very good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on gb news tv and dab radio, of course. okay. the top story that everyone's talking about is the ongoing question ning around ethical standards within the conservative party. the prime minister has asked an independent ethics adviser to investigate the tory party chair's tax affairs. nadhim zahawi has welcomed the investigation, apparently saying that he's confident that he acted properly throughout laboun acted properly throughout labour. i'll calling for him to resign. we'll find out the latest at the top of the show. and in scotland, tension between businesses and the climate campaign. businesses in glasgow are calling for a delay of the rollout of lower emission zones in order to help the city recover from the pandemic. stay tuned to find out why. and teachers are striking as scotland will be to talking educational institute of scotland union as to why and when they will stop. that's all coming up after a look at the

latest news . good morning . i'm latest news. good morning. i'm tamsin roberts in the gb newsroom. it's 10:01. a report newsroom. it's10:01. a report by the probation watchdog in england and wales found a catalogue of failings left a sexual predator free to kill zara aleena day after he was released from jail . jordan released from jail. jordan mcsweeney was given a life sentence last month after he admitted killing the law graduate as she walked home in east london last june. the findings show mcsweeney should have been treated as a high risk of serious harm offender but was wrongly graded as medium risk. policing minister chris philp says the government has ordered a review into how probation staff supervise a 29 year old. the probation service i think is completely accepted. the recommendations the inspector has made, they're making changes to the way they risk assess offenders . they're putting more offenders. they're putting more resources is into it. they've hired, i think, an extra couple of thousand, two and a half

thousand probation service staff in the last two years. they're increasing their funding by £155 million to make sure this doesn't happen again. they're supervising. i think , over supervising. i think, over 200,000 offenders. this kind of incident is thankfully very rare , but it is appalling and heartbreaking when it does happen. heartbreaking when it does happen . latest figures show happen. latest figures show government borrowing hit a new record high last month as the cost of living crisis continues to hit. household the office for national statistics says the government borrowed national statistics says the government borrowe d £27.4 government borrowed £27.4 billion in december, the highest monthly figure since 1993. chancellor jeremy monthly figure since 1993. chancellorjeremy hunt says the chancellor jeremy hunt says the government is making tough decisions to get debt falling . decisions to get debt falling. almost 2000 ambulance workers in the north—west are walking out today in an ongoing dispute over pay - today in an ongoing dispute over pay . the government says it will pay. the government says it will continue to engage in talks with the nhs . but the union says the nhs. but the union says ministers are belittling their efforts to save lives rather than discussing a pay offer.

nonh than discussing a pay offer. north west paramedic paul turner says they don't want to strike, but they want the government to save the nhs. we are massively understaffed and when we get called to job we struggling together. you know, we're really clumsy on our radios that there is emergencies outstanding and no one to go to them because we're either queuing outside hospital or we just don't have the staff to respond. we've had ten years now of austerity. we have no real term pay rises . we have no real term pay rises. we are under inflate. are constantly under inflate. and got members right and now i've got members right behind me and all over the uk that are returning to foodbanks , looking to other means to be able to pay police forces across england and wales will adopt a new strategy to tackle organised crime. the tactic , known as crime. the tactic, known as clear hold build, is being introduced by the home office following a successful pilot in seven forces, including west yorkshire. the plan is that officers will clear gang members from crime hotspots, hold control of the area to stop other criminals taking over and

then with other agencies, help build the area to keep crime . build the area to keep crime. down a senior conservative mp has suggested the prime minister did not know nadhim zahawi had any outstanding tax issues when he appointed him as chair of the party. just a warning of flashing images coming up. you're going to resign. this is how you feel under pressure to resign, sir. rishi sunak has ordered an ethics inquiry into mr. zahawi tax affairs after he admitted paying a settlement to hmrc following an error over shares in a polling company. he co—founded the former chancellor has welcomed the investigation, saying he's confident he acted properly throughout . a man has properly throughout. a man has been charged with murder after a body was found dumped in a street in wigan last year. liam smith was shot and his body covered in acid before being left on kilburn drive on the

24th of november. michael hillier from sheffield has been charged with the murder and is due to appear at tameside magistrates court today . at magistrates court today. at least seven people have died in a mass shooting at two locations in the northern california city of half moon bay. in the northern california city of half moon bay . officials say of half moon bay. officials say the suspect was arrested yesterday after driving to a police parking lot after attempting to turn himself in. it's the second mass shooting in as many days in the us state after 11 people were killed in monterrey park on . saturday. the monterrey park on. saturday. the government is resisting calls for a large scale pilot menopause leave program . menopause leave program. ministers have also rejected making menopause a protected characteristic under the equality act. the conservative mp, caroline nokes says she's disappointed by the lack of action by the government in response to the committee's report . but the government says report. but the government says the suggests it approach might not be the best solution to support women eligible household

will receive peak time electricity discounts again today in an effort to avoid blackouts. 26 suppliers have signed up to the national grid demand flexibility scheme between 530 and 6 pm. tonight after its first live test yesterday. it involves paying businesses and household aides to turn off electric appliances for an hour or two. this is gb news. more from me in half an houn news. more from me in half an hour. now it's back to . hour. now it's back to. bev very good morning . welcome to very good morning. welcome to bev turner today. thank you for joining me on gb news tv and dab radio. here's what's coming up on this morning show. nadhim zahawi is fighting for his political life this morning after ordered his after prime minister ordered his ethics to look into the

ethics adviser to look into the conservative party chairman over a multi—million pound tax penalty. the labour party are calling for him to resign. what does this mean for the integrity of the conservatives and metropolitan police recruits all being hired without face to face interviews which test them on their motives and values according to one recruitment consultancy . this has caused consultancy. this has caused concern that potentially unsuitable candidates are slipping through the net. i'm also going to have a good news policing story by panel this morning, so stay tuned for some positive it say and my guests this morning, the political editor at the daily express, sam lister, and the authorjoanna williams, with some very thought provoking today, provoking stories today, including pr including prince andrew's pr comeback and why women's health care in the uk is languishing at the bottom of league tables. but of course, this show is nothing without views. without you and your views. don't forget vote in my don't forget to vote in my twitter please. this twitter poll, please. this morning am asking you if morning i am asking you if nadhim zahawi has lied about his taxes , are you confident the taxes, are you confident the prime minister rishi sunak prime minister, rishi sunak would leadership would have the leadership strength him from the

strength to expel him from the party.7 so far, 70% of you say no sunak would not do what you might consider to be the decent thing. cast your vote now or as always , email me gb views to always, email me gb views to gbnews.uk to have your say. so as i mentioned anything to how it is facing calls for his resignation today, if the prime minister asks his independent ethics adviser to investigate the conservative party chairman's tax office , it chairman's tax office, it follows reports that zahawi paid a penalty hate mrc while he a penalty to hate mrc while he was chancellor in a statement he said that he was confident he acted properly throughout. so joining now political joining me now is political reporter utley. good reporter olivia utley. good morning, olivia . remind us how morning, olivia. remind us how we've got to this point. how did this all come to light and what is he accused of.7 so nadhim zahawi, tax affairs. but first investigation while he was chancellor back in july, he threatened the independent who

were investigating the case with legal action and hmrc essentially let the matter rest for a while . all went quiet for for a while. all went quiet for a bit . and now last week it a bit. and now last week it emerged that he had had to pay a penalty to hmrc. emerged that he had had to pay a penalty to hmrc . then was penalty to hmrc. then was revealed that hmrc had said that it was it wasn't the worst degree of mismanagement because it was careless rather than deliberate . but now the stories deliberate. but now the stories which rumbled on for a few days got more and more awkward for the prime minister. the prime minister was dragged into it himself because it wasn't clear whether rishi sunak knew about these allegations of tax evasion when he appointed . it seems when he appointed. it seems always prime minister. so now rishi sunak has ordered this investigation by laurie magnus, the new ethics adviser into dames, who always talks about, oh, clearly, rishi sunak thinks there is more to come out and soon that wants to sort of move the onus away from him to do anything about it. i'm just

looking at some of the people who've been wading into this because obviously it's rich pickings for anybody that wants the conservative party to look bad at the moment. there's a lot in here. isn't that because you can attack it from all sides? it raises questions, doesn't it, about he took as about why he took the job as chancellor if he was being investigated at that investigated by the hmrc at that time deliberate it or time. was it deliberate it or was it, as he says, accidental ? was it, as he says, accidental? and it also raises questions, of course, for rishi sunak, which is what i'm tweeting today and how he reacts to this. what's your sense of what what he might do, or is he just playing a pretty straight back at the moment? well, it's a very, very tncky moment? well, it's a very, very tricky issue for rishi sunak , tricky issue for rishi sunak, because when he became prime minister, of course, we all remember the last turbulent few years for the conservative party. and rishi sunak was the sort straight guy who sort of straight laced guy who was promising to restore accountable honesty and integrity to public office. well, since then, he's had a slew of mini scandals from inside his own frontbench

chairs. we had suella provan when she was dismissed for leaking. she was under investigation for leaking confidential material. he then rehired her. that turned into a story. we had gavin williamson , story. we had gavin williamson, who had just stepped down because of a big controversy. we had dominic raab, who's accused of bullying, and he was also being investigated is for being investigated, is for breach the ministerial code, breach of the ministerial code, like the times of how he stayed in office. and now we've got this scandal and it just makes things for rishi things very difficult for rishi sunak. know, way sunak. and, you know, the way he's now by turning he's handling it now by turning over to the ethics adviser, by making a question he making it a question of did he or he not break the or did he not break the ministerial code? well it's one way handling it, there way of handling it, but there are on conservative are many on the conservative backbenches are sort of backbenches who are sort of whispering that's whispering that that's not really look how it's really the point. look how it's making conservative making the conservative party look wooden , a prime minister look wooden, a prime minister with more political with more sort of political nous, of how this looks nous, a grip of how this looks to of the country just to the rest of the country just makes james always step aside. now because, you know, whether or he's found to have or not he's found to have technically broken the ministerial code, it's really not a good look. and one issue

which has been raised to me among backbenchers among conservative backbenchers is idea evading is that the idea of evading millions of pounds worth of tax is so alien, so almost everyone in this country that it just makes the conservatives look very out of touch. and if rishi sunak can't see that, is he the right person? then the job? absolutely. and i think most of us probably applaud anybody that works and pays taxes works hard and pays their taxes and redeems the whole. we has such an interesting back story of having arrived here from iraq and worked incredibly to and worked incredibly hard to get he is. but the get himself where he is. but the british public have very little patience. think, at the moment patience. i think, at the moment for anything that looks dishonest . talking of which , no dishonest. talking of which, no accusation necessarily at the moment of dishonesty . accusation necessarily at the moment of dishonesty. but accusation necessarily at the moment of dishonesty . but let's moment of dishonesty. but let's talk about boris johnson . talk about boris johnson. richard shaw, bbc chairman . what richard shaw, bbc chairman. what do we know about that? has there been any statement from the government? remind us the story , olivia. so the story is this . , olivia. so the story is this. richard sharp loaned boris johnson richard sharp loaned boris johnso n £800,000 when he was in johnson £800,000 when he was in financial difficulty. we know that boris johnson has been in and out financial difficulty

and out of financial difficulty most adult life. and most of his adult life. and richard sharp is it is a former big donor . and richard sharp is it is a former big donor. and there are big tory donor. and there are now questions marks over whether this should have been looked into when he became director of the bbc. so it's another awkward story fit for boris johnson . but story fit for boris johnson. but at the same time, of course he's got the privileges committee coming up, which in a way might be the might be the bigger issue than this. richard sharp, this is almost sideshow . the is almost a sideshow. the privileges committee privileges privileges committee has released a report today just buckling down, basically on how they expect the absolute top conduct from those in public office. they expect them to be setting an example. and the privileges committee investigation into boris johnson begins in march. so it just feels like there's a lot of sleaze allegations swirling around the former prime minister and he is , you know, has been in and he is, you know, has been in kyiv is posing as this statesman . and he's making life very awkward for rishi sunak. and of course, we mustn't forget that

although relations between sunak and johnson have obviously soured so soon, except in johnson's cabinet for a long time. so whatever mud sticks to bofis time. so whatever mud sticks to boris johnson will stick to rishi sunak as well. so we're beginning to see i think you're very right to raise the question of if sunak's political strength, because that is the picture that's beginning to emerge. this personally straitlaced sort of a man who, you know, he's a tea social. he he wants to play by the book but doesn't have the strength to boot out those around him when it's clear that his inner circle isn't playing by. and do we have any idea? last question about the timescale around zahawi because if an investigation had been ordered now by the ethics adviser, going be adviser, that's not going to be quick. and we know that we quick. no. and we know that we don't know exactly what the timeframe be. but dominic timeframe will be. but dominic raab, bullying raab, remember those bullying allegations ago. allegations that was months ago. he's investigation he's still under investigation by committee. so it's by the ethics committee. so it's more that will more likely that zahawi will perhaps out or feel perhaps be pushed out or feel the to resign before we see the need to resign before we see any results of this. but again, that raise questions as to

that would raise questions as to whether xi sunak's political credibility . if. zahawi he credibility. if, if. zahawi he stands himself rather stands outside himself rather than prime minister taking than the prime minister taking the executive action . okay. the executive action. okay. thank you, olivia . now, then, thank you, olivia. now, then, the 60 day wave of rolling teacher strikes in scotland is well underway. members of the educational institute out of scotland are striking in two local authorities per day from january the 16th until february the sixth. strikes are happening today in stirling and east renfrewshire. andrea bradley is the general secretary of the educational institute of scotland. good morning, andrea. so 16 days of rolling strikes across scotland . is it simply across scotland. is it simply desperation should that has led the teachers to taking this action ? i think not so much action? i think not so much desperation as frustration that months of negotiations have been largely unfruitful. the teachers pay largely unfruitful. the teachers pay claim was lodged almost hundred and 51 days ago. so the scottish government and local authority employers in scotland have had a very long time to consider it and to respond as we

would think appropriately and sadly, they haven't done that. and that has meant that we've got once again today, this is day seven of that 60 day rolling programme, a strike action. we've got teachers on picket lines and at local rallies rather than in classrooms where they would rather be being they would much rather be being paid fairly the work that paid fairly for the work that they the very important they do. the very important work that do . how many children that they do. how many children are affected today, in this week by these strikes country at, you know , i. exact number of know, i. exact number of children but they are you know they are to local authorities we're talking in the thousands of children. and you know that will be probably in the hundreds of schools impacted today and it will thousands children will be thousands of children under families whose under families and whose education and working lives are being are being disrupted. this is avoidable . it's all is all avoidable. it's all avoidable. it's the scottish government and would government and cosla would simply funding towards simply put the funding towards a settlement for teachers, for it, for this financial year. people will say, of course, that teachers , children have been teachers, children have been through so much in the last two

and a half years. we've got educational attainment for some cohorts which will never be clawed back. regardless of extra hours in the classroom and now the teachers are depriving these children of this education that they need. surely they have a duty of care to these kids . so duty of care to these kids. so we would see to that absolutely . you know, we absolutely understand that the impact that the pandemic has had on children's education and, you know, children's family lives all of that. and but the responsibility for the closure of schools that we're seeing as a result of strike action rests with the scottish government and cosla . they have the power and cosla. they have the power and the means to resolve this dispute agitate is simply dispute and as agitate is simply have chosen not to do that so that the responsibility that you know the responsibility for the disruption rests firmly with have been with them. we have been negotiating months over negotiating for months over this. have been round the this. we have been round the table unfortunately, was table, unfortunately, as it was . discussions have not brought forth the kind of statement that would be acceptable to teachers in scotland, and that's

unanimous across all of the teaching. how far apart are you, andrea, in terms of reaching a resolution ? so obviously quite resolution? so obviously quite apart because the scottish government and council have not moved on their 5% offer for almost five months now. and so they have got some further work to do, some further thinking to do about how they can bring this dispute to a swift resolution . dispute to a swift resolution. thatis dispute to a swift resolution. that is very much what our members would wish to see. and it's very much what parents in scotland would wish to see. what parents scotland are very parents in scotland are very much the action that much behind the action that teachers are taking. they understand value teachers understand the value of teachers to young to the children and young people, they understand the people, and they understand the absolute paying absolute importance of paying teachers for teachers properly and sadly for the important work that the really important work that they what percentage would they do. what percentage would you be happy with ? so the claim you be happy with? so the claim is 15, and that amounts to real terms pay cuts. given the and, you know, the highest that inflation has reached over the course financial year. course of this financial year. and we've been seeing and and what we've been seeing and what we have said from the outset that negotiation outset is that every negotiation involves compromise . but sadly, involves compromise. but sadly, what being sought by the

what is being sought by the scottish and cosla at scottish government and cosla at the phil and would say the moment is phil and would say to compromise it will be on the part of teachers with very little being by them, little being conceded by them, nothing considered them nothing being considered by them in the five months. okay in the last five months. okay well, i hope we sort it out soon because the kids deserve better. andrea general andrea bradley, general secretary of the educational institutes there . institutes of scotland, there. right. we have got a twitter poll running morning, we poll running this morning, as we always do. i'm asking if always do. i'm asking you if nadhim zahawi has lied about his taxes. all you confident the prime minister rishi sunak? what have the leadership ? we could have the leadership? we could have the leadership? we could have chosen all sorts of words that would he have the leadership to expel him from the party? cast your vote now. also send me your emails. i'll get through to some next few through to some in the next few minutes . vaiews@gbnews.uk after minutes. vaiews@gbnews.uk after the break, reports this morning that metropolitan police recruits are being hired without face to face interviews. do we need three? evaluates this vetting process. we're going to get stuck into that. much more with my panel after the .

break good morning. it's 1022. break good morning. it's1022. this is their 10th day on gb news. thank you for joining their 10th day on gb news. thank you forjoining me. my guest ahead this morning. i'm delighted to be joined by author and academic joanna williams and political editor of the daily express lester. right express, sam lester. right ladies, i have a feeling we might agree on a lot today, but that's all right. i'm okay with that. well, i am more intelligent loosewomen today. right you'll put your story in the express today. sam nadhim zahawi . how serious is this? do zahawi. how serious is this? do you think? i think it is actually very serious for him, but it is a classic one of those stories where it's quite complicated. it's not very exciting to the ordinary man on the street and it just answer to this sense of, you

the street and it just answer to this sense of , you know, the street and it just answer to this sense of, you know, things being a bit off around the government, which is really bad for them actually, because it's just another thing that they've got to find so. well, i don't think people necessarily are , think people necessarily are, you know, personally thinking , you know, personally thinking, wow, this man must go . i think a wow, this man must go. i think a lot of people are thinking, who is this man? what's he actually doing wrong? it all sounds a bit, you know, but actually it just it does just add to that sense of things it's kind of sense of things are it's kind of smelly and in a way, smelly around. and in a way, joe, it's, you know, if things were great in the economy, we all like were having an all felt like we were having an excellent and a wonderful excellent nhs and a wonderful education our children are education and our children are going day going to school every day and getting really served by getting really well served by the teachers. you can tolerate a little bit of murkiness within the when we feel the government, but when we feel that thing is broken, that every thing is broken, absolutely , they can't absolutely, they can't necessarily as the government , necessarily as the government, it's hard to know how they handle this as well. no, absolutely. and i think the problem is that it reinforces this idea that the government are just completely out of touch

with people. i mean, with ordinary people. i mean, i don't know youtube, but don't know about youtube, but when with money, when i'm careless with money, it's when i've maybe after ten put it in the washing machine. yeah. i've dropped yeah. you know, i've dropped a couple the floor by couple of quick on the floor by mistake. careless mistake. being careless with money failing to declare money is not failing to declare £5 million of my taxes or alleged leaking declared, and failing to declare that money. so that the huge sums that we're talking about and the language that's being used to describe it of carelessness . yeah, just of carelessness. yeah, just gives this impression of these people. i mean , we know rishi people. i mean, we know rishi sunak's fabulously wealthy again with the boris johnson story. if i was feeling a bit holed up at the end of the month, i'd ask a mate to maybe lend me 20 quid. yeah. the idea of being given a loan of £800,000, it's just a unimaginable underwritten by your friend. underwritten by your friend. underwritten by your mate. i mean, i guess , you your mate. i mean, i guess, you know, politics has always had had these sorts of dynamics , has had these sorts of dynamics, has it was always had rich men helping out rich men. and it doesn't necessarily cause any harm. sometimes it might be

good, but as you say, it just stacks up. this whole the optics of this really bad . also, of this are really bad. also, are concerned ? some i think, are you concerned? some i think, you think a lot of you know, what i think a lot of people say is pick up about people say is will pick up about pick about story, about pick up about this story, about museums, a hobby because you museums, a hobby because as you say, how say, to some extent, well, how can i to this story on can i relate to this story on a level? it's also the fact that it he shares and you go yeah it was he shares and you go yeah did people know that started did people know that he started the polling company yougov because that. so perhaps because that. yeah. so perhaps not impartiality. not necessarily impartiality. well know it was in well i think you know it was in the 80,000 a long time ago. the 80,000 is a long time ago. he's kind been involved he's not kind of been involved for time. and i think for some time. and so i think before we entered politics, you know, that of know, all all that kind of thing, moved from a lot. thing, he moved on from a lot. but i think, you know, there is an you actually an obviously, you know, actually it's thing to have it's not a bad thing to have people in government who are successful businessman who started from scratch. started a company from scratch. yeah. have over here, yeah. you have come over here, you he's from a family you know, he's from a family of refugees he's come refugees. yeah. and he's come over here and he's made a while , a successful business, and thatis , a successful business, and that is a good thing, you know, that is a good thing, you know, thatis that is a good thing, you know, that is to be applauded. so we have to kind of we don't want everybody in government to be,

you know, struggling exactly the same we people same way we all we want people who actually know how to get things he's also the man things done. he's also the man who his ease . who was relied upon his ease. he's one of the people in government that they actually do turn to if they want to get things is as things moving. he is seen as somebody who can solve problems. so, i think it's so, you know, i think it's important to remember that. i think the problem is for which rishi he to downing rishi not he came to downing street steps of downing street on the steps of downing street, said, look, my government be government is going to be a government is going to be a government of integrity and transparency. such transparency. and that's such a dangerous thing because you cannot control around cannot control events around you. and i know in downing street certainly some street there certainly some frustration. bit frustration. they feel a bit like they've been hit by all these things in the last few weeks johnson. and it weeks by boris johnson. and it in they like all in zahawi they feel like all these events beyond our these are events beyond our control. is what being control. that is what being prime about. you prime minister is all about. you cannot things . you have cannot control things. you have to able to react to them. to be able to react to them. thatis to be able to react to them. that is that is the number one thing need is a quality thing you need is a quality prime minister kind of prime minister and it kind of made and then i almost made made it and then i almost made a rod for his own back didn't about making stuff by making that well that statement. yeah. well probably at a time probably or watched at a time when went good luck with

when we went oh good luck with that. yeah well events and not necessarily right met necessarily work out right met police this is a police don't know this is a really story really strange story we want more police officers looks more police officers it looks like during pandemic the like during the pandemic the interview changed interview process changed slightly hasn't gone back slightly and it hasn't gone back to it should be . the to what it should be. the headune to what it should be. the headline in the times being met police hire officers without face to face interviews. absolutely good absolutely wow. completely good question. during covid question. so during covid pandemic, like many people, they they met police, one deputy working from home, presumably, or doing much of their operations via zoom. the recruitment process was carried on online , so interviews were on online, so interviews were conducted with people presumably in their homes , in an office in their homes, in an office somewhere else and all to end by the same. but but the problem with people saying, you know, unless you actually sit down with someone face to face, you can't really get proper can't really get a proper judgement correct . to judgement to that correct. to when start conducting when you start conducting interviews through a screen, it's all little bit removed, it's all a little bit removed, it's all a little bit removed, it's all a little bit removed, it's a little bit artificial . it's a little bit artificial. and idea that thousands of and the idea that thousands of police officers have been recruited way and it's recruited in this way and it's still on now when covid

still going on now when covid provides no excuse , absolutely provides no excuse, absolutely carrying on any more. you know, i think to many people are working from home. we're seeing some of the consequences of this. and i mean, you've documented it more than most people, but in all aspects of life. but i mean, even just today, this story about today, there's this story about the police still hiring the met police still hiring officers through online interviews. but we're also seeing huge problems in the probation service, huge mistakes that that probation officers are making, mis categorising offenders as low risk or medium risk when they should have been categorised as high risk. and you've got probation officer still working from home, you know, and i think serious questions need to be asked about the quality of training, the quality of the work people can be doing when they're still working from home. if you were hiring somebody, sam , to work at hiring somebody, sam, to work at the express as one of your political reporters , would you political reporters, would you fairly have to meet them in person? yeah. i mean, i've just been actually doing process been actually doing that process and no way i would

and there is no way i would bnng and there is no way i would bring anybody into the team without actually seeing them face mean, it just face to face. i mean, it just it's astounding to and, you it's astounding to me and, you know, nobody's going to be put at risk if i'm bringing a report without, you know, actually a grammar. yes. you you vanish. but i mean, but, you know, it's astounding to me that the mayor would allow this to happen . and would allow this to happen. and i actually one of the i think actually one of the experts makes the point that if you recruit somebody into the force, they've got years, force, they've got 30 years, then potentially to be doing bad things . so then potentially to be doing bad things. so it's really important to at the very, very start weed out the people who are potentially wrong and, you know, it's not it shouldn't just be a box it can access. this is the point where you have to make sure that these are the right people, because once they're in the service, it's very hard to get rid them. can we just get rid of them. can we just look at this positive look at this one? positive police stories? well, i want a positive police story because the important the police do the most important job. 170 arrests made by job. this is 170 arrests made by the met police cracking down on serious criminals. i don't know why they've come to this a bit early for you, you've had

early for you, but you've had time to get ahead of but time to get ahead of this. but the this are great. the figures in this are great. 30 weapons 30 knives and weapons were recovered, 40 drugs seized, 66 vehicles, 5700 in cash. more than arrests. a three day than 70 arrests. a three day crackdown when police get it crackdown when the police get it right, they can really get it right. well, they can it. and i think you're right. you know, this news story at far this is a good news story at far off these people were not off that these people were not on street. sounds a on the street. it sounds like a good thing they've been good thing that they've been taken the street. and it taken off the street. and it seems one the main seems like one of the main factors behind this is that you've cooperation between you've had cooperation between different police forces working at the country. but at across the country. but i mean, it does beg the question if it can do this once, why aren't this the aren't they doing this all the time? if working time? you know, if working together way and together in this way and actually this level of actually having this level of cooperation can bring about these results? yeah, it these good results? yeah, it seems to me that seems a little odd to me that this be a off thing this would be a one off thing and kind of suggests that and it kind of suggests that perhaps in place as perhaps if this was in place as a routine thing, then you a routine thing, then then you might be making these arrests as an ongoing on an basis. an ongoing on an ongoing basis. it's called operation pan delight focussed on arterial roads and motorways in and around london, including the m25 , blah, blah, blah, used automatic number plate

recognition and intelligence to vehicles violent crime vehicles linked to violent crime . and what i took from this story some is how gang story some is how much gang related crime organised crime is such a big issue for police . such a big issue for police. yeah. and i think that say organised crime is a bit police have targets to me they have you know, ministers set targets, police have to meet targets. it's very easy to go for the low hanging fruit. actually organised crime that is the root of the problems in our society and that's where the resources should be focussed. but obviously it's incredibly complex, very difficult deal complex, very difficult to deal with. much to kind go with. it's much to kind of go for those easy hits and be she targets to be she figures elsewhere to look like you do well as a force but obviously when they want to be able to do they can do it. it's you know it is a question where are you putting your resources? you know, your know, what's what's your priority? is it policing twitter or actually or whatever? or is it actually getting out there and doing this kind stuff and actually, the kind of stuff and actually, the police terrible, you police do have a terrible, you know, hard it's know, terribly hard job. it's actually it's really actually you know, it's really gruelling i wouldn't want

gruelling work. i wouldn't want to police officer because to be a police officer because i know how hard it is do know how hard it is to do that day day out and. so you have day in, day out and. so you have to think, you know, we do need to think, you know, we do need to give credit to police for for the work they do do well. the the work they do do well. okay. well a good news story. i'm to say that right i'm delighted to say that right off time your off the break time for your latest of business latest round of business news with halligan be here. with liam halligan will be here. we're going to all the we're going to crunch all the numbers tamzin . numbers off news with tamzin. beth, thanks very much. it's 1033 here. the headlines . a 1033 here. the headlines. a report by the probation watchdog in england and wales has found a catalogue of failings . a sexual catalogue of failings. a sexual predator free to kill. zara, euna predator free to kill. zara, elina days after he was released from jail . jordan mcsweeney was from jail. jordan mcsweeney was given a life sentence last month after he admitted killing the law graduate in east london as she walked home. the government has ordered a review into how probation and staff supervise a 29 year old. the probation service, i think, is completely

accepted. the recommendations inspector has made. they're making changes to the way they risk assess offenders. they're putting more resources into it . putting more resources into it. they've hired, i think, an extra couple of thousand, two and a half thousand probation service staff in the last two years. they're increasing their funding b y £155 million to make sure by £155 million to make sure this doesn't happen again. they're supervising, i think, over 200,000 offenders. this kind of incident is thankfully very rare, but it is appalling and heartbreaking when . it does and heartbreaking when. it does happen. and heartbreaking when. it does happen . the bbc chairman says he happen. the bbc chairman says he will not stand down from his role over the boris johnson loan row . it's after richard sharp row. it's after richard sharp welcomed a review into how he got his job by the commissioner of public appointments. speaking to the bbc , mr. sharp says he's to the bbc, mr. sharp says he's confident he was appointed on merit . latest figures show merit. latest figures show government borrowing hit a new record high last month as. government borrowing hit a new record high last month as . a record high last month as. a cost of living crisis continues to hit households. the office for national statistics says the

government borrowed for national statistics says the government borrowe d £27.4 government borrowed £27.4 billion in december, the highest monthly figure since 1993. they say it's been caused by the increase in cost of energy support schemes and soaring debt interest . nearly decades after interest. nearly decades after fox hunting was banned in scotland, msp said due to back further restrictions on hunting with packs of dogs . the new with packs of dogs. the new hunting with dogs bill will introduce a two dog limit and to ban on trail hunting entirely. since 2002, it's been against the law to hunt a wild animal with a dog. but the scottish government, the loopholes in current laws have been exploited to continue the practise tv onune to continue the practise tv online and dab+ radio . this is.

gb news. good morning. it's 1037. gb news. good morning. it's1037. this is bev turner day on gb news. thank you for watching and listening to us. now your views have been coming in. i've got this twitter poll running about nadhim zahawi, about whether if he has lied about his taxes, do you have any faith, are you confident prime minister have any faith, are you confinunak prime minister have any faith, are you confinunak would e minister have any faith, are you confinunak woulde minthe' rishi sunak would have the leadership to expel him leadership skills to expel him from the party? at the moment, the statistics, all the 75% of you say no , you don't think that you say no, you don't think that he would expel him from the party? that raises the question, what's the point of the investigation anyway? phil has said twitter, i think nadeem said on twitter, i think nadeem would beat him up. i think he's metaphorically speaking. i think he literally sean on he means literally sean on twitter says no competence of the leadership see the tory leadership can't see them zahawi , but he them expelling zahawi, but he should clear about should have been a clear about it. another one, pd says zahawi needs dismissing sacked from ever holding a position of trust in the government corruption is not allowed so not keeping him. inside the hall we have stuff on

sunak too, but we know some of it as it is. but media are not reporting it. keep an eye on the public. you know, he hasn't been found guilty of anything yet. so we have to be really careful about obviously about this. but obviously they are and we are investigating it and as we were saying the optics were saying before, the optics of look really bad. of this just look really bad. now, government borrowed now, british government borrowed more month than in any more last month than in any december records began 30 december since records began 30 years reflects years ago. it reflects the cost of energy and soaring of energy support and soaring debt, to rising debt, interest linked to rising inflation . and news is inflation. and so gb news is economics and business editor. liam halligan is with me now in the studio. got a minute. we the studio. i got a minute. we we've the highest tax burden we've got the highest tax burden for 70 is why they still having to borrow more than ever. these numbers are pretty eyewatering as you say this is the most the government has borrowed in any december on record. let's see how the numbers stack up. i've got a little graphic here and i can walk through this for tv and radio so december 22, radio viewers. so december 22, there is, 27.4 billion. there it is, 27.4 billion. that' s £27,000 million borrowed that's £27,000 million borrowed in that one single month. that compares to just under 17 billion in december 2001. so a

massive percentage increase in borrowing. why is it happening? because even though oil and gas is lower than it was before putin invaded ukraine, household energy bills are still massive , energy bills are still massive, more than twice what they were . more than twice what they were. a discussion to be continued. yeah some point. and that means the energy support scheme that accounted fo r £7 billion of accounted for £7 billion of government borrowing. so that was what liz truss was getting so excited about when she was in office for 5 minutes. that's right. that's that's the energy support package that liz truss introduced. remember she was talking of talking about in the house of commons and then the queen and the terrible way and yeah. king palace queen yeah palace that the queen was. yeah you unfortunately a you know unfortunately lost a few last stretch of her life. yeah. but here is the absolute killer in terms of borrowing interest payments on debt, killer in terms of borrowing interest payments on debt , £17.3 interest payments on debt, £17.3 billion in one month right now , billion in one month right now, all these big state people , they all these big state people, they say, oh, we can just borrow, we can just spend lots of money. if

you don't spend lots of money, you're a horrible person, right? yeah. the flipside is spending lots that you don't lots of money that you don't have just to be a nice person is that you spend have just to be a nice person is that you spen d £17.3 billion on that you spend £17.3 billion on debtin that you spend £17.3 billion on debt in a single month. i mean , debt in a single month. i mean, that's like three, three and a half pay on the basic rate of income tax. please get in that. international investors many cases i mean it sounds like a really obvious question. if i borrow money from the bank, i know who's getting the interest. i'm it's that bank. i'm paying back. it's that bank. is just massive banks is it just massive global banks that 98? well, it's also that we pay 98? well, it's also ordinary people. people ordinary people. ordinary people buy buy gilts. yes, but wealthy people to money in and people to put their money in and it's not just the fact that interest rates have gone up , interest rates have gone up, though. that's important. this is what happens when inflation goes up . and in order. to goes up. and in order. to promote your debt on international markets , to make international markets, to make sure people buy it, what the government's been doing increasingly in recent years is buying what we call index linked debt. buying what we call index linked debt . what does that mean? it

debt. what does that mean? it means it goes up what you're paid as inflation goes up to preserve the value of the money that you lent to the government. and increasingly government debt isindex and increasingly government debt is index linked . so as inflation is index linked. so as inflation has gone up , the government has has gone up, the government has asked to pay not just higher interest but also higher inflation compensation. so those international banks and so on that have been lending us money and then they have to borrow money more to pay the interest on the previous day. this is what happens when governments get too big . what is when get too big. what is when governments get too big, but also . well, how much of this is also. well, how much of this is about how much we paid out dunng about how much we paid out during the pandemic ? oh, 4 during the pandemic? oh, 4 billion, wasn't it they found, wasn't it 500 million or something. it's five. okay. well, at least it was about 400 billion that we paid out during the pandemic. right on furlough, on business support loans. sorry, you're right . on business support loans. sorry, you're right. i on business support loans. sorry, you're right . i bet it's sorry, you're right. i bet it's half a trillion. it's half a trillion getting over half a trillion. when trillion was a word we didn't used to hear very

often, something used to last three is a trillion. it's just become kind of normal. now get used to it. inflation happened, so size of the debts that so the size of the debts that we're dealing and the price we're dealing with and the price of we going. of everything we pay is going. the danger though, bev, the danger is, though, bev, is that the monthly borrowing that as the monthly borrowing total up, so you're putting total goes up, so you're putting more on your credit card, right? your overall debt increases the stock of debt that you owe based on the borrowing that you've done every previous month. and in previous years. and all stock of national debt is now two and a half trillion . that's right. a half trillion. that's right. it's two and a half trillion. it was less than 1 trillion before the global financial crisis . and the global financial crisis. and now in 2008, nine, and now it's two and a half trillion . and two and a half trillion. and that debt in payments on that debt even if inflation comes down war remains high for a long time. but you know what? that's like 100% of our gdp, right? so our debt is the size of all the economic activity in one single year. economic activity in one single year . and that's that's year. and that's that's eye—watering and that's high.

but it's still relatively low compared to the other advanced countries. in france is 115% of gdp. initially, it's almost 150% of gdp in america of 130% of gdp. the danger is though that as the total stock of debt cranks up , the government's got cranks up, the government's got to borrow more and more money to pay to borrow more and more money to pay the interest on the existing debt. and that's when financial markets start to get worried . markets start to get worried. and that's why we've had the kind of cutback outs of the last few months , precisely because few months, precisely because these borrowing numbers have these big borrowing numbers have beenin these big borrowing numbers have been in the pipeline . and they been in the pipeline. and they actually to people like who actually to people like me who follow these things closely, they're actually quite shocking. all liam. wow. all right. thank you, liam. wow. okay moving on. last year, scotland avoided breaching legal air pollution limits for the second time since 2010. the last time was during the pandemic when the country had indoors when the country had it indoors and roads . the when the country had it indoors and roads. the most and off the roads. the most significant improvement of air quality recorded glasgow quality was recorded in glasgow , where restrictions are rolling out and preparation for the full enforcement of a low emission zone. on june the first,

scottish reporter tony maguire has more. did you know the literal translation of glasgow from its gaelic name is dear green place? well it's about to become a whole lot greener . become a whole lot greener. scotland's largest city will enforce its own nearly zone this summer, much to the delight of environmentalists and the dismay of the city's cabbie. population ispoke of the city's cabbie. population i spoke to unit club section chairman callum anderson about the timing of the lsc and the impact on cabbie livelihoods. the reason we're here today is that the taxi drivers in glasgow were just looking for a little bit more time to transition into the low emission zone. glasgow is the only city in scotland to put such a draconian time limit on this. from the 1st of june this year. they want all vehicles, taxis to be compliant to get into the city centre. the rest of the cities in scotland have been given to at least 2024. we've been given until june 23. while we're all want

clean air, a bit of no doubt about that. it can't be at the cost of jobs and livelihoods. and that's exactly what this is doing. and it's lively . it's way doing. and it's lively. it's way beyond the taxi trade . in beyond the taxi trade. in glasgow, for example, we've got ready people so anxious about coming into the city. glasgow city council say that they fully appreciate that is a challenging time for the city's black cab drivers. a council spokesperson said consider the delay in the original timescale due to the pandemic. it's reasonable that glasgow enforces the laws at the earliest possible opportunity to help bring down pollution levels to a more acceptable level. private bus companies, you know, they were receiving grants up to 50% of the cost of a vehicle. we don't have such a luxury. this is down to each individual to finance a. currently the scottish government will offer a o% scottish government will offer a 0% interest free loan for six years on a new vehicle. but new vehicles are over £60,000. we've asked them to give the same

considering to second hand vehicles that are zero emissions capable . now the glasgow market capable. now the glasgow market relies heavily on london for the second hand vehicles because obviously our turnover is not comparable to london . there comparable to london. there isn't any availability of these vehicles, but within the next year or two they will become available . and if we could get available. and if we could get the scottish government energy savings trust to offer a finance package , it will be based package, it will be based affordable and it'll stop a lot of people leaving the toxic trade. new figures out just this week show that scotland did not breach legal emissions requirements in 2022. so the zone is working for the vitamin . but time will tell if glasgow cabbies can find a way to make it work for them. tony mcguire with gb news, glasgow . thank with gb news, glasgow. thank you. right. my guests are back here with me this morning. author academic john williams and political of the and political editor of the daily express , sam lister. daily express, sam lister. you've also been getting in

touch with me, talking about zahawi. laurie has said if nadhim zahawi does not recognise the furore that his tax affairs would cause with the general public, should not be an mp. public, he should not be an mp. as for it was a mistake as for claiming it was a mistake . seems unbelievable in he . this seems unbelievable in he has doubt paid tax especially has no doubt paid tax especially lists thousands pounds to lists thousands of pounds to deal with his affairs. has deal with his tax affairs. has he sacked these? yeah. would he sacked these? yeah. you would think, you? might be think, wouldn't you? might be one first he would one of the first things he would point it's not like he sat point out. it's not like he sat filling in his own numbers. i wouldn't have thought during the self—assessment these self—assessment whether these multi—million . multi—million pound businesses. right. ladies and i say lady wipe pointedly in relation to this story. so government of jersey posted this advert to attract people, women to go for attract people, women to go for a cervical smear. so this is the image that they posted. that is apparently someone with a cervix. if you're not if you're listening on the radio, it's a human being with a moustache wearing a man's suit and looking

to all intents purposes like a on i think that's transphobic to say that right. i'm sure that they like to look like they look like a modest compliment. but this tweet says. if this is what the tweet says. if you are a transgender man , you are a transgender man, gender non—conforming person or assigned female at birth and with a cervix, you can book your free cervical screening today. contact gp and i read this lister and i was like, there's something missing from this advert asking for smear tests . advert asking for smear tests. women. yeah what's going on? i think no, because i think particularly with cervical screening, it's really difficult to get women to go for cervical screening . it's always been screening. it's always been a problem . you know, doctors have problem. you know, doctors have constantly trying to kind of improve the rates of people taking cervical screen screening. so why would you do if you're trying to encourage women to go for a test, smear test? why would you make a really confusing advert? i just don't get it. and if you are a transgender man or gender nonconforming is, the advert says you are going to be acutely aware of your needs . and so

aware of your needs. and so i don't see why it's being focussed towards those people . focussed towards those people. just make it clear it's about women and i think that's the really simple. yeah, i think the problem is the word woman has like a dirty word nowadays where the word woman itself is considered to be almost transphobic . considered to be almost transphobic. i mean, having a efficace smear test for women is so important, you know, obviously vitally important for women's health. and if we can't use the word woman in this context , so many people are context, so many people are going to end up missing out on having these vitally important medical tests. but i think medical tests. but but i think it's just in advert we see it's just in this advert we see it. so many times, you know, you go to say the british library andifs go to say the british library and it's the women's toilets that have to become the gender neutral toilets, the men's toilets still the toilets are still the men's toilets are still the men's toilets . know, seen toilets. you know, we've seen this this erasure of women. the word woman, from so many different walks of life and then we've seen other examples recently in the past few days outside the scottish with people

holding up placards and decapitate terfs, which is a horrible word really for women who are feminists , who believe who are feminists, who believe that being a is a meaningful thing and this kind of erasure of women, i think, actually legitimises some of those horrible, violent responses towards feminists . it's so towards feminists. it's so funny, isn't it? because i remember trying to raise awareness of this year's ago because of the work i was doing with pregnant women in maternity services and all of the midwives i was work with say, well, you know, don't talk about women giving birth. we talk about birthing people. and i remember this ago and say, this is ten years ago and say, i have i'm pretty worried about this because in the this because particularly in the area, health care, women need different we need different procedures. we need different procedures. we need different attention. mean, different attention. i mean, talk about stating the obvious. we don't have the same bodies as men . and therefore, need to men. and therefore, we need to make that we're getting the make sure that we're getting the right treatments. yeah, and it's how do we push against it, how do we push back against it, though? it doesn't feel though? because it doesn't feel like there will to like that there is the will to do sometimes i think think do so sometimes i think i think the of a will now the is more of a will now because i think because of

what's happened scotland and the change is yeah it's now become a clash between scotland and westminster and the government where she's seen that actually is quite clear about this he wants to make sure that you know women's rights are protected. so i think you will see more of a pushback from the government on these kinds of issues. and obviously, you've got labour mp, rosie to feel hayley's fight in the cause despite being repeated. i know she's really it's really tough for her. she's getting a lot of abuse. and i think the i think what's the tragedy of it is, of course, that transgender people are generally but to want to live a quiet life not cost too much problems. they're having their cores undermined so dramatically by the trans day . you are a by the trans day. you are a powerful and noisy group of people , but this, of course, people, but this, of course, leads us beautifully onto this next story, which is the league table of shame in women's healthcare. this is in the telegraph . britain is worse than

telegraph. britain is worse than china and saudi arabia when it comes to treatment so accessible by women and we're on a par with kazakhstan . it's why it's really kazakhstan. it's why it's really , really outrageous, i have to say , doesn't come as a surprise say, doesn't come as a surprise to me. i was speaking to a friend of mine the other day who was romania and she's lived in the uk for seven years now and she was telling me that just before christmas she actually went romania went back to romania to a doctor's appointment because it was and easier for her was quicker and easier for her to fly to romania see a doctor there and fly back to the uk than it was for her to get to see a doctor where she lives in england. i mean, that's horrifying. that should really shockers . but at the same time, shockers. but at the same time, you know , another reason why i'm you know, another reason why i'm kind of not surprised by this is because how can we campaign for better women's health care? how can we campaign for women to get the attention they need from doctors, from the health service when the very same medical profession professionals find it difficult to even say the word woman , the word woman on their

woman, the word woman on their posters ? you know, i personally posters? you know, i personally never referred to myself as a person assigned female at birth . this other thing, i mean, it's a mouthful , . this other thing, i mean, it's a mouthful, meaningless. nobody talks themselves in that way. so if we can't say the word woman . if we can't say the word woman. yeah, how can we expect doctors to be able to give us better treatment? some of the numbers in this, i mean, on average, women in the uk now wait nearly four months for a first appointment with a gynaecologist nearly 38,000 women in england have waited more than a year for an appointment with a gynaecologist. tell me something . really? yeah. it might affect your fertility or your your fertility or your. your life . yeah, we're getting really life. yeah, we're getting really short change. so women, it seems worse than the man. and also, it's those initial appointments, it's those initial appointments, it doctors, they also they have ten minute slots. how can you meaning fully discuss anything in 10 minutes? and i think that's you know, it's about very bafic that's you know, it's about very basic starting process . and does basic starting process. and does the doctor have time to actually listen to what you're saying and

try to really work out what's the cause of these issues might be? and it talks about how actually when women talk about suffering from pain, they're just dismissed. and of course, are going to be dismissed if you've got 2 minutes and you've only got 2 minutes and the rush and the doctor's in a rush and they've to go on the next they've got to go on to the next person. yeah. women who suffered pain doctor on pain needed to see a doctor on average a 4.3 times before the course was diagnosed. yeah, but it is some sort of chronic pain having go to the doctor four having to go to the doctor four times before works . how? times before it works. how? what's with it? we can go what's wrong with it? we can go on years. i mean, we have a on for years. i mean, we have a case study in the paper today about it took years for about a woman. it took years for her diagnosed. she had her to be diagnosed. she had chronic all everybody. and chronic pain. all everybody. and she just repeatedly fobbed she was just repeatedly fobbed off that's, you off. and i think that's, you know, not unusual case, to be know, is not unusual case, to be honest. no, absolutely right. let what think. gb let me know what you think. gb views. gbnews.uk has that been your experience that ? women of your experience that? women of the nhs and getting treated. we're going to continue to discuss the future of the tory chairman, nadhim and his chairman, nadhim zahawi and his tax affairs. after the break. see, it takes in 2 minutes. hello alex deakin here with your

latest weather update from the met office. another dry day for the vast majority and again , the vast majority and again, we've got mild air sitting across the north, much colder conditions established across the south under the influence of this high pressure , low pressure this high pressure, low pressure systems further north. and this weather will mix things up a little bit as we go through tomorrow . ahead that, as tomorrow. but ahead of that, as i under that high i said, under that high pressure, places dry . a pressure, most places dry. a little bit of drizzle here and there northwestern parts there across northwestern parts of otherwise fine. of scotland, but otherwise fine. quite bit of sunshine, of quite a bit of sunshine, of course. northern course. wales, northern england, the midlands south of england, although some fog although there are some fog patches which are taking patches around which are taking a clear some brighter a while to clear some brighter skies to the east of scotland and sunshine and and some sunshine and aberdeenshire could see of aberdeenshire could see highs of 12 or maybe 13 celsius, generally nine or even, generally nine or ten even, where it's cloudy here, sunny skies for south, but skies for the south, but temperatures only four or five degrees to degrees and struggling to get much we much above freezing. where we see fog now, that fog will see the fog now, that fog will thicken up for a time this evening, particularly parts of lincolnshire, cambridgeshire, down south—west down towards the south—west before cloud starts to spill before the cloud starts to spill in later in the night. cloud

increasing further north as well. that's that weather front well. that's that weather front we earlier , bringing some we saw earlier, bringing some rain scotland and the rain to western scotland and the north northern ireland north of northern ireland by dawn start the dawn with damp to start the morning too, because northwest england and north wales, a frost free night for many, but still a frost in the south first thing in morning. and could in the morning. and that could be fog around for time. all be some fog around for time. all set and we'll start to see more of a change tomorrow as that band sinks southwards band of rain sinks southwards across england, into across northern england, into wales, the wales, eventually into the midlands, in midlands, the odd spot in southern england sunny southern parts of england sunny spells further north, but spells return further north, but so will a fair few showers actually turning a bit colder behind that weather front because is a cold front because it is a cold front across scotland and northern, but still highs of eight or nine celsius, about of rain trickles south during wednesday evening. so a little bit of rain across southern of england once that's clear through, however , it then clear through, however, it then becomes much drier through the rest of week, whether if it rest of the week, whether if it disappears, high pressure moves back in, keeping things for back in, keeping things dry for the vast majority , even the the vast majority, even into the weekend. goodbye i'm camilla

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channel hey,good channel hey, good morning. welcome to bev turner today on gb news before midday we get into the bottom of nadine's the hallways. it avoidance this it possible tax avoidance this the directive from the prime minister to the independent ethics adviser to investigate the tory party chair's tax affairs . labour, of course, are affairs. labour, of course, are calling for mr. zahawi to resign . do you make of all this? let me know your thoughts.

vaiews@gbnews.uk also, discounted energy bills for millions of vulnerable people are being considered as a long term option to combat growing pnces. term option to combat growing prices . would that be a welcome prices. would that be a welcome development? i'll explain all of that and lots more after look at the latest news . thank you bev. the latest news. thank you bev. good morning from the gb newsroom. 11:01. a report , the newsroom. 11:01. a report, the probation watchdog in england and wales found a catalogue of failings left a sexual predator free to kill zara. elina days after he was released from jail, jordan mcsweeney was given a life sentence last month after he admitted killing the law graduate as she walked home in east london last june . the east london last june. the findings show mcsweeney should have been treated as a high risk of serious harm offender but was wrongly graded as a medium risk policing minister. chris philp says the government has ordered review into how probation staff

supervise a 29 year old. the probation service i think is completely accepted. the recommendations the inspector has made, they're making changes to the way they risk assess offenders . they're putting more offenders. they're putting more resources into it. they've hired, i think, an extra couple of thousand, two and a half thousand probation service staff in the last two years. they're increasing their funding by £155 million to make sure this doesn't happen again. they're supervising , doesn't happen again. they're supervising, i think, over 200,000 offenders. this kind of incident is thankfully very rare, but it is appalling and heartbreaking when it does happen. heartbreaking when it does happen . the chairman of the bbc happen. the chairman of the bbc says he will not stand down from his role over the boris johnson loan row. richard sharp made the comments as he welcomed a review by the commissioner of public appointments into how he got his job. mr. sharp is under scrutiny over his links to the former prime minister and his role in talks over an £800,000 loan. speaking to the bbc, mr. sharp says he's confident he was appointed on merit.

says he's confident he was appointed on merit . latest appointed on merit. latest figures show government borrowing hit a new record high last month as the cost of living cnses last month as the cost of living crises continue years to hit households. the office for national statistics says the borrowed national statistics says the borrowe d £27.4 billion in borrowed £27.4 billion in december, the highest monthly figure since 1993. chancellor jeremy hunt says the government is making tough decisions to get debt falling almost twice . debt falling almost twice. ambulance workers in the north—west are walking out today in an ongoing dispute over pay. the government says it will continue to engage in talks with the nhs . but the gmb union says the nhs. but the gmb union says the nhs. but the gmb union says the ministers are belittling their efforts to save lives rather than discussing a pay offer. north west paramedic paul turner says they don't want to strike, but they want the government to save the. we are massively understaffed on where we get for the job. we struggling together. you know , struggling together. you know, we really can't stay on our radios that there is emergencies outstanding . no one to go to outstanding. no one to go to them because we're either queuing hospital or we

queuing outside hospital or we just to respond. we've just go just to respond. we've had years now of austerity . had ten years now of austerity. we've term pay rises . we we've no real term pay rises. we are constantly under inflation. and now i've got members right behind me and all over the uk that are returning to food banks, looking to other means to be able to pay . a senior be able to pay. a senior conservative mp has suggested the prime minister not know nadhim zahawi had any outstanding tax issues when he appointed him as chair of the party. just a warning of flashing images coming up. you're going to resign. how we feel under pressure to resign , feel under pressure to resign, sir. rishi sunak has ordered an ethics inquiry into mr. holloway's tax affairs after he admitted paying a settlement to hmrc following an error over shares in a polling company he co—founded . the former co—founded. the former chancellor has welcomed the investigation, saying he's confident he acted properly throughout . police forces across throughout. police forces across england and wales will adopt a

new strategy to tackle organised crime. the tactic as a clear hold build is being introduced by home office following successful pilots in seven forces, including west yorkshire. the plan is that officers will clear gang members from crime hotspots, hold control of the area to stop other criminals taking over and then with other agencies help build the area to keep crime down. a man has been charged with murder after a body was found dumped in a street in wigan last year. liam smith was shot and covered in acid before being left on kilburn drive on the 24th of november. michael hillier from sheffield has been charged with the murder and is due to appear at tameside magistrates court today . at magistrates court today. at least seven people have died in a mass shooting at two locations in the northern california city of half moon bay. in the northern california city of half moon bay . officials say of half moon bay. officials say the suspect was arrested yesterday after driving to a

police parking lot after attempting to turn himself in. it's the second mass shooting in as many days in the us state after 11 people were killed in monterey park on . saturday the monterey park on. saturday the government is resisting calls a large scale pilot and menopause leave program. ministers have also rejected a recommendation from the women and equalities committee to make menopause a protected characteristic under the equalities act. committee chairwoman mp caroline nokes says she is disappointed by the lack of action by the government in response to the committee's report. but the government says the suggested approach not be the suggested approach not be the best solution to support women nearly two decades after fox hunting was banned in scotland. msps are due to back further restrictions on hunting with dogs packs of dogs. the new hunting with dogs. bill will introduce a two dog limit and a ban on trail hunting entirely. since 2002, it's been against

the law to hunt a wild animal with a dog. but the scottish government says the loopholes in current laws have been exploited to continue the practise eligible households will receive peak time electricity again today in an effort to avoid blackouts . 26 suppliers have blackouts. 26 suppliers have signed up to a national demand flexibility scheme . between 430 flexibility scheme. between 430 to 6 pm. tonight after its first live test yesterday . it first live test yesterday. it involves paying businesses and households to turn off appliances for hour or two. this is gb news. that's all from me for now. now it's back to . bev very good morning. welcome back . the day on tv news. here's coming up before midday that is.

the hallway is under fire as the prime minister ordered his ethics adviser to look into the tory party chair over a multi—million pound tax penalty. we're asking have you lost faith in this government, low income households could be getting lower energy bills as part of energy regulator ofgem's to help struggling households amid . the struggling households amid. the cost of living crisis . cost of living crisis. meanwhile, households will be paid reduce their electricity use for the second day in a row. we discussed this yesterday. so are we having an energy supply crisis? and does this crisis? and what does this mean for net zero? britain and on the panel this morning, the political editor of the daily express, lister , the express, sam lister, and the author, williams. can author, joanna williams. we can get great get stuck into some great stories between now and midday. and of course, i want all of views as well. and our twitter poll, if nadhim zahawi has lied about his taxes, are you confident the prime minister, rishi sunak would have the leadership backbone to expel him from the party. email me gb views at gb news .uk. or tweet me at to gb news have your say.

so, let's find out a little bit more about story with tory party channel dame facing calls for his resignation motion after the prime minister asked the independent ethics adviser to investigate the party chairman's tax affairs . in investigate the party chairman's tax affairs. in a investigate the party chairman's tax affairs . in a statement, the tax affairs. in a statement, the former chancellor of the exchequer said that he was confident that he acted properly throughout over private. previously tax in the region of about 5 million quid was the penalty. the total . well, penalty. the total. well, joining me now on this is founder of tax policy associates ltd, don needle . good morning, ltd, don needle. good morning, don . you're you're also the don. you're you're also the bloke who broke the story . am bloke who broke the story. am i right? wasn't it your freedom of information request which has led to this scandal now actually , it's hard to know where it started. there was an odd freedom of information request i put in ages ago. freedom of information request i put in ages ago . they came back put in ages ago. they came back in july and now in june 22 and

said that there was a minister under hmrc inquiry. said that there was a minister under hmrc inquiry . and i was under hmrc inquiry. and i was working on this with jim pickard at the ft and we thought , wow, at the ft and we thought, wow, that's massive . and then i got that's massive. and then i got another reply, no , that was another reply, no, that was a mistake. no one's on francois. so that made me wonder quite what was going on. then there was an amazing story in the independent that mr. zahawi had been under investor gation by the nca, the sfo , hmrc. he the nca, the sfo, hmrc. he denied it, but if you under investigation , you may well not investigation, you may well not know . so that's what spurred me know. so that's what spurred me to take a look at mr. zahawi was tax. so give us, if you can, a motive detailed backstory of exactly what it is that he's accused of having done, or at least where it appears there may be some oversights . so as a tax be some oversights. so as a tax , quite a lot of what you do is looking at complicated corporate structures . maybe for someone structures. maybe for someone buying a company and they don't to buy a company with a tax

problem. so you're looking for little things that little anomalies, things that aren't quite right. and there was hit he founded back was one hit when he founded back in 2000. entrepreneurs, founding companies normally take shares in those companies, always , i'll in those companies, always, i'll say always take shares. found a shares initially not worth much. but if the companies success, they can make a lot of money. weird thing is, mr. zahawi took no found a shares in yougov when he founded it in 2000. instead a mysterious gibraltar company owned by a trust controlled by his parents took all the shares and that looked really strange. i that and then i found that that gibraltar company offshore . it eventually made something like . it eventually made something lik e £27 million profit from like £27 million profit from those shares. when i see that structure i jump to the conclusion that this could have been an attempt by mr. zahawi to avoid tax on what turned out to be 27 million. i also think looking at it, that's going to

work. tax laws aren't that stupid. there's no loophole here. he's going to pay on that. we have tax on. but we should have paid tax on. but looking at all the effort that someone went to have those shares offshore , the thought shares offshore, the thought occurred to me, well, maybe he didn't pay the tax that he should have paid. so that's what i back july 2022, that i said back in july 2022, that this structure suggested that he could have created something to avoid paying tax. actually, i think the tax was due. did he pay think the tax was due. did he pay it? am i right down it. just so that people can relate to this. this was capital gains tax like we might pay on on a second property or if you've had investments in a business as a capital gain . and that's what it capital gain. and that's what it appears that he may not have been entirely transparent about . yes, it's a tax gets complicated structures are complicated structures are complicated that it's hard it's really simple . if you acquire really simple. if you acquire shares for nothing and you sell them fo r £10 million, you have a them for £10 million, you have a capital gain, £27 million. you pay capital gain, £27 million. you pay tax . and i think everyone pay tax. and i think everyone knows this. and when you say it

hasn't been entirely straightforward. when i raised this in july, mr. zahar, his answer was to reply , he's always answer was to reply, he's always paid his taxes on time and he's got no interest in this offshore structure. i also response was also to send lawyers threaten me with it with a libel writ to autumn, each withdrawal of an accusation i've made and he sent letters across the press . he letters across the press. he spent the next six months denying there was anything wrong, claiming he had no interest in this structure. whilst we know the same time whilst we know at the same time he knew there was something wrong and went to hmrc to settle it . okay. all right . thank you, it. okay. all right. thank you, don. it's really fascinating to hear hear it laid out in that sort of detail. dan nadler , sort of detail. dan nadler, thank you very much for talking to well let's get a little to us. well let's get a little bit more analysis of what this might politically now from the former adviser former special adviser to michael rowley. michael gove, charlie rowley. when hear like that, charlie when hear it like that, charlie , it does sound like not necessarily a smoking gun, but something is a bit wifi about it. well good morning. the two

things. excuse me. i would say ten is that i think he's right. and tax is a very, very complicated thing for many of us. and i think in response to what nadeem would be thinking is that he thought there wasn't a problem because he obviously felt that he didn't need that he didn't need to pay what was being required from hmrc , which being required from hmrc, which is there was clearly an is why there was clearly an ongoing he's ongoing dispute. but before he's paid what he has now, he clearly thought there an thought that there wasn't an issue. think these two issue. so i think these two statements stand up and statements do stand up and i think obviously it's a bit of a distraction for the government. it's a story that we didn't want to be talking about. the government would rather us be talking things really talking about things that really matter people's matter to people in people's lives, about lives, whether it's about education it's about education whether it's about nurses strike, whether nurses going on strike, whether it's railways working it's about the railways working with about growing the economy, all that the all of these things that the government in its in—tray, government has in its in—tray, it doesn't want talking it doesn't want to be talking about internal conservative about internal and conservative party i think it party problems. but i think it is that because of the is right that because of the complexity of this case, that an investigation place investigation is taking place by the independent adviser . the independent ethics adviser. he the bottom of he will get to the bottom of this advise the prime

this and advise the prime minister what would minister accordingly. what would you what would you advise to do? what would you advise now ? well, i advise zahavi to do now? well, i think look, you nadine has been very open . the fact that he very open. the fact that he thinks he has acted . he's been thinks he has acted. he's been very clear that he's paid of his taxes up to date. he's paid it in the uk . it was taxes up to date. he's paid it in the uk. it was not taxes up to date. he's paid it in the uk . it was not something in the uk. it was not something that was deliberate. it was that was deemed careless . but as was deemed careless. but as i say, that tax has been fully paid out. and now i think it is right that he complies fully with the investigation that the prime minister wants to have into this affair. and once that's concluded and we'll have to wait for the prime minister's decision to to next, decision as to what to do next, you've been meetings with you've been in meetings with him. like? i think him. what's he like? i think there's no doubt that he is a great man. he's a brilliant he was someone that during covid was someone that during covid was the vaccines minister, they say was central to the mission of distributing the vaccines right across the country, which have protected us all, which have protected us all, which have given us the freedoms that we have. it was really the hardest job there was. it hardest job that there was. it you pharmaceutical companies you had pharmaceutical companies desperate the vaccines desperate to get the vaccines out. paid them amounts

out. we paid them huge amounts of i didn't give him a of money. i didn't give him a huge amount credit for that huge amount of credit for that was of the easiest was one of the easiest transactions to execute transactions to ever execute in the of politics. when it the history of politics. when it was, think again on was, i think again on a logistical level, we got quite a huge exercise. but nevertheless, he responsible for that he was responsible for that solely . and of solely responsible. and of course took weight off course that took some weight off of shoulders of the department of shoulders of the department of which obviously was of health, which obviously was with other issues with a number of other issues relating to it. so is as relating to it. so he is a as a new minister at that time took the by, horns and the bull by, the horns and delivered that programme and. delivered on that programme and. it a huge success. so it was a huge success. so i think there is a lot of respect for nadine zahawi. he's a brilliant politician. he's a great he's very jolly and great man, he's very jolly and so we just to wait and see so we just have to wait and see what happens next. do you what happens next. what do you think happen next? what's what happens next. what do you thintimescale pen next? what's what happens next. what do you thintimescale here?3xt? what's what happens next. what do you thintimescale here? because :'s the timescale here? because these was talking to these inquiries i was talking to our head, lee, our political head, sylvia lee, earlier. don't earlier. these inquiries don't happen they? happen quickly, do they? it can't difficult, though, can't be that difficult, though, surely has to have a surely somebody has to have a look the tax records, talk to look at the tax records, talk to him, talk his accountants. him, maybe talk his accountants. wouldn't him to have wouldn't you expect him to have come out by this point and said there mistake at the time there was a mistake at the time and no longer with that and i no longer i'm with that accountancy something that accountancy team, something that

would really easy. well, would just be really easy. well, i again, what's slightly i think again, what's slightly complicated it complicated is the fact that it sounds by own statement sounds by nadine's own statement that put other that that he put out other day that this concluded when was this was concluded when was chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. so chancellor of the exchequer, duchy exchequer, the chancellor duchy of was at the of lancaster, when he was at the cabinet that before cabinet office, that was before she minister, and she became prime minister, and that's pointed that's before rishi pointed nadine role of party nadine to the role of party chairman say it came to chairman and say when it came to the specific appointment from rishi the dean rishi sunak appointing the dean as party chairman , there was no as party chairman, there was no issue around it in some of these taxes, it seems to me, because they have been paid they would have been fully paid up back and the dispute up or paid back and the dispute had been resolved. so the question i think the prime minister want is minister would want to know is how got from a dispute how has it got from a dispute with dean as chancellor of with the dean as chancellor of the exchequer moved to another cabinet post before then being advised it was okay to advised that it was okay to become the party chairman if indeed taken that indeed has taken place, that would be deemed improper, but surely completely it just beggars belief that the rishi sunak wouldn't have known about this or that boris johnson wouldn't have known about this.

investigate doesn't it? well, i think it's plausible it that they didn't know that he was being investigated by the hmrc. oh well if it would be for the propriety and ethics to be in the cabinet office to advise the prime minister on appointments like this , you know, when you like this, you know, when you talk about people's finances and personal finances , it's a very personal finances, it's a very private matter. so it's not going be common knowledge for the exchequer though, should it, charlie the hmrc that charlie, to avoid the hmrc that pretty well the public in it. but i think the hmrc of course is tax laws that government implemented by the treasury, but it's a sort of still sort of an arm's length body as were it's a bit like the environment agency, the department for food environment for advice and the nhs, subsidiary of nhs, which is a subsidiary of the department health. it has the department of health. it has its own chief executive, it runs and own way. and operates in its own way. and the dean, i think, would have thought this is obviously thought that this is obviously a private his own private matter with his own personal therefore. personal taxes and therefore. but without getting too but but but without getting too ahead whole the ahead the whole point of the investigation is to work who investigation is to work out who

knew and what knew what and when and what conversations had taken place was the record, what was was on the record, what was known, wasn't about. known, what wasn't about. and that's prime minister is that's why the prime minister is to there are questions to say that there are questions still and that's still to be answered, and that's why launched right thing why he's launched right thing to do, which launch the do, which is to launch the investigation. thank you investigation. okay. thank you so charlie rowley, the so much. charlie rowley, the former special adviser, michael gove. you've letting me. gove. you've been letting me. know this know what you think about this story, has this story, carol, has set this morning well for morning staggeringly well for the notorious for the tax man is notorious for having disputes with wealthy about bills but he's about their tax bills but he's paid it received a penalty for the delay due to discord a surely move along that's nothing to worked about here and to be worked about here and stephen said, i'd just like to ask why the rich in this country, especially the tories, seem to be able to run their lives and financial affairs to a different set of than the rest of us tax to the grave of us normal tax to the grave and beyond people. it does feel and beyond people. it does feel a like doesn't a little bit like that, doesn't it? a twitter poll it? we've got a twitter poll running this morning. running on this this morning. i want to know if nadhim zahawi does turn out, if it transpires that he did lie about his tax says whether that is to the prime minister or to hmrc. i

guess you could say should prime minister rishi sunak expel him from the party. in fact, would he ? let me know what you think. he? let me know what you think. tweet me gb news. at the moment, 75% of you think that rishi sunak would do nothing. okay coming up, i'm going to be joined back by guest this morning, political of the express sam lister and joe williams to debate more of top news stories . let's take a quick news stories. let's take a quick break. see you .

in two. good morning. it's 1123. in two. good morning. it's1123. thank you for joining good morning. it's1123. thank you forjoining us on gb news. this is bev turner today my panel are back with me. i'm delighted to be joined by author and academic john williams and political editor of , the daily political editor of, the daily express sam list . right. political editor of, the daily express sam list. right. i'm quite happy to take a break from talking about museums, the hallway for a little while.

doesn't really seem that. wow. it is shocking i suppose it is quite shocking i suppose isn't know. on isn't it you know. mp on financial scandal yeah quite ladies right to teenagers charged with the murder of 18 year old man stabbed to death in broad daylight in front of shoppers in ipswich knife crime. some we're so busy at the moment talking about the economy, talking about the economy, talking about the economy, talking about strikes and we're in a bit of a knife crime epidemic. it's awful what's going with our teenagers. what is think what struck me is it? i think what struck me about this was we know there's been a problem in for been a problem in london for many, years. it really has many, many years. it really has been the kind of been quite terrible. the kind of number of incidents actually where teenagers have been injured , but also where they've injured, but also where they've been murdered . what struck been murdered. what struck me about this happened in about this was this happened in nonh about this was this happened in north i mean, you know, north burke. i mean, you know, this quite this is quite it's, quite shocking. tourist hot , you know, shocking. tourist hot, you know, i and it's i mean, i'm i mean, and it's i mean, i'm not, you know . yeah, that we not, you know. yeah, that we should kind of think oh, in should kind of just think oh, in london just normal. behave. london it's just normal. behave. you put it to see this actually spreading to areas of spreading out to other areas of the country you think is worrying and it shows that actually the government does to

find of dealing this find a way of dealing with this and to find a way of and the police to find a way of deaung and the police to find a way of dealing with this. but is dealing with this. but what is i don't the that's don't know. that's the that's the $64 million question, isn't it? why do think it? isn't it? why do you think teen crime seems to be so teen knife crime seems to be so out of control, joanna. i mean , out of control, joanna. i mean, i think you're right. it really does seem to be of control and it definitely seems extending it definitely seems to extending beyond me as beyond london it seems to me as if this situation, again, as you say, been building for say, which has been building for a number of years and there's probably different probably lots of different factors i mean, i know factors at play, i mean, i know this predates lockdown, but there's massive problems. i think, caused by the fact that schools close and if you look at the statistic , there's still the statistic, there's still very, very high rates of truancy. a number of children. and it will be the most disadvantaged children if not gone back to school . and it just gone back to school. and it just seems to me that one thing that lockdown really crystallised is hasn't caused really crystallise was that kind of lack of adult authority in society for a significant proportion of children whether it's police or teachers or parents fabulous or

particularly fathers or, you know, the figures who would been in authority children in previous generations are just not got the confidence or the capacity to take any more to act in that role. and so i think this is a really severe society wide problem that we have to really try to get to grips with . it's so hard, though isn't it, sam? because yes, it's partly partly parental responsibility . partly parental responsibility. course it is . but also i feel course it is. but also i feel like schools no longer the discipline that they used to have. and teachers are confused about what they can and can't do.the about what they can and can't do. the only people who aren't confused about their rights are the yeah, the very self, the kids yeah, the very self, you know, kids today , they're you know, kids today, they're very savvy about that kind of thing. and also, you know, really do really want to get really do we really want to get on american way? you've got on the american way? you've got scholars at the and that scholars at the doors and that would be really depressing and so is trying to find a way to deal with it that just deal with it that doesn't just kind resort to this terrible, kind of resort to this terrible, you assumption kids

you know, assumption that kids are always kind of on the step being criminals or bound to cause some kind of harm to their classmates. we didn't we didn't really want to go down that horrible reality. we it's you mean there are all kind of but but you also have to find some way of dealing with this it's just also i mean, just something also i mean, these must be very brutal these kids must be very brutal guys ifs these kids must be very brutal guys it's like guys because it's not like punching a pub, which punching someone in a pub, which is awful, awful, awful . the act is awful, awful, awful. the act of taking a blade , putting it of taking a blade, putting it into another person's body is a level of detail attached to violence, which is becoming common. there is something very , very wrong. we have to work out why don't you want us to say true? but i think we do have to remind ourselves that this is still rare. i mean, more common. but this is absolutely a minority. children who are brutalised in that way. and the reason i stress that is reason why i stress that is because think, know, because i think, you know, i talked earlier about teachers, parents, officers, but i wonder if actively kind of all if collect actively kind of all adults in society really need to step up the plate and start step up to the plate and start really exercising some authority

and discipline over children . i and discipline over children. i mean, people might think i'm foolish for doing this, but i saw a young boy must have been 13, walking the street 13, 14, walking down the street in front me the day and in front me the other day and just a kind of empty can just threw a kind of empty can of coke. and i shouted, excuse me, i think you dropped that. you should pick up. put you should pick it up. you put it in the bin. well, you take it from lot of people say, from me. a lot of people say, oh, you shouldn't have done that. you know, he might have turned you. but actually i turned on you. but actually i thought, somebody thought, you know, somebody does need children how to need to tell children how to behave. and unless do step up behave. and unless we do step up to plate and actually kind to the plate and actually kind of authority, then of enforce this authority, then children think they children will think that they can these things can get away with these things and andit can get away with these things and and it gets and starts small and it gets bigger, doesn't it? right, ladies? jacinda ardern, she's bigger, doesn't it? right, ladietributelda ardern, she's bigger, doesn't it? right, ladietributeldathe ern, she's bigger, doesn't it? right, ladietributeldathe greathe's paid tribute to the great privilege my life , says on privilege of my life, says on the last day as prime minister, as her statement of resignation, she said, i have no more in the tank sam. and this was taken as very female kind of statement . very female kind of statement. this story does raise certain issues . has this story does raise certain issues. has it this story does raise certain issues . has it been handled issues. has it been handled differently than if i'm a male prominent star resigning? well,

i think we'll see. we see men doing this, david. i i don't remember mum ever saying, you know, i just am too, i'm too tired. i just can't i can't do everything, you know , this just everything, you know, this just not the male side. so you mentioned boris johnson when he resigned look, we know i've got no complaints. i've got seven. no one really knows how many kids i've got to honest about kids i've got to be honest about it. they're really demanding it. but they're really demanding and just, know, i have and now i just, you know, i have to go do my duty. i mean, the diary i mean, actually, to be fair, i did i was having a chat to a male and pay last week and he said he struggles he actually said he struggles with he has family with it because he has family issues needs be at home issues that he needs be at home for actually when you were for when actually when you were away or four nights away for three or four nights a week it actually put you and he actually openly and actually talk quite openly and ask problems here ask can you see problems here that was due to me because he was talking privately, but i was quite struck it's first quite struck because it's first time mum in time actually any mum in parliament that me. parliament has said that to me. so think quite unusual. so i think he's quite unusual. you don't really get this kind of behaviour from men. so i the fact she, you she has fact that she, you know, she has come and said this , there is come out and said this, there is no precedent for treating in

no precedent for treating it in any way because no one would ever admit left give no ever admit they left to give no go . jonah, mean, i think the go. jonah, i mean, i think the sexist double standard really is the fact that jacinda ardern got away a level away with a level of authoritarian new zealand authoritarian can new zealand that i think a man would perhaps think, oh no . i mean if you look think, oh no. i mean if you look at some of the things that in new zealand the past couple of years, the devastation of the economy, the devastation of tourism, people kept out of the from re—unite relationships taken of relationships. absolutely and i actually think well, maybe with the exception of justin trudeau , but most men of justin trudeau, but most men who'd been exercising that level of authoritarian control over would have been criticised and booted out long ago . and i booted out long ago. and i actually think that because she is a woman, she has been able to get away with this kind of smiley happy authoritarianism. i it's sort of rather than this kind of patrician relation that we've had with governments, she was able to do it in a kind of

matriarchal have your best interests at heart. and i am a mother and i know what's good for you and i think she's milked that out and i don't blame her actually for it. i think it's the media really in this country as and around the world, a as well and around the world, a kind of global elite have given her that pass and let her her that free pass and let her get away with that role get away with playing that role but but i think you upset you might it's allowed her to present a kind of smiley faced authoritarian . i wonder if what authoritarian. i wonder if what we told them think about is i wonder believe her wonder whether i believe her actually, i'm not sure actually, i don't. i'm not sure i believe her. i mean, i entirely believe her. i mean, we all motherhood is so hard. not just that i'm crushingly unpopular in the poll. exactly. i mean, that is that the i mean, that is that is the issue, isn't it really ? well, issue, isn't it really? well, she jumped. she simply she did. she jumped. she simply you know, she she saw that she was going out. so, you know , was going out. so, you know, jump was going out. so, you know, jump before you push. i mean, realistically, she isn't doing much childcare, bath, much of her own childcare, bath, time, and all that, time, breakfast and all that, is she? anyway, good . right she? so anyway, good. right after the break, low income households are set to be lower cost deals . is this a cost energy deals. is this a welcome development? probably we'll find out after your

morning news. thank you both. good morning for the gb newsroom. it's 1131. a report by the probation watchdog in england and wales has found a catalogue of failings left a sexual predator free to kill. zara 18 days after he was released from jail. jordan mcsweeney was given a life sentence last month after he admitted killing the low graduate in east london as. she walked home last june. the government has ordered a review into how probation staff supervised 29 year old patient service. i think his completely accepted the recommendations inspector has made. they're making changes to the way they risk assess offenders. they're more resources into it. they've hired, i think an extra couple of thousand, two and a half thousand probation service staff in the last two years. they're increasing their funding by £155 million to make sure this doesn't happen again. they're

supervising, i think, over 200,000 offenders. this kind of incident is thankfully very rare, but it is appalling and heartbreaking when it does happen. heartbreaking when it does happen . the bbc chairman says he happen. the bbc chairman says he will not stand down from his role over the boris johnson loan row. it's after richard sharp welcomed a review by the commissioner of public appointments into how he got his job. mr. sharp is under scrutiny over his links to the former prime minister and his role in over an £800,000 loan. speaking the bbc, mr. sharp says he's confident he was appointed on merit . latest figures show merit. latest figures show government hit a new record high last month as the cost of living crisis continues to hit households . the office for households. the office for national statistics says the government borrowed national statistics says the government borrowe d £27.4 government borrowed £27.4 billion in december, the highest monthly figure since 1993. they say it's been caused by the increasing cost of the energy support schemes and soaring debt interest . tv, online and dab

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gb news very good morning. it's 1136. very good morning. it's1136. this is bev turner today on gb news. right. you've been getting in touch. thank you very much, gbviews@gbnews.uk uk is the email that's read a few of them. a 16 days of rolling strike start in scotland . earlier i start in scotland. earlier i spoke to angela bradbury from the union there . richard says the union there. richard says teachers the only people on strike that deserve pay rise. they do a terribly hard job in today's social climate . i today's social climate. i couldn't do that for job today's social climate. i couldn't do that forjob any couldn't do that for job any money. andy has said, looking at school holidays and set days, it looks as though that to 12 weeks. so does that mean that teachers pay is over 40 weeks? seems like a good deal to me.

and judy says, i still remember my geography teacher . so do i. my geography teacher. so do i. judy. mr. perry, he was amazing. teachers can have a really big impact on a child's upbringing. i think they deserve the pay rise. they're asking for. they've been underfunded for years many public years like. many other public sector bodies . so keep sector bodies. so keep your messages in, you ? messages coming in, won't you? also, to vote in also, don't forget to vote in our twitter poll at gb news. now, households will be paid to reduce the electricity for the second in a row. the second day in a row. the national grid's demand flexibility scheme will take effect from 4:30 pm. to 6 pm. today. this comes as low income households could be getting lower bills . part of lower energy bills. part of energy regulator ofgem calls to help struggling households amid the cost living crisis. so the cost of living crisis. so joining now for a roundup of all things energy is a former ceo of energy, angela knight . good energy, angela knight. good morning, angela . let's start morning, angela. let's start with ofgem's, so—called social tariff for low income households. what are the details ? how will it work and is it practical ? well, it's a good

practical? well, it's a good idea . the details are going to idea. the details are going to be where the problems lie, but it's probably the best forward for those who are on low incomes. i mean, right now we've all seen what happens. you know, this support coming in different direction as it's complicated and. oh, yes , you know, people and. oh, yes, you know, people are getting it. but there are some people who seem to get the support. it doesn't through. and the whole thing has been a little bit of a muddle. that's not a criticism. it's kind of stating the facts. so if we're looking ahead as it's as as an energy , energy system, which is energy, energy system, which is actually going to cost all of us on the long term more than we were for gas and electricity before the pandemic, as that is situation , then the reality of situation, then the reality of how to deal with it for part of society, you know, has to be thought through and actually has to be thought quite quickly . the to be thought quite quickly. the how essential tariff works . how essential tariff works. there's all sorts of different

ways it, but in essence it means that those who qualify for the social tariff pay for their gas at a lower rate than the rest of us.the at a lower rate than the rest of us. the cost associated with that will be picked up by you know , what should i call it the know, what should i call it the rest of the consumers. but that ability to offer gas and electricity to low income people at an affordable rate is what a tariff is all about. we keep heanng tariff is all about. we keep hearing we've been hearing liam halligan have been talking about it. how the wholesale price of gas has come down significantly , but why hasn't that been passed on to the customer yet for the same reason that the high prices didn't necessarily get passed on to the customer . get passed on to the customer. the suppliers don't just buy today and sell it to tomorrow. they long term contracts. three months, six months, a year or even more. and that means they've secured that gas, electricity as a stable price the way that that is, or reason that that is done is to make

sure that there's always the energy to supply you, the customer at the rate was originally agreed those companies that which you store so a lot in the last year 18 months who didn't had properly are the ones who went bust because they agreed to sell at a certain and they had to go out and buy on the wholesale market. what will happen now with the pnces what will happen now with the prices the wholesale prices coming down is that as contracts get renewed by the suppliers, so the will come down for all the customers of same time. i think it's fair to say that because they come down because contracts know come up on a regular basis . what that means is some of those previously forecast very high prices of gas, electricity of energy for us domestic uses that will not be achieved . so we that will not be achieved. so we are in a better situation . but are in a better situation. but just as prices went up over a

penod just as prices went up over a period of time. so prices take that period of time to come down. what any idea of timescale 7 down. what any idea of timescale ? and so when can people look forward to their bills starting to decrease? i would have thought by the next quarter i've got a good which year i'm in, so i'm sorry, we're in quarter one, 2023. so i would expect by quarter two we're going to see a much better position and certainly as we get into the of the year, the energy prices will be much more stable than our at the moment and they will be lower at the moment. but as i say , anybody who is hoping for say, anybody who is hoping for that gas and electricity price to go back to where it was before , the pandemic and before before, the pandemic and before the ukraine will. i'm afraid that hope is in vain and. the reason it's in vain is because an awful lot of money has to be invested to get a security of energy supply as well . meeting energy supply as well. meeting the targets for net zero and

that money, you know, it doesn't come from nowhere and the costs of it will ultimately flow through to the price of gas , through to the price of gas, electricity. okay we have the launch of this new scheme night to turn off all our appliances at between five and 6:00, which no doubt caused arguments in households up and down the country as mothers nox children to turn off devices. and for somebody to put the kettle on a turn, the oven on. how successful was it, angela? do we know how many people change their behaviour last night ? i their behaviour last night? i haven't seen the numbers yet. this morning. my suspicion an awful lot decided they would have a go and see if could they organise their households around it. i'm going to wait and see what benefit they get in cash terms from their energy and realistically though, you know, if we look back, i'm old enough, by the way, to remember when you did have different tariffs, different times, that was your economy seven. and then there no

storage heaters . so the broad storage heaters. so the broad idea of paying different prices for your gas, electricity, well , for your electricity in this instance , at times when people instance, at times when people when it's not popular you days times when there's not everybody on the system is not a new proposal at all. it's just you can now do it in a different way with smart metres. so no, i don't know the numbers, but given that i can see something that it's a bit like recycling, you know, the brits were really getting engaged on that and a lot of people will do it as long as it does not disrupt the household too much . okay, we've household too much. okay, we've got to move on. and so i could have spoken to you all day. you're always on these you're always brilliant on these topics. nice putting us topics. angela nice putting us all in the picture. turning on the light bulb, letting us all understand this in a little bit more detail . understand this in a little bit more detail. now understand this in a little bit more detail . now concerns are more detail. now concerns are growing for a woman and her newborn baby and her partner. almost three weeks since they went missing. and constance

martin and mark gordon are now the an international the subject of an international missing investigation . missing persons investigation. after of attempts to after a string of attempts to slip under the radar of authorities were last seen at east hampton station in newham on the 7th of january, with their newborn baby wrapped inside its mother's coat on national reporter ellie costello has the story missing . constance has the story missing. constance martin may have given birth in the back of a car which was later found burnt in the greater manchester area . report suggests manchester area. report suggests that the person had been found by a fire crews. the new mum is from an aristocratic family with to the royals she disappeared with her newborn baby and her partner mark gordon on january the fifth. the last official of them was on january the seventh. so what do we know far? well, on the 5th of january, the couple left abandoned car on the m60 one near bolton at around 6:30 pm. the next day the pair travelled 30 miles by taxi at

330 in the morning on the 7th of january, they journeyed 267 miles south to the port of harwich . they were then spotted harwich. they were then spotted in the essex town of colchester at 9 am. the last sighting of the couple was at easter time tube station between 1030 and 1230 on the 7th of january. each time that miss martin and mr. gordon are spotted on cctv . gordon are spotted on cctv. they're covering their faces or , looking away and they have kept their baby covered up . kept their baby covered up. investigators say the couple appeared to know how to evade authorities , making the search authorities, making the search for them, even harder. concerns also growing as neither. constance nor the baby have seen. a doctor , the family have seen. a doctor, the family have no luggage . most of their no luggage. most of their belongings were destroyed in the car fire. but constance is believed to have access to cash . her father, napier marten a direct appeal to his daughter through the independent newspaper darling constance .

newspaper darling constance. though we remain estranged at the moment i stand by as i have always done and as family has always done and as family has always done and as family has always done to do whatever necessary for your safe return to us. i beseech you to find a way to yourself and your wee one into the police as soon as possible . so you and he or she possible. so you and he or she can be protected . only then can can be protected. only then can a process of healing and recovery begin , however long it recovery begin, however long it may take, however difficult it may take, however difficult it may be little is known of mark gordon . he was born in gordon. he was born in birmingham, but moved to the us with his family when he was 15. he was convicted of rape and spent. he was convicted of rape and spent . the next 20 is in jail. spent. the next 20 is in jail. he was recorded as deported from the us in 2010. constance and mark gordon appear to have gotten into a relationship in 2016 when she dropped out of

drama school. she has been estranged from friends and family ever since . photos on her family ever since. photos on her facebook in 2020. captioned her love frogs appears to suggest that she's had more than one child. in a statement met police say this is a complex investigation with officers from across met continuing to work around the clock to find constance mark and their baby . constance mark and their baby. there is nothing to suggest that any of them have come to any sort of harm. we just need to ensure they are okay, especially baby and do not require any medical assistance for any underlying issues. detectives appealing for anyone with information . suspected sightings information. suspected sightings of the couple to get in contact with the metropolitan police. ellie costello . gb news student ellie costello. gb news student free story. that isn't it. now let me introduce to my panellists again. if you've only just joined us, why have you been? author and academic john williams is here and political editor of the daily express. sam lester maxwell this lester writes gilly maxwell this very controversial into view

from her jail cell and a lot of from herjail cell and a lot of people are saying that this is effectively the start of a campaign to rejuvenate. prince andrew's image now that the queen is no longer with us. what you think, germano, do you think that's part of it? i think it probably is. i mean, it certainly seems to be heading that way. i prince andrew has made some claims think in recent days that he's going to be looking into case again. i what's lost in this story for me is the fact that maxwell, you know, she she has been convicted in a court of law and found guilty of child exploitation trafficking . and the idea that trafficking. and the idea that we should take her words seriously when she's come out and said that this famous i'm sure everyone's seen it now of prince andrew with arm around virginia fry. you know the idea that we should take her word seriously on this after she's

been found guilty, you know, really beggars belief. so she did this interview with talk tv. none of us have watched it is caught up in not gripping it kind in the interest in really most nation. but i wonder whether there's an ethical issue here some about whether you should to give should even be allowed to give an interview be broadcast an interview to be broadcast just you are convicted just when you are a convicted felon yeah. i can't see felon. yeah. i mean, i can't see this happening anybody this happening with. anybody in our system know this is our penal system know this is this is the american system that allows this to happen . and, you allows this to happen. and, you know, the point has been made that actually she's a disgraced woman. so why do we give her any airtime? why do we listen to her? and i think if that's how prince andrew wants, to rehabilitate his reputation . i'm rehabilitate his reputation. i'm not sure that's the best way to go. turning to a woman who you you know, in most people's minds is utterly kind of discredited. yeah. because she of course is saying that she calls prince andrew her dear friend in this interview , she branded the interview, she branded the accusations against him based and a desperate new defence of the duke in this this interview

on the tv last night. obviously, she's in prison for 20 years of being convicted in the us of masterminding scheme to round schoolgirls for wall street financier jeffrey epstein . you financier jeffrey epstein. you see now that prince andrew has inherited money from his late mother. the idea is that he will go back to court now to want. i think it's not just that he's inherited money, but also virginia giuffre has come out in recent days. and one case that she'd brought against another particular man , she said that particular man, she said that she had made mistake in that that she she'd misremembered something in that case that's been dropped. so i think that's also being the case for him to look again, the money that he paid her and obviously wants the queen was still alive. i think there was a lot of attempts to of stop andrew pursuing this in case it overshadowed the platinum jubilee, for example . platinum jubilee, for example. and i mean, let's be honest, the queen's final. she had enough on a plate dealing with prince, never having to with never mind having to deal with the. absolutely page said the

rumour is sound he paid virginia . £12 million to make this all go away in an out of court civil settlement . why does he now feel settlement. why does he now feel emboldened to take her to court? because surely if you've paid someone that amount of money might mean that you just didn't want to deal with it was what has changed. yeah, i think it is that point that's actually, you know, because there now know, because there is now this kind of question mark over one of the cases involving . virginia of the cases involving. virginia giuffre but you know, they seem to be seizing that as a, as a way to reopen the case. but i think, you know ultimately now the public have decided what they think about this issue . and they think about this issue. and you can drag this back through the cause. don't think it's the cause. i don't think it's really change people's really to change people's minds, just monarchy just damages the monarchy further. and the case is further. no. and the case is cutting off on his plate with prince harry. and i'm sure he's absolutely distraught to see this might be dragged through the again. now, i don't whether you leave the studio on a day

like and head to fashion week to the catwalks around the world i know i don't i had time to put a wash out in front of the kids. and look, i don't have to put anything like this in the washing machine. paris washing machine. so paris fashion kylie jenner fashion week began kylie jenner arrived at the first show of the season, wearing a life like lion's head on her shoulder. if you are listening the radio, i'm so sorry you can't see this image, but it is kylie jenner looking beautiful in an off the shoulder black dress, but almost entirely of her torso is covered with what, like a realistic lion's head. but it is actually a it's not even a stuffed head, right? but there's paris, of course, uproar , no pun intended. course, uproar, no pun intended. joanna because it's supposed to be it's being accused of promoting trophy hunting. i mean, it's just bizarre, really. i mean, all aspects this story is bizarre. i mean, for one thing, you can't see this function taking off. so i commute frequently by train. a big crowd during rush hour. can't see me on the underground

anytime soon with a huge lion's head attached to my beautiful frock . but also equally bizarre. frock. but also equally bizarre. thenis frock. but also equally bizarre. then is the argument that the protesters are using to say that this might promote trophy hunting. i mean, what it shows to me that people who are, see, provoke, have no sense of humour . i mean, you've got to take a joke . it's great publicity to joke. it's great publicity to chaparral and to really that's not actually that's the brand. never heard of them before . but never heard of them before. but instagram, the people are saying we have to stop showing animals as luxury . people can't wait to as luxury. people can't wait to attack . the silliest thing is attack. the silliest thing is ridicule . i mean, really just, ridicule. i mean, really just, you know, get a grip. but i think what struck me was actually how far a beautiful woman now has to go to get a bit of attention , you know? i mean, of attention, you know? i mean, actually, in in back in my day, it was the liz hurley in that dress with safety pins all. i mean, that was considered absolutely shocking and it made her famous . and since then, her famous. and since then, we've just had increasingly sure see through dresses to the point

where actually now women will have to wear a kind of sheer dress with just the knickers. and that doesn't get attention anymore. what you do to anymore. so now what you do to get attention you're on get attention when you're on the catwalk, put lion's head catwalk, you put a lion's head on i mean, where do on your dress. i mean, where do we what's hilarious we go next? and what's hilarious is underneath the picture. the designer animals were designer said no animals were harmed the making of this . harmed in the making of this. look, in case you're completely stupid that's a real stupid to think, that's a real lion's on. woman's lion's head on. that woman's shoulder. right. one last story, joanna. was going one on joanna. this was going one on one particular mp had brought to the attention of the house of commons that she wanted. it's written into law that menopause laws be a carry a special laws would be a carry a special characteristic. happened. well, the government's pushed back on this a little bit and said that women of certain age , my age women of a certain age, my age won't leave for a legal right won't be leave for a legal right to have an entitlement to leave from work for menopause . i mean, from work for menopause. i mean, a bit like you'd expect to have maternity leave if you were pregnant . women were pushing pregnant. women were pushing women in parliament, pushing for those same rights to apply for women who were going through the

menopause say, menopause. i have to say, i support the government on this. i'm quite glad you know, if i go for a job interview tomorrow, i don't the person don't want the person who's interviewing me to be looking at me kind of thinking, well, me and kind of thinking, well, you she might asking you never know. she might asking for off in couple for six months off in a couple of weeks for menopause. of weeks time for menopause. i think women can without that think women can do without that and think it would and i don't think it would do. women favours to be women favours whatsoever to be to be seen. as far as i'm concerned. i'm in my prime and i don't want people be looking at me i'm just a me and thinking i'm just a nervous hormones nervous wreck of hormones waiting erupt you might waiting to erupt and you might be to an employer. be a liability to an employer. right. we've just got to round at poll. we've been asking at the poll. we've been asking you show that if you on today's show that if nadhim has about tax is nadhim has lied about his tax is whether lied to hmrc or lied whether he lied to hmrc or lied to anybody that's employed in government. are you confident the minister? rishi sunak the prime minister? rishi sunak would leadership would have the leadership to expel the party. 25% of expel him from the party. 25% of you have faith that the right thing would be done and 75% of you said no. rishi sunak would not have the backbone to take any action. we've come to the end of our show. it's flown. thank you so much to joanna

williams. list. see you williams. some list. see you again soon, ladies. coming up next is gb news live with mark longhurst. bev turner. i'll longhurst. i'm bev turner. i'll see you tomorrow at ten. hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met another dry for met office. another dry day for the vast majority. and again, we've mild sitting we've got mild air sitting across the north. much colder conditions established across the south under the influence of this high pressure , low pressure this high pressure, low pressure systems further and this systems further north. and this weather things up a weather will mix things up a little bit as go through little bit as we go through tomorrow . but little bit as we go through tomorrow. but ahead of little bit as we go through tomorrow . but ahead of that, little bit as we go through tomorrow. but ahead of that, as i said, under that high pressure, most place is dry. a little bit of drizzle here and there northwestern parts there across northwestern parts of land, otherwise of scottish land, but otherwise fine of sunshine fine quite a bit of sunshine across wales , northern england, across wales, northern england, the west the midlands and south west england there some england, although there are some fog around which are fog patches around which are taking to some , taking a while to clear some, brighter east of brighter skies. the east of scotland added some sunshine and aberdeenshire could of 12 aberdeenshire could highs of 12 or maybe 13 celsius generally nine or 20 even where it's cloudy here, sunny skies for the south, temperatures only south, but temperatures only four degrees and four or five degrees and struggling above struggling to get much above freezing. where we see fog now, that fog will thicken up for a

time evening, particularly time this evening, particularly parts of lincolnshire, cambridgeshire, down towards the south—west the cloud south—west before the cloud starts to spill in later in the night. increasing north as night. cloud increasing north as well. that's that weather front well. that's that weather front we earlier, bringing some we saw earlier, bringing some rain western scotland and the rain to western scotland and the north of northern ireland by dawn, to . start dawn, turning it damp to. start the morning too because northwest england and north wales night for many, but wales frost night for many, but still frost in the south first still a frost in the south first thing in the morning and the could fog around for could be some fog around for time set we'll start to time all set then we'll start to see of a change tomorrow is see more of a change tomorrow is band of rain sinks south it's across northern england into wales. eventually the wales. eventually into the midlands. the odd spot in southern parts of england. sunny spells north, but spells return for the north, but so will a fair few showers actually turning a bit colder behind that weather front because it a cold front because it is a cold front across scotland and northern ireland, but still highs of eight celsius. a band of eight or nine celsius. a band of regional south during wednesday evening. so a little bit of rain across southern england once across southern of england once that's through. however, then becomes much drier through the rest of the week. weather front

disappears. hi moves back in keeping things dry for the vast majority even into the weekend. good bye . i'm committed so many good bye. i'm committed so many join me on gb news on sunday morning for a pilot show with personality , tv, radio and personality, tv, radio and onune personality, tv, radio and online gb news the people's channel britain's.

channel a very good afternoon. you all gb news live. i'm mark longhurst. i'm coming up for you today. how was a man with , a today. how was a man with, a history of violence able to sexually assault and murder a law graduate after a litany of mistakes by, probation staff jordan mcsweeney attacked zara allen in june 20, 22. just days