dry with spells 22 largely dry with sunny spells 22 celsius. there for exeter, 16 for sunderland. so you can see this east, west, north, south. contrast in the temperatures and the showers in the east will continue for some time into the evening, but eventually clear spells will emerge across the uk shower is really just confined to the north of scotland , to the north of scotland, northern parts of northern ireland overnight and with clear skies elsewhere and with lighter winds, got cool air in winds, we've got cool air in place at the moment. so low double figures to high double figures mid to high single figures sheltered single figures in some sheltered spots. up on spots. as we wake up on thursday, of sunshine, thursday, plenty of sunshine, though, first thing thursday , though, first thing thursday, but quite quickly, that cloud will build once again and we'll see showers developing initially across wales, central parts of england. but more widely into the afternoon. however for it's towards the south and perhaps across central parts of scotland where we'll see fewer showers and with temperatures in the brighter spots reaching low 20s, it won't feel too unpleasant. wetter weather this weekend . wetter weather this weekend. >> the temperatures rising , boxt

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gb news and welcome to the live desk here on gb news with me, mark longhurst and me pip thompson. >> coming up, prime minister's questions live from the house of commons. >> and this will be the last time that rishi sunak will face

sir keir starmer before the summer recess. and of course just a ahead of those make just a day ahead of those make or break by elections for the government . good rishi government. good news for rishi sunak.the government. good news for rishi sunak. the inflation rate is down, but bad news to his personal ratings are also down, hitting —40. can he climb back at the despatch box . at the despatch box. >> joining us in the studio is conservative mp for stoke on trent north. jonathan gullis , trent north. jonathan gullis, and also labour mp for birmingham selly oak. steve mccabe. good afternoon to you both . nato hi. you must be both. nato hi. you must be feeling quite relaxed. are you today ahead of pmqs because you're about to break up for your nice long summerjaunts.7 >> well, look , steve, steve's >> well, look, steve, steve's been a lot longer i, been around a lot longer than i, but important to but i think it's important to remind whilst remind the public that whilst indeed might indeed the house might not be sitting, mean the day sitting, it doesn't mean the day to isn't still taking sitting, it doesn't mean the day to i'll isn't still taking sitting, it doesn't mean the day to i'll bel't still taking sitting, it doesn't mean the day to i'll be outtill taking sitting, it doesn't mean the day to i'll be out workingg sitting, it doesn't mean the day to i'll be out working very place. i'll be out working very hard. i'm still knocking on

doors. actually doing a town doors. i'm actually doing a town hall one town hall a week hall tour, one town hall a week where can turn up ask where anyone can turn up and ask me question. anyone's me any question. and if anyone's listening, me any question. and if anyone's listenion north kidsgrove stoke on trent north kidsgrove and talk, sign up. and i look forward grilled on the forward to being grilled on the spot wednesday or thursday forward to being grilled on the spot soon. inesday or thursday evening soon. >> well, hope we'll take you >> well, i hope we'll take you up on that. that oh, no, no, no. are you going to be grilled by anyone? well, i will be working in my agency as well, but, i mean, i think the truth is that there's an awful lot of tory mps in government minis sisters will be very glad of a break. >> yeah. and it's obviously been a very busy time with the by elections tomorrow, which i guess will act. as you know , a guess will act. as you know, a real sort of end of the pier show for this session of parliament. well incredible timing. >> i mean, i don't know. i think it's hard to read too much into either of them. i mean , one's a either of them. i mean, one's a very big tory majority and the other one, uxbridge , in its other one, uxbridge, in its original form, last voted labour in 1966. so we're going to get

world cup effect . world cup effect. >> jonathan, do you feel that you're going to be on the losing side tomorrow ? these are tough side tomorrow? these are tough three by elections. >> they're going to be a tough set of by elections. but actually i've been on the doors in selby. been the doors in selby. i've been on the doors in selby. i've been on the doors in ulez is clearly in uxbridge. ulez is clearly a thorn side the labour thorn in the side for the labour party uxbridge and south party in uxbridge and south ruislip selby. actually ruislip and in selby. actually there real positive there is a real positive story in of levelling up in that in terms of levelling up in that particular of country. particular part of the country. investment the area investment into the local area and obviously the and obviously in somerset, the great today the great news even today about the tar to investment as well, which shows are shows that conservatives are delivering jobs, billions of delivering new jobs, billions of pounds and hoping pounds of investment and hoping to obviously see that regeneration country i >> rather convenient timing. one might ahead of might reflect ahead of a by—election >> that cynical thing to >> that is a cynical thing to say. i think this is great news and fact that can have and the fact that we can have up to jobs somerset , to 14,000 new jobs in somerset, the fact we're going to see a £4 billion investment, new billion investment, a new battery something which billion investment, a new bknow something which billion investment, a new bknow has something which billion investment, a new bknow has scausingg which billion investment, a new bknow has scausing awhich billion investment, a new bknow has scausing a lotch billion investment, a new bknow has scausing a lot of i know has been causing a lot of concern car, which concern for the car, which is the taxpayer pay for it. the taxpayer had to pay for it. >> suggestions be >> suggestions it could be between 500,000,001.5 billion. the government's had to hand tatta to actually decide to go

to somerset rather than to say, well, look, these type of transactions are actually quite normal governments normal for governments around the in the united >> let alone just in the united kingdom. i look at the kids, kingdom. if i look at the kids, particularly if i look at the kidsgrove deal that we've particularly if i look at the kidrinove deal that we've particularly if i look at the kidrin my deal that we've particularly if i look at the kidrin my constituency, it we've particularly if i look at the kidrin my constituency, we've e got in my constituency, we've unlocked jobs at unlocked up to 1300 new jobs at chatterley west. thanks chatterley valley west. thanks to portion of town to putting a portion of town deal project. deal funding into that project. the office bringing 500 the home office bringing 500 home we're home office jobs. we're obviously local taxpayers obviously using local taxpayers money we've money and buildings that we've regenerated money and buildings that we've regene course, money and buildings that we've regenecourse, you had acted >> of course, if you had acted quicker, could have it quicker, we could have had it in the midlands. quicker, we could have had it in the midlands . jonathan, couldn't the midlands. jonathan, couldn't we? instead it's we? at coventry instead it's going to somerset , which which. going to somerset, which which. and costing more. so i and probably costing more. so i wouldn't be too self—congratulatory about your position, but let's just reflect for pmqs today . for pmqs today. >> sir keir starmer has got a bit of an uphill battle. good news on inflation, good news on employment with this new car factory and inward investment . factory and inward investment. but what's the bad news that you can go on? >> well, i mean, inflation. i wouldn't hang out the bunting. you know, we've got nearly 8, 3% in the united states, 5.5% in europe today. >> that is good news. well, it

looks like well, it could be that interest rates are not going to go up by as much. well, let's wait and see. >> yes. up by as much. so an >> yes. not up by as much. so an interest rate rise, another one around the corner . and nhs around the corner. and nhs waiting list now at 7.5 million. i mean, how on earth does anyone justify why that something like 400,000 people waiting for over a year and in uxbridge hillingdon hospital, 30,000 people on the waiting list. but brand new hospital coming in uxbridge. if you're congratulating yourself , which congratulating yourself, which is brilliant, congratulating yourself , getting inflation, yourself, getting inflation, just interrupt it for we're going to help you. we're just going to help you. we're just going to help you. we're just going to reflect as well as concentrating on the chamber. >> going on outside >> this is going on outside parliament. these are the latest pictures. just stop oil have been trying to block been blocking or trying to block the politicians from entering parliament. but ahead of their final pmqs before recess . your final pmqs before recess. your reaction to that , gentlemen? reaction to that, gentlemen? clearly, they have a right to

peaceful protest, as they say, but if it's actually preventing mps from getting to the chamber for pmqs, just stop. >> oil are a bunch of clowns and the sooner they get handcuffs slapped on them and taken away and moved because they're just disrupting unnecessarily the lives of people , their mps and lives of people, their mps and pmqs is a major opportunity to raise very serious local issues at a prime time spot on television to help bring investment or to help raise awareness for a particular cause. steve, though the importance of pmqs in terms of, say, raising those local problems i that steve problems and i think that steve and share the frustration problems and i think that steve and this share the frustration problems and i think that steve and this behaviour.e frustration with this behaviour. >> inside the >> let's head inside the chamber. minister on his chamber. prime minister on his feet as today's report makes chamber. prime minister on his feet as 1that"s report makes chamber. prime minister on his feet as 1that period,t makes chamber. prime minister on his feet as 1that period, manyes clear in that period, many endured the most horrific sexual abuse and violence , homophobic abuse and violence, homophobic bullying and harassment, all while bravely serving this country. >> today , on behalf of the >> today, on behalf of the british state, i apologise us , british state, i apologise us, and i hope all those affected will be able to feel proud .

will be able to feel proud. parts of the veteran community that has done so much to keep our country safe . mr speaker, our country safe. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> sajid javid mr speaker, can i associate myself with the remarks that prime ministerjust remarks that prime minister just made speaker, in the uk, every >> mr speaker, in the uk, every 90 minutes someone sadly takes their own life. indeed for in this country, for men under the age of 50 and for women under the age of 35, this is now the biggest killer. when i was the secretary of state for health, i met many brave families and campaigners, and i committed to them that the government would pubush them that the government would publish a comprehensive cross departmental suicide prevention strategy that was over a year ago and still no strategy. now, i know that my right honourable friend, the prime minister cares as deeply about this issue as i do. we've discussed it many times and can i ask him, please , if he would commit his

government to publishing this strategy within days of parliament's return from the summer recess ? summer recess? >> mr speaker, when someone takes their own life, the effect on their family and friends is devastating. and i know the loss of my friend's own brother was an enormous source of pain for him. i want to reassure him that we are actively addressing suicide rates through our national suicide prevention strategy, funding and strategy, backed by funding and also particularly rolling out 100 suicide prevention, voluntary community and social enterprises . but voluntary community and social enterprises. but i can tell him that we will publish the new updated national suicide prevention strategy later this yeah >> we now come to the leader of the opposition, keir starmer . the opposition, keir starmer. >> mr speaker, labour in government was proud to repeal the ban against lgbt people serving in our armed forces, and today we strongly welcome this apology from the prime minister as a recognition of their historic mistreatment. >> mr speaker, my constituent,

ken wright, was a proud raf serviceman for forced to leave the job. he loved simply because he was gay . i'm delighted he is he was gay. i'm delighted he is here today to witness this apology . and whilst we cannot apology. and whilst we cannot right the wrongs of the past, the government should now act on the government should now act on the recommendations of the everton review to fix the lives broken by the ban . it's what broken by the ban. it's what lgbt+ veterans deserve . mr lgbt+ veterans deserve. mr speakeh lgbt+ veterans deserve. mr speaker, i also know the whole house will want to send our very best wishes to the lionesses as they start their world cup campaign this saturday. let's hope they continue the brilliant success they had in the euros . success they had in the euros. mr speaker, when the prime minister took office, nine months ago, the nhs waiting list had 7.2 million people on it. what's the number today ? well mr what's the number today? well mr >> mr speaker , that the reason >> mr speaker, that the reason that the nhs waiting lists are

higher today than they were then after actually being stable for the first few months, as we put in place new initiatives is very simple. and that's because the nhs has disrupted by nhs has been disrupted by industrial action. mr speaker, now we've put very clear plans in place to bring down waiting lists in urgent and emergency care in primary care , in care in primary care, in ambulances and outpatients and electives. those plans were working and will continue to work, but but we do need to end the industrial action. so i'd ask the honourable gentleman if he does care about bringing the waiting list down. does he agree with that consultants and with me that consultants and junior doctors should accept the pay junior doctors should accept the pay deal that the government offered . offered. >> mr speaker. mr speaker. this the prime minister likes to get away early . away early. >> the more that you stop me getting on with the questions, the more i'm to going keep him here. it's up to you how long here. so it's up to you how long you want the minister. you want the prime minister. >> keir starmer. >> keir starmer.

>> mr speaker, i'm the >> mr speaker, i'm sure the whole house is pleased that he's graced us with his presence today , but we don't get any more today, but we don't get any more answers when he's here than when he's not. he knows the answer . he's not. he knows the answer. for 7.8 million people currently on the waiting list. prime minister, that's the highest it's ever been. it means that since he stepped foot into downing street, 260,000, 100,000 people have been waiting in daily agony for things like hip and knee replacements . while he and knee replacements. while he boasts has he figured out why , boasts has he figured out why, after nine months, dozens of gimmicks , umpteen broken gimmicks, umpteen broken promises , his government is promises, his government is failing more patients than ever before . before. >> mr speaker , again, i don't >> mr speaker, again, i don't think we heard an answer to the question right. so . and also , i question right. so. and also, i don't want you holding up proceedings . proceedings. >> prime minister. >> prime minister. >> it's very simple. if the

honourable gentleman actually looked at what was happening earlier this year , what we have earlier this year, what we have seen, what we have seen actually is that our plans were beginning to work. ambulance and waiting times down from an hour and a half over christmas to around half over christmas to around half an hour, virtually eliminating the number of people waiting one and a half years for treatment , waiting one and a half years for treatment, making progress treatment, making huge progress on access. now, all those things , all those plans we've put in place, all the funding, all the extra extra extra ambulances, the extra discharge are all starting to make difference. all held up make a difference. all held up by simple fact by one very simple fact industrial action in the nhs. >> now again, i'll give him a second chance if he really wants to get people the health care that they want. >> will he agree with me that those doctors should accept the recommendations of the independent pay review body ? independent pay review body? >> if it will be a bad time to get thrown out? >> it's six weeks, i think long and hard. can i just say to the prime minister, it's the opposition questions is prime minister's questions. keir

starmer mr speaker , i think with starmer mr speaker, i think with his time away it's slightly forgotten how this works and he talks about his plans , he talks talks about his plans, he talks about his plans , his nhs about his plans, his nhs staffing plan . staffing plan. >> he doesn't need to lecture me. >> oh no. oh no. >> it might be the last one before recess, but i just say to somebody, if they really want to take and go early, it will be very tempting to ensure that we do it. but think long and hard before you do. keir starmer thank you, mr speaker. >> he talks about his plans. he doesn't need to lecture me on that. on the nhs staffing plan, he nicked it from labour . yes. he nicked it from labour. yes. it's the same old story . they it's the same old story. they mess up the nhs and look to labour to fix it. mess up the nhs and look to labour to fix it . come the labour to fix it. come the election, the country will be doing the same . the difference doing the same. the difference is that unlike us, he hasn't said how he'd pay for his workforce plan. now is his chance. when is the money coming

from ? mr from? mr >> mr speaker. mr from? mr >> mr speaker . mr speaker, not >> mr speaker. mr speaker, not only is the nhs long term workforce plan fully funded, it was welcomed. it was welcomed, it was welcomed by not one, not two, but by 43 different nhs stakeholders . mr speaker. but stakeholders. mr speaker. but no, he talks about our plans and are they making a difference? well, let's just look. let's just look in urgent and emergency care. our plans mean that we'll more that we'll put 800 more ambulances road. 5000 ambulances on the road. 5000 more faster discharge, more more beds faster discharge, more community care . that's why the community care. that's why the royal college of emergency medicine described it as significant and that it will undoubtedly improve conditions. but that's why mr speaker, what have we seen ? a&e waiting times have we seen? a&e waiting times in england the best in two years, mr speaker . well, while years, mr speaker. well, while the while while mr speaker and they won't like this while the nhs has the worst waiting times in the country in wales. mr speaker . speakeh >> mr speaker , when he said the

>> mr speaker, when he said the workforce plan was fully costed, i've never seen the chancellor more bewildered . it's less than more bewildered. it's less than a year since his party crashed the economy with their unfunded spending commitments and he hasn't learned a thing . so let hasn't learned a thing. so let me ask it another way is this uncosted spending coming from more tax rises , more cuts, or is more tax rises, more cuts, or is it just the latest promise to fall from the tories magic money tree ? tree? >> mr speaker , mr speaker, as >> mr speaker, mr speaker, as i am the chancellor set out, the plan is fully funded and he'll see that at the autumn statement i >> -- >> buti -_ >> but i am pleased. i am pleased he's now he's now interested in fiscal responsibility because that is very welcome. mr speaker , very welcome. mr speaker, because there's an opportunity for us to make sure that this is true conviction. >> we've just had, mr speaker, in week, we've the in the last week, we've had the recommendations of independent pay recommendations of independent pay bodies, including pay review bodies, including including for the nhs . now i including for the nhs. now i believe the right thing to do was accept independent was to accept those independent recommendations , but that recommendations, but that

involves taking difficult and responsible decisions to deliver those pay rises without fuelling borrowing, inflation, taxes and debt. but on this crucial issue , mr speaker, while his mps are back on the picket lines . yet back on the picket lines. yet yet again on this issue , he yet again on this issue, he simply refuses to take a position . it's the same old position. it's the same old story. he should stop taking inspiration from his friends outside and unglue himself from the fence . oh, we'd love some the fence. oh, we'd love some more . more. >> he wants to lead the exit . >> he wants to lead the exit. keir starmer. >> mr speaker, in that burst of nonsense , what you didn't hear nonsense, what you didn't hear was a single word about how he's going to be paying for it. labour's nhs workforce plan is fully funded by scrapping the non—dom status that he so adores i >> -- >> you know, the one that non—dom .

non—dom. >> oh oh . i think 1 or2 of non—dom. >> oh oh . i think 1 or 2 of you >> oh oh. i think 1 or 2 of you have asked to catch my eye. you're not going the right way. keir starmer thank you, mr speakeh >> labour's workforce plan is fully funded by scrapping the non—dom status that he's so adored . you know, the one the adored. you know, the one the non—dom tax thing, as he calls it, that allows some of the wealthiest people in the country to avoid paying tax here is that loophole. so important to him that he'd rather have billions in unfunded promises than simply making billionaires pay what they owe ? mr speaker, this is they owe? mr speaker, this is they owe? mr speaker, this is the same the same policy that has paid, i think, for five different things at this point. >> i think, mr speaker, everybody knows, everybody knows that i'm a fan of doing maths to 18, but the honourable gentleman makes a very strong case for doing maths all the way to 61. >> quite frankly . when it comes. >> quite frankly. when it comes. >> quite frankly. when it comes. >> mr speaker but when it comes

to the substance of the plan, it's important we address this right . right. >> i am aware actually, and i will say this he did and he did set out some proposals to train more staff . the problem is, mr more staff. the problem is, mr speaker , that's all he did. our speaker, that's all he did. our plan is much more comprehensive andifs plan is much more comprehensive and it's much more impactful because not only will we train more staff, mr speaker. well, no, this is important substance because i acknowledge that the party out some party opposite did set out some plans but that's plans to train more. but that's not enough . you also to set not enough. you also have to set out we did, to retain out plans, as we did, to retain more nhs staff. and you also crucially , you also crucially crucially, you also crucially have to set out plans to how you reform the nhs so that you can have a more productive nhs . and have a more productive nhs. and thatis have a more productive nhs. and that is a difference between us. mr speaker, he is only ever focussed on the superficial headune focussed on the superficial headline we're getting on and doing the actual reform keir starmer mr speaker , if he's so starmer mr speaker, if he's so good at maths, i'm 60, not 61. >> yeah . sarah all right. i

>> yeah. sarah all right. i don't know whether the prime minister has found time to visit hillingdon hospital during the recent by elections where the wards have had to close staff are working in appalling conditions and patient safety is at risk and that is simply a snapshot of the wider problem. this week, the national audit office set out in detail what everyone already knows the government's hospital programme has shall we say, some gaps in it . so can the prime minister it. so can the prime minister confirm that, apart from the fact that there aren't 40 of them and the fact that most of them and the fact that most of them aren't new and that many of them aren't new and that many of them aren't new and that many of them aren't even hospitals ? yes, them aren't even hospitals? yes, everything's going fine with the 40 new hospitals . oh, mr 40 new hospitals. oh, mr speakeh 40 new hospitals. oh, mr speaker, not only are we going to deliver on our manifesto commitment to fill 40 new hospitals across the country by 2030, we're not we're not just stopping there, mr speaker, because we're also delivering 100 hospital upgrades across the

country. >> and crucially , 100 over 100 >> and crucially, 100 over 100 new community diagnostic centres to speed up treatment for people, including mr speaker, in the deputy leaders constituency, the deputy leaders constituency, the shadow work and pensions secretary's constituency , the secretary's constituency, the energy secretary, the justice secretary, the attorney general's constituency . see, general's constituency. see, that's how committed we are. mr speakeh that's how committed we are. mr speaker. but look, let me end on this, because he mentioned hillingdon hospital. he mentioned uxbridge. i tell you what i to help the people what i want to help the people of this country. mr speaker, i want that not only want to make sure that not only can get to work, they can they get to work, that they get need. why on get the care they need. why on earth want to charge earth does he want to charge them £12.50 every time they visit their gp in hospital . visit their gp in hospital. >> thank you, mr speaker. there was welcome news this morning of inflation falling by higher than expected . the businesses in my expected. the businesses in my constituency ac are trying to plan their pricing for next january and are struggling because of the proposals to introduce the extended producer responsibility . and they don't responsibility. and they don't yet have the information on how

much cost or how will much it will cost or how it will work. so would prime work. so would the prime minister look at pausing and resetting programme ? so resetting that programme? so what see in is what we don't see in january is price our supermarkets price rises in our supermarkets without the consequent reduction or reduction in packaging and increase recycling that we or reduction in packaging and inciwant recycling that we or reduction in packaging and inciwant to recycling that we or reduction in packaging and inciwant to see. :ling that we all want to see. >> well, mr speaker, i thank my honourable friend for the question. is something that question. this is something that has been raised with me those has been raised with me by those in industry. now we are in the industry. now we are committed the committed to protecting the environment delivering environment and delivering delivering our zero delivering on our net zero targets, but depher are continuing engage closely continuing to engage closely with manufacturers, retailers and packaging companies on the precise design of the scheme . precise design of the scheme. and i know that ministers will continue to keep this house and my friend updated my honourable friend updated leader snp, stephen flynn i >> -- >> mr speaker, the two child benefit cap was introduced by the conservative party is left 250,000 children living in poverty. so can i ask the prime minister, does he take comfort in knowing that the heinous

legacy of that policy will no longer just be protected by longerjust be protected by conservative members, but by labour members to . well mr labour members to. well mr >> mr speaker, i welcome the labour leader's newfound support for our policy, even though he previously committed to a different approach. but what i would say to the honourable gentleman, and indeed the labour front bench is that they don't have to worry too much because given the labour leader's track record , he's never actually kept record, he's never actually kept a promise that he's made stephen barclay him. >> mr speaker , the voters in >> mr speaker, the voters in scotland are used to child poverty under the tories. they almost expect it. but what they don't expect , what they don't don't expect, what they don't expect is child poverty. support from the labour party. and if we look very closely right now, there is a shiver running along there is a shiver running along the labour front bench looking for a spine. >> mr speaker, there's just not. tell us something much bigger.

beggar there for children living in poverty in scotland . in poverty in scotland. >> westminster offers them no real change. it offers them no real change. it offers them no real hope. yeah. yeah. well mr speakeh real hope. yeah. yeah. well mr speaker, the best, the best route out of poverty is through work , mr speaker. work, mr speaker. >> and the most and the best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty is to ensure that they do not grow up in a workless household. and that's why we are focussed on creating more . with 200,000 more in more jobs. with 200,000 more in scotland since 2010 and hundreds of thousands fewer children across the united kingdom growing fewer growing up in growing up, fewer growing up in a household, a workless household, we will always continue to reduce child poverty . i don't want to see poverty. i don't want to see a single child grow up in poverty and we will deliver that in every part of the uk, including in shailesh vara thank in scotland. shailesh vara thank you, mr speaker. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. would my right, hon. friend agree with me that if members opposite are in favour of illegal economic migration , then then they should

migration, then then they should have the courage to say so rather than claiming that young men in their 20s and 30s are arriving here from safe country as are actually asylum seekers . as are actually asylum seekers. >> yes. yes my honourable friend is right that the party opposite don't have a plan to tackle illegal migration. >> and we saw that just in this last week. mr speaker, that they voted, i think over 70 different times against our stop the boats bill. and that bill will make it crystal clear that if you come here illegally , you will be here illegally, you will be detained and swiftly removed to a safe third country that is the fair, compassionate and right way to deal with this problem. and that's what we believe in. >> caroline lucas thank you very much, mr speaker . much, mr speaker. >> it's exactly a year to the day since uk temperatures hit a deadly 40 degrees for the first time with 3000 excess deaths last summer . time with 3000 excess deaths last summer. yet the prime minister's own climate advisers and businesses have said that his climate progress is

worryingly slow. now, he likes to claim that the uk is decarbonising more quickly than the rest of the g7 , but spot the rest of the g7, but spot since the paris agreement that thatis since the paris agreement that that is simply not true . he that is simply not true. he likes to claim that it's not a top concern for the public. while recent polling shows that that's not true either . experts, that's not true either. experts, businesses and the public all want bold climate action. >> but it isn't even one of his top five priorities. >> can he tell us why not? >> can he tell us why not? >> hear, hear. mr >> hear, hear. mr >> mr speaker, the honourable lady just makes a completely bizarre point because because we moved quicker and faster than everyone else. she thinks that somehow is something that we should now not be proud of. it's right that other countries are catching up . it's inevitable catching up. it's inevitable that they will have to decarbonise faster now to make up for the fact that over the past two decades they haven't followed example. so i'm not followed our example. so i'm not going to take any lectures on this topic because our track

record is a good one. mr speaker , we have decarbonised faster than everyone else and right now we are making the right long term decisions to make that term decisions to make sure that we do transition to net zero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do transition to net zero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do s01sition to net zero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do so intion to net zero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do so in an to net zero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do so in a way net zero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do so in a way thatzero, term decisions to make sure that we �*do so in a way that brings but do so in a way that brings people along with us and creates jobs in the process. so bedfordshire businesses now have apprentices on the factory floor earning £48,000 a year on qualification , easily beating qualification, easily beating cost of living pressures . cost of living pressures. >> so what more can we do to get schools to promote apprenticeships to pupils and parents as our colleges and institutes of technology are great poverty busting institutions ? institutions? >> well, my honourable friend makes an excellent point. one of the practical steps that we are taking is to put all apprenticeships onto the ucas system. this autumn, which will make sure that they have parity of esteem in the classroom. increased information for parents and teachers. but at the same time, mr speaker, as i announced earlier this week, we are clamping down on university

courses that fail to deliver good because what we good outcomes because what we should be doing is providing young people best young people with the best opportunities them to get on opportunities for them to get on in and absolutely in life. and he's absolutely right should include right that that should include apprenticeships . apprenticeships. >> dame diana johnson thank you, mr speaker. >> why does the prime minister think that sir brian langstaff, who chairs the public inquiry into infected blood , has into infected blood, has reopened the hearings and has summoned before him the prime minister , the chancellor of the minister, the chancellor of the exchequer , the leader of the exchequer, the leader of the house and the paymaster general to answer questions next week . to answer questions next week. >> mr speaker, my thoughts remain with all those affected by this appalling tragedy. they infected blood scandal should never have happened . and that's never have happened. and that's why the public inquiry was set up why the public inquiry was set ”p by why the public inquiry was set up by one of my predecessors . up by one of my predecessors. i've submitted written evidence to the inquiry and am due to give oral evidence shortly , so give oral evidence shortly, so it would inappropriate for me it would be inappropriate for me to further at this time. to comment further at this time. >> greg clark indeed, mr speaker

, 800,000 people work indirectly or directly in our car industry, which accounts for 10% of our country's exports . country's exports. >> so i strongly welcome the £4 billion investment by tata in a battery factory with the jobs associated with it, so will my right honourable friend build on that success and pursue a clear plan to get more gigafactories including in the west midlands? so we can capitalise on our lead in battery innovation and technology . technology. >> dodi my right honourable friend is absolutely right to highlight the importance of today's announcement. one of the largest ever investment in the uk auto industry in this country's history. billions of pounds, thousands of jobs and it is a massive vote of confidence in the uk economy . in the uk economy. >> lots of the liberal whip foot i >> -- >> yeah. thank you very much, mr speakeh >> yeah. thank you very much, mr speaker. the nhs in england has just had its longest everjunior just had its longest ever junior doctors strike and consultants go on strike tomorrow for the

first time in 50 years. yet so far scotland has had no nhs strikes. this isn't by chance, but because our health secretary and first minister have kept working with the bma to try and address the pay erosion faced by doctors since 2008. workforce shortages are the biggest challenge facing health care and the prime ministerjust the prime minister just mentioned the prime ministerjust mentioned the importance of staff retention. so does he really think refusing to even talk to health unions will stop doctors leaving the nhs? yes mr speakeh doctors leaving the nhs? yes mr speaker, we did talk to health unions, but we also so we also respected the independent pay review body process . review body process. >> mr speaker, which is the right way to resolve these issues. and it means a typical junior doctor will see a 9% pay rise as a result of that deal. mr speaker, combined with and she mentioned retention earlier this year , the government this year, the government delivered the number one ask of the bma, which was to remove the cap on pensions tax that was specifically designed to retain

senior doctors in the nhs . so senior doctors in the nhs. so the government has now done its bit and i would urge the unions to please get back to their hospitals and treat your patients . patients. >> jacob rees—mogg thank you, mr speaker . >> jacob rees—mogg thank you, mr speaker. does my right honourable friend share my unease that a bank that has the government as its largest shareholder should close the account of a senior opposition politician ? will he use the politician? will he use the government's shareholding to ensure that there is an inquiry into these circumstances? because the subject data access request makes it clear that or certainly indicates that it is the person concerned . political the person concerned. political views that to led his cancellation and does my right hon. friend agree with me that however much we may find , however much we may find, however much we may find, however much we may find them tiresome, members of the opposition deserve bank accounts . yes mr speaker.

>> it wouldn't be right if financial services were being denied to anyone exercising their right to lawful free speech. our new financial services and markets act puts in place new measures to ensure that politically exposed persons are being treated in an appropriate and proportionate manner and having consulted on the payment services regulations, we are in the process of cracking down on this practise by tightening the rules around account closures. but in the meantime , any individual can the meantime, any individual can complain to the financial ombudsman service, which has the power to direct a bank to reopen their account . their account. >> anas sarwar thank you very much. i know how it feels to be homeless, squatting from one place to another with your entire belongings in one single black bin liner. hard working families, including bradford west, are at risk of homelessness because of a tory mortgage bombshell and failing to legislate to protect renters. so can i ask the prime minister, apart from totally losing the grip on the whole situation ,

grip on the whole situation, what is he doing to stop half a million people from becoming homeless ? yeah homeless? yeah >> oh, mr speaker, actually , >> oh, mr speaker, actually, rough sleeping levels are about a third lower in 2022 compared to the peak in 2017. and since our landmark homelessness reduction act came into force over 600,000 households have successfully had their homelessness prevented or relieved. and we are investing £2 billion over the next three years to continue to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping i >> -- >> mark dolan smart . thank you, >> mark dolan smart. thank you, mr speaker . mr speaker. >> the prime minister mentioned our armed forces as can i mention them again, we lost 457 personnel in afghan nana killed and several thousand who suffered life changing injuries i >> -- >> so -- >>so| -_ >> so i and some of my colleagues on the defence committee were absolutely stunned to see a video posted by our own chairman lauding the

taliban's governance of afghanistan , not mentioning afghanistan, not mentioning they're still trying to identify and kill afghan civilians who sided with nato forces and also not mentioning the fact they don't like girls to go to school. >> so can i make plain this was not in our name and can i have the prime minister's assurance that this silly and naive act was not in his name either? yes yeah. >> well, mr speaker, i join with my honourable friend in paying tribute to our brave serving personnel and veterans and thank them for their service , as them for their service, as indeed we've touched on earlier today. indeed we've touched on earlier today . and we have repeatedly today. and we have repeatedly and will continue to repeatedly call out the human rights abuses that we see around the world. and he mentions , rightly, the and he mentions, rightly, the prohibition on on women being educated in afghanistan, which

is something we've spoken about in the past. but we will also continue to have dialogue with regimes . so continue to have dialogue with regimes. so that continue to have dialogue with regimes . so that doesn't continue to have dialogue with regimes. so that doesn't mean that we consider those regimes to or approve of to be legitimate or approve of their actions, is all their actions, but that is all part , as he will understand, of part, as he will understand, of establishing normal diplomatic presence countries when the presence in countries when the situation but are very situation allows, but are very happily specific happily look into the specific case that he brought up with me. but mr speaker, it's not just the adoption of the disgusting and heinous to child benefit carpets. >> it's the endorsement of a hard brexit the tuition fees, the immigration often doesn't agree that there is no real difference between the two. uk main parties. and isn't it time that we perhaps rearrange the furniture in this house and have them all on one big bench? perhaps retitle them that this is what you get from the uk party? yeah >> mr mr well, thank you, mr speakeh >> mr mr well, thank you, mr speaker, for the question . and i speaker, for the question. and i will leave. i will leave him and

the labour party to debate the finer policies between them. but i would say on the substance, because it it is important because it is, it is important that actually the track record demonstrate that we are making a difference in reducing child poverty. speaker , there are poverty. mr speaker, there are there are now 400,000 fewer children in poverty than there were in 2010 as a result of the actions of this government. noticeably moving their parents into work because it has the single best benefit for those children. that is the right policy, and it's one that we will continue to deliver. >> mr alicia kearns mr therapy is quackery packaged up by bigots , seating, promote their bigots, seating, promote their hate and profit from it. >> on the 19th of january, the minister at the despatch box promised to bring forward a ban against conversion therapy and ensure that pre—legislative scrutiny was completed before the end of this parliamentary term. does my right hon. term. how does my right hon. friend plan to continue with that? also welcome that? but can i also welcome very much a statement from the floor today and thank lgbt floor today and thank those lgbt veterans here us. veterans who are here with us. we grateful for your we are so grateful for your service do this ban also

service and we do this ban also in your name. amen >> well, can i can i thank my honourable friend for her question. and i agree with her that conversion therapy is an abhorrent practise and we need to do everything we can to stamp it out wherever we see it. the minister for women and equalities will continue to keep her and the house updated on our progress. very sherman . progress. very sherman. >> amy sherman irina vereshchuk i >> -- >> mr speaker, thank you. >> mr speaker, thank you. >> this is a prime minister, remember seven years ago when he was a passionate supporter of leaving the european union along with his then along with his then best friend, boris johnson. >> is he aware that sirjohn >> is he aware that sir john major now says in every speech he makes that that decision was catastrophic for the people of this country and standards of living and also deeply damaged owing to our role status and influence in the world. mr mr

>> mr speaker, i would say gently to the honourable member at the beginning of his question you think he made the central point? was seven years point? it was seven years ago, mr and we need to move mr speaker, and we need to move forward. would just gently forward. i would just gently point he talked about point out to him he talked about what's happened since then, since single market. since we left the single market. this has grown faster this economy has grown faster than germany , france italy. than germany, france and italy. mr speaker. >> and he talks about our standing on the world stage. >> well, he obviously he wasn't here for our statement on the nato summit last week, but nobody can be in any doubt that the united kingdom is highly respected on the world stage. the owen paterson . the owen paterson. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> thank you, mr speaker. >> now , then, just last week , >> now, then, just last week, the leader of the opposition announced his new flagship policy , the two child benefit policy, the two child benefit cap goes down. >> very popular on this side of the house, but not so popular on that side of the house. but, prime minister, could you please tell the house when will the leader opposition jump leader of the opposition jump off and be honest off the bandwagon and be honest

with british tell with the british public and tell them stands for ? them what he stands for? >> well, mr speaker, my honourable friend, my honourable friend is right now it would be one thing. and i say i welcome i welcome the leader of the opposition now supporting the government's policy . but i don't government's policy. but i don't think anyone actually believes that he believes in what he's saying . and i think that is the saying. and i think that is the just say you don't need to worry. >> you have responsibility >> you have no responsibility for neil coyle for the opposition. neil coyle brazier mr speaker , every single brazier mr speaker, every single member of this house is required by law to confirm the true source of a donation before it is accepted or declared. >> so can the prime minister tell us if he followed all the rules, all the time before he took 38,500 pounds of free air travel on the 28th of april? and if so , why does his story keep if so, why does his story keep changing about who paid for ? mr changing about who paid for? mr >> mr speaker , all donations are >> mr speaker, all donations are declared in the normal way. and as and as the honourable gentleman knows, if there are

administrative changes to that, those are quickly corrected any time. david davis the prime minister, back to the question raised quite rightly by my honourable friend , the member honourable friend, the member for north east somerset , the for north east somerset, the opposition politician who was referring to of course was nigel farage, whose bank account was closed not because he was a pep not because of commercial reasons, but because his views did not align with the values of coutt's bank, a thinly veiled political discriminate action of vindictive, irresponsible and undemocratic action. >> but in addition, natwest also disclosed confidential details about farage account. the bbc, and lied about the commercial viability of his account actions, which ought to jeopardise its banking licence and should certainly worry natwest . 19 million other natwest. 19 million other customers . so he's told us what customers. so he's told us what he's going to do for the future. but there are many other people in this circumstance. so can he require every bank with a british banking licence to inform the treasury of all the

accounts they've shut down for non commercial reasons in the last decade ? last decade? >> well, mr speaker, i know that the gentleman has spoken to the chancellor about this particular issue and i know he'll continue to have those conversations in the short term, having consulted on the payment service regulations , we do intend to regulations, we do intend to crack down on this practise by toughening rules around toughening the rules around account closures. but in the meantime , i'm the financial meantime, i'm the financial ombudsman service is available for to make complaints for people to make complaints to, look forward to to, but i look forward to continuing the dialogue with him, does chancellor. >> final question, conor lockhart . lockhart. >> thank you, mr speaker. as a father, the prime minister will know how precious children are . know how precious children are. adam watson, age nine, and poppy ogle, age ten. from my constituency , sadly lost their constituency, sadly lost their battle with childhood cancer just last year. their homes are forever broken. both families want to see a change in financial support for the 1600 child diagnosed with cancer across the uk each year. would

the prime minister commit to meet with these families , to meet with these families, to listen to their stories and to review child dla payments to commence immediately on diagnosis of childhood cancer, whether that be a terminal diagnosis or not? the three month wait for support is just too long. surely this government can see fit to wrap its arms around these children and their families in their hour of need . families in their hour of need. >> well, mr speaker, i thank the honourable lady for raising this issue.i honourable lady for raising this issue. i can't imagine how difficult it is for families whose children are being treated for cancer and everything that will come along with that. i will come along with that. i will happily look into the specific issue that she mentioned and get back to her in all haste. and she should know that total support that she has my total support for helping supporting for helping and supporting families through families who are going through what unbelievably what will be an unbelievably difficult completes prime >> that completes prime minister's questions >> so sobering question there to end this session of pmqs, but certainly elsewhere , a bit of an

certainly elsewhere, a bit of an end of term feel, perhaps with raucous reaction on the backbenches to. well, sir keir starmer being urged to stop taking or inspiration from his friends outside and unglue himself from the fence . himself from the fence. meanwhile, rishi sunak being told he was talking a burst of nonsense. joining us in the studio, conservative mp for stoke on trent north, jonathan gullis, and also labour mp for birmingham selly oak. steve mccabe. are you sad you missed the end of term party or. >> no, i don't like to . end of >> no, i don't like to. end of term is probably a good description. i think there were a few good questions further down the batting order, it did actually feel as if keir and rishi's performance was a bit too choreographed to me and the wines were good, but they sounded a bit rehearsed . sounded a bit rehearsed. >> are you surprised that they weren't on the nhs rather than interest rates and the economy ahead? course by ahead? of course the by elections tomorrow? >> i think the problem is >> well, i think the problem is that the thing is what is

that the nhs thing is what is really hitting our postbags at the moment. the number of mps who are hearing about stories of people who just can't see a doctor can't get on a waiting list, can't get treatment for their loved ones. i'm not that surprised because i think it's been there all along and the reality is, you know, despite what the prime minister says, the under funded it, they've picked a fight with every group of workers in it . and no matter of workers in it. and no matter what they do, the answer is about reorganising than about reorganising rather than fixing . fixing. >> and keir starmer going on at hillingdon course, hillingdon hospital, of course, specifically with one specifically to do with one particular byelection tomorrow. well without mentioning well without actually mentioning that hospital's that hillingdon hospital's getting a refurbishment, getting a full refurbishment, you know, coming thanks to you know, coming soon, thanks to the for there boris the former mp for there boris johnson and actually securing that johnson and actually securing tha and look it's not surprising >> and look it's not surprising to sir keir starmer to me that sir keir starmer dodges opportunity to talk to me that sir keir starmer d0(the opportunity to talk to me that sir keir starmer d0(the country. ortunity to talk to me that sir keir starmer d0(the country. the1ity to talk to me that sir keir starmer d0(the country. the fact :o talk to me that sir keir starmer d0(the country. the fact the lk up the country. the fact the inflation and core inflation both down. the fact both have come down. the fact that made this record that tata's made this record investment with the 4 billion creating tens of thousand new jobs in somerset, fact that

jobs in somerset, the fact that we obviously had, despite 58 times labour voting against stopping the boats, we got the illegal migration bill through both houses as a parliament onto the illegal migration is not going to happen, jonathan, until we have this supreme court hearing. >> remember , because a lot of it >> remember, because a lot of it hinges on rwanda. >> is it one part of it? but actually the detention, the immediate detention of people will now be able to come into play will now be able to come into play make sure play age testing to make sure when people claim to be children, they actually are looking alternative looking at alternative accommodation to hotels. there's lots things in lots of good things in this legal bill a safe legal migration bill to a safe third country. >> only a deal with >> they've only got a deal with rwanda i think maybe one rwanda and i think maybe one other lot of a lot of this other a lot of it, a lot of this bill, course, is bill, of course, rwanda is absolutely be an actor is important, but there's silver important, but there's no silver bullet within this. >> every a big >> there's every factor is a big jigsaw rwanda's one jigsaw here. rwanda's one important the illegal important piece. but the illegal migration bill is another. and the starmer sir the keir starmer or sir keir starmer is own labour starmer is his own labour colleagues or labour supporters were calling him on social media on monday , with stephen flynn on monday, with stephen flynn pointed essentially pointed out essentially interesting point. >> was up to snp to >> yes, it was up to the snp to pick this rather

pick up on this rather uncomfortable position perhaps that keir starmer has got on this particular issue the cap this particular issue of the cap on to children for benefits . on to children for benefits. >> well, i'm not sure i agree with that. look, it's a simple question of where's the money going to come from. it's going to cost about 1.5 billion to get rid of that policy. it's true. it potentially could lift a number of children out of poverty, depending on how it's spent. poverty, depending on how it's spent . but we know there are spent. but we know there are a lot of lot of lot of backbenchers very uncomfortable, but 1.5 billion is enough to run the nhs for five days. it's enough to maintain 35,000 primary schools for a year and it's enough to pay for about 14,000 hospital doctors for a yeah 14,000 hospital doctors for a year. what's her priority? >> but the two child benefit cap is yet something else that people and obviously tory mps think that keir starmer has u—turned on. but look, what he said is we can't change it now because we can't identify the funding. >> we're not saying we can't

change it in the future and we're not seeing there aren't other things you could do. the obvious area, in my view, would be we should boost preconception care, just giving women folic acid would make a difference to children as big a difference as some of the poverty issues. yeah and of course it is funding as well. >> that was central to a lot of the exchanges and of course we had rishi sunak saying, look, you know, we've fully funded the long term staffing issue and also acknowledging, i think 43 stakeholders. he said agreed to it. but labour obviously having to go on this idea of the non—dom status and sunak coming back and saying, non—dom status and sunak coming back and saying , well, actually back and saying, well, actually that's funded so far or paid for five different things, well let's make the point that and steve's kind of talking about spending steve's kind of talking about spe labour think steve's kind of talking about spelabour think given >> labour have, i think given about £90 billion worth of spending commitments. they're yet where spending commitments. they're yet funding where spending commitments. they're yet funding come where spending commitments. they're yet funding come whe|when spending commitments. they're yecomes ng come whe|when spending commitments. they're yecomes to come whe|when spending commitments. they're yecomes to non—dom whe|when spending commitments. they're yecomes to non—dom status. hen it comes to non—dom status. they've spent five times, they've spent that five times, including so including on school places. so i've lost track of the constant fences that either keir starmer is to sit on or

is glueing himself to sit on or anything keeps wanting to do anything he keeps wanting to do day in, day out fence ungluing was a really bad joke. >> well, let's, let's just he >> well, let's, let's just i he got gummed up it myself. >> okay. right. >> okay. right. >> , it's important. >> well, it's very important. >> well, it's very important. >> important nhs is >> it's important to the nhs is now getting £165.9 billion a yeah now getting £165.9 billion a year. is not a the nhs has year. this is not a the nhs has got record level investment into it. it's about making the systems work and the systems work right and about the unions calling . do you unions no longer calling. do you think years it is think after 13 years it is reasonable to say have we reasonable to say why have we had two reorganisations, one that you introduced and then a second one to undo the first one? >> why have you picked a fight with every single group of workers in it? why are waiting lists at record levels and why can't people see a doctor which is what is not a reasonable question ? question? >> are the pay demands that are being sent out reasonable in your case? well, tell me tell me this, jonathan. tell me that you're talking about affordability. that is deeply he was was asked three was asked he was asked three times by keir , where how are you times by keir, where how are you funding it ? funding it? >> and we all know the truth is you may accept the peer review

body recommendations, but they're not going to put fresh money up for it, are they? >> and the reaction to that came not just from unions , of course, not just from unions, of course, but came from the nhs but it came from the nhs managers this this managers as well. this this phrase prioritisation. is phrase prioritisation. what is the point of actually making that pay award if you're going to have elsewhere the nhs to have to cut elsewhere the nhs to have to cut elsewhere the nhs to fund it? to actually fund it? >> well , we've these >> well, we've got these ridiculous diversity manager, for and ridiculous for example, and ridiculous salaries up , salaries that are taking up, which funding in the which is still funding in the pocket and actually, as say pocket and actually, as you say , we are seeing what is it? i've got notes. apologies. i don't got my notes. apologies. i don't want a diane abbott's on want to do a diane abbott's on your show, but i an extra your show, but i want an extra 45.6 into 45.6 billion is going into health social care over the health and social care over the next three years. 250,000 more people recruited 50 people in the nhs recruited 50 53,000 new full time in the past year alone. >> people off rishi sunak talking about staff retention and their plans for staff retention. very important people are on the picket line. people are on the picket line. people are leaving the nhs. they're leaving because they're not being enough. being paid enough. >> be perfectly frank, >> and let's be perfectly frank, we see the same thing said in teaching, actually teaching, but actually recruitment is important, but retention is equally as important because you want

important because you don't want to which why important because you don't want to adopted which why important because you don't want to adopted the which why important because you don't want to adopted the bma'sh why important because you don't want to adopted the bma's pension we adopted the bma's pension changes because ultimately they were this were the ones saying that this was driver for people was a major driver for people leaving . leaving the profession. >> it's quite >> but presumably it's quite hard you don't >> but presumably it's quite hard in you don't >> but presumably it's quite hard in the you don't >> but presumably it's quite hard in the first)u don't >> but presumably it's quite hard in the first place.�*t >> but presumably it's quite hard in the first place. yeah recruit in the first place. yeah and which we doing. and which we are doing. >> i just pointed >> steve, as i just pointed out, this let's just dial back this issue, let's just dial back because a lot of people are thinking, what's this glue all about? >> just to remind you, rishi sunak telling sir keir starmer stop. take some inspiration from your friends outside and unglue himself friends. this himself from the friends. this is because this was going is why. because this was going on outside the chamber as we had pmqs yes , more just stop oil pmqs yes, more just stop oil trying to stop. the mps didn't seem to succeed though. they all got into the chamber for pmqs. but we'll have all the latest coming up on the last day of political battle for this particular session. stay with .

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>> over 100. >> over 100. >> well, welcome back to the live desk and the end of term assembly. no, sorry, prime ministers questions rishi sunak keir starmer are clashing in that last session before, of course , the summer recess. course, the summer recess. >> course, the summer recess. >> the two squared off over climate change, continuing strikes , the state of the nhs strikes, the state of the nhs and of course the by elections taking place tomorrow. there was plenty to debate in in parliament and here in the studio . so joining us now for studio. so joining us now for more analysis , though, from more analysis, though, from downing street is our deputy political editor, tom harwood. good afternoon to you, tom. it did become all about the nhs , did become all about the nhs, didn't it? labour accused the government of not knowing how they're going to fund this long term workforce plan . term workforce plan. >> it did, and that was a bit of a surprise for many people that sir keir starmer kicked off this final pmqs of the parliamentary term, the final pmqs, before those three crucial by elections tomorrow as well , all

those three crucial by elections tomorrow as well, all on those three crucial by elections tomorrow as well , all on the tomorrow as well, all on the issue of the nhs . could it be issue of the nhs. could it be that when it comes to inflation, actually there was a little bit of surprisingly positive news for the government this morning, perhaps that warmed the labour party off, going after interest rates and inflation. but certainly the nhs is a battle ground territory that the labour party returns to time and time again when it comes to elections. >> although i have to say this particular barney, this back and forth between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer was a lot more entertaining thing than some of those previous ding dongs that we've seen in previous weeks. >> sometimes this can be a rather sullen and perfunctory affair. sometimes these two, perhaps more technocratic leaders of parties, don't really get into the proper punch. and judy swing of it, but they really did today , i think. really did today, i think. i suspect that rishi sunak has a new jokes writer. we heard him actually bring the house down with laughter not once, but twice on a just stop oil joke and on a maths joke , slightly and on a maths joke, slightly ribbing his own maths to 18

policy. although sir keir starmer also had some pretty strong clap backs , he came back strong clap backs, he came back on rishi sunak's maths joke with a maths joke of his own. he's not 61. as the prime minister said, he's actually 60. so perhaps some more research was needed from the backroom boys at number on that writing. and number 10 on that writing. and also a bit of crucial , perhaps also a bit of crucial, perhaps misunderstanding from the prime minister, kept asking questions of the leader of the opposition as the speaker kept reminding the prime minister this is prime minister's questions, not leader of the opposition's questions. >> yeah , and of course keir >> yeah, and of course keir starmer reflecting perhaps he's forgotten this works because forgotten how this works because of two weeks of course it's two weeks since we've seen of them in we've seen the two of them in that particular session, but we've , we've had these we've, we've had these suggestions that of course that tory backbenchers are sort of looking towards the by elections with some sort of . well, yeah, with some sort of. well, yeah, absolutely . however, they were absolutely. however, they were in pretty good voice in terms of the back benches and those back benches were full as well .

benches were full as well. >> they , they were, it was the >> they, they were, it was the most full that i have seen these benches for a very long time. perhaps there'd been a behind the scenes three line whip to get mps sitting on those benches and ensuring there were no gaps . something also interesting that i noticed sitting up from the press gallery there was was just how many mps were wearing hot pink . today i counted around hot pink. today i counted around a dozen mps wearing a very similar shade of pink, and i wonder if that's anything to do with the new barbie movie coming out at the weekend. that's certainly what kate fergusson, a lobby colleague of mine at the sun, a little bit earlier sun, noted a little bit earlier as well. but yes, it did sort of have end term feel , busy have an end of term feel, busy benches also a lot more benches and also a lot more noise and energy , no doubt noise and energy, no doubt something to do with those by elections as well. >> okay . thank you very much >> okay. thank you very much indeed for that. in downing street. here to studio, street. back here to the studio, we're joined, of course, by conservative mp for stoke on trent jonathan gullies trent north. jonathan gullies and birmingham and labour mp for birmingham selly steve mccabe, just on selly oak. steve mccabe, just on the sort of, you know , the back

the sort of, you know, the back benches, they were in good voice on both sides. you two have got a meeting with the prime minister this afternoon. a little later in the 1922 committee. is this trying to sort of rally the troops before the by—election? >> it is normal for the party leaders to come before the 1922, before a recess. it's of course, it will be a bit of a rallying call. we've got obviously three big by elections place big by elections taking place tomorrow. big by elections taking place tomymyself will be at different like myself will be at different ones. i'll be in selby tomorrow to up the vote for to try and knock up the vote for our there, our excellent candidate there, claire, be claire, who i think will be a superb the house. superb addition to the house. and that we can pull off and i hope that we can pull off a big result there. what will you want to know the prime you want to know from the prime minister, particularly his minister, particularly when his his the lowest his rating has —40, the lowest it's ? it's been? >> it's not great, is it? just before go through. before you go through. well, look, suppose i'm look, the traps, i suppose i'm becoming a bit of a bore on this topic, but illegal migration will and knowing will be at the top and knowing what plan b is going be if what plan b is going to be if rwanda not successful in rwanda is not successful in the supreme rwanda is not successful in the sufalthough actually retained. rwanda is not successful in the sufalth0|ish actually retained. rwanda is not successful in the sufalth0|is that :tually retained. rwanda is not successful in the sufalth0|is that plan y retained. rwanda is not successful in the sufalth0|is that plan b?3tained. rwanda is not successful in the sufalth0|is that plan b? whatd. rwanda is not successful in the sufalth0|is that plan b? what is >> what is that plan b? what is plan b? >> i i'll be asking those questions. i certainly believe we be looking some of we should be looking at some of

these islands off the shore of our coast in order to place people whilst people there whilst we're waiting of or waiting for the isle of wight or no, wight. no, no, not the isle of wight. no, no, not the isle of wight. no, no, unpopulated ones. no, no. these unpopulated ones. that was suggested in the telegraph and the times in recent are recent weeks. i think those are the type places we should be the type of places we should be putting who've come here putting people who've come here illegally clogging illegally rather than clogging up on trent up hotels in stoke. on trent doing untold our doing untold damage to our hospitality and retail sector, doing untold damage to our howell.ity and retail sector, doing untold damage to our howell.ity andtourism actor, doing untold damage to our howell.ity andtourism industry, as well as our tourism industry, maybe more. >> ship circus i've >> the cruise ship circus i've been find anywhere been able to find anywhere else to they and we to go, are they which and we don't much that's cost don't know how much that's cost the taxpayer yet. >> think we've got to >> well, i think we've got to urgently what's on urgently find out what's gone on there, because ultimately, yes, you are right. those cruise ships allowed ships should have been allowed to dock and we should have been getting these illegal migrants onto came over onto those boats. they came over onto those boats. they came over on can stay on. on boats. they can stay on. >> okay. >> oh, okay. >> oh, okay. >> thank you. so assessment >> thank you. so your assessment of elections of the three by elections tomorrow certainly tomorrow because certainly suggestion for uxbridge and hillingdon ulez and the hillingdon is that ulez and the dislike for that may actually tip the balance against labour there. well as i said at the outset, i think they are both quite tough by elections for labour. labouh >> i'm not really sure about ulez. i think the answer here is

we have to decide if it's a pubuc we have to decide if it's a public health policy or a revenue raising strategy and not as queer. every public health policy gets argued about. i remember the smoking ban. >> yeah. gentlemen, i'm just going to interrupt, though, because we've got another mp joining us joining us hotfoot from bridgwater west somerset is conservative mp for that constituency ian liddell—grainger, because we had reference there in into this gigafact tree as it's been described in investment jobs and well a thumbs up as the prime minister said for uk plc without a shadow of a doubt. >> i mean this has been an amazing team effort and not just locally but international, locally but international, locally and nationally. and i cannot thank an incredible amount of people who put their oar in, including parties right across the united kingdom. we wouldn't have got this if we hadnt wouldn't have got this if we hadn't all worked together. so it's a very good news about 9500 jobs, £5 billion, huge supply

chain, and every part of the united kingdom will be able to take part in this. >> right. but how big a carrot has the taxpayer had to give to tata this? i mean, tata for this? i mean, suggestions that it could be 500 million, 1.5 billion. million, could be 1.5 billion. the had put the government's had to put forward . forward. >> i actually don't know the figure. i genuinely don't know. but it is too including a road link of the m5, a rail link, a potential campus of the bridgwater and taunton college , bridgwater and taunton college, farage, along with other training facilities . so this is training facilities. so this is not just a bung, as you rather interestingly put it . this is interestingly put it. this is actually to make sure that the groundwork that we need to do is done. >> yeah, i don't think i did use that unparliamentary term . that unparliamentary term. however, clearly that's i think the ft was suggesting certain monies may have been exchanged at some stage or promises of money, but but no money, however. but but no coincidence, of course, there's a certain by—election tomorrow . a certain by—election tomorrow. >> oh, this decision was actually due has been due over the last month or so. this has not come as any great surprise.

i did talk to the leader of somerset council who is actually a lib dem yesterday and we both agreed this has got nothing agreed that this has got nothing to by—election. this to do with the by—election. this is do with just is actually to do with just straightforward and straightforward business. and i believe it was tata that made the decision when announce it the decision when to announce it not the government, and nothing to do with the government. >> ian liddell—grainger, thank you bringing you very much for bringing us that westminster . that reaction from westminster. no final word to our two mps that reaction from westminster. no fi|very ord to our two mps that reaction from westminster. no fi|very quickly.jr two mps that reaction from westminster. no fi|very quickly. we're mps here. very quickly. we're running out of scores on running out of time. scores on the doors . the doors. >> look, i think the prime minister a really good minister had a really good performance today. i think a solid and solid nine out of ten. and ultimately into those by ultimately we go into those by elections in good spirits and we will pull some big will hopefully pull off some big shocks listening shocks and we'll enjoy listening to labour's hand to steve underplay labour's hand with with polls suggesting with with the polls suggesting they be walking these they should be walking these elections right of reply well i thought he or she would pmqs but the real test is going to be how much further sunak's much further can rishi sunak's poll drop? poll rating drop? >> right. >> right. >> okay, gentlemen , thank you >> okay, gentlemen, thank you very much indeed for to talking us. >> us. >> it's been it's actually been really good fun, which you don't usually say that about. >> come, come, >> pmqs. come, come, come. >> of course, two >> pmqs. come, come, come. >>those of course, two >> pmqs. come, come, come. >>those by of course, two >> pmqs. come, come, come. >>those by elections course, two >> pmqs. come, come, come. >>those by elections asirse, two >> pmqs. come, come, come. >>those by elections as well. wo of those by elections as well.

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gb news charged up the owners of jaguar land rover to invest £4 billion in a battery gigafactory for somerset. >> we're live in bridgwater with a promise of up to 9500 jobs. >> more good economic news as inflation drops to 7.9. markets have rallied amidst hopes it

signifies an easing of the cost of living crisis . of living crisis. >> police make several arrests as just stop oil tried to halt mps arriving at the commons. the prime minister has to leave by the back entrance . the back entrance. >> plus, mps are demanding answers over why cootes shut down nigel farage's bank account after he produces documents appearing to show it was because of his friendship with donald trump and novak djokovic. first, here's all your headlines with . here's all your headlines with. aaron very good afternoon to you. >> it's 1:02. you. >> it's1:02. aaron you. >> it's 1:02. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. the prime minister says no one should have their bank account closed for exercising the right to free speech. it came in response to a question during

prime questions from prime minister's questions from jacob rees—mogg, who was calling for an investigation into the cancellation of opposition cancellation of an opposition mps account. he appeared to be referring to nigel farage, who says cuts close to his account because his views don't align with the bank's values . gb news with the bank's values. gb news has seen documents obtained from the bank's reputational risk committee, which says he's regarded as a racist and xenophobe . nick rishi sunak says xenophobe. nick rishi sunak says the rules are being tightened to stop that happening. >> it wouldn't be right if financial services were being denied to anyone exercising their right to lawful free speech. our new financial services and markets act puts in place new measures to ensure that politically exposed person owns are being treated in an appropriate and proportionate manner and having consulted on the payment services regulations, we are in the process of cracking down on this practise by tightening the rules around account closures . around account closures. >> rishi sunak, meanwhile, has also formally apologised to lgbt personnel who served in the

military when homosexuality was banned. military when homosexuality was banned . it follows an banned. it follows an independent review which found a culture of homophobia, bullying, blackmail and sexual assaults which led some to take their own lives. lord atherton's report has called for survivors to be paid compensation. it could cost the government £50 million. the prime minister has described the policy between 1967 and the year 2000 as an appalling failure . 2000 as an appalling failure. meanwhile rishi sunak was forced to leave parliament by a rear exit because of a demonstrate oration by just stop oil activists trying to stop mps from attending pmqs. a police made dozens of arrests this morning . the group posted video morning. the group posted video on twitter showing a supporter spray painting the department of energy security and net zero in relation fell by more than expected to 7.9% in the year to june, the lowest level for 15 months. the office for national statistics says that was driven by falling fuel costs, although

food price inflation is still high at 17.3. it could result in a smaller increase in interest rates from the bank of england next month. if the government wants to halve inflation by the end of the year. but labour says that persistent inflation as a result of tory mismanagement, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, admits there's long way go. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, adrit s there's long way go. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, adrit shows 's long way go. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, adrit shows thatlong way go. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, adrit shows that if1g way go. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, adrit shows that if the ray go. >> it shows that if the government and the bank of england are prepared to take difficult decisions, we can win the battle against inflation. but nonetheless , for families up but nonetheless, for families up and down the country , prices are and down the country, prices are still much too fast. still rising much too fast. there's a long way to go . if we there's a long way to go. if we look at inflation at 3% in the us, 5.5% in the eurozone , you us, 5.5% in the eurozone, you can see that if we stick to the plan, then we can bring down inflation in the owner of jaguar land rover's confirmed plans to build a £4 billion electric car battery factory in the uk. >> the prime minister says the factory, expected to be built in somerset , will create 4000 jobs somerset, will create 4000 jobs and thousands more in the supply chain. reports have suggested

the government, though, has offered hundreds of billions of pounds worth of subsidies to secure deal. but the energy secure the deal. but the energy secretary, grant shapps, wouldn't be drawn a figure. wouldn't be drawn on a figure. >> it is true that not just jaguar land rover, but through the transformation the automotive transformation fund, other car manufacturers, nissan, for example , who are who nissan, for example, who are who are investing £1 billion in sunderland at stellantis in ellesmere port, they all get access to this fund. i can't confirm the actual figures because it all comes out commercially in the in the usual way , but i can tell you that it way, but i can tell you that it wasn't just all about cash. it wasn't just all about cash. it was also about our ability in r&d . for example, through the r&d. for example, through the faraday battery institute . now faraday battery institute. now now the head of m16 has called on russians to join the intelligence service as secret agents to help end the war in ukraine. >> richard moore says there appears to be little prospect of moscow regaining momentum in ukraine and he remains optimistic about kyivs counter offensive. the mi6 chief also warned china and russia are in a

race to master technologies such as ai and quantum computing. i expect that we will increasingly be tasked with obtaining intelligence on how hostile states are using ai in damaging reckless and unethical ways . reckless and unethical ways. >> i know that we can only protect our citizens if we understand the essence of the threat while embracing ing ai's undoubted potential for good. my service , together with our service, together with our allies, intends to win the race to master the ethical and safe use of ai . the metropolitan use of al. the metropolitan police has apologised and agreed a settlement with the family of private investigator daniel morgan, who was murdered in 1987. >> the force has admitted liability for failings in its investigation, which it says was marred by a cycle of corruption, professional incompetence and defensiveness. mr morgan was found with an axe in his head in a pub car park in south—east london. no one has been brought to justice over the killing.

despite five inquiries and an inquest in 2021. an independent panel concluded the force was instituted moeen ali corrupt and this is gb news more as it happens through the afternoon. but now it's back to mark and pippa . pippa. >> welcome back to the live desk. jaguar land rover's owner, tata group has announced plans to build a £4 billion battery factory in somerset, an investment which will create around 4000 jobs, according to the government. >> it will manufacture batteries for electric jaguar and land rover vehicles set to be the uk's largest ever investment for the automotive industry . let's the automotive industry. let's get more with our economics and business editor liam halligan to actually ask what is a gigafactory and what sort of sums are we talking about? a gigafact . gigafact. >> he builds the batteries that

go into electric vehicles. the uk only has one gigafactory. it's run by nissan. it was built by the chinese company. envision up there in the north—east of england. there's a feeling that unless we have gigafactories, we won't have a car industry because these batteries are very, very heavy and unless you manufacture the batteries close to where you actually assemble the cars, it's not going to work economically. i'm slightly in two minds about this story, if i'm honest, but on the one hand, i'm honest, but on the one hand, i guess it's good news for the uk because tata, the indian conglomerate that owns jaguar land was threatening to land rover, was threatening to build the factory in spain as well. but the british government has come up with £500 million under headings under various headings subsidies, infrastructure build and so on to entice jaguar, land roveh and so on to entice jaguar, land rover, tata to build here in the uk . it's rover, tata to build here in the uk. it's going to rover, tata to build here in the uk . it's going to be, we think uk. it's going to be, we think in bridgwater in the west country quite near the old somerset and frome constituency . by coincidence . what do you

. by coincidence. what do you mean? surely it's a coincidence . so in some senses it's good though if you have to offer up half £1 billion to build a gigafactory, you're going to have to offer up half £1 billion to build all the other giga factories we need. and factories we may need. and the other i'd make is what is other point i'd make is what is the extent which we need the extent to which we need these gigafactories now, some these gigafactories? now, some people being ridiculous, people say i'm being ridiculous, but of people in the but a lot of people in the private will agree with private sector will agree with what i'm about to say, which is why sector why a lot of private sector investment for these gigafactories coming gigafactories hasn't been coming forward. at the gigafactory forward. look at the gigafactory that going to be on the that was going to be on the cards. britishvolt british up in blyth that we about blyth that we talked about extensively months. extensively in recent months. mark no private sector money came forward . and what i'm about came forward. and what i'm about to is this is this really to say is this is this really the best correct technology ? the the best correct technology? the british government says it's going to go through with this legislation to ban the sale of all new to not existing new petrol and diesel cars by 2030. i'm sceptical. i think it will get pushed back at least until 2035. that's certainly what's happenedin 2035. that's certainly what's happened in the eurozone . given happened in the eurozone. given that in the end the market

decides what the best technology is. the government's pushing, pushing, pushing . we need pushing, pushing. we need electric vehicles. there's other ways we can propel cars that may not be electric vehicles. i would say we're betting a lot on the electric vehicle route and increasing early scientists and particularly investors are thinking, is this really the way to go? >> don't you have to balance that, liam, with with the number ofjobs that, liam, with with the number of jobs it's going to create? i mean, they're talking some 4000 jobs nine and half. jobs or maybe nine and a half. massive, massive. okay. >> no point in spending >> there's no point in spending loads, money on loads, loads of public money on jobs that last because the jobs that won't last because the technology is wrong. all i'm saying , it's my job as saying, it's my job as a journalist to analyse things and reflect what people who know more than me think . what i'm more than me think. what i'm saying is electric vehicles. they may be the way to go. i may be completely wrong, but they may not be. and we're putting a huge amount public resource huge amount of public resource and weight on this one technology. there's another very important aspect to this story, which you've also been investigating, and that is for this work, need the

this to work, you need the charging infrastructure feature, which a lot more which takes a lot more investment on top of just building batteries the cdl’s. >> cars. >> and that's not there at the moment . moment. >> w- moment. >> the charging >> certainly the charging infrastructure rolled >> certainly the charging infrymuch,ure rolled >> certainly the charging infrymuch,ure more rolled >> certainly the charging infrymuch,ure more slowly than out much, much more slowly than a lot of people would like. that's why many who have that's why many people who have electric cars, they do worry about anxiety obe they do about range anxiety obe they do say me often that the say to me often that the manufacturer's claims about the range of these cars are often overegged. they're actually often much lower. charging times are longer than built, and then there's a much bigger geopolitical point here. these batteries need all kinds of rare earths that are controlled by other countries like china, countries in africa, countries that aren't always friendly to the western world. so as we try and wean ourselves off hydrocarbons for good standing , hydrocarbons for good standing, environmental reasons and geopolitical reasons, are we latching on and making ourselves dependent on minerals, which again , we don't control, again, we don't control, although i think there's a question as to what we might be able to get from cornwall as

part of the process of sort of crunching their lithium. there are lithium mines in cornwall, but the scale of lithium that you would need . yeah, look, i'm you would need. yeah, look, i'm not trying to pour cold water on it completely . not trying to pour cold water on it completely. i'm just trying to be ever so slightly more balanced because there's an assumption right across the media that it's evs or bust. that's not the case. >> let's put this very interesting point to mike hawes, who us, the chief who joins us, who's the chief executive society of executive for the society of motor manufacturers and traders, the leading trade body. mike, i don't know if you were managing to what liam was saying to hear what liam was saying there, there there, that perhaps there are caveats about, going caveats about, you know, going full the electric road. full down the electric road. >> well , i full down the electric road. >> well, i think as far as the global automotive industry is concerned, you know, we have to decarbonise roads , transport, decarbonise roads, transport, you will not achieve net zero unless you decarbonise road transport. >> and the technology that is available, that is commercially viable at the moment to meet these targets that are being set. >> and these targets are really tough. >> electrification , i think will

>> electrification, i think will provide the mainstay . provide the mainstay. >> liam's right. there are other technologies out there which may certainly apply in certain niche applications, but we think the mainstay of passenger cars will be electrification. hence that investment you see today . investment you see today. >> what about hydrogen , mike? i >> what about hydrogen, mike? i mean, is there something in that? i mean, a friend of mine's had a hydrogen car and it was very, very impressive , more very, very impressive, more impressive than an electric car in many ways in terms of its range, etcetera, except for the fact that charging point again, well, it's not a charging point, but where you go to fill up. yeah. was miles from a diesel unleaded or hydrogen . unleaded or hydrogen. >> good luck with that. yeah yeah you're right. >> i mean, there are only, i think, barely a dozen hydrogen fuelling stations in the uk. but again , this is another again, this is another technology that will form part of future mix . it's of that future mix. it's probably lends itself more readily to heavy goods vehicles , maybe coaches, you know, coaches need to go a long distance. they don't want to stop and wait for two hours because the passengers clearly

want their destination want to get to their destination in the issue with in a hurry. the issue with hydrogen twofold. hydrogen is probably twofold. one, to obviously one, you've got to obviously generate produce generate it and you produce it and to produce it from and you want to produce it from renewable . otherwise renewable methods. otherwise it's just substituting one carbon for another . but carbon for another. but secondly, the demand for hydrogen might be applied from a number of different sectors, maybe aviation , certainly maybe aviation, certainly maritime domestic use. so the demand for hydrogen could come from a variety of different different sectors as there is a role there potentially for transport. but electrification, i think we see is the mainstay for passenger cars. >> the other thing, mike, is it significant that this is jaguar land rover, you know, premium cars that perhaps we can export quite easily and might this not actually have of a long term benefit in terms of what we call volume car production ? volume car production? >> yeah, absolutely. what you've seen , you know, this is a seen, you know, this is a massive investment and the capacity that they'll be able to produce should serve jaguar land rover's needs and potentially some others as well. i think

that's something that we'll be exploring in the future. i mean, this, know, as we've been this, you know, as we've been saying a massive saying today, this is a massive shot for uk shot in the arm for the uk automotive industry . not only automotive industry. not only doesit automotive industry. not only does it give us that supply of batteries, it kind of anchors in the production of vehicles in the production of vehicles in the uk, certainly jaguar, land rover , potentially others that rover, potentially others that in turn has the flow on into the supply chain because you need the main volume manufacturers to sustain the supply chain, which is across the country. indeed >> mike, thank you very much indeed for that. and of course, we'll see how the plans start to unfold . thank you very much. unfold. thank you very much. >> well, let's go to bridgwater in somerset and speak to our south west reporter jeff moody. so, jeff , 4000 uk jobs at least so, jeff, 4000 uk jobs at least thousands more in the wider supply chain. what has been the reaction from people there ? it's reaction from people there? it's been an incredibly positive reaction from people here. >> i've been speaking to people all morning and nobody has a bad word to say about it. people are

really and enthusiastic really excited and enthusiastic . they've been telling me about the job situation down here. the fact that there is very little in industry in this part of the country, very little industry indeed. a lot of people on zero hours contracts. one gentleman said to me that it's very much like the 1930 here at the moment. so any additional industry will be greatly appreciated. this is what some of the people have been saying to me this morning. >> we need some work around here. suddenly and there's land out there. it's really old was i believe , isn't it? believe, isn't it? >> so the land is there, the brownite site anyway, so just we'll use it as that. yes i think it's a good thing because it will bring a lot of business to bridgwater , which is to bridgwater, which is desperate for work . desperate for work. >> so and i think also it just encourages people to come here because it's not as bad as people think . people think. >> so that's my opinion. it's a good thing. >> i think it could be a good thing. ukip of unemployed thing. ukip loads of unemployed people, opportunity be you thing. ukip loads of unemployed peopledependingtunity be you thing. ukip loads of unemployed peopledepending onity be you thing. ukip loads of unemployed peopledepending on what you thing. ukip loads of unemployed peopledepending on what sort of know, depending on what sort of skill looking for, skill set they're looking for, if to train you

if they're going to train you on the job. yeah, it could the job. yeah, i think it could be good opportunity. i didn't be a good opportunity. i didn't know to happen. >> this news, i think it's >> this good news, i think it's good news. >> and just down road >> yeah. and just down the road from i think it's good. >> so i think it's good. >> so i think it's good. >> i live at puriton, so it's lovely to bring more work into how. >> now. >> it's supposed to directly generate around 9500 jobs, but that's only the start of it. what would the infrastructure that needs to be built around it? the increased transport links, they're saying today that it could create around 40,000 jobs and that is badly needed here, very much indeed, as the seagulls arrive right on cue for the sound effects, let's head back to liam, because a lot of people will be asking why somerset , when people will be asking why somerset, when you people will be asking why somerset , when you know the somerset, when you know the midlands has been the crucible of manufacturing of the manufacturing car industry for so long, it does have hinckley point that new nuclear power just down nuclear power station just down the there. the road from there. >> right. it's also >> that's right. it's also near the so it's good for the coast, so it's good for export if you're going to build lots of heavy batteries , it's lots of heavy batteries, it's easier to put them on ships off

rather than in lorries . and rather than in lorries. and also, this is the big deal for the government is just that it was in the uk and not in spain. and what this whole episode shows, whatever the technological whys and wherefores and i completely agree with the smmt as we as we heard earlier, there are many different ways to skin a cat. but it was absolutely vital for the government that this gigafactory was to be built in the uk because we only have one other gigafactory. as i said, and across the eu there are many, many more in the us you've got what's called the ira , the got what's called the ira, the inflation reduction act, where the american government really is handing out huge subsidies and they can also in the uk, us because they've got their fracking revolution, they can guarantee cheap energy for a lot of these factories. these are very energy intensive factories themselves. yeah >> and you imagine what the >> and you can imagine what the reaction have been we'd reaction would have been if we'd lost got it. but lost it and spain got it. but there we are in terms of a by—election, a certain constituency liam, as by—election, a certain constthanky liam, as by—election, a certain constthank you liam, as by—election, a certain constthank you takingim, as by—election, a certain constthank you taking us as

ever, thank you for taking us through course through that more course reaction get it. reaction as we get it. >> do stay with us here the >> do stay with us here on the live desk tomorrow, you might possibly have heard about the fact that three consortia agencies going to the polls agencies are going to the polls in what is threatening to be a rather grim day for the conservatives. we will be reporting from selby and ainsty . stay with us. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast showers for many of us today. hit and miss downpours with some sunny spells in between and it will be turning drier later as the showers fade away . low pressure showers fade away. low pressure still with us, but it is moving away. and so the more persistent rain that many places saw on tuesday, well, that's out of the way. but showers have replaced that rainfall. the heaviest downpours will be in the east and they'll continue into the evening in places. but

eventually after midnight , most eventually after midnight, most of the showers confined to the north and northwest of scotland, parts of northern northern ireland elsewhere, ireland as well. but elsewhere, clear and temperatures in clear spells and temperatures in main urban areas, 10 to 13 celsius. but in sheffield , rural celsius. but in sheffield, rural spots in the single figures and 3 to 6 celsius possible for parts of scotland. first thing 1 or 2 fog patches for wales and the south west. otherwise a bright start for many. quite quickly through the morning, the shower clouds will build once again and those showers will be hit and miss into the afternoon. i think fewer compared with today , but actually still quite today, but actually still quite a number about and they'll once again be heaviest in the east, dner again be heaviest in the east, drier towards the west and into the start of friday. well, a similar start to the day bright on the cool side, but largely dry before those showers develop into the morning. and an outlook thatis into the morning. and an outlook that is remaining unsettled . and that is remaining unsettled. and bands of rain crossing the country on saturday clearing to showers on sunday. >> the temperatures rising on

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christys on gb news and gb news radio . radio. >> welcome back to the live desk. and we had a formal apology from the prime minister at the head of pmqs for those military personnel, dougie beattie personnel who have effectively banned from the army. the result of the atherton

report. we've now got the defence secretary in the chamber, ben wallace, talking about the issue . no, he's not. about the issue. no, he's not. he stopped speaking just as we were about to. he's about he's about to speak. >> but but within last hour, >> but but within the last hour, the minister calling the prime minister was calling the prime minister was calling the appalling the historic ban an appalling failure of the british state. it was. can you believe , illegal to was. can you believe, illegal to be gay in the british military until 2000? these are live pictures from the commons now where the defence secretary is due to be speaking about it. thousands of veterans were affected by by by this treatment, by being told it was illegal to be gay. i'll say that again. illegal to be gay in the british military until 2000. and a report into their treatment recommended that the prime minister apologise to parliament. so he has done that and now the defence secretary, ben wallace, is speaking about it in the house of commons and i suspect he will also be apology rising as well.

>> the prime minister saying it was an appalling failure of the british state, acknowledging many horrific many endured the most horrific sexual abuse violence, homophobe , phobic bullying and harassment, bravely harassment, all while bravely serving this country. lord atherton , the former master of atherton, the former master of the rolls, with that inquiry, we we'll update you, of course, as we'll update you, of course, as we get more on in the we get more on that in the commons. let's stay with the commons. but let's stay with the politics course , politics because of course, voting to place in those voting to take place in those three by elections tomorrow, including the selby and ainsty constituency constituency following the resignation of bofis following the resignation of boris johnson, supporter nigel adams, who is the mp there. >> it is one of three by elections being held tomorrow, all in seats held by the conservatives. so they are feeling a little bit nervous. our reporter anna riley went to speak to residents to get an idea of their voting intentions as selby and ainsty has been held by the concert lviv since its inception in 2010. >> nestled in the north yorkshire countryside , the seats yorkshire countryside, the seats are a mix of rural villages and towns and with a majority of

more than 20,000 votes in the 2019 election, it's assumed to be a safe blue heartland. but what do people here in selby want for the area from their next mp? >> i haven't decided what way i'm going to vote yet, but i want to make sure that education early years, education is a high agenda item. >> employment , but transport >> employment, but transport infrastructure . infrastructure. >> it was a really nice market town . i know it's got bigger, town. i know it's got bigger, but trouble is it's got worse . but trouble is it's got worse. it's a market town. nana selby is a beautiful place to live, but it has a lot of things that need changing . need changing. >> for me, in particular, the nhs , it's very, very hard to get nhs, it's very, very hard to get into doctors surgeries to see people obe improvement in the national health service, particularly in the dentist around here. >> yes, because they're all going private and it's not right for national health. people

>> i'm only voting because i have do . the political have to do. the political parties may have found a tougher opponent than each other here, and that's despondency among voters . voters. >> helen terry manages the hub cafe in the heart of the town and feels apathy towards the ballot box. i'm not voting no, i'm not interested. >> really . whoever gets in is >> really. whoever gets in is not going to make any difference and they're not going to do anything any different because and they're not going to do anyall|g any different because and they're not going to do anyall going different because and they're not going to do any all going to :ferent because and they're not going to do anyall going to come because and they're not going to do anyall going to come downlse and they're not going to do anyall going to come down to it's all going to come down to can't afford it. money nothing really. i can't can't really see the point . the point. >> the cost of living has put a strain on businesses like this one. and helen would like to see more investment in the high street to bring more customers to selby. >> all it consists of is like hairdressers , nail places , phone hairdressers, nail places, phone shops, you know, things . what shops, you know, things. what people don't need really. people need sort of closed shops and it's a quaint little town. it could really be done like your , could really be done like your, you know, if, if, if they pulled the people in it's got a

beautiful abbey and everything. it's just it's sad. it's just dead. >> with a general election creeping ever closer, it will be interesting to see if voters in this constituency decide to stick with the conservative lives or put their faith in another party to deliver for the area. anna riley, gb news. selby and just to remind you of the selby and ainsty candidates, they are andrew philip grey , independent. >> claire holmes, conservative. mike jordan, yorkshire party . mike jordan, yorkshire party. david kent reform uk . keir david kent reform uk. keir alexander mather, labour . alexander mather, labour. >> nick palmer standing as an independent guy. phoenix the heritage party. sir archibald stanton official monster raving loony party. matt walker lib dems. arnold workman . green dems. arnold workman. green party. john william waterston social democrat party. >> social democratic party. i should say. luke. john wellock climate party. tyler callum wilson kerr independent . right.

wilson kerr independent. right. and of course we've got full coverage of by—election results coming up on friday. >> let's speak now to our political reporter olivia utley and olivia, i guess we were getting an indication from pmqs that there really getting ready for the election fight and an indication , at least from keir indication, at least from keir starmer. that's the nhs is the touchstone on the doorstep . touchstone on the doorstep. >> well, yeah, absolutely . and >> well, yeah, absolutely. and we've been hearing over the last few weeks that that is what people are talking about. one might think that that would be good news for the labour party given that one of rishi sunak top five priorities, those five priorities he keeps talking about to cut nhs waiting about is to cut nhs waiting lists. but at the moment waiting lists. but at the moment waiting lists in the nhs a record lists in the nhs are at a record high. now at about 7.5 million people in england waiting for nhs treatment . it's a little bit nhs treatment. it's a little bit of a different picture in all three of these elections, but in every single one the conservatives are feeling pretty nervous. in a way, easiest nervous. in a way, the easiest one is the uxbridge one for them is the uxbridge by—election, which was boris

johnson's seat, only has a majority of about 7000 or a majority of about 7000 or a majority of about 7000. and the conservatives, it seems, are pretty much resigned lose it. pretty much resigned to lose it. their only potential hope is that uxbridge , which is an that in uxbridge, which is an outer london constituency , ulez outer london constituency, ulez is very, very unpopular here. so there is a small chance that that disgruntled residents could turn to the tories purely because they're sort of fed up with sadiq khan's policies. the other two seats, somerset and frome, is a is a pretty, pretty hard core blue seat. same with selby , as we've just been selby, as we've just been heanng selby, as we've just been hearing there in yorkshire . one hearing there in yorkshire. one would have thought in any normal by—election that it would be a very easy win for the conservatives . majority sort conservatives. majority of sort of both seats. but in of 20,000 in both seats. but in both , as nigel adams, both cases, as nigel adams, bofis both cases, as nigel adams, boris johnson loyalist, resigned unexpectedly, he is annoyed conservative party activists in the area over that. and it said that there are lots of conservative party activists who were just refusing to campaign in there in selby. as for david warburton, left the warburton, he obviously left the commons cloud.

commons under a very big cloud. he's been suspended following allegations cocaine allegations that he took cocaine and sexually harassed people in the in the parliamentary building . so it is quite building. so it is quite possible that labour or the lib dems, the lib dems are very close behind the conservatives now in the polls in somerton could could take on both of those seats, which would be a really catastrophic loss for rishi sunak there is talk that there's going to be a reshuffle , well, perhaps even as soon as this week potentially to try and distract attention from any by—election losses for the conservatives but whatever happens, rishi sunak is sounding like he is. he is fighting, but he'll be feeling pretty nervous today. >> absolutely . thank you very >> absolutely. thank you very much, olivia . actually, one much, olivia. actually, one interesting which you might interesting stat which you might not know is that if the tories do lose all three seats, rishi sunak could become the first prime minister since harold wilson in 1968 to do that. >> and the pound in your pocket. for those of you who long memories. latest headlines now with . aaron

with. aaron >> good afternoon to you. it's 133 aaron armstrong here in the newsroom . the prime minister newsroom. the prime minister says no one should have their bank accounts closed for exercising the right to free speech. his comments come in response to a question during pmqs from jacob rees—mogg , who pmqs from jacob rees—mogg, who was calling for an investigation into the cancellation of an opposition mps account. he appeared to be referring to nigel farage, who says cuts closed his account because his views do not align the views do not align with the bank's values. gb news has seen documents obtained from the bank's risk bank's reputational risk committee, which says his regarded as racist and xenophobe . nick rishi sunak says the rules are being tightened to stop happening. it wouldn't stop it happening. it wouldn't be right financial services be right if financial services fees were being denied to anyone exercising their right to lawful, free speech. >> our new financial services and markets act puts in place new measures to ensure that politically exposed persons are

being treated in an appropriate and proportionate manner. and having consulted on the payment services regulations , we are in services regulations, we are in the process of cracking down on this by tightening the this practise by tightening the rules around account closures . rules around account closures. >> the owner of jaguar land rover set to create 4000 jobs in the uk at a new electric car battery plant. the £4 billion gigafactories expected to be built in somerset with production to start in 2026. now, the government says it will create thousands more jobs in the supply chain, although it's understood the factory will be backed by significant subsidies and a man who filmed himself speeding at 123mph on the motorway has been jailed for 12 years after killing a pregnant mother of two in a crash in may. frankie josh howie, who was 38, had pulled over on the hard shoulder with a puncture a&e iqbal shoulder with a puncture a&e iqbal, was possibly trying iqbal, who was possibly trying to upload footage to facebook , to upload footage to facebook, tailgated other cars before swerving and crashing into her car on the m66 in greater

manchester. frankie's nine year old son tommy, and her four year old son tommy, and her four year old nephew, tobias , were old nephew, tobias, were seriously injured . more on all seriously injured. more on all of our stories on our website. gbnews.com . direct bullion gb news.com. direct bullion sponsors gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . investment. >> quick look at the markets today. >> the pound will buy you $1.2912 and ,1.1508. the price of gold £1,530 in £0.18 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7572 points. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical

>> gb news the people's channel. britain's watching young . britain's watching young. >> welcome back to the live desk with mark longhurst and pip tomson, the rate of inflation dropped slightly ever so slightly this morning, but it is a step in the right direction . a step in the right direction. pfices a step in the right direction. prices are still 7.9% higher than they were this time a year ago. >> well, markets like it so far. but let's get more now from our business and economics editor liam halligan with on the money . how is bad this cost of living squeeze is still with us, but

it's a bit less intense than it was. >> inflation is falling. but, says chancellor jeremy hunt, we're sticking to our plan and that plan involves interest rate rises. trying to squeeze those price rises out of the economy. let's have a look at the numbers. the consumer price index, it was 7.9% up in june 2023 compared to june. the year before. that's down quite significantly from may 2023. inflation now is lower than many people expected and it's important that it's psychologically below that 8% level. but it is still four times the bank of england's target. and by international standards , uk inflation is high standards, uk inflation is high are 7.9. number forjune are 7.9. number for june compares are 7.9. number forjune compares to an average of 5.5% across the eurozone , continental across the eurozone, continental europe and us inflation in there an enviable 3, not the least because our american cousins have got much lower energy pnces have got much lower energy prices than us. what's driving

uk inflation? it's still those pesky food prices , as shoppers pesky food prices, as shoppers know. well 18.3% food price inflation in may, still 17.3% in june. inflation in may, still 17.3% in june . and many of us think in june. and many of us think in the real world, food prices are going up much faster than that. no wonder the competition and markets authority has got an inquiry going into those food price rises . an inquiry. the price rises. an inquiry. the government is watching closely. core inflation in nerdy economists like me focus on core inflation, its inflation. when you strip out things like energy pnces you strip out things like energy prices and food, which are often imported, exposing the underlying price pressures in the economy will core. inflation has not gone down very much at all. it was 7.1% in may. that was a 30 year high and it's still 6.9. those people on the bank of england's monetary policy committee want to raise interest rates more. they will point to that number again and again. so what is going to happen on interest rates? the monetary policy committee next

meets on the 3rd of august. rates are currently 5, having gone up 13 times since the end of 2001. they could go up again to five and a quarter or even 5.5. but the fact that inflation is lower than people are expected in june means there is now a debate about whether or not those interest rate rises will happen. in general, not those interest rate rises will happen. in general , though, will happen. in general, though, we remain an inflation nation here in the uk , mortgage rates here in the uk, mortgage rates are set to rise further, i'm afraid. but i've put in a question mark. why because the bank of england may not raise interest rates now. at the beginning of august and what we call the gilt market, where the government sells its debts, those gilt yields have come down steeply this morning, suggesting that the markets are starting to doubt whether the bank of england will make a move for savers. this higher interest rate environment is good news, but only if those higher rates are passed on by the banks , are passed on by the banks, which doesn't always happen very

quickly. so here we are in the middle of this cost of living squeeze in inflation nation uk. we aren't complacent, says jeremy hunt. high prices are still a huge worry. they certainly are not least for the tory party . tory party. >> well, as we're hearing there from liam, despite the falling inflation figures, the chancellor recognising, as was saying , high prices still a huge saying, high prices still a huge worry for families and businesses. >> we've pulled together a >> so we've pulled together a people's exploring what people's panel exploring what this means for all of you, let's cross over now to cherry red cafe in birmingham. my old neck of the woods where our west midlands reporterjack of the woods where our west midlands reporter jack carson of the woods where our west midlands reporterjack carson is midlands reporter jack carson is with our panel. jack, i bet they had as much to say, if not more, than all the mps at pmqs today. >> oh, definitely . we've been >> oh, definitely. we've been talking all afternoon so far here at this cafe with this panel all about those interest rates. we watched prime minister's questions as well of course, it's here in the midlands, particularly such a heart of manufacturing that these interest rates, this

inflation figure as well, the news that we've got, that it's come down to 7.9, that of course it's really affects people and it's really affects people and it really affects business here on ground . so let's have a on the ground. so let's have a chat to our panel. on the ground. so let's have a chat to our panel . we with chat to our panel. we start with you, run clevedon you, steve. you run clevedon fasteners sutton fasteners out in sutton coldfield here in the west midlands . what was reaction midlands. what was your reaction and your feeling when you heard that the figure inflation had come this morning ? come down this morning? >> think like everybody else, >> i think like everybody else, i pleased had i was quite pleased that it had come than it was come down more than it was predicted . i think it will give predicted. i think it will give everybody a little bit of a feeling that perhaps the worst is over and we're going to start seeing some some improvements. but from my point of view, as a manufacturer, i look at the core inflation figure, the core inflation figure, the core inflation has only dropped by, i think, nought point three of a % think, nought point three of a% and the thing that affects my business is input costs and input costs in 2020 were 22. that's how fast our input costs were going up. it's now down or

last month it was down to 0.5, which is a fantastic reduction. but what's interesting is the what they call the factory gate prices. they're up at 2.9. and so i think i think the chancellor, bless him, has got a real difficulty because he says inflation is sticky . and i think inflation is sticky. and i think one of the things that things that people don't like to speak aboutis that people don't like to speak about is greed, inflation. and that's the fact that people are putting prices up not because they need to, but because they can. so you're phone contract will have gone up by up to 18. that should be just rpi. but they've put it up rpi plus 3.9. well all you know is you can do crush any better on your phone. you know, it's just not got any better . so i you know, it's just not got any better. so i think you know, it's just not got any better . so i think that's you know, it's just not got any better. so i think that's going to be a bit of a bit of a problem. i'm old enough to remember the 70s and that was wage inflation that pushed that

up . now there's a completely up. now there's a completely different scenario. obviously the interest rate rises with mortgages as all of these sorts of issues, the input, the input costs to my business have been absolutely massive and we've had to pass those on. and that just fuels inflation. >> surely now you are particularly, of course , particularly, of course, impacted by the possible decision of a rise in interest rates , but what are your worries rates, but what are your worries at the minute? >> well, i've got some properties that i normally let out, which now obviously because of interest going up, mortgages go of interest going up, mortgages 9° up of interest going up, mortgages go up . go up. >> obviously the rent will have to go up and then the people can't, you know , they can't can't, you know, they can't afford it anymore , which you try afford it anymore, which you try to help someone to, to get some housing. >> so are you worried about kind of losing tenants because as the interest rates means you have to put your rents up and it's kind of a domino effect that of just increasing prices? well all the

chances you have to sell sell so everybody is nobody can buy houses. >> not many people can buy houses. they obviously can't afford a rent. and anymore . and afford a rent. and anymore. and where are we going with that? i mean , what would an ideal mean, what would an ideal situation be for interest rates? >> we know we've got that bank of england decision coming and a couple of weeks time. what would you like them to do? would you like raising like them to stop raising interest rates now and stabilise yet? >> it would be great because then everybody can afford a house buying somewhere to live . house buying somewhere to live. >> okay, mark, you worked in the banking sector for 25 years. what have what are your thoughts on on on the decision to keep raising interest rates from the bank of england ? what has been bank of england? what has been your your feeling as someone that worked at that industry for so long? well, i think the primary responsibility of the bank of england is to retain the inflation rate at 2. >> so they've abjectly failed to do that and to punish the, you

know, the general public, the normal working people by continually raising interest rates is just wrong on the back of a cost of living crisis where inflation is going up and it appears that the only solution that they've got is to raise interest rates . there's no other interest rates. there's no other solution. it's almost as if there were. this is the only way we can do it. the primary reason for the interest for the inflation rate being so high, you know, aside from what's happenedin you know, aside from what's happened in the past, is the government's continual persistence with net zero because net zero is driving up energy prices . his energy prices energy prices. his energy prices have a direct impact on the rate of inflation action. and so therefore , this is the problem therefore, this is the problem that we're in. so i think to continually increase interest rates is creating problems for the normal working people. it's creating problems for people like shirley . it's creating like shirley. it's creating problems for literally everybody. and it doesn't really

do anybody any favours. so i think the government needs to look at what they're doing. the government needs to look at and say, well , is there another way? say, well, is there another way? you know , we're the only country you know, we're the only country at the moment that is persisting with this net zero policy, which is drive up energy prices and everybody is being affected that whether you're a home owner, whether you're a home owner, whether you're a renter, whether you're are, you know , literally you're are, you know, literally everybody is being affected by this . and it's almost as if this. and it's almost as if they've only got one solution. let's raise interest rates. let's raise interest rates. let's raise interest rates. let's raise interest rates . no, let's raise interest rates. no, that's not the only solution . that's not the only solution. let's have a look at our silly policy which says we're going to get rid of everything that bnngs get rid of everything that brings energy costs down. and let's pursue this goal of net zero, which they're not going to achieve. and actually don't need to achieve. all right , achieve. and actually don't need to achieve. all right, mark, thank you very much. >> shirley and steve as well. they are some of the views here

at the people's panel in birmingham because it's here and as you've been hearing, this is where the real impact is . where the real impact is. >> jack, thanks very much indeed. they do talk a lot in birmingham, i don't know birmingham, but i don't know what did or what what you did or what you're suggesting . suggesting. >> now, news has learned that >> now, gb news has learned that more 14,000 people have more than 14,000 people have crossed english channel in crossed the english channel in small far. this year. small boats so far. this year. more than 300 others have arrived in six small boats just today alone. >> and of course, this comes after the bibby stockholm barge arrived at portland in dorset yesterday to house 500 asylum seekers. but also the non arrival of two cruise ships. the government has secured couldn't get a berth, it seems at birkenhead, teesside or edinburgh. dodi not carry on cruising it seems for the government. >> well, let's get all the details on this from our home security home and security editor mark white. let's first of all talk about the small boats, not the cruise ships, the very small boats. these figures. i mean, just today alone, that's astonishing to me . yeah. astonishing to me. yeah. >> an update on that. seven small boats have come across so

far today despite pretty choppy conditions out in the channel. >> but yesterday , we do have >> but yesterday, we do have these images here out in the channel of 574 people crossed the english channel yesterday in 12 small boats. >> this one of those small boats that was intercepted by border force vessels , i say intercepted force vessels, i say intercepted stopped . then they transfer the stopped. then they transfer the occupants onto the border force vessels . they take them to dover vessels. they take them to dover harbour for processing . and then harbour for processing. and then that continued basically into the wee small hours . you can see the wee small hours. you can see there, this is 2 am. in the morning. our kent producer here, he does a for shift us, that's for sure, out there filming us border force vessels came in with three boat fools that arrived in darkness and then another four small boats have arrived since first light. this morning. so that actually takes

the total for the year to more than 14,100. >> and it's just compared to last year. >> well, it's slightly less than last year, but we've had much more adverse weather condition for a big long run of periods where the wind has been blowing in the wrong direction, blowing back towards the beaches of france and also coming from the north—east, which runs against the prevailing tide and makes the prevailing tide and makes the conditions much more difficult to cross. but of course, those boats coming as the bibby stockholm and you were on that clifftop seeing it was docking and the government hoping that those pictures would act disincentive for all act as a disincentive for all these migrants coming across this is what awaits you if you come here. >> yeah, but migrants aren't >> yeah, but the migrants aren't going see those pictures, are going to see those pictures, are they? the government relies a lot well, i wouldn't be too sure. >> well, i wouldn't be too sure. the pretty well the migrants are pretty well connected. have their connected. they all have their mobile that of mobile phones on that side of the when get into the channel when they get into the channel when they get into the the channel they the middle of the channel they usually along with usually ditch them along with their documents as their identifying documents as per the instructions of the people smugglers. but yeah, they

will be aware of developments such as this barge. and we're told that the first asylum seekers is probably under 50, will board the bibby stockholm next week. it's currently being plugged up for all the utilities is to make it shipshape effectively for those to cross. this was the bibby stockholm that was about 645 yesterday as i was standing in the clifftop watching it come in. >> i see no ships yet . >> i see no ships yet. >>— >> i see no ships yet. >> we just saw that. not quite ship. >> there's been a lot of discussion about people saying it's a floating prison. people are going to be incarcerated. i mean, we can see pictures. i think we showed them yesterday. hopefully we have them of the inside of the barge . and there inside of the barge. and there is restaurant . there is inside of the barge. and there is restaurant. there is a gym. is a restaurant. there is a gym. it has been refitted . and people it has been refitted. and people will be able to get off and go on a bus into the town . there is on a bus into the town. there is some security . yeah. some security. yeah. >> i mean, this this well, i mean, the comparisons to a

prison barge are ludicrous. you know , you don't think that. know, you don't think that. >> have you seen it? >> have you seen it? >> well. well, in the sense you don't get to leave a prison. so you can come and go. that's your your bed for the night on that barge. government no barge. the government makes no apologies for the fact that these are basic austere conditions. so in the sense when it was run by the oil industry for oil workers , there would be for oil workers, there would be one person per cabin . now it's one person per cabin. now it's going to be two people for carbon, but they've all got en suite facilities. >> why are we talking about life at sea? what's happened to the government birkenhead , government crews at birkenhead, teesside and edinburgh ? it seems teesside and edinburgh? it seems it's not calling it those well known now. it's not calling it those well knowell, now. it's not calling it those well knowell, you 10w. it's not calling it those well knowell, you remember a month >> well, you remember a month ago stood up in ago rishi sunak stood up in dover when he announced actually that boats plan was that the small boats plan was working , that there was working, that there was a reduction in numbers. he also said that as well as the bp stockholm barge, they kyrees cruise ships. this is the msc victoria and another sister ship were being acquired, leased by

the government to house asylum seekers as well . now this one, seekers as well. now this one, ms victoria, was up in edinburgh. it housed and ukrainian refugees for a while. those ukrainian refugees have been taken ashore . they have had been taken ashore. they have had problems. are trying to get a port to accept them so they are currently back , we believe, with currently back, we believe, with the owners, but still leased by the owners, but still leased by the home office . they are going the home office. they are going to try to still see if they can get ports at other facility so that they can use taxpayers still paying for those cruise ships. >> i think originally they will have paid for the original lease. >> so. >> so. >> okay, mark, thank you very much for updating us on all that. coming up, we'll also update factory for update you on a new factory for somerset . yet it's for battery somerset. yet it's for battery production, a gigafactory, no less. but how much is the taxpayer had to pay to secure the deal . the deal. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast showers for many of us today hit and miss downpours with some sunny spells in between and it will be turning drier later as the showers fade away. low pressure still with us, but it is moving away. and so the more persistent rain that many places saw on tuesday, well, that's out of the way. but showers have replaced that rainfall. the heaviest downpours will be in the east and they'll continue into the evening in places. but eventually after midnight , most eventually after midnight, most of the showers confined to the north and northwest of scotland, parts of northern northern ireland as well. but elsewhere, clear spells and temperatures in main urban areas, 10 to 13 celsius, but in shelf and rural spots in the single figures and 3 to 6 celsius possible for parts of scotland. first thing 1 or 2 fog patches for wales and the south west. otherwise a bright start for many quite quickly through the morning the shower clouds will build once again and those showers will be

hit and miss into the afternoon . i think compared with . i think fewer compared with that today, but actually still quite a number about and they'll once again be heaviest in the east, drier towards the west and into the start of friday. well, a similar start to the day bright on the cool side, but largely dry before those showers develop into the morning. and an outlook that is remaining unsettled . and bands of rain unsettled. and bands of rain crossing the country on saturday clearing to showers on . sunday clearing to showers on. sunday >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on

gb news charged up the owners of jaguar land rover to invest £4 billion in a battery gigafactory for somerset. >> we're live in bridgwater as its promised there could be more than 9500 jobs. >> more good economic news as inflation drops to 7.9. markets have rallied amidst hopes it signifies an easing of the cost of living crisis as police make several arrests as just stop oil tries to stop mps at the house of commons for pmqs and the prime minister had to leave by the back door after asking keir starmer to unglue himself from

the fence . the fence. plus rishi sunak issues warnings to banks after cuts acknowledged they shut down nigel farage account. first, here's your headunes account. first, here's your headlines with . aaron good afternoon. >> it's just gone. 4:03. i'm aaron armstrong in the newsroom. the pm says no one should have their bank account closed for exercising the right to free speech. rishi sunak's comments were in response to a question dunng were in response to a question during prime minister's questions from jacob rees—mogg , questions from jacob rees—mogg, who was calling for an investigation into the cancellation of an opposition mps account. he appeared to be referring to nigel who referring to nigel farage, who says cuts closed his account because his views do not align with the bank's values . gb news with the bank's values. gb news has seen documents obtained from the bank's reputational risk

committee, which says he is regarded as racist and xenophobic . regarded as racist and xenophobic. rishi sunak regarded as racist and xenophobic . rishi sunak says the xenophobic. rishi sunak says the rules are being tightened to stop it happening . stop it happening. >> it wouldn't be right if financial services were being denied to anyone exercising their right to lawful, free speech. our new financial services and markets act puts in place new measures to ensure that politically exposed persons are being treated in an appropriate and proportionate manner. and having consulted on the payment services regulations , we are in the process of cracking down on this practise by tightening the rules around account closures . account closures. >> the prime minister also formally apologised to lgbt personnel who served in the military when homosexuality was banned. military when homosexuality was banned . it follows an banned. it follows an independent review which found a culture of homophobia , bullying, culture of homophobia, bullying, blackmail and sexual assaults, which led to some take their own lives. lord atherton's report has called for survivors to be paid compensation, which could cost the government up to £50 million. a rishi sunak described the policy . between 1967 and

the policy. between 1967 and 2000 as an appalling failure . 2000 as an appalling failure. meanwhile the prime minister was forced to leave parliament by a rear exit because of a just stop oil demonstration. they were trying to stop mps from attending pmqs. police made dozens of arrests this morning. the group posted a video on twitter showing a supporter spray painting the department of energy security and net zero. inflation fell by more than expected to 7.9% in the year to june. that's the lowest level for 15 months. the office for national statistics says it was dnven national statistics says it was driven by falling fuel costs, although food price inflation is still very high at 7.3. it could result, though , in a smaller result, though, in a smaller increase in interest rates from the bank of england when they meet next month. the government wants to halve inflation by the end year. labour says end of the year. labour says persistent inflation a result persistent inflation as a result of tory mismanagement. jeremy hunt has admitted there's a long way to go . the owner of jaguar way to go. the owner of jaguar land rover has confirmed plans

to build a £4 billion electric car battery factory in the uk. the prime minister says the factory expected to be built in somerset, will create 4000 direct jobs and thousands more in the supply chain . reports in the supply chain. reports have suggested the government has offered hundreds of millions of pounds worth of subsidies to secure the deal . the met police secure the deal. the met police has apologised and agreed a settlement with the family of private investigator daniel morgan, who was murdered in 1987. the force has admitted liability for its investigation , in which it says was marred by corruption , incompetence and corruption, incompetence and defensiveness . mr morgan was defensiveness. mr morgan was found with an axe in his head in a pub car park in south—east london. no one has been brought to justice the killing, to justice over the killing, despite five inquiries and an inquest . the investigation into inquest. the investigation into the snp's finances has moved beyond the initial allegations of fraud. scotland's outgoing chief constable, sir iain livingstone, told the bbc operation branchform has expanded to look at potential

embezzlement and the misuse of funds since being launched two years ago. it follows allegations earns £600,000 raised for campaigning towards scottish independence. was diverted elsewhere . the diverted elsewhere. the ukrainian city of odesa has been targeted again by a series of russian rocket attacks. it's the second consecutive night of strikes. the port city has been hit twice since moscow pulled out of an agreement facilitating the safe shipment of grain from ukraine. moscow has promised revenge for monday's attack on the kerch bridge. the bridge that links russia to its illegally annexed territory in crimea . and the head of m16 has crimea. and the head of m16 has called on russians to join the intelligence service a secret agents to help end the war in ukraine. richard moore says there appears to be little prospect of moscow regain momentum in ukraine and he remains optimistic about kyivs counter offensive. the mi6 chief also warned china and russia are in a race to master technologies

such as ai and quantum computing . this is gb news we will bring you more throughout the afternoon, but now it's back to mark and . mark and. pip >> welcome back to the live desk. we want to show you some pictures from greece. we've been talking about this all week , the talking about this all week, the wildfires that are raging . well, wildfires that are raging. well, this is just north—west of athens, where forests and homes have been destroyed . and tinder have been destroyed. and tinder box conditions, conditions right across the country. and this is across the country. and this is a little village near athens where planes firefighting planes are dropping flame retardant liquids onto burning trees and undergrowth. now, these fires are common in greece, but hotter and drier summers have really turned the mediterranean into a

wildfire hotspot in recent years. >> yeah, yesterday, of course , >> yeah, yesterday, of course, the greek authorities revealing that both france and italy have provided them with water bombing aircraft as well as the helicopters to try and keep a sort of barrier here away from athens itself . so a lot of these athens itself. so a lot of these fires are within what, 15 miles of the greek capital elsewhere. we're also being told that there are wildfires now on the island of rhodes adds way down to the south, but a very popular houday south, but a very popular holiday destination . and of holiday destination. and of course, british course, with british holidaymakers . so clearly these holidaymakers. so clearly these conditions hitting many conditions are hitting many parts greece. and certainly parts of greece. and certainly yesterday we were being told that some of the firefighters have been working for 24 hours, non stop using hundreds of appliances. and also these specialist helicopters. >> and it's not just greece hit, of course , it is many parts of of course, it is many parts of europe. there are red alerts for extreme heat in place in most of italy's main cities. and this situation is actually causing

many people. maybe you are one of them to rethink your travel plans, plans this summer because it is so ragingly hot . it is so ragingly hot. >> anyway, we'll update you on the situation as we say this on the situation as we say this on the outskirts or near athens, about 20 miles away. we think also elsewhere in rhodes, the island down in the south. and clearly the authorities are getting very worried now about trying to keep this under control. we'll keep you updated i >> jaguar land rovers owner tata group has announced plans to build a £4 billion battery factory in somerset. it's an investment which will create at least 4000 jobs. >> yeah, it's called a giga factory to create batteries for jaguah factory to create batteries for jaguar, land rover electric vehicles set to be the largest ever investment inward investment in the uk's automotive industry since, well, nissan back in the 1980s. let's get more with our economics and business editor liam halligan joining us here in the studio .

joining us here in the studio. and liam, there is a question mark about what the government had to pay out to get tata to actually put this in somerset rather than in spain . rather than in spain. >> well, car companies over many years have specialised in holding metaphorical guns to governments heads. we're not going to make this investment. we're not going to get let you get the political benefits of announcing lots of potential jobs as , as you say, pip, unless jobs as, as you say, pip, unless you sweeten the deal for us. tata of course , is a huge indian tata of course, is a huge indian conglomerate. it owns jaguar land rover, and it's managed to extract, we believe , the thick extract, we believe, the thick end of half £1 billion, £500 million from from from the british government. a huge amount of money in subsidies and other inducements. but there was lots politically on the line this gigafactory, so—called the factory where you make the batteries that go into electric vehicles could easily have gone to spain. at least that's what tata was telling the british government and of course, there's absolutely no link at all, mark, between the fact that

this gigafactory is in the west country near somerton and frome, and there's actually a by—election in in somerton and frome tomorrow . no link frome tomorrow. no link whatsoever. yeah >> okay. we'll just digest that. but i mean, you know , for the but i mean, you know, for the local townspeople in bridgwater and somerset, of course, which has been pretty agriculture , you has been pretty agriculture, you know, we've had cider , cheese know, we've had cider, cheese and so on, it's a major economic it is a major economic at least what, 9500 jobs are may be counting ? counting? >> well, these these are the claims we don't know, but they're reasonable claims. they're made by, you know , very they're made by, you know, very reputable companies. and whitehall as well . bridgwater, whitehall as well. bridgwater, of course , another huge of course, another huge construction project , the construction project, the biggest construction project in europe just down the road is the hinckley nuclear plant, which is neanng hinckley nuclear plant, which is nearing completion. and it strikes me that what we're doing here, at least in the minds of ministers and automotive executives , is securing or

executives, is securing or helping to secure the future of british car making. car making is 10% of our exports. it employs hundreds of thousands of people. we are still a major car maker or at least a car assembler. the difference is that many of our major car makers aren't british owned. they're owned by indian or chinese or jaguar land or german or german conglomerates. and the logic is that you have to build the batteries because they're very, very heavy near where you build the cars. so unless you have a gigafactories building these batteries, then won't these batteries, then you won't be the and the uk be building the cars. and the uk currently one currently only has one gigafactory. the gigafactory. it's up in the north—east england. run north—east of england. it's run by nissan , it was built by by nissan, it was built by envision , a chinese company, envision, a chinese company, funnily enough. so, you know, we can't be we shouldn't be too cynical about this. yes, politics can be a grubby business in terms of both the timing and the inducement. this is definitely unequip . the good is definitely unequip. the good news, though, for the local community and it could open the door now for further similar plants . plants. >> you know, if it's at least 4000 jobs at this one, look how many jobs could be created

potentially, more , i'm sure potentially, if more, i'm sure that's exactly right. that's you're exactly right. >> but unfortunately, the private sector is more interested in the return rather than job creation per se, though, of course, job creation is wonderful by—product. is a wonderful by—product. i think the thing that's worth saying since we first started talking about gigafactories , talking about gigafactories, let's have a look at what happened up in the north east in blyth , just north of newcastle . blyth, just north of newcastle. there, a fantastic site for a gigafactory . it's right next to gigafactory. it's right next to a deep water port, a fantastic communications , fantastic local communications, fantastic local workforce , very well versed in workforce, very well versed in electronic engineering. of course , lots of carmaking course, lots of carmaking tradition , an industrial tradition, an industrial tradition, an industrial tradition up there in the north—east. and yet no private sector company has come forward to build that. gigafactory despite not 500 million quid's worth of government inducements . but the government was starting 100, 100 million for starters , and yet no one has starters, and yet no one has come forward yet. i'm not saying that we don't need to decarbonise to some degree. we certainly do. but there is

increasingly a debate being bursting out into the open. the debate has always been there , debate has always been there, but it's been kind of crushed by a political and media class that says we have to do net zero. and the only way to do that is electric vehicles. even if you want to do net zero, there are lots of ways to get there. and i do there are other do think there are other technologies coming to the fore like it may be that like hydrogen. so it may be that we end up with a mixed economy and it isn't about and it isn't all about gigafactories after all though certainly i wouldn't take anything the good folk certainly i wouldn't take an bridgewater the good folk certainly i wouldn't take an bridgewater who the good folk certainly i wouldn't take an bridgewater who will good folk certainly i wouldn't take an bridgewater who will be)d folk certainly i wouldn't take an bridgewater who will be happy of bridgewater who will be happy with announcement . with this announcement. >> good folk of >> well, the good folk of bridgewater. going to bridgewater. we're going to see now they have to say, now what they do have to say, because south west because gb news south west reporter jeff moody can join us from the potential site in somerset . but jeff . the park somerset. but jeff. the park just outside bridgewater , it's just outside bridgewater, it's about 5 or 10 minutes outside the centre of town. >> it's 626 acres of what looks from here. and i can only see from here. and i can only see from the gate glorious british

countryside. it looks lovely round here. they're saying that it's going to be the largest single building by footprint in the whole of the uk. >> so it's going to be absolutely massive. >> so that will obviously lead to more jobs. they're saying that it could be up to 20,000 jobs when you also take into account not just the 9500 who will work here, but the people that will be building it in the first place. and then when you come into site, there's come into this site, there's lots of country leading lots of country lanes leading here. it's not a very direct route . so they're talking about route. so they're talking about improving the infrastructure to get here in the first place. so it could create all sorts of jobs for all sorts of types of people, something that bridgewater really desperately needs. bridgewater really desperately needs . i've been talking to needs. i've been talking to people in the town this morning, and this is what they've had to say to me. >> we need some of that around here, and there's land here, don't we? and there's land out really old was out there that's really old was i believe, isn't it? >> so the lands there that brownite out anyway. so just will use it as that. yes i think

it's a good thing because it will bring a lot of business to bridgewater , which is desperate bridgewater, which is desperate for work . for work. >> so and i think also it just encourages people to come here because it's not as bad as people think . so that's my people think. so that's my opinion. it's a good thing. >> i think it could be a good thing. give loads of unemployed people opportunity to, you people an opportunity to, you know, depend sort of know, depend on what sort of skill they're looking for, skill set they're looking for, if train on if they're going to train you on the yeah, think it could the job. yeah, i think it could be a good opportunity. i didn't know going to know it was actually going to happen think happen this good news, i think it's good news. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and the road from >> and you stand the road from me, i think it's good. i live me, so i think it's good. i live at puriton, so it's lovely to bnng at puriton, so it's lovely to bring work into. i think . bring more work into. i think. >> but of course some people , >> but of course some people, the cynics amongst us are saying, well, why is this announcement being made just one day away from a by—election just down the road in somerset and frome ? is this rishi sunak frome? is this rishi sunak trying to buy votes? that's what some people have been saying to me this morning. but mostly, generally the mood is extremely optimistic here. >> jeff, thank you very much

indeed for that. on that very note, downing street has actually just issued the prime minister's spokesman saying it was a for tata to say was a matter for tata to say where the new factory be where the new factory will be located after, as it said, eyebrows were raised in westminster a day before this crunch by—election. asked whether the location was not revealed in announcement due revealed in the announcement due to sensitivities , the official to sensitivities, the official spokesman in spokesman saying, in my understanding, it's spokesman saying, in my understanding , it's because the understanding, it's because the company will set out the location course rather location in due course rather than us. liam is still with us. well i think there's a bit of a yes minister going on there, isn't it? but the other aspect isn't it? but the other aspect is about jaguar , land rover. you is about jaguar, land rover. you know, it's a premium car maker where they'll be looking, i guess, for export trade elsewhere. it's not a big volume car maker as such . car maker as such. >> that's right. though as they get into the ev market, there are plans to not go down market but to broaden the appeal of this major british marque , this major british marque, somerton and frome, of course , somerton and frome, of course, is a is a is a somerton and frome, of course, isaisaisahasa somerton and frome, of course, is a is a is a has a high tory

majority. but they're odds on to lose to the lib dems. there i think what tata have made clear is that the gigafactory will definitely be in the uk and will probably be in somerton and frome not to throw cold water at all. on geoff's excellent reporting there, but there may still be some wiggle room about the price precise location. who knows, maybe tata want to extract some more concessions from particular regions of the uk. >> and what was so attractive about this particular location ? about this particular location? >> well, it's because as we've been saying and as jeff was saying , it's been quite saying, it's been quite depressed for a while . well, and depressed for a while. well, and also the communications are pretty good . you're you're near pretty good. you're you're near the coast, so you can export so there are many, many reasons, though, of course , as you as you though, of course, as you as you say, pip, the midlands and the nonh say, pip, the midlands and the north east are the kind of agglomerations of car making in the uk. and when you have a agglomeration effects, the sort of benefits of being closely together , other people doing together, other people doing similar things, there are

benefits and would there be any advantage in it being close advantage in it being so close to hinckley plant to the hinckley nuclear plant in terms providing cheaper power terms of providing cheaper power to actually , you know, what's to actually, you know, what's going to be a pretty massive ev set there, potentially . i set up there, potentially. i mean, where, you know, electricity is pumped into the grid and physical proximity isn't necessarily always a decent thing, but look, there are certainly possible agglomeration effects. that's the biggest building site in europe already. you'll have a lot of heavy plant down there. there'll be lots of road renovations going on, a complete config operation of that part of the west country . so there may the west country. so there may indeed be what we call an economics economies of scale. when you get benefits from doing things on a large scale rather than a small scale, a few traffic jams on the m5, a few traffic jams on the m5, a few traffic on those on those narrow country lanes that geoff was talking about. >> yeah, they may change their mind that occurs. liam, mind when that occurs. but liam, thank us through thank you for taking us through all that. >> p- e us here on the live >> stay with us here on the live desk on gb news do by a

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main urban areas, 10 to 13 celsius. but in sheltered rural spots in the single figures and 3 to 6 celsius possible for parts of scotland. first thing 1 or 2 fog patches for wales and the south west. otherwise a bright start for many quite quickly through the morning the shower clouds will build once again and those showers will be hit miss into the afternoon hit and miss into the afternoon . i think fewer compared with that today, but actually still quite a number about and they'll once again be heaviest in the east, drier towards the west and into the start of friday. while a similar start to the day bright on the cool side but largely dry before those showers develop into the morning and an outlook that is remaining unsettled . old bands of rain unsettled. old bands of rain crossing the country on saturday, clearing to showers on sunday. >> that warm feeling inside and from boxt boilers as proud sponsors of weather on

only on gb news is the people's channel only on gb news is the people's channel, britain's news . channel channel, britain's news. channel >> welcome back to the live desk. so by election day tomorrow, voting to take place in the selby and ainsty constituency after the resignation there of the staunch bofis resignation there of the staunch boris johnson supporter nigel adams , it is one of three by adams, it is one of three by elections. >> no less, being held tomorrow. all in seats held by conservatives . conservatives. >> our reporter anna riley has been to speak to the residents to get an idea of their voting

intentions . intentions. >> selby and ainsty has been held by the conservative since its inception in 2010. nestled in the north yorkshire countryside , the seats are a mix countryside, the seats are a mix of rural village and towns and with a majority of more than 20,000 votes in the 2019 election, it's assumed to be a safe blue heartland. but what do people here in selby want for the area from their next mp ? the area from their next mp? >> i haven't decided what way i'm going to vote yet, but i want to make sure that education early years, education is a high agenda item. >> employment and transport info structure. >> it would be really nice market town . market town. >> i know it's got bigger, but trouble is it's got worse. it's in a market town. >> nana selby is a beautiful place to live, but it has a lot of things that need changing for me, in particular, the nhs .

me, in particular, the nhs. >> it's very, very hard to get into doctors surgeries to see people rikki neave improvement in the national health service , in the national health service, particularly in the dentist around here. >> yes, because they're all going private and it's not right for health. people for national health. people >> voting because >> i'm only voting because i have to do . the political have to do. the political parties may have found a tougher opponent than each other here, and that's despondency among voters . voters. >> helen terry manages the hub cafe in the heart of the town and feels apathy towards the ballot box. >> i'm not voting no, i'm not interested. really whoever gets interested. really whoever gets in is not going to make any difference and they're not going to do anything any different because it's all going to come down afford it. money down to can't afford it. money nothing really can't can't really see the point. the cost of living has put a strain on businesses like this one. >> and helen would like to see more investment in the high street to bring more customers to selby. >> all it concerns of is like hairdressers , nail places , phone

hairdressers, nail places, phone shops, you know, things . what shops, you know, things. what people don't need really. people need sort of closed shops and it's a quaint little town. it could really be done like your , could really be done like your, you know, if, if, if they pulled the people in it's got a beautiful abbey and everything. it's just it's sad. it's just dead. >> with a general election creeping ever closer, it will be interesting to see if voters in this constituency decide to stick with the conservative lives or put their faith in another party to deliver for the area . anna riley gb news selby . area. anna riley gb news selby. >> just to remind you then the selby and ainsty candidates include andrew philip grey, independent claire holmes, conservative mike jordan , conservative mike jordan, yorkshire party. david kent, reform uk. keir alexander, martha labour, also nick palmer, who's independent guy phoenix. >> the heritage party . sir >> the heritage party. sir archibald stanton official monster raving loony party . matt monster raving loony party. matt walker lib dems and arnold

warman from the green party. >> john william waters . social >> john william waters. social democrat. social democratic party. luke. john wellock climate party. tyler callum wilson kerr. independent well, of course full coverage of the by—election results coming up friday. fri day. >> friday. >> but let's look ahead now with our political reporter olivia, who's down in westminster. and olivia, perhaps a clue from pmqs today where they went really hard on health as to what may be worried people on the doorsteps as they go to the ballot box . as they go to the ballot box. >> well, yes , absolutely. i've >> well, yes, absolutely. i've been hearing from activists and mps from both sides of the political spectrum who say that the nhs is a recurring subject on the doorsteps in all three of these, by—election constituencies. now that is probably quite bad news for rishi sunak conservative rishi sunak pledged to get waiting lists down. that's one of his five priorities we keep hearing about his five priorities and how keen he is to deliver on

them. and yet waiting lists in england stand at about 7.5 million. that's a record high. and of course, they show no sign of going down any time soon. the government is still locked in a fierce battle with the medical unions over pay. the government's offered 6. unions are asking for 35. doesn't sound like there's going to be a compromise anytime soon. and while junior doctors, consultants or whoever it is are out on strikes , we can expect out on strikes, we can expect waiting lists to go up rather than down. we'll will constituents in these three constituencies take out that frustration on the conservatives well, it's looking quite likely at the moment. >> and in terms of the results, then in for the government, particularly , how important is particularly, how important is it for rishi sunak? because clearly the clock is ticking on a general election, he won't have the mps on his back because they'll obviously be off in their constituencies with a recess. so has he bought himself a bit of time in that sense ? we

a bit of time in that sense? we >> well, i think whatever happens, it will be very important indeed for rishi sunak us mps will be going home to their constituencies , but that their constituencies, but that won't, i don't think, take very much heat off sunak is an expectation management mode at the moment, although he's still trying to appear very chipper. conservatives are now too only keen to tell you that if they win, even one these three by win, even one of these three by elections, that'll be seen elections, then that'll be seen as some sort of a victory. they're nervous about all three of them for different reasons . of them for different reasons. uxbndge of them for different reasons. uxbridge it quite likely uxbridge it looks quite likely that lose. that's boris that they'll lose. that's boris johnson's constituency . only johnson's old constituency. only a of 7000. so only hope a majority of 7000. so only hope for them there. is that the constituents there really don't like could vote like ulez, so they could vote conservative because they're so frustrated with khan, frustrated with sadiq khan, the other two constituencies are selby in yorkshire and somerton and frome in the south of england. both have big conservative majorities, but in both cases the lib dems, well in one the lib dems is on the

conservatives tail and in the other it's labour . and in both other it's labour. and in both cases the parties who aren't in power are think that they are going to win. there is frustration with the conservatives in both those places and there is frustration with the individual mps. nigel adams and david warburton, both of whom left the house of commons under under a cloud . commons under under a cloud. nigel adams, loyal boris johnson ally , who who stood down ally, who who stood down unexpectedly, frustrates his activists. so for different reasons. there is nerves in the government about all three of those byelections and of course if rishi sunak loses all of them, he would be the first prime minister very long prime minister in a very long time lose three by elections time to lose three by elections on day . pretty bad on the same day. pretty bad opfics on the same day. pretty bad optics all around. >> yeah. harold wilson >> yeah. 1968. harold wilson indeed.thank >> yeah. 1968. harold wilson indeed. thank you very much for updating us there at westminster. and of course, full coverage the elections. coverage of the by elections. the now it is the results on friday. now it is the end of the cost of living crisis in sight. >> is there just even a little glimpse of it? we're going to have full analysis of the drop in inflation, which has been

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inflation ran down both the headune inflation ran down both the headline and the core figure. but despite that, the chancellor still recognising that high pnces still recognising that high prices are still a huge worry for families and businesses. >> so we've pulled together a people's panel exploring what this means for you. let's go to cherry red cafe in birmingham, where our west midlands reporter jack carson is with our panel and is our panel still very worried ? jack, despite this worried? jack, despite this slight drop in inflation today, or are they feeling a little bit more hopeful ? well i or are they feeling a little bit more hopeful? well i think it's definitely a mixed pip here at the panel. >> we're here, of course, in birmingham, the second city, the midlands is the heart of so many. of course , people, but many. of course, people, but also manufacturing as well. let me introduce you to the panel that we've got this hour . we've that we've got this hour. we've got marie, you run a beauticians. tell me a little bit actually about the impact that inflation has had on the cost of your business and how much it costs to run . well, it's much it costs to run. well, it's very different all the time.

>> right now. the cost has gone up.the >> right now. the cost has gone up. the old beauty products gone up. the old beauty products gone up roughly about 7 to 10. and obviously because of that, i suppose to increase the price for my treatments , i can't do for my treatments, i can't do nothing but the good news, i'm trying to work out with my clients, i'm giving the best offers. we have a package so the best offer they are receiving from me also. why also i am increasing the price because of the bills, the gas electric gone up as well and i can't literally work with this price. what i had before this is and what kind of response are you having from your customers? >> because it's obviously sounds like you're having a very open and honest conversation with them . them. >> what do you mean? can you explain as what is in explain me more as in what is in what's the reaction from your customers when you tell them that got put up their that you've got to put up their treatment? it's very hard to treatment? but it's very hard to say because they usually say to them because they usually are paying one price. and now i need to say totally different price . i'm trying to work out in price. i'm trying to work out in a different way. i'm saying that i'm to going give some

i'm to going give you some present. example , creams and present. for example, creams and then in this way i'm working. but it's shocking for them that ineed but it's shocking for them that i need to increase the price . i need to increase the price. >> okay. we've also joined by sabnna >> okay. we've also joined by sabrina dennis. you're you're a mum and social entrepreneur. sabrina dennis. you're you're a mum and social entrepreneur . we mum and social entrepreneur. we know that we got the figures on food price inflation yesterday. what actually is the reality of being a mum at the minute? >> it's a challenge to say the least. and i think i'm speaking for most people who have to do shopping. >> so whether you're a parent or not, know, when go to not, you know, when you go to the checkout you see the the checkout and you see the pnces the checkout and you see the prices sky rocketed, stuff prices have sky rocketed, stuff that cost maybe pound that used to cost maybe a pound or sort of like three and or £2 or sort of like three and £4, that to your entire £4, adding that to your entire basket, you you're adding basket, you know, you're adding hundreds at a time. >> time when children are >> at a time when children are having for break up school. having to for break up school. so you can imagine now you're thinking the extra pressures thinking of the extra pressures of going entertain of how are we going to entertain them, what going to do, them, what we're going to do, how we going to keep them how are we going to keep them fed? i that where work, fed? i know that where we work, in birmingham, in particular in birmingham, there level there is a high level of children that have free school meals, of meals, so now they're out of school. not accessing

school. if they're not accessing houday holiday provisions, there is there's be a massive there's going to be a massive issue we welcome issue around. we welcome the drop obviously drop in inflation, but obviously we're not that in our we're not seeing that in our baskets . baskets just yet. >> you touched on their >> yeah, you touched on their school is what are school holidays is what are you planning? planning planning? how are you planning to next kind of to get through the next kind of six and be like six weeks and be able to like you those kids you say, keep those kids entertained, conscious of entertained, but conscious of how much everything costing how much everything is costing at minute? how much everything is costing at so minute? how much everything is costing at so the ute? how much everything is costing at so the number one rule that >> so the number one rule that we've always by is to plan we've always lived by is to plan ahead. we've tried to ahead. we have we've tried to budget always throughout the year not year for everything, not just for holidays planning for the holidays and planning ahead. things on a ahead. so not doing things on a whim, turning up to whim, not just turning up to sort on the sort of theme park gates on the day, to pay on the day day, trying to pay on the day prices. they cost so much more. but also local but we'll also use the local parks, local free spaces. parks, the local free spaces. there's natural museums and take a packed lunch with us everywhere we mean, if everywhere we go. i mean, if i can just use some of that food that we have in the house that we're to spend anyway we're having to spend anyway when food shop and when we do our food shop and taking us, then we taking that with us, then we kind way. kind of reduce costs that way. but lot of forward but it is a lot of forward thinking, a lot of planning, and also just looking at what's around can access for free. >> okay. and steve, you run manufacturing here. here in the

west got west midlands, you've got a fasteners coldfield. west midlands, you've got a fastentalking coldfield. west midlands, you've got a fastentalking to coldfield. west midlands, you've got a fastentalking to you oldfield. west midlands, you've got a fastentalking to you ollittle . we're talking to you a little bit about kind of bit earlier on about kind of core impact that bit earlier on about kind of coryour impact that bit earlier on about kind of coryour business. impact that bit earlier on about kind of coryour business. butiact that bit earlier on about kind of coryour business. but oft that bit earlier on about kind of coryour business. but of course, on your business. but of course, inflated prices are everywhere, including in energy, which is a big part of your your expenses. >> yeah, absolutely . we our >> yeah, absolutely. we our energy costs have gone up from £5,000 a month to £16,000 a month . our the raw material that month. our the raw material that we buy in has doubled and tripled in price. and of course , if we're going to stay in business, we have to try and pass those prices on. i think in before all this started , before before all this started, before 2021, we'd never put our prices up for probably eight years. i've put our prices up four times since this has started . times since this has started. and you know, the customers aren't very happy about it, quite understand that. but it's either that or we go out of business. so we have to put the pnces business. so we have to put the prices up and that's why inflation is as sticky as they say it is . you know, you look at

say it is. you know, you look at the going to put in the interest rate up and it's just going to be more cost. so you know, that's where we are. all right, steve, thank you, sabrina. >> thank you. and marie well. >> thank you. and marie as well. thank all joining us on thank you all for joining us on the panel here in the people's panel here in birmingham. that is some of the thoughts on the around thoughts on the ground around these figures . these inflation figures. >> as john, very much >> as john, thanks very much indeed. it indeed. well earlier, it was a panel of mps , rishi sunak and panel of mps, rishi sunak and keir clashing in the keir starmer clashing in the last pmqs before the summer recess. not inflation, though . recess. not inflation, though. >> no. the two squared off over continuing strikes. the state of the nhs and of course the by elections taking place tomorrow. but there were also two questions about nigel farage's bank account . joining us now for bank account. joining us now for more analysis , ipsis is our more analysis, ipsis is our deputy political editor. tom harwood. let's not forget, tom, that it was rishi sunaks first prime minister's questions in some three weeks. and actually , some three weeks. and actually, even though he's just missed a couple there was still quite an end of term feel about it all. >> there was and indeed a jibe

at the prime minister for having missed the last two sessions of prime minister's questions there was a moment where the prime minister was asking the leader of the opposition on whether or not he would accept the independent pay review bodies recommendation for public sector pay- recommendation for public sector pay. now of course sir keir starmer didn't answer that question , but instead retorted question, but instead retorted it seems that the prime minister has been away for rather too long. he's forgotten who's supposed to be asking the questions that that that that elicited a bit of laughter in the chamber. but of course the prime minister was away last week for the nato summit in vilnius , in lithuania, and the vilnius, in lithuania, and the weekend and the week before that, sorry, at st just just across the road at westminster abbey, alongside sir keir starmer at a birthday party for the nhs. it's a perhaps it's a wonder whether or not that the labour party would have preferred the prime minister at those important events or at prime minister's questions. but nevertheless, the criticism was

there still. but perhaps the biggest news line grabbing moment of prime minister's questions didn't come from the sort of tittle tattle back and forth punch and judy display play forth punch and judy display play we saw between sir keir starmer and the prime minister , starmer and the prime minister, but actually came perhaps from two questions from conservative backbench mps, both sirjacob rees—mogg , who asked in perhaps rees—mogg, who asked in perhaps a little bit of a cryptic way, not naming any names, but instead saying being an opposition politician and the and the removal of his bank account with coots, a member of the natwest group, 40, of course, owned by the taxpayer. but then a few questions later at the tail end of the session, david asking much the same david davis asking much the same question. the prime minister did come back with a response , come back with a response, though, that there will be new laws being brought in in terms of trans apparency around. why the people might have their bank accounts removed. that was one of the biggest bugbears in this

entire saga that nigel farage needed to submit a subject access request to his former bankin access request to his former bank in order to find out why on earth his account was removed . earth his account was removed. >> and perhaps some consumer advice, too , from the prime advice, too, from the prime minister, mr farage saying could use the services of the financial ombudsman . financial ombudsman. >> yes , that has not gone down >> yes, that has not gone down particularly well with fans of mr farage. there's been a article in the express just in the last hour or so , gone the last hour or so, gone online, that criticises rishi sunak for that glib response. of course , anyone can see recourse course, anyone can see recourse through the ombudsman, but that is the situation as things stand currently. perhaps people asking that question and worried about sort of a political bent to banks and whether or not opposition or indeed pro government politicians would find them themselves without a bank account due to their political views that seems to be

of concern . and to be fair, we of concern. and to be fair, we have seen concern around this discussion from people both on the left and on the right, supporters of the government and supporters of the government and supporters of the government and supporters of opposition politicians. >> to tom in a very busy downing street there. thanks very much for updating us. now the labour party is officially launched an investigation into two councillors, khizar hussain and ahfad nawaz, after they were filmed engaging in what was termed sectarian chanting and leafleting for an extremist movement targeting a minority muslim group . muslim group. >> here's footage of hussain recorded in walsall in the west midlands last month in the zindabad zindabad zindabad doddie aid . doddie aid. >> well let's get more now . >> well let's get more now. dumas gb news investigates . dumas gb news investigates. reporter charlie peters joining us. and what is the labour party saying now or its looking into and what it will do in fact as a result of that? >> well, they won't confirm where the investigation will go,

but they're looking principally into the issue there that the leafleting and the chanting that we targeting this we saw was targeting this minority group, the minority muslim group, the ahmadi , about 20 million ahmadi muslims, about 20 million worldwide, 30,000 in britain. they differ theologically from the majority of muslims insofar as they believe in having multiple prophets. the potential for prophets . now, nawaz for more prophets. now, mr nawaz and hussain are gathering in and mr hussain are gathering in walsall in the west midlands last about last month were chanting about the finality of the prophet, which fine and of itself. which is fine in and of itself. however, we looked into the leaflets your screen at the leaflets on your screen at the moment and we found that there were sectarian were some extremely sectarian and extreme material inside them. did describing ahmadis as liars and apostates and so labour have started an internal investigation. >> this mix of politics and religion, then? >> that's right. i mean, it it could be found to be a breach of the nec labour rules on targeting people based on their religious background and also the government code the local government code of conduct an today conduct. we have an update today which we brought to the labour party last night they party last night when they confirmed investigation. party last night when they confirninto investigation. party last night when they confirninto the nvestigation. party last night when they confirninto the background. party last night when they confirninto the background of looked into the background of the leaflet , mr

the author of this leaflet, mr mohammed din sialvi. he in 2012 was found to have breached the ofcom code when he broadcast on takbeer tv describing ahmadis as filth and people had to be removed from society and failed to push back on a guest when a guest described them as snakes with monstrous intentions or not, you might suggest people that labour party politicians should associating with. and should be associating with. and most troubling, troubling . we most troubling, troubling. we went to the labour party with these these concerning allegations two weeks ago. the two politicians, mr nawaz and also mr hussain, both denied any links with extremist movements or organisations . this leaflet or organisations. this leaflet seems to suggest otherwise . seems to suggest otherwise. >> so there is going to be an investigation. i mean, how long do these investigations have this type tend to last? i mean, it's not going to be a quick a quick thing is it? >> well, we've we've dug up rather a lot for them to look at. and so how much have they got look at? quite lot. got to look at? quite a lot. i mean, the leaflet itself is extensive, 12 pages, none of it, particularly pleasant. but also

there's background there's got to be the background behind this movement that they're accused of being associated the khatme associated with the khatme nabuwwat it's called . nabuwwat movement. it's called. it's popularised in bangladesh and , but it's growing and pakistan, but it's growing its followers in britain. and there was a murdered shopkeeper in recall assad in glasgow, you may recall assad shahin in glasgow, you may recall assad shah in 2016. followers of this group celebrated this man's death because he was an ahmadi muslim. are now muslim. and they are now concerns with that concerns that links with that organisation are growing in britain. >> so this is outside walsall as well. then there are other areas where concern. where there's concern. >> global concern and we >> it's a global concern and we have recent reports have seen recent reports specifically where specifically in britain where this movement is spreading in south london there was a mosque in stockwell which was found around time of the around the same time of the death asad shah, his murder death of asad shah, his murder that leaflets that was also sharing leaflets calling the death of ahmadi muslims. >> and has there been any response from the ahmadi community on what's community itself on on what's been community itself on on what's beeso i've i've reached out to >> so i've i've reached out to them several times and they've confirmed of confirmed that this is run of the for them quite quite the mill for them quite quite concerning that they regularly face persecution for their stalls . they engage the stalls. they engage with the pubuc stalls. they engage with the public regularly and to, public very regularly and to, to, discuss their faith and

to, to discuss their faith and to, to discuss their faith and to share their their perspective of, of their islamic theology . of, of their islamic theology. and they are regularly targeted throughout britain . and so they throughout britain. and so they did that this a hate did say that this was a hate crime, reported it crime, that they had reported it to police to the police. and the police said that investigations were on. well, i was going to ask you about investigations. >> that might >> one assumes that that might start at some stage. >> confirmed two >> then the police confirmed two weeks they were looking weeks ago that they were looking into but no, leads had into it. but no, no leads had been established of yet. but been established as of yet. but i the investigation i believe the investigation remains . remains open right. >> thank very >> okay. well, thank you very much for updating much indeed for updating us on that. what that that. and we'll see what that investigation that. and we'll see what that investigati

the auctioneers today. it actually went . for £1,377, actually went. for £1,377, including buyer's premium and if you're one of many, maybe watching now, thinking what on earth is mark going on about? >> let me just tell you that sooty, the sooty show was created by akua and comedian harry corbett and was produced for the bbc and then moved to itv and the sooty show, which was marks favourite programme, followed sooty, the bear and his friends sweep the dog and sue the panda. maybe that is bringing back some some memories for you. but in 2018, an original sooty from the 1950s sold for 14,500 thousand pounds shows how time changes from 14,500 to 137. >> so inflation in reverse. that's it from us. bye bye, sooty . sooty. >> thank you for your company. >> thank you for your company. >> that warm feeling inside from

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