bbc director general tim >> bbc director general tim davie is summoned to answer questions in parliament about the corporation's leadership following the huw edwards allegations shows just how damaged is the broadcaster now the battle of scampton resumes in the high court as the local council challenges the home office over plans to house 2000 people at the former raf dambusters base. >> we're live from the hearing . >> we're live from the hearing. plus the oscar winning actor kevin spacey is in the witness box telling a jury that he's a big flirt and was somewhat intimate with one of his alleged victims. >> he denies 12 sex offences against four men. we'll have the latest from southwark crown court . now, though, the latest court. now, though, the latest headunes court. now, though, the latest headlines with rhiannon .

headlines with rhiannon. >> thank you, pip. good afternoon. it's 12:01. your top stories from the newsroom . i'm stories from the newsroom. i'm junior doctors in england have begun their five day strike in what's being described as the longest in the history of the nhs . members of the british nhs. members of the british medical association are walking out in a dispute over pay , out in a dispute over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate in a bid to resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consults asians. speaking to gb news, doctor bhasha mukherjee says the money is there to pay staff as a result of the strike action they're having to pay £200 an hour to the consultants to cover our shifts effectively i >> -- >> and you're telling me that they can't pay us a 35% rise, which is for me is just going to be £25 an hour, which is a massive drop from £200 an hour, which they're taking just to cover the consultant fees to do

by not a consultant's job, a junior, a junior doctor. >> well, as junior doctors begin their strike, the government's finalising a decision on public sector pay. independent review bodies have reportedly recommended a pay rise of around 6 to 6.5. rishi sunak and jeremy hunt this morning held talks over approving the recommendations . the chancellor recommendations. the chancellor says the government will take difficult but responsible decisions on pay awards. while deputy labour leader angela rayner claims it's refusing to get round the table . get round the table. >> you've got to have a government that's willing to get around the table and negotiate, but also a government that is in the field in the action and doing the job properly so that every pound that we have is spent effectively and efficiently. and at the moment we're not seeing that . we're not seeing that. >> the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against huw edwards, but it has no plans to pubush edwards, but it has no plans to publish them. it comes as questions are raised regarding

the newspaper's conduct as well as the bbc's response to the allegations. the corporation's director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how they were handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality . former evidence of criminality. former bbc executive roger bolton told gb news the corporation's obuged gb news the corporation's obliged to scrutinise the allegations to be very careful about this of course, because huw edwards can't reply to this. >> and when it comes to sort of keeping up with the sexual politics, there's a vast difference between ageing. older people like me, for example, or whatever, women in whatever, and young women in particular say in their 20s have very different views about what constitutes uncomfortable things. but i just think that in this instance, give the information to the bbc, let them report now, let us scrutinise the bbc is absolute obligation to come public. >> virgin media is under investigation after customers complain of difficulties cancelling their contracts. customers say when contacting the company to cancel their

service, they struggled to speak to an agent or a place on hold for a long time before their call dropped out . media watchdog call dropped out. media watchdog ofcom says it's concerned about the number of complaints it's received regarding the telecoms company , a major housebuilding company, a major housebuilding company, a major housebuilding company is warning of a drop in the number of new homes being built . the number of new homes being built. barratt the number of new homes being built . barratt developments is built. barratt developments is forecasting its build completions to tumble by as much as 23. the company says demand dropped following last year's mini—budget as the cost of living crisis and rising mortgage rates impacted household budgets. first home buyers have been hit hardest, plunging 49% after the help to buy scheme came to an end and the uk economy shrank in may, in part because of the extra bank houday part because of the extra bank holiday for the king's coronation figures from the office for national statistics found gdp declined by nought point 1% for the month following growth of 0.2 in april. the economy had been boosted in the

previous month as people spent more in pubs, bars and shops. chancellor jeremy more in pubs, bars and shops. chancellorjeremy hunt says the chancellor jeremy hunt says the best way to get growth going again is to bring inflation down as quickly as possible and footballer dele alli has revealed he was sexually abused when he was six years old and was dealing drugs by the time he was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. speaking to gary neville on his podcast the overlap, the everton midfielder says he recently spent six weeks in rehab because of a sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues. he's also revealed he smoked at seven and was sent to africa to learn discipline. alli says his adoptive parents have helped him turn his life around i >> -- >> at 12, i 5mm >> at 12, i was adopted so and from then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family. like i said, i couldn't have asked for better people to do what they'd done for me as i mean , i don't if god created

mean, i don't if god created people, it was them . people, it was them. >> this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to mark and . and. pip >> hello. you're watching the live desk with mark longhurst and pip tomson. could the government be about to give all pubuc government be about to give all public sector workers a pay increase to stave off further strike action? >> it would come as junior doctors begin their unprecedented five day walkout at an nhs waiting list, hitting another record high. 7.47 million people now. but suggestions that the government may relent on its hardline approach over public sector pay deals. let's get more with our political reporter, catherine forster, who's in downing street with catherine. the suggestion that these pay review bodies have been looking at figures of up to 6.5% >> yes, that's right . up to 6.5% >> yes, that's right. in the last few minutes it is being

reported that rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have decided to accept all the pay review bodies, recommendations for pubuc bodies, recommendations for public sector pay. there had been a lot of dispute about this in the last couple of weeks . in the last couple of weeks. they spent last year all be saying, well, we can't give more because we can only give what the public. the pay review bodies recommend and then when we heard that the pay review bodies were recommending 6 to 6.5, we then heard lots of noises along the lines of actually, we don't know if we can afford this. we might not go along with it. but as you say, five days junior doctors five days of junior doctors strikes just kicked off strikes has just kicked off today. absolutely today. that's absolutely unprecedented . the prime unprecedented. the prime minister will be giving a press conference at 12:45. we'll lay out the details . but what we're out the details. but what we're heanng out the details. but what we're hearing is that teachers are going to get 6.5% june junior doctors , 6. of course, that's doctors, 6. of course, that's a long way short of what they're asking police , 6% prison asking police, 6% prison officers, 6. and the armed

forces is 5 to 6. but there is a huge caveat to this , because huge caveat to this, because what is expected is that the government are going to say we'll award these pay rises , but we'll award these pay rises, but the individual departments will have to find that money out of existing budgets. so that is likely to mean cuts for hospitals, cuts in terms of staffing resources for schools if they've got the same pot of money as before. but they're then going to have to find these 6 to 6.5% pay rises. >> no easy answers. of course, the government is in a difficult economic position and that is key because of course , a lot of key because of course, a lot of the doctors on the picket lines today and for the next few days say it's not just about pay, it's about the nhs in total. >> so the news that they'll have to be cuts elsewhere to finance their pay deal may not go down well , no , it their pay deal may not go down well, no , it certainly won't. well, no, it certainly won't. >> and we've been hearing about

splits in cabinet. people like gillian keegan , the education gillian keegan, the education secretary, really pushing for these recommendations to be accepted. the 6.5% for teachers might quite possibly be enough to put an end to those strikes . to put an end to those strikes. but the junior doctors, another matter altogether, firstly because it's way short of the 36, but as you say, if it's going to come out of existing budgets, that is a real concern for many of the unions, many pubuc for many of the unions, many public sector workers. indeed, the education workers to the teachers, to they don't want this money coming out of existing budgets. but it sounds like that is what is going to happen. we'll know more in about 40 minutes from now . 40 minutes from now. >> and it doesn't seem that likely , does it, catherine, that likely, does it, catherine, that junior doctors would accept 6% because it is way off the 35% that they are demand ing . well, that they are demand ing. well, it doesn't. >> but then again, of course, the nurses originally asked for

about 17 or 18, didn't they ? and about 17 or 18, didn't they? and they did eventually settle for something around five. now okay, one of the unions held out for a long time, but eventually they took a lot less . but really, took a lot less. but really, apart from maybe a few people in the bma, i don't think there's many people around the country that would think that there's any chance of doctors being given 36. okay. their pay in real terms has been eroded along with lots of public sector workers over the last decade or so, but not by an amount as big as that. i think the ifs reckon that teachers, doctors, etcetera have had their pay eroded by between ten and 20% over the last 13 years or so. >> okay. just remind us again, news conference there in downing street. we think catherine, quarter to one 12:45. back to you for that with all the latest. thank you very much indeed. but to talk about the doctors in more detail now, the

health service bosses are saying they're sick back teeth they're sick to the back teeth with the strikes, with the unprecedented five day walkout starting of course, starting today of course, the british association is british medical association is continuing to demand to demand, as we were just saying, that 35% pay as we were just saying, that 35% pay rise to end the dispute . pay rise to end the dispute. >> it something the government has said is unreasonable because it would further fuel inflation. >> but as we've just heard, suggestions now the government may relent on its hardline stance. far on those public stance. so far on those public service pay deals and maybe recommend or accept the recommendation. indeed for the doctors, junior doctors , at doctors, junior doctors, at least a 6. let's get more from birmingham now because our west midlands reporter, jack carson's been speaking to those doctors on the picket line earlier there. jack, as we were reflecting a huge gulf between the two figures. but a reflection may be that the doctors just wanted the government to come to them with some kind of deal. government to come to them with some kind of deal . yeah there some kind of deal. yeah there have been negotiations for the last few months between steve barclay , the health secretary,

barclay, the health secretary, the nhs and the british medical association , about negotiating association, about negotiating some kind of pay deal. >> of course for them, the bma say that over the last 15 years there's been a real term pay cut and that's why they're asking for this 35% pay increase to take. junior doctors pay back to levels that they last saw in 2008. but with the calling of this industrial action and this historic five days of a walkout from around 47,500 medics who are walking out of caring and treating for people in a&e wards, in cancer wards. the government have said that that basically stopped the negotiations, that they weren't going to negotiate it with the british medical association , the british medical association, the union, are, of course, in union, who are, of course, in dispute with the while dispute with the nhs. while these strikes were on. but the bma saying, well in scotland bma saying, well, in scotland we were industrial action and we were on industrial action and we were on industrial action and we were still negotiating around a pay were still negotiating around a pay offer, a 17.8% pay offer in scotland has been put to junior

doctors there and they are set to vote on it. but earlier on at this picket line, which only ran until around 10 am. this morning, i spoke to dr. siobhan sharma , who works for the sharma, who works for the university of birmingham hospitals trust, and he says that what they're asking for is pay that what they're asking for is pay restoration . pay restoration. >> pay is the main issue. pay restoration. >> pay is the main issue . so >> pay is the main issue. so doctors, after 5 to 6 years of medical school, we graduate with about £100,000 worth of student debt and then you start on a salary of £14 an hour and that too, you have to pay for your own exams, your own courses, your owi'i exams, your own coui'ses, your own owi'i own exams, your own courses, your own own presentations , your your own own presentations, your own publications, and all we're asking for is full pay restoration. that's a mere 5 to £10 increase in the hour . £10 increase in the hour. average salary of doctors . so average salary of doctors. so instead of a doctor being paid £14 an hour, they'll be paying £19 an hour. and if you ask any of the member of the general pubuc of the member of the general public if they're in hospital at 7 pm. on a friday night, do they think it's reasonable for their paid £19 an their doctor to be paid £19 an hour? and i think the resounding answer you'd is yes.

answer you'd get is yes. >> just explain to us, jack, why there aren't still people on the picket line now. i mean, there are some suggestions that they've been advised by their unions to do a couple of hours and go for a picnic. and then go for a picnic. >> yeah, that is that is what has seen been seen on the on the advice and the guidance from the british british medical association for their picket line workers . so they have they line workers. so they have they were on a picket line today from 8 am. till 10 am. they'll be on a picket line again for the same time. but over the weekend and on monday, the junior doctors here will not be on a on a picket line. as you mentioned, the british medical association have should the british medical association h.chance should the british medical association h.chance to should the british medical association h.chance to recuperate)uld the british medical association h.chance to recuperate and a chance to recuperate and they've given guidance on on these striking workers to possibly go for a picnic. as you mentioned , watch tv, read mentioned, watch tv, read a book, other things other than go out on a picket line, which of course, is the traditional way, as we saw from the amount of nurse strikes of how they physically showed their support for this action. >> it's a new approach .

>> okay. it's a new approach. thank much, jack, for thank you very much, jack, for bringing the latest there bringing us the latest there from birmingham. now, the former chairman bma gp's chairman of the bma gp's committee, dr. lawrence buckman, joins us now . dr. buckman, good joins us now. dr. buckman, good to see you on gb news this afternoon. give us your initial reaction then to what we think could be this offer from the government for a 6.5% pay rise as well? >> it would be quite nice if it was new money. then we could talk about whether it was enough . but since it's actually being taken out of the pot , it's not taken out of the pot, it's not actually going to be new to anybody. and all it will do is depnve anybody. and all it will do is deprive patients , patients and deprive patients, patients and other colleagues of what their entire to so other staff will not get pay also without coming out at the same budget and patient services will be cut to pay patient services will be cut to pay for the staff pay. and that's really not the way to run a pay that's really not the way to run a pay rise. then we could debate whether it's enough or not. and i think that really depends on

proper, effective negotiation with both sides coming to the table and talking about the deal , which is much more than just the money. yeah. >> and certainly the reporters who've spoken to the doctors and the picket lines so far today, particularly press association, is saying a lot of the doctors are talking about the erosion of the as the main issue, not the nhs as the main issue, not just the specific pay deal . just the specific pay deal. >> well, unfortunately the nhs is falling apart , not is falling apart, not physically. the buildings are falling apart. behaviourally a lot of doctors and nurses and other colleagues are falling apart themselves. they can't deliver the service because they look at what they're being forced to provide and they don't like it. and i don't blame patients for feeling they're getting , which they getting shortchanged, which they are . are. >> but there are nhs bosses saying this has got to be solved by the end of the summer because we have to make these waiting list targets and we're simply not going to reduce that waiting list. i mean, there at a new high today, aren't they, of they've gone upwards again to

about 7.7 million. >> yes . waiting lists are a >> yes. waiting lists are a measure of how badly the nhs is doing and the answer is very badly whether the juniors go on strike or not. the service will still struggle to deliver to patients who rightly need whatever treatment they need . whatever treatment they need. they shouldn't be on the end of a waiting list. but the amount of patients who we put on the waiting list purely as a consequence of the strike is fairly small compared to the overall number of people who are waiting and will go on waiting . waiting and will go on waiting. even if there was no strike. striking is never the best way of solving a problem. both sides are going to have to talk eventually, so they might as well start talking now about about the nhs more generally and about the nhs more generally and about pay in particular. >> and on that specific issue of communication, i mean, it does seem that the doctors are being very frustrated with the fact that the health secretary is saying , you know, you've got to saying, you know, you've got to suspend the strike action before we getting round

we even consider getting round the much trust has the table. how much trust has been between the two sides? been lost between the two sides? well there's public trust and private trust . private trust. >> and those of us who've been in negotiations for years can tell you that whatever goes on in public, privately , you have in public, privately, you have to keep channels open in order to keep channels open in order to communicate between both sides. even if you don't agree , sides. even if you don't agree, you still have to communicate. if communications really are broken off, then i think it's very difficult to see how any solution which would satisfy anybody , treasury, department of anybody, treasury, department of health or or the british public or doctors can ever be arrived at. if you can't talk to the other side. both sides want the thing to work. it's in nobody's interest to have a strikes are neverin interest to have a strikes are never in anybody's interest , not never in anybody's interest, not the doctors and not the patients , and probably not the government either . , and probably not the government either. but waiting lists will inevitably rise unless you talk around the table first, you better talk in private and then you need to start talking in the public view. and none of that's happening for some reason.

>> and of course we've got >> yeah. and of course we've got the additional thing as well as the additional thing as well as the doctors or the the junior doctors or the consultants this time round as well, which is adding yet another like, to another tier, if you like, to the problem guess the problem and i guess additional costs well. yes additional costs as well. yes consultants are utterly fed up with the way the health service is going and they are having to shore it up. >> they feel they're doing it with goodwill words, with goodwill in other words, they're paid for it. they're not getting paid for it. and doubt whatever pay they and no doubt whatever pay they get taken off the get will also be taken off the nhs budget. so in other words , nhs budget. so in other words, get even worse. so don't understand why consultants and juniors are taking the decisions they're taking. i think it's very unfortunate that they and the government cannot sit in the same room and try and come together with a deal which won't just be about money. some of this is about money. an awful lot of it is about the way the health service works right. >> but has there been a way forward indicated by the long term that we had term staffing agreed that we had and the indication of this, what, 2.5 billion over the next five years, not really because

money this isn't about money. >> money is not going to buy you more doctors however you do it. we don't have enough. we have to come to a really good , very come to a really good, very short term solution for dealing with the waiting list. plus all those people who are in pain and suffering with other things from which they're not going to die, but they're still suffering badly is badly every orthopaedic case is suffering . none of those people suffering. none of those people should be waiting. and you can't solve that by saying, well, in ten years time we'll have more doctors. well, that's terrific. but and that will be good in ten years time. but what are we going to for the next ten going to do for the next ten years? to have short, years? you have to have short, medium and term solutions. medium and long term solutions. and government's and the government's idea of just money it just putting money into it always welcome. that won't solve anything on its own . you have to anything on its own. you have to have credible solutions , not a have credible solutions, not a finger in the air oh , and i finger in the air oh, and i think this will work. well, it won't, but they have to start talking and planning together. and that seems to be something that this government lacks. and the bma is very frustrated. i

know . and i wish i wish they know. and i wish i wish they could get together rather than shout at each other. >> dr. lawrence buchman, former chairman, of course, of the bma gps committee, thanks very much indeed for bringing us your reaction. we'll see what the reaction. and we'll see what the prime minister, of course, bnngs prime minister, of course, brings 20 to 1, we're brings out. well, 20 to 1, we're thinking that in downing street. >> do stay with us here on gb news. we will be talking about the battle of scampton . we are the battle of scampton. we are at the high court where a local council is trying to stop the government asylum government housing asylum seekers in a former raf base . seekers in a former raf base. the latest very shortly. stay with us. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxed solar power sponsors of weather on . gb news. i'm alex deakin. >> this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news, sunny spells and more showers today, although not as many and not as heavy. the showers as they have been over recent days and the breeze is at least a little bit lighter. don't get used to that, however, because two areas of low

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radio. welcome back to the live desk. >> now legal moves to prevent 2000 asylum seekers being housed at scampton, the famed base, of course , of the dambusters have course, of the dambusters have resumed at the high court today. >> the hearing is to determine whether the case can proceed to a full judicial review potential halting the home office's plans for the former base in lincolnshire . today the judge is lincolnshire. today the judge is heanng lincolnshire. today the judge is hearing submissions from the council as well as a local resident . resident. >> let's get the latest now from outside the royal courts of

justice with political justice with our political reporter utley and of reporter olivia utley and of course, olivia. had course, olivia. we had proceedings yesterday , proceedings underway yesterday, today concerning another base. there's a lot the judge to there's a lot for the judge to consider here before it even goes through to any sort of legal full legal process, rather. >> well, they're absolutely is. as you said, this is the very first stage in west lindsey district council's but plan to proceed to a full judicial review against the home office's plans to house 2000 illegal migrants, mostly men, in raf scampton base. and as you mentioned there, there is another case going on at the same time. braintree council who are arguing against the government's decision to house 1700 migrants at raf wethersfield old base richard walled kc , who's speaking on walled kc, who's speaking on behalf of west lindsey district council, has been up in court today. again, it's a very full court yesterday they had to move to a bigger court. there was so

much interest in the case. and today the court was completely full. no more admittance, richard oswald, kc, is arguing two points. one is that there is a project planned a regeneration project planned for raf scampton . £300 million for raf scampton. £300 million is planning to be invest covid in tourism and heritage. and he says that if these government proposals go ahead and 2000 male illegal migrants are allowed to wander the area, come and go as they please , with raf scampton they please, with raf scampton as their base investors for that £300 million project will start to pull out. and they say the west lindsey district council that scampton area is in desperate need of regenerate action and if the government goes ahead that regeneration will be impossible . well, the will be impossible. well, the other point that richard wald has been making, and it's garnered a lot of interest, a lot of anger really in the court today is that suella braverman the home secretary, he claims, isn't about how isn't being candid about how long he plans to house migrants there . now, residents say that there. now, residents say that she only has permission. she only the right to hold them only has the right to hold them there for 12 months. that's if this if the government

this that's if the government does win its judicial review, she can hold them there for 12 months. but when speaks in months. but when she speaks in parliament, suggests that parliament, she suggests that she holding them there she would be holding them there for five years. for three years to five years. now, if that were the then now, if that were the case, then obviously those regeneration projects would projects that i mentioned would be severely under threat. and it does seem quite likely that investors would walk away. it is a huge problem for the government because every time suella braverman comes up with a bright new idea of where to house illegal who house these illegal migrants who are their are still coming in their boatloads, pretty much every day from continent, every time from the continent, every time she comes with a new idea she comes up with a new idea where ever the base is going to be, the local council or the local mp, and in some cases it is a conservative mp says , well, is a conservative mp says, well, all very well, i understand you need to house these migrants, but not in my back yard. the threat to the community or threat to the local community or the the change to the the or the change in life to the local community would be too great. so if the government loses of cases that loses both of these cases that are in the high court at the moment, both braintree and west lindsey, district council, then it more more

it becomes more and more difficult them find difficult for them to find a place those migrants. place to house those migrants. and course we know that the and of course we know that the waiting time for migrants, while they're awaiting their their case to decide whether they could stay in the country, is now year long. so now over a year long. so migrants staying here. migrants are staying here. they're still coming in. and they're simply piling up. they're just simply piling up. really. there's a bottleneck which government really which the government really needs to break. >> olivia utley outside the >> btec olivia utley outside the royal courts of justice. thank you. just giving you a quick bit of an update on our top story about that pay for public about that pay off for public sector workers. we are just heanng sector workers. we are just hearing now that in the house of commons it has been announced that public sector workers will get pay that public sector workers will get pay rise of 6% or more. we get a pay rise of 6% or more. we are expecting a press conference from the prime minister, rishi sunak, in the next few minutes on that. but that is just what has been announced in the house of commons. >> yeah, let's just bring you through a few details. treasury minister john glen saying ministerjohn glen saying teachers, teachers will teachers, new teachers will start least £30,000. start on at least £30,000. police to get a 7% pay rise. that's just coming through,

whereas junior doctors, of course, they're on strike at the moment, will get a 6% pay uplift at, as he described it, more reaction, of course, coming through on that. but let's get an update on all the news headunes an update on all the news headlines now with rhiannon . headlines now with rhiannon. >> thank you, mark. it's just gone 1231. your top stories from the newsroom . and as we've been the newsroom. and as we've been hearing, the government has accepted a pay rise of 6% for pubuc accepted a pay rise of 6% for public sector workers. prime minister rishi sunak has accepted the recommendations from all the pay review bodies on public sector pay. the chancellor has suggested any pay increase will come from budget cuts rather than borrowing . and cuts rather than borrowing. and we'll bring you more on that as we'll bring you more on that as we get it. junior doctors in england, meanwhile, have begun their five day strike in what's being described as the longest in the history of the nhs. members of the british medical association are walking out in a dispute over pay, arguing for a

rise of around 35. bma leaders are urging the government to negotiate in a bid to resolve the row, which has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consultations . operations and consultations. the sun says it has a dossier containing serious and wide ranging allegations against huw edwards, but it has no plans to pubush edwards, but it has no plans to publish them. it comes as questions are raised regarding the papers conduct with a former editor accusing it of inflicting terror on the presenter. meanwhile the bbc's director general will be questioned in parliament next week regarding the corporation's handling of the corporation's handling of the allegations in the met. police has found no evidence of criminality . virgin media is criminality. virgin media is under investigation after customer complained of difficulties cancelling their contracts . customers say when contracts. customers say when contacting the company to cancel their service , they struggled to their service, they struggled to speak with an agent or were placed on hold for a long time before their call finally dropped out. media watchdog ofcom says it's concerned about

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news radio. nightmare commute kick it up a gear with me patrick christys at drive time three till 6 pm. monday to friday on gb news radio. >> you can listen online and on dab+ on the smart speaker app and on the gb news app. and if you've got an alexa, all you have to say is alexa, play . gb news. >> welcome back to the live desk. the breaking news is that the government is to accept the

recommendations of the independent pay review bodies on pubuc independent pay review bodies on public pay for million public service pay for million of public sector workers. the headunes of public sector workers. the headlines we're getting from john glenn, the treasury minister, on his feet in the commons the moment that commons at the moment is that junior doctors will get 6% plus £1,250 console related payment . £1,250 console related payment. of course they are. so striking today. that's pat mcfadden on the other side of the despatch box replying and an increase, we're being told with no new borrowing or spending. >> police will get a 7% pay rise. armed forces 5% pay rise, he is stressing. john glenn the treasury minister, that the government is being fiscally responsible and it is a fair deal. responsible and it is a fair deal . but of course we know that deal. but of course we know that junior doctors have gone on strike today for the first of five days and they want 35. this pay five days and they want 35. this pay increase is 6. so way off

what they are wanting questions and no doubt, pat mcfadden trying to press him on this over how the increase is to be funded because the government, as we say, ruling out extra borrowing. >> so it may have to come from existing budgets , something existing budgets, something that would very unwelcome for would be very unwelcome for those in terms of the those doctors in terms of the nhs. howeverjohn glenn has indicated that the increased cost of work and visitor visa was will be used to pay for the rises, but we're not quite sure how much that would raise us. but clearly this news conference we're expecting with the prime minister at about 20 to 1 onwards now. so any time now in downing street , we may get downing street, we may get further indications as to how the money will be raised. so breaking news there that the pay deal for public sector workers advised by the independent pay review bodies accept it effectively by the government . effectively by the government. >> now let's move on to the ongoing story about at the bbc. its director general, tim davie,

has been called before a house of lords committee, along with the corporation's chair , to the corporation's chair, to answer questions on its handling of the huw edwards allegations . of the huw edwards allegations. in the last few moments, the mental health charity mind has called for huw edwards to be given the space to receive treatment . treatment. >> indeed, huw edwards is mentor to the mind charity in netley, which is the town where he was educated and brought up, but indicate stations to that. the director general, the acting chair of the bbc and indeed the head of policy will all be called before a house of lords committee next week to answer for their handling of the various allegations. well, let's get more now with mark white, who's outside broadcast or new broadcasting for house us once more . and mark, an indication more. and mark, an indication that now we're getting a bit of reaction from these mental health charities, for instance, on what are changed circumstances as . circumstances as. >> yes, i mean, there's no doubt, of course, that there is

concern over the condition of huw edwards following the revelation from his wife that he , we know, had suffered from severe depression for a number of years and had had a very serious episode in light of the allegations that were made against him . but that concern against him. but that concern aside, there are clearly still questions for huw edwards to answer . okay. the metropolitan answer. okay. the metropolitan police have decided , ed, that police have decided, ed, that the initial allegation that was splashed in the sun last friday does not amount. and there opinion at this stage to any criminal conduct . but that criminal conduct. but that doesn't mean that it's not conduct that might be seen as inappropriate or grossly inappropriate or grossly inappropriate by the bbc senior management. when they carry out their internal investigation . their internal investigation. and remember now, since that initial allegation , there are a initial allegation, there are a slew of other allegations. the

bbc's own news division, newsnight , last night reporting newsnight, last night reporting on a number of staff passing present who have alleged inappropriate contact with this star presenter . so, yes, of star presenter. so, yes, of course , some real concern about course, some real concern about his health condition. but that doesn't mean that there aren't questions as and an investigation that needs to run its course within. now, the bbc and also questions for the sun newspaper mark because of how it has handled the allegations that were made, the stories that it ran with or without claims from with or without a denial from the young person involved. >> the sun some are saying, is on very dodgy ground . on very dodgy ground. >> well, it may well be. i mean, sadly and perhaps predictably, this issue is descending a bit towards factional fighting among some those who are very critical

of the sun and the murdoch empire and those of course, who are very critical of the bbc. and the truth may lie somewhere in between . and i think you're in between. and i think you're right, there are certainly some questions that that the sun do need to respond to. for instance , is given that the young person at the centre of those initial allegations made by a family member to the bbc on the 18th of may, not really acted upon with any great urgency by the corporation and the parents and to going see the sun and then splashing that story. given the fact that the young person at the centre of those allegations had issued a statement, had well , contacted the sun, actually to say that the allegations were wrong , why was that not included wrong, why was that not included in the original reporting by the sun? that's one clear question . sun? that's one clear question. i think that they have got to

respond to. >> we're going to break away, mark, because we've got the prime minister on his feet, rishi sunak about to give more details on the public sector pay deals , but also fair to deals, but also fair to taxpayers who ultimately fund our public services and the best way we found of making fair decisions about public sector pay decisions about public sector pay are the independent pay review bodies. >> they were called for by the unions themselves . and for over unions themselves. and for over four decades they have been the independent arbiters of what is fair and responsible . those fair and responsible. those bodies have considered a range of evidence about where to set this year's pay and their recommendations to government are for public sector pay rises to go up by a significant amount . but now clearly this will cost all of you as taxpayers more than we had budgeted for. all of you as taxpayers more than we had budgeted for . that's than we had budgeted for. that's why the decision has been difficult and why it has taken time to decide the right course of action. i can confirm today

that we are accepting the headune that we are accepting the headline recommendation of the pay headline recommendation of the pay review bodies in full, but we will not fund them by borrowing more or increasing your taxes. it would not be right to increase taxes on everyone to pay some people more, particularly when household budgets are so tight . household budgets are so tight. neither will it be right to pay for them by higher borrowing because higher borrowing simply makes inflation worse . instead, makes inflation worse. instead, because we only have a fixed pot of to money spend from, that means government departments have had to find savings and efficiencies elsewhere in order to prioritise paying public sector workers more . now there's sector workers more. now there's a clear message here. there are always choices budgets are not infinite. when some ask for higher pay . that will always higher pay. that will always create pressures elsewhere. costs which must ultimately be borne by the taxpayer or by spending less on our other priorities . so that's our

priorities. so that's our decision . and having honoured decision. and having honoured the independent pay review process, i urge all union leaders to accept these pay offers and call off their strikes already obe earlier this yean strikes already obe earlier this year, the staff council represent over half a dozen unions and over a million nhs workers made a significant decision and voted to accept our pay decision and voted to accept our pay offer and suspend strikes . pay offer and suspend strikes. i'm grateful to them and their members and today , in response members and today, in response to the news of our decision, i'm pleased to say we've had another major breakthrough. all teaching unions have just announced that they're suspending all planned strikes immediately. they're suspending all planned strikes immediately . teachers strikes immediately. teachers will return to the classroom disruption to our children's education will end , and the education will end, and the unions have themselves confirmed that this pay offer is properly funded . and so they're funded. and so they're recommending to their members an

end to the entire dispute . so it end to the entire dispute. so it is now clear momentum across our pubuc is now clear momentum across our public services is shifting the vast majority who just want to get on with their lives calling of serving others and now returning to work. and in that spirit, i want to address those yet to do so now that we've honoured the independent pay recommendations , i implore you, recommendations, i implore you, do do the right thing and know when to say yes in particular for doctors and consultants . i for doctors and consultants. i would say this we have a national mission for all of us to make the nhs strong again. the government has not only made today's decision on pay, we've backed the nhs with record funding and delivered the first ever fully funded long term workforce plan and met the bma's number one ask of government with a pensions tax cut worth £1

billion. so we should all ask ourselves whether union leaders orindeed ourselves whether union leaders or indeed political leaders , how or indeed political leaders, how can it be right to continue disruptive industrial action, not least because these strikes lead to tens of thousands of appointments being cancelled every single day and waiting lists going up, not down. so today's offer is final . there today's offer is final. there will be no more talks on pay. we will be no more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year's settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision. instead the settlement we've reached today gives us a fair way to end the strikes. a fair way to end the strikes. a fair deal for workers and a fair deal for the british taxpayer . deal for the british taxpayer. thank you . we'll take some thank you. we'll take some questions from the media. can i start with the bbc, please ? start with the bbc, please? >> thank you. prime minister chris mason, bbc news. will you acknowledge explicitly that a consequence of your decision

will mean cuts in the budgets of some key public services and explicit only on schools ? given explicit only on schools? given what you've just said about schools , where is the money schools, where is the money coming from to pay for that? thank you. >> thanks, chris. so as i said in my speech, this is a significant pay award. it's one of the most significant we've had in decades. and it is costing billions of pounds more than the government had budgeted for. and that has consequences if we're going to prioritise paying if we're going to prioritise paying public sector workers more, that has to come more, that money has to come from else because i'm from somewhere else because i'm not prepared put up people's not prepared to put up people's taxes think it would taxes and i don't think it would be or right to be responsible or right to borrow more that would borrow more because that would just inflation worse. so just make inflation worse. so what done two things what we have done are two things to this money. the first is to find this money. the first is we are to going increase the charges that we have for migrants who are coming to this country when they apply for visas and indeed something called health called the immigration health surcharge, is the levy surcharge, which is the levy that they pay to access the nhs. so all of those fees are going

to go up and that will raise over £1 billion. so across the board visa application fees are going to go up significantly . going to go up significantly. and similarly for the immigration health surcharge for migrants who are coming to this country legally, they have to pay a country legally, they have to pay a fee to access the nhs to contribute to nhs care. i think that's entirely right. neither of these fees have been increased we think increased recently and we think it's appropriate given the costs for everything have gone up, that fees, both for that those fees, both for applying visas and for applying for visas and for accessing nhs go too. accessing the nhs go up too. that will raise over £1 billion, as said. it's a significant as i said. so it's a significant contribution us pay contribution to helping us pay for pay awards . but for these pay pay awards. but also we are reprioritizing so we are asking government departments to reprioritise to support public sector workers and that will mean in other areas we will be. it's not about cuts, it's just about focusing on public sector workers pay rather than other things. and i'm really pleased that the teaching unions specifically have said that they believe this pay have said that they believe this pay offer is properly funded. we put more money into the teaching

budget when i first became prime minister, £2 billion a year and there will be more money going into the schools budget to pay to help schools pay for these new pay awards so they will not have to make cuts . and that was have to make cuts. and that was something that was rightly important unions. and we important to the unions. and we have them to ensure have worked with them to ensure that there for that the funding is there for schools that cuts be schools so that no cuts will be needed to be made. the pay offer is properly that's is properly funded and that's the on which the unions the basis on which the unions have called off action and have called off their action and i'm grateful them and their i'm grateful to them and their members perfect. next, members for that. perfect. next, can i go to the itv prime minister , nhs leader leaders say minister, nhs leader leaders say there is no chance of them being able to reduce backlogs on treatments in the way that you want. >> if they have to make savings , are they going to have to make savings to fund part of this pay rise? and then separately , the rise? and then separately, the office for budget responsibility today has said that that the

uk's government debt is much more vulnerable to rising inflation than any other g7 leading country. part of the reason is because of decisions you took as chancellor on qe reason is because of decisions you took as chancellor on oe and on issuing index linked guilds. do you regret those decisions ? do you regret those decisions? >> so on your second question, robert, something you and i discussed a lot when i was chancellor actually, you know, we have one of the longest durations of government borrowing out of any country borrowing out of any g7 country and have consistently reduced the amount of inflation linked debt over years. that's been a downward trend. it's something that i pointed out as a risk to the public finances when i was chancellor, and that's why i talked then about the risk to the country's public finances and economic security from rising inflation and interest rates. that's why my first priority is to halve inflation, because that is not only good for families, budgets eases, cost of living it cost of living pressures, it will over time bring down interest also interest rates, which is also

good government borrowing good for government borrowing and strength public and the strength of the public finances you're right to finances is. so you're right to highlight of inflation highlight the risks of inflation and rates on the public and interest rates on the public finances. highlighted the same finances. i highlighted the same risk as chancellor and that's why an important of today's why an important part of today's decision is, yes, we are accepting the recommendations of the pay review bodies , but we're the pay review bodies, but we're doing so without borrowing more because i don't think that would because i don't think that would be responsible for all the reasons you outlined. and without now, without taxing people more. now, without taxing people more. now, with backlogs in with regard to the backlogs in the look , i agree the nhs, look, i agree industrial action strikes make it far harder for us to cut the backlogs, right? we've already had half a million people's outpatient appointments cancelled and disrupted by the strike action that we've seen to date. it's an enormous number and in spite of that though, because of all the other things we're doing with the funding we're doing with the funding we're putting into the nhs, thanks to lots of people's hard work and creativity, we are making progress. so last year we eliminated practically the number of people waiting two years treatment . and this years for treatment. and this spnng years for treatment. and this spring that we practically eliminating the number of people

waiting a half years and waiting one and a half years and that's to just a few that's come down to just a few thousand from over 100,000 thousand now from over 100,000 at its peak. and we have plans in place to continue working on backlogs, without the backlogs, but without the industrial action ending, of course , that will be more course, that will be more difficult and that's why i would urge consultants and junior doctors to accept the recommendations of the independent pay review body. this is not even the government . this is the independent pay review body who has made a recommendation on their pay, which we have accepted in full on top of all the other things we've done for the nhs, like the long term workforce plan, just the week, something that long term workforce plan, just the been week, something that long term workforce plan, just the been called something that long term workforce plan, just the been called for1ething that long term workforce plan, just the been called for decades 1at long term workforce plan, just the been called for decades and has been called for decades and we have delivered, i would urge them accept this offer from them to accept this offer from them to accept this offer from the and that the independent bodies and that way collectively way we can all work collectively together backlogs together to bring the backlogs down. know that that's what down. i know that that's what the majority want the vast majority of them want to happen. that's what i to see happen. that's what i want see happen. i'm want to see happen. and i'm prepared with them. to prepared to work with them. to do nhs have to make do that, nhs have to make savings as i said, one of the ways that raising money to ways that we're raising money to pay ways that we're raising money to pay is the pay for this is through the immigration surcharge.

immigration health surcharge. that money that goes to the that is money that goes to the nhs. so when people to nhs. so when people emigrate to this pay this country, they have to pay something the immigration something called the immigration health to contribute health surcharge to contribute to cost of the nhs and the to the cost of the nhs and the cost of that will go up as part of this announcement in order to raise more for money the nhs to help pay for some of these costs and could i go next to talk radio? >> hello, peter cardwell, talk radio. are you slightly hiding behind the independent pay review bodies here? the junior doctors are getting less than a fifth of the percentage point rise that you're asking. how do you honestly expect us? i expect them to believe that this is a fair offer when they're asking for so much more. and won't strikes be inevitable now in the autumn this is a process. >> the independent pay review bodies are a process that has existed for a very long time indeed. it's a it's an institution and a set of institutions that the unions themselves called for and for a long time it's been accepted as the best fair way that we have in this country to find

resolution on public sector pay. now, there are representatives of unions and of government of economists on the boards of these public sector pay review bodies. they make independent recommendations to the government, and they in government, and they do so in a range sectors. and that's range of sectors. and that's what we've accepted right ? what we've accepted right? that's what we've accepted in and we've accepted their headune and we've accepted their headline recommendations in full for junior doctors in particular, i take a typical junior doctor on pay. point three is going to receive a significant pay increase around 9% as a result of us accepting the prbs recommendation. i think most people think that is a significant pay increase for a typical junior doctor. 9, that is the pay increase that is being delivered as a result of our decision today. and that comes along all other things comes along all the other things that for the nhs that we've done for the nhs record funding a term record funding a long term workforce plan, funded so workforce plan, fully funded so that more doctors, that there are more doctors, more of every type more nurses, more of every type of health care worker in the nhs for first time funded for the first ever time funded expansion of training places that everyone has called for. and as those junior doctors

progressed to become consultants and are paid even more, they will benefit from the significant tax cut that the chancellor announced in the spnng chancellor announced in the spring budget, which was chancellor announced in the spring budget , which was the spring budget, which was the bma's number one ask of government, was that pensions tax cut we've delivered it. and those junior doctors, as their careers progressed, will benefit from look, taken from that. so look, taken together done the together, i think we've done the fair thing and i would urge the junior doctors and consultants to see that to see the commitment that we have to the nhs, to recognise the economic context that we're in and accept the recommendation the the recommendation of the independent review a independent pay review body. a process long established process that is long established is independent government. is independent of government. we've what i believe to be we've done what i believe to be the right and responsible thing and would them to do the and i would urge them to do the same to can i go to the same thing to can i go to the daily mail ? daily mail? >> harriet lyon, daily mail. how do you expect to bring down to inflation 5% when you're giving pubuc inflation 5% when you're giving public sector workers a pay rise of in excess of 6? and secondly, you said earlier this week that you said earlier this week that you didn't know who the bbc presenter facing serious allegations was. were you

shocked when you heard the news yesterday on on the on your first point, if you look at current pay settlements across different rachel ayers, lots of different rachel ayers, lots of different estimates and forecasts for what pay settlements in the private sector are averaging at the moment and are forecast to be. >> so whether you look at ons data that was out the other day, bank of england treasury has a panel that they use , expert panel that they use, expert hr survey well . all of that survey data as well. all of that points to private sector pay settlements in the kind of 5 to 7% range now. and you know, over the course of the year and i think the vast majority of these prb recommendations fit within that type of range. so they are broad valley, obviously, it's going to vary for each individual person depending on what grade they're but what grade they're in. but broadly aggregate, pay broadly in aggregate, the pay settlements prbs are in settlements from the prbs are in line with what we're seeing in the private sector. that's the first thing to say. i think the second thing i'd say is, you know, it inflationary, is it know, is it inflationary, is it not inflationary? it's not going to because we're to be inflationary because we're not to fund it. and

not borrowing to fund it. and i think i've been very clear think and i've been very clear about this, everyone see the about this, everyone can see the economic i'm economic context we're in. i'm determined to bring inflation down and government has a responsibility not to excessively borrow money. if we do that, we just will make the situation worse and make it last longer. i'm not going to do that, which is why we have had to make some other decisions elsewhere on visa fees, immigration, health surcharge, reprioritisation to pay for these pay settlements , because these pay settlements, because that's what being in government means. about prioritising. means. it's about prioritising. it's about making choices, doing the difficult and responsible things. that's what we've done. but i am determined to bring inflation and this is one inflation down and this is one of the things that will help us do because we have do that because we have not borrowed to fund these pay increases . next, can borrowed to fund these pay increases. next, can i go to borrowed to fund these pay increases . next, can i go to the increases. next, can i go to the telegraph ? telegraph? >> hi, ben riley—smith the telegraph. can i just drill in to where the money is coming from? because it's not coming from? because it's not coming from borrowing. about a billion is coming from these visa fees. that leaves a couple of billion. i it needs to be fund i think it needs to be fund found from reprise ization. can you that's

you name a single thing that's going to get the going to be squeezed to get the money reprioritisation money through? reprioritisation yeah , it's not big thing, ben. >> it will be a range of things for the chancellor i and the for the chancellor and i and the chief have engaged in chief secretary have engaged in an with departments for an exercise with departments for an exercise with departments for a think many of you a while and i think many of you are asking when are we going to see this decision on pay? when are see it? it's are we going to see it? it's because been the because we've been taking the time go through everyone's time to go through everyone's budgets to make sure that there are we can find are areas that where we can find reprioritisation from where we're spending much we're maybe not spending as much as we had anticipated, that we can over to public sector can shift over to public sector pay can shift over to public sector pay frontline pay without impacting frontline service delivery, because that was us. it was was very important to us. it was also to the schools also important to the schools unions and that's why they are confident is extra confident that there is extra money into the schools money going into the schools budget make that these budget to make sure that these pay budget to make sure that these pay are fully funded. so pay offers are fully funded. so it's thing, it's it's not one big thing, it's just painstaking work going just painstaking work of going through department's through every department's budget line by line, finding every saving , or every little bit of saving, or where we're not quite spending as thought, where we as much as we thought, where we can that to public sector can shift that to public sector pay can shift that to public sector pay sure our workers are pay to make sure our workers are rewarded that we honour the rewarded and that we honour the recommendations pay recommendations of the pay review what you review bodies. but what i you know, what say is that

know, what i would say is that that does mean choices , right? that does mean choices, right? and not shying away from and i'm not shying away from that because i think that's the right thing to do . but because right thing to do. but because we're raising money through fees and immigration health and the immigration health surcharge , that contributes surcharge, that contributes significantly and will ease some of that, some of that of that, ease some of that pressure. the guardian i think lastly, we've got time. yes >> hi, pippa crerar from the guardian. you talk about reprioritisation of what sounds like it's going to be about £2 billion worth of money. can you guarantee that that decision won't mean more front line cuts? you know , let's just call a you know, let's just call a spade a spade. and secondly, can i just ask you if you can give us a status update on liz truss's resignation peerages? are we likely to see them over the summer? >> i mean, on the previous question, it's the same we question, it's the same thing we have front have protected front line services. the services. so i think the teaching , the teaching unions teaching, the teaching unions would not have supported this offer they didn't believe offer if they didn't believe that was money coming into that there was money coming into the schools budget to help the core schools budget to help pay the core schools budget to help pay these significant pay for these significant pay awards that is we have worked

awards so that is we have worked through the detail of that with them specifically to make sure that they are comfortable in how we're this. and can we're doing this. and as you can see, much welcome the see, i'm very much welcome the engagement had with them, engagement we've had with them, the constructive way that they've those they've approached those conversations and indeed their announcement conversations and indeed their annotis:ement conversations and indeed their annotis enormously wonderful think is enormously wonderful news our children , it's news for our children, it's important that we get them back into catching into the classrooms and catching up lost out on up on what they lost out on covid. so i'm delighted with today's news more broadly, today's news and more broadly, whether the nhs or whether it's the nhs or everywhere we've funded, everywhere that we've funded, the services actually the front line services actually very we now need very generously and we now need to improving people's to deliver on improving people's waiting times for electives and all the rest of it. i haven't got an update for you on resignation honours. they haven't come to me yet. and as i think you know, i tend to just follow the due process on these things. and i also had things. and i also someone had a question before about the bbc. i wasn't sorry, i just forgot. i wasn't sorry, i just forgot. i wasn't ignoring question. wasn't ignoring your question. but say, look, i think but i would say, look, i think for all the reasons that everyone is aware of, this is an incredibly sensitive matter. and what bbc is going what i'd say is the bbc is going through its process of fact finding and establishing what's

happened. right thing is for happened. the right thing is for them thing is for them to the right thing is for them to the right thing is for them get with that and for them to get on with that and for us them space to do us to give them the space to do that. recognise the that. and recognise the sensitivity of this for all involved. and there's nothing more than that i can more than that that i can or should i think this should say. i think at this point and i think that's point and good, i think that's it. we've got one last one time is you're standing up in front of halve inflation. of a pledge to halve inflation. >> minister after minister >> but minister after minister has to say what that has refused to say what that means, what the actual target will 5, 5.3, 5, 5.5? will be, is it 5, 5.3, 5, 5.5? can you today level with people and just say exactly what that target is so we know what metric to judge you by? >> i think i think everyone can see what inflation was when i made that announcement. and i've made that announcement. and i've made the announcement in january and the numbers, think, and we had the numbers, i think, for december last year. but look, think that everyone look, do i think that everyone sitting focusing on sitting at home is focusing on whether inflation goes down to 5.2, 5.3? no, i don't 5.2, 5.4, 5.3? no, i don't actually. what i think they want to know is that the government is committed to easing the burden on their of living burden on their cost of living and that is that is my priority . and halving inflation is the

most important step. we have to doing that and i want to do that over the course of this year. clearly, that's become more challenging. can see clearly, that's become more chal in|ging. can see clearly, that's become more chal in the]. can see clearly, that's become more chal in the numbers, can see clearly, that's become more chal in the numbers, butn see clearly, that's become more chal in the numbers, but thate that in the numbers, but that doesn't mean the right doesn't mean it wasn't the right thing say. i am ambitious for thing to say. i am ambitious for our country i set those our country when i set those targets priorities, and lots targets or priorities, and lots of people said, that's all of people said, well, that's all going too easy. you said going to be too easy. you said all that you're all these things that you're going easily meet, that that going to easily meet, that that was said. i don't was what people said. i don't believe i thought it would believe that. i thought it would believe that. i thought it would be thought it was be tough, but i thought it was the right thing to do because that's the way that we can bring maximum benefit to people's families up and down the country. and going to country. and we're going to absolutely to the course. absolutely stick to the course. that's today's decision that's why today's decision is important. it important. as i said, it wouldn't right to wouldn't have been right to accept offers and then accept these pay offers and then fund them borrowing that fund them with borrowing that would the easy thing would have been the easy thing for to do. wouldn't have for me to do. wouldn't have involved to fees involved me having to put fees up on fees up everywhere else on visa fees or immigration health surcharge. it have involved, you it wouldn't have involved, you know, work trying know, detailed work trying to find and find savings and reprioritisation from elsewhere would but it would have been easy, but it would have been easy, but it would been wrong. it would have been wrong. it wouldn't have been the responsible do for the responsible thing to do for the country i'm determined country because i'm determined to and i'm to bring inflation down and i'm confident do so.

confident that we will do so. and inflation is just and halving inflation is just a staging post because inflation belongs should be belongs back where it should be at you know, this is at 2. so, you know, this is a journey to get it down there. but that was the first step on the but people should the journey. but people should be left in no doubt my be left in no doubt about my resolve it. resolve to deliver on it. perfect thank you very much for your time. >> so the prime minister asserting that it's perfect >> so the prime minister asserat g that it's perfect >> so the prime minister asserat g thatfors perfect >> so the prime minister asserat g thatfors peteaching will, at least for the teaching unions. does seem to be just unions. it does seem to be just to bring you that breaking news that minister brought that the prime minister brought us unions have us all teaching unions have suspended strikes, suspended their planned strikes, immediate suspended their planned strikes, immedi that this deal believe that this pay deal announced properly funded . as announced is properly funded. as the minister said, 6.5% the prime minister said, 6.5% deal the prime minister said, 6.5% deal, at least £30,000 starting salary now for teachers. but of course, other figures too, for the rest of the public sector. >> yeah, pay rises of at least 6% for everybody, but police, 7. and the prime minister did actually give a very stern warning to those trade unions and workers that are still involved in strikes. and he is saying that this new pay offer is final and that people just need to accept it. there will be

no more offers, he says, let's get the views on this now with gb news business and economics editor liam halligan with on the money . so let's put this into money. so let's put this into economic context then. liam, he says that these pay rises are not inflationary because there is no borrowing to fund them . is no borrowing to fund them. >> yeah, that's roughly what he's saying. i think that's a credible position. as long as various government departments can make the savings to deliver these public sector pay rises . these public sector pay rises. the government is clearly trying to draw a line under months and months and months of public sector strikes. i think it's a very significant that , he says very significant that, he says at least he's got the various teaching unions on board. june near doctors, other health unions have still to decide what they're going to do. and of course, we've got other sort of semi public sector strikes in the tube in london and national rail services . but i think in

rail services. but i think in general, this is a good day for the government. if indeed the trade unions respond to it in a positive way. let's just have a little look at what's actually happened today. we can see here in a graphic that ministers have accepted that says ministers, considering that we made that graphic just a few minutes ago, they have now accepted this 6 to 6.5% pay rise . you can see that 6.5% pay rise. you can see that actually that's lower than the rate of inflation, which is 8.7. that's going to come in immediately . those public sector immediately. those public sector pay immediately. those public sector pay rises. it's in line with the official pay review bodies. as i've said, it's less than the rate of inflation, which is 8.7. and i think in general, ministers are trying to really draw a line under the problems that they've been having . and that they've been having. and just a little bit more detail here, the police are going to get 7. most of the nhs are going to get 5 to 6, though there are other additions , payments, one

other additions, payments, one off payments, that's why the prime minister talks about 9, because there'll be a one off annual payment that will only last one year. junior doctors are six prison officers are getting six prison officers , seven armed forces, always a little bit less. unfortunately they're getting 5% and teachers 6.5% yet to get response from the bma, of course, who are on for strike five days. >> they wanted 35. yes, there's a big gap. however, a lot of the reporters, they're already doing the rough maths because the prime minister indicated there's £1 billion coming from this idea of an increased levy visa fees for health surcharges for migrants coming into the country , visa fees going up as well . , visa fees going up as well. but their estimate was that this will cost 3 billion. they are for where's the extra 2 billion coming from if you're not borrowing or actually taxing more? >> these estimates there, we're talking about single digit billions in public spending of hundreds of billions every year. this stuff kind of comes out in the wash. i mean, it's interesting to me politically

that sunak wants make that rishi sunak wants to make a play that rishi sunak wants to make a play of the fact that he's not borrowing, point, pip. borrowing, to your point, pip. so can say this is so no one can say this is inflationary, but also the money, the extra money he is getting, he's getting visa getting, he's getting it on visa fees or on so—called nhs tourism . i'm cracking down on that and making people pay for that. touching areas related to borders that he knows the public is really concerned about at the moment. in the middle of the small boats crisis. so there's some clever , maybe a bit too some clever, maybe a bit too clever politics going on there saying that he's going to pay for this stuff without borrowing. i think that's credible and sound. also by credible and sound. but also by levying fees on visas . levying fees on visas. >> also saying that >> and he's also saying that it's reasonable because it's broadly with private broadly in line with private sector increases . secloi’ increases. >> sector increases. >> it is broadly in line with private sector increases, 7.3% was the private sector pay rise that we learned of yesterday between march and may compared to march to may 2022, we should say also , though, that about say also, though, that about a fifth of us work in the public sector and these pay review bodies cover about half the

pubuc bodies cover about half the public sector. we're talking about a half of a fifth or about 1 in 10 of the population are impacted by these numbers. the vast majority of civil servants, both in whitehall and across the rest of the uk, this doesn't cover them . they'll have cover them. they'll have separate agreements and just looking at the language because again, he was pressed by the reporters, you know, savings or cuts. >> he wanted to talk about reprioritising paying and indicating already indicating that they've already been government been talking to government departments to where departments to identify where maybe there's been an underspend since some parts and that money can actually shifted to a different department. >> that's right. there will be some pain here. i mean, particularly if the underspend is if the department of health is if the department of health is told to reprioritise , where is told to reprioritise, where of course, a lot of these wage bills will fall, expect leaks from sir humphrey and others to journalists like me saying, oh, we're cutting this frontline service , we're cutting that service, we're cutting that frontline service. so i think the prime minister and his team have made a major step towards better industrial relations

today. but a lot of it will be in the unions acceptance beyond the teachers and also in the implementation . so there's lots implementation. so there's lots of landmines he can step on. >> and let's not forget, it was only few days ago that tuc only a few days ago that the tuc was vocal, saying was being pretty vocal, saying that were expecting the that they were expecting the government ignore public government to ignore this public sector in of the sector issue. in terms of the independent pay review bodies and warning how dangerous that would and warning how dangerous that woulcis interesting the you the >> it is interesting the you the trade union congress, we've seen, instance , the head of seen, for instance, the head of some of the biggest unions , the some of the biggest unions, the gmb, gary brown , very important gmb, gary brown, very important trade union leader. you know, laying into the government because it wants to start laying into the labour party because it wants to you know, not drill any oil and gas in the north sea. on the other hand , in the end, the the other hand, in the end, the tuc is back, does back labour. it obviously funds labour and it isn't going to make this implementation happen by a tory government of a tricky pay review body decision . easy. of review body decision. easy. of course it's not going to particularly when the labour party is seen to be on the cusp of power. so as i say, a major

step forward by government. hopefully there'll be fewer strikes as a result of this, but a lot of the public will be talking, as i alluded, a long way go. way to go. >> rishi sunak saying no >> us rishi sunak saying no amount of will change amount of strikes will change our decision. there are no more talks on pay . talks on pay. >> and i think i have to say sort of focus groups, opinion polls tend to support that view a lot of the public are really cheesed off with these strikes. members of the public who aren't in trade unions who support the strikes tends to be very vocal on media and so on. but on social media and so on. but i think the polls show that a big silent majority of voters just want people to get on with it. you your average public you know, if your average public private sector wage increases 7.3, that means a lot of people that's below inflation. that means at least half the people are getting less than that. by definition, if they're getting a pay definition, if they're getting a pay rise at all. although we should add maybe that that polling indicating pretty polling is indicating pretty strong still for the strong support still for the ambulance drivers, the nurses and rail workers, and the doctors rail workers, perhaps slightly less, but let's

just bring in nhs, gp doctor raj arora who can join us because we've not had an official response as yet from the bma, of course, of course. course, of course. >> course, of course. >> for the five days of action underway. raj, thanks for your time . we're just looking at the time. we're just looking at the sort headline rates that the sort of headline rates that the prime minister has outlined, and thatis prime minister has outlined, and that is 6, but 9% basically when he got this one off, 1250 include added way off what the bma has demanded . include added way off what the bma has demanded. but is it going to shift opinion, do you think ? think? >> i think it's a very tough one. i think, you know, when you've been told that that's it, you've been told that that's it, you know, there's no other negotiation. it's hard anyway, really. >> i think we spoke about this before and we've had this chat when the first strikes happened before and we've had this chat viai'id the first strikes happened before and we've had this chat viai'id firstirst strikes happened before and we've had this chat viai'id first oft strikes happened before and we've had this chat viai'id first of all,ikes happened before and we've had this chat viai'id first of all, even|appened before and we've had this chat viai'id first of all, even justened . and first of all, even just the beginning where the whole conversation the conversation has started, the negotiation started. it's always been wrong foot, been on the wrong foot, i believe. think with giving 2% believe. i think with giving 2% was just insulting. and i think now saying is it, 6% and now saying this is it, 6% and then you've got 9, one off, what does really mean pay does it really mean for pay restoration? go back to restoration? i always go back to

this it's not even about this point. it's not even about pay this point. it's not even about pay it's about pay rise. it's about restoration. actually, restoration. and actually, you're not getting anything at all. i know that junior all. and i know that junior doctors down the country doctors up and down the country will be looking at their colleagues in scotland and probably rather probably feeling rather disappointed at point disappointed at this point because had about about 12% because they had about about 12% effectively, you do the effectively, when you do the sums . absolutely. and i think sums. absolutely. and i think also just looking at, again, you know, when we look at the nhs long term workforce plan about retention, growth, etcetera, it just kind of makes me think , how just kind of makes me think, how are we going to do that going forward? yes if there are going to be no more conversations, there's not much we can do about that, guess. but i think going that, i guess. but i think going forward, what we want try and forward, what we want to try and prevent strikes or prevent is further strikes or further it comes to further uproar when it comes to the autumn months as well, when there pressures nhs. there are pressures on the nhs. so there's a lot to be so i think there's a lot to be thinking about forjunior thinking about here for junior doctors 45% of the doctors who are 45% of the medical . medical workforce. >> not forget, we've >> and let's not forget, we've got junior doctors but very got junior doctors now, but very quickly off the back of the junior doctors strike, we've got the strikes well. junior doctors strike, we've got the know, strikes well. junior doctors strike, we've got the know, how strikes well. junior doctors strike, we've got

the know, how might well. junior doctors strike, we've got the know, how might they ell. junior doctors strike, we've got the know, how might they react you know, how might they react to what's been announced by the prime minister >> absolutely. and i think rishi went to on talk about, you know, went to on talk about, you know, we need to get the doctors through to get to consultant and they're going to get a rise. they're going to get a pay rise. but mean doesn't give us much hopeif but mean doesn't give us much hope if consultants hope if the consultants themselves or themselves are striking or thinking striking as well. so thinking of striking as well. so i really, you're putting i think really, you're putting something offer something putting an offer forward, with forward, which is in line with other workers. but other public sector workers. but there a pay decline there has been a pay decline which been eroded by the which have been eroded by the inflation over the last sort of decade and more going back to 2008. if you're thinking about how we're going restore that how we're going to restore that and we going to want and how are we going to want junior doctors to stay and retain consultant level, retain to consultant level, it doesn't promising, but, doesn't seem too promising, but, you trade you know, i'm not the trade union, so can't speak on their behalf. >> yeah, but from your experience of being in the health service, just looking at this minister this phrase the prime minister used reprioritizing where the estimate they've got find estimate is they've got to find this billion. i mean, is this extra 2 billion. i mean, is there any in the nhs that there any fat in the nhs that they could actually cut to actually finance this .

actually finance this. >> i think it's i think it's going to be a struggle. there's already a big black hole in the deficit. i think also just looking at what we're actually trying to do here. yes. on one hand, you know what rishi sunak has said about having to has said about not having to take a loan, not to take take a loan, not having to take debt, obviously, to, you debt, too, obviously, to, you know, pay rises know, fund the pay rises is good. it's commendable, guess. good. it's commendable, i guess. but think it doesn't solve the but i think it doesn't solve the real issues of junior real issues at home of junior doctors burnt you doctors who are burnt out, you know, and who are working those long and who don't feel long hours and who don't feel that being remunerated that they're being remunerated or the work or even restored for the work they've and think they've been doing. and i think you look at the you know, when you look at the gmc from last year, 1 in gmc report from last year, 1 in 5 doctors are near 5 junior doctors are near burnout. in any accident burnout. and in any accident emergency . and ed, that's that emergency. and ed, that's that goes 1in emergency. and ed, that's that goes 1 in 3. so actually goes up to 1 in 3. so actually it's not about pay. yes, it it's not just about pay. yes, it is about work workforce is about work and workforce conditions, but lot of that conditions, but a lot of that feeds the fact when feeds into the fact that when you you can't pay your you go home, you can't pay your energy bills, can't live energy bills, you can't live life. need to live life. you need to live at a bafic life. you need to live at a basic level. so really, pay is important. think it is central important. i think it is central to this discussion on. >> raj, thank very much. >> raj, thank you very much. we'll you get back your we'll let you get back to your patients. thanks for patients. as ever, thanks for joining gb news. joining us on gb news. >> let's talk to our political

reporter catherine forster, who is downing we is in downing street. as we were saying , tough talking from the saying, tough talking from the prime minister saying that is it. it's a fair deal. it's the only offer on the table. no amount of strikes is going to change that . change that. >> yes, i think that was a very clear message to the junior doctors and indeed to consult stentz. he was saying this is it. it's fair and it's final. there will be no more talking about this . so basically he's about this. so basically he's saying to the doctors , take it, saying to the doctors, take it, take this 6.5% or leave it. they've asked , of course, for they've asked, of course, for 36, but he was out lining the many things which he says the government is doing for the nhs . he says it's record funding they set out, didn't they, the long term workforce plan over the next 15 years, which is something we haven't had before and was greeted positively pretty much from all sides. so we wait and see what the

response will be from the british medical association , but british medical association, but much better . british medical association, but much better. news british medical association, but much better . news for teachers much better. news for teachers and for children because the strikes have currently been suspended ended. there was a statement from the government along with the education union leader leaders saying that they think they're going to put this offer for forward and they recommend that it will be accepted. there had been a lot of concern about , first of all, of concern about, first of all, them not being given what the pay them not being given what the pay review body recommended, but also that the money would come out of existing school budgets. now journalists have been grilling and are still grilling the prime minister's spokesman about this because the government have said they're not borrowing any more money. so that implies cuts to budget, which might be cuts to teachers, cuts to all of the things that schools have to pay for. the government are saying that's not going to be the case, that it's not going to hurt schools on the

front line in that way. that money has been found here and there . it's not terribly clear , there. it's not terribly clear, ihave there. it's not terribly clear, i have to say. the devil will be in the detail. but positive news, hopefully, that children , news, hopefully, that children, having lost over a week of education this year, those strikes at least that might be coming to an end, but significant point, too, that the teaching unions have accepted this phrase properly funded because of course, we now learning that pat mcfadden, the shadow treasury minister, has been pushing john glen, the chief secretary to the treasury, pretty hard or pretty effectively in the commons about what does reprioritizing mean ? what does reprioritizing mean? >> what are the savings, what are the cuts that could come to independence departments? and you know, is this going to hit education? is it going to hit health us these are the questions and we don't yet have the answers. >> there's about . the answers. >> there's about. 2 or £3 billion additional money needed

to be found from somewhere to fund these pay increases for the pubuc fund these pay increases for the public sector. and it's not yet clear. the government have said they're not borrowing any more money. they're saying, okay, they're going to make a billion or so from this visa scheme and various other bits here and there. they're saying that there are underspends, believe it or not, managed to not, that they've managed to find they're reprice criticising, but they're claiming that it's not going to hit schools in a direct way and the nhs , yeah, they're claiming the nhs, yeah, they're claiming that , but still not clear that, but still not clear exactly where this money is going to come from . going to come from. >> catherine thank you. we're just going to bring you some breaking news. the met. police say they are aware of a threatening email that's been sent to a school in redbridge redbndge sent to a school in redbridge redbridge primary in east london. the report suggesting that it may have been put into lockdown . the met say they're

lockdown. the met say they're investigating at pace, but indications, of course, some concern. we'll update you as we get more on that. pretty sketchy at the moment, but a credible threat they said, to staff and students , do stay with us on gb students, do stay with us on gb news much more to come, including all the analysis . including all the analysis. >> this with this massive statement from rishi sunak today about public sector workers getting that well , about 6% pay getting that well, about 6% pay rise. what do they think? is it enough to stop junior doctors striking ? we'll be asking those striking? we'll be asking those questions here on the live desk i >> -- >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. sunny spells and more showers today , spells and more showers today, although not as many and not as heavy. the showers as they have been over recent days. and the breeze is at least a little bit

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radio. >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news legal moves to prevent 2000 asylum seekers being housed at scampton, the famed base of the dambusters have resumed at the high court. >> well, the hearing to determine whether the case then can proceed to full judicial review and that could potentially halt the home office plans for this former base in lincolnshire . lincolnshire. >> well, let's cross over to scampton now and speak with gb news east midlands. reporter

will hollis. will a lot of unhappy residents in the area? i think you might have got one with you by the looks of it . with you by the looks of it. >> yes, well, it's around 158 miles away that ultimately the future of scampton as well as raf wethersfield in essex is being decided right now at the high court. >> you'll find west lindsey district council, which is of course the lincolnshire council where scampton is, and you'll find council find braintree district council , which is the council where raf wethersfield is, and their fighting that battle because ultimately they're trying to get a judicial review . a judicial review. >> what's happening right now is a permissions hearing just to get to that final stage . but get to that final stage. but here at scampton, that's i suppose, where the regular average joe people are, people like gary. gary, you're not from scampton , you're from about ten scampton, you're from about ten minutes down the road along the very noisy a15 towards lincoln. why does it matter to you to

come up here quite often to protest the asylum seeker plans for scampton? >> because i saw it on the news and i just thought it can't happen here. so i had to do something. so i just thought, i'll sit at the gates, make a start doing that, see where that goes.i start doing that, see where that goes. i can't just sit at home doing nothing. it's i just can't i >> -- >> what is bum >> what is it about this place and this plan that you think should not. >> go ahead. well it's the history, the heritage of this place . place. >> what they did in the war for us. and now they must be thinking, why did we bother the money that it's costing over £6 million a day on hotels ? it's million a day on hotels? it's going to cost over £2 billion just for scampton for two years. and over 6 billion for the other camps . what they could spend all camps. what they could spend all on in on here in the nhs are homeless, homeless veterans . homeless, homeless veterans. it's disgraceful. well that's the argument, isn't it, really , the argument, isn't it, really, that they're spending all of this money on the camps, on the hotels , and they're going to hotels, and they're going to find a cheaper way by doing it

here at places like raf wethersfield and scampton? yeah, but they're still going to have to keep filling the hotels because not stopping the because they're not stopping the boats. that's the main boats. and that's the main problem. they're to problem. they're not going to solve until stop solve anything until they stop that problem first. >> stop the boats has >> and that's stop the boats has become of a slogan, hasn't become a bit of a slogan, hasn't it, rishi sunak, doesn't it, for rishi sunak, it doesn't seem according to rishi seem to be according to rishi sunak to stop the boats already, aren't he? >> yeah. >> 5 seem em- em— >> it doesn't seem to be too going well. the asylum going well. obviously the asylum seeker rwanda has. seeker plan for rwanda has. >> ridiculous . >> that's ridiculous. >> that's ridiculous. >> that's been stopped >> anyway, that's been stopped in the tracks. how do people here lincolnshire feel that here in lincolnshire feel that this asylum seeker problem is put on their doorstep when ultimately it's a problem for the coastline ? an and basically the coastline? an and basically the coastline? an and basically the government really struggling to get a handle on it. >> well, the government's left it too far too long. the they've known about it it's been going for on how many years has this been going on for now. they should have stopped it a long time ago. it'sjust should have stopped it a long time ago. it's just crazy. should have stopped it a long time ago. it'sjust crazy. it's time ago. it's just crazy. it's never to end. it's never never going to end. it's never going never going to end. it's never goiihow do you see this ending >> how do you see this ending then? because right now with the

high they're to high court, they're trying to get judicial review where get this judicial review where 150 miles away, how do you 150 odd miles away, how do you see this ending with the result that you are hoping for? >> well, i'm really hoping that the see common sense and there's £300, £300 million investment ready for this place up and ready for this place up and ready to go. and it can't be done while that's on here. so they're just stopping the jobs investment . there's a lot of investment. there's a lot of jobs investment here for people in the future and it's going to be like a museum heritage place and it just can't happen. >> it just and that's the big argument for why west lindsey district council doesn't want this to happen here. of course, this to happen here. of course, this is just a permission heanng this is just a permission hearing that's happening way down in london. but i suppose you could call this the frontline pips for what these people really don't want to see happen, which is 2000 asylum seekers brought to their doorstep . okay. doorstep. okay. >> thank you very much , will. i >> thank you very much, will. i mean, we keep calling them

asylum seekers, but they all also , though, are people who also, though, are people who could well be fleeing some horrific situations . so let's horrific situations. so let's just remember that as well. yeah. more from that high court heanng yeah. more from that high court hearing up. hearing coming up. >> also more from southwark crown spacey, the crown court kevin spacey, the actor, saying actor, hollywood actor, saying he's a big flirt and was he's not a big flirt and was somewhat intimate with one of his victims. of course, his alleged victims. of course, he denies 12 sex offences involving four men between 2001 and 2013. we'll have the latest from hearing. latest from that hearing. latest headunes from that hearing. latest headlines with rhiannon . headlines now with rhiannon. >> mark, thank you. good afternoon . soon it's 132. your afternoon. soon it's 132. your top stories from the newsroom . top stories from the newsroom. the prime minister has told those still striking to do the right thing and know when to say yes as he set out pay increases for millions of public sector workers , teachers will get a . workers, teachers will get a. 6.5% rise while junior doctors will get a 6% rise. police and prison officers will receive an

increase of 7. following the announcement, the education union said the deal will allow strikes to be called off. rishi sunak confirmed the pay boost will not be funded by more government borrowing . government borrowing. >> today's offer is final . there >> today's offer is final. there will be no more talks on pay . we will be no more talks on pay. we will be no more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year's settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision . instead, the decision. instead, the settlement we've reached today gives us a fair way to end the strikes a fair deal for workers and a fair deal for the british taxpayer . junior doctors in taxpayer. junior doctors in england, meanwhile, have begun their five day strike in what's being described as the longest in the history of the nhs. >> members of the british medical association are walking out in their dispute over pay , out in their dispute over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. the row over pays already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consults nations

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>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. >> hello. welcome back to the live desk on gb news. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has beenin winning actor kevin spacey has been in the witness box today as the defence case in his sex offences trial begins . offences trial begins. >> well, he's accused of 12 sex

offences, including indecent assault, sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. and he denies all those charges. but a jury heard accounts from four alleged victims yesterday . four alleged victims yesterday. >> the 63 year old is in the witness box, we understand still the afternoon. so let's get the very latest from theo chikomba, who is outside suffolk crown court for us. i imagine the courtroom , the public gallery courtroom, the public gallery has been absolutely packed. theo you absolutely right. >> it's been packed throughout the morning and likely for the rest of the afternoon. >> many journalists from broadcasters papers, including the new york post as well. so in terms of when he arrived here this morning, he arrived with a number of people wearing a grey suit and a light blue tie . but suit and a light blue tie. but inside, patrick gibbs, casey , inside, patrick gibbs, casey, the defence barrister, addressed the defence barrister, addressed the jury at the start of the defence case of the trial of kevin spacey. he then began

asking mr spacey a number of personal questions where he grew up, the schools he went to alongside his upbringing, and then when he went on to have his acting career , he then the court acting career, he then the court heard about about him beginning to attempt to rebuild a theatre here in london called the old vic . he was trying to work with vic. he was trying to work with some of his colleagues to revamp this place, and it's somewhere where he worked . and they went where he worked. and they went on to have 54 productions. they then went on to the allegations . the first victim today, the alleged victim, the jury were shown images of him and this alleged victim. he was asked to recollect some of those events when they met and how that relationship began to build. and then when he was asked to see whether he could recollect some of that time and how he was able to obtain some of the information he spoke about a rental phone, which he says he still uses. now here in london and his business colleague went

on to speak to a ceo of this company and they were then able to find some of this information , texts and so on and call records dating back to the 2000. the court then heard about what happened between him and this first alleged victim . and mr first alleged victim. and mr spacey went on to say it's not what has been described by this victim . the court heard how he victim. the court heard how he touched this person in a romantic way. he denies saying it was in a violent way. this was a relationship that they had built. they said they both flirted with each other . and as flirted with each other. and as they spent more time together , they spent more time together, that relationship began to build. but he did go on to say he made it clear that he didn't want to go further. and mr spacey said, i respect affected that. so in terms of what we've heard so far this morning will be continuing to hear more evidence . s this afternoon . but evidence. s this afternoon. but just finally, though, when asked

about the relationship with this alleged victim, he said he was never his full time chauffeur or security and he was crushed that when he heard about these allegations he's considering this is the person he knew. and he said he felt that he stabbed him in his back. kevin spacey denies all 12 allegations or charges , shall i say, including charges, shall i say, including sexual assault . and the trial sexual assault. and the trial continues here at southwark crown court this afternoon . crown court this afternoon. >> theo, thanks very much for updating us on that. more, of course, as we hear more in that defence case. now now the bbc's director general, tim davies , director general, tim davies, being called before a house of lords committee, along with the corporation's acting chair, to answer questions on its handling of the huw edwards allegations. >> meanwhile, mental health charity mind has called for huw edwards to be given the to space receive treatment. gb news uses home and security editor mark white can bring us the latest from outside broadcast house. it has felt mark, over the last few days that it's been breaking

news, breaking news, one after the other on this. it does feel a little quieter today . but a little quieter today. but inside new broadcast, new broadcasting house, it most certainly isn't, is it? >> yeah , it's a little quieter >> yeah, it's a little quieter today in terms of no breaking news about new developments or revelations, but sadly, rather predictably, it is breaking down into a bit of factional fighting between those who take the view that the sun were right to pubush that the sun were right to publish the allegations and those who are on the other side who who are very critical of the sun and the murdoch empire, who believe that that newspaper has questions to answer . believe that that newspaper has questions to answer. but while all of that rowing from side to side is going on here, here within the bbc, they at least can start now and properly investigate what are a slew of allegations since that original allegations since that original allegation was made to the bbc

on the 18th of may. and then, of course splashed in the sun newspaper last friday. once they passed that on to the police to take a look at to see if they believe there could have been any criminal party involved here. they were halted. really. they were unable to carry on any more of their internal investigation as well. now that scotland yard has said with regard to that first allegation that they are not going to take it forward, there is no in their belief , no criminality that's belief, no criminality that's taken place . the bbc can taken place. the bbc can properly begin in earnest now and investigate these allegations. i should say just going back to scotland yard , in going back to scotland yard, in the statement, there was another allegation within in the various claims that have been made over recent days that huw edwards broke lockdown rules to go off and meet a young person in february of 2021, someone outside london now with regard

to that particular claim , to that particular claim, scotland yard say as yet they have not received any material or evidence of this potential lockdown breach. now, if they did receive that, then we could be looking at a retrospective action here that might result in action here that might result in a fixed penalty notice . we've a fixed penalty notice. we've seen it, of course, before with notable figures like boris johnson, even rishi sunak. notable figures like boris johnson, even rishi sunak . as johnson, even rishi sunak. as you say, underway now resuming, but also more extreme questions because we're now learning that tim davie, the dg as well as the acting chair, the head of policy as well, all being called before the lords communications committee on tuesday day, and they will want to know more about well, the bbc's duty of care and its procedures. >> i guess , yeah, this is to >> i guess, yeah, this is to going be a difficult one of course, for tim davie to navigate, but really for the lords to get anything particular meaningful out of this gives in that there are active

investigations underway into potentially serious allegations. >> so we're with that in mind. i'm sure that tim davie and all the advice that he will be given will be going down the road of saying, well, we can't really touch on that because of an ongoing investigation by the corporate investigations team here at broadcasting house. however, on the other issue about perhaps the complaints procedure and how complaints are dean procedure and how complaints are dealt with in the early stages, that may be something that he can answer in a bit more detail. he did give some explanation when he had a briefing with reporters at the beginning of the week. that was of course, to launch the bbc's annual report, but it was by all of this scandal and he did acknowledge that they are going to review, as a matter of urgency their complaints procedure to see how they red flag the complaints of a potentially serious nature

mark outside new broadcasting house for us once more. house for us once more. >> house for us once more. >> thanks very much for bringing us the latest there . us the latest there. >> let's speak now to former bbc home affairs correspondent danny shaw, who you believe . i shaw, who you believe. i understand that the corporation has a duty of care towards the broadcaster now towards huw edwards, after what has emerged about what is clearly , you know, about what is clearly, you know, his severe depression . his severe depression. >> i think that's right, pip. i mean, i'm critical of the bbc because i don't think they dealt with the complaint properly when it came in initially on the 18th of may, the 19th of may, they didn't investigate it properly. they made a phone call and an email to try and speak to the complainant that doesn't strike me as a very robust or rigorous investigation into what what we now know was a serious allegation means that term serious allegations was a term used by tim davie, the bbc director—general well, if you're getting serious allegations about your most high profile

news presenter who has mental health concerns and well documented history of severe depression , a you know, the depression, a you know, the investigation was inadequate and b, what steps were made to check on his welfare and his mental well—being ? because we now know well—being? because we now know that the allegations were that he had paid £35,000 to a young person on. well, that's really serious and concern earning behaviour by someone it might be private behaviour, but you would have thought that that huw edwards managers would have been informed and perhaps a check on his mental health would have been carried out . because if been carried out. because if that story became public, that would have a detrimental effect on his mental health. and it may be that the alleged behaviour was as a consequence of his mental health struggles . but in mental health struggles. but in any event, that complaint was not dealt with properly in any sense at all from everything we know about it, until the sun contacted the bbc almost seven

weeks later and are you surprised or puzzled fact that tim davie has acknowledge that as director general he didn't speak to huw edwards directly and raising these issues because he is now having to answer questions, for instance , in questions, for instance, in front of this lords committee next tuesday . i think whether next tuesday. i think whether tim davie himself spoke to huw edwards or whether someone from his executive team or huw edwards line manager spoke to him, i, i don't think that is really the point here. i think the point is the way the bbc handled it in those seven weeks was very poor . handled it in those seven weeks was very poor. i also think there was a point over the weekend, last weekend when huw edwards or the bbc should have named him as the presenter who was at the centre of these allegations when they announced that he was suspended. we're in a ridiculous situation where other people were being wrongly named and their lives were being

affected by that. yeah, but , you affected by that. yeah, but, you know, i'm sorry to interrupt, danny, but, you know, let's just make clear that they were prevented effectively from doing that by that supreme court ruling after the cliff. >> richard case, that the bbc was involved in. well look, it's how you interpret court rulings, mark. >> a court ruling is isn't a definitive. yes or no. it's about your interpretation of court rulings. and people's expectations of privacy depend upon who they are and what they've said and what they put into the public domain . and huw into the public domain. and huw edwards is a very high profile, extremely well paid news presenter. he's a trusted figure. he's in the public eye and he's also voluntarily revealed a lot of details about his private life and his struggles with mental health. and we all have great sympathy for that. and, you know, to his credit that he's done that. but when you reveal details about your private life, the temptation of what? of your

entitlement to privacy , i think entitlement to privacy, i think is lower. and the bar is lower. it's far lower for him than it would be for a producer for working at the bbc who has no pubuc working at the bbc who has no public profile at all. and i don't think the bbc quite understood that. and i think he should have been named earlier than he was, and he could have denied the allegations and talked about his mental health struggles and we wouldn't be in this situation. now. i don't think. >> home affairs correspondent danny , really interesting >> home affairs correspondent da speak , really interesting >> home affairs correspondent daspeak to , really interesting >> home affairs correspondent da speak to you�*ally interesting >> home affairs correspondent da speak to you�*ally inthis;ting >> home affairs correspondent daspeak to you�*ally inthis .ing to speak to you about this. thanks for talking to us on gb news. police are currently searching an area in a hamlet in the french alps before calling off the massive operation to locate missing two year old emile . we're not quite sure of emile. we're not quite sure of his of his full name, but we do understand it to be emile investigated us, say their focus will now shift to evaluating the evidence already gathered . if evidence already gathered. if they don't find the toddler who was last seen walking down the street near his grandparents house in the french alps five days later, there is still no

sign of the boy . sign of the boy. >> let's speak now to french journalist in paris, nabila ramdani , who can join us. ramdani, who can join us. nabila, we gather this is obviously for understandable reasons, gripped people in france there as they follow this. but it does seem that the widespread or the wide scale, rather, search is now being called off. so clearly , this is called off. so clearly, this is getting quite serious . getting quite serious. >> well, yes, indeed. >> well, yes, indeed. >> you're quite right to say that it's captured . that it's captured. >> emile's disappearance has captured the public's imagination . it's all over the imagination. it's all over the french media in france , french media in france, politicians and ministers are calling the general public to keep looking out for emile , this keep looking out for emile, this is clearly a terrifying story thatis is clearly a terrifying story that is creating a huge amount of worry across france , but also of worry across france, but also evidently in other parts of the world, including britain. and it doesn't matter what nationality orindeed doesn't matter what nationality or indeed background little emile is , you just have to look emile is, you just have to look at the picture of a beautiful little blonde boy who looks as charming as he is vulnerable and

odd. you know, it's a truism to say that you can get losing someone like little emile is clearly any adult's nightmare . clearly any adult's nightmare. having searched said that the search started soon after. emile went missing on saturday evening. remember, he was staying at his grandparents house in a very rural part of the alps. varennes is actually a village. the village where he was in and it only has about 20 houses and itunes is turns into a thick forests. but because emile is so small, it was thought that a rigorous search of a three mile perimeter would soon find him . and at one stage soon find him. and at one stage there were even helicopters involved which were playing recordings of his mother's voice in the hope that he would hear he would hear the recordings and come out of hiding. but as you said last night, come out of hiding. but as you said last night , the local said last night, the local prosecutor who in charge of the investigation called off the

physical search that is to say, the beating of the countryside involving police and indeed detectives , which effectively detectives, which effectively means that emile has been taken out of the area and in one sense, this is optimistic on some level because it means that emile could be somewhere else. but it's terrifying at the same time because a two year old would evidently need help to go anywhere else . indeed. and so anywhere else. indeed. and so therefore, the judicial investigation i was going to say , therefore, the fact that they've effectively called off that as we saw the pictures, very widespread search operation in what are the ideas that they're looking at and what are they're looking at and what are the theories that police are investigating? >> ing well, the judicial investigation is still going on. >> it's been opened up to inquiries further afield. the prosecutor and police are now looking at any known child abuse offenders living in the area. for example, they're looking at car movement. they're looking at phone signals and trying to

pinpoint who was where, where. at about 5 pm. last saturday, emile disappeared. and even before that, they interviewing people to see if there testament tally they are using phone technology known as triangulation to try to locate people using the phone . and it's people using the phone. and it's important to say that at this stage there is no evidence, nothing has been found and not a trace of emile has been found yet. no dna , no hair follicle. yet. no dna, no hair follicle. the police found some blood on the front of a car yesterday, but it was analysed and he turned out to be animal blood. so there is still hope that emile is alive and can be found . but there's also the terrifying fear that he may be may have been kidnapped. yes. or a two year old can't get very far by himself. if he had fallen over and lay in a bush somewhere, then he probably would have been found by now by police searches almost a week . police searches almost a week. >> beard yeah. so a terrible time for his family of course. but nabila, thank you for

updating us on that more, of course, from paris. if and when they develop further lines of questioning. thank you very much indeed. >> and do stay with us here on gb news, where we'll be returning to the news that the government has offered at least 6% pay rise for public sector workers. see you shortly . workers. see you shortly. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> afternoon . i'm alex deakin >> afternoon. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a wet and windy spell of weather is on the way. arriving tonight and lasting for much of tomorrow and into the weekend courtesy of these two areas of low pressure. in particular, this one which is heading up towards the south—west. now, ahead that, south—west. now, ahead of that, many of us have had the driest day of a pretty showery week. there still some heavy there are still some heavy showers across parts showers around across parts of eastern and scotland and eastern england and scotland and further of mostly further outbreaks of mostly light rain pushing into northern ireland. north wales and

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offer. >> is final . there will be no >> is final. there will be no more talks on pay . we will not more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year's settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision . instead, the settlement we've reached today gives us a fair way to end the strikes a fair deal for workers and a fair deal for the british taxpayer . for the british taxpayer. >> well, that is junior doctors in england are on strike in what's being described as the longest wait in the history of the nhs . members of the british the nhs. members of the british medical association have begun a five day walkout in their dispute over pay, arguing for a rise of around 35. the row has already led to thousands of cancelled operations and consults stations. speaking to gb news, dr. bashir mukherjee says the money is there as a result of the strike action. >> they're having to pay £200 an hour to the consultants to cover our shifts effectively and you're telling me that they

can't pay us a 35% rise, which is for me is just going to be £25 an hour, which is a massive drop from £200 an hour, which they're taking just to cover the consultant fees to do by not a consultant's job. >> a junior a junior doctor , >> a junior a junior doctor, mental health charity mind says people like huw edwards experiencing serious mental health problems should be given the space to receive treatment. >> kwasi questions have been raised regarding the son's conduct as well as the bbc's response to the allegations that he paid a young person for sexually explicit images. the corporation director general will be questioned in parliament next week on how they were handled. the met police has found no evidence of criminality. former bbc executive roger bolton told gb news corporation is obliged to scrutinise allegations . scrutinise allegations. >> you've got to be very careful about this. of course, because huw edwards can't reply to this. and he comes sort of how and when he comes to sort of how can put this sexual politics?

can i put this sexual politics? there's a vast difference between ageing older people like me, example , whatever, me, for example, or whatever, and young women in particular say their 20s have very say in their 20s have very different views about what constitutes suits and comfortable things. but i just think that in this instance, give the information to the bbc, let them report now, let us scrutinise. the bbc is absolute obugafion scrutinise. the bbc is absolute obligation to come public on all of this, but it doesn't have to do it now . do it now. >> well, gb news has spoken to people around the country to get their thoughts. >> i think they need to drop it from the news. he's obviously got serious mental health issues and at the moment we don't consider that the ramifications for family if he's going to for his family if he's going to disappear into the wilderness. >> that's all he's finished. >> that's all he's finished. >> and he really basically he's finished like schofield . finished like a schofield. >> he's finished. >> he's finished. >> think people need to leave >> i think people need to leave him alone . him alone. >> mental health is so severe and each person handles it a different way . different way. >> allegations and rumours cause traumatic behaviour, which is probably what's made him

completely go off the edge . completely go off the edge. >> virgin media is under investigation after customers complained of difficulties cancelling their contracts . cancelling their contracts. customers say when contacting the company to cancel their service , they struggled to speak service, they struggled to speak to an agent or were placed on hold for a long time before eventually dropping out. media watchdog ofcom says it's concerned about the number of complaints it's received regarding the telecoms company and footballer dele. alli has revealed he was sexually abused when he was six years old and was dealing drugs by the time he was dealing drugs by the time he was eight. spurs speaking to gary neville on his podcast the overlap. the everton midfielder says he recently spent six weeks in rehab because of a sleeping pill addiction and mental health issues. he's also revealed he smoked at the age of seven and was sent to africa to learn discipline. alli says his adoptive parents have helped him turn his life around . turn his life around. >> at 12, i was adopted, so and

from then it was like i was adopted by an amazing family. like i said, i couldn't have asked for better people to do what they'd done for me as i mean, i don't if god created people, it was them . people, it was them. >> this is gb news bringing more as it happens now, though, it's back to mark and . back to mark and. pip welcome back to the live desk. >> so prime minister rishi sunak announcing a pay rise for all pubuc announcing a pay rise for all public sector workers of at least 6 to 7. try and stave off further industrial action. teaching unions saying they're already suspending their strikes and putting the deal to their members. >> however, the funding for the pay >> however, the funding for the pay rises will have to come out of existing departmental budgets, and that's where the

problems begin. >> of course , we've got the >> of course, we've got the junior doctors out on the streets for five days on the picket lines . we've already got picket lines. we've already got reaction from the president of the hospital consultants and specialists association, dr. naru narayen. instead of serious negotiation on doctors pay, he said , we've had a grandstanding said, we've had a grandstanding pr stunt which remains scant on detail going on to say, we do know that this is an imposed outcome with funding apparently coming from nhs cost cutting , coming from nhs cost cutting, slicing into health budgets is no way to resolve industrial action centred on staffing and retention . and overall, the retention. and overall, the concern for patient care. >> well, let's get more on this with our business and economics editor liam halligan . there's editor liam halligan. there's plenty to discuss in on the money . as you we would expect, money. as you we would expect, liam, we're already getting the criticism coming . you know, it's criticism coming. you know, it's a it's a pr stunt. do you think the prime minister has been

sensible in his announcement? has he been fair? he claims he's being fair . being fair. >> i certainly think this is a serious attempt to bring the strikes to a close. these public sector strikes, which have got a lot of the public cheesed off, of course, and rishi sunak can say that he is at least following the pay review bodies, the independent organising asians who come up with the amount of pay and can arbitrate between the government and the pubuc between the government and the public sector unions. let's just have a look at some of the details. pip if we may. so ministers have accepted that 6 to 6.5% pay rise, as you just reported, and that is in line with the official pay review bodies. it's worth saying that inflation in may was 8.7. that's, of course, during the year to may from may 2022 to may 2023 over the coming year, when this pay will be implemented, inflation may well be quite a lot lower than that. so these may in fact be above inflation pay may in fact be above inflation pay rises. we're not quite sure

, at least going forward. and as you most staff, nhs you say, most nhs staff, nhs staff are getting a 5% increase. but on top of that , a lot of nhs but on top of that, a lot of nhs staff are getting a one off annual payment just for one yean annual payment just for one year, not baked in for all their future pay, which takes their increase for this year to only 8 or 9. just to correct one little thing, it's not the case that everyone's getting at least 6. this only this only applies to about half the public sector, about half the public sector, about a fifth of us work in the pubuc about a fifth of us work in the public sector. this applies to half the public sector. it doesn't apply to most civil servants . and then the armed servants. and then the armed forces deserve a special mention. they're getting just 5. >> and interestingly, you talk about civil servants. mike clancy, general secretary of prospect, union base saying prospect, the union base saying that they're taking a knife to pubuc that they're taking a knife to public services to pay for these pay ' public services to pay for these pay , signalling they've pay rises, signalling they've learned nothing from the ofsted pay rises, signalling they've lea years, othing from the ofsted pay rises, signalling they've leayears,othingthan| the ofsted pay rises, signalling they've leayears,othingthan a he ofsted pay rises, signalling they've leayears,othingthan a decadead pay rises, signalling they've leayears,othingthan a decade of 80 years, more than a decade of underfunding left unprepared underfunding left us unprepared for in particular for the pandemic, in particular for the pandemic, in particular for freezing civil service recruitment in the ministry of defence. instance , defence. for instance, a disastrous putting disastrous risks putting our nation's security at risk. so i

guess it all comes down to what the prime minister has talked about terms of reprioritising about in terms of reprioritising budgets to actually make up was about a 2 billion shortfall. we've worked out roughly. >> yeah, i'd say that's pretty insane. incendiary language. there take the more civil servants now than there were pre the covid pandemic for instance. not to say that they don't all do a great job. lots of them work from home. of course, which many people would suggest is the reason why public sector productivity has literally fallen off off a cliff . it's fallen off off a cliff. it's also worth saying that if rishi sunak had said we're going to raise taxes to pay for this or borrow, the tax burden is already at a 70 year high. that's not going to do much to get the economy going or as you say, mark, rightly , if the prime say, mark, rightly, if the prime minister said we're going to borrow, then that would be inflationary, which would be counterproductive . so i think counterproductive. so i think he's trying to strike a balance . they do have to make some savings .

. they do have to make some savings. rishi has tried savings. rishi sunak has tried to kill two birds with to sort of kill two birds with one stone by saying some of the savings going to be offset savings are going to be offset by the fact that the government is going charge more for is going to charge more for visas , they're going to charge visas, they're going to charge more nhs tourism. more for so—called nhs tourism. when people come to country when people come to this country a billion quid's worth, they will be charged. will they will be charged. that's clever politics because it addresses issues that are obviously in the news with the small boats. you've been reporting all day about scampton and wethersfield near my home in nonh and wethersfield near my home in north essex. i know, i know the village very, very well. and how strong feelings are there. but i have to say , you know, getting have to say, you know, getting money from nhs tourism, if you like, getting for money it's a very slow burn. it's very drip, drip. it's not a big wave of cash and can they get that billion every year? >> is it a constant figure? they there you go. >> there you go. well, some of the pay rises only apply for one yean the pay rises only apply for one year, don't they? but you're right, this is for the most part, it's the permanent increase what increase in expenditure. what i would is even though, you would say is even though, you know, billions of pounds are

thousands of they're thousands of millions, they're very, the grand very, very big in the grand scheme hundreds billions scheme of hundreds of billions of sector spending in the of public sector spending in the round 2 or 3 billion. here is a is a rounding error. and say if interest rates don't go up as high as we expect them to go, government debt costs are less . government debt costs are less. they have pay less to service they have to pay less to service the big government debt that we've there'll be savings there. >> yeah. and would there have been calculate how been also calculate about how much action has been much industrial action has been costing economy as well with costing the economy as well with what, eight months. so far. >> absolutely. you know industrial action money. industrial action costs money. you there from young you heard there from a young junior doctor who is absolutely doing the right thing from her perspective of coming on the strikes in april by the nhs apparently cost 100 million. >> that's what it cost hospitals just in april. >> indeed, that young doctor there, you know, she's coming on gb news and saying that she's angry . she wants 35. that's angry. she wants 35. that's that's fair enough. that's what we do in a democracy. she made the point. i thought it was germane. it was a good part of her argument that the government

is having fill in consultants is having to fill in consultants at £200 an hour, whereas junior doctors, get of doctors, they get sort of between 20 and £30 an hour. so wouldn't it cheaper to wouldn't it be cheaper to resolve the strikes? course, resolve the strikes? of course, the to pay for the government has to pay for money replacements in emergency services when there are strikes. on the other hand, i think the government's made a calculation here, doesn't really do them here, it doesn't really do them any harm putting particularly to be seen to be facing down public sector unions that are handing glove, literally lining the pockets aukus as the tories would see it, of the labour party. it's very awkward , these party. it's very awkward, these strikes for labour because they can't really oppose them , but can't really oppose them, but they can't really support them ehhen >> and they weren't. >> and they weren't. >> there's a bit of political calculation. >> yeah, labour weren't giving an answer on actually whether they would agree to the public service pay awards from the independent pay review bodies. >> absolutely . >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> so now of course another autumn of public sector strikes would be a major pain in the nation's posterior as far as the majority are concerned. and they would be a pain for the

conservatives. but i do think there's some thinking in downing street could have street that they could have knocked strikes the knocked these strikes on the head a amount of money head with a big amount of money early but i think there's early year. but i think there's some machiavel going some machiavel calculation going on perhaps it isn't all bad on that perhaps it isn't all bad to see labour squirm . to see labour squirm. >> i'm okay on that thought . >> i'm okay on that thought. let's get some more reaction as it through. but let's it comes through. but let's speak i think to maths speak i think now to maths teacher bobby seagull. bobby, you're pretty good at the numbers, let's run through numbers, so let's run through some of the numbers that we've got you. terms of the got for you. and in terms of the teachers, a £30,000 teachers, at least a £30,000 starting salary , a deal of 6.5% starting salary, a deal of 6.5% and the prime minister asserting properly funded . but still this properly funded. but still this question, you know , will there question, you know, will there be cuts elsewhere to make the money work? yeah >> so first thing i'd like to say is that i'm at least glad that the prime minister is following through on his sort of claims of the value of education, because when he started his term, he's maintained that education is a silver bullet solving the silver bullet to solving the country's issues and he's following through with that. so we know that in negotiations, unions will say they want x,

ten, 11, and the government starts off with a lower rate and we come to the middle and it feels as if maybe if he does follow through on this, 6.5, there is a sort of reasonable middle ground. but guess as an middle ground. but i guess as an educator, big question again educator, the big question again is is in the detail. is the devil is in the detail. where the come where does the funding come from? where does the funding come frorso government does say >> so the government does say right it's not going to come right now it's not going to come from budgets. from existing budgets. >> as educators, >> so if we as educators, teachers can see where that funding i think funding is coming from, i think we feel a lot happier. we will feel a lot happier. >> because >> yeah, because the government's agreed to provide additional for pay additional funding for the pay rises as well as a hardship fund of up to 40 million to support schools facing the greatest financial challenges . financial challenges. >> as yeah , and again, these are >> as yeah, and again, these are again 40 million in the big scheme of things, how many schools we have. it's probably a small amount, but again, we always welcome additional funding to the sector. and i think the case of with think it's the case of with unions now, it looks as if in the autumn they're going to call off the strike, which is a great thing because when people enter the teaching profession, you

want future want to educate our future generations. strikes generations. actually strikes are always the last measure . and are always the last measure. and again, when teachers go on strikes, we lose pay. it's not as if we're getting away with the free. losing the scot free. we're losing income ourselves. >> yeah, good point. and of course, the prime minister very early in that news conference early on in that news conference saying that the teaching unions had suspended their planned strikes immediately. i mean, i know obviously the figures have got to be put to votes by the separate unions, but i guess indication indicating that perhaps is a slightly perhaps there is a slightly better relationship now between the government and the unions, because the because that's one of the issues. course, know, as issues. of course, you know, as you say, teachers thinking we're just valued because there just not valued because there has been a frosty relationship between the unions and the government. >> and again, there's always a sort of a separation. you've got the teachers there and then you've got unions then you've got the unions and then you've got the unions and then you've government there. you've got the government there. the guess, are the the unions, i guess, are the intermediary between the teachers the government . and teachers and the government. and it as if this may be the it feels as if this may be the breakthrough we've been waiting for every time for because, again, every time there's strike day , impacts for because, again, every time the|teachers,(e day , impacts for because, again, every time

the|teachers, it day , impacts for because, again, every time the|teachers, it impacts mpacts the teachers, it impacts parents, impacts the young people being educated . covid so people being educated. covid so hopefully is the start of hopefully this is the start of actually, yeah, we've got something now. something on the table now. let's get details because let's get the details because again, politics, we know that again, in politics, we know that again, in politics, we know that a headline is great. it will take some pressure off the prime minister, but we need to see exactly where the funding is coming the education coming from and the education secretary, , we're secretary, gillian keegan, we're heanng secretary, gillian keegan, we're hearing she privately urged hearing that she privately urged the treasury to agree to that rise for teachers as what is said to be the highest pay award for 30 years. >> so to a point she was on their side . their side. >> yes. again, it's their in challenging positions. and again, i thank gillian keegan for being on the side of the teachers in this particular case. but again, the bigger macro picture is like many sectors, the teachers are not unique, but teachers are faced anything between a 13% to 23% depending on the figures. you look at a real terms pay cut. so when you're looking at the doctors, the rail workers, they're talking about they're all talking about pay restoration. this doesn't restore what had been

restore pay to what it had been in 2010, but is at least a measure showing that the government is serious in trying to the key issue of the to tackle the key issue of the strikes . strikes. >> okay. bobby seagull really good to have your thoughts on that pay award for teachers . so that pay award for teachers. so let's go straight to birmingham where gb news west midlands reporterjack where gb news west midlands reporter jack carson has been with junior doctors. jack are you getting any reaction from them? this public sector award of around 6% >> well, the junior doctors here on the on the picket line left that picket line at 10 am. this morning because, of course for this latest round of junior doctors strike the longest strike that amount of strike days that they've done consecutive in history, it's going to last till monday. the picket line , as advised by the picket line, as advised by the british medical association , was british medical association, was only for 8 am. till 10 am. today. and they've given them the option of giving them guidance over the next few days on rather than go on on how to rather than go on a picket line like we saw hundreds

of nurses, thousands of nurses across the country do for junior doctors. they've been advised , doctors. they've been advised, used play rounders, catch up used to play rounders, catch up with friends and recuperate it from from their workloads. in the words of the british medical association. but actually looking at this public sector pay looking at this public sector pay rise and what's been offered particularly to the junior doctors , it's 6% plus a £1,250 doctors, it's 6% plus a £1,250 consolidated increase. that, of course , is far off from the 35% course, is far off from the 35% that the british medical association has said it is demand from the government. and steve barclay steve barclay said that he offered 5. anything above that, he said would lead to inflammation . but i spoke to to inflammation. but i spoke to doctor siobhan sharma, who's a junior doctor here at the university hospitals trust in birmingham, and he said that that 35% increase is all about pay that 35% increase is all about pay restoration . pay restoration. >> pay is the main issue. pay restoration. >> pay is the main issue . so >> pay is the main issue. so doctors, after 5 to 6 years of medical school, will graduate with about £100,000 worth of student debt . and then you start

student debt. and then you start on a salary of £14 an hour. and that too , you have to pay for that too, you have to pay for your own exams, your own your own exams, your own coui'ses, your own your own exams, your own courses, your own presentations , your own publications, and all we're asking for is full pay restoration. that's a mere 5 to £10 increase in the our average salary of doctors. so instead of a doctor being paid £14 an hour, they'll be paying £19 an hour. and if you ask any of the member of the general public if they're in hospital at 7 pm. on a friday night, do they think it's reasonable for their doctor to be paid £19 an hour? and i think the resounding answer you'd get is yes . well here at the queen is yes. well here at the queen elizabeth hospital, of course, that talk on the picket line this morning, that 5% wasn't good enough, 35% is what they wanted . wanted. >> we know in scotland there is a vote with the british medical association for a 17.8% that is going to be put to the members. so whether this public sector rise of 6% is going to be enough

for the british medical association to stop their industrial action and put that vote to put that put that deal to a to a vote with their members here in england. it's unlikely we've not heard from them yet, but the nhs is urging them yet, but the nhs is urging the unions and the government to come a negotiating table to come to a negotiating table to come to a negotiating table to come to a deal because over the last eight months when this industrial action has happened, 650,000 appointments have had to been rescheduled , adding to been rescheduled, adding to those already record waiting times. >> jack, thanks very much indeed for updating us there in birmingham. let's just bring you a bit of breaking that a bit of breaking news that we're from the prince of we're getting from the prince of wales a personal tweet, wales in a personal tweet, prince william expressing his support for the footballer dele alli, who you heard there in the news bulletin with rhiannon, has spoken about his mental health struggles. everton struggles. the everton midfielder revealing he was sexually abused at the age of six, with drugs by six, then dealing with drugs by the time he was just eight years old. prince william tweet old. prince william in the tweet saying and inspirational saying brave and inspirational discussing is not discussing mental health is not a sign of weakness. let's keep the conversation going. we're with you. wish you

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>> welcome back to the live desk. now the bbc's director general, tim davie, has been called before a house of lords committee , along with the committee, along with the corporation's acting chair, all to answer questions on its handung to answer questions on its handling of those. huw edwards allegations. >> meanwhile , mental health >> meanwhile, mental health charity mind has called for huw edwards to be given the space to receive treatment at gb news. homes and security editor mark white can bring us the latest from outside broadcasting house or new broadcasting house. mark, a little quieter today, but plenty of discussions going on inside the . bbc inside the. bbc >> yeah, i mean, it's enormously difficult, this story, of course, because no one wants to worsen the mental state of huw edwards following the revelation from his wife yesterday that he'd taken a very bad turn, having suffered from severe depression for a number of years

and was hospitalised . and, you and was hospitalised. and, you know, he will be in hospital, according to the his wife, for the foreseeable future. so clearly, people are concerned about that. but having said that, there are allegations that need to be explored now by the bbc, now that it has been freed up bbc, now that it has been freed ”p by bbc, now that it has been freed up by the metropolitan police, who are not going to bring a criminal investigation in this case, the prime minister rishi sunak, in his news conference about the pay awards , was asked about the pay awards, was asked about the pay awards, was asked about this. and, you know , he about this. and, you know, he delicately answered the question as well. let's listen. the reasons that everyone is aware of this is an incredibly sensitive matter. >> and what i'd say is the bbc is going through its process of fact finding and establishing what's happened. the right thing is for them to the right thing is for them to the right thing is for them to the right thing is for them to get on with that and for us to give them the space to do that and recognise the sensitivity of this for all

involved. and there's nothing more i can or more than that that i can or should say. think at this should say. i think at this point, mark, got point, mark, we've got the internal resuming in internal inquiry now resuming in the behind you into the building behind you into what's a fact finding mission. >> they say. but clearly there is outside wide interest is still outside wide interest too, as to way the bbc has handled this. and we've got the dg, the acting chair, the head of policy, all appearing before a lords committee next a house of lords committee next week questions . yes week to answer questions. yes and it might be difficult for him to answer very much about the ongoing investigation by the corporate investigations team as you would imagine, given that they are in a very early stages of assessing what are now a number of allegations . number of allegations. >> but i think the issue that perhaps he can touch on in a bit more depth because he did talk to it to some degree earlier in the week when he was launching launching the bbc's annual report. and that event was really by all of the questions which were on this particular

issue around huw edwards. he did say that the initial complaint that was made on the 18th of may by a family member, the mother of a person who they believed was vulnerable and was being paid money by huw edwards to send explicit photographs that they say was a serious allegation. regardless of whether there was any criminality . whether there was any criminality. dodi at whether there was any criminality . dodi at the whether there was any criminality. dodi at the end of the day and it should have been acted on in a timely manner. but we know, of course, there was an email sent the next day. they didn't get a reply from the complete onent the family member . and of course they tried one phone call which was two and a half weeks later and then nothing else was done . no other nothing else was done. no other emails, no telephone call to the complainant, emails, no telephone call to the complainant , to the family complainant, to the family members to try to chase this up until the sun approached the bbc with with their story. and it was only at that point as well

that huw edwards was told about the very serious allegations that had been made some seven weeks earlier . weeks earlier. >> now, mark, while you're there , there's some breaking news coming through on a story you've been covering for us as home affairs editor. we're being told the government has now been given go ahead to bring its given the go ahead to bring its supreme court challenge the supreme court challenge over the rwanda deportation policy. this is the last rung. if you like, on that legal ladder. >> yes, well, this was a very significant setback for the government when just a matter of weeks ago, it lost out in the court of appeal that or at least they weren't even challenging it was some asylum seekers and representative support groups, charities that brought a case against the government and their plans to send some asylum seekers who crossed illegally across the channel to rwanda for processing . they challenged that processing. they challenged that at the court of appeal, having

lost the initial case at the high court and the government were from everyone that i was talking to quite confident that the court of appeal would also find in their favour. so it came as a significant blow for rishi sunak for the home secretary. suella braverman and the team trying to implement this policy. it's meant now just further delay and us say the court of appeal. no surprise really, that they have agreed that this can go to the supreme court because you'll remember that it was not a unanimous decision by the three appeal court judges. a unanimous decision by the three appeal court judges . one three appeal court judges. one of those judges is, in fact , the of those judges is, in fact, the lord chief justice believed that actually the policy was lawful. so given that split, i think it was absolutely given that this was absolutely given that this was to going go to the supreme court . but it was to going go to the supreme court. but it adds was to going go to the supreme court . but it adds further delay court. but it adds further delay to it, doesn't it, mark? we're going to be probably looking at

october before i think there may be a supreme court case pencilled in the hearing to hear this. and then those judges will have to go off and decide on the merits of both sides of this argument again, so it could be the end of the year, the beginning of next year before we actually get a definitive ruling from the highest court in the land. >> and it has to be said, mark, that the prime minister, the home secretary he they are talking very confidently about the fact that they think they've got an excellent case and that they will win it. the home secretary suella braverman only telling mps the other day that she would do whatever it takes to stop the boats, although on the side labour says the the other side labour says the plan is completely unethical . plan is completely unethical. all yeah, well, they may think that, but they lost just a matter of weeks ago at the court of appeal, so nothing is certain i >> -- >> and going forward with this appeal to the highest court in

the land. and all of the while, of course, the clock is ticking. we are looking into next year at a general election and the prime minister has said it is one of his five pledges to stop the boats. not only is he not stopping the boats, but it's looking after an initial claim by rishi sunak that actually the number of people coming across the channel had dropped . by 20% the channel had dropped. by 20% on the period when he made this announcement about a month and a bit ago when he said that the number coming across was 20% down. well, there was an improvement in the weather. and what happened and thousands more came across the channel. so we're now sitting at more than 13,000 people who have crossed the english channel this year. and that is equivalent to the number at the same time last yeah number at the same time last year. and despite the fact that for quite a few months of the early part of this year, we've had less than favourable conditions in the channel and

usually a northeasterly wind , usually a northeasterly wind, which has the effect of pushing against the prevailing tides and pushing back onto the beaches of northern france and make it largely impossible for these boats to come. but every time we get to flat calm conditions , we get to flat calm conditions, we get to flat calm conditions, we get these large surges of people trying to cross. so they're still there. they're still trying to cross whatever rishi sunak might say about his small boats policy, working . boats policy, working. >> indeed. mark, thank you very much indeed for updating us on that breaking news as well as the situation at bbc. of the situation at the bbc. of course, reaffirm that course, just to reaffirm that breaking through, breaking news coming through, the giving go the government giving the go ahead bring supreme court ahead to bring a supreme court challenge over the rwanda deportation policy after it was rejected, of course, by the appeal court. reaction to appeal court. more reaction to come with us here on the come stay with us here on the live desk sell your car the motorway way. upbeat music on tv # let's go! where dealers compete to give you their best price. -m~e- motorway — the way to sell your car!

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efforts to prevent 2000 asylum seekers from being housed at raf scampton , that famed base of the scampton, that famed base of the dambusters . scampton, that famed base of the dambusters. it's been continuing at the high court today. >> the hearing is due to determine whether the case can proceed to a full judicial review, which could potentially halt the home office's plans for the former base in lincolnshire. well let's cross over to the royal courts of justice and get the latest with our political reporter utley . olivia, reporter olivia utley. olivia, bnng reporter olivia utley. olivia, bring us up to speed then. what has the court been hearing so far today ? far today? >> well , far today? >> well, yeah, we're yet to far today? >> well , yeah, we're yet to get >> well, yeah, we're yet to get a decision from the court. this is just the preliminary hearing to decide whether or not this case can go to a full judicial review. and essentially westland district council has been arguing that it's unlawful for the government to house 2000 migrants at raf scampton. now, there are two main points of argument that they've come up with today . we've had richard with today. we've had richard wald, kc fighting on their behalf. one is that there is a

£300 million regeneration project for raf scampton that was conceived in 2018. work has been progressing on it ever since then and they say that if the home office is allowed to house 2000 migrants at the raf scampton site, which you know, mainly young men allowed to come and go as they please, then it's thought that investors in this £300 million heritage and tourism project will bow out and choose to invest it elsewhere. now west lindsey district councils say that this area, this area of scampton is in dire need of urgent renovation . and need of urgent renovation. and if they're going to level up the community as they would like to do, then that £300 million worth of investment is absolutely crucial. the other point that richard wald has been making is that suella braverman isn't being particularly open and transparent about how long she plans to house these 2000 migrants at this site. when she speaks to residents, she says that it'll just be 12 months and they claim that she only has the right to hold them there for 12

months. but when she speaks in parliament and according to some of the documents that she's put forward this scheme, of the documents that she's put fo sounds this scheme, of the documents that she's put fo sounds more this scheme, of the documents that she's put fo sounds more asthis scheme, of the documents that she's put fo sounds more as though eme, of the documents that she's put fo sounds more as though itne, it sounds more as though it would be longer term, like would be longer term, more like three years to five years. and of course, that's pretty troubling for those people who have put a lot of money, investment this investment into this regeneration project. the issue for the government, of course, is, is that there is a pretty big bottleneck of migrants who are waiting their asylum are waiting for their asylum applications to be processed east. it now takes over a year for the average asylum application to processed and application to be processed and there are still migrants coming in across in their hundreds across the channel. most weeks. so they have a large number of migrants who need to house, but who they need to house, but pretty much everywhere where they migrant housing they propose a migrant housing settlement, a local mp or a local council says, no, not in our back yard. and that's what we're hearing today from west lindsey, district council and from braintree council . from braintree council. >> well, we're just going to break away for a moment there because we've got an

interruption with olivia there at that court hearing . clearly, at that court hearing. clearly, this is discussing the situation in in terms of scampton just to update you on that breaking news that we had on the rwanda policy, separately , the policy, separately, the government, we're told, can now appeal to the supreme court on the whole bigger question of its rwanda deportation policy and rishi sunak had obviously indicated he would seek that appeal as he fundamentally disagreed with the court of appeals ruling that that it was unlawful. so that's a separate development. but let's head back now to get more detail on scampton and speak to our east midlands reporter will hollis, who was there. and we'll just to explain to people the legal proceedings underway in london a result of what the local authority and of course some individuals there want to happen i >> -- >> yes well m >> yes well it's around 158 miles from scampton down to the royal courts of justice . and

royal courts of justice. and while west lindsey, district council and of course, braintree council and of course, braintree council , that's representing the council, that's representing the raf wethersfield area , they're raf wethersfield area, they're involved in the thick of it. i suppose this is really where it matters and this is why where you'll find residents and local people that have been very vocal since march when robert jenrick stood up in the house of commons and announced that former raf bases and airfields just like this were his method for solving the problem with the bulging asylum system. it was only about six months a year ago that that raf scampton was properly closed before when we started reporting on this, there were still signs outside for raf scampton. there was still a red arrows jet because of course the red arrows were here. but now a lot of that has gone and all of the flags have been taken down from the building and they've gone for being gone for quite some months. but you will notice

something and is something that is here and is pretty permanently here. pretty much permanently here. and the residents, the and that's the residents, the local people. been speaking local people. i've been speaking to bit about why to them a little bit about why they want this happen. they don't want this to happen. you'll in the you'll probably see in the background signs or in background on the signs or in the that we've been the pictures that we've been sending back. there are a couple of things that they say. they sending back. there are a couple of tino gs that they say. they sending back. there are a couple of tino to that they say. they sending back. there are a couple of tino to the they say. they sending back. there are a couple of tino to the asylum y. they sending back. there are a couple of tino to the asylum centre, but say no to the asylum centre, but the that we're seeing most the thing that we're seeing most of all is £300 million worth of investment. and that's of course because there was a plan and is a plan to pump all of this money into this heritage site and make it a world class visitor attraction so that it really is the big argument. but of course you're hearing other things around safety as well that are often quite common in these sorts of places. the home office home office's argument is, of course, is that it's costing them £6 million a day to put asylum seekers and migrants into hotels. and they see by putting thousands of them at places like raf wethersfield and raf scampton, that will alleviate some of the pressure that towns and cities across the uk are

feeling right now . feeling right now. >> and of course, you know, there is a legitim argument that if the government had been much better at tackling this backlog a long time ago , then this a long time ago, then this wouldn't be happening. and all these local people wouldn't be feeling as aggrieved as they are i >> -- >> yes, the old saying is, of course, prevention is better than cure . it's what you'll hear than cure. it's what you'll hear from the labour party. they'll be saying right now that we should have sorted this out earlier . should have sorted this out earlier. this should have been a better asylum policy. places like manston should have been sorted out a long time ago. of course, it is a growing problem. every year the number of people coming to britain on small boats goes up. but of course we've got a general election coming in the near future. if let's say the labour party and gets into power and keir starmer becomes the prime minister, this will then become his problem . and then it become his problem. and then it means that whoever is leading

the conservative party in that circumstance and that situation will then probably start using the exact same argument. so i suppose it's a little bit tit for tat , but no matter what it for tat, but no matter what it is clearly a massive problem that whoever is the government in england and britain will have to face. and it doesn't seem to be going away anywhere anytime sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> and just very quickly , will, >> and just very quickly, will, have you spoken to anybody there who actually takes a different view about this and says that you know, they want to welcome these people ? well, it's really these people? well, it's really interesting here on the outskirts of the scampton camp, there's obviously a lot of concern . concern. >> there was protests, for example , in lincoln this weekend example, in lincoln this weekend where what you might describe as members of the far right came to lincoln and they faced off with groups that represent anti anti—racist groups . but quite anti—racist groups. but quite interestingly, the way that the

media reported that was that the anti racist groups said that they don't think that the migrants should be coming here anyway. they don't think that this is the right plan. they have described it as inhumane. they've in terms of describing these old airfields and these old bases, they say that they're like prisons and that people shouldn't be forced to stay in these sorts of places. so even with the people that would like to welcome asylum seekers into britain, what are one of the arguments is that this isn't the right place for them . so right place for them. so i suppose that's one way that two opposing sides would agree on something that usually they're completely opposites on. >> okay. will hollis outside scampton, thank you very much . scampton, thank you very much. >> let's update you the very important new line coming in on the public pay award and what the public pay award and what the prime minister announced earlier . of the prime minister announced earlier. of course, he did say that all the teaching unions had suspended their industrial action because of the pay deal that was suggested at 6.5. john

glenn, the treasury minister, had told the commons the pay award was fully funded. no new borrowing or spending to fund that deal. but we're now learning that the department of education actually education has actually acknowledged have to , as acknowledged it will have to, as they reprioritize existing they say, reprioritize existing budgets to pay for the rise, i.e, find cuts elsewhere of . i.e, find cuts elsewhere of. some £1.4 billion to actually fund the 6.5% pay rise offered to the teachers . this had been a to the teachers. this had been a sticking point, of course, but all indications now that there will be cuts elsewhere to fund that deal . so clearly those that deal. so clearly those teaching unions who have withdrawn their industrial action will have to maybe point that out to the unions as well as they vote on that pay offer that's just coming through . that's just coming through. >> oscar winning actor kevin spacey has taken to the witness box today, telling a jury that the sexual assault allegations against him are either madness, make no logical sense, or are a

stab in the back. >> well, he's charged with a string of offences, alleged offences , including indecent offences, including indecent assault, sexual assault, causing assault, sexual assault, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent . grand activity without consent. grand jury activity without consent. grand jury hearing accounts from his four alleged victims yesterday . four alleged victims yesterday. well, he denies all those charges alleged to have been committed over a 12 year period i >> -- >> let's cross live to theo theo chikomba, who is outside southwark crown court for us. you have been inside at this trial. what's the very latest, theo ? yes theo? yes >> well, this afternoon, the trial resumed just after 2:00pm and they've now moved to on allegations from yet another complainant with the with the actor answering some questions about how they met. now this complainant who worked in a pub and says that this is the situation that they met and kevin spacey admitted in court this afternoon that he did make a pass at this person after speaking to the alleged victim .

speaking to the alleged victim. he was told, i'm not interested . to which mr spacey went on to say that he respected and he wouldn't do that any further. and he said he misread some of the signals and went on to apologise. now, on the night in question, he said that the people of the group he was with were young people. he said, i love hanging out with a group of young people, saying it makes him young and he's him feel young and he's interested in what they have to say and what's going on in their world. he said he's not sure how many people went back to his flat, but doesn't believe it was around 20 people, which has what has been reported. and he believes ten people. believes it's around ten people. he said the night got rowdier. he said the night got rowdier. he then went on to ask people to leave and quieten down and then subsequently to leave his flat. now there was a story published in a magazine several years ago which mr spacey says it said he was trying to attempt a sex act on the alleged victim. after

that , his contracts on the alleged victim. after that, his contracts disappeared and his work. he's been finding it hard to get work in the last couple of years. he did mention there's only a few production companies who have taken him on since then, but it has been difficult. his contract and other things he was involved in have all sort of disappeared . have all sort of disappeared. and during that time and he accused the online publication of not doing a thorough investigation when it came to this story. now, kevin spacey denies 12 charges, including sexual assault. the trial is continuing here at southwark crown court . crown court. >> theo, thank you very much indeed for updating us. of course , more evidence from course, more evidence from southwark crown court as that defence continues. thank you very much indeed. more reaction coming in to the government's announcement of the public sector pay deals. the independent pay review bodies , independent pay review bodies, now a 7% offer for police, the highest of all the various pubuc highest of all the various public groups. but the police federation has already now reacted , falling short, it says,

reacted, falling short, it says, even though it is a step in the right direction . right direction. >> in yeah, and we've also been heanng >> in yeah, and we've also been hearing from the head of the unite union, sharon graham. she is saying and bear in mind, the unite union is the uk's biggest union with members in both the pubuc union with members in both the public and private sectors, so it is huge, she says that by accepting the pay review body recommendations and then not funding them , the government is funding them, the government is putting its department between a rock and a hard place. they now have to choose between paying workers a decent salary workers a half decent salary or cutting services in already underfunded public services. so it does sound like despite mark, the prime minister's announcement saying that all this is very fair, there seems to be a lot of discontent . to be a lot of discontent. >> yeah, police federation representing 140,000 officers saying it's a step in the right direction, but we must not lose sight of the fact that the uplift fails to take into account a real term cut of 17, that police have suffered since 2000. in addition, now, the department of education has

confirming that its pay deal for teachers 6.5% will have to be funded by existing budgets being cut or reprioritise. as they've said , that's £1.4 billion to said, that's £1.4 billion to help fund that pay rise. we did have the situation where john glenn, the treasury secretary, was indicating that it was fully funded , no extra borrowing or funded, no extra borrowing or tax, but now, of course, in the small print indicates means that there have to be cuts elsewhere i >> -- >> yeah, and let's not forget the junior doctors who are on their first day of a five day strike. they have been offered a . 6.6% rise. is that going to be enough to stop their strikes over the next few days? and then after them, there are strikes by consult agents as well? yeah the spokesman for the consultants at least saying it's a pr stunt , so least saying it's a pr stunt, so maybe not a round of applause from all those various sectors reacting to it. >> but of course, we'll update you with all the reaction and

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