hospitals for review of hospitals for crumbling concrete backed up birmingham. >> the city council, the biggest in europe, has declared itself bankrupt after being hit with a £760 million pound bill. was it bad management? well, we see this happen to more of our town halls . halls. >> are you too sick to work? well, there'll be no crackdown on people claiming sickness benefits until 2025 after the general election in and a gb news exclusive, we speak to the group that call themselves the blade runners who break the law by vandalising those ulez cameras all around the . cameras all around the. capital all the kids know most of them are back to school today. can i just say the roads were busy. parents are delighted everywhere . children are excited to go back to school. so if you're one of them, congratulations in a possible heat wave, in a possible heat wave, in a possible heat wave, is marvellous. >> i'm also talking about new

>> i'm also talking about a new weight that's being weight loss drug that's being trialled the nhs. not trialled on the nhs. not everyone's excited about it. >> yeah. let us know your thoughts this morning. get involved. at gb news involved. gb views at gb news .uk. first all, here .uk. but first of all, here is your news with your morning's news with rhiannon . rhiannon jones. >> thank you, beth. good morning . it's 932. your top stories from the newsroom . the prime from the newsroom. the prime minister will be questioned about the extent of the crumbling concrete crisis when pmqs return after the summer recess. labour leader sir keir starmer visited a school in north london that's been affected one of more than 100in england ordered to be fully or partially shut down. he's accused rishi sunak of failing schools whilst he was chancellor by rejecting funding the prime minister denies he is to blame. defence secretary grant shapps told gb news the government is acting swiftly to deal with the issue that we've taken. >> we want to rebuild schools across all of our estate. we've

done about 500in the last ten years. we're going to do another 500 in the next ten years. but if you don't, if you have new information, which is what's happened over the summer and then you don't act on it, then you can't be saying that you're you're looking after children , you're looking after children, the staff, the teachers. we have acted on it immediately in order that that can never be the case. and we always look after the safety of the children. >> the glitch , which affected >> the glitch, which affected hundreds of flights last week, is said to have been caused by an extremely rare set of circumstances . the national air circumstances. the national air traffic services boss says the system failed to process a flight plan properly and the odds of that happening were i in 15,000,000. around 250,000 people were affected over the bank holiday weekend, with more than a quarter of flights cancelled on the monday. the uk's civil aviation authority is launching an independent review . russian mercenary group wagner is set to be declared a

terrorist organisation by the uk onceit terrorist organisation by the uk once it passes in parliament. it means it will be illegal to be a member or support the group. a draft order will also allow assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized certain prescription offences can be punishable by up to 14 years in prison . the final words years in prison. the final words of the helicopter pilot involved in the crash which killed the owner of leicester city football club, have been revealed in an official report as the aircraft spun out of control . eric spun out of control. eric swaffer could be heard saying , swaffer could be heard saying, i've no idea what's going on. as the pilots pedals became descant acted from the tail rotor , acted from the tail rotor, causing it to lose control . causing it to lose control. moments later it hit the ground outside the club's king power stadium in october 2018, and a former leader of far right group, proud boys , has been group, proud boys, has been jailed for 22 years for helping plan the storming of the january

6th us capitol riots. 39 year old enrico tarrio was not in washington during the riot, but helped organise the far right group's involvement. it's the longest sentence handed down so far to a ringleader over the attack. more than 1000 people have been arrested on capitol riot charges . and you can get riot charges. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now back to andrew and . bev and.bev >> well, the concrete crisis , >> well, the concrete crisis, it's moving a bit away from schools because now nhs england is writing to trust, telling them to bolster their emergency plans in case that concrete is in our hospitals and nhs buildings. >> that's right. the prime minister will face questions for the first time since before the summer recess today as pressure builds crumbling concrete builds on the crumbling concrete crisis in schools, labour says the prime minister's past decision on funding when he was chancellor that was back in 2021, has led to the current situation. >> but sunak says those who

claim he was to blame for the problems are utterly wrong. >> so editor of conservative >> so the editor of conservative home, hill, joins us now. home, henry hill, joins us now. henry pmqs today, first one since summer, you're going to have there's a lot to be fought over this this afternoon. you're going to have rishi sunak blaming keir starmer for birmingham city council going bankrupt. you're going have bankrupt. you're going to have keir blaming rishi sunak keir starmer blaming rishi sunak for which is for the schools fiasco, which is the easier argument to win today . who is most at fault here in terms of the political arguments ? >> 7- >> it's ? >> it's definitely going to be schools because most people don't live in birmingham. and so the bankruptcy of birmingham city council is going to be less important voters important to most voters compared that compared to the prospect that the might fall on their the school might fall on their kids heads. yeah. so labour has the easiest time of it politically. mean, terms politically. i mean, in terms of the actual of the argument, the actual fact of the argument, neither is directly to neither leader is directly to blame case schools , blame in the case of schools, this is the result of decades of under—invest cheap under—invest moment cheap building successive building post—war successive refusal to invest refusal by governments to invest . and in birmingham's case, it's a storm. there's that a perfect storm. there's that there's hideously mismanaged there's a hideously mismanaged

scandal a decision by there's a hideously mismanaged sca|supreme a decision by there's a hideously mismanaged sca|supreme court, decision by there's a hideously mismanaged sca|supreme court, which)n by the supreme court, which massively extended the timeline for pay settlements, which for equal pay settlements, which means that i think birmingham city council has now paid out over billion with more to over £1 billion with more to come schools issue. come on the schools issue. >> so we now think the list of schools affected is not to schools affected is not going to be published week. the be published this week. the argument being we don't want to scare parents a school scare parents because a school that be this, may be that might be this, it may be one small room, could be affected. isn't that not affected. but isn't that not that's not going to settle the issue, henry, because people are alarmed and they feel they have alarmed and they feel they have a right to know. and i think they probably do. why do politicians think we can know , politicians think we can know, but the people can't? but the little people can't? >> remarkable, isn't but the little people can't? >> because remarkable, isn't but the little people can't? >> because we markable, isn't but the little people can't? >> because we markawanna l't but the little people can't? >> because we markawanna scare it? because we don't wanna scare people. well, it's okay. well. well, i have a relatively well, now i have a relatively small school is small chance that any school is going fall down. and if going to fall down. and if you're parent, mean, it you're a parent, i mean, it doesn't be a chance doesn't have to be a big chance that school's going to fall on your kid's head for you to be worried that. so think worried about that. so i think that, the government, that, again, the government, most grown ups, most voters are grown ups, right? the government could be honest. say, here's honest. they could say, here's the if it the list of schools. and if it is fact one room, say it's

is in fact one room, say it's one room, just say in this school, in local this local high school, in local this local high school, it's room. we've school, it's one room. we've closed off fine. no one closed it off fine. no one worries. instead everyone's worried. >> but politically for worried. >> government,y for worried. >> government, let's for worried. >> government, let's politics the government, let's politics is matters to people is what matters to people watching who've kids at watching this who've got kids at school. they're fretting that they're have to do home they're going to have to do home tuition have tuition bev turner will have a complete meltdown. she has to do home tuition again. complete meltdown. she has to do hori'muition again. complete meltdown. she has to do hori'm not n again. complete meltdown. she has to do hori'm not alone]. >> i'm not alone. >> i'm not alone. >> a lot of my girl friends >> and a lot of my girl friends who've kids panicking who've got kids panicking the same do the home same because they do the home tuition, the bloke normally, tuition, not the bloke normally, but prime but politically. for the prime minister. five minister. he's got his five pledges which he's struggling on. let's be honest. now this and already that and we've already know that schools till schools could go on till christmas. hospitals might have to out because to kick patients out because potentially got this to kick patients out because potentconcrete. got this dodgy concrete. >> and other >> yeah. and courts and other areas the public. it's areas of the public. it's a huge. and danger and the huge. and the danger and the dangerous thing is that even if it is only a handful of schools, it's one those things that it's one of those things that can become emblematic can so easily become emblematic of of sense of regime, of a sort of sense of regime, like in 1979, it didn't take many grave diggers on many grave diggers to go on strike jim callaghan for strike underjim callaghan for callaghan's become strike underjim callaghan for callcountry become strike underjim callaghan for callcountry where become strike underjim callaghan for callcountry where you become strike underjim callaghan for callcountry where you couldn't the country where you couldn't bury right? it's bury the dead. right? and it's the thing here. it won't the same thing here. it won't take have

take many schools to have crumbling alone if crumbling rooms, let alone if someone gets hurt. for rishi sunak britain to one where sunak britain to be one where the fall yeah, the the schools fall over. yeah, the metaphor strong, isn't it? metaphor is strong, isn't it? precisely. hugely dangerous. >> are the government of >> they are the government of the it is hot potato. >> yeah, it is a hot potato. it's a pass the parcel issue. and you know, these this has been building for a long time. but ultimately, been but ultimately, when you've been in 13 years, you can't in power for 13 years, you can't duck accountability. >> question going to >> this question is i'm going to be that chamber to see be scanning that chamber to see if her seat in if liz truss is in her seat in the commons because today the the commons because today is the first of her first anniversary of her elevation to number 10 as the shortest serving prime minister in history 44 in british history was it 44 days days? days or 49 days? >> it's something like that. i think was hard done by. think she was hard done by. i still maintained. i think she's really but think she was really odd, but i think she was really odd, but i think she was really done by i mean to an really hard done by i mean to an extent i, i think the problem with liz truss is that, you know, she was aiming to do something very big and, you know, challenge economic orthodoxy. >> margaret thatcher >> fine. margaret thatcher aim to when i remember when to do that. when i remember when margaret do margaret thatcher aimed to do that, you had that letter from all those economists saying all of those economists saying this is absolutely mad. the this is absolutely mad. but the thing thing is, when she thing but the thing is, when she

was leader 1975, was elected leader in 1975, she spent with geoffrey was elected leader in 1975, she spent making with geoffrey was elected leader in 1975, she spent making a with geoffrey was elected leader in 1975, she spent making a plan. geoffrey was elected leader in 1975, she spent making a plan. andfrey was elected leader in 1975, she spent making a plan. and then howe making a plan. and then they they enacted it relatively carefully a of time carefully over a period of time . truss elevated a year . liz truss was elevated a year ago today, only a year. it feels like a lot has happened. put her foot down and just went straight for it. but she would she would say was here, i didn't say if she was here, i didn't have time. >> i didn't have the time. i didn't a five year didn't have a five year parliament. i'm voting ahead of me. that took the economy screwed. to get on it screwed. i had to get on with it straight away. >> i don't wouldn't have >> i don't it just wouldn't have worked. if the mini—budget worked. even if the mini—budget hadnt worked. even if the mini—budget hadn't exploded the hadn't immediately exploded the way they they originally way that they they originally calm by calm the markets was by promising huge tranche of promising a huge tranche of spending a spending cuts. now, i was at a tory conference that year and i was going around with was just going around with a with a pad and pen, with a with a pad and pen, talking to government advisers saying, okay, do the saying, okay, let's do the maths, let's if we can find maths, let's see if we can find these cuts. those cuts did not exist only you exist right? the only way you could get to sort of could get to those sort of numbers, sort of ten, 20, 30, 40, were uncosted, 40, the tax cuts were uncosted, the cuts were uncosted. the tax cuts were uncosted. and she promised to balance she she then promised to balance them. kwasi. this is them. she and kwasi. this is important thing. they promised to the to balance them after the initial billion

initial backlash, £40 billion worth of cuts when you're already promising increases, that means you're taking big chunks education, big chunks out of education, big chunks out of education, big chunks out of defence, big chunks out of welfare. the government, the truss government would not have survived that even hadn't been brought even if it hadn't been brought down by gilt crisis. down by the gilt crisis. >> well, do you make of >> well, what do you make of what nadine dorries said in her rather scathing resignation letter that she letter about the fact that she kind insinuated, didn't she, kind of insinuated, didn't she, really, was really, that sunak was parachuted democrat forces? >> f- forces? >> liz truss imploded >> i mean, liz truss imploded and boris johnson declined to stand. i think you can't stand. i think that's you can't really complain about rishi sunak unopposed. sunak becoming leader unopposed. bofis sunak becoming leader unopposed. boris apparently the boris johnson apparently had the numbers over top numbers to go over the top and fight leadership election fight that leadership election and do so. what's and he declined to do so. what's rishi sunak supposed to do? what's the party supposed what's what's the party supposed to his opponents to do? the his opponents couldn't a challenger. and couldn't find a challenger. and i think it's deeply frustrating coming from nadine dorries because, you know, because, of course, you know, but where we are but but look where we are economically . economically. >> i'm an economist, henry, >> i'm not an economist, henry, but had 14 consecutive but we've had 14 consecutive interest rate rises . the pound interest rate rises. the pound is, is falling again. is, is, is falling again. inflation has been falling. it's predicted to go up again next month, which she hasn't delivered. he was parachuted in as the saviour and his personal

approval ratings are are terrible. he he was parachuted in at first to stabilise the ship after she did. >> she did. she did. but the problem that rishi sunak has is that fundamentally an era of historically low interest rates is you know , inflation is over. you know, inflation might down, interest rates might come down, interest rates might come down, interest rates might never might come down. but we're never going near zero rates. going back to near zero rates. so that's a big missed opportunity for things like investment, but also the fundamental brakes on the british economy. do british economy. he won't do anything why is this anything about why? why is this country we have a country suffering? we have a housing crisis which is just consuming people's we consuming people's incomes. we don't build enough infrastructure. large parts of the avoidable the country have avoidable drought because we drought every summer because we haven't yeah, haven't built a reservoir. yeah, and is rishi sunak doing anything about that? >> he turn the boats >> no. will he turn the boats back again? >> how do you do it? >> how do you do it? >> you get back like they >> how do you get back like they did in australia? >> i mean, you can try. you need the cooperation of french, the cooperation of the french, but won't. i don't he but he won't. i don't think he will. but he won't. i don't think he wiliall right. we want henry to >> all right. we want henry to stay here. henry. >> thank you. we're going to move on ulez vandal. move on a ulez camera vandal. you these. he you might have seen these. he says stop damaging the says he won't stop damaging the devices bladerunner. all

devices until bladerunner. all of them removed london. of them are removed from london. they the blade they are called the blade runners lee, whose identity they are called the blade runne agreedlee, whose identity they are called the blade runne agreed to 5, whose identity they are called the blade runne agreed to protect, identity they are called the blade runne agreed to protect, is entity they are called the blade runne agreed to protect, is oney we've agreed to protect, is one of estimated 100 people of an estimated 100 people fighting against the fighting back against the scheme's fighting back against the sch so e's fighting back against the schsoe's news fighting back against the sch so e's news would like to make >> so gb news would like to make it do not condone or it clear we do not condone or encourage illegal behaviour, but our south. of course we don't. i'm even with tongue in i'm not even with the tongue in my south england my cheek. our south england reporter spoke to reporter ray addison spoke to lee, the first blade runner, to be camera in this be interviewed on camera in this gb exclusive. so watch and listen. >> this is what one man can do to in less than half to the ulez in less than half a day . day. >> some call them vigilantes , >> some call them vigilantes, others criminals they call themselves the ulez blade runners is around 100 activists. all using any means necessary to disable cameras taking the fight against the london mayor's clean air policy to the streets . lee air policy to the streets. lee is part of a small group of saboteurs who go out most weeks speaking exclusively on camera to gb news, he says sadiq khan is targeting the city's most vulnerable to charge the poorest of people to drive around is

unacceptable . unacceptable. >> sadiq khan talks about the fact that nine out of ten cars are compliant. if nine times if nine cars out of ten are compliant, it who are the 1 in 10, the 1 in 10 are the poorest people , the ones who can't people, the ones who can't afford a compliant car. people, the ones who can't afford a compliant car . so afford a compliant car. so they're the ones you're charging. so therefore it's a tax on the poor. it's that simple. >> but the mayor of london disputes claim. >> but the mayor of london dis|thes claim. >> but the mayor of london dis|the decision|im. >> but the mayor of london dis|the decision to. >> but the mayor of london dis|the decision to expand and >> the decision to expand and the ultra low emission zone to all of was a difficult all of london was a difficult one. it wasn't an easy one, but i think it's a vital decision andifs i think it's a vital decision and it's the right one. and let me tell you why. we now know the evidence in relation to the consequences of air pollution, at least around 4000 premature deaths a year , at least two deaths a year, at least two children having stunted lungs forever, adults with a whole host of health issues from asthma to cancer to dementia to heart disease . we also now know heart disease. we also now know that one of the most effective ways to reduce air pollution is with us. how do we know that in central london we've seen a reduction of around 50% of toxicity . nitrogen dioxide also

toxicity. nitrogen dioxide also a third fewer children being admitted to hospital with air pollution related illnesses . pollution related illnesses. >> the blade runners are supported by an online community that maps the location of london's almost 2700 ulez cameras. the red pins show working units . the black ones working units. the black ones have been disabled . have been disabled. >> i'll normally go around on the groups to see posts or pictures of people that have put up with cameras, particularly the new ones. if they've just been put up near to where i live. and then, yeah, i'll literally make a note of that, jot that down and then i'll arrange a date as to when i'll go out and i'll deal with that camera on that specific evening i >> according to the met crimes related to ulez, cameras rocketed . by 77% in august. lee rocketed. by 77% in august. lee says he's personally disabled. more than 60 cameras in the last yeah more than 60 cameras in the last year. he's developed his own technique , which bypasses tfl's technique, which bypasses tfl's security measures in a matter of seconds . gb news security measures in a matter of seconds. gb news has security measures in a matter of seconds . gb news has decided not

seconds. gb news has decided not to show footage of the way the cameras might be disabled to avoid the risk of copycats. it's important to stress, of course, that what you're doing is illegal. do you consider yourself to be a criminal? >> i'm not. i'm not a criminal in any any way, shape or form. i'm you know, i'm just literally i'm you know, i'm just literally i'm doing what i believe is right. and i'll stand by that and i'll sit on that hill until the time comes when i'm not. no longer allowed to. >> although tfl says the ulez expansion will bring health benefits to a further 5 million people living in greater london, lee questions that justification , saying this has nothing to do with air pollution. >> you know, we've seen videos, there's video evidence of people living in houses with black mould, mushrooms growing off the wall. so this notion that for thousand deaths a year from car pollution is utter nonsense , pollution is utter nonsense, other groups would strongly disagree . disagree. >> lee murray is director of innovation at possible the climate action group. >> basically, about half of the air pollution, the stuff that's

in the air that is dangerous to human health is out in the environment, not inside our homes . about half of that comes homes. about half of that comes from motor traffic. so you know, this is not in dispute. this is extremely well understood science. >> meanwhile, lee is adamant that the blade runners will not stop their sabotage. >> there's enough of us, myself included, where we're not going to give up. we're not going to give up until either all them cameras are gone or and steve tuckwell or the next mayor turns around and scraps us scrap the idea completely. >> a transport for london spokesperson said the ulez is vital in tackling the triple challenges of air pollution , the challenges of air pollution, the climate emergency and congestion and vandalism on our network is unacceptable and all incidents are reported to the police for investigation. criminal damage to ulez cameras puts the perpetrators at risk of prosecution and life changing injuries while simultaneously risking the safety of the public. risking the safety of the pubuc.the risking the safety of the public. the ulez is not about

making money and annual net revenue from ulez will fall below zero by 20 2627 as compliance increases . ray compliance increases. ray addison gb news splutter splutter. >> it is about raising money. it's to going raise £1 billion for the mayor of london in 2025. ulez but these schemes, henry, are running are going to be extending all over the country. >> yeah, i think that's the key thing to understand is that you know, when the conservatives won that by—election, people were saying, just a london saying, well, it's just a london issue, is going to issue, right? how is it going to help? it's not. programs help? but it's not. programs like are being planned for like this are being planned for major over the uk by major cities. all over the uk by various are various councils and they are all, as seen from all, as we've seen from birmingham, bankrupt. birmingham, going bankrupt. they're all about revenue. >> and it's not just about clean air, about fact that we air, it's about the fact that we have given you or given the have not given you or given the ruling in this country ruling powers in this country permission put on permission to put cameras on every street watch every single street and watch everything doing. everything that we're doing. it's state that it's the surveillance state that it's the surveillance state that i on board with. we i am not on board with. we haven't a conversation about that. >> it is a gift for the tories, isn't it, henry? and they don't have many good to see you right

now. have many good to see you right novmoving birmingham city >> moving on, birmingham city council declared itself council has declared itself bankrupt after being with bankrupt after being hit with a £760 million with the city £760 million bill with the city council new council claiming that all new spending, with the exception of statutory stop statutory services, must stop immediately. statutory services, must stop immediatealton is the leader of >> robert alton is the leader of the conservatives. that's the opposition birmingham opposition group at birmingham city joins us now. city council and joins us now. robert, if we can talk to you by your first have they your first name, have they already declared themselves bankrupt to? bankrupt or are they about to? so yesterday morning they issued the 104 notice, which the section 104 notice, which effectively declares themselves bankrupt. >> right. and what they made really this relates to really clear was this relates to that equal pay bill. you've just talked about. yeah, they've also had system which was meant had an it system which was meant to cost about 19 million, which had an it system which was meant to closer bout 19 million, which had an it system which was meant to closer to jt 19 million, which had an it system which was meant to closer to 100 million, which had an it system which was meant to closer to 100 million. which is closer to 100 million. >> they've became very >> they've got became very preoccupied by the commonwealth games starmer , the games and even keir starmer, the labour leader, decided, well the labour's said that there was labour's nec said that there was a endemic problem in a problem, an endemic problem in the labour group and they replaced the leader the replaced the leader of the council, party. so council, the labour party. so they're conceding there's a problem, we've not problem, although we've not heard keir starmer talking about labour's problems labour's the financial problems in birmingham yet. >> absolutely. that campaign

improvement board report you're talking about earlier this year made clear that the national made it clear that the national labour party felt that birmingham needed stop birmingham labour needed to stop blaming their blaming other people for their mistakes. here in birmingham, robert , frustrating it robert, how frustrating has it been for you being the leader of the council? >> conservatives at birmingham city council and watching the finances over what i mean, this this claim for equal pay was ten years ago, watching the finances deteriorate. what what did you do to try and stop this , this do to try and stop this, this descent into bankruptcy? and how frustrating has it been for you ? >> 7- >> so this ? >> so this bill relates to the last six years because you can only claim for six years in arrears and equal pay. so it's all related to the last six years. and it's been incredibly frustrating because ourselves as the opposition, the local trade unions, officers even the opposition, the local trade uni(auditors)fficers even the opposition, the local trade uni(auditors havers even the opposition, the local trade uni(auditors have been even the opposition, the local trade uni(auditors have been warning the auditors have been warning the auditors have been warning the in that they the administration in that they needed get grip and deal needed to get a grip and deal with issue. but sadly , even with this issue. but sadly, even earlier year, when they earlier this year, when they were a final by were given a final warning by the auditors, they postponed meetings. instead of being willing decision why

willing to make a decision why did this postpone meetings? >> what characters are we talking about? is this john cotton and sharon thompson, the leader, and deputy leader of leader, and the deputy leader of birmingham council? where birmingham city council? where did their priorities did did their priorities lie? did they want flounce around they just want to flounce around at ceremony the at the opening ceremony of the birmingham games birmingham commonwealth games and whilst and take all the credit whilst in background? there's not in the background? there's not going enough money to going to be enough money to empty people's bins ? empty people's bins? >> well, that's right. it's the labour cabinet that have been failing to make a decision about this. that the this. so that includes the leader the leader . leader and the deputy leader. and what seen this summer and what we've seen this summer is headsin and what we've seen this summer is heads in the sand is frankly, heads in the sand where failed to where they've just failed to understand was, understand how serious this was, despite them . despite everyone warning them. and of course, what it's led to now birmingham have now is birmingham labour have bankrupted birmingham city council . council. >> the how is this manifesting itself people waking up in itself for people waking up in birmingham, second birmingham, which is our second city, biggest local city, the biggest local authority whole of authority in the whole of europe? there already europe? robert there are already huge problems in housing, in huge problems in the housing, in housing, in birmingham, but how else will impact people ? else will this impact people? >> well, that's right. we saw just yesterday morning at the cabinet meeting, the council having to withdraw cost of living support. that's something

that's absolutely vital for vulnerable this city. vulnerable people in this city. and there's other services like you've talked about, housing. some was some housing investment was pulled yesterday as well. and over days, we're over the coming days, we're going more services like going to see more services like that actually people rely that that actually people rely uponin that that actually people rely upon in the city and now at risk because the failure of because of the failure of birmingham get a grip birmingham labour to get a grip of finances because labour birmingham labour to get a grip of goingances because labour birmingham labour to get a grip of goingances beciyou labour birmingham labour to get a grip of goingances beciyou aabour birmingham labour to get a grip of goingances beciyou a lotjr birmingham labour to get a grip of goingances beciyou a lot for are going to blame you a lot for saying the tories have cut grants and support for town halls. >> what do say to that? >> what do you say to that? >> what do you say to that? >> well, the section 104 notice here in birmingham is really clear this isn't about clear that this isn't about national funding. this is about a failure for this a failure to allow for this equal pay bill and a failure to resolve it. and that is why the blame lies squarely with the labour administration here birmingham. >> has there been, robert, too much emphasis es on frivolous projects? your esg, your environmental, social, your diversity, your celebration zones, the, you know, is that what birmingham has spent too much money on in the last few years ? like i say, the nice years? like i say, the nice stuff without getting the brass

tacks in place first. >> yeah, they've absolutely focussed on on trying to do fancy improvements in the city centre instead of focusing on things like housing repairs for vulnerable tenants in the city. you've talked about some of the other investments they've done. you've heard ulez on your programme earlier. obviously we've got clean here we've got a clean air zone here in birmingham, which in birmingham, something which we because we campaigned against because again, punish again, they're looking to punish the least well—off in the city for showpiece bits of for some showpiece bits of infrastructure rather than focusing on what's actually needed. but the big thing on this bill is the 760 million for the failure to deal with equal pay- the failure to deal with equal pay. and they've had six years of warnings and it's a failure to do that that's caused this problem. >> just finally, robert, does this mean the long suffering taxpayer the form of the taxpayer in the form of the treasury to have to treasury is going to have to step bail out birmingham ? step in to bail out birmingham? >> well, clearly , residents >> well, clearly, residents locally are very concerned now that this could lead to higher council tax bills or higher taxes nationally for a national bailout. and what's clear is birmingham needs to get a grip

of this because it cannot allow this bill to keep going up. at the moment, this bill is increasing 14 million month increasing 14 million a month until the labour administrate nafion until the labour administrate nation the nation finally resolved the equal pay issue. >> yeah, rubbish, >> yeah, it's just rubbish, isn't it? >> robert he's isn't it? >> robert alden. he's the tory leader there. have go. leader there. we have to go. robert. robert, out robert. thank you. robert, out this from this very full statement from birmingham council said, birmingham city council said, oh, we implemented rigorous spending we've spending controls in july. we've made to the local made a request to the local government association for additional support. government association for additionalshooting support. government association for additionalshooting of|pport. government association for additionalshooting of|p|section tuesday's shooting of a section 114 a necessary step as 114 note is a necessary step as we seek to our city back on we seek to get our city back on a sound financial footing so we can stronger city for can build a stronger city for our residents. >> they go on. despite the >> and they go on. despite the challenges that face, we will challenges that we face, we will prioritise challenges that we face, we will prio residents challenges that we face, we will prioresidents rely challenges that we face, we will prio residents rely line our residents rely on in line with our values of supporting the vulnerable. some might with our values of supporting the this vulnerable. some might with our values of supporting the this should'able. some might with our values of supporting the this should have some might with our values of supporting the this should have been; might with our values of supporting the this should have been doingt say this should have been doing that wonder how many that anyway. i wonder how many rainbows crossings they've rainbows zebra crossings they've got at 70 grand a time? >> and when is the labour leader keir starmer going to say something about the collapse of finances in birmingham? the second biggest local second city, their biggest local authority. a tory authority. if it was a tory borough, be all borough, he'd be crawling all over right? borough, he'd be crawling all ovestillright? borough, he'd be crawling all ove still to 1t? borough, he'd be crawling all ovestill to come, hospitals >> still to come, all hospitals in ordered survey in england ordered to survey their more

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gb news 10 am. on wednesday, the 6th of september. >> back to school day. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pierce. >> our hospitals next. the concrete crisis does not show any sign of going away. pressure growing on the prime minister, nhs england has ordered an urgent review of hospitals for that concrete bankrupt birmingham, the city council has declared itself bankrupt after being hit with a £760 million bill. >> was it down partly to bad

management , too sick to work? management, too sick to work? >> well, there's going to be no crackdown on people claiming sickness benefits until 2025 after the next election . in . after the next election. in. that story about benefit claimants has been handled three different ways by three different ways by three different newspapers today, my daily mail cracked crackdown on getting sick people back into the workplace because the incapacity benefit has soared. the telegraph says it's all about getting mental health people working. telegraph attacks the tories for delaying it till 2025. >> i read it. it had to read it three times. >> i still didn't quite understand but we will understand it. but we will explain you what that means, explain to you what that means, especially will affect you especially if it will affect you personally. especially if it will affect you petheially. address. as always is the email address. as always , get in touch with us this morning. let us know your thoughts. though, is thoughts. first though, here is rhiannon in the warm, rhiannon jones in the very warm, sunny newsroom .

sunny gp newsroom. >> good morning. it's 10:01. >> good morning. it's10:01. your top stories from the newsroom. the prime minister will be questioned about the extent of the crumbling concrete crisis when pmqs return after the summer recess. labour leader sir keir starmer starmer visited a school in north london that's been affected. one of more than 100in england ordered to fully or partially shut down. he's accused rishi sunak of failing schools whilst he was chancellor by rejecting funding the prime minister denies he's to blame . minister denies he's to blame. defence secretary grant shapps told gb news the government is acting swiftly to deal with the issue . issue. >> we want to rebuild schools across all of our estate. we've done about 500in the last ten years. we're going to do another 500 in the next ten years. but if you don't, if you have new information, which is what's happened over the summer and then you don't act on it, then you can't be saying that you're for looking after children , the for looking after children, the staff, the teachers. we have acted on immediately in order

acted on it immediately in order that that can never be the case. and we always look after the safety of the children. >> national campaign >> labour's national campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden , says coordinator, pat mcfadden, says the situation should have been addressed a long time ago . addressed a long time ago. >> this is an appalling indictment of 13 years of conservative rule. imagine the picture of children either not being able to go to school or being able to go to school or being taught in classrooms where the syrians are being propped up by steel girders . our children by steel girders. our children deserve better than that . deserve better than that. >> a glitch which affected hundreds of flights last week, is said to have been caused by an extremely rare set of circumstances. the national air traffic services boss says the system failed to process a flight plan properly and the odds of that happening were 1 in 15,000,000, around 250,000 people were affected over the bank holiday weekend, with more than a quarter of flights cancelled on the monday. the uk civil aviation authority is launching an independent review. now its chief executive, martin

rolfe, says steps have been taken to ensure it doesn't happen again . happen again. >> we had a flight plan. >> we had a flight plan. >> the information that comes with a flight that was is unique amongst the 15 million that we've received over the last five years. the system took that flight plan and when it realised just how unusual it was, it couldn't process it in the way that it would normally do. so and decided the safest option then was to put itself into a fail safe mode , if you like the fail safe mode, if you like the final words of the helicopter pilot involved in the crash in leicester five years ago now has been published in a report. >> everyone on board, including the leicester city football club owner, was killed when the aircraft hit the ground bursting into flames outside the stadium as the helicopter spun out of control . eric swaffer could be control. eric swaffer could be heard saying , i've no control. eric swaffer could be heard saying, i've no idea what's going on. investigators found the pedals became disconnected from the tail rotor , causing it to lose control . a

, causing it to lose control. a russian mercenary group, wagner, is set to be declared a terrorist organisation by the uk onceit terrorist organisation by the uk once it passes in parliament, it means it will be illegal to be a member or support the group. a draft order will also allow assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized certain prescription offences can be punishable by up to 14 years in prison . the mother of years in prison. the mother of sarah sharif has described how difficult it was to identify her daughter's body in the mortuary. the ten year old was found at her home in woking last month. her father, his partner and siblings flew to pakistan a day earlier , speaking to a polish tv earlier, speaking to a polish tv programme . olga sharif, who programme. olga sharif, who separated from her husband in 2015, said one of her daughters cheeks was swollen and the other side was bruised. a post—mortem found she had suffered multiple and extensive injuries over a sustained and extended period of

time . authorities in pakistan time. authorities in pakistan are still looking for sarah's father , a former leader of far father, a former leader of far right group, proud boys has been jailed for 22 years for helping plan the capital hill riots. ennque plan the capital hill riots. enrique tarrio wasn't in washington during the violence in january 2021, but helped organise as the far right groups involved . and it's the longest involved. and it's the longest sentence handed down so far in connection to the attack. more than 1000 people have been arrested on capitol riot charges in parts of the uk are already feeling the heatwave with the hottest day of the year expected. this week. temperatures in britain could soar as high as 32 degrees, four degrees higher than ibiza . the degrees higher than ibiza. the uk health security agency has upgraded its heat alert to amber . the warning covers every region of england apart from the north—east, where a yellow alert is in place. they'll be in force until sunday. this is gb news

across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker. by saying play your smart speaker. by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and bev . andrew and bev. >> well, the prime minister will be facing questions for the first time in the commons since before the summer recess. he's under huge pressure, of course, because crumbling because of the crumbling concrete crisis our schools concrete crisis in our schools and warnings. hospitals be and warnings. hospitals may be at risk. >> p- at risk. >> mp matt matt. pat >> labour mp matt matt. pat mcfadden spoke to gb news earlier . earlier. >> this is an appalling indictment of 13 years of conservative rule. imagine the picture of children either not being able to go to school or being able to go to school or being taught in classrooms where the syrians are being propped up by steel girders . our children by steel girders. our children deserve better than that . deserve better than that. >> has he got a point? mark reilly, mp, tory mp for rayleigh and wickford. he joins us in the studio. >> mark reilly, me and mark francis. >> mark francois, sorry, you're the mp for radio. >> i think we need to wake up. you i. we can't speak.

you and i. we can't speak. >> you're very kind. and your name was exactly andrew. >> neil. >> neil. >> i think labour should perhaps be a little bit more humble on this. i mean, there's a heck of a lot of schools in birmingham that's years that's been labour run for years . went bankrupt yesterday. . they went bankrupt yesterday. so a little bit more humility from labour might be in order and this problem wasn't identified in 1999 when identified first in 1999 when labourin identified first in 1999 when labour in power. identified first in 1999 when labyesin power. identified first in 1999 when labyes .1 power. >> yes. >> yes. >> i mean, you know, there have been there have been, if you like, issues on both sides of the political aisle. really the political aisle. the really important think trying important thing, i think trying to one for a minute to put to one side for a minute are knockabout is the safety are the knockabout is the safety of the pupils and the disruption that it's causing for them, particularly after covid and for parents, some of whom will have to now have to take time off work. and obviously, you know, for teachers and staff as well. i mean, if i could very quickly explain to your viewers why this all you know, because all blew up, you know, because so many have said, why so many people have said, why did do this just before the did they do this just before the schools came back. right. so this happened. dfe this is what happened. the dfe knew that there was this issue. so last year, the department of

education. sorry. yes. yes sorry. so sent out sorry. so they sent out a questionnaire to pretty much every school and trust in england asking them, do you have any of this material on your school estate and 90% of them have now come back . have now come back. >> that was was it 2019, mark, sorry. but when they first sent out that letter asking the questionnaire, i think i think in 2019, there were some warnings issued. >> but i think that the questionnaire itself went out last year. okay. and the point is, for those that had rack , is, for those that had rack, they then surveyed those schools and they categorised them as high risk or medium risk or low. the reason all of this suddenly blew up is a little over a week ago, a roof beam from a classroom fell in. obviously, whilst the school was off on the summer term, but in a low risk school . so that set all of these school. so that set all of these alarm bells ringing. so now they're checking all of those schools again. and that is what

has to led some of the closures. and i think it's important to explain why on earth did they do this a week before the schools came back, that if you like, was the trigger event you've got problems in your own constituency, essex is quite badly hit, isn't it? yes i mean, at the moment we've got very roughly about half of the affected schools. why several reasons. i think . one, because reasons. i think. one, because we're one of the largest counties is so we're going to have more schools than, say, herefordshire . and secondly , herefordshire. and secondly, because there was such rapid population growth in essex after the war. so it means many of these schools were constructed in the period in question. so that's that's just a kind of a historical fact . so yes, i mean, historical fact. so yes, i mean, i've got seven schools which are potentially affected and i've you know, i've been in contact with all of them. now, one of the things that i mentioned this in the commons a couple of days ago is some times the information that's come from the

dfe is not wholly accurate or it's out of date . so the only it's out of date. so the only way to absolute get what you might call the ground truth is to talk to the heads directly . to talk to the heads directly. see? so that's what i and many of my. >> and how are those heads? what are they? what are they? are they cross with anybody in particular? do they take responsibility? >> well, all of heads that >> well, all of the heads that i've spoken to absolutely i've spoken to are absolutely working socks off. right. working their socks off. right. and the case essex , it's and in the case of essex, it's a quick shout out for essex county council who have moved heaven and earth to try and help. so now the heads are doing everything they if you're a head teacher, this is a nightmare. right? and the heads that i've been dealing with are doing everything can. and so in everything they can. and so in some cases , for instance, you some cases, for instance, you don't need to close the school. there's one a bromford in wickford where two of their blocks have now been effectively roped off, but they're trying to use other space and other classrooms and another essex county council building, which is on the same site, potentially to provide alternative

classrooms . so what the heads classrooms. so what the heads are doing is they are juggling the best that they can, particularly trying to avoid a situation where parents have to take time off work and their children are remote educated as they were during covid. so the heads are doing everything they can. >> and bad enough that mums and dads are going to have to may have to do remote education again. mark but now what about the horror that this is spreading to our hospital? is the idea that we're going to have kick patients of have to kick patients out of hospital because that hospital wards because that might discovered some of might be discovered in some of our hospitals. >> know that rack has >> well, we know that rack has been for years. been in hospitals for years. some got sort of some hospitals have got sort of mini pit props, you know, propping up the ceiling. you propping up the ceiling. as you know, i serve on the public accounts your accounts committee. so your viewers might be interested to know tomorrow morning , we know. so tomorrow morning, we have a major hearing with officials from the nhs. all about rack and hospitals. so i imagine there'll be a lot of media interest in that. there certainly will be. and in addition, on monday afternoon, we've got what call a recall

we've got what we call a recall heanng we've got what we call a recall hearing on schools because we had the we had the permanent under—secretary and her team in in july talking about racking schools . we haven't yet produced schools. we haven't yet produced our report, by the way, which i can't speak for the whole committee, but i imagine it's going to be pretty punchy. so certainly with meg hillier as our chairman. so a monday our chairman. yeah. so a monday afternoon, we've what afternoon, we've got what we call a recall session. we're bringing permanent bringing the permanent under—secretary in to say, under—secretary back in to say, what did you tell us in july and where are things now ? and i, you where are things now? and i, you know, be that even some know, it may be that even some of media organisations will of the media organisations will run don't know. run that live. i don't know. >> a little short on time. >> we're a little short on time. we want to ask you about mel stride's decision to say people should back to work. need should go back to work. we need to everybody on mental to get everybody who's on mental health work, health benefits back to work, back but we're back to work. oh, but we're going it after the next going to do it after the next election. if we if the plan is to this, why don't they do it to do this, why don't they do it now? yes, quite. >> i think you've got to >> well, i think you've got to do it carefully. i mean, you know, you'll have heard of the 100 people test, right? you you stop people down the stop 100 people walking down the high say, you

high street and you say, do you think that if people think it's right that if people through no fault of their own, they unable to work? they simply are unable to work? do think state should do you think the state should help out of those 100 help them? 99 out of those 100 people say yes, course. people would say yes, of course. if you ask the same 100 if you then ask the same 100 people. but you think it's people. but do you think it's right people are capable right that if people are capable of should make the of working, they should make the effort so? 99 out of 100 effort and do so? 99 out of 100 people will say they should. right the right right. okay. so the question is, you know, between those, as were, arguments those, as it were, two arguments of , how do you of principle, how do you actually sort one from the other and from experience as a constituency ? mp you do have to constituency? mp you do have to do that carefully, but that said, the principle that those people who are well enough to work should is right. and what you actually often find to be fair is a lot of people who are not fully able bodied want to work . yes, absolutely. but then work. yes, absolutely. but then there's an issue about how you best provide the support for them to do that. >> but market won't take two years to sort out how you do that. it's now 2023. great headune that. it's now 2023. great headline in my paper. 1 million on sickness benefits. have on sickness benefits. i have to find hurrah! good.

find a job. hurrah! good. why are they waiting? why is work and pensions the telegraph say not it's such a can and pensions the telegraph say not explain it's such a can and pensions the telegraph say not explain the it's such a can and pensions the telegraph say not explain the delay?1 a can and pensions the telegraph say not explain the delay? because you explain the delay? because this government doesn't have much of a retail offer to voters. a great and voters. this is a great one. and the andrew, i hope you don't think i'm ducking it. >> i mean, these things do have to carefully. the end of to be done carefully. the end of the days, the end of the day, you'd have to get on and ask you'd have to get mel on and ask him. but but think the him. but but but i think the principle that people who are capable working, whom capable of working, many of whom want i've had these want to work i've had these people in my surgery and i know this. i think they be this. i think they should be given support order to do that. >> but they could do it a bit quicker, couldn't they? >> i we're going to push you on this. >> well, francois, thank you very much. >> em— very much. >> you prefer them >> and i would you prefer them to this now ? to do this now? >> now, hang on. can the election providing they providing carefully providing they do it carefully and thoughtfully. providing they do it carefully anc i thoughtfully. providing they do it carefully and would tfully. providing they do it carefully and would like i. providing they do it carefully and would like to see this >> i would like to see this done. help me understand this. >> providing it's done in the proper right. if you're off work. >> but you want to work. and as we know, there are so many jobs now that you can do from home and that's conversation

and that's why this conversation has changed. yes why do they need the government to help them get why they get that work? why can't they just apply for a job? >> some of them when i visited. okay, when i visited my job centre in raleigh, admittedly, this this was prior this was just this was prior to covid. i sat down with the jobcentre plus manager there and she said to me about 80% of our work now is trying to help people who want to work but have some kind of disadvantage. >> it's anxiety , isn't it? isn't >> it's anxiety, isn't it? isn't that the buzz phrase now? >> it can be a variety of things . and at that time , a lot of . and at that time, a lot of their effort was actually focussed on trying, as it were, to get those people over the line because what i was told was a lot of these people want to work , but in some circumstances work, but in some circumstances they need some additional help or support in order to be able to. >> that comes down to gp services. surely that comes down to decent mental health support. it doesn't come down to necessarily the job centre and a lot of this is about mental

health because have health because we now have a mental health epidemic in this country appears. >> in fairness to the >> i think in fairness to the government and what i would say is on the one hand we have is this on the one hand we have ploughed billions more into ploughed in billions more into mental health services. i think even critics would acknowledge that. on the other hand, that. but on the other hand, demand has gone through the roof partly, i think a lot of this has to do with covid. sure certainly if you it has a lot to do with covid policy. >> it doesn't have a lot to do with the virus with such a low infection fatality rate. well, look, if you talk to heads right once we were allowed to start visiting schools again, because for that was completely verboten. >> and yeah, went to one of >> and yeah, i went to one of the secondaries in my patch and i to the head teacher, what i said to the head teacher, what is your greatest challenge? and i said to the head teacher, what isthoughteatest challenge? and i said to the head teacher, what isthought she st challenge? and i said to the head teacher, what isthought she might lenge? and i said to the head teacher, what isthought she might lengyyou nd i thought she might say, you know, to the staffing know, trying to get the staffing . said, it's the mental . no, she said, it's the mental health of the kids. she told me a lot of these kids have really struggled with this and that's surprised you as a human being ? surprised you as a human being? >> no. sure surely anybody that understands children in any way,

shape or form will know that we ruined a generation by telling them they were going to kill their grandma. >> look, bev, you're talking to someone who was what you might call a lockdown sceptic. good. you know, wife works in the you know, my wife works in the nhs. needed to nhs. i accepted we needed to have an initial lockdown, but i was one of those. if you look at my voting record, we voted consistently try and lift the consistently to try and lift the lift. those regulations as i think you know it went on for too long. that is my view. and i've got the voting record. yeah >> you know, i've got friends who are these people who've never gone back to work, who lost their jobs lockdown lost their jobs during lockdown and now are at home anyway, if you can't. >> okay. but if you if you if you want to see the effects of this on the nhs coming back to rack, then tune in about 930 tomorrow morning. okay. thank you, mark. >> good to see you. that is mark francois, not mark reilly. he's the mp for rayleigh. we are going to talk to one of your colleagues, the way, the colleagues, by the way, the conservative hunt conservative mp tom hunt is going be us. that's right. >> thank you very much. lots of

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mornings from 930 on gb news is . right. >> it's 1023 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson. bev turner well, the tory mp tom, i keep getting these constituency moves. >> i was going to call you tom ipswich. >> tommy hunt, he's the mp for ipswich. >> he's in the studio. tom, you're just itching to talk about the shambles that's in birmingham, second city, the birmingham, our second city, the largest authority largest local authority in europe. course, labour mps europe. of course, labour mps are saying, oh, it's all about the tories. what about other councils? this is humiliating. is council in is it the biggest council in europe going under with debts of

£760 million? >> i mean, i think it's a little it's a little indication of what happens when you get labour led authorities. >> i think invariably when we see councils in these kind of deep financial troubles, they tend to be labour led. i think we've also seen with the welsh assembly little bit of a taste assembly a little bit of a taste of might get if we ever of what we might get if we ever get a labour government and i think a it's quite a think it's a it's quite a helpful reminder of you get think it's a it's quite a helpf|you minder of you get think it's a it's quite a helpf|you get der of you get think it's a it's quite a helpf|you get in' of you get think it's a it's quite a helpf|you get in competentyu get think it's a it's quite a helpf|you get in competent labour when you get in competent labour authorities who don't know to how money how manage people's money and it's money, suppose it's taxpayers money, i suppose labour council, labour would the city council, that birmingham council that birmingham city council will we, we had to pay will say, well we, we had to pay £760 million to two female workers predominantly. >> are >> so this is people who are like and dinner ladies. like cleaners and dinner ladies. so the traditionally more female occupations we had to pay them money because we hadn't paid them enough. they were giving bonuses to more traditionally male jobs, like refuse collectors. they to pay collectors. so they have to pay that money. they should have been the first been paying it in the first place. arguably so what? what can if they to meet can they do if they have to meet that i mean, the issues that cost? i mean, the issues that cost? i mean, the issues that with in that they're grappling with in this councils will this regard, all councils will be grappling with.

>> so don't know why >> so i don't know why birmingham specifically should >> so i don't know why bir somehow specifically should >> so i don't know why birsomehow immune lly should >> so i don't know why birsomehow immune from ould >> so i don't know why birsomehow immune from having be somehow immune from having to grapple is this grapple with this. this is this is we're seeing with is what we're seeing with birmingham is birmingham city council is absolutely shambolic. let's not forget a labour forget the last time a labour party government, we had party ran the government, we had a sorry, there's no a note saying sorry, there's no money you labour money left when you get labour led, get the labour led, when you get the labour party in control, whether it's at a national level or in big councils, is always at a national level or in big cou same. is always the same. >> they've gotten it system that's cost 100 million instead of million. of the projected 19 million. what the public what is it about the public sector and it also they've spent £189 million a new library. £189 million on a new library. those of projects should those sorts of projects should have been stopped because one, they've to have been stopped because one, they've workers to have been stopped because one, they've workers who to have been stopped because one, they've workers who are to have been stopped because one, they've workers who are entitled women workers who are entitled to the same pay as men. they should been stopped in should have been stopped in their tracks. >> w- >> absolutely. they had a challenge mean, challenge here. i mean, ultimately i men and ultimately i want i want men and women exactly the same women to get exactly the same rewards. so in principle, of course, i sympathise that. course, i sympathise with that. but absolutely but yeah, you're absolutely right. a challenge right. they had a challenge there. could have managed there. they could have managed it. could have through it. they could have got through it. they could have got through it some of should they it by making some of should they have commonwealth have hosted the commonwealth games? have hosted that? >> should they have hosted that? well, mean, love well, i mean, they love grandiose well, i mean, they love grandioknow, i think that >> you know, i think that there's i in many respects

there's i think in many respects there's i think in many respects the commonwealth games is something very something to be very enthusiastic about for birmingham and the wider midlands. you know, midlands. but look, you know, you've be able make you've got to be able to make difficult decisions in government local government whether it's at local government whether it's at local government you've look government. you've got to look at amount of money you're at the amount of money you're spending you're committed to. but love grandiose but labour party love grandiose projects. so actually cancelling some those other projects is some of those other projects is pretty difficult pretty quite difficult for it. but to sound but look, i'm sorry to sound very repetitive this, but very repetitive on this, but the message very clear. you message is very clear. when you get labor party in control get the labor party in control at level a national at a local level or a national level, this is what happens. >> do you think the education sector is doing a good job? >> i think she you know, >> i think she is. you know, i think she's isn't think she's firstly isn't it great have apprentice as great to have an apprentice as the apprentice? the first apprentice? >> told us she's doing >> have you told us she's doing a good she's very cross a good job? she's very cross about people not telling you she's doing a good job. so cross that on tv. she's doing a good job. so cross thai on tv. she's doing a good job. so cross thai haven't on tv. she's doing a good job. so cross thai haven't seen.tv. she's doing a good job. so cross thai haven't seen. 11. she's doing a good job. so cross thai haven't seen. i haven't >> i haven't seen. i haven't seen her actually since i've been back from summer recess. but think she's she's but i mean, i think she's she's clearly very hard with clearly working very hard with this current situation with a cement. you cement. but i think she you know, apologised know, she's apologised for her choice words. you know, choice of words. but, you know, to with you, i think to be honest with you, i think it's interesting because on the one pubuc it's interesting because on the one public say they

one hand, the public say they want have human beings as want to have human beings as politicians authentic, want to have human beings as poli sometimes authentic, want to have human beings as poli sometimes idoesntic, want to have human beings as poli sometimes does mean but sometimes that does mean that you see things like that and is you and that authenticity is can you just to me? just say thank you to me? >> while kids might not be >> while your kids might not be able school? we don't able to go to school? we don't have time for that. have much time for that. >> she's apologised >> and she's apologised for her choice at the end choice of words. but at the end of day, she's an education of the day, she's an education secretary, is working incredibly hard. she's used hard. she's she's she's used some shouldn't some words that she shouldn't have she's apologised have used and she's apologised for i'm not bothered the >> i'm not bothered by the swearing. most swearing. i don't think most people the people are offended by the swearing. fact swearing. we do like the fact that but that they're quite human. but i think was more the attitude think it was more the attitude it like it was petty it looked like it was a petty grievance. she more annoyed grievance. she was more annoyed at her fellow mps, not giving her than her the praise rather than putting where putting her priorities where they should be, which is getting the schools sorted out and communicating parents. >> ultimately w“ parents. >> education 1ately we've parents. >> education secretary we've parents. >> education secretary haveye the education secretary i have met think terms met her before. i think in terms of where she's on the key of where she's at on the key education policies. totally agree. she's worked incredibly hard she hasn't used right yes, she hasn't used the right choice my view, and choice of words, in my view, and she's apologised for it. and i can understand why people can understand why some people are by are irritated, irritated by that. an that. but ultimately, as an education biggest education secretary, the biggest thing judged thing she'll be judged on is what does. what she does. >> is the government >> but. but is the government asleep wheel? now asleep at the wheel? because now the england the worry is nhs england writing to all hospitals? what now? only now been

now when the problem's been identified in schools, we know when built. when these hospitals were built. this concrete this problem with a concrete was identified. back in the identified. tom, back in the 1990s. we going to now face 1990s. are we going to now face the prospect of hospitals having to out because of to boot patients out because of dodgy ceilings? >> i think important, >> no, i think it's important, particularly with to the particularly with regards to the schools. i think out of schools. i think it's out of 22,000. we're talking about a very, very small proportion. but that could be could be caught up in this. i know in my own constituency, for example, none have so far been identified. i'm not say that not going to say that unequivocally yet. we're not 100% it's looking like 100% sure. but it's looking like we have none my we may have none in my constituency. i also think constituency. and i also think it's important that we when we think this issue, we also think about this issue, we also think about this issue, we also think local think about the role that local education play , education authorities play, because ultimately they know their better than anywhere their areas better than anywhere else. expect them to else. and you'd expect them to be it as well. be on top of it as well. so, i mean, whole whole thing mean, the whole the whole thing isn't ideal. mean, the whole the whole thing isn'tknow ideal. mean, the whole the whole thing isn'tknow , ideal. mean, the whole the whole thing isn'tknow , if ideal. mean, the whole the whole thing isn'tknow , if you're ideal. mean, the whole the whole thing isn'tknow , if you're a eal. mean, the whole the whole thing isn'tknow , if you're a child you know, if you're a child who's been sent back home, it's not a good thing. it's not something we want to see. but ultimately, i it's it is ultimately, i think it's it is important we look at this in a broader picture. it's only a very of schools very small number of schools that or could be that are affected or could be affected . and i i think

affected. and i and i think there's lots of different reasons why we've got energy reasons why we've got the energy bill in the commons again today. >> a very , very >> and it's a very, very controversial bill. it's about 300 pages long. where do you sit on it? because of course, you know, in there are things like if you don't comply with a particular type of boiler or if your house is not as energy powerful , performance efficient, powerful, performance efficient, you could be criminalised for that. you could be criminalised for that . that is surely not a you could be criminalised for that. that is surely not a bill that. that is surely not a bill that a concern of government is going to support. >> i think we've seen >> look, i think we've seen things uxbridge things like the uxbridge by—election like by—election and things like that, in principle, i think that, but in principle, i think most of the country will most most of the country will sign up for ambitious pledges when cutting carbon when it comes to cutting carbon emissions when emissions. but often when those targets closest to home and emissions. but often when those ta really closest to home and emissions. but often when those ta really starts losest to home and emissions. but often when those ta really starts hittingto home and emissions. but often when those ta really starts hitting peoples and it really starts hitting people in pocket a real in the pocket and in a real practical way, i think begin practical way, i think we begin to see people viewing it slightly differently. so i mean, i do think elements of a net zero agenda do need to be rethought . good, good. and i and rethought. good, good. and i and i i and i don't like draco i and i and i don't like draco in legislation in a general sense . so there's aspects of a

sense. so there's aspects of a net zero agenda that i am concerned about. but, you know , concerned about. but, you know, to be perfectly honest, i think we've seen through a prime minister's position on ulez and things that. but i think things like that. but i think certainly compared the labour certainly compared to the labour party, i think the prime minister a bad minister is not in a bad position at all on this issue. so but there's the so but there's aspects of the energy i understand energy bill that i understand have sparked intense debate . have sparked intense debate. >> and just briefly, tom, you'll be in the commons for prime minister's questions today. cheering minister minister's questions today. chetruss. minister minister's questions today. chetruss. be minister minister's questions today. chetruss. be there minister minister's questions today. chetruss. be there in minister minister's questions today. chetruss. be there in her nister minister's questions today. chetruss. be there in her seatr liz truss. be there in her seat because the first because today is the first anniversary of her ill fated elevation into number 10, which lasted me, is it 44 or 49 days? >>i days? >> i don't know whether liz truss will be there, but i'll be at pmqs and i'll be bobbing to ask a question about issue in ask a question about an issue in my hope to get my constituency. i hope to get in. the speaker know in. i've let the speaker know i'll be looking to catch eye i'll be looking to catch his eye fingers truss, fingers crossed and liz truss, you're i've met you're fine. i mean, i've met her times since i actually her a few times since i actually find she's very company. find she's very good company. she's awkward. she's very socially awkward. i think she, you know, she made she made mistakes when she was prime minister. clearly. i think actually of she was actually a lot of what she was aiming could aiming at, i thought i could i could get her. could get behind her. >> could behind her growth

>> i could get behind her growth policy . policy. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> but i just think it aspects of she went about doing of the way she went about doing it, all right. it, clearly, all right. >> right. tom hunt, tom hunt, thank you so much. we haven't got to any your we haven't got to any of your we haven't got to any of your we haven't got of your yet. i got to any of your views yet. i promise i will. i am promise you, i will. i am reading are reading reading them. we are reading them as coming and reading them. we are reading thewill; coming and reading them. we are reading thewill read coming and reading them. we are reading thewill read them ming and reading them. we are reading thewill read them outg and reading them. we are reading thewill read them outg a and reading them. we are reading thewill read them outg a soon. we will read them out in a soon. but little while. but still we will read them out in a soon. bucome, little while. but still we will read them out in a soon. bucome, europe'sle. but still we will read them out in a soon. bucome, europe's largeststill we will read them out in a soon. bucome, europe's largest local to come, europe's largest local authority has gone broke. they're it equal they're blaming it on equal pay. we're to birmingham we're going to have a birmingham labour next. but first, labour mp next. but first, here's the news with rhiannon jones. >> beth , thank you. it's 1032. >> beth, thank you. it's 1032. your top stories from the newsroom . the prime minister newsroom. the prime minister will be questioned about the extent of the crumbling concrete crisis when pmqs returns after the summer recess. sir keir starmer visited a school in north london that's been affected. one of more than 100 in england ordered to fully or partially shut down. he's accused rishi sunak of failing schools whilst he was chancellor

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weekdays from three on gb news choose. weekdays from three on gb news choose . it is 1038. choose. it is 1038. >> you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thank you for getting in touch morning. inbox >> thank you for getting in touc been morning. inbox >> thank you for getting in toucbeen incredibly inbox >> thank you for getting in touc been incredibly busy nbox >> thank you for getting in toucbeen incredibly busy about has been incredibly busy about the concrete chaos . david has

the concrete chaos. david has said how any council could agree to constructing public buildings from concrete, which only a from concrete, which only had a shelf years, is shelf life of 30 years, is irresponsible and short sighted . colin from romford is saying, what about all those shopping centres and town centres built in the same period? lakeside the bullring, etcetera? are they going the same problem? going to have the same problem? i there's be i think there's going to be a lot of i do. lot of this. i do. >> i mean, we know it's spreading. it's spreading. we know it's spreading. we know it's spreading and spreading to hospitals and we already hospital spreading to hospitals and we al|cambridgeshire hospital spreading to hospitals and we al|cambridgeshire ithey:al spreading to hospitals and we al|cambridgeshire ithey can spreading to hospitals and we allcétreatjgeshire ithey can spreading to hospitals and we allcétreat obese 'e ithey can spreading to hospitals and we allcétreat obese people ithey can spreading to hospitals and we allcétreat obese people on ey can spreading to hospitals and we allcétreat obese people on the an only treat obese people on the ground floor. terrifying. >> and harrow crown court has had close. had to close. >> so your court appearance will be well, i know your court appearance will be delayed. stephen, will it? >> . smart for no reason. >> okay. smart for no reason. what's all this? >> sorry. >> i'm very sorry. >> i'm very sorry. >> we introduced our guests too early. just. early. can you to just. >> sit there and be quiet early. can you to just. >> a sit there and be quiet early. can you to just. >> a minute,ere and be quiet for a minute, please? >> not bringing >> we're not. we're not bringing you . first of all, you in just yet. first of all, though, talking about though, if we are talking about this birmingham city council declaring itself a bankrupt. so let's speak now to labour mp for birmingham selly steve birmingham selly oak, steve mccabe . hi, steve. thanks for mccabe. hi, steve. thanks for joining us. >> kwarteng good morning . >> kwarteng good morning. >> kwarteng good morning. >> ng so your assessment of this

situation, you are the labour mp for birmingham . is this entirely for birmingham. is this entirely the fault of labour city council ? >> 7- >> no ?- >> no, 7- >> no,i 7_ >> no , i don't 7 >> no , i don't think it is. >> no, i don't think it is. i mean, i think this is a kind of technical arrangement in the sense that there required to issue this section 104. notice if it becomes obvious they won't be able to balance the budget. they're not the first council who've had to do this and i'm sure they won't be the last . sure they won't be the last. they have got some real problems . the equal pay issue , which . the equal pay issue, which exploded recently , you know, is exploded recently, you know, is something in the region. i think it's about £800 million. but but, you know, councils up and down the country are facing this problem. and you have to remember that over the last few years, the government have taken about £1 billion away from birmingham. so it'd be pretty hard for anyone to run business. >> there's very much a picture emerging, though. there have

been various non—executive directors who were parachuted in to try and help the city council in the last few years who've been talking in the media this morning and saying they found it frustrating because it just wasn't urgency from the wasn't the urgency from the council leaders. they weren't following these following the advice of these business executives who knew how to books and that to balance the books and that the really wanted to the councillors really wanted to have the commonwealth games and have the commonwealth games and have these very kind of flashy events where they could be there and parade around and talk about the fact they were city councillors. in the meantime, the coffers are emptying. that's surely the commonwealth games was mistake by birmingham . was a mistake by birmingham. >> well of course the government and the mayor wanted the commonwealth games as well as the councillors and the commonwealth games were not confined entirely to birmingham city council. they also took in other neighbouring local authorities. look, there's always an issue about what the money is spent on. i understand

that and i'm not saying there haven't been mistakes in birmingham and i'm not trying to blame it all on government. i'm simply pointing out that birmingham's not the only local authority in this position . authority in this position. we've seen what northampton , we've seen what northampton, thurrock, woking or conservative run councils in exactly the same predicament recently. >> steve, come on, you're doing a very good job to try to distract from the fact britain's second city is bankrupt. it's the largest local authority in europe and in summer europe and back in the summer your labour's national your own labour's national executive committee described quotes the dysfunctional climate at the top of the city's labour group . and you toppled the group. and you toppled the council leader . it's labour's council leader. it's labour's mess . mess. >> well, as i say , i'm not >> well, as i say, i'm not suggesting that mistakes haven't been made in birmingham, not at all. i don't think the, the, the council can be held responsible for all of the problems. and as i point out to you, the same

problems have occurred in a number of conservative. >> what about the it system? >> what about the it system? >> the prediction , steve, what >> the prediction, steve, what about the andrew is that steve, come on, let's go through the list. >> what about the it system that was supposed to cost 19 million closer to 100 million? did you really need to spend £189 million on a new library ? million on a new library? >> well , of course million on a new library? >> well, of course you will million on a new library? >> well , of course you will know >> well, of course you will know that the new library was built by the previous conservative lib dem administration in birmingham, and they set the borrowing requirements. i'm sure you know that, andrew, the oracle system . that's oracle system. that's a different point. that's a different point. that's a different matter. and if i was running birmingham, i'd have the lawyers trying to claw back the money. what's happened there, though, steve? >> because is it feels like too often in that any going for any procurement with any private company by the public purse they just take the mickey and they

see that it's government money they stick another zero on the end. look at hs2. it's the perfect example . and whose job perfect example. and whose job is it to keep an eye on those on those finances? i mean, as as a labour mp for one of the labour mps for birmingham , were you not mps for birmingham, were you not were you not looking at that? were you not looking at the local labour council and seeing how that spending was just escalating out of control whole i >> -- >> well, -_ >> well, i'm afraid i don't actually . in fact, i'm not sure actually. in fact, i'm not sure any of us get regular reports on the spending of the council , nor the spending of the council, nor other than to urge a shift in direction . do we have any power direction. do we have any power to change this . i mean, we have to change this. i mean, we have alerted the secretary of state to the fact that there are problems in birmingham and we alerted them some time ago . alerted them some time ago. >> yeah, problem being the labour group, in my view. steve, great to talk to you. that's steve. >> steve, thanks for coming on.

we appreciate it. >> got former mp >> we've got a former labour mp here. your name over there? >> i'm also steve. >> i'm also steve. >> yes, exactly , one of our >> yes, exactly, one of our favourites. so of course stephen pound, former mp for ealing nonh pound, former mp for ealing north north and dawn neesom of course needs to know. introduction. let's go to you first. stephen steve did a great job trying deflect away from job trying to deflect away from the group. this is the labour group. this is a labour been labour party problem. it's been running the town, the borough, the city for 13 years. well, it's not 11 years. >> yeah, 11 years. yeah i thought it was pretty impressive. a performance, to be honest. fair play to stephen impressive. a performance, to be horthat. fair play to stephen impressive. a performance, to be horthat. look,play to stephen impressive. a performance, to be horthat. look, thereo stephen impressive. a performance, to be horthat. look, there are ephen impressive. a performance, to be horthat. look, there are some for that. look, there are some some issues here. i think some real issues here. i think what do is to what we need to do is to actually look at the various pressures. ealing, actually look at the various prezgotas. ealing, actually look at the various prezgot 40% ealing, actually look at the various prezgot 40% of ealing, actually look at the various prezgot 40% of the ealing, actually look at the various prezgot 40% of the money aling, actually look at the various prezgot 40% of the money from it's got 40% of the money from central had central government than we had 15 we're trying 15 years ago, and we're trying to cut of 60% of to survive on a cut of 60% of the total income. some councils like the total income. some councils uke gone like woking have just gone bonkers decided a bonkers and decided to build a sort vegas in surrey type sort of las vegas in surrey type thing, you know, things that. >> why you want to talk about >> why do you want to talk about other why can't we other councillors? why can't we just about labour. just talk about labour. >> absolutely. >> well, absolutely. i'm more than about that. >> well, absolutely. i'm more tharknow, about that. >> well, absolutely. i'm more tharknow, they've about that. >> well, absolutely. i'm more tharknow, they've hadyut that. >> well, absolutely. i'm more tharknow, they've hadyutdouble you know, they've had a double whammy. hand, they've whammy. on the one hand, they've had of had an overambitious group of councillors there who've had

ideas way, way, above their ideas way, way, way above their birmingham street station birmingham new street station and on the other hand and on the, on the other hand they've also been hit by the principal i think the gmb principal and i think the gmb were to go for the equal were right to go for the equal pay, were right to go for the equal pay, that is talking pay, but that is was talking about 760 million. about £1 billion, 760 million. yeah well you know but they have had time to get on top of that. >> this is the thing if you know you've million bill you've got a £760 million bill to you then say, you to pay, do you then say, you know would great idea know what would be a great idea ? let's also host the commonwealth games let's commonwealth games and let's see if it. know that if that can cost it. i know that the listen, the commonwealth games listen, my the my brothers swam in the commonwealth games. i love the commonwealth games. i love the commonwealth know, commonwealth games. you know, it's family. commonwealth games. you know, it's the family. commonwealth games. you know, it's the city family. commonwealth games. you know, it's the city that family. commonwealth games. you know, it's the city that adopts|ily. commonwealth games. you know, it's the city that adopts that but the city that adopts that event has to make sure they've got the money in the the got the money in the in the coffers to for coffers to pay for it. >> the workshop >> birmingham was the workshop of birmingham was of the world birmingham was in joseph the joseph chamberlain with the whole of municipal whole idea of sort of municipal building and they say he used to look at the government through the municipal the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. on earth drainpipe. but why on earth don't they stick to the simple, bafic don't they stick to the simple, basic principle you cut your coat according to your cloth. yeah, exactly . yeah, exactly. >> what's happened to that? >> what's happened to that? >> what's happened to that? >> what do think, dawn? >> what do you think, dawn? >> what do you think, dawn? >> well, i completely agree. i mean, outrageous. the

mean, it's outrageous. and the irony of the obviously irony of the gmb, obviously a big labour supporting union, bringing down a labour council is not lost on anyone in it. but as you said , bev, i mean, it's as you said, bev, i mean, it's the fact that, you know, the 760 million that they've got to pay the women and these are the poorest in ladies cleaners poorest women in ladies cleaners and things like that. the fact that women were treated appallingly in the first place and , you know, appallingly in the first place and known , you know, appallingly in the first place and known aboutyu know, appallingly in the first place and known about this|ow,a they've known about this for a long they do long time, why didn't they do something it? but the something about it? but the bottom and this bottom line with this and this just not labour, not conservative, when can we have a politician who is just honest, like just say , right, we messed like just say, right, we messed up? yeah got it right. none of them were ever colour ever say that. stephen. why don't any of you ever say that ? you ever say that? >> mostly because it's terrified of what might happen if we do tell the truth. >> terrified by what? by who? by who? >> you. mostly the media. you mean you'd be terrified by the media because it suddenly becomes saying we becomes a headline saying we messed . hang on sec. messed up. hang on a sec. i mean, every now then, you mean, every now and then, you make make fairly make i used to make some fairly honest statements and i'd get pilloried think in pilloried for it. i think in a case like this, you absolutely

should you should say is should you should say this is not about peaky blinders or or nonsense. about today, nonsense. this is about today, here now. and they should here and now. and they should actually be addressing the issue. question of issue. but as a question of telling the truth, you know, i think inherent think it's almost inherent within the dna of politicians to try to. >> shouldn't @ shouldn't >> but it shouldn't be. but it's not don't blame dawn not our fault. don't blame dawn and andrew and for fact and andrew and me for the fact that politicians won't the truth. >> politician >> one politician in your lifetime always told the truth. >> and have mcfadden, >> and we have pat mcfadden, who's who's going labour's who's who's going to be labour's campaign coordinator the tv campaign coordinator on the tv on this morning on breakfast this morning with eamonn isabel instant. eamonn and isabel and instant. he about he was talking about other boroughs . no, we want to talk boroughs. no, we want to talk about birmingham. it's gone wrong. it's gone wrong on wrong. and it's gone wrong on labour's watch , labour are labour's watch, labour are identifying dysfunctional identifying the dysfunctional climate at the top, and yet instantly go on about instantly they go on about problems other councils. problems in other councils. >> the real issue >> yeah, yeah. the real issue here is the people of birmingham are again to going suffer are once again to going suffer because everything now , apart because everything now, apart from the very, very basic amenities , are going be cut amenities, are going to be cut back. so this is the back. yeah. so this is the people of birmingham. it's their taxes have been i was going taxes that have been i was going to use a bad there, but to use a bad phrase there, but wastage, on on £100 wastage, shall we say on on £100 million. yeah exactly. on on it

and wasted and all those other stupid white elephant projects and now all the benefits are going to be cut right back. >> so that will be the elderly . >> so that will be the elderly. it will be the elderly. it will be. it will be children's services for vulnerable . it will services for vulnerable. it will be vulnerable. be the vulnerable. >> special needs. >> it will special needs. but those biggest, biggest those are the biggest, biggest drawdowns because drawdowns from that. because don't government don't forget local government nowadays the schools, nowadays doesn't do the schools, doesn't doesn't doesn't do education, doesn't do housing, doesn't, doesn't do health. goodness . yeah, health. thank goodness. yeah, well, you may say that, but, you know, i, i personally think we've the balance we've still got the balance a little but the little bit wrong. but the problem first got little bit wrong. but the problthe first got little bit wrong. but the problthe council first got little bit wrong. but the problthe council before got of onto the council before any of you born, think you were born, i mean, i think we special needs we had about 15 special needs cases. we've got over 3500. cases. we've now got over 3500. we had a population , you know, we had a population, you know, where beveridge report was where the beveridge report was predicated on the fact that men would retire at 65 and would you know, retire at 65 and die 75. there's huge die at 75. yeah, there's huge pressures and we haven't the pressures and we haven't got the balance right. i think, you know, coming some know, we're coming on to some stuff about, stuff later on to talk about, you going back to you know, people going back to work. number are work. the number of people are unemployed. national unemployed. this is a national issue. but not going to issue. but i'm i'm not going to try recuse myself from try to recuse myself from blaming some blaming bowen. they got some idiots question. >> i think question. >> holiday, i think still question.

>> holiday, isn't1k still question. >> holiday, isn't1k s' leader on holiday, isn't he? the leader of birmingham city council? >> that's the other point. he's abroad abroad. abroad still actually abroad. >> back. >> he's not come back. >> he's not come back. >> call in from john cotton. >> john cotton from new york, john a john cotton. he says he has a long standing family commitment right . righto, john. right. righto, john. >> sorry. the buck stops >> i'm sorry. the buck stops with the boss, the newspaper. if there was a problem of this scale on the newspaper, i'll be wherever i was in the world. straight plane and straight back on the plane and deaung dealing with it. >> would. yeah. dealing with it. >> can would. yeah. dealing with it. >> can write vould. yeah. dealing with it. >> can write likei yeah. dealing with it. >> can write like that?h. how can you write like that? >> it worked for gillian keegan. >> well, she did try and get back, know i'm saying? back, know what i'm saying? >> . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> have we got time to talk about it is to be a man about how sad it is to be a man and how you, how, how poor man . and how you, how, how poor man. stephen. poor man. i hear that they have such a hard time. >> stephen's auditioning for the job, you? job, aren't you? >> indeed. oh i'm only suggestions, dawn, that need >> indeed. oh i'm only slminister s, dawn, that need >> indeed. oh i'm only slminister s, [men. that need a minister for men. >> i being a little >> now i am being a little frivolous this. obviously frivolous with this. obviously we have minister for women, we have a minister for women, but need a minister for. but do we need a minister for. well, mean, is nick well, i mean, this is nick fletcher, isn't it? >> said fletcher, isn't it? >> conservative mp said this on on interview and my on a radio interview and my initial reaction, bev, is every mp is for men. how clever

actually there is a point. yeah, there is a point that you know young men are following the likes of andrew tate because they don't have role models anymore. remind people who andrew tate is. andrew tate is a horrible influencer horrible misogynist influencer who's millions of followers who's got millions of followers on social media, and he preaches alpha male to the nth degree. >> but but and i cannot believe i'm saying this, but there are elements tate which elements of andrew tate which you do want your teenage boys to listen to. >> it's the discipline element, the discipline, the health. >> they don't drink, they don't smoke. don't expect smoke. work hard. don't expect anybody give you a anybody else to make give you a living. not his attitude, not his and his attitude towards women and beating . don't do that. beating women. don't do that. yeah, there. but yeah, draw the line there. but but because they've but you're right because they've sought are sought him out because there are elements this elements that maybe this individual should represent. >> that males >> and we know that young males suicide increasing problem i >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> so he does have a point. however, as a woman when our rights, bev, are being eroded and he mentions well we have hospitals for women. well yeah hospitals, women that you are letting men in if they identify us. yeah, yeah, yeah. i mean,

you know , he's going, well, why you know, he's going, well, why don't have hospitals don't we have hospitals for men? because, don't because, you know, you don't need because, you know, you don't nee but it absolutely >> but isn't it absolutely delicious that actually gave delicious that he actually gave this interview on woman's hour? he did? yeah. that was i was surprised didn't beat miranda surprised he didn't beat miranda head handbags. surprised he didn't beat miranda heel! handbags. surprised he didn't beat miranda heel know. handbags. surprised he didn't beat miranda heei know. welldbags. surprised he didn't beat miranda heei know. well sexist . >> i know. well sexist. >> i know. well sexist. >> well, i'm surprised he didn't say a rolling pin. no, no. that's what i think. maybe he didn't have his hand a bit didn't have his hand was a bit of irony. >> yeah, well, think of tony >> yeah, well, you think of tony blair institute. blair and the women's institute. yeah make yeah yeah, but he did make one interesting point. it's often fascinated mean, fascinated me. i mean, i got a lot primary schools and lot of primary schools and certainly more obviously lot of primary schools and certai i.y more obviously lot of primary schools and certai i.y mp. e obviously lot of primary schools and certai i.y mp. you viously lot of primary schools and certai i.y mp. you hardly when i was an mp. you hardly ever male school ever see a male primary school teacher. i think issue teacher. i think that's an issue . other thing to pick up . but the other thing to pick up on that dawn on something serious that dawn said, the said, i think suicide is now the biggest men biggest cause of death in men under the of 25 and under under the age of 25 and under under the age of 25 and under under under 45, under 45. under 45, under 45, under 45. >> it is it's is terrifying. >> it is it's is terrifying. >> but i don't see how a minister for men sorts that out. >> no, no. what'll happen? this is the way politics works. if you've problem, you've got a problem, it's always find always easier to find a scapegoat a solution. scapegoat is to find a solution. you've got an endemic problem affects country. we affects the country. so what we do ministry, pay do is we create a ministry, pay a people. do is we create a ministry, pay a oryeople. do is we create a ministry, pay a or £400,000. >> 300 or £400,000. >>— >> 300 or £400,000. >> any more kick

>> we don't need any more kick it down the road and then more ministers will report. ministers will have a report. >> think about >> we'll have a think about it and be command and then there'll be a command paper nothing will. paper and nothing will. >> it >> you know what? i find it slightly patronising having a minister i thought, slightly patronising having a mirgod's i thought, slightly patronising having a mirgod's sakes, i thought, slightly patronising having a mirgod's sakes, you i thought, slightly patronising having a mirgod's sakes, you should ht, for god's sakes, you should all be sexes by they call be for both sexes by they call it minister equality now they've changed bit. poor little. changed a bit. poor little. >> you when we were in >> you remember when we were in our we our early days in newspapers, we used a woman's page too? our early days in newspapers, we useyes. a woman's page too? our early days in newspapers, we useyes. therea woman's page too? our early days in newspapers, we useyes. there was man's page too? our early days in newspapers, we useyes. there was aan's page too? our early days in newspapers, we useyes. there was a woman's too? >> yes. there was a woman's page. there was a woman's and the page editor. the woman's page editor. >> yeah. >> yeah. that's >> yeah. that's the >> yeah. that's the same >> yeah. and that's the same person by way. >> yeah. and that's the same per but by way. >> yeah. and that's the same per but yeah, by way. >> yeah. and that's the same per but yeah, but by way. >> yeah. and that's the same per but yeah, but it by way. >> yeah. and that's the same per but yeah, but it is' way. >> but yeah, but it is patronising for both sexes. all ministers should looking ministers should be looking after all of equally. after all of us equally. >> yeah, course. >> yeah, of course. >> yeah, of course. >> we must have agony aunts on the they were good. the paper and they were good. >> uncles now. >> you can get agony uncles now. yeah ever get yeah you can. did you ever get that answered though? that question answered though? >> yeah, yeah. i think >> yeah, yeah, yeah. but i think it's i do think it's an interesting topic though, whether do you think whether we do. do you think we will one? will they will will have one? will they will they one for men? they have one minister for men? >> we you >> well, in theory we you shouldn't because we've got bigger to worry about shouldn't because we've got biggestephen to worry about shouldn't because we've got biggestephen justo worry about shouldn't because we've got biggestephen just pointed about shouldn't because we've got biggestephen just pointed out.t than stephen just pointed out. throwing a load of money that really isn't that important at this precise moment because they should all be working to sort

the problems out with young men in this country. but you know, who mean, we've just in this country. but you know, who talking mean, we've just in this country. but you know, who talking mearbirmingham. been talking about birmingham. who anything's been talking about birmingham. who these anything's been talking about birmingham. who these days, anything's been talking about birmingham. who these days, whetherg's been talking about birmingham. who these days, whether it. possible these days, whether it was that was a very clever way for that mp himself some publicity. >> hang on. what was his name again ? again? >> he's mp for don valley. >> he's the mp for don valley. what's again? what's his name again? he won the flint. the seat from caroline flint. don yorkshire don valley is in south yorkshire . it's one of the most labour places can imagine. he places you can imagine. he hasn't snowball's hasn't got a snowball's chance of the next of holding that seat at the next election dawn? thank >> right, dawn? stephen, thank you.round >> right, dawn? stephen, thank you. round one. was you. round one. that was excellent. energy bill is excellent. the energy bill is raising concerns the tory raising concerns in the tory party. we're going to be debating got to debating that. it's got to fantastic that. fantastic people to debate that. do not go anywhere. this is gb news, britain's news channel. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, very good morning to you. some of us are waking up to a bit of a cloudy, murky start , a bit of a cloudy, murky start, but most of that will clear away this to leave another this morning to leave another sunny day , albeit with sunny hot day, albeit with the risk thunderstorms risk of some thunderstorms later. taking look at the later. taking a look at the details and you can see, yes, a

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good morning. it's 11 am. on wednesday, the 6th of september. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> our hospitals going to be next as the concrete crisis continues and pressure grows on the prime minister nhs england has ordered an urgent review of hospitals in case they also have crumbling concrete set . crumbling concrete set. >> ooh, what a scorcher. what's going on with the weather? can you have a heatwave in september 7

you have a heatwave in september ? we're to be talking ? we're going to be talking to the dale, the climate expert, jim dale, to tell all wind farm wobble. tell us all wind farm wobble. >> the government is easing restrictions on the building of wind farms. is this a good idea or another cave in to the green lobby? it's all part of the energy bill that we're to going be debating . be debating. >> and we're also going to be talking about the new weight loss drug that's being brought in on an experimental basis on the help to the nhs. it could help up to 50,000 we about 50,000 people. do we know about the effects? probably not. the side effects? probably not. >> but let us know your thoughts. vaiews@gbnews.com is the address as always. the email address as always. first though, in the newsroom, here's rhiannon jones. >> bev thank you. good morning. it's 11:01. your >> bev thank you. good morning. it's11:01. your top >> bev thank you. good morning. it's 11:01. your top stories it's11:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom . the prime from the gb newsroom. the prime minister will be questioned about the extent of the crumbling concrete crisis when pmqs return after the summer

recess. labour leader sir keir starmer visited a school in north london that's been affected. one of more than 100 in england ordered to fully or partially shut down. he's accused rishi sunak of failing schools whilst he was chancellor by rejecting funding. the prime minister denies as he's to blame defence secretary grant shapps told gb news the government is acting swiftly to deal with the issue. >> we want to rebuild schools across all of our estate. we've done about 500m the last ten years. we're going to do another 500 in the next ten years. but if you don't, if you have new information, which is what's happened over the summer and then you don't act on it, then you saying that you're you can't be saying that you're looking after children , the looking after children, the staff, the teachers. we have acted on it immediately in order that that can never be the case. and we always look after the safety of children . safety of the children. >> well, labour's national campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden , says the situation mcfadden, says the situation should have been addressed at a long time ago .

long time ago. >> this is an appalling indictment of 13 years of conservative rule. imagine the picture of children either not being able to go to school or being able to go to school or being taught in classrooms where the ceilings are being propped up the ceilings are being propped ”p by the ceilings are being propped up by steel girders . our up by steel girders. our children deserve better than that. children deserve better than that . the glitch , which affected that. the glitch, which affected hundreds of flights last week, is said to have been caused by an extremely rare set of circumstances. >> the national air traffic services boss says the system failed to process a flight plan properly and the odds of that happening were 1 in 15,000,000. around 250,000 people were affected over the bank holiday weekend, with more than a quarter of flights cancelled on the monday. the uk civil aviation authority is launching an independent review. nats chief executive martin rolfe says steps have been taken to ensure it doesn't happen again. >> we had a flight plan . the >> we had a flight plan. the information that comes with a flight that was unique amongst

the 15 million that we've received over the last five years. the system took that flight plan and when it really showed just how unusual it was as it couldn't process it in the way that it would normally do so, and decided the safest opfion so, and decided the safest option was to put itself into a fail safe mode, if you like . fail safe mode, if you like. >> the final words of the helicopter pilot involved in the crash in leicester five years ago has now been published in a report . everyone on board, report. everyone on board, including the leicester city football club owner, was killed when the aircraft hit the ground bursting into flames outside the stadium as the helicopter spun out of control. eric swaffer could be heard saying, i've no idea what's going on. investigators found the pedals became disconnected from the tail rotor, causing it to lose control . russian mercenary group control. russian mercenary group wagner is set to be declared a terrorist organisation by the uk onceit terrorist organisation by the uk once it passes in parliament. it

means it will be illegal to be a member or support the group. a draft order will also allow assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized certain prescription offences can be punishable by up to 14 years in prison . the mother of years in prison. the mother of sara sharif has described how difficult it was to identify her daughter's body in the mortuary. the ten year old was found at her home in woking last month. her father, his partner and siblings flew to pakistan a day earlier. speak going to a polish tv programme . olga sharif, who tv programme. olga sharif, who separated from her husband in 2015, said one of her daughter's cheeks was swollen and that the other side was bruised. a post—mortem found she had suffered multiple and extensive injuries over a sustained and extended period of time. authorities in pakistan are still looking for saras father . still looking for saras father. a former leader of far right group proud boys has been jailed

for 22 years for helping plan the capitol hill riots. enrique tarrio wasn't in washington dunng tarrio wasn't in washington during the violence in january 2021, but helped organise the far right group's involvement . far right group's involvement. it's the longest sentence handed down so far in connection with the attack. more than 1000 people have been arrested on capitol riot charges . and parts capitol riot charges. and parts of the uk are already feeling the effects of the heatwave . the effects of the heatwave. with the hottest day of the year expected this week. temperatures in britain could soar as high as 32 degrees, four degrees higher than in beta. the uk health security agency has upgraded its heat alert to amber. the warning covers every region of england apart from the north—east, where apart from the north—east, where a yellow alert is in place. they'll all be in force up until sunday. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back over to andrew and

. bev it's 1106. >> thank you forjoining us. so the energy bill cleared its third reading in the house of commons yesterday day. >> the climbdown >> now, one of the key climbdown from government from the government included relaxing regulations around onshore wind farms and effectively making it easier to build them. >> that's right. ministers have sought to quell a rebellion rebellion over the bill. let's talk now to senior lecturer for climate change resilience and sustainability, john grant, a friend of the show and north west leicestershire mp andrew bridgen to discuss this. good morning, gentlemen. andrew, if we can start with you . what's we can start with you. what's wrong bill? well it's wrong with this bill? well it's a mammoth bill that started its life in the house of lords, some 40 months ago. >> it covers a plethora of issues around energy from hydro region to sustainable , region to sustainable, supposedly sustainable aviation fuels and everything in between. but i think it's the provisions

in the bill that allow for powers to be taken by a minister to declare criminal offences for a major extension of the powers of the state and intrusion into people's homes to see if they're complying with the latest environmental regulations. so if you've ripped out your log burner or if you're burning damp logs and i think it's a totemic bill, which i think the vote last night, in years to come, people will very much regret passing that piece of legislation just so people know this, andrew, because it is quite an eye opener, isn't it, that people effectively could get a criminal record if they haven't complied with some of the provisions of this bill in this dash to net zero? >> if you don't have the right boiler, what else could you be criminalised for? >> you could you could be >> well, you could you could be for complying, giving >> well, you could you could be for complying , giving false for not complying, giving false information regard to your information with regard to your environ mental credentials of your property or your business. up your property or your business. up to a year in prison and up to £15,000. fine on each occasion. these are massive , massive

these are massive, massive intrusions, extensions of the powers of the state and we've you know, i can only imagine where they're going to end up. all to deliver net zero at breakneck speed when china are allowed to increase their emissions every year of this decade by more than the total uk emissions. >> do you look at your fellow mps, andrew? >> do you look malaysian ? >> do you look malaysian? >> do you look malaysian? >> do you look malaysian? >> do you look at your fellow mps voting for this and do you think that they just don't think that maybe they just don't understand and what it that understand and what it is that they're committing this country to in the future? what what's motivating them? well a lot of them are very new. >> i don't think they do their own research and they're certainly not acting in the interests of their constituents . of the older mps will . and some of the older mps will proudly admit to me that they've never voted against the government while they've been an mp. mean, you might as well mp. i mean, you might as well send cardboard cut—out i mean, send a cardboard cut—out i mean, quite honestly, governments don't always get it right and the every backbencher is the job of every backbencher is to hold the government to account protect the best

account and to protect the best interests their constituents interests of their constituents and i'm afraid very few of my colleagues take that seriously. john because it also it prejudices your promotion within the party. yeah. >> john grant should somebody really face potentially a year in prison if they haven't got the right boiler in their home? >> i think what we were saying was that if you lie, then there's a there's a criminal offence there. and this is this is this is people's health here. so this idea of greenwash , so this idea of greenwash, especially with companies and the like, has been used just literally as a strategy to improve their economic viability . obe and it's been blatant. and so the idea that lying is , is so the idea that lying is, is a criminal offence to me seems like a good idea. the how harsh thatis like a good idea. the how harsh that is going to be is something to debate. i guess. but but it's you know, it's not it's not just an issue is awful. >> it's not just about whether you lie about the fact that you

might have log burner in your might have a log burner in your house. it's the that you house. it's the fact that you would a log burner in your would have a log burner in your house and you could literally would have a log burner in your houa�* and you could literally would have a log burner in your houa knock ou could literally would have a log burner in your houa knock ou couldoorerally would have a log burner in your houa knock ou couldoor from the get a knock on the door from the police say you're allowed police to say you're not allowed to we're to have that log burner. we're arresting you. have i misunderstood andrew? misunderstood it, andrew? is that fact that's that's that the fact that's that's where legislation could where this legislation could could end up . could end up. >> and i can see a situation where people are served with notices saying , you know, you've notices saying, you know, you've got to improve the energy efficiency of your property. and if you can't, you won't be able to live in it. i mean, this is this is pandora's box as far as the environmental lobby and, you know, we're just over 1% of worldwide emissions . we're worldwide emissions. we're rushing to net zero while the rest of the world is increasing carbon emissions for at least the next decade. and we're going to pace ourselves in a very, very. go on. go on with probably debt, debts and costs of about 3 trillion, 3000 billion to hit net zero. >> john grant just count. net zero. >> john grant just count . andrew >> john grant just count. andrew bridgen's argument.

>> yeah, i mean that's just ridiculous in that this is an investor payment, this is an investment . we will get the investment. we will get the money back bc from spending on zero carbon jobs . money back bc from spending on zero carbon jobs. hang on andrew. less money. we just, we just spent we just spent a whole load of money giving to money people to give to energy companies. that's just madness . companies. that's just madness. s we could have spent that money on improving people's homes. so that they don't have to spend that they don't have to spend that money. the cheapest energy is the energy you don't use, not the money that we give to the oil . oil. >> so, so, on.- >> so, so, so. oil. >> so, so, so. andrew on.— >> so, so, so. andrew so, oil. >> so, so, so. andrew so, john, you're actually saying. john you're actually saying. john you're actually saying. john you're actually that you're actually saying that the taxpayer bailed you're actually saying that the taxjfamilies bailed you're actually saying that the taxjfamilies that bailed you're actually saying that the taxjfamilies that could bailed you're actually saying that the taxjfamilies that could not ailed out families that could not afford pay their energy and afford to pay their energy and gas bills because you couldn't insulate in the same time, you couldn't insulate their properties time , properties in the same time, could government? you could the government? no, you couldn't. help these couldn't. you had to help these families . families. >> no. yeah, could do both >> no. yeah, you could do both of course you do. of of course you could do. of course needed help. but of course you could do. of couris needed help. but of course you could do. of couris an needed help. but of course you could do. of couris an investment elp. but of course you could do. of couris an investment .lp. but of course you could do. of couris an investment. theret of course you could do. of couris an investment. there is this is an investment. there is no problem with investing in

people's homes when you know you're going to get the money back for what you have spent by improving their homes. surely you can see that when we build a factory, you don't talk about how much the factory costs. you talk about what the overarching profit of that factory is over the lifetime of the factory, and that's what you would get here. but this idea of just filling we've got a leaky bucket and just putting corks in that and just putting corks in that and just to stop the leaks and to help these desperate people, which i absolutely with, which i absolutely agree with, is no solution . we need a is no solution. we need a solution. and the solution is out there and it is a resilin solution to a changing climate. we are in an emergency. but but bizarrely. >> but the thing is, 66,500 scientists worldwide renowned scientists, wrote an open letter saying that there is no climate emergency. >> it's a hoax, including two nobel laureates. and what we're investing in currently is buying green energy products from china. solar panels, wind

turbines and electric cars. they're actually manufacture using fossil fuels, and they're opening three coal powered power stations a week in china. this is the economics of the madhouse i >> -- >> yeah, -_ >> yeah, go on, john. it's just not doing is exporting the carbon is being done by renewable energy. >> that's just a lie. that's just a straight lie. that china is emitting a huge amount of carbon . i don't deny that they carbon. i don't deny that they are. but you know , we have to are. but you know, we have to make ourselves resilient, protect our people here in the uk and that that can be done by improving our buildings and producing. can we protect ourselves in the uk if china are increasing their carbon emissions by more than the total uk emissions every year ? uk emissions every year? >> the problem john, can't just pick on somebody else . pick on somebody else. >> look, people get killed in the more people murdered in colombia than here. that doesn't mean that we stop . mean that we stop. >> but the carbon dioxide goes all around the world. it doesn't just stop here, does it? you

know, the chinese carbon dioxide goes everywhere. >> me. stop talking >> talking over me. stop talking over you just it's wrong. we over me. you just it's wrong. we are ethically obliged and to protect our people. and you're just saying china is really bad. >> john, how is it how is it ethically protecting our people? >> how is it ethically protecting people by threatening them with a criminal record ? them with a criminal record? >> and if they don't subscribe to what some might say , as to what some might say, as andrew would say, are arbitrary and net zero figure ours, that's not protecting people. that's just controlling and terrifying us. >> us. >> yes, i agree. i'm not here i'm not spokesperson for the british government. my god, no, i am not. they are abominate when it comes to sustainable policies. right. you know what i want is real investment in our people's future, not punishing people's future, not punishing people . i hate using the stick people. i hate using the stick when there is such a fantastic carrot out there of making

people's homes zero carbon. but not happy with that with the with the with the homes. >> i'm with john. >> i'm with john. >> but john, what about the people who say i can't afford to replace my boiler? >> yeah, it needs to be support for them. yeah, you're absolutely right, mate. you're absolutely right, mate. you're absolutely . and the absolutely right. and the good news when we support news is that when we support them, get the money back for them, we get the money back for supporting them. this isn't just a cost . it often gets labelled a cost. it often gets labelled as a cost of zero carbon rather than an investment in the future. >> andrew i think for correct me if i'm wrong, andrew, but i think this is probably one point that we would all agree on if we could concentrate on insulating a family's home, an individual's home, that person has fewer bills. they generate less power. it's better for that family. we all agree on that, don't we? and yet, is there enough? absolutely. is there anything about that in this bill, andrew? is there anything about that? because, frankly, i think the government should have criminal

charges don't help charges if they don't help people insulate their houses and every built house. go on. every new built house. go on. andrew, last word. well not not all capable of being all houses are capable of being raised to a high environmental standard. >> but what i have supported for a very long time, for over a decade is we should be insulating new houses better. it's so easy to do it when you're building. why not? i mean, we've actually in north—west, we've actually built zero carbon houses, houses that don't are so well insulated. they don't actually require any heating yeah, all right, heating at all. yeah, all right, look, harmony is broken. >> . >> gentlemen. >> gentlemen. >> harmony broken out. >> harmony is broken out. >> harmony is broken out. >> for 20 years, mate . >> do that for 20 years, mate. 20 years. >> that's john. john grant, senior lecturer, climate change, resilience sustainability, resilience and sustainability, sheffield university and sheffield hallam university and andrew bridgen, of course is andrew bridgen, who of course is a member. he's a a reclaimed member. he's a member for parliament the reclaimed. >> well, while we're getting so obsessed about fossil fuels, i think conversations think the main conversations that people will find that most people will find agreement on are being had. that most people will find agreenbut on are being had. that most people will find agreen but but are being had. that most people will find agreenbut but ofe being had. that most people will find agreen but but of course,ing had. that most people will find agreen but but of course, the had. >> so but but of course, the great edwardian housing stock almost impossible to insulate it can insulate them better , though. >> they're not going to be they're never going to be heated

with a hairdryer like brand new houses. >> houses can't. >> houses can't. >> but you can you can improve it. right. same topic actually. parts country been it. right. same topic actually. parby country been it. right. same topic actually. parby this country been it. right. same topic actually. parby this heatintry been it. right. same topic actually. parby this heat wave been it. right. same topic actually. parby this heat wave foraen it. right. same topic actually. parby this heat wave for the hit by this heat wave of for the first time since a summer hit by this heat wave of for the first tirarrivesa a summer hit by this heat wave of for the first tirarrives . a summer hit by this heat wave of for the first tirarrives . we'rea summer hit by this heat wave of for the first tirarrives . we're seeing1er finally arrives. we're seeing live pictures of polar bears in staffordshire . i didn't know staffordshire. i didn't know that was coming. did you, andrew pierce? i didn't know we were going live pictures of going to see live pictures of polar bears in staffordshire. >> sweet? >> aren't they sweet? >> aren't they sweet? >> this comes as the uk could see hottest year see the hottest day this year heated air is being declared across several countries. we think it could be 31 c, which is 88 f for old fogeys like me and isn't this brilliant new senior meteorologist jim dale joins us how. >> now. >> jim , good morning. i now. >> jim , good morning . i believe >> jim, good morning. i believe he's coming there. he will be with us in just a moment. >> we want you to tell us what a heat wave is. >> hi, jim. good to you. are >> hi, jim. good to see you. are we in a heat wave? we officially in a heat wave? >> i think we are. you >> yeah, i think we are. do you know why? >> w n e i can w- >> do you know why? i can say that? stood outside >> do you know why? i can say that? was stood outside >> do you know why? i can say that? was going stood outside >> do you know why? i can say that? was going to od outside >> do you know why? i can say that? was going to do outside >> do you know why? i can say that? was going to do outoutside and i was going to do an outside shot with your panorama of the sunshine the rest it. sunshine and all the rest of it. and sat well, stood

and i sat there. well, stood there guess there for ten minutes. and guess what? overheated and what? my phone overheated and went perils of the went off air. so perils of the weather. what what defines a heat wave, john, is it a certain temperature in a day or it's over a period of days ? no, it's over a period of days? no, it's over a period of days? no, it's over a period of days? no, it's over a period of time. and there are different definitions, to be frank with you. and you know what the common emission what the common sense emission says this, this level. you about this, this level. you mentioned but i think when mentioned 31, but i think when we kicking around 30 we get we're kicking around 30 degrees. heat warnings go degrees. the heat warnings go out. that's when i start to knit these things together. it's about four days, i think is the official thing. but i think this one lasting a bit more than four days. it's about seven. and you know, so we're well in it now . know, so we're well in it now. >> and would you say you can category likely ascribe this heat wave to global warming caused by man? jim they they have a good question . have a good question. >> look, this one that we're in at the moment, it's very unusual to get 30 degrees in september. that's the first thing to say. i think generally speaking, think it generally speaking, it's times in the think it generally speaking, it's century times in the think it generally speaking, it's century. times in the think it generally speaking, it's century. the es in the think it generally speaking, it's century . the actual1e think it generally speaking, it's century . the actual record last century. the actual record

is 35.6. back in 1906. so, no, i'm not going to say this one. this particular event here is climate change necessarily ? what climate change necessarily? what i would do is look further south, south—east into into greece with storm daniel and south america, in brazil, with another cyclone over there . and another cyclone over there. and these things are manifest . these things are manifest. you'll get this in the news if you haven't already in terms of what's going on that given the sea temperatures that are out there, record sea temp, particularly in the mediterranean, that has got climate change written all over it, it's never you know, the storm have happened storm would have happened anyway. the that anyway. it's the excess that climate brings us. and climate change brings us. and that's what you've got to look to. >> this is coming after a pretty useless , jim to be useless summer, jim to be honest, had of a summer honest, we had a bit of a summer in july and august in june. nice, july and august seemed to be a bit of a washout i >> -- >> yeah. june june, that's right. was was a was a record record for the uk. so so we soon forget that . and to be to be

forget that. and to be to be honest with you andrew, what would you rather have the july and august that we did have, which was mixed up and down which was mixed and up and down and for the most part between about 18 and 22 degrees or would you prefer to see 40 degrees and melting , you know, ten degrees melting, you know, ten degrees warmer than what it is, which is what the mediterranean got, what us in the south—east got and what parts of asia got do you see where i'm going? >> absolutely no . all right. >> absolutely no. all right. >> absolutely no. all right. >> i like it a bit cooler. >> i like it a bit cooler. >> you. really hot. >> thank you. really hot. >> thank you. really hot. >> sunbathing later. >> thank you. really hot. >> you're sunbathing later. >> thank you. really hot. >> you're welcome. hing later. >> thank you. really hot. >> andre welcome. hing later. >> thank you. really hot. >> and she'll:ome. hing later. >> thank you. really hot. >> and she'll pute. hing later. >> thank you. really hot. >> and she'll put photographs in instagram. i will not. >> she will. she does normally , >> she will. she does normally, i go back to polar bear watch. >> fascinating. we've got >> that's fascinating. we've got polar staffordshire. polar bears in staffordshire. aren't look, aren't they beautiful? look, there is. there he is. >> eating a massive ice >> is he eating a massive ice cube? what that? probably, cube? what is that? probably, yeah , that's it looks like. yeah, that's the. it looks like. >> think it's frozen fish. is >> i think it's frozen fish. is it fish frozen a ice it fish frozen in a big ice cube. sardines in a in an ice cube. sardines in a in an ice cube. there we go . well, look, cube. there we go. well, look, if he's all right, then we should if he's all right, then we shothat's cute. but don't get. >> that's cute. but don't get. >> that's cute. but don't get. >> too close. >> don't get too close. >> don't get too close. >> that's very bad >> i won't. that's a very bad breath, . still to breath, by the way. still to

come and jab the flab away, a new weight loss drug has become available on the nhs, but will it help many people this is britain's newsroom on

patrick christys on gb news. i'm gb news radio . and it's 1125 gb news radio. and it's1125 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the so—called miracle weight loss jab wegovy is now available on the nhs. patients can access the drug via a

specialist waste waste management service weight management service weight management service. >> so the nhs says it could help up to 50,000 people lose weight. fat families. presenter that's the name , not our name for him. the name, not our name for him. steve miller joins us more for steve. i always worry about these drugs , these wonder drugs. these drugs, these wonder drugs. are there side effects ? do we are there side effects? do we know what they are? well well, my answer to that is this to the nafion my answer to that is this to the nation is you should not use a prick for your podj most definitely not. >> and there are three key reasons for that . right, gang reasons for that. right, gang number one, there is an intelligence behind what i say. number one is the potential serious side effects. you might end up throwing your guts up . end up throwing your guts up. you might end up going to the toilet and needing lots of toilet and needing lots of toilet paper and on a very serious note, a potential side effect is reported in the safety information as thyroid cancer. now, that's which is obviously really serious. yeah. the second

reason that i am not advocating jabs here is because when you stop taking it, you can't live on it forever . you're going to on it forever. you're going to become a porker again . become a porker again. >> how does it work, steve? how doesit >> how does it work, steve? how does it actually work? does it mean you can eat what you like and you don't put on weight? or doesit and you don't put on weight? or does it suppress your appetite ? does it suppress your appetite? >> no, it suppresses the appetite and you know, the reports coming back to me from people that are using it is many people that are using it is many people have lost weight on it. yeah, some people have had a dreadful time on it. and then there was another lady i heard this morning from and she's gone and put all the weight back on again and spent a lot of money on this drug. so i think listen, it i'm not going to say ban it, but it's in my opinion, it's a last resort. it really is a last resort. and i think there's a third reason this country is both an idol. it is bone idle,

not just in terms of getting their backsides off a sofa, but in terms of using their own brain and their own head to number one, stop making silly excuses is and also to stop, you know, putting their head in the fridge so much . so i think what fridge so much. so i think what we've got to do is got to start taking some personal responsibility , stop expecting responsibility, stop expecting the government to do it all for you and go and tell you what, go and start eating some fresh air. it'll do you the world. >> steve, i hear that . and we're >> steve, i hear that. and we're both in agreement here. but the nhs , the people in charge of nhs, the people in charge of these things know a lot of people simply won't take responsibility. they won't start eating healthy food. they're not going to eat an apple a day to keep doctor away, which is keep the doctor away, which is why they will latch to this why they will latch on to this drug, because it do drug, because it might do the job them . job for them. >> oh, well, typical of the >> oh, well, it's typical of the london lot, isn't it? i'll tell you why. because they're not down to earth enough there to terrified on terrified to get tough on obesity . what we should be obesity. what we should be

saying that the message i'm saying is that the message i'm giving this morning, which is, number excuses number one, stop making excuses . number two, start. yes eating more fresh air and owning your life a bit and owning your body . and thirdly, if you are if you are supported and then you do nothing about it, then we should be charging you to see a doctor charging you higher insurance premiums . we should look to premiums. we should look to japan. premiums. we should look to japan . japan's obesity rate is japan. japan's obesity rate is around 6. ours is in the 20s. why? because japan is kind of not tolerant towards obesity . not tolerant towards obesity. they don't go all poo poo and oh, it's fat shaming. if you start talking about losing weight , start talking about losing weight, you've got to start talking about losing weight , you've got to actually weight, you've got to actually man up . man up. >> it's so shocking to hear somebody talk like this on the media. isn't it? but it is very refreshing. look we are lucky, right? we are slim. we find it fairly easy to be slim. i would say people who are overweight ,

say people who are overweight, steve, they generally know there's too little, too much of them to love. they don't know where to start . often they have where to start. often they have low self esteem , don't they? and low self esteem, don't they? and they almost don't think they are worth looking after . it's they almost don't think they are worth looking after. it's a very complicated issue . yes. complicated issue. yes. >> yes. and i tell you what, i'm exceptionally good at putting my arm around those people , giving arm around those people, giving them a finger wag at the same time, in terms of directing them, in terms of what to do and to stop them dieting rigidly , to stop them dieting rigidly, which makes them very, very depressed and to live the 80/20 system, 80% healthy and 20% a bit of what you fancy . yeah. you bit of what you fancy. yeah. you know, but you're right. you have to nurture our minds. we have to feed our mind as well as our belly and that's what people need to do now. feeding your mind is also at times giving yourself a little bit of tough love as well. we have got to get away from this culture of normalising obesity. it's now really cool to be fat. >> i couldn't agree more. we've gone from the catwalk catwalk. i

know as a mother of two daughters, as a mother of two daughters, as a mother of two daughters, i remember thinking when they were little, oh, you'll have to protect them from becoming anorexic . you'll have to protect them from becoming anorexic. right. this is drove this idea . now i is what drove this idea. now i worry about protecting them because from becoming overweight, thinking it's cool. well, you might look, you might look amazing at a size 18, but you live when your kidneys and your heart look terrible . and your heart look terrible. and that's what i try to tell them . that's what i try to tell them. you might be fabulously curvy, but inside, not looking good . but inside, not looking good. steve, thank you so much for coming on. >> and steve, thank you for telling us, telling us as it is . steve a bit of that. steve miller fat families presenter say that when you've had a few to drink now we're going to check those lovely check on those lovely polar bears who frolicking in the bears who were frolicking in the heat and staffordshire, they're coming on the screen now. apparently they're still there just checking their agent. >> they're their agent. >> they're ringing their agent. yeah, they're ready. they're ready close up. yeah, they're ready. they're reaythere close up. yeah, they're ready. they're reaythere go lose up. yeah, they're ready. they're reaythere go one up. yeah, they're ready. they're reaythere go on the. yeah, they're ready. they're reaythere go on the radio. >> there we go on the radio. >> there we go on the radio. >> are in the water. that's >> there we go on the radio. >> a are in the water. that's >> there we go on the radio. >> a polar; in the water. that's >> there we go on the radio. >> a polar; in tliswateh that's >> there we go on the radio. >> a polar; in tlis thatr. that's >> there we go on the radio. >> a polar; in tlis that athat's not a polar bear, is that a polar bear? >> yeah, thought it was a

>> yes. yeah, i thought it was a sea moment. >> yes. yeah, i thought it was a sea playing moment. >> yes. yeah, i thought it was a sea playing balloment. >> yes. yeah, i thought it was a sea playing ball inient. >> yes. yeah, i thought it was a sea playing ball in the water. >> playing ball in the water. >> playing ball in the water. >> that's in the wildlife park in in in the peak wildlife park in staffordshire. looks like a staffordshire. that looks like a heavenly way to spend a very warm playing with a ball in warm day playing with a ball in the lake. >> but play with a polar >> but never play with a polar beah >> but never play with a polar bear. to come, rishi sunak bear. still to come, rishi sunak to face keir starmer for the first question since first premises. question since the summer recess. going first premises. question since th

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finance report on gb news for physical investment . physical investment. >> still to come this morning, the royal mail wants to stop delivering on saturdays, but it's still to going charge you more for first class stamps. don't go anywhere. >> it's already extortionate , >> it's already extortionate, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. some of us are waking up to a bit of a cloudy, murky start, but of that will clear away but most of that will clear away this to leave another this morning to leave another sunny hot albeit with the sunny hot day, albeit with the risk thunderstorms. risk of some thunderstorms. later a look at the later taking a look at the details and you can see, yes, a cloudy picture down the eastern side the country first thing. cloudy picture down the eastern side most e country first thing. cloudy picture down the eastern side most of :ountry first thing. cloudy picture down the eastern side most of thatry first thing. cloudy picture down the eastern side most of that cloud: thing. cloudy picture down the eastern side most of that cloud: thirany but most of that cloud and any fog back towards the fog will burn back towards the coast through the morning, leaving a brighter afternoon. coast through the morning, leaving a clouder afternoon. coast through the morning, leaving a cloud lingering on. coast through the morning, leaving a cloud lingering across but some cloud lingering across eastern of scotland and eastern parts of scotland and elsewhere across the uk. plenty of sunshine, though, perhaps a bit cloud than recent days, bit more cloud than recent days, particularly across parts of northern ireland. those northern ireland. look at those temperatures. touch higher northern ireland. look at those tempyesterday, touch higher northern ireland. look at those tempyesterday, likely| higher northern ireland. look at those tempyesterday, likely| higetr northern ireland. look at those tempyesterday, likely| higet to than yesterday, likely to get to highs around 32 or 33 celsius in

the south—east, which would make it the hottest day of the year. so through the end so far as we go through the end of the day, places holding of the day, many places holding on skies, though, of the day, many places holding on are skies, though, of the day, many places holding on are going skies, though, of the day, many places holding on are going to skies, though, of the day, many places holding on are going to seeies, though, of the day, many places holding on are going to see someough, of the day, many places holding on are going to see some showery we are going to see some showery rain feeding up from the south. and this could turn heavy, perhaps even thundery, particularly across central and western parts england into western parts of england into wales. also northern ireland as we go through night, we go through the night, elsewhere, there'll some elsewhere, there'll be some clear perhaps a few clear spells and perhaps a few pockets fog, but temperatures pockets of fog, but temperatures really could really not dropping. could be even last night. so even warmer than last night. so not good news. if you had difficulty sleeping through thursday , then that thursday morning, then that showery will continue to be showery rain will continue to be heavy at times and perhaps thunder it pushes further thunder as it pushes further northwards parts northwards into parts of scotland continuing down scotland and continuing down western of wales into western parts of wales into ireland to otherwise, again , ireland to otherwise, again, plenty of sunshine and once more temperatures really rising. well above average for the time of yeah above average for the time of year. again in the southeast, we could around 32 or could see highs of around 32 or 33 celsius . 33 celsius. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on

news. the people's channel. britain's news . news. the people's channel. britain's news. channel >> it's 1140 britain's news. channel >> it's1140 us. britain's newsroom on gb news andrew pearson bev turner. and they're back in the panel. >> we've got >> that's right. we've got stephen pound and dawn neesom here morning. here with us this morning. let's talk mail. dawn, talk about the royal mail. dawn, let's start with you. is this the saturday for royal the last saturday post for royal mail this weekend? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> royal is agitating to >> royal mail is agitating to end saturday deliveries for the first time in its history.

end saturday deliveries for the first time in its history . and first time in its history. and at the same time, it's putting the again. they're the stamps up again. they're going by 15 first class stamp going up by 15 first class stamp going up by 15 first class stamp going up by 15 first class stamp going up to £1.25. and at the same time as getting rid of that saturday. >> and why do they want to get rid of saturday? to save money, to the same as to save money the same as everything days? to save money the same as eve it's ing days? to save money the same as eve it's ing cost days? to save money the same as eve it's ing cost effective. and >> it's all cost effective. and this the fact that many this is the fact that many communities actually see communities don't actually see a postman days, let alone on a postman for days, let alone on a saturday when you just don't see them. >> f- f— >> so it's just going to put a lot postage out of a job. lot of postage out of a job. well they've they've missed >> and they've they've missed delivery single delivery targets in every single postcode this summer. postcode area this summer. >> covering >> so living on covering themselves glory ,, living on themselves in glory,, living on borrowed well, borrowed time. well, i think they borrowed time. well, i think the but, you know, if there's one >> but, you know, if there's one thing that absolutely makes my toes embarrassment toes curl with embarrassment and horror, it's at christmas. when you e christmas cards . horror, it's at christmas. when you e christmas cards. i you get e christmas cards. i mean, they are absolutely clenchingly tooth grindingly, all of them to read them or delete them. i delete them straight away, but like like most honest , hardworking mps, most honest, hardworking mps, i at least once every six months. iused at least once every six months. i used to do a round i honest, hard working . mp yeah, i just hard working. mp yeah, i just thought i'd throw that out there

. and it used to amaze me that the post is first of all, they know when it's people's birthdays and they know when people are holiday and but people are on holiday and but birthday to birthday cards mean so much to people. you're people. but i think when you're talking £1.25 £1.10 for talking about £1.25 or £1.10 for a class postage stamp, a first class postage stamp, it's very difficult. but i it's very, very difficult. but i think beverley, think i think, beverley, you said really said something really interesting on about said something really interthe ng on about said something really intertheng post on about said something really intertheng post on the,jt said something really interthe ng post on the, the that the last post for the, the post because we post office because we are having more stuff having much, much more stuff delivered to doors, it's delivered to our doors, but it's not necessarily letters . not necessarily letters. >> curious, when you were an not necessarily letters. >> and:urious, when you were an not necessarily letters. >> and you us, when you were an not necessarily letters. >> and you sent/hen you were an not necessarily letters. >> and you sent christmas'ere an not necessarily letters. >> and you sent christmas cards] mp and you sent christmas cards to did to your constituents, did the taxpayer they didn't. taxpayer pay? no, they didn't. >> tried. heaven i tried >> i tried. heaven knows i tried right . right. >> and you were told you had to pay >> and you were told you had to pay for it yourself? >> but some did >> yeah, but what some mps did was fiddler, and was a right old fiddler, and they'll saying this, was a right old fiddler, and they'lyou? saying this, was a right old fiddler, and they'lyou? what? saying this, was a right old fiddler, and they'lyou? what? they ng this, was a right old fiddler, and they'lyou? what? they usedis, do won't you? what? they used to do is to put a calendar in with it because legitimate because that is a legitimate expenditure. it has the details say because it has the details of your surgeries on it, but you see, with me, see, the trouble with for me, if we the mail, didn't we lose the royal mail, i didn't do by the way, if we're losing >> by the way, if we're losing the losing the royal mail, we're losing choice. big fan of choice. and i'm a big fan of choice. and i'm a big fan of choice consumer because choice. and i'm a big fan of cho might consumer because choice. and i'm a big fan of chomight be consumer because choice. and i'm a big fan of chomight be buyingmer because choice. and i'm a big fan of chomight be buying moreecause choice. and i'm a big fan of chomight be buying more stuffe we might be buying more stuff from amazon, but sometimes buy from amazon, but sometimes i buy stuff get stuff online and it will get delivered royal mail. it delivered by the royal mail. it isn't hermes dpd

delivered by the royal mail. it ierhl hermes dpd delivered by the royal mail. it ierhl or hermes dpd delivered by the royal mail. it ierhl or any hermes dpd delivered by the royal mail. it ierhl or any of hermes dpd delivered by the royal mail. it ierhl or any of theses dpd delivered by the royal mail. it ierhl or any of these . dpd or dhl or any of these. >> supply that service >> they do supply that service still. i mean, not as still. i mean, it's not as efficient as some of the other services. i've never found it as efficient . efficient. >> w- w— efficient. >> the royal mail >> i always use the royal mail to stuff though only. to post stuff though only. >> to stuff. can't >> yeah, to post stuff. i can't remember honestly, time remember honestly, the last time i posted something. you i posted something. can't you know, and that know, i really can't. and that that worries me slightly. i must admit . i i send admit. i mean, i do send birthday cards. >> use it or lose it. >>— >> use it or lose it. >> exactly that. i'm >> exactly that. so i'm i'm whinging about this story. >> you send a birthday card. >> you send a birthday card. >> well, you send it? >> well, how do you send it? >> well, how do you send it? >> mean, the >> well, i mean, most of the time. can don't have that time. can we i don't have that many friends. >> andrew, just on to >> andrew, can we just go on to this? just. can we just >> andrew, can we just go on to thi on just. can we just >> andrew, can we just go on to thi on to just. can we just >> andrew, can we just go on to thi on to thisjust. can we just >> andrew, can we just go on to thi on to this brilliant we just >> andrew, can we just go on to thi on to this brilliant little. st go on to this brilliant little. a finally, that's in a little. and finally, that's in the this the mail today. and this is about coffee says the mail today. and this is about you. coffee says the mail today. and this is about you. what coffee says the mail today. and this is about you. what typee says the mail today. and this is about you. what type ofays the mail today. and this is about you. what type of coffee you drink, what type of coffee do you drink? >> drink. >> drink. >> caffeinated. that >> caffeinated. oh okay. that isn't on the list. stephen powis . i think that means you're a radical and a little bit maverick. >> if i was having a caffeinated one, it would be nescafe gold blend instant. >> that's not. that's not on the list either. >> stephen? stephen, what do you

dnnk >> stephen? stephen, what do you drink ? dnnk? >> black coffee with a dash of rum. >> okay. black coffee. oh, i don't believe it. that's not on the flipping list as well. don do you have what do you have? >> it's americano. >> it's americano. >> it's americano. >> i have a flat white. >> i have a flat white. >> they call it americano, not black coffee. >> who's they know hasn't got that. it's. oh no, it is americano. >> is it. you're comfortable in your yeah. your own skin. yeah. >> you don't have much choice. >> i'm a flat which means >> i'm a flat white, which means you're trustworthy. you're honest and trustworthy. >> think so. >> i like to think so. >> i like to think so. >> very nice. and if i don't have i a latte. >> this is. which makes me. who likes people mocha means likes people pleaser mocha means you're likes people pleaser mocha means youis�* load of rubbish. >> is a load of rubbish. >> is a load of rubbish. >> well, i'm sorry. what do you drink, don? >> i tthis is a survey which is >> i t this is a survey which is done by dunkin doughnuts. >> it's funny. this has legitimacy . it says, if you like legitimacy. it says, if you like mocha , you are as randy as mocha, you are as randy as a rabbit in the springtime. >> it's called mocha. and i know. not true. >> it's a mocha , steve. >> it's a mocha, steve. >>— >> it's a mocha, steve. >> it's a mocha, steve. >> i never eat their horrible doughnuts either. >> rewind. what did you just say about what? about being. what? >> don't make him repeat i >> don't make him repeat that. i was. glad we just away was. i was glad we just got away with was semi

with it. it was. it was semi appropriate for time of the morning. >> double entendre, >> another double entendre, which the which he specialises. it's the fact you even never does fact that if you even never does things that it's things like that he's like it's like of the things like that he's like it's like show of the things like that he's like it's like show with of the things like that he's like it's like show with steve of the things like that he's like it's like show with steve you:he things like that he's like it's like show with steve you want pier show with steve you want sprinkles on that auditioning pier show with steve you want spra kles on that auditioning pier show with steve you want spra pantomime auditioning pier show with steve you want spra pantomime dameioning pier show with steve you want spra pantomime dame theig pier show with steve you want spra pantomime dame the sexiest be a pantomime dame the sexiest coffee is sexiest people drink mocha apparent. coffee is sexiest people drink mocha apparent . which steven mocha apparent. which steven calls mocha. if you have iced coffee, you are the life and soul of the party and you are the best lover. >> i had an iced coffee yesterday mom. took yesterday with my mom. she took one and went, oh, that's one sip and went, oh, that's disgusting. would anyone disgusting. why would anyone dnnk disgusting. why would anyone drink if you drink that? and if you have flavoured you are flavoured coffee then you are happy you are funniest. happy and you are funniest. >> i did have iced coffee in france was nice. france and it was very nice. >> just stand coffee. >> i just i can't stand coffee. i dread to think what that says about me. i'm a builders. about me. i'm a mug of builders. i i have no i have no friends. i have no friends, right. friends, no right. >> got time to touch on >> have we got time to touch on this should we just this morning? should we just quickly this morning? quickly talk about this morning? because holly willoughby is on the of papers, the front page of the papers, on all almost this all the papers almost this morning, because ntas last morning, because the ntas last night didn't night and this morning didn't get get any awards, get any didn't get any awards, nor though. nor did we, though. >> but i think we're snapping at their aren't we? their heels, aren't we? >> graham norton beat piers morgan. what's about? morgan. what's all that about? >> his

>> our interview with his devastating >> our interview with his devistating >> our interview with his dev i stating i >> our interview with his devistatingi know. >> our interview with his dev i stating i know. well, >> our interview with his devistatingi know. well, the >> i know, i know. well, the nafion >> i know, i know. well, the nation is. >> and piers made a good a really big point. not like piers to publicity a big to get the publicity made. a big point, posting of point, posting a picture of himself on the tube where he said on the tube, the first time i've been on the tube on the youtube years, and it's like what we're being told. >> move. >> we have to move. >> we have to move. >> we've oh, have we shut up >> we've got oh, have we shut up doors. i have friends. >> he got he got on the tube and said, we're moving. said, take up. we're moving. >> crossing live to >> we're crossing live to westminster first westminster for the first time. this question since summer recess. britain's andrew recess. this is britain's andrew gwynne warm feeling gwynne gb news that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. some of us are waking up to a bit of a cloudy, murky start, but most of that will clear away this leave another this morning to leave another sunny hot day , albeit with the sunny hot day, albeit with the risk thunderstorms risk of some thunderstorms later, look at the later, taking a look at the details and you can see, yes, a cloudy picture down the eastern side country. side of the country. first thing. most of

and it's 1049, 1149, 1149 we're having the time is he doesn't want the day to end when it goes when you're having such because it's britain's news. >> news andrew and >> donewith gb news andrew and bev got the bev turner and we've got in the studio robert studio with us tory mp robert courts for witney and west oxfordshire labour for oxfordshire and labour mp for bury oxfordshire and labour mp for burkhalid mahmood, to you. >> great gentlemen , because >> great gentlemen, because we've start with you, >> great gentlemen, because we've yourstart with you, >> great gentlemen, because we've your council h you, because your council is in a shambles , bankrupt, owing

shambles, bankrupt, owing hundreds of millions of pounds. >> it's going to be horrific for your constituents . and it's your constituents. and it's labour's fault. >> well , not necessarily. when >> well, not necessarily. when you had £1 billion of cuts. well, you've had £1 billion of cuts, andrew, in the last ten years. >> i'm just going to remind you what labour's executive said about the culture of deceit functionality at the top of the labour group in the birmingham council that was labour's national executive. >> that's exactly what it was, and it was changed and i think i agreed with that. do that agreed with that. to do that dysfunctional climate. but we've had terms of had real issues in terms of finance and i think that should be solved. but real issue be solved. but the real issue has been equal pay which has been the equal pay which the council , has been the equal pay which the council, even when it has been the equal pay which the council , even when it started, council, even when it started, first of all, under the conservatives, when they for five years, first with the lib dems, then on their they dems, then on their own, they didn't deal with it, it just got pushed worse pushed along and it got worse and worse. and that's what the problem other problem is. but the other problem, is really the problem, andrew, is really the real is real problem in all of this is that the district auditors have been from all of the been taken away from all of the councils across the country. a lot councils problems, lot of councils in problems, but that done by in 2013 by the that was done by in 2013 by the conservatives and we lost that