channel good morning and welcome to the on tv news with me andrew pierce. i'm bev turner. good morning. so the chancellor unveiled his budget for growth yesterday. now he faces criticism from both labour and the conservatives over proposals that will see 6 million people pay that will see 6 million people pay higher taxes. that will see 6 million people pay higher taxes . will this come pay higher taxes. will this come back to bite the conservative on polling day.7 i suspect so and jeremy hunt of course also promised to add £11 billion to britain's defence budget over the next five years. but the

minutes defence saying they'll get 5 billion by 2025. but the defence secretary double that another week on another day of strikes . train passengers are strikes. train passengers are being to expect disruption today with those services which are running later and finishing much earlier than usual. we'll also have teachers university and amazon workers taking industrial action today you as fed up of the strikes as we are or do you support them? let me know. and tomorrow and peace are debating the hunting trophies. if passed it will prevent british hunters bringing home game souvenirs. hats and pillows should the government ban trophy hunting hunting . and i'm looking forward hunting. and i'm looking forward to that debate. we have actually somebody who's going to support the idea of trophy hunting. yeah because they say if you do it in an ethical way , better for the an ethical way, better for the industry, it's better forjobs , industry, it's better for jobs, respects the people, respect the

conservation, these i say conservation, the these i say the opposition to it is that it will increase the blackmail of course. well, let us your thoughts on all of those topics today. david davis is also waiting to talk about the budget from yesterday . but first of from yesterday. but first of all, here your news with all, here is your news with bethany . thank you. good bethany. thank you. good morning. it's 932. i'm bethany lc with your top stories from the gb news. labour has pledged to reverse the chancellor's plans , abolish the lifetime plans, abolish the lifetime pension allowance, saying it will only help the richest 1. it the amount workers can accumulate in pension savings in their lifetime before they have to pay extra tax. labour says the changes prioritise the wrong people and they claim it will equate to a £1 billion pensions tax break high earners. but the chief secretary to the treasury, john glen , plans the plans are john glen, plans the plans are the most efficient way to tackle

the most efficient way to tackle the issue . early retirement, the issue. early retirement, especially within the nhs. the for this policy was what the bma wanted for consultants, senior doctors who across the country are deciding not to say to the perhaps the next last ten years of their working life . we need of their working life. we need those people to make that decision to continue to work in the nhs . right now, given the the nhs. right now, given the backlog , if we could have done backlog, if we could have done it quickly, which is very doubtful for just one profession, would it any launch legal challenges ? it's legal challenges? it's understood health unions representing nurses and ambulance workers in england close to resolving an ongoing pay close to resolving an ongoing pay dispute with the government. it raises the prospect of an end to strike action, which started before christmas . the guardian before christmas. the guardian newspaper says . a deal could newspaper says. a deal could come as early as today. the government says the discussions have been constructive and that talks are still ongoing . and talks are still ongoing. and committees are facing another round of strikes today as the

long running row over pay and conditions continues. the rmt members at 14 train operators are on the picket lines across the country , with passengers the country, with passengers being warned to expect disruption. some services which are running will start later and finish much earlier than usual. further strikes are to take place the 30th of march and the 1st of april. you're up to date on tv, online and dab plus radio. this is gb news. it's back to bev and andrew . back to bev and andrew. good morning to you. the charity hunting is going to be debated in parliament tomorrow. if it bans hunters taking pelts, heads into the uk, souvenirs . we've into the uk, souvenirs. we've been talking about the importance of this and why everybody supports it everybody actually supports it and why anybody would want to take their holiday take a head from their holiday as souvenir. but anyway, first as a souvenir. but anyway, first of all, the spring is still the biggest story in all of the

papers this morning. so the chance his plan. chance to reveal his plan. in fact, revealed most of his fact, he revealed most of his plan before the budget. but plan long before the budget. but never got so many leaks ever on a budget. spoke and he a budget. but he spoke and he tried. he thinks now we're going to recession. they plans to a recession. and they plans to, says, revitalise the to, what he says, revitalise the economy. former brexit secretary david davis is here. david you were there during the truss kwarteng budget. the chaos followed the tories to i spoke to last night. we were to at last night saying it was a bonng last night saying it was a boring budget. well boring is good right now and i mean you will remember. well i didn't truss and people a lot of misery low tax tory why not i said they're to give low taxes a bad name. what happened? it was to dramatic to uncontrolled flood and the impact on the market. i mean really big the stock markets the currency and so on and the first thing they chancellor had to avoid was that , you know, he's he's got a narrow track to follow and remember some of the good things which weren't actually in the budget ,

which weren't actually in the budget, around the budget, the improvement in the growth numbers for this year or reduction in recession numbers, if like , inflation numbers. if you like, inflation numbers. i mean, the most dramatic 10% to 2.9. that have happened, if 2.9. now that have happened, if the currency had gone off a cliff, you know, because we import lots of that, we import most things. right. so he most things. right. and so he had to keep it. so stability important. and frankly, you know, as far as i'm concerned, the boring and calm is slight is know is at least a first virtue. the pension is the big one. tell us why it's important. well look, first off, let's deal with starmer's line on this whole making it sound like he's helping millionaires. this is money that people are saved over 45 years, right ? they they they 45 years, right? they they they put their money and their companies have put money in as well. you forget that. and it builds to over a million. now we're talking about we've already know by dr. look, probably if it were a head teacher since middle to senior civil servants and local government official is mostly in the sector because it's the public sector because it's final salary, pensions and are very very expensive . so that's

very very expensive. so that's the first thing to say. secondly, this is look, brown introduced this limit those years ago before introduced it limit and some other tax measures, very technical things . we had the best private sector pension system in the world. bar none. we don't have it anymore . none. we don't have it anymore. a combination of brown and made it worse by reducing the numbers . if we'd had the brown number today , 1.8 million limit it . if we'd had the brown number today ,1.8 million limit it will today, 1.8 million limit it will be 3.2 million. and it wouldn't actually cause the problem. so we in a way osborne worsened the problem. so i think in a given that the point of the budget is growth. growth, growth, growth , growth. growth, growth, growth, growth. growth, growth, growth, growth is what they were going on about all the time. and what's the biggest limit? i mean, i had a conversation with rishi sunak last night. you said david. said not last night. david. he said not last night. last said you said last week. and he said you said he the problem is you're he said the problem is you're not having enough employee employment of coming into not having enough employee em|workforce.f coming into not having enough employee em|workforce. you've coming into not having enough employee em|workforce. you've got�*ming into not having enough employee em|workforce. you've got to ng into not having enough employee em|workforce. you've got to get nto the workforce. you've got to get people that's them. people back in. and that's them. and so but it's and rightly so. but it's obsessed, know, isn't it obsessed, you know, isn't it very much growth on their terms, though ? and what i mean by that

though? and what i mean by that is taking more of our money and spending it in a way that they deem to appropriate with deem to be appropriate with the technocratic vision of technocratic utopian vision of the so we've got these the world. so we've got these six business hubs, these areas which have this investment. which will have this investment. surely is a job for business if you allow businesses to keep more of their money, they can go and set up business. talking about industrial estate. but why don't they talking? well, i think i mean firstly firstly i mean i'm a low tax tory. i want to see a low tax and we've got a high tax. but you haven't got that in the budget we haven't got that. we haven't got that. but what they're doing is really bearin but what they're doing is really bear in is a recovery from what happened last year. a happened last year. it's a recovery from ukraine. it's a recovery from ukraine. it's a recovery from ukraine. it's a recovery from from some would argue agree argue from brexit. i'd agree with never mind the with that. but never mind the whole been a very whole series. it's been a very dramatic few years and the economy has been hit. and frankly , just ours. you look frankly, just ours. you look abroad, go look at what's happened to german economy minus point the last quarter. you point 4% the last quarter. you know, saying, oh, know, people keep saying, oh, we're not. we're doing no, we're not. everybody's same boat. so

everybody's in the same boat. so that's reasoning. and every that's the reasoning. and every time i talk to either hunt or sunak, they we want to get sunak, they say, we want to get taxes down. we've got to taxes down. we've just got to get this hump and the get over this hump and get the growth going. once you growth going. because once you get the growth going, that enables tax reduction and that becomes for. becomes a virtuous circle for. the reasons say because you the reasons you say because you know give you say to know you give you say you say to the when you say the the audience when you say the ordinary keep your ordinary person, you keep your money. it properly money. we spend it properly and you market outcome. you get good market outcome. yeah got to get your response on this, davis. as of this, david davis. so as of today, tick tock is expected to be as an app government be banned as an app government phones this is what we believe oliver dowden is going to make a statement later i'm statement later today. i'm guessing going deeply guessing this isn't going deeply affect your life . i know, i know affect your life. i know, i know . you want me to tell you what it is. david davis, do you know what it is? got teased last night by liam fox . yes, i know. night by liam fox. yes, i know. what do you say that i spoke to him about? yes, he's on spotify. was form of action that one of his former cabinet colleagues said people who don't know tiktok is an app which connects people. it's a social media people. it's a social media people post videos. it's owned

by the chinese government. and there a suspicion there is a suspicion which perhaps be confirmed perhaps would be confirmed by this today, the this decision today, that the chinese government, tiktok this decision today, that the chiraccessvernment, tiktok this decision today, that the chiraccessvernnphone tiktok this decision today, that the chiraccessvernnphone. tiktok this decision today, that the chiraccessvernnphone . davidk can access your phone. david davis so when you're doing a tiktok video, little in tiktok video, little dance in your kitchen , the chinese are your kitchen, the chinese are looking even all it is looking at you. even all it is recording . when you access recording. when you access tiktok and what you look at them a lot about you know i mean this is one the problems worse for china but it's also slightly true of the western states do the governments collect data on you all time? and that data can be used for pernicious ends like mail. every time i use my they know they're getting more information about me. yeah, but we know everything about you. anyone we know we all your sins. well, here's the thing that. a lot of them, if the government are willing to ban it are able to willing to ban it for british politicians, do for british politicians, why do they for everybody? well, they ban it for everybody? well, i we may end there. i i think we may end there. i mean, bear in mind we i was mean, bear in mind what we i was of a big campaign along with the and duncan and others on on the huawei exercise. you know, that was them out our phone was to get them out of our phone network. basically i mean,

network. they basically i mean, for 30 effectively held for 30 years effectively held our infrastructure in their hands. and it took it took a while to get the government to wake up to it. but they have this will cause a diplomatic frisson . china but the frisson. china but the government don't mind that i mind that. i mean, look, i there are so many issues with china the moment the treatment for the week yeah, you know we saw week is. yeah, you know we saw that in the press. yeah and they're oppressive state and they're an oppressive state and we find our way to how to we have find our way to how to deal with it the is upon which we are dependent because after we are dependent because after we do so much trade, we do so much trade with them. yeah. so i'd say it's the right decision i'd say it's the right decision i think. and you're, and you're also right it's not the end of the. go much longer. the. i think you go much longer. yeah want about yeah you want to talk about childcare. yes. is the big childcare. yes. this is the big this is was this was the big kind of headline yesterday that the conservatives going the conservatives are going to help to help working parents back to work whilst being simultaneously tone working work whilst being simultaneously tone actually working work whilst being simultaneously tone actually when working work whilst being simultaneously tone actually when they ng work whilst being simultaneously tone actually when they have parents actually when they have a new because that's what a new baby because that's what this about. all research this is about. all the research shows lot of women, shows that a lot of women, particularly want to more particularly want to spend more time their children , not

time with their children, not less. want the choice of less. and we want the choice of how we organise our childcare there aren't any nursery places anyway , even if we wanted them. anyway, even if we wanted them. and also a lot of mums and dads will say let's do a nanny, share with neighbour, let's get with the neighbour, let's get grandma in a few days a grandma to come in a few days a week. us to keep more of week. allow us to keep more of our money and we can decide our own money and we can decide how to spend it. yeah, well, i'm with you on that, i mean look, the, the purpose this all, the, the purpose this after all, first not an first and foremost, was not an act of kindness. it was it was an act to try and get people back into work. i'm an old fashioned right? know fashioned dad, right? i know grandpa grandpa and like grandpa and grandpa and i like it . my wife and my children , you it. my wife and my children, you know, were raising their children from home themselves for the first four years till they actually went to school. and research shows and actually, the research shows that generally speaking, from the of view on the children's point of view on average better, but it is . average is better, but it is. yeah, i know that a yeah, i agree. i know that is a controversial thing to say actually, because there are a lot you know, we all lot of mums, you know, we all want of balance. most want a bit of balance. most mums, if you ask us, what do you want? i want a bit of balance? i want? i want a bit of balance? i want to go to work and i want to

have the choice. but your point is good one. and think one is a good one. and i think one of one of the things that of the one of the things that will probably happen debate this week we week will people say, can we make a thing? can we make this a freer thing? can we make this a freer thing? can we make it such that the funding can be one way or another to enable to the right thing enable the to do the right thing by own judgement? because by their own judgement? because after ministers, we after all, we're ministers, we don't you their don't know much. you by their they the people make they they're the people who make best judgement for their own children, we're going children, just like we're going to to today but to keep this due to today but just politically just finally the ten, 11, 15 the tories are ten, 11, 12, 15 points behind the polls. this points behind in the polls. this is to the da in any is going to shift the da in any shape form. well, i think shape or form. well, i think you've three things in the you've had three things in the last week or so. you've had the brexit resolution really. brexit resolution, really. you've the immigration bill. you've had the immigration bill. don't agree with it, but it's doing what i think a lot of my colleagues want and it's popular in the and it's popular in the country. and you've had this demonstration of competence. and i what's going to i think what's going to come across the public large is across to the public large is that, you know, we've got a prime who does job prime minister who does the job he work he the brief he he does the work he the brief he provides the leadership contrasting that with anybody

but great to have you but you. it's great to have you contrasting possibly. but you. it's great to have you cont not ing possibly. but you. it's great to have you contnot at| possibly. but you. it's great to have you contnot at all. possibly. but you. it's great to have you contnot at all. but possibly. but you. it's great to have you contnot at all. but butibly. but you. it's great to have you contnot at all. but but it's. no, not at all. but but it's also a bit patronising and it's also a bit patronising and it's a bit patrician . and so those of a bit patrician. and so those of us who want to have a little bit of a smaller states don't like the attitude. we don't like this idea. we know what's good for you. i agree. and but what they would back and i think would argue back and i think they've got a point that the they've got a point is that the only you're never going to only way you're never going to an absolutely smaller state you're going to get a proportionately smaller slice so the bigger and the the country gets bigger and the state same size. that's state sizes same size. that's all you're to in today. so all you're to get in today. so they've got to grow country they've got to grow the country and what this is about. and that's what this is about. and like meddling. and governments like meddling. oh, about it all oh, yeah. tell me about it all the time . government the time. less government is best. davis can people who best. david davis can people who comprise an happen all comprising him and the brexit secretary said to me okay britain is set to bring in tough laws against imposing what are called animal trophies. this means hunters would be means that hunters would be banned pelts and animal banned taking pelts and animal heads into the uk. the trophy hunting bill is going to be debated in parliament tomorrow, so trophy hunting so should ban trophy hunting altogether. so joining us is

altogether. so joining us now is firearms writer firearms dealer and writer diggory and the founder of the campaign to ban trophy hunting, edoardo goncalo goncalves i pronounce that correctly, edoardo i'm sorry if you can correct me on the pronunciation of your names are that gentleman so degree edoardo . good morning. so degree edoardo. good morning. thank you for joining so degree edoardo. good morning. thank you forjoining us. they thank you for joining us. they are that nice be here. there we go. there we go. now you are, edoardo. i believe i'm diggory. oh, hello, diggory. i'm sorry. this is going terribly well. you sit very well . oh, and that must sit very well. oh, and that must be good. oh, you're edoardo , be good. oh, you're edoardo, right? diggory me. start with you . you're in support of people you. you're in support of people being allowed to go out and, shoot wild animals. i believe and come home with a trophy. i don't know whether i think every other country so i'm absolutely in favour that because it's a

it's an important part of the conservation management of populations. we do it here with every wild species of wild deer in fact, i go out on a limb and say that as hunters, we're probably favour of more restrictions on the dispatch of our wild deer than the government is the scottish government is the scottish government is the scottish government is currently wholesale shooting red deer in scotland out of season and i'm entirely against. so there are probably areas where edoardo and i might agree , but in terms of i might agree, but in terms of whether or not it's more moral to shoot an animal which is going to be shot and then throw the skin in the ditch and throw the skin in the ditch and throw the horns in the ditch as opposed to curing and bringing them home to act as mementos of a hunt or to be made into something. i just don't see the moral makes any sense . okay, moral makes any sense. okay, eduardo, why does that argument not make any sense to you? do you know what sir david attenborough said about trophy hunting? he said, people who get

a kick out of killing, it's just something i can't comprehend is incomprehensible to me. and i think that's the attitude of the vast majority of people. i think in researching the trophy hunting industry for a couple of years and what actually shocks is, is the callousness it's is, is, is the callousness it's the cruelty and actually some really quite disturbing attitudes . so people who i've attitudes. so people who i've i've spoken to or i've read their accounts or watched their videos, and so when talk, for example, about how trophy it's like mainlining on heroin, there's a who cuts off an elephant's foot off we shot it is using it as an umbrella stand you know people who took that i, i grabbed a few beers the evening and went out and all the monkeys of the trees and also that they took quite a lot of joy that they took quite a lot of joy bounce. you know the blood's about the intestines being sprayed everywhere, about you know, shooting even a hand red lion. but point blank range. now, this is really quite

disturbing behaviour and actually cycle is just some criminologist so it's really quite dangerous and people with the sbi for example another criminological experts in the us have shown that truly hunters are actually more likely to commit acts of domestic violence . so towards people, women and also engage in trial abuse. so this is really quite gothic, got to be very careful . we go down to be very careful. we go down that route, it starts smacking this load of emotive nonsense yeah tiger category. thank . yeah tiger category. thank. i say no what we need to do is look through this not just because this is facing . here you because this is facing. here you really to hear what he has to say. he's not actually been on a trophy hunt or any sort of hunt. i would imagine i would be very happy to try and defend the ethos of hunters , which is which ethos of hunters, which is which is actually very , very

is actually very, very controlled. but that's a debate for another day . would i would for another day. would i would think that probably somebody as much of a zealot is that they will never be dissuaded by by the evidence. but the fact is that the evidence worldwide is the areas where hunting is the conservation tool, the floor and the fauna are much more control than they are in areas that's removed. because what happens , removed. because what happens, the consequence of that every every action has a consequence . every action has a consequence. the consequence of removing the hunting concession is that farming encroach movement moves in. and when move into protected hunting , they simply kill hunting, they simply kill everything . so you end up everything. so you end up looking at intensification rather than some, rather than a virgin natural landscape. and this is just and again, that's the way we look at what if these and what if these animals are going to be killed anyway as a

natural process to control that environment? is your objection merely that you questions about the psychology of the people want that because want to do that because effectively that's their choice. yeah so the vast majority these animals aren't actually animals that going to be cold. that's the first thing to say. these animals that people go in hunts because they're in prime, because they're in their prime, because they're in their prime, because look very nice in because they look very nice in their rooms. i worked for their living rooms. i worked for wwf you know, it wwf for many and you know, it was really frustrating that on the we were working to the one hand we were working to conserve protect conserve animals and protect wildlife and this is the same time those animals, for example, rhinos were trying to rhinos that we were trying to get, you know, poachers to stop poaching them. they were still being by trophy hunters. being shot by trophy hunters. and in many cases and indeed, in many cases had more being shot by more rhinos that being shot by trophy hunters than by. but it also made a complete mockery of the system, because on the one hand, saying to people hand, you're saying to people will, go and shoot will, no, you can't go and shoot this rhino because it's wrong. actually can, though, if actually no, you can, though, if you're trophy hunter, which is you're a trophy hunter, which is going to bring david amess back into it in the studio. exactly. you would want to be able to

take we're going to take a break. we're going to come back to. david davis, this is an of legislation are is an piece of legislation are talking about it. it's being debated commons on debated in the commons on a friday. be nobody friday. there'll be nobody there, very few people there. friday. there'll be nobody therethaty few people there. friday. there'll be nobody therethaty fewthat3le there. friday. there'll be nobody therethaty fewthat appalling? isn't that isn't that appalling? oh well, if it get if it makes progress, it'll come back. i think people people will take part yeah. this argument's part and yeah. this argument's interesting because yeah. and i don't i don't agree with eduardo . i think, you know, it's not this is not about the cycle of hunters. mankind has or his predecessor been hunting for 2 million years. yeah, it's about what's right for the animals, the species, what's right for the. and i heard earlier today that there's more land, as it were, kept in a wild state in africa by hunting. yes. than in parks. so that's the test. and you have to look and see what's the best way to do that. and that man, gary lineker here we go again. he's got involved in this. his name, this. he's had his name, two letter supporting this legislation. he's been slapped down governments down by four governments in africa, saying the way this hunting a hunting that it's done in a way that conservation improved.

that conservation is improved. and to open the and the only way to open the what saying they're not what they're saying they're not going to be cull. well i think he's there. but what will he's right there. but what will happen the agricultural happen is the agricultural encroach you the encroach on it you know the these poor countries where these are poor countries where these are poor countries where the ordinary families know the ordinary families you know it's and it's subsistence living and so they the land. you've they need the land. so you've got some income from the got to have some income from the land. protects the land. and that's protects the money. bring our guest money. so let's bring our guest back in if we can. eduardo i just to give a couple just want to give you a couple of minutes to, respond to that. so we've just then. yeah, well , so we've just then. yeah, well, david davis a point, too, david davis has a point, too, that needs income that there needs be an income for people, an incentive for local people, an incentive to those areas. and to protect those areas. and actually been shown is actually what has been shown is that switch to nature that if you switch to nature tourism that actually generates far more money. so kenya is a really good example . they banned really good example. they banned all trophy hunting in the 1970s. so whilst lion and elephants and runaway populations have been falling calamitous falling africa and calamitous right i mean lions for example have gone from 200,000 in the 19705 have gone from 200,000 in the 1970s to just 20,000 today in much is like kenya the numbers have going up . lions gone up have going up. lions gone up about 25% over the last decade . about 25% over the last decade. and one of the reasons is that

photo safari generates far more money for. local people and conservation if you compare kenya and tanzania because they're side by side of very much the same landscape . so much the same landscape. so kenya which fantasy hunting and invest in photo safaris generates far more money. they're to put $14 per hectare per year into conservation, into fighting, poaching in neighbouring tanzania , where 26% neighbouring tanzania, where 26% of the country is released as a hunting estate , they're only hunting estate, they're only able to invest 20% per hectare yean able to invest 20% per hectare year, ten years to put 70 time more money into conservation . more money into conservation. but also it's local. people say , for example, the children of the masai, all of them are not able to go to high school. this is the money that comes from such safaris, whereas now portugal, masai actually being evicted from their homes to make way for a hunting estate . okay, way for a hunting estate. okay, you've got to go into the last degree. last word to you . yeah. degree. last word to you. yeah. thank you . i'm glad you brought

thank you. i'm glad you brought up kenya, because when they banned hunting in kenya over the five or six years they ended populations of all the charismatic megafauna plummeting by 70. i've hunted in tanzania . by 70. i've hunted in tanzania. when you fly over a concession in tanzania, you can see, which is a hunting concession because , it's green. and where it ends, it becomes so you can see in brown and green the difference between a hunting concession and farmed animals and the other is we need to look at what the africa and conservation bodies and governments actually want to do with their own land and how to manage own animals and their own habitats they . want to do own habitats they. want to do exactly what we do here with scotland, with red deer, with our own animals that we control and we look in a way which involves hunting and that helps to preserve our habitat. african governments are telling the british government they have written letters to these celebrities like ricky gervais. so i have a lot of time for another respect. and piers morgan, who i have less respect

for and they they have said quite clearly, we don't you to do this because the unintended conflict ensues. if your of your emotionally driven wanting to do is actually going to do bad the effects you're going to have are going be a depletion of habitat, a depletion of the fauna that you're trying to protect . you're trying to protect. poachers move in. you look at a hunting concession like the one buzz charlton runs. he collected 30,000 snares last year , which 30,000 snares last year, which is what local people are doing , is what local people are doing, bringing those into the area and trying to catch the animals, poach them, kill them indiscriminately . he pays out of indiscriminately. he pays out of his own money through his hunting concession to stop this activity . active anti—poaching activity. active anti —poaching measures activity. active anti—poaching measures going on there , funded measures going on there, funded entirely through it's this unequivocal from the mark who are in kazakhstan to the booby valley conservancy in zimbabwe massive big stories where

animals been brought back from the brink of extinction in those areas that are totally depleted have been brought back to a natural happy balance. gentlemen, through hunting as a conservation strategy , seven out conservation strategy, seven out of ten africans to be sorry , we of ten africans to be sorry, we got to move on. do have to move on. eduardo goncalves and digger haddock , thank you so much. it's haddock, thank you so much. it's an emotive issue, david. david stay base. make their case very well. they do. and that's why it should be properly on should be debated properly on the data and facts and the basis of data and facts and not emotion, not emotions and checking the numbers that are being there as being thrown out there as well. we actually and i think we we actually know and i think we need keep out it. oh, yes. need to keep out of it. oh, yes. hello i mean, into the hello i mean, we're not into the psychology hunters. that's psychology of hunters. that's not the issue. but it is interesting, the psychology of wanting is. quite wanting to do that is. quite interesting. as you say, if interesting. but as you say, if we go down particular we go down that particular angle, we're not going to angle, then we're not going to be what's you can't be doing what's right. you can't compare gun free compare us with gun free america. that's day two america. no, that's day two davis he'll be back with you on. the show, i'm sure, very soon. next week to be speaking to the

political powerhouse, to john curtis. all

well, good morning and welcome to focus on gb news with me andrew pierce and bev turner. that was a fantastic discussion. if you're just joining us, something, what do you mean? we're talking about trophy hunting. caroline got in touch we're talking about trophy huntshe caroline got in touch we're talking about trophy huntshe said,.ine got in touch we're talking about trophy huntshe said, as; got in touch we're talking about trophy huntshe said, as anyt in touch we're talking about trophy huntshe said, as an absolute�*n we're talking about trophy huntshe said, as an absolute and and she said, as an absolute and complete animal lover, i'm 1,000% favour of a ban. 1,000% in favour of a ban. this is about. bringing home is about. i'm bringing home trophies. will be

trophies. yes, there will be a black this, we black market for this, but we need a civil and humane need to a civil and humane society to increase aesthetics evil animals evil to many endangered animals all any animal that all killed. but any animal that is killed for the entertainment of overprivileged, people of overprivileged, nasty people is and jumping off is simply evil and jumping off an foot to as an elephant's foot to use as a stunt or umbrella stunt . stunt or an umbrella stunt. crazy right now. what else we got this morning? the chancellor unveils his budget at fort growth yesterday. now he faces criticism from both labour and the conservatives over proposals that will see 6 million people pay that will see 6 million people pay higher taxes. that will see 6 million people pay higher taxes . will this come pay higher taxes. will this come back to bite the conservative party on polling day ? probably. party on polling day? probably. i suspect so. jeremy hunt's also increased defence spending . increased defence spending. there'll be 5 billion extra in the next couple of years. but the next couple of years. but the minister of finance, of course, wanted double that and another week and another day of strikes . train passengers are strikes. train passengers are being warned to expect disruption with services that are running starting later and finishing earlier. we've got teachers , university staff and teachers, university staff and amazon workers all taking industrial action today. are you fed up with the strikes or do

you support them? fed up? am i? and tomorrow , of course, what we and tomorrow, of course, what we were just talking about, the hunting trophies, bill. it's a friday. if passed, it will start the process. what british hunters bringing home game souvenirs. players souvenirs. i heard some players will banned . so should the will be banned. so should the government trophy hunting . government ban trophy hunting. let us know your thoughts on all of the discussions this morning. we've also got some list from the express and carole malone waiting in the wings as well to go through some of the big stories of the day. but first of . all i have an entry. thank you. good morning. it's 10:10. you. good morning. it's10:10. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. labour has pledged to reverse the chancellor's plans to aboush the chancellor's plans to abolish the lifetime pensions allowance , saying it will only allowance, saying it will only help the richest 1. it caps the amount workers can accumulate in pension savings in their lifetime before they have to pay extra tax . labour says the extra tax. labour says the changes priority is the wrong

people and they claim it will equate to a £1 billion pensions tax break for the highest earners. but the chief secretary to the treasury, john glen, says the plans are the most efficient way to tackle the issue of early retirement. especially within the nhs , the drivers for this the nhs, the drivers for this policy was what the bma wants it for. consultant senior doctors who across the country are deciding not to say so. the perhaps the last ten years of their working life . we need their working life. we need those people to make that decision to continue to work in the nhs. right now, given the backlogs, if we could have done it quickly, which is very doubtful or for just one profession and would have any launch legal challenges . it's launch legal challenges. it's understood health unions representing nurses and ambulance workers in england are close to resolving an ongoing pay close to resolving an ongoing pay dispute with the government . it raises the prospect of an end to strike action which started before christmas. the guardian newspaper says a deal

could come as early as today. the government says the decisions have been taken . decisions have been taken. discussions have been construct live and that talks are still ongoing . committees are facing ongoing. committees are facing another round of rail strikes today as the long running row over pay conditions continues. rmt members at 14 train operators are on picket lines across the country with passengers being warned to expect disruption . services expect disruption. services which are running will start later and finish much earlier than usual. further strikes are to take place on the 30th of march and the 1st of april. the london stock exchange has rebounded after yesterday , rebounded after yesterday, suffering it, suffering its worst losses since the start of the covid pandemic. amid fears of a global banking crisis yesterday, the footsie 100 closed down by more than 292 points as worldwide banking stocks went into freefall . stocks went into freefall. credit suisse has said it will borrow up to £45 billion from

switzerland. central bank in an emergency loan after shares in the firm dropped by more than a quarter. it's after the firm found weakness in its financial reporting, leading to uncertainty within the market as a 400 year old hotel, which was housing ukrainian refugees , has housing ukrainian refugees, has been engulfed by a fire in west sussex. the fire broke out after midnight at a neighbouring property before spreading to the roof of the angel in west sussex. fire and rescue services described the blaze as significant, described the blaze as significant , with 14 fire significant, with 14 fire engines responding to the incident . over 30 people were incident. over 30 people were evacuated and no casualties were reported . a man charged with reported. a man charged with attempted murder of a woman outside a leisure centre in cheltenham last week is expected in court this morning. 29 year old joshua bowles is charged with causing actual bodily harm as well as attempted murder. with causing actual bodily harm as well as attempted murder . a as well as attempted murder. a woman suffered serious injuries but remains in hospital in a

stable condition . the foreign stable condition. the foreign secretary has pledged to protect moldova against russian attacks with an extra £10 million of funding. on a visit to the region, james cleverly said the funding aims to boost the country's resilience against so—called russian malign interference. the uk is already contributing to critical anti—corruption in the country. it's after the kremlin has been accused of trying to increase its control in the region . the its control in the region. the uk is falling down the global ranks when it comes to life expectancy. research published in the royal society of medicine shows britain has fallen from seventh globally 70 years ago to 29th last year. that's worse than all 67 countries except the united states . sir richard united states. sir richard branson, spacex rocket firm, virgin orbit, is pausing all operations amid financial concerns. it's understood the company is to furlough all of its employees and the chief

executive of dan heart told staff the move is intended to buy the company time to finalise a new investment plan. last month it tried but failed to launch nine satellites into the earth's orbit from newquay in cornwall and nassau has unveiled a prototype of the new space suit set to be worn by the next astronauts to walk on the moon's surface . not the usual white. surface. not the usual white. the new black suit with orange markers features light bands and high definition cameras . it high definition cameras. it allows for great mobility than its predecessors . the suit will its predecessors. the suit will be used during the amethyst mission, which is scheduled for 2025. europe to date on gb news will bring in monies as it happens. now, though, it's back to andrew and beth . to andrew and beth. very good morning. thank you for joining us. it's another day of

strikes today. real teachers, university staff and amazon workers and the flipping tube were on strike yesterday and a quarter to eight this morning. they were still closed. all the tube stations, pernicious and evil . yeah, absolutely. we've evil. yeah, absolutely. we've heard the government also heard about the government also trying plan, expand, ticked trying to plan, expand, ticked up government this up on government phones this afternoon . so joining to afternoon. so joining us to discuss is lawyer andrew discuss this is lawyer andrew bourne. morning, discuss this is lawyer andrew bourne. morning , andrew. bourne. good morning, andrew. lovely to see you both. great to see you. i want to come to tick tock first, actually, because you crazy futurists, you are all crazy futurists, crazy you're definitely crazy. okay. you're definitely crazy. okay. you're definitely crazy . you're one of these crazy. you're one of these people who that tech is people who thinks that tech is the solution to all of our problems. you and i regularly disagree we do, but. but, disagree on. we do, but. but, andrew will andrew and i said it will happens is and all the strikes are going to basically accelerate the advancements of tech and ai and so on and so forth. i've always said that every job that replaced every job that can be replaced or be the more or automated will be the more that go on strike this, that people go on strike this, the more that it's likely to happen on tick tock. the interesting bad interesting because the bad thing concerned thing because they're concerned about information about the sharing of information and is and we talked and the reality is and we talked about david

about it earlier with david davis so on and so forth, davis and so on and so forth, every time you use your credit card, every time you use your oyster, time log in oyster, every time you log in with loyalty thing on with a loyalty thing on on a particular store, you'll sharing information, nonsense information, all this nonsense about balloons and about hot air balloons and things that. so tech. things like that. so low tech. the reality we've got all the reality is we've got all that information already . and i that information already. and i think at that of think looking at that sort of side of waking up and realising that's current system we that's the current system we live is this is this live in. so is this is this a gimmick by the government? i think it's an attack against the chinese. ticked chinese. i own ticked off because to work on because this is going to work on that sort basis. and that sort of basis. and therefore, they're sort of saying, right, it saying, i think you're right, it could a gimmick that the could be a gimmick that the houday could be a gimmick that the holiday what we need to do is go in with eyes wide open. we need to understand information. to understand the information. we're is we're already sharing data is the what the new currency that's what we're in at the moment. we're trading in at the moment. we lot everybody, we know a lot about everybody, what do, what they're what they do, what they're eating. are. the reason eating. habits are. the reason they're going to early and they're going to die early and so so forth. all that so on and so forth. all that information shared and information is being shared and is to very is being shared to very different sources. so i'm trying is being shared to very diiunderstand es. so i'm trying is being shared to very diiunderstand if. so i'm trying is being shared to very diiunderstand if theyi'm trying is being shared to very diiunderstand if they in trying is being shared to very diiunderstand if they i don't1g to understand if they i don't think actually think the government actually given a fleshed out given a reason, a fleshed out justification would be a statement in the house and the

commons later. i guess there'll be statement you be a statement later. so you wonder they that we wonder what they know that we don't what might it be don't know. what might it be that they know? try to. that they know? we try to. that's it i it's that's what it is. i hope it's chinese owned . the sharing of chinese owned. the sharing of information is a rubbish argument because so much information is out there. we spy on i'll call cheltenham. on china, i'll call cheltenham. everybody does . and i think everybody does. and i think there's a much more high tech way and we've had this discussion before . hot air discussion before. hot air balloons, weather balloons, shooting them down. no nonsense because it's so low tech, we can basically infiltrate all sorts of information. that information is being peddled all of the time. so people watching , we've time. so people watching, we've got lot of children, got a lot of children, grandchildren. take to grandchildren. yeah. and take to it think my generation it because i think my generation don't know what it really don't even know what it really would you say they shouldn't be on it. i think there's so much other social media which is sharing the same sort of information. patterns information. we've got patterns about that never about people that you'd never have previously . we know more have previously. we know more about people with could tv about people with the could tv footage, records every footage, which records every step that take, you'll be step that you take, you'll be able to identify people with facial recognition and so on and

so forth. are you all of that information on tik as are information on tik tok as are your kids? my my oldest, my middle one is. but she doesn't post off particularly, but she does go on. it's my fear with tik tok is it's just atrophying their concentration span more than anything. i'm not that bothered about the chinese government, know government, whether i know whether my daughters google the lipgloss wants to look whether my daughters google the liprut; wants to look whether my daughters google the liprut it's wants to look whether my daughters google the liprut it's more wants to look whether my daughters google the liprut it's more about to look whether my daughters google the liprut it's more about the .ook whether my daughters google the liprut it's more about the fact at. but it's more about the fact that quick, quick, quick, that it's quick, quick, quick, quick. also feeding quick. and it's also feeding them. i suppose in some ways it is feeding them ideologies because will because the algorithm will work out what that they look at out what it is that they look at and so that that and then and so that that training, that conditioning of young don't all they young minds, you don't all they actually that all actually know that they all absolutely . and that's how absolutely. and that's how you're basically you're working on it. basically if is free, then if something is free, then you'll having to pay it. you you'll having to pay for it. you are product. you are just a are the product. you are just a few weeks i was buying a stage ticket online. infuriating took forever i got forever and within minutes i got a theatre company was interpreting. how did they know so quickly? absolutely. i'm just looking at the response from tick tock . tick tock said bands tick tock. tick tock said bands have been based because canada and have belgium have

and belgium have belgium have a similar back. yes. and tick tock said it's based on misplaced fears and seemingly driven by why geopolitics? it why did geopolitics? i think it would disappointed by such would be disappointed by such a move in uk. well i think the move in the uk. well i think the answer it's this is answer is it's china. this is why did it is the honest why we did it is the honest answer. as i say, the sharing of information is happening anyway. what we to and is what we need to do, and this is the service we can the greatest service that we can do, educate everybody about do, is educate everybody about it. always say, and you it. people always say, and you talk about the revelations because we haven't spoken for a little matt hancock little while about matt hancock and revelations, and all those revelations, everything will end up everything you say will end up in hands the people you in the hands of the people you don't want to have in, but don't want to have it in, but there's narrative you're going there's a narrative you're going to we're going to get to get. we're going to get a secretary state for coaching agents. are mates agents. what are cabinet mates going telling us going to be the ones telling us all about this? and yet we're trading china. yes. even if trading with china. yes. even if it's state, even the it's a rogue state, even the wheat them, the genocide of wheat them, the genocide of wheat and muslims. and we wheat and muslims. and yet we want chinese to boom want the chinese economy to boom because trade with because we want to trade with them. hypocrisy in them. there is a hypocrisy in hypocrisy. think the more hypocrisy. and i think the more that we can more lights, less that we can do more lights, less heat the sort of sensible way heat is the sort of sensible way of because getting the of doing it, because getting the headunes of doing it, because getting the headlines say china is spying

headlines to say china is spying us. yes, of course they are aware spying on them and on aware spying on them and so on and no big and so forth. that's no big revelations there. so is revelations there. so it is political. i think let's political. and i think let's just the honest answer on just get to the honest answer on that. tell us about the strikes part. trains are on strike part. the trains are on strike again but again today, everybody. but interestingly, you on interestingly, i'm with you on this nonsense. it this is absolute nonsense. it will accelerate the advance of robotics. accelerate the robotics. it will accelerate the advance predicted. but advance of ai predicted. but in modern love as modern times, what i love as human give rid of human human beings give rid of human beings. it's the end. but we're tired of it all. what i is tired of it all. what i love is matt. matt seems to matt. matt always seems to summarise in summarise the culture in this area, says in the telegraph. area, he says in the telegraph. this is where jeremy comes back to work. budget comes unstuck, and know, you and he's right. you know, you work that basis. industrial work on that basis. industrial action con triples action on the con triples compared predecessors, compared to his predecessors, samaritans and mayor of london so 2016 role he's got so he said in 2016 role he's got to his sleeves and make to roll up his sleeves and make sure there was zero days of strikes his time in strikes doing his time in charge. i can tell you charge. well, i can tell you under mr. livingstone there were 35 during mr. johnson's 35 strikes during mr. johnson's time. there were sites which time. there were 35 sites which he a disgrace and a sign he called a disgrace and a sign of failure. there under of failure. there were 16 under condemned since you know how many have been under, it'll many that have been under, it'll be over it is a hundred and

be over 100. it is a hundred and 35. and where is he? and why does he talk about it? why doesn't like he's in doesn't he? just like he's in charge transport for london, charge of transport for london, which is chaos. yeah and chaos. and people might think, which is chaos. yeah and chaos. ancit's people might think, which is chaos. yeah and chaos. ancit's just people might think, which is chaos. yeah and chaos. ancit's just london. night think, which is chaos. yeah and chaos. ancit's just london. people ink, oh, it's just london. people know working of know the working population of london million. they need london is 9 million. they need the to was completely the tube to was completely closed. i'll tell you what's also interesting, i flew in yesterday from the south of france, which interesting. france, which is interesting. do as was about to travel as i knew i was about to travel the world, obviously there the world, but obviously there was strike yesterday. border was a strike yesterday. border force you had lots of force control. you had lots of people in uniform there. it was the efficient travel. i had the most efficient travel. i had the most efficient travel. i had the best experience i've had coming in to gatwick. i caught a plane from heathrow in december that same board they were on that same day board they were on strike. yeah. the army stepped in. brilliant. 90 days. so what's going to happen? that's more efficient ways doing more efficient ways of doing things just want to things and mean? just want to say one thing to mr. the guy from the rmt. what's his name? oh big , big. from the rmt. what's his name? oh big, big. who says one of his red lines for settling the related rail dispute is he does not want only trains. he not want driver only trains. he goes to work every day on a driver only train. yeah. what

are you get so on christmas i'm worked on that sort of basic you actually but interesting he even the who strike are the people who on strike are tired a quarter of tired of it just a quarter of schools it says instead of well today only quarter today basically are only quarter schools closed schools in england closed on some during last last some pupils during the last last strike. 27% of schools were fully or partially closed. this compared in february, the first with 51. they can't afford to do it. you have to do both in parallel, work out where the money is going to come from. there's no magic monetary work out. then what's going to be logical, it's going to logical, but it's going to accelerate it's accelerate technology. it's going incentives going to accelerate incentives and hey, and so on and so forth. hey, i might replace you. i already replace. is not me at all replace. this is not me at all to be. i said, okay, right. to give us some thoughts. thanks, andrew. thoughts on andrew. some thoughts on the chancellor's yesterday chancellor's budget of yesterday , politics, , professor of politics, university strathclyde, university of strathclyde, sir john morning, john. john curtis. good morning, john. your best. good morning. good to see you again . okay. in see you again. okay. in a nutshell, what were the headunes nutshell, what were the headlines for you from the budget? well, i think in truth, the one i'm perhaps only made

your headline is the expansion of childcare provision . because of childcare provision. because i think the truth is, if we look at that with a long lens , it at that with a long lens, it represents a confirmation of a major change in the role of the state that is, the state now thinks it has a significant responsibility to help to pay for the cost of childcare so that parents can go to work. that's really a development. it's only happened during the course of the last decade or so. i'm perhaps somewhat ironically, therefore, we've seen a significant expansion of the role of responsible party of the state under a conservative regime , but one that evidently regime, but one that evidently has been dictated by the need to try to increase the size of the workforce and that, frankly, we can no longer afford for our parents, of course, usually primarily mothers to stay at home, to look after their children during the early years. but i think that we were not going to get to the stage of a basically the state is going to help to provide people with

childcare once maternity leave is over . and childcare once maternity leave is over. and that, i think, represents a significant change in social policy, although of course, it's one that for much of it is not going to be introduced until after the next election. beyond that, it's a budget which was trying clearly to try to promote growth because we do have this problem of very high levels of taxation , record high levels of taxation, record levels of taxation. still, we're heading for a record levels of spending. but public services which are starting to deliver not least in the health service and in a sense you might want to say that jeremy hunt should be applauded for perhaps engaging in some relatively detailed, not headune in some relatively detailed, not headline grabbing changes that in some respects, well, won't deliver a dividend if they do deliver a dividend if they do deliver a dividend for two or three years down the track , three years down the track, perhaps it's rather good that we've got a politician who's willing to think long term to a degree, even though the amount of time between now and the next general election beginning to general election is beginning to get short john, where

general election is beginning to get the short john, where general election is beginning to get the asper�*t john, where general election is beginning to get the asper nation|, where general election is beginning to get the asper nation in vhere general election is beginning to get the asper nation in this; was the asper nation in this budget ? where was the idea that budget? where was the idea that we're going to inspire people to get out, work harder , do what get out, work harder, do what they want to do with their lives? there was nothing in that for me. it was about work. we'll take more of your money and we'll decide how to spend it. now i mean, look, the truth is, as i said, you know, we are heading for record levels of taxation , making levels of taxation, making levels of spending against a backdrop where the economy is a little bit better now than it was last autumn, but where on average we are going to suffer a 6% fall in living standards during the course of the next two years. and to that extent, at least, it's a confirmation of the economic difficulties that we already knew that we were in and out of which we cannot get with any degree of obvious rapidity or of ease. the tax increases , or of ease. the tax increases, of course, are essentially ones already announced, and they primarily consist of the fact

that the levels at which you start paying income tax and start paying income tax and start paying income tax and start paying higher levels of income tax have been frozen. they've been frozen for a while. and in an era of high inflation, that particularly has an impact. but yes, i mean, you know, the truth is the attempt of the liz truss administration try to truss administration to try to head towards a lower tax, smaller states society that crashed in the financial markets, arguably , i would say markets, arguably, i would say to you it also was out of tune with public opinion at the moment and we are now back on the course that the government was bequeathed by the pandemic and also the ukraine crisis and also by the ukraine crisis of high taxation, high spending. but truth is, at the same but the truth is, at the same time, you are living standards are falling. but what governments try and do to get out of it is they tried for about growth rates, trying to promote growth not by choice that tried to lower that they tried to lower taxation, but providing incentives business incentives for business investment and also get more investment and also to get more of to go to work. that's but of us to go to work. that's but it's of course, you're it's not. of course, you're right. exciting. it right. it's not exciting. it doesn't the ideology very doesn't fit the ideology very comfortably either the comfortably of either the conservative or the labour

party. is the party. but the truth is the country is hard, difficult country faced is hard, difficult questions to which simply are going to ideology is not necessarily the answer . john necessarily the answer. john just fine. i was at a reception last a lot of tory mp last night with a lot of tory mp and ministers they saw one and ministers and they saw one of game in the of the game changers in the budget was the decision to scrap how much you use the limit on how much you use the limit on how can pay into your how much you can pay into your pension. was 1.1 million pension. it was 1.1 million that's been scrapped that's now been scrapped altogether. we thought it was going to 1.5 going to be raised to 1.5 billion. labour have now said they'll vote against it. the tories they've walked into tories think they've walked into a well certainly that's a trap. well certainly that's the of dispute the one point of clear dispute between i think between the parties. i think there's very little else in the budget which there's budget about which there's a great disagreement great deal of disagreement between government and opposition. it has given opposition. and it has given labour a favourite with labour a favourite stick with which the government which to paint the government which to paint the government which say the which is to say you are the party that to advantage party that tends to advantage the better off. i think you can say the argument being played out. on the one hand labour will say this is something that benefits the benefits the rich. the government going to try to government is going to try to argue way of argue this is a crucial way of trying ensure that we trying to ensure that we keep doctors a service that doctors in a health service that is struggling to deliver. the truth polling truth is the instant polling

we've far on the budget we've had so far on the budget hasn't actually addressed this subject. it will be subject. maybe it will be something that the pollsters something out that the pollsters look out as towards the look out as we head towards the weekend . okay. thank you, sir. weekend. okay. thank you, sir. john curtis, the insightful , weekend. okay. thank you, sir. john curtis, the insightful, as always we had that debate earlier about the hunting ban. lots of your messages coming in. i'll get some in just a moment because the music starts in vaiews@gbnews.uk. still to come, also got reaction to come, we've also got reaction to the budget from the perspective of small businesses. and i know it's going to be very happy and of course also defence spending up as much as we up but not as much as we thought. this to the point on thought. this is to the point on tv

it is 1020 for all your you'll get to the point on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner everyone has been getting in touch with us this morning. thank much. we're talking thank you so much. we're talking about bond that about this child care bond that we've in the we've actually got in the budget. i was saying budget. and i was saying that i didn't agree with it. and a lot of you agree me. maureen of you agree with me. maureen says, forget the throw says, forget the free throw hours. parents every

hours. give the parents of every child under two £7,000 a year and parents choose how and let the parents choose how and let the parents choose how and use it. parents and where to use it. parents will make the best value for money decision that is best for their and melissa their child and melissa agrees, saying giving paris saying instead of giving paris more taxpayers expense more money at taxpayers expense when have made it when they should have made it more attractive parent more attractive for one parent to home, for instance, to stay at home, for instance, being able to transfer the full tax between partners, tax allowance between partners, it's you what? it's so true. and you know what? it arguments in it will have caused arguments in houses that because you'll houses last that because you'll have now you might have mums who don't want go don't particularly want to go back work when babies are back to work when the babies are under and you might now have under one and you might now have a going, well, you've a partner going, well, you've got the 14 up you go got to use the 14 now up you go because we're getting hours a because we're getting 33 hours a week. to of week. but they have to of course, working already. 16 course, be working already. 16 hours. yeah okay. you must messages in, won't messages coming in, won't you? now, said that now, jeremy hunt said that rishi sunak's would £11 sunak's government would add £11 billion britain's defence billion to britain's defence budget five years. budget over the next five years. you billion you said an extra 33 billion support. for britain's support. also for britain's military the next military veterans over the next three will help military veterans over the next three housing will help military veterans over the next threehousing and will help military veterans over the next threehousing and care. help military veterans over the next threehousing and care forlp military veterans over the next threehousing and care for those with housing and care for those with housing and care for those with physical injuries. so we're joined now by defence and security clarke. security expert robert clarke. good robert. £11 good morning, robert. £11 billion over five years, does that sound like enough ? hi. good

that sound like enough? hi. good morning . no, unfortunately, it's morning. no, unfortunately, it's nowhere near enough . so the £11 nowhere near enough. so the £11 billion figure wouldn't have been enough for the next year or two due to the cuts imposed due to inflation or the day to day spending, for example, for the military defence is actually going to be cut in real terms. next year as a result of this. i'm not seen, kate. thus, if inflation doesn't rise further, i'm just to put it in perspective, what are the things that this money's been allocated for is to replenish british stocks, which are being sent to ukraine unprovoked? i of course, is that is now by the end of this year with have roughly around £5 billion worth of arms and ammunition . and we're only and ammunition. and we're only having about 2 billion of pounds of that reinvest it. so just as an example of just actually how these there's this apparent rise in defence spending is no way i know enough to cover what is needed. what about this for money veterans, robert? we know, don't we, depressingly, that a lot of people sleeping rough on our off army veterans, our streets, off army veterans, they've announced what, 33

million over three years? doesn't sound a lot of money. i mean, in comparison to the to the defence budget, we see around 50 to £54 billion. you're quite right, 63 million isn't seemingly a lot. however, what john mercer and the veterans office, the office of veterans affairs. sorry has achieved is more than it's ever been achieved by by any government beforehand. so it's a lot more than we're already getting to put into veterans welfare . and put into veterans welfare. and crucial believes that in the johnny mercer has a it's not just the amounts of money you want it's a gift it is how news is it and have already been used the what you've been shown to be. you know very, very the sorts of effects events or whether places that money particularly targeting housing for veterans and also the crucial transition when people leave the military and start civilian careers . and robert as civilian careers. and robert as a defence security expert, i can't have you here this morning without asking you about this

news that the government are going to ban tock from employees devices . why would they do that devices. why would they do that ? although that's quite simple. i mean, there's two parts. first is the it looks like the us and the european union are doing so . and also the us as a as a partner to the us in terms of tightening security, we must be in step with them . but secondly, in step with them. but secondly, the real reason is the chinese national security law demands that all civilian companies in china , regardless of industry, china, regardless of industry, they submit all sorts of intelligence and all their data. so to the chinese government, whenever they so desire tiktok's been proven to be harmful to security in terms of the it's not just the balance of data set top call. this is what the chinese go look to do with it in a way that better, for example, in an instagram and whatsapp can't do. so these are very real ramifications as we only have to see how china , how the chinese

see how china, how the chinese government sorry , use data for government sorry, use data for example and jack whether to genocide against the weakest and how they use the police state security apparatus to sort of clamp down on human rights, civil liberties and democracy . i civil liberties and democracy. i personally support it and i hopefully look forward to a wider or a further band of talk across the uk society. to be honest and we're interesting, really interesting . thank you, really interesting. thank you, rob. a defence and security expert, robert clarke there. now small businesses willing to talk about businesses because about small businesses because we but being the people's channel we like speak to channel we like to speak to people the country. i people across the country. i mean joined an mean, now joined by an independent business owner, john evans, and runs jo—jo , whose evans, and he runs jo—jo, whose fish chips bar in stafford fish and chips bar in stafford morning tiger. good morning was much for you in that budget. i i really so know this small business owner for 25 years and i'm a business and hospitality businesses are under incredible pressure which the government are fully aware of . we kept our

are fully aware of. we kept our fingers crossed in the last budget and then we kept our fingers crossed yesterday and there's very, very little for small business. i'm the biggest costs in our business is the produce, the energy, the taxation and the wages . a lot of taxation and the wages. a lot of those the government have got control of and they offered us very little yesterday. they still insist on taxing happy rates. the wages we're big believers in paying well and we have no objection to the wage increase in two weeks. but that money has to come from somewhere, which means we must put our prices up to the customers in order to pay the 10% in a couple of weeks . 10% extra in a couple of weeks. the taxation vat is very difficult to stomach and the government are fully aware of the struggles that wherever and they still don't really us we're still paying the highest tax in europe and very little came out yesterday for us. john how long have you had your business there? joe joe's fish and chips . so 25 years. we call it super business, very well established

. an army of regulars every night we feed in thousands of people a huge part of our town , people a huge part of our town, a huge part of our community. but at the end of every month, we get into the end of every month scratching our heads, thinking, what do we do in everything we buy, packaging, produce , oil doubled . produce, oil is all doubled. everything's doubled in costs doubled as much as that doubled. so you've got cod has doubled. cooking oil has doubled, packaging doubled . but then packaging doubled. but then you've got the big things like energy, whether the relief tapers off at the end of march and you're looking at treble the amount now hospitality uses incredible amount of energy in order for us to services shop, we use a large amount of gas, a large amount of electric. and what if the increases go is in, say , small independent say, small independent businesses are really in trouble 7 businesses are really in trouble ? how long have you got, john, do you think if it continues like this with your profit margin being squashed every month, how long would you say your business has to run and

remain profitable? i it's getting closer, eddie. and if they change is i'm in contract for a little bit with my energy and it seems to be within small businesses how long have you got and your contract is if these changes take place and we're really in trouble at this we keep our prices as far as we can. and the only reason we keep these prices, because we feed in so many people every day, if that number diminishes and the price will have to increase. but i'm reliant on selling large quantities of food, which we are doing at the moment. but the government still insist in tax. it is at such a happy rate it's becoming invaluable. what is it? what is it ? becoming invaluable. what is it? what is it? what becoming invaluable. what is it? what is it ? what is becoming invaluable. what is it? what is it? what is cocking? chips cost a portion now , joe. chips cost a portion now, joe. so we sell chips regularly on a chip to £6. 95 is incredible value. you cannot go to the shop and buy that and replicate that meal. what i started for. but if i don't sell a dozen every 5 minutes, i can't sell for that

price. you so all business is built on good service and good food and we deliver it every single time. hence the need of regulars. okay, john price . regulars. okay, john price. that's yeah, we've got to move on to sell it when i'm up there, but it's going to be chips, but people will come to find you. john and fred will come and find you. that is cheap actually, for a cotton chips. but as it goes into as you said he wants look after his customers have been going years right still to come on budget, we will be on the budget, we will be talking about the childcare increase christmas where pensions all after your pensions as well all after your morning's with bethany . morning's news with bethany. beth. thank you. good morning. it's 1033. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom. labour has pledged to reverse the chancellor's plans to abolish the lifetime pensions allowance , saying it pensions allowance, saying it will only help the richest 1. it caps the amount workers can accumulate in pension savings in their lifetime before they have to pay extra tax . labour says to pay extra tax. labour says

the change is priority , is the the change is priority, is the wrong people and they claim it will equate to a £1 billion pensions tax for break the highest earners. but the chief secretary to the treasury, john glen, says the plans are the most efficient way to tackle the issue of early retirement, especially within the nhs. the driver for this policy was what the bma wanted it for consultants , senior doctors who consultants, senior doctors who across the country decided not to stay so that perhaps next last ten years of their working life. we need those people to make that decision to continue to work in the nhs. make that decision to continue to work in the nhs . right now, to work in the nhs. right now, given the backlog , if we could given the backlog, if we could have done it , given the backlog, if we could have done it, which is very doubtful . forjust one doubtful. for just one profession, would have any launch legal challenges . it's launch legal challenges. it's understood health unions representing nurses and ambulance workers in england are close to resolving an ongoing pay close to resolving an ongoing pay dispute with the government . it raises the prospect of an end to strike action , which end to strike action, which started before christmas . the

started before christmas. the guardian newspaper says a deal could come as early as today. the government says talks with union leaders have been constructive and that they're ongoing . the pentagon released ongoing. the pentagon released video footage of the moment a russian fighter jet almost collided with a us drone over the black sea . earlier this the black sea. earlier this week, the declassified vide video shows the russian approaching the unmanned drone and dumping fuel nearby, which damaged a propeller. russia has denied accusations that its jet acted recklessly in the incident, which happened on tuesday . europe today on tv tuesday. europe today on tv onune tuesday. europe today on tv online debate , digital radio and online debate, digital radio and cheating. this is tv news now it's back to andrew and beth . it's back to andrew and beth. welcome back to the point on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce . it is 1035. well

andrew pierce. it is 1035. well i don't quite know what's happening there. do you want to. moving on. we've got it. we've got a quick break, i think now. and we'll

very good morning. at 1038, this is the point on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. now we've been talking all morning about the budget and particularly this childcare issue . so we're joined in the issue. so we're joined in the studio by andrew solanke, studio now by andrew solanke, who's founder me , a who's the founder of me, a consulting help us consulting group, to help us understand this in a little more detail have offered what detail. have they offered what parents wish for? i would say that this has been big and very welcome news . i think if that this has been big and very welcome news. i think if you're a parent or if you're expecting and excited to get some support today, i think the chances are you've missed out and great news a big delay and some flaws around the announcement you made because it won't come in until september 2025. is that what you

mean by the delay? 24 and the delay this is they talking a lot about it being staggered in terms of the support they're providing. but it's also been delayed. why are they today money? if we think about what's been going on since the pandemic and four years before our social infrastructure has been crumbling and we looked at the nhs and we've seen what's happenedin nhs and we've seen what's happened in the nhs and exactly the same has happened within our childcare system. there's not enough nursery places over the last 4000 childcare providers have closed the country and if you look at london right now, two thirds of nurseries are facing . we've got high running facing. we've got high running costs. we've got staff and underfunding . and for the underfunding. and for the government to implement this very big plan and grand announcement, very welcomed announcement, very welcomed announcement , they've been announcement, they've been unprepared for it. and there's been a huge blindspots because from now until a year , what they

from now until a year, what they want to do is build the emphasis structure. what i would have wanted to see is a more creative and innovative and innovative solutions like you were mentioning earlier, before, to help parents who need it now has . and what would that look like for you? because i've said this morning. allow to us keep more of our money or offer tax concessions to allow family members to look after your children. that's what a lot of young mums want, isn't it? absolutely. it's autonomy, it's choice. being able to have choice. it's being able to have the ability for a mother who might not want to go back into full time employment but want to start up their own business to be able to do that. but also within the most formative years of children that is studies show that home setting environment for partial amounts of time is very beneficial . and don't you very beneficial. and don't you want granny or grandpa got time on hands? a lot to talk about. they're not they're not in the workplace now to do the caring and especially saying earlier tax concessions to do that and when you grandparents now look

at the society we live in we're not living next door to mum and dad help us out. so having concessions to help provide that transport cost, to provide and support grandparents to help look after children culturally also i think years ago that was seen as norm, whereas now we live in a society that's very busy and we are living in a society that's having children later. so grandparents need that support . look after children. support. look after children. did you have any idea who advises these men who've never looked after their own children on these sorts of. very very good question. i think you can see by all the blind spots we've had at the moment, take getting to a point of fumbling to notice. and one of the things i would say is, if you look at the government, i know it's a budget announcement. they spoke with their their wallets, their money and their wallets, not hearts. but not with their hearts. but we had a woman prime had we had a woman prime minister and a lot of this crisis was going because this crisis was going on because this was under theresa may, was going on under theresa may, the crisis in nursing in nice, wasn't well these

wasn't it? well i love these short stories women that short stories from women that neven short stories from women that never. very never. i think it's very difficult understand and difficult to understand and comprehend public comprehend investment of public finances when don't have children. and you think the primary beneficiaries will only be parents and children . and but be parents and children. and but studies and evidence centre of global development show us that high quality childcare systems pay high quality childcare systems pay for themselves. and as a return on investment , we pay for themselves. and as a return on investment, we are currently having an issue where we need to get more of a labour workforce. here we need employment. one and a half million women at home with caring response abilities and many of them do not have the choices available . but more choices available. but more concerningly around 40% of women working at the moment with young families have been considering leaving. so the crisis , this leaving. so the crisis, this could get even bigger. leaving it for one year plus to help is not going to help when inflation is 10. okay thank you. and the lang cat from case, if i may say case. very well put. now the chance is also focussed on

getting more people into work to ensure people are not working until they drop. so there's support people old age. support for people in old age. the have been told the government have been told they the same they must not make the same mistakes which have pledged tens of thousands of 1950s born women into joined into poverty. well, we're joined now national coordinator into poverty. well, we're joined now women ional coordinator into poverty. well, we're joined now women againstordinator into poverty. well, we're joined now women against state tor for the women against state pension inequality. that's debbie desmond. debbie. this is tell us what you're been been campaigning for and how far you got with the budget yesterday . got with the budget yesterday. well, waspi is a campaign for women who were born in the 1950s who sought to increase to their state pension age . and the issue state pension age. and the issue with that was that we weren't given sufficient notice. and the impact on women and their retirement plans has been catastrophic. and so we're campaigning for fair and fast compensation for those women , compensation for those women, for the maladministration by the department of work and pensions , which the parliamentary and health service ombudsman has found . and to that end , we have found. and to that end, we have in the last 12 days raised over £100,000 to take a judicial because we are concerned that

the ombudsman is not taking the right legal decisions and therefore can't come to the right conclusion at the end of his report or investigate. and do you have any faith that a labour government would look after the people that are most concerned about ? well, the last concerned about? well, the last labour government pledged a considerable sum for waspi women . as a campaign we are pragmatic about what's affordable and what's achievable . we're not what's achievable. we're not asking for the full return of our state pension . we're asking our state pension. we're asking for compensation . and this is a for compensation. and this is a historic injustice , and it's one historic injustice, and it's one that needs to be put right because waspi women are struggling now in their retirement and i was interested to hear you talking about grandparents being able to provide childcare for their grandchildren, often waspi can't do that now because they're having to continue working much longer than they expected to. and so it does affect the whole family dynamic. it's not just the waspi woman herself. and there was a lot of talk about

pensions yesterday in the in the budget by the chancellor. the headune budget by the chancellor. the headline grabbing. but we can pay headline grabbing. but we can pay more into our pension scrap the lifetime achievement but nothing really for you . so that nothing really for you. so that was one of our guests is just something nothing waiting for you. take that for your campaign . no, it's only going to have impact on some of the wealthiest in the country and. there's absolutely nothing for waspi women and the government have refused to talk to us. they'll talk to some of the wealthiest people country and give people in the country and give them relief. but there's them tax relief. but there's nothing . there is no nothing. there is no compensation for waspi women who are many of whom are struggling , particularly waspi women who are single who have no husbands or partners to help them financially . they're waspi women financially. they're waspi women who've worked all their lives. they expected to receive their state pension at 60, and many of them gave up work in order to look after elderly parents. and by the time they found out, they might just have been one or two years off their expected return

. and they found they had to work an six years. it has really been catastrophic for women and many have had to go on living on the small amount savings that they made to make their retirement years more comfortable. and now they've got nothing . and with the cost of nothing. and with the cost of living at the moment, they're struggling to pay their bills. and it's a real worry for many women they contacted us all the time. they're worried of their mind. well, thankfully, debbie, keep up your good work, deputy for the women against state pension inequality campaigners, the waspi. now the great cleta , the waspi. now the great cleta, big noise you have was karen malone in anyway, arriving in the studio her usual inimitable way . it's been hell on wheels, way. it's been hell on wheels, getting here today. but anyway , getting here today. but anyway, time just of course it's got to take expensive hell getting it because the flipping tube stations will still shut at 8:00 in the morning, coming at a time yesterday. me and yesterday. took me two and a quarter hours yesterday for me to yeah yeah and 2 hours back and then today it wasn't far frankly. anyway, here

frankly. but anyway, i'm here now sorry i'm missing now and i'm sorry i'm missing but i'll try it right. but i'll try and get it right. yeah quite right what we talked about. what's it about. first of all, what's it about. first of all, what's it about. said plymouth, we're about. they said plymouth, we're talking plymouth these talking about plymouth and these trees cut down. now, trees that were cut down. now, this something that saw this was something that i saw kind breaking at 11:00 at kind of breaking at 11:00 at night on twitter couple of night on on twitter a couple of nights ago, i thought, oh, what's about? what's that about? and basically, , this it. basically, sam, this is it. trees being cut down under the cloak of darkness. so the locals couldn't subject for reason. well it's not really clear. i mean , it seems to be a revamp to mean, it seems to be a revamp to help cycles and walkers this is this a low traffic neighbourhood like this it's always always always oversight place. i mean, i do declare an interest i do cycle so red lights do i try not say as you do sometimes i have to not to do it again i'm but actually yeah they are it's in plymouth. they are trying create these cycle walkways in as a result they're cutting down trees and as you say in the

cloak of darkness, it means there's something really sinister about this, you know, you know what's incredible about the plymouth, because the people of plymouth, because they council actually they saw the council actually doing actually got a court doing they actually got a court injunction at like 12:30 am. to stop them doing it. and they found that time they'd taken down something like 110 trees and there's only a handful remain. however, they've they've got preservation got they've got a preservation order of nesting order because of nesting birds and but is to and whatever. but this is to build new development. they're build a new development. they're saying that the saying it's you know, that the trees fit in the area and trees don't fit in the area and the bits of, you know, the bits of the branches falling in and a danger know it's not danger to what know it's not it's to put it new £12.7 million development area so you development in the area so you know this is this was cool this little area was called the green lung and plymouth now lung and in plymouth so now they've the only green they've taken the only green space at centre which space out at the centre which seems it's an absolute seems criminal. it's an absolute scandal. yeah. and it's scandal. so yeah. and it's happened before in sheffield, we know a big case and know that it was a big case and she goes and so much upset people. councils people. why didn't councils listen people pay for listen. the people who pay for that they think they know best. but she is the problem. people and there was an overwhelming

response when they said no you raised a lot. they ask you raised a lot. so they ask you because they have to buy. yeah. and just ignore and then they just ignore what you what want. we've you say do what they want. we've got in london with the got this in london with the extension. it's a trap. no. extension. it's a low trap. no. yeah, yeah. and traffic. yeah, yeah, yeah. and traffic. yeah. opposition yeah. overwhelming opposition to it. you still did it? yeah it. yeah. you still did it? yeah and he's still extending it and it's about cyclists, isn't it's all about cyclists, isn't it? us cyclists. it's it? it's all us cyclists. it's all about green agenda, all about this green agenda, which us are a little which a lot of us are a little ambivalent about. finally. and the on the the idea talked about on the show, fact that the world show, the fact that the world will people to be will only the only people to be able get around are going to able to get around are going to be in lycra on bikes and be blokes in lycra on bikes and some. how just having a some. yeah. how just having a green agenda fit in with chopping down magnificent trees. but the heart of but this is this is the heart of it. and, and actually people feel disenfranchised if you object cutting object something like cutting down your down beautiful, make your area a lovely place to be, then you just feel really despondent, you know how the environment is in your area helps your wellbeing budget? yes because your paper is a traditional tory. absolutely. is it struggling to support the budget? no, we're quite happy with the budget

overall. actually, we're quite we're quite happy. i mean, obviously , these things always obviously, these things always are not real on day to day rates, but so far we were pretty happy with it. i mean, obviously we would like to see taxes being caught, but i think we're being fairly pragmatic about in that obviously in a particular obviously we're in a particular position at the moment economically . i'm but i think, economically. i'm but i think, you there there are you know, there there are measures in there for cost of living help. so obviously help for on child for energy bills on child childcare state childcare from the state from the state, from the state, in the state, from the state, in the state. but i think, you know, we accept that actually. it's been particularly difficult time because of the russian invasion and making mistake by saying they're going to vote against they're going against the fact they're going to lifetime limit on to scrap the lifetime limit on what can put in a pension, what you can put in a pension, because the tories will say you do then you're voting do that, then you're voting against in work. do that, then you're voting agaithis in work. do that, then you're voting agaithis is in work. do that, then you're voting agaithis is the in work. do that, then you're voting agaithis is the problem n work. do that, then you're voting agaithis is the problem i work. do that, then you're voting agaithis is the problem i think and this is the problem i think with obviously wes with because obviously wes streeting said he streeting last year said he wanted to have six. yeah the shadow secretary he said wanted to have six. yeah the shiwanted secretary he said wanted to have six. yeah the shiwanted a secretary he said wanted to have six. yeah the shiwanted a reform etary he said wanted to have six. yeah the shiwanted a reform tory he said wanted to have six. yeah the shiwanted a reform to help said he wanted a reform to help doctors hit by this doctors who are hit by this doctors who are hit by this doctors tax. so you are penalised for working later on in because hit this

in life because you hit this limit your pension pot . i limit on your pension pot. i think you have to ask think ultimately you have to ask people, do you think people should work for free? know if you're a senior doctor, if you're a senior doctor, if you're a senior consulting and going in to do a life saving operation and, you're the limit for your pension . you are for your pension. you are effectively for free effectively working for free right now. nobody works for free. you i do it for free. you do it for free. you know, why should we expect who spent seven years training and then a lifetime honing their skills and doing life saving work? why should we expect them to work for free? so i think that is the heart of this. and i think if labour want to address this issue, then they really have to ask themselves, why? they ask themselves, well, why? they shouldn't give ask themselves, well, why? they sitime1't give ask themselves, well, why? they sitime for give ask themselves, well, why? they sitime for free. give ask themselves, well, why? they sitime for free. it's give ask themselves, well, why? they sitime for free. it's worse give it time for free. it's worse that some labour are that some because labour are trying make this out like trying to make this out like this is a budget for the rich and for not poor. but it's and for not the poor. but it's not, know, this this is not, you know, this is this is this is about you know, this is taking if you have a good taking away if you have a good enough pension, you're never going bother the for going to bother the state for anything. seems grossly anything. and it seems grossly unfair that a government unfair to me that a government should able dictate one

should be able to dictate one how put into your how much you put into your pension to much it can pension and to how much it can grow. it's simply not fair. and it's interesting, know it's interesting, you know rachel was watching i rachel reeves i was watching i yesterday chancellor yesterday the shadow chancellor said trying to have a go said she was trying to have a go at pensions, but she knows at the pensions, but she knows full well that back in 2010 alistair darling moved the limit from one from 1 million to 1.8, so she couldn't really have a go at that. and they did that for a very good reason because it was after the 2008 financial crisis, this was 2010, and it was to get the economy going, it to put more money into pensions. so there's more for money the government to invest in all the stuff that the state for. stuff that the state pays for. so it makes ultimate so to me, it makes ultimate sense. not about making sense. it's not about making rich people it's rich people richer. it's allowing enough allowing them to put enough money to look after money away to look after themselves. never themselves. so they're never going a bother. it's going to be a bother. and it's inconvenient you're inconvenient tax and you're paying inconvenient tax and you're paying pension. don't paying into your pension. don't forget, it forget, when you take it out your pension, you get taxed again, taxed again. i wonder whether that one things whether that one of the things was missing budget was missing from the budget actually was about property and to really to how there was nothing really in in terms of in there was there in terms of encouraging to the encouraging people to get on the housing market because of

course, that feels sound like it's of the league of most it's out of the league of most young people. yeah, it really is. it's such a shift. is. and it's such a huge shift. the in absolute chaos the tories are in absolute chaos on because, know, they on this because, you know, they acknowledge people own acknowledge that people own properties won't. you own properties and it won't. you own your you are your own property, you are traditionally likely traditionally more likely to vote they've vote conservative. so they've got to get young got an incentive to get young people on the property ladder. but problem is plumbing. but the problem is plumbing. when to loosen planning when you need to loosen planning restrictions. and obviously this is controversial issue is a hugely controversial issue for conservatives. they don't to loosen planning restrictions in the nice shires because the nice tory shires because would be so unpopular locally so that the council in conflict about this. how do you get young people on the housing without upsetting the older voters in the have lovely homes the shires who have lovely homes and developments and don't want new developments very in the very deeply buried in the budget? poor is the suggestion that housing prices could up that housing prices could go up by next year. well, by 10% in the next year. well, that would help time that would help first time buyers. will help first buyers. well, it will help first time yes, it's going to time buyers. yes, it's going to help young get on the help young people get on the ladden help young people get on the ladder, it's going to really ladder, but it's going to really upset people who might upset older people who might be thinking of downsizing, whose house basically is their pension, lived pension, the house they've lived in lives. and they're in all their lives. and they're going to sell and get a smaller

that the difference between what they for what they have left they it for what they have left is pension because you is their pension because you know governments have know previous governments have taken away every pension you can possibly it will be it possibly get. so it will be it will be hard older people, will be hard for older people, but going to be it might but it's going to be it might help young get on help some young people get on the i do we i, the ladder, but i do we i, i don't i know if i believe don't if i know if i believe it's going to fall by 10, why why do they know anyway? i don't know. i mean, going to be know. i mean, it's going to be said 10% in last year, said about 10% in the last year, but frankly, whilst interest but and frankly, whilst interest rates are six, 7, you can get from a bank, a lot of people can't afford to take out a mortgage good thing mortgage anyway. good thing about remember about about that is remember about five andrew bailey, five months ago, andrew bailey, the bank of the governor of the bank of england, so i think is useless. but what he's told to use, as he just said, what is he said just said, what was is he said we were heading longest we were heading for the longest recession records began recession since records began and even going go and we're not even going to go into even into recession. we're not even going i mean, it's not going to go. i mean, it's not great because the is like great because the growth is like nought point where any narrative can afford it. but he got it completely as well. so completely wrong as well. so does offering. say does the job offering. they say it's very thick, but if it's not very thick, but if they're saying if inflation's going going

going to plummet by, it's going to 2.7, that's pretty to plummet to 2.7, that's pretty good. it's going be good. yeah, it's going to be good. yeah, it's going to be good good. so michael cain's good for good. so michael cain's 90th birthday party, where are either of you two there? no no. sadly, i was. but i did have dinner with mark kenny a few weeks ago. and his wife. oh, do you ? i did you on to love piers. you? i did you on to love piers. just three friends. i know. i know exactly. and i've got to tell you, terrific tell you, he was terrific company, really lively , really company, really lively, really interesting. his wife, interesting. and his wife, shakira she's gorgeous. oh, shakira, she's gorgeous. oh, she's obviously a very good company. you think i might do so? do we. does everyone know who good celebrity who you. very good celebrity friends. got lots of friends. i've got lots of celebrities, his big celebrities, including his big celebrity , joan collins, celebrity friends, joan collins, who i'm sure is the person who she saying she was. of she wasn't saying she was. of course, she was like patsy walker. okay. so the story is that denise, and he that, denise, that he and he went it was his 90th birthday and they were at river cafe and they were at the river cafe in london. and tom cruise is that. and swerved the oscars that. and he swerved the oscars . go to this birthday . yeah. to go to this birthday party. and i read that, the party. and when i read that, the thing welsh and thing i read denise welsh and i was not how did that happen and it turns that denise's husband,

lincoln , had painted portrait lincoln, had painted a portrait of michael . and they got on very of michael. and they got on very well. she . can this well. and she. can we tell this now? we tell how many now? we can't tell how many jokes. she okay. he looks jokes. okay she okay. he looks good for 90. by michael kay. mind you, tom cruise is good for about about 65 now, don't you think he sometimes looks fabulous and other times she looks good though we're all we've all been there, carol. can we? it's 5 minutes ago we? well, it's 5 minutes ago before makeup, but can i tell the joke ? i go on the f word, the joke? i go on the f word, but she says she says only the other morning this is this is denise while saying i'm sure she said she heard she heard a scream from downstairs and it was michael shouted she can't read. look, there's possum my read. look, there's a possum my olympic have he olympic condoms have come. he said, to the gold one said, i'm going to the gold one tonight. she says, why not wear the silver one and come second for a change? i'm so glad to meet you . so don't know. maybe meet you. so don't know. maybe we should have read that joke now. hindsight, i bombshell your coming back into style. could you not tell it to the end of our i blushing a little? how

does we've still got the case, don? we'd be discussing that branding the budget a sticking plaster. we'll be talking about that in the next hour . say

very good morning. welcome back. here to the point with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. well, britain is expected to announce a ban on the video app tik tok on government claims. that's going to be announced in the commons today. we think this is to alter the national cyber security review of the security centre review of the chinese owned app. it's all about the united states, about china, the united states, canada belgium have already canada and belgium have already gone same route and gone down the same route and also the chancellor unveiled his budget for growth, of course, yesterday. now he faces criticism from both labour and the conservatives over proposals that will see 6 million people paying that will see 6 million people paying higher taxes. that will see 6 million people paying higher taxes . yes, you've paying higher taxes. yes, you've been letting us know your thoughts and i'll get to those in just a moment. another in just a moment. and another week and it's another day of strikes . train strikes today strikes. train strikes today

still hang over from the tube strike yesterday morning. we're asking are you as fed up as we are with the strikes and what's the to them the government going to get them fixed and on friday that's tomorrow and will debate the hunting trophy bail. if passed it will prevent british hunters bringing home game souvenirs such as head and pelts. should the government ban trophy hunting . and let us know what hunting. and let us know what you think on those stories by emailing the usual place of course it is gb views is at gbnews.uk. but first we're going to get the headlines with bethany . andrew, thank you. good bethany. andrew, thank you. good morning . it's 11:10, bethany. andrew, thank you. good morning . it's11:10, nine morning. it's11:10, nine bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom, the institute for fiscal studies says the impact on the labour market following changes to childcare are highly uncertain after the government pledged to

introduce 30 hours of free care for children over nine months old. the independent group also said scrapping the pensions lifetime allowance was unlikely to play a big part in increasing those returning to work, but that the measures would be expensive. labour has pledged to reverse those plans, saying it will help the richest 1. but the chief secretary to the treasury, john glen, says the plans are the most efficient way to tackle the most efficient way to tackle the issue of early retirement, especially within the nhs. the drive for this policy was what the bma wanted for consultants, senior doctors who across the country are deciding not to stay so that perhaps the next last ten years of their working life we need those people to make that decision to continue to work in the nhs right now, given the backlog . if we could have the backlog. if we could have doneit the backlog. if we could have done it quickly , which is very done it quickly, which is very doubtful for just one profession, would have any launch legal challenges . it's

launch legal challenges. it's understood health unions representing nurses and, ambulance workers in england are close to resolving an ongoing pay close to resolving an ongoing pay dispute with the government. the proposed deal is expected to include a one off payment for the current financial year. the government is also expected to increase a previously rise of 3.5% for the next financial from april . committees are facing april. committees are facing another of rail strikes today as members of the rmt union walk out in a long running dispute over pay . passengers are being over pay. passengers are being warned expect disruption as three and five rail services across the uk cancelled. further strike action is planned for the 30th of march and the 1st of april. members have been offered a 5% pay rise for last year and a 5% pay rise for last year and a further 4% rise this year. but the rmt general secretary, mick lynch, says it equates to a real terms pay cut. all of those pay increases such as they are , increases such as they are, which are about to pay cuts, have got to be funded by changes

to have members working conditions. so it's a self funded pay rise really , and funded pay rise really, and that's very difficult for us because the conditions they put in on that deal are just not acceptable to our people. so we're stuck in a deadlock really where the offer is underfunded . where the offer is underfunded. the conditions are not acceptable and we haven't got a way forward . the london stock way forward. the london stock exchange has rebounded after yesterday's offering its worst losses since start of the covid pandemic . amid fears of a global pandemic. amid fears of a global banking crisis yesterday , banking crisis yesterday, footsie 100 closed down more than 292 points as worldwide banking stocks went into freefall all. credit suisse has it will borrow up to £45 billion from switzerland and central bankin from switzerland and central bank in an emergency loan after shares in the firm dropped by more than a quarter. it's after it found weakness in its finance reporting leading to uncertain tea within the markets . a 400 tea within the markets. a 400 year old hotel which was housing

ukrainian refugees is has been engulfed by a fire in west sussex . the blaze broke out sussex. the blaze broke out after midnight at a neighbouring property before spreading to the roof of the angel in west sussex . fire and rescue services described the fire as significant, described the fire as significant , with 14 fire significant, with 14 fire engines respond to the incident. over 30 people have been evacuated , but no casualties evacuated, but no casualties were reported . the pentagon has were reported. the pentagon has released video footage of the moment a russian fighter jet almost collided with a us drone over the black sea earlier this week. the video shows , the week. the video shows, the russian plane approaching the unmanned drone and fuel nearby which damaged a propeller. russia has denied accusations that its jet recklessly in the incident which happened on tuesday . the foreign secretary tuesday. the foreign secretary has pledged to protect moldova against russian attacks . an

against russian attacks. an extra £10 million of funding. on a visit to the region james cleverly said the funding aims to boost the country's resilience against. so—called russian malign interfere russians. the uk is already contributing to anti—corruption the country. it's after the kremlin has been accused of trying to increase its control in the region . sir richard in the region. sir richard branson's space rocket firm, virgin is pausing all operate oceans and made financial concerns . as it's understood the concerns. as it's understood the company to furlough all of its employees. and the chief executive of dan heart told the staff the move is intended to buy the time to finalise a new investment plan. last it tried but failed to launch nine satellites into the earth's orbit from newquay in cornwall, europe, to on gb news will bring in monies as it happens. now, though, it's back to andrew and beth .

beth. well, to be fair, to keir starmer, it is the most difficult speech leader of the opposition has to make responding to the budget, although not as difficult as it used be because so much of it used to be because so much of it had leaked to the press had been leaked to the press before. speech yesterday, before. but in speech yesterday, he was a mess. sticking he said it was a mess. sticking plaster country that needs plaster for a country that needs major starmer accused major surgery. starmer accused jeremy hunt of having no ambitions to improve lives ambitions to improve the lives of working people . the of working people. as the chancellor plans . chancellor laid out his plans. joining us now is shankar singham and a former adviser to uk secretary of state for trade. good morning, shanker. what did you take from this budget, it doesn't feel conservative to some of us. well i think you know it's probably fair to say that it's sort of steady as she goes kind of kind of budget. nothing massively major in it in terms of the growth agenda, although there was quite a lot of talk about economic growth. i think there's three things i

would sort of focus on. i mean, one, and they were getting quite a lot of headlines. one is the pensions cap . and i think while pensions cap. and i think while there's been a lot of criticism from the labour benches about this because it's of favouring the top 1, i would say that it's about incentives and the fact is that if you have workers who essentially are incentivised to retire, basically their fifties, you're going to have a very problematic economic condition. so i think they've done something about that. i think the investment zones are a positive idea , although i would positive idea, although i would hope to see more , especially in hope to see more, especially in terms of the regulatory agenda and the sort of supply side reform agenda. so i would i would have been hoping for a bit more of that. clearly, the increase in corporate tax rates, which which was briefed out , no which which was briefed out, no surprise , is going to be surprise, is going to be probably an attack for business it's alleviated a little bit by the capital allowances . the capital allowances. businesses will be able to

reclaim more in terms of expenses and that is extremely helpful. but as an overall direction of travel, i'd like to see a lot more tax relief in the in the future. that talking earlier about aspiration check what he's doing the chance of course he's freezing personal allowances over the next three or four years which will raise billions of pounds and it's going to take a lot more people into the 40 pay tax rate, the 45 pre—tax rate that is not going to help aspiration in britain. you know, now and i think i mean, i mean, one of the things that they've said sort of consistently is that growth does matter . and i consistently is that growth does matter. and i think you have to translate that statement into actual actions. and part of the problem of being so limited in what you can do by the oval and by some of the economics forecasting models that treasury uses , is that you assume uses, is that you assume basically that there isn't going to be much dynamic growth in the

economy , that gdp per capita is economy, that gdp per capita is going to increase particularly greatly , and therefore it greatly, and therefore it becomes an exercise is about dividing up what you think you have. and i don't think that is how the economy actually works . how the economy actually works. i think we need to a radical change in the way we forecast , change in the way we forecast, in the way we prioritise is growth and gdp per capita increase and that means a lot more a lot faster on regulatory on supply side reform and on reduction of taxes. you if you if you view this budget through that lens, it's little drop in the ocean of what needs to happen. the ocean of what needs to happen . it's certainly better, happen. it's certainly better, i think, than the direction of travel from autumn statement, perhaps, but there is a bit more emphasis on some growth initiatives . but i emphasis on some growth initiatives. but i think we need a lot more change and a lot more radical change in terms of really understanding how grow an

economy. and that's basically how to create wealth. and you about aspirations. and that's clearly what we have to incentivise . i don't think incentivise. i don't think they're scared off. they've scared out of their pants about being radical. after the reaction to the quasi equality truss mini—budget last year. yeah, i mean we we're also , not yeah, i mean we we're also, not coincidentally at the same time , a lot of problems in the banking sector in the us now and what happens in the, in the mini—budget, the trust closing mini—budget, the trust closing mini—budget wars, the increase in interest rates that was caused by by that budget was really a recognition of the fact that interest have been artificially depressed for quite artificially depressed for quite a long time now. the problem with low interest is you get a lot of moral hazard, you get a lot of moral hazard, you get a lot of moral hazard, you get a lot of bad activity . people in lot of bad activity. people in in the sector, because, frankly, money is too easy. and what we're seeing now , the effect we're seeing now, the effect this this is all being revealed now as a result of , interest

now as a result of, interest rates having to go up . and we're rates having to go up. and we're seeing a lot of in the banking sector as a as a result and this is not coincidental i mean all these things are linked. that's these things are linked. that's the problem. i think that they are all deeply linked. and therefore, if you want to break this cycle of stagnant growth, you have to do things. you have to do mass and regulatory reform and we can do that now in the uk and we can do that now in the uk and there's been, you know, very little of that so far. all we've seen the sort of beginnings of it. but we need to press the accelerator on that and we do need to stall. won't just talking about we want to lower taxes and increase the amount of money that people have in the in the in wallets at the end of at end of the day, we will actually start doing it. and that is , start doing it. and that is, we've not really seen and i think they are scared of the reaction previously . but but reaction previously. but but i think the reaction previously

was partly a lot of forecasting models. the be all model lots of models. the be all model lots of models are round all sort of built on this assumption that wealth can't really created at least it can't be created in a in a in a in a more dramatic way than than we've seen really in the last 30 years. and in the uk. so we need to move on. time has beaten us. shankar singham the. i just want to read one of your messages here. jane has said the working class coming up to pension age with no children have been ignored in this budget. are not impressed if budget. we are not impressed if been ignored, do let us know now talking to the budget, who knows better our very own better than our very own economics editor economics and business editor liam halligan who's is with us? you're living. don't castilian . you're living. don't castilian. i'm indeed . you're living. don't castilian. i'm indeed. i'm out and about gauging reaction to jeremy hunfs gauging reaction to jeremy hunt's first budget statement . hunt's first budget statement. i'm in the don valley just outside the proud city of

doncaster here in, south yorkshire. this is a constituency which labour lost for the first time in 2019. and you'll recall that the frontbencher caroline flint lost the election to nick fletcher, a local boy conservative. whether or he's going to win next time, who knows? but this is certainly the kind of constituency that will determine results of the next general . we are in the next general. we are in the heart of the so—call old red wall and i'm delighted be joined by mark chadwick . mark wall and i'm delighted be joined by mark chadwick. mark is the owner of garage. it's a business you built yourself, you're doing repairs on cars, vans and motors and so on. that's right. mark, you're following the budget yesterday . what did it do for yesterday. what did it do for you? not a lot, to be fair. no harm, but . you? not a lot, to be fair. no harm, but. but no harm. no good . what did it do for working ? . what did it do for working? and women in this part ? the and women in this part? the country, the freezing of the tax thresholds and the increase in the lifetime allowance for frankly very well—off pensioners did nothing for the working mum

. pensioners who can afford to put over £1,000,000 away in a pension, private pension pot. i can't. not many people i know count. to be fair , this is the count. to be fair, this is the kind of constituency with respect that will determine who and who loses the next general election. the tory government talks a lot about levelling up as far as you can see. mark doncaster, born and bred . do you doncaster, born and bred. do you think levelling up is real or do you think it's just a political slogan? i don't see much levelling up and to be fair, it's all talk . levelling up and to be fair, it's all talk. i think we've just lost as airport. nobody's helped us. this is a big story in this constituency, isn't it? the fact that you've had an airport for quite a few years. south yorkshire. doncaster airport . it was a local employer airport. it was a local employer . it was bringing wealth into the region. but now it's not happening. no, no. we closed in november , finally shut down in november, finally shut down in december . there november, finally shut down in december. there is a campaign to get it back up and we'll we'll see how we get on with that one. we're doing all right at the moment. and what do you think of the labour party we've keir

the labour party we've seen keir starmer's budget starmer's response to the budget he's got rachel reeves as the shadow chancellor who's got an increasingly profile , as increasingly large profile, as it were. labour said they're going to scrap tax break going to scrap this tax break for well—off pensioners. does that sound like a good idea personally , i think it does. personally, i think it does. i don't think you know, rich people have got they've got plenty of money already. why should get a break. the working man keeps the economy going. we're in. and the money paying the stuff they're out the stuff, they're going out shopping . in fairness to the shopping. in fairness to the government, they did freeze the energy households energy price cap for households two and half thousand pounds. two and a half thousand pounds. and did put on the table and they did put on the table some more help for young families with younger children, with childcare. do you think that will go down well here in doncaster? i think the childcare good will get people back to work. there is a bit of a labour shortage in doncaster. i'm sorry , what was the other statement he made? sorry the fact the energy cap has been frozen energy price cap has been frozen for households . a lot of for households. a lot of households have been struggling with bills and of with their energy bills and of course no course there's been almost no

help businesses with help for most businesses with energy bills. yeah we've had no help at all. price cap . it's help at all. price cap. it's a good thing in a way, but the could do more that they could do. you know that could make the energy companies not charge as much . i mean, the issue at the much. i mean, the issue at the moment is that they're fortunate the government is a the government is taking a windfall big companies windfall tax off. big companies are of money are making lots of money that's paying are making lots of money that's paying into the bank paying back back into the bank for paying for furlough for covid. of course, the end of the working man that's paying that by paying the extra extra expense, the gas and electric. now i do know you had got help with furlough during covid lockdown were grateful for lockdown and were grateful for that. and you praised the government for but you are government for that but you are a built a business owner you've built a business own hands business with your own hands from nothing. you employ lots of local people yet the local people and yet the government corporation government raising corporation tax, rising tax, the first rising corporation tax since the days of denis healey with his bushy eyebrows . how does that grab you eyebrows. how does that grab you ? it's not very good, is it? still, you know, it's an expense . we're going to have to put .we're going to have to put pnces .we're going to have to put prices to be able to recoup up.

malkovich's been great to talk to you. you are the owner of stadium garage here in doncaster. bevan this is the kind of constituency where the election next year we expect it to be will be one and lost. and mark mentioned there the case of doncaster airport closing. i'm going to be investigated saying that today, talking lots of local people, bringing you a special report on gb news early next week. thank you, liam that was my father's family business. was a garage like that and it was his father's before him. he started with a literally bucket of petrol and thought these cars might catch on at 100 years later, we still had the family business, so i can smell the oil. right? we've got a lot more come this morning, including and paul hawkins is going be here to talk about a bizarre protest about the world cup that's happening now in this is

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to the point with me bev turner and andrew . well, the charts and andrew. well, the charts have promised a major, didn't you, in state funded childcare in the budget aimed at boosting economic growth. and he confirmed a full pound expansion of free childcare for all pre—school children . 2025. will pre—school children. 2025. will it have the impact he wants ? it have the impact he wants? well, joining us now is christopher snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the institute economic affairs. institute of economic affairs. good morning, chris. christopher, good to see you again was take out again. what was your take out from this budget? a of from this budget? a lot of people , the right are saying people, the right are saying there's nothing in that smacks of being truly . conservative of being truly. conservative well, there wasn't much in there really either way. i mean, actually mostly fiddling around. i mean, one of the biggest things, as you say, is this childcare subsidy , which goes on childcare subsidy, which goes on top of various of the childcare subsidies down the years and my take on that is that we need to be dealing with the problem, which is that childcare is incredibly expensive. why is childcare in this country? about twice the other oecd , oecd

twice the other oecd, oecd average ? why is it 6 to 7 times average? why is it 6 to 7 times higher than countries like sweden or germany ? rather than sweden or germany? rather than tackling the problem, which is that childcare is very expensive, government is shifting the cost from one bunch of taxpayers to another, and the government does this all the time. it's very symptomatic of problems in problems get worse in this country where the government comes essentially breaks your comes in essentially breaks your window, then the doorbell window, and then the doorbell tries to sell you double glazing, you know, comes along in a white horse having basically cause a problem in the first christopher first place. christopher why is it it is so expensive it such that it is so expensive in britain to other countries ? in britain to other countries? there are several reasons and some of them the government can't do a great deal about, but some of them certainly can because government of course, the in first place. one, the problem in first place. one, for example, is that ofsted now regulates and inspects every single nursery in the country and they have essentially a national curriculum even for children . young as one or two, children. young as one or two, happy children. young as one or two, happy playing with plasticine a lot of the time. so there's a lot of the time. so there's a

lot of the time. so there's a lot of regulatory barriers there. there's also the stuff to child ratio, which is more stringent the uk than it is anywhere else in europe. and that's quite a few countries like denmark , sweden and germany like denmark, sweden and germany don't have a mandatory limit. so ingrained in britain depending on the edge of the child , the on the edge of the child, the nurseries will have to have, say, three. that's right . can say, three. that's right. can have to have one member of staff for no more than three children or one member staff or more than dunng or one member staff or more than during the government yesterday. i don't know if you spotted this when announced that when jeremy hunt announced that he to reduce the he was going to reduce the childcare year childcare ratio for, two year olds from 4 to 1 to 5 to 1, not only brings in line with scotland, scotland is not renowned as being the home of light touch regulation, but in england , child to stop was even england, child to stop was even more stringent. in scotland and it remains much tighter than pretty much anywhere else in and therefore nurseries are having to employ a lot of the time means they don't really need and they're going they're having to spend a lot of money complying

with shouldn't spend a lot of money complying with be shouldn't spend a lot of money complying with be there shouldn't spend a lot of money complying with be there and shouldn't spend a lot of money complying with be there and hence dn't spend a lot of money complying with be there and hence we really be there and hence we have expensive have incredibly expensive childcare that just seems to be a lack of joined thinking as a lack of joined up thinking as well chris, one of the nurseries in my area just to use local anecdotal evidence is having to close down because the low traffic neighbourhood scheme has altered the direction of travel so much the parents can no longer drop off their kids and then get to work and feels like there's so many governmental department that don't actually talk to each other about the impacts some these schemes impacts of some of these schemes . i mean, that's exactly . yeah i mean, that's exactly right. i mean, the entire country really is suffocating under mountain of patchy regulation . some of it is regulation. some of it is justified, some of it not so much. but it seems that the bar that you have to clear order to bnngin that you have to clear order to bring in a new regulation is much lower than the bar. you have to clear to get rid of it all. it's a relaxed regulation and so yeah maybe you give one example that anyone who's for example that anyone who's for example clarkson's farm will see numerous examples of patchy regulation getting in people's

way . but it's only when you see way. but it's only when you see people on the ground and see how people on the ground and see how people are having to cope with this kind of that it becomes real if it's just, you know, you read about it in the paper, government's bringing this read about it in the paper, govgovernment'siging this read about it in the paper, gov government's bringinghis read about it in the paper, gov government's bringing about the government's bringing about it seems quite the it all seems quite small. the trouble thousands and trouble there's thousands and thousands and thousands of these things and ultimately makes ultimately it just makes say, look, bothered with look, i can't be bothered with running i'm just running a business. i'm just going to work for somebody else. yeah. and chris, you know that rishi has pledged again, rishi sunak has pledged again, as again, as boris johnson pledges again, they're going to sweep away about 2000 regulations brought in eu celebrate in by the eu to celebrate our post—brexit freedoms. it post—brexit freedoms. i bet it doesn't happen . i don't think it doesn't happen. i don't think it will happen, to be honest, and i'm not sure it should happen. i mean, the idea that we just sweep away every eu regulation sounds in theory, but from sounds nice in theory, but from bureaucratic point of view it's just going to happen. what just not going to happen. what we need to be doing is, well, i think jacob rees—mogg was doing year the country year going around the country and what bits of eu regulation do we actually need to get rid of because trying to take eggs out cake just getting rid out of a cake just getting rid of all the eu regulation, it's not like there's whole,

not like there's a whole, you know, shelf books which has know, shelf of books which has these and they're these directives and they're all being into uk law. these directives and they're all being into uk law . so it sounds being into uk law. so it sounds nice , simple to say we'll get nice, simple to say we'll get rid of all eu law, but actually you can't do it. rid of all eu law, but actually you can't do it . what we need to you can't do it. what we need to do a government that's do is have a government that's going say, look, don't going to say, look, we don't need this. we're going to get rid it. we don't need this. rid of it. we don't need this. we're to get rid of it. we're going to get rid of it. but do that with the and but it even do that with the and it's grows in itself as we, you know, child ratio in know, this child stuff ratio in nurseries. what are the nurseries. so what are the chances a deal with directives. yeah okay christmas. no no always from you. always good to hear from you. a common through common sense through and through that, is to remember the that, which is to remember the world yet world cup in qatar. yet i ignored it. were you on the edge of your seat? well, one money. who it. he who didn't ignore it. he actually it beautifully who didn't ignore it. he agbally it beautifully who didn't ignore it. he agb news it beautifully who didn't ignore it. he agb news was it beautifully who didn't ignore it. he agb news was pauleautifully who didn't ignore it. he agb news was paul hawkins. now, . gb news was paul hawkins. now, why on earth are we about the qatar world cup today, paul? because the norwegian fa have brought it up as a as a point of debate at the 73rd fifa annual congress, which is taking place one it's taking place right one day. it's taking place right now kigali , in rwanda . gianni now in kigali, in rwanda. gianni infantino has also been for a

third successive term, which takes him through to 2027. he's been known to say bizarre things in the past. i think it's good things about the guy. he's going to the world cup in qatar. yeah, indeed. and then he came out with that weird speech. he said, i a micromanager, i am gay, i am a micromanager, i am. everyone was fond of am. and everyone was fond of looking, okay, make this morning he said something that's a little odd. it has be little bit odd. it has to be said. he opened the congress said. so he opened the congress and by saying he and he started by saying he basically used the rwanda basically used the way rwanda recovered from the genocide in 1994 as inspiration . him running 1994 as inspiration. him running for fifa president in 2016. but he's covering cycle. and so he basically said he went to this football tournament before 2016 in rwanda and an unnamed official said to him , really official said to him, really love you, but we're not going to support you. he then went to a rwandan memorial and said that seeing how the country had bounced back from that really inspired him to run for president. and read the exact quote he said, who? who? i had it. i said, who i am to give up what this country has suffered. and how this country came back

up inspire ing for the entire up is inspire ing for the entire world. so i certainly couldn't give because someone give up because someone was telling something. added, telling me something. he added, i attended the match i stayed. i attended the match i continued to campaign i was continued to campaign and i was elected president. so elected fifa president. so it creates of millions of creates genocide of millions of people his stupid campaign people with his stupid campaign to run a football organisation. yeah so he seems to have taken inspiration from i suppose you can take inspiration from many things i don't know, but yeah, he's the president for he's now the president for a third term until 2027. correct and this has sparked protests . and this has sparked protests. yeah, well no it hasn't sparked protests. i mean , most of the protests. i mean, most of the remember, fifa is a huge organisation. it's got more members than the un is huge. and of course when you're in charge of course when you're in charge of the world's most popular sport with, all that money then you some considerable you to wield some considerable influence even in terms of like politics and so on world affairs . he essentially said the norwegian fa yesterday raised this of debate that basically they haven't enough from fifa about the about how they're

going to monitor human rights in qatar because fifa they listen to that over concerns over human rights and about migrant workers . and i said, okay, we're going to introduce a trade union and we're going to introduce a compensation fund . and then compensation fund. and then lots of silence. norwegian, of silence. now then norwegian, if on. what happened if i can hang on. what happened was the compensation fund , has was the compensation fund, has it compensated anyone? what's happened trade union? happened with the trade union? so a little bit of so there's been a little bit of radio, on. so norwegian, radio, so on. so the norwegian, if was a final points of if i was a final points of debate are going debate today, are they going to get to that point? that's the already bolted. well, i guess it's out, you it's just about finding out, you know, do, you follow up, know, all you do, you follow up, you say these things, are you as good word? most of good as your word? so most of the him in unopposed. the voted him in unopposed. i have to say there were a few referees german and one referees the german ea. and one of referees who openly of the few referees who openly decided back because of decided not back him because of a transparency in a lack of transparency in communication human rights communication over human rights issues. no applause issues. there was no applause from the danish, the swedish and the norwegian fa as well as us and then he and then he made a speech.i and then he and then he made a speech. i see. i haven't heard anything to the so i can only

assume that we voted for it for him. i mean, he was unopposed. he replaced that terrible man, sepp blatter. he did, yeah . do sepp blatter. he did, yeah. do you any you think you have got any worse? sounds as bad. worse? this bloke sounds as bad. so it? also, with so funny, isn't it? also, with these really corrupt and inappropriate men managed to keep these positions of power for yeah. i mean, for so long? yeah. i mean, listen, there's no that listen, there's no proof that he's he's here to he's corrupt he's not here to defend but you know defend himself. but you know what? it's little bit, isn't what? i it's a little bit, isn't it? a bit mad. yeah, it's it? he's a bit mad. yeah, it's a bit he's there are it's bit and he's there are it's widely reported that he wants to continue which would continue to 2031 which would outstrip 12 year limit is outstrip his 12 year limit is three is in for life. yeah kind of thing. yeah. so 20, 31 sure he's not got himself on fiddle castro. yeah, he needs. yeah. and the next world cup 2026 is it america usa mexico or across the three. sorry. what do i say. america. yes. i mean us say mexico and canada. you're quite right across the three countries to are going to be held in canadian cities three in mexico and the rest of the cities and then the rest of the cities are be across the us is are going to be across the us is going almost twice as many going to be almost twice as many games. going 48 teams games. there's going to 48 teams instead 32. it is going to be

instead of 32. it is going to be absolutely well, i hope absolutely right. well, i hope you're for us, paul. he, you're there for us, paul. he, too, might win it. yeah i couldn't possibly this. couldn't possibly say this. far out knows. know with out knows. you never know with england, you? i managed to england, do you? i managed to get seeing not one get through seeing not one single probably single game and i probably managed get next time unless we got yeah. my got to the final. yeah. my favourite of the whole favourite bit of the whole world cup the markets cup watching you in the markets with the beautiful flags with all the beautiful flags outside sun, know, outside and the sun, you know, the incredible football on the pitch game. so you've got pitch or the game. so you've got a you look, i didn't a low bar, you look, i didn't know until you told me wales were in the world cup final for the first it was a was the first 1958. it was a it was big deal wales. yeah. and big deal in wales. yeah. and they lost all three they they lost all three games. they did just happy to did but were just happy to be there. yeah. anyway, still there. yeah. but anyway, still to been dubbed growth to come, it's been dubbed growth budget, we have some serious budget, but we have some serious doubts that. we're going doubts about that. we're going to thoughts another to get the thoughts of another small owner tell us small business owner to tell us what that's all for what he thinks. that's all for your news . beth, thank your mornings news. beth, thank you. good morning . it's 1133. you. good morning. it's1133. i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb newsroom, the institute for fiscal studies . the impact of the government's

new childcare subsidy on the labour market is highly uncertain . it's after the uncertain. it's after the chancellor announced over nine months would be entitled to hours of free care . the hours of free care. the independent group also said scrapping the pensions lifetime allowance was unlikely to play a big part in increasing the workforce but warned it would be expensive. labour has pledged to reverse the pension plans , reverse the pension plans, saying it will only help the richest % but the chief to the richest% but the chief to the treasury, john glenn , says it treasury, john glenn, says it will tackle early retirement within the nhs. the driver for this policy was , what the bma this policy was, what the bma wanted for consultants, senior who across the country decided not to stay so that perhaps last ten years of their working life . we need those people to make decision, to continue to work in the right now given backlogs if we could have done it quickly which is very doubtful for just one profession, would it then launch legal challenges ? it's

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gb news. it's 1138. you'll get to the point on gb news. so we've been talking this morning of course, about the budget. and one of the things that you and i both kind of pointed out is it's doesn't seem to be a huge amount in for. here businesses with here small businesses with corporation going up. joining us now packham, founder of now is packham, who's founder of ex—aide agency. ex—aide, a net zero agency. josh, tell us, what did you get in budget that good you in that budget that good for you and your business? morning, guys . yeah. so i think, you know , . yeah. so i think, you know, agency, there was a 42 100 businesses sometimes i think with the small business kind of, you know, pandemic you know, kind of almost abuse that it received a lot of the policies . received a lot of the policies. i think what we've essentially

seen is a lack of attention and a lot of arrogance around small business as small businesses are resilient and they can just get through this without help. and i think, yeah, there's not a lot in the budget. now you work for a tech company, you own a tech company josh in a digital aisle. some would say that your kind of industry is immune from this. the pubs and restaurants and cafes which are struggling. do you guys in this landscape should be shouldn't he ? yeah. i should be shouldn't he? yeah. i mean, as you said, i think, you know, our agency and our industry relies on the other companies, the companies that provide products the companies that provide entertaining and that provide entertaining and that provide entertaining and that provide leisure. i think, you know, at the end of the day, it's a trickle down effect if you don't support the baker, the candlestick maker and the butcher. it hasn't on everyone. service providers like myself, if we work hard , can survive. if we work hard, can survive. there's others in mind , street, there's others in mind, street, especially pr and especially our services that are really

struggling and they're getting zero help and they're getting , zero help and they're getting, you know, almost ignored by the budget . i was you know, almost ignored by the budget. i was talking to some tory mp last night, josh, and they said of small businesses are the backbone of the british economy. it wasn't much support for the backbone . yeah i mean for the backbone. yeah i mean think you know looking at it i think you know looking at it i think most it was on a macro level so i think the economy survives and it grows from a micro level to everyone looking at the kind of larger picture can see that , you know, there is can see that, you know, there is there is a lot more investment which essentially investment's great if you've got cash flow . a great if you've got cash flow. a lot of businesses i deal with have no cash. right. they're struggling to pay bills. they're struggling to pay bills. they're struggling pay the gas rates, struggling to pay the gas rates, for example . so i don't for example. so i don't understand why the government's ignonng understand why the government's ignoring the fact that a rising corporation tax is going to essentially push people into the abyss more debt when they've abyss of more debt when they've already got debt from three years of pandemic policy. how, how how bad is it for your clients, josh ? like all some of clients, josh? like all some of them literally counting down to

them literally counting down to the day when they can no longer employ their workforce ? exactly. employ their workforce? exactly. i i spoke to a man who runs family business is 80 years old. that's never had a situation where it's about borrowing money. never had a situation where it's had to be in debt. he me i think it was tuesday and said, you know dire. you know they've got starfish , they've they've got starfish, they've got, you know, crippled ngos. they have to have the guests on all day because they're essentially fish and chip restaurant and they've been going, you know, they've got a reputation, been going for so many years that people still go there, but their prices have to rise. and their prices, rise. and when their prices, people complain . and i think the people complain. and i think the problem we're seeing is that businesses trying to businesses are trying not to put their prices up, which is leading to a kind of self inflation and producing a where i think people are illusion by the fact that the cost of living crisis hasn't really happened . crisis hasn't really happened. some people and i hear a lot that a lot of the people

complaining are the people at the bottom who are it but the people in the middle , especially people in the middle, especially kind of businesses that are okay, aren't quite seeing the crisis yet, which worries i think the next six months will be difficult. yeah. do you feel also, josh, that there's something fundamental going on about , the relationship between about, the relationship between the individual, business and the individual, the business and the individual, the business and the ? because we've been the states? because we've been talking morning about the talking this morning about the fact the government are fact that the government are taking our money and taking more of our money and deciding where they are and also us in terms of childcare , spend us in terms of childcare, spend it . exactly. i mean, i think the it. exactly. i mean, i think the problem with the government is that see business as a wealth generator for the country. the problem is, is when you speak to people that are in business and actually relying on it to pay their salary, directors example we got zero help throughout the pandemic and i think the problem with that is that you know directors of businesses want to see a return to the risk . and i see a return to the risk. and i think if you're in risk of paying think if you're in risk of paying your bills, paying other staff increased things, salaries

for other people if you're not able to pay your a good salary and you're not strong enough to actually invest more in your own company, then you just give up and you either leave the country or you end up just kind of, you know , borrowing more money. but know, borrowing more money. but isupposeif know, borrowing more money. but i suppose if they if they want us to borrow money, they're going the right way about it, which is another reason to essentially increase corporation taxes , is that they're trying to taxes, is that they're trying to borrow money from profit. and when you're borrowing from success, at least people wanting to earn more, which essentially improve the economy, but it won't improve the lives of people struggling to actually create business, to grow business interruption. they put something back into the community. okay, josh, thank you. just back from there from excite digital is bleak, isn't it? small business and tories used to be the party of small, which is what's so shocking actually . and would you know actually. and would you know your family? yeah run a small business now. this been

business now. this has been going on. been in the going on. he's been in the headunes going on. he's been in the headlines all that flippin headlines all week that flippin bloke, lineker , that bloke, gary lineker, that flippin on football . flippin bloke on football. football. and the government's stop the boats policy. we talked about this with david davis. he stuck his nose now on the campaign to crack down on trophy hunting. have said . with hunting. as they have said. with us to discuss this is journalist campbell and political campbell ode and political editor express, sam editor of the daily express, sam lester so come to you. lester. so let me come to you. does gary lineker have a right? is basically just is he just once now they've empowered him to just involved in everything he can get away with. this is the thing, davie that the thing, tim davie lost that battle , massively threatening. battle, massively threatening. and he's an excellent. gary lineker is basically he's now say whatever he wants on an on whatever issue and just whatever issue and not just gary lineker other bbc on air lineker all the other bbc on air talent as well. now have a licence , say what they like and licence, say what they like and say gary lineker is waded into this debate. i you know, i'm sure actually lots people think this is a they can kind of get behind . not this is a they can kind of get behind. not many this is a they can kind of get behind . not many people actually behind. not many people actually nowadays very pro trophy hunting. so going over to africa

and coming back some kind of hons and coming back some kind of lions head on a plane , this is lions head on a plane, this is not particularly edifying. but, you know, actually , it just goes you know, actually, it just goes to the heart of this issue, doesn't it? gary lineker now can say what wants with impunity and i'll read it. i'll still about this. i know we spoke about this in this page, but let's just take one for days. it's still some. even today, we've still got less of our people are very, very angry. and i just think i don't i'm not sure how the bbc can continue with this policy now of allowing the presenters to just say what they want because it's just going to lead more and battles down the more and more battles down the line. and he hasn't done his homework we had homework because we had a perfectly proper debate on the two the argument in two sides. and the argument in favour of the status is that it's done. it's encourages conservation. exactly for enforcing . and if you ban enforcing code. and if you ban it it would just go to do well in countries where it has been banned, in countries like kenya. yeah, wildlife actually yeah, the wildlife actually diminishing. yeah. so, you know, i mean, none of us want to see some idiot rich businessman standing with his foot on an

elephant having cut its tail off. i mean, it makes me sick to my stomach if they're going to kill animals that they have to kill animals that they have to kill them, it's got to be done in a more humane way. and i think the problem with america here, this called here, there's this guy called dr. dr. brian got dr. is called dr. dr. brian got chris brown. he's head of the zambia chamber of environment. and he's saying if you're going to call for the banning of something come to talk to us environmentalist first talk to us about environment, us about the environment, what it's but it's going to do to it, but instead, linda, and it's i think this is an interesting cause. he's jumped on because he is this is an interesting cause. he'sjumped on because he is i he's jumped on because he is i think he's trying to curry favour with parts of the public that were on his back last week that were on his back last week that furious with him. and that were furious with him. and he everyone is going to he thinks everyone is going to be this. they're all to be in be on this. they're all to be in favour. you could not possibly be in favour of rich businessmen killing, animals, killing, gorgeous animals, inhumane . so to me, it just inhumane. so to me, it just seems a bit odd. but also there was another reporter, a bbc reporter and this backs up what sam was just saying about how every presenter on the bbc now

thinks have impunity. say what the lack of what we call siegel, who was a presenter on the one chap she called for, tory mp scott benton to be deported and a spat migration. he had a twitter spat migration. he had said he was talking about migration. he said the country is full. it's and she said something if we're operating that on a 1 to 1 basis, can we swap him out for someone else? she this on twitter and he tweeted back and said as a presenter of the bbc, did you get the memo about impartiality 7 get the memo about impartiality ? so you know, so now someone like her can just say what she feels like knowing how good the bbc have a go at her when they've left. because we know that the two director general says he's conducting review now of social media output freelancers. don't know if freelancers. i don't know if this one show is a this on the one show is a freelance or not. why we need freelance or not. why do we need to even gary lineker to see even gary lineker has been the guidelines for been breaking the guidelines for years. yeah yeah . i mean years. yeah yeah. i mean i suppose it's about ending those inconsistent because inconsistent notices because a lot the supporters of gary lot of the supporters of gary lineker well, the lineker say, well, all the presenters i the sugar, for example, able to be example, are able to be political difference being

example, are able to be politgary difference being example, are able to be politgary linekerrence being example, are able to be politgary lineker ,ence being example, are able to be politgary lineker , the being example, are able to be politgary lineker , the highest that gary lineker, the highest paid . yeah. yeah on a talent paid. yeah. yeah on a talent that they have we're paying for him and he is a figurehead. that they have we're paying for him and he is a figurehead . his him and he is a figurehead. his career has being made by the bbc and he's the figurehead a for bbc. but isn't it ? it's bbc. but isn't it? it's interesting that, you know, people were saying last week to people were saying last week to people like us who were against lineker the people are saying, oh, but you agreed with what oh, but if you agreed with what he said, it would be different. well, i agree with well, no, i agree with this largely . yeah, but it's not largely. yeah, but it's not different. he still shouldn't saying it. and his agent has done piece i think it's done a piece today. i think it's in the new statesman that in the new statesman saying that that lineker thought he had an agreement tim to agreement with tim to do political tweets . well, why political tweets. well, why didn't you say that week didn't you say that last week when said, you know, when of you said, you know, i think agreed with the think if i'd agreed with the government's about stop think if i'd agreed with the gov boats, tl's about stop think if i'd agreed with the gov boats, which about stop think if i'd agreed with the gov boats, which you about stop think if i'd agreed with the gov boats, which you andt stop think if i'd agreed with the gov boats, which you and agree the boats, which you and agree with. yes, i think been a hue and cry for all the lefties, the bbc to get rid of him. do you think got rid if think somebody got rid of him if he had agreed with all his kind of rich, powerful, influential mates would gone out and mates would have gone out and strike? so. and strike? i don't think so. and would all producers go and would all the producers go and strike? think so. and

strike? i don't think so. and i think that's issue here and think that's the issue here and actually, you when you add up actually, if you when you add up the of all the the salaries of all the presenters, which are paying for, know, there's massive for, you know, there's massive cuts going on bbc cuts to local radio going on bbc that's actually that's something that actually the be doing not serve the the bbc be doing not serve the nafion the bbc be doing not serve the nation that the commercial nation all that the commercial sector can't fail. yeah and people actually really are attached local radio attached to those local radio stations that are massive cuts . stations that are massive cuts. yes. they trust them and they've got really good relationship with local radio presenters. and actually money, you know, actually that money, you know, could quite, quite easily go to fill some of those fat inflated 1.3 million side of it, keep quite lot of local radio station going. the is that these are people who didn't work last week like like ian wright and you think they got paid still . i bet think they got paid still. i bet they i'm sure . they they did. i'm pretty sure. they would have done it. you reckon they sure they they would? yeah sure they would. outrageous, would. it's just outrageous, isn't it? yeah. and it also is that the younger people who are on who behind on low salaries, who work behind the will fall under the scenes, he will fall under pressure out pressure to have out in solidarity otherwise solidarity because otherwise they be called a scalpel. they would be called a scalpel. it would harm their careers, you know. if on £1,000,000 you know. so i if on £1,000,000 you can make this big show, can't

you? if you're on £25,000 you? but if you're on £25,000 and struggling ends and struggling to make ends meet, world is the tim meet, you the world is the tim davie, the director general of bbc, is likely to lose his job. yeah. and lineker will stay in position . and davie, who was position. and davie, who was being like a wobbly jelly and all this, i mean, it's his own fault. he should have been fault. maybe he should have been tougher, to lose tougher, but he's likely to lose his job over this because he has no credibility. he has no credibility other credibility with these other employees, who employees, with the people who it's grand of york it's the grand old duke of york thing. out about the top thing. come out about the top here, him here, then you march him straight back he made you straight back and he made you still all the time when was prime minister if tim did prime minister if tim davie did have agreement lineker have this agreement with lineker about able to tweet about him being able to tweet political he political talk, why didn't he say last why didn't he say it last week? why didn't he speak to say it? and i feel i do have some sympathy. when came have some sympathy. when he came in, a big issue in the in, it was a big issue in the bbc. been a big issue for bbc. it's been a big issue for some time. the impartiality thing. and he made a big a cause. was going to sort this cause. he was going to sort this out. he's going to crack on out. he's going to crack down on people maitlis, who people like emily maitlis, who were the abc longer were using and the abc no longer yet, was going to crack yet, but he was going to crack down kind of things down on these kind of things that causing all these

that were causing all these rounds. so he make a big rounds. and so he did make a big issue, but actually is lost. that battle now. not really to stop it. it's stop him doing it. it's interesting people like interesting with people like emily maitlis, she had a massive profile is the bbc profile which is the bbc now since gone lbc, the since she's gone to lbc, the profile quite so big. so profile ain't quite so big. so this about, know , this argument about, you know, his profile isn't afforded him by the basing it on the bbc has a worldwide audience. i mean, i don't know why people watch this bonng don't know why people watch this boring football match or match of day watch but i'm of the day watch now, but i'm tempted to watch it on saturday to see if he gets a little dig in. oh, sure he will mean in. oh, i'm sure he will mean how would it take before he how long would it take before he gets in or right. gets the dig in or ian right. yeah. but can just see yeah. but if you can just see how many people sorry. because we know week it was 500,000 we know last week it was 500,000 more interesting see the more be interesting see what the ratings and if he does ratings all this and if he does get a dig in then he's get a bit of a dig in then he's kind of trolling us. yeah, yeah. you know, she's sticking to. shall a very handsome shall we. about a very handsome man at i life goes without saying it's not this because he trailed up before the break. yeah oh is a very handsome man. this is an actor called james

naughton , whose name you may not naughton, whose name you may not know, but if you watch happy valley things, the bbc do well, right? drama, always. itv no. was same. sarah lancashire, of course , set in lancashire . and course, set in lancashire. and it's this yorkshire. yorkshire that was like she she's really had to be. oh, you're right in the background. can you. yes. maybe the baby's meant to be a fake britain anyway , between the fake britain anyway, between the northern is lancashire. yorkshire. anyway, phenomenal drama james north and it looks and you get to the ball and he's the guy that plays the body in a happy the guy that plays the body in a happy valley he's on stage sam and apparently he's on he's naked for most of this play. you know what i think james naughton is a tremendous i'm such a huge never mind the fact fact . right. never mind the fact fact. right. would i and see this seemingly awful play it just tough don't know if i'm not saying that in a kind of you know it is a power piay kind of you know it is a power play i'm saying that the content

pretty gruesome tempting so apparently it's been trauma is gratuitously miserable it features abuse self—harm rape suffering suicide and blood and it's also three and a half hours, three and a half hours long. mean, already i'm out long. i mean, already i'm out even naked. james naughton does not have me. hey would have i would say my colleague jane fry was there. oh, yeah. he said, i'm her now. they had to put little sticker on their phone so nobody could take any photographs of mr. norton's manhood. well, because, you know . why? because unusually and i don't had to say this politely. i'll try. it's only was front and back back nudity as well. so you're you're you're holly jane interviewed a couple of women as irishman theatre and they they said you know would like to pretend we're literary and that we get this play . but we really we get this play. but we really want to say no naked and that's what we'd all do. this is the next james bond he wouldn't have. he's not. why not? because he he's done it. but he hasn't. he's not done it. but you know, i think he should be the next bond. well, he the next james bond. well, he

should he's going to be. should be. he's going to be. i think he's turned it down. but it right and somebody it sounds right and somebody call melodramatic misery call this melodramatic misery said put , a call this melodramatic misery said put, a list of said if you could put, a list of everything that's awful in the world into a book that's this book. it's called a little life , and it's terrible , but it's , and it's terrible, but it's going to be sold out because i think stage for a very long time , running around stage, name , running around the stage, name . yes. and his book and he's interesting saying is on for a very long all of the time i mean and i didn't i did ask colleague and i didn't i did ask colleague and she said yes he's a man. well everybody wants to know. but the thing is he wouldn't do it if he wasn't woody very diplomatically . you know, the diplomatically. you know, the reason he's doing it. he said there's still a block . it comes there's still a block. it comes to male nudity about, there's still a block. it comes to male nudity about , the penis to male nudity about, the penis and what it looks like you said of things which we are as we're scared of. penis. yes i'm pushing. i'm so you said that because now we can talk about it. what is the joke? you told the last question. both you're going to be in association. but i he had a little penis. he

might not have done it. well let me tell you, i saw equus starring daniel, me tell you, i saw equus starring daniel , the guy from starring daniel, the guy from harry potter. oh radcliffe. radcliffe. yes. and he was i'm afraid i wouldn't have been naked if i was daniel radcliffe. oh he's saying, oh, yeah, we have to descended. everyone gets andrew pierce everyone out there gets you. so no so much. just the, the crazy wait in theatre by the way , who is going to go by the way, who is going to go but she won't let on you know , but she won't let on you know, ladies dodi she ought to go . she ladies dodi she ought to go. she howard malone i'm listed . you've howard malone i'm listed. you've been brilliant. thank you . been brilliant. thank you. actually, we've had another fantastic week . it has flown by fantastic week. it has flown by coming . up fantastic week. it has flown by coming. up next fantastic week. it has flown by coming . up next is gb fantastic week. it has flown by coming. up next is gb news live with mark longhurst . hello with mark longhurst. hello again, it's aidan magee . even again, it's aidan magee. even here from the met office, a great damp and breezy day today for many of us. but it is much milder for the vast majority. with recent days , we've got a with recent days, we've got a number of weather fronts moving through. we've already seen a warm front move through that's brought the milder air. the southwest with its tightly

packed highs of gusty winds and a cold front pushing in from the afternoon with some spells of rain on it. initially affecting northern western england. parts rain on it. initially affecting nowales western england. parts rain on it. initially affecting nowales as stern england. parts rain on it. initially affecting nowales as well england. parts rain on it. initially affecting nowales as well as gland. parts rain on it. initially affecting nowales as well as much parts rain on it. initially affecting nowales as well as much asirts of wales as well as much as scotland dump afternoon to come here gusty winds well some here with gusty winds well some brightest skies ahead that brightest skies ahead of that front east in the front for east anglia in the southeast and brightest guys as it clears northern ireland as temperatures rise to or even 16 celsius here, we could see some sharp showers or even a few rumbles of thunder into the afternoon and evening. and those showers will spread central showers will spread into central and southern scotland the evening as well. so some hefty downpours across central and downpours but across central and southern of england, we've southern parts of england, we've got of as the cold got spells of rain as the cold front slows down, the rain easing for a time during the early hours. but a lot of cloud abouts and with the cloud in the air coming from the south southwest. it's going to be a mild from the far north, mild away from the far north, low single figures for shetland, but for the vast but otherwise for the vast majority, to high single majority, mid to high single figures, rainfall returns across southern and southeastern ireland as we begin friday, an

area of rain clearing slowly through the morning . elsewhere, through the morning. elsewhere, a lot of showers occurring, some heavy downpours , hail possible heavy downpours, hail possible across central and southern of england. but in between some sunny spells and it's another warm afternoon with temperatures reaching 60 and possibly even 17 celsius in some central and northeastern parts . the showers northeastern parts. the showers continue for a time on friday evening and that really will be some longer. spells of rain across parts of western scotland into northern scotland later as well but it's another mild night. and so on saturday we start with that mild a lots of cloud again on saturday with spells of rain especially in the north drier on sunday .