break yes, it's 3 pm. and it's a bumper news that you're with patrick christys on gb news. let's get stuck in, shall we.7 the let's get stuck in, shall we? the nhs being told to come clean over true extent of a&e waiting times on the day that rishi

sunak unveils for 800 new ambulances and of course more beds. the pm has vowed to deliver the largest and fastest ever improvement in emergency waiting times in the nhs as history. and let's be honest, it it doesn't it. but the was overshadowed by the omni of nadhim zahawi sacking. here's a little bit tory turmoil to kick start the week ladies chance. also this hour though this coming wednesday so a couple of days time will be another whopping big for strikes. teachers train drivers, university lecturers and security will all join 100,000 civil servants on. the walkout. but today i'm focusing on teachers because they're going on strike. they want an above inflation pay rise. reportedly of children will miss out on school . but when you really school. but when you really drill down into the numbers, it's only around 47% of one unions, teachers actually voted to strike. this, by the way , now to strike. this, by the way, now is another big one for you all.

we a piggybank for shallow gb news come reveal within the last year asylum have received payments of almost brace yourselves payments of almost brace yourselve s £168 million through yourselves £168 million through government bank cards. the aspen system which stands for asylum support enablement . easy for me support enablement. easy for me to say , is a payment scheme that to say, is a payment scheme that offers asylum a subsistence allowance . all home insecurity allowance. all home insecurity ed mark white will you the very latest on that on. another one to kick start your way, king charles asked to believe it or not, the archbishop of canterbury to the media in canterbury to be the media in discussions with prince harry about tightening coronation. about tightening his coronation. wasn't . it was all a favour wasn't it. it was all a favour and just stay america. email and just stay in america. email me gb views on gbnews.uk. i'm to focus on two topics for you today. okay, so you back a teacher's strike. i'll drill down to the number shortly . and down to the number shortly. and should we be giving channel migrants pocket gbviews@gbnews.uk can't wait to hear from you now those are your headunes.

hear from you now those are your headlines . pat patrick, thank headlines. pat patrick, thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 3:02. the five minister has defended his handung minister has defended his handling of the nadhim zahawi saying he acted decisively . saying he acted decisively. rishi sunak has been under pressure to reveal what he knew about the into mr. zahawi tax affairs and when the prime minister says he sacked conservative party chairman yesterday after an ethics inquiry found , he'd committed inquiry found, he'd committed a serious breach of the ministerial code . all these ministerial code. all these questions started coming to light about nadhim zahawi . you light about nadhim zahawi. you know, i asked the independent adviser to get to the of it and to provide me with the facts i was able to make very quick decision. it was no longer for nadhim zahawi to continue in government. and that's why he's longer that's what longer there. and that's what i've done it relates to things that happened before that happened well before was prime it's prime minister. it's unfortunate. can't what unfortunate. i can't change what happened past. i the happened in the past. i the government has promised largest and fastest ever to nhs wait times . and fastest ever to nhs wait times. speaking during a visit

to county durham, the prime minister pledged , 5000 more minister pledged, 5000 more hospital beds , 800 new hospital beds, 800 new ambulances as well as , expanding ambulances as well as, expanding urgent care to homes. the announcement is part of a £1 billion emergent city care plan . critics, however, warn there should be a bigger focus on staff and pay . downing street staff and pay. downing street has urged unions to step back and prevent a fresh wave of strike action. statement comes as last minute talks between teaching unions and the government are being held today in an effort avoid strike action in an effort avoid strike action in england and wales. teachers are planning to strike on wednesday in a dispute over pay and conditions. it's expected to be the biggest of industrial action in decades , with up to action in decades, with up to half a million public service workers, including train drivers , civil servants, also taking action . meanwhile, fire fighters action. meanwhile, fire fighters vote for their first nationwide strike over pay 20 years. the

fire brigades union says its members have experienced a 12% drop in real terms since 2010. last november , members rejected last november, members rejected a pay last november, members rejected a pay . of 5. lancashire police a pay. of 5. lancashire police are appealing for help as they continue their search for a woman who's been since walking her dog . 45 year old nicola her dog. 45 year old nicola burley was , last seen on friday burley was, last seen on friday a footpath in st michaels on wyre . she was walking her wyre. she was walking her spaniel before going missing . spaniel before going missing. her dog has since been found . her dog has since been found. police say they're extremely concerned her family are concerned, as are we. we've mounted a really intensive operations . try and find nicola operations. try and find nicola and. we appeal for anyone who may been driving through the village of st michael's last friday morning at about 915, or who may dashcam footage that could be of use to us or people who may have been dog walking in

the area or on the towpath come forward . a 16 year old boy forward. a 16 year old boy charged with murdering 15 year old girl in northumbria has been remanded into custody . holly remanded into custody. holly newton was found with wounds on friday afternoon near hexham and died in hospital . her family died in hospital. her family have paid tribute , describing have paid tribute, describing holly as a much loved bubbly girl. the teenager's next court appearance is set for wednesday .bons appearance is set for wednesday . boris says vladimir putin threatened kill him just weeks before russia's of ukraine. the was made during a phone call after mr. johnson visited kyiv show support for ukraine. the former prime minister made claim in a bbc documentary the kremlin has described it as a lie. sort of. he threatened me at one point and said, you know, boris, i don't want to hurt you, but with a missile it would only take a minute or something like that, you know , you know, jolly

that, you know, you know, jolly but i think from the very real tone that he was taking the sort of air of that he seemed have issued , he was just playing issued, he was just playing along with my attempts to get him to negotiate the personal of around 10 million. jd sports may be at risk after company was hit by a cyber attack . the by a cyber attack. the sportswear chain says may have access. private including email , phone numbers and the last digits of bank cards. it affects orders placed between november 18 and october 2020. jd sports says it was contacting customers . this gb news more for me shortly now though. it's back to patrik .

patrik. right lewis crocombe with today we've got the nhs, we've got teacher strikes got other strikes of course we have it wouldn't a monday without the strike action. and we're also of course revealing the true extent of the piggy bank that we've become comes channel become when it comes to channel migrants get cracking migrants but let's get cracking with prime minister. he's with the prime minister. he's promise government's promise that the government's for emergency care will deliver largest fastest ever largest and fastest ever improvement in emergency waiting in the nhs is history. and let's be honest, it needs it doesn't say it. rishi sunak was speaking a visit to county durham earlier today as he pledged to fix ambulance delays and the crisis in a&e providing 5000 extra hospital beds . and, 800 new hospital beds. and, 800 new ambulance seats to an investment 0 f £1 ambulance seats to an investment of £1 billion. he's announcement was somewhat overshadowed. that was somewhat overshadowed. that was rarely seen it continues to face increasing after sacking nadhim zahawi tory party chairman, former tory party now

for breach of the ministerial code sunak's desire to decisively as he stressed the importance of integrity have an independent adviser . that's what independent adviser. that's what the government has was not you know it's not it's not me who's doing it and what i asked when all these questions coming to light about nadhim zahawi you know i was the independent adviser to get to the bottom of it and provide me with the it and to provide me with the facts then on the basis of facts and then on the basis of the he did relatively the facts, he did relatively quickly the last week. quickly over the path last week. i able to make a very quick i was able to make a very quick decision was no longer decision and it was no longer appropriate zahawi to appropriate nadhim zahawi to continue government that's continue government and that's why there . and why he's no longer there. and that's done. it that's what i've done. it relates that happened relates things that happened well prime well before i was prime ministers unfortunately, can't ministers unfortunately, i can't change in change what happened in the past. can hold past. what you can hold me accountable for is that what did you do about it? you know what i did soon as i knew about the did as soon as i knew about the situation appoint somebody situation was appoint somebody independent, situation was appoint somebody indeadvice 1t, situation was appoint somebody indeadvice and then acted pretty the advice and then acted pretty decisively to move on decisively and to move on because what i think all because that's what i think all of you from me and from of you deserve from me and from from government. it's getting a bit water in front of people. although he is constantly about

cnses although he is constantly about crises and crises and crises , crises and crises and crises, isn't i welcome to the fray. isn't he? i welcome to the fray. now darren now our political editor darren mccaffrey, whose in county durham. and what's the prime minister's today, minister's earlier today, darren, all right with, darren, if it's all right with, you i'll start with the hospital stuff, improvement plan, stuff, the nhs improvement plan, 5000 800 ambulances. 5000 beds, 800 ambulances. there's sign of a whopping there's no sign of a whopping great big pay rises for staff don't it ? no, there's don't we throw it? no, there's no. and actually this money is also not new. this no. and actually this money is also not new. thi s £1 billion, also not new. this £1 billion, the announced today the government announced today patrick is possible allotment of money extra and it must be said though that was put aside last november announced by the back then so in many regards of course it is welcome you're right in saying the backlog is pretty big. it's never been as big in the national health service and it a period in time in which there is a norm this pressure the government not willing towards used the word crisis but almost else is i think the big question beyond the headline figures of extra ambulances indeed extra beds which clearly will be welcomed by all, is who's going to staff

these ambulances. and these hospital beds because at the moment there's one in ten vacancies in the nhs that currently are not filled . if currently are not filled. if there is going to be an attempt to recruit more people, where are they precisely going to come from? and in addition to that, we heard today from the government as say trying get government as say trying to get down of these targets and down some of these targets and they've themselves they've set themselves new targets, march targets, if you like, by march of year when it comes to of next year when it comes to waiting a&e more no more than at 4 hours. so they want to get that to 75. but the original target pre—pandemic , 95. it's target pre—pandemic, 95. it's the same with we have to wait for an ambulance. you had a heart attack or stroke again . heart attack or stroke again. official target is 80 minutes. the government has set a target of 30 minutes. now, they would argue things are bad. the pandemic had a massive impact and it will take time. and that's the point. i think we all need to take away from today. patrick is this is going to take time. not something time. this is not something that's be sorted in the that's going to be sorted in the next of weeks or months. this

backlog be us for backlog is to be with us for years and years, irrespective almost resource the almost of how much resource the government at. it's government it can look at. it's yeah, obviously going to be talking a of minutes talking in a matter of minutes actually a doctor in the nhs to get take on the get his take on the announcements today. another announcements today. but another thing was anyway the fact thing that was anyway the fact that was going to overshadow that it was going to overshadow some of these nhs announcements, the zahawi from where the zahawi sacking from where i'm darren, ritchie, i'm sitting, darren, ritchie, sue, not it a bit of a sue, not it made a bit of a horlicks of he said he horlicks of this. he said he wasn't to sack him wasn't going to sack him initially, was going to wait for the results of this inquiry was an name zahawi is an inquiry name zahawi is playing little bit of playing it like a little bit of a kangaroo court and now he's gone, potentially a kangaroo court and now he's gone, going potentially a kangaroo court and now he's gone, going do entially a kangaroo court and now he's gone, going do again.( a kangaroo court and now he's gone, going do again. so always going to do again. so when it, yeah, i think the when threw it, yeah, i think the big problem is that the prime minister every tries to minister at every turn tries to make big announcements, tried to focus those focus on policy those five commitments. set out commitments. he that he set out at start of the year and yet at the start of the year and yet almost with every week he's having deal some having to deal with some political now or political scandal or now or another and yet here we are again, as you say, talking about nadhim know, prime nadhim zahawi know, the prime minister's today that he acted on that he appointed his on this, that he appointed his number ten's ethnic adviser to

look and. then he look into it and. then when he received the within, we received the report within, we believe or so called up believe an hour or so called up nadhim zahawi effective he nadhim zahawi to effective he sack him. i'm not entirely convinced by all of that. we have to remember, was a prime minister's question time a couple weeks ago rishi couple of weeks ago that rishi sunak that all the sunak said that all the questions this had been questions about this had been that was not the case. that simply was not the case. and this idea that also it's just even in last just emerged even in the last couple weeks frankly couple of weeks is frankly ridiculous. there's been questions zahawi questions about the dean zahawi tax affairs for years. it's a big during the leadership campaign last year. so i'm not entirely sure that he did deal it quickly but we all are. we are. i must say it, it quickly but we all are. we are. i must say it , just feeds are. i must say it, just feeds into this sense that he's just not able to keep the kind of the ship tilted around southern governments. there's lots allegations still continued about dominic raab. they're being investigated and all this being investigated and all this being reflected must be said. patrick, finally in the polls, which are pretty for the conservatives at the moment. i mean, almost liz truss level bad new one today labour on 52 points the conservatives on 25

an addition to that rishi sunak's personal ratings which mean better than the conservative party also in the wrong direction . well the daily wrong direction. well the daily star wants to get that. let's back out again. darren, thank you very much darren mccaffrey there, our political editor. i can't but wonder whether or can't help but wonder whether or not in trying to please everyone here. richard sunak is please nobody wanted well nobody he wanted to say well look i'm an inquiry into look i'm doing an inquiry into this means the tories this which means that the tories to nadhim could be able to nadhim zahawi could be able to nadhim zahawi could be able to well, you didn't to say, well, okay, you didn't just conclusions sack just jump to conclusions sack him. a of of him. but a lot of people of course him to initially. in course did him to initially. in the he up sacking him after the end, he up sacking him after quite arresting, quite right. and not sure anyone and i'm not sure anyone specifically as result specifically happy as a result of just a quick of that. now, just a quick reminder i've got coming reminder what i've got coming away very is going to be away very shortly is going to be teachers, want know teachers, because i want to know whether they should whether or not you they should be on strike. some be going on strike. some interesting not of interesting figures, not all of them straightforward it them as straightforward as it might also, we've got might seem. and also, we've got some revelations about the amount money that are amount of money that we are giving piggy amount of money that we are giving piggy bank anyway. giving as a piggy bank anyway. and channel migrants and money to channel migrants get coming in on get your views coming in on them. at gbnews.uk. but them. gb views at gbnews.uk. but let's rishi sunak let's go back now to rishi sunak in county durham and that

let's go back now to rishi sunak in county durham and tha t £1 in county durham and that £1 billion pledge for the nhs and i'm very pleased to be joined now by dr. tola at a page who is an nhs doctor who joins me now. thank you very . what's your thank you very. what's your initial on? 5000 new beds, initial take on? 5000 new beds, 800 new ambulances, an billion quit or 5000 new? about welcome, 800 new ambulances . the problem 800 new ambulances. the problem ihave 800 new ambulances. the problem i have with our ministers at the moment is obviously you are having whole queue outside of ambulances . they can't drop off ambulances. they can't drop off patients fast to obviously get that turnover and pick up new patients . if we had that turnover and pick up new patients. if we had had 100 that turnover and pick up new patients . if we had had 100 new patients. if we had had 100 new ambulances today , it kind of ambulances today, it kind of compounds the problem when think about it, 1 billion. i at this point any money invested trust is obviously a good thing but the money needs to be invested the money needs to be invested the right places. like you said in terms of staffing , it's the right places. like you said in terms of staffing, it's a bit of a tricky for some people. i daresay like yourself working in the nhs at the minute, which is a choice between wanting a pay

rise yourself . fair enough. and rise yourself. fair enough. and knowing that the government has to find money for more resources like in order to make the nhs work . is that like in order to make the nhs work. is that a like in order to make the nhs work . is that a bit of like in order to make the nhs work. is that a bit of a like in order to make the nhs work . is that a bit of a catch work. is that a bit of a catch 22 for you ? i mean , that's 22 for you? i mean, that's a massive cuts from me too, because obviously want the money to go in the right places. but if we're making all these changes or making all these new beds or where are the nurses not going look after all these going to look after all these patients these new beds? patients and all these new beds? you know, where the people are going these going to look after all these new patients that are with these new patients that are with these new ambulances. you know, it's it staff staffing. if it goes with staff staffing. if you increase, the level of you can't increase, the level of staff, increase the staff, you can't increase the level right and when level of service. right and when you obviously have a presumably lot of friends who work in the nhs and the medical profession as a whole, or if you're being honest, do a lot of you regret going into medicine now ? no, of going into medicine now? no, of course not. i mean, you never get accountants around the sun because the reason you went to medicine in the first place, you know, it wasn't you know, it

wasn't because of any of this, wasn't because of any of this, wasn't of any the wasn't because of any of the politics. was help. as many politics. it was help. as many people and that's we people as you can. and that's we do get to do that. but the conditions need be right, not conditions need to be right, not just but the just for us, but also the patients as well. because i think our most important think that's our most important priority to make sure that patients healthy in patients are healthy and in a safe where we can safe environment where we can provide the best care if being really honest like we've just spoken about there in terms of the resources. so what really i said for people just said today for people just joining us, more beds, 800 joining us, 5000 more beds, 800 new ambulances, billion quids. right. okay. on top of , a couple right. okay. on top of, a couple of other bits and bobs as well. more staffing wants more staff handung more staffing wants more staff handling calls handling the on one calls outside care talk of virtual wards just on that and i'll ask do virtual wards will virtual wards actually work in your opinion this is people who are in their own homes can ordinary presumably access some kind of laptop and get care that way. does that work ? i obviously that does that work? i obviously that trial and the aftermath and stuff. so if it works , not stuff. so if it works, not because you have to then see

what the effects are from obviously these virtual i mean say obviously that's bad a patient in person because you can make a clinical judgement based on that and some cases don't need to be seen in person but then how do you determine what patients seeing by treating what patients seeing by treating what patients seeing by treating what patients are seeing in person that's i mean it's really it's about the slippery slope but still lot of kind but there's still a lot of kind of bugs to effects with that . of bugs to effects with that. okay. all right. you seem a little bit downbeat if i'm being honest about what we're seeing because that today. i suspect that you've maybe been promised lot in the past or not promised what you do want. d realistically think in your opinion is when it works that for people like yourself to , be for people like yourself to, be happy. you need all of the things that's been promised today. a big pay rise as today. plus a big pay rise as well . i today. plus a big pay rise as well. i mean, yeah, i agree that nhs does need lot of help at the moment . all the things i'm moment. all the things i'm promised. yes, a big pay rise. yes. being able to keep staff retention. yes essentially being

able to create a safe working environment, able to create a safe working environment , feel like all of environment, feel like all of these things put together can make for a better and stronger nhs. okay. all right, look, thank very, very great to thank you very, very great to have the dr. solo have you on the show. dr. solo added you that was an nhs added page you that was an nhs jokester just reacting to rishi sunak's announcement earlier on. we're back to westminster we're going back to westminster now employees are now because employees are debating service debating the minimum service levels bill which aims to introduce a law which would force certain public sectors to maintain a certain level of service . on days, workers walk service. on days, workers walk out. it's kind of like an anti strike that we've been talking about a little bit. trade unions obviously strongly oppose the plans as they prepare the biggest day of industrial action in years. that's due on wednesday teachers train wednesday when teachers train drivers, lecturers , drivers, university lecturers, security guards will join . security guards will join. 100,000 civil servants in a walkout. but today a force i think may be right now . last think may be right now. last ditch talks are being held resolve the teachers pay dispute . so the national education union announced seven days of strikes in england and wales in february and in march , with the

february and in march, with the walkout on wednesday expected affect. more than 23,000 schools. there are some interesting on this. so like when you look at the amount of people who voted to strike this is in england it was 90% right but that was of 53% of members of that union who took part. so if you really work out, then it's nowhere near 90. of course , is it? 90% of 53, which i think lessens it a little bit. you don't think the idea now that every teacher in the uk is up in arms when? you look at the fact that it's maybe going to be four a half million students four and a half million students who would presumably miss on an education. this is in the wake of the lockdowns and the fact their education suffered as a result and teachers want result of that and teachers want quite a large pay rise above inflation. i want your views on this gbviews@gbnews.uk would you back a teacher's strike? let's turn now to gb news political reporter catherine force catherine. thank you very much. you are there us now at the scene, as it were . how are these scene, as it were. how are these talks going? do we know anything

? well, we don't anything, but we should find out . so talks at we should find out. so talks at the department for education behind me began at 2:00 between education secretary gillian keegan and the joint secretaries of the national education union. that's kevin courtney and mary bousted. and kevin courtney and mary bousted before . the meeting mary bousted before. the meeting did not seem to be terribly optimistic. they said that unless a serious and substantial better offer was made that the strikes would go ahead on wednesday . but the next teacher wednesday. but the next teacher strike is not due to be till the 28th of february. so saying that there is time possibly to avert that that would be the second day in a total of seven days that teachers in england and wales have voted to strike. of course, there is rolling strike action across different in scotland this week now . so far scotland this week now. so far the government have held really

quite firm haven't they across these sectors saying can't give you more money, we can't afford it. it would simply embed inflation. rishi sunak this morning was saying he would love to give public workers much more money, but that would only make inflation worse that they have to focus on getting that down. now, gillian is of a much emollient secretary state the some that have come before these union officials also more immobile than somebody like rmt mick lynch but that does not mean that that's a breakthrough is imminent. in fact, i would say if you had to place a bet it looks like still four and a half million children would be affected by these strikes. on wednesday and that's affecting some 23,000 schools and also of course millions and millions of parents are going to have to either work from home or take houday

either work from home or take holiday or take unpaid leave to look after the children. the impact the teachers strike, in particular goes far beyond the individual students and really into the wider economy as well. so i would say don't hold your but we should have some news shortly . we'll bring that to our shortly. we'll bring that to our viewers , listeners, as you can viewers, listeners, as you can see, because we've done very much as advocates reinforce the gb is political reporter we gb news is political reporter we are awaiting with bated breath the even though the results even though i suspect we know them of suspect we might know them of negotiation the negotiation between the government , the teachers unions. government, the teachers unions. i'm returning this i'm going to be returning this throughout the course of the show because i suspect of show because i suspect many of you children. i suspect you do have children. i suspect many you were in arms that many of you were up in arms that the length that kids the length of time that kids were school during the were off school during the pandemic of this. pandemic and all of this. and you're about what you're very concerned about what you're very concerned about what you're do in of you're going to do in of organising childcare as a when teachers strike. the teachers go on strike. the question one of legitimacy question me is one of legitimacy in this is what are in all of this which is what are teachers now? is that teachers paid now? is that enough? offered 5% pay enough? they're offered a 5% pay rise. they want an rise. apparently they want an above pay rise. you above inflation pay rise. do you think much? do you think that's too much? do you think that's too much? do you think number of children who may suffer with four and a half

suffer with this four and a half million supposedly, is that unfair okay. and unfair on the kids? okay. and well, top of that, we're also well, on top of that, we're also looking at legitimacy , this looking at the legitimacy, this strike general, the strike action in general, the national education union that took it, 90% is the took a ballot on it, 90% is the figure that they keep banging on. about 90% of people said they to strike. well, they voted to strike. well, that's okay. but supposedly the turnout the turnout only 53. so that the gloss off it somewhat doesn't . i gloss off it somewhat doesn't. i want know what you think want to know what you think about strike. are about this one. the strike. are youin? about this one. the strike. are you in? now look here we may patrick gb on patrick christys on gb news on coming up reports that king charles has asked archbishop of canterbury to help prince harry to attend his coronation. but would it be more less of a distraction if harry and meghan just stay away? we're also going to be revealing to you the shocking amounts of money you, the british taxpayer, is giving channel migrants as pocket money you will not believe. i'll be back in a tick.

yes. welcome back, everybody . a yes. welcome back, everybody. a quick email here from brian . the quick email here from brian. the level of benefit payments , level of benefit payments, accommodation and all the peripheral from doctors, dentist , etc, to channel migrants is a national disgrace. and what is referring to there is a topic that i've got coming your way very, very shortly when we welcome all while having security into the studio, he is revealing to you live on air how much pocket money essentially the taxpayer giving to the taxpayer is giving to channel the ones that channel migrants, the ones that we've got staying in hotels make sure tuned for that but sure you stay tuned for that but now the king has reportedly leaned on the archbishop of canterbury to ask prince harry to attend his coronation . the to attend his coronation. the monarch said to hope welby monarch is said to hope welby can come to some sort of agreement with his two sons that would allow the duke and duchess of attend the of sussex to attend the coronation may. so king coronation in may. so king charles said believe harry charles is said to believe harry and absence be more of

and meghan's absence be more of and meghan's absence be more of a distraction than they both attend. i suppose that's the attend. and i suppose that's the big question, isn't it? would it be if they came or , if be worse if they came or, if they didn't come. and here's a picture , bones one as picture, bones of this one as royal broadcaster, having a child. thank you very child. helena, thank you very much. have on the much. great to have you on the show. so the archbishop of canterbury why has he been chosen ? well, i mean, he's the chosen? well, i mean, he's the right he is brilliant . chosen? well, i mean, he's the right he is brilliant. his background is business leads by the heart . he knows the royal the heart. he knows the royal family well . the heart. he knows the royal family well. he's man, he he can do it. he can. he's a real equals person . he just nice and equals person. he just nice and so. well, he actually communicates by having accept that he wants to . i was that he wants to. i was wondering whether i was wondering. i don't know whether or not the archbishop of canterbury would still mess with harry because harry and meghan appeared to love him under. the bus a bit during the bus a little bit during the oprah didn't they say oprah interview. didn't they say they secret wedding? they had the old secret wedding? i would have been i mean, that would have been a crime if that was true. you know

, justin welby, he is not going to be fazed by anything he , to be fazed by anything he, leads from the heart. to be fazed by anything he, leads from the heart . you know, leads from the heart. you know, he wants the best for everybody. we know, however, he wasn't into gerry after night. queen elizabeth's death between harry and william . and that was and william. and that was obviously some time ago . and you obviously some time ago. and you know, if this was a perfect world of make believe. yes, it would be wonderful. i think , would be wonderful. i think, harry, to be there with meghan . harry, to be there with meghan. obviously, he's huge some he's obviously wanted to be there. but you know , we have to but you know, we have to remember that this this is a time coronation is a time everyone comes together, is real positive vibe . and this is this positive vibe. and this is this is a coroner and this is king charles to shine. and it's this is this is amazingly the international law , you know, international law, you know, institutional not willing . you institutional not willing. you mentioned you mentioned there and this is one of the reasons i had assumed that after oprah

netflix the book a series of interviews that harry wouldn't want to be anywhere near this thing. i mean institutional racism accusations around , that racism accusations around, that kind of stuff for the royal family why on earth would he want to be his own father's coronation in a country, by the way, which he doesn't appear to lie much anymore ? well you'd say lie much anymore? well you'd say that, but at the end of the day , seen how harry has been . i , seen how harry has been. i think i do feel . sorry for think i do feel. sorry for prince william. it's very hard to, obviously. how can you bring people together amicably in such a short space of time? of course, we want everyone to unite and lead by queen's example . you know, we want unity example. you know, we want unity when everyone gets home. but this takes long time. and as see it, prince harry is an opportunist . it, prince harry is an opportunist. how can we stop? how can that would have to be something laid down the end days. you know what, concessions which harry needs or in order to be here because . again, it's not

be here because. again, it's not about and meghan it's about coronation. so how do we stop the from it is it is necessary . the from it is it is necessary. it is a sorry state affairs how isn't it when you essentially have to try to get the king's own son to sign a document to say, please don't wear wire to my coronation? i mean, it does make the mind boggle a bit to how we've come. but but just lastly, sorry, in your opinion , lastly, sorry, in your opinion, would it be more of a distraction if harry and meghan are there or they're not there? because what seems because that's what this seems to centre around . i think it to centre around. i think it would be more a distraction if they were here because i see how things can be ironed out in such a short space of time, you know, in the perfect world. it would be great to have everyone together and as i say, it would be a positive find, but i cannot see it somehow. so in my viewpoint, you know, i guess to receive an invite and it's politely declined, politely declined . i'm with you on that declined. i'm with you on that one.thank declined. i'm with you on that

one. thank you very much, as always. positive vibes sunday. all us for sure. how does a child that . happy monday, child that. happy monday, everyone. right you're with me. patrick christys. oh tv , news. patrick christys. oh tv, news. the government is facing criticism. it's a big this over a debit card scheme . asylum a debit card scheme. asylum seekers which paid out almost £160 million last year. well i've got to the hotels. well i've got to the hotels. well i've got to the hotels. well i've got to the border. well, i've got to the border. well, i've got to the border. well, i've got to the rnli. well i've got to pay bills. well i've got to absolutely everything we. 160 million quids worth of your money going on pocket money for channel migrants are home insecurity security at a one of the very latest for. but now it's shadows . good afternoon i'm it's shadows. good afternoon i'm tamsin roberts from the gb newsroom it's 333 the prime minister defended his handling of the nadhim zahawi zahawi row saying he acted decisive early. rishi sunak has been pressure to reveal what he knew . the reveal what he knew. the investigation into mr. zahawi

tax affairs and when the prime minister says he sacked the conservative party chairman yesterday after an ethics inquiry found to have committed a serious breach the ministerial code. well, this started coming to light about nadhim zahawi know, i asked independent adviser to get to the bottom of it and to provide me with the facts i was able to make very quick decision that it was no longer appropriate for nadhim zahawi in zahawi to continue in government. and why he's government. and that's why he's no and what no longer there. and that's what i've relates to things that i've it relates to things that happened. before i was happened. well before i was prime minister. it's unfortunate. i can't what happened past the happened in the past and the government has promised the largest and fastest improvement to nhs weight. largest and fastest improvement to nhs weight . speaking during a to nhs weight. speaking during a visit , county durham, rishi visit, county durham, rishi sunak pledged 800 new ambulances, 5000 more hospital beds, as well as expand urgent care to people's homes. beds, as well as expand urgent care to people's homes . the care to people's homes. the announcement is part of a £1 billion emergency care plan. critics however, warn there should be a bigger focus on staff shortages and pay . downing

staff shortages and pay. downing street has urged unions to step back and prevent a fresh wave of strike action. the statement comes as last minute talks between teacher unions and the government are being held today in an effort to avoid strike action in. england and wales. teachers planning to walk out on wednesday in a dispute over pay and conditions. it's wednesday in a dispute over pay and conditions . it's expected to and conditions. it's expected to be the biggest day of industrial action in decades with up to half a million public service workers including train drivers and civil also taking . further and civil also taking. further strikes are for february and march . police are appealing for march. police are appealing for witnesses as they continue their search for a woman who has gone missing in lancashire whilst walking her dog. 45 year old nicola bowley was seen on friday on a footpath in st michaels on wyre. she was walking spaniel before she went missing , before she went missing, although her dog has since been found. police say they are

keeping an open mind about what happened but do not believe ms. bullet attacked . tv online and bullet attacked. tv online and dab+ radio. this is.

gb news. let's cross live now to the house of commons and hear from the health secretary. steve barclay civic trust . together barclay civic trust. together with significant investment in new ways of working , a 14.1 new ways of working, a 14.1 billion funding boost to health and social care as set out in the autumn statement . today's the autumn statement. today's announcement is the second of three plans to cut waiting times in the nhs . our elected recovery in the nhs. our elected recovery is already in action virtually eliminating the backlog of two year waits in england and our

primary care recovery will be published in next few weeks to support the vital front door to the nhs. three primary care and today together with nhs england, we are setting out our plans to reduce waiting times in urgent and emergency care through an increased focus on demand management , increased focus on demand management, patients increased focus on demand management , patients get to management, patients get to hospital and greater support to enable patients to leave hospital more quickly . that will hospital more quickly. that will be through care at home or within community supported with a clinical safety net. and in addition, this plan out how we will adopt best practise within hospitals learning from those trust that have displayed greatest resilience in to the heightened pressures this winter . mr. speaker , announcement on . mr. speaker, announcement on urgent and emergency does not set in. it is part of a longer term improvement plan. building on the legislative change enacted last year to better

integrates health and social care through the 42 integrated care through the 42 integrated care boards , those became care boards, those became operational in july last year. this, in turn, was prioritised for additional funding through the 14.1 billion announced for health and care in the autumn statement . now, following spike statement. now, following spike in flu cases over christmas within flu cases, admissions a hundred times that of the previous and that spike having extremely quickly a seven fold increase . into december we increase. into december we announced 250 million of immediately immediate funding. on the 9th of january for the precious this winter giving extra capacity to the emergency departments to tackle those patients fit to leave hospital who were delayed from doing so . who were delayed from doing so. today's plan developed in partnership with nhs england and social care partners builds on those actions and that as i set

to the house earlier this month , as we put in place the more substantial changes required to enable the nhs to have greater resilience this time next year. to do so, this plan involves embracing technology and new ways of working to transform how patients access care before and after being in hospital . in turn after being in hospital. in turn will help the cycle of emergency departments in particular coming under signifier in winter. departments in particular coming under signifier in winter . mr. under signifier in winter. mr. speaker plan has a number of commitments are both ambitious and credible. first we are committed to year on year improvements in any waiting by next march. we want certainty 6% of patients to be seen within 4 hours in the year after. we have been waiting times towards pre—pandemic levels . our second pre—pandemic levels. our second ambition, mr. is to improve ambulance response with a specific commitment to bring cuts agreed to . response times cuts agreed to. response times those emergency calls including

for heart attacks and strokes to an average of 30 minutes by next march and again in the following . we will work to bring ambulance response times towards pre—pandemic levels . i'm pleased pre—pandemic levels. i'm pleased the college of paramedics has welcomed the plan , saying welcomed the plan, saying quotes. it is pleased to a strong focus in the recovery of . those people in the cuts will be to cohort and course this will not be the limit of our ambition . but it will not be the limit of our ambition. but it is will not be the limit of our ambition . but it is vital we get ambition. but it is vital we get these first steps right and that we are credible as well . we are credible as well. ambitious to put these targets in context . achieving both would in context. achieving both would represent one of the fastest and largest sustained improvements in the history of the nhs. underpinning these promises , mr. underpinning these promises, mr. speaken underpinning these promises, mr. speaker, is more essential commitment. a commitment, better data and greater transparency on data. the best performing hospitals have benefited from the introduction of patient controls and so as to quickly

identify blockages in a patient's journey and embed management systems to speed up the availability beds when they become free. through this plan , become free. through this plan, we will prioritise investment in improving system wide data both within the integrated care boards and on an individual trust and hospital sites . this trust and hospital sites. this allow quicker escalation when issues arise and a better system wide response when individual sites face specific challenges . sites face specific challenges. on greater transparency , see for on greater transparency, see for some time voices across the nhs have called for the number of 12 hour weeks from the time of arrival in a&e to be published . arrival in a&e to be published. something i know the royal college of emergency medicine long campaigned for and i can see the honourable lady nodding her head. and indeed there has been criticism, including from the benches opposite of the government refusing to provide this transparency . instead, the

this transparency. instead, the data published to date has been a measure of 12 hours from the point of admission and not arrival in a&e . mr. speaker, for arrival in a&e. mr. speaker, for the commitment transparency to be meaningful, we must be prepared to publish data even when that transparency will bnng when that transparency will bring challenges . and so today bring challenges. and so today i can inform the house that from april we will publish the number of 12 hour weights from time of arrival . dr. adrian boyle , arrival. dr. adrian boyle, president of the royal college of emergency medicine, previously said, and i quote the full publication of this data will be an immensely positive . will be an immensely positive. that could be the catalyst for transformation. transformation the urgent and emergency care pathway that should help improve the quality of care for patients. and i hope it is a transparency that is welcomed across the house. mr. speaker, upon focus is on five areas. so to now increase capacity in

urgent and emergency care. growing the workforce up discharge. expanding and better. joining up new services in the community and making it easier for people to access the right care . action in each area is care. action in each area is based on evidence and experience it's learning lessons from the pandemic and building on what we know can work more than that. we're back in our plan with a fund we need and the is committed to additional targeted funding to boost capacity in acute services and the wider system. and that is why , mr. system. and that is why, mr. speaken system. and that is why, mr. speaker, this package 1 billion of dedicated funding support hospital capacity building on the 500 million we provided over this winter to support local areas to increase the overall health and social care capacity . taken together . mr. speaker, . taken together. mr. speaker, this plan will urgent and emergency care waiting times. it will do so firstly by increasing capacity with 800 new ambulance is on the road . which 100? a new

is on the road. which 100? a new specialised health ambulances. this comes together with funding to support thousand new hospital beds as part of the permanent phase four next winter. secondly by phase four next winter. secondly by growing and supporting the work face, we are on track to deliver on our manifesto commitment to recruit 50,000 nurses with over 30,000 recruited since 2019 and the nhs will publish long term workforce plan. this while also capacity and staff in social care supported by investment of up to 2.8 billion next year and 4.7 billion the year after. thirdly, by speeding up discharge of patients who are ready to leave hospital, freeing up more beds with a full rollout of integrated care transfer hubs like the kind of successful approach i saw this morning at the university hospital of north tees. the university hospital of north tees . fourthly, by expanding tees. fourthly, by expanding better connect new services in community like joined care for the frail elderly . this includes

the frail elderly. this includes a new force service so more elderly people be treated without needing admission to hospital future wards. also the way forward for hospital care. home with a growing of evidence showing that virtual are safe and efficient alternative to in hospital . our and efficient alternative to in hospital. our aim is to have up to 50,000 people a month being away from hospitals in high tech virtual wards of the sort that general hospital has been pioneering , general hospital has been pioneering, which i saw general hospital has been pioneering , which i saw last general hospital has been pioneering, which i saw last. finally speaker, we're improving patients experience by making it easier to access the right care, including better experience with nhs one by one and better advice at the front door of a name. so patients are triaged to the right point within . the hospital right point within. the hospital without always needing to go through the emergency department as is currently the case.

maidstone hospital. as i saw earlier this month . these are earlier this month. these are just some of the practical improvements already delivered in a small number of trusts , in a small number of trusts, which through this plan we will adopt more widely across the nhs and in doing deliver the greater resilience ahead of next winter . mr. speaker , i'm pleased that . mr. speaker, i'm pleased that andifs . mr. speaker, i'm pleased that and it's just has welcomed today's chronicle and that the royal colleges emergency medicine has called its am i quote a welcome incentive a step on the road to recovery taken together with all the other vital work happening across health and care including our plans to close elective. i'm primary care waiting . today's primary care waiting. today's plan will enable better care in the community and at home and for that care to be more integrated with services , integrated with services, hospitals and for existing to move more widely adopted. i commend this to the house. so

the secretary of state western today. thank you , mr. speaker. today. thank you, mr. speaker. and can i thank the secretary of state for advance sight of his statement . mr. speaker, after 13 statement. mr. speaker, after 13 years of conservative mismanagement, patients are longer than ever before . heart longer than ever before. heart attack and stroke victim are waiting more than an hour and a half for an ambulance . 24 hours half for an ambulance. 24 hours in a&e isn't just a tv programme. it is the grim reality for far too many patients. 7.2 million people are waiting for nhs treatment. why the front door is broken. people are finding it impossible to get a gp so they end up in a&e at the same time. the exit door broken because care the community is not available. patients are trapped in hospital. sometimes for months and in between the two is a workforce that is overstretched. burnt out. ignored by ministers and forced out on strike. does this plan even attempt to get a

gp appointment sooner ? no. does gp appointment sooner? no. does this plan restore district nursing so patients can be cared for in the comfort of their own homes. no. does this plan see ministers swallowing their pride and entering negotiations with nurses and paramedics? no. and does this plan expand the number of doctors and nurses needed to treat patients on time again? the health secretary said a lot of things, mr. speaker , but he of things, mr. speaker, but he did not say when patients can expect to see a return to safe waiting times . his colleague, waiting times. his colleague, the minister for social care rather let cat out of the bag this morning. she was asked and i quote is there any plan at for all we will get back to 95% of patients. in a in a being seen within 4 hours she responded i'm not joking. her answer was, and i quote i can't tell you that particular. how can he claim ? particular. how can he claim? his plan is ambitious and

credible. what kind of emergency care plan doesn't even attempt to return waiting times to safe levels ? it's a plan that is levels? it's a plan that is setting nhs up to fail right from the start. a for managed decline . these targets are not decline. these targets are not plucked out of thin air. patients waiting more than 5 hours in a&e are more likely lose their lives. so attack and stroke victims waiting more than 18 minutes for an ambulance . 18 minutes for an ambulance. sadly, that is exactly what has happened this winter. it is what happened this winter. it is what happened this winter. it is what happened this summer and it has been going since before the pandemic began. the four hour a&e waiting time target hasn't been met since 2015. the only time the conservatives have met the 18 minute target for ambulance times was during lockdown . what's this ambitious lockdown. what's this ambitious ambition now? 30 minutes. 30 minutes. waiting for a heart

attack and stroke . to receive an attack and stroke. to receive an ambulance when every second counts. isn't the truth that they missed the targets? so they are moving the goalposts the figures rather than fiddling the figures rather than fixing crisis. and he boasts that he's pouring more money in £14 billion, almost much as his department has wasted on dodgy, unusable ppe . yet standards are unusable ppe. yet standards are being watered down. so can he explain . why? patients are explain. why? patients are paying explain. why? patients are paying more tax, but waiting longer for care? why it that under the conservative we are always paying more but getting less . so what always paying more but getting less. so what is their answer ? i less. so what is their answer? i quote again , there are so many quote again, there are so many people in who wouldn't need to be there if we could provide quality at home. medical science and technology offers a world of possibility for the nhs to transform patient . virtual wards

transform patient. virtual wards . people to receive hospital care home and quotes . those care home and quotes. those aren't the secretary state's words, mr. speaker. that's my party conference speech . he party conference speech. he didn't have a plan for the nhs. so he's nicking labour's now . so he's nicking labour's now. i'm happy for him to adopt labour's plans, but here is what he missed . you cannot provide he missed. you cannot provide goodin he missed. you cannot provide good in the community in people's homes or in the hospitals without the staff to care people. that the supermassive black hole in his plan published today. supermassive black hole in his plan published today . people plan published today. people virtual boards without any staff isn't a hospital at home. it is home alone . so where is his plan home alone. so where is his plan ? restore care in the community. labour will double the number of district nurses qualifying every yeah district nurses qualifying every year. so tony, hurry up and nick that plan to . and of course good that plan to. and of course good care in. the community is not a substitute for good care in hospital. we need both now . so hospital. we need both now. so why in the middle of the biggest

crisis in the history , the nhs crisis in the history, the nhs with a hospital obviously short of staff is his universities. minister writing to medical schools to tell them not to train any more doctors. this is ludicrous. labour will double the number of medical school places and create 10,000 new nursing and midwifery clinical all paid for abolishing the non—dom tax status . now i know, non—dom tax status. now i know, mr. speaker , prime minister mr. speaker, prime minister might not that last bit policy . might not that last bit policy. the prime minister might not like that last bit. they're all they're all complaining opposite . they didn't complain when they put up income tax, mr. speaker. the prime minister doesn't like it, but perhaps would be a good time for the conservatives to act tough on tax dodgers . so act tough on tax dodgers. so when is he going to nick plan? and when is he finally going to get his act together and end strikes in the nhs ? perhaps i'm strikes in the nhs? perhaps i'm speaking to the monkey when the chancellor is the organ grinder

. if that's the case, mr. speaker . . if that's the case, mr. speaker. then when will we . if that's the case, mr. speaker . then when will we get speaker. then when will we get a chance to question the real health secretary on the strikes? this one is causing in the nhs. labour will create more front doors , the nhs. we will tackle doors, the nhs. we will tackle the crisis in social care. he offers sticking . and by now, mr. offers sticking. and by now, mr. speaker , it's very clear only speaker, it's very clear only labour can offer patients the fresh start the nhs needs . well, fresh start the nhs needs. well, mr. speaker , he started off, he mr. speaker, he started off, he started off by thanking for a fun start sight of the statement and gave a with some remarks ignored what was in the statement and even his last point. his last point just shows how with contradictions the approach from the opposition benches, he says in interviews that he scores the pay review body process . that is the body process. that is the official position or at least was then, he says. no we should be negotiating individually with the trade unions and this regardless the pay review process. so there's no consistency on that at all. he

talks about operational performance . you just had you performance. you just had you 90, performance. you just had you go, you can hear answers . performance. you just had you go, you can hear answers. he says that they need some operational performance . and i operational performance. and i mr. speaker . operational performance. and i mr. speaker. i will try to be fair to the fact that actually these are challenges that are shared across the united kingdom . they're shared globally. he seems to think that these were just unique to england alone. and yet you only need to look at the fact more than 50,000 people in wales notwithstanding it's a smaller population but more than 50,000 in wales awaiting over two years for their operation . two years for their operation. when we clear that in the summer in england with fewer than 2000 in england with fewer than 2000 in that cohort . he talks about in that cohort. he talks about workforce. mr. speaker, obviously bother to read what we said in the statement . we're on said in the statement. we're on track to deliver our manifesto commitment of over 50,000 nurses we've got over 30,000 so far. if one just looks compared to last

year , mr. speaker, ten and year, mr. speaker, ten and a half thousand more nurses in the nhs this year compared to last yeah nhs this year compared to last year. now the grown opposition, the growing opposition is to recognise what the first five years we were dealing with letter that said no money was left. so you know, so the first five years we're in the model, they don't they don't seem to like the response . mr. speaker. like the response. mr. speaker. but the facts speak for themselves something half hour more nurses this than last year but the government says recognise that we have another population they have more complex needs and the consequence is of the pandemic or severe the severe building limit, the severe across the united kingdom in wales , united kingdom in wales, scotland and indeed in other countries across the globe. he says that the statement cover the plan for gp. well again, i was clear that this was one of three plans we had the elective plan in the summer which hit its first milestone. we the second component today in terms of urgent and emergency care and we will set out in the coming weeks

through the work of my colleague on the front bench is doing our approach terms of primary care and that is that the approach that we're taking every case 2030 we didn't have the pandemic years ago so of course we well i can only surmise , mr. speaker, can only surmise, mr. speaker, they didn't quite get his remarks , which is why he feels remarks, which is why he feels need to keep drumcree now and have a second. the third and the fourth go. but, sir, and perhaps next time on ambition , he next time on ambition, he ignores the fact that need to balance being ambitious. but being realistic. and these metrics are in the view of nhs england , the fastest sustained england, the fastest sustained in nhs history. so clearly he at odds with nhs england in those remarks on funding , we're remarks on funding, we're putting in an extra £14.1 billion of funding into health and social care over the next two years, which reflects fact that notwithstanding the many

competing pressures that the chancellor faced at the autumn statement, he prioritise health and social care alongside education as the key areas that were prioritised, not with funding the other competing challenges and on virtual wards. i'm quite realise that he was the that invented virtual wards. i actually think the credit for virtual awards goes to the staff such as those i met at watford who , are the ones who are who, are the ones who are driving forward that innovation . and it's slightly strange that he wants to sometimes claim ownership of that has been clinically led by those working at the front line . we have at the front line. we have recognised it's are you and that's why i bet that north these this on watford last month on various other visits i have been discussing as to how we scale those virtual plans show this like committee. steve right so we look forward to going through the plan with the secretary. okay. well, we were just in the house of st bartley, the health secretary wes streeting is our position

which to a hammer and which going out to a hammer and tongs rishi nhs recovery tongs over rishi nhs recovery plan. just to do a quick plan. i'm just to do a quick summary of that for you, ladies and gentlemen, and essentially what that they want what steve to say that they want to the hour waiting to reduce the 12 hour waiting times, they want to publish the 12 hour waiting times running at a frankly, a department, not frankly, hitting minute response hitting those 30 minute response time two situation, time for category two situation, by the way, contributes include strokes and half stock . so that strokes and half stock. so that is a long time. labour is is quite a long time. labour is saying 13 years of saying well after 13 years of tory rule look run nhs tory rule look you've run nhs into ground. what's been on into the ground. what's been on on glaring hole tory party's on the glaring hole tory party's problem at the minute is staff shortages, which they say you're doing nothing to fix. steve barclay back said, barclay hit back and he said, well, the to sort of staff well, the way to sort of staff shortages be break the shortages would be to break the piggy shortages would be to break the piggy and shortages would be to break the piggy and pay shortages would be to break the piggy and pay the piggy bank open and pay the staff of course, staff a lot more. of course, labour don't back. so you focus on the back forth in the house of commons. promise you of commons. i did promise you some revealing , rather some rather revealing, rather startling figures that might want your security editor want your home security editor is bnng want your home security editor is bring on is going to bring to you is on the amount money that you, the amount of money that you, the amount of money that you, the british taxpayer, is paying essentially pocket for money essentially for pocket for money migrants. you've got your hotel

costs your sustenance costs, you got your sustenance costs. the cost, the costs. you've got the cost, the border cost the border force, the cost of the rnli you cost for your social care, doctor, gp's all care, your doctor, the gp's all of stuff. and now top of of this stuff. and now top of that, it's revealed that that, it's been revealed that these people also do get a little bank cards with budget little bank cards with a budget on. budget. well it's on. and that budget. well it's over 100 million. how far i'll leave up to your imagination . leave up to your imagination. we're going to have all of that coming your way very, very shortly. going have shortly. but we're going to have news sec . news in a sec. actually, it's me i got it's 4:00. you're watching listening to patrick christys gb news coming up this hour that nhs story that's the largest and fastest ever improvement. emergency waiting times . the emergency waiting times. the history of the nhs . that was the history of the nhs. that was the pledge from the prime minister today as he announced a £1 billion package to increase hospital beds and ambulance numbers. it's being criticised by labour. they say there's a black hole in the plant of

shortages. well just spoken to you about that. i'll talk to you again about it shortly. plus, the announcement was overshadowed earlier by the unceremonious sacking of nadhim zahawi the code. zahawi for breaching the code. the insists he acted, quote , the pm insists he acted, quote, pretty decisively. did also this houn pretty decisively. did also this hour, last ditch talks are in place this afternoon . stop place this afternoon. stop teachers in england and wales walking out later this week over a dispute in pay. will government be able to come to a resolution with the national education union suspect? not. but when you look at the numbers four and a half million kids supposedly going to out on at least a day of school. is that fair on them? anyway, other news. yes, the big fair on them? anyway, other news. yes, the bi g £860 million news. yes, the big £860 million of taxpayer money. your money has gone towards giving an allowance seekers within the allowance to seekers within the last year. the aspen system, which asylum which stands for asylum enablement card , is a payment enablement card, is a payment scheme that offers asylum seekers a subsistence allowance. i'm asking . are we just a piggy i'm asking. are we just a piggy bank for channel migrants? gb

views a gb news .uk. should we be giving pocket to child migrants? and would you back a teachers strike? now though, it is your headlines and . politics is your headlines and. politics patrick, thank you and good afternoon to you. the health secretary has announced billion poundsin secretary has announced billion pounds in funding to boost nhs capacity. steve barclay the government will work to bring response times to pre—pandemic levels. the plan also includes 5000 more hospital beds , 800 new 5000 more hospital beds, 800 new ambulances as well as expanding urgent to people's homes. mr. barclay also says they'll the number of 12 hour wait lists. labour says the plans enough to tackle the problems . meanwhile, tackle the problems. meanwhile, the prime minister has been defending handling of the nadhim zahawi saying he acted decisively . rishi sunak has been decisively. rishi sunak has been pressure to reveal what he knew about the investigation into

zahawi tax affairs and when the prime minister says he sacked the conservative party chairman yesterday after an ethics inquiry found he'd committed a serious breach , the ministerial serious breach, the ministerial code. serious breach, the ministerial code . but these questions code. but these questions started coming to about nadhim zahawi . i asked the independent zahawi. i asked the independent adviser to get to the bottom of it and to provide with the facts i was able to make a very quick decision and it was no longer for nadhim zahawi to continue in government. and that's why he's longer there. and that's what i've done. it relates to things that well before, was that happened well before, i was prime minister. it's unfortunate. i can't change happened past. downing happened in the past. downing street urged unions to step street has urged unions to step back , prevent a fresh wave of back, prevent a fresh wave of strike action. the statement comes as last minute talks between teaching unions and the government are being held today in an effort to avoid action in england and wales. in an effort to avoid action in england and wales . teachers in an effort to avoid action in england and wales. teachers are planning to strike on wednesday in a dispute over pay conditions. it's expected to be the biggest day of industrial in decades, with up to half a

million public service workers , million public service workers, including train drivers and civil servants also taking action . meanwhile, firefighters action. meanwhile, firefighters could vote for their first nationwide wide strike over pay in 20 years. the fire brigades says its members have experienced 12% drop in real terms since 2010. last november , members rejected a pay rise of 5. now in news from strike action, police appealing for witnesses as they can renew their search for a woman has gone missing in lancashire while walking her dog. 45 year old nicola bully was last seen on friday on a footpath in st michaels on wyre . she was michaels on wyre. she was walking her spaniel before going missing, although her dog has since been found. police say there keeping an open mind about what may have happened but don't believe ms. bully was attacked. her family are very concerned , her family are very concerned, as are we. we've mounted a really intensive to try and find

nicola and we appeal for anyone . may have been driving through the village of st michael's . the village of st michael's. last friday morning at about 915 or who may have dashcam footage that could be of use to us or people who may have been dog walking in the or on the towpath to console console. boris johnson has said vladimir putin threatened to kill him just weeks before russia's invasion of ukraine. the comment was made dunng of ukraine. the comment was made during a phone call after mr. johnson visited kyiv to show support for ukraine. the former prime minister made the claim in a documentary, the kremlin has described it as a. he's sort of he threatened me at one point and said, you know , boris, and said, you know, boris, i don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute or something like that, you know, you jolly, but i think from the very relaxed tone he was taking , the sort of air of

was taking, the sort of air of detachment that he seemed to have, vision , period, he was have, vision, period, he was just playing along with my attempts to get him to negotiate . and finally, the personal data of around 10 million jd sports customers may be at risk. after the company was hit by a cyber attack. the chain says hackers may have access, private information , including email information, including email accounts, phone numbers and the last four digits of bank cards. it affects orders placed between november 18 and october 20, 20. jd sports said was contacting affected . that's update back now affected. that's update back now to . to. patrick okay people it's a breaking show so we might as well deal our breaking news. it would be rude

to not i wouldn't say it's on the nhs recovery. if you were watching in the last hour, you'd have heard them going hammer and tongs house of commons tongs it in the house of commons in. rishi sunak's in. relation to rishi sunak's plan nhs, which, plan to fix our nhs, which, let's be honest needs rather a lot of fixing. within the last few we heard from the few minutes we heard from the health gave health secretary as he gave information government's information on the government's plans waiting times plans to improve waiting times in nhs . steve barclay said in the nhs. steve barclay said all waits of 12 hours or more will be published . april starts will be published. april starts at a&e departments . you have to at a&e departments. you have to wait 12 hours or more. that will be published. ministers are committed to reducing waiting . committed to reducing waiting. labour criticised government's £1 billion plan for the nhs. they said that it had a supermassive black hole when it came to staff shortages. so the shadow health secretary wes streeting accused the government setting the nhs up to fail from the start with its new two year blueprint for improvement which is designed to boost capacity on the front line . in a nutshell the front line. in a nutshell they're saying, well, none of this will work. all of this extra budget, all these extra

resources, ambulances, beds, none of it'll work because you won't have the staff to be able to that. always hit to handle that. this always hit back said, well, actually back and said, well, actually you more presumably you want more staff presumably you're to pay you're backing having to pay them no you're not. so them more. no you're not. so therefore, a bit of back therefore, we have a bit of back and earlier, the prime and forth. earlier, the prime minister a £1 billion cash injection for emergency care would see the largest and fastest ever improvement waiting times as well as an increase in the use of virtual wards which he hopes will be transformational in tackling nhs pressures. it's a massive package actually, but the prime minister was full of fighting talk , so he set out his plans talk, so he set out his plans a little earlier. more, more , more little earlier. more, more, more ambulances, more . better social ambulances, more. better social care . and if we can deliver on care. and if we can deliver on it, if we can deliver on it, then i think we will see. in fact, i know, we will see the largest and, fastest ever improvement in waiting times in the nhs as history. that is the ambition , our plan that we set ambition, our plan that we set out today . we in world leading

out today. we in world leading territory again, maybe we are. but joining me now is chris thomas, who's a senior research at the institute for public policy and heads that commission on health and prosperity. great to have you on the show. thank you very much. we are reacting live now to that breaking. what do sound all of this and do you sound all of this and will actually all crumble if will it actually all crumble if we entice more staff into we can't entice more staff into the nhs ? yeah think you hit the the nhs? yeah think you hit the nail on the head. the nhs? yeah think you hit the nail on the head . some of the nail on the head. some of the things in today's are welcome. i think we do need more beds. the occupancy level of hospitals at the moment is shocking. it's unsafe. we do need more ambulances, but seen these big initiatives fail before . on the initiatives fail before. on the fact that if you can't get workforce to beds, then it's completely pointless . the completely pointless. the nightingales during covid collapsed for exactly that . so collapsed for exactly that. so if we can't solve the workforce then not really else matters . then not really else matters. but is the only way to entice workers to and indeed come is to pay workers to and indeed come is to pay them more. because i keep heanng pay them more. because i keep hearing these strikes are not just about pay. it's about

working conditions and patient safety . is the government trying safety. is the government trying to call their bluff here? go. well, if we improve working conditions and patient safety, then it just becomes about the money, doesn't it? the thing is , they're if they're putting in schemes which don't because the workforce isn't there, then they're not doing that kind of patient safety improvement job properly . pay is a really properly. pay is a really important to it. i think need to remember we're talking pay restoration here in terms of what's been cut rather than anything else. and that's a huge part of the retention recruitment story. but i think there's other things that are really as well just the core working experience of being in the nhs moment. people in the the nhs at moment. people in the nhs far more liable to things like , mental problems in like, mental health problems in many cases forcing them out of work. we know people report not being to breaks. kind being able to take breaks. kind of essentials , what it of the core essentials, what it means go to a job. so pay means to go to a job. so pay plus working would be, i think the thing that would the biggest impact nhs the stands at impact on the nhs the stands at the moment the concern is as

steve barclay pointed out to wall street ing me the policy at the minute backs a pay rise. do they so apart from the one that they so apart from the one that the regulator said they should give ? yeah. i mean, i think give? yeah. i mean, i think there's , you know, kind of the there's, you know, kind of the party political point to this, but i think onus on it remains with government who actually get to go into that and have negotiations with unions . i negotiations with unions. i think those those negotiations obviously haven't moved forward as quickly as they could have done, haven't been steps towards a deal. and i think that should be the priority going forward. one of the things that people keep and i'm you might keep asking me and i'm you might be to shed some light on be able to shed some light on this is fine if not because it is a bit of a technical point as people keep asking me punchy, did we cut bad numbers in order to account social distancing to account for social distancing dunng to account for social distancing during have during the pandemic? and have we now replace bad now not replace those bad numbers? aware of that numbers? so not aware of that numbers? so not aware of that numbers . there have numbers going. there may have been measures taken where space was used differently or things like towards , which like that towards, which accounts in the numbers were

were employed but longer were employed. but the longer term has been very term trajectory has been very much numbers and much cut that numbers and biggest bad cuts happened over the of austerity. and the decades of austerity. and the decades of austerity. and the was let's have the logic that was let's have more care in the community. but there was no community capacity that came to replace it. so the situation have is that situation we have today is that hospitals are meant to be running with only 85% of their beds. that's safe level and. beds. so that's safe level and. the majority of them are running at kind of 95, 98, even 100, which is which is just. okay. or look, thank you very, very much for joining us on this. oh, actually, sorry. just very quick very quick. while i'm sorry. i do want to talk to you a bit about the virtual wars, because that don't know anything that well, i don't know anything about the really and not a lot of people do because they're quite a new thing, aren't they? what a virtual world? it what is a virtual world? will it work? that you end work? my concern is that you end up the best will the world of up the best will in the world of a lot elderly trying a lot of elderly people trying get care on an ipad. get health care on an ipad. yeah, mean, they they have yeah, i mean, they they have emerging evidence. mean, the emerging evidence. i mean, the idea able to idea that would be able to facilitate at where it's facilitate at home where it's appropriate is a useful one. if

we can get gets people where it would appropriate, then would be appropriate, then that's for health. that's good for the health. there we've got to there say you know we've got to remember the kind of labour market access here, market access point here, managing and managing conditions better and getting into but getting people into work. but i think you're right. if it's just leaving people on their own to kind of navigate conflict, to tag without the right stuff, the right support, then there are questions over how effective it will thank you very will be. chris, thank you very much. thomas, who's much. chris thomas, who's a senior fellow the senior research fellow at the institute policy research institute public policy research and that on health and and heads that on health and prosperity, reacting to that breaking news , 5000 hostile breaking news, 5000 more hostile beds, 800 new ambulances are barely equipped nhs. barely equipped into the nhs. rishi sunak's to do a very ambitious thing here, which is reduce nhs waiting and frankly sort out the nhs isn't . we've sort out the nhs isn't. we've got to brass tacks on now . got down to brass tacks on now. this is one i've been teasing relentlessly for hour we got bit by steve barclay one point but now actually do it gavin now we can actually do it gavin . can reveal the asylum . you can reveal the asylum seekers payments of seekers receive payments of almos t £160 seekers receive payments of almost £160 million last year through a government debit card scheme. a freedom information request confirmed by the home

office showed the huge payout was through the aspen system, which for asylum support enablement card . it's a payment enablement card. it's a payment scheme that offers asylum a subsistence allowance start figures come through as new rules come into force today , rules come into force today, which will make it harder for who arrive here illegally convicted of serious to exploit the legal safeguards that exist to protect victims of modern slavery. lots to talk about . slavery. lots to talk about. vaiews@gbnews.uk on this one. get your views coming in. i asking you pretty simply should , we be giving pocket money to channel migrants. gb news is how many security to why? joins me now . mark what's the latest? now. mark what's the latest? what known? of course there is subsistence allowance that is given to those who are asylum seekers or indeed those who claim to be victims of modern slavery and in a parallel system what we really haven't known until now is , what that until now is, what that quantified is. now we have that

figure . it's from a gentleman figure. it's from a gentleman called steve laws is not averse effectively , these small boat effectively, these small boat arrivals also does around asylum seekers . in arrivals also does around asylum seekers. in an online blog, he put in a freedom of information request to the home office , request to the home office, asking what these osbourne cards effectively a debit card where they can put this effectively a debit card where they can put thi s £40 or so a they can put this £40 or so a month for asylum seekers on to not gets them whatever they want to buy with that in a shop what that actual figure from the 1st of january last year to the 31st of january last year to the 31st of january last year to the 31st of january last year amounted to and the figure that he got back from home office was hundred and 59,002 hundred, 159 million, i should say 200,000, which is just short of £160 million. so when it's put those terms clear

, leigh, but you know, it's a very significant amount of money because that comes on top the more than because that comes on top the more tha n £6 billion that is more than £6 billion that is already being paid by the home office to those these asylum seekers in hundreds of hotels right across the country. it doesn't begin then to quantify other issues around a border force geared to dealing with channel migrant crossings of the health and social that people coming in to the system would require a daily basis that is mainly billions more. can i also about some of the other things that supposedly people in hotels are getting hit. the minute i heard rumblings bikes or ubers or things are do we know anything about about that? so yeah we know i'm not sure about the bikes we know that they are given mobile phones. if that's requested. are certainly things these asylum seekers are given

to help them acclimatise to their life in the uk they await these asylum and all of it costs these asylum and all of it costs the taxpayer of course money as the taxpayer of course money as the number migrants mount up , it the number migrants mount up, it was almost 46,000 last year, not 189 arrived. yes today, taking the figure so far year to almost 1200. now, that's not as much it was at this period last year, but that is only because the weather's been pretty horrific the last two and a half months. the only been a few when it's been really flat out there. and you've had big numbers coming across . so the government has across. so the government has been saved , in a way from the been saved, in a way from the pressure of seeing boats arriving all the time on a daily bafis arriving all the time on a daily basis because of the weather conditions. but as soon as we get into better weather . yeah. get into better weather. yeah. and those numbers my top they will mind up significantly home

office officials , we are told, office officials, we are told, are quietly planning for the potential of double the number that arrived last year to arrive by the end of year. i mean, that is quite shocking stuff that ladies and gentlemen, there are preparations supposedly place for double the number people across the channel last year to arrive this year and mark last lee anderson but by shortly mp brought something into focus that had maybe off the radar a little bit which the alleged role of some of the asylum seeker charities on the other side of the channel that am i right in thinking that current state of play is if you can get yourself to calais you will looked after relatively in calais certainly not dissuade you from crossing the channel you can get in the channel way. you can get in the channel way. you will pretty much inevitably be picked up, brought to this country , how it's how the country, how it's how the expense of the taxpayer giving a mobile phone if you are so on on a debit card for a little bit spending yeah i they spending money. yeah i they looked after relatively is doing

some heavy lifting right they are in makeshift camps in scrubland woodland around the northwest coast of france but yes the charity that they are to try and feed and hand out clothing and things like that what. the real concern is of people lee anderson is that these charities are doing much more than not that they're giving them the kind of advice that would really help these people when . they cross through people when. they cross through irregular means, illegal means across the channel to this side to get asylum to make the best possible . we know the criminal possible. we know the criminal gangs are absolutely instructing in the best way forward for instance if they're from albania , they're being told actually you probably want to claim that you're a victim of trafficking, of modern slavery. yeah because that will stand you probably a better chance of staying in the uk than if you say your asylum seeking from a country like

albania, a obviously albania, which is a obviously a peaceful country. so we know that kind of schooling is going on those officials that we speak to on a regular basis. those camps likely understand and they say it's a whole industry , you say it's a whole industry, you know, from the criminal gangs to the charities to , those the charities to, those immigration lawyers , we're are immigration lawyers, we're are all helping and schooling these people to stand the best chance of ensuring that. they stay in the uk. sorry, mark. so going to get shout out in a second, but i just want to clarify something. as far as we are aware, people are gettin g £40 a month is a are getting £40 a month is a debit card that totals around 160 million quid spent in the last for pocket money, last year for pocket money, essentially for asylum seekers in hotels and they can spend now as far as we're whatever they want and that's exactly what it is effectively pocket money because in terms of their food and, their clothing, other are the mobile phones and things like that that is catered for,

their accommodation in a hotel is catered for. so if their accommodation in a hotel is catered for . so if they is catered for. so if they didn't have any money, they wouldn't starve it wouldn't be homeless. they wouldn't go without medical care. well, homeless. they wouldn't go without medical care. well, £40 a week, which those who argue that this is, you know , a paltry that this is, you know, a paltry sum , tha t £40 a week is purely sum, that £40 a week is purely for their pocket money, get whatever they desire in, a shop and it might be cigarettes, might be alcohol, might be sweets whatever they they want to do with that money. it can get off the aspen , but in total get off the aspen, but in total this is the stark really but a mind . to almost this is the stark really but a mind. to almost £160 million last year. mark thank very, very much for bringing that us. that's about why that gb news is home and security at just bringing you up to date when it comes to all of that what do you make of that gentleman gbviews@gbnews.uk, i imagine views come flooding views are going to come flooding in the in as we wave somalia. the education secretary moving on, gillian keegan has squandered an

opportunity strong and opportunity to have a strong and that's to the leaders that's according to the leaders of national education union. of the national education union. let's you that let's be honest with you that could written before could have been written before they here we they even had talks. but here we go. today's talks with a final opportunity to the mass walkout scheduled for wednesday, which is affect more than is expected to affect more than 23,000 schools. and crucially , 23,000 schools. and crucially, four and a half million children . who are the real victims in all of this? meanwhile, within the last half, an hour, the fire brigades union has announced that control that fire fighters and control room voted to strike room staff have voted to strike over pay and strikes have been dominating the political agenda as employees have been debating the controversial minimum service levels bill. realistically designed to. well, isuppose realistically designed to. well, i suppose reduce the impact of these strike actions. it's been heavily opposed by the unions aims to introduce a law which would force certain public sectors to maintain that basic level service on days at are striking. let's go live now to gb news this political catherine force catherine thank you very much. i've been banging on about

the teachers stuff i wanted to bnng the teachers stuff i wanted to bring that into focus a bit earlier on today. rather earlier on today. so rather predictably catherine the government wasted an government has wasted an opportunity to stop the teachers strikes that right ? yes opportunity to stop the teachers strikes that right? yes bad opportunity to stop the teachers strikes that right ? yes bad news strikes that right? yes bad news for parents who may have been hoping for a last minute's apologies about the noise reprieve from having to take off on wednesday to , look after on wednesday to, look after their children for a half million children, said be affected . no breakthrough in the affected. no breakthrough in the talks which has not come as much of a surprise . kevin courtney of a surprise. kevin courtney who is the joint general secretary of the ndu was talking to the press outside after the meeting finished and really quite downbeat. let's have a little look at what he had to say in almost every one of the 13 years since then. so gap between prices and pay keeps getting worse . worse for getting worse. worse for teachers . that's true for other teachers. that's true for other people , the economy. but it people, the economy. but it keeps getting worse , worse. and keeps getting worse, worse. and there's no sign the government

intends to change that ever. so it feels like a people's standard of living just continues fall and we have given the secretary of state some evidence today that that's been actually worse for teachers than other people. and that's impacting on the teacher recruitment and that is impacting on the standard of education that our young people are getting day day . kevin are getting day day. kevin courtney was really stressing the crisis , the crisis that is the crisis, the crisis that is now in teaching in terms of recruiting and retain learning staff. it's very difficult to recruit a subject teachers in subjects physics for example , subjects physics for example, and stem subjects because frankly, bright graduates can get a lot more money working in a different industry in a different section . so sector different section. so sector politics much noisier than going becoming a physics teacher and

also many teachers are leaving. he's saying also that teaching assistants are choosing to go work in supermarkets instead , work in supermarkets instead, they get so little money that it's just not worth our while. i did also ask him if he felt that they had public support and he said that he thought that public andindeed said that he thought that public and indeed the parents by and large were behind the teachers and, if not behind the strikes. again for teachers , more money. again for teachers, more money. he said that he thought the government should be very worried about the level of support amongst the public for pubuc support amongst the public for public sector. yes. support amongst the public for public sector . yes. okay support amongst the public for public sector. yes. okay right. thank you very, very much, catherine and weldon for battling the background noise. they did expertly catherine force the gb news is . reporter force the gb news is. reporter so that's the news on. the teachers strike. they've said that they are going to strike. fascinating stuff that they're saying. well a lot of teachers are conditions in pay so bad

we're going to work. we're all going to work in supermarkets yet the data on that will yet to see the data on that will be interesting reading as well. they also yet to see the on the level of public support. i can't help but wonder though if you were a parent out there and you now and to look after your little frog on a day that you were planning on selling them to school, not your school, whether or not your support teachers strike support for the teachers strike would go would indeed actually go through. seen the through. so it's also seen the boss the new union and the boss of the new union and the education secretary try to avert strike failed they've been strike have failed they've been described unproductive? with described as unproductive? with me is former me live in the studio is former teacher head of education teacher and head of education at the centre policy studies. the centre for policy studies. it's mark, thank it's mark lehane. mark, thank you much. have you you very much. great to have you in now it's painted in the studio now it's painted that is an overwhelming by that this is an overwhelming by teachers themselves for this strike 90% of teachers that the any you who took part in this in favour of it but only 53% turned out it's not exactly a ringing endorsement is it. no and actually if you do 90% of 53% and as a former maths teacher, all of the areas that kind of stuff, it comes out as only 48%

of the new members voted for strike action . now, listen, strike action. now, listen, that's within the rules. yes did the to strike. but of the thresholds to strike. but of the thresholds to strike. but of the concerns i've got and lots of other people have about these strikes for them strikes is the support for them isn't strikes is the support for them isnt deep strikes is the support for them isn't deep as leadership isn't as deep as the leadership had then to be quite had hoped. and then to be quite divisive you're now going to have different people from different striking different in striking not striking going different in striking not str set g going different in striking not strset within going different in striking not strset within staff going different in striking not strset within staff firmsgoing to set within staff firms against one another. you might find to open schools find head trying to open schools and staff keep and their staff trying to keep the schools closed and even worse it pictures worse potentially it pictures schools against the families that surface that they're meant to surface you so this wednesday you know and so this wednesday lots fans are going to take time off in the middle of a cost off work in the middle of a cost off work in the middle of a cost of crisis to and look of living crisis to and look after they're after their kids because they're not school. i suppose really not at school. i suppose really what down to is what this does come down to is whether or not teachers are justified to strike over what they're the moment in they're paid at the moment in your . well, always your are they. well, it's always nice more if you're nice to be paid more if you're offered a pay rise. i was offered a pay rise. if i was offered a pay rise. if i was offered a pay rise, if we absolutely take a look and there is no doubt that the top of the teacher scale it hasn't kept teacher pay scale it hasn't kept up inflation last few up with inflation the last few years. okay but the low end

years. okay but at the low end of pay scale, the teachers of the pay scale, the teachers have seen their starting salary go and up. and in go up and up and up. and in fact, it will hit go up and up and up. and in fact, it will hi t £30,000 fact, it will hit £30,000 a yeah fact, it will hit £30,000 a year. academic year. year. next, academic year. now, except interesting. let's except that's interesting. let's drill because drill down onto that, because when read a lot of reports when you read a lot of reports on this is talking about a real terms pay cut for teachers of something like 50% more sorry, 15% tells a full low more in the last ten or 15 years. now what you to be telling me is that maybe those the higher end of the pay scale they've not had the pay scale they've not had the big pay increases but those at bottom end entry at the bottom end your entry level teachers is not been bad for them. that's what i did. a bit of analysis last week actually, and basically different teachers with different teachers with different experience have had different experience have had different pay rises different amounts of pay rises over time . it has fallen back on over time. it has fallen back on where. it was in 2010, but teachers did see big pay through the 2000. rightly, i would argue, as a teacher then i benefited from myself. but when you add in the pension that go along with teachers , the average along with teachers, the average teacher's salary , classroom teacher's salary, classroom teacher's salary, classroom teacher salary is about

teacher's salary, classroom teacher salary is abou t £42,000 teacher salary is about £42,000 a year out on the pension contributions of another 24. the average teacher's package is just over average teacher's package is just ove r £50,000. now, listen , just over £50,000. now, listen, that's your average, right? that's. well above what the average gets in sectors. average worker gets in sectors. now, i think that's really important. teachers important. i think teachers should paid . my argument should be well paid. my argument is we're all facing cost of is we're all facing the cost of living pressures. we are feeling the pinch people who work in teaching feeling pinch, but teaching are feeling pinch, but other facing much other people are facing much worse than that. in particular lots of those families that teachers are serving through their . and my worry is their school. and my worry is that where is at the moment there is a lot of public support for the profession. when you look teachers are look surveys, teachers are in the three four. most the top three or four. most trusted professions. my worry is if families start to lose income and out and they have and i'm really out and they have these these strikes these and we have these strikes trust the profession decline trust in the profession decline and would be a real shame. and that would be a real shame. i'm going after on i'm going after russia on this last sorry but last one, i'm afraid. sorry but how is the teaching how much is the teaching profession become politicised? would may be infiltrated would argue may be infiltrated by quite hard left ideology. could that be contributing towards this or not? i think

it's fair to say some unions have always been a bit more small political others, small pay political than others, but in it for but most teachers are in it for the right reasons, they the right reasons, like they always they want to always have been. they want to do right by kids. and unfortunate in this situation where the are on. where the strikes are going on. but that's whole profession. but that's not whole profession. that's members. look but that's not whole profession. thaivery members. look but that's not whole profession. thaivery much members. look but that's not whole profession. thaivery much it'siembers. look but that's not whole profession. thaivery much it's beenirs. look but that's not whole profession. thaivery much it's been really,k you very much it's been really, really enlightening. much appreciate it. thank you. i wish you i was you automatic when i was at school. i'll be great. i'll see i probably want to send out like this now who calls this ball. hey, now who calls that at the centre for that education at the centre for policy? just watching you do that really which that breaking news really which is teachers. yes to is the teachers. yes going to strike is happening wednesday strike is happening on wednesday i were at i mean it would if they were at this when else is this stage when else is firefighters just showing this stage when else is firefpolicy; just showing this stage when else is firefpolicy as just showing this stage when else is firefpolicy as wellt showing this stage when else is firefpolicy as well anyway1g the policy as well anyway patrick christys on gb news. coming charles is coming up, king charles is reportedly archbishop of reportedly ask the archbishop of canterbury to olive branch canterbury to offer olive branch to him to to harry and invite him to coronation. plan . or would coronation. good plan. or would harry and meghan's presence overshadow the event? will be overshadow the event? i will be back in just a sec .

you were gb news. it'sjust you were gb news. it's just after 430. the headlines this houh after 430. the headlines this hour. in the last few minutes. it's announced the firefighters and room staff have voted for their first nationwide strike overin their first nationwide strike over in 20 years. the fire bngades over in 20 years. the fire brigades union said its members have experienced a 12% drop in real terms since 2010. last november members rejected a pay of 5. also the headlines downing street has urged to step back and prevent fresh wave of nationwide strikes . the plea nationwide strikes. the plea comes as last talks between teaching unions and the government failed, meaning industrial action by teachers will go ahead on wednesday in england and wales. that's over. paying conditions as well. it's expected to be the biggest day of industrial action in decades with up to a million public

service workers, including train drivers and civil servants also taking action . meanwhile, the taking action. meanwhile, the prime minister has been defending his handling of the nadine zahawi rail, saying he acted decisively. rishi sunak been under pressure to reveal exactly he knew about nadhim zahawi tax affairs. the prime minister says he sacked the conservative party chairman yesterday after an ethics inquiry found he'd committed serious breach of the ministerial. serious breach of the ministerial . well, these ministerial. well, these questions started to light about nadhim zahawi . you know, i questions started to light about nadhim zahawi .you know, i asked nadhim zahawi. you know, i asked the independent adviser , get to the independent adviser, get to the independent adviser, get to the bottom of it and to provide with the facts i was able to make a very quick decision. it was no longer for nadhim zahawi to in government, and that's why he's longer there. and that's what i've done. it relates to things that happened well before was minister. it's was prime minister. it's unfortunate. change what unfortunate. i can't change what happened past. unfortunate. i can't change what happened past . and happened in the past. and lastly, secretary has lastly, the health secretary has announced lastly, the health secretary has announce billion funding announced £1 billion in funding to nhs frontline to boost nhs frontline capability . steve barclay says capability. steve barclay says the will work to bring response

to pre—pandemic levels . the plan to pre—pandemic levels. the plan also includes thousand more hospital beds , 800 new hospital beds, 800 new ambulances as well as expanding urgent care to take place in people's homes. but labour says the plans aren't enough to tackle the problems . more detail tackle the problems. more detail on that when we come back at 5:00. in the meantime back to . patrick kay . kay, welcome back, kay. kay, welcome back, everybody. patrick christys here on gb news on the is reportedly leaned on the of canterbury to ask prince harry attend his coronation. the monarch is said to hope that justin welby can come to some sort of agreement with two sons that would allow the duke and duchess of sussex to attend the coronation in may. the king is said to believe harry and meghan's absence will be more of distraction than if be more of a distraction than if they and only thing

they attended and only thing asked people, because i suspect asked people, because i suspect a people it will be more a lot of people it will be more of a distraction if they do turn up they just stayed up than if they just stayed away. joining me now is former royal grant. harold royal butler. it's grant. harold grant, very, very grant, thank you very, very much. the noises that much. some of the noises that the of canterbury, the archbishop of canterbury, justin he's been captured justin welby, he's been captured by the spell meghan and harry. is he really the best to try to mediate ? but it that camilla and mediate? but it that camilla and i think this all bit confusing because the sad part of this is it shows that the king speaks to harry, then it's shown that the communication really has broken down badly and going to the archbishop as a kind of obviously helped broker deal it just i find it so hard to believe i mean bear in mind being a full member the royal household i'm just on how these kind of things what it just doesn't up wouldn't doesn't add up it wouldn't surprise if some detached surprise me if some detached bishop may have offered assistance. wouldn't be surprising. i just. i just surprising. but i just. ijust find it really hard to believe. and as you said i think a majority people will be majority of people will be worried that this feud overshadow coordination. overshadow the coordination. yeah, indeed. the

yeah, indeed. look, the mediation think reading between the lines here is between really harry and william kind of mediated, obviously by the archbishop of canterbury , you archbishop of canterbury, you know, the two brothers. you were a royal butler there . do you a royal butler there. do you think any amount of mediation can this relationship at this point ? it's really difficult point? it's really difficult because the one thing that the royal family and even the brothers, it was always about trust. remember that trust was the biggest thing. and the fact that that has broken down between them. i generally don't know. don't if you can know. i don't know if you can ever that kind trust ever get that kind of trust relationship. but i've always said i think behind closed doors it's false. years gone, it's false. was as years gone, dick gone. that things dick is gone. that things you know can't be fixed it's know things can't be fixed it's not impossible but it's just know carnations only a few months and i think that's months away and i think that's what i'm really struggling with. if brought this if it's brought them this badly that obviously people that they obviously need people to a deal . that they obviously need people to a deal. that's to help come to a deal. that's what's worrying. i should also mention i noticed poll has mention i noticed a poll has been that said about 70% of been done that said about 70% of the public would like to see

harry. actually, the coordination . but as you said, coordination. but as you said, i think a lot of people be worried because it overshadow and i'm sure that something that the sure that is something that the king and william and members the royal family concerned royal family will be concerned that overshadow the that it could overshadow the coronation you surprised coronation. were you surprised as was gran, to discover that harry and meghan apparently want to come to the coronation mean the last i heard, of course it was you know, were a horrible was you know, we were a horrible little cesspit of a nation and they wouldn't be sitting dead with alas apparently with us. but alas apparently they quite keen they seem quite keen on attending. that this is attending. well, that this is the problem i've got. i mean , the problem i've got. i mean, who knows? what i intention who knows? but what i intention and his situation and if i was in his situation and, had done the interviews i'd done and all the rest of it. i be i wouldn't want to. i wouldn't it be the most awkward thing patrick did turn up at an event where you've done what you've done you've what you've done you've said what you've done you've said what you've then suddenly you've said, and then suddenly you're be there trying you're going to be there trying to just doesn't. to be all. it just doesn't. what? just don't see how what? i just don't see how that's possible. unless they can fix that relationship. you're fix that relationship. if you're telling now and telling me that between now and may the sixth, that can fix a relationship . it would a

relationship. it would be a i think it would be almost a medical. indeed and i suppose the big one is the archbishop of canterbury the right man to do this. was again quite this. i was again quite surprised was chosen and surprised that he was chosen and that he was still talking to meghan they very meghan and harry after they very nearly him under bus nearly threw him under the bus by that did have a by saying that he did have a secret for them, which had it happened would have been illegal. think the one thing illegal. i think the one thing that the royal family and with the contravened , the archbishop contravened, they've got a close relationship. that's that's a thought. those has been that thought. and those has been that relationship. i don't it relationship. so i don't it impossible to believe that this may be conversations taking place but the thing is again there's so other people that i know they've got connection know that they've got connection with the two families with between the two families that easily go to, that they could easily go to, which thought we'd made which i'd have thought we'd made sense. this is some sense. but maybe this is some day slightly separate from day be slightly separate from all. maybe he also maybe he feels that this has to be . and feels that this has to be. and as i said, maybe he's approached the king about this idea who, knows. you know, this is the thing. but sit down and belong to stop this. it's unusual. just just more one. it's just one more quick one. it's slightly because this is

slightly unusual because this is unquestionably family unquestionably the royal family offering, an olive branch to harry and meghan. surely this is , some would argue, a big break in protocol. this is really a gift from king charles. i've noficed gift from king charles. i've noticed had been a few . no, the noticed had been a few. no, the king's offer, the olive branch . king's offer, the olive branch. and the reality is this could be the last olive they're offered if they get this wrong, then this could be the of that this could be the end of that relationship. there's only so many times you can an olive branch king's branch and in the king's position, you know , already done position, you know, already done it i think will be it a few times. i think will be the time that olive the last time that the olive branch will be offered. and after that, that will be i don't see it happening again. i don't see it happening again. i don't see anything see that often anything can forward. in your forward. so in your in your opinion think this opinion grant you think this mediation for the archbishop of canterbury if this doesn't go and if harry doesn't take it that's it for harry's relationship with the royal family i think it could possibly for the time being that could be where this goes a separate ways . as i said, i always think things of course we do heal at

this moment in time. i think it's possible that could be but could be a crown. always a pleasure. i just say as pleasure. and i just say as well, i'm in awe of. wherever you always do your interviews with. me, it's a splendid place where it do you live? buckingham palace? yes is not buckingham, but home. she's your. but it's my home. she's your. i tell you what, i. i've got. there's an invite. but if there everis there's an invite. but if there ever is one, i'll be round that in a shop. graham, thank you very much. great to open a fuller royal butler from what looks a palace, own, i looks like a palace, his own, i must there we go. right must say. there we go. right now, want into the now, i want to delve into the inbox gbviews@gbnews.uk, three biggies that you've gone off in today. got health care today. we've got the health care plan. sunak is laws plan. the rishi sunak is laws also the fact that we're spending it's £40 a week of your money, which equates to around £160 million a year on pocket money for channel migrants. and yes just now i'm looking at the box front me now, a lot of box in front of me now, a lot of you getting very miffed you getting very very miffed about that harry might you getting very very miffed abouicome that harry might you getting very very miffed abouicome to that harry might you getting very very miffed abouicome to the at harry might you getting very very miffed abouicome to the coronationght you getting very very miffed abouicome to the coronation .ht even come to the coronation. let's delve into that in box now. going to start with the now. i'm going to start with the government's pledge of thousands of hospital hundreds of extra hospital beds, hundreds more to

more ambulances in a bid to tackle the casualties rise tackle the long casualties rise . ben, on race as our incompetent government is not able to pay nurses a living wage, but they can introduce billions pounds in more funding to help tackle emergency care waiting times . what do they not waiting times. what do they not get ? the nurses are on the front get? the nurses are on the front line. without them they are nothing understand point nothing. i understand your point completely just completely right. i just politely and say what politely push back and say what the would argue. i'm the government would argue. i'm mentioned well, can only mentioned is, well, we can only pay mentioned is, well, we can only pay nurses and other staff pay the nurses and other staff what they want or we can increase number of resources again . it doesn't take a genius again. it doesn't take a genius to work out that you kind of almost can't do one without the other, actually, because you can the resources. but if you haven't got the staff because they leaving because you're not paying they leaving because you're not paying them then doesn't paying them enough, then doesn't work hot mess. work anyway. it's a hot mess. alan scotland says alan from scotland says i believe sole with a&e believe the sole issue with a&e is of care homes needed is the lack of care homes needed . government needs to start . the government needs to start building over the uk as building more all over the uk as soon as this happens. there won't as ambulances waiting won't as many ambulances waiting in line a&e. yeah. i mean, the is we've got an elderly population an, ageing population i should say . and know we

i should say. and we do know we live in a society where traditional really have your elderly relatives living with you in that dosage . and i can you in that dosage. and i can understand that a lot of people don't want. great grandma in your spare room and i can get that because people have got lives to live. but actually in some that you do that, some cultures that you do that, maybe burden off maybe that takes the burden off the maybe you're the nhs. maybe you're on something. care something. building more care homes, a guarantee pays for that though. mel says plan announced homes, a guarantee pays for that thougiregarding's plan announced homes, a guarantee pays for that thougiregarding virtual announced homes, a guarantee pays for that thougiregarding virtual wardsnced homes, a guarantee pays for that thougiregarding virtual wards ised today regarding virtual wards is a frightening prospect. what exactly virtual hi tech bet exactly is a virtual hi tech bet . can't get a remote . we can't even get a remote appointment a so what are appointment, a gp. so what are the chances of getting a remote appointment a hospital. yeah the chances of getting a remote acompletely a hospital. yeah the chances of getting a remote acompletely understandal. yeah the chances of getting a remote acompletely understand whatah i completely understand what you're saying now i can see a problem that centre with virtual at home wards lots of reaction to the asylum seekers that might want process to the asylum seekers that might want proces s £40 a week in want process £40 a week in pocket money as marc white brought to you there saying you as an asylum seeker you got bed and board obviously okay you also do you get clothing etc. and you get health care. so the

£40 a week on a debit card that you won't know you're paying for just straight pocket money to spend. as we on whatever one my blood is , says janet. there are blood is, says janet. there are many good people out there who work hard for that pay and don't . £40 a week disposable income . . £40 a week disposable income. that's a good point. i've also had annabel on annabel says do the homeless veterans here get £40 a week? we know the answer. that's okay. so yes , people that's no. okay. so yes, people up in arms about the that £160 million a year of taxpayers is spent just on pocket for channel migrants by the way, that could well double next year because we're expecting double the amount channel migrants you would many patrick christys on after the break. fears grow for after the break. fears grow for a mother of two who went missing on her morning dog walk. we will have the latest from our reporter in lancashire. yes really morbidly fascinating case. i'll break the ice on that in just a moment.

yeah welcome back, everybody. now police , lancashire have said now police, lancashire have said that they are extreme concerned of the safety . nicola bailey, of the safety. nicola bailey, who has been missing now for three days. the 45 year old mother of two was last seen at around 9 am. on the morning of the 27th of january while walking her dog on a footpath next to the river. nicola is boyfriend has said that she has two little girls that need them mummy home is a really really interesting case this for all the wrong reasons of course we go live now to lancashire where gb news reporter will hollis . gb news reporter will hollis. well, what is the latest . yes. well, what is the latest. yes. well, what is the latest. yes. well this has been a bit of an ongoing case, lancashire police,

andifs ongoing case, lancashire police, and it's one that they can't quite get resolved at the moment. it's not lancashire police who's looking for pulley, a 45 year old woman from the local area near to st michael's along the river y. it's also includes various different teams of divers , fire and rescue of divers, fire and rescue officers , and they're really officers, and they're really concerned because nicola hasn't been seen since. 9:59 am. on friday morning . so that's more friday morning. so that's more than three days ago. and it's something that is really worrying police and of course, the people that are around her where i am right now is just by the river. wyre and there's a bench where soon after she went missing, her mobile was found. she was on a walk with her spaniel dog, the spaniel dog was also found shortly afterwards, but there's still no idea where nicola might be . we've been nicola might be. we've been speaking and hearing from lancashire police and they can give a little bit more as to what's been going on in this

investigation . so i'm here today investigation. so i'm here today to appeal for witnesses . in the to appeal for witnesses. in the case of nicola bailey as , the 45 case of nicola bailey as, the 45 year old lady from local area, who sadly missing last friday morning . at about 9:15 am, she morning. at about 9:15 am, she was last seen walking her small brown dog on the towpath of the river wyre dog was found about an hour later as as her mobile phone so her family are very concerned as are we we've mounted a really intensive operations to try and find nicola include , a number of nicola include, a number of specialist officers from our north—west regional search unit . and specialist investigators who are supporting the family , who are supporting the family, as well as a lot of partners like mountain rescue , lancashire like mountain rescue, lancashire fire and rescue and others and the coastguard are we thank them very much as well as local people have turned out in force who were obviously equally

concerned for nicola. and we appeal for anyone who may have been driving through the village of st michael's last friday morning. it's about 915 or who have dashcam footage that could be of use to us or people who may have been dog walking in the area or on the towpath to come forward . they can ring one on forward. they can ring one on one, or if they have a sighting . nicola 999 . this does appear . nicola 999. this does appear to be quite a tight knit community. there's a lots of dog walkers that have been walking along the river. wyre i'm standing right and it seems that quite a few of them knew nicola certainly recognised her. there's also pictures of nicola on, the trees and on the posts in the around here because this really quite a big concern for the local people as well as for police because it is quite a big concern for local people lancashire. police say that if

you are interested in helping , you are interested in helping, you are interested in helping, you are interested in helping, you are trying to do something to , i suppose make sense of it to, i suppose make sense of it in your way really not to put yourself in danger because of course this does really focus around this part of, course this does really focus around this part of , the river around this part of, the river wyre here near , st michael's. wyre here near, st michael's. and while there have been teams that have been going along and examining parts the river, they don't want anybody to put themselves in to risk. but of course, do say if you do have information, if it's something small, one one would be small, maybe one one would be the good way to go. but if there is some evidence and there is some hard evidence and there is some hard evidence and there is that, of course, that emergency line, you can get in touch the police on nine on touch with the police on nine on nine think you have seen nine if you think you have seen nicola. thank you very nicola. well thank you very much. that to us from much. well that to us from lancashire. i'm just going to echo the words of nicola's boyfriend here, which is the quote which is two little girls that need that mummy home. and of course if anyone does have information relation to the information in relation to the of nicola bailey, please you contact 111 or indeed 999. right moving on from that i'm, going

to go back into the inbox. we are hoping to very shortly anyway have a little bit of a chat, a story that i saw yesterday. i'm sure a lot of you will have seen it. well, london school economics they have school of economics they have decided the decided to cancel the yes. they've christmas a they've cancelled christmas in a way cancelled term way they've cancelled term michaelmas lent because obviously in a drive relentlessly and indeed needlessly be seen as inclusive to everybody from all over the world. we can't possibly offend people word christmas people with the word christmas or michaelmas lent. or indeed michaelmas or lent. i wondering whether or not this is just yet another example frankly of suppose could argue kristie of i suppose could argue kristie and tradition eviscerated in this just at the altar this country just at the altar of inclusive mercy and maybe to protect the sensitivities others hopefully we're going to get a guest on that. but in the meantime, it just gives me excuse to say to talk to you wonderful people. gbviews@gbnews.uk of gbviews@gbnews.uk uk and lots of you in touch with your you mean in touch with your thoughts on the fact that asylum are receiving . almost £160 are receiving. almost £160 million? last year to a government debit card system . so

government debit card system. so get this okay you find your way to calais where are relatively looked after anyway by groups like carrefour calais who did care to comment. obviously when we were trying get them on the show the other day and you make your the channel, you your way across the channel, you get up. the only border get picked up. the only border force, whatever taxpayers yet again and you sent for processing manston processing centre it then you centre are the ones it then you find yourself in a four star hotel. in some cases, and then on of you've had in on top of that you've had in board course . then you got board of course. then you got clothing. all right, fine . can clothing. all right, fine. can go and see a doctor. you can see a might find yourself in a gp might find yourself even in some males. men are fully some cases males. men are fully grown find getting grown men find yourself getting an our school an education in our school system. and then on top of that, as well, someone comes up and goes, you want a mobile? they goes, do you want a mobile? they say, would love to have a say, yes, i would love to have a mobile thank you very mobile phone. thank you very much. course, to much. i need it, of course, to call my family back in albania or wherever they're, i think got a phone. and then shakira a mobile phone. and then shakira you're card as you're given a debit card as well. hi , £40 a week for well. his £40, £40 a week for you spend whatever you you to spend on whatever you want. down the shops the want. go down the shops hit the shops. don't it all at shops. don't spend it all at once darling. says once darling. lindon says it's so frustrating the

so frustrating that the bottomless pit of money this country has is being to country has is being used to support and encourage to come across the channel illegally, especially our own especially when some of our own personnel are living on personnel are living rough on the street and it just home as the street and it just home as the home again it yeah we have got cost of living crisis at got a cost of living crisis at the minute. we've always had a veteran homelessness problem and that the way through that is by the way through a variety issues and variety of different issues and i'm we all them i'm sure we can all them catastrophic of mental catastrophic levels of mental health when our armed health issues when our armed forces from the horrors of war that seen and it's not always a forward as to why they end up on the the fact is we have the streets. the fact is we have roughly speaking around 7000 homeless veterans. homeless military veterans. that's concern which of estima that's a concern which of estima and then 40 quid away from the government they the government are they the government. them and government. is it them up and going, here's going, hey, you go here's a debit card so you can spend the money on whatever you like. robert majority. these robert says the majority. these people war people are not fleeing a war zone. they coming from zone. they are coming from france. they should be applying for asylum the country for asylum in. the first country they enter. no , they should they enter. if no, they should lose apply. i voted lose the right to apply. i voted for to stop this influx for brexit to stop this influx of illegal migrants. all of illegal migrants. but all that is that it's that has happened is that it's gotten that's view

gotten worse. that's your view is the way i could go is echoed by the way i could go i've got emails, emails, emails in here, but i've in front of me here, but i've only got a second or two. i just want to say yes, we are clearly, clearly now a soft touch. are we a four star hotel clothing board, health care , education, board, health care, education, pubuc board, health care, education, public services out your backside, plus 40 quid a week expenses. we are afford. 6000 people come across the channel last year that number predicted to double in the year ahead. how much more we afford ? hi there. much more we afford? hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here . the it's aidan mcgivern here. the met office. it's turned out be a dry afternoon for many . it will dry afternoon for many. it will stay dry at first. this afternoon is the evening with clear spells as the sun goes down in the south. but further wet weather is on way in the far north. this area of low pressure heading towards iceland will dangle its weather fronts in from the northwest and they thicken up the cloud across western scotland, parts of northern ireland, bringing some light rain during the evening, but heavier rain later in the evening and by midnight crossing

northern ireland, much of scotland arriving . northern scotland arriving. northern england and north wales ahead of that clear spells at first, perhaps a touch of frost in some spots in the south , 3 to spots in the south, 3 to 5 celsius first thing tuesday, 4 to 5 celsius to the north of the front. but blustery showers here as the wind picks up and brings as the wind picks up and brings a number of outbreaks into scotland. northern as well as northern england tuesday. meanwhile, in south, the area of cloud and outbreaks , rain clear cloud and outbreaks, rain clear the south coast as a weakening feature and the returns by the afternoon across much of england wales 12 celsius in the south feeling pleasant enough but feeling pleasant enough but feeling cold with that strengthening for scotland. northern and northern england snow falling over the scotland hills and mountains above hundred metres, the wind strengthens further during tuesday , with gales developing tuesday, with gales developing across exposed coasts of northern scotland 60 to 70 mile per hour wind gust possible, perhaps even 80 mile per hour

for a time that cause disruption further south, it's breezy, but it's mostly with temperatures dipping to 6 to 7 celsius by the start of wednesday and wednesday is going to be a blustery in the north with further showers or longer spells of rain for northern ireland, northern england southern scotland . england and southern scotland. the scotland sees the the rest of scotland sees the winds die away during wednesday . the showers will ease as well to . sunny spells. but all areas to. sunny spells. but all areas look on thursday and friday although also milder this year on gb news we've got brand new members of the family join us across the entire united kingdom cover the issues that matter to gb news will always honest, balanced and fair. we want to hear whatever is on your mind and we don't talk to you. the establishment has their chance. now we're here to, represent you. britain's watching . come you. britain's watching. come join us on tv news. the people's channel join us on tv news. the people's channel, britain's news .

channel welcome back, wonderful people. it's just gone. 5 pm. it's a bumper news day and you are with me. patrick christys on gb news. let's get stuck . talks fail to let's get stuck. talks fail to avert teacher strike this coming wednesday will be another whopping big day for strikes wednesday because teachers train university lecturers, security guards. well, they will all join 100,000 civil servants on. a walkout that's expected to the largest industrial action in over a decade. but today, i'm more on the teachers because they're going on strike. they want an above inflation pay rise, supposedly around four and a half million children will miss out on school. but when you really drill down on the

numbers. it's emerged actually only around 47% of teachers from union voted to strike. go figure . this is another biggie for you . oh, we just a piggy bank for channel migrants. gb news can reveal. within the last year, asylum seekers have payments of £160 million through government cards. the aspen system, which stands for asylum support enablement card, is payment scheme that offers asylum seekers subsistence allowance. all home insecure. get this amount while we'll bring you the very latest on that, email me gb views on gbnews.uk. two big topics for you to get cracking with this monday evening. do brackets each strike the numbers think on that will shock you when i reveal that to you later. and should we be giving channel migrants pocket money gbviews@gbnews.uk . look forward gbviews@gbnews.uk. look forward to hearing from you. i'll be back. it headlines . patrick. back. it headlines. patrick. thank you . evening to you. the

thank you. evening to you. the news that just after 5:00 on gb news firefight owners and control room staff have within the last hour voted their first nationwide strike overpay in 20 years. the fire brigades says its members have experienced a 12% drop in real terms. earnings since 2010. last november, members rejected a pay rise of 5% and teachers are planning to go on strike in england . wales go on strike in england. wales after last minute talks between unions and the government failed for them as well. the national union says there's no offer from gillian keegan on trying to bndge gillian keegan on trying to bridge the gap . teachers are bridge the gap. teachers are planning to strike on wednesday in a dispute over pay and conditions and it's expected to be the biggest day of industrial action in decades with up to a million public service workers, including trained drivers and civil servants , also taking civil servants, also taking action . union leaders say the action. union leaders say the education has squandered an opportunity to avoid strike action gap between price and pay

keeps getting worse and worse for teachers . that's true for for teachers. that's true for other people , the economy. but other people, the economy. but it keeps getting worse . worse it keeps getting worse. worse and there's no sign the government intends to change that ever . so it feels like that ever. so it feels like a people's standard of living just to fall and we have given the secretary of state some today that that's been actually worse teachers than other people. and that's impacting on the teacher recruitment and retention, and thatis recruitment and retention, and that is on the standard of education that our young people getting day by day . meanwhile, getting day by day. meanwhile, the health secretary has announced the health secretary has announce d £1 billion in funding announced £1 billion in funding to boost nhs frontline capability . he, steve barclay, capability. he, steve barclay, says government will work to bnng says government will work to bring response times back to pre—pandemic levels. the plan also 5000 more hospital beds, 800 new ambulances as well as expanding urgent care take place in people's homes. mr. barclay also says the government will

pubush also says the government will publish the number of 12 hour wait lists . but labour says the wait lists. but labour says the plans aren't enough to tackle the problems . well, the prime the problems. well, the prime minister has been busy defending his handling of the nadhim zahawi row, saying he active decisively. rishi sunak has been under real pressure to reveal what he knew about zahawi tax affairs. the prime minister says he sacked the conservative party chairman yesterday after the ethics inquiry found he'd committed a serious breach of the ministerial code. well, these questions started coming to light about nadhim zahawi. i asked the independent adviser to get to the bottom of it and to provide me with the facts. i was able to make a very quick decision. it was no longer appropriate for the team zahawi to continue in government, and that's why he's no longer there. and what i've it relates and what i've done, it relates to happened well to things that happened well before prime minister, before i was prime minister, so unfortunately i can't change what past past . what happened in the past past. police are appealing for witnesses as they continue their search for a woman gone missing

in lancashire. while she was out walking her dog , 45 year old walking her dog, 45 year old nicola birley , last seen on nicola birley, last seen on friday on a footpath in st michaels on wyre . she was michaels on wyre. she was walking her spaniel before she went missing, although her dog has since been found . police say has since been found. police say they're keeping an open mind about what happened, but they don't believe ms. body was attacked . her family are very attacked. her family are very concerned , as are we. we've concerned, as are we. we've mounted a really intensive operations. try and find nicola and we appeal for anyone who may have been driving through the village of st michael's last friday morning at about 915 or who may have dashcam footage that could be of use to us or people may have been dog walking in the area or on the towpath to console would . boris johnson console would. boris johnson says vladimir threatened him just weeks before russia's invasion of ukraine. the comment was made during a phone call after mr. johnson kyiv in

ukraine to show support for the country . the former prime country. the former prime minister made the claim in a bbc documentary the kremlin has described it as a lie and lastly the personal data of around million jd sports may be at risk after company was hit by a cyber attack . the sportswear chain attack. the sportswear chain says hackers also have access private information including email accounts , phone numbers email accounts, phone numbers and the last four digits of bank cars. and the last four digits of bank cars . it affects orders placed cars. it affects orders placed with between november 2018 and october 2020. jd sports says . it october 2020. jd sports says. it was contacting any customer who may have been affected . that's may have been affected. that's the latest news is as it happens. now back to patrick . patrick welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. now, i thought we'd

moved from strikes, but alas, no, we have them because there's more of them. feels like more of them. it feels like we're dangerously close we're getting dangerously close to strike territory. to general strike territory. there's of there's another wave of industrial large. industrial is looming large. more workers from a range of sectors are walking out this wednesday . talks between rather wednesday. talks between rather predictably , the education union predictably, the education union leaders and. the secretary of state for education took place today. anyone? guess what happened? yeah, they broke out. but the only have subsequently said keegan has said that gillian keegan has squandered the opportunity to avert walkouts, which are expected affect 23,000 expected to affect 23,000 schools. another way of putting is roughly four and a half million children . also this million children. also this afternoon, the fire brigade union has announced that their members have voted in favour of strike action. so today we've got teachers in the fire brigade . not great starts the week, is it. it all comes as the government's minimum service levels bill is going through its final stages in parliament, which vehemently which has been vehemently opposed by unions. so that's opposed by the unions. so that's essentially , bill, what do essentially, bill, to what do what says on the table, what it says on the table, really sure even really make sure that even dunng really make sure that even during hard call strike action

there is a minimum service there. so keep on running in the variety of vital public service sectors. lots get stuck until sure we can all agree. joining me now to discuss the ethics of this minimum service levels, bill is political commentator is david oldroyd. both android unionist jerry hax. both of you, thank very, very much. now jerry oh, in light of the that four and a half million kids might be off school and the fire brigade might decide to take a few days off as well. are you off work as well. are you against a minimum service. i am against a minimum service. i am against a minimum service. i am against a minimum service level. it's an attack on workers rights , a attack on the right strike. it's also very much a political diversionary tactic . the tories diversionary tactic. the tories are tanking in the polls. they're mired in sleaze , they're mired in sleaze, corruption, bullying and ineptitude in. so it's throwing red meat and ever decreasing wing rump was ex ukip. red meat and ever decreasing wing rump was ex ukip . now tory

wing rump was ex ukip. now tory supporters fiddling while rome burn is a phrase this has been the fiddle whilst the uk crashed and burn workers are underpaid undervalued taxed more getting last suffering a cost of living crisis, a rocketing food bills , crisis, a rocketing food bills, sky high energy bills , a broken sky high energy bills, a broken nhs. if the were a car they'd be a throat buyer , then someone's a throat buyer, then someone's torched on their local dump. okay all right, that's strong stuff, david roy, bold political commentator, your views. it's strong stuff and it's a good line about fiddling while rome burns . but that's exactly what i burns. but that's exactly what i suggest the union leaders are doing who is supposed to pay for higher and higher and higher wages for union members at a time when there is, as you say, a cost of living crisis at a time when the people pay their bills, the taxpayers are being taxed more than they have been since the second world war. where is this money coming from? are to borrow it and

are we supposed to borrow it and put further debt? are put the further into debt? are we therefore in debt, we supposed therefore in debt, our and, grandchildren, our children and, grandchildren, so that public sector workers, who extremely who already have extremely generous packages, who generous pensions packages, who already average higher already have average higher wages than private sector workers, can be given a over the people who pay their . now, people who pay their. now, i would say that there is in the phrase public servant an onus on those people who are treated well by the state in times of great plenty to. step back a bit and look at how generous the state has been to them and to say actually at this time when the people who pay our bills, thatis the people who pay our bills, that is to say the people in the private of this country private sector of this country are suffering. need to be so are suffering. we need to be so greedy and accept that for a year or two we can't have more money. jerry, i'll just put this to you, in light of something that emerged today, terms of the education union strike, if people are looking their kids people are looking at their kids being school, four being off school, four and a half million them supposedly half million of them supposedly as of teachers wanting as a result of teachers wanting better . and then they look better pay. and then they look at only of 53% turn out. at 90, but only of 53% turn out.

so that equates to 48% of teachers from one union voting to go on strike. it's not well, it's not even a majority, let alone overwhelming for an average teacher's salary of what is alread y £42,000, which is is already £42,000, which is above what many people in the private get. people might look it and think this is a bit run. well, they might do if they listened to those figures. my daughter law was a teacher. i nowhere near that sum of money that you said . she left. she that you said. she left. she left just as in the nhs they're leaving in their droves. these pubuc leaving in their droves. these public workers, these serve ones that your colleague suggested , that your colleague suggested, they're leaving in their droves because they are underpaid , paid because they are underpaid, paid and undervalued. do know if we had a winter like we used to have the schools would be closed for weeks. what are we going to ban snow . they can't afford ban snow. they can't afford things are using foodbanks the

local tory will go to food bank and see some of success. it's horrendous . david, and see some of success. it's horrendous. david, i'll and see some of success. it's horrendous . david, i'll let you horrendous. david, i'll let you go round right away. we can't afford this because i'd rather have three or four teachers and a head teacher. have three or four teachers and a headteacher. you have three or four teachers and a head teacher . you know, the a head teacher. you know, the academy awards way more than that. academy awards way more than that . okay. right. well, there's that. okay. right. well, there's a lot there's a lot to unpack that. david, i'll let you come back. tony, you were listening intently, david, also about political commentator. well, food a good it food banks are a good because it means that your people, your community stepping in to community are stepping in to help. well—off help. the less well—off and you're putting more you're not putting yet more burden who burden onto the taxpayer who can't it. again, ask can't afford it. again, i ask the who supposed to the question who is supposed to be these things. be paying for these things. there is no magic money machine is no cash machine that the nafion is no cash machine that the nation can turn to and just press some more press back and get some more money to pay for it. public money out to pay for it. public workers more tax, workers cannot pay more tax, therefore is no money therefore there is no more money to public service to pay for public service workers. all in this workers. we are all in this together. the unions together. whether the unions like not everybody like it or not and everybody under pressure. therefore, everybody has to experience pay

restraint . david. sorry, jerry . restraint. david. sorry, jerry. should i. should i to pay who? we're not in this together. the energy are making colossal profits. there is more billionaires now than ever before in the uk. jerry, that's more receipts has been allowed to let rip again. more receipts has been allowed to let rip again . shareholders to let rip again. shareholders are raking in. we're not all in this together. the gap between rich and poor in the 13 years of the tory government has never been so . jerry you just think , been so. jerry you just think, okay. yeah. the wealthy paying more now than they ever done as a term, as a percentage of income tax. the top 1% in this country pay nearly 30% of the entire tax bill. the top 10% pay nearly 70. if you increase taxes on those people, the money overall will drop. i know you don't like it, because what you'd like to do is tax wealth 100% above some arbitrary that you've decided is rich. but it

doesn't work or that it means is that the tax burden is spread even more onto those can afford it even less. it's an utopian idea , jerry. why shouldn't that? idea, jerry. why shouldn't that? jerry, just stop. why shouldn't there be a minimum number of teachers in schools or ? a teachers in schools or? a minimum number of people manning fire engines, or a minimum number of people driving because it's the public ? if we're going it's the public? if we're going to have it, why should children to have it, why should children to suffer? because teachers. i'm 42. grundy want a pay rise above inflation. well firefighters , inflation. well firefighters, ambulance workers, paramedics , ambulance workers, paramedics, nurses. there's already a minimum standard is negotiated locally . and we've seen it on locally. and we've seen it on those picket lines. you will see the ambulance with the lights flashing and they sirens going, going off . but when it comes to going off. but when it comes to schools, by the way the tories introduce this with their rhetoric to begin with as minimum safe standards. i have never my life at risk when local

school was closed and i say again, if you go four kids running around your house week. well this is to make sure that strikes as far as the tories are concerned are as weak as they possibly be. but here's the thing about you mention the ballots , the percentages. no mp ballots, the percentages. no mp is elected with the source of majority being voted in the. yes, yes. but but terry, i've got to put you up on that because. i knew you were going to say this, but gerry, i do understand you're saying, which is people go, well, the turnout isn't this high in a general election. and then you really break it down. any mp like but it's issue election it's not a single issue election it's not a single issue election it and i've got to honest you it and i've got to be honest you gerry someone balancing gerry if someone was balancing me of let's be me you're most of us let's be honest singular issue which honest a singular issue which is do you want more money and what are you willing to struggle with all what it may, all turn up for what it may, which it pretty shocking which makes it pretty shocking to only 53% of teachers to me that only 53% of teachers in this union to turn up. they

were more were asked if they want more money and 47% of them basically said no. well, funnily, a lot of the were conducted the strike buys were conducted dunng the strike buys were conducted during postal a during the postal strike and a lot of ballot papers , i lot of the ballot papers, i think a terrible . no, no. you think a terrible. no, no. you know, oldfield roy, the postal strike. telford this is one of those things . i do take your those things. i do take your point, gerry. i do. your point. just i was just going to get into jim clare and these who will make legislation with workers who actually make things, make the country work. and there is a huge difference between . an mp getting elected between. an mp getting elected always is on the minority of elected reps. all right , gerry, elected reps. all right, gerry, thank you very , very much. thank you very, very much. david, i'm sorry. i'm going to go back to you now, but i think we had a good hearing that david oldroyd bold on trade unionist gerry is going hammer and tongs or sickle when or is it hammer and sickle when it goes to the strike action. good stuff. i want i to kick start the five right so talks of

the education secretary was unproductive. that's according the eu. but union leaders are hopeful there may be a chance of a deal at some in february ahead of further strike dates. we may now , as maths teacher and author now, as maths teacher and author , is the wonderfully named bobby seagull bobby. how are you? hi i'm good, thank you. okay. right so we spoke a little bit about it that. let's delve in now to these teachers strikes at 42 grand a year on average , i'm grand a year on average, i'm being told with the pensions as we'll take you up to an average of 50 k, that's higher than a lot of people in the private sector who can't go on strike. why should teachers be special ? why should teachers be special? okay, i think the teaching profession is not asking to be special. it's asking me treated fairly for the level of skill qualifications they bring. and i always think these are things. first you look at what the factors are and then you sort of see the impact is. so what i would say from the teaching profession since 2010 that any one of the teaching bodies have said , that there's a 23% cut in

said, that there's a 23% cut in real terms. okay. the institute of fiscal studies , they've got a of fiscal studies, they've got a decent figure, terms of decent figure, 11% in terms of what they are still. but we have got to pay for that. and over year over year. all right. i've got up on that, got to pick you up on that, because apparently that figure really relates to people at the higher scale higher the teachers pay scale and, lower end and, not those at the lower end of the entry level salary has gone up, hasn't it? it's those people apparently everyone people that apparently everyone on seems the on the left seems to hate the people making of money at people making loads of money at the under teachers pay the top under the teachers pay scale. ones who've scale. they're the ones who've had term p.a, not the had the real term p.a, not the ones who are looking to get into teaching. would say teaching. but what i would say is that if you look at teaching is that if you look at teaching is profession to is an attractive profession to people stats are people who join the stats are that since pandemic there's an increase thirds in vacancies increase of thirds in vacancies . so the reality is ultimately it's a labour market is supply and demand . young people and demand. young people graduates that are changing careers, are choosing not to join the teaching profession . i join the teaching profession. i think and i speak patrick as a math teacher one in eight maths lessons in the country , which is lessons in the country, which is a subject to teach. a tricky subject to teach. they're taught non—specialists. a tricky subject to teach. th

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again, i'm not sure what the numbers, but i'm sure they didn't cross the. yeah did the rule the rules are there and you can, you can strike with not a majority. so yes, there you go. look, bobby, thank you very, very much. it's great to have you on the show. i'll appreciate it. sorry. it was short and sweet but i've taken over, sweet but as i've taken over, run of everything bobby seagull the is maths teacher and the who is a maths teacher and author and owner of fantastic author and owner of a fantastic name it must be said now name as well it must be said now the minister and his the prime minister and his health spent health secretary have spent today plans to today outlining their plans to get back its feet. get the nhs back on its feet. speaking in house of commons, steve barclay said all waits of 12 hours or more. that's in a&e will be published from april and that ministers are committed to reducing times. but labour has criticised the government's reducing times. but labour has criticised the government' s £1 criticised the government's £1 billion plan for nhs emergency care , saying that it can't care, saying that it can't compensate staff shortages. joining me now is the former health secretary former chair of the nhs confederation, stephen doyle. stephen thank you very much. we are caught in a never ending cycle of back and forth

here because the conservatives have gone, okay, you're striking oveh have gone, okay, you're striking over, pay and conditions will try and sort out the conditions. but we sort out you pay labour. well, why don't you sort out the pay well, why don't you sort out the pay and then the tories say, well you don't want to throw the pay well you don't want to throw the pay either. and here we are, day in day having the same chat. in day out having the same chat. well indeed, and i have had this conversation several over the last few . patrick, i regret the last few. patrick, i regret the fact and i believe the vast majority of nhs staff who are involved in this dispute also regret the fact that this issue addressed by steve barclay and, rishi sunak immediately sunak's appointment . prime minister. appointment. prime minister. we've known for that there was going to be intense pressure this winter and to address said to have faced those pressures against the background of a pay dispute was frankly a political choice by the government and it was a political choice . and now was a political choice. and now what they're seeking to do is to

rescue the situation by promising to buy ambulances and open more beds ahead next winter. but course, in order to do that in order to make use of the ambulances and in order to stop the beds, they've got to address the staffing issues that are at heart of the problem. in the first place. yes, indeed. you to those figures that i'll just reiterate for our viewers and listeners who might be just joining, which is the funding has been announced for 5000 new hospital beds, 800 new ambulances as part of a billion quid fund to try to sort out the nhs . rishi sunak also wants more nhs. rishi sunak also wants more call handlers on 11162 non—emergency line and a few other bits and bobs as well as virtual wards, for example. does he not deserve credit for actually coming up with this plan and presenting it to us? i'm sorry, but i very rarely hear a coherent plan from the opposition . well, i agree , with opposition. well, i agree, with the principle of virtual . the

the principle of virtual. the nhs has been talking about virtual wards. nhs has been talking about virtual wards . what? in my day virtual wards. what? in my day and my days now , a long time and my days now, a long time ago. used to be called hospitals without walls. the important thing about virtual wards is that hospitals shouldn't just be the place where you go when other bits of the system are closed. we social care. we need proper investment in primary care in order that people don't end in hospital unnecessarily . i end in hospital unnecessarily. i wholeheartedly agree with that. but i sometimes wonder, you know, whether the prime minister reads the papers because buying more ambulances. reads the papers because buying more ambulances . what we've seen more ambulances. what we've seen over the last few months is ambulances queuing up outside a&e departments because the a&e departments weren't properly staffed and weren't. you're right. take the patients and say . so what are we going to have next summer? longer ambulance queues? well. well, quite possibly . yes. now hear me out possibly. yes. now hear me out on this one. i'm just wondering whether or not the nhs is

engagedin whether or not the nhs is engaged in some massive national active self—sabotage in the sense that i completely people want more pay and they want to voice their concerns with their working conditions. all of that stuff . however they are now stuff. however they are now making the nhs sound like probably the most undesired place in the uk to work. and so why on earth would anyone who's been watching the news the last six months want to go into our nhs? therefore we still end up, no matter what you do, really with a staffing shortage . well, with a staffing shortage. well, yeah , it's a bit more complex yeah, it's a bit more complex than that, patrick. of all the first point to make is that there's a shortage, not just in this country, but all around the world for qualified doctors , and world for qualified doctors, and thatis world for qualified doctors, and that is competing in a global marketplace. well, the answer, of course, is that there hasn't sufficient training capacity either in this country or in other . that's part of either in this country or in other. that's part of it. and importantly, i also think that

how our system and actually other health systems don't make the investments to use clinical skills. we train as well effectively as possible exam people. we train pharmacists , we people. we train pharmacists, we give them level of skill in, the dispensing and the use medicines to deal with patients . physician to deal with patients. physician patients concerns . and then we patients concerns. and then we don't trust them to use those skills in the pharmacy. we insist that people have go and see a gp who's absolutely right, but we should use pharmacies and other health professionals more cleverly than we do. yes, although if you made them do more work, they'd probably want a whopping great big pay rise as well. statement you very much. great stuff. always enjoy our chat. the former chat. steve doyle, the former health secretary and former chair nhs confederation. chair of the nhs confederation. fascinating, all fascinating, isn't it, that all over world, it is over the world, you know, it is very all over the world very often all over the world they're struggling to recruit enough nurses. their enough doctors and nurses. their say like it's a much

say it's almost like it's a much less attractive proposition to be doctor or nurse than it be a doctor or nurse than it once was. why because actually, at grim job. it's at times it's a grim job. it's hard you can just be a tick hard and you can just be a tick influencer patrick influencer instead. patrick christys break. christys on after the break. fares growing for a 45 year old mother of to be something missing on her morning dog off the latest from lancashire on that one. i'm also going to be bringing you the latest as. well, startling figure, bringing you the latest as. well, not startling figure, £160 million taxpayers million a year of taxpayers money spent on pocket money for channel five ice bucket attack .

loads more to come here for you ladies , gentlemen. but this is a ladies, gentlemen. but this is a big story for us police in lancashire have said that they are extremely concerned over the safety of a lady called nicola bully, who's been missing three days. the 45 year old mother of

two was last seen at around 9 am. on the morning of the 27th of january whilst walking her dog on a footpath to the river wyre , nicola police boyfriend, wyre, nicola police boyfriend, has said she has two little girls but need their mummy home. we're going now to lancashire where. gb news reporter will hollis is and will. yes so just what is true, what we know about this incident so far. good evening, patrick. those of you watching on tv will see that it is, of course, now dark here in lancashire . and of course, lancashire. and of course, that's another night where police will be finding it harder to continue this investor gation into the disappearance of nicola pulley. this is now the fourth night since nicola missing. she went missing on friday morning at a ninth around 915. she was walking her dog, a spaniel . and walking her dog, a spaniel. and when police were alerted , the when police were alerted, the fact that she had disappeared,

her spaniel soon found afterwards as well as her mobile phone on a bench behind me here along the river wyre. but of course, nicola wasn't found. now, this is something that's really concerning the local police as . well as the local police as. well as the local police as. well as the local police using drones and search dogs they've had underwater divers mountain teams here along part of the river wyre in st michaels searching for nicola. but police do say that they all keeping an open mind . they are keeping an open mind. they are they do have a number of lines of enquiry to try and out what has happened to her or where she might be right now nicola is described as white five foot three inches with light brown hair. she's also described as having an essex accent . she was having an essex accent. she was last seen wearing a long black chilli and black . chief chilli and black. chief superintendent sally riley , superintendent sally riley, lancashire police can tell you a little bit more about what's been happening here . so i'm here been happening here. so i'm here today to appeal for witnesses.

in the case of nicola bailey , in the case of nicola bailey, this is the 45 year old lady from the local area who sadly went missing last morning at about 9:55 am. she was last seen walk in her small dog on the towpath of the river wyre . the towpath of the river wyre. the dog was found about an hour later as her mobile phone. so her family are very concerned, as are we. we've mounted a really intensive operations and find nicola, including number of specialist officers from our north—west underwater regional search unit and a specialist investigators who all the family as well as a lot of partners like bolton mountain rescue , like bolton mountain rescue, lancashire fire and rescue and the coastguard. we thank them very as well as local have turned out in force who were obviously equally concerned and for nicola and we appeal for

anyone who may have been driving through the village of st michael's last morning at about 915 or who may have dashcam footage that could be of use to us, people who may have been dog walking in the area or on the towpath to come forward. they can bring one over on, or if they have a sighting of nicola no . nine yes, they have a sighting of nicola no. nine yes, we'll they have a sighting of nicola no . nine yes, we'll police are no. nine yes, we'll police are asking for any assistance. any information to be called for on one on one or in an emergency i'ioi'i one on one or in an emergency non online but are stressing that for anybody who is concerned and wants to help not put themselves in risk of danger because of course this is along the river wyre and there are quite steep banks here along the river so they don't want anybody else to put themselves into any sort they might be sort of dangers they might be looking well i thank looking for. nicola well i thank you very, very much bringing us that report from lancashire . all that report from lancashire. all right, you're with me patrick christys on gb news and i've got a roaring half hour for you.

a rip roaring half hour for you. ladies king charles ladies and gents. king charles has asked the has reportedly asked the archbishop canterbury to archbishop of canterbury to offer prince offer an olive branch to prince harry invite to his harry and invite him to his coronation. me or no coronation. believe me or no good plan or what? harry and meghan's presence overshadow the event. that event. do you want the that should away should they stay away and another now just another aren't we now just a bank for channel migrants can reveal within last year asylum seekers have received of almost £106 million. lots of your money through these government cards . through these government cards. the aspen system which stands for asylum support enablement card is a payment scheme that offers asylum seekers a subsistence allowance . basically subsistence allowance. basically it's pocket money, home is secure, is getting smart mark white will bring you the very latest on that. keep your emails coming in. gb views at gbnews.uk. but now it's polly with the headlines . patrick with the headlines. patrick thank you. the top stories, firefighters control room staff have voted for their first nationwide strike over pay in 20

years. the fibre guide's union said its members have experienced a 12% drop in real terms earnings since 2010. last november members rejected a pay of 5% and teachers are planning to go on strike in england and, wales after last minute talks between unions and the government failed , the national government failed, the national education union says there's no offer from keegan on trying to the gap. teachers are planning to go on strike on wednesday in a dispute over pay and conditions and it's expected to be the biggest day of industrial action in decades with up to half a million public service workers , including train drivers workers, including train drivers and civil also taking action . and civil also taking action. the health secretary announced £1 billion in funding to boost nhs frontline capability . steve nhs frontline capability. steve barclay says the government work to bring response times to pre—pandemic levels . the plan pre—pandemic levels. the plan also includes 5000 more hospital

beds. 800 new ambulances as well as expanding urgent care take place in people's homes. labour says though the plans aren't enough to tackle the problems and the prime minister has been defending his handling of the nadhim zahawi row, saying he acted decisive . lee rishi sunak acted decisive. lee rishi sunak has been pressure to reveal what he knew zahawi tax affairs. the prime minister says he sacked the conservative party chairman yesterday after the ethics inquiry found he had a serious breach of the ministerial code and the us secretary state has called for an easing of tensions while on a visit jerusalem following a spike in violence in the region. anthony blinken says it's everyone's responsibility to calm tensions than inflame them. on friday, israeli forces killed palestinians most whom they say were gunmen . it follows they say were gunmen. it follows a palestinian man carried out a gun attack in east jerusalem , gun attack in east jerusalem, killing seven. those are the

latest news headlines on tv , latest news headlines on tv, onune latest news headlines on tv, online and a plus . we're back in online and a plus. we're back in half an hour right now, it's back to . back to. patrick all right. let's crack on. the king has reportedly leaned on archbishop of canterbury to ask harry to attend his . the harry to attend his. the monarchy sets out just in welby can come to some sort of with his two sons that would allow the duke and duchess sussex to attend the coronation in may. the king is said to believe harry and meghan's absence will be more a distraction than if they both attended. i am joined now by the wonderful former to queen elizabeth ii. gavin ashenden , thank you very much. ashenden, thank you very much. to great you on the show. all you flabbergasted that the archbishop of canterbury has been brought in as some of mediation device for prince harry and his brother ? indeed harry and his brother? indeed his father . well, i am and i'm

his father. well, i am and i'm not. and i'm flabbergasted that anybody thinks any good can come out of this. i'm not flabbergasted in the sense that the archbishop present himself as having great skills in this area. but i think i'm with william. don't think harry can be trusted to talk , to pull some be trusted to talk, to pull some kind of stunt. after all, he and meghan depend entirely on pubuchy. meghan depend entirely on publicity . and i think before publicity. and i think before they were be capable of being ianed they were be capable of being invited to such a public they should show that they've they've become trustworthy. and i, i have the time or the opportunity to do that. i think the whole thing is doomed. now, you in your capacity as former champion to to queen elizabeth second presumably. oh late great queen wouldn't have gone grovelling to a want away sunlight this after the firecracker accusations he's levelled at the royal family i think poor charles should should be a bit more courageous. i think nation will understand entirely that he has a rogue son

and his family slightly dysfunctional. the rest us mainly got dysfunctional families . we are sympathetic. he families. we are sympathetic. he represents us either way. far better to have claret rather than some kind of cosmetic. nice, nice patch over the whole thing . i think it's best. just thing. i think it's best. just best to accept that. harry and meghan have have gone . they go meghan have have gone. they go on with the people they can trust to left. i can't help but wonder whether or not it shows in the archbishop canterbury to try to get to a balancing act between brothers, between the two brothers, william a bit of a william alleged as a bit of a temper on him and presumably will blow up in a physical will not blow up in a physical sense in front of an archbishop . harry from where sitting. and this personal has this is just my personal has a massive problem telling truth. one would assume that you wouldn't necessarily line front of archbishop. so potentially of an archbishop. so potentially in that regard the archbishop, the archbishop of kingsbury is quite a good choice for both of these . the overarching point now these. the overarching point now is wouldn't just be better if he just stayed away. harry surely

doesn't want to come, does he? because we live in a horrible racist suspicion, a country full of ideas, and he doesn't, like his family . well, you've raised his family. well, you've raised so many points. his family. well, you've raised so many points . first of all, so many points. first of all, meghan, have no difficulty lying in front of the archbishop when she he'd secretly married she said he'd secretly married her earlier. so i her a few days earlier. so i don't we much, don't think we can put much, much to by by that. and much to her by by that. and secondly, i think yes, i you're right. it will just simply be better. we didn't come. mean the other is, of course, that harry and meghan have both william's wife , king charles, his wife. wife, king charles, his wife. it's not just between william and they've been very and harry. they've been very rude to camilla and very rude to catherine. so not just a matter of stitching up getting william to be more patient and harry to be more trusting. whole thing is much more broken than that. the problem is that harry and meghan have have have broken piece of trust you could imagine and they're really not safe. so i think they should be kept away. yeah exactly. and potentially the archbishop also good the archbishop also a good choice as far as harry's concerned, he's a bit concerned, because he's a bit woke , isn't he? gavin, thank you

woke, isn't he? gavin, thank you very gavin ashton and very much. gavin ashton and the wonderful and wonderful gavin ashton and former to queen former chaplain to queen elizabeth ii. right. let's do this now because it is a cracking story and i it's got a lot of you up in arms. gb news can reveal the asylum receive payments of almost 160 million quid in your money by the way, my money. everyone we know money. money. last year, through a debit card system, it took about. this now is not what our homeland security ed . mark a lot homeland security ed. mark a lot of people up in arms 40 quid a week in pocket money for asylum seekers. well, we know of course that asylum are given effectively money to the tune of about £40 a week. what we didn't really know was just what that to in terms of all asylum seekers receiving this and how much they were paid out in the course of a year. now know it was . course of a year. now know it was . £159 million, 200,000. so

was. £159 million, 200,000. so £160 million. now this has come about as a freedom of information . a chap called information. a chap called steve, an activist of films, small boat arrivals . another small boat arrivals. another asylum seeking for his blog . he asylum seeking for his blog. he wrote to the home office . wanted wrote to the home office. wanted to know from the hostage last year. to know from the hostage last year . to 31st to know from the hostage last year. to 31st of to know from the hostage last year . to 31st of december last year. to 31st of december last year. to 31st of december last year how much would have cost. and they wrote back gave this just shy of 160 million figure. and in those terms, it is stark . clearly, and in those terms, it is stark . clearly , £40 a week . it . clearly, £40 a week. it doesn't sound like a huge amount of money. but when you then add up over thousands of asylum seekers over the course of a yeah seekers over the course of a year, it's a huge amount of money. some people are saying, well, we'll see terms if these people have got to live. but the reality is they already got everything else paid for. do they know if they didn't this £40 the they would still £40 a week, the they would still survive ? it is pocket money

survive? it is pocket money because in terms of their accommodation, it's for their three meals a day. that's paid for their medical bills. they they're paid their clothing has paid for . they get bicycles that paid for. they get bicycles that are donated to them . they get are donated to them. they get other items that will help them , such as mobile phones . so day , such as mobile phones. so day to day living in existence, which go on. but on top of they're given which go on. but on top of they're give n £40 a week, which they're given £40 a week, which is to say over the course of a week doesn't sound much, but it's pocket money. when you add it's pocket money. when you add it to the 6 billion, also a day that would pay for hotels that and the rest, by the way. well just lastly on this one, is this going to any better any time soon? because understand the predictions the amount of predictions for the amount of people over the channel people coming over the channel are pretty stark and if we're paying are pretty stark and if we're paying all quite a week paying them all for quite a week as it's a lot. just shy of as well, it's a lot. just shy of 46,000 came across the 46,000 people came across the engush 46,000 people came across the english channel last year. 46,000 people came across the english channel last year . the english channel last year. the home office officials actually

planning for a potential 60,000, but it was saved . bad weather but it was saved. bad weather towards back end of last year. it's continued on the month of january . that it's continued on the month of january. that means that we are no . just shy of 12 500 people no. just shy of 12 500 people who've come across the channel now that means that actually we're slightly less than we were at this period last year. but when the weather improves the numbers will be back and again they're planning for the potential of twice. but number of 45 almost 46,000 coming across the channel we don't know how it will pan out weather wise for the rest the pacific and a good year weather wise and there are plenty flight calm days then numbers will rocket there is no doubt it. there are thousands of people still on the other side of the channel waiting to cross . and every day we get reports of many hundreds more crossing .

of many hundreds more crossing. the mediterranean into southern europe to make their way north. mark, thank you very much. as have white, our homeland security editor, bringing you some important news that i you have a right to know as a taxpayer exactly how much money, pocket money every single week you forking out for people you are forking out for people and asylum seeker hotels. joining me now is fraser mclean, who is a human rights at arise foundation. fraser, thank you very much. your views on, the fact that we're now dealing with a lot of these people in terms of 160 million quid a year, basically to give them pocket money. yeah, well , the money. yeah, well, the government's response to this, the morning was to raise the evidence of modern slavery laws despite being told by the human rights committee last year that was a bad idea. i'm being told by a very senior police officer, dame thornton, this is a bad idea . what it does is limit our idea. what it does is limit our ability to prosecute criminal gangs. their concern that a number of these arrivals lying

about being victims of . i would about being victims of. i would arise we're very, very concerned about slavery resources going to non victims . but at the same non victims. but at the same time there's a bit of a misunderstanding about what our slavery framework does. it's not a backdoor citizenship or a settlement , a backdoor citizenship or a settlement, and it a backdoor citizenship or a settlement , and it never a backdoor citizenship or a settlement, and it never has been. and to explain this, a lot of victims of trafficking this country are forced into criminality . so they country are forced into criminality. so they might be in a marijuana farm or in a brothel . right now for legitimate victims , we're actually affected victims, we're actually affected by what's happened this morning. they've plenty of reasons to not contribute to the prosecution of the gangs usually because they're terrified. right. the really important point here is one of the big protections they had was their criminality being suspended. because of the gangs that as they got what you say if you're if you're being honest hand on heart how many people do you think lie about being modern slaves ? well, the numbers of slaves? well, the numbers of people who are claiming it's

very, very small compared to the actual numbers of arrivals . so actual numbers of arrivals. so this isn't a big problem, but it's to us and our ability it's going to us and our ability to patrick to prosecute. patrick it's really . there's enough really important. there's enough reasons for them not come over already. and the fact they were protected from their own forced criminality justice criminality by the justice system, allowed us to go after and help prosecute the drug gangs , whoever else, everyone gangs, whoever else, everyone engagedin gangs, whoever else, everyone engaged in human trafficking . engaged in human trafficking. this has the government this has been the government were told last year by multiple sources this is a bad idea and this won't help small boats crisis. promise you other crisis. i can promise you other human groups. i'm not human rights groups. i'm not putting yourself in this, by the way, but groups such as care for calais copped it last week who frankly could be doing a bit more help stop crisis in more to help stop the crisis in the they appeared to be, some would argue they would deny it aiding and abetting channel migrant crisis. the views yes it's a subject, said m.p. now we do, but also the law change this morning is about slavery. so that's really their concern are point is that we are already struck into prosecute trafficking and the government

and trying to be tough on small boats hasn't helped . okay look boats hasn't helped. okay look fraser thank you very, very much. i don't think we've spoken before on this show. i would like to talk to you again at some point near future, some point in the near future, have little bit a longer have a little bit of a longer chat with. i'm less for time. but fraser, thank you very, very much. mclean a human rights much. mclean is a human rights at arise foundation right here with me, patrick christys. coming a canadian theatre is coming up. a canadian theatre is holding an exclusive performance for only as for black theatregoers only as part of that programming for black history month. the concept has sparked a big debate online . is this really progress? is going to happen over here soon. i'll be a matter.

okay, people, look, we've done a had done the harry and meghan stuff. we've done what's going on in the channel i just thought i'd mix it up a little bit

towards the end of the show, bnng towards the end of the show, bring you something that you not have seen in the yemen i've heard something, frankly, heard of and something, frankly, that concerns might be that i've got concerns might be happening over here soon happening over here very soon because canadian theatre because the canadian theatre is holding performance holding an exclusive performance for black theatregoers only as part their efforts to power part of their efforts to power black month, national black history month, a national arts centre in says the arts centre in ottawa says the purpose to allow for purpose is to allow for conversation and participation be felt throughout the theatre, an admission on an admission will rely on analysis , so it's already a analysis, so it's already a little bit weird. the event has been fiercely debated online for the obvious reasons , really. the obvious reasons, really. critics are arguing that it's racist itself. only black people are allowed supporters, though, pointing that of all races pointing out that of all races can attend play during any can attend the play during any of the eight other shows. so it's a bit a one off. let's it's a bit of a one off. let's talk now to dr. alka segal cuthbert from the anti organisation don't divide it's . organisation don't divide it's. great thank you very much. where do you this you think is do you on this do you think is in itself race best to only allow people in to a theatre . allow people in to a theatre. yes, i think it is. i think also

you said it might be happening in the uk. i hate to tell you this, patrick, but it's happening now. oh that's why i don't divide it. it exists . and don't divide it. it exists. and ihope don't divide it. it exists. and i hope to come back and tell you about our petition and we're about our petition and we're about to launch. but on this on this particular i mean, yes, it is socially divisive . it's is socially divisive. it's ethically repellent , is socially divisive. it's ethically repellent, and it's politically dangerous because this isn't just one off theatre, you know, a bit of a wacky theatre, you know , a black theatre, you know, a black female and doing something wacky beliefs. but they are either pitting their and now institutionalised across academia, culture just in kind of do in america here as well . of do in america here as well. yes indeed. and people clearly think that i'm doing a good thing for racial justice. i'm progressive politics, i suppose , in furthering i suppose, racial . but i would argue beats

racial. but i would argue beats segregate should isn't it ? segregate should isn't it? absolutely. i mean, if you look at the you know you look at their justifications at the you know you look at theirjustifications in at the you know you look at their justifications in that at the you know you look at theirjustifications in that in their justifications in that in that article i think which was in the daily mail. i mean they talk about providing providing bame people the opportunity to have conversations amongst ourselves the kaleidoscope of the bay of the black experience . but i mean, that is just so patronising . if i wanted to go patronising. if i wanted to go and have conversations with , you and have conversations with, you know, my fellow indians , i'd go know, my fellow indians, i'd go out and have them write a very. don't need institutions be bending over you know altering all the norms in order to accommodate what they think i am and really the way not all black people or bame people or asian people or bame people or asian people think the same as as neither do a white people. i mean. well, what is the patronising idea? why frankly, a lot of them as well. oh no, i know this from personal experience . people say, well, i

experience. people say, well, i don't need and thanks, thanks for your quotes unquote help. but we don't really say or need anything signal. it's only like the issue and as you say, it is already happening over, hey , already happening over, hey, just a quick example of it, please, before to go, please, before we have to go, i'm afraid. absolute really. well, is. there's well, there is. there's currently postgraduate, not a postgraduate doctoral research research experience program being being supported and funded by the united united research and innovation program , a major and innovation program, a major arms governmental body that's open to only black students. i mean, what is that if not segregation and no end date ? segregation and no end date? because we have it in schools . because we have it in schools. well. yeah, we do . look, sorry, well. yeah, we do. look, sorry, it's short and sweet, but as evehi it's short and sweet, but as ever, i always massively overwhelming . my time is one day overwhelming. my time is one day i will learn professional is about we'll have to get you back on it only give us just gives us another excuse to talk again. dr. another excuse to talk again. dh you another excuse to talk again. dr. you very dr. alex cuthbert you very very much anti—racism much for the anti—racism organisation. divide us organisation. don't divide us though . i leave that one to

though. i leave you that one to suggest you might miss out on lot of other outlets, but lot of the other outlets, but there we go it's dewbs & co there we go now. it's dewbs& co is us here in the studio. is with us here in the studio. michelle joins me. what's on your show, michelle? hello, patrick. tonight. patrick. got lots up tonight. this business. this aspen card business. a funny isn't it? it funny one, isn't it? it is dividing . oh, my panel, dividing opinion. oh, my panel, i've got someone who says it's outrageous. i completely agree. but he says it's outrageous because it's not. i know he 60 million and not enough. goodness me, patrick. yeah, indeed it is. what a lot of people say. well, hang on a minute. what they do without wife said without it. and my wife said they their and they get they get their food and they get things. suppose it's things. but i suppose it's a open for discussion. open for debate, isn't it? which is no doubt what you'll doing, doubt what you'll be doing, michel indeed. we will. we michel indeed. yes, we will. we get that more, by get it into that and more, by the i expect you to be the way, i expect you to be tuning in and watching all this. and going test and patrick, i'm going to test you it tomorrow. yes. well, you on it tomorrow. yes. well, i i'm going to i'm going to be all over the show. i always i'm to you i always waste of my you i always waste half of my life. got moaned home life. i got moaned at home because here. your because i'm always here. your show michelle did you did show anyway michelle did you did say half life say you waste half your life watching my show it's not a

waste the poet waste waste. the poet said a phrase. why paul said a phrase l, phrase. why paul said a phrase i, i and rich i and rich writes, okay, thank you very much, everybody who's cheating everybody who's been cheating and of trouble that and got me out of trouble that we patrick we okay. i've been patrick christys. again at christys. i'll be again at 3 pm. in a bit.

well hello there at 6:00. i'm michelle dewberry and this is dewbs & co. the show where we'll dewbs& co. the show where we'll get into some of the things that have got you talking. i'll tell you what got me talking the weekend. you see that? some weekend. did you see that? some might surprise announcement. might say surprise announcement. some say it was too long some might say it was too long coming. talking about nadhim coming. i'm talking about nadhim zahawi longer the zahawi away. no longer the chairman of the tory party . full chairman of the tory party. full stop. or i should make a. but it isn't because so many people, it's not enough. they're saying

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