okay. so is she doing an good >> okay. so is she doing an good job? >> okay. so is she doing an good job.7 bear in mind that a load of schools are about to collapse. apparently. who is she also talking about? she's talking about governors. about lazy school governors. is she previous she talking about previous education ministers? she is due to give a statement in the house of commons during this show. to give a statement in the house of commons during this show . we of commons during this show. we will that live for you. will take that live for you. i'll also be talking about this story as well. stand up for standish. yes, that's right. so there is a hotel in standish thatis there is a hotel in standish that is due to be used house that is due to be used to house channel migrants and apparently locals are up in arms. we will be to going standish to see the local reaction there. it also comes after we found out now new video that the french have been doing their job and stopping doing theirjob and stopping migrant boats. got some migrant boats. we've got some video labour cabinet video of that labour cabinet reshuffle well. shadow reshuffle as well. shadow cabinet reshuffle. what does it all mean for angela rayner? has she been a she really been given a promotion just been promotion or has she just been told given told she's been given a promotion? in? out? promotion? who's in? who's out? what mean? will have what does it mean? we will have all the very latest for you on that as well. yes that and this one as well. yes churchill is being cancelled in wales, apparently by welsh

laboun wales, apparently by welsh labour. he is one of several famous british icons to have their road names removed and why their road names removed and why the world's gone mad . but we the world's gone mad. but we already knew that, didn't we? patrick christys. gb is . patrick christys. gb news is. also someone's been arrested after allegedly headbutting roy keane. so it really is all go today i will be lighting up your tv screens for the next three hours after your headlines with tatiana . patrick. tatiana. patrick. >> thank you very much and good afternoon . this is the latest afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. gillian keegan is facing a fresh wave of controversy this afternoon . the controversy this afternoon. the education secretary was heard expressing her frustration at the school's concrete crisis in an unusually frank expletive fidden an unusually frank expletive ridden hot mic moment. >> does anyone ever say , you >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? no, no signs of that. no >> well, ms keegan's comments

come as the prime minister bats away accusations regarding his role in the crisis while he was chancellor the government is under increasing pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from a kind of concrete that's prone to collapse as children return to school. rishi sunak says it's wrong to suggest that he's to blame for failing to fully fund a program to rebuild england's schools while he was chancellor >> 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 are around 22,000 schools in england , and the 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. >> angela rain is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary is sir keir starmer reshuffles his top

team . she replaces lisa nandy team. she replaces lisa nandy who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development . among the other development. among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, shabana mahmood becomes shadow secretary for justice liz kendall takes work and pensions and steve reed gets environment, food and rural affairs . affairs. >> if they want to pretend that they didn't think it was a good idea, that they thought it was a goodidea idea, that they thought it was a good idea to cut school maintenance, that's on them. school rebuilding , school school rebuilding, school refurbing school maintenance refurbing and school maintenance are critical. are absolutely critical. building experts are there to advise government. the government the resources of government has the resources of the service building the civil service and building experts they were experts to call on. they were 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 come even this could have come clean. even this

summer . summer. >> summer. >> that was the incoming shadow culture secretary. thangam debbonaire speak on the school's concrete crisis. 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 queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training a 15 year old boy has admitted a charge of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent after stabbing a teacher in a school corridor. jane sansom was injured at tewkesbury academy in july . the secondary school was july. the secondary school was put into temporary lockdown, along with two neighbouring schools following the incident , schools following the incident, a 21 year old man will spend at least 22 years behind bars after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering his sister . assaulting and murdering his sister. connor gibson attacked and killed amber gibson in his south lanarkshire woodland in

2021. he was given a life sentence with a minimum of 22 years before he can be considered for parole. in a statement , aba's former foster statement, aba's former foster family described her as the most giving , loving, supportive and giving, loving, supportive and admirable person . drivers were admirable person. drivers were hit by one of the biggest monthly fuel price rises in more than two decades. last month . than two decades. last month. that's according to the rac, which says these £0.07 per litre spike was the fifth largest monthly increase in 23 years. rising pump prices are being dnven rising pump prices are being driven by an increase in the cost of oil . now teachers say cost of oil. now 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 being called hygiene poverty . a poll of 500 hygiene poverty. a poll of 500 school staff in the uk also found that dirty uniforms and pe kits were the most cited indicators . and finally, ryanair indicators. and finally, ryanair says 63,000 passengers have been

impacted by air traffic control failures . more impacted by 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 automatically. the national air traffic service 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 in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . patrick >> wow. well it very much is all go today. we start with a war of words over to who's blame for the crumbling concrete in schools. the prime minister says those who've blamed him are utterly wrong. he was forced to defend himself after former senior official at the department of education claimed the treasury rishi sunak's

the treasury under rishi sunak's watch had cut the budget to rebuild england's schools. jonathan slater says he was amazed at a decision was made to halve the school rebuilding programme back in 2021. he says that the government agreed to fund work on 100 schools a year to fix crumbling concrete and other problems. but after a review by the then chancellor, rishi sunak, he claims that the budget was cut to 50 schools a year. budget was cut to 50 schools a year . but now the budget was cut to 50 schools a year. but now the pm hits budget was cut to 50 schools a year . but now the pm hits back, year. but now the pm hits back, telling journalists today in his first spending review in 2020 that he announced that a new ten year school rebuilding programme for 500 schools. mr sunak says that 95% of england's 22,000 schools would not be affected by this issue. but essentially for all of the guff and that is quite a lot of guff, basically 156 schools in england have so far been told to shut or called in off areas affected by this rac concrete. however, it has been reported that a further 450 schools have yet to be inspected, which is obviously a

massive problem. the education secretary is expected to give an update on that later this afternoon. but of course , she afternoon. but of course, she was actually caught on a hot mic a little bit earlier on, which hopefully we'll play you a clip of in just a second or two, basically saying that she's done an good job. she was caught off guard , turning the air blue guard, turning the air blue following an interview earlier, unknown to her, this mic had been switched on. just take a listen to this . listen to this. >> we will get a plan and every single one of them will be done i >> -- >> okay. thank you very much. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you . >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> down just a few. just keir mather sarah ferguson. >> does anyone ever say, you know what? you've done a good job because everyone else has sat their and done nothing. sat on their and done nothing. no no signs of that. no >> should they have put that clip out, do you think? do you think it's okay? do you think that's do you think that's kosher? do you think that's kosher? do you think that's right? i mean, there that's all right? i mean, there are politicians who are a lot of politicians who could cancelled quite easily are a lot of politicians who cou stuff cancelled quite easily are a lot of politicians who cou stuff they :elled quite easily are a lot of politicians who cou stuff they say d quite easily are a lot of politicians who cou stuff they say onjuite easily are a lot of politicians who cou stuff they say on hot easily are a lot of politicians who cou stuff they say on hot mikes, for stuff they say on hot mikes, or is an idiot for saying for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h an idiot for saying for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h don't n idiot for saying for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h don't know. for saying for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h don't know. is»r saying

for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h don't know. is itsaying for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h don't know. is it in'ing for stuff they say on hot mikes, or h don't know. is it in the it? i don't know. is it in the pubuc it? i don't know. is it in the public interest, you think, it? i don't know. is it in the pub at interest, you think, it? i don't know. is it in the pub at least st, you think, it? i don't know. is it in the pub at least 156 you think, it? i don't know. is it in the pub at least 156 schools?ink, it? i don't know. is it in the pub at least 156 schools? quite has at least 156 schools? quite possibly about 450 and sixth form colleges today are at risk of supposedly imminent collapse by the way, as well. i think hospitals could well be as well, from what i can gather. but focusing the schools, loads from what i can gather. but fo

calls about the rac problem , calls about the rac problem, which emerged last friday. in a sense, she's frustrated that i think maybe it's on her watch. this has happened because , this has happened because, patrick, these problems go back decades.labour patrick, these problems go back decades. labour were warned four times by outside bodies about the rac this week concrete. then the rac this week concrete. then the tories cut back on the schools building program . um, schools building program. um, and then even the pm rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, the government cut back on spending on new building because of course, well at the time the covid pandemic took precedence over all government spending. so across the board there's lots of people being blamed she's people being blamed and she's slightly the one left holding the hot potato. if you like, as it's chucked about between governments and ministers. and that may be part of the frustration, say frustration, i'm afraid. say we're hear again from frustration, i'm afraid. say we'iprobably hear again from frustration, i'm afraid. say we'iprobably at1ear again from frustration, i'm afraid. say we'iprobably at somegain from frustration, i'm afraid. say we'iprobably at some point'om frustration, i'm afraid. say we'iprobably at some point soon frustration, i'm afraid. say weexplainily at some point soon frustration, i'm afraid. say weexplain your some point soon frustration, i'm afraid. say weexplain your question.nt soon to explain your question. who are you here? parents are you blaming here? parents this governors academies this school, governors academies , the government, the prime minister who who's in charge here? think there's here? and i think there's a degree self—pity which might degree of self—pity which might cut quite badly with parents stuck at home looking after their children yet again. some

of poor kids again of these poor kids once again taught through calls taught through zoom phone calls to during the covid. i to like during the covid. i think, you know, people can look at that and go, yeah, you think, you know, people can look at tha'it's d go, yeah, you think, you know, people can look at tha'it's your yeah, you think, you know, people can look at tha'it's your yeaiyou're/ou think, you know, people can look at tha'it's your yeaiyou're paid know, it's yourjob. you're paid to you know, to do it. gillian. you know, just sort out, will just just sort it out, will you? well mean, that is the thing. >> i mean, also, if she didn't want to be held accountable for things previous education things that previous education secretaries had done, she should have no to being the have said no to being the current education secretary. i do of sympathy for do have a degree of sympathy for her. didn't the her. i mean, she didn't put the concrete herself, and concrete in there herself, and she hopefully she was probably hopefully relatively until relatively unaware of it until quite recently. otherwise, you know, known death trap, know, it's a known death trap, isn't you mentioned isn't it? but you mentioned there that going to hear there that we're going to hear from on soon. and from her again on soon. and that's something to that's something i want to hammer down on. a couple of quick questions you then, quick questions for you then, christopher. know christopher. so what do we know about number schools so about the number of schools so far do you mean by far and what do you mean by we're from gillian we're going to hear from gillian again soon. well we know, don't we? >> there's 156 which have this >> there's156 which have this rack concrete, 104 notified last friday. they're the ones that have shut very suddenly . you have shut very suddenly. you mentioned 450. i think the figure might be bigger than that. patrick she told me this very spot. gillian keegan when

she wasn't swearing, talking appropriately to gb news viewers, course. patrick, viewers, of course. patrick, she told that 90% of 15,000 told me that 90% of 15,000 schools have been checked out. that leaves 1500 have yet to return these detailed questionnaires about the quality of concrete in their in their buildings . and that's why buildings. and that's why i think 450 could be well, we don't know what the number is, but know that 1500 schools but we do know that 1500 schools are yet to reply. we are yet to reply. and so we don't what going to don't know what they're going to say. they have increased the number engineers number of structural engineers from 8. so from 3 to 8. yep, 3 to 8. so that's how many, many does it. but that's the idea that they're going deploy engineers going to deploy these engineers across and it across the schools estate and it will take some the pm will take some weeks, as the pm said . will they get a grip on said. will they get a grip on this problem? it's not this problem? so it's not nowhere near over . one's this problem? so it's not nowhere near over. one's heart goes to families stuck with goes out to families stuck with children when they want goes out to families stuck with ch be en when they want goes out to families stuck with ch be with when they want goes out to families stuck with ch be with their when they want goes out to families stuck with ch be with their mates| they want goes out to families stuck with ch be with their mates at|ey want goes out to families stuck with ch be with their mates at schoolil i >> -- >> yeah, no indeed. and she is expected to be talking in the house of commons. we're not entirely sure when. initially i was told it would be about 3:30 and i believe it might be and now i believe it might be about 5:15. yeah >> yeah. the reason. the reason why that is, patrick, is the,

the speaker of the house of commons has allowed to further urgent questions and these questions have been put in by mps precedence mps and they take precedence over . so boringly over statements. so boringly there'll be 90, 90 minutes bonng there'll be 90, 90 minutes boring in terms of if you care about schools policy, of course the issues are very important they're looking at. but there'll be 90 minutes of urgent questions and then we'll should get keegan get towards gillian keegan setting her plans what setting out her plans on what to do next hopefully not do next and hopefully not swearing in parliament at about 5:00 tonight. what she did . 5:00 tonight. and what she did. tell me again this spot for gb news morning was they would news this morning was they would pubush news this morning was they would publish list of the 156 this publish the list of the 156 this week. what's delaying that list is not all schools are is that not all schools are back, can't be entirely back, so they can't be entirely sure that parents know their sure that all parents know their schools affected. they're schools are affected. they're trying the parents trying to look after the parents first then the journalist. >> i mean, this is we >> s yeah, i mean, this is we need more detail on it and we need more detail on it and we need more detail on it and we need more from don't need more detail from her, don't we, who knew what, when we, about who knew what, when and they've gone about and how they've gone about telling parents, etcetera. a little later going to little bit later on i'm going to be a headteacher from be talking to a headteacher from a affected and he a school that is affected and he says was not told until says that he was not told until very, recently that very, very recently and that that clearly posed a massive

problem. interesting to see problem. it's interesting to see the reaction in the inbox here that getting. a lot of that i'm getting. a lot of people saying, my people saying, oh, my gosh, i love this woman . she has done love this woman. she has done a good love her. good job. i love her. >> well, i just wonder. go on. i know . forgive me for cutting it. know. forgive me for cutting it. i i totally agree. and she's a scouser. she's worked in a factory. she's self—made, wears a flashy watch because she's earned it. i mean, i think she a lot of people look at her and think she's the real deal. many of us are looking towards the end next when looking at end of next year when looking at the labour should win the the polls. labour should win the election, to a collapse election, subject to a collapse in may looking election, subject to a collapse in a may looking election, subject to a collapse in a tory may looking election, subject to a collapse in a tory leadership/ looking election, subject to a collapse in a tory leadership election;ing at a tory leadership election and for me and for many other people, gillian keegan is someone be at the someone who will be at at the front queue to succeed front of the queue to succeed rishi sunak. just wonder rishi sunak. i just wonder whether remark , while whether this remark, while deemed a gaffe , a gaffe by deemed to be a gaffe, a gaffe by some or a hot mic issue, may actually help her amongst tory members who may think, well, finally who's getting finally someone who's getting frustrated about the pace of change, someone who feels, who sounds to want to sounds impatient to want to improve things. and i think

that's what maybe some might might respond to. >> no, now >> yeah, no, 100. now christopher, sorry this, christopher, sorry about this, but ask you stay but can i ask you to stay there for because just got for me? because i've just got a bit of breaking news that want bit of breaking news that i want to so this is the to reveal now. so this is the breaking so simon byrne breaking news. so simon byrne has as chief constable has resigned as chief constable of police service of of the police service of northern ireland. the democratic unionist party submitted a motion of no confidence in byrne after he refused to resign last week. this all came after a high court judge ruled that two junior officers were unlawfully disciplined for an arrest made at a troubles commemoration eventin at a troubles commemoration event in 2021. but of course i think as more people will know, byrne was already under huge pressure after that mass of personal data breach of about 10,000 psni officers and staff. it was mistakenly published that details were mistakenly published on the internet in response to a freedom of information request . so there information request. so there was a big hoo ha there as to whether or not he was going to resign , whether or not he was resign, whether or not he was going to step down, whether or not push. and not he was going to push. and the the breaking news is the latest the breaking news is

that has resigned. i'll have that he has resigned. i'll have more that you. what that he has resigned. i'll have m meansthat you. what that he has resigned. i'll have m means fort you. what that he has resigned. i'll have m means for northern what that he has resigned. i'll have m means for northern ireland at it means for northern ireland and i get and the police service as i get it. if possible, could it. but if possible, could i just back now christopher just go back now to christopher hope, who is our political edhon hope, who is our political editor. christopher, thank you very swerve northern very much. we'll swerve northern ireland that's all ireland for now, if that's all right, i think and just ask you a bit about about this labour reshuffle . okay. this labour reshuffle. okay. this labour cabinet cabinet reshuffle cabinet shadow cabinet reshuffle that we've had at the moment, supposedly a promotion for angela rayner . a supposedly a promotion for angela rayner. a couple of interesting characters in liz kendall of course, who i think from memory back in 2015 quit over jeremy corbyn. i think , and overjeremy corbyn. i think, and now quite a few blairite special advisers in the shadow cabinet. what does the labour shadow cabinet reshuffle mean . in cabinet reshuffle mean. in >> well, it means just that i think you've got. angela rayner the big noise. angela rayner being moved from quite a non—job in the cabinet office to facing michael gove over levelling up. of course angela rayner could legitimately say i know about levelling up while michael gove

just talks about it because of course she she lives and breathes and left school at 16 and has done very well for herself . and gove of course herself. and gove of course represents surrey in the represents surrey heath in the south so think south of england. so i think that'll the next kind of big that'll be the next kind of big battle in the next battle going forward in the next 12 months. i fascinated by battle going forward in the next 12 rmcfadden fascinated by battle going forward in the next 12 rmcfadden being cinated by battle going forward in the next 12 rmcfadden being givend by battle going forward in the next 12 rmcfadden being given a:)y battle going forward in the next 12 rmcfadden being given a job. pat mcfadden being given a job. he's very few people he's someone very few people outside westminster outside of westminster have heard he a key heard of, but he was a key blairite figure. and me, blairite figure. and for me, this a further this this is a further assumption power by this assumption of power by this blair ite group who are trying to make the party electable to middle england . today we in middle england. today we had in the mirror keir starmer the daily mirror keir starmer saying no increases in income tax there are sorts of tax and there are all sorts of calm being uttered by calm words being uttered by labour to try and show middle england they're not going to come increase taxes come after increase taxes and government will go government spending will go through the roof. so that's the idea think the team idea. i think that the team around starmer now looking around starmer now is looking increasingly it's facing increasingly like it's facing middle and saying to middle england and saying to voters, give us a chance . and voters, give us a chance. and that's we are now facing that's because we are now facing a period of intense a 12 month period of intense electioneering. the actual electioneering. the actual election campaign won't start until next year. there may be october, november or even may or

june. those those are the two windows i'm looking at. but until that point, i it's until that point, i think it's all about the election and what we're seeing from starmer here is his team to face the electorate. >> this it. this is this is >> this is it. this is this is the team that he almost definitely to take into definitely is going to take into that and he's that next election. and he's clearly going for a slightly that next election. and he's clearivibe,ng for a slightly that next election. and he's clearivibe, isn'tr a slightly that next election. and he's clearivibe, isn't he?lightly that next election. and he's clearivibe, isn't he? he'sly blair vibe, isn't he? he's clearly go clearly trying to go for a trustworthy vibe. i'm not saying that tony blair is trustworthy, but i mean a safe pair hands but i mean a safe pair of hands than your corbynistas, than your radical corbynistas, which of course cost them big time at the last general election. note , election. but on that note, christopher, can i just ask you a latest comments a bit about his latest comments about income tax? he did a big piece the mirror that went piece in the mirror that went out today, which thought was out today, which i thought was interesting, and he was saying, look, going to look, we're not going to increase tax. we're not increase income tax. we're not going be people to the going to be taxing people to the hilt. a massive fear for hilt. that's a massive fear for people, higher rate people, especially higher rate taxpayers . let's be honest, taxpayers. let's be honest, a labour is to labour government is going to clobber the problem for me clobber them. the problem for me that's and it's that's right is and it's straight ability we well, straight out ability we well, it's straight out of the blair playbook. >> don't forget, back in the

mid, mid 90s, that's exactly what labour said. they wouldn't go what labour said. they wouldn't 9° ' what labour said. they wouldn't go , they would stick with the go, they would stick with the tory party spending plans. i think for the first term of government. and getting government. and we're getting towards with the with towards that point with the with the labour labour plans. if they win next election, the win the next election, the tories legitimately saying, tories are legitimately saying, well on earth are you going well how on earth are you going to everything? to pay for everything? keir starmer going to to pay for everything? keir sta and' going to to pay for everything? keir sta and tax going to to pay for everything? keir sta and tax non—domiciledg to to pay for everything? keir sta and tax non—domiciled people try and tax non—domiciled people who pay taxes . we know who don't pay taxes. we know he's private he's going after private schools, removing their charitable we know is charitable status we know is going after taxing venture capitalist profits. but that's about it. that's that's the tax . asia we know how else will you raise the money? that's the question. will you will you increase borrowing to be to be discussed the next few discussed over the next few months? this is exactly it. >> and it gives us something to go when we're labour go out when we're at labour party conference as well. christopher political christopher hope, our political edhon christopher hope, our political editor, that editor, thank you for that fantastic a load of fantastic round up of a load of different but are back different stuff. but we are back to school now, which to the school stories now, which serge is executive serge safire, who is executive head at saint thomas, the apostle london, thank apostle school in london, thank you very much. great to have you on the show. look, just tell me a bit about what's going on at your are your school then. are you closed? got

closed? have you got dodgy concrete? >> both my >> well, luckily, my both my schools, no dodgy concrete . schools, no dodgy concrete. >> okay. but once again , it's >> okay. but once again, it's another of long list of just incompetence . you know, i've incompetence. you know, i've beenin incompetence. you know, i've been in teaching for 44 years and do they plan ahead at all? they've had no choice but to close these schools now, god forbid something should have collapsed upon pupils , etcetera. collapsed upon pupils, etcetera. you can imagine the sort of stick they would have got there, but they've known about this for such a long time. we've to such a long time. we've got to get these politicians away from anything that's important and certainly anything to do with kids. just keep getting it kids. they just keep getting it wrong time . and people wrong all the time. and people in education, they're just fed up with the incompetence. i've said it before and we just always react in no strategy. it seems they knew about this. ahead, who the hell is talking? i know we've had seven education ministers in the last. i'll give up a minute. not very long. do they talk to each other about what's likely to come ahead? and now , once again, the kids are now, once again, the kids are getting the neck. we're getting it in the neck. we're really up with this .

really fed up with this. >> yeah. mean, i suppose the >> yeah. i mean, i suppose the worrying question, think lot worrying question, i think a lot of thinking this as of people are thinking this as well to be honest with you, well is to be honest with you, when across the when you look right across the political board as well, is there there who's any there anyone there who's got any degree whatsoever, degree of competence whatsoever, which bigger which is arguably the bigger problem facing this country? you know, in terms of the know, but just in terms of the practicalities then kids practicalities, is then so kids , other schools, not yours, will what have to wait for tomorrow to find out if they're in school ? >> 7- >> for ?_ >> for starters, 7 >> for starters, it ? >> for starters, it seems to 7 >> for starters, it seems to be quite an individualised problem for some keeping the school open is a no no. i know of a school down the road from me. one of my feeder primary schools. they have moved into an empty site, a school that's recently closed the are safe. it will the buildings are safe. it will be a complete pain. you know , be a complete pain. you know, but nonetheless, that should be doable for other schools . it doable for other schools. it would just mean a question of closing part of what's been built incorrectly. portacabins are always a possibility to be plonked in the playground if necessary . i imagine necessary. i imagine headteachers now are running around trying to find ways of

making sure these kids come to school because they spent enough time at home. we all know that i've got to be very, very quick with you here, so it's very quick indeed. with you here, so it's very qui�*butideed. with you here, so it's very qui�*but look, is there anything >> but look, is there anything is there anything that schools could have done to make this a bit you know, because bit easier? you know, because school governors have looked into the into this is this all the education fault, education secretary's fault, really? it's really? well i think it's politicians fault. >> about this >> they've known about this problem for 30 or 40 years. and governors put all the best will in world. they're not in the world. they're not building experts until they're told too told their school is too dangerous they'll let told their school is too deopenius they'll let told their school is too deopen .|s they'll let told their school is too deopen . all they'll let told their school is too deopen . all right. they'll let told their school is too deopen . all right. theyi'll let told their school is too deopen . all right. they needt told their school is too deopen . all right. they need to it open. all right. they need to look in mirror. look in the mirror. >> fair enough, sir. thank you very stefan very much, sir. stefan the executive saint executive head at the saint thomas, apostle in thomas, the apostle school in london. action london. right. action packed start to the show and it's only going continue. i'm afraid. going to continue. i'm afraid. get website. get loads more on our website. gb dot com. all the big gb news dot com. all the big news fastest news news is the fastest growing news site course site in the country. of course you already. but you knew that already. but hundreds of locals are now protesting the decision protesting against the decision to in four star to house migrants in a four star hotel but the other hotel near wigan. but the other big that the french are big news is that the french are doing something money doing something with your money and been and apparently they've been setting boats setting fire to migrant boats empty. may patrick empty. may i add? patrick christys news

sunday mornings from 930 on. gb news you are watching and listening to me patrick christys on gb news. >> welcome. now a little later this afternoon we will get an update from the education secretary on that concrete crisis in schools. i am amazed by the way how many of you are getting in touch with me now? gb views gb news com to say views or gb news dot com to say that clip of her on a hot that that clip of her on a hot mic saying that she's doing an

good slaying of good job and slaying a load of other people makes you like her even everybody. other people makes you like her evenfind everybody. other people makes you like her evenfind why everybody. other people makes you like her evenfind why one everybody. other people makes you like her evenfind why one of verybody. other people makes you like her evenfind why one of the body. now find out why one of the greatest winston greatest ever, britain's winston churchill, is set to be cancelled welsh cancelled by the welsh government but to a gb government as well. but to a gb news exclusive first and a reduction in the number of migrants crossing the channel this year is partly due to you. just hold onto your hats here, people. robo just policing by the french. yeah. viewers can see footage now of police in northern france puncture ing rubber dinghies. although i've got to be honest with you, initially i did think that was some kind of whale. but no, it is used by migrants. is a dinghy used by migrants. we've to the faroe we've not gone live to the faroe islands their annual whale islands for their annual whale culling event. even so, a massive 872 people still managed to cross the channel on saturday, which was a record . so saturday, which was a record. so swings roundabouts. but the swings and roundabouts. but the number asylum number of asylum seekers arriving boats this arriving on small boats this year has now passed 21,000. i am joined by our home and security editor mark white. mark, the french have gone work . french have gone to work. >> mean, i think in this >> yes. i mean, i think in this story should see the more story we should see the more robust policing by the french is

partly responsible for the fall in numbers. the main issue at play in numbers. the main issue at play here, i think, is still the weather we've had. so so much in the way of unpredictable weather in the channel for months now. you get a good day and there's still a bit of wind. and then the next day it's really windy. and so there's nothing really consistent . but even on the consistent. but even on the really good days , we're not really good days, we're not seeing the massive numbers. you can see here the beaches of france police patrols that are there with the intent of going up to these dinghies and slashing them, puncturing them so that they can't take to the water. well, the french have been doing that. and the net result of that activity, which has been predominantly around the main launching beaches around calais and dunkirk, is that the people smugglers have moved further afield . this is moved further afield. this is them, by the way, the people, them, by the way, the people, the migrants getting rather

peeved that they're not how are they lit a fire on a beach ? they lit a fire on a beach? well, that's the petrol that would have been put into the engine and the outboard motor to get them across the channel. >> so that's the migrants lighting a fire on the beach. >> yes. rather annoyed that the boat was punctured by the french police. that's the kind of thing that's happening on on a daily basis. but of course , we have to basis. but of course, we have to say the majority of boats are still getting across to the uk, but it's 20% fewer than last yeah but it's 20% fewer than last year. and as i say , the weather year. and as i say, the weather has got some impact it and the more robust policing means that the people smugglers have had to go much further down a wider stretch of beach down to boulogne , we know, but actually boulogne, we know, but actually even further south in boulogne to the somme , which is 50 miles to the somme, which is 50 miles south of boulogne . and in doing south of boulogne. and in doing that , patrick, what that does is that, patrick, what that does is it means effectively that the people smugglers have much more

leeway , mystical problems in leeway, mystical problems in getting the boats down there and getting the boats down there and getting the boats down there and getting the people down there to put on the boats and they can't we don't see the massive kind of mass launch is that we used to see in around dunkirk. and kylie on a good day. yes you're getting lots of boats launching , but over a much wider stretch of beach. and i think they're just struggling to do the 1000, 1000, 200 on a really good day . 1000, 200 on a really good day. so the highest number for of people to cross the channel we got on saturday which was 872 people who have come across still that's a relief . you know still that's a relief. you know it's an awful lot of people. but it's an awful lot of people. but it's not as significant , not as it's not as significant, not as big as the total was this time last year. >> no, absolutely. i mean, the people of britain will breathe a massive sigh of relief that only 870 odd people arrived. it's all relative, isn't it? >> yeah, it is. >> yeah, it is. >> mark, thank you very, very

much. it's mark white there, our home security editor right now. look little bit on look a little bit later on in the am going be going the show, i am going to be going to wigan , where to standish in wigan, where we're to talking we're going to be talking to people been people there who have been protesting about an asylum seeker hotel in their town, a four star hotel, naturally. so we'll be discussing all of that, but more to come between but loads more to come between now and 4:00. there a now and 4:00. there is a lockdown. sorry. there's lockdown. sorry. no, there's not. everybody. not. don't panic, everybody. a lowdown the labour reshuffle lowdown on the labour reshuffle and what difference will and ask what difference will that labour reshuffle actually make? in, who's out ? what make? who's in, who's out? what doesit make? who's in, who's out? what does it mean? why should you care ? especially considering does it mean? why should you care 'of specially considering does it mean? why should you care 'of them lly considering does it mean? why should you care 'of them aren't|sidering does it mean? why should you care 'of them aren't household most of them aren't household names homes. but names in their own homes. but now it's your headlines with . ray >> thanks patrick. good afternoon. >> 332 exactly. >> 332 exactly. >> some breaking news as we've been hearing in the last few minutes. northern ireland's police chief, simon byrne, has resigned . in a recent court resigned. in a recent court ruling deemed that mr burns disciplinary actions against two junior officers were unlawful . junior officers were unlawful. the decision was reportedly dnven

the decision was reportedly driven by concerns that sinn fein might withdraw support for policing , sparking accusations policing, sparking accusations of appeasement from unionists. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. first here on gb news. well, gillian keegan is facing a fresh wave of controversy this afternoon . the controversy this afternoon. the education secretary was heard expressing her frustration at the schools concrete crisis. in an unusually frank, expletive fidden an unusually frank, expletive ridden hot mic moment. >> does anyone ever say you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? no, no signs of that. no >> well, those comments come as the prime minister bats away accusations regarding his role in the crisis while he was chancellor. the government is under increasing pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from a kind of concrete that's to prone collapse as children return to school . children return to school. angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary she, as sir keir starmer, reshuffles his top team. she replaces lisa

nandy, who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development . but international development. but among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign coordinator, as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . you shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. you can shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . you can get shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com i >> -- >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> here's a look at today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2622 and markets. the pound will buy you 131.2622 and ,1.1698. markets. the pound will buy you $1.2622 and ,1.1698. price of gold £1,535.21 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7469 points. >> direct bullion sponsors. the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment looks like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers, proud sponsors

of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello. the fine summery weather many of us have had today will continue for a few days yet for most of us, and we're going to see temperatures rising further. though there is the risk of some thundery showers later in the week. the reason it's settled at reason that it's so settled at the moment is this area of high pressure picture pressure dominating the picture across notice there across the uk. but notice there is front just the north of is a front just to the north of us bringing some cloud is a front just to the north of us a bringing some cloud is a front just to the north of us a little nging some cloud is a front just to the north of us a little bitng some cloud is a front just to the north of us a little bit of some cloud is a front just to the north of us a little bit of raine cloud is a front just to the north of us a little bit of rain mainly and a little bit of rain mainly to shetland today, but elsewhere we've got largely clear skies and the theme through the and that's the theme through the night as well. so mist and fog will across northern and will develop across northern and eastern parts of the uk. however, south—west, however, in the south—west, with stronger late, stronger winds than of late, we're to see much of we're not going to see much of any or developing here. any mist or fog developing here. temperatures drop a huge temperatures won't drop a huge amount. staying relatively temperatures won't drop a huge amourparticularlyg relatively temperatures won't drop a huge amourparticularly towards sly temperatures won't drop a huge amourparticularly towards the warm, particularly towards the south, could be a little bit difficult sleeping for some difficult for sleeping for some of tuesday morning. of us through tuesday morning. we'll see any and fog we'll see any mist and fog towards and east, towards the north and east, quickly and then quickly clearing away and then there'll be plenty of sunshine for us, perhaps of for most of us, perhaps a bit of cloud ireland cloud across parts of ireland and quhe cloud across parts of ireland and quite cloudy across and staying quite cloudy across

the of scotland, the far north of scotland, perhaps affecting orkney more on tuesday compared to today . but tuesday compared to today. but for many of us, lots of sunshine . and with that, temperatures even likely to to even higher likely to get to highs of celsius. but highs of 30, 31 celsius. but nofice highs of 30, 31 celsius. but notice there will be some strong winds in south—west. so it winds in the south—west. so it will feel a little bit different to see low clouds will feel a little bit different to to see low clouds will feel a little bit different to to drifte low clouds will feel a little bit different to to drift in low clouds will feel a little bit different to to drift in from low clouds will feel a little bit different to to drift in from low north; going to drift in from the north sea through overnight sea as we go through overnight into wednesday. so a bit of a slow start and some of that slow start here and some of that could linger through slow start here and some of that could of linger through slow start here and some of that could of the linger through slow start here and some of that could of the day. ger through slow start here and some of that could of the day. elsewhere,| much of the day. elsewhere, quite bit sunshine around quite a bit of sunshine around and temperatures to quite a bit of sunshine around and when temperatures to quite a bit of sunshine around and when day temperatures to quite a bit of sunshine around and when day andemperatures to quite a bit of sunshine around and when day and thursdays to quite a bit of sunshine around and when day and thursday. but peak when day and thursday. but with that the risk of some thunderstorms. you thunderstorms. i'll see you later for looks like things are heating up with boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on gb news as . >> proud sponsors of weather on gb news as. okay update earlier on in the show i brought you a clip of the education secretary gillian keegan, swearing after an interview had ended . an interview had ended. >> i've also got a poll running

on my twitter feed now at patrick christys. do you like gillian keegan? more or less. now she's sworn on telly now she's sworn on the telly saying she's an good saying that she's doing an good job, but she's just given another and i can another interview and i can bnng another interview and i can bring right now . in bring that to you right now. in particular, it was off the cuff remark after the news interview had finished, or apparently after it had finished. >> and i would like to apologise for my choice language that was unnecessary , but it was an off unnecessary, but it was an off the cuff remark . basically, the cuff remark. basically, based on the interview. the cuff remark. basically, based on the interview . the based on the interview. the interview had been pressing me quite hard why i hadn't solved this issue which had been going on since 1994. and, you know, it is frustrating because we're doing everything now to take a leading position to be on the front foot, to put all of the support in place that responsible bodies and schools need. and it's also frustrating that we've got some questionnaires that are still not out there. we've been chasing and chasing them. so we've just written again today to you need get your to say you need to get your questionnaires in by the end of the week . now i understand,

the week. now i understand, because evidence because obviously the evidence has changed. you need to be has changed. but you need to be able to move quickly when you get new evidence. that is get new evidence. so that is something that apologise for something that i apologise for the language, but it is something that i'm very keen to make progress on. i mean, you apologise for the language, but it you're frustrated and it showed you're frustrated and that you think some people aren't doing enough. >> it councils or is >> i mean, is it councils or is it your predecessor here the it your predecessor here at the department education? department of education? >> minister. no, >> no, the prime minister. no, it's nobody in it's not. it's nobody in particular. we've particular. but you know, we've had a change evidence which particular. but you know, we've had happened evidence which particular. but you know, we've had happened eviverye which particular. but you know, we've had happened evivery recently has happened very, very recently and we've had and that's where we've had ceilings which are graded as uncritical , non critical. so you uncritical, non critical. so you could keep them in action on where they've been failed panels . now that means that we need to find out where they are. find out where they all are. now, we've a really good now, we've done a really good job. the department and everybody. been working everybody. we've been working really done everybody. we've been working re really done everybody. we've been working re really good done everybody. we've been working re really good job done everybody. we've been working re really good job at done everybody. we've been working re really good job at identifying a really good job at identifying 156, still got and 156, but we've still got and we've got more surveys to do where we've had the questionnaires back. so we're working on those the next two weeks, still some weeks, but we've still got some questionnaires we need to get back we can't back and without that we can't really make the first step. no

no, it's whoever, whoever it is , anybody who can give us the questionnaires back would be very gratefully received . to be very gratefully received. to be fair, the evidence has changed very recently. it was only last thursday. >> but blame for that . you're >> but blame for that. you're obviously frustrated with someone. >> actually, it was the interviewer . >> actually, it was the interviewer. because >> actually, it was the interviewer . because the interviewer. because the interviewer. because the interviewer was making out. it was so and that's was all my fault. so and that's what i was saying. do you ever go into these interviews where anyone ever says anything but, you know, you've just done a terrible he was terrible job? and he was basically saying, know, all basically saying, you know, all these mean, you these things. i mean, you mentioned 1994. you mentioned 2018. mean, they were all it's 2018. i mean, they were all it's partly he'd done lot partly because he'd done a lot of work. >> huge foi back in march. so it wasn't in august. >> no, it wasn't the new >> no, no, it wasn't the new information was the three cases that came to light over the summer. so way after his his freedom of information , when it freedom of information, when it was new information that came to light and where were those that had assessed as non—critical? there were panels that failed and we were able well, i was able to send in our structural chartered surveyors and they

went in and said, yes, these are assessed as non—critical and they've failed . that's new. they've failed. that's new. that's why we've changed the advice. it's very recent and i do understand, by the way, the frustration for parents and for children. but that safety has to come first. and when you have that happening, you have to act on it. now everybody else on it. now i need everybody else to know, to give me all the to you know, to give me all the information i need so i can make sure get mitigate sure that we can get mitigate the situation and minimise the disruption on children's education and just on the other part of what you said, which also had some coarse language , also had some coarse language, you said people thank you you said people should thank you for doing an good job. well, not me, but the department. the department. i mean, we've been working, you know. >> thank you for, in your opinion. >> well, because the department's taken a leadership role, so it's not normally the department that would you department that would go, you know, port a cabin know, audrey port a cabin speaking utility companies, speaking to utility companies, arranging surveyors directly. usually that would all be the job of responsible bodies. but because we've wanted to support them and because we wanted to be proactive and because we wanted

to reduce the time we've done a lot of work. so we've got you know, we've got three suppliers, we've got portacabins lined up. know, we've got three suppliers, we've you portacabins lined up. know, we've got three suppliers, we've you know,3bins lined up. know, we've got three suppliers, we've you know, we've ined up. know, we've got three suppliers, we've you know, we've been jp. we've you know, we've been working all over responsibility . we have a joint responsibility . obviously, the responsible bodies are responsible for school buildings. but, you know, itake school buildings. but, you know, i take very seriously. i take my role very seriously. all i all i need is for everybody. now we've got this new information, new evidence to be working at pace so we can make really, really good progress schools. progress on all of the schools. so for the language, but so sorry for the language, but essentially you did mean what you sorry for the you said. i am sorry for the language didn't mean at language and i didn't mean it at anyone was anyone in particular. i was actually frustrated with the interview because was kind of interview because he was kind of making all fault. making out it was all my fault. but i think most important but i think the most important thing is we have new evidence . thing is we have new evidence. we have to make progress and i worry about this. i mean, you know, i haven't slept all night worrying about this. do worry worrying about this. i do worry about because do want to about it because i do want to make that we can understand make sure that we can understand where all the rack is, get the surveyors in, get it mitigated as soon possible. as soon as possible. >> right. so that's

>> okay. all right. so that's gillian keegan there. who is the education and full education secretary. and full time mouth, although it's time potty mouth, although it's fair it's fair to say fair to say it's fair to say that the reaction actually that the reaction has actually been to her been quite positive to her swearing telly. look, just swearing on telly. look, just quickly, saying she quickly, she was saying that she was with was frustrated with the interview hammering for her interview for hammering for her a started in 1994. interview for hammering for her a was started in 1994. interview for hammering for her a was also started in 1994. interview for hammering for her a was also quite ted in 1994. interview for hammering for her a was also quite clearly 994. she was also quite clearly making the point there that maybe schools could have been a bit more proactive. not bit more proactive. it's not just government . it's not just the government. it's not just the government. it's not just her who's been dragging her feet also as well. feet on this also as well. people well, how education people well, how many education secretaries since secretaries have we had since 1994? basically is the kind of the was making the point that she was making when passionate about when she feels passionate about it she's doing her so it and she's doing her best. so there she's done her best there we go. she's done her best to that situation if to explain that situation if indeed she needed to. now other big political stories today. sir keir reshuffled his keir starmer reshuffled his shadow now i'm not shadow cabinet. now i'm not saying this is a case of rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic, but the question is what going what difference is this going to make when starmer did a reshuffle in 2021? his deputy leader, angela rayner, didn't seem to have been told that it was happening. at least this time she knew what was going on. she's the new shadow levelling

up she's the new shadow levelling up secretary. but there is also quite another intra wing angle to this to and dissect all of this is john mcternan, who's a former adviser to tony blair. and john, i'm quite surprised you're not in the shadow cabinet because it does appear that there are quite a few former advisers to tony blair are . advisers to tony blair who are. >> yeah, look , had they phoned >> yeah, look, had they phoned up and said, we'd like to put you in the house of lords and then the shadow cabinet, i then into the shadow cabinet, i would had say yes to. would have had to say yes to. >> would and what about would have had to say yes to. >> wabout and what about would have had to say yes to. >> wabout the and what about would have had to say yes to. >> wabout the £350 what about would have had to say yes to. >> wabout the £350 aiat about would have had to say yes to. >> wabout the £350 a day? out would have had to say yes to. >> wabout the £350 a day? john what about the £350 a day? john would have made you say yes to that? >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> on the on the fantastic dining and dining room. >> no, look, i'm. >> there is a return of blair, right? so there's people right? so there's three people actually the in the actually now in the in the shadow in shadow cabinet who were in cabinet with blair and with bnan cabinet with blair and with brian yvette cooper, ed miliband and hilary benn. >> there's half a dozen people who advisers in the in the who were advisers in the in the blair brown governments. and i think it's an acknowledgement that going into that if you're going into government, you need people government, you do need people who've experience of being government, you do need people wigovernment,erience of being government, you do need people wigovernment, making)f being government, you do need people wigovernment, making decisions in government, making decisions , you know, a generous

interpretation of gillian keegan's anger this morning, misguided, in my view. >> but would be that governing is hard and you actually do need people who've got experience of governing. >> and one of the problems with the current government is they keep on turning over the people in the top jobs. so they're hardly there for i mean, we in the top jobs. so they're hardlmanyz for i mean, we in the top jobs. so they're hardlmany education mean, we in the top jobs. so they're hardlmany education secretarya in the top jobs. so they're hardlrhad' education secretarya in the top jobs. so they're hardlrhad since ation secretarya in the top jobs. so they're hardlrhad since 1994, secretary; in the top jobs. so they're hardlrhad since 1994, we'veirya we've had since 1994, we've had 5 6, 2019, haven't we? so 5 or 6, 2019, haven't we? so something about bringing experience and i think keir is a keir's rewarded talent. he promoted liz kendall and he's promoted liz kendall and he's promoted other people. >> so can i ask you about about. yeah, about something because i think we're keir starmer. look, i see logic behind what i can see the logic behind what he's bringing he's doing here, bringing in a few people who are deemed to have had experience , brilliance, have had experience, brilliance, and will be the closest thing to household names as you can possibly in the labour party possibly get in the labour party at the minute. but there's a question of believability about some that he says. some of the things that he says. so his other big thing today actually, which flew under the radar, will not radar, was he said, i will not increase i will not increase income tax, i will not increase income tax, i will not increase income tax, i will not increase income tax. and for a

lot people who are in the lot of people who are in the higher tax bracket, that especially them , i think was especially for them, i think was a concern. by now loads a concern. by the way, now loads of people are in the higher tax bracket. no longer a rich bracket. it's no longer a rich man's game being in the higher tax i'm having tax bracket. but i'm just having a look at some of the promises or the pledges that he's rowed back so, you know, back on. right. so, you know, you're his thing you're looking at his thing about services , name about public services, name checking, mail, energy and checking, rail, mail, energy and water common ownership . water into common ownership. he's rolled back on that . also, he's rolled back on that. also, the green investment, the big green stuff, these rolled back on that. also having a look here as well about education. he's saying that ambitious care plans then of course we have the child benefit cap to stay there's a bit about workers rights as well that he's rolled back on. so when he says , don't worry, vote when he says, don't worry, vote for me, won't hike your taxes, for me, i won't hike your taxes, can we believe him ? can we believe him? >> all that keir is doing now is preparing for the next 1215 months, preparing for government. and one of the things you have to do when you're preparing for government is make sure that what you are

promising can be turned into a programme. nobody . programme. so nobody, nobody. can spend £28 billion or invest £28 billion on a new industrial strategy to decarbonise the economy . you can't do it in the economy. you can't do it in the first year. you need to start in the first year, start building up in the second year and by the third year you've got it fully running. so lot of the things running. so a lot of the things that is saying are that keir is now saying are practical adjustments the practical adjustments to the reality government, practical adjustments to the retopposition, government, practical adjustments to the retopposition, can ernment, practical adjustments to the retopposition, can campaign, in opposition, you can campaign, have government, have slogans. in government, you actually programme actually have to have programme them gradually introduce it. them and gradually introduce it. i think one of the the i think one of the one of the things say about one of the things i'll say about one of the promises about, promises you didn't talk about, um, he said that labour are to going back the builders, not the blockers and he's really clear we're going on the we're going to build on the green belt, not the green green belt, but the brownish tarmac shall be bits of the green belt where the stations and i think that's why andy rayner's been moved . she's been two moved. she's been moved for two reasons. she needed a big reasons. one is she needed a big job her position, job to match her big position, her and the other her big talent, and the other one was a scrapper, a fighter in the of housing and the area of housing and a planning of inequality , of

planning of inequality, of devolution . you know, i think devolution. you know, i think michael gove got a shock when he goes to question time in the same way that boris johnson used to shock whenever to get a shock whenever angie turned to get a shock whenever angie turryeah, interesting john >> yeah, interesting stuff. john thank much. thank you very, very much. fascinating mcternan fascinating stuff. john mcternan there, who is a adviser there, who is a former adviser to tony blair, i identifying that this labour reshuffle that in this labour reshuffle there are a lot of people who are advisers or served are former advisers or served under are in are former advisers or served und shadow are in are former advisers or served und shadow cabinet, are in are former advisers or served und shadow cabinet, which in the shadow cabinet, which i think an interesting position think is an interesting position for him. rayner's for him. angela rayner's position as well, shadow minister levelling up, what minister of levelling up, what does all of that really mean? but also crucially, can he keep does all of that really mean? butpromises:ially, can he keep does all of that really mean? butpromises when can he keep does all of that really mean? butpromises when he's1e keep does all of that really mean? butpromises when he's talking his promises when he's talking about income tax? and wonder about income tax? and i wonder whether hoping whether or not he was hoping that slip out of the that that would slip out of the news as a result of the news agenda as a result of the reshuffle? hasn't , obviously, reshuffle? it hasn't, obviously, because it here, reshuffle? it hasn't, obviously, bec.that it here, reshuffle? it hasn't, obviously, bec.that will it here, reshuffle? it hasn't, obviously, bec.that will be it here, reshuffle? it hasn't, obviously, bec.that will be to here, but that will be one to watch anyway. welsh is anyway. the welsh government is planning to change the names of roads parks. gets more roads and parks. it gets more interesting story . don't interesting this story. don't worry, national heroes, including churchill and including winston churchill and horatio there out horatio nelson. there out apparently because anti—racist wales action plan is in force. i mean, good grief what tosh is coming out of wales at the minute. patrick christys gb news, british news

britain's new . channel britain's new. channel >> it's 10 to 4 you're watching or listening to me patrick christys on gb news at 4:00, i will have the latest on this concrete crisis that's affecting our schools the country and our schools in the country and asking you now asking whether or not you now love keegan for swearing love gillian keegan for swearing on telly, talking of telly i on the telly, talking of telly i will tell you why the bbc is being criticised for editing a report about a convict , but

report about a convict, but winston churchill is in danger of being cancelled by the welsh government. the man widely regarded as the greatest briton of all time has been named in a report as part of an anti racist wales action plan. roads and buildings named after churchill. horatio nelson and even mahatma gandhi could soon be re named. i am joined by tom gifford , who's am joined by tom gifford, who's the welsh conservative spokesperson for culture, tourism and sport . thank you tourism and sport. thank you very much, tom. great to have you on the show. is it a disgrace that winston churchill is being cancelled and quite possibly being called a racist ? right. >> well, i think this is ridiculous. patrick >> and you look at some of the names on this list. winston churchill is mentioned , horatio churchill is mentioned, horatio nelson. these are some of the people that have made britain what it is today defeated fascism and won world wars. the very fact that we live in a free, democratic society and we can have these debates is exactly of people like exactly because of people like winston churchill. so for the welsh government of welsh government to kind of revise this way and revise history in this way and

cancel one of our greatest heroes in britain, i think is an absolutely ridiculous decision . absolutely ridiculous decision. >> yeah. i mean, why on earth does the welsh government think that it's the right thing to do? would they not be better would they not maybe be better sorting which is, sorting out the nhs, which is, as can tell, knackered ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ? >> well, i think the main 7 >> well, i think the main reason we're discussing this today is, is more about what we're not discussing. we're not discussing the fact that on the most important issues in wales, whether it's the economy, education or health care, you know , wales is at the bottom of know, wales is at the bottom of those tables in terms of those league tables in terms of productivity. so this is a distraction on technique, i think from welsh government think from the welsh government who distract from who really want to distract from that so instead that poor record. so instead we're debates, we're having these debates, you know, winston churchill know, about winston churchill and racism, judging people and about racism, judging people from the past. by the standards of , which just the of today, which just isn't the way works and it way that history works and it isn't way that commemoration works. >> e” n w i mean, is there >> yeah, but i mean, is there pubuc >> yeah, but i mean, is there public this? can public clamour for this? can can welsh labour say we just welsh labour say we are just doing the want ? doing what the public want? every single day someone wakes up on churchill road and they look about look around, they think about the of bengal famine

i >> -- >> no,i 5mm hum >> no , i think what labour are >> no, i think what labour are doing in wales in particular, you've got to remember mark drakeford was the only cabinet minister in the welsh government to have endorsed jeremy corbyn and labour wales and the labour party in wales are following an extreme left sort of ideology, a clique of people, and these are the people that they've been listening to in this, in this consultation. it's enough. all right, it's not good enough. all right, tom, thank you very much for your stuff. tom griffiths, >> good stuff. tom griffiths, who welsh conservative who is the welsh conservative spokesperson culture, spokesperson for culture, tourism reacting to tourism and sport, reacting to these name changes . classic these road name changes. classic stuff, we have reached these road name changes. classic stufto we have reached these road name changes. classic stufto the we have reached these road name changes. classic stufto the welsh have reached these road name changes. classic stufto the welsh governmentd these road name changes. classic stufto the welsh government for out to the welsh government for a comment and we haven't got one. there you go. education one. so there you go. education secretary gillian keegan has apologised secretary gillian keegan has apologiswearing after a tv caught swearing after a tv interview ended. should they have aired that clip , do you have aired that clip, do you think that's right? do think think that's right? do you think that's kosher? do you think that's kosher? do you think that's fair? does it actually make loads of make you like her more? loads of you have got touch with me. you have got in touch with me. gb the gbnews.com say gb views. the gbnews.com to say that full that she's got your full support. seem human. support. it makes us seem human. we sometimes. and we all swear sometimes. and she's far she's under the cosh so far enough. why not? there is also, though, the overarching issue that potentially

that schools are potentially crumbling children could crumbling and children could well so that's a well have died. so that's a problem. patrick christys gb news channel news business news channel a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. the fine summery weather many of us have had today will continue for a few days. yet for most of us. and we're going to see temperatures rising further. though there is the risk of some thundery showers later in the week. the reason so settled reason that it's so settled at the is this area of high the moment is this area of high pressure dominating picture pressure dominating the picture across notice there across the uk. but notice there is just to the north of is a front just to the north of us bringing some cloud us that's bringing some cloud and of rain, mainly and a little bit of rain, mainly to shetland today, but elsewhere we've largely clear skies we've got largely clear skies and that's the theme through the night well. so mist and fog night as well. so mist and fog will develop across and will develop across northern and eastern parts of the uk. however, south—west, with however, in the south—west, with stronger late , stronger winds than of late, we're see much of we're not going to see much of any or developing here. any mist or fog developing here. temperatures a huge temperatures won't drop a huge amount, relatively amount, so staying relatively warm, particularly towards the south, be little bit south, could be a little bit difficult for sleeping some difficult for sleeping for some of tuesday morning.

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gb news. >> hello. it is 4 pm. is patrick christys is gb news. now do you think that it's for okay politicians to swear like this? >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? no, no signs of that. no no. >> that's my producer there who's just been discussing the job here at itv. but anyway. right. okay so gillian keegan, the education secretary, we've got schools crumbling, supposedly of kids off.

supposedly loads of kids off. it's absolute chaos. she's come out swinging. she's saying that she is doing job. what she is doing an good job. what do of that? we're going do you make of that? we're going to her in the to hear live from her in the house very shortly. house of commons very shortly. other be talking other news that we'll be talking about, on on about, what's been going on on the france, because the beaches of france, because apparently your tax payers money or £500 million of it is actually being put to decent work. look at that. that not work. look at that. that is not a a whale. that is a man killing a whale. that is a small is slashed small boat that is being slashed with a knife on a beach in france. they are apparently cutting down on the number of channel migrants despite the fact, of course, that we did have a record day on saturday. but if you ignore that, all but if you ignore that, it's all going things going well. talking of things going well. talking of things going huge numbers , going well now, huge numbers, hundreds, around 700 count staff are not working from home. no, they're working from beach. they are being allowed with taxpayers to money go abroad and just work from a beach. do you think that's good ? how many potholes that's good? how many potholes have you had filled in on your road recently anyway? and finally, also going to finally, we're also going to be talking yes, that's talking about this. yes, that's right. somebody has been arrested allegedly arrested for allegedly headbutting roy keane. that is a

brave individual. patrick christys . gb news. lots on christys. gb news. lots on today. yes. keep your eyes peeled, because i think at any moment we're going to take you over to the house of commons where we will hear from the education secretary, gillian keegan, who has quite keegan, who has got quite a lot of not just of explaining to do, not just about swearing, about the swearing, but also about the swearing, but also about the swearing, but also about the knackered concrete, but touch but get in touch gbviews@gbnews.com. you gbviews@gbnews.com. do you actually government actually blame this government and gillian keegan for what's going on in schools at the moment? do you think that you like her more now? she's come out and sworn on the telly , but out and sworn on the telly, but someone would never swear on out and sworn on the telly, but sontelly? would never swear on out and sworn on the telly, but sontelly? now nould never swear on out and sworn on the telly, but sontelly? now it's.d never swear on out and sworn on the telly, but sontelly? now it's.d neaddisonir on the telly? now it's ray addison with your . news with your. news >> i'll do my best. 4:02. good afternoon , everyone. our top afternoon, everyone. our top stories, northern ireland's police chief, simon byrne, has resigned. a recent court ruling deemed mr burns disciplinary actions against two junior officers were unlawful. the

decision was reportedly driven by concerns that sinn fein might withdraw support for policing that sparked accusations of appeasement from unionists. edgar jardine , vice chair of the edgar jardine, vice chair of the northern ireland policing board, says integrity is of the utmost importance in the service. the board is very clear. >> we expect the highest standards of professionalism and integrity from all our police officers in line with the code officers in line with the code of ethics . and the police of ethics. and the police service of northern ireland has taken a very strong view. our very strong position, which the board supports of ensuring that we can account on the highest standards of behaviour within the police service . the police service. >> well, as we've been hearing, gillian keegan is facing a fresh wave of controversy this afternoon . the education afternoon. the education secretary was heard expressing her frustration at the school's concrete crisis in an unusually frank expletive ridden hot mic

moment . moment. >> does anyone ever say , you >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? no, no signs of that? no. >> well, ms keegan has since apologised for her use of language , which . well we'll get language, which. well we'll get that clip for you as soon as we can. in the meantime, labour leader sir keir starmer says gillian keegan should focus on delivering for the public. >> the government has dropped the ball here, failed to prepare for the prime minister. >> bears responsible for some of the key decisions along the way and instead of coming out today and instead of coming out today and saying this is what we're going to to fix the problem, going to do to fix the problem, which made a lot worse, which we have made a lot worse, you've got members of the cabinet out trying to cabinet coming out trying to blame trying to blame other people, trying to blame other people, trying to blame people their own blame people within their own teams and to say essentially , teams and to say essentially, you know, put responsibility anywhere. but on the government, thatis anywhere. but on the government, that is not what britain deserves . the prime that is not what britain deserves. the prime minister has

attempted to bat away accusations regarding his role in the crisis while he was chancellor. the government is under increasing pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from a kind of concrete that's to prone collapse as children return to school . rishi children return to school. rishi sunak saying it's wrong to suggest that he is to blame for failing to fully fund a programme to rebuild england's schools when he was chancellor >> 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 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. >> angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary as sir

keir starmer reshuffles his top team. she replaces lisa nandy , team. she replaces lisa nandy, who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development. among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. shabana mahmood becomes shadow secretary for justice. liz kendall takes work and pensions and steve reed gets environment, food and rural affairs . well, an independent affairs. well, an independent review says former cabinet minister sir gavin williamson should apply lies 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 queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour for training . drivers were hit by training. drivers were hit by one of the biggest monthly fuel price rises in more than two decades. in august . that's decades. in august. 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 . an increase in the cost of oil. well 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. the poll of 500 school staff in the uk also found that dirty uniforms and pe kits were the most cited indicators . this is gb news indicators. this is gb news across the uk on television in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to . patrick to. patrick >> very much a war of words. now over who is to blame for crumbling concrete in schools . crumbling concrete in schools. so the prime minister says that those who blamed him are utterly wrong . and i suspect there's wrong. and i suspect there's

some truth to that . to be fair, some truth to that. to be fair, he was forced to defend himself after former senior official at the department education the department of education claimed treasury , under claimed that the treasury, under rishi had cut the budget rishi sunak, had cut the budget to rebuild england's schools. jonathan slater says that he was amazed that a decision was made to halve the school rebuilding programme in 2021. but of course i think we were kind of in the middle of covid then. we were spending and spending rather else and everything and spending rather else and eve kids1g and spending rather else and eve kids weren't and spending rather else and eve kids weren't at and spending rather else and eve kids weren't at school, and spending rather else and eve kids weren't at school, but|d the kids weren't at school, but he the government agreed to he says the government agreed to fund work 100 schools a year fund work on 100 schools a year to fix crumbling concrete and other problems after by other problems after a review by rishi , he that rishi sunak, he claims that budget was cut to 50 schools a year. budget was cut to 50 schools a year . but the budget was cut to 50 schools a year. but the prime minister has now hit back. he's told journalists today that in his first spending review in 2020, he announced a new ten year school rebuilding programme for 500 schools. mr sunak says that 95% of england's 22,000 schools would not be affected by this issue . but realistically that issue. but realistically that means nothing and i don't really care who's to blame because right now 156 schools in england

have told to be shut all cordoned off. areas affected by this dodgy concrete. that number is expected to rise to around 450 schools and sixth form colleges . they need to be colleges. they need to be inspected. so we'll have to wait and see how many more schools are affected on that. but the education secretary is expected to give an update later this afternoon in the house of commons. we will take that for you live. but this is one of my favourite bits of television , favourite bits of television, certainly in the last few weeks, because dull. because largely it's been dull. gillian keegan was caught off guard, turning the air blue following an interview earlier , following an interview earlier, and i'm going to play the clip in a second. i want you to tell me whether or not you like her more or after you've had more or less after you've had a listen to it. >> get a plan and every >> we will get a plan and every single one of them will be done i >> -- >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you very much. thank you.thank >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you . you. thank you. >> just a few just moments forever does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? >> no. no signs of that. no

>> no. no signs of that. no >> good for her, i think. good for her. i mean, you can't get around the fault that, you know, loads of kids are off school and the crumbling concrete and nothing's been done about it. and is a massive problem. and that is a massive problem. there isn't there is the argument, isn't there, that if this started in 1994, goes on to say, 1994, as she goes on to say, then did do anything then why did nobody do anything about it until right now? i mean , this isn't singularly her fault, it? and she now is the fault, is it? and she now is the one who's been confronted by it. if i was her, i would probably be quite frustrated with that. maybe the maybe that is something that the interviewer raised . interviewer could have raised. there is also the other question about all right about is he actually all right to okay so if the to put that out? okay so if the interview over and you've interview is over and you've still got the cameras running , still got the cameras running, she obviously thinks that everything's finished she everything's finished and she makes comment . our makes an unguarded comment. our itv writer put that out. i think they are. it's good value . it's they are. it's good value. it's good telly, so i'm okay with it from perspective. also, from that perspective. also, she's emerged quite she's actually emerged quite well of this, so i well from all of this, so i don't it really matters, don't think it really matters, but just very certain kind of ethical questions really. she has another has since given another interview explain and she has

interview to explain and she has also apologised for her actions as well. >> it wasn't really talking about any particular. it was about any in particular. it was off remark after the off the cuff remark after the news interview had finished, or apparently after it had finished and i'd like to apologise for my choice language that was unnecessary , but it was an off unnecessary, but it was an off the cuff remark , basically, you the cuff remark, basically, you know, based on the interview , know, based on the interview, the interview had been pressing me quite hard . know, i me quite hard. you know, why i hadnt me quite hard. you know, why i hadn't solved this issue, which hadn't solved this issue, which had been going on since 1994. >> yeah, just a quick reaction from the gb news faithful. gb views a gbnews.com great to see someone with balls, fingers crossed she will kick butt and get things done. that's from mandy in herne bay. mandy thank you very, very much. and good afternoon. patrick my mum always used to say self—praise is no recommendation, just saying. and that's from katie. so two sides of the coin there , aren't there of the coin there, aren't there really. christopher hope really. but christopher hope joins us now. gb news political editor from westminster. christopher, i think gillian keegan has emerged rather well out of this. and crucially, am

out of this. and crucially, i am now minutes an hour of now 11 minutes into an hour of news and i haven't actually really focussed at all on the dodgy concrete , which maybe is dodgy concrete, which maybe is a good thing for the government. ha you're not suggesting it was on purpose, are you ? on purpose, are you? >> patrick to avoid questioning the government about its appalling record at looking after our schools and making sure crumble down? sure they don't crumble down? you what you're saying you know what you're saying there, does there, isn't she? that she does frustrated, being frustrated, i think about being blamed by the journalists blamed for it by the journalists questioning her she kind of questioning her and she kind of went off on one said, come went off on one and said, come on, isn't all my fault. and, you know she she said she know and she she said she obviously is really apologetic for using f word as any for using the f word as any aduu for using the f word as any adult should, particularly if you're model for the you're a role model for the school i think, you school sector. but i think, you know, think say, the gb know, i think as you say, the gb news might be thinking, news viewers might be thinking, well, know, she's well, you know, she's passionate. you know, she cares. you she's to she's you know, she's trying to she's trying to do the right thing. you good for her. but you know, good for her. but i mean, also know mean, other parents also know maybe at home now with children , they can't see their friends. they're stuck at home because the failed over the government has failed over many something about many years to do something about it. it's gillian keegan's it. yes it's gillian keegan's problem, kind of passed

problem, but it's kind of passed the potato a sense. she's the hot potato in a sense. she's been left with it. >> yeah. let's delve into that a bit in other follow bit because in this other follow up that she did, she up interview that she did, she said this problem started said that this problem started in 1994. was when this in 1994. that was when this concrete came into existence in schools and has every single education minister known about this since 1994. and she's just been landed with it ? been landed with it? >> well, since 94, 97, i think 2002 and two thousand and seven, from memory . 2002 and two thousand and seven, from memory. there's been some warnings from external bodies like the building research establishment who have been sending reports and they've sending in reports and they've been seen by the government. then government then the government has been doing on it. the doing its own work on it. the national audit office did its work building work and it's gradually building and government's and growing in the government's in—tray. been known in—tray. so it has been known these warnings been these warnings have been known about particular type of about this particular type of concrete. but of course , as ever concrete. but of course, as ever in life, there's risk all over the all of life and the the place in all of life and the government is going to work out what money on. and of what to spend money on. and of course, you to defend course, if you want to defend richard sunak, he had to cut the

schools covid schools budget when the covid pandemic and they're schools budget when the covid pande to: and they're schools budget when the covid pande to spend and they're schools budget when the covid pande to spend money:hey're schools budget when the covid pande to spend money developing trying to spend money developing this so that's the this vaccine. so that's the problem they've to problem that they've had to there's magic money tree there's no magic money tree here. you have to spend money where can afford where you where you can afford to. problem became to. but the problem became more acute summer a acute this summer after a collapse in kent. that meant collapse in kent. and that meant that when you're getting towards a of ceilings coming a real risk of ceilings coming down have to down on children, you have to act straight and that's act straight away. and that's what government's done. act straight away. and that's what okay. rnment's done. act straight away. and that's what okay. irment's done. act straight away. and that's what okay. i supposeione. act straight away. and that's what okay. i suppose then >> yes. okay. i suppose then realistically, you can legitimately make the argument that anyone could have done anything about this until the point it became a crisis . point that it became a crisis. thatis point that it became a crisis. that is an unfortunate feature of politics. think that they of politics. i think that they wait things a wait until things become a crisis have to act on crisis and then have to act on it. she is expected in the house of commons a little bit later on, believe . on, i believe. >> that's right. we're expecting around 5:00 ish. she'll be there with a statement. now, what we're waiting for is the government to publish the full list of 156 schools affected. there's list being put together by journalists. over 100 are listed by the pr newswire , but listed by the pr newswire, but the government's holding back

from putting this list out until they that all the schools they know that all the schools have told turn , have been told and in turn, those schools have told parents not all have gone back not all schools have gone back today. others go back through the week. and that's that's what that's delay . that's what's caused the delay. after though, i mean, you after that, though, i mean, you say 450 schools be say 450 schools could be affected. well, there are 1500 say 450 schools could be affe(have nell, there are 1500 say 450 schools could be affe(have not, there are 1500 say 450 schools could be affe(have not yetare are 1500 say 450 schools could be affe(have not yet returned 00 who have not yet returned questionnaires about the quality of the concrete in their in their buildings . when they come their buildings. when they come back, the government goes back, the government then goes over them. they've increased numbers of structural engineers from and they go through from 3 to 8, and they go through this they have a new this list. then they have a new list more names being added. list and more names being added. so we the beginning of a so we are at the beginning of a long, news on long, long period of news on this get the issue sorted this to get the issue sorted out. that's another thing, >> now that's another thing, christopher, was christopher, that she was mentioning in a follow up interview when she was referring to people sitting on their backsides and doing nothing, she was pressed about what she actually meant on that she kind of alluded to actually some of the themselves. the schools themselves. so are they slow to react and have they been slow to react? and school governors, mean , have they governors, i mean, have they known there's problem known that there's a problem here here now at the here and here we are now at the start a school and they

start of a school term and they 90, start of a school term and they go, we know about the go, oh, sorry, we know about the crumbling . crumbling concrete. >> yes, to some extent . but >> yes, to some extent. but these questionnaires, questionnaires were sent out in spnng questionnaires were sent out in spring last year. not all of them have come back, but from headteachers and lias and academies saying how much of this concrete they've got in their buildings. so that's the problem they need. so they haven't done it. the government's. i've been trying to remind them, i imagine they haven't come back and it's a haven't come back and now it's a political her when political problem for her when all she can is really and all she can do is really go and what she's told by these schools. so that comes what she's told by these scho

much. christopher hope there gb news look news political editor. look loads of stuff definitely like her , says sal, calling out her more, says sal, calling out the nauseating interviewer . the nauseating interviewer. there we go. lots of this going on. go, girl . there we go. lots of this going on. go, girl. she is asking if at any point, any 1st may ever say anything good about her. i like her more for this, gillian keegan cares very much about the job of making schools safe. nothing wrong with the passion, says afternoon says jean says john. afternoon says jean love her. she's so right. it's interesting , isn't it? you swear interesting, isn't it? you swear on national telly and people seem to like you more? i won't test it. don't worry, i won't test it. don't worry, i won't test it. don't worry, i won't test it. right. let's go now to james saunders, who's the headteacher of honeywood school in coggeshall in essex. thank you very, very much. and how do you very, very much. and how do you feel about gillian keegan and the schools crisis ? it's . and the schools crisis? it's. overall, i haven't really had any thoughts about it, to be honest with you, because i've just been getting on with the job of dealing with the issue. >> i mean , i followed all the

>> i mean, i followed all the guidance that i had up until the guidance that i had up until the guidance changed, really. so i think if you weigh things up, i don't think that i could have done anything about it prior to the summer . i done anything about it prior to the summer. i mean, i'd like to address the fact that i don't think i'm someone who's been sitting around doing nothing. and i did return the questionnaire. i did have a survey did get the survey done and i did get the report from that prior to report from that survey prior to the summer. and that survey stated that nothing was critical in school. we had areas that in the school. we had areas that were high and medium which were rated high and medium which are red and amber on the on the particular survey and the guidance at the time was, well, you're not critical. so there's no impending risk there. so what's going to happen is we'll be in touch with the dfe to put together an action plan of remedial work over time to ensure that's done so that had all happened and taken place . all happened and taken place. and so from my understanding is something's happened since then. i mean, we had a sorry, just a step back after i had that

report. our plan was to then meet again with the dfe , to go meet again with the dfe, to go through a more detailed survey and they would help us develop the action plan. well, we had contact from the dfe, probably around mid—august. so at that point we were still operating under the risk system that was introduced before, before the summer. so from my understanding , something's happened to another building that i thought i just heard heard another building that i thought ijust heard heard another i just heard heard another presenter talking about that wasn't rated critical. it was rated either over medium risk or high risk. and because of that, then what has happened from the department is they've changed the risk rating. so rather than it just being critical buildings that can't be used, it's anywhere with rack. and we have anywhere with rack. and we have a significant number of buildings , classrooms with rack buildings, classrooms with rack in them , 22 in total. and now in them, 22 in total. and now they're all out of action. >> well, when was when was your hit to poke the blame at anyone for it? no, no. when was your school built . school built. >> uh, 1960. as you'd probably

expect. which is. and it's the oldest part of the building, which was the original part of the building. that's the area that's got the problem right. >> you have known then for >> and you have known then for quite a long period of time that there an issue here. it's there is an issue here. it's just that it was not deemed to be critical, basically. so you presumably weren't known for years, like not necessarily you personally, someone the personally, but someone at the school decades. school has known for decades. have or. have they or. >> well, i wouldn't i wouldn't about a comment on that, really, because i don't know factually for how long or what with that what i do know is that in response to the recent dfe questionnaire and survey is that so? i knew about it from that point onwards . and then when point onwards. and then when that detailed survey was done, i knew the extent to of the risk there and then i followed all there and then i followed all the guidance and instructions that we had since then. >> right. okay. all right. so the latest from your school then is what that the kids are allowed nowhere near it. you're possibly in risk being stood somewhere near it. now yourself,

are you? what's going to happen now ? now? >> i'm okay right now because i'm outside in the sun. but yes, we've got 22 classrooms, which are our main block. it's we've got 22 classrooms, which are our main block . it's pretty are our main block. it's pretty much the central spine of the of the school on two floors. it's all of our english classrooms. it's all of our maths classrooms, half of our humanities classrooms, half of our language classrooms, all of our language classrooms, all of our computer rooms. it's then additional service is like our counselling room. our first aid room, our learner reception offices for heads of year, the staff room , staff toilets, staff room, staff toilets, children's toilets . there's children's toilets. there's another 22 spaces. so 44 spaces in total that are off limits. now so we don't have enough space in school to welcome every child back. we can at most bring three of our five year groups back. three of our five year groups back . so we're three of our five year groups back. so we're going to have to move to a blended approach where you're in school for a bit and then you're out school doing remote learning. of us remote learning. none of us really want to do that. our priorities to and source priorities to try and source additional space here so that we

can get everyone back. but right now that's that's the that now that's that's the issue that we're and this issue >> and this and this is an issue that will on until that presumably will go on until someone knocks those buildings that presumably will go on until some

mean, good luck, obviously, and thank for coming on and thank you for coming on and highlighting it and talking about own experience in about your own experience in lightning me a little bit about what the reality of the situation is. just seems situation is. it just seems absolutely bonkers. and very absolutely bonkers. and i'm very glad have kids glad that i don't have kids at school. there is school. james saunders there is the at honeywood the head teacher at honeywood school essex . i school in coggeshall in essex. i mean, this is just a classic case, isn't it, of people kicking the down the road kicking the can down the road until into absolute until it turns into an absolute impending ? yeah. and until it turns into an absolute impehereg ? yeah. and until it turns into an absolute impehere we ? yeah. and until it turns into an absolute impehere we are ? yeah. and until it turns into an absolute impehere we are withyeah. and until it turns into an absolute impehere we are with loadsand until it turns into an absolute impehere we are with loads more now here we are with loads more on our website, on this story on our website, gbnews.com. it's the fastest growing national site in growing national news site in the country. it's got the best analysis, big opinion and all of the news. but the latest breaking news. but almost migrants crossed almost 1000 migrants crossed the channel the weekend. but channel over the weekend. but would believe that that would you believe that that figure have been even would you believe that that figure we've ave been even would you believe that that figure we've got been even would you believe that that figure we've got footagezn would you believe that that figure we've got footage of higher? we've got footage of french police slashing and puncturing rubber dinghies before they reach the and before they reach the water and then starting a fire on then migrants starting a fire on then migrants starting a fire on the beach in protest, which is of totally normal of course, a totally normal reaction . patrick christys gb reaction. patrick christys gb news, news

online gb news. britain's news. channel is 326. >> no, it's not. it's 426. you're watching me . patrick you're watching me. patrick christys on gb news just about in a few minutes i will discuss the extraordinary claim that hundreds of council employees have stopped working from home and started working from the beach. but now to a gb news exclusive and a reduction in the number migrants crossing the number of migrants crossing the channel is partly due channel this year is partly due to policing by to more robust policing by french authorities. viewers can see footage now of police in northern france slashing rubber dinghies used by the migrants. but even so are a massive 872

people still crossed the channel on saturday alone and the number of asylum seekers arriving on small boats this year has topped 21,000. i am joined by our home and security editor, mark why mark the french doing some work ? >> well, 7— >> well, yes, ? >> well, yes, they would argue that they've always been out there trying their best, but perhaps they're getting a bit better at it. i think the numbers are probably increased since we gave them control , since we gave them control, partially close to half £1 billion over three years to increase the policing of beaches around dunkirk and calais. but but i think the thing to really mention here and get clear is that although they are partly, i think, responsible for some of the reduction in the numbers crossing, if you compare it to this time last year, where about 20% down on where we were , i 20% down on where we were, i think the main issue at play

here is the weather . the weather here is the weather. the weather has just been pretty appalling for months now . you get a good for months now. you get a good day, but then you get a pretty awful day and can i just ask our viewers now will see what appears to be a rather large fire on a beach. >> okay . and that is not the >> okay. and that is not the french authorities setting fire to the boats , is it? to the boats, is it? >> well, it's a protest, really. a protest . it's migrants a protest. it's migrants throwing their toys out of the pram or burning them because their boat has just been punctured by. and that's a normal reaction, though, isn't it, to anything when you don't get your own way. >> i'll set fire to something. >> well, the it's funny you should say that, because the police reporting that police have been reporting that there increased there has been increased hostility the migrants in hostility from the migrants in recent weeks . in fact, just a recent weeks. in fact, just a couple of weeks ago now, a couple of weeks ago now, a couple of weeks ago now, a couple of police officers were injured when they were pelted with stones. when they did the same thing , punctured a boat. same thing, punctured a boat. right. and the migrants didn't react very to that because react very well to that because , of course, that's their their

trip to the uk, they hope thwart id by the french police . so as id by the french police. so as far as the police are concerned , they are continuing to do this operation . i think what it's operation. i think what it's doing in real terms for the people smugglers is it's making them disperse bit further down a very long coastline, further down towards boulogne and even further to the somme, in some cases where boats have been launched from and that means it's logistically very difficult for the people smugglers to get their boats down there, to get their boats down there, to get the people down there and so you're not getting the mass launches that we got off the beaches around dunkirk and this is footage of today. >> okay. so this is just in. these are today's arrivals. and a lot of these mark will be going to hotels , won't they? going to hotels, won't they? now, later on in the show, i'm going to be having a chat with somebody who's got a campaign about hotel for star hotel. about a hotel for star hotel. naturally, we couldn't have

people put in two star b&bs, could we? a four star hotel in wigan in standish, where they are saying that they are going to continue to protest about that, not a suitable location there for them . again, just there for them. again, just showing that these people coming over here, mark, are probably going to be put in hotels. where are we up to with the hotel situation? had an situation? last week we had an explosion wethersfield explosion at raf wethersfield and know if legionella and i don't know if legionella is still on barge where are is still on the barge where are we up to with the hotel crisis ? we up to with the hotel crisis? >> okay. well, a lot to drill into there. i mean, in terms of today, first of all, we think about 250 migrants have crossed the channel on top of 113. yesterday 872 on saturday. so even though we're down on where we were for last year, that's still, what, 1200 odd that have come across in the last few days. who will need to be found accommodation and primarily most of them are still going into hotels . the government solution hotels. the government solution , as you mentioned there, to try

to get away from what are increasing levels of anger in communities right across the country , leading to protests in country, leading to protests in wigan and in parts of north and south wales and other parts of the country where people are just very angry at the fact that sometimes the only facility they have in their local community, the hotel where they can have their weddings and funerals and other occasions is taken out of commission for sometimes 2 or 3 years to house these migrants. you can understand the levels of angerin you can understand the levels of anger in some communities to get away from that. as you mentioned , is of course, the bibby stockholm barge. legionella was is there in terms of the bacteria ? yeah, we still don't bacteria? yeah, we still don't have any kind of confirmation of a date when anybody's to going go back in there. i got an indication in a few weeks ago that it would be a few weeks. well we're now at the end of that period and no indication

they're coming back any time soon. then, as you mentioned, wethersfield had an explosion in one of the buildings is on the site there. an indication , of site there. an indication, of course, that half of this base is still derelict and the people that don't want to see migrants there say it's unsuitable at the moment to put hundreds well, 1700 young men on that base itself. so it's all up in the air. it's all very rac all to play air. it's all very rac all to play for. >> hey, there we go. we've obviously can't move, move. put them in schools now either because that might that might crumble around well. crumble around them as well. i by can't for the life by the way, can't for the life of the people of of me think why the people of standish wigan might have standish in wigan might have some concerns about those people that fire to some concerns about those people that on fire to some concerns about those people that on the fire to some concerns about those people that on the beach fire to some concerns about those people that on the beach or re to some concerns about those people that on the beach or throwing stuff on the beach or throwing stones at police might end up becoming hotel near becoming to a hotel near them anyway. still anyway. right. loads more still to now 5:00. to come between now and 5:00. and get your and if you can't get your council to answer your phone calls, be because calls, that might be because their moved. get their employees have moved. get this india or this to brazil, india or australia. and as angela rayner is given another new job by sir keir starmer, i will ask whether

the deputy leader could the deputy labour leader could prove electoral prove to be an electoral liability. now it's ray with liability. but now it's ray with your headlines. >> thanks, patrick. >> thanks, patrick. >> 4:33. our top stories. northern ireland's police chief, simon byrne has resigned . a simon byrne has resigned. a recent court ruling deemed that mr byrne's disciplinary actions against two junior officers were unlawful . it comes after a data unlawful. it comes after a data breach revealed the details of 10,000 psni employees last month . gillian keegan has apologised for her use of language whilst discussing her frustration at the school's concrete crisis . the school's concrete crisis. the education secretary was heard using expletives in an unusually frank, expletive fidden unusually frank, expletive ridden hot mic moment. ms keegan's comments come as the prime minister bats away accusations regarding his role in the crisis while he was chancellor the government is under increasing pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from a kind of concrete

that's to prone collapse as children return to school. angela rayner as we've just been hearing, is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary as sir keir starmer reshuffles his top team . she replaces lisa nandy, team. she replaces lisa nandy, who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development. the other development. among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . we can get shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. we can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website . gbnews.com . our website. gbnews.com. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello on. gb news. hello >> the fine summery weather. many of us have had today will continue for a few days. yet for most of us. and we're going to see temperatures rising further. though there is the risk of some

thundery showers later in the week. it's so week. the reason that it's so settled at the moment is this area of high pressure dominating the across the uk. but the picture across the uk. but nofice the picture across the uk. but notice just to notice there is a front just to the of us that's bringing notice there is a front just to the cloud us that's bringing notice there is a front just to the cloud and:hat's bringing notice there is a front just to the cloud and aat's bringing notice there is a front just to the cloud and a little inging notice there is a front just to the cloud and a little biting notice there is a front just to the cloud and a little bit of some cloud and a little bit of rain, shetland today, rain, mainly to shetland today, but elsewhere we've got largely clear skies and that's the theme through night well. so through the night as well. so mist and fog develop across mist and fog will develop across northern of northern and eastern parts of the in the the uk. however, in the south—west, with stronger winds than we're not going than of late, we're not going to see or fog see much of any mist or fog developing here. temperatures won't amount. so won't drop a huge amount. so staying warm, staying relatively warm, particularly the south, particularly towards the south, could be a little bit difficult for sleeping for some of us through tuesday morning. we'll see any mist and fog towards the north quickly clearing north and east quickly clearing away be plenty away and then there'll be plenty of for most of us, of sunshine for most of us, perhaps a bit of cloud across of sunshine for most of us, perhaof a bit of cloud across of sunshine for most of us, perhaof ireland cloud across of sunshine for most of us, perhaof ireland andrd across of sunshine for most of us, perhaof ireland and staying; parts of ireland and staying quite across the far quite cloudy across the far north scotland , perhaps north of scotland, perhaps affecting more on affecting orkney. more on tuesday compared to today. but for many of us, lots of sunshine. and with that, temperatures higher likely temperatures even higher likely to highs of 30, 31 to get to highs of 30, 31 celsius. but notice there will be strong in the be some strong winds in the south—west. it will feel south—west. so it will feel a little bit different to recently

. clouds going drift . some low clouds going to drift in the north sea as we go in from the north sea as we go through overnight into wednesday. slow wednesday. so a bit of a slow start here. and some of that could actually through could actually linger through much quite much of the day elsewhere, quite a of sunshine around and i'm a bit of sunshine around and i'm expecting peak expecting temperatures to peak wednesday but with wednesday and thursday. but with that, risk of some that, the risk of some thunderstorms . i'll you thunderstorms. i'll see you later . later. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . on. gb news. >> welcome back, everybody. patrick christie's here on gb news. now a study has found that a third of businesses are allowing their employees to work remotely outside of the uk. this bizarre trend is called working from beach. i'm not surprised andifs from beach. i'm not surprised and it's emerged that hundreds of council employees have been allowed to work from overseas. some of them are in far flung destinations like australia, eqypt destinations like australia, egypt and the philippines. but

is this really okay? i mean , i is this really okay? i mean, i don't really mind about just someone in middle management somewhere at a tech company, you know, greece or know, working from greece or whatever. that's all fine, obviously. what local obviously. what about local councils though, really? should they to work from they be allowed to work from abroad? not be in abroad? should they not be in amongst the local community deaung amongst the local community dealing bin dealing with potholes and bin collections ? joining me is collections? joining me now is journalist julie cook . julie, journalist julie cook. julie, thank much. so some 700 thank you very much. so some 700 council employees are working from beach. what do you make of that ? that? >> well, i think it's a disgrace. >> i think, you know, our councillors are there to serve us and i think as you just said, they're meant to be dealing with this of inane and boring this sort of inane and boring things every day, things we deal with every day, like potholes . if you're like potholes. if you're on a beach in i don't know, barbados , you're not going to be bothered about potholes in bognon >> i just think that's >> and i just think that's possibly the reason why our council is so reticent to assist local people with all the things we need assisting with. if half of people or a third of the of the people or a third of the people are somewhere else. >> mean, suppose they >> yeah, i mean, i suppose they could say, well, i can do my job

remotely really remotely so it doesn't really matter. idea that matter. you have no idea that i'm a sun lounger with a pina i'm on a sun lounger with a pina colada right now. getting a cracking tan. i can still i can still do the admin and, you know, help to book the diary for councillor pardew's in charge of the local school or something, you know. does it matter. well disagree. >> i don't think you can. >> i don't think you can. >> it's like, can you work on a beach?i >> it's like, can you work on a beach? i mean i don't really think you can. i work for myself. i'm self—employed. i don't work for someone else. but i'll tell you this, patrick, i. i'll tell you this, patrick, i. i work at i definitely work better at a desk than sitting on a sun desk than i do sitting on a sun lounger . and i think equally, lounger. and i think equally, you definitely work better in yourin you definitely work better in your in your own environment or work than some your in your own environment or wor beach than some your in your own environment or wor beach somewheren some your in your own environment or wor beach somewhere beautiful; hot beach somewhere beautiful and so i just think it's and sunny. so i just think it's and sunny. so i just think it's a work ethic thing as well as practicalities and as you say, if you work for the council, you ought really to have local ought really to have the local knowledge the people knowledge and of the people there that comes with living within council boundaries. within that council boundaries. >> yeah, i suppose it opens up a few issues as well. i think it's that principle of it, isn't it? i mean, politicians get

absolutely hounded. i mean, gillian keegan at the minute, as far we're she on far as we're aware, she went on houday i far as we're aware, she went on holiday i think last holiday to spain. i think last week during recess , whilst week during recess, whilst basically else was on basically everybody else was on houday basically everybody else was on holiday as well. but now it's now deemed to be a catastrophe because she wasn't around initially when the schools started getting shut for dodgy concrete , you know. so she's got concrete, you know. so she's got to be allowed to have some kind of holiday. she was also only in spain, which is not the end of the world. if we're saying that council staff can from council staff can work from their 24 over seven, their sunloungers 24 over seven, then why can't our education minister have a little bit of a houday minister have a little bit of a holiday ? the precedent has been holiday? the precedent has been set, hasn't it, by angry people in to media say politicians have to be in the country at all times, so why not council employees ? employees? >> yeah . i mean, you know, >> well, yeah. i mean, you know, we can't say do as i do. as i say, don't do as i do. i mean, i think the reason the knives are out for her in particular is just at the moment this awful thing has happened. and so many parents not parents are in turmoil not knowing kids going knowing if their kids are going to week. so you to school this week. so you know, where know, i think that's where the anger with

anger comes from with with keegan. but i think with local councils as i said before, the councils as i said before, the council really your first council is really your first port call with politics, with port of call with politics, with your surroundings, your environment, your surroundings, your environment , little like your surroundings, your envirojust nt , little like your surroundings, your envirojust said,ttle like your surroundings, your envirojust said, potholes like your surroundings, your envirojust said, potholes , like your surroundings, your envirojust said, potholes , bins we've just said, potholes, bin collections, all those sort of mundane entities we deal with every day . and i think it's every day. and i think it's a bit of a kick in teeth if bit of a kick in the teeth if you're on the phone for, you know, 45 minutes trying to get through that through and you find out that person's up on a beach. >> are you working from home now? >> am indeed , patrick. but i'm >> i am indeed, patrick. but i'm not a council worker and i work for myself. >> that's yes, exactly. >> that's true. yes, exactly. you do not have to held to you do not have to be held to the standard of council workers, do you? you know , my bin do you? you know, my bin collection is nothing to do with you. you are perfectly well. i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> no. exactly that. so you are perfectly entitled to do whatever the you want . all whatever the heck you want. all right, you very, right, julie, thank you very, very cook, who's very much. julie cook, who's a journalist, reacting to the fact that council workers apparently about 700 of them working about 700 of them are working from now. do you bother from beach now. do you bother about think about that? do you think you're possible able do just as possible it's able to do just as good job? i think the time

good a job? i think the time difference though, difference is something, though, isn't be isn't it? again, what will be the deciding i'm going the point of deciding i'm going to in australia to live my life in australia now? if you have a council to live my life in australia novyoveryou have a council to live my life in australia novyover inj have a council to live my life in australia novyover in the have a council to live my life in australia novyover in the uk|ave a council to live my life in australia novyover in the uk and a council to live my life in australia novyover in the uk and you uncil to live my life in australia novyover in the uk and you have job over in the uk and you have to nocturnal in order to become nocturnal in order to do own do it each of their own potentially. but look, i'm going to the terrifying to delve into the terrifying world of the very quickly. to delve into the terrifying world of story very quickly. to delve into the terrifying world of story v dayjuickly. to delve into the terrifying world of story v day now ly. to delve into the terrifying world oistory vday now is the big story of the day now is that believe it or not, the education secretary has sworn on a microphone you know, a hot microphone on. you know, what find fascinating what i find fascinating is the initial this from initial reaction to this from i was office watching this was in the office watching this unfold all unfold right. and we've got all of different outlets on of the different news outlets on and sometimes our own and and even sometimes our own and the reaction, oh, this is a disgrace. how could she stand there say she's doing an there and say she's doing an good and swearing and good job and the swearing and the language, all this pearl clutching people that if the language, all this pearl clut caught people that if the language, all this pearl clut caught themzople that if the language, all this pearl clut caught them onle that if the language, all this pearl clut caught them on a that if the language, all this pearl clut caught them on a hott if the language, all this pearl clut caught them on a hot mic at you caught them on a hot mic at any point off air, would be sacked people who've sacked instantly. people who've done a huge amount of wrong themselves don't understand themselves. i don't understand really such a hoo ha really why there's such a hoo ha about this. lot of youth about this. and a lot of youth appeared with me. gb appeared to agree with me. gb views news dot com views a gb news dot com brilliant to see a politician fighting back. we need more, much such action, says much more of such action, says carol. there's a lot of this far more concerning to me. the

ministerial expletives is the prospect of angela rayner standing in for the prime minister, alan. okay, minister, says alan. okay, interesting you go. angela minister, says alan. okay, interestwould you go. angela minister, says alan. okay, interestwould obviously. angela minister, says alan. okay, interestwould obviously dispute| rayner would obviously dispute that. heck of a lot of that. there's a heck of a lot of support here for gillian keegan. i would argue that the bigger issue is that since about 1960 we have been building schools with dodgy concrete and up until this exact moment no body has wanted to grasp the nettle and deal with it until the point where it became an absolute crisis. it makes you wonder what other key areas, core areas of british infrastructure we have been happy to to go to been happy to let to go to rubble before we actually handle anything. there is a anything. i think there is a much at here much bigger issue at play here about general calibre of our about the general calibre of our politician and what some of their priorities are. and gillian stuck gillian keegan has been stuck holding the potato , hasn't holding the hot potato, hasn't she? vaiews@gbnews.com i think it's a good thing that she's sworn. i'll come out and say that i think a good thing that i think it's a good thing that i think it's a good thing that come out and sworn. that she's come out and sworn. it makes human and it makes her more human and anyone otherwise, anyone who thinks otherwise, frankly just go and frankly should just go and live in little world that in the dull little world that they so crave. but on the day

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latest on the concrete crisis. we are expecting at some point gillian actually start gillian keegan to actually start talking house of commons, talking in the house of commons, at i will that at which point i will bring that to live. later on in to you live. but later on in the show i will you why the bbc show i will tell you why the bbc has criticised yet again, has been criticised yet again, but sir keir starmer has reshuffled his cabinet. now some people might say this is a case of rearranging the deck chairs on but given what's on the titanic, but given what's going on on the other side of the house, that would probably be wrong. difference is it be wrong. what difference is it going though, going to make, though, considering lot of people considering a lot of the people aren't household names in their own now, starmer did own homes? now, when starmer did a 2021, deputy a reshuffle in 2021, his deputy leader, angela rayner, didn't seem to have been told it was happening. at least this time she knew was going on and she knew what was going on and she knew what was going on and she now the new shadow she is now the new shadow levelling up secretary rayner replaces , who has replaces lisa nandy, who has taken the more junior role of shadow minister for international development . gb shadow minister for internviewers)evelopment . gb shadow minister for internviewers can lopment . gb shadow minister for internviewers can see nent . gb shadow minister for internviewers can see a nt . gb shadow minister for internviewers can see a fullgb news viewers can see a full rundown of the new appointments this is who's in and who's out most of labour's big names are staying in their roles as well. but me is but joining me now is broadcaster, journalist and political guru michael crick. michael thank you very, very

much. what do you make of this labour ? well it's much labour reshuffle? well it's much ado about nothing , really. ado about nothing, really. >> i mean, let's be frank , >> i mean, let's be frank, patrick, if you or i had been given a test at 9:00 this morning and told the name the shadow cabinet, and who's got each job, we probably would have got about half of them, right. >> and we're political journalists at me, especially now. >> most of the public could probably only name 1 or 2 at and it won't be any different now. the one that's interesting is obviously the promotion really of angela rayner, who is deputy leader of the labour party, starmer has now confirmed that she will become deputy prime minister of labour, forms a government . government. >> now that's quite interesting because until now he hasn't done that and indeed in the past when there have been certain labour deputy leaders, both two women in particular, margaret beckett and harriet harman, they were not made and they were deputy

leaders , but they weren't made leaders, but they weren't made deputy prime minister. >> so angela rayner has had something of a coup there at the expense and of course she's got this new job of levelling up and housing and so on, which i imagine she'd be quite good at because she is a northern mp, one of the few working genuinely working class mps on the labour benches, let alone in the shadow cabinet. >> but the demotion for lisa nandyis >> but the demotion for lisa nandy is quite striking. i mean , she was, if you remember , you , she was, if you remember, you know, she was a candidate for the labour leadership four years ago, a strong candidate and now it was very nearly sacked today. i think , or very nearly walked . i think, or very nearly walked. she's been given a job shadow international development that used to be a cabinet job, but the conservatives changed all that. they brought international development within the foreign office. andrew mitchell , the office. andrew mitchell, the international development minister , attends the cabinet, minister, attends the cabinet, but is not a member of the cabinet. so that is quite a

demotion for lisa nandy. but i've also think that starmer has set up problems for himself because now he's announced, now he's confirmed that lisa that angela reign is going to be deputy deputy prime minister for, well, journalists like you and me or me in the old days are going to go along to starmer and say, what? what about rachel reeves? going to be reeves? is she going to be definitely chancellor definitely the chancellor in a labour ? is yvette labour government? is yvette cooper going to cooper definitely going to be the home secretary can't the home secretary and he can't say, well, you have to wait say, oh, well, you have to wait because announced say, oh, well, you have to wait bewith e announced say, oh, well, you have to wait bewith angela announced say, oh, well, you have to wait bewith angela raynerannounced say, oh, well, you have to wait bewith angela rayner so ounced say, oh, well, you have to wait bewith angela rayner so it'sced say, oh, well, you have to wait bewith angela rayner so it's ,zd it with angela rayner so it's, it's a bit of a concession i think by starmer there. >> yeah. it is interesting. and i think will be seen by many i think it will be seen by many as a bit of a desperate clutch at the north as well. possibly, but there's quite a lot of ex blair special advisers as well i think, aren't they, who are in this shadow cabinet now? is he? the question for me with starmer is always going to be about about trustworthiness, right? because he's rowed back on quite a bits and bobs. so a few other bits and bobs. so he's also said about, oh, i promise you that i will be promise you that i will not be hiking on income tax, for example. i think you think, all

right, going to right, but how are you going to pay right, but how are you going to pay all the that pay for all of the stuff that you obviously to do if you obviously will want to do if you obviously will want to do if you prime minister? you become prime minister? i mean, he can be mean, do you think he can be seen trustworthy ? seen as trustworthy? >> lot of the promises >> well, a lot of the promises on which starmer was elected back in 2020, he's now ditched, frankly. and i think he has ditched so much of his programme that there is a serious question mark about the way he's operating. i mean, you know, this is a man who said , when did this is a man who said, when did he say it? about four years ago. jeremy corbyn is my friend . and jeremy corbyn is my friend. and the line is jeremy corbyn has never been my friend. now they can't both be true. those statements. but one of them, frankly, has got to be a lie. and i think that starmer has ditched so much of his programme that one has to question anything says in the way of anything he says in the way of promises. said that, the promises. having said that, the number promises number of pledges and promises that has made recent that labour has made in recent months is not very extensive . months is not very extensive. it's pretty, pretty thin. so i think there is there is a serious question there and i

think it's one that the opposition parties will pick up on and will exploit and say , on and will exploit and say, look, can this man be trusted with any promise he makes? because of course many of those promises from the past are on the record, on video , on audio, the record, on video, on audio, and they can be played back. and interviewers, if starmer agrees to do interviews and he doesn't do them very often , then they do them very often, then they will add serious interviews. i mean, then then then, you know, some of that could come to haunt starmer. >> yeah, absolutely. it's going to be a fascinating labour conference. i think labour conference is now just got more interesting. and it's early october, doubt. october, isn't it? no doubt. you know. go on. know. go on, go on. >> think the thing about the >> i think the thing about the labour conference is i think there's a strange mood in the labour party right now that i've never in 50 never known in, in almost 50 years of studying the party. on the hand, there's an air of the one hand, there's an air of optimism that they're on their way back to power, but there's also a sort of disillusionment and despair that they don't really know what a starmer government is going to do,

whether it's actually going to be much use to labour voters, people from working class communities and so on. and it's that combination in the party. there isn't the sort of sense of real excitement that know that everything's changed. they'll claim that, but there isn't the extent of excitement. there's optimism winning , but optimism about winning, but there's no excitement about there's no real excitement about why they're winning. >> no , it's a really good >> yes, no, it's a really good point, though, michael, thank you is this kind point, though, michael, thank yo analysis is this kind point, though, michael, thank yo analysis. is this kind point, though, michael, thank yo analysis . that is this kind point, though, michael, thank yo analysis . that why1is kind point, though, michael, thank yo analysis . that why i; kind point, though, michael, thank yo analysis . that why i loved of analysis. that is why i love having on. take it easy. having you on. take it easy. i'll see to soon. michael i'll see to you soon. michael craig, journalist, craig, the broadcast journalist, now gillian now education secretary gillian keegan apologised after she keegan has apologised after she was after a tv was caught swearing after a tv interview has ended. lots of you have been in touch with me to say that she's got your support. gbv is a gbnews.com. some of you say, oh look, it's common as muck . others of you you muck. others of you say, you know shows that she's know what? it shows that she's human got of human and she's got a bit of balls, the next hour she balls, but in the next hour she is to give update on is going to give an update on the schools crisis in the schools concrete crisis in the schools concrete crisis in the of commons. i'll be the house of commons. i'll be taking that for you. i'm taking that live for you. i'm also going wigan where also going to go to wigan where there a big protest about there is a big protest about a migrant hotel and there's loads more coming way as well.

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gb news. >> it's 5 pm. it's patrick christys. it's gb news. now, is this okay? >> does anyone ever say , you >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? >> no, no signs of that? no, i think that's hilarious. >> most of you in the inbox seem to think so as well. there are some people saying it is unbecoming of an education secretary or indeed anybody and she resign . that is she should resign. that is gillian keegan there. reaction

saying after a long day of interviews over the crumbling concrete in schools crisis, she will be in the house of commons. we think in about ten minutes time. so we're going to take that live for you. but i am asking who's to blame? who is to blame also to blame for it? i'm also going to be showing some footage of be showing you some footage of the french destroying boats on the french destroying boats on the your taxpayers the beaches. so your taxpayers money, about £500 million quid of it is going to some use. they are are destroying some of the migrant boats. the migrants have responded, by the way, in a completely normal way, which is to set fire to things on the beach. now, forgive me, but if your first reaction to anything going against you is to set fire to something on a beach, i don't think you're the type of person that want in this country . that we want in this country. talking which, up for talking of which, stand up for standing. right. standing. yes, that's right. standish wigan , there are standish in wigan, there are protests migrant hotel protests about a migrant hotel there, hotel. there, a four star hotel. naturally we will be talking to somebody who's at the centre of those think got those protests. i think i've got another story for you as well. i do indeed. another story for you as well. i doindeed.the another story for you as well. i do indeed. the in a drag do indeed. the beeb is in a drag queen yes. so they edited

queen row. yes. so they edited an article to say that a also used to be a drag queen. what's going on there? are they trying to censor the truth? patrick christys . gb news. look, who do christys. gb news. look, who do you blame for this school crisis? and do you think that education minister should ever swear at all? bear in mind, she didn't really think she was on the telly. gb views gb news dot com. do you like gillian keegan ? more or less. now she's sworn on the tv, but right now it's the headlines with . ray the headlines with. ray >> thanks, patrick. good afternoon . it's 5:01. our top afternoon. it's 5:01. our top story , northern ireland's police story, northern ireland's police chief, simon byrne, has resigned . a recent court ruling deemed that mr burns disciplinary actions against two junior officers were unlawful. the decision was reportedly driven by concerns that sinn fein might withdraw support for policing, sparking accusations of

appeasement from unions. edgar jardine, vice chair of the northern ireland policing board , says integrity is of the utmost importance in the service . the board is very clear. >> we expect the highest standard of professionalism and integrity from all our police officers in line with the code officers in line with the code of ethics . and the police of ethics. and the police service of northern ireland has taken a very strong view. our very strong position, which the board supports of ensuring that we can account count on the highest standards of behaviour within the police service . within the police service. >> gillian keegan is facing a fresh wave of controversy this afternoon the education secretary was heard expressing her frustration at the school concrete crisis in an unusually frank expletive ridden hot mic moment . moment. >> does anyone ever say that you know what? you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing.

no, signs of that? no. well no, no signs of that? no. well ms keegan has since apologised for her use of language . well, for her use of language. well, it wasn't really talking about anyone in particular. it was off the cuff remark after the news interview had finished, or apparently after it had finished and i'd like to apologise for my choice language that was unnecessary , but it was an off unnecessary, but it was an off the cuff remark . basically, the cuff remark. basically, based on the interview. the cuff remark. basically, based on the interview . the based on the interview. the interview had been pressing me quite hard why i hadn't solved this issue, which had been going on since 1994 . on since 1994. >> the labour leader, sir keir starmer , says gillian keegan starmer, says gillian keegan should focus on delivering for the public. >> the government has dropped the ball here, failed to prepare for the prime minister. >> bears responsible for some of the key decisions along the way and instead of coming out today and instead of coming out today and saying this is what we're going to do to fix the problem, which we have made a lot worse, you've got members of the cabinet coming out trying to blame people, trying to blame other people, trying to blame other people, trying to blame people within own blame people within their own teams and to say essentially ,

teams and to say essentially, you know, put responsibility anywhere but on the government, thatis anywhere but on the government, that is not what britain deserves . the prime that is not what britain deserves. the prime minister has attempted to bat away accusations regarding his role in the crisis while he was chancellor. the government is under increasing pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from a kind of concrete that's prone to collapse as children return to school. rishi sunak says it's wrong to suggest that he is to blame for failing to fully fund a programme to rebuild england's schools when he was chancellor >> 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 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 . this issue will be identified. and as well , angela rayner is and as well, angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary as sir keir starmer reshuffles his top team . reshuffles his top team. >> she replaces lisa nandy, who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development. among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, shabana mahmood becomes shadow secretary for justice. liz kendall takes work and pensions and steve reed gets environment, food and rural affairs . an independent review affairs. 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 invited to the late queen's funeral. the panel says sir gavin should also take part in appropriate behaviour training . drivers were behaviour training. drivers were hit by one of the biggest

monthly fuel price rises in more than two decades. in august . 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. rising pump prices are being dnven rising pump prices are being driven by an increase in the cost of oil . teachers say more 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 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 and pe kits were the most cited indicators as 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 let's get back to . patrick get back to. patrick >> well, let's get stuck straight into the escalating crisis in schools which has dominated the first day back for

mps after a 45 day recess. that's a disgrace, by the way. nobody should get a 45 day recess, let alone people that the taxpayers pay very handsomely to do a job that frankly , they're all failing at. frankly, they're all failing at. but anyway, the row over crumbling concrete has seen a day of claim and counter claim. here's the latest . 150 schools here's the latest. 150 schools have been told to shut or cordon off certain areas . hundreds more off certain areas. hundreds more could be affected . the finger of could be affected. the finger of blame has been firmly pointed at the prime minister by those who say that he failed to spend enough rebuild england's enough to rebuild england's schools was chancellor, schools when he was chancellor, something dismissed because something he's dismissed because when chancellor were when he was chancellor we were in of and in the middle of covid and people really school people weren't really at school and any money. and we didn't have any money. here he is. >> are you to blame for what's happening and do want to happening now and do you want to apologise parents and pupils? apologise to parents and pupils? >> that is completely apologise to parents and pupils? >> utterlythat is completely apologise to parents and pupils? >> utterly wrong. completely apologise to parents and pupils? >> utterly wrong. actually, .y apologise to parents and pupils? >>the terly wrong. actually, .y apologise to parents and pupils? >>the terly things actually, .y apologise to parents and pupils? >>the terly things actuy asy, .y of the first things i did as chancellor in my first spending review in 2020 was announce review in 2020 was to announce a new year school rebuilding new ten year school rebuilding programme for 500 schools. now that equates to about 50 schools a year that will be refurbished or rebuilt. and if you look at

what we've been doing over the previous decade, that's completely in line with what we've always done, about 50 or so schools year refurbished or so schools a year refurbished or rebuilt . rebuilt. >> you did go on to say that hundreds more schools could be affected by this. meanwhile the education gillian education secretary, gillian keegan , was caught out on camera keegan, was caught out on camera turns ing the air blue. i'm going to rephrase that . going to rephrase that. actually, she wasn't caught out on know, she made on camera. you know, she made a comment and swore an comment and swore after an interview had ended and that interview, team itv decided to broadcast it. i'm not slating them for it necessarily. i'm just saying that's what happened.she just saying that's what happened. she wasn't caught out. but here she swearing anyway i >> -- >> we will get a plan and every single one of them will be done i >> -- >> okay. thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you. quick to jot down just a few. >> just few moments. >> just few moments. >> however, does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on their and done nothing. no signs of that. no nothing. no no signs of that. no >> who's to blame by the way? she's expected to talk in the house of commons in a few

minutes time. we will take that live. but seriously , who is to live. but seriously, who is to blame this concrete crisis blame for this concrete crisis that we've got in schools at the moment ? she says that since moment? she says that since 1994, every single education minister and anyone who's basically involved in schooling in the uk has known about this and they've just waited for it to become a complete and utter impending disaster. and now we're doo doo. joining me we're in the doo doo. joining me now the writer for the now is the writer for the spectator, stephen barrett, and the former labour mp stephen pound. both of you, thank you very, very much. stephen is this. oh, sorry . it's hard to this. oh, sorry. it's hard to tell. she both called steve and stephen barrett, who's the one with the one with the hair? the one with the hair. stephen barrett. who's to blame for this ? >> well, this 7 >> well, this is quite a reunion because the last time i was on with mr pound, it was over cake gate, where we threw away a prime minister for a perfectly lawful slice of cake and this has all the hallmarks of exactly

the same thing . the same thing. >> a scandal. everybody apparently has known about for a very long time. some technical detail . nobody seems to have detail. nobody seems to have a grip on it . detail. nobody seems to have a grip on it. news and the leader of the opposition being remarkably well briefed on what civil servants are about to say or have said in the media. i mean, this does start to feel very similar. i mean , if you very similar. i mean, if you genuinely want to know who is to blame, we have to look at blame, well, we have to look at legal accountability. that's legal accountability. and that's quite . but we also quite right. but we might also want to consider this the want to consider this in the broader of things in broader scheme of things in terms of legal accountability , terms of legal accountability, we think it's the biggest similarity is to when we had the procurement crisis in the and we had over 900 procurement managers doing nothing and a health secretary who was forced to make procurement decisions for the nhs, which is itself ended up in a in another scandal as as these things inevitably do . is the government there to run every school that these are questions we have to ask ourselves constitute no that's not how we're set up. but in the

modern era, in the 21st century, thatis modern era, in the 21st century, that is what we keep doing. we keep running to government to fix single problem . every fix every single problem. every one of those schools has got a headteacher. every one of those schools governing schools has got a governing board or a chair of governance . board or a chair of governance. the academies won't because they'll but they'll be different, but let's just the basic model . just go with the basic model. and there to be and there ought to be accountable . there ought to be accountable. there ought to be somebody in charge, every one of those schools. all right. we haven't found a single school that says it hasn't got money. okay >> right. stephen pound, >> all right. stephen pound, you're involved. you're itching to get involved. come you're itching to get involved. conyou and every one of those >> you and every one of those schools budget schools relies on its budget from the government. >> has >> look, the only thing this has got respect to got in common and respect to stephen the only thing got in common and respect to stephas the only thing got in common and respect to stephas got the only thing got in common and respect to stephas got in the only thing got in common and respect to stephas got in commonly thing got in common and respect to stephas got in common with ng got in common and respect to stephas got in common with kate this has got in common with kate gate is that this, you know, reinforce aggregated reinforce autoclave, aggregated concrete. it's got the tensile strength victoria sponge concrete. it's got the tensile strengso, victoria sponge concrete. it's got the tensile strengso, i victoria sponge concrete. it's got the tensile strengso, i mean,)ria sponge concrete. it's got the tensile strengso, i mean, that'songe concrete. it's got the tensile strengso, i mean, that's thee cake. so, i mean, that's the comparison. rishi comparison. but look, the rishi sunak his previous position sunak in his previous position knew this in 2018. now, knew about this in 2018. now, let's get couple things let's get a couple of things straight. a perfectly straight. this is a perfectly reasonable material it's one reasonable material and it's one that's widely in building, that's used widely in building, particularly blocks particularly as breeze blocks or walls. if you go to ireland >> in fact, if you go to ireland where there's huge number where there's not a huge number of you'll see buildings

of bricks, you'll see buildings all west of ireland all over the west of ireland made these we call made with these blocks, we call them there. them over there. >> isn't is actually >> what it isn't for is actually for roofs and providing for spanning roofs and providing load bearing material. >> reality is that >> now, the reality is that rishi personally, in his rishi sunak personally, in his previous position, was informed about in 2018. about this in 2018. >> , but by that same >> again, but by that same matrix , stephen, so did tony. so matrix, stephen, so did tony. so was tony blair. but but stephen, i'll stay with you. stephen but apparently so. would tony apparently so. so would tony blair or gordon brown blair have been or gordon brown or anyone who's come before it? tony never about this. tony never told about this. >> was never >> tony blair was never look what tories did in what the what the tories did in in 2018. >> in fact, 2010, they abandoned a policy called building schools for the future by rebuilt all our schools . it identified those our schools. it identified those schools which had flipping great grey bars instead of proper grey aero bars instead of proper roofing. they bsf was an excellent scheme and michael gove fair him. gove fair play to him. >> actually pushed it as hard as he could and did well on it. >> government abolished that >> the government abolished that , rishi , particularly under rishi sunak's halved the sunak's time they halved the budget initially, then they ended sorry, it's not ended it and i'm sorry, it's not good enough that buck stops good enough that the buck stops with them . with them. >> end of got chaps chaps , >> end of got chaps chaps, chaps. stay with me. we're going

to gillian keegan in the commons right now, so i'm going to whizz you there is made you over. there she is made aware of a building poses you over. there she is made aw immediate lding poses an immediate risk. >> taken immediate action. >> we've taken immediate action. parents children have been parents and children have been looking forward to starting the new term and i understand the timing of this change in guidance colleges guidance to schools and colleges will caused concern and will have caused concern and disruption however, with disruption. however, faced with recent , including one that recent cases, including one that emerged right at end of the emerged right at the end of the school holidays, i believe 100% that this is the right thing to do and that is we have taken do and that is why we have taken such rapid steps support our such rapid steps to support our schools colleges. there are schools and colleges. there are over 22,000 schools and colleges in , and the vast in england, and the vast majority of them unaffected majority of them are unaffected by rack. authorities and by rack. local authorities and multi—academy trusts are responsible for these buildings. but we have been supporting schools ensure schools and colleges to ensure risks resulting from rack. are mitigated. to date, 52 schools and colleges have these mitigations in place. the majority have been able to continue to provide face to face learning without any disruption, and we remain in contact with them . last week we advised them. last week we advised a

further 104 schools and colleges to take spaces that are known that are known to contain, rack out of use if they are not already done. so the majority of these settings will remain open for face to face learning on their existing site because only a small part of each site is affected and a minority of pupils will be fully or partially relocated to alternative accommodation to continue face to face learning while mitigations are put in place . madam deputy speaker, i place. madam deputy speaker, i want to reassure parents and children that we are taking a deliberately cautious approach to prioritising children's safety because of our proactive questionnaire and surveying programme , we have a better programme, we have a better understanding of where rack is on the school estate than in most other countries. all schools and colleges that have advised us they suspect they might have rack will be surveyed within a matter of weeks. in many cases in a few days. most cases , most suspected cases will cases, most suspected cases will not have rack so far , when we've not have rack so far, when we've surveyed schools, around two

thirds of suspected cases do not have rack. we will follow the same approach with any new cases through the professional surveying programme. the vast majority of schools will be unaffected and children should attend school normal unless attend school as normal unless parents are contacted by their school . as my right honourable school. as my right honourable friend, the minister schools friend, the minister for schools explained on friday, we will pubush explained on friday, we will publish a list of schools once mitigations are place. is mitigations are in place. it is right that parents are informed by if they are impacted by schools if they are impacted and that schools have time to work with their dfe casework on those mitigations . madam deputy those mitigations. madam deputy speaken those mitigations. madam deputy speaker, i'm confirming today that we will publish the list of the 156 schools with confirmed cases of rack this week with details of initial mitigations in place . after this, we will in place. after this, we will provide updated information as new cases of rack are confirmed and existing cases resolved. this will include updates on the impact on pupils, such as how many are learning face to face, how many are receiving short penods how many are receiving short periods of remote education. once again, we are doing everything in our power to minimise disruption avoid

minimise disruption and avoid remote learning. madam deputy speaken remote learning. madam deputy speaker, i must thank the professional response of leaders, teachers and support staff in the sector who have acted swiftly to deliver contingency plans. each impact on school and college has a dedicated case worker to help implement urgent a mitigation plan. this could include other spaces on the school site or in nearby schools or elsewhere in the local area until structural supports or temporary buildings are installed. we have increased the supply of temporary buildings , working with three buildings, working with three contractors and accelerated the installation of these. we have the support of our leading utility companies to ensure that these classrooms can be opened in a small number of schools with confirmed rat rack distributed disruption to to face face learning has usually lasted a matter of days in terms of funding, as the chancellor has said, we will spend whatever it takes to keep children safe . it takes to keep children safe. this includes paying for emergency mitigation work to make buildings safe , including make buildings safe, including alternative classrooms . space

alternative classrooms. space where necessary, where schools need additional help with revenue costs like transport to other locations. we are actively engaging with every school affected to put appropriate support in place . we will also support in place. we will also fund the longer term refurbished or rebuilding projects where these are needed to remove rat professional advice from technical experts on rack has evolved over time. indeed, the question of how to manage its risks across all sectors has spanned successive governments since 1994. my department alerted the sector about the potential risks of rack in 2018, following a sudden roof collapse at a primary school. we published a warning note with the local government association, which asked all responsible bodies to identify any properties constructed using rack and to ensure that rack properties are regularly inspected by a structural engineer . in inspected by a structural engineer. in february 21st, we issued a guide on how to identify rack concern that not all responsible bodies were acting quickly enough . in 2022, acting quickly enough. in 2022, we decided to take a more direct

approach . we issued a approach. we issued a questionnaire to responsible bodies for all 22,000 schools to ask them to identify whether or not they had or suspected rack responsible bodies have submitted responses , responses submitted responses, responses to the questionnaire . for 95% of to the questionnaire. for 95% of schools with blocks built in the target period in september 22nd, we started a program where dfe sends a professional surveyor to assess whether rack is present. if rack was present . the if rack was present. the previous guidance was to grade it as critical or non critical and only take buildings out of use for critical rack cases . use for critical rack cases. such was the level of our concern, however, that i asked officials to seek evidence of risks , including to non—critical risks, including to non—critical rack . it's because of this rack. it's because of this proactive approach that we discovered details of three new cases over the summer where rack that would have been graded as non critical had failed without warning. the first of these was in a commercial setting. the second was in a school in a different educational jurisdiction and in this

instance, the plank that failed remained suspended, resting on a steel beam as the plank was fully intact. the dfe engineers were able to investigate the situation in their professional judgement. the panel affected would have been previously rated as non critical, but it had failed and ministerial colleagues and i were already extremely concerned . then extremely concerned. then a third failure of rack panels occurred at a school in england in late august. this was a panel that had been previously graded as non critical because children's safety is our absolute priority and it was right to make the difficult decision to change our guidance for education settings so that areas previously deemed to contain non—critical rack are now being closed. madam deputy speaken now being closed. madam deputy speaker, i want to set out why we are taking this more cautious approach with the education estate in england. professional guidance is clear that wherever rack is found , it needs to be rack is found, it needs to be monitored closely . the school monitored closely. the school estate is very disparate , with estate is very disparate, with 22,000 settings with over 64,000 individual blocks.

22,000 settings with over 64,000 individual blocks . monitoring individual blocks. monitoring rack closely is therefore very difficult to do in this estate and many responsible bodies do not have dedicated estates , not have dedicated estates, professionals or on school colleges at all times. that is why we are taking an approach thatis why we are taking an approach that is the right one for our schools and colleges . my schools and colleges. my officials have worked closely with experts in this field . with experts in this field. chris goodyear, professor of construction , engineering and construction, engineering and materials at loughborough university. he has said that the dfe has been employing some of the best engineers on this and have consulted us and the institution of structural engineers is the government's priority is for every child across the uk to go to school safely. my officials have been engaging urgently with the devolved administrations to discuss our findings and offer to support to understand rack in school estates in scotland, wales and northern ireland. last week i wrote to offer my support , including further official or ministerial level engagement and to facilitate discussions between our technical experts . between our technical experts. as i'm aware that this policy

change occurred during recess and therefore i was not able to notify the house in advance for that. notify the house in advance for that . i notify the house in advance for that. i apologise, madam deputy speaker , and i hope you speaker, and i hope you understand why i felt i had to take the decision when i did. we are taking an extremely cautious approach to this issue, but i believe that this this is the right thing to do when it comes to the safety of children. i commend this statement to the house shadow secretary of state. >> right. okay so that was gillian keegan there in the house of commons. i think . yeah. house of commons. i think. yeah. basically what she was saying is she's taken a very proactive approach to this and that is why we are in the situation that we are. i'm just going to go back now to stephen barrett of the spectator, and we've also got stephen labour mp stephen pound, former labour mp stephen pound, former labour mp stephen i'll to you stephen barrett. i'll go to you now. me now. you mentioned before to me about responsibility now. you mentioned before to me about is responsibility now. you mentioned before to me about is this. responsibility now. you mentioned before to me about is this. it;ponsibility now. you mentioned before to me about is this. it looks)ility really is this. it looks to me as though gillian keegan has looked at the same problem that as though gillian keegan has lcload at the same problem that as though gillian keegan has lcload of the same problem that as though gillian keegan has lcload of previouse problem that as though gillian keegan has lc load of previous education that a load of previous education secretaries looked secretaries have looked at and she's that actually

she's decided that she actually wants about it, wants to do something about it, and copping it, and now she's copping it, whereas people have whereas other people have just swept and swept it under the carpet. and here are . here we are. >> well, that's a very >> well, actually, that's a very good . and i >> well, actually, that's a very good .and i don't >> well, actually, that's a very good . and i don't ever good point. and i don't ever wish hostile to stephen wish to be hostile to stephen pound. and when if and when his party's in government, you know, i'll be the same point. i'll be making the same point. but structural but there are structural problems in the constitution in that we've got ourselves into a confusion about who's responsible for what and where power lies. and it does look as though gillian keegan is though what gillian keegan is actually is restoring the actually doing is restoring the old constitution , which stephen old constitution, which stephen pound his bones. he pound feels in his bones. he says stops with her and says the buck stops with her and that's, that's quite right. but since the 90s, if i can take you through this, this is a structural problem in engineering. we have also put structural problems into the law where power has been moved about and taken out of its usual place , which means that when we all with muscle memory go instantly go well , parliament was the go well, parliament was the government was . yeah, often it government was. yeah, often it can and often often these problems they're going to arise under a labour government as

under a labour government as under a labour government as under a conservative government because power has been moved around in this particular instance, gillian is instance, gillian keegan is actually , um, gosh that's an actually, um, gosh that's an awful phrase, but i mean she's manning up and she's taking responsibility . she's saying the responsibility. she's saying the buck stops with me constitutionally. that is right , stephen. >> stephen pound it would have been easier for gillian. it would easier for would have been easier for gillian to ignore this , gillian keegan to ignore this, to a cautious approach to not take a cautious approach to not take a cautious approach to let kids back to school to let kids go back to school and that in about a year's and hope that in about a year's time she's anywhere near time she's not anywhere near education secretary . when education secretary. when a school and kills loads school collapse and kills loads of . of kids. >> well, a of kids. » wen, >> well, hang on a second. i mean, school school buildings are collapsing i think are collapsing now. i think stephen makes stephen barrett actually makes a very philosophical very profound philosophical point. reasons point. one of the reasons why i enjoy him is that he enjoy reading him is that he does talk does actually sometimes talk about of whole about the ethics of these whole issues. >> ea- f saw this afternoon >> what we saw this afternoon was gillian keegan selling a hospital to gavin hospital pass to gavin williamson previous williamson and every previous education secretary. she said, we knew in 2018 and we didn'tf all about it . that's the real all about it. that's the real problem. course what she problem. and of course what she hasn't said is firstly it's extremely difficult to identify. it's all very well saying this look a piece of concrete

look for a piece of concrete that like an bar. that looks like an aero bar. we've just got these in we've not just got these in schools. we've got these schools. we know we've got these in hospitals, in magistrates courts, buildings, in hospitals, in magistrates courit's buildings, in hospitals, in magistrates courit's extremely buildings, in hospitals, in magistrates courit's extremely difficultiings, in hospitals, in magistrates courit's extremely difficult to gs, and it's extremely difficult to actually what keegan actually identify what keegan didn't say . didn't say. >> and why on earth, with all that previous knowledge, did she or did her government not take some action? >> and i'm sorry you cannot get away from that. >> all right, look, of you, >> all right, look, both of you, thank very much. and thank thank you very much. and thank you for hanging over getting you for hanging over and getting that to gillian that reaction to gillian keegan's much keegan's comments there. much appreciated. stephen barrett of the labour the spectator and former labour mp i'm just mp stephen pound. now i'm just going check whether or going to double check whether or not we want to dip back into the house commons to a bit house of commons to hear a bit of reaction from the of the reaction from the opposition not sure opposition benches. i'm not sure if that are opposition benches. i'm not sure if or that are opposition benches. i'm not sure if or should that are opposition benches. i'm not sure if or should be that are opposition benches. i'm not sure if or should be doing are opposition benches. i'm not sure if or should be doing righte able or should be doing right now. i suspect we possibly should be doing. but anyway , should be doing. but anyway, anyway. okay. all right. well, before that then, hundreds of locals protested against locals have protested against the decision to migrants the decision to house migrants in star near wigan in a four star hotel near wigan . patrick christys on gb . i'm patrick christys on gb news britain's news channel. and we're to now

britain's news. channel >> right . welcome back. it's >> right. welcome back. it's 528. it's me, patrick christie's on gb news. look, in a few minutes time, i'll talk about the bbc's decision to edit an article about a convicted removing the mention of them happening to have been a drag queen as well. but hundreds of locals have protested about the decision house migrants decision to house migrants at a four hotel in wigan. four star hotel in wigan. a grade two listed hotel el kilani court. a wedding venue will be used for asylum seekers from

friday. it's the second hotel in the area, i believe, and there was a heavy police presence with anti racism groups claiming that far right groups hijacking far right groups were hijacking the controversy . look, joining the controversy. look, joining me to discuss this is me now to discuss this is independent wigan independent councillor for wigan borough council is maureen o'beirne. maureen thank you very much. great to have you on the show. look what's going on then. so it's standish and people are angry about another migrant hotel in that area. are they ? hotel in that area. are they? >> yeah, they are, because there has been one with about over 200 young men in for quite a couple of years. um, a couple of weeks ago, i was contacted by a friend who said that , um, kelly court who said that, um, kelly court was going to be closed down. she'd been told a friend of hers people losing their jobs . people were losing their jobs. they gym would be they were told the gym would be no running. um, and no longer running. um, and apparently i've been told 120 migrants to start with will be moving in soon. but people are very angry about this and they said it's unsustainable in a small village. >> it's in the wrong spot. >> it's in the wrong spot. >> there's no services , there's >> there's no services, there's no streetlights. there's people

who are quite frightened, who live . i'm not saying live in locally. i'm not saying these men are going to do these young men are going to do any harm, do we know we any harm, but how do we know we don't know who they we don't know who they are. we don't know who they are. we don't they're from. don't know where they're from. we've nothing. just we've been told nothing. just that people have been given the notices. and notices. weddings cancel and they're going be coming in they're going to be coming in a couple so what's couple of weeks. so what's been happening couple of weeks. so what's been happerwe've had had >> so we've had we've had protests. the police protests. you've had the police turn up, had anti—racism turn up, you've had anti—racism people. i don't know if you've had people. that implies that there might have been some racist people there, although from experience, when from my experience, when it comes dealing with these kind comes to dealing with these kind of stuff, people who just of stuff, often people who just don't local area to don't want their local area to be as a dumping ground end be used as a dumping ground end up racists. up getting called racists. but i mean, a of mean, there's clearly a lot of local feeling , isn't there ? local feeling, isn't there? >> yeah, there were mainly just residents of wigan and standish who just wanted to voice the concerns . concerns. >> burns i was told a couple of people came along from a far right group . i really didn't right group. i really didn't know and they never said anything racist and they never caused a problem. >> wherever they are, we i wasn't they were there. >> wherever they are, we i wasthey they were there. >> wherever they are, we i wasthey mustzy were there. >> wherever they are, we i wasthey must have re there. >> wherever they are, we i wasthey must have just ere. >> they must have just turned up.nor >> they must have just turned up. nor genuine residents who

>> nor the genuine residents who were worried they can't were there worried they can't get doctor's appointments themselves. >> um, obviously it's going to put a strain on services . put a strain on services. another 200 young men coming in. they're worried about , you know, they're worried about, you know, the their own houses nearby. there's it's a like a leisure park, really. people walk around and they said, who knows, 200 young men with nothing to do, no jobs, no money. >> what what's the end game? >> what what's the end game? >> i mean, how long are they going to be there? in the end, the only answer, i think, is for the only answer, i think, is for the home office to stop the boats it's becoming boats because it's becoming completely the completely untenable across the country . country. >> and were the public give them much >> and were the public give them mu yeah . will the public give >> yeah. will the public give them much notice of this? no go on. >> no notice at all. i got a call from a friend who said a girl she knows had gone into work and been told erm you've got a couple of weeks notice. >> they're meant to be moving and think this, this coming and i think this, this coming weekend we weren't consulted, we weren't asked, we were told nothing, just that they were arriving. >> it was a home office decision, it's very wrong. i

think circle of mcdonald's think of circle of mcdonald's hotels of the government who i think the book ends with them to treat the people of the country like that, to just impose people on them . on them. >> you know, it's people's lifestyle . it's people's general lifestyle. it's people's general concerns, really about their own safety. >> yeah. and presumably and themselves. >> no life , is it? >> no life, is it? >> no life, is it? >> no, no, no. >>— >> no, no, no. >> i'm presumably, presumably people have lost jobs at that hotel as well, which is a thing. >> people lost jobs . >> people lost jobs. >> people lost jobs. >> weddings have cancelled >> weddings have been cancelled . yes, they have. yeah i think it's wrong to tell people you've got no because we're moving got no job because we're moving young into four star hotel young men into a four star hotel when i'm presently working with families who are being put in travel lodges or in hostels. >> a housing in >> there's a housing crisis in wigan so they're to wigan, so they're bound to object to this. >> i've got a mother living in a hotel with a three children in a travel lodge and yet suddenly if they can afford to house millions , sorry, spend millions millions, sorry, spend millions of pounds housing young men, why can we not afford the homes? >> our own people? well, you. >> our own people? well, you.

>> we played a >> exactly. look, we played a clip earlier of the french clip earlier on of the french police slashing of the police slashing some of the boats beach in france, boats on the beach in france, which is nice of the french police to actually do something. which is nice of the french policeof actually do something. which is nice of the french police of the ually do something. which is nice of the french police of the migrants;omething. which is nice of the french police of the migrants then hing. which is nice of the french police of the migrants then set]. some of the migrants then set fire on the beach and fire to stuff on the beach and threw at police a threw rocks at police as a protest. but those people, if they a boat, could they get on a boat, could now end at hotel in wigan. but end up at a hotel in wigan. but a single mum you deal a young single mum that you deal with daily basis is with on a daily basis is struggling housing. struggling for housing. it doesn't sense. doesn't seem to make sense. it doesn't seem to make sense. it doesn't going to doesn't seem fair. i'm going to have it there, i'm have to leave it there, i'm afraid. but maureen. but thank you very coming on and you very much for coming on and thanks line thanks for holding on the line for little bit. we for a little bit. whilst we deau for a little bit. whilst we dealt with education dealt with the education secretary, maureen o'byrne dealt with the education secret independent o'byrne dealt with the education secret independent councillor dealt with the education secwiganependent councillor dealt with the education secwigan ependent council. or for wigan borough council. right. to come right. loads more still to come between now and six. i will tell you why the has been you why the bbc has been criticised for its report about a but before that it a convicted, but before that it is headlines is your latest news headlines with . with ray allison. >> 534 our top stories. northern ireland's police chief simon byrne has resigned. a recent court ruling deemed that mr burns disciplinary actions against two junior officers were unlawful comes after a data

breach revealed the details of 10,000 psni employees last month . gillian keegan has apologised for her use of language whilst discussing her frustration at the school's concrete crisis. the education secretary was heard using swear words in an unusually frank expletive ridden hot mic moment. muskegon's comments come as the prime minister bats away accusations regarding his role in the crisis while he was chancellor the government is under increasing pressure to explain how they'll keep schools safe from concrete that's prone to collapse as children return to school . the children return to school. the health secretary has appointed lady justice thirlwall to head up the inquiry into crimes committed by child serial killer lucy letby . steve barclay says lucy letby. steve barclay says the inquiry will have legal powers to compel witnesses to provide evidence , including provide evidence, including former and current staff of the countess of chester hospitals nhs foundation trust, where letby worked , and angela rayner letby worked, and angela rayner

is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary is sir keir starmer. reshuffle is his top team. she replaces lisa nandy, who becomes shadow cabinet minister for international development . among international development. among the other changes, pat mcfadden takes on the influential role of national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster. you can get more on all of those stories on our website, gbnews.com . direct our website, gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors. >> the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . for gold and silver investment. >> let's have a look at today's markets. the pound will buy you one. actually. we're going to come back to that in just a moment . moment. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news investments that matter , a investments that matter, a brighter outlook with boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

on. gb news. >> hello. the fine summery weather many of us have had today will continue for a few days. yet for most of us. and we're going to see temperatures rising further. though there is the risk some thundery the risk of some thundery showers week. the showers later in the week. the reason that it's so settled at the moment is this area high the moment is this area of high pressure the picture pressure dominating the picture across notice there across the uk. but notice there is front just to the north of is a front just to the north of us some cloud us that's bringing some cloud and bh us that's bringing some cloud and bit rain mainly and a little bit of rain mainly to shetland today , but elsewhere to shetland today, but elsewhere we've largely clear skies we've got largely clear skies and that's the theme through the night mist fog night as well. so mist and fog will develop across northern and eastern the eastern parts of the uk. however, the south—west however, in the south—west with stronger of late, stronger winds than of late, we're going to much of we're not going to see much of any mist or fog developing here. temperatures won't drop a huge amount. relative amount. so staying relative warm, particularly towards the south, be a little bit south, could be a little bit difficult sleeping some difficult for sleeping for some of tuesday morning. of us through tuesday morning. we'll see any and fog we'll see any mist and fog towards north and east. towards the north and east. quick and then quick clearing away and then there'll of sunshine there'll be plenty of sunshine for most of us. perhaps a bit of cloud parts of ireland cloud across parts of ireland and quhe cloud across parts of ireland and quite cloudy across cloud across parts of ireland andfar quite cloudy across cloud across parts of ireland andfar northjuite cloudy across cloud across parts of ireland andfar northjui1scotland, across the far north of scotland, perhaps affecting orkney more on

tuesday compared to today. but for of us, lots of for many of us, lots of sunshine. and with that, temperatures even higher likely to of 30, 31 to get to highs of 30, 31 celsius. notice there will celsius. but notice there will be some strong winds in the south—west so it feel south—west so it will feel a little bit different to recent see low clouds going to see some low clouds going to drift sea as drift in from the north sea as we through overnight into we go through overnight into wednesday. so a bit of slow wednesday. so a bit of a slow start here and some of that could linger through start here and some of that could of linger through start here and some of that could of the linger through start here and some of that could of the day. ger through start here and some of that could of the day. elsewhere,| much of the day. elsewhere, quite bit sunshine around quite a bit of sunshine around and temperatures and i am expecting temperatures to wednesday thursday. to peak wednesday and thursday. but , the risk of some but with that, the risk of some thunderstorms. i'll see you later . later. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. well another big story for you today. >> the top cop in northern ireland has now quit following a series of major controversies, including a data breach last month which saw information about 10,000 police officers and staff mistakenly published

online. this is what policing board chair deirdre toner had to say . say. >> the chief constable, simon byrne, has today attended his resignation to the northern ireland policing board, with immediate effect . immediate effect. >> i have informed the board of the resignation at a special meeting this afternoon . meeting this afternoon. >> i would like to record my thanks and appreciation to simon for his work over the course of the last four years as chief constable. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> so he's gone to talk about it. is on northern ireland. reporter dougie beattie dougie. so he's gone . so he's gone. >> well, welcome to the police. he's welcome to the policing board in northern ireland. it was last thursday he left here saying, i'm not resigning. i'm going to appeal the judicial reviews decision. well you could hear what happened today. he said, well, i'm and off he said, well, i'm gone. and off he goes. and that comes on the back of a couple of controversies . of a couple of controversies. the first of those was bobby storey's funeral, which now unionists are calling for it to be looked in. there their be looked in. was there their political pressure him there political pressure on him there in get get

in order to get to get that funeral through during the middle covid, that or middle of covid, then that or the which the discipline the arrest which the discipline of young officers. then of the two young officers. then of the two young officers. then of course , that data of course, that huge data breach, biggest in police breach, the biggest in police history of which he was going to face westminster tomorrow. and that a committee. and that was a public committee. and that was a public committee. and that would have been a problem for and if he'd had for him. and if he'd had survived padraic, he would survived that padraic, he would have in to a have had to have gone in to a vote of no confidence with the police but real police federation. but the real problem is, of course, problem here now is, of course, the set the policing board is set up under the friday agreement under the good friday agreement and cross—community. and has to be cross—community. so is now in charge of the so who is now in charge of the police? who is our interim police? who is our new interim chief constable ? and how on chief constable? and how on earth will they reappoint another one with no executive in northern ireland and with no executive , there's no minister executive, there's no minister for justice ? for justice? >> no, indeed. forjustice? >> no, indeed. and it is quite a shocking set of circumstances all around, really. draghi isn't it? lots of unanswered questions, really . and i know questions, really. and i know that you will be all over this for us the coming days. but for us in the coming days. but fundamentally suppose the fundamentally, i suppose the people ireland people of northern ireland are feeling down by. feeling quite let down by. >> well, they have the people of northern ireland are now asking

real questions. northern ireland are now asking real questions . who the real questions. who put the political on them and political pressure on them and why did he give into it? because of course, under the good friday agreement, the whole point of the behind us is the policing board behind us is that the police service of northern has to be very northern ireland has to be very much and answerable much neutral and answerable to both the community. so both sides of the community. so not is there a civil storm not only is there a civil storm coming, there's a huge political storm down the track and storm rolling down the track and inquiries are going to come in and of course, chris heaton—harris, the secretary of state, could put legislation through to bring in through westminster to bring in a constable, then a new chief constable, but then that new chief constable wouldn't have been interviewed by of the community. by both sides of the community. it is a very, very torrid it really is a very, very torrid waters that we're going into now i >> -- >> yes, a polite way of saying it's an absolute mess. dougie, thank you very much. dougie beattie on northern beattie there on northern ireland. reporter right. okay. so the bbc has come under fire for editing a report to remove the reference a career of the reference to a career of a former drag queen who is now a convicted . andrew way was jailed convicted. andrew way was jailed for 34 months after he exchanged sexual messages with what he

believed to be a 14 year old boy. but in fact was a vigilante onune boy. but in fact was a vigilante online hunter. the initial headune online hunter. the initial headline was x drag queen caught in hunter sting operation. but a day later, the mention of x drag queen was deleted . i'm joined queen was deleted. i'm joined now by media lawyer jonathan code. jonathan, thank you very much . what do you think that the much. what do you think that the bbc here is tried to the bbc here is tried to hide the fact that this used to be a drag queen? >> well, i think the answer to thatis >> well, i think the answer to that is it. obviously, it is . that is it. obviously, it is. but i've just before i came on, i did a little bit of extra research and actually the bbc deleted two things. one, that he's an ex drag queen, but also apparently he was the first person to organise a gay pride eventin person to organise a gay pride event in his locality. so what it seems to be is that the bbc has come to a point where it regards a certain segment of society as untouchable and they daren't report things like a drag queen or a gay pride association with someone who's a criminal, which is which is mildly scary. we've seen this

before from the bbc though. >> i mean , i've seen it before >> i mean, i've seen it before when it came to the grooming gang situation where they were very keen to everything they very keen to do everything they possibly could to either not really on it in my view, really report on it in my view, or diminish maybe the nationalities or ethnicities of some of the people who happen to be involved with it. and jonathan yeah. you think that jonathan yeah. so you think that they be trying to suppress jonathan yeah. so you think that theyfact be trying to suppress jonathan yeah. so you think that theyfact that e trying to suppress jonathan yeah. so you think that theyfact that this'ing to suppress jonathan yeah. so you think that theyfact that this chap) suppress jonathan yeah. so you think that theyfact that this chap wasrpress the fact that this chap was prominent in the pride community and used to engage and that he also used to engage in drag? and that he also used to engage in (well, listen, i don't think >> well, listen, i don't think there's any alternative there's any other alternative explanation . i mean, it went up explanation. i mean, it went up and then it was taken down. so some kind of second editorial decision must have been made. now, i'm generally a big fan of the bbc. i think it's a generally a wonderful organisation, but it does seem that there are attitudes within the bbc which place their own agenda, which may be even be a laudable agenda beyond their responsibility just to tell us what's happening. but the bbc's job is to tell us what's happening and i commend gb news

it does it in a fairly gutsy way. if the bbc doesn't feel able to tell us what's happening, then questions need to be asked about who's making the editorial decisions over there . there. >> i think it says a lot, doesn't it? if and it's an if, but we can just only go off what we can see with our own eyes. there's been some kind of meeting let's ignore two meeting about let's ignore two pertinent facts. here's guy set up the local pride event and then on top of that happened to be a drag queen. the bbc does a huge amount of coverage about pride events. fair enough. absolutely. and there's an increasingly large number of the population who pride population who enjoy pride events whom it events and for whom it resonates. that's good thing . resonates. that's a good thing. also, drag especially also, drag queens, especially when it comes to story time in schools, appears to be almost fashionable now. and so i know, but the bbc clearly had some but the bbc clearly has had some kind of meeting, it would seem, where decided to pull where they've decided to pull both details. and it both of those details. and it doesn't question what doesn't make you question what else are they not telling you when you turn on the bbc? you know, do you really you're know, do you really know you're getting truth ?

getting the full truth? >> very important . >> well, it's very important. >> well, it's very important. >> i should explain. i mean, i've legally out films, television books, tv programmes and films and a good broadcaster, a good news disseminator should be fearless. but what they should try and avoid doing is imposing their own agenda. and that means that you've got to just report what is going on, what is of public interest, whether it actually offends you as a broadcaster or not. now what you can't do is make decisions about what people are entitled to know according to your to your own prejudices. you just must not do that. >> and if you think do you think it needs to change? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> do you think, jonathan, the bbc really recognises its own bias or genuinely thinks it's impartial, like a cursory glance of iplayer in their choice of the topic matters that they tried to do documentaries on and things like that, and the titles, those documentaries. i wonder whether or not they genuinely think there genuinely just think that there is of looking at the is one way of looking at the world, that is their way and

world, and that is their way and they're very surprised when maybe somebody like i rocks up and see the and goes, can you see the obvious you've got obvious bias that you've got here? why >> well, listen, the bbc is a huge organisation and there will be a whole range of opinions replicated there and obviously at the moment there appears and you know, i share your caution there appears to be a predominant set of opinions, which is that certain segments of the community, which may include people of minority races or people of minority or sexual orientation, but i don't think it actually serves those communities by trying to cover up what's going on, because then the risk is that people think they're enjoying some kind of improper protection, which doesn't seem to me to serve their interests . their interests. >> no, exactly. and also, i wonder whether or not it's quite patronising for the british public, like we can deal with this information . you know, we this information. you know, we can are capable of digesting can we are capable of digesting the fact that a drag queen and somebody who set up a pride eventis somebody who set up a pride event is now , you know, a

event is now, you know, a depraved. i can look at those things round. i don't things in the round. i don't necessarily go look necessarily have to go and look at pride and go, at my next pride event and go, oh, that's full of wrongs. oh, i bet that's full of wrongs. you know, it's not. i'm able to look those things. but look at those things. but jonathan, very jonathan, thank you very, very much. great you on much. it's great to have you on the ever. jonathan the show. as ever. jonathan covid, media lawyer. and covid, their media lawyer. and i will say genuinely and i do mean this, a of good this, there is a lot of good work at bbc, does huge work at the bbc, does a huge amount work. bbc amount of good work. the bbc does range of does covers a wide range of stuff. not just saying this, stuff. i'm not just saying this, don't worry, but i do mean it. but know, comes stuff but you know, it comes to stuff like just censor like this. why why just censor it? what are you trying to it? why? what are you trying to say there? but anyway, education secretary keegan said secretary gillian keegan said she censor herself she didn't censor herself earlier, she? she has now earlier, did she? she has now apologised after caught apologised after she was caught on swearing after a tv on camera swearing after a tv interview. i have done a poll on my own twitter at patrick christys. see whether or not you actually prefer. gillian keegan now that she's sworn on the telly, got 20 telly, you've got about 20 minutes taking part in minutes to finish taking part in that poll. i'm most of you are backing her so far. that poll. i'm most of you are backing her so far . patrick backing her so far. patrick christys gb news, britain's news

people's. channel >> it's 10 to 6. you're watching or listening to me? patrick christys on gb news. i am joined in the studio by michelle dewberry. now we have been talking a lot on this show about gillian keegan , the education gillian keegan, the education secretary. initially was secretary. initially it was going to be dodgy concrete that was dominate was going to dominate and actually swore , take actually then she swore, take a look listen to this . look and listen to this. >> we get a plan and every >> we will get a plan and every single one of them will be done. okay thank you very much. thank you . thank you .

you. thank you. >> just a few just keir mather sarah ferguson. >> does anyone ever say, you know what you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing. no no signs of that. no >> right. i did a poll on my twitter. do you like gillian keegan ? more or less now. she keegan? more or less now. she swore the telly. 75% of you swore on the telly. 75% of you say like her more jubes is say you like her more jubes is here. what do you think? never mind what i think. >> why don't you ever tell me that i'm doing a good job or that i'm doing a good job or that you're doing an good job? >> yeah. i mean, people need to get off backsides. get off their backsides. >> here every single >> i come in here every single day to and you've day to talk to you, and you've never to me that you never once said to me that you think you know what always do. >> you always actually. i mean, this probably terrible telly, this is probably terrible telly, but come to me but you always do come to me outside and you always reinforce me and say how well i'm doing. so do that for so i shall probably do that for you. actually >> yeah, you should. actually. you. actually >> been you should. actually. you. actually >> been noted iould. actually. you. actually >> been notedioulcyoutually. you. actually >> been notedioulcyou don't it's been noted that you don't know. and i'll tell you what else noted as well. else has been noted as well. never with never mind. sidetracking me with gillian be gillian keegan, because i'll be coming that at 6:00 my coming on to that at 6:00 on my programme. where's this poem that me. no. any that you owe me. oh no. any regular viewer will recall on on. friday? yeah. free

on. was it friday? yeah. free day. about day. patrick was talking about proposals and his good lady fiancee, emily carver, joined us down the line . and you gave down the line. and you gave a really she gave a really good insight into patrick the poet. >> what he's doing this is this happening? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and you apparently that's how you propose. you're a real old romantic. you a romantic. and i gave you a challenge, and said to you challenge, and i said to you that see you on that when i see you again on monday, when we do our little handoven monday, when we do our little handover, i expect poem. handover, i expect a poem. do you remember this? >> i yeah , i do. you remember this? >> i am yeah , i do. you remember this? >> i am here. , i do. you remember this? >> i am here. i'mio. you remember this? >> i am here. i'm waiting with bated breath . i'm very exciting i >> -- >> roses are red , violets are >> roses are red, violets are blue. i really hate being on telly with you . how about that? telly with you. how about that? >> well, my three year old could have probably done a better if i. if i ignore the obvious slight there, patrick, because i know you just love these handovers with me so much. oh, thatis handovers with me so much. oh, that is not good enough. >> have you got coming up >> what have you got coming up on in few on your show in just a few seconds time? >> the viewers the >> i'll let the viewers be the judge whether not you gave judge of whether or not you gave that your all. i'm disappointed in that absolutely in you. that is absolutely terrible. i tell terrible. and every time i tell

you doing good job, i'm you you're doing a good job, i'm that's stopped. days that's it stopped. those days are i shall are now stopped. anyway, i shall be gillian keegan, be debating gillian keegan, whether right or whether or not she was right or wrong way that she wrong to feel the way that she does reshuffle. does. labour reshuffle. are there government in waiting there the government in waiting also pensions. i want to ask whether or not pensions are a ticking apparently ticking time bomb. apparently we're not saving enough. so i want ask, should we raise the want to ask, should we raise the pension age? can we even afford to pension that to pay the pension debts that we've sector we've got public sector pensions, employer contributions, sky high? is that right or not? and if i've got time to squeeze it all in, ipp is where you're imprisoned for the public protection , the public protection, basically. so you've no idea if or when you will see the light of day again, i'm not talking about your people like your leucolepis they know they're dumb. that toes dumb. they know that their toes , hopefully , they know that hopefully they're ever come they're not going to ever come out. about the out. i'm talking about the people sentenced out. i'm talking about the people for sentenced out. i'm talking about the people for somethingenced out. i'm talking about the people for something quite sometimes for something quite innocuous, and then you can just kept kept in over and over and over again. i'm pondering that today. and i've got alex dean on my barrister. so my panel. he's a barrister. so that's a really interesting, really interesting topic, genuinely, presumably i genuinely, because presumably i love that you sound

love how surprise that you sound that might debating. that i might be debating. interesting that i might be debating. int(no, ing think it's great. >> no, i just think it's great. and i'm a bit gutted. i missed it. anyway, you're going to it. but anyway, you're going to have to tune in. >> miss it >> well, you won't miss it because listening to because you'll be listening to it on the radio on way it on the radio on your way home, sure. home, i'm sure. >> dewberry coming >> michelle dewberry coming your way see you tomorrow. way now. see you tomorrow. >> things heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. the fine summery weather many of us have had today will continue for a few days yet for most of us. and we're going to see temperatures rising further. though there is the some thundery the risk of some thundery showers later in the the showers later in the week. the reason that so settled at showers later in the week. the reasmoment so settled at showers later in the week. the reasmoment is so settled at showers later in the week. the reasmoment is this;ettled at showers later in the week. the reasmoment is this aread at showers later in the week. the reasmoment is this area ofit showers later in the week. the reasmoment is this area of high the moment is this area of high pressure dominating the picture across but there across the uk. but notice there is front just to the north of is a front just to the north of us that's bringing some cloud and a little bit of rain, mainly to island but to shetland island today, but elsewhere to shetland island today, but elsev1 skies and that's the theme clear skies and that's the theme through the night as well. so mist fog will develop across mist and fog will develop across northern and eastern parts of the the the uk. however, in the south—west with stronger winds than not going than of late, we're not going to see or fog see much of any mist or fog developing temperatures developing here. temperatures won't huge amount. so

won't drop a huge amount. so staying relatively warm, particularly south, particularly towards the south, could a little bit difficult could be a little bit difficult for sleeping for some of us through tuesday morning. we'll for sleeping for some of us thro any tuesday morning. we'll for sleeping for some of us thro any tues(and norning. we'll for sleeping for some of us thro any tues(and norrtowards'll see any mist and fog towards the north and east quickly clearing away then there'll be plenty away and then there'll be plenty of us, of sunshine for most of us, perhaps of across perhaps a bit of cloud across parts ireland and staying parts of ireland and staying quite across the far quite cloudy across the far north scotland. perhaps north of scotland. perhaps affecting orkney more on tuesday compared to today. for many compared to today. but for many of us, lots of sunshine. and with temperatures even with that, temperatures even higher to get to highs of higher likely to get to highs of 30, celsius. but notice there 30, 31 celsius. but notice there will be some strong winds in the south—west so feel south—west so it will feel a little different to recent little bit different to recent see clouds going to see some low clouds going to drift the north sea as drift in from the north sea as we overnight into we go through overnight into wednesday. of a slow wednesday. so a bit of a slow start here and some of that could actually linger through much of day. elsewhere, could actually linger through much af day. elsewhere, could actually linger through muchaf ofiay. elsewhere, could actually linger through muchaf ofiay. elsewaround quite a bit of sunshine around and am expecting temperatures to peak thursday. peak wednesday and thursday. but with , the risk some with that, the risk of some thunderstorms. i'll see you later . later. >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on .

she reckons the government is not getting enough praise , as

not getting enough praise, as there was a few f's and jeffs in there was a few f's and jeffs in there as well. but i wonder what do you think to that? do you agree with her? do you think the media is just too quick to give the government a kicking or do you think? actually, i'd love to know timing that know what your timing ain't that great debacle great given the schools debacle that experiencing today that we are experiencing today and as well. they have and labour as well. they have done big cabinet shadow done quite a big cabinet shadow cabinet reshuffle. it's got me wondering, do you think they are a serious government waiting? a serious government in waiting? is the next government is this the next government unfolding front of our very unfolding in front of our very eyes and pensions ? are there a eyes and pensions? are there a ticking time bomb? so many questions for you tonight. are we saving enough for our retirement ? is the retirement retirement? is the retirement age right ? should it be older? age right? should it be older? and how on earth are we going to pay and how on earth are we going to pay for all of these pensions that are coming our way and ipp , do you know what that is? it's basically you're imprisoned basically when you're imprisoned for protection , then for public protection, then basically have no idea if or basically you have no idea if or when you will be released . i'm when you will be released. i'm not talking about your lunatics like lucy lepis and people like your lucy lepis and people like your lucy lepis and people like that. talking about like that. i'm talking about people often haven't really