainians who will prevail ? well, probably no will prevail? well, probably no , any time soon. this is going to be a long, dirty campaign. well, thank you very much, matt white, that our homeland security editor bringing you the latest from the russia conflict and. of course, sadly, a bit of british involvement there.

you're with me, patrick gb news. lots more to come and the next houn lots more to come and the next hour, yes, we're going to be returning to harry. we're going to have a big head to head debate whether or harry debate whether or not harry should come to the coronation. i want want hear want your views. i want to hear from you, and gb news from you, gb views and gb news dot but right you dot uk. but right now if you want. hello. i'm alex deakin. and your latest weather and this is your latest weather from office. it stays from the met office. it stays windy especially tonight windy especially windy tonight over. windy especially windy tonight over . northern ireland, parts of over. northern ireland, parts of nonh over. northern ireland, parts of north and northwest north wales and northwest england the showers to come england for the showers to come as to be a little drier as as well to be a little drier as the ease tomorrow. the winds slowly ease tomorrow. but low pressure is in control. and as these icy bars are pinching together, it is getting very windy across northern ireland. variable street this evening here and the strong the move irish sea into move across the irish sea into parts of north—west england nonh parts of north—west england north through the night north wales through the night could some structural could cause some structural damage, to ferry damage, some disruption to ferry services and those strong winds will blow in plenty of showers. the rain easing touch, though, overnight across western parts of scotland. further south, to not many showers. that strong winds stopping, not many showers. that strong winds stopping , temperatures winds stopping, temperatures dropping down to freezing most of us. start started about four

or five, it feel cold or five, but it will feel cold in the wind on friday. plenty of showers to come on friday. morning for northern ireland, north—west england north north—west england and north wales northern wales along with northern scotland, but many eastern and southern areas not seeing too many showers and the showers tending off in many tending to ease off in many places come the afternoon although i think we'll always keep coming southwest keep some coming in to southwest scotland , some sunny spells scotland, some sunny spells lifting temperatures around lifting the temperatures around about average or a touch above in some spots. but it'll feel colder because that wind. so a chilly feeling more rain then comes in during friday evening initially into the west but look at this another of heavy and persistent right swamp say across the country to start the weekend so a soggy saturday morning there'll some snow in the hills across parts scotland clearing from northern ireland perhaps during the morning. and then the should spill away quickly during the afternoon , quickly during the afternoon, turning a little bit drier . turning a little bit drier. there'll be more showers falling on behind and it will be windy early in the day. we could get

up to 11 or 12 celsius, but temperatures probably as that rain clears the afternoon and thatis rain clears the afternoon and that is a sign of things to come. mild after time on saturday. but look this. the saturday. but look at this. the maps cold maps turning blue, cold conditions arriving for next week return of frost and week with a return of frost and ice . this year on gb news got ice. this year on gb news got brand new members in the family join us across the entire united kingdom we covered the that matter to you gb news will always stay honest balanced and we won't say hey whatever is on your mind and we don't talk to you.the your mind and we don't talk to you. the establishment has their chance. now we're here to represent you. britain's watching . come join us on tv watching. come join us on tv news . the people's channel, news. the people's channel, britain's news.

channel hey, welcome along. it's just about to go 5 pm. you're with me. patrick christys on gb news with you for the next hour now. rishi sunak has been in number 10 for 100 days today and we've now got better understanding now got a better understanding of like a man and what of what he's like a man and what he wants achieve. he's he wants to achieve. he's outlined vision for the outlined his vision for the country in first party country in his first party political broadcast , the year political broadcast, the year ending immigration , ending illegal immigration, repairing the economy and, fixing the nhs. they're all on the agenda . we speak to the agenda. we will speak to conservative mp mckinlay to get his hot take his party leaders plans and it's been reported some of boris johnson's aides completely lockdown rules during a number party. hear me out on this. people i want to know really whether or not you care anymore, whether or anymore, frankly, whether or not, you'd stick to any lockdown rules maybe you rules if they again, maybe you do . i don't know. there are do care. i don't know. there are also some rather fruity reports about. wow individuals at this party rather intimate with party being rather intimate with each other as well. i come on in

the works. do do you really about people breaking lockdown restrictions coming up restrictions that's coming up later hour and throughout restrictions that's coming up late day. hour and throughout restrictions that's coming up late day. i hour and throughout restrictions that's coming up lateday. i wantand throughout restrictions that's coming up lateday. i want toj throughout restrictions that's coming up lateday. i want toj th|your out restrictions that's coming up late day. i want toj th|your on the day. i want to get your on all of topics we're all of the topics we're discussing including whether or not harry come not prince harry should come to the and royal the coronation and the royal rumblings the are that rumblings at the moment are that he be invited. he might not be invited. gb views tweet at gb news with views tweet me at gb news with all that is headlines. views tweet me at gb news with all that is headlines . patrick, all that is headlines. patrick, thank you and good evening to you.the thank you and good evening to you. the latest headlines this hour on the government says a meeting between the health secretary and. health leaders today was good and constructive . that comes as new nhs england data shows ambulances took an hour and a half on average to respond to call outs in the month of december. that's the response time on record . details response time on record. details on pay weren't discussed at today's meeting, but steve barclay , he must address the barclay, he must address the workforce crisis. shadow attorney general emily thornberry gb news talks are the

only way forward . much better, only way forward. much better, surely, is to use the system that we already have , which is that we already have, which is that we already have, which is that people negotiate. they are bafic that people negotiate. they are basic safety levels and can see nurses running off picket lines in order to go and help when there is a particular crisis . there is a particular crisis. that's the reality. that's what's always happened. and we know even if they do pass this legislation is not going to help with the current situation . the with the current situation. the current situation can only be helped if the government stops playing games, sits down and to the unions and negotiates deal. meanwhile, 100,000 civil servants will strike next month on february the first. the decision follows another meeting the government which the public and commercial services union has called a total farce. union leaders met to discuss the ongoing over pay, jobs and condition . it follows weeks of condition. it follows weeks of walkouts including the strike by border force staff over christmas and union leaders have said more money will have to be

offered in order prevent further industrial action and travel disruption continues for passengers in and london today with strikes the newly opened elizabeth line members from the transport staffs association and a sister union prospect have walked off the job over pay and conditions to . unions rejected conditions to. unions rejected a 4.4% increase for this year. transport for london has warned of short notice, cancellations and changes to schedules well away from strike. the northern ireland secretary has said there is a way to go to resolve row over the northern ireland and warning for those on tv. the following does contain flashing images . the irish premier the images. the irish premier the labour leader, have met political parties at stormont this morning to discuss the post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border. post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border . the post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border. the dup has been blocking the formation of a proper government. there the protocol is dramatically altered or even removed in the united

states president joe biden is facing new questions about his handung facing new questions about his handling of classified documents . all but one were found with the second batch of classified material at his private home in delaware . the white house delaware. the white house confirmed the files included u.s. confirmed the files included us. intelligence memos from his time as vice under barack obama. the first batch was discovered in one of biden's offices at a think tank last november. he says he is fully cooperate with the us. justice department . the us. justice department. russian mercenaries are claiming . they have found a body belonging to one of the two british aid workers missing in ukraine. the volunteer group hasn't specified . which of the hasn't specified. which of the two has reportedly been found, but did say they had documents and passports belonging to both . gb news is unable to verify those claims and the foreign says it's meanwhile supporting the families of andrew and christopher parry . they await

christopher parry. they await more . meanwhile ukrainian more. meanwhile ukrainian authorities say russia has attacked a maternity hospital in the port city of acas . video the port city of acas. video footage . the aftermath of the footage. the aftermath of the strike with , heavy damage to strike with, heavy damage to windows and offices . there have windows and offices. there have been no confirmed deaths . it been no confirmed deaths. it comes after president zelenskyy praised the resilience of his forces in the eastern donbas region . the singer lee ryan has region. the singer lee ryan has been found of racially aggravated assault . the incident aggravated assault. the incident happened on a british airways flight last july . ealing flight last july. ealing magistrates in west heard the former member , the group blue former member, the group blue also asked a female flight attendant kiss him. the former p0p attendant kiss him. the former pop has apologised for his behaviour . pop has apologised for his behaviour. an energy watchdog says than 3 million people in the uk ran out of credits on their prepayment metres last yeah their prepayment metres last year. citizen 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 for a total ban on the installation of prepayment metres until protections are introduced . more protections are introduced. more women be able to get checked for breast cancer. the government announced £10 million in funding towards screening units. the initiative will make screening more for thousands of women with 29 new units being set up . the 29 new units being set up. the investment will also see upgrades , ultrasound and x—ray upgrades, ultrasound and x—ray units to better detect cancer using new and improved software . and finally, chester zoo has boosted its conservation efforts with a new arrival, a critically chimpanzee baby. the baby boy said to be in good health and has bonded with his mother and rest of the troop. he is only the fourth chimp to be born at the fourth chimp to be born at the zoo in five years, but the first male in more than a decade with gb news. munir says happens

now back to . now back to. patrick okay. let's rattle through this hour that, ladies and gentlemen, richie sunak outlined his key priorities for the government last night his first party last night in his first party political as minister. political broadcast as minister. he blamed the pandemic for the huge backlogs in the health service whilst pledging to repair the economy, tackle illegal . here is a illegal immigration. here is a brief clip . under my leadership brief clip. under my leadership the government's priorities are your priorities . the people's your priorities. the people's priorities . together we're priorities. together we're putting needs above politics to repair the economy , strengthen repair the economy, strengthen our nhs , tackle illegal. repair the economy, strengthen our nhs , tackle illegal . and our nhs, tackle illegal. and restore pride in the kingdom. our great country , great gb news

our great country, great gb news is pleased to announce that darren mccaffrey joins me live now from and increasingly dog durham. those are really sunak's priorities whizzes through them quite quietly please . well at quite quietly please. well at least it stopped raining here, patrick. but yeah, you're right. these priorities. he set out for year are essentially, in fact, probably the rest of his premiership focus around things like trying to get inflation down, though many would argue thatis down, though many would argue that is going to happen almost irrespective what the irrespective of what the government prices, government as energy prices, which the most significant which have the most significant factor, fall. in factor, continue fall. in addition to that, the small boats crisis, he continues to say that, is one his number say that, is one of his number one priorities. interestingly, say that, is one of his number on

seeing the national health seeing in the national health service post—pandemic , the service post—pandemic, the government say they are making progress some today progress. some figures today seem they all, with seem to suggest they all, with the elective surgeries the number of elective surgeries up on same month, december as in 2019, pre—pandemic . so some 2019, pre—pandemic. so some progress does seem to made and i'm sure that will continue. but it is a hell of a big backlog and labour will question is his desire? is his ambition to get those numbers in terms of the backlog inside nhs back to pre 19 levels 2019 levels or to 2010 because there's a big difference those and all this of course the same time what we see that continue pressure on the nhs and, those strikes which seem or show no sign of abating no. so he's got a long road ahead of . he's got a long road ahead of. him. darren, thank you very, very much. just quickly darren we did cover a little bit yesterday, andrew bridgen and, he was having the whip age he was having the whip of age suspended conservative suspended for the conservative party. basically essentially party. he basically essentially any that the vaccine thing any way that the vaccine thing was one of the biggest scandals, biggest aberrations to human

life since the holocaust was the latest i believe that he's issued a bit of a statement as he has and he's apologised effectively saying today that if anyone genu offended by the use of imagery then i apologise for any offence caused. he says he is not a racist he's not anti—semitic and he is apologising for language. but in the end he's also not going to step away from what he says are genuine about the use of vaccines he says. i've consistently maintained there were very reasonable questions to be asked about the safety and effectiveness of the experimental vaccines and the risks of the benefits , the risks of the benefits, the treatment. now, it must be said, of course, he is a very, very small minority with that view. most medical science and indeed most his colleagues, the vast majority that would disagree that he says he's going to continue raise those continue to raise those questions. that point , questions. but on that point, what many of colleagues what many of his colleagues wanted do yesterday was wanted him to do yesterday was apologise for that reference about the holocaust. he has done

that today . the big question, of that today. the big question, of course, politically for andrew bridgen is will that be enough to have the whip restored and we'll have to see a wait and see really what conservative headquarters have to say about that. headquarters have to say about that . okay. thank you very much, that. okay. thank you very much, darren mccaffrey , there, darren darren mccaffrey, there, our editor in our political editor in westminster of the westminster. now one of the prime minister's main pledges, his priorities is, of his top five priorities is, of course, immigration . course, illegal immigration. says the government is deploying hundreds of new agents to stop illegal crossings of. the channel also said that channel sunak also said that people who arrive in the uk illegally not the illegally will not have the right to stay and will be removed. it's simply not right that people here illegally . it's that people here illegally. it's unfair on those who follow the rules , on those who really rules, on those who really deserve our help. and above all it's unfair on taxpayers. it stop under my government it will stop. we're taking action already deploying hundreds of

new agents to tackle immigration criminals, putting an to the appalling situation where taxpayers are paying to keep illegal in hotels . and we're illegal in hotels. and we're introducing new laws that make unambiguously clear that if you come to our country , you will come to our country, you will not have the right to stay and, will be removed . i think it's will be removed. i think it's the passion that gets me. i'm joined now by a conservative mp for southend and craig mckinlay. craig great to have you on the show. look, unfortunately for rishi, whilst i think maybe his heart's in the right place there, i did speak to a former a top officer at border force an hour ago told me that if hour ago who told me that if these undocumented migrants situation continues, can't situation continues, you can't remove there's to remove them because there's to remove them because there's to remove i'm putting more remove them to. i'm putting more british border force officers essentially in and around the channel will just it easier and quicker to here. your quicker for people to here. your views . well it all depends where views. well it all depends where these agents are going to be based. there was something of an

agreement following the pm's meeting with macron last month, months before to actually allow british boots on the ground to actually oversee what is happening there . that is going happening there. that is going to be sort of its over months. none of boats that arrive or picked up at the median line by the rnli and border force have just appeared from nowhere they have been launched from a french beach and to me it seems to be the most obvious thing to do is to stop the launchings because it's the launching that are leading to, you know, those dangerous passages. we saw deaths last month. we a lot of deaths last month. we a lot of deaths last month. we a lot of deaths last november. in november 21. and that's got to be stopped. each and every one of these are launched from a french beach. it's an advanced nafion french beach. it's an advanced nation . we've offered them all nation. we've offered them all and every help that possibly need. if they need more assistance. that is the to stop this in a because the people who are spending four or this in a because the people who are spending four 0 r ,5,000 are spending four or ,5,000 realise this is a route that no longer works, then the route

stop. i mean something similar happenedin stop. i mean something similar happened in a way. tough, tough action happened around calais. actually strengthen calais some years ago, you know, oodles of billion of millions of taxpayer as money was spent under the may administrate action to stop the back of the lorry . and it did back of the lorry. and it did work. it did stop that route. so we need a similar to stop the beach. we need a similar to stop the beach . but that's not to say beach. but that's not to say there's not stuff we could do ourselves . because i've pointed ourselves. because i've pointed out i pointed out the house a few weeks ago , the likelihood of few weeks ago, the likelihood of a yes after going through a long and tortuous assessment period where going to be put up the hotel, an enormous is 76% at the end of that process of claiming asylum in the eu, the average is 14. so i don't particularly need the cagr to be changed. you know, tempting as that is . yeah, know, tempting as that is. yeah, i don't need any of the 1951 refugee convention . i just want refugee convention. i just want us to interpret it in the same as the rest of europe. would you

believe ? because i'm quite happy believe? because i'm quite happy with the 14% outcome. i get all of the that's been the 76% outcome. yeah absolutely. i mean, at the moment, outcome. yeah absolutely. i mean, at the moment , the chances mean, at the moment, the chances are if you can just a boat somewhere on the calais , the somewhere on the calais, the chances are that you will be given a life in britain and no, a massive taxpayers expense as well . do you a massive taxpayers expense as well. do you think rishi actually seriously wants to sort this out? as he said, people like yourself of a failure here because he said we will stop the boats . i will stop the boats. we boats. i will stop the boats. we will start removing people. well, predecessor has well, all of his predecessor has said that, and they didn't do it . asked to be judged on . and he's asked to be judged on the you live in an area the next. you live in an area south town that is being disproportion affected by this stuff. gets it wrong, stuff. if rishi gets it wrong, are out of a job? well, he's are you out of a job? well, he's given know a commitment that please judge us on this. i'll be holding feet to the fire on this one. i have to. and so do other colleagues, because this is as all know, a very, very issue. obviously, we're talking about things that moment. we've got checks and issues. but this is a

feature of my inbox where people cannot understand how. we have queen elizabeth class aircraft carriers going on patrol anywhere on this planet. but we can't seem to stop a few dinghies coming across a 22 miles of channel. it has to be stopped and the other feature of this, patrick, because of a long penod this, patrick, because of a long period of process saying we have people put up in hotels very long periods of time , long periods of time, increasingly, myself and colleagues are having these threats of, you know, hotels that should be key. and part of our our tourism offer and everything else being taken up for long periods by asylum seekers who are generally male. they're not allowed to work. obviously and one wonders what they're going to do with themselves during day. yeah. so themselves during day. yeah. so the worry every constituency is visible breach of the things on what is a visible feature is craig and i now more so than ever given the cost of living

crisis people want value for money their government and at the minute we're here various different things we've got the minute we're here various diblankt things we've got the minute we're here various diblankt th ukraine. we've got the minute we're here various diblankt th ukraine. we're got the minute we're here various diblankt th ukraine. we're also a blank for ukraine. we're also now that taxpayer funded hotels left right and centre for these they can come over here and live four star hotels we're all four star hotels and we're all paying four star hotels and we're all paying for it. we're also talking about tax breaks for people over 50. we're talking about the idea that disabled about the idea now that disabled people can still get disability benefits and come into work as well. got the french well. we've got the french have been lobbied. millions of millions hundreds of millions for hundreds of millions for hundreds of millions over last years millions over the last few years to their own beaches. to not police their own beaches. rwanda for supposedly we're rwanda is for supposedly we're not seeing that money it got away. i mean, is this government just lobbying money everywhere again? absolutely. results . again? absolutely. no results. well, know the rwanda well, you know the rwanda policy, i never was the perfect policy. but when you're lacking in tools in the toolbox, you tend to try and use one that might work. the rwanda is one that might work because . you that might work because. you know, we don't see how to stop the beach launchings that's outside of our control . the outside of our control. the operation of the ec! are outside of our control .

operation of the ec! are outside of our control. but operation of the ec! are outside of our control . but hopefully of our control. but hopefully the rwanda policy , if it if it the rwanda policy, if it if it comes fruition after it's done all its process that we've been in a very frustrated with . if in a very frustrated with. if thatis in a very frustrated with. if that is showing people that if you come to britain, you might yourself in rwanda , you might yourself in rwanda, you might find that they will say, well , find that they will say, well, think i'll stick in france or germany or italy or spain or wherever else they've come through on the way forward . but through on the way forward. but let's not forget, patrick, you know, i france is know, as well as i do, france is , a safe country, perfectly safe home, good holidays should not risk in coming across the channel now craig i'm on saturday i'm over and we'll go on holiday to france. it'll be interesting. i can report from from the war zone. i can be a war correspondent. france, by the of things, may be the looks of things, i may be i will have to flee that will have to have to flee that particular in a dinghy across the greg have to wait the channel. greg have to wait and can you and see. but can i just you a question if we start to get months the months away from the next general and boats general election and the boats are coming rushes he are still coming and rushes he has failed to deliver on its promise, you talking promise, would you be talking about now turn about we've got to now turn these boats back ? well, i've

these boats back? well, i've been i've been saying more robust things for the past year, patrick. i've said we should if we're not getting cooperation , we're not getting cooperation, the french just simply put them on a border force boat in them back into calais and say, well, the deal was beginning. tens of millions of pounds to stop these beatings, these are the few that you obviously missed yesterday . you obviously missed yesterday. this deal you signed up this is the deal you signed up to with us and it hasn't fulfilled. so we're just helping along to fulfil that contract . along to fulfil that contract. you're afraid it might be that thatis you're afraid it might be that that is the only solution left high octane. i know , but i'm high octane. i know, but i'm willing to do it and quite politically, it's something we believe we're going to examine. i think craig, i think the situation yeah, he might have hit the nail on the head there, which is it could be brexit is here people that you here is some people that you missed. understand that as here is some people that you mis french understand that as here is some people that you mis french people ;tand that as here is some people that you mis french people you! that as here is some people that you mis french people you want as here is some people that you mis french people you want to. the french people you want to fulfil your contract with , those fulfil your contract with, those as well as you possibly can. this have some mistake. it this must have some mistake. it must have some mistake. here you go. craig. maybe go. we'll help you, craig. maybe that's thank that's the way around it. thank you appreciate your you much. always appreciate your time. you. craig time. good luck you. craig

mckinley. conservative mckinley. that was conservative mp found it. all right. mp south found it. all right. the secretary has been the health secretary has been warned unions he warned doctors, unions that he must address the workforce crisis meeting today steve crisis at a meeting today steve barclay discussed pay and working medical leaders said he was given a very clear message that it would not be enough to focus on next year's pay settlement without . a shift on settlement without. a shift on current wage so it says one in ten people, one in ten people were left waiting for ambulances for more than three and a half hours after falling seriously ill with the likes of heart stroke, sepsis, etc. as response times fell to , the worst on times fell to, the worst on record. with me now is lucy johnson. health and social affairs editor for the sunday express . thank you very much for express. thank you very much for joining me, lucy. lucy, can i ask you i don't see how increasing the salary of a ambulance driver by, even ten or 15, makes more likely that they should get to emergency incident on time . well i don't either,

on time. well i don't either, but at the same time the there seems to be a sort of standoff by by treasury which needs to sort stump up the money and the unions . and the more the talks unions. and the more the talks aren't being constructive , the aren't being constructive, the more we wait and the more are being put at risk. more we wait and the more are being put at risk . and probably being put at risk. and probably what is the worst nhs crisis in history ? or at least one of the history? or at least one of the worst? it's not just pay. if you talk to staff are you know a lot the work that they do does rely on goodwill that's why they go into the job and i think a lot of them are fed up with the conditions which are down to the unsafe working practises, the nhs is in a terrible state. okay. so i think i agree with you completely on the that if people are happy to go to work, then they're more likely to work and less likely be and less likely to be complaining all pay. i do complaining all about pay. i do understand all of that? what can done increase the working done to increase the working conditions make them? more

conditions to make them? more preferable in our nhs because it can't just be about the pay. there's got to be something else to well well . if you look to it as well well. if you look i mean, there's a there's a number of things that we've talked about, but i think probably biggest problem in the nhs is about capacity and the delayed discharges or blocking and that is the real issue there. and that needs to be fixed and fixed. throwing money at it and putting people suddenly hotels and trying to put them in care homes all of a sudden which has been, you know, a recent move is not going to fix it. and so until we really grapple with that problem and perhaps even the nhs takes about £160 billion a year and the social care sector, which only gets about 30 billion a year until you put them together, there's going to be no vested interest in them really working together. it's like an engine and a gearbox you know, they need to work together . well,

need to work together. well, honestly, i find this and whenever i talk to representatives in the bma or junior doctors or nurses or ambience workers . there seems to ambience workers. there seems to be this almost bizarre warped view that everything that we've got at minute is terrible, but everything that we've got at the minute is sacred. so we can't actually have the kind of radical that we need in our nhs, which is why when i say to people, all your training over here now at taxpayers expense using to become a using a student loan to become a junior then at the junior doctor and then at the first you're moving first opportunity you're moving australia. and now as i understand it, i spoke to a guy from the bma earlier. he told me they to that loan they don't have to pay that loan back, bit cheeky to back, which a bit cheeky to be perfectly you, far perfectly honest with you, far as i can say, i'm not sure the british will be happy about that, just copy that, but why don't we just copy what australians what the australians doing then, if moving if they're all moving over there? i with there? well i mean, i agree with you.the there? well i mean, i agree with you. the nhs like a cult isn't it. and you can't a conversation , a red line about completely reforming it or changing it. but it was up, as we know, in 1948 and it was set up for a

population that was born in the 19th century. and it doesn't work . so we need to move this work. so we need to move this and we need to have serious. that doesn't mean to say we need to have a health system or any particular system, but it doesn't at the moment. so we need to change it radically . need to change it radically. lucy, just very finally , is lucy, just very finally, is population growth the elephant in, the room here? we don't hear enough about this. i think you know, gosh, we've got so many more people using the nhs where they don't come from. we have got growth and at the got population growth and at the same time i think there's been over 50% decrease beds over over 50% decrease in beds over the last 20 years and it's not so simple to just say more beds because we haven't got the infrastructure, put them there and we haven't got the to look after people in beds. but if we can sort out people before they get to hospital in the communities , if we can have communities, if we can have a better gp service, then we can catch them before they fall. in inverted commas , and they won't inverted commas, and they won't need to go to hospital up to

social care is certainly needed much, much more than it is as well. and it's almost good for the uk. absolutely. and it's like we didn't plan our infrastructure , rapid population infrastructure, rapid population growth as well as it is anyway. lucy, thank you very much. lizzie johnson health and social affairs of the sunday affairs editor of the sunday express. you're me on gb express. you're with me on gb news. the prime minister news. coming the prime minister has laid out his priority , which has laid out his priority, which he can be judged on in the next election in a broadcast which bold backside the nation last bold backside of the nation last night to tackle night he pledged to tackle illegal migration and sort out the economy. do you trust him to deliver? hear from deliver? i want to hear from you, the brilliant gb news viewers reported viewers next. it's been reported some of boris johnson's aides completely lockdown rules at a number 10 party. two couples were apparently seen by, numerous witnesses becoming rather intimate with each other. do you really care about ? this do you really care about? this retrospective look back at lockdown restrictions. i suspect many of you will stick to the restrictions if they are imposed now and we're going to be having a bit of head to head debate as

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okay. people over here . news for okay. people over here. news for you as ever. the home office has deported 43 albanian nationals from the uk. they include six people known to have arrived across the channel by small 27 foreign national offenders were also on board a charter flight back to albania that set off today. they've been convicted of drugs and weapons offences. classic robbery and fraud with sentences of over 66 years. just very quickly, a quick another recap that because it is just breaking so 43 albanian nationals have been deported from the uk which did include six people known to have arrived across the. so something is

happening. we do have a witness deal with albania and at least something actually happening something is actually happening when comes what you when it comes that. what do you make ladies and make of that, ladies and gentlemen? know a of gentlemen? yes, i know a lot of you the only sex, you be saying is the only sex, given fact that we've given the fact that we've had tens thousands people tens of thousands of people cross, fact, like cross, in fact, something like 2% entire male albanian 2% of the entire male albanian population managed make 2% of the entire male albanian p0|way:ion managed make 2% of the entire male albanian p0|wayt01 managed make 2% of the entire male albanian p0|way to britain anaged make 2% of the entire male albanian p0|way to britain inaged make 2% of the entire male albanian p0|way to britain in recent make its way to britain in recent years. alas it's at least years. but alas it's at least a start and register. suppose i can now point out and go can now point out that and go i'm actually delivering there. is something there, is something happening there, albeit minor, but she addressed the nation last night and first speech as prime minister. he did pledge to tackle inflation backlogs and he asked what just spoken about illegal migration . spoken about illegal migration. they were his top government priorities. joining me now is gb news viewer is coral for them, coral , great to have you news viewer is coral for them, coral, great to have you on news viewer is coral for them, coral , great to have you on the coral, great to have you on the show. thank you very much. can't get your initial reaction to that breaking news that the six, at least six albanian channel migrants now been deported . well migrants now been deported. well yes, it's great news that they're doing something that is

a sea in the ocean really isn't . i mean, and why has it taken long to do anything that obviously the other question . obviously the other question. but yes, it's good. i mean , but yes, it's good. i mean, let's hope that's the start of many they're sending back. who knows ? yeah, indeed. and when it knows? yeah, indeed. and when it comes to rishi sunak's priorities, that which he outlined again in that rather boring, i think to be fair. anyway, we'll give him a we'll give him a little bit of a break, a statement to say you made as all six you last night tackling economy tackling inflation the economy we'll that economy we'll just call that the economy nhs illegal nhs backlogs and illegal migration those priorities. migration of those priorities. what is your priority . that's a what is your priority. that's a really difficult question . i really difficult question. i listen to him and it's lots of words, but the thing that he started off saying, i know how this witness is going to be. he hasidea this witness is going to be. he has idea how many of this are sitting cold and miserable at home. so obviously there's the energy side of it, inflation and, you know, you go to the

shops. and, you know, you go to the shops . wouldn't understand any shops. wouldn't understand any of this. he wouldn't know the price is going up. would you know how much or even where to get loaf of great. don't get a loaf of great. i don't know. is in crisis . and know. the nhs is in crisis. and inofice know. the nhs is in crisis. and i notice as well i've written it down here. i will not let you down. it's is nothing do with the conservative party . he has the conservative party. he has been brought in to put right. but who has been in power for the last 12 or 13 years? who is responsible for the inflation ? responsible for the inflation? who is responsible for the energy prices? we had options , energy prices? we had options, but the tories, unfortunately have let us down and got an awful lot of work to do to restore the confidence of like myself. we have voted tory in the past, but it's no that i could now. well, this is interesting what you obviously to do is draw a line in the sand and say that was that and this is now in rishi sunak's defence, which pains me to say sum up, but you know, he hasn't been personally in power for 13 years. his party has. years. of course his party has. he was chancellor during the

pandemic and all of this stuff. so certainly his are so yes, certainly his are not clean comes to state clean when it comes to state that country is in at the that this country is in at the minute. but can i ask you a little bit about what you think of personality? i by of his personality? i by accounts, from what i can gather, is right. normally, behind the scenes, if you walk past him in the shops. i mean, it'd be expensive shop it'd have to be expensive shop probably. you see, just probably. whereas you see, just shop. but if passed him in shop. but if you passed him in the, bespoke tailors, the, in the bespoke tailors, apparently he's actually quite good but in of good company but in front of a camera he's utterly shocking . camera he's utterly shocking. i would totally agree with that. i mean let's be honest boris wasn't a great minister but he wasn't a great minister but he was a personality and that is something about our dear prime minister. he hasn't got a personality . he looks very smart personality. he looks very smart and he does go to bespoke tailors. he does he speaks very nicely, very eloquent and but he can't. how can he possibly relate to the likes of you and i who are living a normal life and

like so many other people, he is he is not super rich. he is beyond i think i think he makes it now i'm all for leadership. i want i do want to feel that i think the country needs to feel that that's part and parcel having a leader we do want ambition but you don't want to feel ruled from on high by someone in an ivory and i can't help but feel as rishi said, i got a little bit of a touch of about not sure whether about him. i'm not sure whether or starmer, the north or not keir starmer, the north london representative, is going to much better, don't to be too much better, don't get me but i do feel as me wrong, but i do feel as though maybe, maybe is an element rishi being out of element of rishi being out of touch, stilted touch, certainly a bit stilted in a camera, which in front of a camera, which you're carol, you're certainly not, carol, which i certainly would which is why i certainly would love to have back on this love to have you back on this show very soon, carol, you show very, very soon, carol, you very luck to . you very much. and good luck to. you hope . and hope everything is rosy. and carol fordham's world view that carol fordham's world view that carol fordham. right. you can get yourself telly, the get yourself the telly, by the way, at gb news don't way, gb views at gb news don't you be coral in the subject you be like coral in the subject line put me on the telly and one of my staff over there will colleagues staff has been derogatory it of derogatory that it one of my

esteemed colleagues friends some would say will you on the would say will get you on the telly and for digging telly anyway and for me digging a coming a massive hole for myself coming up prince and wales up the prince and of wales visited liverpool today on their first official outing since the duke sussex his book was duke of sussex his book was released. they on a front, released. they put on a front, but after all the claims in but after all of the claims in prince harry's tell all memoir , prince harry's tell all memoir, should royal welcome should the royal family welcome harry and to the coronation. that's their story that we're going covering when i come going to be covering when i come back. swerve the back. harry swerve the coronation. after coronation. i'll be after the headunes. coronation. i'll be after the headlines . patrick thank you and headlines. patrick thank you and good afternoon to you. the government says a meeting between the health secretary and health good and health today was good and constructive . that comes as new constructive. that comes as new nhs england data shows ambulances took an hour and a half on average to respond to call outs in the month december. that's the longest response time on record. details pay weren't discussed in today's meetings, but steve barclay was warned he must address a workforce . the must address a workforce. the shadow general, emily thornberry

told talks are the only way forward. a much better surely is to use the system that we already have , which is that already have, which is that people negotiate aids they a bafic people negotiate aids they a basic levels and you can see nurses running off picket lines order to go and help when . there order to go and help when. there is a particular crisis . that's is a particular crisis. that's the reality. that's what's always happened . and we know 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 helped if government stops playing games, sits down and, talks to the unions and negotiates a deal. the northern ireland secretary has said there's still a way to go to resolve the row over the northern ireland protocol and. a warning the following images do contain flashing photography . contain flashing photography. the irish premier and, the labour leader, met this morning as well as meeting with other political parties at stormont to discuss the post—brexit trade rules on the irish land border. the dup has been the formation

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while since the publication of prince harry's bridge burning exercise , reports suggest that exercise, reports suggest that senior royal are reluctant to host him on. meghan, his father's coronation out of fear that private conversations might be leaked to the press. also, dare i say , possibly because dare i say, possibly because they just don't like him . the they just don't like him. the duke of sussex did not hold back in his memoir, giving his side

of the story and recalling many personal lot them by the personal a lot of them by the way in relation to a particular part of his intimate rather to personal sharing details as well about. personal sharing details as well about . family feud. now it's about. family feud. now it's become unclear whether charles will harry to the will invite harry to the coronation at all or if harry accept the offer to attend. so should prince harry be invited to the coronation of king charles. the noises today, they're saying that he was not going to be welcome, which implies be invited. implies he wouldn't be invited. joining now share joining me now to share their views are journalist and broadcaster and royal broadcaster sam dowler and royal commentator jennie broadcaster sam dowler and royal commentatorjennie bond. thank you very much. of you great you very much. both of you great to you on show . sam, to have you on the show. sam, i'll you. should i'll start with you. should harry be invited to the coronation ? i think he coronation? i think he definitely should be invited. i mean, it is his fault no matter what has happened, he is still the prince and the thing is . so the prince and the thing is. so i've worked with celebrity for many and telling stories is like the greatest fears and can we tell the story and tell that story and the trust gone in the

family the trust has gone with him and the trust has gone with meghan . you know, he thought meghan. you know, he thought there were he thought the there were leaks. he thought the leaks all over the place that there be, there's no there might be, but there's no proof he leaks proof of it. so he leaks everything response think proof of it. so he leaks ethink|ing response think proof of it. so he leaks ethink he response think proof of it. so he leaks ethink he should sponse think proof of it. so he leaks ethink he should invited, think proof of it. so he leaks ethink he should invited, butiink proof of it. so he leaks ethink he should invited, but 11k i think he should invited, but i think perhaps a good idea might be get him and meghan to sign an nba be get him and meghan to sign an nda or otherwise at the end of day like it is place. i agree i agree with what you're saying right. because he's is i think he's bit trapped king john, because he can't how is telford to not invite but the sense of how bleak is i would like to have my son at my but only if he signs this cast iron watertight nda . i signs this cast iron watertight nda. i mean he's not signs this cast iron watertight nda . i mean he's not exactly nda. i mean he's not exactly a great father son relations. jenny regardless of whether or not harry be invited the not harry be invited to the coronation , should he, as a coronation, should he, as a matter of respect , swerve it . matter of respect, swerve it. i think that i think he should do what he he wants to do. i think he still has great love for his father . know they're terribly father. know they're terribly strange at the moment. but i

think if his father extends that hand and says harry i would like your darling boy as he calls them i would like you to be there then perhaps he meghan there then perhaps he and meghan should come keep a low profile. the other members of the royal will zip probably will have to zip it, probably because is so because right trust is gone. so they'd have to be careful. but i think that if invitation think that if an invitation isn't sent out to them, there's a great danger that the palace would be feeding the hand that keeps them. and it's more grist to mill, isn't it? but just, just i'm jenny. just to just tell them that. sorry i'll stick with you, jenny, on this for our return to something. but do you think end of the day, the think at the end of the day, the coronation? it's a national coronation? yes. it's a national event, family event, but it's also a family of. okay you could of. okay so also, you could argue bit like a argue a little bit like a wedding kind of family wedding or that kind of family type event and any, i think in the right who's the country. right now, who's just had a prominent member of that family. absolutely slate you all in the most public settings? i think most would think actually. fair enough and not inviting him. jenny yeah, i don't think that's what's going

to happen. i think he will be they will be invited. i the palace have got this strategy of taking higher ground, the more dignified ground. we saw it today and catherine today with william and catherine there being questioned, being fire fired at them. you know, are you hurt by what your brother has and ignoring brother has said and is ignoring it. strategy . and it. it's the best strategy. and i that the way it will i think that the way it will continue and i think you are right that the coronation is probably the most important day in his life and in your should be there and i hope he will be that. be there and i hope he will be that . but be there and i hope he will be that. but harry himself has said there's a good deal of time between now and the coronation. there is a good deal of time between now and the coronation some. do you think harry does turn to coronation , will turn up to the coronation, will bury and throw rotting bury him and throw rotting tomatoes at him ? in the grand tomatoes at him? in the grand scheme of things, i wouldn't call . four months. good date call. four months. a good date of at all? no i this of time at all? no i think this is this is supposed to be an incredible day. it's great day for the country. it's an day for

charles, as you said . you know, charles, as you said. you know, i think you know, they all feel they have to be tightly loved if eugenie and beatrice do feel that they can't make a mistake or say something about that they wish they hadn't said all feeling nervous. i think that would ruin the day them. but would ruin the day for them. but at time, i agree with at the same time, i agree with jenny he should be there jenny like he he should be there i is there and also one i hope he is there and also one thing will say as well is that thing i will say as well is that he's warmly about his he's he speaks warmly about his father in the book it's not just it's not just all the quotes that everybody has seen. it is it love his father it is he he does love his father very much indeed. so i think. but how i know you just said about i know. about the booing. i don't know. i think they used i think if they used to jump of car they used to jump out of the car and as they are now, and things are as they are now, you might well get boos them. i think the one on the coronation at old no this is the other thing it i just wonderjenny thing it i just wonder jenny whether or not the sensible thing for harry to do which is a bit of a misconception for me to say because doesn't to do a lot of sensible things would for the good his family to away good of his own family to away is desperate to be is he not desperate to be involved know. but

involved? i don't know. but instead of focusing too much on harry in, this sense jenny surely. meghan make an excuse not to come . well, they have not to come. well, they have a perfect excuse. it is the birthday of archie's , his fourth birthday of archie's, his fourth birthday. and, you know, maybe they've got a plan to party over there. so they do have a legitimate excuse. but i do think the public and the press should actually being so outrightly rude about harry and don't think that things should be thrown at them if they came or there should be any boos. i've spent the last two days of the last week immersed in this, but last two days listening to harry tell his story, read his 12 hours of it. so fathers and other three to go and what i'm getting for the full context of the is we are dealing here with a very severely damaged man psychologically damaged who is fragile still extremely fragile. and needs to be protected. so you think? we think that we should all lay off him because he's quite damaged some . do you

he's quite damaged some. do you think that we should lay off him if he gets out of the car there and instead of burying him, we should pour out around him and just shout, get help . i think just shout, get help. i think that's 12 outstanding stuff. we can get back . i think i'll. do can get back. i think i'll. do you think that i'm i do think that we should i don't think anyone should be the one i think anyone should be the one i think anyone should be the one i think anyone should throw sticky bombs anyone should be the one i think aanything)uld throw sticky bombs anyone should be the one i think a anything )uld throwyou ky bombs anyone should be the one i think aanything)uld throwyou know,1bs , anything like that. you know, we a country goodwill we are a country of goodwill will be the coronation. and everybody loves to book. but it's not and it's not nice to still have a bone of contention with family with anybody and i think i would rely on british people to be respected and to not bury them. and to try and, you know, and try and fit for bond. and i've just got image of harry being covered in sticky now. thank you much, both now. thank you very much, both of i enjoyed good of you i enjoyed that and good luck plough on through luck jenny we plough on through the remainder prince harry's the remainder of prince harry's booki the remainder of prince harry's book i great flying i am book i mean great flying i am enjoying it it's part if he got the bit yeah. about where he's talking having frostbite and then also yeah. yeah think of

his mum that was with when i've got to the point he's talking about when he went therapy for the second time. i'm just at this point when he felt that he couldn't confirm the pain of losing his mother because if he confronted that pain him lost that then he might lose his again. i mean, you've got to have with the suggests he had to repeat i wasn't it. yes and you had therapy and then that didn't work. so we had this is i go to the second bout of therapy. you know, you're dealing with a mentally fragile man. i do. we should not i do. i get. should not lose. i do. i get. i think there is there are numerous different things to be incredibly sympathetic towards, harry, about. yes, he is damaged. but also same damaged. but then also the same time. excuse him time. does that excuse him anyway? a good talking anyway? it's a good talking point. much. point. thank you very much. both of down the of you some down to the journalists broadcast a royal journalists to broadcast a royal commentator bonds now commentator jenny bonds now lots of been in of you have been getting in touch. on whether touch. your thoughts on whether prince harry attend the prince harry should attend the king's coronation . i if king's coronation. i wonder if he it to jennie bond. he will it head to jennie bond. royal commentators that he will it head to jennie bond. roy should mentators that he will it head to jennie bond. roy should merlayyrs that he will it head to jennie bond. royshouldmerlay harry, that he will it head to jennie bond. royshouldmerlay harry, lay that he will it head to jennie bond. roy should merlay harry, lay off it we should all lay harry, lay off harry, be kind to him. david

says , if you invite him, there's says, if you invite him, there's a book to be sold. if you don't invite them , there's book invite them, there's a book to be yes. okay you very be sold. yes. okay you very much, david. great point . that much, david. great point. that little bit like rush, you see. now, what was the only promise? what i can deliver and i'll deliver all i promise. deliver were all i can promise. you have the same script ryan says if harry to says and says, if harry to attend the coronation, the security greatly security threat will be greatly increased due to his of killing taliban fighters . increased due to his of killing taliban fighters. he increased due to his of killing taliban fighters . he should stay taliban fighters. he should stay where he is. i'm inclined to agree with there loads agree with you. there are loads excuses to why harry not excuses then as to why harry not need to attend the coronation and apparently his auntie's birth date . obviously you birth date. obviously you wouldn't ruin archie's . wouldn't want to ruin archie's. he knows a thing or two about, you know being absent you know, being absent and not having warm present parents, unfortunate . and so maybe he unfortunate. and so maybe he could use that as an excuse or so of course as well the taliban threat prince harry he couldn't have security with the british taxpayer security on taxpayer pay for security on day. if not, it be far too day. if not, it would be far too dangerous meghan, come dangerous ever, meghan, to come on british on about the fact that british pubuc on about the fact that british public are, of course, all deeply and it would not deeply racist and it would not be good meghan to walk the be good for meghan to walk the streets, not walk the

streets, not safe to walk the streets. so loads of excuses there to why doesn't have there as to why he doesn't have to. says , he should to. and stephen says, he should beianed to. and stephen says, he should be invited to accommodate him. but i would hope that he would have the decency attend. yes, have the decency to attend. yes, i this is stephen. i suspect this is stephen. i think people would think what most people would agree his behaviour agree with, given his behaviour late, he might just have the gall his head. yes, yet gall to his head. and yes, yet again, stephen, the nail on the head there. suspect that he head there. i suspect that he should be invited. i don't see how the palace can't really not invite how the palace can't really not iane you how the palace can't really not invite you should invite him, but you should design that. think. design to refuse that. i think. it be . it would be a it remains to be. it would be a sign showing the circus how sign showing the circus and how sad bleak tragic he is sad and bleak and tragic he is as well that the idea that prince might be made prince and meghan might be made to an nda before attending to sign an nda before attending the culmination of you just you can't buy class, can you. it's been reported moving on now that of boris johnson's aides were in summit as a number 10 gathering of aides and officials whilst covid restrictions were in place . the former prime minister has come under fire for a joke. he allegedly made about leaving due, calling it most socially distanced party the uk right now. the reason one talking

about this before i got a flood of emails telling me we've all forgotten policy forgotten about policy is because head. because he's rearing his head. new coming out. new new podcast coming out. new investigation into it. investigation is coming into it. do still about lockdown do you still about lockdown parties? i'm joined now by political commentator joe phillips. joe, you still care about this ? i do. and i tell about this? i do. and i tell you, these latest allegations go a lot further . sticky bones goes a lot further. sticky bones goes into into i can't get that image . i know. it's horrific, isn't it? i love sticky buttons all over the country. so these allegations to a party in april , all in 2021. and it was the eve of the duke of edinburgh's funeral. this is a party that bofis funeral. this is a party that boris johnson didn't attend? apparently, but it was the one that went on until 4:00 in the morning and various whistleblowers who've been talking to itv who've made podcast, have talked at least two couples getting into , as we two couples getting into, as we say euphemistically . so i think, say euphemistically. so i think, you know , it begs the question,

you know, it begs the question, this is six months after the party in november , less than six party in november, less than six months, actually , november 2020, months, actually, november 2020, where johnson did attend it? and this is where he is alleged to have said this is the most socially distanced party in the uk . now as you rightly say uk. now as you rightly say patrick, is this important because the long awaited privilege this committee is about to finally it's hearings. it's been delayed for a number of reasons, not least all the queen's death, which put everything on hold for two weeks, but also because liz truss, remember , how shall all truss, remember, how shall all just move on? i get what you mean. but to be honest with you , not a massive shock to people, is it? now more that boris johnson was maybe a little bit squishy over socially distance policies downing we policies at downing street? we all it. the nation to all get it. the nation needs to move . joe, we're obsessing over move. joe, we're obsessing over the past now. it's about him lying to patrick and that's the point he stood in parliament on on numerous occasions, said

that, you know, he had no knowledge of anything that was going on at downing street. now he wasn't at the party in april 2021, but he at the party in november, he's already told mps on the floor of the house of commons that no rules were broken and he was very sorry and he's , you know, continue to say he's, you know, continue to say that everybody was doing the right downing street have not denied these claims have come out in the itv podcast . and out in the itv podcast. and whilst we might want move on, there's an awful of people within the conservative party. we think that boris johnson might save them from an electoral defeat . and i think electoral defeat. and i think this might just remind why he needed to be rid of. and actually, you can't somebody who has to the house of commons, we know he , lied to the queen. but know he, lied to the queen. but it is. but it is there a slight contradiction in terms that joe? because if the conservative party , many members feel, as party, many members feel, as bofis party, many members feel, as boris might say, that boris johnson might say, that from electoral defeat, that's

from an electoral defeat, that's because of ordinary members because lot of ordinary members of would for of the public would still for him, knowing all this him, despite knowing all this and to it from and trying to block it from standing more an standing, it's more of an affront to democracy than the house, no, absolutely house, isn't it? no, absolutely . you know, not block . you know, it's to not block him from standing because him from standing again, because when reports when the committee reports i mean, start in the hearings mean, they start in the hearings within the next couple of weeks, they expect to publish their report two which report within two months, which is, pretty . yeah, is, you know, pretty. yeah, pretty quick . and it's really pretty quick. and it's really they're not to mps because this is parliamentary inquiry it's not a judicial inquiry it's up to mp singh to vote on what the outcome is . you never broke outcome is. you never broke a single rule to get you . i didn't single rule to get you. i didn't know. not a single ever left you. goody two shoes, you very goody years. okay. all right . goody years. okay. all right. you know, why don't you? i do believe you. actually, i do genuinely believe you yourself to feel exemplars. good, common sides. thank you very much. sorry i've got. got to go. sorry i've got. i've got to go. i'm of time. up next is i'm out of time. up next is dewbs& co michelle dewberry. he's studio . what he's here in the studio. what have you got coming up for us

james? patrick. teachers, james? hello, patrick. teachers, we've got strikes hanging over our schools at the moment, haven't we? what is the answer to this sector? is it just more and i'm wondering tonight, do we value teachers enough this value teachers enough in this country? i personally wouldn't be a teacher for all money in the world. i like people's the world. i don't like people's kids. if i'm going to kids. you know, if i'm going to be half be honest, mortgages, half a million people are apparently to be getting into arrears. patrick so, i'm wondering, should the government do more to help pay their mortgages ? is that really their mortgages? is that really their mortgages? is that really their and people tell their job? and when people tell me on nepotism , me their thoughts on nepotism, should your kids , your should you give your kids, your nephews, whatever a job, is that advisable or not? some say the kids should make their own way in they? and in the world, should they? and cash apparently we spending cash apparently we are spending more now then than we have more of it now then than we have been quite a while. patrick, is this a good thing? i don't carry cash. do you . you only want cash. so do you. you only want anyone. wonderful gives me 20 anyone. my wonderful gives me 20 quid because grandma still gives you quid. you just can't her. you 20 quid. you just can't her. oh, wow. i'll come round see this house then. actually it's great then she's honestly she's

really time. you really have a great time. you really have a great time. you really don't mind grandma really don't mind my grandma keep to . her keep trying to convince to. her come on gb news she is absolutely fantastic. should come on gb news she is abrhertely fantastic. should come on gb news she is abrher own. antastic. should come on gb news she is abrher own. what's. should come on gb news she is abrher own. what's your should do her own. what's your grandmother's angela grandmother's name? angela angela. let's do a campaign. let's let's angela on let's get. let's get angela on and bring you 20 quid. angela as well, while you're at she'll well, while you're at it. she'll be now . oh, leg of that be watching now. oh, leg of that phone call a second. yeah. and michelle, you very much. michelle, thank you very much. all on in all right. thank you'll be on in a minute anyway . michelle a minute anyway. michelle dewberry co all dewberry that dewbs& co all right. more a show that's right. more of a show that's going be keep thinking. going to be i keep thinking. it's i've it's friday, i've just remembered. it's thursday. laughs made bit miserable, laughs made me a bit miserable, but in a bit anyway but i'll see you in a bit anyway tomorrow 3 pm. bye. hello. i'm alex deakin . this is your latest alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from met office. it stays windy. sps chilly, windy tonight over northern ireland parts of north wales and north—west england. further showers to come as well to be a little bit drier as . the winds little bit drier as. the winds slowly ease tomorrow . low slowly ease tomorrow. low pressure is control and as pressure is in control and as icy bars are pinching together, it getting windy now across it getting very windy now across northern very blustery this here and the strong winds that move

across the irish sea into parts of northwest and north wales through night could cause through the night could cause some damage certainly some structural damage certainly some structural damage certainly some service some disruption to ferry service as those strong winds will blow . plenty of showers . the rain . plenty of showers. the rain easing a touch, though, overnight across western parts of scotland. further south, not too many showers , strong winds, too many showers, strong winds, stopping temperatures , dropping stopping temperatures, dropping down to freezing. most of us started about four or five, but it will feel cold in the wind on friday morning. plenty showers to come on friday morning for northern ireland. northwest england wales along england and north wales along with northern scotland. but many and areas not seeing and southern areas not seeing too many showers and. the showers tending to ease off in many places come the afternoon, although think we'll always keep some to south some coming in to south scotland, sunny spells scotland, some sunny spells lifting the temperatures to around about average or a touch in some spots, but it'll feel because of that wind. so a chilly feeling friday. more rain than comes in during friday evening initially into the west. but look at this another batch of heavy and persistent swamp

seen across the country to start the week . so a soggy saturday the week. so a soggy saturday morning . there'll be some snow morning. there'll be some snow in the hills across of scotland clearing from northern ireland perhaps during the morning and then the rain should spill away reasonably quickly during the afternoon so turning a little dner afternoon so turning a little drier but there'll be more showers falling on behind and it will be windy early in the day we could get 11 or 12 celsius we could get to 11 or 12 celsius but temperatures probably we could get to 11 or 12 celsius but temp as tures probably we could get to 11 or 12 celsius but tempas that. probably we could get to 11 or 12 celsius but tempas that clearsbly we could get to 11 or 12 celsius but tempas that clears through dropping as that clears through the afternoon. and that is a sign of things to come. mild after time saturday. at after time saturday. but look at this. maps turning blue, this. the maps turning blue, colder arriving for colder conditions arriving for next with of frost next week with a return of frost andice. next week with a return of frost and ice . this year on gb news, and ice. this year on gb news, we've got brand new members of the family join us across entire united kingdom. we the issues that matter to gb news will always stay honest, balanced and fair. we want to hear whatever is on your mind and we don't down to you. the establishment had their chance. now we're here represent you. britain's watching come join us on tv news

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the show where we'll get into some of the things that have got you guys talking strikes. we go round and round dirt waivers, teaching specifically is when i want to talk to you about tonight. so many schools and educational places have the threat of strikes hanging over them. many many teachers are basically open and going , basically open and going, leaving their profession . do you leaving their profession. do you think that we value our teachers enough? could you ever be a teacher? i couldn't. but i want your thoughts on that. and 100 kids and hundreds of thousands of people afraid to