very good morning. welcomes bev turner today on gb news news today. another interest rate rise to 10th in a row. good news

for savers. it's bad news for house buyers. what will it mean for you.7 liam house buyers. what will it mean for you? liam halligan will be here. this comes on the same day that oil giant shell has that the oil giant shell has recorded highest profit loss recorded its highest profit loss in history. almost recorded its highest profit loss in history. almos recorded its highest profit loss in hithe y. almos recorded its highest profit loss in hithe company that owns and the company that owns british gas seeing record share price says all this while 345,000 court warrants issued to impose prepayment metres in vulnerable people's homes . we vulnerable people's homes. we have a lot to talk about and today is rishi sunak's 100th day today is rishi sunak's100th day in power. he's had a lot to deal with, but is there cause for optimism for tory voters with him at the helm? plus in the news discussion with dr. reddy hindu camp and former mp stephen pound. everything from a christian mother taking a primary school to court over gay pride. desantis being a hero pride. ron desantis being a hero for his floridian constituents . for his floridian constituents. and potential ban on your wood and a potential ban on your wood bird. that's all coming up after a at the latest news with a look at the latest news with rihanna . first, thank you very rihanna. first, thank you very much. good morning. it's coming

up to 10:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates for the 10th time interest rates for the 10th time in a row later this time from 3.5 to 4. the announcement is expected at midday and as part of efforts to control inflation, some experts predict we could see a final hike next month with rate peaking at 4.5. economics commentator laurie laird explains how the rise could affect us. any debt , any credit affect us. any debt, any credit card debt, a lot of us credit card debt, a lot of us credit card debt, a lot of us credit card debt seem everything is keyed off what's called bank rate. it goes all the way through the system and it tends to be weak. we do see consumer interest rates on mortgage rates, credit card debt . we tend rates, credit card debt. we tend to see that go up pretty quickly. we don't seem to tend to see it come down at stickier on the way down. the prime minister's critics say his first 100 days in office have been

marked by tory sleaze scandals and a staggering economy. rishi sunak's under pressure to reveal what he knew about bullying allegations against dominic raab and nadhim zahawi his tax office. his time as prime minister has also been blighted by continued industrial action and the cost of living crisis on morale. a former aide to the chief secretary to the treasury told us mr. sunak's performance told us mr. sunak's performance to date has been average . he's to date has been average. he's got a solid c. i don't think he's done anything particularly remarkable . i don't think he's remarkable. i don't think he's had a catastrophe . he has had a catastrophe. he has steadied the ship and that short term economic shock off the liz truss mini budget. i don't think he's necessarily but he's necessarily weak, but that's perception that's out that's the perception that's out there and that's what are there and that's what labour are running in politics. running with and in politics. once is being seeded, once an idea is being seeded, it's hard to shake that . it's very hard to shake that. the royal college of nursing says a&e waiting times have risen dramatically since rishi sunak became prime minister it claims over 10,000 additional patients regularly wait over 12 hours for treatment every month.

today, the rcn will deliver a petition to downing street calling for fair pay for nursing staff. it's received more than 110,000 signatures so far . 110,000 signatures so far. households in england and wales will see their water bills rise by 7.5% from april. industry body water uk says customer . it body water uk says customer. it will pay an average of body water uk says customer. it will pay an average 0 f £31 more will pay an average of £31 more compared to last year. the annual bill for an average household will hit £448. that's the biggest increase in almost 20 years. and around 2.3 million households missed an essential payment last month, including mortgages, rent and credit cards. that's according to new data. according to consumer organisation , which 59% of organisation, which 59% of people had to either cut back on essentials, sold property or dip into savings to cover spending. it's calling on essential businesses, including energy providers, to do more to help

customers . shell says its customers. shell says its profits have increased by more than 53, with earnings of more than 53, with earnings of more than 53, with earnings of more tha n £68 billion last year. it's than £68 billion last year. it's the company's highest profit in its 115 year history. the energy giants benefited from soaring oil prices due to russia's invasion of ukraine. it comes as consumer has continued to grapple with soaring energy costs . and ofgem says it will costs. and ofgem says it will launch an urgent domestication into british gas after claims debt collectors hired by the company broke into customers homes to install prepayment metres. the decision comes after a sting by the times newspaper, an undercover journalist, a an undercoverjournalist, a company debt collectors who reportedly entered the homes of vulnerable people to force fit prepayment metres . business prepayment metres. business secretary grant shapps says he's horrified by the report . the horrified by the report. the health secretary says england is

set to be one of the first countries in the to world wipe out hepatitis b. it comes as the world health organisation says transmission of hep b from mothers to their children has effectively been eliminated . in effectively been eliminated. in england, the latest data shows infections now stand . at just infections now stand. at just 0.1. more than infections now stand. at just 0.1. more tha n £400 million has 0.1. more than £400 million has been donated to uk charity to help people in ukraine since the conflict began. the united nafions conflict began. the united nations says the disasters emerged and sea committee has become the biggest charity donor to the response inside ukraine and helping refugees in neighbouring countries. and helping refugees in neighbouring countries . the dlc neighbouring countries. the dlc bnngs neighbouring countries. the dlc brings together 50 leading uk charities at times of crisis overseas to raise funds quickly . and king charles won't feature on australia's new $5 banknote. the country's central bank has announced the current image is of a portrait of queen elizabeth. the second but the new design will pay tribute instead to the culture and

history of indigenous australian arts. the reserve bank of australia's says it will take a number of years to design and print the new notes . this is gb print the new notes. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now though, it's back to this . to this. wednesday on gb news tv and dab radio. here's what's coming up on the show this morning. interest rates are predicted to rise to 4% today. their highest level since the 2008 financial crash . this means a further crash. this means a further squeeze on mortgage holders and businesses . but good news, of businesses. but good news, of course, for savers. the move would be the bank of england's 10th consecutive rate increase. gb news business and economics editor liam halligan will be here in just a moment. rishi sunak reaches 100 days in office

today with his premier ship plagued by strike action and ministerial scandals. new polling puts labour 20 points ahead of the tories , with the ahead of the tories, with the majority of people saying that the prime minister is doing a bad job. what you think? and bad job. what do you think? and i'll be joined by dr. ronnie hunter kemp and the former labour stephen pounds discuss hunter kemp and the former lab�*big stephen pounds discuss hunter kemp and the former lab�*big topicsephen pounds discuss hunter kemp and the former lab�*big topics of en pounds discuss hunter kemp and the former lab�*big topics of the ’ounds discuss hunter kemp and the former lab�*big topics of the day,is discuss the big topics of the day, including a shocking new report on front of the times on the front page of the times today british forced today about british gas forced betting pre—payment metres . you betting pre—payment metres. you do not want to miss that and of course the show is nothing without you and your visit gets a vote in the poll on twitter this morning. i asking you. this morning. i am asking you. with rishi sunak being our prime minister for 100 days today, does deserve another 100 days does he deserve another 100 days in power? so far ? 70% of you say in power? so far? 70% of you say that he does not deserve it. let me know why. email me gb news at gb views at gbnews.uk to have your say . so at gb views at gbnews.uk to have your say. so at midday today, the bank of england is predicted to deliver its 10th interest

rate rise in a row, likely bringing it to 4. the move will be a continuation of the quickest series of hikes for more than 30 years. with me now in the studio to break it all down is liam halligan. why are they doing this, liam? give me they doing this, liam? give me the idiot's guide or treat me like i'm lgbt . this year's like i'm an lgbt. this year's listeners certainly are on. on it is. so the bank of england raised interest rates nine times in a row now because it's trying to bear down on inflation is trying to push inflation down by pretty much deliberately slowing down the economy and making it harder for people to borrow money, harder for demand to expand in order to try and keep those price rises under control and rein in the cost of living crisis. you know, in the years before the covid pandemic, interest rates were below 1. they went one even. they then went even lower during the penod went even lower during the period of lockdown to a quarter of 1. and they've since gone up nine successive times . there's nine successive times. there's the graph there. we can see the covid lockdown. if you're watching on television . a watching on television. a quarter of 1. then there's those

nine successive rises to tackle inflation of 3.5. where we are now . i expect a rise to 4. i'll now. i expect a rise to 4. i'll be at the bank of england at 12 noon when that decision is made to report that up to the minute. but i actually think interest rates got that much rates haven't got that much further to go up. i'm i've been long predicting interest rate long predicting an interest rate peak of four and a quarter 4.25% later this spring. this is what i don't understand . normally we i don't understand. normally we have inflation because there's so much monetary and economic activity going on. people are buying, buying, buying. there's a lot of money sloshing around the system and it gets hot and they try to cool it down. right. that's not what's happening now. no one's spending what we're spending has so little value, but people being careful but people are being careful with money. right we with their money. right now, we don't disposable don't have much spare disposable income. are they doing income. so why are they doing that? inflation this time round is multi faceted. it's not only because a kind of because there has been a kind of wall post lockdown demand. wall of post lockdown demand. there surge demand. there there was a surge demand. there is actually still very, very strong demand . but that hits a

strong demand. but that hits a kind of wall of it hit like a sort of limits on supply. so the global economy couldn't supply what people would demand demanding because of all those lockdown supply chain issues. production needed to be rebooted here in the uk in particular, we've had a lot of people not going back to work. the whole economy's discombobulated. and then on top of that , the bank of then on top of that, the bank of england has also spent those years since the global financial crisis 2008, massively crisis of 2008, massively expanding what we call its balance sheet , so—called balance sheet, so—called quantitative yeah that's quantitative easing. yeah that's also inflationary. so the banks got to rein that in as well. look, inflation is now coming down. we've gone from over 11 to just over 10. i think the next inflation number when it comes out for january will be in the single digits . there's still a single digits. there's still a long way to go until we get to down the 2% in inflation target that the government sets for the bank of england. but i do think by the middle of the year and towards the back end of this yean towards the back end of this year, we're going to see

inflation of around 5% or so. and will allow the bank of and that will allow the bank of england look, it's come england to say, look, it's come down this way. it's down all this way. it's obviously coming we can obviously coming down. we can now lower interest now start to lower interest rates in order to try and rates again in order to try and give economy a bit a give the economy a bit of a boost and give people a break, frankly. rishi sunak set frankly. when rishi sunak set out plan just a out his five point plan just a few ago, that involved few weeks ago, that involved bringing and he bringing down inflation and he basically stated claim to take credit for that when it happens. will he be able to? it's a bit like saying in january, oh, it's going to be sunny then january and june and it will be because of me. i mean, look, it's almost inevitable to say that inflation will come down because the big price last year kind of price rises of last year kind of drop of the out of the drop out of the out of the numbers because inflation is about, , rates of change about, you know, rates of change rather than actual so rather than actual levels. so i do think he'll hit that target , do think he'll hit that target, but it's going to be very difficult to get inflation down from around 5% or so down to the 2, which is the bank of england's target. i think that will take at least until the middle of next year. but i do think this cost of living squeeze is going to abate, even

though we know it's still really hitting lots of people. and look, today shell's just announced look, today shell's just announce d £32 billion of mine. announced £32 billion of mine. that's globally, but still in the uk . they're making a lot of the uk. they're making a lot of money. we're seeing oil prices come down. we're seeing now wholesale gas prices come down. yet still petrol and diesel pnces yet still petrol and diesel prices are high . and of course, prices are high. and of course, utility bills are very high as well. i was thinking about you this morning when i was reading this, liam, always wise. i often think about you and i come across these financial stories and what the and i think, what would the oracle all economics oracle of all things economics think of this? we were talking about the fact all of these about the fact that all of these utility companies saw utility companies have saw direct debits write to make this increase, increasing prices. then prices come down and then the prices come down and people have been really careful and so british gas and used less. so british gas have a lot of our cash . is that have a lot of our cash. is that why centre kicker who owned british gas have now said that they will have a bill in pounds of cash on its balance sheet for

this year and that has put their share price up to make them the top prize for the footsie 100. is that because of us lending us lending them our money? they'll probably deny it. but i would say eyeballing from outside their accounts haven't their current accounts haven't yet been published. they're delayed published with the delay of course, like all company accounts . but seem as if accounts. but it does seem as if that's the case. that's how strongly i'd put it. a lot of these utility companies, they are taking cash from us. we're in a situation now where the cap the government cap is about to be adjust it. and yet when even that wholesale prices have come down a lot, they're now for gas below where they were before vladimir putin invited ukraine just under a year ago . and yet just under a year ago. and yet utility bills are sky high, far higher than they were before last february. so i think the market isn't working properly. again, the utility companies would deny this. i would suggest that the market is rigged . we're that the market is rigged. we're getting a lot of cheaper subs , getting a lot of cheaper subs, heavily subsidised, but cheaper

renewable energy coming through now and yet it's still we're charged for that renewable energy as if it was gas fired energy. so it's almost as if the market doesn't work and not it's not just households , bev, it's not just households, bev, it's companies. there's going to be no price cap for almost all companies after april . i was in companies after april. i was in kent earlier this week . we kent earlier this week. we showed, we showed, we showed the report that i did . and you got a report that i did. and you got a guy there, family run business. he's trying to run a pub gastropub. they're all in all their savings. they've got some nice rooms, weekends away and so on. it's called the toga. william mark prisons utility bills have gone up from 30 grand a year for his pub and restaurant before the war in ukraine. and now they're 80 grand a year, right? what an increase with the price cap. when the price cap goes in in april, 120 grand a year. and utilities impose a four times increase, no small business can withstand that. the government needs to understand what's

happening to small and medium sized enterprises, not the heavy energy users like steel makers. they will get additional subsidies, but just regular businesses for whom a utility bill was a kind of small part of their cost base is now the looming hole in the middle of their balance sheets that will crush these firms. it really just feels i know it's not. i know it's not deliberate to close these small businesses, but it just looks like an act of national self—harm or neglect. it's neglect. neglect. small businesses , smes, small and businesses, smes, small and medium sized enterprises . as medium sized enterprises. as i often champion here on gb news and in my other writing, often champion here on gb news and in my other writing , they and in my other writing, they employ two thirds of us, right? they generate half our growth. they generate half our growth. they are the hotbeds of innovation and effort and drive . these are the companies that push the british economy, our nafion push the british economy, our nation of shell forward . we nation of shell forward. we think and there's a cliche , but think and there's a cliche, but it's true, we're retailers , it's true, we're retailers, we're innovators, we're potters, if you like. we these small

companies, they don't only provide world class services. they're also where a lot of innovation happens. so many of them were monstered during lockdown, absolutely ravaged dunng lockdown, absolutely ravaged during the covid pandemic. for a lot of these selfish people, no furlough for them . so they they furlough for them. so they they suffered. they kept their workforces on in many cases. and they're desperate now to get back in the saddle and get this british economy moving. they're being hit by business rates, which they have to pay even if they don't make any money at all. they're about to be walloped by a six percentage point rise in corporation tax from 19 to 25, something which i think rishi sunak should freeze is in his march budget, by the way , and i'm of campaigning way, and i'm sort of campaigning for that in quiet and for that in my own quiet and retiring and shy way. but these small businesses , ministers, small businesses, ministers, have to understand and that they drive the economy and they are very, very influential swing voters in their own communities. they're pragmatic. they don't care who they vote for . they care who they vote for. they vote for what's best for business. and it's clear that many of them now are suffering.

okay. all right. thank you so much, bright . there's not a much, liam bright. there's not a lot of good news there, is the don't forget vote in our don't forget to vote in our twitter morning. i'm twitter poll this morning. i'm asking sunak asking you with rishi sunak being minister for 100 being our prime minister for 100 days , do you think that he days today, do you think that he deserves another hundred days in power? cast your vote now and let me know your reasons are below, won't you also email me gb views at gbnews.uk . because gb views at gbnews.uk. because after the break, a shocking story. an undercover journalist accompanied debt collectors sent by british gas owner centrica . by british gas owner centrica. just mention them to force prepayment metres on vulnerable people . before we get into that people. before we get into that though, time for quick break. see .

to good morning welcome back to best wednesday on gb news. my guests are here this morning. i am delighted to be joined by nhs

doctor or an eight handicap and former labour mp steven pound. welcome both of you. right, let's get start with the times. this is a front page of the paper today. it's brilliant paper today. it's a brilliant investec written a journalist investec written by a journalist called paul morgan bentley and he went to the lengths of applying for a job with a debt collection agencies. the british press news and following them around and basically discovered that there have been over 300,000 warrants, court warrants to break into the homes of vulnerable people. renee, to fit these pre—payment metres . it's these pre—payment metres. it's genuinely a shock insight into what's been going on in relation to this huge corporation and these individuals. i think it's really interesting that it's on a day where shell announced a £32 billion profit as well . so £32 billion profit as well. so there's clearly plenty of money in the system to help vulnerable people. and obviously this should not be happening in it. people should not be in a situation where they might not be to fit, hate their home be able to fit, hate their home with their children because they can't in the metre

can't put a pound in the metre or should we £100 into the or should we say £100 into the metre ? i mean, do need on the metre? i mean, we do need on the balance of this, we do need to make sure that we have a safety net for these people. at the same time, we don't want to just let anyone who doesn't fancy paying let anyone who doesn't fancy paying the bill. when you and i work really hard to pay our bills to just get away with it, but there certainly needs to be checks and balances. we shouldn't into shouldn't be breaking into people's suspect that people's homes. i suspect that in do via in future they'll just do it via smart metres wherever they can and you know. exactly. i and you know. yeah, exactly. i mean issues, mean that's one of the issues, isn't that we're all being isn't it, that we're all being made to have these smart metres. stephen what do think? stephen what do you think? as a former labour does your former labour mp, does your heart you hear about heart sink when you hear about these, stories? mean these, these stories? i mean there's was single mum there's one was single mum with four i mean it's all four children. i mean it's all the video is all there. the undercover footage and the delight actually , the more delight actually, the more than being mp , former being a former mp, former housing officer and dealing with people in crisis and temporary accommodation lot of these accommodation and a lot of these people, lives people, their lives are in crisis. my wife's magistrate crisis. my wife's a magistrate and will have a hundred of and she will have a hundred of these application that come before her on the magistrates

bench. she bench. every one of which she wants but about wants to consider. but in about 1% cases, the people 1% of the cases, the people actually come along because their lives are so utterly chaotic. there's two chaotic. but i think there's two aspects is your position aspects is one is your position on this great power comes on this with great power comes great responsibility journalism on this with great power comes greéchanged;ibility journalism on this with great power comes greéchanged the ty journalism on this with great power comes greéchanged the lanournalism on this with great power comes greéchanged the law becausem has changed the law because today you're going to actually change the system. so from you, from your position, you and your colleagues in modern journalism can actually a light on can actually shine a light on something and change it for the better. with great power comes great responsibility . why great responsibility. and why don't these energy don't these these energy companies have more responsibility? because they have to take action to expose this. i mean , i used to hate this. i mean, i used to hate keeping the problem with metres is that as you know, you pay more for your energy than you would if you actually pay with the bill. but there are some. so let's just explain this because some not understand some people may not understand i didn't understand this didn't really understand this when we first covered this a couple ago. so this is couple of weeks ago. so this is people have credit people who have poor credit ratings forced the by the ratings are forced by the by the energy company to prepay for energy company to prepay pay for that energy precisely. what that energy precisely. and what you you'll to the

you do is you'll go to the corner you'll buy corner shop and you'll buy a little fob, and they charge little fob, and they will charge it up for you. but it be it up for you. but it will be more expensive if they're being directly billed. now, look, there some people for there are some people now, for example, obvious example, airbnbs, an obvious example, airbnbs, an obvious example moving example where people are moving in where you can't in and out, where you can't every time somebody for every time somebody comes in for a set up an account for a weekend set up an account for them and actually them and there's actually a place but what the place for them. but what the energy companies been energy companies have been doing, can see, is doing, as far as i can see, is actually taking the easy, easy option, bothered to option, if not bothered to investigate. not investigate. they're not bothering you. so have vast their as croesus, for their as rich as croesus, for heaven's sake. they heaven's sake. and they could actually employ people to actually employ a few people to knock door speak to knock on the door and speak to the people. i think rene's point about can't pay, won't pay is very, very important. but in this particular case, it's not can't it's they can't pay. well, it's they simply is simply can't be bothered. is that right? it you know, i'm that right? is it you know, i'm with you as well, renee. we have a lot of people. frankly, we're living system. let's be living off the system. let's be honest. are are some honest. there are there are some people a benefits people who are in a benefits culture. how live. culture. that is how they live. not many. many. we mustn't not many. not many. we mustn't tar everybody that especially at the moment, are a lot of the moment, there are a lot of people hard really, people working hard and really, really do we really struggling. but how do we differentiate those who differentiate between those who do need to be genuinely to

do need to be genuinely held to account paying their account for not paying their bills those who we need to bills and those who we need to help? difficult. it is help? it's very difficult. it is difficult, obviously difficult, but it's obviously possible. of course it's possible. of course it's possible we means possible because we means test lots things society. so we lots of things in society. so we need systems in place where need some systems in place where these people can't own these gas people can't just own electric course, just electric, of course, can't just cut people off willy nilly because paying that. because they're not paying that. they have to go through a process where people's lives are examined . know, spend examined. you know, we spend enough money. we waste enough money. put some money money. let's put some money behind show who's behind this. let's show who's just down £32 billion in profit. put some money behind this to actually really differentiate those who cannot pay and there are lots of those people at the moment, you know, from those who just don't pay because just don't want to pay because other more important other things are more important and bills are high, feel like and bills are high, we feel like we to also talk about how we have to also talk about how people , you know, what is should people, you know, what is should be more teaching about how to economise, to manage your economise, how to manage your money better, how to manage funds. because say some people funds. because i say some people have chaotic lives funds. because i say some people haveit chaotic lives funds. because i say some people haveit just chaotic lives funds. because i say some people haveit just runs chaotic lives funds. because i say some people haveit just runs awayic lives funds. because i say some people haveit just runs away withas funds. because i say some people haveit just runs away with them, and it just runs away with them, doesn't and then it's the doesn't it? and then it's the head and the problem head in the sand and the problem that got you ignore it.

that have got you ignore it. i my dad used to say he never opened a unless it had a opened a bill unless it had a red letter. red ink on the outside because, you know, they were demand. are were the final demand. there are people that all the time. people who do that all the time. but one of the problems but i think one of the problems here the collection agencies. here is the collection agencies. i mean, you know, the collection agencies used to call agencies we used to call bailiffs do get bailiffs back in the day do get a press. but sometimes i'm a bad press. but sometimes i'm afraid wrong ends afraid there's some wrong ends in it looks to me as in that. and it looks to me as though these people have been kicking the dorian first and then second. yeah, then thinking second. yeah, yeah, by the yeah, i do see that by the absolute that some of the absolute joy that some of the people undercover story people in this undercover story actually they went into actually had when they went into the who had the moon. the single dad who had three and there were three children and there were toys over the floor. and he toys all over the floor. and he made the comment when he left that when we came in the radiator and now radiator was warm and now they're i that they're cold. yeah i mean, that is barbaric taste and that's wrong. men should wrong. and that men should not be. yeah certainly going into people's homes. is the people's homes. where is the training? the duty of training? where is the duty of care? where like you say, care? where is the like you say, statements? about statements? it's about individual it individual case analysis. it goes, one fits goes, you know, one size fits all suits huge. all because that suits huge. corporations right. corporations often. right. moving is sunak. moving on, rishi sunak is sunak. so local sunak sunak sunak not

people keep telling me office saying sunak i say i'm from manchester is sunak but the steak is sadiq khan. manchester is sunak but the steak is sadiq khan . people steak is sadiq khan. people called him sadiq khan. they get hate. name is sadiq hate. said his name is sadiq khan.i hate. said his name is sadiq khan. i say. right, because he's also done a number of other things. yeah well, true. right. okay. so rishi sunak ready to okay. so rishi sunak is ready to ban from leaving parents ban unions from leaving parents in and forced teachers to in limbo and forced teachers to tell heads who is planning to join the walkouts. because this is one of the things that i think most shocking about think was most shocking about the on the strikes yesterday. on walkout half walkout wednesday, we had half a million people on strike in the uk yesterday fact that uk yesterday was the fact that some the teachers unions some of the teachers unions allowed their teachers not to warn their heads if they weren't going to be in the classroom, which makes it impossible to plan. felt like plan. that just felt like twisting the knife. well, the 1992 union and labour 1992 trade union and labour relations act was very, very badly drawn. of the things badly drawn. one of the things that insisted on doing, and that they insisted on doing, and that they insisted on doing, and that was actually in a school, that was actually a in a school, the union to tell the the union had to tell the headteacher how many members were actually in the school, how many they had. but they many members they had. but they didn't have to say which ones were the union. and the

were in the union. and the problem there's no problem is there's no requirement then the requirement then for the union to actually say the to actually say to the headteacher, you know, 74 people to actually say to the he112eacher, you know, 74 people to actually say to the he112 of:her, you know, 74 people to actually say to the he112 of yeah,ou know, 74 people to actually say to the he112 of yeah, yeah ow, 74 people to actually say to the he112 of yeah, yeah .w, 74 people to actually say to the he112 of yeah, yeah . partly)eople or 112 of yeah, yeah. partly because don't know because they don't know themselves . but because they don't know themselves. but think this is themselves. but i think this is a blunt instrument. it's probably not going to ultimately, you know , churchill ultimately, you know, churchill said georgia was better than or, you know, some of these gestures. he's trying to throw some to tory. some red meat to the tory. right. simply thought right. it's simply ill thought out. bit like the trade out. it's a bit like the trade union labour relations. yeah. what think , renee? what do you think, renee? i think saw girl at think i saw a little girl at school yesterday because my little girl's a private nursery, so, know, again, it's so, you know, once again, it's the disadvantage to have been more disadvantaged than those who are paying. and you know, i come this from a slightly come at this from a slightly different think that different angle. i think that just there is no just because there is no requirement for the to let requirement for the eu to let headteachers morally , to headteachers know morally, to try and protect children as best as possible, should they not have been telling them? and that tells me everything i need to know about the eu. the morally they don't give a about children. we've seen their lives destroyed over the last three years, we've them years, but we've seen them put into masks because the any you

won't want it to actually score a point we've seen doors with the bottom sawn off in scotland . they sit in freezing classrooms with no evidence at all their education destroyed. and now once again , now that and now once again, now that they're back, trying to get into a with them and prepare for their gcse the any you decide that they can screw it up as much as they possibly can. yeah where are the children. where are the needs of the children in this conversation. that's the bit i find i find utterly baffling. but with rishi sunak making these moves, stephen, to compromise the rights of workers in the freedoms of workers, to strike more and more and more. do you like that direct, john? oh, don't know. i don't know. oh, i don't know. i don't know. i mean, you know, don't pigeonhole me because i'm like, you're you? you're your omen, aren't you? see, i was always considered to be on the moderate right the be on the moderate right of the party. no , i mean, trade party. yeah, no, i mean, trade union legislation is important, and levels service union legislation is important, andimportant levels service union legislation is important, andimportant..evels service union legislation is important, andimportant . when service union legislation is important, andimportant . when i service union legislation is important, andimportant . when i don'tce union legislation is important, andimportant . when i don't like are important. when i don't like is inefficiency , incompetence is inefficiency, incompetence and things through. and not thinking things through. when government actually when the government actually says going have to

says you're going to have to have a 10% level something on have a 10% level of something on the job and then expect the union nominate of the union to nominate the 10% of the people going to be people who are going to be running the tube and then not even take into account the even to take into account the fact to rig up sick fact they want to rig up sick anyway. know, tubes anyway. so, you know, the tubes are dangerous service. many are dangerous in service. many think not being think it's just not being thought out. the trouble is they're looking wrong they're looking at the wrong end of it's one thing of the equation. it's one thing trying to penalise people which is they're trying to do is what they're trying to do to force people. know, we can force people. you know, we can insist you doing this. they insist on you doing this. they shouldn't that situation shouldn't be at that situation in yeah it just in the first. yeah is it just that for too much that they're asking for too much money? of these strikes that money? all of these strikes that we have to find a middle ground somewhere? mean, somewhere? well, i mean, collective clues somewhere? well, i mean, co the :ive clues somewhere? well, i mean, co the name. clues somewhere? well, i mean, co the name. the clues somewhere? well, i mean, co the name. the second clues somewhere? well, i mean, co the name. the second words somewhere? well, i mean, co the name. the second word is in the name. the second word is bargaining . yeah. and when you bargaining. yeah. and when you i mean, was a trade union mean, i was a trade union negotiator in the for years negotiator in the nhs for years and we never, ever went and years. we never, ever went in than three in on anything less than three or times what we wanted. or four times what we wanted. you know, 1979, we you know, in 1979, we unfortunately too far. unfortunately went too far. yeah, yes and actually, yeah, yes, yes. and actually, i actually think based on that, no, that's exactly they're no, that's exactly what they're doing. who asked for the doing. it's he who asked for the most thing the most outrageous thing at the start, up closest to start, who ends up closest to where want to be. but

where they want to be. but i think they carry on and the think if they carry on and the government stand firm as government just stand firm as they going get to they are, we're going to get to a point where inflation's back down to 2% the of the down to 2% by the end of the yeah down to 2% by the end of the year. of the nurses will get year. one of the nurses will get the the interesting the money, but the interesting thing that inflation doesn't thing is that inflation doesn't work service. mean, work in public service. i mean, you're to put the you're not going to put the costs if the nurses get a pay costs up if the nurses get a pay rise. it simply doesn't work out that way. and most of these people going put the people are not going to put the cost education up, even cost of education up, even if the teachers get pay rise. the the teachers get a pay rise. the other to say this, of other thing to just say this, of course, that the any you course, is that the any you would say and aren't here would say and they aren't here to defend themselves. and we should that out also is should point that out also is that that legislation that the reason that legislation is the workers is there, that the workers do not to their bosses if not have to tell their bosses if they are going to be in the office or not, is in order to stop any sort of bullying or discrimination in the workplace from make from the head who might make their difficult if that's their life difficult if that's their life difficult if that's the for it. but anyway. the reasons for it. but anyway. but children tuition at but the children the tuition at the of this list. the top of this list. absolutely. the teachers absolutely. but the teachers are going going to going head teachers are going to know day anyway. you know the next day anyway. you mean for forward, for the mean for going forward, for the future? ones are. well, of future? which ones are. well, of course you know why? course they are. you know why? why, call yourself up in

why, why? call yourself up in knots in this ridiculous way. negotiate talk, discuss, bargain, like bargain, and actually do it like grown spoke teacher grown up. i spoke to a teacher who strike yesterday. she who was on strike yesterday. she said up with said she just caught up with some i actually think some marking. i actually think they'd actually lot more they'd actually get a lot more support they on strike support if they went on strike in oh, course in the holidays. oh, of course they now the break, they would. now off the break, low neighbourhoods they would. now off the break, lovthe neighbourhoods they would. now off the break, lovthe iin ghbourhoods they would. now off the break, lovthe iin london.oods they would. now off the break, lovthe iin london. the idea on the rise in london. the idea of is reduce through of them is to reduce through traffic neighbourhoods to traffic and on neighbourhoods to tackle all? tackle emissions. is it all? that's about? that's that's all it's about? that's all. morning's news , all. after your morning's news, it's 1032 i'm rhiannon all. after your morning's news, it's1032 i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates for the 10th time interest rates for the 10th time in a row later this time from 3.5 to 4. the announcements expected at midday and as part of efforts to control inflation, some experts predict we could see a final hike next month with the rate peaking at 4.5. economic commentator lorillard explains how the rise could affect us. anyone who has any debt credit it, any credit card debt, a lot of us credit card debt, a lot of us credit card debt and every thing is keyed

off. what's called bank rate. it goes all the way through the system and it tends to be we do see consumer interest rates on mortgage rates, credit card debt. we tend to see that go up pretty quickly . we don't seem to pretty quickly. we don't seem to tend to see it come down it stickier on the way down. critics of the prime minister say his first 100 days in office have been marred by tory sleaze scandals and a staggering economy. rishi sunak's under pressure to reveal what he knew about bullying allegations against dominic raab and the tax of nadhim zahawi . his time as of nadhim zahawi. his time as prime minister is also being blighted by continued industrial action and the cost of living crisis . ofgem action and the cost of living crisis. ofgem has action and the cost of living crisis . ofgem has launched an crisis. ofgem has launched an urgent investigation into british gas. it's after claims debt collectors hired by the company broke into customers homes to install pre—payment metres. the decision by the energy regulator follows an investigation by the times newspaper and undercover

journalists. a company debt collectors who reportedly entered the homes of vulnerable people to force fed pre—payment metres. business secretary grant shapps as he's horrified by the reports . and around 2.3 million reports. and around 2.3 million households missed an essential payment last month , including payment last month, including mortgages, rent and credit cards. new data reveals , cards. new data reveals, according to which is consumer insight tracker, 59% of people had to either cut back on essentials , sell property or dip essentials, sell property or dip into savings to cover spending. it's calling on essential businesses, including energy providers, to do more to help customers . tv online and dab+ customers. tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere. beth will be back in just a moment. hello, anywhere. beth will be back in just a moment . hello, alex just a moment. hello, alex deakin here your latest weather update from the office. most places dry today, fairly cloudy out there. it is pretty mild, though. temperatures double

figures for most and there is some rain across northern scotland from these weather fronts. high pressure is the dominant feature, but it is to the south and we've got westerly winds which are bringing some light rain and drizzle to parts of north—west england . the hills of north—west england. the hills and mountains wales as and mountains of west wales as well. but the heaviest rain is certainly across northern scotland. quite gusty in places, but not as as yesterday but not as windy as yesterday for the winds for most, although the winds will pick up through this evening over north—east and eastern . most places eastern scotland. most places pretty grey, but some breaks in the cloud, a hint of sunshine across parts of the east. and we will see those temperatures, as i for most. i said, double figures for most. we up to celsius in we could get up to celsius in one or two spots. that rain will continue for a time this evening, but ease off the evening, but ease off across the highlands and the western isles before midnight . that rain then before midnight. that rain then pushes as a kind of pushes southwards as a kind of a weak band, just turning a bit damp for parts of southern scotland. northern ireland through hours. through the early hours. elsewhere, again, most places dry will turn a little colder across northern parts, with some showers in shetland and orkney for the south, a very mild start

to friday and a similar day on friday actually in the west a lot of clouds and drizzle over the of wales but down to the hills of wales but down to the hills of wales but down to the northwest start the northwest england to start with we will see outbreaks of rain western parts rain across western parts scotland but brighter developing perhaps parts of east perhaps across parts of east wales, south—west england and northern ireland. most places just dry and cloudy and again, temperatures getting up into the teens in one or two locations and widely up to double figures won't be as windy friday either . as we go through the evening, we'll see that rain just heading its way across the northern isles. still some drizzle over western hills, but most places looking dry and many places will be dry into saturday to sunday for england. wales, we will see some rain for a time crossing scotland and northern ireland, most places turning brighter on sunday sunny spells, sunday with some sunny spells, but colder

very good morning . it's 1038 very good morning . it's1038 on very good morning. it's1038 on thursday. we've nearly made it to the end of the week this is gb news. there have been a few stories at the moment about low traffic neighbourhoods in the headunes traffic neighbourhoods in the headlines this week. these elections , they're causing a lot elections, they're causing a lot of controversy. a hackney in london the latest area with london is the latest area with proposals ban motorised proposals to ban motorised traffic from 75% of the borough's roads. it follows a move by islington council that's cut traffic on 70% of its roads. it's argued that these low traffic neighbourhoods create a greener and healthier environment . and so a man who environment. and so a man who knows all about this and is following this story closely is co—founder of us together declaration and together association , allan miller. good association, allan miller. good morning, allan . hello. good to morning, allan. hello. good to see you. i'm not sure we can hear you , but let me let me just hear you, but let me let me just tell you, allan. right. so this this low traffic neighbourhood scheme in principle all sounds very, very nice , clean air. very, very nice, clean air. what's the problem with it? explain it . well, basically ,

explain it. well, basically, firstly, it's undemocratic because time there's been a so—called consultation with very loaded questions they ignore the majority of the respondents so far instance there are 17,000 people in hackney that were presented as petition to mayor philip glanville. the mayor of hackney. philip glanville. the mayor of hackney . he's flagrantly hackney. he's flagrantly disregarded that. we've seen the same in oxford, where 93% had comments saying they didn't want it when they put the consultation forward and this is true of haringey as well with 65. so the first point is democracy . the next point is democracy. the next point is that it actually simply moves traffic to other areas. it creates huge congestion, it stops everything from deliveries to people being able to do the school properly, see out the way families , people with families, people with disabilities are really massively impact it. now in bath we've 15 out hands go up they say they want to have 48 and we have a public debate that we had organised in bath. and you know

what, bev, a venue was actually stopped somehow it got cancelled because they told us at the time they thought it was too political , but then they said it political, but then they said it was about numbers. but we've got a new venue in bath that. we're doing a big public debate tonight . we've invited bath tonight. we've invited a bath and north east somerset council, the council is by sarah warren. amanda rigby but the main thing is that this is about locals, you know, together association declaration . we have hundreds of declaration. we have hundreds of signatures and members in every area . they try to present this area. they try to present this as outsiders coming in. they've done that in. hackney i'm a resident in hackney. people well, we don't want these outsiders , but actually as our outsiders, but actually as our videos show it together, declaration on our socials . this declaration on our socials. this is residents , shopkeepers, is about residents, shopkeepers, people in hospitality . see people in hospitality. see grandmothers. there's a grandmothers. there's a grandmother in, oxford, that's done a really compelling video saying these new bus gates and the 50 minute neighbourhood is going to really impact her. we've seen shops being closed down just recently in haringey

off the tara did a video about the impacts and 65% not wanting them. she's had to close her business down in haringey a move we've seen in oxford restaurants after 15 years having to close they only last week because of road traffic maybe. and of course clem pugh . we spent 30 course clem pugh. we spent 30 years regenerating the area faces the closure of one of his businesses so it's london but it's also other areas and we would really invite people in bath to come along and also to have has come and have have council has come and have a pubuc have council has come and have a public debate and stop trying to smear people. it seems that whenever people don't want to debate something discuss it debate something or discuss it and as you know, as we've just seen recently , there's been seen recently, there's been significant to stop all significant attempts to stop all sorts of debates. recently and with me, i'm with the online safety bill just going through the second at the moment the second hearing at the moment in the lords, vital that we in the lords, it's vital that we get to discuss this with local residents and businesses. councillors is should explain the merits of their views, why they're not listening to local residents and businesses . these residents and businesses. these

about damaging harms and impacts andifs about damaging harms and impacts and it's essential and that's why we say together we've got to take back democracy and free our streets because the public needs to voices heard . to have our voices heard. absolutely. i've been invited on to this show several local councillors, local mayors , mps councillors, local mayors, mps from these areas to come on and explain the benefits of these significant changes to the road of the areas and none of them will accept the invitation. alan millar that's what's so depressing and i think if i understood this correctly , your understood this correctly, your argument out together primarily is not necessarily about the planet, it isn't necessarily about pushing back and saying these eco measures aren't warranted . you want to see these warranted. you want to see these decisions being put in the hands of a democratic process in those areas . how of a democratic process in those areas. how it's going to of a democratic process in those areas . how it's going to affect areas. how it's going to affect local people, is that right? absolutely right . mean there's absolutely right. mean there's a big discussion to be had about the question of the climate, but we're told that we're a permanent emergency. we saw it with the response to covid. we're now seeing in a discussion about the climate. it seems that

every measure we go to have permanent emergencies and there should traffic should no. but these low traffic neighbourhoods , these elections neighbourhoods, these elections were in in stealth. were brought in in stealth. there a few before , but there were a few before, but dunng there were a few before, but during and they've kind during lockdown and they've kind of now sprung up in many areas and now many more being proposed. and a lot of people don't know them don't even know about them because those houses didn't go to that people . we're to that many people. we're saying we're saying saying that's why we're saying take democracy. we've got to have residents , citizens have local residents, citizens in able to hold in britain being able to hold these questions in an open debate that councillor is, i'm essential government because central government is funding this as well . it's fines central government is funding this as well. it's fines , you this as well. it's fines, you know, when do we when do we agree as a nation or locally that you would have to negotiate your mobility? we've never had that discussion. yeah. all of us people don't like saying it's not new forms of lockdowns and restrictions oxford responded very starkly to that . but very starkly to that. but actually if you look at the logic , what they're saying is we logic, what they're saying is we are going to fight a bit like feudal times. we are going to find you to move out of areas.

we're going to impose taxes. it's . it hasn't been it's a stick. it hasn't been agreed. one and we need to have agreed. one and we need to have a wide discussion . so that's why a wide discussion. so that's why people in bath should join us tonight. bath and tonight. we hope that bath and nonh tonight. we hope that bath and north somerset council north east somerset council will attend , but what we really are attend, but what we really are going to do on our other campaigns is we're going to be doing calls action , asking doing calls to action, asking councillors i'm mark councillors and mp i'm mark harper in the cabinet, the transport minister, why these things are happening. we need to really end them and have a proper democratic discussion about urban planning plans. about our urban planning plans. ireland mind put at rest ireland is your mind put at rest 7 ireland is your mind put at rest ? it's the statement from ? it's all by the statement from bath on elton's. they say it bath on the elton's. they say it is just a trial. no decisions will be made on whether to make the scheme permanent until the council the council has reviewed all of the comments people still comments which people can still submit until may the 17th. they're trying. it may not they're just trying. it may not work . well, you know, we told work. well, you know, we told that these are trials and yet what we see is each one builds on the other. so there's a trial of 15, then there's 48. like in oxford, there's a trial of 40 ends, and then it becomes a 15 minute now minute neighbourhood. now they've another trial on top

they've got another trial on top of two trials to actually of those two trials to actually impact that will impact health workers and key workers schools to impose more charges on of these trials. so they call them trials, but yet they're very kind of zealous about the implementation of them. we should remember that there is a lot of money being made up out of all these things. that's a huge incentive from central government themselves . we government and themselves. we need to on proper need to insist on proper services . that's how we can get services. that's how we can get housing and transport done properly , and that takes having properly, and that takes having the public at the heart of it. and that's what together wants to make happen. and we've to make it happen. and we've got local regional groups doing local and regional groups doing this the country. okay this across the country. okay well done. alan miller there from the together association seek out his work and make your feelings known. your local mp as well if you don't agree with these now the of living these now the cost of living crisis continues to bite tenants who renting properties are who are renting properties are being pushed to the limit, with landlords facing a unique struggle. the rent pay struggle. raise the rent and pay their will keep it their own bills, will keep it their own bills, will keep it the and risk going of the same and risk going out of business. north—west victim of

business. a north—west victim of porter been porter sophie reaper has been finding out exactly how landlords being affected by landlords are being affected by the rising cost of living . as the rising cost of living. as the rising cost of living. as the cost of living rises so does the cost of living rises so does the cost of where we live . the cost of where we live. according to real estate company zoopla. the average rent in the uk in 2022 was 12.1% higher than the year before . but with the the year before. but with the ripple effects of increased pnces ripple effects of increased prices , many landlords are being prices, many landlords are being left with no other choice. a lot of our tenants are understandably asking if there's anything that we can do about their rent to bring it down. and unfortunately, some cases we've had to actually put the rent up because our bills have gone up and up and up. you know, we've got the utility expenses which which dramatically. which have risen dramatically. we've rates and the we've got interest rates and the costs of our mortgage is going up. we've costs , labour up. we've got the costs, labour materials for repair and maintenance all going up. and this is having a huge effect on our business. it's all hitting the bottom line. landlords often perceive bvd as the bad guys . of

perceive bvd as the bad guys. of course, there are some who take advantage of tenants and increase prices by in order amounts. but is it fair to villainize them all as landlords get put under further and further pressure ? they are further pressure? they are called out in the public media. it does make it increasingly difficult run businesses. it makes that conversation with tenants increasingly difficult because that relationships really, really important. but i think to taint all of the landlords with that same brush is dangerous . the cost of living is dangerous. the cost of living is dangerous. the cost of living is a effectively forcing landlords into a proverbial corner . and yet many people are corner. and yet many people are still calling for the government to impose a cap on private rental increases. however, as more and more landlords are dnven more and more landlords are driven out of the sector , there driven out of the sector, there are fears around how capping could impact supply of available housing. if you want to encourage people to bring their properties to the market, if you

want to have a sensible supply of properties, then actually the last thing that you should think about doing is capping rents . about doing is capping rents. from the outside looking in, i can see that that might be an attractive move in the context of cost of living . but it's of cost of living. but it's a false economy . and i think, you false economy. and i think, you know , government, we need to know, government, we need to tread very carefully before it starts. meddling in the private rented sector. ultimately, as pnces rented sector. ultimately, as prices rise for tenants they also rise for landlords. the challenge now is finding a short term solution in which both sides can survive . sophie sides can survive. sophie reapen sides can survive. sophie reaper. gb news is . right. reaper. gb news is. right. welcome back. we are still here. rennie and hunter camp doctor, nhs doctor is with me as is labour mp stephen pound. we will not bring them where we were talking, bit struck talking, we got a bit struck sid. i always get a bit distracted when we talk about this man run distances find this man run distances and find yourself. i will compare myself

. so obviously he is the governor of florida. florida republican. he wishes to remove all taxes on gas stoves and also on baby products. this is what he said. we just added , because he said. we just added, because i think it needs to be done . no i think it needs to be done. no tax permanently on gas stoves . tax permanently on gas stoves. they want your gas stove and we're not going to let that happen. and we're not even a state. the way florida was built, a of this wasn't even built, a lot of this wasn't even connected to gas lines. you got a of electric stuff, but a lot of electric stuff, but it's just the principle you it's just the principle of, you know, ridiculous that know, this is ridiculous that they want to go they and they do want to go after got blowback. so after it. they got blowback. so they to back off. they kind of had to back off. they to go after gas they want to go after the gas stoves. so we're saying, you stoves. and so we're saying, you know, you to be able to know, we want you to be able to buy you still might be out buy those you still might be out because the thing is amazing. i love is i love how strong gays. renee i love the fact that he is pushing back while standing as a republican candidate . we don't republican candidate. we don't know yet if he's not for any kind of throwing in terms of the next election in america. but there about this man there is so much about this man that i adore. and i adore

that i adore. yes. and i adore him. with you, we won't fight over him. you know, we might we might . but i over him. you know, we might we might. but i think , you know, he might. but i think, you know, he has the most incredible wife, three children. he's a very thank you. but i was just going to say, that's actually part of his appeal. but we have a young man who's got a family, a young family and his military service. he's done his military service. he's done his military service. he he lives principles his he he lives principles in his life. he's to the average life. and he's to the average man because he feels like he's in touch with us. yeah. and he's good looking man, too. yeah. if he was to run as president next time, would he be a shoo in, do you think? i think be a shoo in, because there's people like nikki haley. there's plenty of other people around. and, you know, obviously mike know, there's obviously mike pompeo. know, there's obviously mike pompe number of people. know, there's obviously mike pompenumber of people. but is any number of people. but i think desantis is a very, very person in many, many ways. i actually i don't the way he actually i don't like the way he bnngs actually i don't like the way he brings out onto brings his children out onto the stage think, stage with him. i think, you know, mean, i just don't know, but i mean, i just don't like in generality. like that in the generality. obama it. i have to say, if obama did it. i have to say, if good looks were the only way you could how in god's could get elected, how in god's name elected? but

name did i ever get elected? but look florida , a democrat look what florida, a democrat state, then a swing state. and now i think he got 58% of the vote in florida last year. that says something about it. and it's very interest place it's a very interest ing place because whole st petersburg because the whole st petersburg , in north florida , the whole bit in north florida is of jewish care is full of sort of jewish care homes and very, very strong homes and a very, very strong jewish community there and what they snowbirds, people they call snowbirds, people who come york. it's come down from new york. it's not republican not natural republican territory. also won territory. and he's also won over the cuban diaspora there, particularly down in the southern end of the state. he's done very well indeed. is done very well indeed. but is that transferable to pennsylvania? i don't think that's going to play well in california. i at the california. i know. but at the moment, a ticket with him and nikki haley looks quite impressive. and i would be a democrat was america. democrat if i was in america. yeah reasons well, yeah one of the reasons well, the reason, is that the main reason, renee, is that he to switch prominence he stormed to switch prominence globally was so popular with globally and was so popular with his electorate was how he handled the pandemic. his electorate was how he handled the pandemic . yes, he handled the pandemic. yes, he was absolutely counternarrative. he really was . and he obviously he really was. and he obviously he had people around him , the he had people around him, the surgeon general, actually surgeon general, who actually agreed with him and used data

and i think, again, they were they were actually talking in to what people really felt underneath. clearly, we didn't know what this was, but there were people who were were a lot of people who were not allowed to speak. i not allowed to speak. and i think was telling think that was the telling thing. you weren't allowed to speak to question speak if you wanted to question the narrative and the the covid narrative and the centre no, speak because centre said no, speak because this is what i think. centre said no, speak because this is what i think . yeah. and this is what i think. yeah. and actually in terms of that, the damage to the fatalities from covid florid are is very much an outlier alongside sweden that they took very little measures and they had no demonstrable will they increase in fact it was very much geographical. i mean, the parts of florida which did have a high level, but the generality of the whole state, you're absolutely right. but this what's this is about gas. and what's fascinating is fascinating about that is america self—sufficient america is not self—sufficient in gas because they've had the good to go for hydraulic good sense to go for hydraulic fracturing and they are now exporting too. i was going exporting gas, too. i was going to in because we're too to come in because we're too nimby ish to actually allow us to the very gas, very to take the very gas, the very fuel that given us and we fuel that god's given us and we could extracting it and using could be extracting it and using it don't what

it now. i don't know what banning is all about. i banning gas hobs is all about. i mean, my son, who's an electrician, we delightedly spent telling spent all this time telling people not to have gas. but, i mean, is an essential mean, but is an essential component homes. don't component of many homes. i don't know. sure joe is know. i mean, i'm sure joe is very and on the ball very astute and on the ball about this, but it's really not about this, but it's really not a citizen on the by anything. i'm sorry i've forgotten that now, but i just don't know why there are actually fighting the gate and why this is suddenly a big issue. well, i have to tell you, in my house, it's absolutely freezing. i quite often use my six hop rings to heat up my because it's so cold. oh, god, i hope you know what is speaking. my mother used to open the oven and have the oven and we'd sit around in the kitchen until the day my father put his feet in that of all the we shall say no more. well, i think , you say no more. well, i think, you know, look, the gas thing is part of it. and it's also because of what that represents. it represents him pushing back against a lot of the eco zealotry and as you say, they have plenty of gas that they are

extracting. and that just doesn't make any sense what they're going to with it. they're going to do with it. sell to us. gas said sell sell it to us. gas i said sell it us. and it's not how it to us. and it's not how carbon so then carbon footprint of coal so then it's fine. no, it's right. it's fine. yeah. no, it's right. dr. doctor. doctor let me ask you this. folic acid should be pumped into rice as well as bread and doses should be quadrupled to prevent 600 extra cases of life threatening birthday effects every year, according to experts , the according to experts, the government has unveiled plans to add folic acid to flour. i don't like the government meddling with stuff in my food that i have an awesome . yeah, so i've have an awesome. yeah, so i've actually kind of done a 180 on this. i really have. so, you know a couple of years ago, i thought it was a good idea to put fluoride in water because we have more children having general anaesthetics. but than for else because of for anything else because of their actually their teeth. but actually having had look and listen to people, had a look and listen to people, i've kind of turned myself around that . and i on around on that. and i have on this to further cassidy's really important really does important because it really does stop bifida, which terrible stop bifida, which is a terrible disease. my best friend at school had it . and, you know,

school had it. and, you know, i've watched through i've watched her go through physio every day. it's horrible and awful . and, you know, we and awful. and, you know, we abort most pregnancies where we find spinal bifida . that's the find spinal bifida. that's the next thing. but at the same time, i think it's you now have decided the government not decided that the government not be telling us to what eat, when to eat it, and giving us no choice. not that i think many people giving us people use flour, but giving us no over that. so i think this money should be spent is actually convincing people how important it is when they're thinking about pregnancy to go out, get themselves, some folic acid and take responsibility for their own pregnancy. are there any, do you think the side effects from having much effects from having too much folate has think there folate has it? i think there probably are, but i think the levels that this will be and folic is quite difficult to folic acid is quite difficult to get food unless you eat get from food unless you eat good all of time. but good food all of the time. but at the same time, i think, you know , we do start. know, we do have to start. i think we need to rewind on everything now and go for personal responsibility because we've lost it. it's interesting that huge debates that there would be huge debates . fluoride. . the house about fluoride. yeah. the fact that for yeah. ignoring the fact that for 200 miles of the eastern

coastline , fluoride occurs coastline, fluoride occurs naturally in water. but i think it's quite interesting the first ever food ever adulterated food legislation in this country came aboutin legislation in this country came about in the late 18th century because adulterated flour. because of adulterated flour. they get cut with chalk they used to get cut with chalk and so i think at the and it loads. so i think at the moment i bet you monsanto at the moment i bet you monsanto at the moment are actually putting a folic component within one folic acid component within one of grains and i have to of their grains and i have to say, i'm not a doctor. you not remotely and i'm very seldom get pregnant i have to pregnant. but i have i have to say folic acid is good thing, say folic acid is a good thing, but maybe i would slightly go but maybe i would be slightly go on the libertarian line here if you want to take photographs, it take a capsule. you know, take it in a capsule. you know, like i take vitamins the like i take vitamins in the morning. the idea that you morning. but the idea that you got bread you have got a loaf of bread and you have no it. exactly. different no say in it. exactly. different matter. is matter. and the evidence is that. when too that. so when you agree too much, by the way, the evidence is clear. if you take is really clear. if you take a 400 microgram tablet of folic acid first three months acid in the first three months of pregnancy, it's matter of your pregnancy, it's matter actually your chances of actually reduces your chances of having a right. so spend having a baby's right. so spend this money giving folic acid this money on giving folic acid tablets free to women who present gp when they're present with the gp when they're pregnant. choice

pregnant. it's choice. choice give us choice. individual choice . right. at the of the choice. right. at the end of the first our prime minister, first hour, our prime minister, rishi sunak, has been power rishi sunak, has been in power for days. going to for 100 days. i'm going to reflect upon how his premiership has far. see you in a has gone so far. see you in a few minutes .

good morning. welcome back to five, ten day on tv news before midday are reflecting on rishi sunak's 100 midday are reflecting on rishi sunak's100 days in office. is it cause for celebration or despair and what we should expect? what should we expect from his next 100 days? i want to know you think. to know what you think. and we're covering the awful story on energy is british gas were found breaking into the homes of the vulnerable and forcefully installing metres .

installing pre—payment metres. how do we hold them accountable for that's coming up for that. that's all coming up after the latest news . good after the latest news. good morning. it's exactly minute past 11. i'm rhiannon in the gb newsroom. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates for the 10th time in a row later this time from 3.5 to 4. the announcement announcements at midday and as part of efforts to control inflation, some experts predict we could see a final hike next month with the rate peaking at 4.5. economics commentator sir laurie leitch explains how the rise could affect us. text anyone who has any debt , any credit card debt, any debt, any credit card debt, any debt, any credit card debt, a lot of us credit card debt , a lot of us credit card debt, everything is quite off . what's everything is quite off. what's called bank rate, it goes all the way through the system and it tends to be. we do see consumer interest rates on

mortgage rates, credit card debt . we tend to see that go up quickly. we don't seem to tend to see it come down at stickier on the way down. the prime minister's critics say first 100 days in office have been marred by sleaze scandals and a staggering economy. rishi sunak's under pressure to reveal what he knew about bullying allegations against dominic raab and nadine's tax office . his and nadine's tax office. his time as prime minister is also being blighted by continued industrial action and cost of living crisis. beyond morale, a former aide said , the chief former aide said, the chief secretary to the treasury us mr. sunak's performance to date has been average . he's got a solid been average. he's got a solid c. i don't think he's done anything particularly remarkable and i think he's had a catastrophe. he has steadied the ship from that short term economic shock after liz truss, his mini budget. i don't think he's necessarily weak but that's the perception that's out there and are and that's what labour are running and in politics, running with. and in politics, wants being ceded,

wants and ideas being ceded, it's very hard to shake that the boss of centrica, the owner of british gas, says he's horrified that contractors for the company had broken into struggling customers homes, saying there's no excuse. his comments come shortly after ofgem the energy regulator, announced it was launching an investigation into british gas. its decision follows a sting by the times newspaper after undercover journalist , newspaper after undercover journalist, a company debt collectors, who reportedly entered the homes of vulnerable people to force fit pre—payment metres . shell says its profits metres. shell says its profits have increased by more than 53, with earnings of more than £68 billion last year. it's the company's highest profit in its 115 year history. the energy giants benefited from soaring oil prices due to russia's invasion of ukraine. it comes as consumers continue to grapple with soaring energy costs . while

with soaring energy costs. while thatis with soaring energy costs. while that is around 2.3 million households missed on essential payment last month , including payment last month, including mortgages, rent and credit cards. new data revealed. according to the consumer organisation, which 59% of people had to either cut back on essentials. so property or dip into savings to cover spending. it's calling on essential businesses, including energy providers, to do more to help customers . meanwhile, households customers. meanwhile, households in england and wales will see their water bills rise by 7.5% from april. industry body water uk says customers will pay an average of £31 more compared with last year. the annual bill, an average household will, hit £448. that's the biggest increase in almost. 20 £448. that's the biggest increase in almost . 20 years. increase in almost. 20 years. the royal college of nursing says a&e times have risen dramatic since rishi sunak became prime minister. it claims over 10,000 additional patients

regularly wait over 12 hours for treatment each month . today, the treatment each month. today, the action will deliver a petition to downing street calling for fair pay nursing staff. it's received more than 110,000 signatures so far. received more than 110,000 signatures so far . the health signatures so far. the health secretary says england is set to be one of the first countries in the world to wipe out hepatitis b . it comes as the world health b. it comes as the world health organisation warns that transmissions of hepatitis c from mothers to their babies has effectively been eliminated in england. the latest data shows infections now stand at just nought point 1% since the invasion by russia. more than £400 million has been donated to uk charities to help people . uk charities to help people. ukraine, according to the united nations. ukraine, according to the united nafions.the ukraine, according to the united nations. the disasters emergency committee is the biggest charity donor to the response in signs ukraine. the uk government match

funded ukraine. the uk government match funde d £25 million of public funded £25 million of public donations to the disease ukraine. humanitarian appeal . ukraine. humanitarian appeal. and king charles won't feature on australia's new $5 banknote. the current image is a portrait of queen elizabeth. the second but the new design will pay tribute instead to the culture and history of indigenous australians. the country's central bank says it'll take a number of years to design and print the new notes . this is gb print the new notes. this is gb news to bring you more as it happens now though, it's back to you, beth . you, beth. thank carrie. hannah. now, welcome back. on gb news tv and dab radio . here's what's coming dab radio. here's what's coming up at this hour. rishi sunak

marks 100 days in office as prime minister today with his premiership plagued by scandals and strike. data from yougov suggests that 56% of people think rishi sunak is doing a poorjob think rishi sunak is doing a poor job as prime minister as he poorjob as prime minister as he trails 21 points behind labour leader keir starmer. and as more people struggle with a cost of living crisis, shell has announced a record annual profit. would you believe that's more than double the figure reported in 2021? so why isn't the government demanding a proper windfall tax on energy giants? i'm going to be joined back here in the studio by dr. ronnie hunter camp and former labour mp stephen pounds discuss the big topics of the day, including the devout christian mother taking her child's primary school to court over gay pride . and of course, this show pride. and of course, this show is much improved with your views. do not forget to vote in my twitter poll this morning. i'm with sunak i'm asking you, with rishi sunak being, prime minister, for being, our prime minister, for 100 days today. deserve 100 days today. does he deserve 100 days today. does he deserve 100 power? only 28% of 100 days in power? only 28% of you are backing him. so far. email me, gbviews@gbnews.uk or

tweet me to have your say . so tweet me to have your say. so some of your on rishi sunak being a prime minister for 100 days, janice said, i think is the worst prime minister since blair. i voted tory last time. next election i will vote for him. the tories are useless. i'm phil says we need the urgency of liz truss to get things done sunak hunt are behaving like sunak and hunt are behaving like we are still in the eu with the shackles our business model. shackles on our business model. is different and is is different now and there is no reason our way reason not to accelerate our way to . a lot of you are to growth. a lot of you are actually getting in touch saying that lifelong that you've been lifelong conservative members. you just can't him . so let's can't vote for him. so let's talk an expert on this. so far, he's premiership of rishi sunak has been defined ministerial scandals and strike action . data scandals and strike action. data from yougov suggests 56% of you think that he's doing a poor job. now joining me is assistant editor at conservativehome william . good morning, william .

william. good morning, william. so how would you vote? how would you how would you vote? in my twitter poll? first of all, does he deserve another days in office? how's he done? i he does deserve another 100 days in office. but then, of course, the amanda rice davis does apply, i think, in that respect. and no, i think rishi sunak my voting for him to be prime minister in the leadership election. during last summer , for example. so last summer, for example. so i've always been sympathetic to rishi. i think his diagnosis of the economic situation much better than liz truss . and i better than liz truss. and i think actually at the moment he's probably the best person, the conservative party has to face the situation as he's been able to do in his first hundred days and then try and push on to win next election. but win the next election. but i think voters and especially think when voters and especially you can say a long standing party, voters complain about the inability of the government to get anything done. i am sympathetic to say that. they haven't more the last 13 haven't done more in the last 13 years think problem years and i think the problem is, are so many is, is that there are so many headwinds against the government, that's

government, whether that's global economic conditions, but that's crisis, that's the migration crisis, whether stubborn whether it's even stubborn nature some of their own nature of some of their own backbenchers that no backbenchers, and that it's no surprise really the rishi sunak finds himself with his hands so badly he's trying to hold badly tired he's trying to hold together a very fractious party. and frankly, after 13 years in power and is trying to work out what it actually wants to do with it whether it deserves with it and whether it deserves to any longer. mm to remain power any longer. mm when he was to talking a group of nhs clinicians earlier week, he said the things that happened before was prime minister, i can't do anything about what i think. you can hold me to account for is how i deal with things that arise on my watch. but he was chancellor the exchequer when a lot of decisions were made and decisions were being made and i think what doesn't ring think that's what doesn't ring true for people. william this idea. to this idea. oh, well, i'm new to this job. a integral job. he's been a very integral of cabinet a while . of cabinet for quite a while. well think he became chancellor 2000 yet to join the cabinet in two last 19. so you can say yes he was at the top of government for the entirety of boris johnson's time as prime

minister. but remember, first of all, he had to spend most of that dealing with the impact of the pandemic and the lockdowns in response it. the pandemic and the lockdowns in response it . and secondly, in response to it. and secondly, he has to clear up the he also has to clear up the economic mess they inherited from lived predecessor from his short lived predecessor and also, perhaps more importantly , has to deal with importantly, has to deal with the widespread loss of trust and trust the conservative party. freudian slip now based on the chaos of the leadership, elections and year, but also going further back the various scandals to do with number 10 and partygate and all the rest, which i think have actually damage the consensus parties prospects much more. a lot prospects and much more. a lot of people he voted for in 2000, 19 in the defence tradition 19 and in the defence tradition of boris johnson or any subsequent crises actually subsequent crises have actually done , think and he, he done so, think and he, he inherited the most sticky of sticky wicket . and i think it's sticky wicket. and i think it's just, just to try and stabilise the rapid fall in the conservative party's opinion poll ratings that inherited, which is in itself something of small achievement. and now he's got two years to try and turn around the and to at least sort

of prevent, wipe out the next of prevent, to wipe out the next election or even to win it. election or even try to win it. it's difficult and task, it's very difficult and task, but i think he's right to say that he inherit the most sort of optimal sort of circumstances in which to try and do that. i think i think also the frustration even by people who want to conservative is that he didn't get there he wasn't voted in by the conservative party membership that's left a very poor taste in people's mouths. he hasn't been voted in by the electorate . and without this electorate. and without this mandate, it's very hard for him other than just styling it out to convince people that he should be there, making decisions. and in the meantime, you've always got boris johnson waiting in the wings mad laying around in ukraine. apparently undermining some of the decisions which sunak is making there about whether we should or should send jets. what does should not send jets. what does this look like, william? how does relationship play out does that relationship play out in the next years, do you in the next two years, do you think? i think boris think? well i think boris johnson is safe operating a very large headache for you, say next administration is only likely to

become a larger one when the privileges committee really gets into full swing in the next few months . and then we might see months. and then we might see what happens if example, what happens if, example, the committee guilty and committee finds a guilty and speaking to parliament and then he faces by—election uxbridge and south rise potentially we'll see whether he moves to another seat and but i think also the relationship between rishi sunak and party is obviously a difficult one and since they voted him in a leadership election and then found him to be prime minister seven weeks later. but from polling that later. but from the polling that we've done for conservativehome , they support sage, truss , they support sage, liz truss resigning and then rishi sunak taking over the case. it's clear that liz truss premiership wasn't working . i think that wasn't working. i think that certainly and parts of the policy , parliamentary party policy, the parliamentary party and membership and will and the membership and he will never at the role that never forgive at the role that they see him as playing in boris johnson's defence as tradition. the problem with johnson's the problem with boris johnson's government wasn't government and simply wasn't working as much as boris may have unique abilities as a communicator, unable to communicator, he was unable to grip the number 10 machine. he was any of

was unable to deliver on any of the pledges. aside from getting brexit done on which he was elected and the government was descending and rishi descending into chaos. and rishi saying great virtue and descending into chaos. and rishi sayireason great virtue and descending into chaos. and rishi sayireason whyjreat virtue and descending into chaos. and rishi sayireason why iaat virtue and descending into chaos. and rishi sayireason why i think'tue and descending into chaos. and rishi sayireason why i think he'sand descending into chaos. and rishi sayireason why i think he's the the reason why i think he's the right right be right person right now to be prime he has prime minister is that he has stopped that rot and actually managed to stabilise the conservative party base in its poll ratings, also in the poll ratings, but also in the bafic poll ratings, but also in the basic to day functioning of basic day to day functioning of . doesn't mean that . and if that doesn't mean that he's that make him he's if that doesn't make him a decent enough prime minister then know what. and he then i don't know what. and he certainly would have my vote next all right. next election. okay all right. thank you, william. william marks in there, conservative home. well, another headache that he's facing , rishi sunak, that he's facing, rishi sunak, is that his deputy prime minister dominic raab, is there are all these calls still for him to resign over mounting bullying allegation ? cenac has bullying allegation? cenac has already had to face one high profile sacking following former conservative party chair nadhim zahawi public on sunday, of course. let's get more course. so let's get more analysis gb news analysis of this from gb news political darren mccaffrey hello , darren. hello. there you are. outside number 10 downing street

now , is this another witch hunt now, is this another witch hunt to make the conservative party look bad or is there more to this story ? well, let's be this story? well, let's be honest and frank about this. these allegations revolving around dominic raab have been around dominic raab have been around for a time, years and years and years. and actually he took a libel case. i was just reading this this morning in the end of may, a lot of libel case, but more than a decade ago, there were allegations around bullying around dominic raab when he was an mp. now he's always denied this. as i say , always denied this. as i say, obviously the government are looking into evidence is an independent inquiry taking place into it and it's difficult to work this out. you listen to some people who've worked with the justice secretary, deputy prime in his various guises in government is someone who's of course been brexit in the past. he's also been at the foreign secretary , and they say that, secretary, and they say that, yes , it was very difficult that yes, it was very difficult that they did see bullying activity, that was someone who was not

that it was someone who was not very pleasant to work with you talk to others who say, yes, he may well have been forced at times, but certainly none of the behaviour they viewed would verge on bullying and you get these conflicting accounts and clearly obviously how people deal with different individuals can often be conflict . nicotine. can often be conflict. nicotine. as i say though, he's denied any allegations of bullying. these allegations of bullying. these all bring investigated. but yes, the war calls for him to step aside while this investigation takes place . now, we're not takes place. now, we're not expecting it to conclude for at least the next week or two. and there is enormous amounts of political pressure. dominic was in meeting rishi sunak yesterday , and i think the reason that this is more pertinent and more difficult tricky for the difficult to more tricky for the prime minister. you like the nadhim and those tax nadhim zahawi and those tax affair scandal over the last of weeks is simply for two reasons. first of all, there are questions about what the prime minister knew when he appointed dominic raab as , deputy prime dominic raab as, deputy prime minister downing street, and says he didn't know of any

formal. but did he know about other allegations swirling around when really got to the bottom of that? and second of all, dominic raab is incredibly close to rishi sunak . all, dominic raab is incredibly close to rishi sunak. he was one of the who headed up his of the people who headed up his leadership campaign the summer. he prime he clearly is deputy prime minister. someone minister. he's someone who deputy rises rishi sunak deputy rises for rishi sunak when he's away. and that is why i think this in some ways is more awkward for the prime minister, but it into this narrative labour and others narrative that labour and others have been trying to portray that this frankly cannot this is a that frankly cannot get from one scandal to get away from one scandal to another and that is a distraction . it weighs down on distraction. it weighs down on rishi sunak's government. let me ask you, darren, is gb news is political editor. how do you think rishi, cynics first 100 days would be characterised . days would be characterised. give me your professional opinion on whether he's done a good job or not. why? you know, frankly, he's not me . to me, frankly, he's not me. to me, whether he's done a good job or not, it's up to all of us, isn't it? in the end, what? 68 many people in this country, it's going be the majority. then going to be the majority. then

who they think who decides whether they think he's job or not and he's doing a good job or not and they'll that at the they'll get that chance at the next general election. they'll get frankly, at the get a chance, frankly, at the local for people local elections for many people in may, has fulfilled some in may, has to fulfilled some of his i think he's his pledges. i think he has he's got stability, but got a form of stability, but remember, britain was in a pretty tricky situation in the autumn when it came the plunging pound the financial pound concerns the financial markets , pensions of the markets, pensions of the purposes of falling over. he has deftly brought some and political over the last 100 days three months or so . however, three months or so. however, there'll be lots of tricky moments too. he's had a u—turn , moments too. he's had a u—turn, a number of policy issues. he's clearly had three cabinet ministers say to ministers, go to dates, potentially have to go and also you look at the opinion polls, they're not great in the fall from great though going in some ways in the wrong direction spoke for him and the conservative party . this is a conservative party. this is a this is all ahead of a spring budget again a conservative party that want to see or some the conservative party want to

see cuts rather than the see tax cuts rather than the path the current government is forming . and you've got those forming. and you've got those former prime ministers you've got may elections. got those local may elections. so the i think in some so in the end, i think in some ways the last 100 days are not going to matter nearly as much as the next on today's brilliant summing the darren mccaffrey at downing street. thank you. and as darren says, what matters is what you think at home. i've got a twitter poll asking you do you think sunak should be think that rishi sunak should be prime minister for 100 more days after he celebrates his 100th day in power today? let me know what you think . at the moment, what you think. at the moment, the vast majority do . you do not the vast majority do. you do not want him to be there and a lot of you will be conservative advisers, which is incredibly worrying. now, as always, you can send us an email gbviews@gbnews.uk at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gbviews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. but coming up in just a moment, a christian sued a school for making her son take part parade , part in an lgbt pride parade, saying that she wanted her child to receive an education rather than an indoctrination. we're going to be discussing that in just a moment after short .

70 welcome back to tennis day on gb news. my guest is still here with me. doctor renee hunter camp is here and former labour mp steven pound . you've also mp steven pound. you've also been getting in touch as well. we were talking about these low traffic neighbourhoods earlier. jenny refuse to jenny said if councils refuse to acknowledge local democracy, then they'll certainly acknowledge people start withholding paying their rates. i guess that council tax and jail says there's been more traffic around london since these road closures . i couldn't these road closures. i couldn't agree more, jane. it doesn't take science to work out take rocket science to work out the sitting and the sitting in traffic and having to longer routes having to take longer routes around pollution. around causes more pollution. thank for all messages thank you for all your messages right . 100 days of rishi sunak. right. 100 days of rishi sunak. renee, what's your assessment ?

renee, what's your assessment? you noticed i noticed. i noticed. josh talking about things that have gone on this. well, yes, of course , are going well, yes, of course, are going wrong, but he's so dull and he hasn't actually grasped anything that people actually really care about. i think . and that's what about. i think. and that's what worries me. i think going along with the clickbait, the headunes with the clickbait, the headlines , you know, without headlines, you know, without actually getting down nitty gritty and i think we saw that yesterday in prime minister's question time where keir just went the attack about his went on the attack about his members of his team who been up to good. they should have to no good. they should have begun weren't begun instantly. so they weren't a then and he should a distraction then and he should actually grow pair and stop being a bold . he's quite being a bit bold. he's quite good pmqs he is quite good at good at pmqs he is quite good at pmqs. yeah he looks good at that. i do. i do think. yesterday of care actually. why not. tackling the things that are important people. why are you going on the bullying you just going on the bullying and zahawi let it go. let's and the zahawi let it go. let's actually show people that you care their lives and the cost of living crisis and tell us what you're going to do about it. the talk with rishi sunak is he

seems so robotic so much of the time, but he clearly when he does there is a fire in his does pmqs there is a fire in his belly that comes out just not that is to protect the that fire is to protect the interests of the vast majority of the people in this country as . a person he has remotely sealed the deal yet at the his usp is i'm not borisjohnson. usp is i'm not boris johnson. i'm not this trust now that's a fairly good place to be and it's not a bad to start but just does. steadying the ship isn't good enough. the ship's to be sailing a particular sailing in a particular direction, or and direction, steady or not. and so i problem. i think that's the problem. i have to if i was rishi have to say, if i was rishi sunak and i saw the thing in the today this trustee . i've today from this trustee. i've taken a breather be back out with it, watching . yeah. when with it, watching. yeah. when the troubles come, they not as spies but in battalions. the troubles come, they not as spies but in battalions . yeah, spies but in battalions. yeah, but there's a lot of people that would truss's economic would say, liz truss's economic plan all right markings plan had all the right markings of economy in, the of growing economy in, the medium to long term. but you it's creative destruction . the it's creative destruction. the idea if you're going to actually cut taxes that degree, you're going to actually affect international credibility and

basically important to the economy if you do it that much that quickly , that hard chaos that quickly, that hard chaos ensues , it should have been done ensues, it should have been done as an aspiration over the medium term. i have year zero. no in policy. i think she did it really well. she bucked the trend of the world. she sold it appallingly. trend of the world. she sold it appallingly . she should have appallingly. she should have been out there on a lectern like bofis been out there on a lectern like boris was with covid every single day telling why, what and the markets w and the the markets and the w and the imf punished her for being naughty and going off script. i really do because we actually did for her with the markets. yeah absolutely. and i don't really i don't really understand enough about economics to understand why the market reacted so badly to her growth plan. because to everybody watching , yes, we'd like to pay watching, yes, we'd like to pay less tax , want more money in our less tax, want more money in our pockets at the moment pay our pockets at the moment to pay our ridiculous bills but it's perfectly what happened perfectly simple what happened was to actually have was for her to actually have funded have had borrow funded that have had to borrow she'd had borrow such funded that have had to borrow sistaggering ad borrow such funded that have had to borrow sistaggering degreeorrow such funded that have had to borrow sistaggering degree greater such funded that have had to borrow sistaggering degree greater thani a staggering degree greater than we borrowed in the second world war that standards in poor and you know international you know all the international credit have

credit agencies would have downgraded we downgraded us the minute we downgraded us the minute we downgrade of downgrade the amount of borrowing we already have becomes more becomes much, much more expensive , know. so if you expensive, you know. so if you owe the bank expensive, you know. so if you owe the ban they owe the bank £100 and they couldn't pupil interest know it's and that it's fairly simple and so that the was too much of the problem it was too much of a year but thing is we year but the thing is we actually depen bond on credibility and in in the world zone and we didn't have it when she hit it so her not because of the principle but simply because of of borrowing. let us of the cost of borrowing. let us not that in the last not forget that in the last banking crisis we had standard and poor and moody's, who you're quoting , were actually quoting, were actually responsible for that because they turned a blind eye to the dodgy deals that were going up prime mortgages. and they gave subprime mortgages, good subprime mortgages, a good rating when everybody knew they were upside lutely toxic s&p never ever rated subprime moody's moody's did so you know i've read a lot about that crisis so you know these people that are ruined in the world by their ratings do it in the way that they want the world to go. i also write thinking that rishi sunak was, part of one of the

quite small that sort of was of that banking crisis. i'm not sure he was hedge fund. he set up a hedge. he didn't he was essentially but everybody was dragged in on it. yeah. and it also became an accelerating process it was based it process but it was based on it was built on sand. yes. was a castle built on sand. yes. the people are actually the idea people are actually getting mortgages on trailer parks tennessee . yes. is parks in tennessee. yes. is ludicrous but thank ludicrous situation. but thank heavens, we had gordon brown a steady hand on the tube. the man who the world's who saved the world's economy and all the gold though he and sold all the gold though he did that years ago now devout again christian mother suze . her again christian mother suze. her four year old son's school for making him take part in the uk. this the first first case of its kind in the uk for making him take part in an lgbt parade. it was only a matter of time before one of these cases was going to wind in court. it is still in court at the moment. the hearing is continuing. renee, just explain the background for us of this story and what happened . so this story and what happened. so firstly , want to say that i hate firstly, want to say that i hate the fact that this has gone.

it's a born again christian. why is it not just mother sues? because she doesn't want and it's the way that it's actually been positioned to us. so firstly, mother sues and it's basically because she asked for her son to be excused from a parade to celebrate pride month. she didn't want him to be part of it. and you know what? i actually think mothers, fathers should have that right. i think sexual should go on at home. and i think it's fine that it goes on at school. but if you feel very strongly about the way it's delivered, what's being delivered, what's being delivered, have the delivered, you should have the right it is and to right to know what it is and to say, sorry, don't want say, no, i'm sorry, i don't want my to take part in that. my child to take part in that. but that right has removed and that's underpinning that's what's underpinning this case. child was case. yeah well, the child was a four old. this is a mother four year old. this is a mother is for montague , 38. and she was is for montague, 38. and she was told by the head teacher if was from primary school in south know what this is in south—east london that her son would not be allowed to observe class if the eventin allowed to observe class if the event in june 2018 because the

mother had actually gone about the right way. she'd actually said to the school, i don't want him to be part of this. actually sounds like she about in sounds like she went about in a professional manner that you should your should have interacted with your schools school, no, we schools and school, said, no, we will give the off . will not give him the day off. so it's his eight day case going on at the moment and the judge has said that as a devout born again , they bear a belief that again, they bear a belief that sexual relations should be abstained from take place within abstained from take place within a lifelong marriage between a man and woman. any activity outside confines is a sinful . i outside confines is a sinful. i have to say i must. i agree outside confines is a sinful. i have to say i must . i agree with have to say i must. i agree with the good doctor . i hate the way the good doctor. i hate the way that mothers are simply described as born again, devout catholic. so, you know, i mean, it's very poor judgement catholic. so, you know, i mean, it's very poorjudgement . we it's very poor judgement. we jumped to a conclusion precisely that. well, it's actually sort of mocking the picture before the match started, i think. but look, this has been badly the headteacher said that mrs. papas, i think, you know, she hasn't done a very, very good job here. this could have been sorted. however, you got to ask

yourself question. yourself the one question. i mean, i was school, mean, when i was at school, i was at school where most of the people were a different religion was at school where most of the pe me. were a different religion was at school where most of the pe me. so re a different religion was at school where most of the pe me. so we) different religion was at school where most of the pe me. so we) differsit religion was at school where most of the pe me. so we) differsit relthen to me. so we didn't sit on the assembly, we actually assembly, but we actually sat outside that and which was, outside on that and which was, you charming but so what you know, a charming but so what would he would happen to this kid if he starts day off school for that starts a day off school for that day? his friends day? and they all his friends were saying, what's going on? would to sit a would you have to sit in a separate classroom? i don't know. it could have know. but i think it could have been subtly and been handled subtly and sensitively. idea of sensitively. and the idea of actually inclusion is actually embracing inclusion is one to have one thing. but to have this particular agenda for a particular specific agenda for a four old, know, i is four year old, you know, i is right. i think it's deeper that. so as a gp, i regularly get parents come to me to say can i have a letter please say that mrs. wear goggles in mrs. gianni can wear goggles in swimming because won't let swimming because they won't let him say so. can i have a him unless say so. can i have a look? because only the look? because he only had the day yesterday because he had day off yesterday because he had diarrhoea. i don't like the letters i always letters and i always say to parents you tell parents in all parent, you tell the school , but they're not the school, but they're not allowed we again, have allowed anymore. we again, have taken parental control, taken away parental control, given to the school and the parents are not allowed to actually have any say this wrong. again, it's another part

of life where we do need to take back control. and parents have been so disempowered i personally have problem with personally have a problem with the idea of teaching a celebrating gay pride id which in a primary school because you know what the woman is risking is in its infancy but we tell children i'm proud of you. right. it's a very powerful word for children. it's the idea of pride. and they want to make mummy want to make mummy happy. they want to make daddy happy, they want us to be proud. what message. proud. them and what message. we're not thinking through. we're not thinking this through. what to a child, if what it means to a child, if you say, would proud of you to say, would be proud of you to be. i say them be. because i don't say to them i'm you to be straight, i'm proud you to be straight, you know, you just straight. you know, to me. we're too much me. so we're placing too much emphasis on this over sexualisation of children. right. but right. we've got to move. but coming just a moment, coming up in just a moment, thank a thank both. british gas, a centric say that they are centric us, say that they are horrified broke into horrified that agents broke into vulnerable customers homes to fit they fit pre—payment basis. but they were to be they right were right to be were they right to there in the beginning? it to be there in the beginning? it began me, sold began with excuse me, i sold your money news .

your money news. it's . 1133 your money news. it's.1133|'m your money news. it's . 1133 i'm rhiannon jones in it's. 1133 i'm rhiannon jones in the gb news. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates for the 10th time in a row later this time from 3.5 to 4. announcements expected in the next half hour and just part of efforts to control inflation. some experts predict we could see a final hike next month with the rate peaking at 4.5. economics commentator sir laurie laird explains how the rise could affect us tax. anyone who any debt whether any credit card debt a lot of us credit card everything is keyed off what's called bank rate . it goes all called bank rate. it goes all the way through the system . it the way through the system. it tends to be we do see consumer interest rates on mortgage rates, credit card debt. we tend to see that go up pretty quickly. we don't tend to see it come down. it's stickier on the way down. the snp says rishi

sunak's first 100 days in office have been dogged by a festering swamp of sleaze scandals . the swamp of sleaze scandals. the prime minister is under increasing pressure to reveal what he knew bullying allegations against raab and the tax of nadhim zahawi. he's also being criticised as continue to struggle with the cost of living crisis . while energy companies crisis. while energy companies announce huge profits . the boss announce huge profits. the boss of british gas owner centrica says he's horrified. contractor for the company broke into struggling customers homes to fit energy metres. his comments come shortly after energy regulator ofgem announced it was launching an urgent investigation. it follows a time sting in which an undercover journalist accompanied debt collectors who reportedly entered the homes of vulnerable to force fit metres and around point 3 million households missed an essential payment last

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welcome back. it's 1137. welcome back. it's1137. this is welcome back. it's 1137. this is bev turner day on gb news. now british gas owners centrica say that they're horrified that debt collectors broke into vulnerable customers homes to fit energy metres. the firm says that they've stopped applying for court face court warrants to face prepayment and forced prepayment

metre installations on people who have not paid their bills. the decision comes after a times newspaper sting operation found that debt agents working for british entering the homes of vulnerable people .joining me vulnerable people. joining me for on this is the former for more on this is the former ceo of energy uk, angela knight . hello, angela. lovely to see you. you are always so informative on these topics. it's kind of shocking. this expose today, isn't it, by this journal who's been undercover ? journal who's been undercover? are you surprised to see these families having the basically properties invaded to have these forced into their homes homes ? forced into their homes homes? well, i do think a shocking story and i think it's a wakeup call, not just to centrica , but call, not just to centrica, but to all the energy companies. i mean, firstly, there are people who said i'm not going to pay, you know, they can afford to pay, you know, they can afford to pay, but they won't pay. and so there some as you do , to be able there some as you do, to be able to deal with people in this circumstances . and that's what

circumstances. and that's what this process is supposed to be full the process being that the energy company applies to the court for a court order in order to put in a pre—paid metre so the individuals say they weren't paid. but as i say , they can paid. but as i say, they can afford to. they they then are given a prepaid metre. so they're not cut off and we that is everybody else who does pay that bill aren't picking up the taps for them. but then as you rightly point out, you've got a lot of people who fit into that vulnerable category, and that's things the elderly people disabled. it's those with very young children and if they have hit a difficult with being able to pay their energy and a lot of people are finding it difficult at the moment, then a prepaid metre is not the answer . they metre is not the answer. they need to have an arranged with their energy company and in the energy company it has the responsibility, the energy has a

responsibility, the energy has a responsibility . to find out responsibility. to find out first if somebody who isn't paying first if somebody who isn't paying falls one of those and special categories vulnerable . special categories vulnerable. categories, and if they do then they shouldn't be applying the court what they should be doing is making another arrangement. now what british gas. what centrica has said is they've stopped all of their applications court right now and good on them clearly they're going to have to sort out the vulnerable from the not vulnerable, but they've got a few months to do it and then they can refresh how, they approach this problem and think that what this sting has done and what centric is announcement means that all other energy companies paying exactly the same amount of attention first before applying for that court order. the numbers are shocking, angela, though, in terms the number of court orders that were appued number of court orders that were applied for 300,000 families. centrica and british gas were

determined to get these pre—payment metres in these people's houses. pre—payment metres in these people's houses . what it looks people's houses. what it looks to me like is something, a process that was put in place for all you know, the sensible reasons that i've explained because there are people who refuse pay. we shouldn't picking up for them it looks like a process that was put in place that piece which says if you do the due diligence to find out you know the circumstances the individual family or whatever it is first it looks to me like that has not been done properly and what the courts have just granted the application , rather granted the application, rather than asking that question as well. so one. absolutely right. yeah something has gone wrong . yeah something has gone wrong. yeah. one of our viewers has beenin yeah. one of our viewers has been in touch , pauline. she's been in touch, pauline. she's message to us this question you may be able to answer. she says when people are already in debt and on such low wages, need and on such low wages, they need

pay and on such low wages, they need pay metres. so i pay as you go metres. so i cannot why the energy companies then charge more for that then charge them more for that gas than people being levied with bills. why does that happen ? yeah it's been that's that's a long time and long time court point the many people are upset about and the simple answer is because from the supplier's perspective , that's process of perspective, that's process of having a prepaid metre costs the suppuer having a prepaid metre costs the supplier more than it does. if you've got an ordering metre and you're on a direct debit, but both, one stands back from it again. i think this is a question where all suppliers need to have a serious think about it. i should have that. don't forget, it's not the suppliers who are making much money. if you look to see their accounts, you find they're not very good the moment, say the very good the moment, to say the least. know, big money is least. you know, big money is being made by those who are drilling stuff, the drilling the stuff, bringing the oil of the ground . oil and gas out of the ground. so blaming suppliers , so i'm not blaming suppliers, except in this instance, suppliers really got to do much better work before they put in a

prepaid metre. but as we as we consider the whole of our energy policy, our energy security , our policy, our energy security, our energy, we make a arrangements, how we charge for it and so on, including social tariffs , which including social tariffs, which are all things i, scuse me, that need to be done as result of the real problems of last year, 18 months. then this question about should you that de facto be pay more if you have a prepaid metre . well that's got to come a big considered as well because this is what i would like to see. we have a social tariff that they poor and society then that would remove the cost that would remove the cost that would remove the cost that would remove the prepaid metre being more expensive . yeah. angela, more expensive. yeah. angela, what do you make of this news today of record profit loss for shell and share prices for and british gas when people are struggling to pay their bills ? struggling to pay their bills? it leaves a very, very bad taste in people's mouths . yes. well in people's mouths. yes. well answer is i'm not surprised. and

the reason i say that is because what you see, what has been happening on the wholesale market, but oil and gas prices right around the world. and what that means is any global player and of course, shell is a global they will have been selling that oil and gas at that price and therefore their profits are likely to be to be big. therefore their profits are likely to be to be big . so that likely to be to be big. so that says to me two things. firstly the tax question and. i should say that in. so it during the lockdown years they made billions in losses, not profits, because nobody was buying the stuff. so there is a bit of balancing that takes place . but balancing that takes place. but it does say to me that the windfall taxes which come and particularly will bite . in 2023 particularly will bite. in 2023 at what is a separate 5% tax rate, which is high, you know, because you've got, you know, corporation tax, you've got your additional and then you've got the supplementary on top that is quite right. but secondly, it

says to me that the way we calculate the price of electricity in this country , it electricity in this country, it is barmy. it has meant that artificially we pull up our own electricity prices by this complex formula that needs to be reviewed as well . but what you reviewed as well. but what you can't do is suddenly say, well, that's the internal price and our guys who are engine national players, well then all of that is not price. what do do is back home. we have an arrangement which at least means that we get , the residents of this country , get the benefit of that as well. okay thank you, angela. angela. neither a former ceo of energy , my guests are still here energy, my guests are still here . we're going to rattle through a few stories before , the end of a few stories before, the end of the show, wood burning stove . the show, wood burning stove. we're in the camp. we can't our gas and electric. a lot of people winter when i thought oh you know what i'll get i'll get a lovely wood burning stove. they're going burn them. guess who you did i did it who did that? you did i did it in me you,

in november and me tell you, i absolutely love it. and i was saying to stephen in the break that the whole feels that actually the whole feels different when the stove is on. ihave different when the stove is on. i have on every night. it's i have it on every night. it's absolutely wonderful. it's my new hobby hopefully new hobby and i've got hopefully a stove that they're happy with. but what, bev, i but you know what, bev, i have a couple of thoughts this . couple of thoughts about this. number leave us number one. no, just leave us alone had enough? number two, alone. had enough? number two, how they going to this? yes. how are they going to this? yes. are they going to break into my home to remove my wood back stove? don't be ridiculous . stove? don't be ridiculous. stacey is ridiculous. it's noise that we don't need. this is the idea as well that. of course, we'll have you can keep your stove, but you have burn something on it that the government in order was not government in order to was not ending up in a kind of decant. we already have lots, but we do have in london. have to have some in london. i have to buy coals and kiln buy smokeless coals and kiln drawn . so i already drawn dried wood. so i already do that and i think most people do. but you know what? when bills are so high, i live in a very old house that is almost impossible to heat. and this has made difference made a major difference to me. and know taking my wood

and know no one's taking my wood burning and, you know, let burning stove and, you know, let them out, know what it them come out, you know what it will stephen, will the will be, stephen, it will be the neighbours no. i've neighbours again. oh no. i've seen people switch. yeah but it is interesting. i mean around my l, is interesting. i mean around my i, i'm very environmental allotment association and we actually get them when we're doing tree polishing and cutting we logs to people we give the logs to people to cut and them. i'm cut them and burn them. i'm coming place. it's coming to your place. it's a more a different more than welcome. a different allotment. but. but it's interesting . as you walk through interesting. as you walk through the actually the streets, you can actually smell smoke it's not smell the smoke and it's not a bad smell . but mean, i think bad smell. but i mean, i think the government does have a role but think we done that 1952. but i think we done that 1952. we had the great smog in london was dreadful you children was dreadful you know, children were dying right and centre you couldn't buses actually had couldn't the buses actually had people lantern front people with a lantern in front the because smog was the buses because the smog was so are not there. no no but so we are not there. no no but the introduced smoke there's like in petrol, they like lived in petrol, they got rid we've done it. we rid of it, we've done it. we don't to actually don't need to actually keep going reinventing it. going back and reinventing it. but i an aga is my fantasy, my dream. i've reached the stage of my life where my fantasies revolve around wood burning for oven stoves. absolutely you know

i visions of a drone hovering over my chimney with a monitor on it so you get that anyway he's going to show. you're absolutely right. that's how they'll that there will be a back anything but talking back garden anything but talking about councils local councils getting wrong . this is a local getting wrong. this is a local council lambeth council. it's been forced to repay a thousand motorists that it fine ed because the sign was basically to be electric and confusing and people would find another claimed their money back . this claimed their money back. this is in lambeth a council as i say the sign in question i think we've got a picture of it . it's, we've got a picture of it. it's, it's just another one of those cases isn't it. where the signage in these streets. it ties into our earlier story about the lta and it's very confusing. it's making a lot of money for the councils. i'm glad on this occasion they've had to give but it is and give some of it, but it is and i'm quite interested this i'm quite interested in this because by this, because. i got stung by this, this scheme in harry, i this very scheme in harry, i think it probably was, and it

was a very tight driven for 20 years without any problem all. and suddenly they decided that you couldn't drive down it from 3 to 4 in the afternoon or 9 to 945. but the sign was just like this tiny little one that we have here in balam. so when i get home, i'm going to write to hanngey get home, i'm going to write to haringey and ask for my money. yeah, well, this happened also to area in west to my mother in our area in west london, chiswick. not far london, in chiswick. not far from your neck woods, from your neck of the woods, stephen, where sign was so confusing. so confusing. they've given out so many fines and my poor mother has trying to pay this has been trying to pay this ticket accidentally has been trying to pay this tickeand accidentally has been trying to pay this tickeand then accidentally has been trying to pay this tickeand then acc goes ally has been trying to pay this tickeand then acc goes on the got. and then she goes on the website, can't pay you website, you can't pay it. you can't pay. but can't pay it, you can't pay. but she to anybody. she she can't speak to anybody. she can't anything so can't get anything sorted. so i've now had to email, email the council say, you council and say, can you sort this out? it's so labour intensive, you i agree. there's a couple of there's a couple of different this different ways. but i mean, this this the henry this one, this the henry cavendish in balam. and cavendish go down in balam. and as i can see, it was, the as far as i can see, it was, the location of the sign problem there. but look, when we this all happened in the summer of 2021 the mayor london 2021 when the mayor of london suddenly said to councils, here's stop bringing here's the money, stop bringing in planters in you, stop putting planters the street. and in

the middle of the street. and in the middle of the street. and in the of 2021, everybody the summer of 2021, everybody was doing left and centre. was doing it, left and centre. and did in ealing was we and what we did in ealing was we actually put things in, and what we did in ealing was we acthe( put things in, and what we did in ealing was we acthe( put everybodst in, and what we did in ealing was we acthe( put everybody and, but we then everybody and i think one area in hanwell said, no, we actually want to keep it really happy with it. so that shows the problem here is it was introduced overnight without thinking you to is thinking what you need to is three months minimum lead into this and sign up to this you know that's to know the date that's going to happen. do it happen. you've got to do it properly, to do it properly, you got to do it sensibly. the other thing is sensibly. and the other thing is there's still a misconception that then that the councils can then trouser the money they get. trouser the money that they get. this ringfenced this is all ringfenced for highway anyway. so highway improvements anyway. so it's no incentive on the it's there's no incentive on the councils to try to screw people out of oh i'm not convinced that stephen. sorry because the stephen. i'm sorry because the evidence is there that , they evidence is there that, they really are screwing people for more and more money. not more and more money. the are not getting on anything getting better on anything except improvement. except highway improvement. well they're highway they're not spending on highway improvement. great. on improvement. okay great. on today's show i've been asking with rishi sunak been our prime minister days. today minister for 100 days. today does days does he deserve another 100 days in according to our in power? according to our twitter poll, 73% say no

twitter poll, 73% of you say no that he does not deserve 100 days in power, 27% of you saying yes he does. we've come to the end of our show. thank you so much, steven pound, doctor account, great to see you. coming up next is gb news live with mark longhurst bev turner. i'll you monday morning i'll see you on monday morning ten. great weekend. not ten. have a great weekend. not another contest . another leadership contest. hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met most dry today met office. most dry today fairly cloudy out there it is pretty mild though. temperatures in double figures for most and there is some rain across northern from these weather fronts. high is the dominant feature , but it is to the south feature, but it is to the south and we've got west winds which are bringing some light rain and drizzle to parts of west england. hills and mountains england. the hills and mountains , west well. but the , west wales as well. but the heaviest rain is certainly across northern skulked and quite places , but not quite gusty in places, but not as windy as yesterday for although the winds will pick up through this evening over north—east england and eastern scotland, most places pretty grey, but some breaks in the a hint of sunshine across parts of the east. and we will see those

temperatures said, double temperatures, as i said, double figures most we could up figures for most we could get up to 13 celsius in one or two spots. that rain will continue for a time this evening, but ease off the highlands and the western isles before midnight is rain. then pushes southwards as a kind of a weak band, just turning a damp for parts turning a bit damp for parts of southern scotland and ireland through early hours . through the early hours. elsewhere, most places elsewhere, again, most places dry will tend little colder dry will tend a little colder across northern parts, with some showers in shetland and orkney for the south, a very mild start to friday and a similar day on friday actually in the west a lot of clouds and drizzle the hills wales but down damp for hills of wales but down damp for northwest we will northwest to start with. we will see outbreaks of rain across western parts scotch island, western parts of scotch island, but developing but brighter skies developing perhaps across parts of east wales , england and northern wales, england and northern ireland. most places just dry , ireland. most places just dry, cloudy and again, temperatures getting up into the teens and one or two locations and widely up to double figures. what is windy on friday, either as we go through the evening, we'll see that rain just heading its way

across the northern isles. still some over western hills, some drizzle over western hills, but most places dry and many places will be dry into to , places will be dry into to, saturday sunday for england, where we will see some rain for a time crossing scotland and northern, most places turning brighter on sunday some brighter on sunday with some sunny but also a little sunny spells, but also a little colder .

hello and welcome to gb news live with me, mark, a few minutes early you today because coming up . yes it's high noon coming up. yes it's high noon the bank of england set to announce its decision on interest rates. the base rate expected to be pushed up. another a% to 4. and of course, that more pain for mortgage holders . but that more pain for mortgage holders. but is all this medicine working, sorting out

inflation in the economy? we'll heanng inflation in the economy? we'll hearing from the bank governor andrew bailey about the prospects for britain and our very liam halligan is also the bank of england to assess the latest figures tell us also a 100 days on rishi sunak's premiership . he managed to make premiership. he managed to make his stamp on the top job. or is he still too busy firefighting because dominic raab is pulling allegations the latest problem to dog number 10 shel prompting anger after its core profits at £68 billion, the highest in its 115 year history. but it points out it's already paying more than a billion in windfall taxes to the uk and eu. but should we be squeezed ing the oil and gas giant even further ? well, get in giant even further? well, get in touch on that particular topic. and of course the other views of the day at gb views at gb news dot uk uk . so as we said, high

dot uk uk. so as we said, high noon at the bank we can actually cross now because our economics and business liam halligan is there. threadneedle street for us outside the bank of england and then of course we were suggesting that maybe they will have to go for an increase, perhaps even half a% because they've got a remit to get a grip on inflation. yes, indeed . grip on inflation. yes, indeed. just a year ago, interest rates were down well below 1, but now they're up at 3.5. we've seen nine successive rate rises dunng nine successive rate rises during 2022 as inflation has surged up to a 40 year high. and the bank of england has moved belatedly in my view, i'm afraid to say, to push on inflation by raising interest rates. that, of course, is good news for savers , but it means borrowers, particularly those with mortgages, will pay more for a 3.5. now mark white, i think, will be going to 4% in just a few moments when the bank of england behind me announces, its latest interest rate move that

will add roughly about 70 quid to monthly payment on a average mortgage. so this is real mark. this is real pain that's going to be felt by borrowers across the economy, whether they're house owners. they've got other borrowing on cars, utilities and all the rest of it. the bank of england knows that it wants to limit these interest rate rises. but i think we're going to hit full today and possibly move into a four and a quarter% in the to come. and, the months to come. and, of course, just people course, not just those people with looking how with mortgages looking at how much to take much that's going to take months. has to borrow months. business has to borrow and of course, it's going to push prices well at push up their prices as well at a difficult time . exactly right. a difficult time. exactly right. the bank of england raised interest . it doesn't just slow interest. it doesn't just slow down consumption by eating into household budgets . it also slows household budgets. it also slows down business, which, of course, is the engine room of growth and jobs and it is a balance that the bank of england has to strike. it won't want to raise interest rates more than. it has

to do to squeeze out inflation. but we still have very double digit inflation. it was just still over 10% in december on the last figure . and so that's the last figure. and so that's why if the bank of england's 2% inflation target crikey , five inflation target crikey, five times more so , the bank of times more so, the bank of england won't hesitate. i think , to raise interest rates today . but this could be the penultimate rate rise with the last one coming. in my view , and last one coming. in my view, and it is a guess this spring. yeah. interesting, of course, that last time round in december, there were two people who wanted to stay at 3. so clearly still those voices of caution, you know, they push it a bit too far and stop the economy dead in its tracks . indeed, mark, there are tracks. indeed, mark, there are , nine members of the monetary policy committee inside that building. you've got the about half the committee is bank insiders , full time bank staff insiders, full time bank staff members . the governor, andrew members. the governor, andrew bailey , the chief economist, bailey, the chief economist, hugh powell, the former goldman sachs investment banker. then you have external economists who appointed by the treasury who

stand or fall that independence. there is an active debate going on in the bank of england as you say, some economists want to keep interest rates where they are. other economists will want to increase them more bear to increase them more to bear down they then down inflation that they then take a vote. and i think the vote will come today for a 50 bafis vote will come today for a 50 basis that's a half basis points. that's a half a point mark from 3.5 to 4. point rise mark from 3.5 to 4. we'll get the decision literally any minute now . we'll get the decision literally any minute now. i'll we'll get the decision literally any minute now . i'll look down any minute now. i'll look down at my phone and that should add, as i said, around 70 quid to the monthly payment on the average mortgage. so you know, proper money. yeah and of course that's reflect we the views of the bank as well bailey the governor looks forward at the prospects for britain of course we had this imf warning that we'd be seeing the lowest growth figures of any advanced economy . so the of any advanced economy. so the picture that's given the economy as important perhaps as this headune as important perhaps as this headline rate rate it is and look out on your phone. i'm looking about the decision literally is any second now,