bev >> morning. it's 930 on monday, the 4th of september. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. schools in lockdown. hundreds of schools still have no idea if their buildings are safe as pupils return to class this week, forcing kids into more working from home and there's no end in sight. we'll bring you the latest as and small boats surge another record day of channel crossings took place on saturday. >> almost 900 migrants on 15 dinghies in one day. wind farm u—turn rishi sunak is set to overturn the ban on building new onshore wind farms, but only where there is public support. i'm working on that excuse about princess diana because mohamed al fayed , who owned harrods, al fayed, who owned harrods, died last week, and one of his former advisers , piers

former advisers, piers pottinger, a great friend of our program , is going to tell us program, is going to tell us something very interesting about mohammed and princess diana. we want you as well want to hear from you as well this particularly this morning, particularly if you to affected by you are going to be affected by kids able to to kids not being able to go to school. >> f e at gbnews.com is the >> gb views at gbnews.com is the email we would really, email address. we would really, really from really love to hear from you because an absolute because it is an absolute nightmare. we're meant to nightmare. we're all meant to have to school feeling have that back to school feeling and some of them, many of you in fact will not have kids going back school. let us know back to school. let us know what's you, won't what's going on for you, won't you? what's going on for you, won't you.7 here's what's going on for you, won't you? here's the you? first, though, here's the very tatiana very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom . ministers are from the newsroom. ministers are under pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from a certain type of concrete as children return to school. chance jeremy hunt says the government will spend what's needed, but the money will come from the education budget over 100 schools have already had to close or partially close. the government says students who can't go to school in person

should learn remotely for a short time. but they haven't said exactly when things will get normal . all teachers get back to normal. all teachers say more children are likely to arrive at school this term with unclean clothes and unbrushed teeth. nearly 3 in 4 of school staff say there's been an increase in hygiene, poverty, a poll of 500 school staff in the uk also found that dirty uniforms and pe kits were the most cited indicators of hygiene, poverty . three new mps hygiene, poverty. three new mps are expected to be sworn in to the house of commons as parliament returns after summer recess . this keir mather steve recess. this keir mather steve tuckwell and sarah will take their seats on the green benches. it's after winning contest triggered by the departure of three conservative mps, including former prime minister boris johnson . minister boris johnson. meanwhile, sir keir starmer is reportedly set to reshuffle his shadow cabinet as the former civil servant sue gray starts her new role as labour's leader, chief of staff . if drivers would chief of staff. if drivers would hit were hit by one of the

biggest monthly fuel prices in more than two decades in august. that's according to the rac, which says the £0.07 per litre spike was the fifth largest monthly increase in 23 years. the company says rising pump pnces the company says rising pump prices have been caused by an increase in the cost of oil . and increase in the cost of oil. and ryanair says 63,000 passengers have been impacted by the air traffic control failure . more traffic control failure. more than a quarter of all flights to and from uk airports cancel last week after an issue with processing flight plans. automatic ryanair says more than 350 of its flights were cancelled because of it . you can cancelled because of it. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com now it's back to andrew and . bev andrew and. bev >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you both. well good morning to you both.

good morning to everybody. >> that's more than i think quite a lot more more than two of you watching. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and listening. the chancellor says hunt says says that's jeremy hunt says there's extra there's going to be no extra cash by the cash for schools affected by the concrete crisis, with repair costs from existing costs coming from existing education budget. and they could run hundreds of millions of run to hundreds of millions of pounds. jeremy hunt's pounds. honestly, jeremy hunt's comments pounds. honestly, jeremy hunt's commenthat the list of demand that the full list of buildings affected be released. government students government says students who can't go to school person can't go to school in person should learn remotely for a short sound familiar ? short time. sound familiar? >> i've no words for this >> i've got no words for this today. andrew pierce. so today. andrew pierce. i'm so angry about i can't even angry about this. i can't even tell you what it's like as a parent. of you out there parent. a lot of you out there probably don't even yet if probably don't even know yet if it's school . school, do you it's your school. school, do you know? please let us know it know? please let us know if it is you and you're affected. we'll you on the telly. we'll get you on the telly. yeah. tell us yeah. come on. you can tell us how are. how are you how angry you are. how are you going to cope? >> know 104 have >> we know 104 have been identified england. >> we know 104 have been ideisome england. >> we know 104 have been ideisome have|gland. >> we know 104 have been ideisome have closed completely. >> some have closed completely. others to close, others have had to close, partially they're partially in wales. they're just about survey. wales about to start the survey. wales is, controlled is, of course, labour controlled problems in scotland. we've got the political commentator piers pottinger with us. piers, what a mess for the government as kids

go back to school, do something in the intro that rishi sunak could do without. and it's not as if they know this was coming. >> no, it's a shambles and another shambles from the department of education , an department of education, an incredibly since 2010, there have been ten an education secretaries, an amazing figure, all none of whom have achieved anything as far as i can see. >> it's been a good question to see if we could name six of them, frankly. >> well, you'd struggle. you would? . one them would? i would. one of them included truss , who many included liz truss, who many people in the department of education have said to me was the worst. most people think of gavin williamson as the worst, but they've all been pretty dreadful for michael gove, i think did longest stretch of think did the longest stretch of any them. but they've any of them. but they've achieved nothing. this is a shambles and actually it's of the government's own making because the first announcement was dreadful and just produced immediate scaremongering from everyone. however, it's not just

the conservative cvs that need to be attacked here because the schools themselves are governed. many of them by local authorities initially, and many of those are labour controlled or even worse, lib dem controlled. yeah that's if you can control anything as a lib dem. but the schools themselves have governors, they have of visits from the health and safety executive. >> what are they do, by the way ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i mean, 7 >> well, i mean, why ? >> well, i mean, why , why >> well, i mean, why, why weren't the governors, why weren't the governors, why weren't the governors, why weren't the local authorities doing something about this if they were so concerned and knew about it? most of the schools that we're talking about 1% of the total number of state schools , but there may be many schools, but there may be many more buildings in different areas. and of course , it's not areas. and of course, it's not just the rac, it's the asbestos as well , that when they're as well, that when they're trying to repair this, it can shift the asbestos, which can be lethal for people and it will

make some of the repairs very, very complex . and but the blame very complex. and but the blame culture we have , it's easy just culture we have, it's easy just to go straight to the government and blame them entirely for this . that is not true. even the new the national education union has a role to play and they are always consulted over almost any issue in state schools . and one issue in state schools. and one wonders why they weren't doing something about it themselves as well. >> i guess from what bev is saying, as a parent, they won't care who's to blame, piers. they'll just think this mess has come again. we've got i mean, the government will take, in the end the blame. >> i'm saying is and >> what i'm saying is it and it's fine for the for bridget phillipson to rant and rave about this as it was inevitable she would. but there are an awful lot of labour politicians in the past and in local authority ages who have a share of this blame. and so if i was her, i'd be a little bit careful about it .

about it. >> when i heard this story breaking over the weekend or just before, piers , i thought just before, piers, i thought these are going to be all the labour constituencies. i thought someone's playing politics with children's lives here. that's what this is going to be. but it doesn't look that way, does it? i think it is split across all. >> think it is. >> i think it is. >> i think it is. >> it is. that's what i'm saying is i don't think this really is a political problem. it's a problem of government and infrastructure in this country, which is a worrying, worrying thing. >> it really is. and it's sorry, it was a report going back all the way to two thousand and seven when tony blair was prime minister. >> of course, from a body called the standing committee on structural awareness, which recommend . in two thousand and recommend. in two thousand and seven that this this concrete had a maximum 30 year shelf life and was saying then that buildings should be stripped of it two thousand and seven. and here we are. what 18 years later? nothing not nothing has happened. what a scandal. >> well, it is a scandal. and i mean, it's a of third world mean, it's a kind of third world

scandal . you know, you're used scandal. you know, you're used to seeing in third world countries, buildings collapse and poorly constructed . and being poorly constructed. and you'd also think with schools, you're going to invest and think about the safety of the children as well as hospitals with patients. i mean , people in hospitals today , , people in hospitals today, it's not just schoolchildren will be lying in their beds thinking, i hope this doesn't fall. >> story about the hospital that will not allow obese patients on a certain floor, particularly if they're 19 stone or more , they're 19 stone or more, because the flipping floor could go through. that is appalling . go through. that is appalling. and they haven't named the hospital . hospital. >> i mean, it is i think this is going to be a problem that is obviously going to grow and grow. and i fear it's going to get worse and worse. and the government inevitably will be blamed for the whole thing , even blamed for the whole thing, even though it's not entirely down to them. >> there are so many questions and not enough answers at the moment about this. it feels to me i want rishi sunak to come

out and make a statement about this. this is this is sufficiently serious that schools have been neglected for there to be an official. i mean, gillian keegan's been talking this morning. >> she's doing a statements afternoon, but not if afternoon, of course, but not if it seems satisfactory. >> and what we her >> and what would we expect her to what could say that to say? what could she say that might put parents minds at ease? >> i think it'll be very difficult for her because she'll be barracked. but actually some of the stuff she's been saying this morning is lot better this morning is a lot better than was on. the first than it was on. the first announcement was crass, very badly and not thought badly handled and not thought through. and that's what's caused the scaremongering and quite frankly, panic around the place. and it's not going to get better in the short term. we have massive infrastructure problems in this country. but don't forget , we've got 2500 don't forget, we've got 2500 people work for the health and safety executive. we have building inspectors, we have school inspectors. what have they been doing? regulators all over the place. we why on earth

are all these people who the taxpayer funds to the tune of hundreds of millions , billions hundreds of millions, billions of pounds a year. why weren't they doing something about this as well? >> i know . and but i mean, it's >> i know. and but i mean, it's a huge political problem because this some reports that some of these schools be closed these schools could be closed until december. >> again, you see, i mean, >> and again, you see, i mean, lockdown did enormous damage to children's education. absolutely and long term damage . this is and long term damage. this is the last thing school children need. and it's about time. and i think what this has done is actually bring education to the forefront. it's not something that governments can just tolerate. and put to one side. it's now a major issue . and it it's now a major issue. and it is the issue of the moment, which means rishi is going to have to address this . have to address this. >> the big other big issue , >> the big other big issue, migrants record number on saturday. i want to say i wish the prime sir would stop saying the prime sir would stop saying the number cumulative total for the number cumulative total for the year is down. it's to all do with flipping. weather,

with the flipping. weather, isn't was warm, mild isn't it? it was a warm, mild day, so flooded across. am day, so they flooded across. am i to use that word? i allowed to use that word? probably not. flooded across the channel their numbers nearly channel in their numbers nearly 900 it's appalling 900 on saturday. it's appalling . they've not got a grip of it yet. we read that everyone's on red alert for big numbers coming over when the sea is calm and they all come over, they do . they all come over, they do. >> i mean, we goes back to the french really quite happy to see these migrants going out of the country . and incidentally, when country. and incidentally, when the french parliament reconvenes, the first thing they're going to be talking about after their summer recess is immigration themselves . it's is immigration themselves. it's the single biggest issue in france at the moment. and macron is under enormous pressure to do something about his own immigration problem, which is why he's quite happy to let as many as possible come over to us. >> us. >> we've got to go to an interview with chris hope and the education professor before we let you go. you advise mohamed al fayed, who was the owner of harrods. for many

years, who died aged 92, 93 last week. he'd had dementia for a long time, a complicated man, rather unpleasant man. i thought when interviewed have when i interviewed him, you have an extra ordinary story which has never been told him has never been told about him and advised him for a short >> i advised him for a short time over what was meant to be the flotation of harrods international. right. and it was aimed particularly at american investors, salomon brothers were the lawyers and herbert sorry , the lawyers and herbert sorry, salomon brothers were the investment bank and herbert smith. the lawyers here and mohammed told me that that his trump card was when he was going to announce that princess diana would be president of harrods international. he said that'll bnng international. he said that'll bring all the american investors in, won't it? and i said, well, yes , yes, i think so. not that yes, yes, i think so. not that she had a particular business brain. i don't think i don't wish to be unfair to her. but i mean, i said, well, that's absolutely amazing. and sadly, because there was not a mohammed

would not disclose all the information you had to in order to become a public company. the flotation never happened . and so flotation never happened. and so it none of it ever happened. and very and of course dodi was with her and the reason he was with her and the reason he was with her at that time was to mohammed was saying give her anything she wants because i want her to be president of harrods. and he did tell me at one point that she had agreed to do this . now, had agreed to do this. now, i don't know whether that is true , and i never will, obviously, but that's what he said. so it was it was certainly she would have been a great ambassador for the company. she would have been. and he was he had a very shrewd business brain. he was a clever man . and, as say, clever man. and, as you say, complicated . yeah, ruthless. complicated. yeah, ruthless. very ruthless. and sometimes is rather. yeah. off the off the wonder whether she was being manipulated. >> piers, thank you so much. >> piers, thank you so much. >> always good to talk to you. >> always good to talk to you. >> right. well, we've been talking about this schools

closures story this morning and i've to in i've been asking you to get in touch. earlier, touch. but earlier, our political hope touch. but earlier, our politicto hope touch. but earlier, our politicto the hope touch. but earlier, our politicto the education ope spoke to the education secretary, keegan, about secretary, gillian keegan, about this very issue. >> publish a list. >> we will publish a list. >> we will publish a list. >> publish this >> we'll publish a list this week . but we want to >> we'll publish a list this week. but we want to just make sure that every school because not all the schools are back. we just go around the loop just want to go around the loop again and just check. every schools had the to tell schools had the chance to tell the sent. we have the parents we sent. we have a caseworker each caseworker working with each school. template school. they have a template letter parents. so letter to tell parents. so everybody should know by now. but just to check that but i just want to check that because be awful because it would be awful if a parent found out from gb news, for , will number go for example, will the number go up from 150 schools? up from 150 for schools? >> if 150 schools, 156 that we have at the moment . have at the moment. >> so they were 52 critical, already mitigated 104 which were non—critical . we've changed to non—critical. we've changed to critical because of an incident that happened just towards the end of august where a panel fell in a school, end of august where a panel fell in a school , not end of august where a panel fell in a school, not in this jurisdiction , but we went to see jurisdiction, but we went to see it and we i decided to take a very cautious approach. so it's uben very cautious approach. so it's uber, uber cautious. but what we are doing is we're surveying some of the other schools that

we haven't yet done. 90% of them have been done and only 1% have come back with racks. so the numbers have been very small, but we still need to get to those. so i've increased the number of buildings, surveyors from 3 to 8 so that we can get them very, very quickly. yes, 90% 20,000 is 2000 schools. 90% of 20,000 is 2000 schools. no, it's only 15,000 because they're only that were they're the only ones that were built period, 1500 built in the period, 1500 schools come back. built in the period, 1500 sch so s come back. built in the period, 1500 sch so it's come back. built in the period, 1500 sch so it's probably come back. built in the period, 1500 sch so it's probably lessne back. built in the period, 1500 sch so it's probably less than ck. >> so it's probably less than that now . that now. >> but we have a number of schools and 1% so far schools and only 1% on. so far has been actually found with rack in the cases so far. has been actually found with rack in the cases so far . so rack in the cases so far. so it's unusual. it's not it's rack in the cases so far. so it's unusual . it's not it's not it's unusual. it's not it's not like we're finding lots and lots of cases, but we're being very, very thorough . very thorough. >> right . so she was talking to >> right. so she was talking to chris hope there and andrew and l, chris hope there and andrew and i, i think she said she's increasing the number of building surveyors from 3 to 8. >> and there are 2000 schools to building surveyors from 3 to 8. >> tested1ere are 2000 schools to building surveyors from 3 to 8. >> tested .ere are 2000 schools to be tested. >> well, let's talk to chris hope now. gb news is political editor in westminster. we did hear that correctly, didn't we,

christopher? she's increasing the number of surveyors to do a quick whip round of all these schools so parents can go to work and kids school work and kids can go to school from three people to eight people. proud of people. and she was proud of that. what >> yes. i mean , don't add a >> yes. i mean, don't add a zero, bev. it's 3 to 8. but yeah, it doesn't seem that many, does it? but there's some sympathy i think with, with the. gillian keegan this is a problem which been on for, for which has been going on for, for months the first warnings months and the first warnings were year . they, were in april last year. they, they became more of an they became much more of an issue collapse. issue when there's a collapse. i think was in kent in the think it was in kent in the summer and they've had to act very quickly. frankly, if very quickly. and frankly, if you've warnings on you've got those warnings on your would the your desk, who else would do the same mean, there's been same thing? i mean, there's been problems with schools and same thing? i mean, there's been proifears with schools and same thing? i mean, there's been proifears aboutrvith schools and same thing? i mean, there's been proifears about this schools and same thing? i mean, there's been proifears about this concrete|nd same thing? i mean, there's been proife back)out this concrete|nd same thing? i mean, there's been proife back t01t this concrete|nd same thing? i mean, there's been proife back to labour's1crete|nd same thing? i mean, there's been proife back to labour's days,|nd going back to labour's days, there were four warnings to labour government and of course then then the tories their then then the tories on their watch so no watch has happened. so no question need on question they need to get on with it. the big worry there is there's 1500 yet to there's 1500 schools yet to return questionnaires. what happened was the government sent out asking about out questionnaires asking about concrete to the schools. they've got 90% back and that's why

you've got this 150 or so need remedial works. but there's a further 1500 schools yet to reply , and that's what gillian reply, and that's what gillian keegan is trying to get them to get on with it. and i think hopefully the folks on gb news today on this may hurry up. those filling in those pens being filling in those forms. andrew so ahead fills in a form to say whether they think the concrete is crumbling . crumbling. >> how do they know they're not surveyors? >> well, we've only got three surveyors until today. now we've got whopping eight. but it got a whopping eight. but it this feels like a complete this just feels like a complete shambles, doesn't it? >> well, that's what pierce called it. >> think right. >> i think he's right. >> i think he's right. >> it's terrible. >> it's just terrible. >> it's just terrible. >> chris anyway, christopher, thank we'll let you thank you so much. we'll let you go some digging into this. >> we're we are going go to >> we're we are going to go to wales because, course, the wales because, of course, the department of education says if this confirmed, this concrete is confirmed, they're ensure more this concrete is confirmed, they'raction ensure more this concrete is confirmed, they'raction is ensure more this concrete is confirmed, they'raction is taken.re more this concrete is confirmed, they'raction is taken. but ore this concrete is confirmed, they'raction is taken. but in; rapid action is taken. but in wales , these surveys just wales, these surveys have just started . is that enough? let's started. is that enough? let's find out. >> andrew davies is the leader of the welsh conservatives . good of the welsh conservatives. good morning, andrew. >> good morning. both

>> good morning. both >> so just just broadly, how is this absolute disaster being handled, do you think, by the conservative party, but also obviously the labour party in wales ? wales? >> well, looking at it from a welsh perspective, obviously the welsh perspective, obviously the welsh labour government are responsible for education here in wales and they just seem to have woken up to the fact that there might be a problem because we've very little we've had very little information the weekend we've had very little informatiorthis the weekend we've had very little informatiorthis affects eekend we've had very little informatiorthis affects welsh about how this affects welsh schools , is complete schools, which is complete gift of labour government. of the welsh labour government. and concerned and there are many concerned parents who want some information pretty pronto. we did see an earlier example of this in health service in this in the health service in wales where a hospital called withybush had to shut some pembrokeshire had to shut some wards the summer because wards back in the summer because they found this particular type of concrete and the instability of concrete and the instability of was causing of the concrete was causing safety concerns. so in that instance, were closed, instance, wards were closed, but really the welsh labour government in cardiff bay are really the when it really behind the curve when it comes getting on this. comes to getting on top of this. >> andrew they've just about to start the survey of welsh schools. i mean we're criticising what's been happening in england because 154

over 100 have have to 104 are closing or partially closing , closing or partially closing, but at least they're ahead of the game in wales. why is the welsh government done nothing until now ? well i think this is until now? well i think this is a typical example of the welsh labour government sitting back and hoping that the problem might go away when it just won't go away. >> we know that a certain number of schools in the of schools were built in the penod of schools were built in the period talking about period we're talking about up to the 90s. know from a fact the mid 90s. we know from a fact that there was a 25 to 30 year life span for this particular that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof n for this particular that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof workthis particular that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof work .1is particular that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof work . and articular that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof work . and so cular that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof work . and so wear that there was a 25 to 30 year life sof work . and so we knew type of work. and so we knew that this was building up time and again. yet does seem and time again. yet it does seem as if the welsh labour government who success of education ministers have chosen government who success of eduto:ion ministers have chosen government who success of eduto react|inisters have chosen government who success of eduto react to sters have chosen government who success of eduto react to thes have chosen government who success of eduto react to the problem|osen government who success of eduto react to the problem .sen government who success of eduto react to the problem . but not to react to the problem. but obviously just confined obviously it's not just confined to education. there's the health service and other public buildings which are buildings in wales which are governed welsh labour governed by the welsh labour government and obviously the survey hasn't survey work i'm assuming, hasn't begun as well. we're begun on them as well. we're still so we haven't still in recess so we haven't got opportunity question got the opportunity to question ministers but ministers at the moment, but certainly return next certainly when we return next week it'll top of the list. week it'll be top of the list. >> shouldn't they come back a

bit then you've got bit sooner then if you've got schools potentially could be dozens, could be dozens, hundreds could be affected. and yet kids are going back to school this week in wales . wales. >> well, very much so, because i've had various various emails from parents and teachers over the weekend who have obviously been expressing concerns that there's a desert of information when it comes to the situation here in wales. so everything is dominated by what's going on in england. we know from england. but as we know from what's in scotland, what's coming out in scotland, they've problem what's coming out in scotland, th> but andrew, why now, now, why now? as though all now? it's not as though all these buildings can suddenly be crumbling in september 2023.

why? why is this happening now ? why? why is this happening now? well an interesting point that i heard in gillian keegan's interview with your chris hope, with your political editor was that she said it didn't happen in this in this jurisdiction. >> were the words that she used. so i'm not sure whether she means it happened in wales or scotland. example she scotland. the example that she highlighted the highlighted that speeded up the nofice highlighted that speeded up the notice to put these schools on nofice notice to put these schools on notice that they couldn't open this and that's something this week. and that's something i'm going and to the i'm going to try and get to the bottom of by the end today, bottom of by the end of today, because an because i thought it was an interesting of phrase interesting turn of phrase when she wasn't this she said it wasn't in this jurisdiction. so i'm not sure whether she was meaning it was her particular education responsibilities her particular education resthe sibilities her particular education resthe sibilitie kingdom , that of the united kingdom, that there panel collapse in there was this panel collapse in there was this panel collapse in the school or public building that them the greater that alerted them to the greater risk that thought going risk that they thought was going to if schools were to be posed if schools were reopened, already had reopened, which already had notices of closure against them i >> -- >> okay. >> okay. >> i'm just just finally , >> i'm just just finally, andrew, i don't know if you're a parent or if you're what age your are bevs parent i was your kids are bevs parent i was at a party at the weekend with some mates and they've got kids

and they said no, no, no, no. we cannot bear the idea of returning homeschooling. cannot bear the idea of returning homeschooling . the returning to homeschooling. the look of etched on all look of horror etched on all these faces. let's be these mums faces. let's be honest, it always to mum honest, it always falls to mum to out and if it does go to sort it out and if it does go back keegan said back and gillian keegan said it's not like the pandemic, it feels like it to a lot of mums now struggling at home with their with piece of paper their kids with a piece of paper and no online tuition arranged yet . yet. >> well it is, it's a daunting prospect for many parents. i'm a parent myself, but the kids have sailed off into the sunset now and they're all up . but i and they're all grown up. but i can fully what was can remember fully what it was like back september like starting back in september when were actually thinking, when you were actually thinking, we've just had six weeks of holidays where we've had a really nice time, but it has been trying to try and fill the time get back to work as time and get back to work as well. that, an well. not only that, it's an exciting for students exciting time for many students who schools or who are starting new schools or starting new opportunities, coursework . yeah, it's critical coursework. yeah, it's critical that we get this situation addressed as as possible. addressed as soon as possible. one thing i would say situation that did highlight about that you did highlight about three inspectors versus eight inspectors the secretary of inspectors that the secretary of state was talking about. i think in from what i've

in that example, from what i've heard previous interviews, in that example, from what i've hea|was previous interviews, in that example, from what i've hea|was talking s interviews, in that example, from what i've hea|was talking of 1terviews, in that example, from what i've hea|was talking of 1ten number of she was talking of the number of companies been companies that have been commissioned . and commissioned to do the work. and obviously company will have obviously each company will have numerous undertake obviously each company will have numes0|s undertake obviously each company will have numeso i undertake obviously each company will have numeso i think undertake obviously each company will have numeso i think from undertake obviously each company will have numeso i think from whatdertake that. so i think from what i heard in previous to we we hate to interrupt you, but we are going to have we're going to going to have to we're going to be late for the news. >> if we don't, got lots >> if we don't, we've got lots more to come this morning. don't go anywhere. news. go anywhere. this is gb news. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there . very good >> hello there. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office it is set to turn increasingly hot over this coming week with high pressure in charge and we are tapping into air from continental europe as really allowing as well. really allowing those temperatures rise . there is temperatures to rise. there is a little bit of mist and fog around. first this around. first thing this morning, clear off morning, but that will clear off fairly and then fairly readily and then certainly by late morning, afternoon, be good afternoon, there will be a good chunk across the chunk of sunshine across the vast of uk. vast majority of the uk. a little breezy around the southwest and gusty along coastlines here and still cloud

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gb news. >> 10 am. on monday, the 4th of september. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner andrew pierce. turner and andrew pierce. >> in lockdown >> schools in lockdown down again. of schools still again. hundreds of schools still have idea if their buildings have no idea if their buildings are return to are safe as pupils return to class. this week. kids working from home and there's no end in

sight . sight. >> sunak slammed. the prime minister is under pressure over the issue after a top former education official said he was warned about the crisis but refused to give further funding i >> -- >> and wind farm u—turn . another >> and wind farm u—turn. another one, rishi sunak will overturn the ban on building new onshore wind farms , but only when there wind farms, but only when there is public support. and we really want to hear from you if your school is affected by this or if you're just not sure whether it's affected by this because there's so much uncertainty at the moment. >> of the kids go back not >> a lot of the kids go back not necessarily but tuesday, necessarily today, but tuesday, wednesday or think they're wednesday, or they think they're going you're a mum, this is >> if you're a mum, this is normally the mum, isn't it? often to have to often you're going to have to deal online teaching deal with the online teaching and from home. do and teaching from home. how do you about that? you feel about that? >> awful right? vaiews@gbnews.com email vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address. first, address. let us know. first, though. very latest though. here's your very latest news sanchez .

news with tatiana sanchez. >> bev thank you very much and good morning. 10:01. this is the latest from the newsroom. ministers are under pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from crumbling concrete as children return to school. chancellor jeremy children return to school. chancellorjeremy hunt insists chancellor jeremy hunt insists the government will spend what's needed, but the money will come from the education budget over 100 schools have already had to close or partially closed the government advises students who can't go to school in person. they should learn remotely for a short time, but they haven't said exactly when things will get to normal . while get back to normal. while education secretary gillian keegan says the government had to take a cautious approach , to take a cautious approach, they were 52 critical already mitigate did 104 which were non—critical. >> we've changed to critical because of an incident that happened just towards the end of august where a panel fell in a school not in this jurisdiction, but we went to see it and we i decided to take a very cautious

approach. so it's uber, uber cautious. but what we are doing is we're surveying some of the other schools that we haven't yet done, 90% of them of been done and only 1% have come back with racks. so the numbers have been very small . been very small. >> shadow leader of the house of commons, thangam debbonaire , commons, thangam debbonaire, says the problem is long in the making by the conservatives. if they want to pretend that they didn't think it was a good idea, that they thought it was a good idea to cut school maintenance, that's on them. idea to cut school maintenance, tha schoolhem. idea to cut school maintenance, tha school rebuilding, school >> school rebuilding, school refurbishing school refurbishing and school maintenance absolutely maintenance are absolutely critical. building experts are there to advise government. the government resources of government has the resources of the and building the civil service and building experts to call on. they were warned practical , real terms warned in practical, real terms when a beam when a part of a school roof collapsed in 2018. in kent, they've been warned by successive government reports the national audit office has reported even this summer they could clean. even this could have come clean. even this summer. a three new mps are expected to be sworn in to the commons as parliament returns

after summer recess . after summer recess. >> after summer recess. >> keir mather steve tuckwell and sarah will take their seats on the green benches. it's after winning contest triggered by the departure of three conservative mps, including former prime minister boris johnson . sir keir minister boris johnson. sir keir starmer is expected to reshuffle his shadow cabinet with former civil servant sue gray starting her new role as labour leader's chief of staff. angela rayner is also expected to be offered a new role. meanwhile, labour's promising not to raise income tax if it wins the next general election. sir keir says he'd avoid tax hikes across the board as he pledged to avoid increasing the burden on working people . drivers were hit by one people. drivers were hit by one of the biggest monthly fuel price rises in more than two decades last month . that's decades last month. that's according to the rac, which says the £0.07 per litre spike was the £0.07 per litre spike was the fifth largest monthly increase in 23 years. rising pump prices are being driven by an increase in the cost of oil

to teachers. say more children are likely to arrive at school this term with unclean clothes and unbrushed teeth. nearly 3 in 4 school staff say there's been an increase in what's been called hygiene poverty . a poll called hygiene poverty. a poll of 500 school staff in the uk also found that dirty uniforms and pe kits were the most cited indicators . ukraine's president indicators. ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy has replaced his defence minister. it's the biggest shake—up of ukraine's defence since russia's invasion last february. in his nightly video address, zelenskyy said the head of the country's privatisation fund would be replacing oleksii reznikov, the move comes amid a crackdown on corruption in ukraine that zelenskyy has been eager to emphasise to allies at home and abroad . ryanair says 63,000 abroad. ryanair says 63,000 passengers have been impacted by the air traffic control failures . more than a quarter of all flights to and from uk airports were cancelled last week after an issue with process causing flight plans automatically . the

flight plans automatically. the national air traffic services has said an unusual piece of data. it received forced it to switch to manual checks. ryanair says more than 350 of its flights were cancelled due to the glitch on the 28th and the 29th of august. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and . bev andrew and. bev >> very good morning. it's 1005. >> very good morning. it's1005. thanks for joining >> very good morning. it's1005. thanks forjoining us. thanks for joining us. >> well, before the break, we spoke to the leader of the welsh conservatives, richard davies, about those potential crumbling schools. he told us the welsh government been government have been ineffective. so in response, a welsh spokesperson ineffective. so in response, a wel said spokesperson ineffective. so in response, a wel said authorities.person ineffective. so in response, a wel said authorities and on has said local authorities and further education institutions have reported to us any have not reported to us any instances of rak rac. >> that's the type of concrete being present within schools or colleges. we've commissioned a survey of all state funded

schools and colleges which will identify any structures suspected of containing rak was staggeringly complacent. >> statement oh, the schools haven't told us there's a problem. there might be. there's a of problems in england, a lot of problems in england, there's in scotland. there's problems in scotland. but hope might but we just hope there might not be in wales. >> we a pound for >> i wish we had a pound for every staggeringly complacent statement read out. every staggeringly complacent statabsolutely read out. every staggeringly complacent statabsolutely . read out. every staggeringly complacent statabsolutely . well, read out. every staggeringly complacent statabsolutely . well, thed out. every staggeringly complacent statabsolutely . well, the prime >> absolutely. well, the prime minister pressure over minister under pressure over this former this because as a former official accused of official has accused him of ignonng official has accused him of ignoring the crisis. official has accused him of ign�*that's�*ie crisis. official has accused him of ign�*that's right. is. official has accused him of ign�*that's right. jonathan slater >> that's right. jonathan slater , civil servant at the , the top civil servant at the department this department of education this morning, bbc that he morning, told the bbc that he warned rishi sunak when he was chancellor the concrete chancellor about the concrete crumbling in our schools. but mr sunak refused to the sunak refused to fund the necessary rebuilding programme. >> over 100 schools already had to close or partially close. chris mcgovern is the chairman of the campaign for real education now . education and joins us now. chris, head chris, you're a former head teacher . can explain to us teacher. can you explain to us how this works? you're a headteacher of a school. is it down to you? is it down to the education authority to know whether there is a potential problem in your problem with concrete in your school ? school? >> it's impossible for a

headteacher to know those sorts of technical things. look, as a headteacher, i would always make sure that repairs to the building sometimes the roof building sometimes for the roof were done in the school holidays . i know it's worrying to me that we have such complacency from politicians. this is a very serious crisis. the number one priority for government , for priority for government, for schools, parents, teachers is to make sure our children are safe and there's a real problem here. and we need to know a lot about it. and we also need to know why we have this problem. and i've beeni we have this problem. and i've been i taught for 35 years. this the origins of this problem go back to 1980s. by the back to the 1980s. and by the way, the department for education's own building is in dangen education's own building is in danger, would say, because danger, i would say, because that in 1980s. that was renovated in the 1980s. there was a former building in waterloo. built , moved waterloo. it's now built, moved to and if hopefully to westminster. and if hopefully that won't down, but you that won't fall down, but you know, maybe be a good thing know, maybe it'd be a good thing if long as there's if it did as long as there's nobody because it's making nobody in it because it's making a right mess of this whole this whole it really is whole crisis. and it really is a crisis . yes. crisis. yes. >> chris, is it is there >> but chris, is it is there some in the hands some responsibility in the hands of the head teachers if they've

been questionnaires of the head teachers if they've beerthey've questionnaires of the head teachers if they've beerthey've just questionnaires of the head teachers if they've beerthey've just put stionnaires of the head teachers if they've beerthey've just put it onnaires of the head teachers if they've beerthey've just put it on1aires of the head teachers if they've beerthey've just put it on aires and they've just put it on a pile of papers to deal with at some point the and some point in the future and they've there's no they've gone? well, there's no cracks ceiling. the cracks in the ceiling. the schools probably all right, then. is now they're then. maybe this is now they're chasing all chasing them up and they're all going, oh, we haven't done it. and know. and the and we don't know. and the school fall is school might fall down. is everybody school might fall down. is evethere's sense of panic. >> there's a sense of panic. look, as a head teacher , would look, as a head teacher, i would always responsibly . head always act responsibly. head teacher take note. if teacher should take note. if they're questionnaires they're given questionnaires about the building, they should draw attention , course, to draw attention, of course, to the local authority if there are problems. it's impossible, problems. but it's impossible, really, for head teachers to do everything. not everything. they're not architects , they're not architects, they're not engineers. they trying to engineers. they aren't trying to run and i think run a school. and i think probably they needed a lot more support . but what's worrying to support. but what's worrying to me these problems were me is that these problems were known our campaign known about we as our campaign group, mentioning this. group, were mentioning this. some time ago. there is a problem about the safety of school buildings and there's a problem which goes back , you problem which goes back, you know, perhaps 20 years. know, perhaps ten, 20 years. well, unfortunately , some well, unfortunately, some children, i think some children, chris, i think some sorry , some children in sorry, some children in victorian buildings, which of

course are okay. >> yeah. ironically it goes back further because i was pointing out earlier the standing committee on structural safety back two thousand and seven, back in two thousand and seven, chris identified this concrete had best a shelf life of 30 had at best a shelf life of 30 years and was recommending it was removed from many public buildings, schools . buildings, including schools. that's six, that's 60 years ago i >> absolutely. and it's irresponsible of government to try to avoid the problem . and try to avoid the problem. and they would always talk about money. but what i would say is that there has been money. we spend money on education spend more money on education than almost any other country on the the majority of the planet. and the majority of staff in schools are not teachers. we need to look at where the money is going. the money should have focussed, money should have been focussed, first primarily on first of all, on primarily on the children. i think, the safety of children. i think, you we need to the you know, we need to get to the root other countries. root of this other countries. italy an example, had italy is an example, have had buildings falling they've buildings falling down, they've had bridges falling people had bridges falling down. people dying, and dying, they've gone back and they've actually they've looked for what actually happened 20, 30 years ago. who was responsible all this? was responsible for all of this? we to from those we need to hear from those people of them are people that some of them are

still but most of all, still around. but most of all, we need to ensure that children are we can't guarantee are safe. and we can't guarantee that certain schools. that in certain schools. so we're to go back we're going to have to go back to online learning in some cases. and we know how bad that was everybody. was for everybody. >> will it be like for >> what what will it be like for heads moment, chris? it's heads at the moment, chris? it's the first 4th of september. today a lot of schools back today, a lot of them will go back tuesday, wednesday, this week. you manage this as week. how do you manage this as a head? how do you communicate that information to the parents? if your school if it is your school that's closing, have got to closing, what have you got to deal with ? deal with? >> well, when there's a crisis like this, you know, you've got to maintain some sort calm. to maintain some sort of calm. of course, got to be of course, you've got to be sensible whenever there sensible as well. whenever there was a crisis in my school, i would say to the staff would always say to the staff and pupils, got and to the pupils, we got through britain. through the battle of britain. we'll through you we'll get through this. you know, to to be know, we have to we have to be a little bit positive about this. but dangers here. and but there are dangers here. and it headteacher has it would be if a headteacher has concerns the safety of the concerns about the safety of the building, they can't building, then they really can't have classrooms, have children in classrooms, which to fall on which are likely to fall on their head. we've had situations in schools where these in primary schools where these concrete actually concrete beams have actually

broken collapsed when the broken and collapsed when the children there, of children weren't there, of course. do you do as course. so what do you do as a head teacher? you have to show leadership. not getting leadership. we're not getting leadership. we're not getting leadership or leadership from government or from . they to be from ministers. they need to be open direct and honest. they open and direct and honest. they need schools. they need to name the schools. they need to name the schools. they need explain why the problem need to explain why the problem arose. always trying need to explain why the problem ar(cover always trying need to explain why the problem ar(cover up.lways trying need to explain why the problem ar(cover up. it's's trying need to explain why the problem ar(cover up. it's a trying need to explain why the problem ar(cover up. it's a pr trying need to explain why the problem ar(cover up. it's a pr exerciseig to cover up. it's a pr exercise . the secretary of state looks slightly panicky, i have to say. but we need be honest most of but we need to be honest most of all, why got the all, why have we got the problem? it come about? problem? how did it come about? what do today and what have we got to do today and tomorrow sure children tomorrow to make sure children are danger? if they are not in danger? and if they have to home, they to have to go home, they have to go home safety comes first. home because safety comes first. >> this should all be about the children, chris, shouldn't it? they've had so much disruption to their education. how bad is it for a for a child who perhaps is going to be effectively locked down? again, the secretary of state said it's not the same as lockdown. it will feel like it kids and their feel like it to kids and their parents grappling to teach them at home. now for what? >> the lockdown was a disaster. we as a campaign group were one of the few organisations saying

we should never have locked down if very if i was being very, very cynical, would say, well, cynical, i would say, well, of course the schools course we closed the schools down and we got the best ever results ever. the best way to results ever. so the best way to improve standards close results ever. so the best way to impschools. 1dards close results ever. so the best way to impschools. that's close results ever. so the best way to impschools. that's the close results ever. so the best way to impschools. that's the cynical results ever. so the best way to imps

longer safe. it's a danger. so i don't want to overreact, but we've got to be sensible and honest. >> absolutely. yep quite right. you always are. all of those things. head things. chris a former head teacher there. chris mcgovern. and not just the and it's not just about the teaching it's about teaching. it's about the exercise that it's socialisation they get in the day. >> it's to talking each other, encouraging each other to be sociable animals, totally . sociable animals, totally. >> it'sjust sociable animals, totally. >> it's just awful . and wouldn't >> it's just awful. and wouldn't you know, it wouldn't be happening if we hadn't been primed to think that home schooling was okay. we wouldn't be doing can you imagine be doing this. can you imagine going imagine going back to the end? imagine end the government end of 2019, the government said, you're not going to said, right, you're not going to go now, hundreds go to school now, hundreds of you. be literally you. there would be literally riots in the with parents riots in the street with parents going, can't this. going, you can't do this. but because lockdowns well , because of lockdowns now, well, it really matter . i've it doesn't really matter. i've got shaun bailey in the studio with former conservative with us, former conservative mayoral candidate shaun bailey are do share my are you do you share my frustration this morning, shaun? >> your frustration >> i share your frustration about keeping children of about keeping children out of school, don't share your school, but i don't share your frustration this problem frustration on how this problem has you've has been looked at. you've got to largely is to remember, largely this is a maintenance problem for schools and schools were written to in 2018 could you please

2018 to say, could you please check this type of check if you have this type of concrete school? because check if you have this type of coit'szte school? because check if you have this type of coit's not school? because check if you have this type of coit's not maintained)l? because check if you have this type of coit's not maintained properly, se if it's not maintained properly, there's a risk it could fail. >> that was the department of education. >> writing to all schools >> yes. writing to all schools finally, because, of course, all schools, governors, finally, because, of course, all schoolslegal governors, finally, because, of course, all schoolslegal responsibility|ors, finally, because, of course, all schoolslegal responsibility for, have a legal responsibility for the their the physical safety of their children, of which the building is now, fast is part of that. now, fast forward today , the step the forward to today, the step the government the brave step government took, the brave step which led to this poor which is led to this poor feeling the feeling is they've changed the guidance because there was a failure in a particular school when the children weren't in school. the government school. but the government thought was different school. but the government th0lchildren, was different school. but the government th0lchildren, schooliifferent school. but the government th0lchildren, school willent school. but the government th0lchildren, school will be and children, school will be different. changed. different. so they've changed. they there's any they said, look, if there's any chance in school, chance you have this in school, please part of please do not use that part of your how could they your building. how could they know? how could they know? how could head possibly what could a head possibly know what kind fitted in kind of concrete was fitted in 19 the people who 19 people for the people who run that is their legal that school, that is their legal obligation. but what the government have done, they've written said, if written to them and said, if your built between your school was built between these there's a chance these periods, there's a chance that have this that your school have have this concrete. get a survey to concrete. if so, get a survey to let us know because then we can give you the guidance to help you this, because of you mitigate this, because of course, school have course, if your school does have and instantly and it doesn't instantly mean

that need to close, it means that you need to close, it means you instantly to check the you instantly need to check the condition that rack. condition of that rack. >> of course, are making >> labour, of course, are making the point, sean, aren't they, that if we still have been that well if we still have been in power, we a massive in power, we had a massive school budget school maintenance budget rebuilding . um, first rebuilding programme. um, first thing tories did they thing the tories did when they got 2010 with the got into power in 2010 with the lib was cancel lib dems of course was to cancel it. have a point? it. do they have a point? >> it was very easy say they >> it was very easy to say they had a massive budget, but of course had massive tax course we had a massive tax burden and utter we burden and they utter we destroyed the public finances. so that's why those two initiative go . everybody initiative had to go. everybody would love keep renewing would love to keep renewing buildings. and of course, the conservative government with the academies programme , many, academies programme, many, many new school buildings were built. but it's very easy to point a finger now. but this has been going on since the 60 going on for since the 60 effectively, and when they had the opportunity, they didn't just target this at those buildings, they tried to buildings, they they tried to look at all schools , but they look at all schools, but they did it at such in such a poor way, at such a great expense. it couldn't be maintained. >> tories will the for >> tories will get the blame for this, they? this, though, won't they? i mean, piers pottinger was on earlier saying, hang it's

earlier saying, hang on, it's local education authorities, school and school governors, health and safety, the safety, executive. but at the end day, the end of the day, it's the education whose head's end of the day, it's the ed|theion whose head's end of the day, it's the ed|the block. whose head's on the block. >> look, when you run the government, the burden is government, you the burden is always . i personally think always yours. i personally think one of troubles with this one of the troubles with this country anything happens, we country is anything happens, we look government and look to the government and actually, a lot times actually, i think a lot of times local responsibility gives you much quicker, more speedy results , better as well. results, better results as well. but the education but look, the education secretary a plan . her plan secretary has a plan. her plan will be worked out. but the real challenge for the government will what's where chris will be what's next, where chris was correct as a head teacher , was correct as a head teacher, you will want guidance and you will to what do. will want to know what to do. and you're if you're school and if you're if you're school cohort to be changed cohort needs to be changed a bit, you need to get temporary classrooms . you need not use classrooms. you need to not use parts school you can parts of the school you can probably deal that because probably deal with that because unlike lockdown, you're not losing all your resources. but the real challenge is if the real challenge is what if your needs significant your school needs significant rebuilds going pay? rebuilds? who's going to pay? >> i'm going to give you >> yeah, i'm going to give you some of our audience are some of what our audience are saying, if you don't mind. sean jean said, teach the jean has said, let's teach the kids or maybe kids in hotels or maybe the churches could some of churches could open some of their properties. wrong their properties. what's wrong with portable buildings ? there

with portable buildings? there have and heads have to be solutions and heads will have to be creative, won't they? the moment, if they do they? at the moment, if they do have teach in temporary have to teach in temporary accommodation, do you think there's like, there's just a sense of like, oh, be the oh, it'll be fine? the government home government government from home government guidance if you need, guidance has said if you need, if thing you should do if the first thing you should do is can use that part is ask if you can use that part of and b then look to of it and b then look to temporary classrooms. >> so i think that happen. >> so i think that will happen. some frankly, in some schools, quite frankly, in such i had one such poor condition. i had one governor they're looking governor tell me they're looking forward temporary governor tell me they're looking forward because1porary governor tell me they're looking forward because they'll classrooms because they'll be better. believe it , which better. well, believe it, which is shame . but remember, is an awful shame. but remember, this should be a very small number of schools who need this. and particularly local authority. schools will be able to rally around support each to rally around and support each other. ultimately , the other. but ultimately, the government need to provide government will need to provide strong real strong guidance. but the real challenge finance . challenge will be the finance. >> this be a bit niche for >> this might be a bit niche for you understand. this you to totally understand. this but in and but tony has got in touch and said, schools have said, don't these schools have buildings including said, don't these schools have buildirliability including said, don't these schools have buildirliability cover including said, don't these schools have buildirliability cover ?1cluding said, don't these schools have buildirliability cover ? everyig public liability cover? every homeowner has to have it. every caravan have it. static caravan has to have it. static caravan has to have it. static caravan the government caravan are the government buildings exempt from this? >> not sure, but i doubt it. >> i'm not sure, but i doubt it. and there are schools that and also there are schools that are academies as well, which probably to have

probably would have to have their insurance their own insurance because they're the they're not owned by the government in same way that government in the same way that a school a local authority school school would surprised would be. i'd be very surprised if schools if local authority schools didn't need to have public liability insurance and building insurance. but ultimately, when you've got the government of the backstop, often things are less slide your children's school. >> it should be because >> okay, it should be because it's academy as far as i it's an academy as far as i know, and we haven't been written to. >> em- written to. >> an important >> but this is an important part as i was one of the people as well. i was one of the people who said, why haven't the government who said, why haven't the gov> got breaking news, >> we've got some breaking news, sean. don't anywhere. want sean. don't go anywhere. i want your former your reaction to it. former former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson should apologise to mps for bullying former chief whip wendy morton. after he was not allocated tickets to the late queen's

funeral. an independent expert panel has said. is that serious ? >> 7- >> look, 7— >> look, i've ? >> look, i've been in 7 >> look, i've been in politics for a very long time. you if someone bullied you in politics, you'd have to be pretty bad because there's a lot of robust exchanges. but look , let's see exchanges. but look, let's see if in involved if the individuals in involved feel bullied , then maybe an feel bullied, then maybe an apology can be asked for. i've met gavin williamson before. he doesn't look an apology doesn't look beyond an apology to it needs happen, he to me. if it needs to happen, he might. he might done it might. but he might have done it already. knows ? knows? already. who knows? who knows? but be bullied but he should not be bullied into apology. he they need to understand actually did understand if he actually did bully remind us of bully someone, just remind us of that story. >> he didn't get ticket, >> he didn't get a ticket, did he? funeral. he he? ticket to the funeral. he didn't invitation. he? ticket to the funeral. he did yeah. invitation. he? ticket to the funeral. he did yeah. he invitation. he? ticket to the funeral. he did yeah. he thought)n. he? ticket to the funeral. he did yeah. he thought as a former >> yeah. he thought as a former secretary of state, he should have ticket queens have a ticket for the queens lying state. and he didn't lying in state. and he didn't get on the lying in state. and he didn't get whip on the lying in state. and he didn't get whip who on the lying in state. and he didn't get whip who he on the lying in state. and he didn't get whip who he blamedn the lying in state. and he didn't get whip who he blamed for|e chief whip who he blamed for that. wendy this was all that. wendy morton. this was all when liz truss was prime minister that very short minister in that very short period. minister in that very short penod. and minister in that very short period. and now and he was period. and and now and he was then the standards then reported to the standards commissioner he's been done then reported to the standards con bullyingar he's been done then reported to the standards conbullying now he's been done then reported to the standards conbullying now said�*s been done then reported to the standards conbullying now said he'san done then reported to the standards conbullying now said he's got one for bullying now said he's got to sorry. to say sorry. >> look, to say sorry. » .ook, >> well, look, if he ran and of course lost his ministerial course he lost his ministerial job allegations job for bullying allegations

probably i don't if he's a probably i don't know if he's a bully not. bully or not. >> he strike me as >> he didn't strike me as a bully, but he probably should apologise. pure courtesy. >> can i get one more line on you, please, about these massive, massive influx of immigrants channel immigrants across the channel this numbers. this weekend? i record numbers. >> it's going to get worse. and i you why. in france, i tell you why. in france, they're under massive pressure themselves to their themselves to do with their immigration. and their immigration. and one of their pressure valves releases is to send people to britain. >> they're just pushing across the to happen. this >> what needs to happen. this needs international response. >> what needs to happen. this nee beyonditernational response. >> what needs to happen. this nee beyonditern stage l response. >> what needs to happen. this nee beyonditern stage where inse. it's beyond the stage where france or britain can deal with it . and his it separately. and his international response and what you've happened international response and what yo the happened international response and what yo the students happened international response and what yo the students in happened international response and what yo the students in the happened international response and what yo the students in the week ened to the students in the week where their accommodation was bought government. bought up by the government. yeah more aspects yeah the more and more aspects of more and more of british life, more and more communities britain are communities across britain are now starting to feel the pressure. political pressure. so the political pressure we gave the french half £1 sort out £1 billion to sort this out between nations. i mean, i don't want cause any trouble, want to cause any trouble, but i'd for my money back. >> i'd ask for it all back because would do is then because what i would do is then spend that money that we're already help solve already paying out to help solve the situation here. already paying out to help solve the but ation here. already paying out to help solve the but ultimately, western >> but ultimately, the western world, the g20, need to world, the g7, the g20, need to look why such

look at why there's such migration patterns and do something keep something to keep those economies where they economies strong where they are. >> as say, it's to going >> and as you say, it's to going get isn't get worse, isn't it? >> bailey always to >> shaun bailey always great to see still to come, see you. right. still to come, we're be talking about we're going to be talking about more small more of that influx of small boats over weekend . we're boats over the weekend. we're going talking mark going to be talking to mark white. news, white. this is gb news, britain's news channel. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office it is set to turn increasingly hot over this coming week with high pressure in charge and we are tapping into air from continental europe as well. really allowing those temperatures rise . there is temperatures to rise. there is a little bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but that will clear off fairly readily. then certainly by but that will clear off fairly read morning,1en certainly by but that will clear off fairly read morning, afternoon|ly by late morning, afternoon there will chunk of sunshine will be a good chunk of sunshine across majority the across the vast majority of the uk , little breezy around uk, little breezy around the southwest and gusty along coastlines and still cloud coastlines here and still cloud lingering very far

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& co weeknights from . six and & co weeknights from. six and it's 1026. >> you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so an astonishing 21,000 people crossed the english channelin people crossed the english channel in small boats so far this year. and on saturday, a record 872 migrants arrived in 15 dinghies with further warm

weather on the way. >> i am security editor matt white joins us in the studio. honestly, mark, when we think the prime minister will tell us, well, it's not as many as last yeah well, it's not as many as last year. it's all to do with the weather, isn't it? that's the point. if it's calm , they're point. if it's calm, they're over record numbers. over in record numbers. >> it absolutely shows every time we do have an improvement in the weather. and it's not just about being a hot, sunny day. the winds need to die down because that's the thing. you've had the winds that have been blowing especially northerly winds that then push against the prevailing tide and also push back against the beaches of northern france and make it very difficult for these boats to get out. and we might think flat calm , you know, that because you calm, you know, that because you see the sort of the channel this side or the or the french side just for a few hundred metres offshore here. but once you get out into mid—channel , it can be out into mid—channel, it can be very choppy and of course you've got the wake wakes from all of the different boats , large

the different boats, large shipping container ships and tankers that plough this ferry, shipping this very busy shipping channel as well . but yeah, every channel as well. but yeah, every time the weather improves here they come and they're smiling and sticking their thumbs up and taking photographs and i looked at a lot of the pictures at the weekend, mark. >> they were all, it seemed to the man, young men in their 20s and early 30s their economic migrants. >> yeah, well, we know that more than 80% of those who cross are young men . there are some women young men. there are some women and children in there as well. and look, i've been across to calais and dunkirk multiple times over the years, and there are definitely people on the other side of the channel who i would say they would fall into the category of refugees , asylum the category of refugees, asylum seekers, that if they came, they would stand a good chance of having their asylum claims granted. but the vast majority of people that i've seen over the other side of the years and you speak to them, you talk to them about they've

them about where they've come from, their aspirations from, what their aspirations are. very clear that are. and it's very clear that they are economic migrants. does it mean they're not leaving behind and, you know, desperate poverty conditions and dysfunctional governments? >> they've got a few thousand in the bank mark to pay for the flippin trip across the channel there is that. >> often that's paid for >> yes. often that's paid for by lots of people in the community, though, them out as though, to send them out as economic migrants to come to the uk. then they send a proportion of the most of their earnings back.i of the most of their earnings back. i see to their family, to their village , and that then their village, and that then pays for their trip over here they are adding to the good of that particular community back home. >> we were just mentioning to shaun bailey about this half £1 billion that we gave france not long ago. i want to say is that six months ago, i think we the latest instalment it is there is that audit did mark do we have any transparency on what that money is actually attributed towards? >> yes. so i think the british government have a fairly accurate idea of how that's

being spent for instance, 40% more in the way of policing patrols along that 70 mile stretch. of course, now now it's very contentious , half £1 very contentious, half £1 billion to give to the french over three years. what i will say is i think that it is having some kind of an effect, because if i look at the situation last yearin if i look at the situation last year in august, okay, there was better weather, but on the very busy days , you were getting up busy days, you were getting up to a thousand, 1200 people crossing on the very busy days. now now the very busy days, six, seven, maybe 800 as we saw the weekend. and the reason is there's a lot of police around calais and dunkirk and that seems to be forcing the people traffickers much further south towards boulogne and in doing that, it's obviously more problematic for them. they've got to get all the logistics and resources into play and i just don't think they can push off as many boats as they once did. so

it's probably having an effect not i mean, we're still talking 21,000 people who crossed illegally to the uk so far. >> this 21,000 too many. yeah >> this 21,000 too many. yeah >> do you think they should be able to apply for asylum from their country of origin? >> i think how would that work onune? >> because this is one of the best ideas i've heard is that they can apply online, they can give you their situation, they can give you. can't say my can give you. they can't say my passport in the sea. they can give you. they can't say my passsend in the sea. they can give you. they can't say my passsend you in the sea. they can give you. they can't say my passsend you an the sea. they can give you. they can't say my passsend you a picture.a. they can give you. they can't say my passsend you a picture. whyey can send you a picture. why don't that? don't we do that? >> i you know, >> well, i think you know, i think you're right. i think actually services further up route where people maybe it's not practical in their own country that they can do that even if they applied for asylum, how would you get them out ? you how would you get them out? you know, sometimes they just have how would you get them out? you knflee;ometimes they just have how would you get them out? you knflee .�*metimes they just have how would you get them out? you knflee . butimes they just have how would you get them out? you knflee . but ines they just have how would you get them out? you knflee . but in a they just have how would you get them out? you knflee . but in a safe' just have how would you get them out? you knflee . but in a safe third have to flee. but in a safe third country of a facility, perhaps to get to your nearest british embassy and to then lodge some kind of asylum application, then you can actually filter out those that you think are genuine asylum seekers and those that

are not or even , as you know, are not or even, as you know, opposition parties and charities have called for a post in france, in northwestern france or paris. but you know, somewhere where they can go and they can apply there through the french authorities to the uk government. >> all right, mark, thank you so much. mark white there. right. still to come this morning, would you welcome a wind farm near house? up next, near your house? no. up next, find out why that could soon be a reality for some of you. here is news with tatiana sanchez is the news with tatiana sanchez i >> -- >> beth, thank you very much. it's 1032. this is the latest from the newsroom. we start with some breaking news. an independent review says former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip if he sent offensive text messages to wendy morton after he wasn't invited to the late queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take

part in appropriate behaviour training and another breaking news a 21 year old man has been jailed for life for the murder and sexual assault of his sister. conor gibson attacked and killed amber gibson in a south lancashire lanarkshire woodland in a statement, ambers former foster family described her as the most giving, loving support , give and admirable support, give and admirable person . ministers are under person. ministers are under pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from crumbling concrete as children return to school. jeremy hunt insists the government will spend what's needed, but the money will come from the education budget . over from the education budget. over 100 schools have already had to close or partially close . the close or partially close. the government advises students who can't go to school in person. they should learn remotely for a short time, but haven't said exactly when things will get back to normal . and the keir back to normal. and the keir starmer has started a reshuffle of his shadow cabinet as former

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gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner and they're here in the panel with us. >> oh, but first, we're going to listen to this, by the way, this is a corker. this is from the education secretary, gillian keegan. and just remember, she's talking about the fact kids schools may not be safe for children taught. just children to be taught. just listen to this. >> this their video . >> this is their video. >> this is their video. >> rac stands for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete , and autoclaved aerated concrete, and it's a lightweight form of concrete that was used in building construction from the 19505 building construction from the 1950s until the mid 1990s. problems with the strength and durability of the material mean that some buildings may pose a threat to safety . threat to safety. >> risible. so just to be clear , that's the official government video explaining this situation i >> -- >> sarah vine emma wolf, are our guest on this morning and we're all slightly aghast. sarah, what's your response to that having by the way, put the boot

in the secretary state for in the secretary of state for education column yesterday. >> i mean , what is that meant to >> i mean, what is that meant to be? i don't know. >> to get kids involved >> i don't to get kids involved achingly cool. >> know. i i mean, i'm >> i don't know. i i mean, i'm sure gillian keegan is a very nice person , but she has not nice person, but she has not covered herself in glory over the last few months. there was that whole business of her saying, oh, a—levels don't really matter. that's when she decided the great, great decided the great, the great great of 2023, which great downgrade of 2023, which has caused quite a lot of hassle for people quite and now this sort of her £10,000 watch, not a great look . great look. >> how does it work? so your ex—husband, michael gove, was education secretary. if somebody had come to him and said, you've got to do a video, michael announcing this issue, announcing this massive issue, that not be what he would that would not be what he would have done. would have he have done. would he have done he wouldn't that. wouldn't have done that. >> told civil >> he'd have told his civil servants to get stuck. >> would somebody >> he would have done somebody in background has said, in the background has said, we're going to make it cool and put i have put some distance. yes. i have no idea who. >> and she's a weak secretary of state. she goes with state. so she goes along with it. yeah, shouldn't. she >> yeah, she shouldn't. she shouldn't doing anything shouldn't be doing anything like

that, honest. that, to be honest. i mean, i just don't think it serves a purpose. what is it supposed to do, internet? do, go viral on the internet? >> thing is, emma, >> yeah. the thing is, emma, children watch children aren't going to watch it. music put it. whatever music you put behind and they're not behind it, and they're not bothered. they're happy be behind it, and they're not botschool.'hey're happy be behind it, and they're not botschool. it's're happy be behind it, and they're not botschool. it's're iparents be behind it, and they're not bot school. it's're iparents who behind it, and they're not botscto ol. it's're iparents who behind it, and they're not bot scto know;'re iparents who behind it, and they're not bot scto know what'sirents who behind it, and they're not bot scto know what's going who behind it, and they're not bot parents)w what's going who behind it, and they're not bot parents are. hat's going who behind it, and they're not bot parents are. iat's going who behind it, and they're not bot parents are. i sawgoing who behind it, and they're not bot parents are. i saw a ing who behind it, and they're not bot parents are. i saw a child |o behind it, and they're not bot parents are. i saw a child on >> parents are. i saw a child on the way here. i saw a child in school uniform. and it's just this is the time. children this is the time. this children are going back to are meant to be going back to school. parents we're on our knees. our as my knees. we're on our knees. as my three year is going start three year old is going to start pre—school, about pre—school, allegedly in about a week. like week. and i'm dead. like literally, if they if they closed i would closed it, i think i would probably and them. you probably go and murder them. you can't right now, can't say to parents right now, well, after well, you can now after lockdown, think you made lockdown, i think you made the point, bev, a new point, bev, this is a new landscape. yeah. after landscape. yeah yeah. after lockdown, the lockdown, you know where the children go back to school or not. are going not. parents are just going to have cope with it. have to cope with it. >> gillian says, oh, >> and gillian keegan says, oh, it's to be like it's not going to be like lockdown. what's difference lockdown. what's the difference if you've start teaching if you've got to start teaching your again? your kids at home again? >> completely that >> you're completely right that this notion you this this whole notion that you can learning, can suddenly do remote learning, i is not i mean, remote learning is not a thing happens. thing that happens. >> leave the children thing that happens. >> home leave the children thing that happens. >>home remotelya the children thing that happens. >>home remotely learning.dren at home remotely learning exactly parents have got lives. >> i mean, most i mean, my

children have now left school. but, can remember but, you know, i can remember crawling towards the end of the summer desperate for summer holidays, desperate for them to so them to go back to school so i could actually change sheets could actually change the sheets and done. i mean, and get some stuff done. i mean, it . schools perform an important it. schools perform an important function. you know, they're not just there , you they're just there, you know, they're part society . and that's why part of society. and that's why we should but but the we should never. but but the thing i don't understand we should never. but but the thing lockdown't understand we should never. but but the thing lockdown't unde|they've about lockdown is that they've known this since 2018. known about this since 2018. yeah so i didn't agree with the school closures , but given that school closures, but given that we did have the school closures , been , wouldn't it have been incumbent somebody to say, incumbent on somebody to say, look, we've closed the schools, incumbent on somebody to say, look don'te closed the schools, incumbent on somebody to say, look don't we osed the schools, incumbent on somebody to say, look don't we go d the schools, incumbent on somebody to say, look don't we go in:he schools, incumbent on somebody to say, look don't we go in and chools, incumbent on somebody to say, look don't we go in and sortls, incumbent on somebody to say, look don't we go in and sort out why don't we go in and sort out this and let's concrete problem because closed the because they're closed at the moment as well? >> , a whole lot. >> yeah, a whole lot. >> yeah, a whole lot. >> and what the problem? >> and what is the problem? >> and what is the problem? >> because construction was still allowed to continue during their covid masks to their lovely covid masks to protect them from all of these things. >> but what is the problem in this country with building buildings brick properly buildings out of brick properly and not just building, know and not just building, you know , things made out of basically? >> i mean, that's not the government's fault. >> mean, thing is that, >> i mean, the thing is that, i mean, worth of. agree. mean, decades worth of. i agree. >> we building things >> why are we building things that going to be knocked

that are going to be knocked down but we've also down in 20 years, but we've also heard haven't that down in 20 years, but we've also heachance haven't that down in 20 years, but we've also hea chance of|aven't that down in 20 years, but we've also hea chance of the n't that down in 20 years, but we've also hea chance of the exchequert down in 20 years, but we've also hea chance of the exchequer at the chance of the exchequer at the chance of the exchequer at the was told by his most the time was told by his most senior servant department senior civil servant department of civil servant. you've got to sort this >> you've got to sort this problem release money problem out, release the money for schools. the concrete problem, chance problem, who was the chance checker? sunak yeah, it's on his watch. >> sarah i'm afraid so. that's what's so depressing about this whole thing, is that, you know, is that actually we, they should have it. have done something about it. it's i'm a tory, and it's really hard to see them making these sort of own goals. and for once, keir starmer's little attack ad he's come outwith, he's right on this one. >> he says, do you think your child's school should be safe? rishi doesn't do you know rishi sunak doesn't do you know what i'm actually got a very what i'm actually i got a very interesting my interesting message from my mother, was a regular viewer mother, who was a regular viewer of and he's often the of the show, and he's often the voice reason common sense. >> and was the head of our >> and she was the head of our high for 30 years. high school for nearly 30 years. the wasn't a head. the governor, she wasn't a head. she head of the she was the head of the governors. and she pretty much ran she was in ran the place and she was in charge buildings. she charge of the buildings. and she said went out said if these letters went out in 2018 to these schools to say, you reply a you need to reply with a questionnaire, they'd we'll

questionnaire, they'd say, we'll deal 2019 came deal with it. 2019 came and went. guess what? went. and then guess what? 20, 20, off radar 20, 20, 21, off the radar schools were closed and then everyone's to get back everyone's trying to get back into and maybe that's into reality and maybe that's what's we've to what's happened is we've got to 2023 now gone, oh 2023 and they've now gone, oh blimey. so we lost two years there. we can see how it's this i and there. we can see how it's this land dont there. we can see how it's this i and don't think that records i and i don't think that records necessarily exist for all this. >> i don't whether people >> i don't know whether people know their ceilings know what's in their ceilings and their walls their and in their walls and in their and in their walls and in their and infrastructure. and in their infrastructure. i think that are just just think that people are just just getting with to day getting on with the day to day business running business of running their schools. it's fallen down. >> the priority. >> the priority. >> i'll tell >> it's terrible. i'll tell you the story shocked me at the story that shocked me at the weekend, the of weekend, sir, is on the front of the mail sunday. tesco the mail on sunday. tesco workers. oh, yeah. >> all body cams. >> all of our body cams. >> all of our body cams. >> body cams. this is an interview the chief interview with the chief executive. the executive. because of the level of and verbal abuse, of physical and verbal abuse, what's become this country? what's become of this country? >> idea. i mean, >> i have no idea. i mean, the idea would go to the idea that you would go to the supermarket abuse supermarket and abuse a supermarket and abuse a supermarket worker, why would supermarket and abuse a supermthat? worker, why would supermarket and abuse a supermthat?woriinsane. would supermarket and abuse a supermthat? woriinsane. lowlyi supermarket and abuse a superi|that? woriinsane. lowlyi supermarket and abuse a superi mean, voriinsane. lowlyi supermarket and abuse a superi mean, i>riinsane. lowlyi supermarket and abuse a superi mean, i think ne. lowlyi supermarket and abuse a superi mean, i think were )wlyi paid. i mean, i think were there the whole way through the pandemic. quite of pandemic. there's quite a lot of their open hours. their stores are open 24 hours. they i suspect that a they are. and i suspect that a lot stuff happens late lot of that stuff happens late at when you get people at night when you get people who've had a bit, you had

who've had a bit, you know, had a few sherbets. yeah, coming in and, behaving i and, you know, behaving badly. i mean, i don't mean, you know, i mean, i don't think get it at 10:00 in the think you get it at 10:00 in the morning me to think you get it at 10:00 in the mormy; me to think you get it at 10:00 in the mormy well me to think you get it at 10:00 in the mormy well i me to think you get it at 10:00 in the mormy well i can'tme to think you get it at 10:00 in the mormy well i can't be to think you get it at 10:00 in the mormy well i can't be the to get my well i can't be the solution surely emma solution though surely emma surely should be decent surely there should be decent security guards in supermarkets if them. if they need them. >> to live in >> i don't want to live in a world where everyone i'm talking to that's filming to has a camera that's filming me. >> that's filming me. exactly. but point of but eh, what's the point of filming because the police filming them? because the police are not going up. are not going to follow up. the police low level police don't follow up low level crime they what they crime that they what they whatever they call it, being assaulted somebody assaulted by somebody in a supermarket level supermarket is not a low level crime abused physically crime or being abused physically and as the tesco crime or being abused physically and be as the tesco crime or being abused physically and be low as the tesco crime or being abused physically and be low .ofthe tesco crime or being abused physically and be low .of course:o must be a low level. of course they be following it up, they should be following it up, but the police are not following things the other things up like this. the other things up like this. the other thing you get rid of thing is when you get rid of almost staff, i mean my almost all the staff, i mean my local tesco, if go late local tesco, if you go in late night or in the morning, night or early in the morning, you've one, maybe lady you've got one, maybe one lady on yeah, yeah. and all on the till. yeah, yeah. and all those all the those wretched and all the wretched of wretched self—serve. so of course going be course there are going to be people who come in drunk who decide shoplift. maybe decide to shoplift. maybe they're challenged. and then they're challenged. and then they hitting they start shouting or hitting people around and people or running around and grabbing don't grabbing stuff. and i don't think about nice. >> an excuse to catch

shoplifters. >> an excuse to catch sho i lifters. >> an excuse to catch shoi mean, they've got cctv >> i mean, they've got cctv cameras. mean, they've got cameras. i mean, they've got plenty in the plenty of cameras in the supermarkets to catch shoplifters . it's just that shoplifters. it's just that obviously have have obviously you have to have someone looking at them. don't you? and i think you? yeah. yeah. and i think this is more for personal protection. >> and isn't it awful that we live now where people live in a world now where people don't just behave properly, people don't just behave properly, peo they don't just behave properly, peothey are. they are they >> they are. they are they behave really it's behave really badly. it's extraordinary. you extraordinary. i mean, you nofice extraordinary. i mean, you notice more just on notice it more and more just on the i was i was in the streets. just i was i was in my i was in my i live in chiswick and i was crossing the road the other day. and there was a woman just pulled her was a woman who just pulled her pants relieved herself pants down and relieved herself in road. and in the middle of the road. and it extraordinary, really it was extraordinary, really like elderly, a young person like an elderly, a young person . was her 30s . . and she was in her 30s. >> did you say anything? >> did you say anything? >> no, no, none of did that >> no, no, none of us did that extraordinary thing. we all sort of her sort of of looked at her and sort of shuffled, be frightened? >> punch frightened? head. >> well, it's just. >> well, it's just. >> it'sjust >> well, it's just. >> it's just that there is a devil of societal breakdown. >> i don't know. are we all too frightened to intervene and say , actually, that's wrong, guys on the bus or the young lads on the bus because we're in a knife

culture and a culture culture and a gun culture because in a knife, but because we're in a knife, but also told yeah, also we're told don't. yeah, don't health safety don't put your health and safety at that. there's at risk. all of that. i there's a, of lads who go a, there's a gang of lads who go up and down our street and that's islington perfectly nice area everybody area and the police everybody knows knows knows about it, everybody knows who everybody knows who they are. everybody knows who they are. everybody knows who are probably who this gang are and probably where phones. who this gang are and probably wheithe phones. who this gang are and probably wheithe police phones. who this gang are and probably wheithe police won't phones. who this gang are and probably wheithe police won't intervene.;. and the police won't intervene. why? intervene? why? why won't they intervene? why? why won't they intervene? why just grab the why don't they just grab the thing? and yet we keep reading that secretary has that the home secretary has finally got it into the skulls of constable, that finally got it into the skulls of must constable, that finally got it into the skulls of must investigate, that finally got it into the skulls of must investigate everything i >> -- >> now, if there's a lead and there's a positive lead, there would be a lead with your gang, emma, because as you say, the locals you could literally locals know you could literally take where to take them to where they go to this council all the phones. >> but the police don't want to intervene maybe there intervene because maybe there aren't the aren't enough of them. the police, want to get involved. >> social cohesion, health and safety. >> but also the thing is, as most do, know who most locals will do, know who the are, do know the miscreants are, they do know who troublemakers they who the troublemakers are. they know who the drug dealers are. they if the police they know who the if the police just bothered ask, well, if just bothered to ask, well, if there beat as there was a cop on the beat as well, it would help. >> sarah did last see >> sarah when did you last see one? was robbed at >> when my son was robbed at knifepoint. he came. they

knifepoint. and he came. they came to house in my came round to the house in my local area and said to two local leafy area and said to two people, robbed knifepoint people, robbed him at knifepoint . mean, a lot. do you . i mean, there's a lot. do you ever them? i don't know. ever get them? i don't know. because it's because there's a lot of what's it called data protection. yeah, yeah, yeah . protection. yeah, yeah, yeah. well i saw eight of them at the weekend. >> it's a very nice middle class festival. also in chiswick. a music festival. and these were you in the park. walked in you pub in the park. walked in and said, oh, look, the and i said, oh, look, the strippers have arrived, which they thought quite funny. they thought was quite funny. but can't you but then i did think, can't you go some crime in this go and solve some crime in this area? the safest area? this is the safest festival in the country dancing around rainbow flags, around with their rainbow flags, honestly, ? sue gray yeah. honestly, right? sue gray yeah. sara now when you hear like labour reshuffle , everybody's labour reshuffle, everybody's not terribly interesting , is it? not terribly interesting, is it? but it does have this slightly, it has this little, it has this little salience because of course sue gray until very recently you know, queen of recently was, you know, queen of whitehall, wasn't she? >> i mean, she knows everything about everyone. she was about everyone. and she was a civil servant for many, many years, knows where everybody's bodies are buried and propriety

and compliance and propriety and she , of course, was overseeing she, of course, was overseeing the partygate inquiry, which found boris. boris guilty, which did for boris and low and behold, here she pops up working for keir starmer. i mean, i don't know, i'm just putting those things out there and you can draw your own conclusions. >> well, boris is supporters would have and they did would have said, and they did say, negated the say, emma, that it negated the entire partygate inquiry because she all over it like this . she was all over it like this. >> so corrupt. we never really had the truth. when did she and sir keir first go for lunch? when did they start discussing this? it back? can't this? was it back? i can't remember was it remember the dates now. was it the was november the october? was it november or did she wait her three months until were able to? i don't until they were able to? i don't think got the truth think we ever got the truth about really no. and about that. really no. and i don't i think it's now don't think i think it's now clear was not clear that she was not politically neutral and she should have been above that. >> but no civil servant is politically neutral. i mean, i know supposed be, but know they're supposed to be, but what she is, is sort of exemplifies. >> you're head of >> yeah, but if you're head of ethics and propriety of the civil head

civil service but if you're head of price, you have to civil service but if you're head of yeah. price, you have to be. yeah. >> so she was she was in charge of that very, very politically sensitive wasn't sensitive report. she wasn't just civil just another political civil servant. know , it's servant. yeah. you know, it's a little bit more than just, you know. yeah, well, they all have. they all have their. >> came out. boris >> her report came out. boris was finished. >> be an asset to the >> will she be an asset to the labour well the thing is, labour party? well the thing is, is, you know , i think was gus is, you know, i think it was gus o'donnell known himself god. o'donnell known himself as god. >> yeah . who was the former head >> yeah. who was the former head of civil service who of the civil service who said that is the woman who that she is the one woman who should a book about should really write a book about politics she politics because the things she knows the interesting. knows are the most interesting. yeah, but that, you those yeah, but that, you know, those secrets to the grave secrets will go to the grave with and question is, with her and the question is, will is she just sitting will they or is she just sitting in office going, in keir starmer's office going, oh, thing about him is oh, well, the thing about him is that the thing about her is that she's everything exactly. she's everything but exactly. >> anymore. she's everything but exactly. >:you anymore. she's everything but exactly. >:you know, anymore. she's everything but exactly. >:you know, i anymore. she's everything but exactly. >:you know, i just anymore. she's everything but exactly. >:you know, i just simply|ymore. she's everything but exactly. >:you know, i just simply don'te. i, you know, i just simply don't believe that she that she won't tell all she should know all about term planning about their long term planning and, their foibles and, you know, all their foibles and, you know, all their foibles and their weaknesses. and, you know, all their foibles ancsheir weaknesses. and, you know, all their foibles ancshe knows nesses. and, you know, all their foibles ancshe knows everything she >> she knows everything she does. she she's a walking bible. >> but is that is that not typical in politics, though, in terms of people jumping around

and doing different jobs? >> does feel something quite unprecedented. >> i mean, she is i mean, nothing happened without sue grey's say so . i mean, she grey's say so. i mean, she wasn't just powerful. she was all powerful. definitely >> at every reshuffle, the cabinet minister greets the prime minister. they're told about the job and then they have to she's waiting to see sue gray. she's waiting in room and she tells in the ante room and she tells them a few things they can and can't every single reshuffle can't do. every single reshuffle that's on for years, that's gone on for years, enormous cross, sue enormous power you cross, sue gray, you're in big trouble. >> why she therefore decide >> why does she therefore decide to work with keir to go and work with keir starmer? appeal for her? >> because she hates tories. >> because she hates the tories. >> she's. >> she's. >> got rid ew— >> she's. >> got rid of boris and >> she's a got rid of boris and now she's going keir now she's going to get keir starmer into power. >> my view. >> that's my view. >> that's my view. >> but i mean, i do. >>— >> but i mean, i do. >> mean, ijust >> but i mean, i do. >> mean, i just do think it >> i mean, i just do think it is. kind of outrageous when is. it's kind of outrageous when you it is they you think it is and they got away with it. >> also amazed this >> i'm also amazed that this reshuffle is actually finally going happen. heard going to happen. we've heard about reshuffle months about this reshuffle for months and months. well well, the starmer do something. >> he's deputy who he >> he's got a deputy who he can't stand. >> i know. excited. >> i know. i'm so excited. >> i know. i'm so excited. >> whose title is angela? >> whose title is angela? >> words, but she >> runs to 24 words, but she will remain deputy leader

will remain as deputy leader because elected post. will remain as deputy leader bec.hea elected post. will remain as deputy leader bec.he doesn't elected post. will remain as deputy leader bec.he doesn't elect hepost. but he doesn't torture. he doesn't her. so it's doesn't consult her. so it's interesting what he with her. >> i know that's what i'm waiting for. >> should we talk very quickly about >> should we talk very quickly abo emma, you >> should we talk very quickly aboemma, you have >> should we talk very quickly abo emma, you have excellent >> emma, you have excellent hygiene . hygiene. >> oh, really, dear? it and the number of children that are going to go to school with dirty clothes, hands face hair. >> what's going on? i mean , we >> what's going on? i mean, we know lots about good nutrition and how important that is and how poor are families. you know , their kids , struggle to get their kids well fed they can actually well fed so they can actually learn. but this is really, well fed so they can actually learn. sad this is really, well fed so they can actually learn. sad .his is really, well fed so they can actually learn. sad . buts really, well fed so they can actually learn. sad . but teachers have really sad. but teachers have been talking about children coming to school. up to 70% of children coming to school with dirty clothes. they haven't had a bath. they haven't brushed their teeth. all of that when you're child. also things you're a child. and also things like poverty. and we like hygiene, poverty. and we could specifically about could talk specifically about the know , period, the girls, you know, period, poverty and that kind of thing, where they actually can't afford hygiene products . and when hygiene products. and when you're child , this kind of you're a child, this kind of thing, you know, it's very , very thing, you know, it's very, very it's important and it's it's very important and it's very embarrassing when you come

from a home like that. and i think soap and water is not exactly what my mum used to say. >> soap and water costs nothing. that's not it. >> but it's not fair. when families struggling to heat families are struggling to heat their homes and wash their children. >> well, i think it's more about it's more about culture. >> cannot put a child in a cold bath in winter. no, i'm sorry. i've worked with charities where they are. the parents are absolutely devastated that they can't give their children hot baths, cold water and soap. >> well, i think i think it reminds you of the days when, you know, kids sort of 30s and 40s when children would turn up to school with no shoes and whatever. i mean to think that that's what's happening now . that's what's happening now. >> we've got rickets and children . children. >> i mean, i think in terms of cleaning your though, cleaning your teeth, though, i think, know , i think there's think, you know, i think there's two things happening. there's poverty, but there's also a sort of general lack of parenting going on, which i think, you know, and lack of lack of competent parents. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> you don't want to do

anything. >> yeah, i don't want to brush my teeth. i don't want to have bath. >> we've got to bring some breaking news. >> emma, we've got the answer to angela rayner. the reshuffle is underway. breaking angela rayner. the reshuffle is undenangela breaking angela rayner. the reshuffle is undenangela who breaking angela rayner. the reshuffle is undenangela who 3rethe 1g news. angela rayner who is the deputy given a deputy leader, has been given a big shadow deputy big she's now shadow deputy prime minister and shadowing, levelling up secretary which means nandy, who shadow means lisa nandy, who is shadow levelling up secretary who ran for against keir for the leadership against keir starmer, who he also doesn't like , hasn't got that job. like, hasn't got that job. >> he doesn't like either of them. >> what you m.- them. >> what you about that ? >> 7- >> the ? >> the levelling up is one of those the temperatures rising boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. it is set to turn increasingly hot over this coming week with high pressure in charge and we are tapping into air from continental europe as well. really allowing those temperatures . there is temperatures to rise. there is a little bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but that will clear off fairly readily. and then certainly by late afternoon there late morning, afternoon there will chunk of sunshine will be a good chunk of sunshine

across the vast majority of the uk . little breezy around the uk. little breezy around the southwest and gusty along coastlines here and still cloud lingering across the very far north scotland, providing north of scotland, providing certainly feel to certainly a different feel to the to elsewhere the day compared to elsewhere where will where temperatures will be widely the to high 20s. widely in the mid to high 20s. it'll a fairly fine end to it'll be a fairly fine end to the day as well, some it'll be a fairly fine end to the day as well , some late sunny the day as well, some late sunny intervals we see clear intervals before we see clear skies for the vast majority overnight at probably reduced overnight at probably a reduced chance fog because the breeze chance of fog because the breeze will be stronger will just be that bit stronger and it will turn quite gusty for the bannau rikki neave and also rmt. temperatures generally rmt. but temperatures generally holding up around 14 to 16 c. so quite a mild warm start to tuesday morning . essentially we tuesday morning. essentially we do it all again in a good amount of sunshine for the vast majority of us, a little bit of higher base cloud wanting to push its way into western england, northern ireland england, wales, northern ireland might make the sunshine at might make the sunshine hazy at times cloud still times and the cloud still lingering the isle of lewis lingering for the isle of lewis parts in the northern parts of orkney in the northern highlands as well. but temperatures by a few temperatures up by a few degrees, climbing towards 30 c across southern across parts of southern england. temperatures looking like they'll peak on wednesday

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gb news which is 11 am. on monday the 4th of september. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> schools in lockdown. >> schools in lockdown. >> of schools still >> hundreds of schools still have no idea if their buildings are safe as pupils return to class this week, forcing kids into working from home. and

there no sight . there is no end in sight. >> sunak slam the prime minister under pressure over the issue after a former top education official said he warned him about the crisis , but he refused about the crisis, but he refused to provide the funding required when he was chancellor of the exchequer . exchequer. >> promotion for angela rayner, the labour shadow cabinet reshuffle is underway with the party's deputy leader getting an enhanced role as shadow levelling up secretary . levelling up secretary. >> it's an enhanced role but she's lost a lot of roles too, because in the last reshuffle, which was botched , she had her which was botched, she had her title and 24 words. but it confirms now what we've always suspect . if labour win the suspect. if labour win the election, which i think they will, she'll be deputy prime minister. there's a thought. >> there's one phrase that >> if there's one phrase that just winds me up, it's levelling up. it's the most stupid political phrase, and there's some stiff competition for that

particular title. let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com is the email, but first of here's tatiana but first of all, here's tatiana sanchez with your latest . news sanchez with your latest. news >> bev, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. angela rayner has been appointed shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary. she takes over from lisa nandy. it comes as sir keir starmer's reshuffling his cabinet. a former civil servant, sue gray starts her new role today as the labour leader's chief of staff . labour leader's chief of staff. meanwhile, labour's promising not to raise income tax if it wins the next election. sir keir says he'd avoid tax hikes across the board , as he pledged to the board, as he pledged to avoid increasing the burden on working people . an independent working people. an independent review says former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip. he sent offensive text messages to wendy morton after he wasn't ianed to wendy morton after he wasn't invited to the late queens

funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training ministers are under pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from crumbling concrete as children return to school . children return to school. chancellor jeremy children return to school. chancellorjeremy hunt insists chancellor jeremy hunt insists the government will spend what's needed , but the money will come needed, but the money will come from the education budget. over 100 schools have already had to close or partially close. the government advises students who can't go to school in person to learn remotely for a short time, but they haven't said exactly when things will get back to normal . education secretary normal. education secretary gillian keegan says the government wants to be careful. >> they were 52 critical already mitigate 104 which were non—critical. we've changed to critical because of an incident that happened just towards the end of august where a panel fell in a school not in this jurisdiction, but we went to see it and we i decided to take a very cautious approach. so it's uben very cautious approach. so it's uber, uber cautious. but what we are doing is we're surveying some of the other schools that

we haven't yet done, 90% of them of been done and only 1% have come back with racks. so the numbers have been very small . numbers have been very small. >> shadow leader of the house of commons, thangam debbonaire , commons, thangam debbonaire, says the problem is long in the making by the conservatives. if they want to pretend that they didn't think it was a good idea, that they thought good that they thought it was a good idea school maintenance, idea to cut school maintenance, that's idea to cut school maintenance, tha school rebuilding, idea to cut school maintenance, tha school rebuilding , school >> school rebuilding, school refurbishing and school maintenance absolutely maintenance are absolutely critical. experts are critical. building experts are there to advise government. the government resources of government has the resources of the and building the civil service and building experts to call they were experts to call on. they were warned practical , real terms warned in practical, real terms when a beam when a part of a school roof collapsed in 2018in kent, they've been warned by successive government reports the national audit office has reported even this summer they could have come even this could have come clean. even this summer. a 42 year old man who murdered a six year old boy, nearly 30 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction . appeal against his conviction. >> james watson was given a

minimum jail term of 15 years last year for killing rikki neave. the boy was found in the woods near his home in peterborough in 1994 . a 21 year peterborough in 1994. a 21 year old man has been jailed for life for the murder and sexual assault of his sister, connor gibson attacked and killed amber in a south lanarkshire woodland in a south lanarkshire woodland in 2021. in a statement, in a south lanarkshire woodland in 2021. in a statement , ambers in 2021. in a statement, ambers former foster family described her as the most giving, loving, supportive and admirable person . to drivers were hit by one of the biggest monthly fuel price rises in more than two decades. last month . that's according to last month. that's according to the rac, which says the £0.07 per litre spike was the fifth largest monthly increase in 23 years. rising pump prices are being driven by an increase in the cost of oil . teachers say the cost of oil. teachers say more children are likely to arrive at school this term with unclean clothes and unbrushed teeth . nearly 3 in 4 school

teeth. nearly 3 in 4 school staff say there's been an increase in what's been called hygiene poverty. a poll of 500 school staff in the uk also found that dirty uniforms in pe kits were the most cited indicators . ukraine's president indicators. ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy, has replaced his defence minister. it's the biggest shake—up of ukraine's defence since russia's invasion last february . in his nightly last february. in his nightly video address, zelenskyy said the head of the country's privatisation fund would be replacing oleksii reznikov. the move comes amid a crackdown on corruption in ukraine that zelenskyy has been eager to emphasise to allies at home and abroad . ryanair says 63,000 abroad. ryanair says 63,000 passengers have been impacted by the air traffic control failures . more than a quarter of all flights to and from uk airports were cancelled last week after an issue with processing flight plans automatically. the national air traffic services has said an unusual piece of data it received forced it to

switch to manual checks. ryanair says more than 350 of its flights were cancelled due to the glitch on the 28th and the 29th of august. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to andrew and . bev andrew and. bev >> good morning. it's 1106. andrew and. bev >> good morning. it's1106. the prime minister is under real pressure this morning after crumbling schools were revealed . a former official accused him of ignoring the crisis. >> we're going to cross live to our gb news national reporter theo chikomba , who is in essex theo chikomba, who is in essex at a closed down school. theo. morning >> yes, well, a very good morning to you. it's been a lot for school teachers , head for school teachers, head teachers and those who work with schools in the last couple of days , many of them asking, is days, many of them asking, is this the right time? they found out on thursday at this school here and they've had to quickly

make plans. so we understand that this reinforced autoclave and aerated concrete is affecting this school. 22 rooms now out of action. normally students would go home with their ipads , but of course, they their ipads, but of course, they weren't expecting this situation. so they're now having to alter their plans. and we could see the school children go back to those plans which were in place during covid, where remote learning was taking place . but they are trying to quickly establish alternative plans. so some temporary building. so that students can still come in into this school and we've had the opportunity to go inside and see where this issue is taking place. and we spoke to the headteacher , james saunders, and headteacher, james saunders, and this is what he had to say. so which part of the school we in at the moment and what classrooms are currently out of action? >> right now we're on the second floor the block . this is floor of the main block. this is the corridor. it's the the maths corridor. it's the it's corridor of the it's the main corridor of the school. into english and school. it goes into english and

then a right and goes into then makes a right and goes into humanities. so we've got all of then makes a right and goes into hunmaths;. so we've got all of then makes a right and goes into hunmaths roomse've got all of then makes a right and goes into hunmaths rooms along)t all of then makes a right and goes into hunmaths rooms along here. of our maths rooms along here. >> so this is essentially one of the main parts of the schools and utterly out of action when did you find out about the specific rooms then? >> rooms we knew >> the specific rooms we knew which rooms had different varying levels of rack just pnor varying levels of rack just prior to the summer. that's when we received our report that report outlined what rooms were critical, high or medium and low risk. we had no rooms rated critical, so at that point, the advice was to do not do anything other than wait for the fee to come in and do a more detailed survey and then help develop an action plan to sort that out in the future . that then changed the future. that then changed just prior to us coming back. any room that had had rack identified had to be out of action. now >> now this rack is not exactly obvious. so is it just a case of we have to take all measures to ensure that staff and students are safe? >> i think that's probably how we have to proceed with things.

i mean, our rooms, they look fine. they look they've fine. they look normal. they've a lot of them have been decorated over the summer ready for the start of term. and now they're sitting empty. you can't really obvious signs really see any obvious signs unless find unless you really delve to find where the rack is above the above ceiling tiles . above the ceiling tiles. >> we've heard from a former senior civil servant, jonathan slater, who said the government halved the budget for school repairs in 2021. and he said the government also agreed to fund work on 100 schools a year to fix crumbling concrete and other problems at school . we've heard problems at school. we've heard similar issues like this in other areas, such as hospitals and other public sector buildings. but now this one affecting schools. it's all about the timing . just as school about the timing. just as school term is just about to begin, many parents, as we've heard over the last few days, one parent, for example, saying, i've got a six year old. what am i've got a six year old. what am isupposed i've got a six year old. what am i supposed to do for the next few days they are few days when they are ultimately due to return back to school? and the parent back to work? and course, teachers work? and of course, teachers had prepared which need

had prepared lessons which need children to be here in person. but for example, here the maths classes, four out of five of them are no longer in action and various other parts of the school. on my right, though , is school. on my right, though, is the oldest part of the school built in the 70s. and of course we know that this arc was popular between the 1950s and 1990s. but this is something they are having to deal with at they are having to deal with at the moment and ensuring that children can still get the education that they need when they're due to return in the next couple of days. >> okay. thank you so much. gb news national reporter theo chikomba in essex. we are chikomba there in essex. we are now joined by the education commentator, lord lucas. good morning . good morning. now you morning. good morning. now you also the editor of the good schools guide , i believe so how schools guide, i believe so how difficult is this going to be now at the moment for schools? and where do you personally lay the blame ? the blame? >> well, for the schools affected , it's going to be

affected, it's going to be enormously disruptive. but if the dfe are as efficient as they say, they're going to be, it shouldn't last too long. they've been hauling in mobile classroom as they've been hauling in other other forms of shelter. so they expect schools to be most of the schools affected to be able to get back to working normally in a fashion in a week or two. i think it was entirely a sensible decision by them to say, well, the advice we'd had before isn't up to scratch. we're really worried about the safety of our children. we've got to act now . children. we've got to act now. whereas the long term . for this, whereas the long term. for this, i think that's something we really need to look at and understand . and there's a lot of understand. and there's a lot of politicking going on at the moment, but but as a nation, we need to get better at building really good long term result, decent and flexible buildings and not accepting something

cheaper and quicker as as an alternative. and that's a decision we've got wrong. ever since the war and really need to examine why we have continued doing that . doing that. >> are you arguing, lord lucas, that there's no need for any children? actually, at the moment to be taught from home, to go back to the horrors of home they home tuition? because they can use portacabins, they can find temporary some temporary structures, some speculation in the papers today why not churches and other why not use churches and other community buildings to prevent kids taught from home? kids being taught from home? >> i think that's all all very good ideas. everything will depend on exactly what's happening around individual schools. there will be some which have to go back as you say, to all the difficulties of covid home education. but i really hope that's very few most most for most schools there are other spaces available or that will become available at. and the more we can do and the

quicker we can do on that, the better it feels like a bit of a metaphor in some ways , doesn't it? >> these crumbling schools for me, the significance of it , it me, the significance of it, it just sort of indicates, i think , that we've neglected education in in this country, not only just the buildings, but also just the buildings, but also just the buildings, but also just the sports facilities to kids , the decent catering kids, the decent catering facilities . you know, do you facilities. you know, do you have a sense that this has brought into focus the neglect that we've we've we're guilty of with our education system ? with our education system? >> i, i hope it has. i think we need to focus on educating kids in good buildings. education can take place in a tent. i mean, it's there's no need for good buildings, but good buildings help a lot. so getting us back to a proper programme of refurbishment and rebuilding, that's good not to imitate the blair years, building schools for the future, which was just a parody dice for architectural no

hopers but to do something that's really thoughtful considered consistent that would be a good idea. >> okay. thank you so much, lord lucas, their education commentator and editor of the good schools guide, a very excellent publication . it's an excellent publication. it's an excellent publication. it's an excellent publication. it's an excellent publication. and you know what? you wait for one lord, and then two, come along at once. andrew pierce. lord, and then two, come along at (no.. andrew pierce. >> no. >> no. >> lord bethell is with us >> yeah. lord bethell is with us now. james bethell , do you just now. james bethell, do you just want to just broadly tell us your feelings on this? it was interesting then hearing ralph there say about the fact that there say about the fact that there is some politicking going on today. is there or is it this is just purely a conservative problem, surely? >> no, it's a long standing. i thought lord lucas put it so well because i remember building schools for the future. it was a blank check for the no hopers , blank check for the no hopers, as he put it. and there is a concern that civil servants concern that the civil servants sometimes are risk adverse, that they overengineer they sometimes overengineer things and they have panic attacks about false fears . on attacks about false fears. on the other hand, i think you're

right. there are large parts of our infrastructure that we have completely left behind. i don't understand why we haven't been steadily building schools with proper catering facilities and sports facilities . and in my own sports facilities. and in my own area of health, we face a similar problem. there's a big hospital building programme going on at the moment. they're looking at very cheap modular hospitals that phrase fills me with anxiety . what does it mean? with anxiety. what does it mean? >> modular cheap, right ? >> modular cheap, right? >> modular cheap, right? >> it means doing it in an ugly mass produced kind of way, which has some merit. i mean, there isn't an endless amount of money. we have to be thoughtful about the way we do things, but we should be putting technology at the heart the which at the heart of the way in which we build and we should we build things. and we should make things use patient friendly school , make things use patient friendly school, pupil make things use patient friendly school , pupil friendly. and make things use patient friendly school, pupil friendly. and i fear that things are being done in uncreative and thoughtless way. >> when you say you should be putting technology at the centre of , what you mean? of things, what do you mean? >> there's been >> well, there's been a tendency, i think recently to focus on concrete and the

focus on the concrete and the sort of physicality . sort of physicality. >> clearly not, because the buildings are all falling down. >> actually , the way in which >> actually, the way in which you would do a modern school or a modern hospital would be to have the screens, the fibre, the way in which patient and pupils and even sportspeople interacting with technology can massively enhance technology breaks to down analogy, breaks down. >> we just want good buildings which are going to be sustained for decades. >> i understand that sentiment, but actually in the modern world, the way in which we can use modern teaching, medical data, access to diagnostics in every walk of life, there are ways of massively enhancing the doctor, the nurse , the teacher, doctor, the nurse, the teacher, the sports coach by using technology in a in a thoughtful way and technology shouldn't break down. we should be able to run trains. we should be able to run trains. we should be able to run our. >> and how many how big a crisis is this crisis from schools?

soon lord bethell to going switch the nhs to hospitals? switch to the nhs to hospitals? we've the chairman of we've read in the chairman of the public accounts committee talking about a hospital where obese patients can't go above a certain level in hospital. certain level in the hospital. yes, literally in case they come tumbling the ceilings . tumbling through the ceilings. shocking. and what's shocking. yes. and what's shocking is we don't know the name of the hospital so name of the hospital either. so a overweight people are a lot of overweight people are going to be very worried about going to be very worried about going stairs getting going up any stairs or getting in is this going to in a lift. so is this going to spread hospitals spread to hospitals next? >> for have a £10 >> for sure, we have a £10 billion infrastructure deficit >> for sure, we have a £10 bilthe infrastructure deficit >> for sure, we have a £10 bilthe inthetructure deficit >> for sure, we have a £10 bilthe inthe nhs|re deficit >> for sure, we have a £10 bilthe inthe nhs .a deficit >> for sure, we have a £10 bilthe inthe nhs . i'veficit >> for sure, we have a £10 bilthe inthe nhs . i've visited in the in the nhs. i've visited hospitals which were literally nissan huts from world war ii, us air bases . nissan huts from world war ii, us air bases. so there's no way that we should be having that kind of antiquated vintage hospital infrastructure in this day and age. and yes, we have been left behind . i think that been left behind. i think that the other sad thing in the health is that a lot of people shouldn't be in hospital at all. they could be treated at home. and on the technology front , i and on the technology front, i accept your scepticism and i do know what you mean. infrastructure, it, age, technology, the built in

obsolescence with of obsolescence with so much of that reasons that stuff. one of the reasons why people into why we bring people into hospitals is that's where all the and that's where we the kit is and that's where we can treat actually , people can treat them actually, people prefer home. we prefer to be at home. and if we could use virtual wards and there was a report in the in the ft saying we are the ft last week saying we are the slowest people slowest to discharge people from our well , which slowest to discharge people from our well, which is our hospitals as well, which is adding pressure beds , adding to pressure on beds, adding to pressure on beds, adding lists. adding to waiting lists. >> that a problem? >> why is that a problem? >> why is that a problem? >> there is a dislocation >> well, there is a dislocation between facilities and between the care facilities and the hospitals, which means that people are very reluctant. authorities are reluctant to take responsibility for patients as they're discharged . and also, as they're discharged. and also, we've been very slow at adopting new innovation. there are there are incredible ways of being able an on patients able to keep an eye on patients when they're at home in order for them to be safe and secure. and we simply haven't invested. oh, sounds horrible. oh, that sounds horrible. >> vision the >> that's not a vision of the future. i like. we want to show >> that's not a vision of the fututhis. like. we want to show >> that's not a vision of the fututhis. can we want to show >> that's not a vision of the fututhis. can we want to show >> that's not a vision of the fututhis. can we just it to show >> that's not a vision of the fututhis. can we just showhow >> that's not a vision of the fututhis. can we just show this you this. can we just show this video? so this is gillian keegan talking about how serious this situation crumbling situation is with crumbling schools. and this is the video that release .

that they chose to release. >> rack stands for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete , and autoclaved aerated concrete, and it's a lightweight form of concrete that was used in building construction from the 19505 building construction from the 1950s until the mid 1990s. problems with the strength and durability of the material will mean that some buildings may pose a threat to safety . pose a threat to safety. >> dancing along to that music is that the most idiotic, idiotic video a government has put out? a major crisis. mums and dads worried about kids schools where they're going to be. we're going to have to start teaching him and you've got the secretary of state to secretary of state talking to about piece of music. >> i understand your concern. can i put the other side. yeah i remember covid when we remember during covid when we put arresting put out some very arresting videos, we were then blamed for scaring and putting fear into the population. so try to get that balance between you didn't need any message . need any message. >> oh, beth, you didn't need any music at all. >> the music's terrible. i agree

on music . on the music. >> so who decides about music for something like that? >> who's thought, let's make this cool and give it a funky music bed, some trendy adviser, isn't it? >> young parliament has a government communications team . government communications team. >> many them are excellent. i >> many of them are excellent. i don't education don't remember the education department in that category. >> if they tried to make the irony when you reminisce , if irony when you reminisce, if they try to make you do that to a backdrop, particularly making such a significant announcement, would you have them to? would you have told them to? >> would say, if he >> as my father would say, if he was us? sling your hook. >> well, the truth hook. >> well, the honest truth is that ministers don't get much choice matters. choice in these matters. >> jillian, her >> you know, jillian, to do her some following some credit is following the advice would been really advice. i would have been really anxious about the music. >> she probably didn't know about she's probably about the music. she's probably learned she might have learned that when she might have done afterwards. done it on afterwards. >> well, yeah. >> oh, well, yeah. >> oh, well, yeah. >> obviously it >> they've obviously edited it and make it look cool. and tried to make it look cool. can tell your can you just tell all your mp and lord friends don't ever try and lord friends don't ever try and cool. it never works. and look cool. it never works. >> learnt that time ago. >> lord bethell was quite cool, quite bethell, good quite cool. lord bethell, good to right. still to come, sir >> right. still to come, sir keir starmer has begun the

process reshuffling his process of reshuffling his shadow cabinet today. you're excited no, i'm not. excited about it? no, i'm not. no, big promotion for angela no, not big promotion for angela raynen no, not big promotion for angela rayner. minister , rayner. deputy prime minister, what you think of that? you're with britain's newsroom on

patrick christys on gb news and gb news radio . gb news radio. >> it's 1125 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. bev turner. well, last thing, prime minister is another by—election, but the former deputy chief whip, chris pincher

appealed against the eight week suspension from commons . suspension from the commons. he's appeal. there will he's lost his appeal. there will now automatically now be automatically a by—election unless he faces a potential recall ballot in the constituency , which would also constituency, which would also lead to a by—election. so that's. >> nadine dorries by election coming up. coming up now as well. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> and today of course, keir starmer is reshuffling the shadow bet can't shadow cabinet. i bet you can't wait for the exciting details . wait for the exciting details. angela rayner has been appointed shadow deputy pm and levelling up shadow deputy pm and levelling up secretary lisa nandy has got a job. shadow cabinet minister for international development. that means effectively when if keir starmer is prime minister, angela rayner will definitely be deputy prime minister. i wonder if that's a vote winner. >> let us know at home. former adviser to jeremy corbyn, james schneider now . in fact, schneider joins us now. in fact, i ask you that , james, do i will ask you that, james, do you think angela rayner as deputy prime minister would be a vote winner for out there ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think angela rayner 7 >> i think angela rayner is a pretty talented politician . pretty talented politician. >> she's got a lot of personality. she's got decent values and decent politics. so i

think so, although i mean these reshuffle , these people in reshuffle, these people in westminster get very excited about them and they think that they that people in the real world notice. but actually they don't really what most people will be focussed on today is things the school buildings things like the school buildings are falling rather than are falling down rather than which labour person is going to be speaking it on the be speaking about it on the media well. media as well. >> i just your take on >> can i just ask your take on this phrase levelling up, which angela rayner will be responsible for? i think it's one the most ridiculous one of the most ridiculous phrases in politics that's a phrases in politics and that's a tough competition, frankly. what do it? does it tell do you make of it? does it tell people what it means? >> not really . i mean, it's >> um, not really. i mean, it's one of these. boris johnson isms, which we've we've still been left with. and i imagine that when labour in government, they might change the department's name, but it's meant to be about regional inequality as well as local government and housing, i think is the brief basically. michael gove's yeah , so we're going to gove's yeah, so we're going to have these by elections coming up now for rishi sunak. >> how do you think is going to

do in those ? do in those? >> well, i mean they should do very well. i mean if you look at the polls, labour are well ahead. it's clearly a government in complete disarray . can't get in complete disarray. can't get a grip on anything and by elections are generally a good time to kick kick the government and kick the incumbent. so you know, labour will be feeling pretty confident about them, i think. >> what do you think about the u—turns had from keir u—turns we've had from keir starmer? there's going to be no rise in income tax, no wealth tax , the greens, the green, the tax, the greens, the green, the £28 billion green spurge. that's all been ditched. the ten pledges as he was elected leader on have all effectively been dropped. james, know what dropped. james, do you know what he stands for anymore ? he stands for anymore? >> no. well all i mean, he's everything he's done is sort of consistent with saying to the establishment , don't worry, establishment, don't worry, i won't change things very much. so one has to assume that those are his real values and what he really supports . um, but really supports. um, but obviously , if you say one set of

obviously, if you say one set of things and then within a very short period of time, you say no, all of that's completely rubbish. and anybody who wants thatis rubbish. and anybody who wants that is wrong, then you can understand why people distrust you . you. >> what does keir starmer have to , do you to win over to do, do you think, to win over people think bit people who think he's a bit bonng people who think he's a bit boring ? i mean, you used to be boring? i mean, you used to be the adviser to jeremy corbyn, regardless what people regardless of what people thought him . everybody had an thought of him. everybody had an opinion on him , even if they opinion on him, even if they liked him or didn't like him. whereas keir starmer leaves people a bit meh, you people feeling a bit meh, you know, not quite sure what he represents. i'm not quite sure what to country . what he brings to the country. he just be a better bet he might just be a better bet than sunak, i think than rishi sunak, but i think that actually is keir starmer's strategy . strategy. >> it's to not really say or do very much and not have people think that much about him and then just sort of anything standing next to a conservative party in disarray , 13 years of party in disarray, 13 years of government living standards, falling school buildings crumbling, our infrastructure falling apart looks good in

comparison. i think that maybe he would feel a bit happier if people didn't tell him he was bonng people didn't tell him he was boring all the time. but from a sort of from his strategy point of view, which is about becoming prime minister but not carrying through very much social change, it sort of makes sense as a strategy , and i say that as an strategy, and i say that as an analysis, a supporter analysis, not as a supporter of that. obviously i want that. i mean, i obviously i want social change. i think that we should be taxing the rich and putting money into public services boosting people's services and boosting people's pay services and boosting people's pay and things that he pay and all the things that he stood for leader can stood for, for leader on. can i ask you one question about corbyn? >> because you were as as beth pointed out, you did work for him, in paper this him, reports in the paper this weekend. campaigning weekend. he was out campaigning very he's very unhappy weekend. he was out campaigning very the he's very unhappy weekend. he was out campaigning very the fact s very unhappy weekend. he was out campaigning very the fact child' unhappy weekend. he was out campaigning very the fact child benefit)y about the fact child benefit will be there's to going be new restrictions now child restrictions now on child benefit. on under benefit. another u—turn on under keir starmer. government is he, do you think, finish now or is he potentially still going to run as an independent in islington north where he's been the for over 40 years, or the mp for over 40 years, or even perhaps run as potentially an independent mayor of an independent as mayor of london? because it looks to me

like is looking very vulnerable. >> i don't think jeremy will ever retire from being politically active and campaigning on the issues that he always have , has done with he always have, has done with great effect and great consistency over many , many consistency over many, many years. i think there are lots of people in islington north that want him to carry on being their mp, and there's quite a lot of anger that there are efforts to stop being the mp from keir stop him being the mp from keir starmer for a kind of political attack him. so i don't attack against him. so i don't know exactly what he will do, but i think he's totally within his rights to run wants to his rights to run if he wants to , and he would stand a good chance of winning, i imagine, because he's he's very popular and so in islington north. >> okay, james, always good to see you. james schneider there, former adviser to jeremy corbyn. should we i wanted to tell you what you've been saying at home. we've run out of time again, we have many interesting guests have too many interesting guests and too charts. i will get and too many charts. i will get to messages. promise to your messages. i promise you. we them. we will get to them. >> we're going to get to some

headlines. right . andrew headlines. that's right. andrew and bev thank you very much. >> this is the latest from the newsroom. angela rayner has been appointed shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary. she replaces lisa nandy, who's become shadow cabinet minister for international development. it comes as sir keir starmer's reshuffling his cabinet and meanwhile labour's promising not to raise income tax if it wins the next election. sir keir says he'd avoid tax hikes across the board, as he pledged to avoid increasing the burden on working people . the prime minister says people. the prime minister says it's completely and utterly wrong to suggest that he is to blame for failing to fully fund a programme to rebuild england's schools when he was chancellor it comes as ministers are under pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from crumbling concrete as children return to school . over 100 schools have school. over 100 schools have already had to close or partially close . mr sunak says partially close. mr sunak says

the government has addressed the issue at the right time . issue at the right time. >> of course i know the timing is frustrating but i want to give people a sense of the scale of what we're grappling with here. there around 22,000 here. there are around 22,000 schools in england and the important thing to know is we expect that 95% of those schools won't be impacted by this. around 50 schools have already been mitigated. another 100 are in the process of being so. and our expectation is, is in a matter of weeks, the bulk of the remaining schools that will have this issue will be identified as well . well. >> an independent review says former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson , should gavin williamson, should apologise to mps for bullying the former chief whip . he sent the former chief whip. he sent offensive text messages to wendy morton after he wasn't invited to the late queen's funeral . the to the late queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training . you can get behaviour training. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com

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repeat of the mist fog that repeat of the mist and fog that we saw through this morning here. however further north and east see mist and east we could see some mist and fog through the fog developing through the night. not dropping night. temperatures not dropping much. warm, difficult much. so quite a warm, difficult night some of night for sleeping for some of us as we look through tuesday. then any mist and across then any mist and fog across northern and eastern parts will quickly then quickly clear away. and then it's a repeat of it's somewhat of a repeat of today , pretty much plenty of today, pretty much plenty of sunny , lots of blue skies sunny skies, lots of blue skies across the bulk of the uk. just across the bulk of the uk. just a little bit cloud bubbling a little bit of cloud bubbling up times. but notice still up at times. but notice still staying towards staying a bit cloudier towards the north and temperatures the far north and temperatures even higher get to highs even higher could get to highs around 31 celsius. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on

>> join the live desk. on 1139. >> join the live desk. on 1139. >> we're all nattering in the studio. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, bev turner prime ministers are speaking about the schools crisis and other matters on parliament returns to on the day parliament returns to it. >> this is em- h- h he had to say. >> this is what he had to say. well, he's not speaking, so let's move on. we've got sarah vine, columnist at the daily mail with oh, sorry about that. >> was i drop the dead donkey moment the morning sorry about that. and it looks and it looked to me like we'd heard it before. >> anyway and emma wolf was with us, too. let's talk about people working beach . yes. working from the beach. yes. >> this is the splash. the daily mail today, which is very brilliant about apparently a load of council workers have been not just been allowed to work, not just from home, but from basically

wherever italy, france , wherever italy, france, australia, australia. >> it doesn't matter about the time difference. >> no. apparently it's fine. which probably explains why, you know, done. know, nothing's getting done. nothing done. there nothing gets done. there are weeds everywhere. are lime weeds everywhere. there are lime bikes every . so bikes littered across every. so all all the flagstones in my all the all the flagstones in my local borough are completely higgledy . yeah, higgledy piggledy. yeah, but also it with also we could tie it in with another story in the times today about mills of hmrc going about mills of hmrc calls going unanswered because 1 in 5 of the civil servants who work for her majesty's owner, his majesty's revenue and customs. i should say, are working from home. >> it's outrageous. >> it's outrageous. >> no, no, no. hmrc only. only 1 in 5 attended the office once. >> it's the other way round. once in july. >> no 1 in 5 of them went into the office in july. >> i no, no, it's the holidays. but that is appalling. it's not even like they're doing three days in the office and then having long weekends. days in the office and then hav peopleg weekends. days in the office and then havpeople are eekends. days in the office and then havpeople are doing s. days in the office and then havpeople are doing their vat >> people are doing their vat return. >> not even going to the returns. >> all year round, year >> all year round, all year round million calls, not

answered. >> and yet we're meant to file our tax returns and do all this. how calls answered? 10 how many calls not answered? 10 million. hmrc does that mean then if you don't pay your tax bill, you can say, well, i tried but no one picks up. the phone rang and no one picked that. >> to go to >> it means you have to go to your government portal. portal your government portal. portal your and get get and your government portal. portal yomhave and get get and your government portal. portal yomhave to and get get and your government portal. portal yomhave to do get get and your government portal. portal yomhave to do itet get and your government portal. portal yomhave to do itet that. and you have to do it like that. >> and the government portal? >> government gateway? you have to go and do a government gateway, very gateway, which it's very complicated, very complicated. >> you text you >> and you need and you text you a gateway id, and a code, your gateway id, and then they'll you code then they'll text you the code to get it. >> that's it. yeah they won't tell again anyway. tell you again anyway. so basically it's basically what they've just put they've done is they've just put it all on the all on you now. so i know . i don't know. >> and of course if you're a day late with tax bill, they late with your tax bill, they start charging you 7. >> yeah. >> actually. >> actually. >> is it 7? yes >> is it really 7? yes >> is it really 7? yes >> you speaking from >> so are you speaking from experience ? were with experience? were you late with your have you your tax bill? have you a confession like to make on confession you'd like to make on live television? you're very welcome. >> no, no, ijust welcome. >> no, no, i just happen to know this because i was looking into it right . okay. but it for reasons right. okay. but yeah, i mean. i mean, my accountant tells me it's 70,

which why i'm sure they know which is why i'm sure they know how to reach us. >> they all have our email addresses and our mobile numbers and have to ring. i've and we just have to ring. i've been ringing hackney council to explain a council explain to them about a council tax issue for about two years. i've given up . i mean, and the i've given up. i mean, and the you cannot get and i'm camden and the automated system when you're trying pay a bill cuts you're trying to pay a bill cuts off after about 30s brilliant all i do now my approach to this is if i have any direct debits or payments going to any or payments going out to any organisation, i can't get hold of, i stopped paying of, i just stopped paying them because come because eventually they'll come and find you. >> and then say, oh, i've been >> and then i say, oh, i've been waiting call. yes, waiting for your call. yes, there's haven't there's a reason why i haven't paid broadband bill or gas paid my broadband bill or my gas bill or whatever. >> i should try that. >> maybe i should try that. >> maybe i should try that. >> but i mean, there is a serious point here. there is. which which is why which is? which is this is why nothing mean, you ask which is? which is this is why noth nothing mean, you ask which is? which is this is why noth nothing works,�*an, you ask which is? which is this is why noth nothing works, this'ou ask which is? which is this is why noth nothing works, this is| ask which is? which is this is why noth nothing works, this is why why nothing works, this is why nothing works because is nothing works because nobody is actually nothing actually even job, even nothing works, of towns works, even in our sort of towns and there's no public and in our there's no public lavatories, there's no clocks that our in our town centres. >> no one cares about. and like you bikes littered you say, the lime bikes littered all over the streets and bins

not being emptied , not being not being emptied, not being emptied. horrible. this matters, but you're asking why is everyone attacking everyone in tesco ? yeah, well, maybe it's to tesco? yeah, well, maybe it's to do with the breakdown of kind of broken britain, but the broken britain, but in the borough , baffin island the borough, baffin island and the council spent £50,000 doing rainbow . rainbow crossing. >> oh, that's nice . the >> oh, that's nice. the flagstones are also uneven. you can't. i mean wheelchair users can't. i mean wheelchair users can't actually move around. >> users? yeah, people . >> users? yeah, people. >> users? yeah, people. >> it's all because they don't maintain crossings to £50,000 on a rainbow for the lgbt. >> for me? yeah. for you. maybe >> for me? yeah. for you. maybe >> so when you come, i could have unveiled it. >> i could have unveiled it. i could have cut a pink flag or a pink ribbon. yeah, exactly. how ridiculous is that? >> that you are appreciated. >> a waste of money. >> what a waste of money. because cars don't stop at because most cars don't stop at them . them anyway. >> worry if you're >> but don't worry if you're blind trip blind and you trip over a flagstone you're old, or flagstone or if you're old, or if trying to push buggy if you're trying to push a buggy or wheelchair. or as you say, a wheelchair. yeah, past the yeah, because that's past the line bikes. >> you the country is broken? >> yeah, do. really, really >> yeah, i do. i really, really do. think that that feeds

do. and i think that that feeds into this thing about just knocking someone the head knocking someone over the head and with a six pack and running off with a six pack of or whatever. yeah, but of beer or whatever. yeah, but and young and i know people go young people say on this people say i bang on about this too do tie a lot of too much, but i do tie a lot of this back to what happened dunng this back to what happened during the lockdown period. this back to what happened durand he lockdown period. this back to what happened durand he locwasvn period. this back to what happened durand he locwas vn massive >> and there was a massive mental people. and mental shift in people. and i think particularly in the supermarkets talking supermarkets we were talking about suddenly about earlier, suddenly somebody behind counter, behind a supermarket counter, a 12 year old who wouldn't normally have any power, could say, you stand on that why say, you stand on that spot. why haven't your mask on? haven't you got your mask on? and they suddenly became the customer longer right. customer was no longer right. you'd like, you'd have a, you know, like, say, a child saying, you can't come shop if you. and we come in my shop if you. and we haven't we haven't kind of retained a levelled out that power dynamic somehow in these pubuc power dynamic somehow in these public settings. there's so much conflict, there so much conflict. >> i wrote a piece in the mail last week saying that, you know, britain was in a real state and i never had so many emails i have never had so many emails from disagreeing. yeah. from people disagreeing. yeah. yes, i don't know yes, thank you. i don't know what to say. everyone's just frustrated and upset yet that nothing works anymore. you know, you're driving licence system

doesn't work anymore . it takes doesn't work anymore. it takes ages to get and it just feels like the root cause of it is that people who are supposed to be doing certain jobs just don't seem to be. >> and there is there has been work done by all sorts of think tanks showing without doubt, tanks showing without a doubt, efficiency people efficiency is reduced if people work from home and substantially reduced. there's no doubt about it. how can you your job as a it. how can you do yourjob as a civil if you're working civil servant if you're working in for time in australia for with a time difference of 11 hours? yeah. >> work? >> how does that work? >> how does that work? >> where's the leadership? >> but where's the leadership? where bosses? where where are the bosses? where are the why is the managers making sure why is the managers making sure why is the chancellor who was on tv yesterday saying there's no extra money for crumbling schools, not saying to his civil servants, get off your butt and get building? get into the building? >> yeah, well, is it any better in trump biden in america for a trump and biden are locked, apparently in a are now locked, apparently in a dead for if there an dead heat for if there was an election tomorrow, would be a election tomorrow, it would be a dead heat. >> so really >> so this is really interesting. this is a wall street poll and both street journal poll and both both men, and trump, both men, biden and trump, got 46% the vote the wall 46% of the vote because the wall street hates both of them. yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> is kind of worrying on >> which is kind of worrying on both counts. firstly, you've got trump facing 91 trumped up

charges, i would say. but yeah, 91 charges. and he gets as many votes, as the votes, as much support as the serving president. >> i'm surprised that biden got that support . that much support. >> i am actually 46. but but the other interesting bit is when you when you ask for republican leadership, trump's way out in front, he's way, way, way in front, he's way, way, way out in front, he's way, way, way out in front he's he's ahead front ahead of he's he's ahead of what's his name your mate desantis is his vote has halved. >> yeah. yeah >> yeah. yeah >> he has finished desantis yeah, feels like he is. it's yeah, he feels like he is. it's happened him. ramaswami came happened to him. ramaswami came fourth, did he? >> he's rising way up, way >> but he's rising way up, way up on 59% of the vote. >> i think it's not i >> i don't think it's not i don't think it's anything i don't think it's anything i don't has don't think ron desantis has done particularly done anything particularly wrong to lose support. i think that people desantis are people who like ron desantis are just supporting trump because they feel the injustice of what they feel the injustice of what they think is happening him. they think is happening to him. >> trump has become >> sarah well, trump has become a martyr to has a sort of martyr to the he has the in america. the right wing in america. >> yeah yeah, yeah. the right wing in america. >> ieah yeah, yeah. the right wing in america. >> i mean,eah, yeah. the right wing in america. >> i mean, the yeah. the right wing in america. >> i mean, the thing is, it just seems like groundhog day. i mean, america is basically two countries. yeah. and, and whatever you put whatever you do, whoever you put forward, get this sort forward, you just get this sort of, even split

of, kind of pretty even split between . but, sir, isn't it between them. but, sir, isn't it the part of the polarisation of politics? sort of politics? there's no sort of middle ground anymore, isn't it? you're either. >> i think people angry and >> i think people are angry and fed think really people fed up. i think really people are they are going for trump because they feel stuff that we're feel all this stuff that we're talking the what's talking about. what's the what's the alternative? but the idea that it's going to be the same choice as last time and a country with a population of 330 million know, million and, you know, supposedly powerful in supposedly the most powerful in the world. >> yeah, it's going to be a choice between 82 year old joe biden , dopey joe. biden, dopey joe. >> it's just simply not not there. joe bedridden. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yep. quite and it means we're going to have kamala harris is going to have kamala harris is going to have kamala harris is going to be effectively the president because she will just effectively take over effectively have to take over and very hard yeah. and she is very hard left. yeah. and useless. >> people don't like. >> why people don't like. >> why people don't like. >> and won't dump her as >> yeah and he won't dump her as his mate because his running mate because he can't a black why? can't dump a black woman. why? she's good. her. but she's no good. dump her. but then you look at robert kennedy jr outstanding jr who i think is outstanding and also robert kennedy and also what robert kennedy junior's message, which is all about liberation freedom . about liberation and freedom. >> he's very much playing on that ticket . individual choice.

that ticket. individual choice. get nation fit, get the get the nation fit, get the nafion get the nation fit, get the nation educated . a lot of what nation educated. a lot of what he is saying would very much traditionally have been a republican position, emma, and yet he is a democrat who is appealing to the right. there was a rumour that he might defect and stand with trump that is the dream ticket. >> that's a dream ticket that really, really is. >> i'd vote for that. i would vote for that. i don't think that rule trump out. that you can rule trump out. >> , i don't. >> no, i don't. >>— >> no, i don't. >> i you think going to be >> i you think he's going to be the next president, united states? >> i think he could it again. >> i think he could do it again. i do. i really, really do. >> and the more more these charges seem come sarah, charges seem to come in, sarah, the bolsters his support the more it bolsters his support because just because his followers just just seem notches his seem more sort of notches on his bedpost against the sort of crazy lefties. >> that's so just >> that's that's so he just builds his supporter base and they and stronger. they get stronger and stronger. and you say, if we and he's not, as you say, if we can bring in a candidate who's a bit more middle ground, that will bring a lot more. >> knocking a bit, but >> he's knocking on a bit, but he's lot younger for his age he's a lot younger for his age than he's a lot younger for his age tha yeah, he's fairly robust. i >> yeah, he's fairly robust. i mean, i mean, biden is mean, biden, i mean, biden is not in head, is he? not right in the head, is he? i mean, we've seen a time

certainly not running the country, sort begs the country, which sort of begs the question, , no mental question, who is no, no mental health is a higher priority than climate for the under 40s. >> emma, what's that story about? >> yeah, this is interesting. the under 40 thing. well, most people well, i think a think tank has found that most people think mental health services think nhs mental health services are they get are failing, that they can't get everything they need it, everything else they need it, that they can't get when that they can't get help when they it. and that you need they need it. and that you need to point until to reach crisis point until you can but the can actually get help. but the under such snowflakey under 40s is such snowflakey woke people. but anyway, the under saying that it's under 40 are saying that it's more mental health is more more the mental health is more important crime, climate more the mental health is more importaor crime, climate more the mental health is more importaor ukraine.1e, climate change or ukraine. >> really more important than ukraine? no there are people out there ukraine? no there are people out the this kind of me. yeah, >> this kind of makes me. yeah, just prince harry in just kind of prince harry in this survey. >> i'm sure he was. >>— >> i'm sure he was. >> he's under 40. >> he's under 40. >> king wokery, his >> the king of wokery, his mental health is more important than crime. mental health is more important tha climate change anybody's. >> and of course, nobody nobody gave him any help. of course. did they? >> very simplistic, >> it's very simplistic, isn't it? self—obsessed. >> it's very simplistic, isn't it? yeah self—obsessed. >> it's very simplistic, isn't it? yeah self—obsessed,;ed. >> it's very simplistic, isn't it? yeah self—obsessed, sort yeah. yeah self—obsessed, sort of . of. >> you've got teenage children, do they talk all the time about mental health?

>> they don't. no, not at >> no, they don't. no, not at all. fact, they're the all. in fact, they're the opposite. but i mean, it's cyclical, stuff, isn't it? cyclical, this stuff, isn't it? i my i mean, the under 40, my children are gen z, so they're very unwoke and they're not interested in that kind of thing. they're sort of they've got they've , they've had too got they've, they've had too much of it. yeah. we've had too many teachers asking them about their mental health. they've had too on, on the too much stuff on, on the internet it. so they're internet about it. so they're kind of like, kind of they're sort of like, well, actually, i'm fine. you know, don't want to know, i don't really want to shout at toddler. shout at my toddler. >> says, you can be nice. you >> he says, you can be nice. you can be nice. >> who are you telling you? how did he get that from? i don't know where he's got it from. >> you can be nice, mommy. >> you can be nice, mommy. >> and it's always a choice. well, 14 year old came to. home >> yeah, came home from school and telling and said, can they stop telling me have a mental health me i should have a mental health issue? exactly. of issue? yeah, exactly. on one of the health, like, the mental health, she's like, i'm fine. i'm starting to feel unusual i don't confess to unusual if i don't confess to having health issue. having a mental health issue. >> him. she gets having a mental health issue. >:good him. she gets having a mental health issue. >:good on him. she gets having a mental health issue. >:good on the him. she gets having a mental health issue. >:good on the teenagers 1e gets it good on the teenagers fighting back. >> rebelling against it. >> they're rebelling against it. that's terrific. >> they're rebelling against it. thayeah. terrific. >> they're rebelling against it. thayeah. yeah. terrific. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah.

>> don't know if we >> do we? i don't know if we have. where's pit thompson will be tell us be in in a minute. tell us what's up show. what's coming up on the show. let's just finish . can we finish let's just finish. can we finish on the fabulous story that we're going to have warm weather. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let's end on a high note, but we're back. >> we're going to last until halloween and we're back at work. >> i hate it. i hate it. no, sarah, i grew up in italy where it's too hot all the time and i deliberately came back to live in britain where it is nice and cool and rains most of the time, which is what i like. and it's great. good cloud cover, great. there's good cloud cover, which good the which is good for the complexion. yeah. now just complexion. yeah. now it's just hot it's just very annoying. >> we've had one day, we've had one heat. one day of heat. >> have a little bit more sun. >> my shorts all weekend. it was so lovely. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> there's a positive you get to see short, see andrew pearson is short, which great. which you're not great. >> great. >> they're not great. >> they're not great. >> legs, not that >> the legs, they're not that bad actually. >> i think this is >> it's. i just think this is what we need. this is nothing's working. what we need. this is nothing's workingcountry so depressed. >> the country is so depressed. yeah. need some money. yeah. we need some money. >> then be >> no, because then there'll be a hosepipe. >> no, because then there'll be a hosepthere'll be a hosepipe ban. >> care about the hosepipe ban

cannot flout it. cannot wait. you can flout it. you go late at night. you can go out late at night. >> it's going >> yeah. yeah, it's going to. we're reach degrees. we're going to reach 33 degrees. >> 50. yes, yes, of course. factor 50. >> wonderful. factor 50. >> britain 'ful. factor 50. >> britain'fu not equipped for >> britain is not equipped for the no, we're not. no, the heat. no, we're not. no, there's no air conditioning. >> use and i use the tube >> and i use and i use the tube a lot let me tell you, it's a lot and let me tell you, it's terrible. >> get on your bike, get on your bike, cycle around. it is gorgeous out there. >> an outdoor pool? >> you find an outdoor pool? >> you find an outdoor pool? >> no, i don't. >>— >> no, i don't. >> don't you wear helmet? >> why don't you wear a helmet? >> why don't you wear a helmet? >> i don't. don't fall off. >> you might be knocked off. >> you might be knocked off. >> i don't want a lecture about helmets right now. i've been told live my life for the told how to live my life for the last years. last two years. >> don't start telling me i >> don't you start telling me i can't this and need put can't do this and i need to put on or a helmet. on a mask or a helmet. >> but wear factor 50? >> but do you wear factor 50? no, i don't actually. >> do wear no factor? >> do you wear no factor? >> do you wear no factor? >> do. i wear like >> i do. no, i do. i wear like ten, whatever. but 50 is ten, 20, whatever. but 50 is like a block. it's like i just shut the shut windows and shut the shut the windows and stay dark. stay inside in the dark. >> out of the miss >> stay out of the miss habersham yes. habersham sun. yes. >> locked away. locked in >> no, we locked away. locked in the going to be that. >> it's not going to be that. it's not going you know, it's not going to be, you know, it's to be 33 degrees. it's going to be 33 degrees. maybe a little bit more. that's

manageable. we've got to over 100, manageable. we've got to over 10033. >> 33. >> 33. >> too okay, hot. >> it's too okay, hot. >> it's too okay, hot. >> over 100, isn't >> that's over 100, isn't it? >>— >> that's over 100, isn't it? >> is about right for me. >> it's sort of high 90s, isn't it? degrees. i think it? 33 degrees. i think it's more i can't work it out, actually. >> forgive me. i don't know how to work it out. >> i can't out. >> i can't work out. >>— >> i can't work out. >> isn't terrible? but >> isn't it terrible? but i can't do kilometres and miles enhen can't do kilometres and miles either. it. either. not right with it. >> thank you both. either. not right with it. >> poundthank you both. either. not right with it. >> pound shillingsr both. either. not right with it. >> pound shillings and h. either. not right with it. >> pound shillings and pence. yeah yes. >> yes. yes. >>- >> yes. yes. >> sarah thank you so >> sarah vine. thank you so much. is it for britain's much. that is it for britain's newsroom today. up it is newsroom today. up next, it is the live with mark the live desk with mark longhurst pip, longhurst and pip tomson. pip, what up on today's program? >> good afternoon. burnt my >> good afternoon. i burnt my legs cornwall at the weekend legs in cornwall at the weekend so we be seeing those on so we won't be seeing those on gb news this afternoon. he's absolutely glorious there. absolutely glorious out there. we of course, talking about we are, of course, talking about the weather, but more importantly prime minister, the weather, but more imjsaysntly prime minister, the weather, but more imjsays it's prime minister, the weather, but more imjsays it's completely minister, the weather, but more imjsays it's completely andister, he says it's completely and utterly wrong to blame him for the school concrete crisis. this is despite quite a former top civil servant saying that the prime minister slashed the school's repair budget when he was chancellor. and we're also talking about drivers being hit by the largest monthly fuel

price hike in some 20 years. our pnces price hike in some 20 years. our prices are going to continue to rise all that very shortly . now, rise all that very shortly. now, that weather forecast , the that weather forecast, the temperature is rising , a boxt temperature is rising, a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello. very good day to you. there's something of a summery feel about the weather at the moment. we have plenty of sunshine and it's going to feel hot for some, although there will little bit of rain will be a little bit of rain across scotland across the far north of scotland because front here. because of this front here. however, much of the uk under however, much of the uk is under the high pressure the influence of high pressure and that's why it's so settled at the moment. and that's why there is so much sunshine around at the moment. and that's why there is at much sunshine around at the moment. and that's why there is at mu�*details.|ine around at the moment. and that's why there is at mu�*details. and around looking at the details. and as we through this afternoon, we go through this afternoon, plenty of blue sky, not a huge amount around for most plenty of blue sky, not a huge an us, tl around for most plenty of blue sky, not a huge anus, although around for most plenty of blue sky, not a huge anus, although in round for most plenty of blue sky, not a huge anus, although in the|d for most plenty of blue sky, not a huge anus, although in the faror most plenty of blue sky, not a huge anus, although in the far north st of us, although in the far north where we have that drizzly rain, there of cloud there will be a bit of cloud here of sunshine. here because of the sunshine. temperatures rising . we're temperatures are rising. we're likely to get into the low 30s towards the south. so feeling pretty sunshine here, pretty hot in the sunshine here, a little bit cooler, a bit more fresher as we further

fresher as we head further north, as we go through the evening and overnight, we are actually to the wind actually going to see the wind strengthening a little bit across southwest across parts of southwest england wales. could england and into wales. could see gusts of around 40, perhaps even 50mph for a time. as a result, i'm not expecting a repeat the mist fog that repeat of the mist and fog that we saw through this morning here. further north and here. however further north and east see mist and east we could see some mist and fog through the fog developing through the night. not dropping night. temperatures not dropping much. a difficult much. so quite a warm, difficult night for sleeping some of night for sleeping for some of us as we through tuesday. us as we look through tuesday. then any mist fog across then any mist and fog across northern and eastern parts will quickly away. and then quickly clear away. and then it's repeat of it's somewhat of a repeat of today, pretty much plenty of sunny , lots of blue skies sunny skies, lots of blue skies across bulk of the uk. just across the bulk of the uk. just across the bulk of the uk. just a little bit of cloud bubbling up but notice still up at times. but notice still staying cloudier towards staying a bit cloudier towards the far and temperatures the far north and temperatures even could get to highs even higher could get to highs around 31 celsius. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news

news >> good afternoon. you are with the live desk here on gb news. coming up this monday lunchtime , rishi sunak says it's completely and utterly wrong to blame him for the school concrete crisis, but it comes as a former top civil servant reveals the prime minister slashed the school's repair budget when, as chancellor, jeremy hunt now saying there's no extra cash for putting it all right. >> we're at one of the schools

affected . affected. >> but as the government appears to crumble , labour rebuilds with to crumble, labour rebuilds with sir keir starmer reshuffling his shadow cabinet, making his deputy, angela rayner, shadow levelling up secretary it comes as former civil servant sue gray starts her first day as labour chief of staff. so back to school. >> suddenly summer appears a heatwave with temperatures of more than 30 celsius outside the classroom . just what is going on classroom. just what is going on with our weather . with our weather. >> plus, taking the froth out of the brewing industry . why craft the brewing industry. why craft beers are struggling to keep their glasses half full in this cost of living crisis. first, here's your latest headlines with tatiana . pip. with tatiana. pip. >> thank you very much and good

afternoon.