channel from eight till six. here's what's on the menu this hour. so the albanian pm's in town , he's the albanian pm's in town, he's absolutely slammed . well, the absolutely slammed. well, the president's comments are a disgrace for borderline criminal. ironically about her comments relating to albanian crossing the channel will delve all of that and yes what does this mean for the money in your pocket.7 we are going to be

talking about more mortgage misery, but i want to know whether you are home buyer or homeowner or just anyone, really. what do you make of interest hike and other interest rate hike and other news? we are, of course, as going to be talking about the fact that teachers are protesting today against ofsted, against that schools are against the way that schools are graded. say, and graded. they say, wrong and could and indeed may be has already cost lives and as well in other news yes, french protesters have threatened all king and believe it or not, i'll tell you why very, very shortly. all that coming your way and much more like yourselves . at much more like yourselves. at get your emails coming in. ladies and gentlemen, gbviews@gbnews.uk do think the albanian pm was right to slam suella braverman gb views on gb news. he said her comments were disgusting. anyway, now it's over to your headlines with the wonderful . thank you, patrick.

wonderful. thank you, patrick. it's coming up to 3:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom the of england has raised the interest rate the 11th time in a row from % to 4.25. it's in bid row from% to 4.25. it's in bid to slow down the rising of living and comes after a surprise rise in inflation. as well as the decision by the us federal reserve to raise its key rate. the central bank's also announced it expects the economy grow slightly in the second quarter, revised a previous forecast it would contract . the forecast it would contract. the northern ireland secretary has told stormont leaders there's no the windsor framework and it will become law . chris will become law. chris heaton—harris has been holding talks over the prime minister's post—brexit trade deal at hillsborough castle . it's after hillsborough castle. it's after a key element the eu uk agreement as the stormont brake was overwhelmingly passed in the commons yesterday. do you leader sir jeffrey donaldson , says the

sir jeffrey donaldson, says the windsor framework is a plaster that work. i don't want to be in a situation where we're into stormont on an 18 months time because there are flaws in this windsor framework that we have another crisis. i want stability in northern ireland. i want a devolved government is sustainable for the future . sustainable for the future. delivers for everyone in northern ireland. so i'm not working to someone's deadline. i'm working to get this right for northern ireland. secretary chris heaton—harris meanwhile , chris heaton—harris meanwhile, leaders need to come together , leaders need to come together, order for it to work well. the windsor framework is not a sticking plaster. it's a solution to the problems that were produced by protocol. and it will work and the two sides to those negotiations which have concluded the uk government , the concluded the uk government, the european union are to make that agree. the work. now i think it's down to the communities of northern nine to work out how best it can work for them. i think it can work for them.

well, i do believe it will herald . alongside the 25th herald. alongside the 25th anniversary of the belfast good friday agreement, the next 25 years could be all prosperity if everybody their shoulders to the wheel . junior doctors in england wheel. junior doctors in england will strike for four days next month. members of the british medical association walk off the job between the 11th and 15th of april. it's accusing the government of not being serious about resolving the pay dispute, saying health secretary steve barclay's failed to make a credible offer. the union says the new round of strikes come with great frustration and that it won't stop until paid what it's worth . the uk and welsh it's worth. the uk and welsh governments have announced two freeports will be created wales for the first time in a bid to boost the country's economy. the celtic and anglesey freeports in nonh celtic and anglesey freeports in north wales are expected attract almost £5 billion in investment. it's also they'll generate up to 20,000 jobs by the end of the decade. prime minister rishi sunak says the freeports will

see communities across wales go from strength to strength . from strength to strength. billions of pounds of investment. tens thousands of jobs created across . as a great jobs created across. as a great example , the uk government and example, the uk government and the welsh government working together to drive growth as one of the five priorities. and i said at the beginning of the year to grow the economy. these will help us deliver on that. the labour leader has promised to make britain's safe again if his wins the next general election . sir keir starmer's election. sir keir starmer's pledge to fought to modernise british in england and wales in the next ten years. they include halving levels of violence against women and girls and knife crime. it's after the conservatives accused labour of being soft on crime . he also being soft on crime. he also announced his party's plan to boost confidence in police following the report , the met following the report, the met pump confidence is everything . pump confidence is everything. it's what effective , visible, it's what effective, visible, open minded can provide for the communities it serves.

open minded can provide for the communities it serves . and as communities it serves. and as we've seen this week, it's what bad policing destroys . so let me bad policing destroys. so let me be very the next labour government will modernise british policing policing . british policing policing. parliament has banned the chinese owned social media app tiktok from all government devices. the ban follows security concerns from the house, commons and lords, but won't include personal devices . won't include personal devices. scotland has followed suit with deputy first minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately . john swinney has immediately. john swinney has said the decision prohibit the use of tik on scottish government phones will help manage privacy risks from third party sites sites . a nigerian party sites sites. a nigerian politician has been guilty of an organised plot involving a british hospital. senator ike ekweremadu, whose wife and uk . ekweremadu, whose wife and uk. nick wicker amadu , a doctor, nick wicker amadu, a doctor, were found guilty of conspiring

to arrange the travel. a man to exploit him for his kidney. the victim, a 21 year old street trader , brought to the uk last trader, brought to the uk last year to provide the organ for the senator daughter for an £80,000 private transplant. the case heard at the old bailey is a legal first. a 28 year old man has appeared in charged with attempted murder after two elderly men were set alight outside of mosques in birmingham and london . west midlands police and london. west midlands police say mohammed abacha alleged ali sprayed the two victims before setting them in separate incidents . 70 year old mohammed incidents. 70 year old mohammed riaz , in hospital with severe riaz, in hospital with severe burns to his face, hands and chest following monday's attack in birmingham . a nicola sturgeon in birmingham. a nicola sturgeon was given a standing ovation as she made a goodbye statement after her final first minister's questions after leading the scottish for more than eight years. she said it's been a

profound honour to serve country. she announced last she was stepping down, saying no longer have the stamina to carry on in a pressured and demanding role. the first minister said she'll remain in office until her successor is chosen. the first minister has been variously often all at once challenging, variously often all at once challenging , exhilarating variously often all at once challenging, exhilarating and but every single day without exception it has been an utter privilege . the this is gb news privilege. the this is gb news upbringing more as it happens now though it's nothing to . patrick good afternoon, everybody to get through today but we start the growing problem of albanian crossing the channel. now register is holding talks with the albanian minister today edi rama where. the migrant crisis

will be discussed and in fact we're hoping to get alive to that in the last hour of this show. so we'll bring you some live shots and indeed some light footage of all of that. and rama has really stoked the fires out at accusing the home at today's by accusing the home secretary suella braverman of making disgraceful comments, borderline criminal , actually, borderline criminal, actually, brockman said last year that if labour were in power, they allow all the albanian criminals to come to this country and rome has hit back. he said that her comment was a very, very disgrace full moment for british politics and a few rotten apples. did define a nation well. figures at least 13,000 albanians entered britain on small boats last year, which was just under a third of all arrive vessels. and it comes as reports today that a result of the government's new illegal migration bill, more than 150,000 people will be denied asylum over the next three years. but unless we can deport them. it will end up costing around £9 billion. the refugee council estimated this could cost us that figure again, £9

billion if they cannot be removed . joining me now is the removed. joining me now is the refugee and migrant rights director at amnesty international. it is, steve tells us seven. steve, thank very much. first things first and you think that some of and do you think that some of the president's comments about albanian the albanian criminals crossing the channel was disgraceful . i think channel was disgraceful. i think government have been shockingly demonising particularly of albanian nationals and suggesting that by being albanian in some makes someone a criminal or dangerous or threatened . and i know full well threatened. and i know full well that many of the people who cross the channel, including people who are albanian, are not threatening or dangerous , may threatening or dangerous, may have good asylum claims be dealt with. if government would simply put their minds to that is it not a little bit for the albanian prime minister, though, because has to say, well, our

country is safe and nice, but at the same time, he also wants to say that people are coming over, are genuine and, nice people. how does he square that? i can't speak for his difficulties , you speak for his difficulties, you put it. i'm sure he does. speak for his difficulties, you put it. i'm sure he does . to put it. i'm sure he does. to promote his as a as you put it, safe, a nice place . the reality safe, a nice place. the reality is that the intentions of successive albanian governments, it is an extremely poor country, but is largely being left behind in over many, many years . and in over many, many years. and governments have struggled there to control particular the exploitation of many albanian nationals , many of whom have nationals, many of whom have been trafficked this country. when i read articles that that albanian criminals in british are costing the taxpayer around £57 million a year, that the national crime agency is saying it's seeing albanian crime gangs, many of them relating to

cannabis and cocaine, etc. i suella braverman is right raise the issue of albanian criminals coming to this country, isn't she? well, she would be far better placed to raise the issues of certainly albanian criminal network engaged in trafficking and smuggling gangs along with british and other people for matter who exploit the people who cross the channel but she doesn't do that . she but she doesn't do that. she likes to criticise the people who cross the channel most of whom are highly exploited people rather than address the realities of their exploits and the criminal gangs that control that. the criminal gangs that control that . and when it comes to the that. and when it comes to the idea now that we are set to deny assailants around 150,000 people over the next three years, and if we can't those people, it will cost us around £9 billion in the next three years. where do you stand on that ? well,

do you stand on that? well, i aware of the refugee council report and it's an extrapolation of current figures and it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do. it's bit shameful, frankly, that the government hasn't produced impact assessment itself on the consequences of itself on the consequences of its legislation. i actually fear that the refugee may be missing the bigger cost socially and human of what is proposed because the government is trying terrify people from ever coming forward and being in touch with the authorities in this country . if that happens , what we will . if that happens, what we will have is a huge of people in this country too terrified to make themselves known , let alone make themselves known, let alone make themselves known, let alone make the abuses they suffer known and easily exploited by exploitation. here as well as on the journeys before they arrive. when we have the government

saying that a lot these people who are claiming modern slavery, not genuine, they're hiding behind existing laws. and we also have a of the legal profession admitting it as well. they differ about what should they differ about what we should do about that, whether we should change the law, etc. that doesn't be doesn't actually appear to be too much a dispute other than, frankly from people like yourself. exploiting frankly from people like you laws exploiting frankly from people like you laws that exploiting frankly from people like you laws that they're exploiting the laws that they're not actually any of large . actually in any kind of large. it's all victims of modern slavery. i mean, aren't just using a legal loophole in order to be able to say that they are, which allows you pump out figures to oh look, these figures to say, oh look, these people are all victims of modern slavery. with eyes slavery. anyone with eyes and ears see and hear that ears can see and hear that they're not. just to be they're not. well, just to be clear , amnesty pump out clear, amnesty doesn't pump out figures about modern slavery. the sort of figures about modern slavery come from government bodies and tell us that 90% of the people who are to the system, the government has established are victims of modern slave three. it's quite clear there's not of the system

.even clear there's not of the system . even the former home secretary and prime minister theresa got up in parliament to put the government to the on this nonsense and they won't be specific about legal profession and others saying that they weren't told government's the only clear word i yeah what you say but they weren't about the albanian issue were they steve. they were talking about younger women were involved in the women who were involved in the sex for example, and sex trade, for example, and people were maybe already people who were maybe already in this as from this country as well, from different households are are different households who are are victims you victims of it, but mean are you are you denying that there a problem albanian criminals problem with albanian criminals coming i am coming across the channel i am not denying that there is a huge problem with control of trafficking in and people smuggling by gangs including gangs of albanian ins. but that is not the people who were in the boats . and just to be clear the boats. and just to be clear the boats. and just to be clear the data that i gave you , the data that i gave you, government data i gave you about slavery laws, includes albanians

who have been trafficked to this country. it's not a national free or a three free data set. it is just the figures on the total number of people who are put forward. i as victims of modern slavery and the vast majority she then found to be exactly that victims . okay. exactly that victims. okay. look, steve, thank you very, very much putting your side of it across this. steve symonds, that who is refugee and migrant rights program at amnesty international. now, look let's just we've got a slight change to the running order now, because i believe there a because i believe there is a bit of breaking news for and tiktok has been banned from official government phones after a security review cabinet office minister announced minister oliver dowden announced the move which said would be a good hygiene amid a risk to sensitive government data with immediate presumably it is bad news for grant shapps ministers and officials will still be able to use the chinese owned app on their personal phone so. maybe no reporter no political reporter olivia utley is hotfoot it into the

studio olivia. what's going on with tiktok . well this with tiktok. well yes so this against a backdrop of the ceo of tiktok being grilled by us congressmen over his links with china and most importantly whether or not tiktok is to access military phones in the us and gather data from those phones which would obviously make tiktok essentially a giant spy make tiktok essentially a giant spy device for the chinese and the congressmen the us. i've been following it and they aren't letting up on that. they're questioning of the ceo . they're questioning of the ceo. he claims he's sort of fudging a few questions. he says that the parent company of tiktok isn't actually chinese owned and that he has had, but there are very strong links and that he personally hasn't had any conversations with chinese officials since taking up the job. but china the ccp clearly that tiktok is much associated with on the question of whether the tiktok could access military

phones and access that data , he phones and access that data, he said he'd have to look into the technicalities so presumably the same rules apply for parliamentary phones in the uk which is why the parliamentary authorities made this decision essentially to block the wi—fi blocked the connection to tiktok on the parliamentary estate . on the parliamentary estate. okay all right well there we thank you very much. olivia will have a bit more on as we get it. only now, political report set right now. so the money in your pocket, does it feel or heavier at the moment because? the pound has higher after bank has moved higher after the bank of. decision midday of. england's decision at midday to raise interest rates by nought two 5. and chancellor jeremy hunt has said he supports the bank of england's decision, saying it will help get a grip on inflation. but now from the bank of england, it is our business and economics editor. it's halligan money it's liam halligan on the money . oh, callum, is this as bad as it sounds? it could have been a lot worse, patchy interest rates are now the highest they've been

since 2008. we have had 11 successive rises , interest successive rises, interest rates, 11 increases in 18 months. but we've moved from 4 to 4.25. but it could have gone up to four and a half% this increase will add about £350 a year to the mortgage payment bill of a family with a £200,000 home loan . so obviously quite , a home loan. so obviously quite, a lot of people have got mortgages quite a bit bigger than that given how expensive houses are to buy, particularly younger. so this a blow . on the other this is a blow. on the other hand, i do think this is the last interest rate we're going to see now for some time . okay. to see now for some time. okay. alright, so are there any winners in this? well, there are no winners. this in the sense that if you've got savings, you're enough have you're lucky enough to have savings, more at savings, they should get more at the bank. banks aren't always very good high. street banks are passing on the rate rises from the of england. but they the bank of england. but they certainly should and you should be on your bank looking for your extras, on your if got extras, on your savings. if got

those savings . i also think it those savings. i also think it is now pretty even though we saw inflation go up in february from point 1 to 10.4% very, very high . i think it's clear now that inflation is going to come down. the bank of england certainly thinks that the bank of england's estimate of where inflation will be at the of the yearis inflation will be at the of the year is has gone down in the last few months looking at four or 5% by the end of the year, we're still quite high historically, but half what it currently is. so i think that is good news. what i also think is good news. what i also think is good news. what i also think is good news is that the of good news is that the bank of england is a lot less gloomy than it was its economic forecasts pointing some forecasts are pointing to some growth. this it previously thought economy would this thought the economy would this year may sound kind of year and these may sound kind of inane these forecasts by people with spreadsheets and behind closed doors . but business closed doors. but business leaders look at these forecasts look at these forecasts, these forecasts and others like them all the time. and maybe if your employer is going to expand, take on more people or whether

or not they can afford a better pay or not they can afford a better pay rise for you or members of your family. so these kind of official economic forecasts do really matter there's absolutely no doubt amidst the doom and gloom, amidst this interest rate rise, which i do think will be the the forecast are the final one the forecast are getting better , the forecasts getting better, the forecasts are around. jeremy hunt's budget just recently far , far better just recently far, far better than they were just in november the forecasts for the bank of england today. far, far better than the bank of england, just a couple of months ago. so forecasts aren't destiny, but i do think the green shoots of the economy are now there for to see the. important thing is that the government doesn't trample on them. right. how could they trample them? in my view, that's a contentious issue. but as my personal view, i keeping raising taxes, i don't think is good. high taxation good. i personally think said it many times. the rise in corporation tax from 19 to 25. the headline rate was a mistake and the tax burden

overall as a share of our economy is the highest. it's been now since clement attlee. just the second world war. i think . just the second world war. i think. that's just the second world war. i think . that's particularly good think. that's particularly good for the british economy . so for the british economy. so i personally hope that taxes soon come down and that will help to growth because thank you very much as ever liam halligan our economics and business editor with on the money. so just when we might the whole strike we might the whole the strike season was down junior doctors have announced that they will walk out for 96 hours next month. recent pay talks have failed to reach a resolution the bma states that the government have not made any credible offer and they will not stop and that they will not stop until paid. they are until are paid. what they are they're demanding so sit down, ladies and gentlemen, if you're of a weak disposition to anything. just. just take a little seat. now they are demanding a 35% pay rise. yes, the government called their demands unreasonable .joining me demands unreasonable. joining me now is the sunday express health and social affairs editor lizzie . let's see what would happen . . let's see what would happen. you went on strike wanting a 35%

pay you went on strike wanting a 35% pay rise . i probably wouldn't i pay rise. i probably wouldn't i wouldn't even dream asking for. i don't think i haven't had a pay i don't think i haven't had a pay rise in a long time, if ever . but it is they have gone in hard and very aggressively. the doing it over four days. they're ruling out children's wards , ruling out children's wards, maternity wards and icu and a&e wards. so there is a concern that patients lives will be put at risk and. in fact, the talks collapsed after an hour, i believe yesterday because they bma put a precondition on those talks of this 35% which the government has said is unrealistic . yeah. and i'm just unrealistic. yeah. and i'm just going to have a little bit more details this this 96 hour walk out for shifts is , apparently out for shifts is, apparently going to start between just before 7 am. on tuesday, april, the and just for 7 am. on saturday, the 15th of april. so if you can try not to get ill in

between that period of time. you've mentioned the impact that this might on patients now. i think most people will have baulked at the 35% pay rise offer, even if there is room for some wiggle room in that , some wiggle room in that, they've got a long way to they've still got a long way to come before would imagine come down before i would imagine the government we the government would say we can afford demands. think afford demands. do you think that patients, older members of the could be justified the public could be justified for thinking, have to die for thinking, do i have to die an unreasonable demand ? i think an unreasonable demand? i think that this case i mean, the nurses have just sort of they're coming towards deal. they've got a vote on and that's 5. and i think played that quite well . i think played that quite well. i think played that quite well. i think there was more sympathy for them . but i think they're for them. but i think they're not playing their hand very well. it's a strike that's just after easter. so there's already catch needed for the waiting list. the 7.2 million on the waiting list, and they'll have to also have catch up during that easter break when there's less people working. so there

actually are potentially putting lives at risk a time when there will be more slack the system and people will have to. i think the number of and operations that were cancelled when they went on strike, the two hour strike . in was about 170,000. so strike. in was about 170,000. so it's not just sort of trying not to get ill, but actually this is adding to the waiting lists and making waits busier surgeries is putting more pressure on a system that's collapsing . all system that's collapsing. all right, lucy, thank you very . right, lucy, thank you very. lucy johnson now whose health obsession as editor of the sunday express, just bringing you up to date on what we can expect from a three day junior doctors strike starting on april the 11th. now, moving on, the snp turmoil. what's in store snp in turmoil. what's in store now the policy that now, though, for the policy that sees of independence sees dreams of independence fading the day? and scotland of course politically at least waved earlier on to nicola sturgeon . i'm patrick christys sturgeon. i'm patrick christys and this is .

gb news. yes. welcome now. well, boris johnson and his party get here in grilling yesterday, the prime minister had one defeat as well. his hopes of leading a major rebellion were dashed as just 22 tory mps voted against rishi brexit deal today . northern brexit deal today. northern ireland secretary chris heaton—harris has been discussing the windsor framework at hillsborough castle and he says that it's time to put the deal to work. well, i'm very pleased to be able go to hillsborough castle now and join on reports that dougie on all the reports that dougie beattie dougie. great stuff. so l, beattie dougie. great stuff. so i, the northern ireland secretary to say that . well it secretary to say that. well it was really the hangover all political hangovers for the northern ireland parties. it was the morning after the night before all the parties gathered here, of course, and they were talking about the budget, which chris has to set, because of

course, there's no government in northern because northern ireland because unionists agree with the unionists do not agree with the protocol. they don't agree with the windsor framework document either and they not going back into the executive in northern ireland until that is looked at. because of course they say this night locks him out of the uk and locks him very much in the eu laws. in fact, most of the cases that have looked at it were pretty say exactly the same thing . so anyway , jeffrey thing. so anyway, jeffrey donaldson came to the microsoft . they're having his talk with chris heaton—harris and he had a different opinion from the rest of the parties that came in just listen to he had to say well we've had a very constructive discussion with the secretary of state we talked about the current political situation obviously and the ongoing work on the windsor framework . we are on the windsor framework. we are continuing to engage the government on this. we've made clear that what is there at the

moment insufficient and we need to do work. whether that's clarification around how some of this will work. but fundamental reworking and change where it is needed so that we get to a place where respect northern ireland's place within the united kingdom and its internal market. and of course we also talked to the sector said about the forthcoming budget for the new financial year. well you can see from that that the chris heydon our chris our jeffrey had a different opinion because . chris different opinion because. chris heaton—harris the secretary of state was , very buoyant, very state was, very buoyant, very reassured as he came out with that massive majority, the house yesterday, he came the yesterday, he came to the microphones and hear him, you microphones and to hear him, you wouldn't think the men wouldn't think that the two men were the same room and here's were in the same room and here's what he had to say just been having conversations with the party leaders and represents his political parties here in the lovely hillsborough castle . the lovely hillsborough castle. the things we've been talking about,

we've been talking about i've been about the windsor framework , how a deal that everybody said could not be between the uk government and the european union has been done to solve all the practical and many other issues that were caused by the northern protocol of past and that deal is done and that deal is going to be accepted a committee meeting and will become law shortly afterwards. there is no renegotiating of that deal . we are now going to that deal. we are now going to put our best efforts into making that deal work . that's both us that deal work. that's both us and the. well, you can see you can see from chris his thoughts there, that of he's saying that they're to push ahead with this. they don't really care. it's going to become international law that be interesting to see what happens there. it could put northern ireland into very northern ireland into a very awkward could awkward position. it could actually friday actually down the good friday agreement and course that's what it's all about . joe biden

it's all really about. joe biden is wants to come. he wants to visit here. he wants to do the thunder on to say this is 25 years since the good friday agreement. there's years since the good friday agreemehere there's years since the good friday agreemehere with, there's years since the good friday agreemehere with, the there's years since the good friday agreemehere with, the good1ere's nothing here with, the good friday agreement. but what does it to northern ireland. it mean to northern ireland. patrick the one or patrick well, in the last one or two, kiss off bbc has actually two, a kiss off bbc has actually been a typical bbc. it must be said fine. then brazil, china has stopped all that going into we're talking about the price of groceries gone up 40% of their beef comes from brazil . an awful groceries gone up 40% of their beeofzomes from brazil . an awful groceries gone up 40% of their beeof ourzs from brazil . an awful groceries gone up 40% of their beeof our beefm brazil . an awful groceries gone up 40% of their beeof our beef and'azil . an awful groceries gone up 40% of their beeof our beef and europe's awful lot of our beef and europe's beef also comes from brazil. so if were part of the eu, would we be stopped bringing in that meat or are we still part of the uk? that sort of legislation that's hanging in there? these are questions that aren't being asked or aren't being answered and is why the dup , the and this is why the dup, the extra to know that because extra time to know that because could have a massive price hike on groceries even than the on our groceries even than the r9 . absolutely. dougie, thank r9. absolutely. dougie, thank you very, very much dougie beattie is our northern ireland reporter whizzing through yesterday's course, on yesterday's vote, of course, on what going forward what it means going forward there some big news

there were some big news yesterday other than boris johnson growth. do johnson getting growth. how do you did with that, by you think he did with that, by the don't anyone's the way? i don't think anyone's minds change, would they? you minds change, would they? if you liked still and liked boris, you still did and thought a kangaroo court. thought it was a kangaroo court. if thought johnson was if you thought boris johnson was a begin with, i think he a lion to begin with, i think he probably still did. i'm not. him swearing the did much swearing on the bible did much to people that did that to dissuade people that did that get in the get your views coming in the gbviews@gbnews.uk indeed gbviews@gbnews.uk as indeed klaus on the big one klaus has on the big one that we're today, which we're going in with today, which frankly albanian has frankly the albanian pm has absolute for absolute suella braverman for saying criminals saying the albanian criminals are coming across the channel. he that was disgraceful he said that was disgraceful and just sweden can just says, look, if sweden can say can't we keep say no then why can't we keep your views coming in gbviews@gbnews.uk? that gbviews@gbnews.uk? how did that big press conference between sunak albanian later sunak and the albanian pm later on? in other news, nicola sturgeon ready to step sturgeon getting ready to step down leader. look down as snp leader. i will look back terrible few months back on a terrible few months for snp . the front of for the snp. the front of revolting now. no lie that it's all kicking off in paris. so how did charles's visit to did king charles's visit to france this weekend and supposedly well, charles supposedly as well, king charles has been threatened. but right now, if you had lost, he'd be on a . jet patrick, thank you. it's

a. jet patrick, thank you. it's 334. your top stories from the gb newsroom. the bank of england has raised the interest rate for an 11th active time from 4% to 4.25. it's in a bid slow down the rising cost of living and comes after a surprise in inflation as well as the decision by the us federal reserve to raise its key rate . reserve to raise its key rate. the central banks also announced that expects the economy to grow in the second quarter, revising previous forecast, it would contract out the northern ireland secretary has told leaders. there's no new shifting the winds of framework and it will become law . chris will become law. chris heaton—harris has been holding talks over the prime minister's post—brexit trade deal at hillsborough castle. it's after a key element the eu uk agreement known as the stormont brake was overwhelmingly passed in the commons yesterday. do you 7 in the commons yesterday. do you ? the jeffrey donaldson says the

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worth. tv dab digital radio, tune in online. this is. gb news. yes ladies and gentlemen, please bnng yes ladies and gentlemen, please bring you up to date with the case that dropped a couple of days ago anyway and it is fascinating actually a 28 year old man has appeared in court charged the attempted murder of two man who was set two elderly man who was set alight the streets after they alight in the streets after they left in birmingham and left mosques in birmingham and london. so we all remember that story did drop a couple of days ago. well, anyway, a man is now in court charged with the attempted murder of elderly man who was set industry after left mosque in birmingham and london. jack carson is outside magistrates court for the latest jack what is the latest place you think about. jack what is the latest place you think about . well today you think about. well today patrick at birmingham court, 28 year old mohammed appeared a

charged with the attempted murder of two men. he spoke only twenties name, address and date of with the defendant originally from sudan needing an interpreter in court. west midlands police say he is alleged to have set two men on fire in separate incidents , one fire in separate incidents, one on an 82 year old man in london on an 82 year old man in london on the 27th of february. and one, of course on monday when 77 year old mohammed riaz was walking home from doddie road mosque was set alight on sandstone road around 7:00 at night. now, mr. riaz remains in hospital. it's understood that he had to have a skin graft operation yesterday after severe burns to his face. and mr. carr was arrested on doddie road on tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday he was arrested on suspicion of the same offence relation to that incident on the 27th of february incident on the 27th of february in ealing in london, when two year old hashi, a doa , also year old hashi, a doa, also suffered severe . he's facing suffered severe. he's facing arms when he was walking away

from the islamic centre in last night. he was charged with both attempted murders . today attempted murders. today appeared in magistrates court. as i mentioned, he gave no of a plea will remain in custody until the end of september when the judge said there is an expectation a trial would have already taken place . that already taken place. that custody is up. he's going to appearin custody is up. he's going to appear in front of his first heanng appear in front of his first hearing at birmingham crown court on the 20th of april. in a few weeks. but the police are still looking for information. cctv video footage, doorbell footage to help them in this investigation . okay, look, jack, investigation. okay, look, jack, thank you very for bringing us the latest on that case. jack as gb news is west midlands reporter okay. so more than 45,000 teachers have signed a petition demanding the ofsted is replaced. i will tell you why and very, very shortly i'm patrick christys and this

gb news. okay. welcome back, everybody. now the discussion over ofsted inspections in schools continues and i want to know what this might mean for your child, your grandchild, etc, about the school go to. so the school that they go to. so the national education union has handed a petition signed by handed over a petition signed by over 45,000 people calling for the body to be replaced by the government and in solidarity with the late teacher ruth with the late head teacher ruth perry, suddenly her own perry, who suddenly took her own whilst for a negative whilst waiting for a negative report. it turned out to a negative report. schools are removing and references to ofsted ratings from that website . now, christine karev is the head teacher at ascot and she joins me now. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. now, look, i'm very aware of the incredibly sensitive backdrop to this, which sadly had took her own life. backdrop to this, which sadly had that took her own life. backdrop to this, which sadly had that course( her own life. backdrop to this, which sadly had that course isier own life. backdrop to this, which sadly had that course is incrediblye. and that course is incredibly regrettable and terrible, regrettable and a terrible, terrible does in itself terrible thing. does in itself now that the way that we now mean that the way that we grade schools a whole has to be done differently? i think it's not so much the also the

descriptors and the reasons why those are there as well. those grades are there as well. i there's more of a story i think there's more of a story to be told and. i think a two day snapshot of inspectors coming to schools not the coming to schools is not the best way to get actual best way to get an actual description what a school description of what a school actually all right. actually does. okay. all right. and might be and so some people might be looking and looking at this now and wondering whether or not actually some teachers will be saying, don't saying, well, they don't necessarily the necessarily just like the scrutiny, don't any scrutiny, they don't like any criticism. don't say criticism. i don't want to say this negative way this in a negative way whatsoever. you know, whatsoever. but, you know, is this for them to try this opportunity for them to try to at ofsted. no, i don't to back at ofsted. no, i don't think so. i think it's quite genuine. i think, you know, all schools have be regulated schools have to be regulated like anything. you have to have an for. so we an motty on your car for. so we have to have that regulation. safeguarding is safeguarding in particular is the important we've the most important because we've got that got to make sure that schools are safe children. but there's got be a way doing got to be a better way of doing it, a supportive way of it, a more supportive way of doing. so what happens at doing. okay. so what happens at the moment then? do you get a knock on the door one day and it's ofsted in it's all flapping like ofsted in the you know, is how the car park, you know, is how it works. i feel a bit cold on monday morning and then bang, you're and probably you're in and probably

everything's been scrutinised from anyway, know from a distance. anyway, i know with schools with the independent schools you know reporting about know that the reporting is about to actually looking at your, to actually be looking at your, your everything your policies and everything else that prior to actually else like that prior to actually coming to school. does coming to school. so how does it really you really work that because you certain with respect in certain schools with respect in some i mean inner city some areas i mean inner city london. well i would imagine would much more difficult would have a much more difficult time certain behavioural and educational than with respect to school schools. so is it school in our schools. so is it fair? it's not fair. and fair? no, it's not fair. and i think got to put it in think you've got to put it in context for every school that you're and difficult you're with. and how difficult is recruitment a is the recruitment example? a lot even have lot of schools don't even have specialist teachers in front of the that know the children now, so that know straight schools are straight away those schools are at disadvantage. at a disadvantage. okay. alright. how it be alright. right. so how can it be done. because the flip done. because parents the flip side this is the parents and, side to this is the parents and, they kids to an extent they blame the kids to an extent as. well, but the parents would want know that when they want to know that when they their kids a school that their kids to a school that are going a good and going to get a proper good and that the teachers and the school will to account if they will held to account if they feel though what's rubbish. feel as though what's rubbish. yeah everyone should be held to account any industry. to account in any industry. got to be account and the be held to account and the parents best and so do parents deserve best and so do the and you the children. and think, you know, you've got a supportive

know, if you've got a supportive regime, you going if regime, are you going and if there that, people there are problems that, people actually with actually help with those problems. as say, problems. i mean, as you say, some got some of the schools got tremendous challenges, not just for also parents for recruiting, but also parents being of what the being supportive of what the staff are trying to as well. staff are trying to do as well. it's a tremendously difficult job what have job these days. what do you have to to get an outstanding to do to get an outstanding ofsted rating? is this i'm ofsted rating? is this all i'm doing a story later actually doing a story later on actually about going, what can about wales going, what can i do? of work. do? people this line of work. yeah do cover a lot of things yeah we do cover a lot of things this show about some rather fruity things being taught to kids as kids that people might regard as being the remit being a bit outside the remit teachers do have to have teachers do you have to have some kind of woke curriculum in order to outstanding these order to get outstanding these days? necessarily. i days? no, not necessarily. i mean, actually the mean, i actually saw the programme you probably programme that you were probably referring must admit i was referring and i must admit i was actually wasn't on actually quite bad. i wasn't on show didn't have comment show so i didn't have to comment on. drug dealing to on. yeah, yeah. drug dealing to the gusset. well you certainly have and i shall keep my views myself. i think, know, myself. but i think, you know, we don't have to have a work we you don't have to have a work curriculum. you but, you curriculum. you don't. but, you know, fair some know, it's not fair when some schools outside. and schools can get outside. and just they're top of the just because they're top of the league tables, because if you are selective school, you'll take top percentage

take in the very top percentage and having a relatively easy time inner time of it. if you in inner london you are non—selective london and you are non—selective school you've school and you've got challenges, how you actually reach that. but there are outstanding because outstanding schools because you consider slightly of sloppiness. but are but some parents now are wondering whether not and wondering whether or not and this lucky can this is the lucky few who can afford know that a lot of afford it. i know that a lot of independent schools do huge amount etc. that amount with bursaries, etc. that is great. so then all completely out there's that out of reach. but there's that parents looking at parents who'll be looking at this now i we're can this now i think we're can afford to it to private afford to make it to private school. i'm wondering whether or not become not it's starting to become a disadvantage to that kids because are because when universities are looking what they've looking at what school they've gone to, are they starting to enact of positive, if enact some kind of positive, if you call it affirmative you can call it affirmative action? yeah, but, know, action? yeah, but, you know, i think parents will let children be environment where. be in a safe environment where. they've to specialist they've got access to specialist teachers and the curriculum. i think, you know, children are still got the opportunities still got the same opportunities going i think going to university. but i think being 18, being at 18, being a well—rounded, confident person with the right to get on with the right tools to get on with the right tools to get on with world, the thing. with the world, the best thing. do are some do you think there are some independent that independent schools that stigmatise because stigmatise them fairly because i mean either i've said this mean look either i've said this on before went to one but on air before i went to one but it was fantastic independent

it was a fantastic independent loads that were either loads of lads that were either full she's about 40% full half she's think about 40% it have the feel it didn't really have the feel of independent. it great of an independent. it was great because kind of because we would kind of whatever to play schools whatever we used to play schools like whatever it like eton or whatever it football would stuff them six nil all think were nil and they'd all think we were rough and obviously all the schools local area, schools around the local area, manchester we posh, manchester thought we were posh, so of those ones so it was one of those ones really. but i a lot of parents as they're stigmatised, as though they're stigmatised, but in kids to go but just one in their kids to go to a safe school. yeah, but don't think i really don't think that's case. i haven't seen that's the case. i haven't seen any disadvantage with any disadvantage in school with wanting to university. wanting to go to the university. you get the you want go to. they get the grades they deserve to there and you know i think all schools will get the good stuff will fight to get the good stuff out. thank you out. i love stuff. thank you very great to have the very much. great to have you the show all part of a show as well. it's all part of a range of stuff. that was fantastic. christine kind. of that, teacher. that, it was the head teacher. i always ask it was joining me that relation that that of course in relation to initially and we know to ofsted initially and we know there's tragic backstory there's a very tragic backstory to that i think the time to that i think at the same time as do have to try to as well we do have to try to drill to or not drill down as to whether or not things change with things need to change with ofsted to grading ofsted there has to a grading system but system somehow doesn't that but anyway on

anyway there we go now moving on it of an era in it truly the end of an era in scotland nicola sturgeon has made final hollyrood made final speech hollyrood as first minister. sturgeon resigned after eight resigned last month after eight long snp leader. long years as snp leader. it's been a dramatic few months for the stood the party in blackford. he stood down as that leader in westminster in december last night, few night, but not at least a few weeks. weekend, weeks. and last weekend, sturgeon husband peter murrell quit a row the following a row over the membership numbers. i am joined now michael symmons. he's now by michael symmons. he's a data journalist at the spectator . michael, know mean will . michael, you know mean will you be sorry to see the back of nicola ? i think as a journalist nicola? i think as a journalist i will be sorry because she you know, lots of stories . i think know, lots of stories. i think as a scotsman , the country as a scotsman, the country probably needs to enter a new era under a different leader . era under a different leader. okay. now just talk to me a little bit about the state that sturgeon the snp in and dare i say potentially her own reputation. we alluded to her husband there earlier there are some ongoing scandals on that. yeah so the snp is , although yeah so the snp is, although it's still incredibly successful electorally , it is in trouble as electorally, it is in trouble as a party. as you mentioned, they've lost 35,000 members and

little over a year because of a mixture of things people going to alex salmond all of the party or leading over this gender reform . and but then there's reform. and but then there's also this outstanding police inquiry £600,000 of member donations that was raised seemingly a referendum. there hasn't a referendum, but that money's been spent . so there's money's been spent. so there's some allegations of fraud . some allegations of fraud. there's a few different investigations ongoing into potential book deal that sturgeon was involved with . so sturgeon was involved with. so there's kind of masses that , there's kind of masses that, whoever inherits this party, both as and as chief executive , both as and as chief executive, when, of course, her husband is replaced, is going to have to deal with these scandals that have not been resolved . have not yet been resolved. well, i just ask what could well, can i just ask what could happen scandals, well, can i just ask what could happeinquiries, scandals, well, can i just ask what could happeinquiries, other scandals, other inquiries, other investigate on the police investigations? mean , what investigations? i mean, what could forward ? so . could happen going forward? so. the missing 600,000 parents there is an act of police investigate action and go looking into that the latest update we've had from police is that they are looking for guidance from the crown , which

guidance from the crown, which is the scottish version , the is the scottish version, the crown prosecution service , for crown prosecution service, for what to do next. of course, some people are raising eyebrows at this because the way that the criminal justice system is set up and the head of the crown office actually sits within and nicola sturgeon or her successors cabinet. so there's cries about is this really an investigation? so this will drag on and on and eventually they will have to make a decision for. the police. can they charge someone is there anyone to charge there no case to charge or is there no case to answer? no. indeed. and answer? yes. no. indeed. and what kind of tone nicola sturgeon strike today ? it is . sturgeon strike today? it is. and she did get emotional towards the end of her speech when she said that had been the privilege of her life to serve scotland. but for the first minute prime minister's questions before hand and the beginnings of her speech, she really was defiant and she didn't really look back . she'd didn't really look back. she'd made many mistakes. she was proud of what she's done and was that kind of old, traditional of

sturgeon, you know, just bullish , right? i'm right. i'm right. okay yes. all right. fine. and how's the leadership race going? i know that been eating themselves alive a little bit. and i north the voter . themselves alive a little bit. and i north the voter. yeah. so they've still they still been taking lumps over each other and every time there's a hustings or a debate and kate forbes and humza yousaf at each other's throats and ash regan kind of seems be in the room , seems lucky to be in the room, but that to but that will come to a conclusion monday when they conclusion on monday when they announce . at the announce the results. at the moment, the polls don't seem to have much. still have changed much. it still looks for the country as a looks like for the country as a whole. kate forbes would be the favourite candidate , but within favourite candidate, but within the looks like humza is the snp, it looks like humza is just it because of the just edging it because of the assistance from the help he's had now . had from the party regime now. and also one of the parts of this that people may be in england and or wherever don't necessarily quite get their heads around. is that if support for the snp falls . i suspect for the snp falls. i suspect that the majority of those people who would have voted snp were going to vote for someone

else. probably vote labour and actually be a massive actually that could be a massive shot the keir shot in the arm for keir starmer's of wandering into downing about months downing street and about months . you're absolutely right patrick. so the a lot of the snp support came from traditional labour because labour used to be the scottish that everyone just voted labour for years and years and years and. then those voters went to the snp . if some of went to the snp. if some of those voters now that independence is off the table, they lose their motivation to vote snp and they go back to labour and big enough numbers that could be a huge for starmer. beforehand was looking like he would have to win an election scottish votes but now he could pick up 15 maybe 20 scottish seats and that could make a huge difference to the general election . well, look, general election. well, look, thank you very, very much . thank you very, very much. symons those journalist at symons those days journalist at the said look i've got the spectator said look i've got loads emails i'm loads of emails coming in i'm going inbox now to going to go that inbox now to round hour just to round off this hour just to preview something we've coming up fingers crossed later on in the show which is rishi in the show which is rishi sunak in the show which is rishi sunak in the albanian minister who are going be holding a bit of

going to be holding a bit of a chat with all the nation and news conference in relation to the small boats crossings and criminal gangs as well and what the albanian pm has done as he touched here and there touched down here and there was maybe something maybe a vain hope of something quite conciliatory and is quite conciliatory and what is basically is say that some of the parliament has been disgraceful and borderline criminal as for her comments , criminal as for her comments, albanian criminals crossing the channel he is saying that's really unfair and is disrespectful and he's trying to basically the point that what it could do is make us seem that all albanians are criminals, which of course, is not true, but at the same time is well known that unfortunately large numbers albanian criminals numbers of albanian criminals are crossing the channel and you only to look the latest only have to look the latest data which shows that albanians in jails are costing the in british jails are costing the taxpayer around £57 million a yean taxpayer around £57 million a year, which is a heck of a lot money. and you just have to also look this country, look not just in this country, but europe. why just but also europe. why do you just google now and you will see a huge amount of news reports from

right across europe about albanian criminal gangs running the cocaine trade, running the cannabis, of cannabis, etc. so a lot of people are certainly the ones in my here. gb at gb my inbox here. gb views at gb news. .uk saying, frankly, news. .uk are saying, frankly, that braverman is that suella braverman is absolutely raise the absolutely right to raise the idea that there criminal idea that there are criminal gangs coming across the channel and the national crime agency is investigating . well, they're investigating. well, they're saying now taking saying that they are now taking over in the over the cannabis trade, in the cocaine as well, so that over the cannabis trade, in the coc go,e as well, so that over the cannabis trade, in the coc go, i as well, so that over the cannabis trade, in the cocgo, i guessas well, so that over the cannabis trade, in the cocgo, i guess i'miell, so that over the cannabis trade, in the cocgo, i guess i'm going�* that over the cannabis trade, in the cocgo, i guess i'm going t01at over the cannabis trade, in the cocgo, i guess i'm going to go we go, i guess i'm going to go inside now. patrick if sweden can say no to albanians coming from as they , say, a safe from as they, say, a safe country, it is from now that , country, it is from now that, one i think that one can't wait. and i think that is area that i'm is going to be an area that i'm fascinated i hope questions is going to be an area that i'm fascalbanian i hope questions is going to be an area that i'm fascalbanian primepe questions is going to be an area that i'm fascalbanian prime ministerons the albanian prime minister this, which how can he claim this, which is how can he claim that albania is a lovely, wonderful country and it's great and there isn't you know the criminal gangs network, etc. and then also square that with the fact that people are desperately trying desperately try to seek asylum from his country. how does that work ? think he's does that work? think he's probably a bit of a sticky probably on a bit of a sticky wicket so we'll bring you wicket there. so we'll bring you up if up to date with all of that. if the albanian pm says albanians

crossing channel not crossing the channel are not criminals who the criminals, then who are the people posing as albanian? that is one. has also is another one. he has also called mel we've double called mel west. we've double mel the end. yeah, this is mel the end. but yeah, this is another well, it? another thing as well, isn't it? i a from amnesty i did have a chap from amnesty international valdes international london sd valdes simmons regular on the show simmons is a regular on the show and this channel and he just and on this channel and he just come and to and put his come and talk to us and put his side and that is all great stuff. but it does appear be stuff. but it does appear to be to a wilful of the to me anyway, a wilful of the heads sand it comes heads in the sand when it comes to very obvious criminal to just very obvious criminal networks exploiting networks that are exploiting channel migrant in order channel migrant crisis in order to roots in country to set up roots in this country and exploit the criminal enterprises . keep your views enterprises. keep your views coming in gbviews@gbnews.uk also been quite strongly to the junior doctors . they've junior doctors. they've announced that it's going to be announced that it's going to be a three day strike in april. and what they've also is that, get this they want a 35% pay rise already. people are dying off at my first hand experience of this. sorry to hear, linda. and it's terrible. that's linda's view. i want as well get your views coming in. of course. look, i've got loads more coming

your way, including more from the albanian prime minister. it was absolute slam suella braverman state chain . how braverman state chain. how hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest update from the met office . more heavy showers met office. more heavy showers to come through the rest of today and tomorrow will be pretty similar as well. gusty winds a bit sunshine in between the , a messy old the showers, a messy old pressure situation and low pressure situation and low pressure basically dominant. a host of weather fronts , host of weather fronts, basically suggesting bands of will be moving in these weather fronts in the southeast, though, bringing more persistent rain here. quite a wet evening . some here. quite a wet evening. some heavy bursts of rain. rain edging away to the east. the and should be gone from easternmost parts of england by midnight showers follow plenty of them coming into north wales northern ireland and of course much of scotland some heavy hail, thunder possible to clear as spells will develop across the south, but the breeze won't . south, but the breeze won't. what will stop temperatures falling too far. so we start the day at sixes and sevens. we start off. we've got a bit of sunshine over the midlands and eastern england on friday

morning . elsewhere it'll be morning. elsewhere it'll be a case dodging the downpours and then the showers develop pretty widely from late morning onwards heavy thundery showers but tending to zip on a brisk wind. the winds will be quite light in parts of northern. many of the showers here could quite slow moving. actually quite moving. still actually quite miles, ten or 11 across the north, 1415 possible further south in the brighter spells, but plenty more heavy showers to come during friday, particularly for southern scotland . northern for southern scotland. northern ireland moving into northern england as we head into the weekend so more showers on saturday again with rain all day there'll be some brighter spells but it could be pretty wet for edinburgh and down into the far north—east of england . a brisk north—east of england. a brisk wind certainly for much of the morning. sunny developing elsewhere and a switch in the wind direction bringing cooler in across northern areas during saturday. further south, again , saturday. further south, again, figures perhaps into the teens some sunshine. but by the time we get to sunday, temperatures be falling across the board. is

that normal ? chilly wind brings that normal? chilly wind brings chillier air for.

all yes hello it's just gone for pm on patrick and this is gb news. here's what's on the menu this hour ladies and, gentlemen, believe it or not, the albanian pm has absolutely slammed all home secretaries. well, the problem and saying comments about criminals crossing . the about criminals crossing. the channel are disgraceful and indeed borderline criminals themselves think he's got a themselves do think he's got a bit of cheek. other news as bit of cheek. in other news as well are going be well that we are going to be talking mortgage talking about more mortgage misery . look, talking about more mortgage misery. look, what this misery. look, what does this really mean? just for really mean? not just for homeowners, well, homeowners, homebuyers as well, but up but with interest rates going up for the money in pocket? for the money in your pocket? that's want to know that's what i want to know and yes, as what yes, in other news as well. what about kids ? because about your kids? because teachers , when they know how teachers, when they know how strong they protesting , strong they are protesting, they're protesting about ofsted now that now because they are saying that the graded and the

the way that it's graded and the way schools are graded is way that schools are graded is harsh, punitive, and harsh, is punitive, and unfortunately, has led to a death, a suicide. so we'll be delving into exactly how people can really grade schools. in other news as well gallo of this the french while, some of them anyway are actually threatening all and queen. find out why all king and queen. find out why very shortly. stay chained up patrick christys . yeah. get in patrick christys. yeah. get in touch. patrick christys. yeah. get in touch . in about an hour or so, touch. in about an hour or so, we're going to go live to rishi sunak and the albanian prime. they will be talking about the illegal channel crossings. i want to know whether you want to know whether or not you think, has got think, the albanian pm, has got a cheek slating a better cheek slating suella braverman , saying the comments braverman, saying the comments were disgraceful about criminal gangs that channel. gb gangs crossing that channel. gb views is a gbnews.uk getting them coming people, but right them coming in people, but right now you headlines with polly now is you headlines with polly polly . patrick. thank you and polly. patrick. thank you and good afternoon to . well as good afternoon to. well as patrick was saying waiting for

the albanian prime minister to appear at downing street the moment. these are live pictures to us from the steps of number 10 downing street and as you were just hearing, the albanian prime minister criticising the home secretary. suella braverman earlier on for singling out migrants from his country after referred to some as criminals. edi rama, you saw just then going into number 10 downing street meeting , rishi sunak street meeting, rishi sunak described the comments disgraceful. suella braverman made the remarks during an exchange . the house of commons exchange. the house of commons number 10 saying the prime minister very much looking forward to construct to have discussions with his counterpart when they talk about tackling the small boat in the channel. we'll you more on that of course, as news emerges number 10 as to what they did exactly speak about. well onto other news, the northern ireland secretary has told stormont leaders there's no negotiating the winds of framework and it will law. chris heaton—harris has been holding talks over the

prime minister's post—brexit trade deal at hillsborough castle . that's after a key castle. that's after a key element of the eu uk agreement known as the stormont brake was overwhelmingly passed in the house of commons yesterday. now dup leader sir jeffrey says the windsor framework is a sticking plaster that won't work. i don't to be in a situation where we're back into stormont on an months time because there are flaws in this windsor framework that we have another i want stability in northern ireland, i want a devolved government that is sustainable for the future delivers for everyone in northern ireland. so i'm not working to someone's deadline i'm working to get this right. well, the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris says leaders need to come together to make the deal work well , together to make the deal work well, windsor framework is not a sticking plaster, it's solution to the problems that were produced by the protocol and it will and the two sides to those

which have concluded the uk government and the european union are going to make that agreement the framework work. now, i think down to the communities of northern ireland, work out how best it can work for them. i think it can work for them. i think it can work for them. i think it can work for them really. i do believe it will herald . alongside the 25th will herald. alongside the 25th anniversary of the belfast good friday agreement, the next 25 years could be all about prosperity. if everybody puts their shoulders to the wheel well and is away from northern parliament, has banned the chinese owned social media app. tiktok from all government devices . the ban follows devices. the ban follows security from the house of commons and lords won't include personal devices. the scottish government has followed suit with scotland as deputy first minister, saying the ban will be implemented immediately , john implemented immediately, john swinney said the decision will help manage privacy risks from third party sites and that comes as the tiktok chief faced questions on security in the us

congress . junior doctors in congress. junior doctors in england will strike for four days between april 11th and the 15th. the british medical association has accused the government not being serious about resolving the pay dispute and says the health secretary has failed to make a credible offer. steve barclay the bma were demanding a 35% pay rise. the union's they won't stop until they're paid what they're worth . the bank of england worth. the bank of england raised the interest rate for the 11th time in a row from 4% to 4.25. that's in a bid to slow down the rising cost of living. it comes after a surprise rise in inflation, as well as a decision by the us federal reserve last night to raise their key rate by. a similar percentage point. the central bank's also announced it expects the economy to grow slightly in the economy to grow slightly in the second quarter, revising a previous forecast it may . the uk previous forecast it may. the uk and welsh have announced two

freeports will be created in wales for the first time in a bid to boost the country's economy. the celtic and anglesey freeports in north wales expected to attract almost billion pounds in investment. it's also hope they'll generate up to 20,000 jobs by the end of the decade . wales is first the decade. wales is first minister mark dreyfus says the freeports will help the country take advantage of its green energy potential. what they will create is a platform for those industries that will shape the future of . wales. if we anything future of. wales. if we anything it is that these supplies of oil and gas which the world has relied , will run out. we will relied, will run out. we will all then need new supplies of energy and wales is perfectly placed to be part of renewable energy of the future and the freeports will provide us with an entry point into of that . now an entry point into of that. now an entry point into of that. now a nigerian politician has been

found of an organ harvesting plot involving a british hospice . senator equate ray mahdi's wife , his wife beatrice and wife, his wife beatrice and a doctor were found guilty of conspiring to arrange the travel of a man to exploit him for his kidney. the victim, a 21 year old street trader, was brought to the uk year to provide the organ for the senator's daughter for an £80,000 private transplant . the case heard at transplant. the case heard at the obe is a legal first, a national education union has staged a protest calling on the government to urgently the school inspections . the union is school inspections. the union is handing petition signed by more than 5000 people to the department education, asking for it to replace ofsted. it follows the death of a head teacher, ruth perry, who took own life waiting for an inspection which downgraded her school in berkshire to the lowest possible

. you with gb news. more news coming up in half an hour. let's get back to. patrick okay. wonderful people to go out today. we're going to be talking about the albanian prime minister slamming. interest rates have been hiked , says rates have been hiked, says well, boris vindicated well, was boris vindicated yesterday ? i want to what yesterday? i want to know what you about of that. you think about all of that. teachers against teachers protesting against ofsted and french militants threatening all king. i'll tell you very shortly. but let's you why. very shortly. but let's get through. said get through. as i've just said and we start with the growing problem albanian migrants problem of albanian migrants crossing sunak crossing the channel rishi sunak has the prime has just welcomed the prime minister, rama, to street. minister, edi rama, to street. and you saw this live on gb news just a moment ago as probably brought them to you and the pair will obviously the will discuss obviously the migrant crisis roma really migrant crisis but roma really stoked the fires ahead of this today by accusing all home suella braverman of making and borderline criminal comments, brodtmann said last year that if

labour were in power would allow all the albanian criminals to come to this country. clearly making to, well, albanian coming across their small boats . now, across their small boats. now, rama hit back today and he said comment was a very, very discreet moment for british politics and an ethnic seal and that's a few rotten apples did not define a nation he is saying that a basically made all albanians sound like okay so figures show that at least 13,000 albanians entered britain on small last year alone which was just under a third of all arrivals . but get a load of this arrivals. but get a load of this because it comes as reports per day that as a result of the new illegal migration bill, more than 150,000 people will be denied in the next three years. so under the new rules, if the of people coming across the channel continue or even just decrease a little , around decrease a little, around 150,000 people, we will say no . 150,000 people, we will say no. but unless changes, we won't be able actually deport them and.

what this means, ladies and gentlemen, for the money in your pocket or lack of frankly is pocket or lack of it, frankly is that it cost you around £9 that it will cost you around £9 billion over that three year penod billion over that three year period to accommodate and detain arrivals who of we cannot remove . joining me now is politics and history professor at the academy of sciences of albania saffron krasniqi. thank you very, very much for joining krasniqi. thank you very, very much forjoining me. do think much for joining me. do think that all home secretary was wrong to point out that albanian criminals crossing the channel . criminals crossing the channel. i think the declaration of the minister it was not correct about the two working to bring together criminals a very intimate ground. so we have many albanian mean united in your country who are very risk but they have they make a career. they are thieves they are a researcher. they are intellectuals and other sides. we had many criminals. i think that your government, prime minister, is not to condemn the indignation of the minister, but to find a way to stop the of

immigration and to bring a future for this young generation who decided to leave albania . who decided to leave albania. can you understand why members of the british public are very, very concerned because we currently spend around £57 million a year housing albanian nationals in british prisons . we nationals in british prisons. we are also seeing a huge in the cocaine trade , the cannabis cocaine trade, the cannabis trade fuelled albanian gangs . trade fuelled albanian gangs. that's according to people at the national crime agency. so official sources , we also read official sources, we also read reports from across europe of albanian gangs running nefarious activities that drugs, sex trafficking . and then we also trafficking. and then we also see that albanians are making up a very high proportion of people coming across the channel. so can you understand why people are concerned that we are importing albanian criminals. i think the problem is that if we had we see the about some criminals or some bundles, but we have agreement between governments if the governments

are agreed to some of these people in albania and the police and this would be very correct but our size we see that tabloids the negative is some ways headline and we need for example we interesting in albania to have a different connection to your country to and know albanian better. they are not only the criminals represent albania , they are represent albania, they are other people are those are. and for this reason i think that the current visit of the prime minister is a last chance to know is today to speak only about criminals and. the immigrants , not about the two. immigrants, not about the two. many know what the present albanian, even in uk to bring more tourist or more investment in albania. yeah. if we see the map of this guy in albania . the map of this guy in albania. the mostly they are from poor zones. so we have a crisis in albania. political crisis, economical crisis. we have we have this situation more than two decades before in greece, in italia but

all immigrants in this country today they are integrated . the today they are integrated. the difference between immigrants in uk and countries the mostly educated people we are living matter who in germany with a absolutely absolutely this is a really important distinction . really important distinction. nobodyis really important distinction. nobody is disputing that at all which is, you know, genuine immigration in and a large population in this country work very hard, etc. but a lot of people are very confused about why many albanians are trying to claim asylum in this country. you seem to be saying that you think albania is a perfectly safe country and that people don't really need asylum over here? is to make a difference between the stability in democratic country. albania a stable country. but it's not to be it's not a democratic and to have a democracy. so we must build a future for the people . build a future for the people. we must find a job for the young generation here and we must we

must make something to make to make a prognosis for the future. this is in albania, i think the government of albania has failed this direction and last year we see a mini crisis crisis. it was ukraine and russia and we a price for this and we pay a price for this and we pay a price covid situation and the but you know the union economy and they'll on what is it so don't see the only solution here to stop the criminals or the groups or at least the migrants to come in your country. but i a need about a strategy to a future for this young albanian part of this. i think for the government look absolutely people will understand that if albania becomes a much more economically attractive place to live , then fewer people would live, then fewer people would want to leave . i've got to ask want to leave. i've got to ask you, in light that then are in your view all of the albanians taking small boats across , the

taking small boats across, the channel refugees or economic migrants , but mostly from them, migrants, but mostly from them, i think we are a member. the family who have emigrated before in your country. so they are from only two or three cities and they have someone in your country. so they use this connection to go to them and to try integrate and some of them they find this connection through criminals channels and. for this reason it also this scandal of last years, but if you see there the name or the cases or the information such a network or you see that they make very open . network or you see that they make very open. i think network or you see that they make very open . i think they make very open. i think they make very open. i think they make it they had they've been held by the criminal groups in other country , especially in other country, especially in some country who are in your border in coordination with your group , informal groups in your group, informal groups in your country . and that an important country. and that an important for us. yeah so order being for

are they being forced to make this journey or are they choosing to i, i think the most important then we this for economical is it not for political reason we don't see any future goal is illegal in european other countries you know it's very easy to go the in germany with a contract so they don't need to spoil to go as the immigrants and they use this momentum you to go in your country so you gun. i think better will be to try to have a database of these people and the mostly from them they have a not real name and they profit from the situation on the run, from the situation on the run, from the crisis . so our government the crisis. so our government with your government must must then to make a new to communicate more and to have an exchange in the minister i level . we don't have, for example, the only minister in the europa conference so don't pay any visit to nowadays the british prime minister. so we need to have more delegation to know

albania, to speak with the people , give them more people, give them more information and we need more journalists from your country to know how a better to make know how being a better to make a conversation with this. but can i say part of the problem i look i really, really enjoy talking to you and it's been great part the problem think great part of the problem think for a lot of people like me is that ask you normal that when we ask you normal questions you've been great, questions and you've been great, well, other well, the people there are other journalists this who that journalists in this who say that every single person coming across the channel is a refugee. an asylum seeker is , almost like an asylum seeker is, almost like we're say we we're not allowed to say what we can us and can see coming before us and talk about . economic talk about. the economic situation . maybe situation in albania. maybe that's the main reason behind what's going on. i really appreciate conversation and appreciate our conversation and then you very, very much. then thank you very, very much. i again, told to also i again, i was told to also suggest we're out of time, but i hope so. told you to say as alfred krasniqi that is professor politics and history at the academy of sciences of albania . look, what do you make albania. look, what do you make about this? jasmine gb views gbnews.uk get your views gbnews.uk i get your views coming joined now coming in. i am also joined now by force immigration by uk border force immigration officer , who is officer kevin saunders, who is on this particular issue a cheeky reminder, ladies and

gents, about an hour gents, that in about an hour we're go live to we're going to go live to rishi sunak, prime sunak, the albanian prime minister, albanian minister, minister, the albanian minister, who did just absolutely slam him at that it was at and say that it was disgraceful , she said that disgraceful, she said that albanian crossing albanian criminals are crossing the know the channel kevin, i don't know if of that, but if you heard much of that, but isn't that we isn't it interesting that we have talking have now in man talking about albania and as a professor, it's an albanian university who can say that the majority of people coming across the channel from albania are economic migrants. but our media work , you say the. but our media work, you say the. yes, i thought that was very relevant mean he really shot himself in the foot didn't they by saying that were economic migrants and in fact if you look at the facts the majority of these albanians are coming from northern where it's a pretty poor country and, they're escaping to the uk where they are working and we go to the oldest here, patrick, they are working in a criminal enterprise as well as towards nca through a

bust nine times. i'd say they're albanians. so i'm afraid they are working in the black economy and the criminal activities , and the criminal activities, right? so basically soil the problem was right to say that there are albanian criminals coming across the channel and she shouldn't apologise for that . she spot on. . oh, she was spot on. absolutely. spot on. but i wouldn't worry too much about what the albanian prime minister says to or about the key is going to be what he says with the prime minister at 5:00 this evening. but we really have got to get these albania removed. i mean, i it so difficult is doesn't have any problems at removing them and disallowing they won't accept any claim whatsoever for or human or anything from albanians and sweden is the same. so we're dragging our feet a little bit

here. and what do you make of the fact that it's apparently going to cost £9 billion for the british taxpayer the next three years to not be able to deport or remove the hundred and 50,000 people we're expecting to deny asylum to under our new illegal migration bill? well, i looked at what the refugee council said , and then i looked at the home office said and as you can imagine, they're miles apart. the home office say they don't recognise the figures at all. so it's a bit difficult. i mean, what you've got to remember is that the refugee council are working they're working their figures on what's going on at the moment i mean, we don't know what's going to happen about rwanda. we don't know how official the french are going to be with the extra money that we've given them. we don't know what detention centre what deterrent detention centre that the french are going to build in northern france . well, build in northern france. well, i think that's going to have and the french police when they're

not dealing riots in paris will be back on the noel path to calais to baltimore. yeah moving the asylum seekers on thank you very much . always a pleasure. very much. always a pleasure. kevin saunders that former chief immigration officer at uk border force , you mentioned france. force, you mentioned france. we're going talking we're going to be talking about france, on france, a little bit later on actually, we do know actually, because we do know there's there after there's been riots there after that variety of different that for a variety of different days apparently, days now. and apparently, apparently there have been threats made against charles and queen camilla, who were due to go on a state visit over there, a visit. and apparently a royal visit. and apparently they may well be targeted , they may well be targeted, isolated. what you make of isolated. so what do you make of that news that anyway? that more bad news there millions of households there for millions of households today as the of england the today as the bank of england the interest rate for the 11th time interest rate for the 11th time in a row the rate had been expected to remain at around 4. but after today's don't expected rise inflation, seven out of rise in inflation, seven out of nine members of the bank's monetary policy in favour monetary policy voted in favour of the interest rate by a quarter of 1. now i am joined by roger guillot, who is a former advisor to the bank of england ,

advisor to the bank of england, the treasury. look, roger, thank you very much. it's about on wrong to do this currently . why wrong to do this currently. why totally wrong. bailing boosts are bigger in britain. frankly it's insane . we are now on our it's insane. we are now on our 11th interest rate rise up to four and a quarter% as you in little over a year it's . the little over a year it's. the highest interest rate in 40 years and all this is against the advice of more expert than there are pounds richie rich's tax they're actually driving country further into a hole and fuelling the banking crisis in america the interest rate rise is there actually caused the banking crisis for example silicon valley bank bank raised its interest rates and attract

in huge numbers of deposits and did all other sorts of things that it did which caused crash which it wouldn't have done. if it hadn't constantly rising interest rates and it's a left hand doesn't know what the right is doing situation patrick in the sense that doesn't mr. bailey the blundering. andrew bailey the blundering. andrew bailey as the mail called him , bailey as the mail called him, doesn't he and his colleague take cognisance of the fact that rishi, rich and hearty hunt have just praised corporation tax by a third and all that pretty much is going to be passed on to consumers. it'sjust is going to be passed on to consumers. it's just beyond the pale . roger there will be loads pale. roger there will be loads of people shouting at that tv screens now shouting at their radio sets going, yes , on roger, radio sets going, yes, on roger, i agree with you, because for the average person on the street, if they're looking to get property ladder now, get on the property ladder now, they'll rates they'll at these interest rates and think well, it was and they'll think well, it was already so expensive can't afford then they might

afford this then they might decide to go into their local shop , the local supermarket. shop, the local supermarket. they'll think goodness, the price they'll think goodness, the pnce gone they'll think goodness, the price gone up. price of that has gone up. that's the roof. that's gone through the roof. and then they'll think, oh, right, maybe, maybe i'll right, well, maybe, maybe i'll start my own business. oh, i can't. corporation start my own business. oh, i can is corporation start my own business. oh, i canis absolutely corporation start my own business. oh, i canis absolutely corporati

that down and hey, guess what? it works us inflation is down to 5.3. but here these 11 rate rises have done nothing whatsoever to protect us against inflation. it keeps going up because the cost push inflation itself out. you can't it with interest rates, mr. oh, yeah, but i'm also the dollar. well, hey how's that working out for you? that's a great job. we're still at 120 something instead of the 150 where we've always been. you can't stop people spending money on food and energy we got to eat. we've got to keep warm. yeah, look roger, thank you very much. i've thoroughly enjoyed conversation. i'll get you back on very soon. it's roger. go up. there is a former advisor to the bank of england treasury. many england on the treasury. many people wishing still people maybe wishing you still was. , was. that was great stuff, right? okay. what else have i got you? oh yes, well, got for you? oh yes, this. well, i've question up to i've got a big question is up to new people is wales the most woke country in europe ,

woke country in europe, apparently. apparently it is. apparently it i'll tell you one very, very shortly. i'm patrick christys and this is

gb news tick is to be banned from all devices and networks over security concerns. believe it or not, parliamentarians will be able to continue using the app on their phones. data but it will be blocks from accessing its own parliamentary fi. the scottish government also announced it will follow ministers in westminster by banning the video sharing app from official devices. let me know what you think about all of this. our political reporter olivia utley is here. so tick tock. so, yes this is all against the backdrop , tock. so, yes this is all against the backdrop, an investigation that's going in the us where congressmen are talking to the ceo of tik. talk about chinese influence on the company and essentially in a in a very brief nutshell, the problem is that there's a worry

both the us and here that tiktok could being used by the chinese essentially as a massive spy device to get into british military phones, get into british politics phones and access the data and the chinese communist party actually have a policy where companies owned companies have to give over the data that get through their business to the chinese government . so the questions government. so the questions that are going on in us congress now centred around whether how tiktok managing to get around these rules if it is getting around these rules or if the data tiktok is harvesting from us phones and from you can conclude british politicians phones is being used by the chinese government which would obviously be a massive worry. well, people say then nothing really sanctioned really gets sanctioned or created china the say so all created in china the say so all the chinese government and authorities there so it would imply the chinese authorities are in it i'm and as are involved in it i'm and as well as some of the very big political the

political going around at the minutes of boris johnson's on the national the front of all the national newspapers we had a newspapers today. we had a rather long time with him yesterday. we what is the fallout reaction been fallout and the reaction been from his grilling yesterday that. the general consensus that. well the general consensus to be it wasn't total catastrophe for it it could have been better . catastrophe for it it could have been better. it catastrophe for it it could have been better . it could have been been better. it could have been worse and people feel i this is the way i would this is what my instinct is that he defended quite well against allegations that he deliberately lied he was pretty good when he was talking about how if it was so obvious then why would he have invited an official . it's so obviously an official. it's so obviously he was breaking the rules. why was number 10 was he invited a number 10 officials photographer to come was he invited a number 10 offic record |otographer to come was he invited a number 10 offic record |otogfact1er to come was he invited a number 10 offic record |otogfact that» come was he invited a number 10 offic record |otogfact that he'die and record the fact that he'd broken he broken the rules and he points to article that was in the to the article that was in the times after one of these events talking about cake and singing happy and no one seems to raise an eyebrow at the time. so he did manage to defend himself well against that allegation , well against that allegation, where he was very uncomfortable and think committee and where i think committee will come him is the come down hard on him is the

fact he didn't really do fact that he didn't really do very much to try and correct the record. yes. once did become clear they had made a mistake . clear they had made a mistake. so my feeling is that quite possibly the committee accept that he didn't deliberately lie, but will get him onto the lower bar of parliament. exactly. that's the thing. whether or not did enough to just double check that when he was being told that everything all right, that everything was all right, that he right, which he actually all right, which obviously, frankly, could be a bit win boris because bit of a win for boris because it in the kind it might not result in the kind of ban elections. of maximum ban the by elections. and wait see and we'll have to wait and see on just another quick one. what i've is about tax i've got you is about tax returns. they're dropping left, right they right and centre on that they are. so keir starmer's return has just minutes ago has literally just minutes ago so i haven't had to forgive you for properly . so i haven't had to forgive you for properly. it so i haven't had to forgive you for properly . it looks as for it properly. it looks as though he pay . i mean, he paid. though he pay. i mean, he paid. he's he's not nearly as he's a lot. he's not nearly as rich across the dispatch box rich as across the dispatch box that like my tax return is bigger than him. but it's actually weirdly when i talk to some small video. yeah of the rishi sunak released his tax return for all the time he's

been leader of the party all the time that he's been in frontline. whereas keir starmer's only released it from when he was labour . so we starmer's only released it from when he was labour. so we can there are thoughts that he might have been earning more before took over the job as labour leader and very sort of consultancy etc. possibly , consultancy work etc. possibly, which he hasn't revealed . so which he hasn't revealed. so this won't give us quite the full picture. but long story short storm was not as rich as rishi seems. so is this forecast of the press. starmer is not as rich as rishi sunak his billionaire . there we go. all billionaire. there we go. all right. look at the very much olivia utley there. our political . yeah, you can just political. yeah, you can just imagine. it's one of those times that you ever hear men trying to convince other that theirs convince the other that theirs is smaller than the other one wave get anyway. there's wave that we get anyway. there's loads to come on this loads more still to come on this show. emerged that show. a day after emerged that rishi more than rishi sunak has paid more than million pounds in tax in the last years, we will debate last three years, we will debate powerful this is rishi powerful times. this is rishi too rich to rule and the french are revolting believe that that is all off in paris out of king

charles his visit to france this weekend so yes find out why they've threatened threatened king and queen. but first it's time for the latest headlines with probably east . patrick, with probably east. patrick, thank you and good afternoon to you.the thank you and good afternoon to you. the top stories on gb news, the prime minister is discussing the prime minister is discussing the migrant crisis with his albanian counterpart right in downing street saying he wants to hold constructive talks on small boat crossings across the engush small boat crossings across the english channel. that's after adi criticised the home for singling out people his country, referring to them as criminals dunng referring to them as criminals during an exchange in the house of commons. he described the comments as disgraceful and said he wants all albanians in the uk to feel safe and honoured. the northern secretary chris heaton—harris , has told stormont heaton—harris, has told stormont leaders there's no the windsor framework and it will become law . that's after a key element of

the eu uk agreement known as the stormont brake was , stormont brake was, overwhelmingly passed in the commons yesterday . dup leader commons yesterday. dup leader sir jeffrey donaldson says the windsor framework is just a plaster that won't work . plaster that won't work. parliament has the chinese owned social app tiktok from all government devices. it follows security concerns from the house of and lords but won't include personal devices. scotland has followed suit with its deputy minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately. minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately . junior implemented immediately. junior doctors in england will strike for four days between april the 11th and 15th. the medical association has accused government of not being serious about resolving the pay dispute and says the health secretary has failed to make a credible offer . steve barclay's claims offer. steve barclay's claims the is demanding a 35% pay rise and the bank of england today has raised the interest rate for 11th consecutive time from 4% to four and a quarter% that comes

after a surprise rise . inflation after a surprise rise. inflation as well . a decision yesterday as well. a decision yesterday the us federal reserve to raise its key rate by a similar . the its key rate by a similar. the central banks also announced it expects the economy to grow in the second quarter, revising a previous forecast that it would contract you up to date on tv onune contract you up to date on tv online debut plus radio on the tunein app with gb news people's channel. back to patrick . patrick yes. no, this is an absolutely fascinating case. ladies and gentlemen, a 28 year old man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of two elderly man who was set alight in the street after they left mosques . in the street after they left mosques. birmingham and london . mosques. birmingham and london. johnny carson is outside birmingham interest rates court with us right and jack is going to give us an update on the latest goings on. yes, jack ,

latest goings on. yes, jack, what's going on? well, today at birmingham magistrates court, patrick, 28 year old mohammed abu appeared charged with the attempted murder of two men. he spoke to enter his name, his address and his date of birth and.the address and his date of birth and. the man originally from sudan needed an interpreter in court . now west midlands police court. now west midlands police say he is alleged to have set to two men on two separate occasions , one to an 82 year old occasions, one to an 82 year old man in ealing in london on the 27th of february and one on monday , person in birmingham not monday, person in birmingham not incident involved, 70 year old mohammed riaz who was set on fire as he walked from the dudley road mosque around 7:00 that night , dudley road mosque around 7:00 that night, monday night. it's thought that yesterday he had to undergo a skin graft operation because of the severity of the burns he's received in that incident. apco arrested on tuesday on dudley road in on suspicion of murder for that incident . but after working with

incident. but after working with the metropolitan police and also counter—terrorism, he was further arrested yesterday on suspicion of the same offence an 82 year old man, hashi adoma, who suffered severe burns in february when walking home from an islamic centre in. now i've gave no indication of a plea and the judge has said that he will remain in custody until the end of september, where the judge expects the trial to have taken place before that. time is up . place before that. time is up. he's going to appear for the first hearing at birmingham court on april the 28th. but in terms the investigation, west midlands still appealing to members of the public for any cctv footage , doorbell footage cctv footage, doorbell footage or any other kind of video footage that can help them in this investigation . yeah. josh, this investigation. yeah. josh, thank you very much for bringing us up today. all star cast and now spending a reporterjust telling you about . yeah, that telling you about. yeah, that case. it's of course , i think case. it's of course, i think we're on the show actually case. it's of course, i think we monday»n the show actually case. it's of course, i think we monday when show actually case. it's of course, i think we monday when the w actually case. it's of course, i think we monday when the secondlly on monday when the second alleged place . so alleged incident took place. so we'll to date as we'll keep you up to date as and when now

when we get information. now moving from that and moving away from that and go towards rishi was towards wales rishi sunak was wales he was wales earlier and he was visiting a new freeports in anglesey. now it's of the anglesey. now it's one of the two freeports freeport which two freeports new freeport which it's attract it's claimed will attract billions of investment, create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the decade . well, that sounds the decade. well, that sounds like news . it good news. like great news. it good news. brilliant, what's going on brilliant, but what's going on with the of because with the rest of wales? because apparently, it's not apparently, apparently it's not good. recently, former labour mp tom harris claimed wales is get this the wokeist country in europe and said that if you want to know what keir starmer in store over britain look no further than that country . so further than that country. so there we go. i am joined now by there we go. i am joined now by the political consultant matthew mackinnon , who is a political mackinnon, who is a political consultant, a direct sir of transmit digital . and look, transmit digital. and look, matthew, thank you very much. i is wales the woke capital europe . well, where to start patrick. to start on the environment wales are pushing through some absolute really dangerous legislate action regarding roads and banning road building which i know you covered a few weeks

ago. they are implementing 50 mile an hour zones pretty much throughout south throughout the whole of south wales on all our dual carriageway and our motorway slowing down economy, they're making 20 mile an i was would making 20 mile an i was i would start all urbanised areas including small towns including small market towns in north mid—wales that north and mid—wales that bringing really really bringing in really really strange legislation for landlords discrimination legislation that landlords are inherently discriminatory towards ethnic minorities they're bringing a race action plan for wales basically saying the welsh population is inherently racist and need to be educated to , make sure that they educated to, make sure that they aren't in the future . and then aren't in the future. and then we've got sports. i mean , i know we've got sports. i mean, i know you covered this a few weeks ago, but delilah i was out in cardiff the after the rugby cardiff the day after the rugby and was singing it louder and town was singing it louder than ever . we and town was singing it louder than ever. we have a bubble in cardiff bay of politicians who are totally out of touch with the rest of wales . what does the rest of wales. what does wolk you ? because i wolk mean for you? because i think lot of people will think a lot of people will have been of that been hearing first part of that about limit and building about speed limit and building rights or lack of it said, well, that's not necessarily woke, is

it? part a bigger is it that, it? part of a bigger is it that, in your view , maybe the kind of in your view, maybe the kind of people who back bizarre potentially economically damaging environmental measures also tend to think that we're all riddled with unconscious bias and that we're all inherently racist and etc, etc. absolutely . it's a view that's absolutely. it's a view that's really held by a small percentage of people, but they are ones that hold significant positions of power within welsh society. you know , and their society. you know, and their views are pretty fringe, to be honest. if you look at, you know, unheard. some polling a few ago on the uk and few weeks ago on the uk and views on on issues around trans rights , on race, on immigration rights, on race, on immigration and wales was quite mainstream along with most of england and the views were actually pretty, pretty similar . the views were actually pretty, pretty similar. but in wales we have a small minority people that are really pushing a set agenda. that are really pushing a set agenda . do think said agenda. do think what you said was bang the money that lot of was bang the money that a lot of them integrated it with them are into integrated it with their the environment their views on the environment and views social and and their views on social and economic . and why is it such economic. and why is it such a bad thing. is it just the i say

just is it just that they over whelming majority of people in wales not agree with this and not having it pushed on them even subtly. you mentioned something there about something about a racial discrimination act just and it was that what is basically where they give landlords training on how to not use unconscious bias when looking at having people rent properties from them. and i know people in wales , businesspeople people in wales, businesspeople and investors were looking and investors who were looking to invest over the border in england this of england to avoid this sort of legislation they think legislation because they think it's an absolute nonsense and as you know and as one of our viewers knows, studies viewers knows, that studies economics well, the welsh economy isn't the best economy really isn't the best economy really isn't the best economy in the uk been lagging behind for years under devolution. it's fallen massively . even scotland and of massively. even scotland and of focusing really their resources energy on pushing on with the economy like people in wales really want . they're focusing on really want. they're focusing on a lot these minority issues a lot of these minority issues that don't really care that people don't really care about. but hang on, is this maybe we've just struck down into a lot of these

into exactly a lot of these political parties are obsessed with culture , so with things like culture, so obsessed with fringe minority issues, so obsessed by being able to say, look under our watch , we've made sure that land watch, we've made sure that land in swansea are no longer openly racist, even when there was probably a lot of openly racist landlords in swansea to begin with. is it because it means that don't actually have to sort out issues like? oh, out the real issues like? oh, i don't know. the welsh nhs absolutely and the former economy minister in wales openly admitted a few years ago they don't have a clue what they're with the welsh economy and think. that really sums up the problem because they problem here is because they can't win on issues like the economy can't economy and actually can't fix the currently the mess we're currently in they're focusing on other issues such the ones we've discussed such as the ones we've discussed in a way distract the public in a way to distract the public and try and get some wins that they perceive to be wins for their . well, thank you. their base. well, thank you. thank you very much. and the emails are flying in from jon, who is a no relation who i am sure is a no relation of pablo. but he says he moved from cardiff to england after pandemic because thought that pandemic because he thought that

the totally in the welsh government totally in control . and i was asking what control. and i was asking what people in woke means. and brian says thinks means it means says he thinks means it means sticking a middle finger up to ordinary people so that we've got a range of views. gb views gbnews.uk matthew, thank you very mckinnon, who is a very much. mckinnon, who is a political is the political consultant, is the director digital director of transmitted digital to that broke about the to a story that broke about the idea that wales is now supposedly on paper at the wokeist country in europe. so what do you make of that people of wales anyway, moving on or left, he's going to ruin charles's statement. it's a front you apparently apparently king and camilla are going be targeted by a baying mob patrick christys. and this is

gb news. alright, let's just one more. the footage you will be able to see on your screens. there is rishi with the rishi sunak meeting with the albanian prime minister. got talks with him. he's called

eddie about the migrant crisis . eddie about the migrant crisis. will hear live from roma from 5:30. bear in mind , he's 5:30. bear in mind, he's absolutely slammed home secretary earlier today, just before he met rishi sunak saying that comments about criminals crossing the channel albania , crossing the channel albania, criminals crossing the channel or disgraceful , borderline or disgraceful, borderline criminal themselves will return that another story now that should get rid of ofsted the national education has handed over a petition to the government calling the government calling for the school bodies to be school grading bodies to be replaced. the petition has been signed by more than 45,000 people and schools are also removing logos and references to ofsted from their website. ofsted races from their website. now it does come very after headteacher perry took her headteacher ruth perry took her own life whilst waiting for a report which she feared would be negative. well, mark lehane is in the studio with me now. he's head of education at the centre for studies and former for policy studies and former teacher. it is teacher. and i think it is important to, without being insensitive , trying to separate insensitive, trying to separate the very tragic news about this particular lady who sadly took her own life and the wider issue

of ofsted in the way that schools are graded. and i think parents be concerned that . parents be concerned that. teachers don't want to be graded. so listen, ofsted is a high stakes event in any schools term or year, and i know , as term or year, and i know, as a head teacher for five years, i went through two ofsted is on your mind a lot when you know you're sort of coming up to a penod you're sort of coming up to a period of time when they might come only come in, but that's only natural. like is important that we on our we know what's going on in our school there doubt school. and there is no doubt that since 1992, when ofsted came into being schools got a lot , not just because of lot, not just because of inspections though inspections inspections though inspections in a different way before , but in a different way before, but also been an important also it has been an important part of schools nowadays are part of why schools nowadays are a lot better than they were now. there's debate to be had there's genuine debate to be had about. look at and about. what ofsted look at and how they go about doing it. but the got about some of the concern got about some of the concern got about some of the on right is the debate going on right is it's a message to it's sending out a message to the wider community that you should just trust us teachers should just trust us as teachers in, our schools, just give us the money and we're talking about £60 billion goes into our

schools. yeah you just trust us on pay rises and of that on the pay rises and of that stuff. yeah. and need a lot stuff. yeah. and we need a lot of our schools an of money into our schools and an important do is important part of off to do is want make that kids are want make sure that kids are safe. okay to make sure that that money being spent wisely that money is being spent wisely , get , sensibly, so that kids get a good education. and i just think we make sure that we're we need to make sure that we're asking kids to follow the rules, which we which is really important. we can't around can't have teachers turn around saying, you're saying, no, ofsted, you're coming our school. i mean, coming to our school. i mean, not illegal a not only is it illegal that's a criminal offence and i was a bit warden some head teacher warden some of the head teacher unions, profile teachers, unions, high profile teachers, came the head came out and backed the head teacher, they weren't came out and backed the head teacheto they weren't came out and backed the head teacheto ofsted hey weren't came out and backed the head teacheto ofsted hey \their't going to let ofsted into their school. not on got to school. it's, it's not on got to be grownups was that teacher there. they try block there. they did try to block ofsted this going into ofsted in the of this going into a they politely a school. i think they politely reminded that a criminal reminded that it is a criminal offence so therefore that couldn't take place. but one area that i think hasn't been spoken , some of the good spoken about, some of the good that is faith that ofsted does is with faith schools well. i ofsted really schools as well. i ofsted really do involved where. let's be do get involved where. let's be honest with you. know, honest with you. you know, sometimes schools may be trying to operate under the radar and work different curriculum work a very different curriculum and values and ofsted is and sets of values and ofsted is goodin and sets of values and ofsted is

good in those areas , i think, good in those areas, i think, isn't well, also, look at isn't it? well, also, look at whole of settings. whole range of settings. i inspect children's homes. they see social and see how children's social and education bits of local authorities work. they also inspect private schools. and also they're the ones we send out if we need. so if there's bad stuff going on in independ schools and they've got a difficult job by definition, if you are her majesty's chief inspector, you have to speak truth to power. you have to tell the government stuff the government they get stuff wrong. have to tell the wrong. you also have to tell the profession they profession and teachers if they get and they've got some get so from and they've got some very, very difficult to do. very, very difficult jobs to do. again, make abundantly very, very difficult jobs to do. againthere make abundantly very, very difficult jobs to do. againthere a make abundantly very, very difficult jobs to do. againthere a tragic abundantly very, very difficult jobs to do. againthere a tragic back dantly very, very difficult jobs to do. againthere a tragic back storyy clear there a tragic back story to , the latest round of ofsted to, the latest round of ofsted criticism , which is that sadly a criticism, which is that sadly a head teacher took her own life and that is incredibly, incredibly bleak . obviously, we incredibly bleak. obviously, we wish her family all of the best. i just trying to disassociate slightly from that. look at the bigger picture on it and say yeah some might be forgiven for thinking well teachers maybe got to mark their own homework a little bit during the pandemic. it to exam results, etc. it came to exam results, etc. out on strike in terms of pay

rises and a now do they just not want to be criticised and held to account for the job that they do? do you think? you would have some sympathy for paris. you might have that view. i think some but some people might that view. but when 20 years when i started teaching 20 years ago, wasn't ago, even then ofsted wasn't very head felt very popular and head felt pressure results . pressure for exam results. listen, the whole country indeed the whole world has been through a the last few a difficult time the last few schools did an amazing generally dunng schools did an amazing generally during they felt during the pandemic. they felt the in particular had the pressure in particular had teachers and senior leaders felt the trying run the pressure trying to run schools kids . we've had schools and keep kids. we've had strike action . things are very strike action. things are very intense and emotional . now, the intense and emotional. now, the key thing, i think, is that we will together work will come together and work constructively to figure out how we do better. look, great we do things better. look, great staff. you much staff. thank you very much as ever into the studio. ever for coming into the studio. always appreciated. marlena ever for coming into the studio. always the appreciated. marlena ever for coming into the studio. always the head)reciated. marlena ever for coming into the studio. always the head of:iated. marlena ever for coming into the studio. always the head of educationrlena ever for coming into the studio. always the head of education at1a who is the head of education at the studies the centre for policy studies and course a former teacher and of course a former teacher right load this, right now. get a load of this, ladies because ladies and gentlemen, because king charles is facing rubbish filled streets , transport filled streets, transport strikes and disruption to his visit when he travels to france

later this week on his foreign trip as monarch. but actually, it's a little bit more sinister as well because. apparently, some militants , french some militants, french individuals actually said individuals have actually said that they are going to target the king and queen consul when they do go and visit. so that's quite dangerous stuff . his quite dangerous stuff. his majesty's plan tour, which is intended as a sentiment of cross—channel relations after years disputes, comes the years of disputes, comes the midst of these protests and on television viewers will be able to tonnes to see there now is stuff tonnes of has been piled onto of rubbish has been piled onto the streets paris where. the the streets of paris where. the king is due to arrive. the trade union have threatened to talk union is have threatened to talk at this planned visit by stopping the king in bordeaux. apparently two ships immortalised on this. i am joined . stephen clarke is the joined. stephen clarke is the author of elizabeth at the second queen of laughs. he also wrote 1000 years of annoying the french, which i think we can all agree a fantastic, fantastic agree is a fantastic, fantastic piece and look, piece of literature. and look, thank much . do thank you very much. do you think french will think that the french will really be targeting john king? it from . well, it seems a bit from. well, they're not going to be targeting hidden particularly.

it's just sadly , this visit it's just that sadly, this visit is coming at. a really sensitive bad time because at the moment, you know, the french are on high for any sign of sort of privilege and wealth because there are massive going on about raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, which probably the uk sounds very low, but over here they're mad about it. and so king charles is true. he's going to be arriving in a city where in some parts of the city rubbish hasn't been collected for about two weeks. and out in the streets i saw that someone had very kindly kind of pushed it all against the walls and things like that, but sadly in areas where were going to be demonstrations during the week , demonstrations during the week, you know, people have been sitting to these dustbins, as you can see. yes you cannot just put something to it which appears to which appears be one of the new lines out today, which this is from jean—luc melenchon , a regular melenchon, a regular presidential candidate , a leader presidential candidate, a leader of the france unbowed . and he

of the france unbowed. and he was talking the royal visit and he says it's not the right time. he says, mr. king, you have we have nothing you here, but you are the king of, have nothing you here, but you are the king of , the english. are the king of, the english. that's your business. you should stay from the site. what do you make of that . what do you think make of that. what do you think about that ? hard to tell if he's about that? hard to tell if he's right . no, no. if he'sjust about that? hard to tell if he's right . no, no. if he's just gone right. no, no. if he's just gone to sleep. there you go. wouldn't be the only one. of course, that wouldn't sir. oh, it's wouldn't look. oh, sir. oh, it's a sad loss, ladies and gentlemen, that stephen clarke will be briefly, is author of elizabeth the second queen of laughs. ironically , i also laughs. now, ironically, i also wrote that you at 1000 years were knowing the french so that were knowing the french so that we let's just and we well look let's just and we have your way have got loads coming your way including the albanian prime minister going to be minister it is going to be talking migrant crisis talking about the migrant crisis here on gb news afternoon. so probably in half an hour or so time will we won't let you miss it. so we'll go to it as soon as it. so we'll go to it as soon as it happens. we've got the albanian prime minister and rishi sunak, they're going to be talking channel talking about the channel

crossings, criminal gangs, the migrant , etc. and migrant crisis, etc. and presumably way are presumably the way that we are working albanians to working the albanians to try to stop but does come amid a stop it. but does come amid a backdrop a pretty pretty backdrop of a pretty pretty robust rebuttal of suella braverman from the albanian pm. factit braverman from the albanian pm. fact it was more than robust. he absolutely slighted suella braverman. he said that it was disgraceful suella disgraceful that suella braverman albanian braverman that albanian criminals across criminals are coming across channel under labour channel and that under labour albanian criminals would continue to come at an even more rapid . right. there's also, rapid. right. there's also, i think people , will become a think people, will become a shock people that's even shock to people that's even controversial the fact controversial given the fact that taxpayers that the british taxpayers reportedly . £57 reportedly currently. £57 million a year to house albanian criminals at her majesty's pleasure. and, of course , as pleasure. and, of course, as a lot of us know, albanian criminals are indeed running various different sectors as the cocaine trade, not cocaine and cannabis trade, not just here. but in europe, when we that 13,000 at we look the fact that 13,000 at least on small last least arrived on small last yean least arrived on small last year, the majority of whom are, of course, young men, it i suspect, reasonable to whether or not every single person coming over here from albania does have the best of intentions at heart . but of course, as the

at heart. but of course, as the albanian pan pointed out, we don't want to group everyone in in patrick in the same bracket. i'm patrick christys gb news christys and this is gb news news .

yes, hello everybody. he's just going 5 pm. on patrick christys and this is gb nis and i'm going to make out for you. ladies and gents, here's what is on the menu. to shortly. menu. we're to go live shortly. very shortly to rishi sunak and the albanian prime, because they're going be they're going to be doing a conference about the illegal channel and, about the channel crossings and, about the cooperation two cooperation between the two nations. does come as the nations. but it does come as the albanian got rather shirty albanian pm got rather shirty with braverman . he was with suella braverman. he was saying that her language about criminals the channel was demonising people. what do you make of strong views in the end? both them coming another both get them coming. another big as more big one for us as well. more mortgage misery is about inflation okay. and inflation rates. okay. and interest i should interest rates as well, i should say. for you? say. what does it mean for you? it's about homeowners, it's not just about homeowners, home selling .

home buyers, people selling. it's also about savers. and frankly, it's all of isn't frankly, it's all of us, isn't it frankly, it's all of us, isn't h bank frankly, it's all of us, isn't it bank ? england has been it the bank? england has been massively for massively criticised for allegedly mismanaging our economy. do you feel richer ? do economy. do you feel richer? do you feel poorer? i think i know the got this the answer to that. got all this coming. much much more very, coming. i'm much much more very, very shortly. i'm patrick christys . this is very shortly. i'm patrick christys. this is . gb news. christys. and this is. gb news. okay. like i said keep your eyes peeled. shortly we're going to take you live over to rishi sunakin take you live over to rishi sunak in the albanian pm as they talk about the illegal channel crossing. make sure, get crossing. so make sure, you get in as well. gb in touch on that as well. gb views do you think views at gbnews.uk do you think the prime minister was the albanian prime minister was a bit cheeky to criticise suella braverman for saying that sometimes albanian criminals are coming channel get in coming across the channel get in touch gbviews@gbnews.uk now though is your headlines with pubuc. though is your headlines with public . this is gb though is your headlines with public. this is gb news. thank you, patrick. the top story this houn you, patrick. the top story this hour. well, as patrick was saying, the prime minister is discussing the migrant right now

with his albanian counterpart in downing street , saying he wants downing street, saying he wants to hold concerns , productive to hold concerns, productive talks on tackling the small boat crossings in the english channel. and that comes after edi rama , the home secretary as edi rama, the home secretary as patrick was saying, for singling people from his country, referring to them as criminals. dufing referring to them as criminals. during one exchange in the house of commons, he described the comments as disgraceful and said he wants all in the uk to feel safe and honoured . well, the safe and honoured. well, the northern ireland has told stormont leaders no negotiating the winds of framework and it will become law. chris has been holding talks . the prime holding talks. the prime minister's post—brexit trade deal at hillsborough castle and that comes after a key of the eu uk agreement known as the stormont brake was overwhelmingly passed in the house of commons yesterday. the dup leader, sir jeffrey donaldson, described the windsor framework as a sticking plaster that won't work . but the

that won't work. but the northern ireland secretary says leaders need to come together to , make the deal, work. leaders need to come together to , make the deal, work . well, the , make the deal, work. well, the windsor framework is not a sticking , it's a solution to the sticking, it's a solution to the problems were produced by the protocol and it will work and the sides to those negotiations have concluded. the uk government and the european union are going to make that agree the framework work. now i think down to the communities of northern ireland work out how best it can for them. i think it can work for them really. i do believe it will herald . believe it will herald. alongside the 25th anniversary of the belfast good agreement, the next 25 years could be all about prosperity. if everybody puts their shoulders to the wheel . well, news coming to us wheel. well, news coming to us within last hour or so. the labour leader has released the amount of tax he's paid on his income and capital gains tax over the last couple of years. sir keir starmer says he's paid £118,580 in tax since the start of 2021. that's after prime minister published his documents

yesterday , which showed he paid yesterday, which showed he paid more than £1,000,000 in tax over the last three years. now parliament has banned the chinese owned social media app tik. talk from all government device says it follows security concerns from the house of commons and lords but won't include personal device . include personal device. scotland has followed suit with its deputy first minister saying the ban will be implemented immediately . the decision comes immediately. the decision comes as tech talks executive faces questions the us congress over data secure arity and user safety here at home judy doctors in england will strike days between april the 11th and the 15th. british medical association has accused the government of not being serious about resolving the pay dispute and says the health secretary has to make a credible offer. for his part, steve barclay the bma are demanding a 35% pay rise. the union says they won't stop until they're paid what

they're worth . now the bank of they're worth. now the bank of england has today raised interest rate for the 11th time interest rate for the 11th time in a row as well, 4% to four and a quarter% that's in a bid to slow down the rising cost of living. and it comes a surprise rise in inflation as well as a decision last night by the us federal reserve to raise key rate by a similar. the federal reserve to raise key rate by a similar . the central rate by a similar. the central banks also announced it expects the economy to grow slightly in the economy to grow slightly in the second quarter, revising previous forecast that may contract the uk welsh governments have announced to will be created in wales for the first time in a bid to the country's economy. the celtic and anglesey free ports in north wales are expected to attract almost £5 billion and investment. it's also hope they'll generate up to 20,000 jobs by the end of the decade . jobs by the end of the decade. the nigerian politician has been found guilty of an organ harvesting plot involving ,

found guilty of an organ harvesting plot involving, a british hospital. senator equate his wife, beatrice and a doctor were all found guilty of conspiring to arrange the of a man to exploit him for his kidney. the victim a 21 year old street trader was brought to the uk last year , provide the organ uk last year, provide the organ for the senator's daughter for an £80,000 private transfer. the case at the old bailey was illegal . the national education illegal. the national education has staged a protest calling on government to urgently reform the inspection system for schools. the union is handling a petition signed by more than 45,000 people to the department of education, asking it to replace ofsted . it follows the replace ofsted. it follows the death of the head ruth perry, who took her own life waiting for an inspection report which downgraded her berkshire to the lowest rating possible . those lowest rating possible. those are your latest news headlines. i'm back in half hour. now back

to . to. patrick okay. people, in about 25 minutes, we're hoping to go live to the albanian pm, he's going to the albanian pm, he's going to be talking about small boat crisis, illegal migration, criminal , crisis, illegal migration, criminal, etc. he's been meeting with . but just be aware. i want with. but just be aware. i want to fit in as much as possible before. we go live. so we're going to rattle through this now. start, though, with now. we do start, though, with this problem of albanian migrants the channel. migrants crossing the channel. albanian minister rama albanian prime minister rama arrived in downing street just over an hour ago for talks with rishi sunak. it's believed illegal migration and organised crime be at the top of the crime will be at the top of the agenda. but rama massively stoked this . he stoked the fires this. he slammed suella braverman home secretary said the comments that made it disgraceful. she said just for a bit of context, essentially some albanian criminals are trying to come to this country via the channel rama hit back . he said rama has today hit back. he said that it was very, very

disgraceful moment british disgraceful moment in british politics an ethnic politics and adding an ethnic seal. there's a few apples did not define a asian . however not define a asian. however figures show that at least 13,000 albanians entered britain on small boats last year alone, which was just under a third of all arrivals. and comes as reports predict as a result of the government's new migration . the government's new migration. bill. 150,000 people will be denied asylum over the next three years. but as stands, we can't deport them . so that means can't deport them. so that means it's going to cost us. you made everyone we know knowing billion pounds over a three year period unless of course we can indeed deport people to look ahead to a news conference with the albanian prime minister due to start a matter of moments. is the director at the centre for migration economic prospero assisting stephen wolf. well stephen thank very much. is it just rotten are honestly just a few rotten are honestly all quite a lot of all that quite a lot of albanians criminals well albanians criminals here. well it does appear to be more than just a few rotten apples because we know from our own security and the police that they

recognise that a large number of those coming across the channel have been either asked funding from a rival, absconding from the tension centres or the hotels and they're moving in to criminal activity . they have criminal activity. they have stated that in terms of cocaine now the are the biggest organisation of criminality in that area that they've taken over from the vietnam the control of the marijuana market that in terms of the sex crimes and prostitution are now one of the leading organisations in terms of high end cars being from this country, the gangs are very firmly in that as well. so it can't be said to be just a few rotten apples. i always think of that as four or five sitting in your bowl. but when you're talking 12,000 people and thousands being involved in crime , then i think edi rama has crime, then i think edi rama has to reflect on why are they leaving his country. why has he not said what are they fleeing

from? yeah this is a massively important issue and hopefully when we hear from him, he might address this because i really don't see how he squares this of saying a safe country saying albania is a safe country and then what presumably ? not and then what presumably? not acknowledging the fact that people are economic migrants coming across the channel plenty whom one would imagine are trying to get involved in some kind of criminal activity. but he's trying to have it both ways is the in quantities on where he stands why does he say that stands on why does he say that people albania . well people are fleeing albania. well he doesn't he does say and we all agree that there is an albanian community here that's been here for a long time and that's been added to and they add and contribute to the country . and i would have country. and i would have thought that they, too would feel pretty annoyed , not ashamed feel pretty annoyed, not ashamed of involved , the of those who are involved, the criminal activities from their countries destroying countries really destroying their reputation. and i think any rama should be really supporting those people who've generally come here. with proper reasons applied to come here properly supporting the economy

and working as we do and get behind people . suella braverman behind people. suella braverman who is making a clear distinction she's making a clear distinction she's making a clear distinction that she's talking those criminals who are involved economic and illegal migration coming across the channel, not those who are illegally here working really hard, just quietly and. finally, stephen, come here a here. but perhaps, perhaps he rama is quite happy to see the backs of these people. well we always look at that of in cuba during the 1980s when fidel castro freed a whole load of criminals over to the united states and fuelled the mass criminality that came out in some great movies that we saw in some great movies that we saw in that particular time. i do think that he's really in that level. but at the of the day, he's just recognising or accepting that this is mass criminality . and maybe today he criminality. and maybe today he this conference with rishi sunak, he will come out and say what we want him to, but really

deal with illegal migrants, the criminal and support our policies to push them back to his country. and maybe he can then arrest them and put them in prison if they are involved in. look, absolutely. and we do await hear from him live on this very shows david you much very shows david you very much stephen of centre stephen wolf director of centre for economic for migration and economic prosperity . what do reckon prosperity. what do you reckon the albanian pm is going say? the albanian pm is going to say? do he's going to say do you think he's going to say that we've done some great deal. we're going to have a return scheme quite scheme in albania? i'm quite sceptical of that. but there's another illegal another element to the illegal migration story, migration as a whole story, which latest which is that some latest figures if figures shown that if the illegal migration goes through, it's expected to go . what it it's expected to go. what it could mean is that we say no to more people . that's part of the more people. that's part of the point, it ? if we do say no point, isn't it? if we do say no to people, is at to more people, is at the current that would be current rate, that would be 150,000 people in the next three years. minor point as it currently stands, unless changes, we won't really be able to deport these people or return them , which does mean that we them, which does mean that we are left apparently as a nation with a £9 billion bill for

whatever we do with them. i'll jump whatever we do with them. i'll jump saying bongani joins me now who is an immigration. great stuff. just this. no i'm i'm aware that this report was put together by refugee council which i can't see quite what point they were trying make because from where i'm sitting, this the case for this just increases the case for deportation, it ? yes. deportation, doesn't it? yes. what point they're making what their point they're making is, is why we're going to spend billion pound on trying to deport people who we can't deport. fact we've deport. the fact is, and we've mentioned before , we've only mentioned it before, we've only got returns agreements with six countries. albania of countries. albania is one of them. rwanda, serbs , india, them. rwanda, serbs, india, pakistan , nigeria. these are the pakistan, nigeria. these are the countries that we've got return agreements with. now can't return an iraqi person , nigeria return an iraqi person, nigeria or , somebody who comes from or, somebody who comes from somalia to rwanda. if now we've even with the horrendous scheme and if it does go through how many places we realistically looking at that at the currently it's 200. even if we get 10,000 a year, that's still not enough to deal say 60, 70,000 who are coming every to small boats or

50,000. we're forgetting the ones that actually come by a land and claim on asylum all by lorry so they're not included the small boats figures so no way that we can send back 70,000 people and detain them we don't even detain that many in the uk we even detained 10,000. no but it's interesting like, like with like , with all of these figures like, with all of these figures that are relating to anything immigration related, you can just them any just kind of pick them apart any angle so got angle all at once. so you've got idea have rather idea that they have rather unwittingly made the case for deportation , saying, well, if deportation, saying, well, if you can't deport them, it's going of going to cost us a load of money. could make the case money. you could make the case which is what they're which is which is what they're doing, why doing, which is to say that why are this amount of are we spending this amount of money on a policy that know money on a policy that we know isn't work? i mean, isn't going to work? i mean, i suppose, there is, suppose, of course there is, you know, this suppose, of course there is, you kniwell, this suppose, of course there is, you kniwell, which this suppose, of course there is, you kniwell, which is this suppose, of course there is, you kniwell, which is along this suppose, of course there is, you kniwell, which is along the|is as well, which is along the lines know, lines of like, well, you know, what, what can actually really be done differently because they are using these figures on the current rates of people coming across the channel, which if we managed to do the deal with , the

managed to do the deal with, the french that works and if we managed actually have some kind of deterrent, i.e. rwanda, then those would drop. so you those numbers would drop. so you could criticise that by saying, oh, they won't even be many oh, they won't even be that many coming . that's the whole thing, coming. that's the whole thing, if and if we look at the history so far, they haven't dropped, they're going up the what you're saying, what can we do differently? quite differently? it's quite simple. why don't we give a billion to someone to wipe out the gangs. i mean, would save mean, that would save us 8 billion. well gangs. why don't we pay our armed forces that say you go. here's a bonus. he's 500 million quid. go out and get these gangs and put them away once for all we can catch drug deaung once for all we can catch drug dealing gangs we can catch in the other gangs. we can't catch these gangs. and once there's no so no focus on the so there's no focus on the gangs. patrick i just don't understand you. you have no understand you. you will have no idea how much grief i got . idea how much grief i got. merely suggesting that the acars could be used to their full potential and go out clobber people smuggling gangs. these criminal people who deal in

human misery and human life. i got upset , human misery and human life. i got upset, slammed for this onune. got upset, slammed for this online . oh, it's disgraceful. online. oh, it's disgraceful. what firstly, i'm talking about the sars . it's the actual it's the sars. it's the actual it's not vigilant justice or it is the sars unit. it's an elite unit . it's an elite unit of unit. it's an elite unit of people whose job is to do this kind of stuff. and also, we're talking about people who will just be dealing with human life. they'll be dealing in drugs and arms , whatever else as well. so arms, whatever else as well. so you would think that the cheapest effective cheapest the most effective thing to employ thing to do would be to employ our military well, don't our military. well, you don't have kill , right? you can have to kill, right? you can capture them , but you can capture them, but you can capture them, but you can capture them. we didn't. capture them, but you can capture them. we didn't . saddam capture them. we didn't. saddam hussein managed to get him from his stronghold in his country and put him on trial. his stronghold in his country and put him on trial . why can't and put him on trial. why can't you these people and put you capture these people and put them on trial and lock them up for years ? so let's do that. for years? so let's do that. let's lock up for life. there's no deterrent to the gangs the gangs laughing. the gangs gangs are laughing. the gangs are laughing they're are laughing at this. they're saying, okay so you're going to pay 9 saying, okay so you're going to pay 9 billion to round up and you're going to lock up all the migrants . yet the gangs are

migrants. yet the gangs are still going get paid . it's still going to get paid. it's quids them. there's no quids in for them. there's no mention of going after the gangs . we should have units who . we should have elite units who go and the gangs and the go out and get the gangs and the french should assist us. in fact, europe should fact, all of europe should assist because this is assist us because this is not a problem which france and problem which just france and britain. that britain. this is a problem that italy well. germany italy have got as well. germany have border well, and have got on border as well, and perhaps if we have a bit more cooperation on interpol , cooperation on even interpol, you know, they should help us in this . no you know, they should help us in this. no one's to make the this. no one's going to make the people smuggler. think people smuggler. i don't think i'll i think i'll miss them. i don't think miss don't think the miss them. and i don't think the people france or in people sitting france or in europe are going to them. europe are going to miss them. so don't the people so why don't you get the people and up drug dealers and we can lock up drug dealers catch last week, catch them. i mean, last week, lancashire police sentenced very sad catch a gang of british dealers, 30 of them, give them 130 years after in catching that. why can't we go out and catch the people smuggling just because they're sitting on international? okay. there might be some complications on that going into other people's territories, but this any territories, but this is any point that doesn't look right . point that doesn't look right. don't don't catch these people.

yeah there comes a point. and you know, i think that point is being reached. look, i'm in favour of trying give favour actually of trying give the french bit of money on the the french a bit of money on the provision to actually do something and it. something with and stop it. i only favour zero on this game and like it. in and potentially like it. i am in favour of border force, favour of more border force, all of there is of this stuff. but there is a ginormous massive rabid ginormous, massive rabid elephant room , which is elephant in the room, which is if actually getting if you don't actually getting rid the people smuggling rid of the people smuggling gangs people are gangs and the people who are this, thing's this, then the whole thing's pointless anyway. but look, thank enjoy our thank you. i always enjoy our chats wound me up chats you've you've wound me up now , huh? jarvis, is what now, huh? jarvis, this is what happens. it's something bungle that immigration lawyers all that is immigration lawyers all talk cul de sac. i think right there was. more bad news, though, of though, for millions of household today bank of household today as the bank of england increased the interest rate for the 11th time in a row. i want to what this affects. you can seem big. this can all seem a bit big. this stuff you know houses stuff can't say you know houses it whether it doesn't just affect whether or viable or a or not you're a viable or a seller. it's maybe your son or your daughter, whoever, looking to market, to get on the property market, frankly, goods to get on the property market, fra general goods to get on the property market, fra general and goods to get on the property market, frageneral and uncertainty>ods to get on the property market, frageneral and uncertainty .�*ds to get on the property market, frageneral and uncertainty . see in general and uncertainty. see in general and uncertainty. see in the economy and or not, the bank of england is actually correctly in all of this. so the

rate had been expected to remain at 4. this the interest rate. but after yesterday's unexpected rise in inflation, the bank's monetary policy committee voted in favour of raising the interest rate by a quarter of 1. i am joined now by economist juuan i am joined now by economist julian jessop. julian thank you very much. now i had another economist earlier on who , used economist earlier on who, used to work at the bank of england and used to be an adviser for the and was saying, the treasury and was saying, they've all wrong they've got this all wrong have that. they've got this all wrong have that . well, i actually would that. well, i actually would have voted to leave rates on hold today . the key point, of hold today. the key point, of course, to bank of , hold today. the key point, of course, to bank of, england course, to the bank of, england is trying to bring inflation down. well have been down. so it may well have been spooked than expected spooked. the worse than expected numbers in the but numbers we had in the week. but if you look at all the things that tell you where is going to be 12 months time , two be in six, 12 months time, two years time, they're all heading in right direction. the in right direction. so the commodity prices are falling. supply chain disruptions easing , wage growth is starting to slow. so i think they should have been a bit more imaginative, put forward a bit. i'm left rates on hold. yeah. because what this mean for

because what does this mean for people okay. people in the short? okay. so people in the short? okay. so people looking get on people are looking to get on property now. say property ladder right now. say okay, they might thinking, okay, they might be thinking, well, a great it, well, this is a great to do it, but got go and get but i've got to go and get a mortgage. actually, maybe if mortgage. but actually, maybe if they few months, then mortgage. but actually, maybe if they might few months, then mortgage. but actually, maybe if they might get! months, then mortgage. but actually, maybe if they might get anonths, then mortgage. but actually, maybe if they might get anonthsbetter they might get a much better right. it's important to right. well, it's important to understand that most people's don't depend on what the current rate is. there are about , don't depend on what the current rate is. there are about, i think, 1.4 million people whose mortgage rates are effectively to the current interest . so they to the current interest. so they will see their mortgage rates go . but most mortgage holders , . but most mortgage holders, potential house buyers will be on fixed rates. the on where the markets expect rates to be over the life the loan. so make the next two years three years five years. and the good news is actually those market interest expectations have actually been sharply . so, although the bank sharply. so, although the bank thing today has raised interest rates, actually it may will be cheaper next week to get a mortgage than it was a month or so ago. so i think there is some good there . indeed, the good news there. indeed, the markets pretty markets have sort of pretty ignored increase today ignored the rate increase today

are starting to speculate about what interest will actually be cut. know , that potentially cut. you know, that potentially is story . are we close is the big story. are we close to a now and will the bank to a peak now and will the bank of england rates by of england be cutting rates by end of the year? look, gillian, i a few people, i think quite a few people, a bit myself, actually bit like myself, actually woke up about interest up to this news about interest rate just couldn't rate rises and just couldn't help but wonder were in help but wonder if we were in this death spiral heading towards national poverty in a way you look at your energy bills, you look at we're sending a lot money to and stuff a lot money to ukraine and stuff a lot money to ukraine and stuff a that's a lot of people think that's absolutely yeah, absolutely fair enough. yeah, we've on strike we've got people out on strike left, right and centre interest rates up, cost of rates going up, the cost of living general. you living just in general. when you walk into tesco's it always feels lot expensive. so feels a lot more expensive. so can economists and our can our economists and our people bank of england people at the bank of england and hunt not be bit and yet mr. hunt not be a bit more creative imaginative more creative and imaginative and get us out of this. more creative and imaginative and get us out of this . well, and get us out of this. well, i've got some sympathy with that i've got some sympathy with that i thought today's announcement to the england was a boringly to the of england was a boringly predictable . the orthodox predictable. it's the orthodox thing . i had exactly the thing to do. i had exactly the same to last week's same reaction to last week's budget the chancellor as budget from the chancellor as well classically sound , well. we are classically sound, all that sort of stuff, but it doesn't really move the dial on

economy or most people's lives . economy or most people's lives. i do understand the frustration that people have with whether it's the bank of or the the it's the bank of or the or the treasury . that said, i it's the bank of or the or the treasury. that said, i think there are some to be a bit more optimistic about future . as optimistic about future. as i say there are good reasons say that there are good reasons to over to think that will plummet over over the rest of the year. the economy has been holding up better than expected of the market is still performing well . so yes, wages are keeping pace inflation. but it's relatively easy to get job or keep a job if you want to . so i think there you want to. so i think there are some reasons , optimism and are some reasons, optimism and i'm hopeful that we are actually at the for uk interest rates won't be too long before we can start talking about. okay well stuff. thank you very much gillian. always absolute pleasure given gillian just there who is of course are economist listening to the latest economic news beware. if you didn't wouldn't it really give them that job title but a little bit later this hour we are going to hear live from the prime edi rama , a prime minister, edi rama, a little bit of contact. he's been meeting with rishi sunak. he's

out lately, slated to other properties saying hi, how dare you say that albanian criminals are crossing the channel it's making sound like all making it sound like all albanians . well, albanians are criminals. well, to she didn't to be fair, eddie, she didn't quite say. and also, unfortunately , there are some unfortunately, there are some figures which would to figures which would appear to back he going to try back her up. is he going to try and us migrant and help us tackle migrant crisis, or no ? do crisis, though? yes or no? do you we're about to have an you think we're about to have an albanian pm? gbviews@gbnews.uk our patrick christys on this is

gb news. okay, welcome back everybody. now just a few moments we are going to hear from the albanian prime minister adi rama and hopefully is going to tell us how he's going to help the uk tackle migrant crisis. but tackle the migrant crisis. but it of course remains to be seen he was incredibly bullish in his earlier on, much stating earlier on, pretty much stating suella braverman for daring to say that some people crossing the indeed albanian the channel were indeed albanian criminals. should we got rid criminals. but should we got rid of ofsted difference? i think

the national education union has handed a petition to the handed over a petition to the government for the government calling for the school be school grading body to be replaced . the petition been replaced. the petition has been signed by more than 45,000 people and schools are also removing logos and references to ofsted writing from their websites. look, we know i don't really salida i ofsted grade doesn't say outstanding to needs improvement whatever it comes after headteacher ruth parry sadly took her own was sadly took her own life was waiting a report which she waiting for a report which she feared be negative. with feared would be negative. with me now , lord ralph lucas, whose me now, lord ralph lucas, whose conservative peer and an education commentator. lord ralph , thank you very much. and ralph, thank you very much. and again , i just want to say, again, i just want to say, whilst we all acknowledge completely how tragic it is, there's a lady took her own life supposedly that was down to the fact she was desperately concerned about this ofsted report that was going to be negative . i just wonder whether negative. i just wonder whether or now ofsted needs to be scrapped a whole because what's the alternative part of running a school is that you need to be graded on performance, don't you

7 graded on performance, don't you ? you do need to be looked at and perform and so on. before ofsted was awful and ofsted in its time no. i think would give its time no. i think would give it quite high marks , it quite high marks, particularly over the last few years . i particularly over the last few years. i think the tragic circumstance is a true suicide and the fact that the inspector is retiring give opportunity to itake is retiring give opportunity to i take an independent look at how ofsted has done to give it give it an inspection and to decide how we could better. so talk me through it. so from where i'm sitting, paul , he where i'm sitting, paul, he goes, well actually i think teachers were allowed in some ways people dispute this to kind of mark the road home when came to some grades that were dished out the pandemic then out during the pandemic then we've them on and we've seen them on strikes and wanting pay rises and now they're they don't they're saying that they don't to really and to be inspected really and i could be forgiven maybe for thinking that perhaps they just don't the grief. am i being don't want the grief. am i being far too simplistic and unfair ? i far too simplistic and unfair? i think you're being upset, but i think you're being upset, but i think all institutions need to

be inspected. you need an outside eye on on things are doing. we need to inspect children's services and hospitals and schools without it . and i'm been looking at education for 30 years. i can remember ofsted you just got that were going nowhere and really the kids who went to them and was caring and that won't do don't want to go back that is ofsted. little bit like the schools mafia though do. you got knock on the door one day and it's a flipping back ofsted. hey, away and hey, i put those books away and to the nice colours the to get the nice colours on the wall got to actually wall and you've got to actually teach mean, teach them well, i mean, how does it work? is it because brutal ? i think it brutal assessment? i think it is. i think we could do things to make it more constructive and more supportive. so i mean, to have to have a system of in the alongside ofsted . so it wasn't alongside ofsted. so it wasn't just once in five years and a shock and really quite devastating experience if things aren't going right to have something where you are being

mocked every year. and you know what you need to do to improve. but this gets every few years but you don't get surprises. you get a chance to do better. i can't help but wonder, though arguably more so than ever, parents, i think, are increasingly concerned about the things that their children are being exposed to at school whether is a certain type of especially when it comes to things , sex education, classes , things, sex education, classes, you know, a variety of different things, you know, unconscious race or critical race theory or whatever it is. yeah, i, i think now more than ever want the reassurance of knowing that someone's going to go in and hold school to account and can i just this out there as well. i think whilst are a huge amount a huge amount of parents who are very sympathetic towards teachers , etc, i think there's teachers, etc, i think there's also lot of scepticism from a also a lot of scepticism from a lot of parents about the quality of education that their children are don't think . is are getting. i don't think. is it for parents know it not right for parents to know that just turn up at that someone can just turn up at a one and rip it to a school one day and rip it to shreds out and know how, shreds inside out and know how, well, your child is being taught

i optimistic than you are i more optimistic than you are about the state of our education system where 80% of schools go to or outstanding things since john major's days through the blair and all them have have been all up on a good upwards trend stated is in a relatively good state at the moment. but yes you're right all the ways one needs to be careful about what's happening. some of the things that have been going on in are completely in sex education are completely out . and a system out of. and we need a system that picks up on those things and supports parents in doing that. and supports parents in doing that . okay. all right. thank you that. okay. all right. thank you very, very much, lord ralph lucas is education commentator. just bringing back up to date more than that, of course, conservative peer as well. lord ralph we go. he's ralph lucas there we go. he's reacting to the news ofsted reacting to the news that ofsted is our is absolutely copying our schools, removing it from their websites etc. apparently apparently it is. apparently it is. of course, even schools are rated good our studies it's rated good in our studies it's kind of a mass thing against ofsted. hey, just going ofsted. hey, look i'm just going to quietly to delve into the inbox quietly

because very short. oh i, i believe we're going live believe we're going to go live to the albanian prime minister talks about migrant crisis talks about the migrant crisis in the number it appears in the number of young men trying to get to the uk. and i would like just to, to explain to people what, what, what might have been driving that and your way is of saying that we have seen it also previously there was there was a in the in the numbers suddenly suddenly like a big boom during the big refugee crisis . in 2015 the big refugee crisis. in 2015 and the a lot of people took the way go to germany then some years later it has been a rise in in the direction of france and this was the third rise in

my count that happened through the channel so it's a combination of factors and of course the base in it and what connects all this all this rises as to do with spread of the voice and of the of the narrative that a new frontier is opened for. but opportunities with jobs with possibilities to engagein with jobs with possibilities to engage in different sectors. and so and when it comes britain this is also connected with a very family based . and very . very family based. and very. let's say area based ties typically these are these are

variants that come the north—east of country where the ties are in the bonds among families, among neighbours . what families, among neighbours. what are are are strong on the other , there is a lot of confusion and there is also a lot of speculation about the data because it's not simply not true, but all these people come from albania this is theoretically impossible , theoretically impossible, arithmetically impossible . and arithmetically impossible. and factually not true. they are albanians that come also from other countries mainly greece . other countries mainly greece. you mean they've been living in greece for some time and now they're moving to uk because of they're moving to uk because of the because of the, the fact

this region . in communist time this region. in communist time when . nobody could move and when when. nobody could move and when everyone even within albania, nobody could move counted a little bit, then more than 50,000. so counting now all the movements from this region to inside the country we know a lot of them move towards the capital towards the bigger cities counting how much they moved from from inside , from the from from inside, from the country, outside , and then country, outside, and then adding 12,000 in a year is simply impossible. so it's a combination factors. so this figure 12,000 in 2022 through small boats, you're saying this figure is not it's like coming from albania. yeah yeah. coming directly from . and this amazing

directly from. and this amazing figure hung over it all from eurostat that this was 1% of albania's working age men are heading this way and, you know, it's these are speculations of sorts. the thing is that there is a clear understanding that britain is in trouble and in britain is in trouble and in britain there are a lot of opportunities , there are a lot opportunities, there are a lot of demand for workforce and there are new avenues for hopes and dreams of these people and this is simple , clear and the this is simple, clear and the all these then is . the one of all these then is. the one of the points we were discussing with is also was crucial to understand that this arises as were at that time with the same with the same let's say from . with the same let's say from. mental push, which is the opportunity to have access in

the political asylum system . the political asylum system. when germany . changed the this when germany. changed the this was basis by the claim the albania safe origin country meaning to get political asylum. it's not something that it's normal it's completely something out of the norm then the move went towards france and now with the safe origin the change in britain this is this is changing just in basis. britain this is this is changing just in basis . one of the just in basis. one of the interesting things we were discussing just before this conversation was that people may coming from some people coming from here because of construction and there aren't construction and there aren't construction workers as many since since but also that the government here has changed the rules to allow legal migration for things construction and it

seems to be is it part of the argument you have been making to parliament. no, no, it is not for legal reasons. i to make to for legal reasons. ito make to make but i'm i, i simply i don't understand at all this policy of closed borders, of fighting against the people that come and so on because , you know , it's, so on because, you know, it's, it's, it's something that it's going against economic basic needs. and the i don't see how brits and british youngsters will do jobs that are done by others albania's included . but others albania's included. but this is not for me to , to know. this is not for me to, to know. but i'm wondering whether , but i'm wondering whether, you're expecting no more legal migration , because roots are migration, because roots are opening for that . this is opening for that. this is something this is something is up to the to the government. i,

i what see and what we live with in albania , in the region, is in albania, in the region, is that a very, very , very ruthless that a very, very, very ruthless competition among even very developed countries. germany and foremost to suck our our human caphal foremost to suck our our human capital. because everywhere the need for more workforce is more and more alarm ing while the demographics go down, while the industries need needs, work us. and so we are facing that is going to be and more dramatic in terms of human capital. this is very clear . i terms of human capital. this is very clear. i was going to ask you . okay. all right. so that is you. okay. all right. so that is the albanian minister, edi rama, that now he has about, of course, the migrant and the issue when it comes to albanian involved in that migrant crisis. he was previously very slamming soil. the problem at home secretary saying that it was completely disgraceful and borderline criminal rhetoric for her say that criminals from her to say that criminals from albania are coming over here he

there. i think was taking quite an interesting standpoint . an interesting standpoint. joined in the studio now by international security and border control henry border control expert henry bolton. henry, you're kind bolton. and henry, you're kind of double here because you actually guy. don't actually know that guy. don't you yeah. yeah, i was you want to. yeah. yeah, i was a ispent you want to. yeah. yeah, i was a i spent a total of nine months in albania three months as advisor to albanian prime minister. and then i returned as senior advisor to secretary of the osce, who people might from this work in ukraine monitoring the conflict there and in that role i met with edi rama on a number of occasions. he was the mayor of tirana at that time. yeah what do think he yeah so what does do think he really believes the rhetoric that he's pumping here, which is that he's pumping here, which is that know , albania that actually, you know, albania is simultaneous , a safe is both simultaneous, a safe country where no one really needs to seek asylum , but also needs to seek asylum, but also that it criminal elements of it that it criminal elements of it that are involved in coming over the channel. well i think, you know, if we first of all if i eight look at his comments regarding soil problem and her comments it's very bullish as you said earlier very hardline

on it, that it was unacceptable . he has got a very difficult constituency that he's got to speak to in albania. there nafion speak to in albania. there nation state. they stand very, very much on on the principle of honour and that in fact, that some of the problem one of the reasons why albanian organised have been so effective because . have been so effective because. there is this bond of honour and there's blood feuds and so on going amongst them. so makes going amongst them. so it makes very, very dangerous. but also , very, very dangerous. but also, he's got to bear that in mind to the he's said in what we saw just now the or he to albanians from other parts of the region and he's entirely correct and it's one of the things i've tried to get across in the figures that we've seen, 12,400 or so albanians come across on small boats. i'm quite that a very significant proportion of them. i won't necessarily say them. i won't necessarily say the majority have from kosovo or the majority have from kosovo or the republic of northern macedonia and the hotbed of

albanian ethnic albanian organised crime is indeed kosovo and north of albania. yeah and yes, the albanian government has to carry some of the blame for this because . they automatically this because. they automatically grant passports to albanian pass to citizen of the republic of kosovo or ethnic albanian. so there's a sort of brotherhood, we call it that . so it's very we call it that. so it's very difficult for us to distinguish between the two. one of the things that we have singularly to do as a nation and the home office and the immigration service in, my view going back 20 years or so has been to a be in the fact that there is a difference in terms of where these people come from. and that's important when you're trying the origin and trying to address the origin and be actually doing anything about it . we've treated them all as it. we've treated them all as albanians and i. i have a degree of sympathy , eddie roemer, on of sympathy, eddie roemer, on that. they're not citizens of the republic of albania . they

the republic of albania. they are albanians from other parts of the region, particularly causeway . and, you know, i think causeway. and, you know, i think in this respect , causeway. and, you know, i think in this respect, you causeway. and, you know, i think in this respect , you know, he's in this respect, you know, he's talking, he's upset. but i we will find that he's a very cooperative . when i was working cooperative. when i was working with him, he was very cool with respect, do we cooperate with him? because if i was him right now, i probably be saying what you that which is. hey, look, come on. not everybody coming over from albania is . indeed, over from albania is. indeed, actually albania or actually from albania or a criminal. which. all right. okay, fine but then if we say to him, alright, want him, alright, well do you want to lot more of these to take a lot more of these people mm hmm. and people back? mm hmm. and it turns few of turns out that quite a few of them have got criminal issues or have been involved in organised crime. presumably going to say no. what is cooperation look no. so what is cooperation look like with albanians? well, like with the albanians? well, i think all, we've got to think first of all, we've got to wake to the fact it's not the wake up to the fact it's not the repubuc wake up to the fact it's not the republic of albania, only that we've got to deal with here. it is republic of kosovo is also republic of kosovo and the republic of northern macedonia. mentioned greece. macedonia. you mentioned greece. but i that was a bit of a but i think that was a bit of a get didn't want to get out. he didn't want to mention the other two because he

would he get bad back would get he would get bad back in of that a in albania as a of that and a lot people powerful lot of people powerful people albania linked albania who are very much linked kosovo the republic of kosovo and with the republic of macedonia. so he's got to macedonia. so he's he's got to be quite careful but his message i think and maybe in private to the prime minister was deal with kosovo deal with the republic of northern macedonia and us we can't solve this in the region our own and you need to be putting pressure others not just ourselves . i do think having ourselves. i do think having spoken eddie roemer in the past and had discussions with him about crime, i don't about organised crime, i don't believe he doesn't it. believe that he doesn't get it. he knows perfectly well how how endemic organised crime amongst the albanian the mafia guitar. yeah. as they call themselves they the numbers have we look at numbers henry. to be fair apparently it's costing the british taxpayer £57 million a year to keep albanians at her majesty's pleasure in this could. well i'd add to that yeah.the could. well i'd add to that yeah. the cost on the for the national health service and others treating and dealing the massive cocaine and particularly

cocaine and heroin influx we've got here. it's all imported across our borders and the albanians basically control that trade now and they have that's been moving that position for the last two decades and very not an easy trade to control which also implies in itself, well, they can be incredibly people have seen the film taken . yeah. i think a lot of people watching us now, the scene in the taken it is an exaggeration but in character it's not far from the from the situation that does occur in certain parts of the world including albania albania organised crime is vicious nasty , ruthless and tied vicious nasty, ruthless and tied together by this on an on bond if you like. so it makes it difficult to deal with not only thank you very much, but how many bottles in that? who is a border and security expert and has had massive amounts of experience in? albania i'm just before that you of course listening to the albanian prime minister prison minister who is visiting prison at moment , adi minister who is visiting prison at moment, adi rama, who was at the moment, adi rama, who was , well, a little bit evasive ,

, well, a little bit evasive, you could say when it comes to the albanian migrant problem, but we're moving on from that now and we're going to talk about thomas about the trial of thomas cashman, is with the murder cashman, who is with the murder of year old olivia culpo . of nine year old olivia culpo. and that trial continued today. so accused shooting olivia so is accused of shooting olivia and injuring her mother after chasing a drug dealer into their home. he denies all of the charges against all gb news northwest reports. safety report has case from has been across this case from the and is outside the very start, and is outside manchester crown court for us now. if he the licence now. so if he wants the licence plate . well this afternoon plate. well this afternoon thomas cashman continued to face cross—examination even as the prosecution questioned him about the events after the shooting which took place in august last year and now the court was shown a still the gunman firing at joe's f ne. david mclaughlin asks the defendant is that man thomas cashmore son to which he replied no it's he's not thomas cashman . the court was then cashman. the court was then shown still of the gunman running away from the scene. and

once again david mclaughlin question the defendant about the identity of the he said is it you mr. cashman answered no it's not me . the topic then moved to not me. the topic then moved to on clothing, which the prosecution alleges thomas cashman changed after the shooting that . the defendant shooting that. the defendant denies this saying that he borrowed the clothing tracksuit, bottoms and a t—shirt weeks before the incident had taken place. now, either way this clothing was later recovered from mr. cashman. since is housed in a pram and after analysis by forensic specialist gordon residue was found in tracksuit bottoms when he was asked about this, mr. cashman said didn't know how that had gotten there . a little bit gotten there. a little bit later, though , during later, though, during re—examination by the defence, mr. cashman was handed the t—shirt that was also recovered that the prosecution alleges , that the prosecution alleges, that the prosecution alleges, that this t—shirt would have been bloodied as the gunman made

his by jumping over garden fences. but when mr. cashman was handed the t—shirt and asked if he could see any blood , he said he could see any blood, he said no. it was then handed to the judge . her right, honourable judge. her right, honourable justice. yet and then presented in front of the jury as part of the evidence . now court has the evidence. now court has concluded for the day, with the end of mr. cashman's evidence , end of mr. cashman's evidence, but is due to resume once again here in manchester tomorrow afternoon . sophie, thank you afternoon. sophie, thank you very, very much. so if you read the diaries our north—west reports are outside manchester crown court and as we say now, we'll keep you up to date with the latest this trial. i want the latest on this trial. i want to this thomas to as well. so this thomas cashman been charged with murder, attempted murder, wounding with intent and possessing a firearm with , possessing a firearm with, intent to endanger life. and he denies these all of those charges . okay. all right. so charges. okay. all right. so moving on from that now, because rishi sunak uk tax returns have been published showing that he's paid more than £1 million in uk taxes, 2019. well, this

afternoon it's been revealed that sir keir starmer has paid an incomplete and quite periodically £67,000 to hmrc in the last financial year. periodically £67,000 to hmrc in the last financial year . this the last financial year. this quite bizarre situation, isn't it? because now being really wanted in politics is a bad thing. you can't be financially successful in politics. too rich to rule and you end up with a rather unusual situation where two men are arguing over who has the smaller package and is our prime minister too minted to be in touch with ordinary people? joining me political joining me now is political commentator stephen woods and the deputy of , ukip, the deputy leader of, ukip, rebecca fantastic ladies rebecca jane. fantastic ladies first. always rebecca, i'll start with you. is rishi too rich to rule ? yes. yes rich to rule? yes. yes absolutely. how on earth can a man of wealth understand the struggles of real people? you know, he is a perfect example , know, he is a perfect example, actually, of how our tax system benefits the rich and penalise the poor. let's not forget that his household is worth 730 million and he is actually

paying million and he is actually paying the same tax rate as a nurse on £40,000. how could that be ever ? i'll never understand . be ever? i'll never understand. so my issue with this is that he's going to ease. he so my issue with this is that he's going to ease . he can't be he's going to ease. he can't be impartial because of the sheer wealth that he actually has. he is the man at the top of the tree. and if we were to look at the taxing system and even if it was the right things for the country not saying country and i'm not saying it is or but it was the or isn't. but if it was the right thing for the country to have tax for the more have more tax for the more wealthy at work, he's not to vote christmas. and in that vote for christmas. and in that case, we have sunak who case, we have rishi sunak who the absolute turkey of the united kingdom. all right. well, stephen i'll bring you in now. stephen i'll bring you in now. stephen nicholson woods, who is a commentator . some a political commentator. some people say, to be honest people will say, to be honest with couldn't give a stuff with, i couldn't give a stuff how rich rishi is. i just wanted to do a good as leader. do to do a good job as leader. do you balance you think his bank balance matters? not at all, no. and this is the sort of rhetoric that we get from the labour party, by the way, about the rich not being in touch with the

population. you want the very best of people be ruling the country and. it's irrelevant the amount of money it is worth. and i just think that you've to have people come do the job. you look the other side of the house. so her majesty's opposition and it's full of people that can't do the job. and we're at real danger of having them doing the job come the end of the next general election . stephen i'll general election. stephen i'll stay with you and then i'll give rebecca the final word. but there are question marks as to why on earth rishi sunak is paying why on earth rishi sunak is paying . from what i can gather paying. from what i can gather anyway, a lower rate of tax than just ordinary people who we know certainly aren't worth millions . i mean, he's paid a low rate of tax and plenty of people i know, for goodness sake, he's got a really good he's got he's got a really good he's got he's got a really good he's got enough money to. well, he had enough money, apparently, to . saw national now. so . saw the national grid now. so he is on pool that's he is on swimming pool that's quite lot cash. paid quite a lot of cash. is he paid the tax as a nurse?

the same tax rate as a nurse? well, i mean, at the end of day, he's paid over £1,000,000 with a tax the three years, tax. in the last three years, storm has a pittance in comparison to that at least he's contributed massively to the country through his tax . you if country through his tax. you if i was him i wouldn't want to be doing that sort of job up be enjoying the money i have rather than being scrutinised it all the time. so you know i don't think that really comes into it for this. okay, rebekah, i will put that point . if i was work put that point. if i was work i don't mind saying this, i think it's pretty obvious if i was worth 700 million quid, i'd be absolutely near downing street up in maldives . absolutely near downing street up in maldives. i'll be up in the maldives. i'll be plastered over the vegas plastered all over the vegas strip . i'll whatever strip. i'll be doing whatever i possibly could to just spend as much as i could and have much money as i could and have as good as i possibly as good a time as i possibly could. not deserve some could. does he not deserve some respect for being worth that amount trying amount of money and still trying to country like to run a country country like the idea where you go in there? but no because for me, it's not you know, i was into politics in september, october last year. the first thing that i learnt is it's all about and status and

power is not actually about the money and that's what it should be about people. but no, rishi sunak's in this first position and he's getting exactly you want before me it's completely insulting for him to remotely even stand there , say, even stand there, say, i understand the struggles of lower paying tax rate and people obviously that are incredibly hard working. and he was struggling every single day. he will never ever, ever understand . and so he's completely. will never ever, ever understand . and so he's completely . we do . and so he's completely. we do want people running this country who are obviously . but want people running this country who are obviously. but this is a man who is completely honestly i actually reality an angel from the garden party quite lot the amount of money gives away to charity year as well millions of pounds i'm not doesn't come on the radar the mainstream media so take that into account what we saw it's a toxic . all right. we saw it's a toxic. all right. well, look both of you joined us. good tip. i was stephen coulson was that it was a political commentator and the deputy leader of ukip, rebekah .

deputy leader of ukip, rebekah. right. look, ladies and gents, it has popped off in the inbox, as it always does. thank you very much. everyone always very much. everyone who always gets love gets into it. i absolutely love to from gb views to hear directly from gb views gb news dot uk people saying hey jonathan . so absolute. it jonathan. so absolute. it doesn't bother me how wealthy rishi is or otherwise. and then people don't seem to care too much. i suppose. just wanted to be good at the there is be good at the job. there is a lot to the fact that lot of reaction to the fact that the albanian prime minister was giving a conference there, a conversation that a lot of people are saying he's completely out of touch and they think that he needs to do a bit more and strive to keep people in albania and across the channel wake channel and maybe need to wake up to the idea like bernadette does, are indeed does, that there are indeed albanian criminals who are crossing but show crossing the channel, but show joins in the studio now. michelle would dewbs& michelle dewberry would dewbs& co, you're absolutely fine, thank you. how are you ? washing thank you. how are you? washing by the seat of my pants to get in here tonight. i've got to say something. interesting something. some interesting conversations there. i conversations out there. and i was my going was looking at my watch going on, at that well now on, gosh, look at that well now you've had this come coming slumped here with me, so i had to drag away your to drag you away from your mates. no, it's not. it's not. and just bumped

and then i've just bumped into my two panellists on the way in the with as well. the matter with them as well. yes craig and daniel yes kevin craig and daniel moylan . like those two. yes, moylan. like those two. yes, lots get into tonight isn't there. and this random stuff i want to get into as well because i can't help but notice right that we are being charged much more for stuff now. services and receiving so much less in return. so for example , council return. so for example, council tax, this is a right bupa of mine. they've all shoved council tax up to the maximum and in some cases way beyond . and now some cases way beyond. and now they've started issuing these random things like right everyone . we're really excited everyone. we're really excited to introduce our new subs service. so now if you want your green bin collected , yeah, you green bin collected, yeah, you can join this subscription and pay you can join this subscription and pay you 50 quid a year and get you've been picked up. what is not basic you went on not a basic you know i went on to my council tax to try to pay my council tax here the day and the website was down right there. i tried calling up was nobody calling up there was nobody there have got through to there could have got through to them then after this them at all. then after this went for days, by way and went on for days, by the way and then letter in the then only got a letter in the post that they were about

post saying that they were about to find me or potentially tempted to call for not paying my so couldn't my council tax. so i couldn't you whole this, the you say the whole this, the whole council tax robbo and don't even get me started on pothole sales by the because pothole sales by the way because what are you doing with your council tax anyway. so want to council tax anyway. so i want to get whole why kind of get into the whole why kind of why are we okay with because why are we okay with it? because it's councils, it's it's not just councils, it's businesses well, businesses doing it as well, hiking prices hiking their prices while offering service . offering a really poor service. then of course, i want to get into a lot news, this into a lot of the news, this stuff well . that council tax stuff as well. that council tax thing annoyed me . so i'll thing just annoyed me. so i'll get now get people going now because i think don't like think people don't feel like they're for they're getting any bang for their local their buck from the local council of time as council a lot of the time as well. and in the case of i believe it was south gloucestershire council came out and would them and said that it would take them more to fill in more than 700 years to fill in all power. well, don't all the power. well, don't even get on likes get me started on the likes croydon bankrupt. croydon on how to go bankrupt. yes yeah. anyway, one of my guessis yes yeah. anyway, one of my guess is a local council is i can't what he to can't wait. say what he says to it okay. it all good stuff. right. okay. well wife and i will be well i got wife and i will be glued to it in the office. that was michelle dewberry will was michelle dewberry she will be co very be coming up with dewbs& co very shortly. thank you very much, everybody he's everybody been tuning in. he's been listening radios , been listening on the radios,

been listening on the radios, been what been watching online. what have you been doing? i've been patrick be back patrick christys. i will be back again p.m. pays again tomorrow at 3 pm. pays out .

is dewbs& co with you through six seven? never mind spider—man . steinman apparently is the crime fighting force that we all need. he reckons fighting crime, making our streets safer is a root and branch bread and butter labour issue . is it labour the labour issue. is it labour the party to keep us all safe? and when it comes to benefits and particularly mistake and benefits, if somebody has been paid too much money, should they have to pay it back? if so , when have to pay it back? if so, when and how? and by the way, what